Welcome to Kaaaaaansas! Set your Clock back 150 years!
I'm a clinical social worker who has moved about in the past. Previously I lived in Texas and California. I came to Kansas for a job. One of my first friends here was the Democratic County Chair....
View ArticleAct Blue E-Mail Shows Republicans Behind on Technology Again!
Today I received a fundraising e-mail from ActBlue, the funding clearinghouse for national progressive Democratic candidates which sometimes collaborates with Daily Kos. It was dynamite. I have...
View ArticleThe Woody Allen-Dylan Farrow Brouhaha: A Professional's Perspective
As a clinical social worker for 35 years I've been involved in child sexual assault investigations for over three decades, off and on, including five years exclusively assigned to an urban child...
View ArticleR.I.P., Ralph Waite, 1928-2014
Ralph Waite, longtime actor best known for his role as "Pa" in "the Waltons, died yesterday. His career is described on IMDb here: http://www.imdb.com/....Few may remember perhaps that Waite was also...
View ArticlePolitical Fan Fiction: Civil War II
I'm a big fan of the "alternative history" sub-genre of science fiction which explores the past and subsequent future in a a 'what if...?' motif. Harry Turtledove is without question the one great...
View ArticleDr. Ben Carson: As Usual, A Day Late and A Dollar Short
Got this from National Review (I dunno, I signed up about 2011 to leave a comment or something): Dear National Review Reader,Please find this special message from our sponsoring advertiser, American...
View Article"Daily Kos: the Movie"?
If it hadn’t happened, it should have, and probably somebody else would’ve thought of it. But a Wall Street lawyer has written one of the most provocative political thrillers which must be this...
View ArticlePerlstein: “Trump is not a Fascist…Probably”
Last week I drove over to Lawrence, that wonderful isle of blue in a sea of red, to hear Author Rick Perlstein, the most erudite chronicler of the modern conservative movement, give a speech at the...
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Kangaroo here. Exuberance reigns. Despite current struggles..this too shall pass.
View ArticlePaul Ryan is being Primaried!
Paul Ryan get PrimariedI get on a lot of right-wing lists. Gotta know what the enemy’s up to. This came today from one of my sources: -----Patriots, Enough is enough. Paul Ryan funded Obama's...
View ArticlePA-Sen: Say It Ain't So, Joe!
Whoo, Boy. The Senate Race in PA just got hotter as one of the candidates made a gaffe. This from Emily’s List: It takes a lot to surprise me. But these recent comments from Joe Sestak, one of...
View ArticleMy "Growing Up Republican" (Kinda, Sorta) Story: From AuH2O '64 to HHH '68
This was not my idea, but on the “window into history” aspect, it tells what needs to be told, warts and all.My parents were not really organized, partisan Republicans. We were middle-middle class....
View Article2016: 1988 in Reverse?
Let me take you on an improvisational journey, Time Line 1988: Ronald Reagan had won the Presidency in 1980 and 1984, and theoretically, we should have fucking won in 1988. Republicans lost the...
View ArticleKossack elected to Democratic National Committee from Kansas!
This past Saturday, the Kansas Democratic State Executive committee, elected one of our own, Chris Reeves, to the Democratic National Committee.Chris grew up in Southeast Kansas, went to high school...
View ArticleThe Art of Arguing with Right-Wing Relatives, Friends, and Associates
Several other Kossacks have presented various personal stories of arguments, disagreements, and other differences of opinion on matters political and cultural with those they love, like, or...
View ArticleDavid Futrelle unmasks the most Horrific Pro-Trump White Supremacist Meme You...
www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/…David Futrelle writes the “We Hunted The Mammoth” blog, which makes fun of some of the pathetic Men’s Rights Activists, etc., which are running around nowadays.I was first...
View ArticleObservations from a Midwestern Vacation: Signs It's an Election Year - Or Not
Kayso, this old fart, me, Kangaroo, was one of about 96 Clintonistas chasing about 15 slots for delegates and alternates from Kansas to the Democratic National Convention this year, and, needless to...
View ArticleRacism in America: Anecdotes from the last Seven Decades
I was inspired by RichardHayward2‘s Diary “Racism Through My Eyes“ which I read on August 22, 2016. My experience is similar yet different in subtle ways. Richard remembered all but universal grief at...
View ArticleMy War With Jonathan Haidt
Here’s what happened: I have a semi-sordid history of being an internet agitator. I’ve been called a “troll” in various adventures, mostly inaccurately, in my opinion. Of course, as a sort of...
View ArticleAmanda Marcotte on the Harry Reid Machine in Nevada's Successes
Writing on Salon, the premier feminist blogger offers a great in depth analysis of why The Silver State was a bright spot for Democrats in 2016.“While Clinton was being handed losses in states like...
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