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Archives: February 20, 2011

Scott Walker and how he got there.

Protesters and Foreign Policy Trifecta

I have a heart on...

SC:If they hate ObamaCare, should they take U.S. insurance?

Bahrain unrest: Protesters occupy symbolic Pearl Square

Wisconsin--

Without making it political, I hope there are prayers and sermons about the good things

Dumb Crook of the week

Dear President Obama:

Dear President Obama:

Is it OK if I call the ongoing (supremely awesome) pro-labor protests in WI the...

Polls in Wisconsin Seem to Suggest Walker Is Losing the Argument

Power to the People

"I Stand with the Muppet Lobby!"

Ted Strickland Returns To The Ohio Statehouse (To Say No on SB 5 Tuesday February 22 at 1:00 p.m. )

What's at stake in Wisconsin

From Tahrir to Wisconsin

Loughner's dad retreats behind 'elaborate cage'

If Walker hadn't have threated with the National Guard, I don't think this would have happened.

If Walker hadn't have threated with the National Guard, I don't think this would have happened.

Picture of a solar flare

Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor - Abraham Lincoln

So what are the chances of a recall working for some of the Republican's in Wisconsin?

On the plus side, NBC national TV news led w. Madison.

On the plus side, NBC national TV news led w. Madison.

Fight Back, A Reader on the Winter of Protest

"If you can read this,thank a teacher"

Democratic State Senators Who are Out of Wisconsin are Filibustering with Their Feet

Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill Protest (video)

Stephen Colbert vs. Arianna Huffington

Stephen Colbert vs. Arianna Huffington

Frank Rich- The G.O.P.’s Post-Tucson Traumatic Stress Disorder

I want my Mom back.

Wisconsin Buses for Sunday~

10 Dems who voted to defund Planned Parenthood (and repubs who voted against it)...

This is what I don't get

For all the Sexist fools on the DU....a GIRL WON the Alaska State Wrestling Title in 2006.....

For all the Sexist fools on the DU....a GIRL WON the Alaska State Wrestling Title in 2006.....

Here's a link to the Huffington Post's Wisconsin Live Blog

How can anybody be shocked by the "official" coverage of events in WI?

How can anybody be shocked by the "official" coverage of events in WI?

Planned Parenthood Speaks Out on GOP Attack

Wonder whether the media will pick this up?

You Rock! Thanks for the Heart!

Reagan, The Killer, has his eyes set on a heist...

Sunday morning: George Soros exclusive on CNN, Jennifer Granholm on roundtable of NBC

I decided to post this after responding to w8liftinglady's post...

Amy Goodman's segment on Washington Journal this morning.

Just posted this elsewhere...

Just posted this elsewhere...

New Facebook status options applauded by gay users

New Facebook status options applauded by gay users

It's odd the timing of the Logan assault...I'd been thinking about assaults in Egypt....

I'm going to try and get up for Face The Nation.

Scott Walker has history of attacking unions (WP)

Me and another friend on FaceBook - how would you reply

Me and another friend on FaceBook - how would you reply

If I'm on a trip business, pleasure or religious and something happens to me not in US

A little snow cannot deter these Superiorites headed for Madison--

any suggestions for good labor/union movies? I'm in the mood...

Welcome All Union Members. Have been a lifetime member for

Guess who is goping to be on Faux News Sunday tomorrow??

Bouncing an idea for an action -- looking for suggestions

So my friend goes to a job fair held by a federal agency

Bill Maher Blasts the South For Celebrating Jefferson Davis’s Inauguration

Thanks to those Pizza Hearts, and thanks to Hissyspit...

Thanks for the "true blue" heart.

Thanks for the "true blue" heart.

GO 4ers Floundering in whats going on...flummoxed, stymied, and desperate

To all of you feeling a little anxious, or down about our situation in Wisconsin,

NYT: For Wisconsin Governor, Battle Was Long Coming

Am I understanding this correctly?

A link to share

I thank my 'heart friend' for my heart.

Many Mahalos, Thank Yous, Domos, Merci's, etc to those who blessed me w hearts...T/Y

Moldova sugar workers demand their wages - and their union leaders’ freedom (+ E action)

Anti-Walker Rally Photos – Madison, WI | February 19, 2011

Primer: Wisconsin Union Solidarity Resources & Information

Isn't there a First Amendment right to collective bargain

Are girls sports teams appropriate?

A right wingers view of the WI protest. Oh the horror, the horror

List of protest rallies tomorrow & Monday around the USA (partial list now up)

Let's talk about the elephant with the donkey up it's @SS or vice

Minnesota to cut health, education budgets

New York budget to slash health, education spending

Walker Padded Salary Increases for Cronies During Budgetary Distress: 24% Salary Increase for Aide

In Nazi Germany it was the Jews

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords sings as she continues recovery

Bullshit Alert! Crooks and Liars Busts the "Doctors Writing Excuses" Story

Governor Mubarak says that a majority of the state is with him,

The situation sounds dire in Libya

#wiunion tweets

Ok Winsconsinites, FIRST AID for Hypothermia

Ed Schultz To Rush Limbaugh: 'Wrap Your Fat Ass In The Flag' Over Wisconsin Protests (VIDEO)

Video inside the Rotunda

Georgia state rep wants all miscarriages investigated as potential homicides.

A Sarah Palin screed written not for the people of WI to whom it is adressed and who

A Sarah Palin screed written not for the people of WI to whom it is adressed and who

You have to be kidding me! ( Wal-Mart mess-up)

Mother Jones got it partially right on Capitol

Signing off for tonight

Spoke at the Rotunda tonight.

David Shuster is tweeting the heck out of Wisconsin stories

Know thy enemy and get your decoder ring AGAIN

Alternate Reality: Bush has been tried for war crimes and found guilty

Massive service cuts in Pennsylvania budget

The Egypt and Wisconsin connection

The Egypt and Wisconsin connection

Take your pick, America.

Only in America, corporations are humanized and given rights...

Whoda thunk'd it? Scott Walker is pretty much ANOTHER GOP crook!

What Interesting People These Americans Are …

(US) Military wants more global partnerships in space

Afghanistan is being stifled by military operations

Dam'! Wish I knew who gave me my hearts. I sure appreciate it.

Thanks for the lovely gift of a star and hearts.

Protest in US state over plan to bust public unions

Russia warns US against Afghan bases

Wisconsin Protest Aerials: Tea Party Vs. Pro-Worker Crowds

Part 1 Building a Powerful Left

Doonesbury takes on Jenny McCarthy

Ohio workers protest attack on collective bargaining

I wonder if Mohamed Bouazizi will be remembered by history the way he should be...

This is worth sharing

The Wisconsin protests and the re-emergence of the American working class

Charles Lane is a PINWORM

METROPOLIS~I'm watching it again and it's so WHOA today

What the Republican U.S. House Representatives Did While You Were Asleep

Definition: Liberal vs Progressive?

How many times did George W Bush request raise in debt limit?

Bringing Home 150 Troops from Afghanistan Would Fix Wisconsin’s Budget “Crisis”

here's the pricks I live with.. my editorial on Gulf War research printed today

Sunday Talk Shows

Now Wind power is taking on Walker.

D.C. lobby firms represent Libya

D.C. lobby firms represent Libya

Americans rank transportation needs high but don't want to pay the costs

A Message from the 14

So the dick of a war criminal misled Colin Powell

So the dick of a war criminal misled Colin Powell

So the dick of a war criminal misled Colin Powell

Quarter of Those Deported Through Violent Illegals Program Have No Criminal Record

Instant Revisionist History: "This Week" framing WI protests as TEA BAGGERS fighting back

NFL player commits suicide, asks that brain be studied for concussion trauma

IF Governor Walker had an internet kill switch, would he use it today?

Africa after 50 event at ODI

Report: Public employees make less, including benefits, than private workers

Kind of boring here in Illinois with our Dem-controlled Congress(both houses) and a Dem Governor

Exposing the Republicans' 3-Part Strategy to Tear the Middle Class Apart -- What Are We Going to Do

Maddow WRONG according to Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel fact checkers

Nashville legal department reviews hedge fund bid (Marvin Bush)

Chinese staged a show of force to in an attempt to squelch Jasmine Revolution

Chinese staged a show of force to in an attempt to squelch Jasmine Revolution

May 2, 1933 Adolf Hitler Abolished All Labor Unions!!!!!

I applaud DU for remaining usable and vibrant for dial-up users

Why do you suppose the GOP were just about peeing themselves at the thought of breaking the UAW?

Last Golden Gate worker dies at 97

"Liberal Media" has an opinion about the budget situation in Sconnie

Why will U.S. military bases be needed if the terrorist threat in ... Afghanistan is ended?"

SEIU has a link to support for WI demonstrators...

Woody Guthrie's Union Made...

Calls for Secular Democracy in the Middle East?

Motorcyclists Across the Country Anxiously Await Court Decision on Constitutionality of New York's

"Mommy Tsunami" launches protest over proposed budget cuts for those with developmental disabilities

Widow of John Wheeler gives interview to Slate

The WI Republicans are delusional. Really--outright delusional.

EU Bans Penis-Shrinking Chemical; America Does Not

The irony of "Ignore Sarah Palin Week"

Scientist finds Gulf bottom still oily, dead

For some reason I think tomorrow is pivatol. Don't cave to the union busters. On Wisconsin!

Unhappy Birthers dear Karl

Unrest spreads to Kuwait

William Daley Discloses JPMorgan Salary, Investments

National Christmas Tree toppled behind the White House- freepers explain it:

I am a Union Thug!

I am a Union Thug!

Hiding Details of Dubious Deal, U.S. Invokes National Security

Unions rebel against state govt. and states rebel against federal govt. Jefferson and Madison,

Unions rebel against state govt. and states rebel against federal govt. Jefferson and Madison,

Wisconsin Firefighters: We'll Give Up Pay to Save Collective Bargaining

Wisconsin Firefighters: We'll Give Up Pay to Save Collective Bargaining

The teabaggers who are supporting the Walker union busting don't know what it will cost them

For our Wisconsin Senators who are fighting for our rights-thankyou.....

Environmentalists Sue Feds over $3 Billion Indiana Highway

Madison Photos from Saturday (lots of signs)

Wow, forget CNN, NBC or Faux

Listen to Madison WI/Dane County Dispatch

These boys would have gotten a severe frowning in the US,also.

Is China next? Calls for marches tomorrow : "The Jasmine Revolution"

Where is Rich Trumka , the Teamsters and other leaders? Sending out prayers to Wisconsin.

Current list of (Wisconsin we've got your back) solidarity rallies across the USA

Sarasota detective fired for trying to secede from U.S.

Billionaire tea party tycoons financed Wisconsin’s anti-union governor, records show

i found common ground with a teabagger yesterday

Theories on "why now"?

Paris Hilton's $2000 birthday cake was going to be thrown away?

Its time to debunk an old lie.

Email: Top 10 Shocking Attacks from the GOP War on Women

These Are Secular Popular Revolts – Yet Everyone is Blaming Religion - BY ROBERT FISK

Seems the Eleventh hour is nigh in Wisconsin

And now Walker wants to invest in "high-potential entrepreneurial companies"

And now Walker wants to invest in "high-potential entrepreneurial companies"

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 4, Part 1

question about media fairness

Time To TOPPLE Corporate DICTATORS

Mr. president:

Glenn Beck, national TV and radio personality, talks up his rally in DC for weeks

“alarm fatigue.” Unheard and Ignored Hospital Patient Alarms Lead to Unnecessary Deaths

Republicans aka Tea Partiers what they really are

What Conservatives Really Want by Lakoff

Mother Jones: Our Warmer, Wetter, Wilder World

From Wisconsin to Washington, Budget Cuts Draw Battle Lines Against Public

What's wrong with this picture?--one of the things in it does not belong.

Dem Senator Larson on Watson: “Unions have always been his piñata, over and over,”

"This is the real reason unemployment is so high" - (pic)

Schumer: GOP puts Congress on course for inevitable shutdown

Remember, Rush, recorded words are forever

Mid-Michigan UAW members protest at state capitols

What about Debbie Schlussel?

My paper has been great about sticking with education funding cuts in Texas....

My paper has been great about sticking with education funding cuts in Texas....

Libyan Revolution Tweets Part 5

S.Korea has a nuke plant radiation leak

WI Protesters shout "FOX LIES" during Neil Cavuto segment

Son Of A B....! Feds let Mozilo escape justice, too.

Present, former Packers say they backthe AFL-CIO's efforts to derail Gov. Scott Walker's

Newcomer (Jane Fleming Kleeb) is thorn for state GOP

Why do Governments get to set the rules for Unions?

Top three stories on msn.com (via CNN) this Sunday morning

The stupid just keeps coming. Sarah Palin: Bristol Googled Information On The Economy For Me

Du you need a place for music too

I've been looking my whole life for signs of rampant discrimination.

Sacramento in solidarity

Bill Koch starts Florida school: "Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches" - applications now open.

Wisconsin Firefighters: We'll Give Up Pay to Save Collective Bargaining (Video)

Breakfast for Wisconsin Protesters

Breakfast for Wisconsin Protesters

LA Times shameless puff-piece on Walker

A Trillion is a Million Million

A Trillion is a Million Million

"Sold Out"

To my mystery

The Tea Partiers assume that we should've taken the WI bill up the ass without weekday protests.

The Tea Partiers assume that we should've taken the WI bill up the ass without weekday protests.

Thousands Mourn Loss of Auburn's Oak Trees Poisoned by Alabama Football Fan

Libya: Hospital official says 200 dead in Benghazi

Health care thought for a cold day: let them try to buy health insurance in the individual market

To My Secret Admirer, I Am Extremely Touched

Gingrich, forced to ride in the back of Air Force 1 shuts down government in 1995

Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right - Repost

3

Teachers and others... please drop my editors a line for their diligence

I think I've figured out the purpose of Glen Bleck.

Project for the New American Century.

Project for the New American Century.

One point I have not heard about Madison: The Weather

Idea anyone?

Koch Industries in Wisconsin

I got a doctor's note to return to work after being sick. Here is what he told me...

Thanks for the heart!

Wow! I got another heart! Thanks to whoever deemed me

The Psychology Behind Misery And Why It Loves Company

Teachers and unions can suck it....BUT

Ellen Bravo & Ev Liebman: Protests for Workers Spreading (GRITtv)

Thank you whever is giving me hearts! They're beautiful.

GEORGIA: Wingnut GOP Rep Wants Police To Investigate All Miscarriages

Whoever gave me the star, thank you so much. I cannot tell you

Whoever gave me the star, thank you so much. I cannot tell you

A pussy willow thanks to all the heart givers - It's been a week to remember!

Mary Bottari, editor of BanksterUSA, w/Bob McChesney LIVE at 2pm ET - calls taken

Mary Bottari, editor of BanksterUSA, w/Bob McChesney LIVE at 2pm ET - calls taken

Wisconsin Protests - Need Reference Material

Walker proposes selling state-owned heating plants

WI State Journal Endorses Eliminating Collective Bargaining Only Until 2013

Would DU be happy if we couldn't mention Nazis or HItler?

Gene Sharp: The dictators are never as strong as they tell you they are..

Gene Sharp: The dictators are never as strong as they tell you they are..

Conflicting reports, seems riot police is NOT going there

Liberal radio program is all Wisconsin now - LIVE - listen

Walker's sneaky plan to out-source Wisconsin jobs REVEALED

Police officer avoids jail for child abuse, seen laughing after verdict

47 Years Later, Vietnam Vet Memorialized In Sacramento

Great sign from Wisconsin...

Ohio SB 5 Protest Rally Tuesday Feb. 22nd at 1pm at the Ohio Statehouse

What the Wisconsin union's fight means to me...we need single payer.

Isn't it ironic ...

Hey Guys, Woke Up late - Any Sunday Show have a UNION Officer on?

After a while, shit doesn't float, it sinks.

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 4, Part 3

An interesting article on the effect of the internet on news.

Letter from Guantánamo by Adnan Latif: “With All My Pains, I Say Goodbye to You”

Wisconsin onward. . .

Hennepin County tries to quit the habit (no smoking on county property, even in own car)

Quitter: Brothers and sisters: QUIT! I AM IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU QUITTING!

$775,231,544,449 and ticking

Has a traffic cop ever delivered the citation to your home & held your hand too long?

Why Citizens United and The Attack on Unions Are Linked

Holy Sh**: Look at the lies Murdoch's crew is spewing..

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 4, Part 2

Egyptian women feel street harassment is on the wane

Great Comment on Wisconsin Struggle

Which of these ideas do you think is the best for the Tea-Party?

Is it snowing in Madison?

And here come the Kochs to Walker's rescue!!

Caption this pic - Boehner in 1995

Probable response from WI Governor & legislature

It was the PARTY'S fault we lost in November...NOT those who didn't vote

#wiUnion tweets

Here's the part I don't think "Union busters" ever understand.....

I got really curious about all the new teabagger governors being on the same page

Benny Hinn Sued for 'Inappropriate Relationship' with Paula White

From George Stephanopoulos: Do you have a question for the Wisconsin governor?

I will sponsor 2 more DUers for stars... PM me..

Protest Sign in Madison among the thousands....No matter what happens

NASCAR/FOX Is this really the best Country Music has to offer?

I am having dinner tonight with Kevin Quigley.

“Tea Tantrums and other Wing nuttery, just how close are they to the truth?”

Please Support the Cheddar Rebellion. Pizzas for the People

It's time to defund the Congress critters health care benefits.

What is happening in the Madison capitol today?

What is happening in the Madison capitol today?

Moroccans take to the street

Solidarity rallies across the US

Judge jails drug user to save her

CNN: Wisconsin legislators aren't the first to walk out, leave town ( A Lincoln did it in Il.)

She yelled at fleeing president: get into the plane, you fool!

It is a European think-tank but I like to read it.

How common is this (A union question)

Question for WI church goers? Was the sermon today pro-labor?

I have been accused of not having one and now I have a bunch of 'em.

Money for Ohio advanced energy grants runs out

Is there a website where I can see what is going on in WI? I don't twitter.

Best Protest Signs At The Wisconsin Capitol

Next stop: The House of Saud

How Historians Rank the Presidents

Democrats lost big because young voters stayed home

VIDEO: Snow plows in solidarity, circling the capital

Help me out DUers

Why America's teachers are enraged, By Diane Ravitch...

Destroy public sector unions and you destroy the campaign organization of your opposition, Democrats

Destroy public sector unions and you destroy the campaign organization of your opposition, Democrats

Afghan Officials Allege 65 Civilians (30 Children) Killed in U.S. Military Operation

Forget About Obama, Was Washington Constitutional?

Acadiana Win Gives GOP Control Of Louisiana Senate

Air Force contracting creation of computer programs to control fake identies in facebook..

GRITtv headed to Wisconsin

Scott Walker threatens to fire 12,000 state workers on Faux News

A shout-out to the heart donaters...

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 4, Part 5 (... to the shores of Tripoli)

The Great Global Debt Prison

OK! Who are the wise asses giving hearts to Name Removed?

A New Political Party is Formed

Limbaugh, "freeloaders," first responders and the military

Limbaugh, "freeloaders," first responders and the military

Gov Walker's Statement Proves that His Assault on Public Employees Has Nothing to do w/ the Budget

Vapo-Rub Czar

FLASHBACK: Abraham Lincoln Wrote Playbook For Wisconsin Dems Who Fled State

news.google.com links to FoxNews propaganda

Wisconsin Firefighters: We'll Give Up Pay to Save Collective Bargaining (Video)

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 4, Part 4 (... to the shores of Tripoli)

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 4, Part 4 (... to the shores of Tripoli)

Do you believe in "career" politicians?

Comment by my lovely governor on passage of sonogram legislation

George Soros says Tea Party being "used and deceived"..

Welcome brothers & sisters of the brewery workers Local 9 (Wisconsin)

The deadly weapon known as moral equivalency

CNN - phone call from Libya says protests now in Tripoli

CNN - phone call from Libya says protests now in Tripoli

These chicks deserve a public apology.

Scott Walker's Pants Are on Fire for Lying About Union Busting and Collective Bargaining

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 4, Part 6 (Gaddafi out tonight or we stop the oil flow)

Church-going WI DUers--Was todays sermon pro-labor?

THANK YOU for my beautiful shiney new heart!

Public employees pay versus private employee pay in Wisconsin

I'm speechless! I've got another heart from some kind soul.

Breitbart leads Tea Party demonstration against unions in Wisconsin

The GOP has caused the Stock Market to go up A LOT since the election!

What's happening? I'm getting heart-rich! Thanks again to

Breaking News Blackout of Libya lifted on America TV. CNN has quick blip

Tell me what right does the Teabaggers have to say "Elections have Consequences and....

To whoever sent me a heart

CPAC leader Al Cardenas: If you have TEH GAY you can't be one of the three legs of our stool

Libertarians want to have their cake and eat it too.

Best answer from OH Firefighter

BREAKING: Al Jazeera / Al Arabiya report that Gaddafi has left Libya,departed to Brazil or Venezuela

BREAKING: Al Jazeera / Al Arabiya report that Gaddafi has left Libya,departed to Brazil or Venezuela

One main reason why corporations HATE unions.

Rumsfeld cites releases from Gitmo but ignores how many became terrorists

The photo of the doctor writing notes is on facebook now; with her address attached.

Politico has the Ian's Pizza story- so does Crooks and Liars

Did something get stuck? These hearts are incredible!

GADHAFI'S SON:"Army and Police were defending themselves."

Well, Donna Brazille was all alone on Christiane Amanpour's show in

If Walker calls in the National Guard he may not end up quite where he expects to.

Robocall from Ohio's former governor Ted Strckland this morning

KAOS to reign in Libya

The time of compromising with the Right is over.

Cutting $100 Billion?... Easy, If Only Washington Had a Brain

Kline returns to spotlight - former KS AG to appear before disciplinary panel

I am no fan of Gaddafi or his son but he is correct about

I am pissed!

Breaking: Ed Show replaced by Chris Matthews on Monday

WI Gov Scott Walker to be on Good Morning America. Submit your questions here:

Waking The Sleeping Giant

Has everyone ordered their pizza from Ian's (for the folks in Madison)?

...and your dogs will die too. And your gardens too.

Michigan Governor Says He Won't 'Pick Fights' with Unions

Gaddafi's son's speech live here

Great LTTE about the need for the rich to pay higher taxes:

The mindset of Republicans from the wife of one for 36 years

Rick Scott ... Scott Walker... is there something about the name Scott?

Dictators are dropping like flies..

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 4, Part 7 (Gaddafi out tonight or we stop the oil flow)

The officer successfully went through TSA body scanners with the hidden gun each time she tried.

Libyan Revolution Tweets Part 6

Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin came to the Capitol in Madison today

Is anyone else bemused and offended that "Anti-Government Teabaggers" suppport gov. over people?

MTP...Rick Santelli as a guest to talk AUSTERITY???

TEACHERS IN MILWAUKIE MAKE $105,000.00 A YEAR!

Ominous: Walker, after battling the unions in Milwaukee Cty, got reelected

Who loves ya, Baby?

Ian's Pizza In Madison WI: People Are Calling...

Top 10 Shocking Attacks from the Republican War Against Women

Perhaps I could bother a brother/sister in a union state to please

'Yet by liberating themselves, the people of the Middle East will also liberate us.'

Republicons keep saying they won..

What the endgame is for Wisconsin.

open at your own risk...(mega-pic)

Oh My! Davis was CIA or Blackwater?

I have a lot of anger against voters

I can't thank fellow DUers enough

Tensions Rise as Indiana Legislators Plan to Put Collective Bargaining to a Vote...

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 4, Part 8 (Drug Addicts in tanks did this!)

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 4, Part 8 (Drug Addicts in tanks did this!)

Ex-aide slams Palin in leaked manuscript .

In 1969, my grandfather was a member of Local 9 in Milwaukee.

The new flag for today's Tea Party

The new flag for today's Tea Party

Westboro Church replies to Anonymous: "BRING IT"

Money Won’t Buy You Health Insurance

Question for a teacher...

I want to share a message from Wisconsin

The unbridled class warfare in Wisconsin has inspired me to start a new blog.

"Please sign this PETITION to the UN: Send help to Libya! " ----

DU - a few thanks:

From a recent facebook post:

Right wing moles planning to disrupte upcoming solidarity marches

Unemployment Solidifies Position as Most Important Problem

Has anyone else had a feeling of foreboding these last few days?

Truthout attacked, knocked offline.

I'm usually much easier on CNN than most people, but today it is bullshit

Judges accused of 'predetermining' foreclosure cases in lender's favor

CA malpractice insurance companies screwing doctors

George Soros: Tea Party Activists Being 'Used,' Obama's Lost Control Of Agenda

George Soros: Tea Party Activists Being 'Used,' Obama's Lost Control Of Agenda

Wow. I just found the BEST comment on my local paper's website re: union bashing

U.S. To Build 80-100 New Stealth Bombers

The Democratic Underground (DU) is providing 24-hour coverage of the fight in Wi (USW)

Nationwide SOLIDARITY events organized this week:

Fox News Owner payoff - half a trillion US taxpayer dollars?

My Rant to the media about the Cheddar Uprising QUIT FUCKING LYING

Donald Rumsfeld and Why Our Media Sucks

The Math does not lie

I don't know what it would take to bring back a sense of The Commons to the U.S.

All you COMMIE PINKOS who wants to support Workers Rights in your Area

Don't You Just Love Rich TV Folks Telling Middle Class

Don't You Just Love Rich TV Folks Telling Middle Class

Local CBS analyst would "really laugh" if Rick Scott ran for president.

A Government Ruled by Money and Propaganda

In Heated White House Meeting, Democrats Try to Bar Social Security From Bipartisan Negotiations

unionjobs.com bought 10 pizzas, they got the info from the DU

Look for the Union label!

To The Private Sector Employees Who Complain About Their Compensation -- Join A Union

A belated THANK YOU for my Valentine Hearts!

Is the "Doctor's Note" Video Another Breitbart FAKE?

After 9/11 and the anthrax attacks there was an outpuring of support for (some) public employees

Full out loon: NH legislature goes teabagnut.

Wisconsin's Lesson: National Democrats Ain't Fighting For Us

What Your Representatives Did While You Were Asleep

Koch brothers' mother's relations = Phelps-Dodge families, Rockefellers, Harrimans

WI: Fake budget "crisis": Wisconsin Gov. Walker Ginned Up Budget Shortfall To Undercut Workers

It's getting harder and harder to deny this simple truth:

Here's to "America’s first commie.. pinko nut-case" who started the first public Fire Department.

Union Review: The Democratic Underground has thousands of posts.....

Juan Cole: Top Five Myths About The Middle East Protests (Special Shout-Out To Bill Maher & Wingnuts

The Next Wavefor Solidarity Here in the US:

12 taxi drivers, fares killed in Mexican resort

Female Foreign Correspondents’ Code of Silence, Finally Broken

Wisconsin Senate to convene without Democrats

Wisconsin Senate to convene without Democrats

Wisconsin Senate to convene without Democrats

Kansas next on the list to devalue teachers

Kansas next on the list to devalue teachers

Not to put too fine a point on it, but...

New McDonald's meal a fat-filled gut-buster

OK Woman Gets 10 Years for Selling $31 of Marijuana

A final plea for donations to the DU fund drive -- written in candy hearts. (Please DONATE and K&R!)

I am going to clear the air here. (about my motives)

As US cuts back, China aims to be top at science -

"days of the theocracy" (THIS is where they are headed, and then some)

Former Pennsylvania judge found guilty in kids-for-cash scheme

Press Release from the Madison Police Department

For her generosity, a w8liftinglady appreciation thread.

Rep. Bobby Franklin (R-GA) Wants Police To Investigate All Miscarriages

I've got a problem.

For all the female doubters on the DU....a GIRL WON the Alaska State Wrestling Title in 2006.....

Paging All (Women In) History Geeks...

Wisconsin teabagger sign attacking activists: "Weren't you the antiwar protestors, too?"

If we think corporations are the devil and government is great,

Collective Bargaining By State (Map)

Women threw themselves on top of Lara Logan, protecting her from rape & further harm

Women threw themselves on top of Lara Logan, protecting her from rape & further harm

I was pulled over yesterday and am now freaking out.

I was pulled over yesterday and am now freaking out.

Coulter 'insanely jealous' of Sarah Palin

Coulter 'insanely jealous' of Sarah Palin

Thanks to Hissyspit, I just ordered 3 pizzas for the folks in Madison.

Scientist finds Gulf bottom still oily, dead

Hudson River Fish Evolve Toxic PCB Immunity

Oprah agrees with Bush, Katrina was state's fault

Texting while driving

Sorry- Clinton screwed up Bigtime regarding Ray McGovern

***** Photography Contest Preliminaries ROUND 1 ***** February Theme

***** Photography Contest Preliminaries ROUND 2 ***** February Theme

***** Photography Contest Preliminaries ROUND 3 ***** February Theme

How dare you have it better than me.

$285 BILLION in waste and fraud by the Pentagon over three years-- where is the outrage?

Here's another way to help in Madison

Teenagers humiliating America's homeless

Some fucking idiot asshole with a rifle just almost blew my son's head off

Libyan protesters risk 'suicide' by army hands

Boycott the UK census over links to Lockheed Martin, (anti-war) protesters say

Libya Cuts Off Internet Service: Network Monitor

18 firefighters injured battling Brooklyn fire

Girl in Marana hurt when bounce house blows away

Scientist finds Gulf bottom still oily, dead

Yemen police arrest southern opposition leader: son

Protest in US state over plan to bust public unions

Iran’s opposition to hold mass protest today

Libya protests: Reports of intense Benghazi violence

Hiding Details of Dubious Deal, U.S. Invokes National Security

For those who gave me a heart

The King Of Limbs - WTF?

Cozy Cole

Have you ever had dreams or thoughts

British gun dealer investigated in US over (global) AK-47 empire

Activists disappear as Beijing cracks down on copycat protests

Secret Service: Oakdale Inmate Sent Letter Threatening to Kill President

Clashes erupt at Libyan funeral procession & military camp (Protesters use explosives-laden car)

Largest protest yet fails to sway lawmakers

Bahrain opposition set demands for talks with royals

Uganda's Museveni wins disputed presidential vote

Happy birthday to Justine Bateman.

Italy and Libya share close investment ties

Okay, I've been guilty of smuggling on far more than ONE occasion.

Opposition Demands Dissolution of Bahraini Government

Wasn't it a Firesign Theatre album where they ground up a pair of sweat socks into a giant joint?

Oddyseus and the Sirens of Facebook:

Activists lead assault on Tennessee Education Association

Thanks for all the Hearts! I appreciate them.

Largest protest yet fails to sway lawmakers....

Thanks for the heart!

Tens of thousands march peacefully in Morocco for political reform

The three and a half tops -

Susan Boyle Singing Some Jazz Riffs.

Coulter 'insanely jealous' of Sarah Palin

Peru cracks down on illegal gold miners in Amazon

Arrests after China web users call for protests

MFM is extremely sorry for all the times he went on illegal, immoral and/or improper adventures.

Libyan troops defect amid crackdown

Holy Astringent Plum-like Fruit!!

What are some things you wish you'd known about onion rings before you bought one?

Mexico state congress asks ban of video game

NATO disputes claims it killed 64 Afghan civilians

Sometimes I get so caught up in DU, I let the pizza burn

Ohio Teachers' Unions Organize Against Senate Bill 5

thanks for the hearts, whomever you are.

I posted last week that I had never been bullied as a kid. I was. Is it a good thing

# of poppyseed muffins you'd need to eat to get as high as Jimmy Page in The Song Remains The Same

Wis. union head calls on teachers to go to work

Wisconsin Protesters Breitbarted Over Bogus Teachers' Excuses

I have another heart!

Barclays' Protests Continue, Josie Long Comedy Show Begins – London

Memories of 1995 haunt GOP as shutdown talk grows

Thank you for the heart!

Wisconsin Doctors Tell Teachers: Call in Sick to Continue Protests

God Loves Drunk People, too

Cats will DEFINITELY let you know just where you stand. Get it? Where you STAND?!?!??

I am so blessed with these gifts of hearts!

OK, I am officially ticked off about an ioffer transaction.

What's for dinner?

Test (ignore) - really

Signing off for tonight

Result of brush fire, winds jeopardizing daughter's house in MD,

I'm almost afraid to ask but

Toddler Taekwondo Is The Cutest Thing Ever (VIDEO)

I was touched by the XOXO Valentine's heart

I just watched Nine....

? about where to post this--

Just a thank you to my four secret admirers.

How to forgive and take care of myself – do I still not know…

Morocco protesters demand political change

Thanks for the Hearts!!

For abq e streeter and Knox College.

I got another Valentine Heart! Thank you, whoever you are!

Someone gave me a heart, and I thank them.

Police and firefighters join lawmakers in Grand Rapids rally against repealing binding arbitration

Du you need a place for music too

This is so wrong

motherfucking dupe

Witnesses: Libya army says Benghazi 'liberated' from pro-Ghadafi forces

Quick! How many artists have covered "Witchita Lineman"?

WikiLeaks unveils Japanese spy agency

The mechanics of the taunt have two functions.

Chocolate chip cookies with ....

Tunisia seeks Ben Ali's extradition

abq e streeter is extemely nostalgic for the days when he used to go on illegal, immoral and/or

GOP freshmen drive cuts to social programs

Ham!

I have 20 hearts left. Where do they go? Should they go to those I know,

Quite often, you have to just take responsibility and generate your OWN happiness.

Map of Metal

M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m... Rocky Ocean oysters:

Wisconsin GOP ups pressure on Dems to return and vote

A zombie videogame trailer that's really unsettling...

No matter your beliefs... almost EVERYONE would use a gun to put a stop to this!!!

BREAKING NEWS: Packers Captain Charles Woodson Stands With Wisconsin's Workers

I hereby declare a war on the juice

Just another day in Portlandia

Things that (thankfully) do not seem to change.

House votes to prevent reporting system for assault-weapon sales

Report: Public employees make less, including benefits, than private workers

So, in an effort to enhance user experiences, Gawker drove everyone away...

I disappear for two years

Which Lounge amenity would you never sacrifice from the coming DU budget ax?

macky messer

Is Orff's Carmina Burana O Fortuna the most soothing music ever

Here is tonight's dessert...

Anyone have anger and resentment they can't let go of

ALL FEAR THE DREADED SUCKMONSTER!!!

ALL FEAR THE DREADED SUCKMONSTER!!!

Paris Hilton's $2000 birthday cake was going to be thrown away?

Do you ever think about shopping carts?

MiddleFingerMom believes that he'll be reincarnated as a bird & that you'll instantly know it's him.

The Third Man Theme

why does this motherfucker downstairs always have to fry his shit with rancid grease?

My cat is better!/ and a forum question

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Bannister Of Life Edition

Even the birds can tell when it's Family Chili Night at Kali's ranch.

Just lost my lil' buddy Scratchy. Very sad...

The Waiter By David Baerwald

If you love your cats, remember they occasionally need a break from the vicious pace of their lives.

Is Pachelbel's Canon in D major the most soothing music ever

I want my Mom back.

What is your favourite digital gadget?

Entirely hypothetical question

Boys!

Why Parents Drink--an email I got today...

Rumsfeld criticizes Obama, says he's 'proud of America'

Oh, hell, it's snowing again.

The Daytona 500 is on!

American who sparked diplomatic crisis over Lahore shooting was CIA spy

I've only had my iPhone about a week and already downloaded 81 Apps! (Dial-up warning)

Venezuela's allies tell OAS chief not to meddle

Which Side Are You on? SONGS ABOUT LABOR! (Solidarity!)

If you went to a pie shop, what varieties would you hope to find there?

Union Head Calls On Teachers To Go To Work

Young Turks: ABC News Correspondent Beaten In Bahrain

Chinese NewYear-Rabbit Parade Los Angeles 2011

Anti-Walker Rally Outside The Capitol - Madison, WI | February 19, 2011

A message to the world

Sarah Palin meets Abraham Lincoln

Report Finds Troubling Rise In Teen Uranium Enrichment

Ignorant Tea Bagger immigrant telling a U.S Citizen to go back to his country!

McGovern Interview on His Being Bloodied and Jailed for Silent Protest at a Clinton Speech.

Firefighters rally in support of educators and all public employees

John Cusack in True Colors 1991. James Spader say Cheese.

Exposing the Wisconsin State Employee Riots

Against a tough enemy.

Wisconsin Capitol Uprising

Wisconsin protests draw thousands

The Wisconsin Matrix: agent walker

Thank-Wisconsin for the week-ends

NABET CWA LOCAL 42 CLEVELAND SENDS ITS SUPPORT TO THE WORKERS

Biking to the Wisconsin protests

Protesters at Wisconsin, Madison, State Capitol - Saturday Noon, February 19, 2011 - 2 of 2

ANONYMOUS - OPERATION IRAN - Short Press Release

Wisconsin unions rally for rights ( EXCELLENT Reporting from ALJAZEERA)

AlJazeera - Bloodbath in Bahrain - Scenes from the hospital - (WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT)

Libya, Al-Bayda City Massacre by Gaddafi Against Innocent People (WARNING: Extreme Graphic Content)

Roll The Union ON WISCONSIN

New documentary explores economics of happiness (BTW, happiness peaked in 1956 in the US)

Wisconsin Protests Keith Ripp

Frank saw all of this coming

Graphic amateur video: Protesters injured in Bahrain as troops open fire

Young Turks: Republicans Lying About Planned Parenthood!

TDPS: Republicans Escalating Attacks on Women - Rape Definition, Abortion, Healthcare -TRANSCRIPT

White House To Cut Energy Assistance For The Poor

Tea Party vs people of Wisconsin! Vastly outnumbered!

Weird Liberal Head- Year One

Militainment, Inc. – Militarism and Pop Culture

Scott Walker Protest Song- Walk

Scott Heiferman at Personal Democracy Forum 2010

Stand With Wisconsin.

DemoPublican Presidents Day

National Non-Voters Revolution In Wisconsin

U.S. Firms Planned To Attack Wikileaks

2010 Election In One Minute (or less)

Wisconsin Union Member Gravy Train House

Obama: No F.B.I. Oversight For Phone Records

MSNBC's Ed Schultz To Rush Limbaugh: 'Wrap Your Fat Ass In The Flag' Over Wisconsin Protests

We are just consumers

TYT: Rich Tax Cuts Behind WI Budget Woes, Not Unions

ANONYMOUS - OPERATION BAHRAIN - A Press Release

CORBETTREPORT: Ray McGovern, Fox Lies and Activism Rising

Rachel Maddow: Fox 'News' has endtimes prophet explaining union protests in Wisconsin

Seattle Police Pepperspray Police-Brutality Protesters

George Soros: "Fox News Has Imported The Methods Of George Orwell"

Firefighters and crowd sing "We Shall Overcome" - Feb. 1th 2011, Madison Wisconsin Capitol Protest

The Shock Doctrine (2009)

"It's like a Koch Brother's wet dream."

A History Lesson For Tea Baggers Everywhere

Self-deleted by member

SOS Clinton provides perhaps the best argument defending Planned Parenthood (Video, 2009)

How a President can deal with a reactionary Governor.

Obama and the Republicans

There is no difference between the tea party movement, and the 1967 campaign of George Wallace

Democrats fight Gov. Christie's plan to privatize N.J. government functions

What's happening on the campuses?

So, how is that "not going to vote in November" working for you?

It's funny how the rightwing nuts wanted to protect these people's fredom of speech

Big Dog headed to Wisconsin?

Ironic - all the Republicans in WI need is for 60% of the legislators to be there

Is it accurate to say Scott Walker is going after unions/professions dominated by women?

Pro-union rallies, Ohio is NEXT!

FORBS: Koch Brothers Behind Wisconsin Effort To Kill Public Unions

GOP's Perry narrowly wins La. state Senate seat (Legislature changes hands)

Obama care

Isn't it routine for presidents not to follow all their promises or to sell out?

Christie adviser mulls PAC

On Wisconsin: Dick Durbin -- Thumbs Up.... Harold Ford -- Thumbs Down.

Here's a 1930 Supreme Court case that was settled on unions organizing

Bachmann defends Wisconsin moves on collective bargaining

I don't ever remember a prominent Democrat ever attacking Laura Bush...

Week 6: Boehner, Republicans haven't passed legislation to create a single job

Is Obama firmly behind the Wisconsin protests? The mid-east protests? (other than Iran & Libya)

LIHEAP: The facts, without the spin:

Have any conservatives given Obama 'credit' for the UN veto?

Lakoff: What Conservatives Really Want

Carnegie Mellon University has students taking green back to the drawing board

The Fallacy of Conditional Efficacy

Deepwater Wind Will Increase Rhode Island Gov't Electricity Bills by $1.5 Million Each Year.

Spain Repeals Limits On Nuclear Plant Lifetimes.

HELP US!!!! "We are Peaceful People"-They Are Killing Us-I’m Not Sure I’ll Be Alive in Five Minutes”

Veto Of UN Resolution Undermines U.S. Credibility On Mideast Peace

Warrantless Wiretap Timeline. Oct. 5 Bush explicitly limits briefings to Cong. Oct. 6 he starts

'This Is What Democracy Looks Like' in Wisconsin, as Largest Crowd Yet—80,000—Opposes Union Busting

Oil prices rising (as we all know) it is the speculators again.

Time to Topple Corporate Dictators

The G.O.P.’s Post-Tucson Traumatic Stress Disorder

WikiLeaks Cables: US Lied About Bala Baluk Massacre, Red Cross Concealed Truth

Fox News Owner payoff - half a trillion US taxpayer dollars?

Leaked video shows Cuban spy course on dangers of social media

Chile to launch first probe into Allende's death

Big Pimpin’ In Madison, WI.

Digby: Fever Dreams of Dirty Thugs

More of what's deplorable in Georgia

Robert Reich: Exposing the Republicans' 3-Part Strategy to Tear the Middle Class Apart

Epic Tea Party FAIL: Anti-union "protesters" out-numbered 35-to-1 in Madison!

Murder of Abortion Docs as Justifiable Homicide

Self-deleted by member

Formula 1 Abandons Bahrain Race – Moves it to Iceland

They're doing it without us

Koch Bros behind Wisconsin Kristallnacht effort to kill pubic unions - MotherJones, Forbes (Ungar)

US economics: One big Ponzi scheme

We Have Our Invitation to The Class War in Wisconsin

The War on Unions, Regulatory System, and Social Safety Net - Examples from Fundamentalist Textbooks

Wisconsin Union Battle: A Convenient Distraction From the Real Culprit in State Budget Woes

Anonymous Ringleaders Found

Revolution Handbook for Americans (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

At St. Paul 'wet house,' liquor can be their life -- and death

Coke, Pepsi Get Color from Cancer-Causing Chemicals

Top 4 Victories Handed to Corporate America by the Supreme Court -- So Far

Time to Topple Corporate Dictators

Wisconsin hires first hedge fund manager

ABC This Week’s Elites to Wisconsin Workers: “We Won, So Screw You All”

Solidarity with Wisconsin - How to Handle Outside Agitators

Daily Diet Soda Linked to Increased Risk for Stroke and Heart Attack

Rage Against The Machine Guitarist Tom Morello Coming To Wisconsin: 'Madison Is The Next Cairo'

House Republicans: Contraception OK for horses, not women

Pentagon Budget Multiplies To $553 Billion

Podiums to pistols: Open carry laws making local officials uneasy

Gun laws and the Australian buyback

investigation into the incident is still under way.

investigation into the incident is still under way.

got my latest air rifle

Libyan forces fire on mourners at funeral again (Gov't forces have guns, mourners, not so much)

Cerabino: Let lawmakers enjoy the fruits of gun freedom

How can we change the law so that anyone can be an FFL?

Logic, Guns and Mental Illness

'Straw' buyers keep drug war blazing

How are those peaceful unarmed protests in Bahrain and Lybia working out for you?

Court distorts 2nd Amendment

Objecting to open carry: Equating 'moral harm' with intimidation

Libyan forces fire on mourners at funeral again (Gov't has guns, mourners, not so much)

Libya: 140 'massacred' as Gaddafi sends in snipers to crush dissent (In addition to the 200)

Prime example of what the second amendment is for

Gun rights vs. gun control (AZ)

NRA: It's good to live like a king

Yamil Domínguez Ramos freed in Cuba:

3 policemen from the Bolivarian National Guard detained for murder in Petare today

Important article which tells us, who didn't know, when Chile started investigating Pinochet's evil

An Interview with CEPR’s Mark Weisbrot (Kim Ives 2/9)

Venezuela's allies tell OAS chief not to meddle

Crisis in Venezuela's hospital's - a brief selection of links and my observations

DU exclusive: photo of Allende's cadaver

Squashing the Ivies - Sunday NYT

This is awesome.

3

The JR Chess Report (February 20): Le Repeats as Aeroflot Champ

Got to give it up to Purdue ... they beat the tar out of Ohio State

Dr. Phil on GLBT issues.

Protesters Rally Outside US Embassy In TA To Slam UNSC Veto

U.S. Veto: Speaking With Forked-tongue (Jim Miles)

Gideon Levy: settlement veto means Obama has joined Likud

PA Calls For 'Day Of Rage' After UNSC Veto

(lol) Christian publisher sues televangelist

Just had a Thought

A Solar System Family Portrait, From the Inside Out

Using 3D Printing to Repair Rodin's Thinker

'Music of the stars' now louder

Cosmic census finds crowd of planets in our galaxy

How Smart Are Animals?

Why do physicists think they are masters of all sciences?

US science chief warns: 'China will eat our lunch'

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