I'm (half) watching the first TV series made by Netflix, "House of Cards". I wouldn't be watching it if it wasn't for my husband. My husband is watching it because the acting is superb (agreed!), the story is good, and it's believable "unfortunately" (I hope not). I really like the actor Kevin Spacey, but his character is loathsome. He speaks to ( Read more... )

I've been posting on Facebook more than my blog, but this is worth posting twice (at least). From Obama's acceptance speech (video | transcript):
I'm hopeful because of you.

The young woman I met at a science fair who won national recognition for her biology research while living with her family at a homeless shelter - she gives me hope.

The auto ( Read more... )

I saw this on HBO, but seeing it again in Daily Kos makes me want to save it here so I can look back at it and refer to it if it comes up.


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My son posted some articles on Facebook & we got in this conversation. We've both been election judges and we know that voter fraud is a hoax. It's not really in the main media and the idea needs to be spread, though there are lots of articles one can link to which will help spread this message. Having voter IDs makes voting harder & ( Read more... )

This has been passing around. It reminds me of the facts stated in my minister's sermon on immigration recently. I hope I can link to it without a problem:


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I had to write this down it was so funny. After showing that the Brady Campaign gives Obama straight F's and then the NRA criticizes Obama for some kind of conspiracy against gun owners/supporters, Jon Stewart said this:

Barack Obama will court his liberal base by running on change, get elected, fail to deliver that change with a Congress of his ( Read more... )

This is 5+ mins., but very funny. If you didn't see Stephen Colbert last night, at least see this clip. If you can't see the video below, go here: http://ow.ly/4yM4h (BTW, Stephen has trouble not laughing during some of this.) Also the Baltimore Sun reported on Stephen Colbert's tweets today with ( Read more... )

This video is about Why Democracy Only Works When People Are In Charge, is easy to understand, & less than 9 mins. If you can't see the embedded video, try this link.

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I'm very upset about the situation in the Gulf. Stephen Colbert has a Fund to help the Gulf region, which is a good cause, but I want to join the efforts of some group or advocate for some bill that is fighting all off-shore drilling. Does anyone know of any? The latest news is "Spill’s damage could persist for decades" and "Obama to Reopen Oil ( Read more... )

I'm listening to the audio book "The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore. He talks in the first chapter about the new information about how the brain works. People can have traumatic memories from stories told to them from people they trust. There are brain cells that elicit the empathy emotion which acts upon these stories and helps to create these ( Read more... )