Is Hillary now the object of Trump's (likely) narcissistic rage?
Much of this diary s kind of personal, and it's a little embarrassing to admit that I got sucked in by an abuser, but here goes. I know now that I should have known better.Many people have made a note...
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Massive ((((((HUGS)))))) to everyone who helped us--and why Hillary is the...
First of all, I want to thank everyone who has been helping us over the last week--you just don't know how much it means to us. Huge ((((((((((HUGS))))))) to all of you---especially kossack bfitzinAR,...
View ArticleTrump wants to repeal the Dodd-Frank Act
Soon, consumers may be on their own if they become a victim of a predatory lender or some other fraudulent business practice. Republicans have been gunning for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
View ArticlePetition to electoral college gaining an incredible 1000 signatures per MINUTE!
Yesterday morning, a petition was posted on Change.org asking the electoral college to make Hillary Clinton president—and as of this writing, it has gained over TWO MILLION signatures—about 1000 per...
View ArticleThank you, Kossacks, for helping my family
Over the last year or so, I've had to deal with a lot of health issues that were either caused--or aggravated--by a car accident I was in right after the first of the year. As a result, I ended up...
View ArticleOn reaching non-voters
Crashing Vor's excellent diary, as well as yesterday's diary by ian douglas rushlau have got me thinking about some ways we can reach non-voters. As was stated yesterday, most non-voters are young...
View ArticleSitting here listening to Andy Barr lie through his teeth
The writing in this diary might not be the best—I just got a call from Andy Barr’s office for a “conference call” and I am sitting here listening to him answer questions from people who participate in...
View ArticleDown at the Dollar Store in KY-06
A couple of days ago, I had to make a quick run to the Dollar General down the road from my house for some Diet Coke Zero, cat litter, and a couple of other items we were out of. As I was pushing my...
View ArticleI'm about to lose my job--Wow, Daily Kos--goal reached! Thank you!
...because I can’t afford to fix my car. And without a car, I can’t get to the low-paid job I had to take when I became physically incapable of working in the healthcare field—the arthritis and lupus...
View ArticleOkay, so my car ended up costing a bit more than I thought it would (GOAL...
About a month ago, my car broke down, and I had to ask the community here to help me get it fixed. As it turns out, I had more stuff wrong with it than just the fuel pump--I ended up needing to replace...
View ArticleIf abortion becomes illegal, child support should be mandatory in all cases,...
In a recent diary about the Ohio bill that bans the dilation and evacuation procedure, Daily Kos front pager Marissa Higgins closed her story with the following question—What will it take to make...
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WYFP--Red Tape and Head Games
As some of you are aware, I am a mom to a young adult daughter who is severely autistic. Ashley is non-verbal, and only communicates using gestures and a type of picture cards known as PECS cards. She...
View ArticleI lost my health insurance thanks to Matt Bevin--now I need to see a doctor
I really don't like having to ask people too help me with money, but I guess I am stuck. I have been having some health issues over the last month or so that are a little concerning. I lost my health...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v14.13: When Trump trolls come calling...
Back in the old days of Daily Kos, we used to post recipes in response to trolls who would come here and post, the reasoning being that most of the time, their comments and diaries weren't even worthy...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v14.20: Holiday Side Dishes
What is Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner without the side dishes? In my opinion, the sides make the meal! In this diary, I have shared a number of the dishes we make on the holidays--I tend to switch...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v14.21: --Holiday Disasters
All of us who cook for the holidays end up occasionally having a meal that turns into a fiasco. I remember the times I accidentally burned something because somebody called me, and I could not get away...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v14.24: Holiday Desserts
If you're like me, the best part of any holiday meal is dessert! In this diary, I shared some recipes we have made off and on around Christmas at my house for several years.I no longer know where most...
View ArticleStill recovering from being in the hospital in November--but I could use a...
Hi everybody. I hope everyone had a nice Christmas and a peaceful New Year. As some of you know, back in November I had a pretty serious lupus flare that required me to stay in the hospital for 4 or 5...
View ArticleThank you for helping save my hide, Daily Kos
Back in November, I ended up having a bad spell with my lupus, and ended up in the hospital. To make a long story short, I ended up losing about a month of work, and as a result I got seriously behind...
View ArticleMaking progress, but still struggling to make it through this lupus flare
Back in November I ended up in the hospital with a severe lupus flare, and I have been spending the months since then trying to get well and recover somewhat from the financial fallout, since I did not...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v14.36: Food During Emergencies and Natural Disasters
With the coronavirus, as well as tornado season upon us, I thought it would be nice to explore some recipes and ideas that may be helpful to a person when dealing with an emergency. The first part of...
View ArticleA victory for voters in Kentucky
Here’s just a short diary detailing some good news coming out of Kentucky—I just wanted to get this information out there since I didn’t see it posted by anyone else.Kentucky has traditionally been a...
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What's For Dinner? v15.11: Green Tomatoes
Well, summer is just about over, and by now, those of us who garden are probably picking our last vine ripened tomatoes of the season. This year in my corner of Kentucky a lot of gardeners, including...
View ArticleWant to see something kind of weird?
See the picture above? That is an LED light bulb that was laying in the mud on the ground next to my trash can the other day. I had thrown the bulb away because for some reason it would not work in my...
View ArticleA way to get around the Texas bounty hunter law?
Like many people, I have been sitting around thinking about ways a person might circumvent the Texas bounty hunter law, especially for people and organizations who are transporting women to out of...
View ArticleMy 20-year-old daughter is now one of the 1 in 4 female victims of domestic...
And it happened right under my nose. I didn’t realize what was going on between her and her boyfriend, and I would not have found out if it were not for another kid, who witnessed him ripping a bedroom...
View Article"Legitimate rape" Todd Akin has died
I never saw anyone mention this here on Daily Kos, so I thought I would pass on this little snippet of news.Former US Representative Todd Akin of Missouri has died at the age of 74 after battling...
View ArticleAn update on my daughter, now her abuser has taken a job up the hill from...
Hello, everybody. A little over a month ago, I wrote this diary detailing a family emergency involving my 20 year old daughter, whose live-in boyfriend was being physically and emotionally abusive...
View ArticleBeyond vile--Missouri Senate candidate says he would deny child victims of...
Trigger warning—the diary below references a story that mentions child sexual abuse. There are also a few choice cuss words, for those who don’t like swearing. In yet another example of the GOP’s...
View ArticleA thank you note
I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who helped my daughter through the ordeal she has been going through due to her ex boyfriend. It would have been much, much more difficult to help her...
View ArticleDemocratic Congresswoman Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon carjacked at gunpoint (Updated...
I just saw this on CNN, and just thought I would pass on the news, since I did not see any other diaries about this. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon serves part of Philadelphia and surrounding some...
View ArticleMedications for lupus destroyed my teeth and jawbones--dental care should be...
Back in 2013, I had the first serious health emergency of my life. I had developed a very large fibroid and needed to have a hysterectomy to have it removed. I had been suffering from anemia as well,...
View ArticleSome advice desperately needed on helping a very young injured kitten--UPDATED
About a week ago, a friend of ours brought us a tiny newborn kitten to care for. According to her, the mother cat had rejected all the kittens in the litter, and the little one she brought us is the...
View ArticleHelp a little Trooper and his human mama cat
A little over a week ago, a friend brought us the tiny little newborn kitten pictured above. His mother cat had rejected the entire litter, and he was the only kitten to survive. Unfortunately, he...
View ArticleThis year, I'm canceling the 4th of July
Every year, I have always hosted a big cookout and invited friends and neighbors, followed by some quiet fireworks (I don’t like shooting off the noisy ones around the neighborhood pets). But in light...
View ArticleDisgusting! Indiana Attorney General says he will investigate the doctor who...
If anybody had any doubts that the forced birthers are some sick, mentally deranged cultists, Indiana’s attorney general Todd Rokita just said on Fox News last night that he was going to investigate...
View ArticleMajor Medical Facilities across the US are covering up the harm abortion bans...
A story just published on CNN (yes, kind of shocking given their shift to the right) reveals that a number of major medical facilities in Texas and even in some blue states are forbidding the...
View ArticleSomething awful on the way to work tonight
Tonight, on the way to work at one of my side jobs, I passed a horrible car accident on i-75, just south of the Clay’s Ferry Bridge near Lexington, KY. The weather here has been rainy, and the road is...
View ArticleYou can't win if you're not rich
Over the last several months, I have been introduced, in a very up close and personal way, to the fact that economic system in this country simply does not allow most people to break out of poverty, no...
View Article14 and working to pay bills (Updated)
This morning while working my weekend restaurant job (I have three other jobs, LOL) I was asked to train a new employee on how to wash dishes and clean in a commercial kitchen. He was very young—only...
View ArticleTolerating a creepy boss because you need the money
Today I worked at my weekend restaurant job. Tonight, I go to my least favorite of the four jobs I’m working—the one as a night auditor at a hotel. It’s not that the work is hard—you literally sit for...
View ArticleA Trumper killed my neighbor's cat last night
Trigger warning for those who may be bothered by hearing a story about a pet who died violently. There are no graphic descriptions of the injuries, but I know some people may be bothered by a story...
View ArticleMy 14 year old co-worker's mom
A little while back, I wrote a diary about a 14 year old boy I work with at my weekend restaurant job who is fortunately having to use his paycheck to help his mother pay the utility bills. I had hoped...
View ArticleMasks are likely here to stay in many health care settings
Outside of medical facilities, you don’t see that many people wearing masks any more—and every day at my job in a pain management clinic, I deal with patients who are upset about having to wear one. I...
View ArticleHow my creepy boss at the hotel is probably trying to cheat me out of...
Early this morning on my way to my health care job, I swung by the front desk at my hotel job, and picked up my paycheck. Included with the check was my W-2. I stopped at my bank’s ATM near the...
View ArticleMy creepy (ex) boss at the hotel sure has a lot of gall
As some of you may know, I have been working four jobs to pay off some major medical bills. I have been having quite a few issues with my now-former creepy boss at the hotel where I was working the...
View ArticleA young woman I know almost died of an ectopic pregnancy last week
Women across the red states are now suffering the consequences of abortion bans—here in Kentucky, there have been recent news articles about women who have suffered needlessly when they had pregnancy...
View ArticleWell, I finally ended up catching COVID
So far, I have been amazingly lucky when it comes to COVID—but now, my luck has run out. I managed to avoid catching it, even though I work with the public at the hotel job, the medical job AND the...
View ArticleThank you
I just wanted to write a brief note thanking everyone who helped me and my daughters yesterday, especially Sarah R and Angela Marx, who volunteered to do a fundraiser for us, and all of the people who...
View ArticleAnother scam to be aware of--for both patients and healthcare workers
A few days ago, an excellent diary was published warning Kossacks about a PayPal scam going around. I thought I would fill the community in on another scam I encountered at work—one of the Medicare...
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