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Archives: December 30, 2017

Months after decision not to charge David Clarke, email search warrant filed

It's been a while since I posted . . .

White House surprised, frustrated by Trump NYT interview: report

I wish one of these crazy shooters would be taken alive.

Senators scrap Russia trip after Kremlin snubs Shaheen

FOLLOW UP OP - If You Had Dr. Who's TARDIS & Could Use It Where Would You Go Right Now?

Trump expects Mueller to be "fair" to him. What happened to the letter he was expecting?

After questioning Spicer, Democrats want to depose Priebus about election night activities

Deplorable checklist for living with your buddy Trump's changes.

Trump and other world leaders taking a sip...........

Bodies emerge from Guatemala's war-era 'model villages'

"Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one." --Sam Rayburn

Richard Painter on CNN just now ...

Gollum J. Trump on global warming

trump needs a New Year 'makeover'

California housing crisis affecting middle class the most: It's 'a broken system'

Having a wake for Mr. Tavernier in two weeks.

Boxes

Please refer to Hannity from now as "Moscow Sean."

Trump displays delusions in his New York Times interview

News media keep calling it "collusion"

Trumps New York Times Interview Is a Portrait of a Man in Cognitive Decline

Gunman kills 11 in attacks on Coptic church, Christian-owned shop in Egypt

Show this map to anyone who says "if it's so cold right now, how is climate change real?"

CNN panel person suspects Trump was told to taper down his attacks

I'm watching yesterday's "Amanpour on PBS", and it is gut wrenching...

Mueller Probing RNC Relation To Russian Hacking

Tonights strategy for forgetting Dumpster

My 2017 "McLaughlin Awards" (Part 2)

Mandatory Friday Mike Malloy Truthseeker thread! TGIF! From Russia, with Loathing!

Meet your Nigerian prince. Police say hes behind hundreds of scam emails

Like what you see, Ajit Pai?

Hundreds of Model 3s Are Rolling Out of the Tesla Factory

FOUND ON TWITTER. make america great again

TRMS laying out the entire Russia/Trump conspiracy against the United States.

Bharara's response to DT's "absolute right" boast: "No, but you do have the right to remain silent."

Local news just reported that the fire season in CA is extended by 75 days now.

Trump/GOP/Russia/Fox. vs. Mueller/FBI

I can't take much more

Check out Slate.com's "Slow Burn" a multi-part podcast about Watergate.

Prostate update - Ask me anything!

Kidnapped crypto executive was reportedly released after paying a $1 million bitcoin ransom

A Hearty Salad for a Month of Healthy Eating

Bought a ham,head of cabbage and black eyed peas

Could be worse. How? Could be raining.

Started my soup diet. Going well so far. It has been about an hour. LOL!

At least two dead, including shooter, in workplace gunfire in Long Beach

Its the end of the world

Bee Gee Barry being knighted (along with Ringo), dedicates to Robin & Maurice

Are we smoking more or less dope, than we were, say, 20/30/40 years ago?

'It's a perverse system': how Colombia's farmers are reforesting their logged land

Explosive attack in Colombia nightclub wounds 31 people

2017: A Look Back

Lenin Moreno Steers Ecuador Rightward and Betrays the Revolution that Elected Him

Ecuadorian fishing vessel transporting sharks apprehended in the Galapagos

Not for the faint of heart...

GOP's/Trump's Next Step Sabotage The Next Census Undercount Minorities/Immigrants.

Massacre: An afternoon that changed a town forever

Brazil Presidents Christmas Decree Draws a Firestorm, and a Rebuff

'I have a lot of enemies': the Honduran marine park rangers facing death threats

I agree with Howard Dean

'I have a lot of enemies': the Honduran marine park rangers facing death threats

Reading about daily life in North Korea

Man accused of rigging front door of home to electrocute pregnant wife

Australian air force put on alert after Russian long-range bombers headed south

Corgi races - and they're off!

Trump Justice Department Pushes for Citizenship Question on Census, Alarming Experts

NYPD: Teens kick, punch, spit on Muslim woman wearing hijab in Brooklyn

"I'VE KEPT MY STORY SECRET FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS -- I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THIS TO MY GRAVE"

2,000-Year-Old Texts Reveal the First Emperor of Chinas Quest for Eternal Life

ANCIENT, 'EXTREMELY RARE' 1,900-YEAR-OLD CHINESE MIRROR DISCOVERED INTACT ON JAPANESE ISLAND

New Indiana bill would force Colts to provide fans a refund if any of its players kneel for anthem

Deep freeze puts thousands of homeless people in jeopardy

World's oldest toy unearthed in Siberian grave of Bronze Age child buried 4,500 years ago

6 Strange Sites Spotted on Google Earth in 2017

Medicaid is GOP target in 2018

Sheila E. - Funky National Anthem: Message 2 America

Does amicus brief from former intel chiefs risk justifying stifling of dissent?

Experts bowled over by ancient urn found on bed of Lake Biwako

Trump, Amazon and the Postal Service: The story behind the tweet

Tax Bill INCREASES Jobs For ROBOTS!!!

So, right before I woke up this morning, I had a dream about net neutrality...

Drump is a dumbass and now everyone on the world stage knows it, except him. How embarrassing.

LAPD: Los Angeles man arrested in connection to deadly 'swatting' call in Wichita

Puerto rico is "broken" 100 days after hurricane maria and trump is no help, locals say

Prince - Uptown

If only the rest of America resembled California politically.

U.S. military to accept transgender recruits on Monday: Pentagon

U.S. military to accept transgender recruits on Monday: Pentagon

Attorney General Ken Paxton's securities fraud trials on hold for now

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass Live - 1997 on VH1

What Deplorables Really Need.

As DUers how (or will) you respond to your own pro-45 friends, family,

Tax cuts offer opportunity to raise minimum wage

Will Texas turn over your voter information to Trump's fraud commission?

More North Texas health care companies could be left in critical condition in 2018

Exclusive: Russian tankers fueled North Korea via transfers at sea - sources

Trump Administration Is Ending Safety Regulations Enacted After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Trump administration fires all members of HIV/AIDS advisory council.

"Yesterday you told me that freight train hardly ever comes through here at 5:00 A.M....

Jamming at blues association Prs se 245 a 51 year olds ramble

Skwawkbox Accused Of 'Deeply Sinister Bullying' Of Stella Creasy Over Shed Seven Gig

As we close out 2017 and look forward to the new year 2018?

PSA: Please slow down when you are driving and the weather is bad.

On bigman pigmans post it got me thinking

Could the yuuuge turnover of the White House staff

IRAN Protests: What you need to know about the Iran protests in 20 points

I Wonder How Much Weight Trump Has Put On....

Trump Has Been Saying That There Is "No Collusion"...

I Wonder What The First Disaster Will Be That Will Be Attributed To....

Brexit is a 'nationalist spasm': Adonis resigns as infrastructure tsar

Suspect arrested in deadly online gaming prank

U.S. military to accept transgender recruits on Monday: Pentagon

I just unfriended an old friend

Trump Administration Announces Support for Iran Protests

EXCLUSIVE. Bronx Building's Oil-Based Paint Made It Burn Like 'Gasoline'

Graphic Warning - This is Donald Trump and the Deplorables' America

Did Trump threaten Mueller?

Graphic Warning - This is Donald Trump and the Deplorables' America

Trump Voices Support For Iran Protesters in Tweet: 'Govt Should Respect Their People's Rights'

Putin voices hope for cooperation with U.S. in letter to Trump

Found this funny video on Huffington Post

Fuckin' Traitors !

Donald Trump Is a Consequential President. Just Not in the Ways You Think.

What is your new year eve plans Im kissing the dogs then the wife at midnight

The Mirror of Life

"All the Money in the World"--any of you seen it?

VP Mike Pence gets message from Aspen neighbors: Make America Gay Again

TV Drama with the Best Progressive Values: The Fosters

Colors I have never seen before

Sheriff Clarke denies he's still under FBI investigation for plane incident

Fox News whines about BuzzFeed article on white folk: They should be thanking us

The Latest: Iran condemns Trump tweet on economic protests

89 YJ Wrangler

Good morning all! :) Any thoughts on this Kialo.com place ?

Whatever happened to the three wise men?

Algae Growth Darkening Greenland Ice Sheet Now Responsible For 5-10% Of Melting

Workplace bullying remains in the shadows

Price Of Western Coal: Loss Of Water, Loss Of Grazing Land And $10 Billion In Subsidies

DON'T do road rage with a crane shovel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Roseanne - On Occupy Democrat, Republicans trickle down...

22% Of Corals In Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Bleached In 2016; Temps Bad, Pollution Worse

It's Colder Than Mars Out There

If he just wants to spout off without challenge-He has Fox News for that, not the NYT.

Governor declares state of emergency in response to propane shortage

Even in SoCal there are Deplorables

Rage against the Machine "Killing in the Name"

Pences vacation neighbors post make America gay again sign

Gillibrand presses Germany to take back Nazi living in Queens

Brilliant New Yorker Cover: An omen for 2018. Happy New Year everybody!

How cold is it? It's so cold that sharks are dying

Police arrest alleged 'Nigerian prince' email scammer in Louisiana USA TODAY NETWORK

Satya and Anu Nadella Open Up About Their Family Life

This:

It is not Bob Mueller that is "dragging his feet" on this investigation - it is Donald Trump.

Pence, Trump Jr. Could Be Next In Mueller's Probe

Trump approves of protesters in Iran

Lawmaker: Pence to play key role in 2018 elections

What's the temperature where you are now?

🐦 LIVE Stream Links starting at 11AM: Mayor De Blasio's Inauguration New Year's Day

Doctor Reused Catheters on Several Patients During Rectal Tests: Attorney General

Dec '19: "Let him ramble, so he'll increase our Christmas rations."

Farewell to Erica Garner

Where Do You Go When It's 12 Below?

Winter War: U.S. Military Buys Thousands of Skis

U.S. Could Collapse Like Soviet Union, Ron Paul Says

The underlying harm of religion

Civil rights activist Erica Garner dies from heart attack

How about this scenario

Lessons From the Saturday Night Massacre

Why Republicans May Face a Turnout Problem In 2018

someone tell me we the voting machines in red states WILL NOT be an issue in 2018.

One Nation, Divided Under Trump

Newspaper Calls on Brownback to Resign

Two suspects have been arrested in a quadruple homicide in upstate New York

America and the Great Abdication

Tattoo the traitors....

Being stupid and lucky - High Stakes in life

May I, composed of Eros and Dust..

Pearce: Putting the American taxpayer and economy first

How a Local Bureaucrat Made Millions Amid the Rush to Build a Border Fence

The Power of the Tail is not to be Underestimated

The lunatics....

U.S. newspapers face new crisis as trade spat poised to raise Canadian newsprint prices

I have a hearty beef stew going in the crock-pot.

As much as I love Al Franken and am sad to see him go, I think it's possible

Had it not been for the rise of Christianity,

For Trump & Trumpsters, Ignorance is Bliss

The three things saving us from Trump

In a 30-minute interview, Trump made 24 false or misleading claims

Laurence Tribe: nothing in the Steel Dossier has been proven false

Two men arrested in the horrific murder of a lesbian family

The Giant Pacific Octopus Is Actually 2 Different Species, And Nobody Noticed Until Now

Anti-sharia laws proliferate as Trump strikes hostile tone toward Muslims

Eyman gets too few signatures for another $30 car-tab vote

Blackmail

Washington State AG calls for Student Loan Bill of Rights to protect 800,000 borrowers

BTRTN SaturData Review: A Deeper Dive into the Approval Rating -- Who Holds Trumps Fate?

Pope Francis to highlight fake news in January message

BTRTN SaturData Review: A Deeper Dive into the Approval Rating -- Who Holds Trumps Fate?

Archaeologists Discover Fully Intact 17th-Century Belief System

Weekend TOON Roundup

President Trump's first year plays heavily into Maryland politics.

Mother Nature on US weather: you don't believe in globalwarming? So be the coldest spot on the globe

American-born Korean singer Lena Park

Is Anyone Else Getting The Impression That The MSM Wants Trump To Fire Mueller.....

MSNBCs Joy Reid just revealed what everyone missed about Trumps bizarre NY Times interview

New: How the Russia Inquiry Began: A Campaign Aide, Drinks and Talk of Political Dirt

"Three warning shots to the groin for starters!" . . . Please come CAPTION Sheriff David Clarke!!!

Pences Vacation Neighbors in Aspen Hang Make America Gay Again Sign

RT America defends itself from 'Russian propaganda' charge

Sen Sanders: Erica Garner was an exceptional young woman ...

UPDATED: Trump campaign aide prompted Russia investigation in drunken revelation: report

Al Franken did more to take on Trump than Kirsten Gillibrand ever did, or will do

NYT conservative columnist: I'm still 'never Trump' after first year

Sleeping on a wedge

Republican cites 'Obamaphones' to defend tax giveaway to the rich

BRIGHT......Don't miss it!

Donald Trumps Ghostwriter Tells All

Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe

Im curious, of all the people to pursue, Clarke?

The Year, Trump's favorite country, Russia's L.G.B.T. Persecution Defied Belief

I'm unable to copy/paste pictures. I used to do it all the time

Here's a Cure for O.W.S.*

As Trump Golfs For Fifth Straight Day, Let's Revisit Conservative Criticisms of Obama's Golfing

Mattis: No plans to pause military exercises for Olympics in South Korea

Maryland law intended to expand, protect access to birth control to take effect

Shout out and thanks to n2doc and all the other DUers who post cartoons for us daily

Sarah Silverman helps a would-be troll

Why didn't 45 just retweet Sarah Huckabee instead of plagiarizing?

Should James Watson and Francis Crick Lose Their Nobel Prize?

OMG, I almost just threw up on my tv....

Ugh! The Taxslayer Bowl just put out an ad praising Mitch McConnell for passing

Texas boy killed after woman opens fire

Heres how Californias House Republicans think they can survive in 2018

Charities See Surge of Giving Ahead of Change in Tax Law

help .... I am cooking for family tomorrow ..... I need a good simple one dish meal

It's winter. Watch out for falling raccoons.

Russia supreme court rules Kremlin critic cannot run for president

Democrat: 'Mueller knows far more than people think'

Which is the largest and/or most influential

My 2020 ticket

America's heroes of 2017: the people who inspired us

Former Obama aide pushes back on reports Papadopoulos was 'low level'

Mustamakkara (Finnish Blood Sausage): Blessing or Abomination?

Did you pick up your $2 billion yet?

Trump choice for judge has sordid N.C. history

How Chris Hurst was driven to run for office by gun violence and won

AM Joy 12/30/17 RussiaGate rolls into 2018

Trump attacks the U.S. Postal service

Utah teacher fired after students shown art post cards that included nude paintings

Papadopolous 2016 wine bar Hillary confession puts to rest Mueller's inquiry a political witch hunt

G is for goodbye, Ms. Grafton

Pups 5 weeks old

Public Service For Fun And Profit.....

Does anyone else feel a little queasy calling them evil?

Taking a chance on Trump blocking me on Twitter.

Trump tweets a white nationalist ransom note to immigrants

2018, red alert, all hands on deck, battle stations

Arrests made in "swatting" murder of Witchita man

My 20,000th post:

Utah teacher to appeal firing after students see nudity in art

Do you take cream on your coffee?

How to levitate a droplet on a liquid surface

Here Are 5 Highlights From the Year's Biggest Scandal

Stop Blaming Boomers. It's the Greatest Generation That Ruined America. - By Kevin Drum

Putting Things In Perspective.....

NYTimes: How the Russia probe actually began

A New Years resolution for the media: Do not let Republicans get away with saying reforms

Well worth repeating IMO: "George Carlin on freedoms and society"

Trump's stock market is great, but rest of the world is greater - Bloomberg

What's for Dinner, Sat., Dec. 30, 2017

Trump's stock market is great, but rest of the world is greater - Bloomberg

You know something I havent heard from FOX lately?

Obama eats Republicans' lunch

Federal court rules HS football player can't be forced to stand during anthem

Rubio: GOP tax bill 'probably went too far' to help corporations

BREAKING: Ashling to move to Aransas,, needs assistance

My kids all came to see me.

Its unacceptable that we don't learn from our history because we don't know it.

In 30 min. Trump made 24 false or misleading claims & "no collusion" ad nauseum

Howard Dean: "the 2016 NYT election coverage was a awful: a collective Judy Miller"

Two arrested in 'horrific' quadruple upstate New York murders

Photographing President Obama - Pete Souza

Escalating Attacks on Mueller Divide Republicans

How the Russia Inquiry Began

WHAT IS REDNECK REVOLT? THESE LEFT-WING ACTIVISTS PROTECT MINORITIES WITH GUNS

Some fun in the freezing cold.......

Morning Joe goes off on Rep. Nunes

On Dc 27 1831

Don't confuse soaring stocks with real economic growth

Russia's evil deeds revealed in interview with Caroline Orr

Palmer: Mueller investigating Trump & Russia for rigging Michigan and Wisconsin

Our 20 Most Popular Soups and Stews

Often religion is framed as magical thinking.

Mike Pence and Donald Trump Jr. could be next targets of Mueller probe: report

Pour votre consideration:

Learning about white privilege.

A new year resolution:

Trump spent more public funds golfing this year than people earn in 50 lifetimes.

For some fun- The Fellowship of the Frog (criminal gang) by Edgar Wallace at 'fadedpage.com'

Yesterday I saw the movie "Darkest Hour"...

Surprise! Trump attacks "Fake News Media" again right after NYT bombshell story on Trump campaign

Put the top down on the convertible and took a spin

This is Not America

'The crime is conspiracy': Prosecutor explains that question of Trump collusion is now irrelevant

Where do you make your friends?

Who is using the Trump corporate chopper at Mar-a-Lago?

We know that Trump knew all about the hacked emails by the time he said this:

Thai fraudster sentenced to 13,275 years in prison

Trump "approval poll" offers no negative options

Trump: I use social media to 'fight back' against media

500 richest people increased their wealth by 23% this year

Blumenthal: Trump's denial of Russia collusion 'rotten at core'

Evil only knows how to fight dirty.

Go Washington!

Maximum number of US Senate seats Democrats will have after 2018.

No wonder the WH is in such chaos!

One thing the snow is good for...

If Trump voters read Robert Reichs list of cons on them will they believe?

Boomers Must Take Some Blame And Help Fix Generation Y Unhappy Problem

I am consistently surprised at those who express surprise at trump's assholiness

Americans are enslaved by the economic system of a dependent wealthy (VIDEO)

Post a true but little known fact about someone famous, living or dead.

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