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Saturday November 12, 2016 · 1:38 AM PST

2016/11/12 · 01:38

Those of you who know me know I’m no fan of Hillary Clinton. But I’m not insane and I voted for her because I’m an adult. But this really pissed me off.

Earlier Friday in Miami, hundreds of demonstrators clogged a major thoroughfare, the MacArthur Causeway, halting traffic for more than an hour shortly after dusk. They eventually moved downtown and by 9 p.m. had blocked northbound lanes on Interstate 95.

Protest organizer David Michael, a 30-year-old community activist who voted for Jill Stein, carried a bullhorn to direct the orders to the Miami demonstrators

“Once I saw other people protesting white supremacy, I said, ‘You know what? We need to do one in Miami,’” Michael said. “We got the word out on social media like Facebook, all of that.”

You voted for Jill fucking Stein! In Florida! And you have the Gall to protest against Trump!

Unbelievable.

Hillary Clinton Didn't Just "Do Something Bad"

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Friday June 13, 2014 · 10:38 PM PDT

2014/06/13 · 22:38

Look at this list. You will see Hillary Clinton's name on it. This vote killed and injured hundreds of thousands of people.The cost of this vote, when fully realized will be in the trillions.

It is ok for you to be pissed about this. Frankly I get angry when I see fawning fluffy articles about how awesome Joe Biden is, because he's on that list too.

I've gone on record on this site as stating that I will vote for Hillary Clinton if she gets the nomination because I'm a grown up and I understand that being a grown up means making choices between undesirable options. But let's be clear about one thing. Hillary Clinton did not just do "something bad", she enabled one of, if not the worst action in American foreign policy history. In my mind everyone on that list should be disqualified from the presidency. And that opinion is completely valid.

Remembering Elliott Smith Tonight

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Monday October 21, 2013 · 10:42 PM PDT

2013/10/21 · 22:42

Ten years ago today Elliott Smith took his own life. He was an amazing songwriter and performer and touched a lot of people's lives with his music. I'm glad I finally got to see him perform a few years before he died. He is and will continue to be missed by many.
Here are a few of my favorites. What are yours?

Erick Erickson and the Urgency of Atheism

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Saturday November 10, 2012 · 6:55 PM PST

2012/11/10 · 18:55

A few days before the election Erick Erickson wrote a diary entry called "50,000 Feet Looking Down". Kossack pollwatcher wrote a dairy about it, as did a few others. It's basically a doom and gloom piece where he talks about how the election doesn't really matter and we'll do it again in a few years and blah blah blah.

But full week after reading Erick Son of Erick's piece it's still bothering me and I just have to get a few things off my chest. See, I believe the way Erick and many other people think about their religion is a big obstacle to making progress in the world today.

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Erick Erickson is

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Erick Erickson is

a fool

26 votes

a bad writer

4 votes

wrong almost all of the time

12 votes

all of the above

130 votes

a pie loving american

51 votes

Pacific Power drops Rush in Portland

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Friday March 09, 2012 · 2:07 PM PST

2012/03/09 · 14:07

Didn't see a diary on this so here we go. I emailed Pacific Power the other day after reading jamie ahmad's diary Rush Advertisers in Portland, OR and let them know how disheartened and offended I was to see them on the list of local advertisers for Rush's show. Today I got this response:

I am the advertising manager at Pacific Power, and it is our general media
placement policy to stay out of programming that is either controversial or
extremely negative. However, you are correct, our recent media buy did include
his program -- which was an oversight on my part, not realizing the day part and
station we were purchasing included this program. We adjusted our media buy
earlier this week (March 5), as soon as we realized the error.
Again, I do appreciate your concerns and for contacting us.

Props to Pacific Power for doing the right thing.

Keep up the pressure on the local advertisers. Many of them have bought package deals and don't even know they are advertising on Rush.

Cave In Schadenfreude

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Thursday December 22, 2011 · 9:27 PM PST

2011/12/22 · 21:27

I'm just loving these headlines

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Boehner's tears of unfathomable sadness

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Boehner's tears of unfathomable sadness

are yummy and sweet

11 votes

are not yummy, I hate all tax cuts except for rich people

3 votes

Taste like pie

4 votes

Toothache Kills Unemployed Man With No Insurance

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Friday September 02, 2011 · 9:36 PM PDT

2011/09/02 · 21:36

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Kyle Willis' wisdom tooth started hurting two weeks ago. When dentists told him it needed to be pulled, he decided to forgo the procedure, because he was unemployed and had no health insurance.
When his face started swelling and his head began to ache, Willis went to the emergency room, where he received prescriptions for antibiotics and pain medications. Willis couldn't afford both, so he chose the pain medications.

The tooth infection spread, causing his brain to swell. He died Tuesday.

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Saturday November 21, 2009 · 5:44 PM PST

2009/11/21 · 17:44

Jeffrey Feldman has done a couple of wonderful diaries about the Palin Phenomenon. You can and should read them here and here. They got me thinking about how our society has allowed the rise of someone like Palin, and what we can do to turn it around. Sarah Palin didn't happen in a vacuum, and I suspect that some of the reasons that her followers seem to love her are not as unreasonable as they seem.

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I grew up in

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I grew up in

A really small town

52 votes

A somewhat small town

30 votes

A small city

20 votes

A medium sized city

31 votes

A large metropolitan city

46 votes

some combination of the above

12 votes

Pie Town, New Mexico (It's real, look it up)

2 votes

Benefit for Amy Maddux

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Saturday October 31, 2009 · 11:55 AM PDT

2009/10/31 · 11:55

Tomorrow at 5:00 pm I'll be going to The Mississippi Pizza Pub here in Portland Oregon to watch some live music. Portland has a great music scene and I often like to go out and see shows, but this time I'm going out to help and support someone who really needs it. Her name is Amy Maddux and the show is a benefit to help her with her cancer treatments.

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Do you have health insurance?

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Do you have health insurance?

Yes

17 votes

Yes, but it is inadequate

12 votes

7 votes

I have pie insurance

1 vote

A Hat Tip to the Other Nobel Candidates

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Saturday October 10, 2009 · 11:32 AM PDT

2009/10/10 · 11:32

I whole heartedly congratulate Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. As is always the case with awards like this it is a shame that there can only be one given out as there are usually many deserving people and organizations. So I decided to write this diary as a shout out to some of the people that were being considered but did not receive the honor.

This list is by no means comprehensive and I am not an expert on any of the candidates, so if I got something wrong or there are corrections to be made please post them in the comments and I will update accordingly. That said join me over the jump for a look at the runners up.

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If the Nobel Committee gave out two peace prizes, who should get the second one?

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If the Nobel Committee gave out two peace prizes, who should get the second one?

Sima Samar

10 votes

Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad

6 votes

Hu Jia

1 vote

Morgan Tsvangirai

12 votes

Piedad CÃ³rdoba

5 votes

Greg Mortenson

12 votes

Pete Seeger

19 votes

All of them are deserving

15 votes

Other (list in comments)

2 votes

Who gets the Nobel Pie Prize?

6 votes

Need Activism Advice

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Sunday September 06, 2009 · 11:50 AM PDT

2009/09/06 · 11:50

About a week ago the Broomfield County Democrats passed a resolution that put pressure on Colorado elected officials to support the Public Option. My County's Democratic party is holding it's monthly meeting next week and I was thinking about going to it and advocating for them to issue a similar resolution. There's only one problem.

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Is this a stupid Idea?

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Is this a stupid Idea?

yes

3 votes

14 votes

cake

0 votes

Be Honest - The Trigger is a Tax

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Friday September 04, 2009 · 6:29 PM PDT

2009/09/04 · 18:29

NYT

For people with incomes just above that level, insurance would be considered affordable if they could find a policy with premiums equal to no more than, say, 3 percent or 4 percent of their income. For people with incomes exceeding three times the poverty level ($66,150 for a family of four), insurance might be deemed unaffordable if the premiums were more than, say, 12.5 percent to 15 percent of their income.

If this really is the state of current negotiations over the heathcare bill then one thing is perfectly clear:

The Trigger is a 12.5-15% tax on the middle class

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I want my healthcare tax dollars to go to:

78 votes Vote Now!

I want my healthcare tax dollars to go to:

Insurance Companies

1 vote

Medicare or a Medicare like Public Option

59 votes

Beer

7 votes

Pie

1 vote

Pie flavored beer

10 votes

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