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Archives: April 11, 2011

Tony Auth on the Republican's tactics

Check out this Earth and Food Clock - over 21,000,000 people already added this year!

After I watch the Kennedys series tv movie, one thing I'm so disappointed

McDonald’s Wage For Nuclear Job Shows Japan Towns Fading

Why are we where we are?

Grist: Monsanto cash helped fund bill to stifle whistleblowers in Iowa

Milwaukee County DA, state board schedule news conference on 'significant investigation'

Welcome to America: Land of the What?

There was a local news story about Rick Scott's budget cuts for the developmentally disabled

How will the retirement incomes of an ageing population in the USA be paid for when ...

Oh yeah, I've failed.

Oh yeah, I've failed.

Schankowsky's Deficit Reduction Plan

I think that Obama has shown more support for public-sector unions than FDR.

Trump Insists Obama’s Grandparents Planted His Birth Announcement To Obtain Welfare Benefits

Responding to Kathleen Parker's Washington Post Whine

Is cutting Medicare and Medicaid a Democratic value?

Teabaggers and Taxes

Gordon Brown: I made a big mistake in not seeking regulation of banks

Can Kevin Kennedy and the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board be Trusted?

"It is not pragmatic to destroy our ability to fight."

"It is not pragmatic to destroy our ability to fight."

"It is not pragmatic to destroy our ability to fight."

The Little Jew : (Levi, The Dancing Cockroach) by Gloria Steinhunt

The Little Jew : (Levi, The Dancing Cockroach) by Gloria Steinhunt

Well... At Least He's Telling It Like It Is...

Guess what? Religion was instrumental in Civil War

China Just Made A Huge Investment In The American Energy Source

Protests at Olympia, WA State Capital

11 PM Thursday - “Nope. Zero,” - Obama to The Speaker of the House

The eagles are getting rained upon

Palin - more power toTrump for investigating Obama birth

The many-tentacled Rupert Murdoch phone-hacking scandal

Security guard at Masters golf tourney bars female reporter from locker room

Security guard at Masters golf tourney bars female reporter from locker room

Aviation enthusiasts; Video of during and after a tornado went through the Sun-N-Fun Aviation Expo..

cut the deficit

Maybe... The Guy With The Sign "Keep Your Government Hands Off My Medicare" Had A Valid Point...

Tornado hits Green Bay!

City, Destroyed and Yet Hopeful, Begins to Move On

Spraying to Make Yards Green ... but With Paint, Not Water

Spraying to Make Yards Green ... but With Paint, Not Water

Wal-Mart plans ad campaign to woo back shoppers!

police pepper spray baby squirrel (video) (squirrel treated and released)

Radiation levels in Hawaii?

Man stranded in empty Japanese town since tsunami

Man on dog Santorum gets pissed on...

Japanese see disaster as opportunity for broad change

I'm a thug

Obama, GOP look to rein in benefits

I am going to go now and sit in my shelter

Judge Napolitano - When it comes to War, there is little difference between the Parties

I think I have part of "it" figured out.

The UK Banking Crisis Report

Alone, broke and target of profiteers

Coal mogul gets role with Corbett!

Is the President wrong to call for "tax rises for the rich and further cuts in defence expenditure"?

If Conservatives hate government so much,

Gulf Oil Spill and the carnage -- Mar 8th Update of Dead/Missing/ or Jailed scientists

Compassion.

Compassion.

Florida lawmakers take up religion in funding, courts

Charles Blow Just Did Something That Needs To Be Done CONSTANTLY

U.S. Attorney Threatens 'Quick, Direct Action' Against Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Can I go back to college NOW? PLEASE?????

Secret US prisons in Afghanistan revealed

Raising revenue: Why it's good for families but not for government.

Ummmm.... guys... I just checked the price of the dollar...

Mapleton grateful for warning

How D.C. Lobbies D.C., Backchecking on Broadcast Royalties and More in Capital Eye Opener: April 11

Is it time to kill the trillion dollars/year War Department budget?

DHS May Not Be Alone in Politicizing FOIA Processing.

Anyone have a billboard idea for the Waco Friends of Peace?

What is this "EndofAmerica60.com" commercial on CNN

Time to bomb Egypt: Egyptian military kills protesters in Cairo

Time to bomb Egypt: Egyptian military kills protesters in Cairo

Scientists speak out to discredit 'gay caveman' media reports

Many Trump pictures and links are infected with the fake (rogue) scanner Trojan

WTF this is hard to believe

Let's tax tax breaks

'Memba "Compassionate Conservatism"? Howbout some Compassionate Liberalism?

Obama Advisor David Plouffe on the budget cuts agreement: "Some of the cuts were draconian"!

I need to take a break for a while...

9 Meals From Anarchy

Olympian Carl Lewis to run for NJ Senate

Pentagon Has Second Thoughts on Iraq Withdrawal

Transparency Funds on the Chopping Block

How about a different approach? What do you think of this idea? (I can take it)

Justice Dept. to Congress: Don’t Saddle 4th Amendment on Us

Not being the worst / Stands in some rank of praise.

The next Rwanda? ‘In all districts of Abidjan there is gunfire’

The next Rwanda? ‘In all districts of Abidjan there is gunfire’

Our prosperity is dependent on what is untouchable

I wonder if Kloppenburg will give results of their canvass

Look who replaced our new gov in the state senate:

K & R if you like the letters "K' and "R"

Joe Miller Security guy who handcuffed reporter disappears - informant on AK militia?

Experts: Wisconsin only ‘Republican broke’

Uh-oh for the Japanese - Former EPA head Christine Todd Whitman

U.S. Weapons Systems Dependent on Rare Earth Elements from China

U.S. Weapons Systems Dependent on Rare Earth Elements from China

Eaglets? Someone please tell me they are ok

Milk poisoning in northwest China 'deliberate'

New bumper sticker idea

Obama’s new approach to deficit reduction to include spending on entitlements

Remember when Planned Parenthood Crashed the Market?

The Commander in Chief can unilaterally solve the debt problem

heres the best reason to vote for Obama

Treebaggers?

Photo taken on 4/9 in front of the Wisc Capital:

Karl Rove's Patsy? Trump Card

BP buys Gulf Coast millions in gear

BP buys Gulf Coast millions in gear

Donkey Rising

I have a hard time caring about eaglets right now

Canadians launch U.S. constitutional challenge against ‘alien gag law’

Canadians launch U.S. constitutional challenge against ‘alien gag law’

Raising taxes on the wealthy?

Milton Friedman's Legacy: The Suppression of Individual Freedom by Corporate Governance

UN Office Assailants Were Taliban Militants Who Had Renounced Violence

"Union Brothers, not koch brothers!"

Obama"s Plan To Tax The Rich Is A Good Counter To Any Con Blackmail On Social Programs

You won't believe what just happened in Wisconsin

CNN: _____ story up next, 2 hours later... they are still saying the same thing

Incredibly, HASSELBECK struck Joy dumb over Shrub's "intelligence"

Hippies. Teaparty.

David Michael Green: And Now, For The Kill

EMPLOYEE PAYCHECKS ARE SOARING! -- Hightower

Shakowsky deficit plan PDF: revenue, public option, sensible cuts

The Milwaukee County DA & GAB to hold News conference on, separate, unrelated to "the 14000" story

7 or 8 earthquakes centered around Fukushima in this last hour.

The Earth's Destiny and Our Fates are Being Determined by Approximately 500 Wealthy Men

Bolivia enshrines natural world's rights with equal status for Mother Earth

Mr. President. Every day is April Fool's Day for Republicans. Stop playing us.

thank you president obama

only in America

The National Debt. Come on, repubicans, let's take a walk down Memory Lane.

John Cole: I’d Add a Couple of Things (About Ryan's plan and the punditocracy)

REPORT: U.S. Military Spending Has Almost Doubled Since 2001

Third tea party rally planned for Friday (Zanesville, OH)

American Ghost Towns of the 21st Century

American Ghost Towns of the 21st Century

American Ghost Towns of the 21st Century

Milwaukee Urinal/Sentinel in-depth look at Wisconsin Election turnout.

World’s Billionaires 2011: more of them and they own yet more of the world (Forbes)

Rick Scott: pay cuts for union workers … raises for his appointees...

Hightower -- Mickey Mouse Wage Hike

Hightower -- Mickey Mouse Wage Hike

A fair tax table

Toddler served alcohol instead of apple juice at Michigan Applebee's; has BAC of .10

Snort

Anti-Monopoly Laws Were a Crazy Liberal Idea

Market troubles/ Which countries are most in favour of the free market?

Sometimes... GD stands for "gah-DAMMMM!!!"

"This is clearly far and away the most generous tax situation that's existed,"

Can D.C. trust Obama and the Democrats?

Experts: Wisconsin only ‘Republican broke’

Protecting Civilians

Anchor Baby vs Other methods of entrance.

Teaching Children To OBEY With A "Diet Of Corporate Reading Programs & Standardized Tests"

All ye need know about Paul Ryan's GOP House budget plan, in two sentences

Gubment Cheese -- Toon

Its kind of like milking a cow

Gundersen demonstrates how Fukushima's fuel rods melted and shattered

Monday Toons, part 3- the rest

Monday Toons part 2- Ryan and Beckkk

Monday Toons part 1- shutdown toons

Hightower -- The Big Three secret funders of the $75 million campaign to trash Democratic candidates

"What's wrong with this country" Part 1,697

"What's wrong with this country" Part 1,697

It's very good to see the new Obama 2012 ad at the top

It's very good to see the new Obama 2012 ad at the top

DUPE due to Buggy Thingy...Please Delete

Loved ones live on in art (Made from their ahses)

Japan prepares to raise level of nuclear crisis to most severe

You are now free to spit on Shirley Phelps

Obama Appoints War Criminal McChrystal to Support Military Families, Sell Iraq War Extension

Obama Appoints War Criminal McChrystal to Support Military Families, Sell Iraq War Extension

Mendacity of the Day Award goes to Uncle Don

The Peasants Need Pitchforks

Toon: Restoring the Gilded Age

Ohio Lawmakers To Introduce Bill To Recall GOP Gov. John Kasich

Republicans Hate Their Presidential Candidates

Is this tea party underground?

Murdoch's enemies are winning this battle

Murdoch's enemies are winning this battle

20 Canadians have joined Somalian terror group: official

President O, start representing the people who elected you and NOT the Fat Cats you love to praise

oops, i did it again...Liberal Hypocrisy

Tea Party statement calls Boner--John 'white flag of surrender' Boner

TCM is airing *Birth of a Nation* tonight at 8 pm eastern time

Our nation's problems can be solved by bright fifth-graders.

The Happiest Careers in America-Forbes (WHAT? Happy employees?We must CRUUUUUUUUSH them!!)

Milwaukee County DA, state board schedule news conference on 'significant investigation'

Unions key to Obama re-election

Posting pics from sites that are racist, is a low life thing to do

Listening to Eric Cantor Yesterday Got Me Thinking...

Conservative Economists oppose Paul Ryan's budget, call for tax increases.

Wisconsin - Rail exec charged with illegal campaigning for Walker, others.

"People's Budget" from the Congressional Progressive Caucus

The Civil Rights Movement?

For anyone wondering who's in the new avatar photo in my posts

Hey, Dems! Remember Rostenkowski and Medicare?

Seven Killed in Minsk Rush-Hour Subway Explosion

Murdoch’s Attempt to End Phone Hacking Scandal Unlikely to Succeed

Jonathan Alter out at Newsweek

Cold Comfort: Poll: Barack Obama gets more credit in budget deal

President O, start representing the people who elected you and NOT the Fat Cats you love to praise

Anyone know if the GAB Wisconsin/Milwaukee news

Trump: Obama's Grandparents Put In The Birth Announcement To Get Benefits Like Welfare

I am Canadian now. I have some questions.

Perky 'Canada" Has Its Own Government and Laws

Perky 'Canada" Has Its Own Government and Laws

Have you seen this? "Message Matters" by mediamattersaction.org

Something you young DU whippersnappers should know--

I'm starting to think we need a Democratic Party escrow account.

Turns out I actually know one of them...

American Ghost Towns of the 21st Century

Traditional family values must have equal time on campus, (Texas) House says

Oh Boy- Boehner Wants More, More, More

Boehner says giving more snacks and naps to tea party crucial to getting a budget deal

My take on burqa bans:

Calls to "finally fix" Social Security happen as regularly as the tides

Pakistan Tells U.S. It Must Sharply Cut C.I.A. Activities - New York Times

Pakistan Tells U.S. It Must Sharply Cut C.I.A. Activities - New York Times

Logging In To DU On My iTouch.......

I would love to sell Obama a car.

Barak Obama on the shrink’s couch

Maine School District Giving Every 5 Year Old A Free iPad 2

The complete list of SNL's FoxNews "corrections" as posted by fellow DUer Staph ...

Palin finally goes birther.

A Lawsuit’s Unusual Question: Who Is a Man?

Toon: Budget Victory Tour

Teabaggers are coming to Harford county

Nature VS Nurture

What is the difference between teabaggers and freepers?

ALEC: Corporate America's Trojan Horse in the States

Discovery's new series 'Human Planet' just began

How is Egypt any less fucked than it was prior to the revolution there?

Democrat chastised for saying 'uterus' on House floor - a song ensues

Democrat chastised for saying 'uterus' on House floor - a song ensues

Congressman Mike Capunao D= MA has linked to the Krugman column on his fb page

Maine blogger files FOAA request to get names of ME legislators in ALEC & correspondence with ALEC

GOP Completely Fixes Economy By Canceling Funding For NPR

PONIES For Dems!!! CNN Poll Says They WON Budget Debate

When the HELL WILL THIS VIOLENT SPEECH STOP?!?!

Federal government approves 10th post-ban deep-water drilling project

Is there any new on WI ??? what time was it supposed to come on??

The face of teabaggery.

CEO Pay Up Big 2010, Not So Much For the Average Worker (I hope Obama is paying attention)

"The Case for Socialism"

I have fond memories of Oktjabrskaja....

Defaulting in the name of fiscal conservatism. . The Tea Party will kill America.

Radiation risks from Fukushima 'no longer negligible' - in Europe

Gov. (Rick) Scott's power grab goes after (FL) tourism

"Government has to tighten its belt, just like everyone does..."

Big Ed Schultz will be on Bill Mahr Show Friday night!

Ohio Lawmakers To Introduce Bill To Recall GOP Gov. John Kasich

This Week In Holy Crimes

Toon -- Diagnosing a Military-Industrial Complex

Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story. Have you seen this?!

What Obama should have done

The Echoes of Ayn Rand in Paul Ryan's Budget Plan

Would it be possible to have a constitutional amendment

The austerity/budget cutting measures are not the outcome

Interesting Dilemma: Global farming in a post nuclear accident era.

The Earth's Destiny and Our Fates are Being Determined by Approximately 500 Wealthy Men...

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei arrested in latest government crackdown

snip> SO NOTHING WAS NEFARIOUS? Re: Wi. Election

Ecotopia mini-city to be built on toxic waste and landfill (Treasure Island, SF)

Conferece call TONIGHT on defending Medicare

WH: Obama regrets vote against raising debt limit

(Japan's) Offshore windmills weather crisis

Toon; Politics in a wingnutshell

Rider in budget deal prohibits the administratrion from shutting Gitmo

non-rhetorical questions and out of control abstraction

Interesting problem: Safes, cash wash up on Japan shores after tsunami

French debate moved to Wednesday over Habs game

Looking for Wal-Mart women

Democrat on Waukesh vote panel speaks out

Toddler served alcohol by mistake at Applebees, blood alcohol was 0.10

Letting us die vs. Killing us

Democratic observer at Waukesha county canvass was NOT told about "missing" votes.

Take Money From Defense, Subsidies, and Tax Cuts

Water is always a good choice to rehydrate after working out, but researchers suggest beer is better

Indiana Republicans move to take out Donnelly, shore up Young with redistricting proposal

Thermal Cameras Show Too Much?

Thermal Cameras Show Too Much?

The Tea Party movement the biggest Astroturf operation in history

Some Things Have To Be Allowed To Percolate

First of Japan Disaster Survivors Get Temporary Houses

The Effect On You and Me From A Debt Ceiling Clash In Washington

FLASH!!!!: Philly's Tastykake sold to Georgia Company....

HOW CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHY CHANGED WAR

MLK on Obama's budget solutions:

U.N. expert "frustrated" with U.S. over WikiLeaks soldier

Pakistan Tells U.S. It Must Sharply Cut C.I.A. Activities

AMERICAblog: 'The one who primaries Obama will be the next Democratic president'

NO DOUBT!!! Ryan has given Obama free rein to grab the upper hand.

Mitt Romney is officially running for president

"Top library complaint: Story about same-sex penguin couple"

Is this a big haul? Because it sure does look like a big haul.

Israel Worried By 'Weakening' US

Drivers start to cut back on gas as prices rise

Someone please inform me of the last social revolution that was not the product of radicalism.

WI Election...If it goes to the Supreme Court w/ Prosser...does he have to recuse himself?

"How Do You Debate This?"

In Elaborate Prank, Oregon Lawmakers 'Rickroll' The State Legislature

A statement from the Dem observer who said "numbers jibed" at Nickolaus' press conference.

Dems. will introduce bill to allow voters to repeal and replace gov. officials in Ohio - including

Romney is in.

If you do not want the Tea Party Terrorists to win - this is what needs to happen.

Tea party org, Americans for Prosperity, launches campaign against bridge over Detroit River

this should scare the jeebus out of us all...

D.C. mayor arrested protesting budget restrictions - story w/pics

Hanami. Cherry Blossoms. Spring in Japan.

Are Your Children Playing With Lucifer's Testicles?

Witnesses: Accused gunman intentionally targeted 7-year-old

Somebody else try this and see if I'm going nuts.

Juveniles sentenced to adult prisons, If they want to change, will we let them?

Obama on Deficits ....Then and Now.

Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People"...

Michele Bachmann: A one-term president? Seriously?

McChrystal to lead White House program for military families

Should Donald Trump and Sarah Palin run as a GOP presidential ticket?

U.N. diplomat is denied unmonitored meeting with WikiLeaks suspect

PBS is Doing aSpecial On Alexander Hamilton Tonite 10 p.m. EST

The Milwaukee DA and GAB were to have a joint news

The Dems strategy shifts between 2006 and 2010.

So it appears Fukushima will become a full exclusion zone, not unlike Chernobyl.

Wisconsin counties still finalizing Supreme Court votes

LBJ Won Utah

Private investment firms...

Strange Numbers from Waukesha and Milwaukee Counties (from Dkos)

GOP threatens to force America into default if Dems refuse major spending cuts

CNN home page again. Why are they against their own interests?

Catholic League NYT Ad: Priests Unfairly 'Singled Out' Over Sex Abuse Scandal

Glenn Beck claims only ‘hookers’ use Planned Parenthood

other than Obama

Governor Walker to Give Congressional Testimony on Budget Reform

IF Obama call for cuts in Medicare and Social Security

The anatomy of a DU post

Major Walker contributor pleads to illegally funneling funds

My mother just got her Medicare enrollment paperwork.

Bill Press not a happy camper this a.m. The President caved and

D.C. Mayor, Council Members, arrested protesting budget deal that screws D.C.

Thom Hartmann ended interview early and dropped f bomb

I am over 50, and never joined AARP. It's time. They're going to need our support.

Why aren't Progressives Holding the Debt Ceiling Limit Hostage in Exchange

Thom Hartmann is a true Patriot, he's on FIRE today

IRS Funding Cut Days Before Report Shows $330 Billion In Uncollected Taxes

Most used words: Ads for boy toys - battle, power, heroes. Ads for girls toys - love, fun, magic

U.S. appeals court OKs decision blocking Arizona immigration law

Truthdigger of the Week: Joseph Stiglitz

Even if you are disappointed in Obama, isn't the SCOTUS enough reason to VOTE for him?

I finally found time to watch "Inside Job" yesterday...

Chicago school bans some lunches brought from home

Obama Appoints War Criminal McChrystal to Support Military Families, Sell Iraq War Extension

It is now a crime to wear a burka in France. How do you feel about this

Bradley Manning case sparks UN criticism of US government

"I Stand With Planned Parenthood" avatar and sig pic

Tax Cuts for the Rich on the Backs of the Middle Class; or, Paul Ryan Has Balls

Police officer in Texas pepper sprays a baby squirrel :(

Tomorrow starts the 9 days of anniversaries for some of the darkest days in America.

Someone give me the straight story: Is the Japanese meltdown affecting the US?

Fox News Finally Labels Sarah Palin Correctly...

I just re-upped my membership in the ACLU. Here's the website:

Independent Radiation Assessment From Japan Reports - Radiation Levels Not Correctly Reported

Information on the Budget Process

If Obama meets the GOP even halfway on "deficit reduction" it could go seriously wrong.

more about Gabby Giffords

Maine’s 1st Circuit judge to take senior status

It took TEN MINUTES for Minamisanriku to be swept away

i find it just a bit odd...

Glenn Beck’s ‘dream’ presidential ticket: Allen West-Michele Bachmann

Japan warns of massive earthquake and volcanic explosion after the April 7 earthquake

Japan warns of massive earthquake and volcanic explosion after the April 7 earthquake

So either Social Security is either solvent or we have no debt. What am I missing?

Chomsky- Nuclear Power is 1 of 2 biggest threats to humankind

Why the Donald Trump Candidacy Should Be Taken Seriously

Let's be serious about 2012 for a moment....

Fukushima Accident Assessment Officially Raised To Maximum, Level 7

"15 people working, for every 1 retired person". .... The myth.

How The U.S. Kills Civilians In Afghanistan

Superbugs Found in New Delhi’s Water and Sewage, and why it matters to USA.

Toon: Smashing Kittens

Caldicott "educates" Monbiot on nuclear safety and science.

WI Update 4:58 PM - Kennedy: Waukesha County investigation ongoing, but numbers appear to match up

"Keep Your Boehner Out Of My Vagina!"

As a registered dyed in the wool Democrat..... I want this

What Could We Do with a 2/3 Majority in Both Houses of Congress?

Libyan Rebel REJECTION of African Union peace mission sadly REFLECTS RACISTundercurrents

50th Anniversary Celebration of Yuri Gagarin

Just got a call from the Obama campaign

Walgreens Corrects Fox & Friends: We Don't Offer Pap Smears

House progressives offer budget plan: Tax the rich, end the wars, slash oil subsidies, invest in job

Video shows unruly fan tased, clubbed by Pittsburgh police

House progressives offer budget plan:Tax the rich, end the wars, slash oil subsidies, invest in jobs

House progressives offer budget plan:Tax the rich, end the wars, slash oil subsidies, invest in jobs

ALEC is behind the introduction of "Parent Trigger" bills across the country.

Bachmann: Health care ruined deal

Don't buy the Hype. Obama will not announce cuts to Social Security or Medicare.

If I were the GOP, and I wanted to win a few elections...

NPR pulls Planned Parenthood ads. Pandering to Republicans?

Would you like to blog about poverty, education, environmental issues.....

"I don't have to tell you things are bad."

Obama To Announce Cuts To Medicare, Medicaid & "Changes" to Social Security Wednesday

Punching Hippies Might Feel Good, But...

This picture is just wrong on so many levels.

Alan Simpson was just on Tweety's show and he

"It's less important who you love than THAT you love."

"It's less important who you love than THAT you love."

The Chiquita Papers by Michael Evans (4-7-11 The National Security Archive)

The Chiquita Papers by Michael Evans (4-7-11 The National Security Archive)

X-post: My state newspaper has 2 articles on "Myths About Homelessness" that I would like to share.

Arsonist sets Jesus statue on fire

Radiation risks from Fukushima 'no longer negligible'

Let's make it real, who you gonna vote for? It is either President Obama

Let's make it real, who you gonna vote for? It is either President Obama

Did Obama Kneecap the 9/11 Suspects' Defense Lawyers?

Cat & Dolphin Snuggle (Cute Overload Warning)

Obama: "we also made sure that at the end of the day, this was a debate about spending cuts"

If you make $40,000 a year but spend $50,000

Donald Trump slams Bill Cosby as not 'honest'

One of the joys of Japan

Anatomy of an Afghan war tragedy

Anatomy of an Afghan war tragedy

The Price of the Divide on Libya

The Price of the Divide on Libya

"massive taxpayer-funded student debt, with little hope of repayment"

Lest We Forget.Debt Deja Vu! From DU's bvar22 8/18/10: This is how "THEY" will cut Social Security:

Why a strong Far Left is needed.

The War On Planned Parenthood Is A War On Poor Women

37...the number of earthquakes 5.+ around the Pacific Ring THIS WEEK.

The Things I Wish Barack Obama Would Learn From Harry Truman

So what does everyone think about the French banning the burqa?

Obama Faces Criticism From Mentor Over Bradley Manning Treatment

Skin Bleaching a Growing Concern in Jamaica

Drone Peers Into Tsunami-Devastated Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant (Dialup Warning - Pic Heavy)

Did Obama Lie? " both sides had to make tough decisions and give ground"

What Should Our Issue Be?

New nasty trojan that installs a hard to remove rootkit

Krugman: 'The President Is Missing'

Woman dead after cosmetic surgery done in back of a tile business

I just heard a number that I'd never heard before. Not a shock, not out of line.

What is a moderate? What is a centrist?

What is a moderate? What is a centrist?

3rd time an Applebee's has served a child alcohol

Fundraiser held at Dodger Stadium for Bryan Stow (Giants fan brutally beaten on opening day) - pics

Many on the left literally do not feel safe to proclaim they are liberals

For those of you that don’t understand chess, here’s Pres Obama’s strategy.

Went for a walk in Stone Mountain Park yesterday, and came upon a bunch of civil war reenactors

Went for a walk in Stone Mountain Park yesterday, and came upon a bunch of civil war reenactors

And, in Wisconsin, the plot thickens...

up to 500,000 people have died because of Chernobyl and counting

Iodine 131 found in Hawaii milk at 6 times the federally allowed level. People are getting sick.

Webb Wilder

Holy Are You

Massage Situation

The End of Biters - International

Perverted Undertone

Anticipation

Where You Should Be

Rebel music

Dogboarding

Interleave

Where Is My Mind

The Fourth

I'm inclined to like this.

Child Protective Services -- G'wan... what the hellya waitin' for?

Some folks work REALLY hard to see Freudian imagery in just about anything.

DIY people - looking for a kick-ass protein bar recipe.

Every once in a while there comes a time when one knows that they're totally fucked.

Soul Clap

I just had a brain fart yesterday. Are muses just scapegoats that

some days you eat the bear some days the bear eats you

Henry Gross - "Shannon"

Paul Carrack - His classic Ace hit "How Long," performed with Mike & The Mechanics, live 2004

Like a boss

Just finished watching "The Kennedys"

Any Weeds fans out there?

VIDEO: Jeff Beck & Imelda May perform The Shangri-Las' 1964 classic "(Remember) Walking In The Sand"

Sometimes I wonder what percentage of the world's population is younger than me.

Little Feat

Caffeine

The Guess Who - "No Time" (the "long version" from the album "Canned Wheat")

MEDICAL NEWS: They've created a "morning after" pill for guys!

Cat playing with dolphins

Any astronomy buffs here?

It's a great life

Brian Hyland - The Impressions' "Gypsy Woman" LIVE

I have JOB!

PICS & VIDEO: "A bazooka wrapped in bacon that shoots an entire sausage. Ain’t that ‘Merica."

I'll be the roundabout

LI'l Skittles was NEVER what you might call "easy prey".

ATTENTION! I am auctioning off this unpaired sock I found in my dryer.

ATTENTION: I am auctioning off my underwear

Why aren't we more outraged about men's underwear?

buddy the cow god has a request

It's National Public Safety Telecommunications Week!! Share your 911 stories

Hello -- looking for HELP!!! Again -- Evidently nobody home in compuer help ...

Hi folks...have a BIG favor to ask...

Ad in paper: Forklift Driver - MUST PASS DRUG TEST AND HAVE CLEAN CRIMINAL RECORD (except dui).

Safe. Warm. Secure. Loved. ... ... ... Would that ALL were half so fortunate.

I know things can be different.

How to set the mood for a really really really REALLY good party:

Furniture for bibliophiles

This has got to be the funniest SNL Digital Short ever (and Helen Mirran is a good sport too)

The annual "trof's Marriage Anniversary Post". 42 years and counting.

I don't care what Orrex says,

People think MFM is a pretty nice guy, but photos show that, in real life, he's quite the dickhead.

So, the stray female cat I've been nurturing back to health, and feeding regularly,

"My panties" is the phrase for today. Modify a thread title to include "my panties".

When doctors cancel appointments, they should have to pay a cancellation fee.

One week.... just one week....

And now an alert from Liberal Veteran

I have JOB!

ATTENTION! I hate to let these go, but I'm auctioning off my TMI shorts!

"God will never give you more than you can handle"

Find the kitteh

i didn't know my life lacked bluegrass covers of modest mouse until tonight

Is EVERYBODY READY for a KINKS REUNION?

What should I read next? Science fiction or non-fiction?

Koran-burning pastor Terry Jones going to France to wear a burka.

Is creativity extinct in Hollywood?

Special Forces scandal as officers are held 'for trying to leak secrets'

Special Forces scandal as officers are held 'for trying to leak secrets'

African Union says Libya accepts cease-fire plan

so me and the wife are divorcing

Humala leads Peru vote, run-off wide open

Qaddafi Agrees to Accept Cease-Fire Plan, Starts Talks

Global Military Spending Hits High But Growth Slows (Still rising in U.S., Dropping in Europe)

Berlusconi Shows up in Court in Tax Fraud Case

Japan warns of massive earthquake and volcanic explosion after the April 7 earthquake

Mapleton grateful for warning

Help! Need assistance with Outlook 2007.

Ugh, I need to have surgery for a hernia.

Egyptian Blogger Sentenced to Prison for Insulting Military

Gov. Jerry Brown pushes tax vote on GOP turf

Experts: Wisconsin only ‘Republican broke’

War in Afghanistan is destabilising Pakistan, says president

Obama to Put Taxes on Table in Spending Plan

China accuses US of human rights double standards

URGENT Ghaza: Arab League for a no-fly zone

Marcellus shale gas may head overseas

Gordon Brown phone-hacking inquiry halted by civil service (more coverups by Murchoch's henchmen)

Gordon Brown phone-hacking inquiry halted by civil service (more coverups by Murchoch's henchmen)

Third tea party rally planned for Friday (Zanesville, OH)

American Ghost Towns of the 21st Century

Ohio Lawmakers To Introduce Bill To Recall GOP Gov. John Kasich

McChrystal to Lead Program for Military Families

Anatomy of an Afghan war tragedy

France bans the burqa

Railroad executive charged with campaign law violations (WISCONSIN)

House progressives offer budget plan: Tax the rich, end the wars, slash oil subsidies, invest in job

Lawyer claims up to 7,000 may have had phones hacked (by Rupert Murdoch's news company)

Aetna CEO: I would be turned down for health insurance

Forces capture Ivory Coast strongman in bunker

Breaking: Ivory Coast dictator Gbagbo arrested by French special forces

Bachmann: Health care ruined deal

Leading California Democratic strategist Kam Kuwata dies

Toddler served alcohol instead of apple juice at Michigan Applebee's; has BAC of .10

BP buys Gulf Coast millions in gear

Private records of 3.5 million people exposed by Texas

DC metro bomb plot: Farooque Ahmed jailed for 23 years

Japan Set to Extend Nuclear Evacuation Zone

Number of New York City homeless reached record in 2010

Red River crests on North Dakota-Minnesota border

Judge Orders NFL, Players to Try Mediation Again

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Monday, April 11, 2011

Swarm of quakes reported along California-Nevada border

Japan Targets Wider Area for Evacuation (unprepared to grapple with the longer-term implications)

Fed to stick with low rates, despite oil price rise

Fed to stick with low rates, despite oil price rise

Democrat in Missouri to Oppose Health Care Law

Budget opponents look to future of Medicare, Medicaid

Witnesses say an explosion has hit the subway system in the Belarusian capital

Witnesses say an explosion has hit the subway system in the Belarusian capital

Fukushima nuclear plant operator says a fire has broken out at the No. 4 reactor

TEPCO issues temporary evacuation of Fukushima nuclear plant following 7.1 magnitude earthquake

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Righthaven drops suit against autistic blogger, warns other targets not to rest easy

Arizona Immigration Law Ruling Refuses To Lift Ban On Enforcing Major Aspects Of Measure

Halliburton Wins Iraq Drill Contract From ExxonMobil

Facebook twins lose appeal deal-

Many killed in Iraq attacks (At least 19)

Who the hell goes to a tile store for cosmetic surgery?

Libyan rebels reject African Union cease-fire plan

AP: Olympian Carl Lewis to Run for NJ Senate

United Airlines turns 85, celebrates with old-school paint job

Bradley Manning case sparks UN criticism of US government

2 U.S. forces mistakenly killed by drone attack in Afghanistan

Ex-US college basketball players charged in game-fixing

Imelda Marcos ordered to repay stolen cash

Chicago school bans home-packed lunches

Would like opinions on this - personal family stuff

New ChamberLeaks Presentation Emerges, Details More Plans To Sabotage Liberals

Drivers start to cut back on gas as prices rise

Laser gun fired from US navy ship

Pakistan Tells U.S. It Must Sharply Cut C.I.A. Activities

Farm subsidies face $30B hit under GOP budget plan

What do you think of Adele?

Three workers exposed to radiation at Nebraska nuclear plant

Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits Fukushima

Am I the oldest person here who has never married?

White House warns of debt 'Armageddon'

Obama’s new approach to deficit reduction to include spending on entitlements

Maine AG says mural removal is ‘government speech’

Applebee's sorry after tot served booze in sippy cup

Japan may raise nuke accident severity level to highest 7 from 5

I don't know what to do with my asshole neighbor

D.C. mayor arrested at protest near Capitol

Fukushima raised to level 7 severity, same as Chernobyl

'Burqa ban' in France: housewife vows to face jail rather than submit

It looks like every republican candidate will need to use the birther crap to get their nomination.

The Ugly, the Ugly, and the Ugly: A Look at the 2011 Funding Deal

tea party plan (toon)

Obama & Plouffe's brilliant masterstroke on the deficit reduction!

"Republican lawmakers sour on 2012 field"

Why did Obama choose to run as a Democrat in the first place?

Wacko Glenn Beck Says He’s Leaving Fox To “Target The Kids” Via The Internet

"A Bunch of Clowns"

Here's what the President can announce Wednesday night

More FOX NEWS bullshit on the birth certificate

Global military spending hits high

March Madness has passed, but The March Hare is still with us. Please come CAPTION Head Wreck!!!!

Required Reading for Obama

Which of these presidents has been most courageous at fighting right-wing extremism in the U.S.?

DUers on Twitter: petition @nbc to #saynotoracism & cancel @apprenticenbc

CNBC Poll: Would Donald Trump make a good CEO of the USA?

Limbaugh tells neo-cons to go after independents who plan to vote for Obama.

CNN Transcript: David Plouffe on the President's upcoming speech

What about contracting with foreign countries to provide services to those on Medicare and Medicaid

In March, the EPA proposed first national standard for mercury pollution from power plants

President Obama meets Colorado Middle School

Taxpayers Still Paying For "Bridge to Nowhere"

Government by People Who Hate You

Pelosi Statement on Budget Agreement

Conservative Economists Criticize 'Off The Deep End' Republican Budget

Manning, Obama and U.S. moral leadership

What is more important in a President, kicking Republican ass or accomplishing things?

Obama's plan: Tax increase for the rich, cuts to military spending.

Democrat..plain , brown bag type liberal Democrat;

Birther Theories - I wish people would understand THEIR own citizenship is being questioned

Odds of Obama getting taxes raised on upper earners and their tax loopholes plugged?

Dear Speaker Boehner: Who's responsible for the 'Drivers of Our Debt?'

Singer John Legend: Trump your a RACIST

Must watch

White House: Obama plans on cutting benefits for the poor and elderly

Krugman: The President Is Missing

For a brief, fleeting moment, Mitt Romney was trending on Twitter...

Mobilize to End the War. On Social Security.

Government by People Who Hate You

Seems to me that the Republicans keep serving up nuttier and more bizarre candidates for Prez

Poll: Americans Strongly Support Budget Deal, And Credit Dems For Averting Shutdown

Rick Scott Cartoon: Drug Tests

Mike Malloy - Billions In Profit, Cero In Taxes

MSNBC: Cenk - GOP Budget Is Great! For Rich People...

Libya update: AU leaders 'mobbed' in Benghazi

Politics and the Lords of Money

Reverend Payton's Big Damn Band - Everything's Raising

S02E10 - Stopping CFPB

Radiation increases continue across US

TDPS: Did Barack Obama Make a Deal to Kill the Public Option?

Rigging Yet Another Election

Arnie Gundersen: Demonstrates How Fukushima's Fuel Rods Melted and Shattered

Susan Sarandon — Mountaintop Removal: An American Tragedy

Glenn Beck & Sarah Palin - Live (REMIX)

Welcome Back, Governor LePage

Stiglitz: Time to Rethink Fixation on GDP?

Jim Cramer Says Secretary Made $400,000 /yr at Goldman Sachs

Normon Solomon: "You Can't Really Trust the Media"

RT - "Keiser Report' Bernanke Middle Class Murderer

Tad Daley Nuclear Weapon Abolitionist Speaks at International Forum - PART 1

Tad Daley Nuclear Weapon Abolitionist Speaks at International Forum - PART 2

solidarity shirt around Wi war hero statue

There Was a Time In This Country... Reverend Kiley delivers labor's invocation

GRITtv: Cornel West: Paul Ryan and Greed

GRITtv: Cornel West: Awakening Democracy in Madison

US human rights hypocrisy

Cody James (I'm From Wasilla, AK) - True Gay Stories

Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction

Republicans Obsess about China but Ignore Education's role in Competition

TYT: Rep. Posey - ''Big Oil Should Pay No Taxes''

GRITtv: Frances Fox Piven: Obama and New Voters

Ian Anderson + Cady Coleman flute duet in space

MSNBC: Cenk - Rigged Game, Tax $ For Big Oil

Cornel West

TYT: Obama To Out-Republican GOP On Budget Cuts?

Government Shutdown! Crisis! Terror! wait, nevermind

Who will it be, Congress? 16 Corporations or We the People?

Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen demonstrates How Fukushima's Fuel Rods Melted and Shattered

TYT: Obama Caves On Budget, Brags About It

George Monbiot vs. Dr. Helen Caldicott: A Debate on the Future of Nuclear Energy. Part 1 of 2

Blue Collar Comedy Tour - BIG DECK - starring Drew Carey

"Democracy's Gold Standard" - A Special Comment by Brad Friedman (in wake of WI debacle)

Alternative voting explained in a fun way.

China's Ghost Cities and Malls

the Tea Party

Lessons from the Great Hanshin earthquake

Capital Dynamics Sees Renewable Energy Growth After Japan's Nuclear Crisis

drumbeat from the weekend and today...

Retired US diplomat advances the cause of renewable energy in Barbados

Kuwait seeks to import Iraqi gas in Shell deal

Xpost GD: Caldicot "educates" Monbiot on nuclear safety.

From Ancient Giants, Finding New Life to Help the Planet

Discarded Plastic Bottles Put to New Use in Schools

Wealthy GOP Donor: Env. Regulators "Vindictive"; "Out Of Control" - And In PA, He's Now Their Boss

Study: Gas from ‘fracking’ worse than coal on climate

Japan expands evacuation areas around crippled nuclear plant

Japan Weighs Giving Nuclear Crisis Chernobyl-Level Rating

Excessive nitrogen harms the economy and environment – first Europe-wide assessment published

Some dairy farms in Fukushima resume milk shipment

Wave Disk Generator. The future of transportation?

Samsung Heavy Rises to Highest Since 2007 on $1.2 Billion LNG Ship Orders

Expect a busy 2011 Hurricane season

High times and energy consumption - the energy cost of growing weed.

Xpost fm GD: Raised to level 7 headed towards 8

SHOULD JAPAN CONTINUE WHALING DESPITE THE INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY?

For those involved in the Green Energy profession, what would you advise a young person

Bob Dylan Denies 'China Sellout,' Claims He Led A New 'Cultural Revolution'

Lawyer claims up to 7,000 may have had phones hacked

Washington Post interview with DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton

Miami Herald: Scott: Learning on the job

4 ways we're still fighting the Civil War

The cost of war: A Marine veteran's suicide points to the heavy toll at home.

Blowin’ in the Idiot Wind

Why Evangelicals Enabled the Corporate Takeover of the Republican Party - Frank Schaeffer

Paychecks for top American executives are growing again

Medicare for Beginners

Guardian UK: How nuclear apologists mislead the world over radiation

Guardian UK: How nuclear apologists mislead the world over radiation

Karl Marx, part 2: How Marxism came to dominate socialist thinking

Nuke Plant license renewal? Diablo Canyon

“Biblical Slavery” For Non-Christians? Yes, Suggests Website of Mike Huckabee’s Favorite Historian D

Proof The Fix Is On: Election Decided Two Days Before Polls Open

Mario Cuomo Still Believes

Why isn’t Obama fighting Colombia’s dirty deal with Chavez?

The Most Dangerous Thing You'll Do All Day..Yahoo Health, Men's Health

Matt Taibbi on "young, prickish, over-coiffed, anal-retentive deficit Robespierre" Paul Ryan

Wisconsin Commoncause: " Count every vote"

Democrats Can Still Stop This Budget Tragedy

Science - "Unlikely" That 2C Goal Remains Attainable, No Matter What Happens Next

Chris Hedges: Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System

Court determines that CCDW permit equivalent to FOID

Some people have an irrational fear of firearms ...

Dallas Morning News Spreads Anti-Gun Disinformation

VA Cuccinelli says guns in churches are okay if they’re for self-defense

High-profile shootings fail to spur gun control

Racism rife in Bogota

Spain unlikely to take more political prisoners from Cuba after Friday, government says

Cuban journalist Fernández Saínz: I was a reporter in prison

Brazilian president arrives in China for state visit

Colombia and Venezuela sign 16 bilateral cooperation agreements

Venezuela's most populated areas suffer another major blackout

Police Brutality in Honduras

X-post "The Chiquita Papers by Michael Evans (4-7-11 The National Security Archive)"

Ending dark era, Cuba frees last jailed journalist

National Organization for Marriage Activist Now Supports Marriage Equality

Homophobia Is Not Kosher

House GOP to hold hearing on ‘defending marriage’

LGBT Stories: Wasilla Teen's Coming Out Results In Slashed Tires, Shouting Parents, Supportive Siste

Catholic Abuse? Blame Gays

Anti-gay Bush official sentenced to jail

Scientists speak out to discredit 'gay caveman' media reports

Uruguay to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

There are no gay rights issues that Barack Obama isn't willing to get behind

Inside at least one mosque is fractal art that was created before the word "fractal" was coined.

This Week In Holy Crimes

Red Sox take 2 of 3 from Yanks. Beautiful! But there are some in this furum...

Manny Ramirez: A Retrospective

Dumb ass NBA fines Jay Z $50,000.00 for

Canadian election debate delayed due to Habs/Bruins game.

MrCoffee's Top 5 MLS Goals - Week 4

Did anyone post about TSUN losing the college hockey championship game?

The JR Chess Report (April 10): Chinese Championships, Bundesliga final rounds

You want a closer for the Kentucky Derby?

NHL Playoffs set

Anyone catch the Pujols story on 60 Minutes last night?

Bring back Morgan and Miller!

Goldstone and the Israelis–an analysis by Uri Avnery

In Defense of Munther Fahmi, Bookseller

New Palestinian military groups surface in Gaza

U.S. Backs Down and Grants Visa to Omar Barghouti, Palestinian Advocate of Israel Boycott

Israel’s attorney general set to indict (Avigdor) Lieberman

Israeli inertia on peace may saddle state with old regrets

Czech reporters sue Israel over flotilla raid

If Assad falls, we will see all the region's alliances unravel

Israel worried by 'weakening' US

Mississippi Republicans are against interracial marriage

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