When the sky falls softly
When the sky falls softlyAnd the heavens roarDon't forget to say goodbyeAs you wander the earthWearing only your soulI'll hold you in the lightRemember your templeHas no stonesAnd your destiny is the...
View ArticleCarson won award for Most Gullible! Check out the gory details of his epic lies.
Ben Carson’s tale about the “Perceptions 310” class at Yale is so bizarre on its face that it has been difficult to imagine how it could have come about. According to Carson’s telling, the professor...
View ArticleWhy? Why? Why?
No I am not going to put a title image up.Why the hell would I want to do that?In the comments please don’tAdd images, gifs or anything elseDon’t add videosWhy? Loading time.I have a fiber optic...
View ArticleA Gentle Suggestion on DK5 Appearance
I’m not a person who generally has trouble staring at a computer screen. I’ve been writing code for about 37 years now, and in that time I’ve probably averaged about 50 hours a week in front of a...
View ArticleDK5: The Comment-Killer
So these are called “blog posts” now? OK.I participated (a little bit) in the beta, so some of the things that people are wigging out over, I’m OK with. For instance, the type size and the leading are...
View ArticleEarly DK5 conversion thoughts
Hey all! As you’ve seen (to many of your consternations), the big change happened yesterday late evening. Some quick notes: Site speed. Things were laggy overnight and this morning. I felt it, and it...
View ArticleTop Comments: It's been a stressful day, come sit
But First, A Word From Our Sponsor: You have me spinning right round, right right round Top Comments recognizes the previous day's Top Mojo and strives to promote each day's outstanding comments...
View ArticleDepressing...
The new site gives me a headache. It's downright depressing. I am just now realizing how comforting it has been to click on the site. Indeed, of late, it has been more than just comforting; it has been...
View ArticleLeague of Conservation Voters endorses Hillary!
Here’s a wonderful endorsement for Secretary Clinton and a good reason for jumping in and writing an inaugural diary in the DK5 format:The League of Conservation Voters Action Fund on Monday intends to...
View ArticleSanders: Clinton On Her Worst Day Is An 'Infinitely Better Candidate' Than...
On “ABC This Week,” Bernie was asked if he thought his agreements with Clinton outweighed his disagreements."Well, that’s -- well, the answer is yes and no," Sanders responded. "Yes, we do agree on a...
View ArticleBernie News Roundup - 'Sanders Shines A Spotlight On The Issues In South...
Sanders Jockeys For Key S.C. VotersPresidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Rodham Clinton jockeyed Saturday for the support of key South Carolina Democratic voting blocs that anchored...
View ArticleFrom a young follower
I am 19, living in MN. This is my first post, so feel free to rip me apart in the comment section, albeit gently. I apologize if I come across as pretentious. My dad is a spitfire liberal. I grew up...
View ArticleSite is practically unreadable. Makes the cool new functionality useless.
I haven’t spent much time, but just a few key things:You need to find a balance between amount of content and readabiity. Now I can see maybe 4 or 5 recent or recommended diaries at a time whereas...
View ArticleThe Facebookization of DKos
There has been a lot of discussion about the new DailyKos design, and from most of what I’ve been a lot of people are not very happy. I am one of them. I’ve read a lot of complaints and have to agree...
View ArticleOh, f*ck it. I like the new site.
No, it’s not perfect, but no version of DailyKos has been perfect.I remember when DK4 rolled out, a lot of people claimed that they’d no longer participate. The uproar then was mostly about the...
View ArticleI'm Bloggin' it! Comments are a HOT MESS!
I knew it was gonna happen. Someday soon, DK5 would be deployed. I viewed the beta site, I started a few critique threads, fought valiant but losing battles for the continuance of custom tip jars,...
View ArticleThings I hate about the redesign
Ok,ok, this is likely to disappearing into the maw — the very white page maw— of the site, but I need to get this off my chest: the redesign is making me crazy. First, the site is loading like a...
View ArticleBernie Sanders Wins 100% Accurate Mock Election
Western Illinois University has been holding mock presidential elections since 1975 and every single election, they’ve accurately predicted the winner. Not once have they been wrong. Even in the...
View ArticleI am moving on....
I have been focused on cannabis reform for nearly 30 years, 20-some years rather intensely.I honestly never thought I would see reform moving forward because the US Federal Government, the Republicans...
View ArticleThe Fundamental Genre Mistake of DK5's Design (Updated X2)
I think the overwhelming problem — and it seems that there is an absolute consensus on the DK5 that this site is not loved, with only 8% of people voting in Kos’ recent poll that they loved the current...
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