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Archives: July 18, 2010

Heavy rain, hail, flash floods, lightning here in So. Az Yah!!

Here's the latest Human Rights Watch Report on Afghanistan, for anyone who's interested

El Presidente for Life opens Simon Bolivars' tomb.

Sundance Channel is showing "Monterey Pop" right now if you're interested.

After 38 years, 'Price is Right' Contestant Solves the System

"He also said about amnisty...you were not for it? you had amendmets to it"

Spain legalized marriage equality on July 3, 2005

Teabagger racism

Idaho authorities rattled by snakes in apartment

Adventures in American Government stupidity - Hong Kong Consulate

Fantastic anagram: ANGLE is an ANGEL!

Congress exempt from Civil Rights Act

Obamas enjoy family vacation in the great outdoors.

McCaskill lashes out at national and local Republicans, calling them 'hypocrites'

Newest Horsey cartoon....

DUer SargeUNN's radio show streaming NOW

Officials, Friends Mystified by Mayor's Murder-Suicide

The Game: Backlash

Rep. Towns Introduces Resolution Condemning Arrest of Citizens Filming Police Officers

Afghanistan aid spending boost expected to be announced

News Crew Tests Alabama Beach Water, One Sample Explodes

The Katrinafication of Obama continues via CNN: "Vacation brings rest, relaxation and rebuke"

Police: Off-duty cop used Taser to detain fellow officer

Tea Party's reaction to racism allegations mirrors the reaction of Ronald Reagan

Clinton off to Afghanistan as war fears rise

Yet Another Right-Wing Talking Point Eviscerated By The NON-PARTISAN CBO

Some of the same folks who are criticizing Senator Feingold because he will not support the current

Eric Holder can bite my ass (Way to go after the real bad guys)

Need help: Tax deduction vs. subsidies - real difference?

1,200 Russians drown in June - HEAT, drinking, and most sadly kids (6 this week)

Unlikely Tutor Giving Military Afghan Advice

Unlikely Tutor Giving Military Afghan Advice

Spittle-spangled eruptions of Biblical proportions - column by NYT's Frank Rich

McCain's Cover Up of Abramoff Scandal ...Comes Back to Bite Him During Debate

Teabagger/GOP feud brewing..

Guess what? Joe the Plumber IS the mystery plumber, just not that one...

surge update - Suicide blast in Baghdad kills at least 43

"Beneath Divides Seemingly About Race Are Generational Fault Lines" - NAACP & Tea Party

UK: Austerity Drive Will Hand Billions to Private Sector

U.S. policy a paper tiger against sex trade in war zones

John Rentoul: New ways of speaking to a 'special' friend

SlideShow: Offensive Tea Party Signs and Audio of Death Threat the NAACP Received

Gay mecca upset over public-sex stings

When Is Unemployment Going To Come Down?

NY Times: "Militia With Neo-Nazi Ties Patrols Arizona Desert"

Michele Bachmann attacks Sheila Jackson-Lee over Tea Party comments

NIH Scientists Advance Universal Flu Vaccine

NIH Scientists Advance Universal Flu Vaccine

NIH Scientists Advance Universal Flu Vaccine

NIH Scientists Advance Universal Flu Vaccine

Family letter: Dean Smith having memory issues

Supreme court to hear Westboro baptist case.

Goodness looks like Bob Ehrlich republican

ZaZa Gabor hospitalized afterfalling out of bed & breaking

Bush Spent 487 Days At Camp David, 490 Days At Texas Ranch

The Shocking Disparities of Labor Cost (infographic image)

World simmers in hottest year on record so far

Uh-Oh.....Chocolate Bubble..... EVERYBODY PANIC!!!!

Castro Appears, Warns of Nuclear War (against Iran)

Congressman DOES NOT introduce anything to protect citizens who videotape cops.

In Vt., 'protect and serve' includes illegal immigrants

Rising civilian toll ignites anger at African force as it battles Somali militants

Deficits of Mass Destruction: A shell game for gutting the welfare state and redistributing wealth

NBC, CBS refuse to air National Republican Trust PAC's ground zero mosque ad

I need help on a corporation that walked away from an entire block of buildings in San Fran.

Help me reply to the editorial today re: Jobs

Tara & Bella - The Odd Couple of Animal Kingdom

War on ice cream in SLC parks

The majority of law enforcement officers do their duty daily without brutality or corruption

$7.5 billion

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee's Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act

Better reliability aim of new (C-5) maintenance cycle

Isn't it amazing? When Ben Jealous is on to talk about the Tea Party racism, they have on a . . . .

What??? Black Tea Party guy, David Webb, says that Mark Williams isn't a Tea Bagger anymore

Dowd and Rich are excellent today---

BIDEN: "I don't think losses are going to be bad at all-we're going to shock the heck of everybody"

The Oil Spill No One's Talking About

The civil liberties chorus: More voices of dissent pile up after the G20 policing debacle

David Paterson halts Michael Bloomberg's Police State measures

Wallace Presses Pence On How He Can Call The Stimulus A ‘Failure’ In The Face Of Job Growth

What can one do when they owe more on the house than it's worth?

Hundreds of Osama hunters in Pakistan waiting to act, says American "Rambo"

Several earthquakes today, many in last few months. Question.

Several earthquakes today, many in last few months. Question.

The Black Death, the great equalizer

Man,My paper s FULL of things I need to comment about today..another one!!

..an editorial by my senator_Foundation of U.S. military should be built on American soil

Biden says McChrystal comment was not personal

More BP ....Capitalist greed and offshoring of work

Insurers Push Plans Limiting Patient Choice of Doctors

New York Law Firm Sues 220 Debtors a Day

Harvey Pekar dead at 70

When Extremists Find One Of Their Own Too Extreme

Why does one thing seem so difficult for people to understand and accept?

The Oil Drum: Taking the Testing Day by Day, the 50 Year Farm Bill, and More...

The Oil Drum: Taking the Testing Day by Day, the 50 Year Farm Bill, and More...

Ottawa barbershop won't cut woman's hair

US on track for Iraq troop drawdown: Biden

Lost Korean War battalion awaits MIA decision

PA casinos table games opened at 6 AM today...Expected to yield

Sunday Talk Shows

Oil spill forecast....

The consequences of conservatives winning in November & why we MUST defeat them!

When they come for me,

another question about carpeting part of house. i have had it done twice

You are a contemporary man on the go - what kind of stylish car do you want?

Teabagger dog parody

"Massive expansion of government" "out of control spending" "Obamacare"

Choir to sing the 'code of life'

Christian versus Muslim was around long before Jesus and Mohamed

Immigration and citizenship.

Earth is much younger than previously thought

Fox and Right Wingers Pushing the "Scary Black Man Thing"

Mel Gibson selling U.S. homes. Moving back to Australia.

(Updated) Mourners salute fallen soldier (& photos from Eddie's funeral)

(Updated) Mourners salute fallen soldier (& photos from Eddie's funeral)

Car bomb in Mexican drug war changes ground rules

"'Scary' growth of gangs in war zones" and back on the home front gangs use military tactics.

My personal take on Nancy Pelosi

So the Tea Party is using the "I have black friends, I'm not a racist" defense. I'm not buying it.

Marching off the edge of the map of sanity

I am not sure Democrats have studied

I am not sure Democrats have studied

John Edwards, the Movie

A recovery with growth so slow that unemployment and excess capacity rise isn’t a recovery

Mark Williams' response to the NAACP that got him canned from the Tea Party Express

Everybody Hates Ahhhnuld

Insurers Push Plans That Limit Health Choices

OUCH... Here's A Liberal Rant For Ya...'There’s No Crying in the Oval Office' - FDL

Bush ally: Black Panther story a ‘fantasy’ to ‘topple Obama’

My GAWD, I absolutely HATE Michigan republifucktards

The Case of the Missing Ethics Gland. . . . Please come CAPTION Karl (Mr. Blackhole) Rove!!!!

God bless the soldiers

Mark Williams: too racist for Tea Party, but not for CNN!

Pandora's Box in the Gulf: Does Hope Remain (9 unanswered questions about the disaster)

Ya know, the laRouchies are seriously nuts.

Mad Republican Tea Party (hysterical)

The Intelligence Industrial Complex Prepares for War - EmptyWheel

April 16, 1963

OK DUers answer this question for Obama

How many years did Bill Kristol serve in the military?

Excuse me, Sarah, but neither you nor folks like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, or Michelle Bachmann

Bellingham couple that died had hoarded

Women Banned From Smoking Pipes In Gaza Cafes

Women Banned From Smoking Pipes In Gaza Cafes

For many pregnant Chinese, a U.S. passport for baby remains a powerful lure

For many pregnant Chinese, a U.S. passport for baby remains a powerful lure

How fears of "socialism" and "fascism" hide naked theft...

Man accused of having sex with a Great Dane named Christie Brinkley

Vote for your favorite Boehner billboard!

Factory Defies Sweatshop Label, but Can It Thrive?

Posted to Twitter about 9 hours ago from WikiLeaks

Posted to Twitter about 9 hours ago from WikiLeaks

When Righties Tell You The Stimulus Act Was A Failure, Now You Can Shoot Them Down

When Righties Tell You The Stimulus Act Was A Failure, Now You Can Shoot Them Down

Water Samples Prove Toxic, Sample EXPLODES! Must Watch!!

Poll: Reid moves ahead of Angle, 7 point lead

Who here has read The Irony of Democracy?

Leaked Republican Plan To Save America

Should the Republicans recapture the House of Representatives

Huh? Is there any truth to this about KO and Tucker Carlson?

Frank Rich: The Good News About Mel Gibson

Scary Growth of Gangs in Military incl White Supremicist. Contractors running drugs

Homeless in Dubai: One man's story

NYC EMT who refused to help pregnant woman 09 shot and killed

Does cosmetic dental work influence your opinion about someone?

Mitch Albom is dead to me now: Today's column in the Detroit Free Press

Sessions And Cornyn Refuse To Detail GOP Agenda, Offer Zero ‘Painful Choices’ To Cut Spending

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Thermostats up in icy economy

Suicide attacks kill at least 48 in Iraq

Election 2010: Are Democrats Doing Enough

Reefer madness grips GOP congressional race

Man with neo-Nazi ties leading patrols in AZ

We need to make sure Zip Cars are available at the stations

We need to make sure Zip Cars are available at the stations

By forcing Mark Williams and his group out, the teabaggers acknowledged that the NAACP was right. .

•••• Democrats don't have the GUTS to make a LEFT WING tea party or express LEFT WING RAGE ••••

Water “sample exploded” when chemist tested for oil; “Most likely” methane or Corexit

Fibers That Can Hear, Sing, Generate Electricity

my letter printed today Re: Caring for our troops..

Tea Party Federation Expels Mark Williams Over 'Offensive' Response To NAACP's Racism Charge

Does cosmetic plastic surgery influence your opinion about someone?

Telling It Like It Is

We're all already paying a carbon tax, it's just that we're all paying

TWO tabloid stories on "60 Minutes" tonight? Is CBS pulling a "Nightline" on us?

Krugman: Nominating Warren as head of CFPB would help repair image of the WH

Mott’s workers ‘suffering because of company’s greed’ (company made $550 mill last year CEO got $6.5

McCain: Paying Teachers is Pork, But Let's Cut Taxes for Those Military Contractors!

Austerity, G8/G20, Retirement, Wall Street and Little Shop of Horrors

Austerity, G8/G20, Retirement, Wall Street and Little Shop of Horrors

Snippets from primary endorsements for Congressional seats in today's Detroit Free Press

I Hope Mr. Cheney's Heart Fully-Recovers. . . I Truly Do.

Republicans Like High Unemployment and Short Unemployment Benefits

Why do Limbaugh, Beck and Palin want live in America?

Why do Limbaugh, Beck and Palin want live in America?

Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela

Paice and Ford Reach Settlement in Hybrid Vehicle Patent Infringement Disputes

Got any good jokes?

I paid $2.57 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline here in Kansas City today.

Why did the Tea Baggers drop their Republican affiliation??

Can't wait to hear Morning Joe's take on the Sessions/Cornyn disaster with David Gregory today.

Have we hit the nadir?

Fun fun fun in the warm Colorado sun: plagiarizing Republican to use his pen as governor.

An immutable law of American Politics: There is ALWAYS "an election coming up."

Mel Gibson planning to move back to Australia with his ex-wife!

According to my sister, ANWR is just a frozen tundra and nothing lives there....

Virus phone scam being run from call centres in India

cops don't like cops tazing other cops

cops don't like cops tazing other cops

I'm so proud of my Senator Re: tea Party racism(sarcasm)

Immigrant Workers at Non-Union Chicken Plant Stop Work over Dangerous Conditions

Goodbye wheelchair: Bionic legs allow paralysed man to walk again

Meet the Press is actually worth watching today. Gregory had on

Another thread reminded me: when do we get all that yummy high-speed rail?

Hundreds dead as fierce heatwave wreaks devastation across Europe

Who says propaganda doesn't work?

Let's tax idiotic ideas for new taxes

Both parties near finalizing rules for 2012 primaries. I *hate* the caucus system.

Both parties near finalizing rules for 2012 primaries. I *hate* the caucus system.

People don't need AC's, let's tax them:

Cop has affair and helps put lover's husband in jail for child sexual abuse

Anyone know where I can get unpasteurized milk not labeled as such, sold without a dairy permit?

Do you or did you like smoking cigarettes?

John Boehner liquidated retirement fund

John Boehner liquidated retirement fund

I am convinced that conservatives would repeal the 13th amendment if they could.

Technology can be cool BUT

Toon:Unintended Consequences

Shocker: Conservatives have no taste for conservation, study finds

Shocker: Conservatives have no taste for conservation, study finds

Right Wing Apoplectic That Montana School Is Teaching Tolerance, Safe Sex, And Anti-Bullying Measure

From the Wasilla Hillbillies to the entitled Princeton frat boys spawn of Meg Whitman.

Iraq War As Template For Destroying The Welfare State??? - OpenLeft

Anybody else not have health insurance?

Obama, Congress - one simple cut and you will free up TONS of funds for other purposes

Progressive Programs on MSNBC are in Danger. Comcast is Probably Going to Take it Over and Scarborou

Who is Charlie Reese?

Massachuseets Small Compaines Cancel Health Ins.

Political Discussion

Austerity in UK will help Private Sector, including health care...education, damn

Without Profanity: How Many Years Did Bill Kristol Serve in the Military?

Get Ready for Fake Scandals and Gov Shutdown If GOP Grabs Control of Congress

A possible way to increase employment by use of the Tax Code

As Americans Appetite for Foreign Goods Surges Back, the May Trade Deficit Soars Too

Tea-bagger think Obama isn't from US - well, i don't think Sharron Angle is from earth

'No way' for BP to make shrimpers whole?

I strongly believe in "sin taxes" What do you think?

So they're not racist.... but they are?

The GOP's Solution For Cutting The Deficit? Return To The Bush Years

Gulf Coast fears being forgotten like Haiti following disaster

If you want to buy Imported stuff go to the big box retailers. If you want local stuff check out

Palin compares self to Shakespeare, invents new word, "refudiate"

•••• White House & Congressional Dems feud over predictions of loss of House ••••

Cornyn: Americans are nostalgic for Bush

Toles!

Oh, Tom the 'sache, the irony meter is PEGGED!

Oh, Tom the 'sache, the irony meter is PEGGED!

A sin tax I can support.

The Nation: The Trouble With Amazon

Loganville Man Alleges Police Brutality

Oh, holy shit! The Ho Chi Minh Trail and SAM launches all over again!

There won't be a "progressive" candidate in the primary in 2012 to challenge Obama

Those who keep posting broad, hateful anti-cop missives - try reading MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech

Those who keep posting broad, hateful anti-cop missives - try reading MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech

Obey: White House Suggested Cutting Food Stamps to Pay for Education Program

Sources: Seep found near BP well

Making A Case for Our President

BP Holding the Gulf Hostage to Hide Actual Flow Rate? -- HuffPo

Tea Parties are Unmasked as Republican attempt at Rebranding says Gallup

Tea Parties are Unmasked as Republican attempt at Rebranding says Gallup

Children Protesting

Army Eyes ‘Iron Man’ Wearable Robotics

Hello, Democratic Underground.

Mike Pence (R-IN) Explains Why America Can Afford Tax Cuts For The Rich But Not Jobless Aid

I like Alvin Greene...

BP, feds clash over reopening capped Gulf oil well

The reality is: increased funding for food stamps is provided for in the Recovery Act & 2011 budget.

TOON: Sunday's Doonesbury - This Is Funny... (Got To Laugh To Keep From Crying)

What to do when there is absolutely no income flowing in?

Biden doesn't see tea party as a racist group

Medicare needs saving just as much as Social Security

Medicare needs saving just as much as Social Security

VIDEO: Alvin Greene's 6 1/2 minute speech given at the NAACP today

Just how racist does Mark Williams have to be before CNN will refuse to invite him on its network?

Marijuana could be an “exit drug”-“a little pot over a lot of OxyContin.”

Marijuana could be an “exit drug”-“a little pot over a lot of OxyContin.”

Earth's upper atmosphere collapses. Nobody knows why.

Denver Cops Hi-5 After Tasing Homeless Black Preacher to Death

FL Senate: Jeff Greene spent nearly 6 million, raises nearly nothing from donors..

Insidious new debt collection tactic: tossing people in jail

Excessive Corporate Power and Class Warfare in the United States Today

Excessive Corporate Power and Class Warfare in the United States Today

Excessive Corporate Power and Class Warfare in the United States Today

The fucking hippies were right!

The fucking hippies were right!

Palm Springs cops feel heat over gay sex sting

It's hot as hell!

Re: Primarying Obama In 2012 (I'm Not There Yet) BUT...

It's My Tea Party and I'll Cry if I Want To!

Bill Gates says that teachers don't improve after 3 years. Stunning statement.

Michele Bachmann just made HERSELF the chair...

Tea Party Racial Attitudes: University of Washington 2010 Multi-state Survey on Race & Politics

Spain wants to ban burqas too

Our pullout of Vietnam was followed by the deaths of 2 million+ in the indochina region...

Channeling Truthisall: Twenty-five Questions for Nate Silver

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pour me out another phone

somebody send mde fucking PMs

I had to ravish your capsule, suck you dry

holy holy, hold on to anyone

Musicians hung ... in the air (PIC)

If Marilyn Monroe lived in Saudi Arabia

My Weird and Creepy Pic from Cassadaga, FL

To my surprise, yes! One hundred stories high

people stared at the makeup on his face

What's for dinner?

Just because

Does anyone else watch "Last Chance Highway" on Animal Planet?

LeftyFingerPop: if they won't let you smoke at the gas station anymore,

There's a simple answer...

The New York Times in popular music lyrics

The duck tape fan club, yes I said duck tape.

What's the funniest videogame you have?

It was so hot and humid at the Fargo Street Fair it felt tropical!

A homily to a certain food...

Man, it's so disgustingly hot out

Why MiddleFingerMom doesn't have to attend any more of those stupid company brainstorming sessions:

The History Channel has a great show on Afraid of the Dark.

Welcome!

ZaZa Gabor hospitalized afterfalling out of bed & breaking

What is your earworm du jour?

Any Leverage fans out there, full episodes on TNT.

The Most Important Animated Gif You Will Ever See Ever. Ever. Sit down, first.

Yet another reason to visit the Science Forum.

Mo Rocca

Joni Mitchell or Judy Collins

Which One-Hit Pipe That You Loved Way Back When And Still Do?

I can do this all night, peeps.

Oregon man sues over rodent blasting

wrong forum. sorry. nt

todays project

A replica of a 1890s street........in a basement...yes..

Favorite luncheon meat.

Something pleasant for your Sunday arvo. Paul Tobey plays "Linus and Lucy"

Today's word of the day is achichincle

another question about carpeting part of house. i have had it done twice

Agreed.

Every get all dressed up to go out..

My opinion is not needed here

A better reason to visit the Science forum - Lois Live Cam!

Who earns $ 865,000 a day? a famous celebrity

I had not heard this song yet so I went to you tube...sounds like they lifted some of it...

Update on Saffie LeMew's kitty crew kind of a funny story but some might find a little "distasteful"

I believe I just got called a racist, in LBN,

YoungerGreenKid took some more car show pics this year! (Pics inside)

Medical advice needed immediately.

Since Mel Gibson is so deservedly being crucified a repost from (was it really?) 2004 -a DU CLASSIC

Cute low-tech music video story...

CONGRATULATE ME!! I'M A MOD...

Mutts comic strip tribute to Jane GOODALL's 50th anniversary

Dog question - Not looking for med. advice

Aimee always says it so well

Who needs oil?

DU SONG OF THE DAY IN MEMORY 2 YEARS AGO TODAY

Just watched the 2004 director's cut of THX1138, one of my favorite movies.

Greatest name for a football player ever. Post your selection here.

Spread Your Wings!!!!!

Spread Your Wings 2!!!

Public Disservice

Anyone here have crystal lens surgery for your eyes?

I wanted to make my mom smile this week...

An old "Sopranos" episode made me realize Sting ripped off "The Peter Gunn Theme"

Is there any difference between railway and railroad?

Advice for Young Girls from The Little Mermaid

We've got a live one in GD!

John Phillips - Wolfking of LA - Why doesn't everybody have a copy of this

Tara & Bella - The Odd Couple of Animal Kingdom

I won an iPad! Which apps should I get?

GREATEST TEST ANSWER IN ALL OF HISTORY!!!!!

I am upset and sad the rabbit in my yard died

Has anyone posted this song yet for this horrendous summer? Hot town.

Good ol' drug music

I'm drinking beer

Not ours but a cute kitty chilling out in July

Is there such a website where one can mix and match

Anyone with experience buying cars from lien sales?

If you could go back to a specific time in the past, when would it be

Has anyone here ever modeled?

A new poem: Summer Perfect

How often do you clean?

Do you like/dislike/love/hate your job?

My greatest invention- the Puppy Pillow®!

I Need Hugs Today....

Vibram FiveFingers Shoes

help me DU this....

What's your favorite, late night, mindless movie?

Well, it's all over facebook... so I may as well tell you all...

"It's Gone Too Far !!"

Philosophy lessons learned from Television!

My latest gardening triumph: slime mold!

Your Sunday LOLcats (dialup warning) Dizzyland Edition

Anyone know an environmentally friendly way to get rid of wasps?

Kitteh owners...So I go out and buy this 30.00 water fountain style watering dish for my cats.......

Zogby...Obama or Tom Selleck, Clint Eastwood

Monterey. Down in Monterey. Any Boomers who are here on DU, check this out.

For wife of jailed Toyota driver, anger, regret (Koua Fong Lee)

Funds Stalled In Congress Amid Afghanistan Fatigue

Biden's 2008 presidential campaign gets hit with $219K fine

The party of war and big business,that spouts crazy shit,and gets away with it

"More proof that Fox News is the enemy of fairness and the defiler of balance."

Family letter: Dean Smith having memory issues

Treasury Makes A Mistake – Claiming They Are Not Blocking Elizabeth Warren

Afghanistan aid spending boost expected to be announced

Reuters: Death Toll from Suicide Attack on Sunni Militia in Baghdad Reaches at Least 39

Shocker: Conservatives have no taste for conservation, study finds

Uzbek women accuse state of mass sterilizations

Team America: World Police. FUCK YEAH!

Uzbek women accuse state of mass sterilizations

NATO Soldiers Are Killed by Homemade Bombs in Afghanistan

VP Biden is on 'This Week' if anyone is interested. nt

Strong earthquake shakes Alaska island region (Magn. 6.7)

Hundreds of Osama hunters in Pakistan waiting to act, says American "Rambo"

Dengue epidemic threatens Caribbean, kills dozens

Character actor James Gammon, who got his start in Orlando, dies at 70

Tea Party Federation kicks out Williams over blog post

World's oldest champagne found in Baltic Sea

** Fight Goddammit **

Effective Immediately, Tea Party Express Is No Longer a Member

California Democratic Party Content to Lose in November

Mike Pence (Sleazy-IN) Explains Why America Can Afford Tax Cuts For The Rich But Not Jobless Aid

Obama on Mandela: "We strive to build upon his example of tolerance, compassion and reconciliation."

Clarence Page: New Black Panther Party is the "new 'Willie Horton'"

"Active and youthful Obama on a speed vacation"

Racist Mark Williams kicked out of "Teabagger Federation" over "offensive" blog post

Gay Parade in Warsaw Meets Jeers From Some

Two powerful (7.2) earthquakes hit Papua New Guinea, spark tsunami warning for Indonesia

Just because it was not caught on tape, does that mean it did not happen?

anyone know if Goodwin Liu (CA9 appointee) is up for a vote this week as well?

One thing lost in this whole flap about vacation & the Obamas...

Unemployment benefits expected to be reinstated with $34 billion bill

Ezra Klein: There is no Obama Paradox......Om...

Women Banned From Smoking Pipes In Gaza Cafes

BP says it plans to keep gulf oil well cap closed

I am a grown woman.. not a child needing to call others names because I cannot debate

Fresh call for Lockerbie inquiry

Sheriff: 2 dead, 4 hurt in state park shooting near Seattle

I just saw this pic on Facebook of Obama - Love it!

EU lawmakers urge probe of Colombian intelligence operations

When Gallup had Obama's approval at 44% & disapproval at 48% last week, MSNBC put a full-screen up

Massacre at Party in Mexico, 17 Dead

Sea Level Rise Swamps Islands

Sen McConnell: Must Offset Unemployment Benefits With Spending Cuts

Exclusive: Official - British troops out of Afghanistan by 2014

New York Times lies about Obama approval rating

Neb. Dems have governor candidate

Insurers Push Plans That Limit Choices of Doctors

Readers submit Obama vacation photos at Bangor Daily News DIALUP WARNING

Tea Party Federation kicks out Williams over blog post

McGovern set to soar on 88th birthday: Former senator plans skydiving adventure Monday

Visitors, locals upbeat during Obama family visit

A DEMOCRATIC legislative & regulatory WIN you didn't know about

Bush ally: Black Panther story a ‘fantasy’ to ‘topple Obama’

Revealed: brutal guide to punishing jailed youths(UK)

Why did HHS feel it necessary to restate the federal insurance stand on abortion?

American Crossroads Attacks Harry Reid For Not Bringing Nevada Enough Stimulus

"Repeal and Regress" I like it! What do you all think?

EU envoy urges Israel to open Gaza borders

Bloomberg for President?

McConnell refuses to denounce Tea Party racism: ‘I am not interested in getting into that debate.’

A Likely Scenario In 2011

NASTY!!!! RACIST death threat to NAACP from a tea bagger

Sen. Franken's Floor Statement On The Nation's Budget Deficits

Warren vs. Geithner, Cont.

BP Will Open Capped Wellhead Sunday

David Vitter faces untainted GOP challenger

BP oil spill: failed safety device on Deepwater Horizon rig was modified in China

Toyota Prius Success Runs Into Soviet Emigrant’s Patent Claim

Guantánamo Bay detainee says interrogation record was blanked

Report: Warmest June on record globally

Explain the Abortion controversy regarding HCR to me please

A primary challenge "might not be as bad this time as in 1980", it'd be fucking WORSE

Should the 2012 party platform unequivocally call for marriage equality?

Arne Duncan wants money to stave off teacher layoffs...wants a veto if it's HIS money.

Official: Seep Found Near Well

France has first 'burka rage' incident

BP cleanup wages to be deducted from spill claims

AIDS conference chief calls for universal access to treatment of deadly disease

U.S. says Taliban leader orders targeting of women

Iroquois passport dispute raises sovereignty issue

Candy Everybody Wants - 10,000 Maniacs w/Natalie Merchant

Unemployment Benefit Discussion

Grant Rogers - When a Fellow is Out of the Job

Brazil in spotlight over violence against women

God Bless Mr T

US FINANCE BILL LACKS POWER TO CURB WALL ST.

PcolaGregg Visits The Mississippi Coast - Mississippi Blues

Why are Christian conservatives so gay?

NRCC Chair Pete Sessions: We Need To Go Back To the Exact Same Agenda (as Bush Admin)

Rethink Afghanistan: Cost of War

THE TEA-PARTY AND THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

Racist Kentucky Teabaggers standing with Arizona LOL

McCain-Hayworth-Deakin Debate Arizona Senate Republican Race pt.1

Pete Seeger - Little Boxes

Only an expert can deal with the problem

McConnell on tea party racism

Whoopi Defends Herself and Addresses Racism

Pennyland - Echoes of the Great Depression

GOP The Party Of George W. Bush

Fmr Rep Bob Ney (R-OH). convicted w/ Jack Abramoff, talks about it, calls Alberto Gonzalez "Scumbag"

Another Republican calls the unemployed lazy!

Hateful Teahadists march in parade

TEA PARTY RACISM What The Media Won t Show You About Teabagger Racism

Fox News alert - "Monkey terrorist" Taliban threat looms!

Angle would've not voted for job investment stimulus.

Teahadists protest mosque

What You Have Done to the Least of These

AMERICA'S BEST CHRISTIAN EXPLAINS MARRIAGE FOR DUMMIES

Bill Gates at AFT Convention

Water Samples Prove Toxic, Sample EXPLODES! Must Watch!!

SOCCER IS DEMONIC AND SATANIC

Jim Garland - I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister

The Economic Catastrophe is Happening Now

Exploding Water of the Gulf

Interview with Stephen Sniegoski, author of The Transparent Cabal

TWILIGHT movies will DAMN YOU TO HELL

TNReport.com: Biden Hammers Republican Spending

Republican lawmakers gird for rowdy tea party.

The tea party makes trouble with a capital T

Human Rights Watch: The “Ten-Dollar Talib” and Women’s Rights

Top 7 Gigs Lost By Famed Yankee PA Announcer Bob Sheppard

Why ideological exclusion violates the rights of us all

The Good News About Mel Gibson Frank Rich

Have They Forgotten? Special Comment by my 72-year-old friend

How American Right-Wing Christians Are Waging 'Spiritual Warfare' in Northern Iraq w/US gov funding

McCarthyism 2010: The Phony Rage of GOP Resurgence

Pocket Change Punishment

The Intelligence Industrial Complex Prepares for War

Rome Fiddles, We Burn

How long does a movement take?

Big Oil Makes War on the Earth

Tea Parties are Unmasked as Republican attempt at Rebranding says Gallup

The NOT Gate (Hal Cohen)

More Stimulus Despair

There's a hole in this possible earthquake pattern (LA Times)

Republican Economics and Lab Rats

There's a hole in this possible earthquake pattern The Mogi doughnut hypothesis, developed by a

Revolution: The Wrong Kind And The Right Kind (Carolyn Baker)

When the U.S. behaves like Cuba, it hurts itself

My Turn: U.S. policy in Honduras misdirected

Is it OK to sell contaminated carp to the Chinese?

BP-Halliburton-Transocean-Well is loosing 60% or 9824psi of oil and gas pressure to the strata

Factory Defies Sweatshop Label, but Can It Thrive?

Bangladesh, With Low Pay, Moves In on China.

GOP Senator Privately Admits Tax Cuts Make the Wealthy Lazy

Arizona immigration battle turns bitter (...with panicking Hispanic families fleeing)

Robotic strawberry picker nears completion - Australia

Keep Cops Out of Schools

Foreclosures bring wealth, rebukes for Florida lawyer

We've been found by Hot Air: "DU to Dick Cheney: Drop Dead"

A primary heresy against the American faith

"The New Doom"

Beyond Violence and Non-Violence: Resistance as a Culture (Ramzy Baroud)

The U.S. Military Moves Into Costa Rica

Rent a farmer? Growers visit city backyards

Too much of a good thing: Growth in wind power makes life difficult for grid managers

ALIEN CREATURES: Oregon steps up efforts to keep invasive species out of waters

Gods, floods – and global warming (oral traditions and global changes)

OCRRA to vote today on adding No. 5 plastic to blue bins in Onondaga County

Skaneateles approves six-month ban on hydrofracking

Big Oil Makes War on the Earth: The Gulf Coast Joins an Oil-Soiled Planet

The Oil Drum: Taking the Testing Day by Day, the 50 Year Farm Bill, and More...

This is the year we've been waiting for

How hot was it?

The Charge of the Electric Brigade

Representing a Nation Without Inserting Politics

St. Andrews pics:

Family letter: Dean Smith having memory issues

Montana among 11 Irish athletes arrested...

Former Indians Manager Lou Brown died.

Report: LeBron James to Spend $49.5 Million on Coral Gables Home

So the NFL suspends an alleged drug user indefinitely...

Oosthuizen Wins by Seven Strokes.

A big thank you to our dear, sweet Jesus. NASCAR's 15 minutes of fame is about done.

Why ideological exclusion violates the rights of us all

Colombia takes Venezuela rebel accusation to OAS

My Turn: U.S. policy in Honduras misdirected

EU lawmakers urge probe of Colombian intelligence operations

Norway to share oil and gas expertise with Bolivia

The U.S. Military Moves Into Costa Rica

Paramilitaries Don't Want to Take the Blame Alone

Jobless in Cuba? Communism faces the unthinkable

Spokane area shootings.

Indianapolis shootings.

Sheriff: 2 dead, 4 hurt in state park shooting near Seattle

Seventeen party-goers shot dead in Mexico

Very wierd ad placement

National Organization for Marriage: Direct Action Counter-Protest

Today in Labor History July 18, 35,000 Chicago stockyard workers strike, workers ended a 113-day str

YoungerGreen kid visited the 2010 car show and took some pics (X-posted from the Lounge)

Water Lilies at Anacostia Aquatic Garden (DC) slideshow

RetineX in Black and white.

Much rumored Lumix DMC-LX5K specs released.

OOPS! Gorse got it, Casey will remain under!

Nasa 'elated' after new telescope uncovers 'previously invisible space objects'

The New Science of Geomythology - The study of oral traditions relative to earth changes.

Committed, concerned and conciliatory: The attitudes of Jews in Britain towards Israel:

Women Banned From Smoking Pipes In Gaza Cafes

Israeli doctors in Congo to aid burn victims get slammed for occupation

'America is a thing you can move very easily': Netanyahu

"Firstlight" wanted this posted in this forum.

Experiencing Archaic Crete’s Sacred Trance Poses

The Atheist Pocket Debater iPhone App Remains on Top Ten Best Selling Apps...

Christian versus Muslim was around long before Jesus and Mohamed

w/o 7/7 was quarterly statement mailing time

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