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Archives: December 25, 2014

A Visit from St. Nicholas

Thank you Cal Peg..

Really lovely First Family with some cute elves in Washington this Christmas

I say we create a secret society with world dominance in mind.

Court won't dismiss Roman Polanski sex case; 'He has to surrender himself'

Lockheed Martin Unit Forfeits $27.5 Million for Overbilling

BAE Wins $1.2B Contract to Build M113 Replacement

As an anti-authoritarian...

Happy Holidays DU!! ... A little Zinnspiration for you .... Remember, a better world is possible !

Xmas Eve...and M$NBC has nothing else to show except Lockup repeats?

A Holiday Message...

Something I noticed about older sitcoms versus newer ones.

Forget 'evil' Putin - we are the bloodthirsty warmongers

Check this out...

Not sure if there is a cooking forum: My wife has a question..well a few.

Armored car driver from Amarillo that stole $200K arrested in Colorado

December 25, 1914

Thank you, my friends!

MY wife has a few questions about cooking for a christmas dinner

How long does it take a turkey to thaw?

Law and Order Issues, Once G.O.P.’s Strength, Now Divide the Party

Activists decorate a tree in Manger Square with empty tear-gas grenades

Scientists use skin cells to create artificial sperm and eggs

An Appreciation thread for all of you helping us grief stricken combat through

William S Burroughs - The Junky's Christmas Full Version.

Progressive Christmas Carols

The thank you letter I sent out to everyone who attended my graduation party

Would the GOP have promoted the NRA, not just because

We put my foster dad in hospice care this afternoon

Russia says NATO turning Ukraine into 'frontline of confrontation'

Regarding that "What do we want? Dead cops!" chant...

Lab error at CDC may have exposed technician to Ebola

My father-in-law is planning to end his life...

My nieces gave me whiskey for Christmas. Here is my thank-you note.

A Christmas Story- 8 Bit Cinema

Mandatory Wednesday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Happy Holidaze!!! & a new Kitteh gif

President Jeb bush? So how did the bush family become so powerful?

What Christmas Eve service are my fellow atheists going to?

Happy Birthday to the first " National Security Risk " that didn't carry a sword .

"Too Cute" marathon on Animal planet!

Just watched my annual Christmas Eve traditional flick.

Blizzard gives Hawaii summits a White Christmas

GOP moves early to court conservative Christians

I just received my first disability denial letter

Cuba prepares for Christmas with early gift from Obama

Thank you again for the help with the shells. Now my wife wonders if -when she does her smelts

When I was a very small boy, my mother tucked me in on Christmas Eve...

Hilarity will ensue tomorrow (I'm sure) when we discover I forgot the main course

It is raining in Ottawa and snowing on Reddit. Go figure.

TCM Schedule for Friday, December 26, 2014 -- Friday Night Spotlight - Charles Walters

This Breaks my Heart

TCM Schedule for Saturday, December 27, 2014 -- The Essentials - Desert Islands

In honor of the season and the fact we need some light hearted joy (as my wife says)

BOG POST~Finally, something to bring a smile to your face

Can anyone help Ted Cruz come up with a title for his book?

A beautiful song for a Christmas Eve night

He knows you're still awake.

A Merry Christmas card from our collection of vintage postcards.

It "could be" a wonderful life

GOP Quietly Admits There Is No IRS Scandal Involving The White House

A small Christmas rant

Ex-President George H.W. Bush to stay hospitalized

No seriously, are Beverly d'Angelo & Chevy Chase the Myrna LOY & Wm POWELL?!1

Pulling the Princes From Their Throne

Okay, don't tell anybody... this is the REAL plan for "The Interview"

'Too Cute' marathon on Animal Planet

UPDATE: Please send my friends good thoughts for their horse Mickey

Japanese Artist Indicted For 'Vagina Kayak'

Obama And De Blasio Have Always Condemned Violence Against Police, Right-Wing Media Is Lying To You

WATCH: Gay Couple's Adoption Story Included in CBS Holiday Special

My apologies.

my wife tried to look something up on you tube and it wouldn't let her unless she signed in

Christmas Eve pilgrims gather in Bethlehem

What I gave my neighbor: A head of lettuce and a new yellow bulb outside garage/lamp

At some point, we are going to have to face this, that civil unrest

Sleep In Heavenly Peace, DU.

Wife's birthday. Grandkids came over. Ahh, what a good night.

WOWT To Air 1965 Omaha Version Of “A Christmas Carol"

Anyone else having a tough time tonight?

Merry Christmas! Bourdain in Vietnam

This Santa outfit is getting hot ...

I baked 9 dozen cookies tonight!

Well that was scary.

Pope Francis urges 'tenderness' as millions celebrate Christmas

Santa's on his way! NORAD's tracking his sleigh

“Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus”

A middle-aged man's Christmas memory

Cuba Will Not Return Assata Shakur to US

Union official brings good cheer to homeless men at Cranston shelter

The Best Marijuana Documentary (Canadian)

Happy Holidays Iowans.

I really really really want a cranberry vodka with lime and a xanax chaser tonight.

Just saw "The Imitation Game" with Cumberbatch

Waiting for the Sunrise | John Michael Greer

Firm recalls caramel apples amid listeria fears

Wind & Solar = 77% Of New US Electricity Generating Capacity In November

help needed naming a little white dog

I'm glad NSA punks only eavesdrop on our email and phone calls and do nothing else

Plateaus are the...

Tiffany (SNSD:Girls Generation) All I want for Christmas is you!

My one and only love - John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman

Caroling for social justice

PNAC - How the Neo-Cons never left

Daily Holidays - December 25

Ho, Ho, Ho!

Mark Knopfler - Soundtrack from the film Cal

I Got Slimed by Rush Limbaugh

Merry Christmas. Be cool.

Toon: Just Think How Good Things Would Be….

Am I a GIRL or a BOY? Hermaphrodite?

Happy Holiday

Protesters rally for 2nd night after shooting near Ferguson

I assume Santa made it out of Florida alive

There's a legend that animals can talk on Xmas eve. Anybody's animal

How I'm celebrating this day

Rush Limbaugh Is Furious That a Black Actor Might Be the Next James Bond

"A Christmassy Ted" (Father Ted xmas special)

The Creepy Misogynist Movement That's Making Conservatives Even More Sexist

Elizabeth "could pose a threat to the next Republican presidential nominee"

Democrats vie with Republicans to capture the working-class vote

I'm going to start another 12-step Group. Cheezits Anonymous.

Taking the Initiative Back For the Movement After the Brinsley Killings

There seem to be a lot of hit-and-run accidents in my area. It's almost SOP.

SCROOGE 1970 Version Albert Finney

And so this is Christmas -

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Five things white people should know about cultural appropriation

“Sleepin’ Heavenly Peas”

Critical Glaciers Melting Under 'Continuous Warming': Study

Merry Symbolic Celebration of Your Choice, everyone!

Who are the Cuban Five?

Filled With Love: Madonna Badger

My favorite childhood storyteller - Danny Kaye: Clever Gretel

The New Populist Movement: Organizing to Take Back America.

You better watch out! You better not cry! You better not pout, I'm telling you why...

This will make the scroogiest Scrooge smile...

Amazing Places You Can Tour Virtually

XMAS News Dump: U.S. Spy Agency Reports Improper Surveillance of Americans

Feeding the birds on Christmas morning.

David Harsanyi commentary: Warren’s populist crusade could edge out Clinton

US police brutality protests hit home with Palestinian prisoners

This is why I HATE NPR

For Christmas I got my brother back...

Native American Man Who Attended Anti-Police Brutality Rally Is Killed By Police Next Day

In Yutan (NE), 9-year-old collects over $6K to buy gifts for needy children

Chris Hedges: Christmas, Charity, and the Revolutionary Jesus

happy what ever you do or do not celebrate day

"Without Obama.....?"

KIMDb, Kim Jong-un's movie page

Last Night I Went to the Movies...It was a Wonderful Time....

Have a good and jolly and merry and happy

My PBS is showing the St. Olaf's choir from Norway...Beautiful...n/t

Chris Hedges "One Nation Under Surveillance"

'The Interview' a classic Hollywood publicity stunt

FSU Shooting—Yet Another Mass Shooter Reported to be on Psychiatric Drugs

It is very tiring indeed to always be considered the "enemy"...

What's for Christmas dinner 2014?

The Christmas Truce - 100th anniversary

Jesus Wasn’t Born Rich. Think About It.

"This is What Theology Looks Like": Disrupting a Crucifying System

GAO: FBI’s Anthrax Investigation Flawed and Inaccurate

Braveheart the Cat Died This Morning

Dog on a Roomba - Holiday Edition!!

Movie: The Interview

Penn Jillette on the phoney "War on Christmas"

For future reference...

Replying To Facebook Silliness: "Merry Christmas To All My Democrat (Sic) Friends"

I'm sure she's ready, willing and rarin' to go...

Simon's Cat Christmas Presence - Parts 1 & 2

Christmas: The day on which we celebrate the blessed baby born to two dads and a surrogate mother.

Feliz Navidad, Francisco!

OMG YESSS!! Thanks Curt Sutter..you are a god. SONS OF ANARCHY: THE MOVIE

We the people

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!

Russia Offers Support to North Korea Amid Sony Hack

A Christmas story

Gift of Coffee to Strangers Never Seen

African DNA and the South

Keanna Brown, Antonio Martin's Girlfriend, Grieves: 'He Didn't Deserve To Die'

Local (Twin Cities) builders worry about shortage of workers

Happy Holidays to all my DU friends...

Deck Us All With Boston Charlie!

Terror attack thwarted: 4 Palestinians carrying pipe bombs arrested

Why is "My Favorite things" considered a Xmas song? nt

Theme of the Queen's speech: reconciliation

This Interview thing sure brought out our Inner-Jingo

Good King Kong Looked Out - original recording

Re: Antonio Martin and the magic gun

Obama Is Piling It On

Book Review: Pro Makes the Case That Abortion Can Be an Act of Love

Quit playing politics with veterans’ lives

An Oklahoma Veteran's Open Letter to Senator Coburn

Veterans deserve better

Coming to civilization tomorrow

Saudi Women Drivers Referred to Terrorism Court

Turkish police arrest teenager for insulting President Erdogan

Neil deGrasse Tyson Trolls Christians on Christmas

Corruption hampers effort to rebuild Gaza after summer conflict

10 most offbeat sports stories of the year

(Cookie Monster voice) "COOKIES!"

Scientists Discover New 'Dwarf Galaxy' 7 Million Light Years Away

That guy Antonio Martin, did he have any police record?

Merry Christmas, DU. Though each one has a different feel to it

Nigerian girl says parents volunteered her as suicide bomber

Weekly Address: Happy Holidays from the President and First Lady

Have a perfect day from President Obama and Michelle...

Merry Christmas from the First Lady

Firebomb attack wounds Israeli father and daughter in West Bank

Merry Christmas from Dick Cheney

A very sad toon...

Andrew Sullivan: The Depravity of Dick Cheney

OK Republican Senator Coburn, uses his one vote to stop VA bill, receives letter from an OK Veteran

Hatewatch 2014: A Year in Review

Let's Remember How Jeb Bush Has Already Screwed People...

Hatred of Cops and Support of Drug Legalization

Elvis Presley-Merry Christmas Baby

'Forest Flower' by Charles Lloyd at Monterey (with Keith Jarett on piano)

Dangerous year for journalists as 2014 death toll reaches 60

Can the Federal government disband the Police Union?

We spent eighteen million dollars testing the title, specifically the word “angry,”

The three wifi men...

Yes I am suspicious of 2 news stories in the Media

Your Grayson Christmas Gifts Are On Their Way

Koterba toon: Before There Were Great Telescopes...

Santa Dog on a Roomba

Exclusive: Google Aiming to Go Straight Into Car With Next Android - Sources

Russia offers support to North Korea amid Sony hack

Yutan 9-year-old collects over $6K to buy gifts for needy children

Add Jack Welch to the list of right wing devils

Missing Armored Truck Driver Arrested in Colorado

Happy Holidays from the President and First Lady ~ Merry Christmas, BOG Members!

Boston Globe review of The Interview

Fidel: 'Cuban Model Doesn't Even Work for Us Anymore'

Garry Crimble to You... Garry Mimble to You... Getty Bable Dear Christmas... Happy Birthday Me Too!

Did you ever wonder?

Merry Christmas to the Weird News Group!

Happy Birthday

Republicans prepare for battle with unions in 2015, after midterm gains (link added)

Republicans prepare for battle with unions in 2015, after midterm gains

Republicans prepare for battle with unions in 2015, after midterm gains

Did North Korea really hack Sony? The New York Times and CBS News have doubts.

No Shit ...49

90-Year-Old Vet Arrested For Feeding Homeless Will Hand Out Christmas Eve Dinner

Passenger tossed after flipping out over staff’s ‘Merry Christmas’

At 101, dedicated union rep is calling it quits

SOS continues in Florida! - Federal Judge Orders Florida Officials to respond to same-sex marriage

At 101, dedicated union rep is calling it quits

Obama gives a piggyback ride to a young hiker on the Makapu'u Point Lighthouse Trail in Oahu...

US to Spike Private Mercenaries in Iraq Amid Expanding War, Says Senior Official

You Tube has "The Interview," complete movie. It's about $5. n/t

Just to wish a rather late Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it; and a Happy New Year to all!

At 101, dedicated union rep is calling it quits

Mauritania condemns man to death for 'insulting the prophet'

Father of pilot captured by IS pleads for release

Eastern Ukraine: Humanitarian Disaster Looms as Food Aid Blocked

Endless Wars Have Cost Americans $1.6 Trillion, Report Finds

uptick

Disabled Recipients of Social Security Fund Face Hefty Benefits Cut

Video pulled from FB

Thanks guys*

Hundreds of theaters begin screening 'The Interview'

I have a black eye.

When Sony gave in to demands and stated they wouldn't release the movie

Saudi women drivers referred to terrorism court

I keep hoping the head of North Korea slams the film "Birdman"

Unexpected Life Found In The Ocean's Deepest Trench

5 Best Moments for Gay Rights in 2014

Gender Bender-in-Chief

Pope condemns ‘brutal persecution’ of minorities by Islamic State

Bay Area protesters cool to police union call for dialogue

power is out and my brisket is in the crock pot

Banksy twitter cartoon on Modern Education.

Paws by Claus: Santa delivers for animal shelter

Heads up ... Darlene Love tonight on Letterman.

Police unions, organized labor have rarely seen eye to eye

Israel Approves 380 New East Jerusalem Settler Homes

Israel to Drill for Oil in Occupied Golan Heights

Hightower: Merry Christmas, Right-Wingers, the Red Pope, and Jesus

Oyster Stew

What happened to negotiations between police and suspects?

Again... Sony displays a staggering incompetence... #fucksony

Some late Xmas cheer

How to talk to your Republican uncle at Christmas dinner

I am now going to ruin your Christmas:

So we were talking about xmas memories earlier today...

If the three Wise Men had been three Wise Women (oldie but goodie)

My nephew gave me a vape pipe for Christmas. Best use recommendations?

Crackpot Utopia: The Year in Republican Crazy, Part 6

9/11 Free Fall 12/4/14: Roland Angle on 9/11 Truth's Importance for the Engineering Profession

A little tour of Napa (lottsa pics)

Pope Francis: ‘There are so many tears this Christmas’

Stephen King's Famous Speech at the University of Massachusetts.

Mexican Police Helped Drug Cartel Massacre 314 Migrants

x-posted: what happened to negotiations between police and suspects?

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