My Blood's Still Good
There's been a lot of bad blood around here recently, and I've already made most of the ancillary puns in the tags, so let me get right to my little story of freshly shed blood: I gave again tonight,...
View ArticleNationwide Blood Shortage - Please Give
The phone rings and it is an out-of-area call. "Oh yeah, that's what I need now. Someone trying to get me to donate money (probably the DNC) while I'm trying to get the baby to sleep. I answer the...
View ArticleNew Holiday Drink: The Cheney
I am occassionally inspired to do something festive for the holidays and I'm in a particularly ghoulish mood. I was inspired by a comment I made on bonddad's diary Record Current Account Deficit =...
View ArticleAmerica's Pointless Blood Ban
In a time of scarcity our nation should rise above petty hateful assumptions for the benefit of those in need...
View ArticleBush has a plan to get out of Iraq
The coming withdrawl from Iraq will start with the withdrawal of the Iraqi Kurdish/Iranian oil. The troops will stay until all the precious oil has been brought home safely with a timeline of 2-3...
View ArticleBlood and Gore: War, Peace, Power and Mistakes
Note to tag librarians: Added 'David Blood' as a tag. All other tags are multi-use.My, oh my. What fun -- a familiar phrase with multiple meanings, multiple connotations. Blood and Gore.Could be David...
View ArticleDo You Want the United States to Win in Iraq? Yes or No?
How many times have we heard this question (or one like it) posed by one of the Chickenhawks? How many times have we been implicitly or explicitly slandered by questions such as these? You've probably...
View ArticleIraq Update: Year 4: Dreaming of Blood and Oil
I woke this morning dreaming of blood and oil. It is no surprise, in retrospect. Much of my reading and thinking of the last four years has revolved around the two topics. Both are incredibly...
View ArticleI don't like the phrase "blood and treasure"
When speaking of the folly of Iraq occupation, the phrase "blood and treasure" has come up a lot lately. I don't like it. The "blood" part is fine, and most accurately and boldly states the truth....
View ArticleHillary Clinton & George Bush have the same mystery money men
Hillary's Mystery Money Men By Russ Baker and Adam Federman, The Nation. Posted October 22, 2007. The man who helped make Bush's first fortune now wants to claim the Clinton campaign. Is someone...
View Article"BUSHALICIOUS" -- The Taste of Bloody-Bloody
Blood turns utterly rancid. BUSH + DEAD-BLOOD-TASTE == BUSHALICIOUS. This one-word oxymoron fails the intrigue, the charm of fictional vampires. Ann Rice's vampires, after all, suck blood to buy an...
View Article"The Needle Tears A Hole"
I did it again today. It had been a couple of weeks since the last time and I was feeling the "itch". I snuck out of work early and went to my favorite place. It's safe, clean and comfortable there...
View ArticleAn inelegant plea for AB- blood. UPDATED.
I don't know that I am able to do this with a hell of a lot of grace, but I'm hoping the rule of thumb is, "Better to do it badly and honestly than not at all."
View ArticleMy Blood Drive, Gay Blood Donors and the FDA
Educate me! What do we know about the FDA's policy on gay men donating blood? I need to know both the scientific rationale, if any, for this, as well as the social ramifications. I'm holding a...
View ArticleThere Will Be Blood - Chinese Justice
Obama wrote in his memoir that he thinks the death penalty "does little to deter crime." But he supports capital punishment in cases "so heinous, so beyond the pale, that the community is justified in...
View ArticleObama to have Seder at the White House
The Jerusalem Post reports that President Obama will host the first-ever White House Seder on Thursday night (the night of the Second Seder). (Note to non-Jews "Seder" in this case does not refer to...
View ArticleDouble-O Bama's Licenced a Kill
The pirates are a sideshow, but politics is Kabuki. President Obama has given the order to take a life; he's been blooded.
View ArticleSecession: The Ultimate Anti-American statement
The cries of "Taxation Without Representation" means OUR GUY LOST, screw you guys, I'm going home. Well, Boo Fucking Hoo. Call me the fucking Waaaaammbbulance, Cartman. Because this secession shit...
View ArticleSummer Blood Drive
Last summer I wrote what I thought was a snarky, funny diary, asking people to donate blood or blood products, like platelets. I quickly found out that a lot of people don't think needles are snarky or...
View ArticleGUS: One Pint of Blood, 100% Nicotine Free
The GUS group began three months ago with a quit date of June 15th. The group has now grown now to over 130 members. GUS (Gave Up Smoking) is a community support diary for Kossacks in the midst of...
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