Wake Me Up After North Carolina w/poll
I just don't care anymore about what team hillary does. They don't count. They are done. And after North Carolina, when the math is litterally slapping them upside the face on a daily basis, this...
View Article"UP"
I saw it this afternoon. Six hours after the end of the show, I'm still (1) going over the details in my mind and (2) tearing up. I'm pretty sure I've never cried over a movie before, but "UP"...
View ArticleWell...
No one's talking about prosecuting Cheney, any more. Lots of distractions, these days. I hope the congress hasn't forgotten about how important that is, too. All the happy talk in the world isn't going...
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EXCELLENT Jon Stewart commentary on Fox News & religious nuts
Wow, a double whammy last night from the Daily Show, tackling both the media coverage of whackjob pastor Terry Jones, and then how the religious fundamentalists on both sides actually want an all-out...
View ArticleGUS: Saturday, day of the week or mindset?
GUS (Gave Up Smoking) is a community support diary for Kossacks in the midst of quitting smoking. Any supportive comments, suggestions or positive distractions are appreciated. We avoid discussion of...
View ArticleWalkergate Revelations Prompt "Squirrel!" Cries from Walker's Allies
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is feeling some heat as a Milwaukee County John Doe investigation targeting his campaign staff, political donors, and administration employees inches closer and closer...
View ArticleUp w/ Chris Hayes Open Thread (MSNBC: 7-9 AM CST)
I just felt the need to start doing these, since nobody else is, at least each Sunday (the show is also on Saturday as well) when his new MSNBC show is on from 7-9 AM CST. If you have not watched it,...
View ArticleI'll give you soda
Full disclosure: I am a food stamp recipient. Chris Hayes is having an amazing discussion about hunger, Food Stamps etc, on UP this morning. Our government subsidizes agribuisness, and crop...
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#DefendJodie. Day 28. In Which the Dog Ate My Flyer.
Jodie is still in her house. And the Occupy Oakland Foreclosure Defense Group is still there, twenty four hours a day. (See the end of the diary for links to background information about Jodie's...
View ArticleUP is hiring
UP at MSNBC is hiring!Chris Hayes, as everyone knows, has moved to PrimeTime with the show All In. His weekend slot has been taken over by Steve Kornacki - starting on April 13th.A lot of the people...
View ArticleUPDATE#3- Oh Sh*t Addition - Al Jazeera America: A New News Channel or Same...
I enjoy the TV news program Al Jazeera English via broadcast from the local channel in Chicago, WYCC. That may be about to change has changed with today's rollout of Al Jazeera America. As you may...
View ArticleCrazy For Putin
On Thursday in the middle of a strategic situation Mr. Rush Limbaugh held a virtual on-air pep rally for the aggressor Mr. Putin. – He even had a very strange gender song made with Mr. Putin...
View ArticleFirst Lady Michelle Obama Wins for US in China
Rarely in the history of First Ladies has an occupant made a more impactful and timely visit to a counterpart nation, in time of strategic challenge. Dolly Madison Eleanor Roosevelt and Jacqueline...
View ArticleWe Don't Need that Crap on MSNBC
"Up" with Chris Hayes was by far the best TV political talk show -- "long form" TV journalism that he can't really do on "All In." The norm was intelligent discussions, including discussions with R...
View ArticleNPR Screwed Up, Now They Need To Hear From The Resistance.
Like many people here, I’m a news junkie, although I’ve been substantially less of one in the last week or so. It seems to me that as part of the resistance to fascism, that it’s going to be our...
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Trumpites Are Still Trumpites, But Democrats Are Fired Up Like Never Before.
One of the big debates we have around here is how much resources should we sink into trying to convert some people who voted for Trump, into Democratic voters? Some believe if we just say the magic...
View ArticleAbout that "Big Surprise" Trump is hinting at...
Talking Points Memo (and others, of course) picked up on Trump’s teaser “Just to do a little official business, health care is working along very well,” Trump said during a meet and greet with the...
View ArticleOnly 24 Hours and Cruz Attack Ad Gets Properly Trolled - 2 BETO wins for the...
So this bunch of… Fuckers, I guess would be the right word, have taken Ted’s attack ad and made it into an even better ad for Beto.There’s a Facebook page up called “The World Against Ted Cruz,” and I...
View ArticleJoe, you ain't doin' it for me. Yet.
I know this won’t be popular. I know what Joe Biden faces in these times. I know all the excuses that can be made for not stepping up and out right now. Fact is, just a week or so again, Joe was...
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