Food stamp usage is up 31% since October 08
I learned today from the Christian Science Monitor that food stamp usage has sky rocketed. I went to the government's food and nutrition service site to look at the data myself and discovered it's up...
View ArticleSpreadsheet Reality, August Edition
11 Trillion. That's 11 with 12 zeros after it. That's how much our leadership has committed in bailouts to all financial institutions, banks, corporations, etc. to date to save them from the problems...
View ArticleOur top national security threat has changed.
And military action won't be able to fix this one. Is it Al-Queda? No. Is it the BP oil spill? No. Is it unemployment? Not exactly. Is it China? Not precisely. Is it Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill...
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RKBA: The armed progressive and why
RKBA is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who also have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second...
View ArticleI've been harassed at work and I don't know what to do
'Dan' is my manager. He did his best to try to hurt me. Dan succeeded. I have been contemplating for 2 days now whether to pick up the phone and call HR. I don't know if I should.
View ArticleFood stamp usage is up 39% since October 08
This is a follow up diary to one I wrote back in August about the increased use of food stamps by the public. The amount of individuals using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program continues to...
View ArticleMy mother has gone to hospice
Or more precisely, she is starting week 3. After a 3 year battle with multiple myeloma, she is ready for hospice care.
View ArticleMore madness of a lost society on Black Friday
Hello Kossacks. I haven't written a diary in some time. My mother passed away in July, and my taste for politics and most everything else has been curtailed since then. Grief is a process, and time is...
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