Affordable Care Act healthcare access here
Short diary, but very important. Lots of folks here don't have good health care, or are excluded from their current insurance for certain pre-existing conditions. While many provisions of the...
View ArticleInvestigation papers released - Prosser admits putting hands on Judge...
Chronic workplace violence, threats of a restraining order, Prosser admits he acts out of uncontrolled anger and suddenly "found my hands on her neck".On this link are copies (clickable to PDF's) of...
View ArticleI want to live in a good place
I want to live in a good place. I want to live where the teachers are held in high esteem, and paid well, not denigrated as freeloaders and demonized. I want to live where overt religious bigotry is...
View ArticleNew White House Direct Petition Access
Whitehouse.gov is getting ready to unveil We The People, a promising direct-petition access feature on the WH website. Details below.The fascinating aspect is that the administration states they are...
View ArticleWhy didn't OWS take up the Jobs Act issue this weekend?
Why hasn't the OWS movement noticed that last week, all Republicans and some Democrats blocked discussion on passage of a portion of the American Jobs Act in the Senate? Jobs for firefighters,...
View ArticleChange this world: Tuesday Nov. 8 Occupy The Voting Booth
Our first elective opportunity to take our vision for our world, and start to actually shape it, comes this Tuesday, November 8. Occupy The Voting Booth.Occupy Wall Street has already changed the...
View ArticleLiveblog ABC Iowa Republican Debate
Hey! Anybody there? I'll open a thread for observers of the debate, on ABC now.
View ArticleThe GOP: America's First Religious Party
This is not a diary of my own construct, but a call for reading and discussion of Howard Fineman, Editorial Director, AOL Huffington Post Media Group's insightful piece, "The Rise of Faith Within GOP...
View Article(hashtag) IwontvoteRepublican because ...
It's your Twitterverse! Own it. Have fun with it! Let your inner voter out!If you don't have a Twitter account, you can create one on your PC, by going to www.twitter.com(hashtag)IwontvoteRepublican...
View Article"Did Republicans Deliberately Crash the US Economy?"
Michael Cohen, writing at Guardian.co.uk, asks,Did Republicans deliberately crash the US economy? Be it ideology or stratagem, the GOP has blocked pro-growth policy and backed job-killing austerity –...
View ArticleStop Attacking Ann Romney and Her Horses
I am disappointed at the repeated and extended attacks on Ann Romney and her horses.First: Ann Romney has multiple sclerosis. Horseback riding is a valid and helpful physical therapy. That's why she...
View ArticleThe biggest story out of RNC - the absolute consolidation of plutocratic power
The biggest story out of the RNC isn't anything about Mittens, or the details of the party platform, or how Ann Romney is received.It's how a chosen few of the most powerful financial elites within...
View Article#Discharge Petition on House Floor - Need Media Storm Pressure on GOP NOW
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, has brought the discharge petition to the House Floor. The discharge petition circumvents Speaker Boehner obstruction, and requests that the already-passed...
View Article"I have to get my hip replaced now, because ObamaCare is cutting that off for...
My parents are elderly, mid-80's. Retired, live down in the Republican bastion of Marco Island, Florida. Life-long Republicans who watch Fox News.Today my father called me to say he was having a hip...
View ArticleNeed Kossack Help - I Need A Website
My dear fellow Kossacks, I am mining for some some free advice. I know, you get exactly what you pay for!I need a very basic, couple-of-pages small business website for my new service business (mobile...
View ArticleI Saw A Drone Today
Outside in the sunshine in the backyard today, I heard a heavy motor sound approaching in the air. Too deep and slow for a light plane from the local airport. No "thwack-thwack-thwack" rotor noise...
View ArticleHelp Create "Farmers Markets To GO" to Serve Urban Food Deserts
I created a new WhiteHouse.gov petition today:We petition the Obama Administration to use First Lady Michelle Obama's health initiative to create, develop a national,"Portable Farmer's Markets To GO"...
View ArticleLosing One's Canine Family at Christmastime
Today I discovered one of my dogs has liver cancer, and I'll be losing him very shortly. Probably have to put him to sleep in the next couple days. I just lost his brother suddenly 3 weeks ago to a...
View ArticleChris Christie's State of the State Speech - He's Done (watch it here)
Chris Christie just gave his State of the State speech, and judging by his tone and body language, this man's political career is over and he knows it. Christie was quiet-voiced, unbelligerent, seemed...
View ArticleHelp please? My computer videos are slooooow
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! The videos on my computer run so slowly, and jerkily, it is almost impossible to watch. There has to be a fix - because I used to have great video display.I...
View Article"Elective abortions excluded ... "
This year, I purchased, via the Obamacare - KYNect website, private health insurance from the Kentucky Health Cooperative. I love it! - my formerly "excludeds" covered, and for less than half the cost...
View ArticleStudent Loan Debt - One Harsh Reality
When I was in my 30's, I decided I wanted to go back to school, and finish my Bachelor in Science degree. I had a good desk job I liked, with the promise of a pension, with health benefits, good...
View ArticleAlison Lundergan Grimes debates Mitch McConnell - Live Here
I will be watching the debate, so will not be here. But you can view it live, from KET public television in Lexington, Kentucky, beginning shortly, 8:00pm Eastern Time.Feel free to use this as a...
View ArticleAlison Lundergan Grimes bests Mitch McConnell in #KYSen Debate (update 2)
Alison Lundergan Grimes, the well-respected Kentucky Secretary of State and Democratic candidate for Senator from Kentucky, performed admirably last night in the only debate Senator Mitch McConnell...
View ArticleDSCC Announces New $650,000 Ad Buy In Kentucky For Alison Lundergan Grimes
Today the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) announced they have looked at polling and are committing another $650,000 in ad buys between now and the election, for Alison Lundergan Grimes,...
View ArticleIn Midst Measles Outbreak, Today GOP House Votes To Stop Child Access To Free...
Today the GOP House will vote, for the 52nd time, to repeal Obamacare.One provision of the ACA states that all newly-written health plans - whether they be private, employer-provided, purchased on...
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What color is the dress? SHOCKING new development
Humans on the internet - are you not entertained?!
View ArticleCan a kind Kossack help me out with one quick photo-shop?
Hello fellow Kossacks!I am in the process of creating a website for my small business. I am using the basic StartLogic platform and it's going fine. I had a "tech-savvy" young lady help me out, and...
View ArticleKevin McCarthy Wins The Internets
Citizen Kevin T McCarthy of Des Moines, Iowa @KevinMcCarthy, has been getting some tweets intended for GOP Representative Kevin McCarthy of fake Benghazi Committee scandal @GOPLeader.So Kevin T....
View ArticleA theory on Kentucky political demographics
Shocko From Seattle wrote a thought-provoking diary entitled "What's The Matter With Kentucky?" Please, read it now, here http://www.dailykos.com/...I have an idea about part of that question, after...
View ArticleI can't access site, it crashes and locks up
I wanted to try and make more comments, but the site loads so slow now, it has locked up my computer multiple times. I’m sorry, Kos — I want to keep reading Daily Kos, but I no longer have that choice....
View Article"You're Insane" - Ode to Donald Trump, with apologies to Carly Simon
You descended that gold escalator,It was just the hatch of your plotYour latest wife smiled, poised six steps belowYour face spray-tanned deep apricot.You had one white-rimmed eye on your bottom...
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