Sharon Stone's Good Work for Today
Just seen on BBC world news: Sharon Stone stood up today during a conference at Davos and offered $10000 to the President of Tanzania, who requested funds desperately needed to fight malaria and other...
View ArticleGiuliana Sgrena in her own words
I offer this diary as a supplement to the two that have already been posted by Gilgamesh and Jerome a Paris. Given that they are now long with comments, I thought it might be a good idea to start...
View ArticleA comment on diary etiquette
Many of us are hanging around here, 11:00 A.M. EST, waiting eagerly for Bill in Portland Maine to produce his Cheers & Jeers diary. Many of us worry when it does not magically appear circa 10:20...
View ArticleBerlusconi the Clown
You think we're the only ones who have it tough, people? Think of our good friends in Italy, who have had to put up with Silvio Berlusconi for the past 5 years. There have been many analogous political...
View ArticleWalter Cronkite's Letter to the NYT: An Idea for Dems
I was surprised to see that the author of this letter to today's NYT was none other than Walter Cronkite. It is interesting to see him step into the fray. He must be feeling as desperate as we all...
View ArticleUPDATED: The situation in Cuba, from someone who lives in Havana
I'm writing this to provide a little more context to enlightened folks like yourselves about the current situation in Cuba. I do not have any privileged information, just observations as I live in...
View ArticlePlease End The Cuban Travel Ban & Embargo
I’ve said several times that I’ve been dying to write a diary about my experience living in Cuba. My husband is a foreign service officer (not American) and we’re posted in Havana. We’ve been here...
View ArticleThe Making of Barack Obama
I needed a break from primary projections, results, and musings about the candidates’ futures, so I decided to do a little analysis of an academic type. A question I’ve been pondering lately is this:...
View ArticleA few words from Your (dKos) Woman in Havana
I missed the diary earlier today by Marcus Junius Brutus on Fidel’s resignation. My only correction is to this initial statement the diarist makes:Several news sites are now breaking the news that...
View ArticleHey admins, OMG this!
There are all sorts of shenanigans happening on the rec list right now, I imagine in honor of April Fools' Day. Well, fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice...uh, fool on...uh, for shame. So, I've...
View ArticleItalian Election Results: Dem Party doing well with "Yes We Can" Motto
Italian parliamentary elections take place today. Unfortunately, according to the exit polls, Berlusconi's coalition is poised to lead again. However, the new Partito Democratico led by Walter...
View ArticleDaily Superdelegate Open Thread #2: O+4 C 0
Slinkerwink has graciously suggested unrecommending her first Superdelegate open thread for the day. That thread got large quickly; once comments get to 500 or so, my slow dial-up connection starts to...
View ArticleNews from Havana: Cuba facing rice shortage
I wish I could provide you with links to prove the following news, but I can't because there don't seem to be any. So, call this on-the-ground reporting.The Cuban government just announced that there...
View ArticleWhere's the reset button on this blog?
Ok, I admit I have spent an unhealthy amount of time reading and commenting on dKos today. On a day that is chock-full of beautiful news strangely emanating from our very own political party, I've...
View ArticleArlen Specter to meet with Raul Castro
Those Republicans can't really seem to decide: do we talk to dictators and state leaders we don't like or not? First, the line was no diplomacy with Iran. Now, as we know, there have been diplomatic...
View ArticleA message to potential Obamicans
By now it is clear to regular DailyKos readers that, as far as the media are concerned, Obama can’t win. Well, at least not with them, even if he is consistently ahead in the polls. A quick rehearsal...
View ArticleHurricane Gustav as experienced in Cuba
Yeay! I have internet access again! I've been without it for a couple of weeks now, and what a time to miss it, between the Dem Convention and Hurricane Gustav, when I really needed updated...
View ArticleEarly voting TODAY in NC: First Reports
I've just been doing a survey of some of the NC newspapers on the start of early voting this morning. I'm from Greensboro, myself, though I'm currently out of the country. I'm coming back on the 27th...
View ArticleLieberman's taking credit for FEMA
Now this is rich: there's a LTE in the New York Times this morning authored by Lieberman and Sen. Susan Collins in response to this editorial of Nov. 24 in which possible reforms to FEMA are outlined....
View ArticleRaul Castro proposes prisoner swap, to negotiate with Obama
This is absolutely huge news here in Cuba, though it doesn't seem to be making waves in the U.S.From Reuters, via the NYT:Cuban President Raul Castro proposed on Thursday a swap of prisoners with the...
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