72 year-old great-grandmother deployed to Iraq.
Of her own will, however. From the AP -
View ArticleNew Suit seeking re-examination of Provisional Ballots in OH
Right on the front page of Yahoo, like the GAO Story, by the AP. Here's the link: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=2&u=/ap/20041126/ap_o...
View ArticleA potential consideration for future protest: renouncing US Citizenship?
What would happen if, after some tremendous development that would likely use the constitution as toilet paper, over a million American Born Citizens stood in line to denounce their citizenship? What...
View ArticleA Netherlands hospital now allows child euthanasia - at least, now it's...
AP - A Hospital in the Netherlands (the first nation to legalize euthanasia, followed by Belgium, and a bill is on the floor in France,) has allowed euthanasia of terminally ill newborns (not outwardly...
View ArticleNew York is finally very close to reforming the Rockefeller Drug Laws
The legislature passed legislation today. All that remains, AFAIK, is for Pataki's Signature - and he has said he would sign such legislation and supported the reform, so we should expect the new law...
View ArticleThe Republican Dissent Begins: Social Security "reform"
A Republican Senator, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, warned Bush today on Fox News Sunday that it would be irresponsible to borrow $1-2 trillion to "reform" Social Security, and would undermine...
View ArticleGet well soon, Randi.
Randi Rhodes will be undergoing gynecological related surgery tomorrow (? - I don't think she has given us the specifics on that). I just wanted to simply wish her, on behalf of everyone here at Kos,...
View ArticleThom Hartmann Kicks Ass!
For those that don't know, Randi Rhodes is recieving surgery, and her show was guest hosted by Thom Hartmann today. Get well soon, Randi. Please visit and give her your best wishes. OK, I have honestly...
View ArticleProof the media is conservative.
Look at this nice front page yahoo article today:http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20041222/ts_usatoday/christiansprotestac...
View ArticleI just heard Cliff Arnebeck on Randi Rhodes yesterday.
[according to our evidence, which we believe will hold up in court if given the chance] Kerry won Ohio Kerry won the popular vote."There is no question that if we had the right judge who cared about...
View ArticleEnough with the "tin-foil-hat" - quit trusting the government -...
It's just innapropriate. If someone believes something that doesn't have proof but has evidence, that's a LONG way from believing tin foil hats keep the aliens from controlling your brain. That is...
View ArticleJohn Conyers: CALL YOUR SENATORS!
On Unfiltered, today, just now. Tell them you are looking for fairness. Get cracking, people. BTW, he seemed pretty hopeful that there WILL be a Senator and thus an objection. Argh, damn text limit....
View ArticleSo, what do you really think about Kerry?
It's over and done. George W. Bush, with 100% certainty, is our next President. We all unified behind Kerry, giving him our all, and even though most of us didn't even like him - although we did think,...
View ArticleTreatment for heroin/opiate addiction: a primer.
At the suggestion of georgia10, I am writing this diary. I didn't think there would be much interest, but hopefully there will be, we shall see. I shall try to focus on the legal and political aspects...
View ArticleDrug Prohibition: a Primer on Drugs from my vantage point
I sat down tonight to start my next diary in the series on the so-called "war on drugs" that I had promised. I wanted to start with a history of drug prohibition then work on from there. I discovered...
View ArticleTreatment for heroin/opiate addiction: Advanced Edition
Due to the overwhelming response to my first diary on this topic, Treatment for heroin/opiate addiction: a primer, and the many comments and continued discussion that followed, I have decided to...
View ArticleDrug Prohibition: A History (Part I - Pre-Prohibition)
As a former heroin addict currently in (buprenorphine) maintenance, this issue clearly means alot to me. But not to most. And I will continue to ask them, why? Virtually everyone from both sides of the...
View ArticleDrug Prohibition: A History (Part II - Prohibition Begins)
As a former heroin addict currently in (buprenorphine) maintenance, this issue clearly means alot to me. But not to most. And I will continue to ask them, why? Virtually everyone from both sides of the...
View ArticleDrug Prohibition: Why it is wrong.
As a former heroin addict currently in (buprenorphine) maintenance, this issue clearly means alot to me. But not to most. And I will continue to ask them, why? Virtually everyone from both sides of the...
View ArticleWar on Drugs: The Masquerade (Part I of III)
Since my last diary got little notice, I thought I would deal with something nice and steamy today: the government's, particularly the CIA's, duplicity in the "War on Drugs." Let me make it clear right...
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