"Aloha" means good-bye ... AND hello (with Pie Poll)

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Saturday January 22, 2011 · 6:22 PM PST

2011/01/22 · 18:22

This will be short - and might not even break the fold...

This very well be my last diary or other entry here at DKos -- but not for the usual set of reasons. While sometimes irritated with the flame-wars. And truly befuddled by some of the non-reality based pontificating that occurs here. And sad that I don't see Bonddad or Blackwaterdog here anymore, those issues are all "minors" as they say in my former home.

Come below for the actual reason this is my TTFN diary.

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23 votes Show Results

Pie?

23 votes Vote Now!

Pie?

No, thank you, but not tonight

4 votes

Sure, Key Lime, please.

19 votes

DKos First(?) Annual Egg Nog Contest

Pinecone

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Sunday December 26, 2010 · 4:12 AM PST

2010/12/26 · 04:12

As promised in the WYFP diary last night ..

I was sipping and spooning (yes, spooning) my favorite egg nog on Christmas Eve night, I thought that I should share the recipe with others -- except that it takes at least overnight to make. And so Christmas Eve was just going to be too late. But - we still have New Years a week away. Plenty of time. But why just claim that my humble recipe (well, not really mine, it was lifted from some newspaper or magazine lost in the mists of New Years' cheer gone by) is the best? After all -- this is a reality based community here -- so shouldn't we test (and retest, and retest) the hypothesis? And since this is a competitive site, shouldn't others be allowed in on the fun (I mean science)?

So come below for the plan (and the rules, after all, we all need rules)... and a current (and future) poll.

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Are you going to submit a recipe for scientific evaluation?

25 votes Vote Now!

Are you going to submit a recipe for scientific evaluation?

Yes

8 votes

12 votes

I only submit pie recipes

5 votes

The "Millionaire Compromise"

Pinecone

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Saturday November 06, 2010 · 10:09 AM PDT

2010/11/06 · 10:09

I listened and watched Obama's Saturday AM video, and I think I saw the way in which "compromise" is going to be framed. Read this:

I recognize that both parties are going to have to work together and compromise to get something done here. But I want to make my priorities clear from the start. One: middle class families need permanent tax relief. And two: I believe we can’t afford to borrow and spend another $700 billion on permanent tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.

Then come below for my brief thoughts.

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If the threshold for top bracket moves, where will it go?

33 votes Vote Now!

If the threshold for top bracket moves, where will it go?

300K

2 votes

400K

0 votes

500K

7 votes

750K

0 votes

1000K

10 votes

Who the FREAK makes that kinda money in the first place?

14 votes

Hawaii good news -Hanabusa up by 9K

Pinecone

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Wednesday November 03, 2010 · 12:52 AM PDT

2010/11/03 · 00:52

Real short - but sweet.

After second printout, Hanabusa up by 9,000 or so. Looks like we will pick one up that should have been ours all along. Hawaii stays True Blue w two D senators and two D House members

Maybe I can go to sleep now, here on the east coast.

I doubt that Djou can make that up In third printout.

ALOHA!!!!

Hawaii Gov - Abercrombie Leads

Pinecone

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Sunday October 24, 2010 · 6:02 AM PDT

2010/10/24 · 06:02

I need three paragraphs. This was # 1.

Here is #2

A new Hawaii Poll found Abercrombie, the Democratic former congressman, at 51 percent and Aiona, the Republican lieutenant governor, at 43 percent. One percent preferred other candidates; 5 percent said they were undecided.

So - some good news in the Aloha State. Hopefully Hanabusa shows a lead later this week.

All Pau. Laters.

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83 votes Show Results

Hanabusa will be in front in the congressional poll?

83 votes Vote Now!

Hanabusa will be in front in the congressional poll?

Yes - easily

26 votes

Yes - but close

41 votes

Dead heat

4 votes

Uh-oh

2 votes

Coconut pie

10 votes

Uh-Oh ... we might have company ...

Pinecone

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Wednesday September 29, 2010 · 6:14 PM PDT

2010/09/29 · 18:14

While cruising my former home town newspaper (or what survives of it)- The Star-Advertiser - I came across "Hawaii Telescope Discovers Earth Like Planet." And by golly, they just might have ...

Come below for a few snips and a few thoughts.

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62 votes Show Results

Life on G-581g?

62 votes Vote Now!

Life on G-581g?

Yes

20 votes

7 votes

No, but we could send a starter kit of bacteria

8 votes

Yes, where do you think Glen Beck came from?

27 votes

Bartlett: Teabaggers Totally Ignorant About Taxes

Pinecone

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Saturday March 27, 2010 · 5:40 AM PDT

2010/03/27 · 05:40

The byline date on this is a week old, but it was just forwarded to my by my son. Last week Bruce Bartlett, longtime conservative Republican, wrote an article in Forbes wherein he reviewed the beliefs (certainly can't call it knowledge) that Teabaggers have about Federal Taxes. The astounding results (and correct answers) below.

Obigatory Thank-you update .... I really did step away for my A.M. Latte break to come back and find a very nice discussion going on. I tried to tip pretty much everybody but feel a bit overwhelmed in terms of responding to each post. * sigh * Personally - I find that the kinds of facts that Barlett presented very helpful - especially when dealing with my saner Republican friends...

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On questions of true self interest (like taxes), teabaggers are

1696 votes Vote Now!

On questions of true self interest (like taxes), teabaggers are

ignorant but educable

60 votes

ignorant and require themselves to remain ignorant

1230 votes

know the truth but find it too inconvienent because it would mean they might have to accept other intolerable ideas - like Republicans pout while Democrats govern

354 votes

pie

52 votes

Morning Feature: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Pinecone

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Thursday January 14, 2010 · 3:04 AM PST

2010/01/14 · 03:04

With all of the mortar lobbing back and forth regarding how well (or not well) our Democratic President/Senate/House/Party has or has not been doing, and all the meta about the nature of lobbing mortars, I thought I’d go META on the meta, and write about one of my favorite little books – and some lessons that may or may not be relevant to our community. (NOTE: The author of the book, Patrick Lencioni, holds some political views very different from most of us here - he appears to be a devout Roman Catholic, with a very strong anti-abortion stance. That, however, does not negate the points addressed in his book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team).

In any event - about the book. Come on below to learn more about The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - and how those dysfunctions might or might not be present around here.

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Team DKos....

71 votes Vote Now!

Team DKos....

Is about as dysfunctional as you can be

8 votes

Doesn't do too bad for a 200,000+ member team

30 votes

Gets it together for elections. The rest of the time is just a playground squabble-fest

24 votes

Is the Aces. We are The Team without a doubt

4 votes

Pie

5 votes

Is this really it? A deal?

Pinecone

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Saturday December 19, 2009 · 7:18 AM PST

2009/12/19 · 07:18

Not much of a diary - just saw the "breaking" Seems that Ben mainly gets his way? See below for the cut and paste.

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Yea or Nay?

22 votes Vote Now!

Yea or Nay?

Yea

13 votes

Nay

9 votes

"I hope it goes OK with your mom."

Pinecone

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Saturday November 28, 2009 · 5:38 PM PST

2009/11/28 · 17:38

Two men - the only passengers - on a rental car shuttle back to the airport from the car return location. The younger of the two, - but still probably in his late 40s to mid 50s, as he gets off at his airline stop, wishes the driver a happy Thanksgiving, and says to the other passenger, "I hope it goes OK with your mom."

The kindness of strangers ... come below for a short background to the comment.

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Has the kindness of a stranger touched you this holiday?

40 votes Vote Now!

Has the kindness of a stranger touched you this holiday?

Yes

19 votes

Unfortunately, no

21 votes

A Constituent's Letter to Sen. Hagan (D-NC)

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Friday November 06, 2009 · 4:09 AM PST

2009/11/06 · 04:09

We have had lots of commentary on contacting senators and representatives. I recently wrote to Senator Hagan about the Senate HCR bill, asking that she support it. I got back a somewhat formulaic letter saying "I support something that might be a public option but not if tied to Medicare." That left me wondering what she would do about cloture and the final bill if it.

So - I wrote back to her (who knows who actually reads these things, but at least it will get a tick mark off in the "public option YES" column.

Go below for the letter.

Note - since sending the letter, the House stripped out the Medicare +5%, but the issue of allowing the perfect to kill the good still remains.

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28 votes Show Results

Have you done your part by calling or writing your congressperson?

28 votes Vote Now!

Have you done your part by calling or writing your congressperson?

Yes

24 votes

2 votes

Huh?

1 vote

Pie

1 vote

Health Care Lessons from Hawaii? NYT thinks so

Pinecone

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Saturday October 17, 2009 · 12:54 PM PDT

2009/10/17 · 12:54

I have previously commented on some of the historical advantages Hawaii has had in terms of providing health care coverage for its citizens. It seems the New York Times has finally stumbled upon it as well.

Here is the Link with a view observations below the fold.

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Favorite thing about Hawaii

32 votes Vote Now!

Favorite thing about Hawaii

I live there

7 votes

I don't live there

2 votes

Their Prepaid Healthcare Act

3 votes

Beaches

7 votes

Mountains

2 votes

People

9 votes

Coconut Pie

2 votes

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