DUzy Awards for March 16th, 2012

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Your weekly installment of the best of DU… 100% free of mandatory transvaginal ultrasounds!

This week’s improvement: Each click of “DU Rec” dispenses a month’s birth control into Sandra Fluke’s medicine cabinet.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by movonne
[big] Does anyone know if DU is going to have a spell check??? thank you[/big]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Rex [/font]
[big] 10. We nned won! [/big]
Baad
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] scarletwoman [/font]
[big] 11. That's grammatically incorrect. [/big]
It should be: "We nned won baadLY."

H&M-D, Mar 10, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/124059886


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by DesertRat
[big] The birth control pill needs a name change[/big]
We need to call it "hormonal therapy", because that's what it is.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF]dipsydoodle
[big] 2. How about Richard [/big]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] DesertRat [/font]
[big] 8. that would be a good name for a boner pill [/big]

[font color=#FF0000]Pfizer would make them in different doses… “Big Richard” and “Little Richard” [/font]

GD, Mar 10, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002409725


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by backscatter712
[big] Occupy with makeup and thwart facial recognition software.[/big]
Since the pigs seem to be all about mass-surveillance, let's fuck with them.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/15/student-thwarts-face-detection-software-with-cv-dazzle-makeup/






Sounds like fun!

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Politicalboi [/font]
[big] 3. Does it wash off with [/big]
Pepper spray?

Occupy Underground Group, Mar 14, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12521267


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by PSPS
[big] Boeing won't produce 787-9 horizontal tails in Seattle[/big]
Source: Seattle Times

Originally published Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 2:19 PM

Boeing won't produce 787-9 horizontal tails in Seattle

The aerospace company says it's moving the work to Salt Lake City and Italy. The tail has been undergoing development at its research center in Seattle.

By Dominic Gates
Seattle Times aerospace reporter

Boeing announced Thursday that production of the horizontal tail of the 787-9, for which the manufacturing methods have been developed at its research center in Seattle, will be moved beginning this year to a Boeing plant in Salt Lake City, Utah, and to Alenia of Italy.

The news came on a visit by Boeing's 787 Dreamliner to Salt Lake. It kills hopes that the work of building the tails might stay in Seattle.

Boeing spokesman Doug Alder said the decision will not mean any job losses in Seattle. Other work will be rotated into the advanced research center as the tail work moves out, he said.


Read more: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017761079_787tail16.html

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] rocktivity [/font]
[big] 3. Oh, phooey -- I thought this was a sex thread! [/big]


LBN, Mar 15, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=75995


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Drunken Irishman
[big] Bill Maher went to Mississippi...[/big]
Well, to be more exact, Alexandra Pelosi (daughter of Nancy) went to Mississippi and spoke politics with some of its residents.

It's not pretty.

http://rackjite.com/archives/9399-Bill-Maher,-Pelosi-People-of-Mississippi-Video.html

Even so, it's important to note Obama only lose the state by 13 points four years ago. That was seven-point improvement from the 2004 elections.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] HopeHoops [/font]
[big] 16. Shit. I lost 15 IQ points just watching that. [/big]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF] underpants
[big] 17. you sir [/big]
are nominated for a DUzy
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] HopeHoops [/font]
[big] 18. Shit. I just lost another 10. [/big]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Drunken Irishman [/font]
[big] 21. ONLY ONE DUZY FOR YOU [/big]

[font color=#FF0000]I’ll be the decider of that! [/font]

Politics 2012, Mar 10, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/125121141


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by kpete
[big] Another BOMBSHELL?[/big]


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/09/1072834/-Photo-evidence-of-Obama-s-activist-youth?via=siderecent
Photo evidence of Obama's activist youth
(Yes, it is really HIM)
FROM:
http://www.thefogbow.com/special-reports/people-remember-president-obama/friends/#Hawaii

[font color=#FF0000]All posts from 1 to 52 get a DUzy! [/font]

GD, Mar 9, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002405544


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by The Backlash Cometh
[big] Oh that was just precious.[/big]
I was asked to serve on a jury. I responded in less than five seconds and up comes the explanation, Oops, because of a glitch too many people were asked and the position was filled.

Five seconds, really.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Broderick [/font]
[big] 9. I think we just need more super alerters [/big]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] The Backlash Cometh [/font]
[big] 12. As if they need the encouragement. [/big]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Broderick [/font]
[big] 13. I take that as a personal assault [/big]
Alerted. And I throw in a TOS violation to boot.

You are in TROUBLE.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] The Backlash Cometh [/font]
[big] 14. I was born in trouble. [/big]
Just like rabbits. Too low on the predatory scale.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF] [font color=#800080] Broderick [/font]
[big] 16. TROUBLE[/big]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Ikonoklast [/font]
[big] 18. Alerted for constant badgering. Or ferreting, I'm not sure which. [/big]
View profile
Something small and furry, for certain.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Broderick [/font]
[big] 19. Offended [/big]
Alerted on that post.


You obviously don't know I have feelings. Obviously you don't care.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] The Backlash Cometh [/font]
[big] 20. There are letters in your post, when rearranged stand [/big]
for something salacious and not up to DU's standards.

Why are you still here??

H&M-D, Mar 12, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/124060680


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by The Doctor
[big] Letter From Rick Santorum: 'Santorumcare™'[/big]


The rest: http://www.borowitzreport.com/2012/03/12/a-letter-from-rick-santorum/

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] 11 Bravo [/font]
[big] 2. Damn, all this time I thought "Santorumcare" was just a synonym for "bidet". [/big]

GD, Mar 12, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002415578


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by CoffeeCat
[big] Rush Limbaugh didn't do his radio program today.[/big]
He had some guy substituting for him.

<snicker>

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] spooky3 [/font]
[big] 1. Was he better than D. Ed Air? [/big]

[font color=#FF0000]Unlikely.[/font]

GD, Mar 12, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002417795


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] Don Davis [/font]
[big] Mitt Romney's Ultimate Southern Pander: Gets His Teeth Pulled[/big]
http://satiricalpolitical.com/2012/03/13/mitt-romneys-grits-southern-pandering-alabama-primary/

GD, Mar 13, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002419837


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by JonLP24
[big] Entire Arena Football team cut during pregame meal at Olive Garden[/big]
The owner of the Pittsburgh Power fired all 24 members of his team during a pregame meal at an Orlando-area Olive Garden.

With AFL players set to strike before the 2012 season opener, owner Matt Shaner reacted first, cutting his entire team hours before kickoff of a game against the Orlando Predators.

"Mid-statement, all the players got up and left," former Power center Beau Elliott told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "Every player got up and left while he was still talking. There were 15 to 20 angry, large individuals."

The AFL Player's Association was calling for an increase in the $400 game checks paid to most players on each team. The union demanded a 300 percent increase in the minimum salary. AFL owners countered with a $100 raise.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/entire-arena-football-team-cut-during-pregame-meal-190741599.html

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Scuba [/font]
[big]2. It was the second-worst thing to happen to them at the Olive Garden that day. [/big]

Sports, Mar 13, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12048225


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by LoZoccolo
[big] New group proposal: "Vague Category"[/big]
This group would be for threads for which the group to which it belongs is vague.

This is the only proposed rule:
The posts in Vague Category must have been locked in another forum or group.

[font color=#FF0000]Some of the posts in there get a DUzy[/font]

H&M-D, Mar 11, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/124060417


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Amerigo Vespucci
[big] Limbaugh: "How can I be anti-woman? I even judged the Miss America pageant."[/big]


[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Erose999 [/font]
[big] 9. Ahh yes, the Miss America pageant. Or as I like to call it: Donald Trumps' annual search for a new [/big]
trophy wife.

GD, Mar 14, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002423951


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Tx4obama
[big] OH Bill Would Require Men Submit Affidavit From Sex Partner Confirming Impotence B4 Receiving Viagra[/big]


[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] FailureToCommunicate [/font]
[big] 33. "Say hello to my little friend..."[/big]


GD, Mar 11, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002412969


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by alp227
[big] Kofi Annan leaves Syria after talks with Assad[/big]
Source: AP

The international envoy Kofi Annan has left Syria without a deal to end the year-old conflict in the country, as regime forces mounted a new assault on rebel strongholds in the north.

The former UN secretary general said he had presented the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, with concrete proposals "which will have a real impact on the ground".

"Once it's agreed, it will help launch the process and help end the crisis on the ground," he said at the end of a two-day visit.

Annan, who also met Syrian opposition leaders and business leaders in Damascus, said he was optimistic following two sets of talks with Assad, but acknowledged that resolving the crisis would be tough. "It's going to be difficult but we have to have hope," he said.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/11/kofi-annan-leaves-syria

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF] rocktivity
[big] 1. Kofi Annan -- yes, I remember him well [/big]

This pic seems to have been scrubbed from the search engines -- glad I saved it.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] leveymg [/font]
[big] 3. Here. Let's double its chances of getting back onto Google and add some search terms. [/big]
Keywords: Kofi Annan, George W. Bush, Diplomat sits with Dufus, thumb jab at UN dignitary by chimpster, Paxil

LBN, Mar 11, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101472848


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by woo me with science
[big] J.K. Rowling's charity giving knocks her off Forbes' billionaires list[/big]
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/jk-rowlings-charity-giving-knocks-her-off-forbes-billionaires-list

J.K. Rowling's charity giving knocks her off Forbes' billionaires list
Author of the 'Harry Potter' series is no longer in the billionaires' club — thanks to simply being an incredible person.
Tue, Mar 13 2012 at 2:44 PM EST

The woman who weaved together the magical world of Harry Potter (netting her an estimated $1.6 million every day), is no longer a part of the billionaires' club. Forbes magazine, which last year recognized J.K. Rowling as the world's first female billionaire novelist, released an updated version of its World's Billionaires list last week with the 46-year-old notably absent.

It's not that the world is no longer is love with all-things Harry Potter (the brand itself is estimated to be worth more than $15 billion), but rather Rowling's charitable giving and taxes that have knocked her back into the millionaires' club.

Naturally, none of this likely bothers Rowling, who from the beginning has made giving back a priority for her wealth. ... “You have a moral responsibility when you’ve been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently," she said in a past interview.

That giving includes supporting organizations linked to poverty, multiple sclerosis, children's welfare and illiteracy. Three books that she has written for charity — "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," "Quidditch Through the Ages" and "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" — have raised almost $30 million for various initiatives....



She used to live on welfare with her child and has described battling suicidal thoughts during those times. Now she is a massive donor to many causes, but especially both financial and emotional support systems for single parents.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Zalatix [/font]
[big] 11. When the crustal displacement happens on Dec 12 will she be on the ark? [/big]



[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] AnotherDreamWeaver [/font]
[big] 15. I thought it was the 21st... [/big]
That 'The Gods of Time' would decide if things were to continue.

That's some picture you have there. I hear there is an island off Alaska that has tree stumps and mammoths and sabortooth tigers all scrambled up, could have been made by something like this. Off Antarctica, and South of Chile there is a place in the ocean a meteor or astroid hit earth. Some speculate it tilted the axis and caused massive extinction's when it hit.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] ProdigalJunkMail [/font]
[big] 22. Mayan calendar already ran out thanks to no one considering the whole leap year thing... n/t [/big]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] tclambert [/font]
[big] 25. So the secret spaceship already left? [/big]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] ProdigalJunkMail [/font]
[big] 26. online from there right now... [/big]
sorry you missed us...

sP
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Zalatix [/font]
[big] 30. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! [/big]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] lumberjack_jeff [/font]
[big] 37. Did they say something about the planet being eaten by space goats? [/big]


GD, March 15, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002428306



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