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Archives: December 10, 2014

Flora Purim - Andei (I Walked)

America could end homelessness in one year by doing this

Flora Purim and Airto Moreira Live

Police blocking stairs and elevators in Milwaukee WI City Hall. #ICantBreathe Tues protests

WATCH: Israeli police let stone-throwing settlers walk away

Fake Baylor PR firm president

The Koch brothers are getting close to having their own political party

Reagan On Torture Prosecutions

Illinois General Assembly revives recording ban

The Pernicious Myth of "If you can speak, you can breathe."

The New Republic: An Appreciation

Ammendment VIII ...U.S Constitution..."Cruel and Unusual Punshiments Inflicted"..

Reminder For Bushco: There is NO statute of limitations if torture had foreseeable risk of death

Motorola Mobility Takes Down The Moto X's 'Made In America' Sign, Closes Factory In Texas (700 jobs)

The Lounge decorations are up.

PBO on Colbert. I so love this man and am glad he's President.

Man acquitted of assault of barber over haircut

‘Are You A Nazi?': A Ten Question Quiz For Conservatives

Wolf Blitzer defends the torturers, says Diane Feinstein should feel guilty if Americans are killed

Torturers walk among us. They need to be named.

Congress Will Say D.C. Can Legalize Pot, But Can't Tax or Regulate It

Ancient Mars May Have Been More Habitable Than We Thought

Flora Purim (Moon Dreams) 1973

Do you approve of the CIA's "enhanced interrogation" as detailed in the Senate's torture report?

We tortured b/c Butch & Cheney fucked up preventing 911. Okay? So STFU.

B.Sanders: Technology is not an end in itself. It must be used to improve the quality of human life

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Forgive me if I roll my eyes at your precious outrage about torture.

Turn on CHris Hayes right fugging now Chris Hayes :)

Global Fallout of Nuclear War Unavoidable: US Research Center

Rolling Stone Apologized. Will the Times?

Col. L. Wilkerson has got it straight,

Vienna Conference Could 'Change the Calculus' of US Nuclear Policy - by Joseph Cirincione

Obama Ready To Defy Base In Order To Advance Trans-Pacific Partnership

Going Underground: Seymour Hersh - Democracies always ‘led by people that push for more war’

That awful Congressional plan to allow pension cuts heads for enactment

Bush White House Was Worried Colin Powell Would ‘Blow His Stack’ If Briefed on Torture

Troops ‘sacrifice for nothing’, & ‘louder, angrier’ Political Comedy Dec 6, 2014

Walgreens Removes Hanukkah Wrapping Paper Covered with Swastikas

Political Polarization & Media Habits - PEW Research

Something pleasant. Balanchine’s Christmas Miracle

Instead of prosecuting torturers, Obama prosecuted the guy who revealed the program

Blacks at University of Iowa want change after KKK piece

Wish that Berkeley's Revolution would modify its demands

700 expected to protest MSU graduation speaker George Will

Hal Ketcham--Past The Point of Rescue

So people in No Calif are either delirious, or know something BIG abt Chem trails/geo-engineering

Florida woman arrested after fight with twin sister over vibrator, boyfriend

Mandatory Tuesday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Torture! & a new Kitteh & Doggie gif

Calls Grow For Dick Cheney and George W. Bush To Be Prosecuted For Torture

PHOTOS: West Bank village of Bil'in stands with Ferguson protesters

What your poop says about you!

ACLU Calls on Obama to Pardon Bush Officials for Torture

Here's 2 video's of Crook my Cat!

So, we tortured some folks.

The dangerous myth at the heart of conservative ideology

Bruce Jessen and James Mitchell. Remember those names.

Hayden’s testimony vs. the Senate report

Lawmakers agree on $1.1 trillion spending bill

Congress just stuck one up the middle class rear end!!! (updated)

A gift, at this difficult time:

"Across America, whites are biased and they don’t even know it"

9 December 1909: American suffragist Alice Paul has been freed from London’s Holloway Prison!

ALEC Fumes: Transparency Threatens Corporate Free Speech!

9 December 1909: American suffragist Alice Paul has been freed from London’s Holloway Prison!

Report: Massachusetts police grant ‘professional courtesy’ to other officers caught driving drunk

Don't know if anyone watches The Voice - a tribute was sung tonite re: all the cop murders

From a former interrogator: it’s as if they deliberately avoided expertise

Why No One Remembers the Peacemakers: Celebrating War Over and Over and Peace Once

Iran, Russia To Build Emergency Center In Caspian Region

George Tenet in 2007: "We don't torture people"

Brownback proposes stealing from pensions and Highway repair to cover for his insane tax cuts

So anyone planning to watch the Sons of Anarchy finale tonight? *possible spoiler alert*

Bush Convicted of War Crimes

Pentagon Report Shows Continued Scourge of Military Sexual Assault (FIFTY A DAY!!!!!)

Pentagon Report Shows Continued Scourge of Military Sexual Assault (FIFTY A DAY!!!)

Pentagon Report Shows Continued Scourge of Military Sexual Assault (FIFTY A DAY!!!)

Study finds extreme temperature anomalies are warming faster than Earth's average

Time to report in on your battles in our WAR ON CHRISTMAS

All lives matter--not just some!

ICC Complaint Filed Against Bush, Cheney, etal

Palestinian Authority Gains Observer Status At The International Criminal Court

Kerry Urges Flexibility In U.S. War Powers Against Islamic State

Noam Chomsky on Syria, China, Capitalism, and Ferguson

Warmer Pacific Ocean could release millions of tons of seafloor methane

Lawmaker Demands Apology For Penn State President's Hands-Up Gesture At Student Protest

For Eric, For Michael, well, here's another name for you to add... Freddy

If you missed it live, tonight's Making Sense with Steve Leser and the Rude Pundit on torture & more

WATCH: Self Defense for Radicals | Mickey Z.

xpost from GD:If you missed it, Making Sense with Steve Leser and the Rude Pundit on torture & more

FBI Director: 'Not Willing To Say Never' About An Agent Impersonating Member Of News Media

New Technique Could Harvest More of the Sun's Energy

Spirograph, Spiro Gyra, or Spiro Agnew?

I've posted 100's of animal rescue stories over the years

When it says "Magnolia," you know it's going to be good.

New technique offers spray-on solar power

Real Christmas tree or artificial Christmas tree?

Another new Omaha zoo baby: Aardvark calf on display in Desert Dome (photo & video)

Enron - The Smartest Guys in the Room

Old Time Radio - A Christmas Carol - New Again

Translation…

Venezuela president blasts 'insolent' sanctions vote by U.S. Senate

Santa Clara County (CA) supervisors back $19.06* living wage for doing business with county

Venezuela GDP shrank 4.2 pct through third quarter, opposition says

Pointless torture is just a continuation of MK ULTRA.

Surprise...

Most exaggeration in health news is already present in academic press releases

Eric, Michael, now Freddy...

Governments turn up the heat on atheists: report

Former journal editor had potential conflicts of interest in nine of 10 articles he authored

Guardian UK: Stop believing the lies: America tortured more than 'some folks' – and covered it up

Major study reveals staggering levels of online ad fraud

Masterful

Thinking of Americans, generally - how do you think most of them feel about the torture report?

One in 5 of all Australian households now using solar

Bush on 2007 Red Cross Torture Report: Haven’t Seen It, We Don’t Torture’

Does anyone else have trouble concentrating on the D.U. posts and articles

"Verschärfte Vernehmung"( May 29 2007)

McCain: Japanese Hanged For Waterboarding

Architects of CIA Torture Program Raked in $81 Million, Report Reveals

NYT Op-ed: Pardon Bush and Those Who Tortured

Politics Done Right on KPFT - The first thing Black 16yr old asked his mother about police

A telling account of what life was like for LGBT people not that long ago

The Israel of your dreams has turned into a nightmare: A letter to Jewish students

Berkeley on the move.

Brantly: Ebola battle far from over

Crud. Is there a good way to undelete files in Windows 7 ?

Corpus Christi cancels firefighters' contract

Corpus Christi cancels firefighters' contract

Elizabeth Warren Rejects MoveOn’s Million Dollar Effort To Draft Her For 2016

Richmond (Calif.) police chief a prominent participant in protest against police violence

Despite Torture Uproar, DOJ Still Says "No" To Prosecutions

Can organic crops compete with industrial agriculture?

Holy crap... I just saw an AMAZING Bollywood version of Hamlet

"Senate Report Rejects Claim on Hunt for Bin Laden"

Why Wall St. Democrats Are Sinking the Party's Chances by Robert Reich

Attack on environmentalist following criticisms of mayor

Attack on environmentalist following criticisms of mayor

FBI: Race And Sexual Orientation Top Hate Crimes List Just Released

Col. Wilkerson: Only Person Fully Read In To Torture Plan Was Richard Bruce Cheney

Neighbors detail baiting plot in teen's death

US sending Kerry, adding to focus on climate talks

US sending Kerry, adding to focus on climate talks

Making us think- PARDON- torture report - Anthony D. Ramero, Civil Liberties Union

Congress quietly tries to weaken campaign finance laws in new spending deal

Why Obama Won’t Prosecute Torturers

John Coltrane

the art of denial

Jeb Bush : "Well, this really sucks..."

Ireland to Accept Motion to Recognize Palestinian State

New Reforestation Plan Calls For Planting 20M Ha Of Forests By 2020; Annual Forest Loss 13 M Ha

Only Lakota Will be Spoken in Red Cloud Student Film Project

X-mas Lawn Display

"D For Duh" File - Canada Will Not Make 2020 GHG Cut Targets; "Canada Has Made Itself Irrelevant"

Photo of the Day

why is it assumed the FULL REPORT on torture

Original sin

My Son Is Black. With Autism. And I’m Scared Of What The Police Will Do To Him.

Huge Rainstorm Poised to Ease California's Thirst

Austin christmas tree

In poll, Herzog only 1% behind Netanyahu as preferred PM

Ebola Teams Need Better Cultural Understanding, Anthropologists Say

Feinstein report: UN expert calls for prosecution of CIA officers and other US Government officials

In case you haven't clicked around, there's many many groups on DU

Findings at Viking archaeological site show power trumping practicality

Hayden: Torture "created this Home-Depot-like warehouse of knowledge about al Qaeda"

Scotland: murder rate drops to new low

Pictures of Mt. Shasta

What the fuck happened?

Despite my best intent. My wife read and watch info about the torture memo that came out today...

Dust from a comet has been discovered for the first time on the Earth's surface

7 Key Points from the C.I.A. Torture Report

Congresswoman: If Not For Obamacare Glitches, My Husband Might Still Be Alive

Quarrying destroys megalithic dolmens in Thrissur

CIA torture report: Europe must come clean about its own complicity

Man arrested for pointing a banana at cops

Feathered Fossils Give Scaly Dinosaurs a Makeover

Petition to Prosecute

Bush, Cheney and the other war criminals are really no different than Charlie Manson.

Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America Turned Actress, Dies at 77

The Aska Barrow Is A Huge Building Platform

Evidence of early Norse metalwork in Canada

Underwater excavation reveals lost Levantine village

Ancient balloon-shaped animal fossil unveils new information on Earth’s ancient seas

'Shut your trap, Merkel!' French MEP slams German Chancellor over call for more cuts

Ancient Egypt: Mummy of Amun temple singer unearthed near Amenhotep Huy's tomb

CIA Directors Should Face Criminal Charges: Former State Dep't Official

Abortion 'coercion' would carry criminal penalties under Michigan proposal

Ford showed us how it should be done, pardon Bush, Cheney and head off the CIA.

Bolivia's 'Forgotten': Operation Condor Era Familiar History For Oscar Voters

Justice Department Will Not Reopen Torture Inquiry

In my view, the CIA is making us less safe. NT

Pastor John Hagee Calls Obama Anti-Semitic, Blasts Iran Policy

WP: Hayden’s testimony vs. the Senate report

Instead of prosecuting torturers, Obama prosecuted the guy who revealed the program

Daily Holidays - December 10

Governments turn up the heat on atheists: report

Berkeley: I Don't Like The Police Tactic of Clearing of Observers

Why I agree with President Obama that the Bush Co cabal should not be prosecuted.

Inequality hurts economic growth, finds OECD research

Dick Cheney looks beautiful. I am sure his heart and soul matches the image

I was so mad about Congress and this pension thing I forgot to X post this

Hundreds march in fourth day of protests in California

Photographer Peter Lik Sells PHANTOM for World Record of $6.5 Million

Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka Passes Away

Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka Passes Away

2015 state legislative session

French far right Marine Le Pen" Torture is sometimes usefull".

Broken Windows in the Police Culture

Christopher Lee, 92, releases new heavy metal Christmas song

#TortureReport release resonates: Social media reaction (San Jose Mercury News)

I don't know whether to laugh or cry...

The Corporate State Gets Stronger Every Time a Cop Kills a Citizen with Impunity

America's Obscenely Rich Know Full Well That They Are Destroying America

Jon Lester Chooses the Cubs

Why the Arguments for Privatizing Public Schools Fall Flat

How Millionaires Buy Up Farmland And Hoard All Our Water

Pentagon preparing for mass civil breakdown

U.S. utilities face up to $48B revenue loss from solar, efficiency

Whites are more confident than ever that their local police treat blacks fairly

Abandoned wells can be 'super-emitters' of greenhouse gas (Update)

Civilian oversight approved for Los Angeles Sheriff's Department

I'm sticking with the Morning Joe program for a while, he's not there...

Morning Joe : Scarborough couldn't make it in today

Senate Report Rejects Torture Contribution in Bin Laden Hunt Strongly implied in 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Who knew Doug Gottleib of CBS Sports was such an a$$??

‘Infidels are our enemy’: Afghan fighters cherish old American schoolbooks

Palestinian minister dies at West Bank protest, witnesses say

While We're On The Subject of Waterboarding...What Ever DID Happen with Hannity's Offer?

A Freak Fishing Accident near Salisbury

Re torture-report: 13 things the US can no longer do now.

Airlines expect leap in profits as oil price drops

Osceola Co. teachers resign en masse over Common Core demands

Former Swiss banker collapses in WikiLeaks trial

Protesters plan 'Week of Outrage'

Borowitz Report: Cheney Calls for International Ban on Torture

Do you see, Mr. President?

Hillary's Core Supporters - Can You Make the Case for TPP?

Costco profit rises 17% on same-store sales

Thom Hartmann: Falling oil prices...what does it mean?

Thom Hartmann: Stop Bending Over for the Banksters…

It's been a real hoot reading the thread titles in GD.

December Contest (Blind Submissions) Still Life: Something Old, New, Borrowed, Blue

TEN YEARS AFTER - I'd Love To Change The World

Salon: Fox’s mortifying Limbaugh spat: Titans of GOP clash over government shutdown

Progressives Are The Heart & Soul of This Party, That's How We Win in 2016, GOING LEFT & GOING BIG

Shell's Top Climate Advisor Says Firm "Values" Its Relationship With ALEC, Says It At Lima Talks

Hey you war criminal of a Dick - they are calling you out

NBA Star John Wall Breaks Down In Tears After Letting A Five Year Old Into His Heart (Video)

Milwaukee protest Dec 9

Government too trusting of big suppliers, say MPs

The real victims of police brutality (satire)

Report: US companies seek tax deals in Luxembourg

Time magazine's 2014 Person of the Year: Ebola fighters

Today is International Human Rights Day

Today is International Human Rights Day

Christmas sweater-wearing sheep who was found wandering is reunited with owner

'Truth commission' to begin in Israel

Polish ex-president admits to secret CIA prison after U.S. torture report released

The Case of Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi

Because it might work: The CIA rationale for torture

Congressional Spending Bill Blocks D.C. From Legalizing Marijuana

Don’t Expect Supreme Court Action on the Senate’s Torture Report

Did anyone watch the Sons of Anarchy series finale last night ????????

Gorbachev calls for U.S.-Russia summit to defrost ties

Florida Sheriff wants criminal probe white deputy who shot black suspect

Israeli Defense Minister Tells Audience that Obama Admin ‘Won’t Last Forever’

How Many Ways Can the City of Ferguson Slap You With Court Fees?

Have we Become Fascists? V.P. Henry Wallace's Warning

'Wondering Aloud' (about the torture scandal)

Women's Health Care Under Attack: Sneak Preview of 2015

Alternative to Cop20: People's Summit for Global Climate Justice

More MIC Welfare Means Less For We The People

My friend just lost her job as an Analytical Chemist.

..."the CIA was ‘holding a number of detainees about whom’ it knew ‘very little.’ ”

Senate Report Rejects Claim on Hunt for Bin Laden

Browns give the nod to Johnny Manziel -- 21st QB to start since 1999

TPP Negotiators Hit With Protests, Media Doesn't Cover

The DANGEROUS BEAST that is America

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Many struggling to breathe amid rampant injustice

Link between power lines and ill-health called into question

Xpost: Link between power lines and ill-health called into question

So, Republicans come out swinging--Torture Report is all LIES

Wall Street’s Democrats

standing on broken legs... & how did their legs get broken?

Mexican Megafarms Supplying U.S. Market Are Rife With Labor Abuses

Venezuelan bond buyers pack into Manhattan law office

Drug developed at Pitt proves effective against antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs'

3 hot new places opening in downtown, Midtown Detroit

Bollywood actress (and others) sentenced to 26 years in prison for blasphemy

He is a man seemingly without a conscience ............

They picked low-level flunkies to do their dirty work

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary for October 2014

Women Who DJ and the Men Terrified of Them

Torture report: Our post-9/11 shame, in stomach-turning detail

This would be an excellent time for Hannity to prove water boarding

Prosecute the torturers: It's the law

Dianne Feinstein speaks out: Torture occurred, and we must own up to our actions

It just became a really bad Christmas season for about 1000 workers.

Wednesday Toon Roundup 1- Evil

Wednesday Toon Roundup 2- Not in my name

Congress relaxes whole grain standards for schools

Wednesday Toon Roundup 3- The Rest

Torture=terrorists=republicans

we are rather full of ourselves are we not

If you are interested in stopping the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal

More Than 50 Countries Helped the CIA Outsource Torture--"Open Society Report" --Spencer Ackerman

what a shock.....what a shame.....

Jon Stewart: Good luck getting the US to face up to ‘deluge of depravity’ in CIA torture report

Bill O'Reilly really screws up, calls torture "Morally correct."

The MEdia wants you to think there is a political divide re the torture report

Milkshakes and Cheeseburgers for Mr. Tenet, Mr. Goss, Mr. Hayden, and Mr. McLaughlin

Study Eyes Influence of Religion on Future Space Exploration

Professor: Cops are getting the benefit of the doubt

Religion in the CIA torture report

Yet another regulation roll back for the banks in the budget deal.

what is the computer/xbox game of the season, to buy as a gift?

Detroit's hip arts scene lures Brooklyn-based Galapagos

HUMPBACK WHALES INCREASING IN WATERS NEAR NYC

Stiglitz: China now has the largest economy in the world

Grassley, King back CIA methods; Fischer blasts torture report as ‘one-sided,’ but Harkin praises it

VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 3 OF GENEVA CONVENTIONS BAN ON TORTURE IS A WAR CRIME UNDER U.S. LAW

Ex-CIA Operative Says Prison Was Punishment for Whistleblowing on Torture

Voters in Fayetteville repeal the Human Rights Ordinance.

Velma From Selma

Howard Dean: I'm Ready for Hillary!

U.S. Tortured and Killed Innocent People for the Specific Purpose of Producing False Propaganda

I’m Ready for Hillary.... By HOWARD DEAN... December 10, 2014

Dog electrocuted on Juneau sidewalk when it stepped on electrical box cover

Omnibus Bill Allows Wealthy Donors To Give Even More to Political Parties

For those that want to send pro-torture Christmas cards

Intelligence Report is not credible because the Repubs on Committee did not support it?

The torture program we did not have was extremely important.

Would you respect a person if you knew their job was;

The Real Lolita

Kellogg evaluating whether to close plants; company employs at least 450 in Omaha

Cheney and bush have put every American in danger.

We cannot surrender on this issue. The press cannot surrender.

Judge says lawsuit can allege Scott intentionally violated law – Miami Herald

Today is World Human Rights Day.

CIA’s bosses in Congress out of loop, Ex-Nebraska Rep. Bereuter says after release of report on inte

God, Santa in Rankin- Bass's "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is such a classic jackass

If Pinochet can go to jail, Bush can go to jail.

They know....

I’m Ready for Hillary By Howard Dean

Noam Chomsky Talks US Militarism and Capitalism, at Home and Abroad

'Torture is a crime and those responsible must be brought to justice' UN/AI/HRW via Guardian UK

Are You Upset Because the Torture Report Was Released Just Before Christmas?

1789, let's look back....

TYT: Megyn Kelly Freaks On Torture But Her Guest Totally Surprises

Katie Couric finds out, New faces of the GOP just as confused on reality as the old faces

Funding bill guts part of ACA

Quote about torture and its consequences:

The CIA’s real failure? It pursued the wrong targets

I roll my eyes every time I hear/read "Nation of laws/rule of law" from those

(S.D.)-South Dakota Representatives Disagree On CIA Interrogation Tactics

Running Roughshod....The New American Barbarism

NPR Music 300+ Songs We Love 2014

It's A Go!! Go Elizabeth Warren!

Desperate workers on a Mexican mega-farm: 'They treated us like slaves'

It's a Go!

The ones responsible for the torture DO need prosecuted, or they will keep

What we need to galvanize the American public

The United States of America is awesome, we are awesome

a question about Detroit.

I’ve Had It! Eleven Reasons I’m Ashamed to be an American Citizen

Goldman Sachs and the mystery of ‘revolving door’ bonuses

The biggest reason why President Bush will not be prosecuted for torture

Why we CANNOT let up on seeking accountability on the heels of this torture report:

Has a single America politician called for the criminal prosecution of Bush and Company? Name one.

Why we CANNOT let up on seeking accountability on the heels of this torture report:

DIRTY DANCING DEMON CAT

Sneak Attack? Congress Slips Controversial Measures into Spending Bill

Pic Of The Moment: John Boehner Explains Why Americans Have Such Little Confidence In Congress

VICE News Exclusive: The Architect of the CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Program

In spending bill, Dems + Repubs agree to gut pensions while further deregulating Wall St.

This Nursing Home Calms Troubling Behavior Without Risky Drugs

Andrea Mitchell & MSNBC

Democrat wins Senate election after investigation reveals ‘phantom ballots’ for GOP opponent did not

The "We can't prosecute, because we may one day be their cellmate" argument

SWAT Teams Train to Kill ‘Extremist Atheist Terrorists’ at Gun Show Convention

Elizabeth Warren: Put a lock on Wall Street’s revolving door

Supreme Court's Missing Man

Run, Liz, run!

Father Addresses Firestorm Over ‘Just Being a Dad’ Photo

Atheists Face Persecution Worldwide, Report Says

Udall Discloses Classified Info to Prove CIA Is Lying

WAPO whites more confident that police treat blacks fairly.

a really neat photo page for those of you who do facebook

Got my Halloween costume -- I'm going as a Patriot

Hayden: No One Ever Warned Us Against Overreacting to 9/11

Malala and Kailash Satyarthi receive joint Nobel award

Wooden volkswagen beetle...

The Rude Pundit - Working Through the Torture Report, Part 2: More Fuckery Than You Can Imagine

the torture report summary is a LIMITED HANGOUT.

The War Prayer, by Mark Twain

Microsoft sticks to vow, leaves XP exposed to ongoing attacks

2009 Shepard Smith - "We're Americans. We don't fucking torture!"

Voices in the Wilderness

OPEC Forecasts Weakest Demand Since ’03 Amid Warning of $

To those who are asking Obama to 'pardon' bush admin.

Prisoner charged with murder draws map to gun and gives it to another inmate.

Giuliani blames teachers unions for violence in black communities.

Police Sadistically Tasering Non-Combative Inmates.

Congressional leaders hammer out deal to allow pension plans to cut retiree benefits

2 teens accused of feeding live cat to 2 dogs

ACLU: Appoint a Special Prosecutor

I just published my first amazon review and I invite you to join me.

Chrysler plans $266M investment for Indiana

Graffiti 'tagger' dies after being hit by police car

Mysterious ’08 Turkey Pipeline Blast Opened New Cyberwar Era

So many important stories on Reader Supported News, so little time (please follow links)

Chicago proposes chokehold ban in wake of U.S. protests

The Haves vs the Have-It-Alls

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Tells House Dems Not To Support Omnibus

I'm sorry. But I really can't sum up any of the outrage for myself

Giveaways To Wall Street in Spending Bill Make 'Great Train Robbery Look Like a Misdemeanor'

Rick Santorum is running for president again — and says this time will be different

Support Frays On Left For Spending Bill

Authority crisis roils America: Police abuse, torture and authoritarianism run amok

BREAKING: Koch Brothers "Project Snow" SECRET Tax Scam, Dodges Taxes, Hides Money In Luxembourg

Remember: Congress already knew about the worse of the torture.

The Torture Report proves, yet again, that Teapublicans are a load of cowards.

EW Jackson: US Didn't Do Anything to Terrorists Like What "Viet Cong" Did to John McCain

Pow, Zooom! Harry Reid sends GOP 'to the moon'?

CIA: None Dare Call It Rape

The Daily Show hilariously mocks a noted atheist for threatening to sue Southern diner

Appeals Court Overturns 2 Insider Trading Convictions.

Burger King deal to bring Berkshire quick gain

A Book for Now

**********BARACK OBAMA GROUP***** No wonder there is so much insanity about President Obama....

CIA Made False Claims Torture Prevented Heathrow Attacks

Charles Pierce : John Brennan Must Go

A Freeport High School junior has planned, developed and paid for his own snowmaking system.

Bernie Sanders: It is absurd...

The level of functional illiteracy and interpretive corruption in the

CIA ‘Torture’ Practices Started Long Before 9/11 Attacks

Luckovich: What we beheld…

The CIA has a long history of failure

Obama Announces $1B for Early Childhood Education

Gomer brings anti-Mormon, anti-Jew, anti-LGBT pastor to pray to Jesus in U.S. House

8 Things To Know About The 'Cromnibus' Budget Deal Congress Just Unveiled

Bitter Mideast greets US torture report with shrug

I Read This Post And Thought Of This Song

Bank of Canada Says Home Prices Overvalued as Much as 30%; Warns of Liquidity Risk in Corporate Bond

Shaheen Joins Democrats Opposed to Weiss for Treasury Post

"Trayvon Happened, They Wanted Witnesses..."

Brazil truth commission: Abuse 'rife' under military rule

I Grew Up in Guantanamo and Time Has Left Me Behind. From age 17 to age 30.

Did anyone mention where Joe was this morning?....n/t

Whooping Cough Back With a Vengeance in California

Papantonio: Will Wage Theft Derail Minimum Wage Movement?

Speaking as the mother of someone with a vicious peanut allergy...

Johnny Manziel's birthday cake:

Thug Kills White People in Texas

Disney and Skype 'used Luxembourg tax deals'

A little Tom Lehrer for the season.

And a little Allan Sherman

Watching "Unbroken" last night, sobering thoughts during the POW torture scenes..

Jessica Chambers: 19-year-old woman 'doused with lighter fluid and burned alive' in the US

Former Rep. Joe Walsh applauds torture: Rectal feeding is ‘job description’ of an ‘American hero’

If Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was the mastermind of 9/11, then who the hell was Osama bin Laden?

“The president needs to purge his administration.....The CIA is lying'"

Far from setting up prosecution, torture report tees up pardons

Ebola 'flaming strongly' in western Sierra Leone, Guinea's forests, WHO says

Don't rule out a neo-con strike somewhere

The Rosetta probe’s first finding suggests asteroids, not comets, brought water to earth

Torture and terror as applied via CIA versus torture and terror as applied via the police.

Slow site performance for last two weeks

Cutest Orphaned Giraffe Ever Gets Special ‘Skyscraper’ Stable

Parliament Hill harassment: Andrew Scheer unveils new policy for MPs, staff

Elite handful of attorneys account for almost half of Supreme Court cases.

Happy Birthday, Dan. Rest in Peace, Hoss.

Take the pledge for the 2016 election

Trivia: the word "thug" was invented by the East India Co. as part of a racist propaganda campaign

Dolphins Help Save Dog from Drowning!

How Medicaid forces families like mine to stay poor

Kentucky just may well be the tipping point in doing away with all State marriage bans.

Democratic support for $1.1T spending bill wavers

Street Musicians with unbelievable handmade Guitars

The whole world is reading the Senate report on torture. From Der Spiegel:

In case you haven't seen it, here's the White House petition to prosecute the torturers

Gordon Ramsay: scrambled eggs

Kaci Hickox among Ebola fighters, survivors named ‘Person of the Year’ by Time

Arizona "minister" Steven Anderson's hate is spreading...

N.J. pension funds to sue Christie over $2.4B money grab

Watch Two Himalayan Black Bears Being Freed From Tennessee Tourist Trap

An Illustrated History of Marijuana in Alaska.....

We shouldn't prosecute torturers or go after racist crooked cops.

Wondering if you changed something re: threads hidden by jury after hosts locked.

Scott Walker's Hanukkah Message: 'Molotov'!

Abbas: All options on table

Denmark to debate Palestine recognition as EU vote looms

'EIT' meme - don't use it, or 'enhanced interrogation'

Another "minister" preaching hate...

Egypt Condemns Palestinian Minister's Killing By Israeli Troops

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

Detroit Exits Largest Municipal Bankruptcy In US History

We're fucked for the foreseeable future...

Ex-Leader: Poland Agreed to CIA Site, Not Torture

Is it possible to "move forward" after this torture report?

This map tells you exactly why we need an Equality Act of 2015!

China jails 21 members of banned religious cult

Half of Americans Don't Want Their Sons Playing Football, Poll Shows..

"one thing to question memories of illiterate women;quite another to question those of a white male"

Iconic Mideast Photo Is a Fake — and Heartbreaking One at That

Psychologist, JAMES MITCHELL, Linked to CIA Interrogations Kayaking in Retirement

When they put George de Torquemada on the stand the first question needs to be...

No rain today, but some drama in the sky. Windy too!

Ukraine Observes Truce as Russian Gas Supply Resumes

25 Photos Of Shadows That Tell A Different Story

There Is Something Worse Than Torture in the Senate Torture Report

East Bay Healing Hike with Outdoor Afro

Marijuana Legalization in U.S. Capital May Be Dashed by Congress

Awwwwwwww!

Obama administration still operates under Bush torture memos

Senate report on CIA torture could lead to prosecutions of Americans abroad

Massachusetts 13-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Chess Grandmaster in US History

Udall Speaks on Senate Intelligence Committee Study, His Work to Hold CIA Accountable

NBC: Who Do the Wealthy Want for President? Hillary

Should Obama prosecute and jail Bush/Cheney over torture?

What does going forward mean?

Please follow this link to vote for my Guaranteed Minimum income proposal for the The Big Ideas Proje

"The United States does not torture". Except when it does.

McDonald's to trim menu, examine ingredients

Why We Tortured

Cheney Calls for International Ban on Torture Reports

White People More Confident Than Ever That Police Treat Black People Fairly

Do you live in New England?

Another day, another idiot: Texas pastor says gays want to kidnap and rape children

When older is better

Another 'communications' expert loses job as she reveals herself to be flaming racist.

16 businessmen sentenced to prison for paramilitary ties

Why Arizona's Oak Flat Deserves Continued Protection From Copper Mining

I'm sorry Obama, those who sodomized Iraqi boys in front of their mothers, are NOT patriots

35 Hours Before Deadline, Agreement To Keep Government Open Breaks Down

Can the US Gov't Prosecute People Who Torture Abroad? If So, Where Is The Jurisdiction?

"The term “enhanced interrogation” was coined by the Nazis ... or Verschärfte Vernehmung.."

Congress' Federal Spending Bill: Blocks funding for DoJ and DEA on Hemp and MMJ (yay!)

‘Monk’ behind anti-gay leaflets taunts PinkNews: Gays are disciples of the Devil

John McCain's disgust with torture apologists

Watch this Democrat disparage Obamacare. This is why they lose!

Bob Dylan sings Full Moon and Empty Arms

How many in the CIA actually worked on the CIA torture program??

What's for dinner? Wednesday, Dec 10?

Boycott Michigan! - Help stop the Michigan GOP from granting special priveledge to religions.

Stocks Plunge As Oil Tumbles 4%; Dow Down 268

Slyvia Majewska allegedly slit disabled son’s throat and killed his baby daughter

Rep. Peter King Dismisses Torture Report As Just People In 'Awkward Positions'

Is it fatigue or laziness?

Six Reasons the "Dark Side" Still Exists Under Obama

More Colombian generals sacked over embezzlement

Foundation: South Africa's Desmond Tutu cancels travel for cancer treatment

The best Non-Fiction book I read in 2014:

The Propaganda War Over Crimea's Break From Ukraine

International court convicts Colombia state for Palace of Justice Siege

This is going to be on NY's Times Square billboard...

25 arrested in sweeping indictment of L.A. gang tied to Mexican Mafia

Islamophobia is racism, pure and simple

This is What Democracy Looks Like by Robb Johnson

Appreciation String: Thank you Senator Feinstein, et. al. for releasing the Torture Report

M$ Update Screws the Pooch...again. Uninstall KB3004394 RIGHT FU@%ING NOW!!!!

Unholy row as nativity scene ban divides France

"The CIA Reportedly Lied About How We Got Bin Laden"

CIA ‘Torture’ Practices Started Long Before 9/11 Attacks

Pope Francis on why disagreement in the Catholic Church is a good sign

Blonde on a plane

(S.D.)-Thune Prevents EPA From Regulating Lead In Ammunition For At Least Another Year

Interfaith memorial shows support after teen's hit-and-run death

John McCain is to the Republican Party what Oskar Schindler was to the Nazi Party.

Glenn Beck: ‘Family Guy’ Helping Jesus Christ Lose His Virginity Is Worse Than His Crucifixion

UC Berkeley Police Brutality Caught on Video

Hundreds of Police Killings Go Unreported

U.S. closes Bagram prison, says it has no more detainees in Afghanistan

Ever seen a pregnant ferret?

There Are At Least 5.25 Trillion Pieces of Plastic in the Ocean

Students in Quebec were asked to send their march route to the gendarmerie. Hilarity ensued.

Ex-Madoff computer programmer gets 2-1/2 years prison for fraud

The road from 9/11 to Ferguson

Elizabeth Warren Rips Wall Street and Shreds House GOP Over Government Funding Bill

Bill Nye the Science Guy: Stop calling global warming deniers 'skeptics.'

Is this tacky? Or am I just an old fogey?

House Bill Would Nix Budget For Obamacare Payment Advisory Board (aka Sarah Palin's 'Death Panels')

Texas Christian Terrorist Arrested for Threatening to Blow Up Muslim Holy Sites

Question for Vietnam Veterans and American Historians: To what extent

Scott Walker Wished Jewish Friends A Merry Jewish Christmas And An Incendiary New Year

TCM Schedule for Thursday, December 11, 2014 -- What's On Tonight - Christmas Classics

US navy shows off ship-based laser weapon in Persian Gulf

TCM Schedule for Friday, December 12, 2014 -- Friday Night Spotlight - Charles Walters

TCM Schedule for Saturday, December 13, 2014 -- The Essentials - Best Bets

3 things Wall St. doesn't want you to know

The Worst Cuba Embargo Story of 2014

House Benghazi probe likely to be narrowed

Peter King Dismisses Torture Report As Just People In 'Awkward Positions'

Whooping Cough Back With a Vengeance in California (xpost from GD)

Want to prosecute Bush/Cheney? Tell your RWNJ friends to impeach Obama. (Heck, and Holder, too!)

Aliza Hava is a Musician with a Mission...

Mindfulness' "truthiness" problem: Sam Harris, science and the truth about Buddhist tradition

'Flat Wrong': Big-Bucks Torture Teacher Slams CIA Report

Israel's Livni Joins Opposition Chief to Challenge PM in Election

"I think I speak for everyone on team Wyden, when I say "Go the fuck ahead."

U.S. tells North Korea rights abusers 'you cannot hide any more'

"Is America younger than its economic rivals due to immigration?"

Judge gives US deadline in CIA leak trial

Why Prison Doesn't Work - Maya Schenwar On Her New Book: Locked Down, Locked Out

Presenting: The Torture Architects

Oldest North American horned dino was the size of a crow, say scientists

Israel moots security cooperation with Lebanese military

Porn censorship ruling to be protested with mass 'face-sitting' outside Parliament

Police: Same gun used to kill 2 homeless people

Alberto Gonzales just said to Wolf Blitzer that he would be afraid to travel to NATO

Senator's family sues manufacturers in plane crash

Prosecutors: Ex-official was menace, made napalm

Treasury Department Seeking Survival Kits For Bank Employees

Kerry To Hold Emergency Meeting With Netanyahu Ahead Of Palestinian Push At UN

Isis and Syrians unsurprised by ‘light torture’ described in CIA report

‘Smart windows’ have potential to keep heat out and save energy

AP Newsbreak: Key document missing in corruption case

Inconsiderate Woman On Bus Eating Live Tuna

Woman at center of 1961 Supreme Court case dies

Alberto Gonzales on CNN: The torture report is from DEMOCRATS...

EU leaders to pledge more Ukraine money, threaten Russia sanctions

NASA Study Shows 13-year Record of Drying Amazon Caused Vegetation Declines

Is DU endorsing/allowing anti-vaxxer propaganda in OPs here?

Florida State University Lecturer Fired After Blaming ‘Filthy Rodent Muslims’ for Ruining America

US Attends then Defies Conference on Nuclear Weapons Effects

NYPD Union Boss Says Obama 'Absolutely' Threw Police Under The Bus

The U.S. Navy's First Laser Cannon Is Now Deployed in the Persian Gulf

Mexican Senate bars use of wild animals in traveling shows

Mexican Senate bars use of wild animals in traveling shows

Water Grabs Power Predatory Development

Water Grabs Power Predatory Development

Today in Herstory: Wyoming Brings Woman Suffrage Back to America!

Today in Herstory: Wyoming Brings Woman Suffrage Back to America!

Infographic: "The Torture Architects"

Catholic Bishops Call for End to Fossil Fuels

Catholic Bishops Call for End to Fossil Fuels

Steve Bell on the Senate report on CIA torture – cartoon

Activists Call on the President to Stand with Survivors of Rape in War

Activists Call on the President to Stand with Survivors of Rape in War

College Town Repeals Protections for LGBT Residents

Sen. Tom Whatley [R-AL] arrested on domestic violence charge

Federal Judge Strikes Down Indiana’s TRAP Law, Saving Lafayette’s Last Clinic

The Americans - Official Season 3 Trailer "Watching You"

Federal Judge Strikes Down Indiana’s TRAP Law, Saving Lafayette’s Last Clinic

The worlds' 4 deadliest sea crossings in 2014

Reading bad news/tragedy/death gets so draining

A Coal Plant That Buries Its Greenhouse Gases

Would you consider re-opening Meta just for Festivus?

Dude I want that!!!

Loving every minute

If it is true that many parts of the torture report were redacted, What have we missed?

Woman cited after she and her 3 kids are found sleeping in car (homeless)

Repugnants slip repeal of Dodd Frank provision into funding bill....

Post your favorite song about demonic lillies!!

I don't have any kids in school but it looks like I might have to attend a school board meeting.

British Reporter: Palestinians Prevented Israeli Medic From Aiding PA Official and Convicted Terrori

Obama didn't really care much about moving forward.

This Violent Clash at Sea Escalates Tensions Around Infamous Greenpeace Ship (oil rigs)

Democracy Now: Torture Report...Obama Speech, Lima Enviro Conference Watch Today's News Headlines

Islamophobia? Or Rational Fear?

Despite pressure by U.S. and Israel, Switzerland to hold summit on Palestinians

11 memes about CIA torture

So let me see if I can summarize what the war criminal of a Dick just said

Do you know who Randi Weingarten is? NYPD didn't seem to know!!!

5 Awful Things Congress Snuck Into the Omnibus Budget Deal

24-year-old man dead in Sanford NC officer-involved shooting

This Russian, always makes me laugh

Texas loses out on $120 million in federal grant funds to expand pre-K

Players seek $250 million from Texas Lottery contractor

How do you get 4 former CIA Directors together for one event?

Wall of Films - free - Films for Action

U.S. House colleagues pay tribute to Rep. Ralph Hall of Rockwall (last WWII vet in Congress)

Greenpeace apologise for stunt at world famous Nazca lines

Retirement makeover: Omaha couple learns way to further shore up their financial future

Former Miss America Mary Ann Mobley Dies at 77

Ted Cruz Communications Director Hilariously Blames Torture On Dems

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