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Archives: December 18, 2014

Where Is Marley's Ghost... When We Really Need Him? | Philip A. Farruggio

“The perfect problem”: New video explains the psychology of climate deniers

Under Abbas, majority say they cannot speak freely

Five puzzles about occupation and settlements: questions for Geneva

The Senate Just Cemented Obama's Judicial Legacy

Cuba Libre recipe!

Judge throws out teen’s murder conviction 70 years after his execution

LOL!! What a difference a day makes

"What White Privilege Really Means"

Marquette suspends professor for slamming instructor on gay rights

Walker: National Guard would help if protests erupt in Hamilton case

Looks like Voldermort (FL) is putting his Death Eaters in position.

Is Cuba normalization also a move against Putin's global projection?

Best Light Installations 2014

China’s Pivot toward Europe may Cut USA out of Deal

Gerald Bailey replaced as FDLE gets interim leader

Jeb Bush has some albatrosses around his neck he can't get rid of...

Col Steele our man in Iraq

His Shirt Is Powerful But His Unscripted Words Are Impossible To Ignore

U.S. Officials: North Korea Behind Sony Hack

Another Bonus Quote of the Day

"... they are NOT getting their granddad's land back" A converstaiton in Key West 2003

Lunar Mission One reaches first Kickstarter funding goal to land on moon

Celebrities Express Horror, Outrage At Sony Decision To Pull The Interview — See Celeb Twitter React

De Blasio, at Rikers, announces end to solitary for teens

State casino board settles on three developers

Sean Hannity's Hypocrisy

Jury duty tomorrow *grumble grumble*

The New Opening With the USA (statement from Raul Castro)

Happy 78th Birthday Pope Francis. May you live to be one hundred and

Um…who the Hell green-lighted this picture???

Debate: Are there really ‘fundamentalist atheists’?

stiuff to keep in mind about sony

"How the police have changed over the past 50 years"

Tweety is raging tonight. He hates Castro and he hates the President's actions

ACLU of Ohio: state can't "inject religious criteria" into Gov. Kasich's student mentoring program

Texas truck ends up with Jihadists in Syria

Lauren McFerran Sworn in as NLRB Member

Washington governor unveils carbon cap-and-trade plan

Experts tell U.S. court that Oklahoma had deeply flawed execution

Obama's Had a Helluva Good Month Since the Midterms

Democrats = Action .... Republicans = Reaction

Your Favorite Seinfeld Episode? (POLL)

Chronicle of a papacy foretold

On the cancelled release of "The Interview":

Thank you, Mr. President.

Have you guys read the latest Bum Steer awards? OMG

Springer Spaniel assists water-search team

To be totally honest about this "Kill North Korea's dictator" movie...

How will Democracy Now twist Cuba normalization into something embarrassing?

a deal?

Leahy recounts ‘surreal’ trip to bring Gross home

Avon Products settles bribery charges for $135M

You can't be too careful these days.

I am so glad that our president is finally granting pardons to some drug users.

“Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!” (Kentucky for Christmas!)

Arkansas' model Medicaid experiment in jeopardy

The Russians fighting a 'holy war' in Ukraine

Here Comes The Sun (Pics - dialup warning)

Tico Almeida, commenting re: Cuba on MSNBC, just called Ted Cruz

Remember when this movie opening, insulting world leaders, caused terror attacks??????

Suspect in Pennsylvania shootings found dead

Mike Luckovich Toon- Sibling Rivalry

Is it time to bring back this popular graphic.............

"Greed Is a Paywall Blocking Human Knowledge"

To the Rethugs who support torture, who are WE to talk about a "brutal regime"???

Music and Math -- the genius of Beethoven (video)

Fox host: ‘Without question, Elizabeth Warren is the devil’ and Wall Street will defeat her

That Obama Fellow Is Right Out of Control...

Mandatory Wednesday Malloy Truthseeker Check In! Church Night!! Oops!

Former Cop Arrested Three Times In 11 Hours

Colorado: kitty out in the cold finds new home

N.C. teen's hanging death ruled a suicide; mother says it was a lynching

"...when you lose weight, you exhale your fat."

Worst holiday gift you've received

How Do RWers Opposing Obama's Moves for Cuban-'normalization' ..

My rant on what happened today

Has anyone had a Costco/Kirkland ham?

So most of the rethugs are upset with the President normalizing relations with Cuba, and some like

Flame away but I never understood the Cuban exiles

Is it possible that the movie cancellation wasn't about a terrorist threat...

Stocks with exposure to Cuba rise sharply

Why the World Still Loves Charles Dickens

Monopoly Was Designed to Teach the 99% About Income Inequality

Doctor says Oklahoma inmate suffered in execution

Déjà Vu All Over Again | John Michael Greer

Take your break.

I have a jury notice

How can North Korea attack American movie theaters?

Do the White Thing (toon)

Greed Is a Paywall Blocking Human Knowledge

Cuba!

A little to the left... just a bit more...

TOON: The Weasels of Wall Street

America's Addiction to Torture

Stolen emails reveal lapses in Sony security practices

Senate confirms first openly gay man as federal district judge in Texas

The Government is Profiling You (The NSA is Spying on You)

Stocks gain most in more than a year on Fed, oil

Pope Leads Global Praise for US-Cuba Rapprochement

Texas Cop Shoots His Neighbor’s Dog, Gets Away With It Under Law Authorizing Vigilantism

Report: Michigan offers Harbaugh $48M deal

Cemetery with one MILLION mummies unearthed in Egypt: 1,500-year-old desert necropolis is the larges

"Happy" in Havana

Why the Cuba Issue No Longer Cuts Against Democrats in Florida

Time to lay off the doughnuts! Study reveals cops are the most obese workers in America - oink oink

Attention Catholics!

'Counterfeit' tires pose consumer risk manufacturer disavows them

"Joy, relief, anticipation": reactions from Cuban people

Islamic militants buy plumber's old truck, use it in Syria

2014, YEAR OF ACTION!

Cubans in Havana on a welcome surprise: ‘This is going to help us – how could it not?’

Did we just let a half-pint, pea-brained, saber rattling dictator tell us what we can and can't

Is it common for people to not go to the ER after getting drugged with an unknown substance?

US global aid chief to resign; oversaw secret Cuba programs

US global aid chief to resign; oversaw secret Cuba programs

Iowa: The first draft-a-candidate effort in MoveOn.org's 16-year history

Addressing the Cuban Five Injustice

Addressing the Cuban Five Injustice

2008 article indictes Clinton's liberalism

Is there a trick to hooking up AppleTV.

Pope Francis played key role in restoring U.S.-Cuba ties

Church of England names its first woman bishop; Libby Lane to assume historic role

Imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini's Christmas Letter From Iran

The Cuba outcry from the right should dissipate rather quickly

3 Hour Wait To Renew Driver's License. Denver, Colorado.

Homeless for the Holidays

We are happy today!

I gotta rant on the pension cuts in the funding bill, it made my 77 year old mom cry!

Whitewashing CIA Torture | Ramzy Baroud

Cuban Canadians are really happy. They see this as an opportunity

Links between Citigroup, Robert Rubin, and government...graph.

I can't wait for the UCL Round of 16....

Here's something to keep you awake at nights in worry....

Bodies of more than 230 Syrian Islamic State victims uncovered in mass grave

Norman Bridwell, author who created Clifford the Big Red Dog, dies at 86

La Loba is grieving today in a photo-op today with "victims"

One hand giveth . . .

My post upheld 6-1 showing the rationality of DUers. Her response to the jury before selfdelete

Miami reacts to Obama's Cuba move: Tears of joy, cries of 'traitor'

Sydney academic Barry Spurr resigns over racist emails

ROFLMAO~For You Bog. May I present to you our lame duck President~ Not!

Where is All the 'Missing' Plastic? At the Bottom of the Ocean, Study Finds

TCM Schedule for Thursday, December 18, 2014 -- What's On Tonight - Christmas Classics

I don't recall any attacks on theaters showing Zero Dark Thirty

World's oldest water? Samples may date back 2.5b years

Darth Cheney explains...

One has to wonder if the actors from the Interview are in some sort of protective custody and that

So how about this all powerful NSA? Why didn't they catch the Sony hack?

I can picture Rubio selling 58 Chevy's and complaining about the carfax.

(Dec 17th) Today in history: Grant expels all Jews from Kentucky, Tennessee, & Mississippi

The Darkness Is Real. So Is The Light.

Jews in Sweden told to drop Semitic identity by far-right politician Bjorn Soder

Now You Get An ‘Official Dick Cheney Cowboy Hat’

TCM Schedule for Friday, December 19, 2014 -- Friday Night Spotlight - Charles Walters

Today, I'm happy to be wrong

A Question about Pres. Obama and Michael Brown/Eric Garner

Coulter: Girls Who Cry Rape Are Just ‘Trying To Get Attention’

2014 will be the hottest year on record

TCM Schedule for Saturday, December 20, 2014 -- The Essentials - Martini Movies

America's Man in Havana

Israel Severely Rebuked, As PM Warns 'Spirit Of Appeasement' Blowing Through Europe

America's Man in Havana

Tweety is showing his stupidity AGAIN....

Dog receives 3D-printed legs, runs for first time

NOAA Arctic Report Says Arctic Region Heating Twice As Fast As The Rest Of The World

ARG! Supervisor Keith Carson Cuts Off Line Before Welfare (His Arena) Comes Up!

OMG!! I'm still Laughing

Daily Holidays - December 18

Best Stephen Colbert Quotes Ever (in honor of his final 'Report')

US And Iran Could Become, Well, BFFs...Really

Mumps outbreak hits US National Hockey League players

15 Reasons America's Police Are So Brutal

The 9 Hashtags That Defined 2014

Walker: National Guard would help if protests erupt in Hamilton casehttp://www.democraticundergroun

Texas Medicaid fraud contract unfairly awarded to 21CT, rivals say

Bo Pelini bashes Nebraska AD in front of players

The Army Is Launching A Pair Of Billion-Dollar Surveillance Blimps Over I-95

ARG! Supervisor Keith Carson Cuts Off Line Before Welfare (His Arena) Comes Up!

Thom Hartmann: We Thought We Were Free

Thom Hartmann: Will Europe Prosecute Bush & Cheney for Torture?

Thom Hartmann: Alan Keyes - Shut Down Fast Track & TPP!

Coalition of companies, workers forms to fight right-to-work-for-LESS bill

So this is what DU looks like without Adblock...

#illridewithyou: do Australia's rightwingers hate it because they don't know their own readers?

Splish, splash

Dear Marco Rubio,

Let's clear up this on Sony and hackers

Colombia FARC rebels declare indefinite unilateral truce

Monopoly Was Designed to Teach the 99% About Income Inequality

Texas GOP congressman who owns ‘blow-me.org’ website accused of sexual harassment

Gifts to governor toned down under McAuliffe

Colombia’s FARC fighters call unlimited truce and say it’s “now or never” for a full peace deal

Not much chance of Congress stopping Cuba policy

Guantanamo not part of US-Cuban bargain

Why Palestine is a key issue on the streets of Ferguson

Oakland police: We had no idea CHP officers dressed as protesters

Cleveland Heartless Felons gang issues orders to kill white police officers

Arctic still heating up twice as fast as rest of planet

Well this should take care of the U S Shortage of Vintage cars for the rich....

Vanity Fair Video: A Guide to the Strange, Little-Known, Hard-to-Find Beatles Christmas Recordings

Donkey dies after being sat on by an overweight man in Spanish Nativity scene

One thin dime

Derby the dog: Running on 3D Printed Prosthetics

'Fast Track' To Nowhere: Congress Shouldn't Give Obama Power To Ram Through TPP

Amy Goodman: Obama and the Beginning of the End of the Cuban Embargo

Harry Reid(D) blocked the critical amend to strip Citigroup rider from Cromnibus

IMHO, I don't think the US is in any position to condemn human rights violations

Josh Smith being 'shopped' by Pistons, according to report

Sources: Mavericks emerge as suitor to trade for Rajon Rondo

Why an atheist like me absolutely adores Christmas

Jeb Bush: The Forest Gump of Financial Improprieties?

Wolves reshopping Corey Brewer

Did Religious Discrimination Against Islam Help To Convict Serial's Adnan Syed?

There is crazy, and there is this guy.

America's Addiction to Torture

Repukes might block funding for an Embassy in Cuba ?

What is the baddest, most evil thing Satan/Lucifer/the devil has ever done in the Bible?

Where's the Outrage? Congress Changes Savings Accounts and Retirement Funds, and America Sleeps

Destruction of housing in Detroit is a very recent pheonomenon

Why Molly Moon the ice cream lady supports a living wage

My biggest takeaway from the amendment mess is that people think FDIC is taxpayer funded

Bullied teen Eric Martin doing much better

Pretty Cute

European court rules obesity can be disability

11th Sierra Leonean doctor dies from Ebola

From Havana Cuba--Reporter--People are thrilled

St. Ronnie: "Prosecute torturers or extradite them to other countries for prosecution"

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnap over 100 women, children in Nigeria

Because you need some added direction in your hectic life, it's time for another ASK MrScorpio...

The many faces of capitalism...

China's Largest Coal Plant Over NOX Limits Every Week; @ New Standards = Continuous Violations

Scientists make huge breakthrough in stroke treatment, hailed as ‘game changer’

For Some Norfolk VA Residents, Rising Seas Plant Tidepools On Lawns; New Biz - Piering Whole Houses

Cuba...now? what changed? Venezuala, and Cuban laws for foreign investment

Have you heard the screams of a prisoner who is being tortured in America’s war on terror?

“Which country do you think is the greatest threat to peace in the world today?”

Secret WTO Trade Deal Threatens Internet Freedom, New Leak Reveals

From Ferguson to CIA Torture Cells

Nate Silver calls 2016 for Jeb Bush

Jan/2014: Kerry to Vatican: Help free Jewish-American jailed in Cuba

Celia Cruz

Jimmy Carter Calls US-Cuba Diplomacy 'Courageous'

Congress passes major change to law on union pensions

Thursday Toon Roundup 1: Cuba Thaw

The "LIBERAL" Washington Post weighs in on Cuba.....

Thursday Toon Roundup 2- Putin on the decline

Congress passes major change to law on union pensions

Thursday TOON Roundup 3- The Rest

Family Guy should do an episode about killing Kim Jong-un now

Derby the dog: Running on 3D Printed Prosthetics

NFL Painkiller lawsuit dismissed

EU bans investment in Crimea, targets oil sector, cruises

Why not release The Interview on Pay-Per-View?

U.N. defers Iraq's $4.6 billion Gulf War reparations to Kuwait

Maribel vs McDonald's: Single mother of two goes on strike against fast-food giant demanding $15 min

THE INTERVIEW Wasn't The First

Falling oil prices and fracking

Jeb Bush: Obama's Move On Cuba Is A 'Foreign Policy Misstep'

Rob Lowe facepalm

ABSOLUTE PROOF WE TORTURED - Bill Kristol Says We Didn't

CIA PROTECTED & PROMOTED Bin Laden Expert Accused of Shaping CIA Deception on 'Torture' Program

Dec/2012: Kerry and Hagel Offer Obama a Way Forward on Cuba

What's going to happen to the policy about Cubans reaching US soil?

So Kim Jong Un can have his girlfriend executed, but we can't make him a sad?

'My dog owns the TV': worst reasons for not paying U.K. TV tax

A True Angel

Marco Rubio’s fury over the Cuba shift shows why Obama made the right move

Uber driver charged in attack eyed in Boston area assaults

Black pastor slams Hasselbeck’s willful race ignorance: ‘Someone white would make that argument’

Leaked Documents Reveal Secret WTO Trade Deal Threatens Internet Freedom, --"Public Citizen" Report

The terrorist hacking of Sony, and their capitulation, prove that Capitalists are arrogant cowards

Patton Oswalt on Origins of Religion (Sky Cake!)

Does anybody here own a BIG ass boat?

When is the average American going to get to go to Cuba?

Weediquette: Vice meets the Fuck It I Quit Lady

Why I Choose to Live My Faith Outside of Organized Religion

Are we scared of North Korea or did some Sony exec have kiddie porn on his computer?

The Latest Twist in the Bizarre Prosecution of Barrett Brown

Wisconsinites Fight Back Against The Criminalization Of Pregnant Women

I just want to say this: Congress, MONEY is not the problem.

Google doodle salutes Henrietta Edwards

Throwback Thursday: "Know Your BFEE."

Frivolous musings (let me be) for today: Muir/Stephanopoulis. Cuba. 2016. Jeb Crow. The CLINTONs.

Ford expands drivers air bag recall nationwide

OK, now the general attitude is that Sony...

China: villagers sign petition to banish boy with HIV

Can you live a normal life with half a brain? (BBC)

Single payer dies in Vermont

U.S. Plans to Sue New York Over Rikers Island Conditions

Cuba And The U.S.: Some Historical Context | Mickey Z.

Unlike Jeb Bush, Scott Walker won't make emails public

France fines 13 firms $1.2 bln for price-fixing

Wisconsin gets sued for throwing pregnant women in jail after appointing lawyers for their fetuses

Though I agree with Obama's Cuba position, it is all about big business

Has there been any opposition to the Cuba rapprochement from the Left?

'Nuclear Option' Helps Obama Reshape The Courts For A Generation

Fact Checkers Dismantle Cheney’s Pro-Torture Press Appearances

TX-R CongressCritter (sadly,the grandson of aGreat Dem) Blake FARENTHOLD allegedly sexually harassed

Washington sheriff backs deputy who said cops need military hardware to fight right-wing extremists

The CIA Didn’t Just Torture, It Experimented on Human Beings

I find the talk about buying up Cuba's cars like a flock of vultures

Ellen Brown-5 Big Banks will Survive Next Financial Calamity-Everybody Else Bankrupt

2014 in review: An unsettling year, with religion in a starring role

US jobless aid applications decline to 289,000

The Top Secret Files Of Dick Cheney

Citigroup Democracy

Captain Kirk encounters Miley Cyrus.

The secret police in Oakland

Video of a Rare Deep-Sea Shark Blows One Scientist’s Mind

GOP scared of what Obama will do next...

Today's Spelling Bee: spell the word "conspiracy".....

Wal-Mart sued again for allegedly treating pregnant workers like dirt (Salon)

A Solution for SONY and Democracy

In cas anyone has missed seeing this............

The Vatican's nun report is out

"Obama Libre"

Who is on the Washington Post editorial board

2015 Rhodes Scholars Announced

Somebody please riddle me this:

I don't know what would be the best group to send this too, but...

So, if North Korea was really behind the hack, and they REALLY were to have agents attack theaters

Nation's Oldest African-American College on Verge of Collapse (Cheyney U. in PA)

Gauge of US economy rises 0.6 percent in November

London’s housing crisis: I joined the exodus of priced-out thirtysomethings (The Guardian)

Sanders Statement on Cuba Announcements:

Shumlin writes about his 'most difficult decision'

Stephen Colbert's cable-news alter ego takes a final bow after nine years of ‘Report’

NASA’s Kepler Reborn, Makes First Exoplanet Find of New Mission

My "WTF?" of the day, Santa with a gun is going to what?

Lundergan Grimes Says She'll Keep Paul from Running for Two Offices in 2016

Indian comic creates female superhero to tackle rape

Sony&N.K. - Have we forgotten that China changed the 2012 remake of "Red Dawn"?

Did historical Jesus really exist? The evidence just doesn’t add up.

Dazzling Images of the Brain Created by Neuroscientist-Artist

Does no one remember Zoolander?

Updated: Perry to decline renaming of Academic Building after A&M students protest

does anyone have copies of The Interveiw

Pic Of The Moment: Marco Rubio, Human Rights Hypocrite

Islamic State fight to take at least three years: U.S. general

Michele Bachmann "outsmarted" liberals?

Amazon Germany workers extend strike

Amazon Unveils One-Hour Delivery Service

Irish doctors seek legal advice over brain-dead pregnant woman

Israel raps Palestinian U.N. draft as 'gimmick'

Armed groups recruit 10,000 child soldiers in Central African Republic: NGO

American troops battle ISIS for first time as they see off attempted attack by militants on Iraqi ba

Missouri lawmaker uses “men’s rights” talking points to justify abortion restriction

US backed talks between jihadi clerics and Isis in effort to save hostage’s life

Rise of the car-sharing apps poses threat to auto sector

Mi Papá

Canadian Wildcats' foreign-exchange student could return to Australia with state football title

WSJ: No Sign Yet of Labor Cost Inflation in U.S. or U.K.

Black staff, faculty stage silent protest at Sproul

O'Reilly: Black People Should Wear 'Don't Get Pregnant At 14' T-Shirts

An "AHH HA" moment ...

Worst President EVER

Jimmy Carter Calls US-Cuba Breakthrough 'Courageous'

I don't know why these Texting Parent things make me laugh, but they do!

Billo doesn't disappoint LOL what a disgusting puke

Toon: I figured now would be a good time...

Apparently Sec. Kerry doesn't guarantee a US veto re. Palestine bid

Baby it's cold outside--Kid version

The possible 2015 landing spots for Jay Cutler

It's been a dizzying six weeks for the GOP, spare a thought for them......

Candidate to replace castrating Joni Ernst in Iowa Senate charged with sexual assault in Nebraska

Judge won't release former Alabama Governor Siegelman on appeal bond

When is Mitt Romney going to congratulate President Obama for falling gas prices?

Detroit bouncing back from bankruptcy

Alison Lundergan Grimes: Rand Paul Can't Run For Senate And President In 2016

Islands of the Oil Kings: Part 3 -- Reach for the stars

Icann Spear Phishing Attack Strikes at the Heart of the Internet

My week in the right-wing lie machine: When Fox News, Twitchy and Montel Williams declared war on me

America didn't cave. Hollywood didn't cave. Capitalism caved.

United Nations concerned by 'highly intrusive' digital spying (Reuters)

Water Power

The Rude Pundit: Photos That Make the Rude Pundit Take a Deep, Relatively Clean Breath

Former Kaufman County JP sentenced to death in revenge plot

Misspelled sign may have cost high school principal her job

SpaceX delays space station delivery until January

RUN-DMC - Christmas In Hollis

Report: Secret CIA Document Admits US Drone Program "Counterproductive"

Dumb Laws

Perry: Obama decision on Cuba not in 'our best interest'

Fact-checkers tear apart Dick Cheney’s pro-torture interviews

Yelp needs an "annoying" button for their reviews.

Advocates representing Texas detainees sue Obama administration over detention policy

Texas theater schedules showing of "Team America"

How's your very late fall so far ? Winter starts officially December 21, 6:03 P.M. EST

Anti-vaccination group says vaccines can make people gay

Wow. I'm being hammered by my Southern friends about Vermont's health care decision.

What the hell was the idea behind doing this Interview movie in the first place?

10 Parts Of Cuba We Cannot WAIT To See

Sony hack a 'serious national security matter': White House

Woman Gunned Down Hours After Getting Protection Order Against Police Officer

President Obama Calls Boston Public Radio.....

Ring of Fire: Wall Street Thinks Elizabeth Warren Is The Devil

The Senate Drone Report of 2019: Looking Back on Washington’s War on Terror--Tom Englehardt

They thought they were free: how Russian dictatorship under Putin differs from China

Last call at Cat and Fiddle: U.K. ex-pats' favorite L.A. pub to close

Jeb Bush mortgaged the environmental well-being of a pristine river for $180,000 in donations

FRC's Craig James Can't Quite Bring Himself To Repudiate Demand That Gays Be Put To Death

Full text of Palestinians’ UN resolution: End the occupation by 2017

Republican Kansas Governor: Pensioners Are Freeloaders

Interesting contrast with the 1991 movie "The Pope Must Die".

War on Festivus?

Indiana church that booted gay choir director to close due to falling attendance

Activists shut down Nestle bottling plant in Sacramento

Ottawa Valley radio station raises $20K in four hours for suicide prevention

There's lots of great Chris Hedges speeches on the inter webs.......

The Uniquely Awful Role of Sheldon Adelson in the Israeli Election

Man unable to use arms faces gun possession charge

Thom Hartmann hearts Alan Keyes who says Impeach "Hitlerian" Obama for Ebola, Gay Rights & Benghazi

How Wealthy Techies Ruined the Unique Character of San Francisco

NYPD at it again

Jeb Bush to step down from Barclays

Who are Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists?

Wigan, England: pie-eating championship nullified after use of wrong-size pies

because everyone needs this christmas song in their life

Here's the biggest black mark against jeb bush running for president. PNAC signee.

What's for Dinner, Thursday, Dec 18, 2014

How do you handle your faith being challenged?

Bernie Sanders; Poll: The American Dream

Mom kills son believing boy would be better off in heaven

Limbaugh thought that HE was going to be President for the next two years. Then ...

Minstrel Krampus - You Get The Rod & Krampus and Steve's song

Sacramento Manor tries to evict 83-year-old woman

Paramount Bans Showing ‘Team America’

I think our acceptance of sanctioned torture and assassination in "entertainment"

Old And Overmedicated: The Real Drug Problem In Nursing Homes

Dodgers dump Brian Wilson, will eat $21.5 million in '15

Elizabeth Warren: Hope you are enjoying the holiday season with the people you love....

How to Curb Binge Drinking at U.S. Colleges: Sell Alcohol on Campus

I get it now! Kim Jong Un is a GENIUS!

Kansas mom stabs son to death while he sleeps: It’s ‘better for him to go to heaven tonight’

Obama: "The Bush family, I love personally, they are good people."

IS siege of Mount Sinjar broken: Iraqi Kurd official

Wait. What? The North Koreans hacked us?

A Heisenberg joke(the physicist)

Well that didn't take long- Kim Jong-un Death Scene Leaked online

How The System Is Designed To Protect Killer Cops - Mychal Denzel Smith Discusses

Michele Bachmann: I destroyed liberal arguments with my superior logic

Fox-style homophobia from anti-vaccine Facebook page vactruth.com

More US troops going to Iraq in a couple of weeks

Found guilty: now fine them to the max (story & E-action)

Found guilty: now fine them to the max (story & E-action)

Found guilty: now fine them to the max (story & E-action)

Paramount won't let theaters show the movie 'Team America'

President Obama just called in to Boston Public Radio

Next up from Sony pictures: "The Glorious and Sexy Kim-Jong Un" with Brad Pitt in the title role?

Paramount Blocks 2004 Movie 'Team America' From Being Shown In Theaters

Sam Harris rips the head of the National Institute of Health for pushing religious ‘bullsh*t’

The Nation: "The CIA Didn’t Just Torture, It Experimented on Human Beings"

Paramount Blocks 2004 Movie 'Team America' From Being Shown In Theaters

Nebraska, Oklahoma file lawsuit over Colorado's marijuana law

Steve Carrell's thriller movie set in North Korea cancelled by New Regency

Obama calls into radio interview with Gov. Deval Patrick. Funny as hell.

Disney blocking re-release of 1999's Star Wars: Episode I

The War on Reproductive Rights Will Get a Lot Uglier Next Year

Summit Township, Pennsylvania, man charged in cold case homicide in Virginia

Pat Robertson Supports Cuba Opening In Principle But Opposes It Because Obama

Bruning files lawsuit over Colorado’s legalization of marijuana

Wealth Gap Between Rich and Poor Americans Highest on Record

Salvation Army Internal Document Reveals Ongoing Anti-Gay Policies

A Man Spent $150,000 on Plastic Surgery to Look Like Kim Kardashian (Seriously!)

Has North Korea shown the way?

Experts Forecast the End of Privacy as We Know It

Reunion Tour

The next policy to help the middle class that Republicans will oppose

They're back: Bald eagle camera makes its return to nest in Hays(Pittsburgh)

White, Christmas Arrested in Tallahassee Store Burglaries

LOL - "America Smokes A Cuban"

Some Retailers Sell Used Lingerie..Huff Post/USA Today..

‘This Is Barack Obama, Formerly Of Somerville’

Missouri bill would require father's permission for a woman to get an abortion

Cool Pope Celebrates Birthday by Buying Homeless People Sleeping Bags

My insurance co. wants to do 2 home visits a year.

The Most Poorly Timed Film Releases in History..

Why Elizabeth Warren won’t run and Jeb Bush won’t win

Almost Every Group Believes Torture Can Be Justified

US delays release of study on 1953 Iran coup/AP

Gun Nuts Blame Gun Control for Sandy Hook, Demand Right to Purchase Bazookas

The Castro...The City, I am in love.

UN General Assembly seeks North Korea ICC charges

Media Erroneously Claim Obama Overstepped His Authority By Restoring Diplomatic Relations With Cuba

Child soldiers numbers 'doubled' in Central African Republic

Media Erroneously Claim Obama Overstepped His Authority By Restoring Diplomatic Relations With Cuba

There is strong evidence that white Americans are big supporters of an authoritarian police state

Fifa World Cup corruption report: Michael Garcia quitting 'a new low'

Malaysian exodus coming?

I got excused from jury duty today!

Fire is hard to draw.

What is a "fundie", and what is it's definition? I think I found one I like.

At least one of my major predictions for Obama's presidency finally came true

The Daily Show - Rage Against the Rage Against the Machine

Debate, Part Two: "Yes, atheists can be fundamentalists"

Road Rage Karma--What's the next to worst thing that can happen if you don't let someone in a lane?

Michigan religious freedom bill stalls in lame-duck session

What Did Ancient Babylonian Songs Sound Like? Something Like This

Five Race Issues Everyone Needs to Acknowledge

Man steals from church, gets hit by lightening in the getaway car.

Obama Administration Issues Executive Order to Protect Transgender Rights in Public Employment

Study: Lesbians earn significantly more money than straight women and gay men

Woot! I am finally replacing my tired D300

Obama Admin to Protect Transgender Rights in Public Employment

French Pol Expert Essay puts a dark spot on Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Is Pension Looting a strategic maneuver to hide poor accounting practices?

Dog fighting 'losers' being abandoned in vacant homes

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967

Obama spends millions to prevent gun violence

Guess what else was hiding in the monster budget bill? turning Ukraine into Viet Nam.

Cuban Five at Heart of US / Cuba Deal

Papantonio: Another Wall Street Appointee

Cuban Five at Heart of US / Cuba Deal

Putin says Russia economy will be cured, offers no remedy

'Slenderman' girl stabbing suspects to stand trial

Available at Auction - Jerry Garcia Autograph Letter Signed

Chilling Effects - Hollywood Studio Pulls Plug on Upcoming Steve Carell Film

GOP gives feds’ college rating plan an F

So Sony canceled a new movie release. Oh and New Regency stopped production of another movie.

#alivewhileblack

Judge may toss 4 guilty pleas in inside-trade case

Oklahoma prisons lawyer says he felt pressured

Obama signs U.S. sanctions law on Venezuela officials

English bulldog puppy loves his new bed:

Elizabeth Warren’s quiet (but huge) win:Why Wall Street lobbyists really hated her “cromnibus” fight

After reading this, I don't think I could ever choose to live in St. Louis County or Missouri

Iowa candidate running to replace Joni Ernst charged with sexual assault in Nebraska

Armed Santa Claus Protects Baby Jesus from Knife-Wielding Islamist Terrorists (Gun Lobby X-Mas Card)

Angela Davis

The Gift of Sally Ride's Secret

Can someone please explain to me why older Cubans are so upset about Obama's Cuba Policy?

Group challenges timber producer's 'green' label

Amber Alert: Child abducted from Berne (NY) home (UPDATE found dead)

I am trying to lives stream Ed Schultz, Chris Hayes, Rachel and Larry O. What I get when I go to

San Francisco neighborhoods that enjoyed surprising price jumps in 2014

The movie theater companies probably feared they had been already hacked.

CIA 'torture report': Agency conduct was driven by pressure to link Iraq to al-Qaeda following 9/11

Chile brings in free education from 2016

US Announces Civil Rights Protections For Transgender Workers

Do you have teenagers for whom you buy presents? Having a hard time choosing?

Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman will not be released from prison

US will not support new Palestinian resolution at UN

SCOTUS Rules Workers Don't Need to Be Paid for All Their Time Working

Went to doc today, high bad cholesterol, low good cholesterol

Texas, 6 other states have bans on atheists holding office

I'm breaking the rules here. The religion hosts just locked a thread and I think that is bullshit.

Innocent (white) Man Raided, Tased, Beaten, & Shot By a Corrupt SWAT Team (who Lied to Get the Raid)

Was Satan's role in Job the worst thing he can be accused of?

Alternative to Facebook now in beta (no ads), Ello

America Is Now One Party Rule & You’re Not Invited (TYT)

Israeli police attempt to arrest Palestinian preschoolers for throwing rocks

As 2016 Nears, Hillary Clinton Keeps in Mind Mistakes of 2008 Campaign

Penn Badgley Shows Us the Perfect Way to be a White Ally

In sensitivity to Palestinian students, Harvard is moving away from SodaStream

State Innovation Exchange-- New Hope For Grassroots Progressives?

Check out this Bernie Sanders poll...

Who is playing WoW now and what server

Will Obama be the first US President to visit Cuba since

Don't Feel Sorry For Blake Farenthold

South Carolina Tea Party invites opponent of interracial marriage to speak at its convention

Dow industrials have their best day in three years

Jewish communities welcome new relations with Cuba.

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