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Archives: August 8, 2010

Giant ice island breaks off Greenland

Are E.T's Protecting Earth from 2012 Doomsday Prediction?

Have the names of any informants actually been released by Wikileaks?

Mr. Vitter's history would indicate that he would know how to handle a whore

Mr. Vitter's history would indicate that he would know how to handle a whore

Mich. Police Search for Suspected Serial Killer(Targets Older Black Men-Uses Knife)

Ann Coulter - the Judy Garland of the Right? WTF?

I would like to give Pres. Obama kudos

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Food Stamps or Teachers?

Milky Way is blowing bubbles.... literally.

Ex-Georgia principal arrested in Caribbean on federal charges

Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty(SHAC) Releases Details on Deaths of Hundreds of Monkeys

Blackberry (RIM) caves to the Saudis on Privacy and Censorship

Taliban kills 10 medical aid workers in northern Afghanistan

Maid fails to get exit visa after sponsor’s death (Saudi Arabia)

Neighbors want memorial to Taser victims dismantled...

Ask me anything

Who are those at DU that you consider celebrities?

"I've been there. I know what $400,000 could do for these people's lives."

To the person who posted about "Sherlock" on BBC

California and pot legalization?

When President Obama Comes To Chicago Does He Fly Into.....

Look The Hell Out Minnesota !!!

A Introduction Post

Republicans:We may obstruct everything Obama tries to do but,we are NOT smarter than a 5th grader!

Has anyone ever noticed (and asked why) the Democratic leader in the U.S. Senate

HEY! "Top 10 Conservatives Idiots" at Crooks & Liars?

How old were you when you first began making some money?

How old were you when you first began making some money?

Help me with these questions about same sex marriage(from my wing-nut sister)

(Wiki)Leak case spotlights an MIT divide

meet the press gets boehner in the morning....

meet the press gets boehner in the morning....

BP

Khadr trial will be a window into America's war on terror

Kathleen Sebelius has a full plate with implementing health-care reform

Navy Doctor Arrested as Sex Offender

For House Democrats: More Favorable Terrain Than ‘94

Medicare's private eyes let fraud cases get cold

DoD Buzz: Last $5B Tac Missile Competition

WikiLeaks says it will publish new documents

Military retirement system broken, board says

Target CEO Steinhafel helped nix eating disorder clinic

Jobless rates for vets still inching upward

When times are good ... Hell, when were times good for you?

When times are good ... Hell, when were times good for you?

When times are good ... Hell, when were times good for you?

When times are good ... Hell, when were times good for you?

When times are good ... Hell, when were times good for you?

When times are good ... Hell, when were times good for you?

When times are good ... Hell, when were times good for you?

When times are good ... Hell, when were times good for you?

When times are good ... Hell, when were times good for you?

When times are good ... Hell, when were times good for you?

When times are good ... Hell, when were times good for you?

Telethons

Death Gyres in the Gulf? Massive BP coverup?

Death Gyres in the Gulf? Massive BP coverup?

Amanpour/This Week, NOW (edt.)

I won't vote for Bennett-CO because of that horrible ad with his "adorable" kids

Question about number of posts....

Health care reform changes kick in next month -- we tell you what to expect

Health care reform changes kick in next month -- we tell you what to expect

Sunday talk show tip sheet - Dianna Heitz - POLITICO.com

Ooops.

Sunday Yakfests

Ideally we'll have 12 months in and 36 months at home.

Ideally we'll have 12 months in and 36 months at home.

Commentary: Despite Obama's pledge, our Iraq commitment hasn't ended

Republic vs. Democracy - Rule by Law vs. Rule by Majority

co-worker says Hoover's spending caused great depression.

For DUers who don't like Tim Tebow

BP ROV watching and some hope for the Gulf

Tax Free weekend??- it is today in TN SC OK NC VA NM Alabama & MD

Afghanistan despatch: 'If Nato pulls out too early there will be civil war again'

The Banshee is on c-span2

GOP Obstructionism Continues to Plague Obama's Judicial Nominees

George W Bush is not the "past" - he is the present.

Mistah KURTZ's hardhitting REAL journalism: at the Playboy Mansion AND HEFNER is naming names

NYT --- Study: Contemporary Mosques Are A Deterrent To The Spread Of Terrorism

A Sea Shepherd stated on this week's Whale Wars that whalers first attack baby whales.

Darwin's Nightmare.....

Battle lines drawn on taxes

Frank Rich: How to Lose an Election Without Really Trying

Can someone please explain to me what the purpose is of Sunday morning talk shows?

Bell, Ca city manager's total compensation was 1.5 million a year

Bell, Ca city manager's total compensation was 1.5 million a year

Republican Attacks on 14th Amendment Exposes Insecurity About November

Republicans and Political Madness

Boner wants you factory workers

"Message In A Bottle" Gulf oil workers find letters to fallen soldier

We always expect the right wing to be mean, homophobic, racist, misogynistic and utterly stupid

So what happened to the greatest post the other day "Deleted sub-thread"

So what happened to the greatest post the other day "Deleted sub-thread"

Toronto Star: Harper’s Ottawa becomes Republican la-la land

Numbers

Great. Another $5 billion dollar target barge in the works.

Attorney who argued Prop 8 ruling discusses same-sex and interracial marriage with Chris Wallace

Deadly bomb blast in Iraq

What if : Falsified Documents in Power Plant Construction

I'm am glad to finally see some competence exhibited by the Supreme Court

NYT: Mosque protests at Ground Zero and beyond...in Temecula, CA, even the dogs are Teabaggin'

Emergency Petition to Google: Don't be evil - stand up for the free and open Internet

Emergency Petition to Google: Don't be evil - stand up for the free and open Internet

If I'm able to make it to the Oct. 2 march on Washington

political toon 2

How Jehovah's Witnesses helped kill Prop 8

Michelle and Sasha have lunch with Spanish King.

Beetle Bailey's tribute to a classic photo (not to the A-bomb)

We the People, in order to form a more moronic Union, establish injustice, ensure domestic stupidity

We the People, in order to form a more moronic Union, establish injustice, ensure domestic stupidity

Fidel Castro has issued a dire warning of a nuclear "holocaust" in speech before Parliament

Prop 8: Proponents May Lack Standing to Appeal

U.S. lost 104,000 businesses in first year of recession

Toon: Well, there's definitely less oil...

Toon: Well, there's definitely less oil...

Fred Thompson ads on DU?

Scotland's Catholic Church leader says gov't ministers should not "crawl like lapdogs" before U.S.

political toon 3

Libertarians and libertarian philosophy is just a waste of skin and paper

Gulf Oil Spill Health Hazards

Gulf Oil Spill Health Hazards

Tell me it's not hypocrisy

U.S. Special Forces train Afghans in own image, success could lead to troop withdrawals in region

"It's time to have an adult conversation about spending."

political toon

Shakespeare in the Parking Lot

Shakespeare in the Parking Lot

Screw it. We'll do it live.

Republicans Push Back Primaries One Month - NYT

Republicans Push Back Primaries One Month - NYT

Texas atty general's Job 1 is not fighting crooks or protecting consumers, but suing Obama

Ed Markey: Deniers of global warming should 'start their own country'

Ed Markey: Deniers of global warming should 'start their own country'

2 letters from American Association of Physicians and Surgeons...in my paper

Florida (R) Official Timed Official Trips with Personal Travel

Florida (R) Official Timed Official Trips with Personal Travel

More "Border State Murder & Mayhem" From Out of Arizona. More "Crime Along the Border"

World Mayors Conference Warns of Nuclear Threat

World Mayors Conference Warns of Nuclear Threat

Accusations of denial as fires and smoke kill in Russia – Bodies piling up in hospital basements

damn-global corporation effects on the US

damn-global corporation effects on the US

About the "illegal" who killed a nun in Va. this week - A *shocker* of an editorial

so i have one sharpies ticket

From the Gulf Coast to Wales: A Message in a Bottle Brings Hope and Healing

From the Gulf Coast to Wales: A Message in a Bottle Brings Hope and Healing

Thom Hartmann listed corporate spenders in 2010 elections, but I missed it

Indiana governor compares debt to 'child abuse'

PETE: The Future of Solar Power

Pres. Obama plays presidential pickup with NBA stars for 'wounded warriors'

WHAT? THE US ECONOMY HAS NO CLOTHES?!

Wildfires in Russia could spread to region near Chernobyl disaster

Wildfires in Russia could spread to region near Chernobyl disaster

End of America - Naomi Watts - some scary historical comparisons......

Funny caption malfunction at NPR website

HEY! Mr. Tan in a Can! Unless "Boehner" is Native American in origin, go FUCK yourself.

UAW and Rainbow Push Announce Aug. 28th Detroit March

Oh great. They're weeding out bad gulf seafood by smelling it.

Oh great. They're weeding out bad gulf seafood by smelling it.

National Conference on Socialism - Nov. 13-14 - Los Angeles

Across Nation, Mosque Projects Meet Opposition

South Africa media fear new rules on reporting

NYC: Protest Joel Klein's ouster of autistic kids to make more space for charter school: Mon

NYC: Protest Joel Klein's ouster of autistic kids to make more space for charter school: Mon

“Obama never drank the Kool-Aid on the (Afghanistan) counterinsurgency case"

United States banks' key role in Mexico's drug gangs and dirty money

Blackberry-Saudi Arabia To Share User Data In Deal That Could Set Precedent

IL cuts textbook funds, increasing schoolbook price, which is already the highest in the nation

PetsOvernight.com: Delivering "Little Bundles of Love," in a box, directly to your door!

combine all threads that say if we criticize or demand anything of Obama, the GOP wins

SPLC files suit against Filipino recruiters on behalf of teachers on H1-B visas in Louisiana.

SPLC files suit against Filipino recruiters on behalf of teachers on H1-B visas in Louisiana.

best slam of the day

Happy belated birthday, Mr. President!

sigh..poll about Obamacare...please respond.

For all you lefties

I dunno what to think about NYTimes "At Vegans’ Weddings, Beef or Tofu?" re Clinton wedding

I dunno what to think about NYTimes "At Vegans’ Weddings, Beef or Tofu?" re Clinton wedding

Pakistan Reeling

David Korten: A Tale of Two Economies

I've figured out why the health care disparity affects me so much..it's ME!

MLK's Niece Speaks At NOM's Hate Tour

What constitutes 'General Welfare' in our constitution?

2007: More than 26,600 gallons of oil remaining at Prince William Sound.

Across Nation, Mosque Projects Meet Opposition

Rapture in Florda?

Pssssssssstttttttttt - has anyone told Rush that 89, 134 people

Elaine Marshall of NC is gaining on Sen Richard Burr.

Women post half-page ad in Washington Post calling on Craigslist to pull "adult services" ads

Defense lobbyist indicted on 11 counts

Golf courses are dying. Now can we get action on Global warming?

Golf courses are dying. Now can we get action on Global warming?

OK-my rebuttal letter on repealing medicare and medicaid sponsored by AAPS

Republicans learnt one thing from the Nazis. Tactics

i just keep getting Pissed..The AAPS National Doctors Tea Party was today

How W and his pals corrupted the spooks

some students loan debts not even discharged at death/vegetative state: cosigners must pay.

An SNL skit that America could really use, and soon

Wall Street bill sweeps away stray remnant of 1933 Glass-Steagall Act

Washington's Muteness on Prop 8 a Sign of Cynicism, Not Progress

Washington's Muteness on Prop 8 a Sign of Cynicism, Not Progress

"We can 'save' Medicare by expanding it" great piece in Santa Cruz Sentinel

Spike Lee: US government lying about oil spill cleanup

Dear Robert Rubin, please go away and never come back.....Thanks in advance

Two Former Treasury Secretaries who Screwed Workers Oppose More Help, Now

Global climate change deniers look. All of these stories found on DU's front page

When teachers are slashed, the children pay

Sacramento Bee: Weed goes mainstream

High CRCT test scores trumped honesty

It's OK to tell police officers to 'f*ck off'

Boies To A Lying Tony Perkins: "It's a lonely place to Lie under oath."

The New Yorker on Wikileaks: "...knowing specifically what happened... is different."

Sunday's Doonesbury: "Beck U"

Toon: Newt, Marriage Expert!

Sunday NYT publishes correction on nearly 40-year-old Vietnam editorials

My "what if" for the day...

Tweety wonders if Obama's "youth and relative newness" will be a "plus or a minus" in 2012

Liberals vow to back state aid, but restore food stamp funding

On the Money: Market Fears Flip from Inflation to Deflation

NY Times: Across Nation, Mosque Projects Meet Opposition

71% Think Prop 8 is Unconstitutional – Source: Fox News

Pumapunku....Amazing!

Angry protesters descend on mosque (CT)

Pat Tillman's mother on Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal: I told you so

I Took my teenage son to see :"Restrepo" last night (Afghanistan)

ok-this is NOT the week to have PMS..editorials in my local "bad" paper

••• BP pulling more sh*t, trying to f*ck up the Gulf well ALL OVER AGAIN •••

Someone's been playing Grand Theft Auto. The eternal "turf war" with Satan

Ted Olsen explains the Constitutional case for gay marriage

Heads up Dog Lovers - And Man Created Dog

Have you ever noticed?

Greenpeace: Is the Oil Gone?

UPTON SINCLAIR on Americans' paradoxical views on socialism

Airport Body Scanners Can Store Your Naked Image, After All

Arab American Institute president: Republicans exploiting fears of Muslims

I have it on good authority that Vegans are space aliens...

Great TOON to send to the RW H8ers

OK. Who's to blame for the insanity over mosques?

Worst person of the 20th Century?

US agency rules out health threat from oil dispersants

Finalist dies at world sauna championships (this is not an onion article)

Draw down in Iraq continues with 3rd ID in the lead

Tea'baggers drawn to Williamsburg, seeking advice from Founding Fathers

The Uses of and Difference Between Shame and Guilt

TuckerCarlsonsNext FailedEndeavor.com

Bwaaaaahahahahhaha - Boehner

The Diggergate Scandal

Narcissistic Men Typically Direct Their Rage at Straight Women

Illinois Does A Few Adult Films To Make Ends Meet

I'm starting a society dedicated to Biblical marriage

Shelf lives of bookstore cats

An Insult to Ground Zero

Orange people aren't very bright

Tea Party At The Lobster Fest Parade (well of course they fucked up the spelling)

Tea Party At The Lobster Fest Parade (well of course they fucked up the spelling)

2 dads coerced into falsely confessing to murdering their own kids!

Boehner on MTP: Ending Bush Tax Cuts will raise taxes on people we expect to create jobs in America

Should all officials in the RCC hierarchy watch the movie Capricorn One at least once?

My faith in the resolution of our nation's troubles is like my faith in my own redemption

No, Cardinal Mahony, Judge Walker Got it Right - FDL

Republican Extremists Push for Nullification

So Governor Brewer

Thank you Mods for letting Mr Pitt back in

Alan Dershowitz: Anti-Defamation League Should Not Oppose Mosques at Ground Zero

10 Years ago today Lieberman was picked to run as VP on Dem Ticket

My check card number has been stolen lost $800

Stormfront Promotes Deleted Glenn Beck White Power Twitter Fave

A Muslim victim of 9/11: 'Build your mosque somewhere else'

A Muslim victim of 9/11: 'Build your mosque somewhere else'

A Muslim victim of 9/11: 'Build your mosque somewhere else'

Canola gone wild! Uh-oh, transgenic plants are escaping and interbreeding

Canola gone wild! Uh-oh, transgenic plants are escaping and interbreeding

Obama’s Relentless Abandonment of Progressive Nominees - EmptyWheel

NYT On The Fear & Hatred Not Limited To NYC, Mosque Projects Across America Meet Opposition

Chris Dodd trying his hardest to derail an Elizabeth Warren CFPB nomination

Women kicked off Delta flight after reporting she smelled alcohol on pilots breath

Yes, I'm not a scientist, and I'm not an environmental expert

slash Social Security?

My "what if" for the day...

MEDICARE FOR ALL

The Terrorist Geology of Impact

did anyone here live in the time period roughly from

NY Times: Spending Less and Finding Happiness

Coffee shops are taking Wi-Fi off the menu

They Must Be Aliens

Libraries Remove Gay-Themed Book At Beck Group Member's Request

Weed Goes Mainstream

MI5 HEAD TOLD BLAIR IRAQ NO THREAT Most US media ignoring explosive testimony by former MI5 head

Death Of Nun, Sister Denise Mosier, Sparks Anti-Immigration Backlash In Virginia

Fox on Sex: The New Foreplay? It's 'Choreplay'

WOW,,,Boehner on Meet the Press...

If you are poor in this nation, please die quickly. We just got word

only about 2000 women in france wear niqab, many of them french converts

My last post for a few days. Why? (PHOTOS - DIAL UP WARN)

Best person of the 20th Century?

In Arizona, ethnic harmony has given way to fear

His Moment of Truth

Genetically modified Canola found flourishing in the wild.

*** SUMMER PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST - FINALS ***

Where Did the Carter White House's Solar Panels Go?

Pushing back: unions support progressive challengers to "Roadkill Caucus"

Dick Morris Email Reveals Repub Plot to BANKRUPT STATES/UNIONS !

My health insurance changes for the coming year:

It Ain't working

The beatings will continue until morale improves, or until the 'vast leftwing conspiracy' is quashed

The beatings will continue until morale improves, or until the 'vast leftwing conspiracy' is quashed

Toon: Yes I can see you are very serious about cutting spending

Should the DNC spend any more money on Blanche Lincoln?

I just want to type "Justin Bieber" over and over and over and over again until it loses all meaning

For your edification and delight...

Time for the Wikipedia (NOT Wikileaks!) Game again

Moby Grape

The Enrichment Center reminds you that the Weighted Companion Cube cannot speak.

Was playing poker with the guys. Politically incorrect.

You are welcome!

OH! Yes they can!

Oooh!

Sorry Keith Olbermann fans

Anyone seen the movie "Dear John"? Was it any good?

I will follow you into the dark

AC/DC's "Back In Black" was released THIRTY YEARS ago? Are you KIDDING me?

AC/DC's "Back In Black" was released THIRTY YEARS ago? Are you KIDDING me?

Know what I hate? People who simply repeat their subject lines as the text of their posts.

"HEY! HEY! If I wanna hear you talk, I'm gonna shove my arm up your *** and work you like a puppet!"

Let's hear it for well-behaved infants!

Let's hear it for well-behaved infants!

Things could be much worse

Time for Morning Maniac Music.

Someone just called me a bad name.

Future Darwin Award Winner?

Getting things sorted out. A little psychology for the lounge.

To professional book reviewers: YOU PISS ME OFF

Truckin for Jesus

Wyclef Jean running for president of India

Maslow's Hierarchy of Robot Needs

Meh. I'd rather have DS1 back.

Wow I was driving in a woodsy area and I almost hit a deer. She jumped right out in front of me.

There's a fine line between being a celebrity and being notorious

People are ALWAYS clamoring to see sweet, sweet pictures of my wedding night.

Green Manalishi

How come every time I start to pour myself a cup of coffee...

just put 500 on tcu to be in the top ten

OK, I Love this Stuff .......

Xpost from GD: Beetle Bailey's tribute to a classic photo (not to the Bomb)

Who are those at DU that you consider celebrities?

Falls?

The terrorists WIN: MSNBC - "Cold beer and hot dogs can trigger headaches"...and a nation weeps.

No movie has made me laugh so much before making me so angry during the credits - "The Other Guys."

Would you tell your neighbor that they have left their car lights on?

so I broke my arm

DU SONG OF THE DAY

I got "credits" to play games on Facebook, how do I use them?

anyone want to go to sharpies 500?

Did you jailbreak your iPod Touch/iPhone yet?

Just got back from seeing Bob Dylan

Which DUer makes the best word salad?

I feel sorry for the people that really feel sorry for atheists...

Finland reigns supreme in the Kingdom of Saunaland...

Pi

Wuthering Heights

Ever go to wedding reception with a thousand or fifteen hundred people there? Or more?

Hounds of Love

Hay

The world's most annoying fly will not leave me alone.

It's not his birthday, or any other anniversary, but I just want to recall Dick York.

Hey.

Ask me anything

Proof that lawyers are dicks ?

How many universes?

Jesus Christ, the dew point is 78F here in Fargo. When did we become Florida?

Who ever invented Biscotti deserves to go to heaven

Happy Birthday to my Father...91 years young today!

Sweet Sleep (pic)

Who Has The Best Posts On DU?

Man drove car for 82 years. Wicked cool car!

I think I saw Tobin and his truck.....

What's wrong with this movie poster?

Gary Numan's Tubeway Army was years ahead of its time

WTH is a meme? Use it in a sentence.

Damn , most of my colleagues and friends my age are starting to have their first babies

Big Brother

Seinfeld if not just a sitcom , it is a 20th century masterpiece in that form

Alright - what if we were to have the ultimage Burger-Off? Who would participate?

The best films of the '00s

You have a choice! Whattaburger or In-N-Out?

Best tomato in the world

Damn truckers

Visit to Praha. (pictures)

What do you think is the most overrated film?

Who are those at DU that you consider outcasts ?

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Product Recall Edition

An unexpected houseguest (pic)

***** ^^^^^^^^^^ ********** Name Removed APPRECIATION THREAD ********** ^^^^^^^^^^ *****

I really feel sorry for atheists...

I was being nice before... but I actually feel that ATHEISTS ARE EVIL!!!!!

XemaSab are you around? or any other avian-o-philes

RNC Passes Calendar Reform

"The anti-business president’s pro-business recovery"

Taliban kills 10 medical aid workers in northern Afghanistan

Obama's endangered economists: Is Larry Summers pushing Obama other economics advisors out the door?

Another problem in the news with immigration

Global Unionism At Work: F&P Union For Thailand

Calif. city official's salary package topped $1.5M

Gulf Oil Spill Health Hazards

What Is To Be Done(?)

Mall implements 'youth escort policy'

People are stupid, take 263748

R's have stymied economic recovery to try and sell more tax cuts for the rich and more deregulation

Reframe the Bush Tax Cuts as the Obama Tax Cuts

Joe Klein

The Real Democratic Party Platform

United States banks' key role in Mexico's drug gangs and dirty money

Landslides kill at least 127 in China (About 2,000 more are missing)

NYT: Use Revenue from Reinstating Taxes on the Rich to Put People Back to Work Rebuilding Country

Stimulus money helps homeless schoolchildren

GOP cash woes threaten fall gains

Ted Olson on Prop. 8 decision: That's why we have judges

If Obama Has A Primary Challenger in 2012, It Will Be From The Right of the Democratic Party

Obama Backs Plan to Return BP Penalty Money to Gulf Region

Sleeping-Bag Maker Tells Obama Job Creation Depends on Import Protection

When David Boies destroyed Tony Perkins on 'FTN" - "We put fear and prejudice on trial..." (VIDEO)

Which of these do YOU think should be the basic idea behind Democratic foreign policy?

Bon appétit, Mr. President. Uh, pardon me if I order something else?

For Obama, basketball with an important audience

I now know who the repugs will run as their candidate for President in 2012

Chrysler expected to announce 2Q operating profit

His Moment of Truth

If you endorse one well capping, then you endorse them all.

Battle lines drawn on taxes

I have a question for the more economically astute...

Want to see what a real Democratic leader looks like? Take a look at Jeff Merkley

In New Orleans, New Evidence of a Beating by Police (3 days after Katrina)

Where Did the Carter White House's Solar Panels Go?

Update: Flash floods inundate central Europe, 15 dead

I'm not going to let you do it!!

Tea-Party blogger Pamela Geller sues MTA over requests for anti-mosque ad changes

Death Of Nun, Sister Denise Mosier, Sparks Anti-Immigration Backlash In Virginia

Downpours hamper Pakistan flood relief for 15 million people

AP source: Ousted HP CEO settles with accuser

India Floods: 33 Indian soldiers among 145 killed in Leh flash floods

Shoreline "trashed" in Michigan Oil spill

Police: 2 officers, 3 other people shot in NYC

On the Money: Market Fears Flip from Inflation to Deflation

Bell admits more hefty city salaries

Breakthrough In Hope For Meningitis Vaccine

Iran set to execute 18-year-old on false charge of sodomy

Ex-president of Colombia files suit against Chávez over guerrilla support

U.S. officials condemn attacks on aid workers in Afghanistan

Obama's Gallup approval rating creeps back above water

Iran Expatriates Get Chilly Reception

Chavez: US diplomat won't be accepted as envoy

Fears over plan to sell strategic Georgian pipeline

Birthers' fade after passage of law against them

First trial of Gitmo prisoner under Obama administration to begin

NATO: 3 US service members killed in Afghanistan

Former actress at center of HP harassment claim says she's sorry Hurd lost job

Wanker of the Day: Maureen Dowd (RE: Michelle Obama)

Far From Ground Zero, New Mosques Face Hostile, Aggressive Opposition Across U.S.

Well capping brings relief but fear of abandonment

I give up. Obama should decide against running in 2012.

Sephora makes about face, decides to press charges against former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's kid

'Honour killing' suspected in murder of British couple in Pakistan

Colombia's new leader offers talks to Venezuela, FARC

Spike Lee bashes US report on vanished Gulf oil

Obama And Dems Positive Accomplishments Appreciation Thread

PHOTO: Dem Jack Conway and Tea Party darling Rand Paul at the Fancy Farm BBQ on Saturday in KY

Cardinal attacks US over Lockerbie bomber reaction

Pakistan will need billions for flood recovery: UN

Obama will not run again

US pledge every possible support for flood relief in Pakistan

Patch Adams: We Need a Grandmother Revolution

Mike Malloy - "Remembering Hiroshima" by TimFromLA - Part 1

Mike Malloy - "Remembering Hiroshima" by TimFromLA - Part 2

Midweek Politics: Glenn Beck Inciting Murder? Essence Magazine Racist for White Hire?

Powerful Question For Taliban Who Murdered The Aid Workers: "Is This The Best Way Of Serving God?"

Olbermann: Judge Walker, Prop 8 Ruling, Anti-Gay Extremists, Sharron Angle, and Nathan Deal

The Ongoing WikiLeaks Saga (AlJazeera's 'The Listening Post')

Kimmel: Uncle Frank points out that when Palin attacks Obama she's projecting HER FAULTS onto him

Liz Cheney On Obama...." Like He's The Decider"

President Obama helps Veterans after President Bush screwed them.

Boehner calls for more deregulation then blames deregulation for crisis' on Wall Street & Gulf

Dem Rapid Response: It's A Simple Question Mr. Boehner, Are The Bush Tax Cuts Paid For?

The Brotherhood of Man (1946)

Ted Olson On FNS: ‘Would You Like Fox’s Right To Free Press Put Up To A Vote?’

MSNBC: Cenk's Message To President Obama

Fox News completely distorts Proposition 8 (gay marriage) decision

Political Analysis And Bullshit

Whose hands? Whose blood? by Tom Engelhardt

What Is To Be Done(?)

In Search of a New Playbook

Historian Garry Wills - Obama's Legacy: Afghanistan

Salon - Palin, Twitter, how she made the media slaves to her 140-character bursts of self-expression

Brewing legal disputes could define Kagan's early tenure

What Americans Want From Their Federal Government

CNN opinion piece "Same-sex marriage will hurt families, society"

Ky. op-ed: Mitch is like Groucho Marx

War on drugs: why the US and Latin America could be ready to end a fruitless 40-year struggle

Protofascism Comes to America

Obama's struggle with the economy and the GOP's cloak of invisibility

Finding New Life (and Profit) in Doomed Trees

July 23, 2010 Nat Grid Says Bio Gas Can Meet 25% of Demand

Nuclear Energy: A Zero Sum Gain?

The world's first really green oil deal

Monsoon floods kil hundreds in Asia while Russia smolders

Some good news: It's been a great year for Cook's petrels off of the California coast

Tim Tebow got a taste of rookie hazing in the NFL on Saturday when his Broncos teammates decided to

SEC football -Ole Miss Coach Nutt signs Masoli from Oregon

Goose Gossage night at Security Service Field in Colorado Springs >>

anyone want to go to sharpies?

one free sharpies 500 ticket

just put 500 on tcu to be in the top ten

Toronto's Brandon Morrow no-hits Tampa Bay through 8 2/3 innings...

Spain #1 in FIFA rankings. US #13 (+1)

Tiger Woods Ends up +18, 27 back after his Final Round at the Bridgestone Invitational.

My team rules, your team sucks.

Tim Tebow gets hazed

Tennis: Men’s top 10 to be without Americans for first time

There is NFL Football on TV this evening at 8pm - order will be restored.

Video of a Hurricanes draft pick Jeff Skinner goal at Team Canada practice.

War on drugs: why the US and Latin America could be ready to end a fruitless 40-year struggle

Colombia's new leader offers talks to Venezuela, FARC rebels

FARC attack Pan-American Highway

52 congress candidates are 'suspicious': El Espectador .

Ex-president of Colombia files suit against Chávez over guerrilla support

Here we go -- Hugo going to Bogota on Tuesday

New cave-in blocks bid to rescue Chile miners

Hugo Chavez extends an olive branch to JM Santos

Who would ever need a gun at a bar? Or a Park?

Should the names of those with a concealed carry permit be public?

Fox "News" Online Poll Shows 71% View Anti-Gay Marriage Prop 8 as Unconstitutional

Sharron Angle Would Refuse Money From Company That Support Gay Rights

NOM Tour in Orlando...a tremendous fail

Can we use Judge Walker's decision to quash DoMA?

Sigh .....:(

Today in Labor History Aug 8 Cesar Chavez is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Hugo Boss: A look behind the scenes as determined workers fight to keep their plant open

Yawning Deficits Put Public Sector Workers in the Crosshairs

*** SUMMER SEASONAL CONTEST FINALS ARE UP IN GD ***

State Capitol in Austin

My Scene of Summer entry

5:42 EDT, August 6

Not a bee.

Zenyatta wins 18 of 18!

"Gaza Is Not Darfur!"

Three Different Takes on Aid Priorities in Gaza (OneWorld.net)

Carnivorous Caterpillar Will Haunt Your Nightmares. You're Welcome.

Book of Abstracts from the ICHEP2010.

Is Wikipedia Biased Against Israel?

Belief and the ‘Backfire phenomena’

Challenge to theists

Do you believe that a positive, whole number that is odd cannot also be even?

Tallest Torii in Japan (Shinto Shrine entrance)

Clearing out (other) people's stuff.

Fascinating post in GD re: shame versus guilt

Self-Love Meditation

My relationship to money: Anybody got any reading or other

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Finalist dies in world sauna championship

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