FSogol
Profile Information
Gender: Male
Hometown: Northern VA
Member since: Fri Oct 29, 2004, 10:34 AM
Number of posts: 40,384
Hometown: Northern VA
Member since: Fri Oct 29, 2004, 10:34 AM
Number of posts: 40,384
About Me
I've been a member of DU for over 14 years, but now it is time for me to check out.
The glee people on this site took over bashing Gov Northam is too much. EW Jackson, VA's version of a RW troll is being respected and his options considered while the Gov who expanded medicare to 800,000 citizens of my state (including an adult son) is bashed over a 35-year old indiscretion.
I see DU as being infected by RW trolls and ratfuckers while the admins are largely absent. See 2016 if you don't believe me. While Northam was being bashed, threads appeared bashing Harris (she took a hard stance against Franken) and Booker (he's corporate) and promoted people who will never be elected in America such as Gabbard and Sanders. Their indiscretions are ignored. For what reason? Their unelectability?
The members here that aren't RW trolls or ratfuckers are attempting to achieve some type of purity that will never happen due to mankind's flawed nature. People ar human and prone to mistakes. The rhetorical tools that attack people such as HRC, Franken and Northam will be turned on people like Kamala Harris and Justin Fairfax. It is only a matter of time. I refuse to help the RW and the PURE destroy people and our party.
DU was a noble idea, but is a tool on the internet being used to ruin the Democratic Party, suppress the vote, and destroy decent candidates. I won't take part in this crap any longer.
To my couple of friends here, so long, it was nice chatting with you. You know how to reach me if you want.
Journal Archives
Bob McDonnell continues to use the "blame the wife" strategy.
Posted by FSogol | Tue Dec 30, 2014, 03:33 PM (6 replies)
Normalizing relations with Cuba from Lalo Alcarez's "La Cucaracha"
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Posted by FSogol | Tue Dec 30, 2014, 11:22 AM (6 replies)
KIMDb Kim Jung-un's Movie Page for US (Tom the Dancing Bug)
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Posted by FSogol | Tue Dec 23, 2014, 11:04 AM (3 replies)
From the Top Secret Files of Dick Cheney
From Tom the Dancing Bug:
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Posted by FSogol | Wed Dec 17, 2014, 03:04 PM (1 replies)
Warren on NPR: "I am not running for president. You want me to put an exclamation point at the end?"
Posted by FSogol | Mon Dec 15, 2014, 09:42 AM (219 replies)
The best Non-Fiction book I read in 2014:
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
by Malcolm Gladwell Amazon says: Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. David's victory was improbable and miraculous. He shouldn't have won. Or should he have?
In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks. Gladwell begins with the real story of what happened between the giant and the shepherd boy those many years ago. From there, David and Goliath examines Northern Ireland's Troubles, the minds of cancer researchers and civil rights leaders, murder and the high costs of revenge, and the dynamics of successful and unsuccessful classrooms---all to demonstrate how much of what is beautiful and important in the world arises from what looks like suffering and adversity. In the tradition of Gladwell's previous bestsellers---The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers and What the Dog Saw---David and Goliath draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us. Highly recommend, imho. 
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Posted by FSogol | Wed Dec 10, 2014, 05:37 PM (2 replies)
Need to make a Rum Cake for a Christmas Party.
Posted by FSogol | Sun Dec 7, 2014, 07:45 PM (7 replies)
13 Amazing Food and Life Hacks You Need to Know Right Now
1. Keep cake moist by just eating the entire thing in one sitting.
2. How to determine if an egg is fresh: do you remember buying the eggs? If you don’t, they probably aren’t fresh. 3. For perfectly cooked burgers every time, go to a restaurant. More at: http://www.offthemeathook.com/2014/11/17/hacks-13-amazing-food-and-life-hacks-you-need-to-know-right-now/ |
Posted by FSogol | Mon Dec 1, 2014, 03:03 PM (6 replies)
