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WMD Poll - When You Knew

Many Kossacks were absolutely certain, before the invasion, that there were no WMD in Iraq. They claim this with a level of confidence which strikes me as suspiciously retroactive. They say it was...

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Support the Neocon Agenda!

I finally read the statement of principles of the neocon Project for a New American Century--and learned to my surprise that I am a neocon. I suggest you give PNAC a chance: I think we all ought to get...

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Promote Yourself

A kossack somewhere runs an out-of-print bookshop. Another has a cookies-by-mail company. Someone whose comments I always respect let slip he's starting a new business, a geeky horde does...

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dKos Community Marketplace

Looking for a gift? Heavenly cookies, board games, custom-designed jewelry?  How about T-shirts, out-of-print books, or scale models of your own head? Need help with advertising copywriting?  Want to...

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dKos Community Marketplace

Looking to buy a gift? Need to hire a freelancer? This diary is for you. Want to sell your products or find clients for your services--or are you simply seeking a job?--then read on! If you're a...

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dKos Community Marketplace (with poll)

Looking to buy a gift? Need to hire a freelancer? Seeking a job? If you're a freelancer, entrepreneur, or monger of any description, and want to be listed in a recurring (if there's sufficient...

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tbrnews and the Jews

I've seen several references to tbrnews.org on dKos in the past few days, so this is by way of a Public Service Announcement. As per Sourcewatch:"TBRNews.org is a website that says it 'originally came...

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How to Lose an Argument

Explain, that's how. Gussie's First Law of Argumentation: Who Explains, Loses. Kevin Drum recent posted a question about the lack of liberal talking heads on TV. This is the answer: liberals explain....

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Rightward Ho! Or, How dKos Freed My Inner Republican

bulldog's recent diary got me thinking about the influence of the left-blogosphere on my personal politics. Basically, I've moved to the right. I'm more pro-nuclear energy. I'm less pro-gun control....

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Stolen Steps Out of Iraq

Ten Steps in the Right Direction (I rewrote Juan Cole's argument, to email friends a shorter version. Thought I should share the fruits of my theft.) The slogan "US Out Now" ignores the disasters that...

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America First!

Lower taxes, smaller government, stronger military, better values. The Republican Creed. What do they all have in common, besides being diametrically opposed to the real-world effects of Republican...

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The American Pledge

The United States is the best country on earth. The Democratic platform doesn't need specific policies and programs--that's a shortsighted approach, bound to be bogged down in details. The Democratic...

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Sometimes Your Candidate Sucks

I know this is a shock, but even your candidate isn't perfect. And I'm not talking about a philosophical, above-the-fray sorta imperfection: I mean they fail to act, they fail to lead. They fail to...

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Write On! How To Sell a Novel in 72 Hours

Hello, writers. I'm filling in for SensibleShoes, who is attending a Saran Wrap convention this evening. I don't know what that means, either. She was vague about the detailsSo welcome to the off-brand...

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Write On! Bad Writing 2.0

Hello, writers. SensibleShoes is taking some fancy-pants test today, so you're stuck with me."What should I write about?" I asked her."Write what you know," she said.

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Write On! What're You Working On? What's Working On You?

Hello, writers. I'm sitting in for SensibleShoes this week, because she's stepping out. An orgiastic vacation at some sort of naturalist camp, from what I understand, with plenty of s'mores and...

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Write On! Loving the Hate

Hello, writers. SensibleShoes is cavorting this evening, so you're stuck with the backup auxiliary diarist. I've got three questions and a challenge tonight: How does writing affect your reading?It...

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Write On! The Kind of Love You Fall In

Hello, writers.SenSho couldn't make it this week, so she flashed the Hack-Signal over Gotham, and I answered the call. (And yes, these tights are totally riding up.)Tonight, because a novel without...

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Write On! Smells So Sweet

Hello, writers.SenSho's dealing with some pretty awful family medical issues right now, so I'm back again.Tonight, I've got two things on my mind. One is titles. Mine almost always suck. They're boring...

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Write On! Help and Little Things

Hello, writers.The topic for tonight is help, largely because I need some. SenSho is still dealing with family medical issues, and I'm far too unreliable to handle Write On! myself. So if you're...

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Walk, Don't Chew Gum!

Frankly I'm appalled by those of us who recommend chewing gum. Every calorie we burn while chewing gum is a calorie we could apply to walking. And walking gets us places. Walking is honest. Walking is...

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Write On? Wrong On!

Everyone makes mistakes.Writers, however, live by the mistake. Mistakes are our craft, that's why we talk in terms of drafts and edits and drafts and rewrites and drafts. (There's a word for a...

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Write On! The Good Fight

It's a cliche that 'conflict is drama,' and like all cliches, one in the hand is worth two in the bush.I think SenSho's done a few diaries on conflict, but I disagreed violently with all of them, so...

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Write On! Snarling Slippage

Hello, writers.Tonight I (well, SenSho, but I'm posting this for her) want to talk about POV (point of view) slippage. But you, of course,  can talk about whatever you want.As we’ve discussed before,...

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Weiner and Obama Are The Same

I don't care about Weiner. Is he the best choice for mayor? Then I'll support him. Is he not? I'll support someone else. To me, Weiner is not a person, he's a potential political function.I don't care...

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Write On! Sudden Looming Deadlines

Sensho has a bit of an emergency, and asked that I post inappropriate selfies in lieu of a diary. Sadly, I don't have any, so instead I'm writing this placeholder, so Write On! won't mysteriously fail...

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"Oh, yeah? Well, Clinton lied about sniper fire!"

I've run across this four times already, as a right-wing response to Ben Carson's West Point lies. (Speaking of which, what does Carson have against things with points? West Point, the pyramids,...

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BernBros and HillGoys: The Primary Reason I'm Glad Clinton Is Attacking Sanders

If Sanders can’t beat Clinton in a Democratic primary, despite the attacks—even smears!--then he can’t beat the Republican in a general. I love Sanders, and I donated to him, and I’ll vote for him in...

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Five Questions For Clinton Supporters on HamBanner Day

First, I should say that I completely agree with this: “Hillary Clinton is very intelligent, knowledgeable, and experienced.” I’m not sure she knows the issues better’n anyone, but I suspect she works...

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Hillary Clinton is actually, non-metaphorically, Saruman

Test.

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"We're Saving You From the Right."

I recently realized that I don’t know nearly enough about Henry Kissinger; I’d heard that he was complicit in an illegal bombing campaign against Cambodia and Laos (that led to the Cambodian genocide),...

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Victory for DailyKos on Democratic Party Platform!

I don’t know who or what US Uncut is, but they are the bearers of glad tidings!Bill McKibben attempted to insert language into the party platform on both a carbon tax and a national moratorium on...

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What will convince them?

 This, and this only: cease to call Christian white supremacy wrong, and join them in calling it right.         And this must be done thoroughly—done in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be...

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