Whazzup? Has the Mittster Got Money Problems?
This is, admittedly, only speculation, but there are increasing signs tonight that the Romney campaign may be suffering from cash shortages, leaving it hampered in its supposed plans to wallpaper media...
View ArticleGet Ready! The Bloody Brutal Battle for the GOP Is Already Underway!! w/Poll
By all current measures it seems increasingly certain that Mitt Romney is going to lose the 2012 Presidential election and there is some possibility that with his continual gaffes and flailing and...
View ArticleRyan Re-elected/Bachmann holding on
Short diary, but news reports say Ryan defeated Zerban to win an 8th congressional term in WI, giving him continued employment after his defeat as the VP candidate for Romney. Interesting speculation...
View ArticleEuphoria Meet Reality - The GOP Thinks It Won! w/Poll
While progressives everywhere are starting a new day filled with joy at the results of last night's election...Obama re-elected, progressive initiatives passed, strong Senate results, some incremental...
View ArticleWelcome to Pittsburgh Area Kossacks
Good morning and welcome to the newly created Pittsburgh Area Kossacks Group on Daily Kos.First some quick notes about your volunteer Group leader: I am a retired public relations executive and...
View ArticleAnd We're Off - Pittsburgh Area Kossacks Group
After a brief holiday lapse (too much turkey and tryptophan), the Pittsburgh Area Kossacks group is up and running.At this writing we're approaching a couple of dozen members who have joined or asked...
View ArticleAfter a "Brief Delay" Pgh. Area Kossacks Gets Rolling
OK Pgh. Area Kossacks members and those who are interested in joining.First a word of apology for my fairly long absence from the task of membership maintenance and editing. My excuse....I just turned...
View ArticleThree Easy Ways John Boehner Can Cut the Budget by A Half Trillion in 10 Years
Dear Congressman Boehner:We know you are in a tough spot these days. President Obama is pressing his election mandate to get a bill passed NOW that would eliminate tax hikes on the 98% of Americans...
View ArticleWe watch CNBC.....so You Don't Have To
With a viewership largely made up of people with fiscal holdings much larger than the GDP of many mid-sized nation states, and a fierce determination to protect their wealth at all costs, CNBC...
View ArticleWhy is the Media Giving Proven Pro-Gun Liar John Lott Credibility?
I had the TV on in the kitchen this evening and was bouncing around the channels when I suddenly found myself watching a John Lott on C-Span. (The full video runs about 45 minutes if you want to watch...
View ArticleFirst Pgh. Area Kossacks Meetup - Sat. Feb. 2nd
Plans are coming together for the first ever Pittsburgh Area Kossacks pot luck meet up. It will take place, starting at 4:30 PM at the home of group member Allen Kitchen and his wife Mary. If you are a...
View ArticleFederal Court Orders WI GOP to Give Computer Contents to Opponents
The Wisconsin GOP and the legal team it hired to handle state redistricting was handed a Federal court order yesterday: Turn over the contents of three computers used to ram through redistricting last...
View ArticleLets Make Sure Netroots Nation Gets Equal Air Time w/poll
CPAC, the annual wall-to-wall showcase for the stalwarts of the Republican Party (Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, Ted Cruz, Allen West and Pat Toomey to name just a few on this year's agenda) is now...
View ArticleWatch the big Monster devour itself. Happening NOW!!!
Man this is like a bad case of measles.....everywhere you turn, the GOP seems to be imploding.Late yesterday, HuffPo runs a lengthy and excoriating profile of Mitch McConnell and the mounting evidence...
View ArticleWas the WWII Vets Demonstration Staged by the Tea Party? w/Poll
I posted this recently at TPM, but got to thinking, it is a question which needs wider consideration. Was the WWII Vets "breakthrough" event at the WW II Memorial orchestrated by the Tea Party? The...
View ArticleFox's Stuart Varney on Federal Workers: "I Want to Punish Those People"
We're seeing the hypocrisy daily: The TX GOP Congressman berating a Federal Park ranger for the closure of a WWII memorial to visiting WWII veterans - a closure necessitated by his vote and those of...
View ArticleWhat's That Sound Congress is Making? A Can Being Kicked!
Not so much euphoria everyone. If you think today's pending budget deal solves any problems, you haven't been paying any attention and there are lots of warning signs that Congress has once again...
View ArticleCould Mitch's Dam Deal Be His Demise?
Whenever Congress gets together and assembles a "deal," be sure to check the fine print to see who really gets the goodies.In the case of the latest deal to resolve the current budget crisis, that fine...
View ArticleHow Long Did It Take Tesoro to Leak 865,000 Gallons of ND Oil?
Daily Kos is a wonderful place....a collection of lots of different people who know lots of different stuff. So I need a Kos expert with some engineering math expertise....fluid dynamics to be...
View ArticleAuto-Run Video Ads: Let's Nip This in the Bud - NOW
Are you seeing this when you visit your favorite high volume blogosphere sites these days? Video ads that start running even when you never went anywhere near them, or in many cases, never even saw...
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