Chesapeake Energy Tied to Mansfield, OH Bill of Rights Astroturf Attack
Preferred Fluids Management LLC isn't merely a "new kid on the block." Owned and founded by Steven Mobley, the business has a story of its own worthy of sharing, as it's closely connected to gas...
View ArticleLiving in a Red State
And not just any Red State, but the "reddest of the red" states, according to the latest election results and bragging of our governor.
View ArticleOklahoma is a Culture of Death State
I sit here at this computer wishing I had the right words to tell the rest of America what it is like to live in a Republican state. What comes to mind is right to work for low wages, federal, state,...
View ArticleSome kind of hope in Oklahoma
Sometimes I have a love-hate relationship with my home state. The land is beautiful, the people are friendly, but there is no disguising it that Oklahoma has some issues with women, a lot of issues...
View ArticleShame on Oklahoma, shame on the Senate, shame on the Republican Party, shame...
The no votes by Oklahoma Senators Inhofe and Coburn against the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities brings great shame on our state. Along with the 36 other Republican...
View ArticleOkla-homies, let's get together (new regional organizing group)
The Oklahoma Roundup group has repurposed itself and is now a regional organizing group on Daily Kos, like the ones the NEW DAY team promotes.If you are from, living in, or have any ties to or just a...
View ArticleCalling All Okies
peacearena is organizing a meet-up for those who live in Oklahoma or will be in Oklahoma during the meet up.Go here and check in if you're interested in attending.Itzl and I will be there.
View ArticleAncient America: The Southern Plains Villagers
Southern Plains Villagers is a culture that occupied the Southern Plains from 800 CE to 1500 CE. These Indian people had agricultural economy which they supplemented by hunting and gathering wild...
View ArticleOklahoma legislator has brilliant idea to "protect students"
The NRA may wisely be keeping silent (for the time being), but their members and advocates aren't so wise. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Oklahoma State Rep. Mark McCullough.This morning, McCullough...
View ArticleGuthrie Territorial Victorian Walk
Last Saturday, we went to the last weekend of the Guthrie Territorial Christmas Victorian Walk. We'd scheduled it several months ago.Some people had to cancel because of health or family obligations,...
View ArticleMore F*ckwittery from the Great State of Oklahoma
I really should make this a series. There is quite sufficient material to run for at least as long as "Days of Our Lives", and the characters are more interesting!So what follows is a small slice of...
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Anti-Obamacare Oklahoma using Obamacare money on the sly
Gov. Mary Fallin Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin made a big public stink about refusing to have anything to do with Obamacare, rejecting both the Medicaid expansion and a state-built exchange. But it turns...
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In Which I Respond To Senator Inhofe
A little earlier I published a Diary requesting a small piece of information. That one is gone now and I am grateful to Kossack Burned, who located it for me. Allow me to thank all the others who also...
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MedFair Cometh - and Oklahoma Meet-up?
The OU Medieval Fair is April 5-7 this year.Itzl and I are running the Water Paws Pet Comfort Station - a free service to all the attendees who bring pets to the Fair.Because of the warm winter, we are...
View ArticlePotential Kossack Meeting Places in Oklahoma City
Inspired by navajo's New Day Diary today:These restaurants are not chain restaurants. I have not eaten at all of them, but I have friends who have and these come recommended by them. Any one of them...
View ArticleSen. Inhofe Uses Questions From Jennifer Rubin's WaPo Post for Chuck Hagel...
And the problem with this approach is not, taking source material from the Washington Post, but rather that he called it an 'article' rather than a blog post. As the Post's associate editor, Rajiv...
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It's Not OK, Oklahoma!
Horse Slaughter Bill Introduced in OklahomaOklahoma State Representative Skye McNiel has served up a horse slaughter for human consumption bill for Oklahoma, HB1999, despite ethics issues she perhaps...
View ArticleWhat If Students Could ‘Debunk’ Science And Still Get Good Grades?
I don't mean scientific theories or hypotheses. I mean real, actual, peer-reviewed science. Well....Oooooooh-klahoma where the science class is pick and choose…. Yep, the Sooner state is at it again....
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Oklahoma to ban birth control coverage 'cause some quack says it suppresses...
Note: Does not actually suppress your identity. From the state that brought you the ban on sharia law and on using fetuses in food—like that's an actual thing—comes a new kind of crazy:Employers in...
View ArticleOklahoma loosens marijuana penalties
That clunk you just heard was the sound of me falling out of my chair after reading this:The Oklahoma House Public Safety Committee unanimously passed a bill yesterday that would make first and second...
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