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So I am headed to the Inauguration

I am very excited- we applied for tickets with Senator Rockefeller's office and won seats in the lottery.  We aren't sure where we will be sitting, since we will have to pick the tickets up on Sunday....

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Morning Joe is Sticking to his Gun Issue

Morning Joe is sticking to talking about firearms regulations, morning after morning, week after week.Yes, he and Mika make me crazy.  I often disagree with him, and Mika makes me squirm regularly....

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Morning Joe has a sad that Al Gore is a good businessman

Bloomburg news is reporting that Al Gore is Romney rich, worth $200 million.  http://www.bloomberg.com/...The reaction is somehow jealousy and criticism that Al sold Current to Al Jazeera and Dubai oil...

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Happy Birthday Mountain Stage

Tonight marks the 30th anniversary of the long running National Public Radio show, Mountain Stage.  There will be a live webcast of the show broadcast, starting at about 7:00 PM and I will be there!...

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Grammy Nominations: Americana Roots Songs

So I had a little insomnia tonight.  Woke up at 2:10 AM EST.  Visited the Kos, played a little Candy crush Saga, read the editorials in the New York Times and listened to some Mountain Stage.  I saw on...

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211: There is an emergency number for social services?

In many state and communities, there is! The emergency number to dial is 211, not 911.  If you are having a simple or complex meltdown in your life and need to get social services help, you may have no...

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We have failed a moral test. History will not judge us kindly.

Just a terminal flaw in the American character, the great tragedy of our times. When these mass shootings occurred in countries like the UK and Australia, people were moved and took action. In the...

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Updated: Man in WV worried about drinkable water for his cats

Robert Stiver was unable to find water at that and at least a dozen other stores in the area and worried about how he'd make sure his cats had drinkable water. "I'm lucky. I can get out and look for...

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West Virginia Water Update

Just an update to let folks know how the water situation is going here.  We are beginning "the flush" in stages and it isn't going that well.  The flush is starting in the downtown area and sections...

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Live Streaming WV Congressional Water Hearings

This morning I watched the local news station, WSAZ.  They were excitedly announcing that they were live streaming the hearings for the Charleston West Virginia Water Crisis.  Republican Representative...

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Friends of Water vs Friends of Coal

So what happens to a West Virginia community when incompetent industry contaminates the water supply of 300,000 people in 9 counties? About Thursday morning January 9 2014, the Freedom Industries...

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Big Citizen Party in WV

Today in West Virginia folks are rising up to fill the capitol and observe our state legislature vote for a crappy watered down (pun intended) bill to address chemical leaks and their aftermath. The...

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Updated:New Leaks!"If this chemical had not smelled like licorice would we...

UPDATED: http://www.charlestondailymail.com/...The sweet smell of licorice is lingering in the March air as once again, our chemical industry is careless with crude MCHM.  This time the feds are out...

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Facebook Post sympathizing with water protesters get Capitol Police officer...

Yesterday, the Charleston WV Gazette reported on the firing of a police officer over a Facebook post he made about sympathizing with water protesters after the Freedom Industries chemical spill.  Day...

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Put the Ebola Patients in the closed abortion clinics

I am channeling jbou this morning.  The absurdity of the lack of concern for public health in Dallas Texas and the CDC is appalling.  Apparently no one can come up with a uniform protocol to...

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"Win Ugly or Lose Pretty" says Oil Lobbyist in Secret Recording

The New York Times has published an astonishingly candid speech given by well known oil and political lobbyist, Richard Berman, to the Western Energy Alliance, a group of oil and gas executives in...

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Please read Robert Kennedy Jr.'s great OpEd in NY Times

I am channeling Teacher Ken today to urge you read Jobert Kennedy Jr.'s great Op Ed today in the New York Times entitled Coal: An Outlaw Enterprise.  He links the arrest of Don Blankenship for...

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Stand Up WV Rally and Oil Train Derailments (Updated):Snowy updates from West...

Now there is a state of emergency declared for Fayette and Kanawha County by the Governor.  They are evacuating Boomer Bottom and Adena Village.   Six cars are involved and there are multiple...

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Funny! US Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region Owns the Facebook

So March is Women's History Month, and one of my Facebook Groups is the US Fish and Wildlife Southeast Region.  They post encouraging conservation stuff, and I enjoy hearing good news.  Today they were...

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RIP Jean Ritchie

Yesterday we lost one of Appalachia's most influential voices, Jean Ritchie. Jean Ritchie was born in Viper Kentucky on December 8, 1922, the youngest of fourteen children.  Jean Ritchie graduated with...

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Can a person be TransRacial?

Recently there has been a lot of reporting on Rachel Dolezal, a Spokane Washington woman who identifies herself as African American.  Her parents are angry at her for turning her back on her genetic...

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Governor Hogan of Maryland has Stage III lymphoma

Maryland Governor Hogan announced today he has an advanced and aggressive Stage III Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.  Hogan, 59, was sworn into office in January after winning an upset victory over then-Lt. Gov....

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BLM is what disruptive politics looks like

It is a complement, really.  BLM is saying that there is no point in confronting one of those 16 men and one woman Republican candidates about politics.  It is a lot safer to hijack the event of a...

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Bernie vs Trump

Great op-ed this morning in Washington Post by Kareem Abdul Jabbar titled This is the difference between Donald Trump and Bernie SandersJabbar summarized eloquently Trump's attacks on Megan Kelly and...

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Pope Francis meets secretly with Kim Davis

http://www.nytimes.com/...Pretty sure that just creeps me out.  Apparently this pope also met with the Sisters of the Poor who don't want anyone associated with them to use birth control.  So the pope...

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WV Flooding Check In

Hi folks.  MurrayeWv checking in OK in massive WV flooding.  I am from Huntington, and we were spared except for local wet basements, but this is the week of the WV Quilt Festival.  I have spent the...

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West Virginia Flooding Part II

This diary is a place for WV and western Virginia folks to check in with Daily Kos and hopefully share information about assistance after the torrential rains on Thursday June 24.And on a political...

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26 heroin overdoses in Huntington WV in the last 4 hours- Heroin is...

Calls to 911 are coming in by the dozen, as many as 4 people at a single location.  This is not the first such bad batch- and I hope there are not as many deaths as in 2015- over 900 overdoses and 68...

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Obama on Vacation: Replying to WV Drug Addiction Physician's Pleas for Help

Lots of folks here are justifiably concerned about the human tragedy which has come from the folks in central Louisiana experiencing epic floods.  This June in WV, we experienced similar floods, and we...

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I don't trust the FBI anymore (updated)

According to Timothy Naftali’s op-ed in the New York Times, Comey needed to drop suspicion on a continuing investigation in order to save the FBI’s reputation.  www.nytimes.com/... This guy Naftali is...

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This is why America cannot elect Donald Trump. A tragic murder of a young...

xUW-Stout student Hussain Saeed Alnahdi has died from injuries sustained in an assault, police still looking for suspect pic.twitter.com/PICZdLppiC— Courtney Godfrey (@courtneygodfrey) October 31,...

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Volunteer Now to get out the vote in (your state's name here) this weekend....

So I went over the bridge and down the highway to Ironton Ohio, county seat of Lawrence County yesterday to work the phones to call folks to take a shift or three for the Get Out The Vote Weekend....

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Hate-filled old man murders unarmed 15 year old black teen in Charleston WV.

“William Ronald Pulliam allegedly shot 15-year-old James Harvey Means twice in the abdomen with a .380 caliber revolver.”He admitted to killing the unarmed black teenager,  telling the police, “The way...

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DQ Quilt Guild: Craftivism: The Nine-Patch Project

Tonight I would like to discuss craftivism and quilting.  What is craftivism?  “The term relates to creative, traditional handcraft (often, assisted by high-tech means of community-building,...

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North Korean Society and their response to threats from Trump

I read a first person account of a Korean American reporter who went undercover as an English teacher at an elite in North Korea this spring: “Without You, There is No Us” by Suki Kim.  The...

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Marine LePen, endorsed by Putin and Trump, has her opponent Marcon's email...

Sound familiar?  Putin and Trump are on the same team, using the same tactics with the same end: destroy the European Economic union and 70 years of peace after a terrible world war with fascists.  Dr....

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WV reporter arrested for Asking HHS Secretary Price a question in WV State...

 HHS Secretary Tom Price came to Charleston WV to our state capitol building, accompanied by KellyAnne Conway.  They were supposedly “fact-finding” about the opioid addiction crisis we are facing, and...

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There will be a lot more people in East Texas who need ACA this year

The New York Times has a map showing calls for rescues from people in East Texas.  Many details are included about how those trapped in the flood waters needed healthcare.  It instantly occurred to me...

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Trump's Caribbean Estate takes a Direct Hit from Irma

Trump’s 11 bedroom, 5 acre Carribbean estate, Le Chateau des Palmiers, on the island of St. Martins, was just slammed into by Hurricane Irma.  www.washingtonpost.com/…The posh estate was for sale and...

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My probably pointless letter to Trump

Can't help it but I needed to vent.  I didn't call him names (we'll just Putin Puppet), just started writing since I am up early with a tension headache."Dear President Trump, Your latest actions on...

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Huntington WV, America's Heroin Capitol, Moves up to #3 position in murder...

Huntington WV is best known for Marshall University and the touching film, We Are Marshall.  Lately, Huntington has taken on the unwelcome title of epicenter of the opioid epidemic.  Netflix recently...

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Train carrying Republicans to Greenbriar for meeting hits garbage truck.

Breaking news: train is stopped somewhere in West Virginia.  Some injuries reported.  Garbage truck driver seems OK.  I think this is the Amtrak Cardinal route.  Will update as news develops. Wives and...

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Teacher Carelessly Fires Handgun in Monterey County High School, Injures Student

The LA Times is reporting on this incident, which happened yesterday in Seaside High School in Monterey County California.  This teacher brought a firearm to school to give a lecture on “Public Safety...

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Trump-supporting millionaire arrested for first degree gun murder of KC lawyer

This story is surreal and demonstrates what is wrong with so many “self-defense” shootings.  Yesterday this multimillionaire, David Jungerman, was arrested for the cold-blooded execution of Tom...

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A recommendation for an interesting blog post

This morning I read this terrific post of gun violence Story of a Gun by Molly Osberg. The post was on Jezebel. jezebel.com/… Jezebel is usually I site I go to for snark and fun, not serious reporting....

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Help getting absentee voting for spouse in hospital in Minnesota

Hi folks. My spouse is in intensive care with likely gallbladder infection they can’t treat because he has congestive heart failure. He and I are registered at 38b in Minnesota and would like to get an...

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Questions for Every Candidate Running for Office

Here are the questions for Republicans and Democrats running for office that I would like to have answered. Try these in a debate or candidate forum.1. Is it OK to accept information about your...

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Getting Back to Work After Impeachment Cover-Up

Like many Democrats, I am worn out and disgusted by the Senate Impeachment trial, grinding to a venial halt. The Republican Senators collectively put their fingers in their ears and cry lalalala, I...

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Strong Op-Ed from Freddie Gray Prosecuter

Waking up in the Northeast Twin Cities third ring small town of White Bear Lake, you would not know there is a crisis in Minnesota. I don’t want to overshare my personal life, but this crisis is...

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Celebrating Independent Bookstores with Cats* on Small Business Caturday

This Small Business Saturday lets support all Independent Bookstores with Cats* with this virtual tour with original bookstore cat portraits by Ursula Murray Husted**, author of “A Cat Story.”  It is...

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