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Archives: August 6, 2017

Suns core rotates 4x faster than surface (earth sky.org)

My favorite song from 1960

Bernie Sanders writing teen guide to political revolution

What's up with Google Earth?

ICYMI-- Paul Ryans SuperPAC Just Got Caught Working With Putins Stolen Emails In House Races

Al Gore

So how will Trump respond when he receives a subpoena?

BREAKING: Eric Bolling Suspended from Fox News

Real Americans say Statue of Liberty now relic of the Past.

*Inherit the Wind on TCM @ 10:00.

Sansar beta, new VR environment

Trumps Sanctuary City Crackdown Faces Resistance in Unexpected Places

Holy crap! I'm spending 2 nights in Dupont Circle, Washington DC!

The lounge is a very kind place..here is an example..:

#Sessions--Try some love--- Police Turn to Ice Cream To Break the Ice

Who would you bet money is the Democratic nominee in 2020?

My first Presidential election

If Donald Trump were an immigrant, he'd probably be deported: Here are the Trump qualifications....

Welcome to Science Hell

What am I missing: musicals/Singing in the Rain - can see the physical mastery of Gene KELLY but?!1

Purity

Eric Trump accuses Twitter of censorship

Support among white voters plummeted

Now He's a Proponent of the UN?

Says he won 84 percent of Cuban-American vote. Fake news?

Who is James B. Hatfield?

How Polls Can Mislead

Gallup state-by-state polls today: Trump would get 99 Electoral votes

Inverse Midas touch

Why is the Kremlin Suddenly Obsessed With Cryptocurrencies?- via Bill Browder tweet

*** "It does not matter how great your candidate is if people cannot vote." ***

Favourite lie actually quite baffling

Trump On Obama's 17 Day Vacation In 2013...

If Trump resigns or is impeached, who would Pence pick as VP?

Residents of small New Jersey town not happy

Corey Lewandowski Just as Worthless as Expected at the City Club of Cleveland

Presidency destroying marriages

A sickening fetish for cruelty

I've been lucky enough to have made friends who have true talent

The wife was in a bad mood earlier

Star Trek Discovery - Captain Sulu Series You Never Got to See - Full Episode

Could a Democrat win 2017 AL US Senate Race like Scott Brown- R winning the 2010 MA US Senate Race?

Paul Ryan embarrassed by constituents at fake town hall

2017 Horse Racing - 2017 Test Stakes

2017 Horse Racing - 2017 Whitney Stakes

Notice that Pence's circle doesn't leak?

Democratic aspirants for Ohio governor better also have a plan to keep the job

When you're cooking ...

Federal law holds Richard Cordray's political ambitions in check

Anita O'Day 1958 Newport Jazz Festival

Biggest reason yet to start moving out of stocks to cash.

Saudi-Putin-Tillerson-Koch...etc...

Ohio ranks worst when it comes to college students in debt

Oly has a new toy for us long lens photographers.

Rise of the machines--in rural WI. .....New hires Robot #1 #2.....&

Foreign diplomats laughing but no closer to figuring him out

May have been only one who didn't realize healthcare complexity

71-year-old man needs military general to manage his Twitter use

White House as crime scene

Dodgers reel off best 50 game performance since the Giants in 1912

Eric Bolling UNBEARABLE PARTISAN HACKERY!!

Safe, legal and rare. Part II.

Pressure mounts on Israels prime minister as aide agrees to testify

Sessions vs Cannabis

Fox headline today: Would you care if he is guilty. Wow.

Who's seen Hidden Figures?

If you could send Donald Trump on vacation

My Dad was a wise and good man and taught me many lessons on life.

Robert Reich: Summer Survival Guide for the Trump Era

White House warns potentially ambitious Republicans about 2020

Everyone should be insulted by this Stephen Miller video

Plastic Jesus

Why can't we all just get along? ... like Capybaras (warning: pic heavy for world peace)

Mueller team zeroes in on Trump financial crimes because they're faster to prosecute: CNN

Surprised This Has Not Gotten More Attention

After big party Friday, Jerry Jones remembers rocky start Saturday

The price tag on sanctions...no wonder they are trying so hard

New Sexual Harassment Allegations Leveled Against Fox News' Eric Bolling

What Dems need most is a strong, plain coherent message

WATCH: Man and cat's handshake game is blowing people's minds

City of Columbus worker spent hours at casino, but city couldnt use GPS to punish

Near East Side Columbus nursing home ordered close, residents moved

"Trump's at least open & honest about his lying."

Feds: Covington store's food stamp fraud funded drug abuse

Michael Moore on Trump, Brexit and Venezuela (extended interview)

Mark White, 77, one of last Democratic governors before modern GOP era died

Mark White, 77, one of last Democratic governors before modern GOP era (Texas)

Northwestern professor, Oxford staffer jailed in stabbing

Kamala Harris in 2020: CA on track to hold primary in March instead of June

Gunfire caused destructive blaze near California's Yosemite

Victim of shooting at North Carolina memorial service dies

Anti-Semitism was rife when Ireland shut the door to Jews seeking refuge

Austin's tallest tower planned for West Sixth and Guadalupe

Amazon.com pulls the plug on toilet paper with Donald Trumps tweets printed on it

So what happens if Mueller indicts Trump and Trump responds by firing him and pardoning himself?

'19 Kids and Counting' Spin-Off Star Launches Transphobic Attack on 16-Year Old Jazz Jennings

US Coalition Welcomes New Bill against Blockade of Cuba

New Trump Cuba policy is actually fueling business, some travel providers say

Pulse Gunman's Widow to Claim PTSD in Partially Taxpayer-Funded Defense

Pulse Gunman's Widow to Claim PTSD in Partially Taxpayer-Funded Defense

Donald Trump Threatened To Sue Sharknado For Replacing Him With Mark Cuban

US T-Shirt Company is selling Swastika tee shirts aiming to make them a "symbol of love and peace."

Evidence that ancient farms had very different origins than previously thought

Japan Might Be What Equality in Education Looks Like

Humans First Modified Tropical Forests 45,000 Years Ago

Experts Warn Repeated Attempts At Eradicating Obamacare May Have Created Ultra-Resistant Super Law

US T-Shirt Company is selling Swastika tee shirts aiming to make them a "symbol of love and peace."

Genome sequencing shows maize adapted to highlands thousands of years ago

Construction of a Luxury Hotel is Continuing in Sofia Despite the Discovery of an Ancient Roman Necr

Shouting and Conch Trumpets: Chaco Canyon May Have Been a Noisy Place

North Korea: China urges North Korea to stop missile tests

Media Matters Cristina Lpez explains how the White House uses dog whistles to appeal to the "alt-r

Indiana Medicaid plan under Pence seen as model for attack on health care

Can a Primary Forum go up (now), please?

Build-up begins for first Minotaur rocket launch from Cape Canaveral

First time in 99 years: US total solar eclipse on 21 August excites scientists

Watch: A Great White Shark takes a big bite of a GoPro camera, which lives to show the footage

The Reporter Behind Those Outlandish Fox News Stories

Trump Gets Standing Ovation In Place With No Seats

Pennsylvania extends itself $750M credit line during budget impasse

Study finds Alaska's North Slope snow-free season increasing

Thousands of animals, alive and dead, found in California warehouse

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Awwgust 2017 Edition

California governor endorses potential sanctuary cities lawsuit

Onion: Trump Administration Worried President Burning Through Minority Scapegoats At Unsustainable

Model City: Denver Cleaned Up Its Voter Rolls and Boosted Turnout, Too

Smart pet? Audible wants Fido to listen to Jane Austen.

Game of Thrones 7.4 "The Spoils of War" (spoiler alert)

Trump's "dangerously low" support among his base

Sunday's PBS Toon - Congressman Search and Rescue

Sunday's Doonesbury- Talking Health Care

so pharma boy uses #maga and #draintheswamp in his tweets....

Please God. May the ONE THING IN LIFE that Trump doesn't completely fuck up

Hiroshima -the first place on Earth where nuclear weapons were used in warfare 72 years ago today

need to print or email

Search ends for 3 Marines missing after aircraft 'mishap' off Australia

In apparent desperation Fox News stoops to a new low, asking "Would you even care if he was guilty?"

Luckovich: "Three Men & A Baby"

Furnace Creek station at Death Valley, California, measured an average monthly temperature of 107.4

I'm Going Out on a Limb Here. I Predict Trump will Resign by the End of the Year: Scenario Included

Cracked Some News: Trump Takes Dump On White House/The Mooch

Stephen Miller Video: "Sick & Tired Of Being Told To Pick Up His Trash"

Awww memories.....

I'll bet we could get more votes if we reinstituted slavery

White supremacy week at the White House: Even by Trump standards, the racism was dialed to 11

Anyone see Richard Engel on Friday? Amazing!

Double standard decried as Minnesota mosque bombed

Tillerson, Russian foreign minister meet in Manila

Venezuela arrests over 'uprising attempt'

He, and he alone, could Make America White Again.

"Sarah" reads another letter from a real little boy named Cucumber who really loves our President

Salvadoran women can be jailed up to 50 years for a miscarriage.

States ramping up defenses against election hacks

Mueller's focus on Trump's financial deals with Russia does not bode well for the White House

Riding high, when you need a road.

White House as crime scene: how Robert Mueller is closing in on Trump

George and Kelly Anne

Harvard fight could redirect 40 years of affirmative action

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal"

Those poor, poor white kids

Who's splitting the GOP?

If there are no leaks we need to prepare ourselves for Chump's approval ratings...

Trump: The Musical - songs for Act I

Art Buchwald's column from peak Watergate:

Sources: House GOP staffers fly to London to find Steele, invite to testify expected

He's "less orange than I expected": Trump stuns guests at his NJ golf club

seems to be @GOP 's only consistently-stated motivation-A party & nation run by vindictive, kids..

Top US diplomat in China quits over Trump climate policy

"Judge" Jeanine Pirro rivals Hannity's partisan hackery

Mueller Asking White House For Documents

Maxine Waters: "Robert Mueller Is Going To Win"

Mike Pence Preparing 2020 Election Run Against 'Weak' Trump?

How can cities that fight ICE and consequently lose DOJ funding to fight criminals

PINO Trump Would Like a Change of Venue, Please.

Maybe the A.I. dystopia is already here

Shannon Sharpe Gives A History Lesson

Slayer, Lamb Of God, Behemoth.

"Where's the bride?" Trump takes a break from the "phone calls & meetings" of his working vacation

Ronnie Wood had part of lung removed after cancer diagnosis...but refused chemo to keep hair

Three reasons why taxpayers should question the Foxconn deal

Is anyone watching Kellyanne lie her ass off on This Week?

Goebbels vs Stephen Miller comparison

A FB friend had a Rachel sighting. She's aliiiiiive.

Four stars- MoDo hits it out of the park again-Bobby Sticks It to Trump

Tesla Model S Sets New Record For Distance Traveled On One Charge

Usain Bolt

SO...according to Kellyanne, Trump "weighed in" on Don Jr. because of ObamaCare and Benghazi?

"You can't ground me, I'm the President!!" . . . Please come CAPTION Donald Trump!!!

So, is Trump planning to keep his head down for

General Kelly to a pouting Invanka:

photos from North Korea, very interesting

Ain't it the truth- If the Titanic sank today

The Weekly Standard "gives up" on Two Scoops

Florida's Trump critics are all over cable TV, but paying a price

Israel moves to close Al Jazeera, ban its journalists

BOY, Someone/s Must Really Be Frightened By Senator Harris

Paul Ryan joked about 71 year old retiree being beaten to the ground for daring to question Ryan

President Pickpocket

Tribe: The cancer on DJT's presidency is DJT, whose family is a crime syndicate in itself

Iconic Pixs from the Depression Dustbowl Colorized

See inside Trump's New Jersey golf club that's about to become the 'summer White House'

Is the Newsweek Lazy Boy cover real?

Anybody have a Galaxy S8?

Reproductive Rights Section of the 2016 Democratic Party Platform

MUST-READ: "These Americans beat Donald Trump and saved Obamacare. They say they can do it again"

Why are they called Republicans

I see lots of people claiming Bernie is going to run for president in 2020. Question is

Jeux Olympiques Paris 2024 : des reves video

I AM AZN AMERICAN Tom Ngo TEDxUCIrvine

What's your favorite song from 1972?

I AM AZN AMERICAN Tom Ngo TEDxUCIrvine

Could a tax overhaul bill be rammed through via reconciliation?

Dan Patrick Admits That the Fight With Cities is Partisan

The pushback seems to be clear.

Dr. Routing for Trump fraud charges Kentucky doctor gains internet fame after Huntington Trump rally

DNC feedback

When will the Republican Party be held accountable?

Miss on Bezos's Blue Origin Is a Major Blow for Houston's Spaceport -- Blame Ted Cruz

Want to Really Help Workers? Protect their Speech!

Gore: 'TV news is like a nature hike through the Book of Revelation'

Radio Ecoshock Podcast: Revenge of Defiant Earth

2018 US House Elections-seats Democrats need to win to regain control of the US House.

Dems pump resources into North Carolina as state gets more red

The battle over science in the Trump administration

True or False: Two Repub members of House Intel Committee went to London...?

Scientists tally the environmental impact of feeding meat to our cats and dogs. Its huge

On Abortion, Gov. Brown: No 'Ideological Purity' for Democrats

Think of all the classified intel prominent Repubs have seen

What are you reading this week of August 6, 2017?

Where's my star?

13 Ways Donald Trump Is Worse Than Fire Ants by Susan Bankston (aka JuanitaJean)

Remember when Deutsche Bank

Rosenstein Says Trump Russia Probe Is Not a Fishing Expedition

Why aren't the "progressives" who are going after Harris, Booker, Patrick, and Pelosi

Feeling kinda blue.

2020 US Presidential and US Senate Race

Maybe 'no purity test' for abortion is a strategy

Schiff: Russia probe 'moving into new phase' with grand jury

Alan Dershowitz says ethnic and racial composition of a D.C. grand jury hurts Trump

Remember This A Hole standing behind Trump

Trump Administration Stirs Alarm Over Voter Purges

Our Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes

Trump Caught on Video Playing Golf When He Claimed He Was Working and Stuff

Katrina Pierson: Russia probe based upon an allegation from the losing team

The global crackdown on parents who refuse vaccines for their kids has begun

Consumers fare better under class actions than arbitration

Dems face fundamental problem in Texas: Getting people to vote

Proposal for a new term and theory

the liar-in-chief is playing golf...on his 'not a vacation'

GOP Sen. Cotton Says He Doesnt See Bills To Shield Mueller Going Very Far

Maxine Waters: #RussiaGate about Arctic Oil and Gas

Anyone else notice the odd Late Show Friday night?

The Rise and Fall of the "Freest Little City in Texas"

Maxine Waters: #RussiaGate about Arctic Oil and Gas

Officers of Buffalo Police Department went 4 years without fatal shooting: CNN

The Battle Over Smog Is Heating Up (Again)

How to get a promotion in the Trump White House

Unpleasant Companion

AWww, I thought when ROSENSTEIN said "anybody" he meant *ANYBODY*!1

How Do Your Reps and Senators Vote on Choice?

Some of the posts on DU lately brought an old Emo Phillips joke to mind...

Bernie Sanders Pharma Rule Would Save Consumers Billions Of Dollars

Tourists Arrested in Germany For Performing Hitler Salute

Justin Gatlins 100m medal ceremony moved to avoid booing

Pence denies eyeing presidential bid amid distance with Trump over Russia

Recipe: How to Make Cannabis-Infused Tea

Photograph is among the key evidence in Taylor Swift trial

It is shocking that 58% of Republicans think negatively about college. Demos President appeared on M

Richard Cohen, WA Post columnist, quoted DT saying he was more sexually attracted to Ivanka, 13,

Stephen Miller Talks Statue of Liberty Facts (with Pauly Shore)

Child miners aged four living a hell on Earth so YOU can drive an electric car...

Child miners aged four living a hell on Earth so YOU can drive an electric car...

Televangelist demands all Christian leaders include Trump's name in prayer

U.S. Justice Department not looking to charge journalists for leaks: official

Honor: One thing I love about Game of Thrones is the fact that honor gets talked about so much

Prosecutors have ?s for Flynn - re: White Canvas Group a data-mining Co paid $200,000 by Trump

If 45 has lost The Weekly effing Standard, then he is toast.

Christie: Everybody knows now Trump Jr.'s meeting was a 'bad idea'

Michael Moore: Democrats Aren't Running The Right People Morning Joe MSNBC

"Im getting rid of the hat."

A cannabis company is buying an entire town in the US

Mexican firefighters arrive in Chilliwack to join the wildfire battle in British Columbia

Civil rights groups to sue over Trump's plan for transgender military ban

Fans launch petition to boycott NFL if Kaepernick remains unsigned

A man who retired at 34 says he can hardly find ways to spend the money he has

U.N. condemns brutality of Yemen conflict after airstrikes on civilians

Syria investigator del Ponte quits, blaming U.N. Security Council

Rosenstein: Special counsel Mueller can investigate any crimes he uncovers in Russia probe

According to voting record, the top 10 most progressive members of the Senate.

The first Affordable Care Act enrollment season of the Trump era is still a mystery

War Veteran in Norway Reacts to neo-Nazi March in Kristiansand: Worse than Quisling

A Google engineer wrote that women may be genetically unsuited for tech jobs. Women wrote back.

Will Mueller investigation still be active on election day 2020?

NHC will be initiating advisories by 5 PM EDT on Potential Tropical Cyclone Seven, located over the

This country is so divided that we even seek to divide the drug addicts

Are Democrats talking too much about Trump and Russia and not enough about other issues?

Primary voters, not the DNC/DCCC, are responsible for imposing litmus tests on our candidates.

Erik Princes private air force in Afghanistan faces many legal hurdles

Can a President pardon himself? No.

Afghan conflict: Dozens killed in 'brutal' Sar-e Pul attack

What's for Dinner, Sun., Aug. 6, 2017

My Choice

Paul Ryan Lies Right to Wisconsin Man's Face About Health Care at 'Friendly' Town Hall

Chicago will sue administration over grant threat

Party should have stood up to birther movement

Stephen Miller Talks Statue of Liberty Facts (with Pauly Shore)

White House silent on Sunday schedule at golf club

Kamala.Harris, Cory Booker, and Deval Patrick are awesome

Today is the anniversary of the signing of the original Voting Rights Act

Republicans own President

Christie: Jr.'s meeting was a 'bad idea'

Crackdown on 'leaks' could hide important truths

Is it possible that the Special Counsel has already made a deal with General Michael Flynn?

Woos people, rips them off, then abandons them

Affordable Care Act enrollment season still a mystery

Coal Mining Gets New Life on U.S. Lands

This is why Florida Democrats are losers

Didn't Kellyanne say Trump would make a decision on the ACA csr this week?

My Star is not posted

As a person that lives in Ohio in a formally blue area this is why

Thanks Skinner, Elad and EarlG

Three bizarre documentary ...GRAPHIC WARNING...

Corrosion of ride caused deadly Ohio State Fair accident, manufacturer says

Somebody on one of the morning yakker shows said we need to get rid of the DCCC, RCCC . . . .

Does anyone in the White House really understand what the Department of Energy actually does?

***BREAKING*** Sharknado 5 FIVE .... in 2 hours

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 7 August 2017

Transgender 'bathroom bill' leaves Texas Christians deeply divided

Maxine Waters: "When we finish with Trump, we have to go and get Pence."

does anyone know why the homeless put shirts in trees at various locations? Not to dry them

"Chaos in an organization is a goldmine for law enforcement."

Maybe we should work on 2018 before arguing about 2020??

Here's an adorable 'awwww" for the day...baby elephant gets a ..hand....

De Blasio proposes tax on wealthiest New Yorkers to fund subway repairs

Everybody says it is "early in the process" ...

Netanyahu faces imminent indictment

Rosenstein: Special counsel Mueller can investigate any crimes he uncovers in Russia probe

Tunisia fishermen prevent far-right ship from docking

George Will warns grotesque is becoming normal for GOP

Matthew Whitaker of CNN - "Mueller's investigation of Trump is going too far"

Stephen K. Bannon once guided a global firm that made millions helping gamers cheat

Michael Moore Talks Why Trump Won, Abolishing Electoral College, What Democrats Must Do The View

Arid summer means farmers in southern Saskatchewan face a desperate situation

Has anyone heard from Cha recently?

Youre simply changing the subject: ABC host busts Kellyanne Conway on Russia lies as she blames

Norman Lear, Kennedy Center Honoree, To Skip White House Reception In Protest

Stephen Miller was an awful person as a teenager. Ex-janitor, now U. Chicago prof explains how bad.

BBC: Japanese people practising nuclear attack drills

58% of Republicans say college is bad. She explains why they feel that way

Adoring crowds greeted @HillaryClinton and @billclinton today in NY attending a wedding 😚😗❤

Marxist Economist debates FOX's Stuart Varney about Socialism

Is Minnesota going RED????

Your Sunday evening food for thought, courtesy of Dan Rather: "Where might this lead?"

Become Your Ancestor's Wildest Dream

sometimes cartoons just say it all.......

Was just listening to Pandora...

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