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Use and Abuse of Daily Kos
A certain front-page on Daily Kos has been using this forum to repeatedly post stories with original content linked, not to the original creator, but to his own website, which is grossly over-laden...
View ArticleReagan appointee comments during naturalization ceremony
And I couldn’t be prouder that she’s a judge in my district, one I’ve had the honor to work with on professional panels, and appear before in Court.From the New Yorker, A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS A MESSAGE...
View ArticleThere can be no more question about Trump's anti-Semitism
Whether he feels it himself or just knows it’s convenient, he won’t utter a syllable in criticism of anti-Semitism. He didn’t mention the word “Jew” on Holocaust Remembrance Day. When asked about...
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Fox SQUIRREL!! News
My iPhone has a news app that collects top stories of the day. One part of the app lists the top four stories from selected websites. I noticed an interesting trend. After 8 years of wall-to-wall Obama...
View ArticleYesterday in Indiana (hate crimes and anti-Semitism)
Yesterday the Indiana legislature shot down a hate crimes law, leaving the Hoosier State one of just five states without one. The law would have allowed judges to impose tougher sentences for crimes...
View ArticleBut he's just running for Mayor...
One of the push back arguments we’ve seen about Heath Mello is that he’s just running for Mayor, so his pro-life point of view is irrelevant. May I introduce you to a little case called Poelker v....
View ArticleBill O'Reilly defamed me - In Memoriam
Most of you won’t remember this. It happened in the days of yore, when we had 5-digit user numbers or lower, Keith Olbermann was on MSNBC every night, and Bill O’Reilly was the undisputed king of cable...
View ArticleA few comments about copyrights
There was a very interesting diary the other day, A Comment from the Distant Past, by siab. It linked a comment from 2004, when I first joined Daily Kos, about posting photographs and other copyrighted...
View ArticleConyers' Medicare for All Act
Just running through it, with comments. Before I begin, a bit of background. No, I’m not a doctor. But I’m a lawyer, and a pretty well-known one when it comes to healthcare, and particularly Medicare....
View ArticleBlankets of Hope
(The following is a story written by my son last year for his 9th grade English class. It is the (barely) fictionalized story of his grandfather in the Holocaust. Some of the characters are archetypes...
View ArticleDon't fingerpaint in the Holocaust's ashes II (trigger)
I wrote this once before, but apparently some didn’t get the message.Today there’s a diary up entitled So Tell Me the Difference Between Hitler and the GOP When They Take Healthcare Away from...
View ArticleDaily Kos is Broken
I get it. We all hate Trump and anybody within a hundred yards of him. He’s evil. His kids are evil. His kids spouses are evil. Yada yada yada. And then we get this:Rented Mule Dec 31 · 03:35:05 PMI...
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"that Sneaky Dianne Feinstein"
xThe fact that Sneaky Dianne Feinstein, who has on numerous occasions stated that collusion between Trump/Russia has not been found, would release testimony in such an underhanded and possibly illegal...
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A great progressive candidate & some truly horrible people
Dan Canon is a real progressive, a civil rights lawyer who was involved in the Obergefell case, who is suing Trump and white supremacist Matthew Heimbach, and who has a real chance of unseating...
View ArticleThe AR-15, and other assault rifle musings
There is a lot of discussion about the AR-15 and assault rifles. Some of it is right, some wrong, and some depends upon where you go for the definition of "assault rifle." But none of it really...
View ArticleAt the Indianapolis march
This idiot showed up, marching up and down the street. At a march for kids.I just can’t wrap my head around what makes these people tick.
View ArticleDistributive Negotiating in an Integrated World
I'm going to get a little wonky and write about Donald Trump and negotiations. For those who don't know, I'm an adjunct professor at Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law and I teach...
View ArticleTrump would flunk my negotiations class
(this is a repost, at the kind suggestion of ursulafaw, who thought a different title might get the eyeballs it might deserve. Thank you for the kind words, uruslafaw. Original HERE.)I'm going to get a...
View ArticleKossack on "All Things Considered"
A few days ago I wrote a diary, “Trump would flunk my negotiations class.” That came from a Facebook post that is now over 12,000 shares. Well, NPR picked it up and called me about an interview, and...
View ArticleOh no! Am I turning into a pundit?
I wonder if there’s a shot for that?But seriously, some of you know that on the 4th I was on “All Things Considered,” on NPR. You can listen to it if you’d like. The story is Zero-Sum Tactics That...
View ArticleKossack on BBC World News
Well this was interesting.BBC emailed me on Friday and asked me to be on World News, then cancelled about an hour before the show. No big deal — stories get bumped all the time. I figured I was going...
View ArticleBATNA and Trump, a short negotiations lesson
(Cross-posted from LegalNegotiating.com, all rights reserved.)BATNA, an acronym for Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement, is a key element in a successful negotiation.1 Identifying the best...
View ArticleStop saying "perjury trap"
Please, FFS, stop saying “perjury trap” if you don’t know what it means. It feeds into a BS Trumpian meme, and it’s Just! Plain! Wrong!A perjury trap occurs when a question WHICH IS NOT RELEVANT TO THE...
View Article"Build a wall and Crime will fall"
"Build a wall and crime will fall" is Trump's new slogan. What people don't know is that this is just a snippet from a lesser known Dr. Suess story:A man came to town, Who seemed like a clown, We...
View ArticleImpeachment, Produced and Directed by Mitch McConnell
Diary after diary bemoans “centrist” interference with a righteous and delightful impeachment. “Trump’s a crook,” people declare, “so we must impeach him!” And “true progressives demand impeachment and...
View ArticleThe House should appropriate money to ask the citizenship question ...
The House should appropriate money to ask the citizenship question, but it should do so as follows. It would be interesting to see the response of those who insist the 2nd Amendment protects their...
View ArticleFinal exam question for your Negotiations course:
Final exam question for your Negotiations course:In the last full year reported, 2018, the United States imported $539,675.6M (almost $540B) in goods from China, while exporting $120,148.1M in goods,...
View ArticleA well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State ...
One of the favorite arguments among 2nd Amendment advocates is that it was written into the Constitution to give the people the ability to overthrow an unpopular government. This is incorrect. And no,...
View ArticleTrump negotiates blindfolded, with a sledgehammer - China uses a stiletto
China just announced $75B in counter-tariffs, in response to President Trump’s ongoing trade war. It may not seem like much, given the hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese imports that we have to...
View ArticleA Must-Read Cook Political Report (you might not like what it says, but read...
The 2020 Democratic Candidates and Their Coalitions, by Amy Walter, was included in the Abbreviated Pundit Roundup, but there was so much good stuff there it might have gotten lost. It’s really a...
View ArticleWhy is the China question so hard?
I watched the debate the other night. I watched every one of our candidates try to answer the question about China and Trump’s trade war. They were awful.And they don’t need to be.What ideas do they...
View ArticleI have a very simple metric for my preferred candidate
Who can beat Trump where it counts?That’s all I care about. I’d vote for Vlad the Impaler if I thought he’d win.With that in mind, I will keep my eye on state polls. Yes, I know it’s early, and I don’t...
View ArticleBiden beating Trump in Wisconsin
Yes, he’s old. Yes, he has a long history of being a terrible presidential candidate. But he beats Trump where we have to win. Sanders and Warren are both ahead, but in the margin of error. Joe Biden...
View ArticleWinning is all that matters
And to win, we must win battleground states, not national polls. This is all that matters. Until somebody shows better results in the states that count, Biden is the smart choice. www.nytimes.com/…...
View ArticleHearsay.
Hearsay. We're suddenly hearing that word a lot, mostly from people (a) with an agenda, and (b) without a clear understanding of its application. Please accept the following as a public...
View ArticleIowa turnout and what it means
Going into the Iowa caucus, these were the stories we were seeing:Record Turnout Expected To Strain Iowa Caucus SitesOn Monday, Iowa Democrats are expecting a record turnout as they kick off the...
View ArticleTheir reality has lapped our satire - infinity edition
It’s been almost fourteen years since I first banged out the phrase, “their reality has lapped our satire,” right here on Daily Kos. Way back then, it was about “Christians” spending money, not on the...
View ArticleSanders's Housing Plan - a recipe for recession
Here’s a fun question. What happens if the United States government spends $2.5 Trillion to build 10 million new housing units? I’m not just talking about alleviating homelessness, or making housing...
View ArticleTrump sues the New York Times
The Donald J. Trump for President Campaign just filed a defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, for a commentary piece published on the opinion page about Trump and Russia.Seriously.This is so...
View ArticleA Negotiations Professor's Negotiation Speculation
What’s happening right now behind closed doors? I’ll tell you what I think.But first, why listen to me? Well, this is what I do. I teach negotiations to law students. I study negotiations, and I watch...
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Their reality has lapped our satire - the Bernie edition
I can’t make this shit up.Some of you may recall, way back in 2006, when I first wrote the diary entitled, “Their reality has lapped our satire.” It was a story about a church in Tennessee, well, here...
View ArticleJoe Biden, our presumptive nominee, is progressive
He’s just not Sanders-pure. And we can hope that, with time, people will recognize that and get on board. A Biden administration will be the most progressive administration in our country’s history. It...
View ArticleFull DC Circuit Court takes up McGahn subpoena
NBC News is reporting that the D.C. Circuit Court is taking up the McGahn subpoena case en banc. From a legal perspective, that means the two-week old decision finding that courts have no role in a...
View ArticleIt's worse than you think
Very important information about Coronavirus deaths coming out of Italy and Spain.This is fascinating, and terrifying.First acme a report out of Italy. Two physicists, including Claudio Cancelli Luca...
View ArticleBiden's best choice for VP is ...
Oh no, it's not going to be that easy. I'm going to tell you why, first. By the time you get to the name, you'll be nodding in agreement.The Electoral CollegeFirst, let's talk about how this election...
View ArticleOther deaths and, maybe, the next hot spots
A little food for thought, as so many opine on COVID-19's lethality. (Preliminary weekly numbers from the CDC.)Based upon preliminary numbers from the CDC, death rates in States hit by the coronavirus...
View ArticleShould we fear that federal spending will spur out of control inflation?
Meanderings of a curious mind #2,496.Classic economics says printing money leads to inflation, therefore the government should not be giving away money during the pandemic. But in this particular case,...
View ArticleOn Cruz & Co.'s "commission"
Please allow me to discuss Ted Cruz and company's sham "electoral commission" plan, to identify both what it's really about, and why it's blatantly illegal. I'll also reach back to the Electoral...
View ArticleDon't Fingerpaint in the Holocaust's Ashes III
There is an otherwise excellent diary which has made it to the front page that compares Arizona Republican’s self-appointment of electors to the Nazi meeting at Wannsee setting out The Final...
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