A lost Kossack friend found - and she needs our help!
Poverty IS a Progressive issue The last time I heard from khloemi was the first week of July - the day of my wedding. By the time I returned from my honeymoon, she seemed to have dropped from sight....
View ArticleThe President's Rationale On LIHEAP Makes Sense and His Budget Will Help...
Crossposted from The People's View While there are many initiatives and increases proposed in the 2012 President's budget that will give low-income families a much needed help in education, expanded...
View ArticleGeologist's Journal from Tokyo
This is a very brief intro. What follows, with permission to use, are the running emails from Peter Ness, a geologist living in Tokyo, who holds Masters in Finance, Business and Science. Peter is a...
View ArticleSeniors also go wild, 92yo denied kiss - goes postal; 79yo hit/drags lady...
Again, other matters just have to wait; this stuff demonstrates items needing reflection. In CA a 79yo woman ran over another woman and dragged her to her death for nearly a mile. (see local ABC...
View ArticleJapan, Disaster and DailyKos
This is a very brief diary to again solicit help for the Japanese people and to express my chagrin and frustration at this site for focusing on the power plant and not on the bigger issue of helping...
View ArticleRiaD needs help: to buy meds
RiaD is a Kossack, and a friend of mine. She might be a friend of yours, too. I know she's a friend of Something the Dog Said, 'cause he cross-posts his Sunday Bread threads to Ria's blog:...
View ArticleMiracle Achieved (sending love to Chacounne) Updated
Miracles are spontaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves....
View ArticleThanks to desertguy, AN IDEA!
Yesterday we all shared in the story of desertguy's brush with the health care system, and their immense pain and despair over being able to obtain even a MINIMAL treatment option (much less required...
View ArticleThe Gimp needs to avoid electric disconnect by tomorrow
If you saw this diary, you know what we are talking about; however The Gimp needs to avoid electric shutoff by tomorrow. His bill is $450 and I have no idea what amount he actually has thus far. Last...
View ArticleUm, Do We Have Any Divorce Lawyers?
I have a bit of an - unusual - situation I need some pro bono advice on. I went to the local offices and the next legal clinic is on July 27th. While I plan to go - I'd at least like to know what to...
View ArticleYeah, I'm on Food Stamps...What of it?
I really really need to keep my mouth shut more often, but there comes a time when you hear something so idiotic and slack jawed that one must say something. I like to call those my Lewis Black...
View ArticleDaniel: Artist, uninsured, $450K medical bills
Daniel is my son's best friend. A couple of weeks ago he could no longer put off a visit to the doctor which he couldn't afford. Now he's a cancer survivor. Daniel's brain cancer will cost an...
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Can you help me and my 3 furbottoms again?
Here's what's going on with me.I own my home. It's paid for, so housing is not a problem.I'm on food stamps, so I eat well enough.I have a paid-for car, an old purple Saturn, but the gas in it is low....
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Airedale Sam Sez: I Am Worried About Mah Hoomin
I am so worried Greetings, kospeeps! 'Tis I, aitchdee. So, listen. I have a dear friend--his name is Airedale Sam--and he's just worried sick about his best friend Karen, a.k.a. esteemed kos-personage...
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julia sez MY turn! airdale sam, move over!
hai, everbody...our friend aitchdee translated a diary from sam today about the hard timez momma is havin with the GFM (Grumpy Faced Man). well, sam haz happiez cuz momma not quite so panicked that we...
View ArticleFeral Colony Freezing and Starving? Not on my watch, and not with your help.
Years ago, I wrote a diary about my cat Sharon being in her last hours.http://www.dailykos.com/...With the enormous help of the Kos pootie community (and some non-pootie people who were just flat out...
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The Deserving Disabled
In the recent debates on income inequality, the phrase "the deserving poor" has come up a lot. Conservative people tend to believe that only certain poor people deserve help- the ones who aren't...
View ArticleMister Dobalina-Emergency Earworm Aid
ARGH.I can not get Mr. Bob Dobalina out of my head.You know Mr. Dobalina, Mr. Bob Dobalina.Please help.
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Crossing Over
That's a picture of my funniest little valentine, Camoo. Absurdly, I named her after Albert Camus, the philosopher and novelist about whom I knew almost nothing other than that Barnes and Noble was...
View ArticleA New Day....a new path
I'm trying to figure out how to start this diary, but I have no clue where to go. Unemployment will do that to a person. No cash in the pocket to do anything with is a serious hindrance to getting...
View ArticleHelp !!!!!
I just got a call from lbyard who Jack accompanied to the VA today re bereavement of her husband consult...... He was transferred to SOME hospital..possible Cardiac chest pains... No one called from...
View ArticleNeed legal help in Los Angeles- Landlord harassing disabled tenants
I am hoping some Kossack with legal skills in the Los Angeles area might be able to help with a severe problem. An aging and disabled duo are being systematically harassed by a landlord who is trying...
View ArticleLost Job Now Losing Home and Cats
I have a huge personal crisis and another kossack suggested I post it here to see if anyone can help me. Here is the story from my gofundme:In an unexpected turn of events, I lost my job a couple weeks...
View ArticleVoters need various kinds of education: their ID's and why 'down ballot'...
As a poll worker, I observed the effects of the new PHOTO, voter ID law on the electorate. It was very disturbing to witness the many ways this new law affected who voted, and how many were turned away...
View ArticleQuestion of the day: If you could ask an entertainment/light-hearted question...
… for the series what would it be?As many of you know I write a daily and or nightly “question of the day” series here at Daily Kos.Topics range from television shows to movies to books… to belief in...
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Awesome Philadelphia public library loans out ties to people looking for work
The Paschalville Neighborhood Library has begun an initiative to help out job seekers by adding the term “tiebrary” to the lexicon. Paschaville has begun loaning out free ties to people in need of...
View ArticleArkansas Republicans trick other congressmen into drug testing poor people
Arkansas’s Governor Asa Hutchinson is in a dilemma. He and his legislature are bananas crazy, passing hate laws while also threatening to end one of Arkansas’s only successful moves over the past...
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Sad news... I need your help. One of the Overlords needs a new home.
I write this with a very sad heart.Many of you know of my situation….I have many health conditions….so I have been in and out of the hospital many times, I currently live in my best friends house but...
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Fix my Car's Transmission
THE FOLLOWING IS A PERSONAL APPEAL FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCEIF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN SUCH POSTS,PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DEPART NOW.(-: THANK YOU :-)(-: ••••••••••••• :-)PLEASE HELP ME FIX MY CAR’S...
View ArticleThe End of Our Feral Colony: Please Help Us Save Lives
In 2002 my wife and I moved to a ramshackle rental house outside Wilmington, NC. We brought our four indoor cats, and settled ourselves in for a new chapter in our lives. We didn't plan on becoming the...
View ArticleUpdate to the Great Cat Colony Move
This is an update to our situation as described in The End of Our Feral Colony.First, I owe this community a huge debt of gratitude. You were part of an effort to provide us with the financial means to...
View ArticleAlmost half of America's young children are being born into low-income homes
There is a reason that progressives believe in our present day need for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). It’s because helping keep Americans from going hungry, including millions...
View ArticleSuggestions appreciated.
As many of you know, for some of my diaries I ask a question of the day or night to everyone.People seem to enjoy the break, and I like it since it brings the community together.I ask people about...
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The Very Nonsensical Trump Budget Proposal
A lot of things about Donald Trump don’t make sense—his hair, his words, his presidency. His latest budget submitted today is no different.With an increase in military spending of 10 percent and...
View ArticleQuestion of the night: Song's about truth and lies. And a special plea.
What a four day period. I end up in the critical care/icu for 4 days and the day I get home Sessions and his lying forgetful tuchas is on tv. I can’t win for losing.So I thought that tonight’s question...
View ArticleReaching Out For Advice
Hello Everyone,I am a first time user, long time reader. I’m reaching out to this great community for some advice.A good friend of mine is struggling with health and financial problems. What I’d like...
View ArticleNeed a little techie help here! Updated. It's ficed!
Help!!!I’m trying to get used to using Teri’s laptop, and I don’t know how, but I screwed up something in the page format...now, in the create page, the publish bar on the right side takes up like 1/3...
View ArticleAbout Puerto Rico...
Hey, don't you get it yet? For the first couple of days, Trump didn't completely understand Puerto Ricans were actually Americans.Now he understands that but:A. They have brown skin and speak...
View ArticlePlease help a friend and a great guy.
A fellow Kossack with disabilities could use people's help. He's trying to find contacts willing to allow him to Private Message them for advice, guidance, or feedback now and then over the course of...
View ArticleChobani Yogurt announces it will pay off all of Rhode Island Warwick School...
Earlier this week reports came out that the Warwick School District in Rhode Island was about to implement a policy that students who had outstanding school lunch debt would only be served sunflower...
View ArticleFreelance Escapologist Desperately Needs Help
This is the first diary I have ever written here at DKos. I am only posting now, because our friends, Callum and Kim — Freelance Escapologist and his wife, desperately need our help.As many of you...
View ArticleAssistance Requested, ::sigh::
I’ve been putting this off, hoping that something would move or change and let me slide by, but I am going to have to ask the community for help on some emergency expenses.Have you seen that little...
View ArticleAttention low-income Los Angeles residents: The city has money for you but...
I just became aware of this today, and applied this morning. If you’re low-income and have lost income due to the Coronavirus pandemic, you are eligible to receive some funding. The application...
View ArticleWhat does America owe corporations who seek tax shelter abroad?
I was reading the news today and caught this little tidbit: www.lexpress.fr/…Basically, France is not going to provide any support to those companies who’ve moved their HQ to tax shelters. Presumably...
View ArticleAn ask from a worried mommy...
Hi foks… This is not my normal kind of post here— I am usually on offering side of assistance.But COVID-19 is whole real thing that has made circumstances for one of my own unmanageable… and I cannot...
View ArticleFundraiser - In need of help again
I never expected to be asking for help again around 40-50 days after everyone helped me out before, but my luck in life seems to be a bit bad right now. As many on here already know both me and my...
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Community Quilt for SaraR!
SaraR needs words of love and support. Sara was diagnosed with squamous cell oral carcinoma. The good news, it’s in the early stages. Betsy Ross of Daily Kos is about to undergo MAJOR surgeries to...
View ArticleThanks Biden, and Democrats for delivering something that will really help...
Today, I got up and was sort of down. What with the threat that I see from the violate political situation and the continued inanity about health safety and the need for people to take the vaccine in...
View ArticleTennessee just wasted a lot of money drug testing welfare recipients
Tennessee's new policy of drug testing citizens who have applied for public assistance is going great!Out of more than 16,000 applicants from the beginning of July through the end of 2014, just 37...
View ArticleIf you've been thinking about donating to your local diaper bank, take this...
As the nation has faced the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, there’s been a crucial conversation about food insecurity. As Daily Kos has covered, we’ve seen unusually long lines at food banks and...
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