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Creep

Specificaly Mission Creep. That's what's going on with the NSA, it needs to stop. An agency with ever growing budget and scope with very little oversite. Not the best idea ever, just sayin. How can we...

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Visiting a Vampire on Christmas Eve

People talk a lot about rescession proof industries, jobs, or investments especially in economic times like these. While the Dow may be soaring I personally think it's due for a re-adjustment downward...

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What Is Happening On Top of Fukushima Reactor 3? Updated.

 This will be a short diary, just kinda bringing this to everyone's attention and it's a situation I've followed for years. So this just showed up in my FB stream.And now fresh plumes of steam have...

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Surplus Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles Come to a Police Dept Near You

They are already using it.Nov. 7 - While making the arrest of a kidnap suspect yesterday, Boise Police had evidence the suspect may be heavily armed and in possession of a large amount of explosive...

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Chicago Police Force Woman to Remove Tampon to Perform Cavity Search

In the broad daylight no less. Seriously un fucking acceptable,A female officer searched her, while a group of male officers watched and “made jokes and comments about Ms. Halley’s body,” the suit...

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NW #snowpocalypse Check in.

So we are having a bit of weather here in the NW.Steady snow will fall through mid evening. Cloudy and windy. Temperatures steady near 22F. Winds E at 20 to 25 mph. Additional snowfall of 2 to 4 inches...

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Radical Inclusion and Participation

 Last week I had the fortune of visiting my former city of Las Vegas for a week long visit. I had a great time hanging out with my friends whom I miss and love very much and realized how much I miss...

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I am here, and not going anywhere.

Who cares why I am here, here I am. Ain't going anywhere so learn to deal with it. Will voice my opinion about things wherever and or whenever I want. Every single goddamned person on this blog will...

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You Know What's Stupid

Caring so much about tags. Tags exist here for one purpose, to help users search for diaries on a topic. They are not for making some point, that is what the fucking diary is for. If you get so bent...

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Community Help Desk

So a couple weeks ago while reading and researching about various functionality problems I had a little idea. There are some kossacks out there who have very real problems contributing here because of...

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Sometimes there are no good options.

Addicts aren't always bad people per say, just addicts.

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They Think We Are Zombies

http://youtu.be/... Seriously, I have seen the "anyone else is a zombie" rhethoric. We are zombies, not important, not human. That is what ignorant people are being programmed to.

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I'm a nice guy.

I understand many situations. But there comes a time that I am not so nice anymore. There comes a time that I don't give a fuck, sometimes to the detriment of people I care about.  I am reaching that...

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South Carolina's longest serving sheriff steps down after Federal/State...

BreakingMetts accepted bribes from friends in return for using his position, power, and influence as Sheriff to interfere with the proper identification and processing of certain illegal aliens...

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I've been had.

It is seldom to the point of never that I get ripped off for anything. Well some people owe me around 400 dollars for work put in. Yes wage theft, the one woman I worked with (not going back) said the...

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For those wondering where Horace Boothroyd III has been.

First of all, ya'll don't worry he is okay. Just got back from giving him a ride. Horace can't afford internet,and his new phone he bought was a POS and has broken. He got an Obama phone but as you...

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Still need to find Horace Boothryd III a ride from the airport to downtow...

Had some leads but nothing has been setup yet so if anyone is arriving at Detroit tomorrow evening or has access to a car and wouldn t mind, please let me know. I have been trying to get a mobility van...

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Antonio French on the ground: I am fine.

Hat tip to the Alderman and I pray for no violence tonight in Ferguson.https://mobile.twitter.com/... Don't know how to embed tweets properly. Might be a long night, might need help with updates.

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So much radiation still pulses inside crippled reactor cores that no one has...

According to Time, earlier today:Every 2½ days, workers deploy a new giant storage tank to house radioactive water contaminated after passing through the damaged reactors.http://time.com/... But it is...

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Feminist Video Game Critic Threatened With Rape and Death

From rawstory(trigger warning):Anita Sarkeesian, creator of an online video series analyzing problematic representations of women in video games, was forced to leave her home on Tuesday after death...

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It Changed Things of Course, You know, It Made Things a Little bit Different.

Those were Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaughs words today after announcing the Ravens had cut former franchise running back Ray Rice after TMZ released video from inside the elevator on the night in...

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Try living off 300 dolars a month after bills.

Do it. Try it. I have done it. Couple of times. It ain't easy. Try it. Pay rent and utilities and 300 dollars. Go.

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Somebody is Trying To Keep his Job

Didn't see a diary about it, but the NFL has revamped it's substance abuse policies.http://www.nfl.com/... Some suspensions cut due to new policies. Haven't gone through and compared current versus new...

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Wisconsin University Frat Marks Their Targets For Sexual Assault with an X

Just an example of how prevelant the rape culture is in our society and specifically on college campuses, one Wisconsin University Frat has a system to identify women who are to recieve date rape...

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A 9 percent increase in registered voters is not a failure.

http://www.dailykos.com/... Debunked unless someone debunked the 537 article. 1500 non registered eligible voter, 138 newly registered. More important. Near 90 percent registered. Unless these numbers...

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Happy Halloween

So this happened today not too far from here:http://koin.com/...Kendall pulled up alongside the Mounces as they were driving to their 9 a.m. court appearance, Erich told KOIN 6 News. He said he...

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Obama should go big on executive orders.

And I mean HUGE. Veto everything. Exec orders for many things. Carbon regulations, sure. Immigration, fuck yeah. Anything and everything, do it. Dare the republicans to impeach. Go big then go home....

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We need a completely independent

GOTV operation. No more money to party run GOTV. Results drivin. Stop feeding the election machine and build something different.

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This kind of hate.

Oh my fucking gawd:http://m.huffpost.com/... I could do the whole quote thing, it's fucking horrible. Of course an apology has been issued, she should have resigned. Ugh

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Is Elizabeth Lauten running an AMC Facebook page?

So there are a lot of do's and dont's with social media. Sorry, I am bad about such things too. Last night when I saw what a hopefully soon to be unemployed young woman wrote with hate about our...

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All I want for Christmas...

     It has been a while since I have properly sat down behind a keyboard and penned a diary. I may have done it once or twice in the past year when I found the time or the mood struck me. I don't have...

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This is something great

Seriously people. I know I know, much work, much to oppose, but fuck man. GoBama

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Dear Anti Vaxxers, you are killing us.

I know ya'll are feeling a bit self concious right now what with measles making a come back. The whole thing you convinced yourself is real is bearing fruit but not in a good way for anyone. So I...

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Wave-generated power has been supplied to the electricity grid.

Three 240 kw peak wave generators were brought online in Australia supplying power (and fresh water) to their largest naval base.http://www.greentechlead.com/...They send pressurized water to an...

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So I Could Use a Little Help

  No, this is not an emergency by any stretch of imagination. If you haven't seen me around it has been because I have been rather busy. They put me on full time salary at my old job at the beginning...

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Vetwife needs our help. w/ Update

Update: Wow. I put up a little late night blog post and ya'll have spread it out in the ether far and wide enough that Vetwife is withing $1,100 of her goal. You ladies and gentleman have really...

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Sh@t Can Happen in An Instant

 I have always prided myself on being self reliant. Even though I work in the service industry I am good enough at what I do and thrifty enough to never have been in a risky financial situation. I have...

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Thank You All So Very Much.

     So we hit the goal Jekylnhyde set for my fundraiser and a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. The rent check I was finally able to cut is in the mail to the landlord and I have enough to...

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Flash Back of People Power in South Carolina

That was our all volunteer booth for Howard Dean at the 2003 South Carolina State Fair. Months before Howard opened an office in SC, this is what we did, on our own. We won a ribbon for best new booth...

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I got nothing.

wtfThat was my adopted Aunt. She was black as is another of my adopted family. I hope her killer is convicted. I hope race plays no part in this. I hope my Aunts killer doesn't get off. 

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Game On!

 It is beginning to look like Bernie may pull of a stunning upset in Michigan. Whether his lead holds or not what can not be dismissed is his massive over performance  of the polling aggregate in the...

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I am sorry I ever backed Bernie Sanders. Afte

After the DNC played nice and gave him 5 slots on the platform comitte Bernie wants to challenge over some really partisan shit. There is no defense of these sour ass grapes. 

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Retirees and low income people being forced out of their homes in OR

There is a growing rental (homeless too) problem in liberal utopia Portland, Or.tmRent has gone up ridiculous amounts in the last year and a half. Trust me I know. One of the low income living expense...

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Remove your AC. Are you kidding it is 100 degrees.

I wrote a little diary about the unfolding disaster that is ongoing to some friends of mine. www.dailykos.com/…Well they have finally got some coverage in the local media.katu.com/…Evicting people for...

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All I Want For Christmas

   This time of year always drives me to reflection on the importance of things to myself and others. On one hand I am very grateful for all I am blessed with even if it isn’t what some would consider...

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Southern Dreams

I am now ten years plus removed from the south. I spent close to 20 of my 40 some odd years there between Virginia and South Carolina.  I still have many friends in South Carolina my last port of call....

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Man choke slams teen for "disrepecting anthem" by not removing hat.

 The 39 year old man grabbed a teen by the throat and slammed him to the ground after the man confronted the teen about removing his hat. The teen was bleeding from his ears and airlifted to a...

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Don't be a Black or immigrant in some parts of South Carolina according to...

Yeah this is some racist fucking shite. xLindsey Graham, facing a Black challenger: "If you're a young African American...you can go anywhere in this state, you just need to be conservative not...

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Twitter Permanently Bans Trump

www.nbcnews.com/…Its about damned time.

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Every single one. This is BS.

www.washingtonpost.com/…"Federal law enforcement officials are privately debating whether they should decline to charge some of the individuals who stormed the U.S. Capitol this month — a politically...

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