The kookiest kook in Kooklandia
Yodeling atop Loonie Mt., foam and froth spraying from his gums, is the newly-crowned kookiest kook in Kooklandia, self-described "philosopher"Phillip Atkinson:Faced with the...threat that the Iraqis...
View Article"The Suffrage Was Become A Mere Machine"
This will be quick. And not pretty.It seems that Mark Twain, among his many other gifts, may have been something of a seer.While perusing a collection titled The Bible According To Mark Twain (a tome...
View Article359 years ago today: an incompetent unitary executive beheaded
Cross-posted from Executed Today.On this date in 1649, the struggle between parliament and crown cost the Stuart monarch Charles I his head.Charles' political clumsiness and unreconstructed...
View ArticleYo, Barack, Can We Talk ?
I want to spend a little time, one on one, telling you who I am and what I would like to know about you, and hear from you. For as much of a politically aware person as I am, I haven't followed all...
View ArticleThe 'outing' of Prince Harry's service in Afghanistan
My teenager is a history buff. She knows more about European history in particular, than well, probably most Europeans.The other day, when Drudge outed the fact that Prince Harry was deployed to...
View ArticlePolitical Cross Dressing
Do you remember the 90's when Bill Clinton was riding high in the oval office, the economy was booming, and the "socialist liberal Hillary Clinton, then the First Lady had suffered a terrible defeat in...
View ArticleNepal: World's youngest democracy launched today
Congratulations to Nepal for voting to become a republic and abolish the monarchy which had in recent years sent this beautiful Himalayan country into chaos!Today's Constituent Assembly vote of 560-4...
View ArticleBush’s Arrogated Power exceeds that of King George III
If someone would have told me ten-years ago that America would soon be ruled by a monarch, I’d have chuckled to myself and walked away. Today, I’m being told exactly that... and, I’m not chuckling.We...
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United Nations Sends British Monarchy A Strongly Worded Letter
This is probably not the biggest news of the day, but it did make me giggle when I read it. According to The Daily Telegraph, the United Nations Human Rights Council has issued a report saying the...
View ArticleWhen I am king (With further decrees)
The first court of Droogie VI VI V V III II I is now in session. The following proclamations will be law when I am king.In yon comments section, feel free to list out any grievances thou havest -- the...
View ArticleWhat a president does
There was a kerfuffle last week when Gov Palin answered a question from a seven year old in which she said the Vice President was "in charge" of the Senate. There are too many other reasons to...
View ArticleThe Brainwashed
The first Romney campaign for president, that of Mitt's father, George, famously started on a downward spiral when he tried to explain his changing views on the Vietnam War by claiming: "I had just had...
View ArticleWhen I am king (Part II)
The court of King Droogie VI VI V V III II I is now in session. I have more decrees for thee, my loyal subjects.In yon comments section, feel free to list out any grievances thou havest -- the pettier...
View ArticleI'm a conservative. Bite me.
My long-time friend Arthur and I shy away from political discussions. That's because I'm a conservative. He makes fun of me, because he (accurately) thinks I'm a liberal.
View ArticleWho Lives? Who Dies? POWS & Other Detainees
King Edward the IV, it was understood, had the perogative to decide which POWs would live and which would die during the War of the Roses. I am reminded of this by the "Yoo Memos"
View ArticleBanning Episcopalianism?
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is considering monarchy reform, and while it seems like a decent thing to do, the consequences might be devestating.
View ArticleDystopia 7: The Rebels
This is the 14th chapter of the Utopia/Dystopia series. As always you can see a souped up version of the post at my blog.In this episode DJ is interrogated by the rebels. The discussion is about our...
View ArticleCapitol Hill News Open Thread
Good afternoon, Daily Kos readers. This is your afternoon open thread to discuss all things Hill-related. Use this thread to praise or bash Congresscritters, share a juicy tip, ask questions, offer...
View ArticleBow Down to the Corporate Crown
When I started learning about the Constitution way back in grade school in the early 1980s, my entire fourth grade class had to memorize and recite the Preamble for our teacher. Like millions of...
View ArticleThe Pope pissed me off today
The Pope is currently on a visit to the UK. Today he gave a speech at Holyroodhouse, the official residence in Scotland of Her Majesty The Queen.The full text of the speech is here.It was a speech that...
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The Worst Rulers In History?
"The plain truth is, that he was a most intolerable ruffian, a disgrace to human nature, and a blot of blood and grease upon the History of England."—Charles Dickens, on King Henry VIII In the grand...
View ArticleBorn of Hassa bint Ahmad al Sudairi
She was a favored wife, Hassa bint Ahmad al Sudairi, mother of Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, twenty-third son of King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, first monarch of Saudi Arabia.Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al...
View ArticleGod is on TIME
The following is a redraft of the earlier attempt to explain and describe how Religion and Science are functions of the same Human Story.We address our new acquaintance Robert Fuller.Others who are...
View ArticleThe City of London – and Why it Matters
If you’re unfamiliar with UK geography, then you might not know the difference between “greater London”– where the Queen resides -- and “The City of London”– where the London Stock Exchange is located....
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Royalty, the source of historic injustice and social supremacy.
By Joseph ChezApril 17, 2014When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for the human race to dissolve the myth of the oldest political bandits who have assumed wealth and power over their...
View ArticleHis Majesty, Juan Carlos King of Spain Has Officially Abdicated.
The BBC website has an article. An excerpt:Juan Carlos, 76, signed the bill at a ceremony in the Royal Palace in Madrid, which was attended by only 160 guests. At midnight local time (22:00 GMT),...
View ArticleLet's inject some realism into our Libya policy
It has been over three years since the NATO-led military intervention that overturned what was left of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime yet the optimism that accompanied these political transformations in...
View ArticlePlato and democracy
I just read the 4/6/14 vox ( Ezra Klein website) article called Politics makes us stupid which revisits research that shows more evidence on subjects where people derive identity from more info makes...
View ArticleWhose ideas?
Cross-posted from Real Economics but slightly revised.Will the next generation of leaders will be any better than the neo-liberal blind ideologues and filthy rich sociopaths we have today? Well, we can...
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Where Would England and America be Without the Influence of the Pope?
The adoration and pomp that Americans have shown Pope Francis is rivaled only by visits from British Royal family – especially the queen. The Pope’s historic first visit comes at a time when America...
View ArticleNo Monarchy here!
my SO came in from moving rocks in the backyard a few minutes ago and wanted me to write a diary series called “Ask Uncle Bernie” (since SO says he is avuncular and authentically so). And his first...
View ArticleHillary Clinton's Nightmare
[With deepest apologies to Bertrand Russell.]It is election night. Hillary Clinton, caught up in the excitement of the moment, drinks a glass of champagne with her staff. Then, exhausted from a long...
View ArticlePrince Harry: No one in the royal family wants to be king or queen
The chaos that has been happening in American politics is due, in part, to the pursuit of power—and the will to do anything to keep it. Perhaps our politicians should start looking across the pond for...
View ArticleBritish Preparations for War with the United States, 1861-1863
Cross-posted from Real Economics. One of the most astonishing comments I ever read at DailyKos was some historically ignorant bloviator arguing that the United States and Britain never differed all...
View ArticleThe Review: The Nunes Memo – Designed to Halt the Russia Investigation –...
On Friday the memo by House Republican Devin Nunes was made public after Trump declassified it then approved it for release. (Nunes’ hometown newspaper termed him “Trump’s Stooge”.) Trump acted...
View Article17 amazing responses to the Royal Wedding
Just in case you slept through the real-time coverage like many Americans (especially those on the West Coast), here’s some favorites from the Daily Kos Saturday staff’s Slack channel. Presented with...
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BREAKING: Barr Threatens Nadler over Wednesday's Judiciary Committee Contempt...
The Constitutional Crisis escalated Tuesday evening (or, perhaps Sleazebag General is getting panicky about tomorrow’s upcoming Contempt charge?), as Bill Bar — the nation’s lawless top law enforcer in...
View ArticleIf Impeachment inquiry is not started now...Bow..You have a King.
This is my opinion and may very well get push back but I have never been one to step away from calling out possibilites and to me, the obvious.We have children in cages.We have abuses under this...
View ArticleIt appears we have a King. The New Pledge we are witnessing.
Oath of offices for republicans, disregarded by a sham Senate impeachment trial, apathy and unconcern and downright distraction from half of the voting public and denial plus addiction is what 2020...
View ArticleBeto and the "Last, Best Hope"
There are people with conscience. Just remember to look in the Democratic Party.Beto O’Rourke, who attempted a run at the presidency and barely lost to the Zodiac Killer lookalike, wrote a moving...
View ArticleEveryone Except the Orange Shitgibbon is Illegitimate
From Matthew Chapman at Rawstory, I learned that everyone except the Orange Shitgibbon is illegitimate (www.rawstory.com/...).According to Jeanine Pirro, “the Obama-Biden administration, remember,...
View ArticlePOLL: Do you think Trump will leave the White House?
Many on the left fear that Trump will not leave if he loses the election. Let’s take a poll with some nuanced options to see where the Dailykos audience stands.
View ArticleCan You Re-Hatch What's Been UnHatched ?
While gathering Eggs inside the Family Chicken Coop, Cheyenne paused to hold one of the Brown Eggs up close to her right eye. Her left eye was squeezed shut. “Mommy, can you Re-Hatch what’s been...
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My memorable moments with Queen Elizabeth II
Princess Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth I. She began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary...
View ArticleBarbados to become a republic and remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state
On the eve of Barbados’ 55th anniversary of its independence, the island is celebrating. Tuesday marks the first day of Barbados leaving the clutches of the British monarchy and finally operating as a...
View ArticleRepublicanism in England, the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth
As an American recently living in the UK, the idea of the monarchy is alien and foreign and completely un-American. I guess all those 4th of July fireworks has conditioned me to reflexively reject...
View ArticleLong Live(D) the Queen || Opinion
There is an adage that reads ‘tragedy plus time equals comedy; hence the joke, other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play? It is always hard to write about a recent death without...
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“Confederates Are a Threat to Our Democracy”— The Week in Editorial Cartoons,...
Do your civic duty.Remember to Register and Vote in the November 2022 Elections. If you can, help a friend, neighbor, co-worker, or acquaintance along the way. It’s time to play offense and work...
View ArticleElizabeth Wasn’t Our Queen
The night after Elizabeth II of Great Britain died, a memorial was posted on the giant jumbotron at the Buffalo Bills-Los Angeles Rams football game. People in the stands were told, “Today, the world...
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