A poll: Which comments do you Rec most often? (that's all)
Nothing controversial here. I'm just curious how people tend to use the "Rec" button on comments.Take the poll, below! :-) It's fast, there's nothing else to read below the fleur-de-kos.
View ArticleMap of looting & shooting in Ferguson gives more perspective
There's more going on in Ferguson, MO, than one would know if one read only DailyKos diaries about it (to date).There's a very informative map, linked to by e2247 in his useful diary listing live feeds...
View ArticleSyrian girl stoned by father & ISIS (graphic video of 'honor killing')
Warning: the video shows a Syrian father repeatedly refusing his daughter's pleas for forgiveness, then joining what appears to be an Imam and others affiliated with ISIS in stoning his daughter to...
View ArticleI unsubscribed from all Democrats.org emails -- too many fund-raising...
Not much of a diary, but I'm guessing my sentiments are shared by more people than a mere comment in a semi-random DK diary would warrant.I've had it with fund-raising requests from the DNC. I...
View ArticleBreaking: grand jury fails to indict Darren Wilson (with poll)
Just announced, on CNN: the grand jury chose not to indict Darren Wilson on any of the five charges against him, for his shooting and killing Michael Brown, Jr.Michael's parents ask for 4.5 minutes of...
View ArticleThe Unprecedented Historical Safety of Being a US Cop, with data from 1900-2013
Has policing become more or less dangerous over the past few decades, or the past century? Given all the attention to crime, shootings, gang violence, meth-heads, 'home-invasions', weapons...
View ArticlePlease read Witness #40's FBI interview and grand-jury testimony. Just read it.
To understand just how discredited is Witness #40, you need to read at least part of her interview and testimony.The night of the first Ferguson riots, Witness #40 was posting racist rants online,...
View ArticlePak Taliban Kill >100 Children in Peshawar School
Six Pakistani Taliban attacked a school in NW Pakistan this morning (10am local time), killing more than 125 people, at least 100 of them children between 12-16. There is no excuse and no justification...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo's cartoons of Mohammed the Muslim Prophet
Mohammed Overwhelmed by Fundamentalists. "It's hard to be loved by idiots." If Muhammad returned … "I am the Prophet, you doofus." “Shut your mouth, you infidel.” The life of Mohammed. 1st Part. The...
View ArticleRacist cartoon by Charlie Hebdo 1 (trigger warning)
Warning: the attached cartoon by the late Stephane 'Charb' Charbonnier, published in the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, is a racist, sexist stereotype and may offend some. Do not click...
View ArticleGay 'rights' under ISIS/Daesh/ISIL
The right to be murdered by being thrown from a tall building, apparently, is gay rights for Daesh. The photos below the fold reveal the basic story. More here.ISIS/Daesh is not alone in their...
View ArticleZbigniew Brzezinski's parents were from the (Polish-)Ukraine.
There's a simple explanation for Zbigniew "Zbig" Brzezinski's rabid anti-Russian hatred in the current Ukraine crisis (and others involving Russia). His forebears (and family name) are Poles from what...
View ArticleLars Vilks' 3 cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks was invited to participate in a 2007 art exhibition on the theme "The Dog in Art" in the town of Tällerud in Värmland, Sweden. Vilks submitted three pen and ink drawings...
View ArticleMohammed Emwazi, aka Jihadi John, fumed with righteous indignation while...
Mohammed Emwazi, the British-Kuwaiti Da'esh/ISIS beheader known as "Jihadi John," was fuming with self-righteous outrage after he was deported from Tanzania in August 2009. Turns out, he was part of a...
View ArticleCommon Cause Urges Independent Audit of Clinton's & Jeb's Foundations
Here is there their press release, for those interested. Citing concerns about potential conflicts of interest and the influence of hidden overseas donors, Common Cause called on presidential candidate...
View ArticleISIS' Saudi roots, since 2006
It's well known that now-King Salman al Saud's shady history includes raising $250 million for Al Qaeda (in Bosnia), the Taliban, and other ultra-conservative Muslim forces. Perhaps less remembered is...
View ArticleTexas Police Ticketed 300,000 School Kids in 2010 Alone
Over-criminalization and over-policing of US schools has gotten out of hand. In Texas alone, in just one year (2010), police wrote 300,000 tickets to school kids. Zero-tolerance policies are...
View ArticleMeet Alan Blinder, Hillary Clinton's economic advisor (and Wall St....
Hillary Clinton's economic advisor, Alan Blinder, co-founded and is Vice Chair of a super-elite Wall St financial firm, Promontory Interfinancial Network. He is a former Vice Chairman of the US Federal...
View ArticleKrugman: repealing Glass-Steagall was a mistake [Bernie Sanders led the fight...
The decisions that politicans make in the past are the only prediction of what they will actually do in the future. Not their campaign promises.Bernie Sanders led the fight against repealing the...
View ArticleISIS/Daesh is Salafi Islam, and Salafism is Saudi Arabia. Aux idées, citoyens!
ISIS/Daesh is Salafi Islam, played out to its logical extreme and with vastly greater support throughout broad swaths of the Sunni world (98.5% of whom live outside the West) — in varying degrees —...
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