Swift Boat Video Game
Kuma Games is releasing a video game based on the February 28, 1969 battle in which John Kerry won his Silver Star. Quoting the Associated Press article: "The level of rancor has been such that few of...
View ArticleAllentown PA needs lawyers for voter protection!
I'm volunteering with PA Victory 2004, the Kerry/Edwards campaign in Pennsylvania at the Allentown PA office. The Voter Protection group here needs lawyers to help with their efforts on election day....
View ArticleProps to GOTV volunteers!
Here in Allentown PA we've had tremendous GOTV turnout. The canvassing coverage has been really extensive, with our KE04 canvassers and the ACT and MoveOn folks. After our polls closed here in Lehigh...
View ArticleGoing Up The Country: it's time for the Dems to focus on rural America
Check out Dave Neiwert's post Back To The Roots. He's looking at how the Dems have basically abandoned rural voters and how that has hurt us in the last few elections. In 2000 and in 2004 both Gore...
View ArticleCIA Diary Disappears!
What happened to up2date's diary on the purge of "disloyal" CIA operatives. I noticed that it had been promoted to the home page, but when I went to take a look at the comments it just diappeared....
View ArticleAction Alert: The Ground Truth
The folks at Operation Truth are trying to raise $200,000 by December 31 to complete the feature length version of the film The Ground Truth: The Human Cost Of War, a documentary looking at the lives...
View ArticleAction Alert: The Ground Truth
The folks at Operation Truth are trying to raise $200,000 by December 31 to complete the feature length version of the film The Ground Truth: The Human Cost Of War, a documentary looking at the lives...
View ArticleALERT: Wounded troops at Ramstein still need your help
A recent diary posted a request from Lt. Col. Lori Noyes of the Civil Air Patrol for assistance for our wounded service members at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Lt. Col. Noyes reported that...
View ArticleNo good deed goes unpunished.
Lt. Col. Lori Noyes of the Civil Air Patrol, Ramstein Cadet Squadron, has been organizing a donation drive of clothing and other essentials for wounded troops from Iraq and Afghanistan sent to...
View ArticleDavid Brooks takes on K Street. Yeah, that David Brooks.
David Brooks, a pundit of mediocre ability and questionable judgement in my opinion, has just penned an honest to goodness "speak truth to power" column. He takes on the K street and the Republican...
View ArticleBlackwell '06: The Religious Right Wants To Own Ohio
From NYT, everyone's favorite Secretary of State, Ken Blackwell, is getting the support of a radical Christian group, the Ohio Restoration Project. The OHP is trying to organize 2000 radical Christian...
View ArticleRepublicans aiding gun smuggling to NYC
According to am New York (Warning: slow to load PDF), one of our local free morning papers, a crackdown on a gun smuggling operation in Brooklyn has highlighted a long-running problem for law...
View ArticleHelp needed for a supply run to Slidell LA
After reading Barbara's diaries about the needs of folks in Slidell LA I've decided to make a run down there this weekend with a truck load of supplies. I'll be bringing school supplies, cleaning...
View Article[Please recommend!] My Trip To Slidell - Your Help Is Needed!
This past weekend I was able to make a trip to Slidell, Louisiana to take supplies to Slidell High School and to some local residents who Barbara had worked with during her time there. The diaries...
View ArticleNYT: CIA program was AQ assassination
The New York Times reports that the secret CIA program initiated after the September 11th attacks was intended to carry out assassinations of Al Qaeda leaders. The report quotes unnamed intelligence...
View ArticleNew York's Urban Forest Takes A Massive Hit
New York City, like many older East Coast cities, has a very impressive urban forest. It's made up of the many parks, street trees and yard trees that can be found throughout the City, even in...
View ArticleWant to start a "Sustainable Nuclear Power" group?
I'm interested in starting a DK4 group focused on sustainable nuclear power. I know that there a handful of diarists here who have written extensively and from experience on nuclear power. I am not...
View ArticleBREAKING: Meteor airburst over Chelyabinsk
There are news reports of a meteor airburst over the Chelyabinsk region of Russia about 1500 kilometers east of Moscow. It is unclear what damage or casualties have resulted, but the office of the...
View ArticleAdvice needed for Yolanda/Haiyan fundraising
I need advice and guidance on organizing fundraising for relief efforts in the Philippines following Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan. A graduate school friend originally from the Philippines has asked me to...
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