Death of an Enemy: A Personal Story
When I was in high school, there was a group of guys who used to torment me mercilessly. I never once got into a physical altercation with them, but they did just about everything else that could make...
View ArticleHuman Rights Diary Rescue: 4 Great Diaries on Osama, Torture, Manning, and...
Last Thursday, I decided to highlight a few diaries related to civil liberties and human rights that I thought were quite good but didn't receive that much discussion following publication. I've...
View ArticleMeta Monday: You Know What I Hate? DK4's Save & Preview Function.
Welcome to Meta Monday, a forum where I like to complain about some of my least favorite Daily Kos trends and functions.Today's edition will be something for DK4's Cranky Users, where I focus on one of...
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Fun with Mathematics: The Finite and Infinite Universe of YouTube
If you've ever sat down to watch one YouTube video, you've no doubt spent a lot of time watching several. Ever since it launched, YouTube has grown into a monolith of the digital media and social...
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It's time to play Name That Kossack!
It's time for another edition of Name That Kossack, the picture riddle game where a username is worth a thousand words.Here's how it works: I will give you a series of Photoshopped pictures, and based...
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It's time to play Name That Kossack!
It's time for another edition of Name That Kossack, the picture riddle game where a username is worth a thousand words.Here's how it works: I will give you a series of Photoshopped pictures, and based...
View ArticleMr. President, There Is No Victory In Afghanistan
"We have put Al Qaeda on a path to defeat, and we will not relent until the job is done." --President Barack Obama, June 22, 2011For the past several years, I had often wondered -- as I imagine many...
View ArticleMeta Monday: What is the Best Daily Kos Diary You've Ever Written?
It's a simple question, Kossacks: What is the best diary you've ever written?Okay, I lied. It's not necessarily a simple question, especially if you've written a lot of diaries. Or rather, it's...
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It's time to play Name That Kossack!
It's time for another edition of Name That Kossack, the picture riddle game where a username is worth a thousand words. You can follow the new Name That Kossack group here.Here's how it works: I will...
View ArticleGlenn Greenwald Responds to Widespread Lies About Him (on Cato, Iraq War, and...
If you're a regular reader of Glenn Greenwald's like I am, you may have occasionally come across some rather vicious lies about his character - that he's a right-wing libertarian and that he supported...
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