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Archives: December 16, 2013

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Well, that's it. My Kira is gone.

White House Christmas 2013 on HGTV tonight

Isn't it "funny"....

Carl Sagan's view on science & government on Charlie Rose...holy shit!

An Army Soldier told me in a thread that socks would be something they like

Best Prescott, AZ movie?

Under the new budget deal, military spending will be higher than it was when we were fighting 2 wars

Pope Smacks Down Tpots

Walker on Meet the Press 12/15/13

Israeli soldier killed in Lebanese sniper attack -military

No Fresh Start How States Let Debt Collectors Push Families into Poverty

Screwged?

growing up guns

REUTERS: EU court annuls approval of BASF's Amflora GMO potato.

I got it and man is it great!!!!!! I started one of my newly acquired books in bed last night.

United States cancels aid programs to Ecuador -officials

Power to the Proletariat

Nice win for Flynn and the Packers

Gunfighter Nation (Bill Moyers & Company)

Romo is nothing if not consistent... two clutch interceptions, one big loss.

Joan Fontaine, Oscar-Winning Star of Hitchcock Classics, Dies at 96

Find something to be happy about today (Sunday December 15th, 2013)

The Sanist Corollary to Godwin's Law

Photos | South Africa buries Mandela

Romo doesn't always throw INTs:

The Miracle of Profit-Sharing: Year 65 and Still No Layoffs

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announces new voter suppression plan

PACKERS!!!

RIP: Peter O'Toole, Tom 'Billy Jack' Laughlin, Joan Fontaine (Update: Ray Price died today/Monday)

No Question Now. '60 Minutes' is Deliberate Right-Wing Propaganda.

Robert Reich hammers Newt Gingrich after he blames Democrats for increasing poverty

Apocalypse, New Jersey: A Dispatch From America's Most Desperate Town

Bad news for whales and dolphins: Navy to expand sonar testing

NGO bill approved by ministers despite controversy

A MUST READ! It makes me sick with the right puts our President through!

A poverty, not education, crisis in U.S.

I CAN'T GET UP!!!

I put a bedspread in a trash bag, tied it up, and stored it in the attic.

Twerkle.

Hello from Chicagoland..aka OBAMALAND

Just a freaky day.

Snowfall totals in your neck of the woods?

BLOGSPOT: "Virtually Speaking" Fans..Here's:Joan McCarter & Jay Ackroyd Plus DAVID DAYEN

North Carolina’s Hilariously Incompetent Governor In 15 Quotes

The Best Gun Fail Accidents - video

The Best Gun Fail Accidents

Freedom cannot be achieved...

I have found this year's Christmas Music: A John Waters Christmas!

Sen. Rucho says the ACA is worse than Nazis, Soviets and Terrorists combined..

In Press-Rights Battle, Reporter Says Accountability's At Risk

Snowden stole 'keys to the kingdom': NSA official

90 Seconds Of Celebrities Demanding A Plan Against Gun Violence (Video)

More and more I feel my life is just like this guys.

Unprecedented GOP-imposed austerity since Great Recession ended has strangled recovery (graph)

Paul Krugman: Why Inequality Matters

This saddens me

D.C. Streetcar To Make Long-Awaited First Appearance

McCain: Comparing Obama To Chamberlain Was An 'Exaggeration'

Its only anecdotal, but I can't recall ever hearing a news story about guns doing something helpful.

E.J. Dionne: Family values hypocrisy

PolicyMic: 8 Powerful Photos Shine Light On the People Most New Yorkers Never See

Response to abstinence education in school

What movie will you always watch when you catch it on?

anyone watch "homeland"?

McCain met with Ukraine oppo leader who calls for a purge of all Jews and other minorities.

Trail raised the bar for tipplers in old S.F.

Do Elections Make Any Difference? CAUTION! If you don't like Ed Snowden avoid

I go crazy...

Red Piller: Unless white women start “sh*tting out” more babies, western civilization is doomed

I hereby dub NC Senator Bob Rucho (R) "Senator Whackjob"

Fox News Marks Newtown Anniversary With Lobbyist Who Says God Is 'Judging' Unarmed People

Pope Alarms Traditionalists with Crackdown on Religious Order

Lion in Winter - trailer

Brit Hume: Boehner Finally ‘Strong Enough’ to Take On Tea Party, Now McConnell Can’t

"Study: High Levels of Inequality Make a Country Less Fun to Live In"

As Online Ads Look More Like News Articles, F.T.C. Warns Against Deception

I don't want to work...

Export the unemployed: More jobs for Americans abroad than at home

Media's ACA Coverage Continues To Ignore Positive Stories

!!!!December Photo Contest FINAL!!!!

"Inside the Power of the N.R.A."

December Contest Final is up in GD

"Obamacare Enrollments Surpass 1 Million"

Snowden stole 'keys to the kingdom': NSA official

"Tea Party Favorability Falls to Lowest Yet"

Student debt crisis: Many private college presidents make $1M

Let's list other people whom Megyn Kelly wants to assure you are white

Jim Hightower explains the Trans-Pacific Partnership -- in plain language

K&R to insist that the CIA and the administration respect the results of Chile's election.

times change, but not really

The ACTUAL reason China banned US West Coast shellfish minus the BS.

NSA Officials Consider Edward Snowden Amnesty In Return For Documents

This is what happens when you outlaw peaceful protest

"We're Not White Guys, Megyn Kelly" By Jesus and St. Nicholas

Christopher Lee does Heavy Metal?

Sixteen dead in clash in China's Xinjiang

A Voice for Men writer laments: “Since the advent of ‘marital rape,’ sex is no longer a loving duty,

So, if the 60 Minutes segment on the NSA were true . . .

It's 1 degree outside!

India, US fight over Devyani Khobragade's immunity

Why don’t liberals decry the Islamic war on women?

A Barefoot Christmas

Texas employee pension fund could run dry without fixes

NSA sixty minutes interview...NSA speaks out on Snowden, spying

Any Lounger ever try the "fast" diet?

I need a way to listen to my favorite hosts who are being displaced by Clear Channel in Jan. Roku?

"A Rare Black Santa in a Sea of White ones".. Heartwarming..

Bus carrying inmates, guards crashes on I-64

In case you're wondering what the hell it is China banned imports of...

Gordon Getty's 80th Birthday.

The Sad Decline of ‘60 Minutes’ Continues With This Week’s NSA Whitewash

Radioactive cesium levels in Miyagi forest soil up since 2011

Newly released photo of loyal dog Hachiko on display at Tokyo museum

Drone strikes must end, Yemen's parliament says

John Miller, who did "60 Minutes" infomercial for NSA, spent 6 years as Deputy Director

Who speaks for the unemployed? Who?

Think About It This Way

Developer Unearths Secret U.S. Military Bases

Dogs licking poisonous toads to get high

I went through the past year of big story posts that I considered for 2013 and I love DU.

Money Trumps Hairpiece

I went to a Christmas party yesterday and then dreamed about it last night.

Canberra risks more by crossing China

Dissent in North Korea

Russia media takes a turn for the worse

From the UK: Globalisation is turning the west against its elites

Monsanto Contaminates the Environment and Democracy

It's the man's fault

Syria: Grasping at straws

Australia: Deals, trade-offs - will we sell out to the Americans?

'60 Minutes': NSA Good, Snowden Bad

Experts: Japan 'Incapable' of Solo Decommissioning Effort

Our Most Powerful Weapon Against Wall Street? The Rise of Reverse Eminent Domain

7 Rip-Offs Corporations and the Wealthy Don't Want You to Know About

Electronic Waste: We Must Design Gadgets that Don't Poison the Planet

Anybody downloaded SteamOS yet?

They Shot For Zero, But Couldn't Squash Polio In 2013

5 Places The U.S. Military Operates—You Might Be Surprised

I'm just saying

An argument ERUPTS!!! on Melissa Harris-Perry show

OBGYNs Stir Up Controversy

Iowa Poll: The early favorites for 2016 presidential race

Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Laws on Gun Control

Escape Route from the Nuclear Shadow over the Middle East

The 9 Most Baffling Passages in the Bible, and What They Really Mean

Amazon workers in Germany on strike over wages

Tamerlan Tsarnaev (Boston Bomber) Schizophrenic?

Plan for school shelters thwarted by Okla. tax cut

Secret Inside BofA Office of CEO Stymied Needy Homeowners

Homeland finale (spoilers)

US lawmakers ask trade czar to stem data threats

Research links PTSD, veterans’ concussions

Conned by Republicans as Democrats cede

Chris Hedges: The Play’s the Thing

The Santa lie, Santa's race and the real problem for children

America’s Child Soldiers: JROTC and the Militarizing of America

Naturopaths and the creep of pseudo-science

Health care events 2014

Belarus Ready to Improve Ties With EU – President.

Paul Ryan Indicates GOP Willing To Hold Debt Limit Hostage Again

RIP Tom Laughlin

Banned bankruptcy preparer stays ahead of law

Federal workers' pensions targeted in budget deal

McCain: CIA Misled Congress On Missing American

Federal Judge: When One Partner Is Dying, Same-Sex Couples Should Be Able To Marry Early

Hilarious Test Answers

"There are too many people who claim solidarity with Mandela's struggle ...

Andrew Sullivan wonders about Fox News

Even Your Avatar Can't Escape NSA Surveillance

Pope Francis on "an essential force for social change"

Let Ricky Bobby The Dachshund Zoom Into Your Heart

New Mexico teacher chides black student for costume because ‘Santa Claus is white’

Two Guantanamo detainees transferred to Saudi Arabia

General's court-martial put off until 2014

If Miley Cyrus left you in doubt about female empowering imagery consider these

Today is National Chocolate Covered Anything Day.

Dec. 16-Chocolate Covered Anything Day.

Forbes: Paul Ryan And The Republicans Are Lackeys To Democratic Party Big Spenders

Salon Interviews Richard Rodriguez - "a gay, deeply Catholic Latino living in California."

Lockheed aims to deliver all 36 F-35 jets in 2013, sees progress on program

The Cultural Commons Lies Hidden in Plain Sight

Florida Air National Guard Disappointed With F-35 Decision

Crucial "Recount" for Virginia Attorney General's Race Begins...Now!

10 Best JFK Assassination Conspiracies

So while the country is fracked to death, we put up with this shit for years!

Monday Toon Roundup 1- Boehner and the Budget

Monday Toon Roundup 2- More baggery

Plane and Not So Simple: Who Spent How Much Arguing For and Against the F-35?

Monday Toon Roundup 3- North Korea

How To Destroy An Entire Country

Monday Toon Roundup 4- The Rest

Reno man gets probation for shooting golfer who broke his window

Snowden: A Genious Among Geniuses

Noam Chomsky Continues to Inspire

NSA Staffer: Snowden Didn't Dupe Coworkers Out of Passwords

Secret Inside BofA Office of CEO Stymied Needy Homeowners

It isn't Santa exactly- but a surprise gift for that weird Fox Kelly woman nevertheless

South Sudan president says military has foiled coup

A Tea-Less Boehner

It just occurred to me when putting obits on my

$100M Navy charity scammer showered politicians, often Republicans, with political donations

Evacuations underway at Harvard University after reports of possible explosives on campus, repor

“We Are Not All in This Together”

The Permanent Crisis at Fukushima

Teacher to student: You can’t be Santa — you’re black!

Port Authority Scandal Is Result of Leadership, Patronage Mess

Violence grips Iraq in day of deadly bombings

Stephen Harper, Nelson Mandela and whitewashing the past

Bobby Thompson: $100M Navy charity scammer to be sentenced in Ohio

Dallas' Garrett's passive leadership costly (AKA, don't blame it all on Romo)

See You In Hell, Granny-Starver

Russian actor who ran for president wants to put all gay people ‘in the oven’

The 12 days of Star Wars

So who did the Cowboys have to play for them the 2nd half of that game?

Last night, I read my kids "Pete the Cat Saves Christmas." In it, Santa is portrayed as a cat.

Yall history experts/buffs, is this true about the American Civil War?

Russia Confirms Tactical Missile Deployment on NATO Borders.

Drones in Yemen, Hunger Games In America, and Corporate Espionage

Why Remain in Afghanistan?

Insurers Plan To Spend $500 Million In Obamacare Advertising Next Year

Letter from The British Board Of Film Censors to Gregory Peck after viewing 'To Kill A Mockingbird'

GOP Poll: 'Liberal' Cornyn Crushes Tea Party Challenger Stockman

Richard Wolff rips apart meme that Ireland's austerity has been a success (audio link)

Four buildings evacuated at Harvard

It's official. My kitty Belladonna has moved on

KYLE SHANAHAN TRIED TO BROKER PEACE TALKS BETWEEN RG3 AND HIS DAD

Lobbying and the Constitution

Deforestation may actually be Beneficial to the Climate in some areas

The Minimum Wage in America Is Pretty Damn Low

If you older folk were "kids these days," what kind of style would you have?

Climate Geoengineering Effort may not work after all

The "Small Ball" Proposed Budget

'60 Minutes' Trashed For NSA Piece

Hey Everyone--It's Tea Party Tim...and Plutocrat Pete - by Tom Tomorrow

The Tea Party are a load of f***wits, example three gazillion and five:

This Antarctic ice shelf will likely be the next to collapse (Larsen B)

Boston Globe: Marathon Bomber May Have Suffered From Schizophrenia

School gunman Karl Pierson liked debate, running, but acted "weird" at times (Updated)

17 Best DIY gadget projects of 2013

..sometimes courage is called for. I am in the middle of making a batch of fudge - the real thing,

BY GREG SARGENT: Morning Plum: Insurance industry bets on Obamacare. GOP bets on failure.

Santa Claus Poll.

Earth's greatest killer finally caught, thanks to geology gumshoes (Permian mass extinction)

Let's Not Get Too Carried Away Imagining a Kinder, Gentler Tea Party

Scientist sees fracking as the way to dispose of nuclear waste

Latin America Finds Its Footing

Climate change may be worsening wildfires in the West

25 Years of Christmas-A father films his kids coming down the stairs every year:

Despite CFC ban, ozone hole won't heal until 2070, NASA finds

The real New Atheism: Rejecting religion for a just world

African lesser flamingos brave unfriendly breeding ground — but for how long?

How A For-Profit College Created Fake Jobs To Get Taxpayer Money

Democratic Rep Not Sure Why Ted Cruz Went To Mandela Service

Senator: Topic of unemployment insurance extension has 'never come up' in GOP caucus

Scholars’ Group Endorses an Academic Boycott of Israel

Share a good thought for MFM

America in Four Words

The Top 10 Religion Stories Of 2013

North Korean Leader’s Aunt Appears Unscathed

"One of Our Greatest Coups": The CIA & the Capture of Nelson Mandela

Robert Reich shocks Newt Gingrich with his aggressive pushback (VIDEO)

"Makes Absolutely No Sense": David Cay Johnston on Budget Deal That Helps Billionaires, Not the Poor

FDA proposes ban on antibacterial soaps

The only sport that mattered yesterday was men's soccer!

Family: Ryan Freel was suffering from brain disease CTE

XRAY.FM launches Kickstarter to return Progressive Talk, independently curated music to Portland

Find something to be happy about today (Monday December 16th, 2013)

How to make a cortadito.

"In many cases has been a corporatist..."

is amazon.com a decent place to buy jewelry online?

Joan Fontaine makes it three: " If I die first, Olivia will be livid because I beat her to it."

Robert Reich shocks Newt Gingrich with his aggressive pushback

Have you guys ever considered adding

Thom Hartmann: Are Economic Royalists Leading the US Over a Precipice?

Teen pot use could hurt brain and memory, new research suggests

What's for Dinner ~ Monday ~ December 16th

Wall Street is a crack addict

Jim Hightower: A Poor Educational System

"Who says they're opposites?" . . . Please come CAPTION Pope Francis and Rush Limbaugh!!!

Tea Party Facebook Group Posts BioShock Image Satirizing Tea Party

Survivor Blood v. Water - end of Season discussion

Paul Dini: Superhero cartoon execs don't want largely female audiences

Does drug company marketing lead to more diagnoses of ADHD in children?

Salt by the Numbers: A new infographic about sodium consumption

Paul Ryan’s debt ceiling hypocrisy: Mr. Realism returns to extortion

Detroit bankruptcy judge allows appeal of eligibility, pension rulings

Google moves into military robotics realm

And what did the Corprats DO with those gargantuan tax cuts & loopholes? Well...

The Joshua Generation-

Avoid raw milk due to infection risks: pediatricians

Startup CEO Gopman ('degenerate homeless') purged, might have voted illegally in SF election

Free Amazon kindle books on crocheting

help me bury a right wing nut on another forum....looking for quotes by GOP politicians claiming....

Harvard U evacuated after rumors of explosives in four

Artificial sweeteners found in river water and drinking supplies

The Pope: When the glass is full

Imagining the U.S. Supreme Court Covered in Solar Panels

Kitten hell

Florida Supreme Court rejects Republican leaders’ bid for shield in redistricting cases

"not because they were forced to, but because they made assloads of money doing so"

Lulzy Christmas: Hackers buy presents for the poor with gov't officials' credit cards

White House: No amnesty for Snowden

Is ALEC a Secret Political Society banned by the NC Constitution?

Pic Of The Moment: Paul Ryan: Yet Another Debt Limit Crisis Coming Unless GOP Demands Are Met

In 94, John Miller was caught lying about statements to Newsday. The interview was taped.

Watched Terminator 2 on the teevee this weekend and one thing in particular struck me as unrealistic

The Rude Pundit: This Fuckin' Pope

Jesus is White, Santa is Real, Fox is News

Man killed hours after wedding while helping stranded driver in snow

James Moore: Not my job to 'feed neighbour's child'

Paul Ryan: There's No GOP Civil War, Boehner Just Got Emotional

today in women's herstory-16 december

Tamerlan Tsarnaev heard voices in his head: report

It's Time To Stop Blaming Mental Health For Mass Shootings

Krab Legs and Welfare Queens

Recommendations on Energy for the UN General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development

Could I get some help decoding this? It's an amazing read, not I'm not following some of it.

in memoriam-jyoti singh pandey (gang-raped in new delhi, 16 dec 2012, died 28 dec)

Court says health plan lawsuit cutoff legal

happy birthday, jane austen

Court won't take Gulf spill moratorium case

Note to Boehner - Paul Ryan is for Paul Ryan, nobody else

Clutch's "Earth Rocker"...DEFINITELY belongs on some "Album of the Year" list

S.F. rolls out 3 miles of free Wi-Fi along Market Street

University of Utah explores using free, online, open-source textbooks

RIP George Rodrige (Blue Dog artist)

Poverty Nation: How America Created a Low-Wage Work Swamp

Megyn Kelly has a message for all of you race baiters

FDA approves magnetic device to relieve migraines

Tenn. Sen.'s Fired Chief of Staff Ordered Freed

Charges dropped for NY pair after a month in jail when ‘cocaine’ proves to be soap

Normally I would want most guns banned, But this one I could support as a total replacement.

Those Damned Derivatives......

SI's Sportsman of the Year:

The family that keeps on giving

The racists at Fox

"Gravity" ending - spoilers

Sarah Palin's Christmas book lifted from Henry Ford's "The International Jew"

Anybody watching Canada's Worst Driver?

"America's Safety Net Must Not Become a Hammock" . . .

Right-winger goes off the deep end.

Infographic: Women and Hollywood - Better Luck Next Year...Or Next Decade

A comment I posted last night on 60 Minutes' website re: the NSA segment

Well, my Christmas tree finally bit the dust last night, LOL.

Lary Klayman update!

Public Transit Is Underfunded Because the Wealthy Don’t Rely on It

Lazy Bones

The saddest face ever:

The rich taking care of their own

Just WOW. I just had THE most pleasant experience with the Healthcare.gov 800-number.

US scholars group votes in favor of academic boycott of Israel

Social Security begins paying same-sex couple claims

Govt 2305 - chapter one: types of government

The Post-GMO Economy

It's December 16th -- you know what that means !

The War on BC's Small Pot Farmer

Unemployed man stole so he could feed 120 cats

Honduras' Flawed Election: The Case of El Paraiso

On This Day - Dec. 16, 2012

Battered women morally entitled to kill abusers, U of O professor asserts

Read the "Stomach-Churning" Sexual Assault Accusations Against R. Kelly in Full

Toon: All the more reason to KILL IT NOW!!!

Judge: NSA phone program likely unconstitutional

LEGO: Minecraft & A Real-Life Minecraft World!

Anyone have suggestions about static electricity

Best video card for my system?

Toon: Hard Right

McAuliffe considers keeping Hazel,McDonnell's HHRsecy-He created VA's mandatory ultrasound law

Last Australian combat troops leave Afghanistan

"Ecstatic" over Colorado Connect4Health sign-up

Dallas Cowboys Release Jerry Jones

When Will CNN Start Being Honest About The ACA?

Ring of Fire: Examining the Minimum Wage Debate

Oklahoma GOP tax cut axes tornado shelters after storms killed seven students in 2013

Relative: Mandela signer in group that burned men

Swedish PM wants tougher sentences for those who buy sex from prostitutes

Castro ‘in good health’, says Spanish reporter

Castro ‘in good health’, says Spanish reporter

Etiquette

Uruguay's president José Mujica plans adoptions to teach children farming

German couple who organized sex parties face $1.4 million tax evasion investigation

Equality

What’s the Deal With San Francisco’s 11-Year Bus Rapid Transit Project?

Expanded Medicaid’s fine print gives middle-age adults big jolt

U.S. oil output nearing all-time record, feds say

Kerry gives $35.5 million boost to China's neighbors amid US-Beijing tensions

Teen left brain dead after tonsil surgery

Hug earns Georgia high school student a year of suspension, delayed graduation

Stores have free rein to recoup shoplifting losses

Graça Machel: The Heroine to Mandela's Hero

Some people are saying that Megyn Kelly molests elves.

Judge allows appeal in Detroit bankruptcy case

Feds grant Navy permit for sonar training

Picking fights over religion and the separation of church and state

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Naked Gun to be rebooted!!

Purrs from the Heart: The ripple effect on Chicago cat rescue

Does the fact that Christmas Day is a Federal Holiday violate the separation of church and state?

Neal Boortz joins the war on Santa.

Man Renting "Smurfs 2" From Nor Cal Redbox Gets Hardcore Porn Instead

From the right: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Bigger and More Dangerous Than ObamaCare

This is for the folks who live in Kentucky...

Dumb Criminals: Drunken Santas Attending NYC SantaCon Get Arrested For Street Fighting

How Not to Discuss Sexual Violence against Third World Women

General Motors to invest $1.3 billion in 5 U.S. plants

#BBCtrending: #NotYourAsianSidekick goes global

Pope Francis makes significant changes in the Congregation for Bishops

"Look at that, you son of a bitch"

O'Mara faces Florida Bar complaint about Zimmerman case

Rightwing hack Bill Donohue & his one-man "Catholic League" try to explain away support of Limbaugh

Simunic banned for 10 games for pro-Nazi chant

UN must challenge Canada's complicity in mining's human rights abuses

Free Wi-Fi debuts in San Francisco

The Peddlers - Southern Woman

French panel recommends legalizing assisted suicide for terminally ill

NH Lawmaker: Armed Uprising Possible If Scott Brown Elected

Iowa finds cheaper way to expand insurance coverage than Wisconsin did

Saudi passes anti-terror law, banning defamation

States' Exchange Success Will Hurt Texas Republicans' Fight Against Obamacare

The Peddlers - Girlie

10 Queer Artists You Should Be Listening To

Michael Moore all over the NY Post 911 Saudi story.

SCAM ALERT – New VISA scam

"Martin Luther King is always portrayed as Black!" -- Neal Boortz

28 children among 76 killed by Syria 'barrel bombs'

GOP Willing To Hold Debt Limit Hostage Again. Its Obama's fault of course 4 not showing 'leadership'

Udall: Court Ruling NSA Program ‘Likely Unconstitutional’ Shows Urgent Need to Rein in...

"The One Day" by Donald Hall - a short excerpt

Oh, no! Not Morlocks! Horrible flesh eating Morlocks!!!!!

kids today...

Pres. Obama nominated Vice Admiral Michelle Howard for a 4th Star. First woman in Navy history

double dutch

Humans are not smarter than animals - we just don't understand them

There's No Way to Follow the Money

Giant Star Cluster in the Making

Polynesian people used binary numbers 600 years ago

New "Frackademia" Report Co-Written by "Converted Climate Skeptic" Richard Muller

A question about deafness vs. hearing impaired

Study: Yellowstone magma much bigger than thought

When Your Mother Says She’s Fat

The Question at the Heart of the Democratic Schism

The EPA’s Highest-Paid Employee Pretended To Be A CIA Agent For 12 Years

Engineer with an erection

Pensioners sue IBM over reported NSA involvement

NIN - Tension 2013 Tour - Full Show in HD

"Edward Snowden released the following statement via Glenn Greenwald"

Fake signer at Mandela event accused in mob attack

Sheltering Corporations from taxes, Not Kids from tornadoes

Methodist pastor won't quit voluntarily for officiating gay son's wedding

John McCain Went To Ukraine And Stood On Stage With A Man Accused Of Being An Anti-Semitic Neo-Nazi

It pays to be pretty, starting in high school, research says

Computer programmer teaches homeless to code

The latest NSA revelations

SRO’s Quick Response Saved Lives at Colo. School

Cellulose nanocrystals possible 'green' wonder material

Arden, 4 year old chimp, retired from New Iberia Research Center in LA, to Chimp Haven in LA

New "Frackademia" Report Co-Written by "Converted Climate Skeptic" Richard Muller

teen given probation for killing 4 on "affluenza" defense - why not, Wall Street Bankers enjoyed the

For 32 years, she has kept up anti-nuclear vigil outside White House

Dez Bryant Left Early to Hide Tears

The annual Patton Oswalt Christmas Shoes thread...

Edward Snowden says judge's ruling vindicates NSA surveillance disclosures

Pennsylvania School Tries To Kick Out Two Students After Their Families Became Homeless

Inside a School Where Teachers Pack Heat

AP's Liz Sidoti (donuts for John McCain) takes PR job with BP

E-cigarette row could block new EU tobacco rules -diplomats

Former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown’s Move to New Hampshire Fuels Talk of Senate Race

Mandela sign language interpreter Thamsanqa Jantjie was in group that burned men

'60 Minutes' BIOS Plot May Be NSA Invention

There's a Wonder Drug That Prevents HIV Infection. Why Haven't You Heard of It?

Putting San Diego Mayor's Race into a National Context

Colorado's school shooting -- over in 80 seconds

Putting San Diego Mayor's Race into a National Context

Bill de Blasio and San Diego's Next Mayor

Dealing with a compulsive liar in the family at Christmas dinner.

George Zimmerman is selling his original artwork on eBay

Big Ed is talking about the Trans-Pacific Partnership right now on MSNBC

Megyn Kelly Defends Her Santa Comments, says she's really isn't a racist, that she was just joking..

It really is shameful....

Good ole boy compromise on the Orlando Expressway Authority?

Kim Jong Un Executes Uncle

Gold Funds See Unprecedented 31% Slump With World Losing Faith

A model world

Gorilla Sales Skyrocket After Latest Gorilla Attack

Couple charged with possession of soap, spend month in jail before lab proves them innocent

Is Affluenza Real? Ask Senator Elizabeth Warren And Other Experts

EPN Poll: Does Tony Romo choke under pressure?

Israel Wants Lebanon Action After Soldier Shot at Border

More bullshit from CBS

Ron Paul Hates The United States

North America to Drown in Oil as Mexico Ends Monopoly

Has anyone heard from Prism?

Charges against Penn State administrators could be tossed because of conflict of interest by witness

General Motors Announces $1.3 Billion Investment In U.S. Manufacturing

First Ladies Influence & Image: Rosalynn Carter

Homework...

"The world's poorest President"

I am not sure that the rich get away with too many crimes...

Mandela’s SA Boycott Success Sparks Israel Debate

The power of the bassline

U.S. Factory Activity Gains Steam As Production Broadens

Anyone know the brand of this boot or shoe?

What the GOP knows and Big ED doesn't. It's structural, There are no jobs.

U.S. Drone Strikes In Yemen Likely To Continue Despite Parliamentary Ban

White House: Trans Pacific Partnership ‘remains a top priority’ for Obama

Lawyer Behind NSA Lawsuit Once Sued His Own Mother, Believes Obama Is Kenyan Socialist Muslim

Armed Rebels Surrounded French President’s Plane During Visit To Central African Republic

Scientists 'incredibly concerned' for fate of banana as plagues and fungus infections spread

The Christian Underground In 'Atheist' China

I'm starting to get worried

I need to make Pumpkin Bread

Thousands Of North Korean Soldiers Pledge Loyalty To Kim Jong-Un As Seoul Goes On Alert

Influential Country Singer Ray Price Dead at 87

Dennis Rodman to return to North Korea

Va. AG recount started today - Herring opens lead (unofficially) but Obenshain has a trick

24 Republicans Not Practicing What They Preached About Obamacare

CIA Testimony Destroys Benghazi "Stand Down" Hoax - the continued Big Lie of Conservativepaths

Poland Says Worried Over Russian Missile Deployment

Bob Graham speaking out about 9/11 again. Also 2 archived articles Saudi flights after 9/11

Wolf Blitzer just did a cringe worthy interview with Will Ferrell

Are Too Many Kids Taking Antipsychotic Drugs?

There is no difference in religious fundamentalism between American Muslims and Christians

TCM Schedule for Thursday, December 19 -- What's on Tonight: Christmas Carols

TCM Schedule for Friday, December 20 -- Friday Night Spotlight: The Hollywood Costume

It makes a great stocking stuffer for your right-wing relatives

50 educators sign letter to Catholic University protesting Koch Foundation’s $1 million gift

Kenney should steer clear of Toronto issues, Flaherty hints

Police escort cancer patient from Nashville steakhouse after he’s forced to remove hat

Church Leaders Shame Catholic University For Accepting Koch Dollars

United States Is Now the Most Unequal of All Advanced Economies.

Radical nun says answering her Christian calling landed her in prison

"Digital Octopus" ...Snowdon's Revelations ..."The Scandal That Keeps on Giving!

Obama admin has trust issues with Issa

Maria Sharapova respects Serena Williams on the court, but not off of it.....

Editorial: Return to nuclear dependency unacceptable (Japan)

a few quotes from rape culture

a few quotes from rape culture

Snowden Obama

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