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Archives: December 26, 2012

Ai Weiwei Retweets Organ Harvesting Petition to the White House

The man who shot those firemen wrote this in a note according to the

What I want for Christmas and the New Year:

Johnny Cash, Live@ S.Quentin

The war on Christmas is OVER

Community effort brings missing blind dog home for Christmas

U.S. Holiday Sales Advanced a Marginal 0.7%, SpendingPulse Says

Anyone heard anything about this?

Well, looks like we'll be battening down the hatches here in IN for the next couple of days.

Colorado Faith Leaders Combat Anti-Muslim Ads With ‘Love Thy Neighbor’ Campaign

11-year-old girl prompts breakfast for homeless at Winston-Salem church

Two & a Half Men...

Homeless Supplied With Socks, Tents as Snow Storm Approaches

Jimmy Kimmel takes 'Nightline' slot next year

Missouri Democrats argue over Limbaugh statue

Magic Mushrooms May Explain Santa & His 'Flying' Reindeer

The Super Supercapacitor

Holiday viewing: ‘The Memphis Belle’ follows the famous U.S. bomber

A Holiday Greeting

Never play Scrabble with a spelling nazi.

My dog was once bitten by a Copperhead.

Elmer's Christmas Collection

US holiday retail sales growth weakest since 2008

Moon shots

Faking being asleep in order to avoid awkward holiday family moments

Senior Hamas leader calls for third intifada

who else got to spend the day in their jammies?

OK, ban the AR-15, by shape and color. I'm on board.

Mr. couldn't be bothered to serve his country, tough-talk Wayne LaPierre:

Alienation, tragedy, and the canaries in the coal mine

Japan’s new government expected to bring back nuclear

Mr. Fish- Let There Be Lights

Scenes, story, actors and music from classic films stolen by The Artist (2011).

Ms A just brought me a large mug of Hot Chocolate with whipped cream

By far the strangest 'Christmas" Cartoon I have ever seen

A HOLIDAY LETTER FROM JOHN BOEHNER

Is this unreasonable?

'Large, extremely dangerous' tornado confirmed in Mobile this evening

Next Challenge for the Health Law: Getting the Public to Buy In

Note to Incumbents on Social Security

Austerity continues to stifle UK economy

Listen to Mike Malloy tonight.

Obama to Leave Hawaiian Vacation Early to Return to Work on Fiscal Deal.

I spent most of my day today at the VA Hospital in Loma Linda, CA.

Karma

Next year,......my letter to Santa will have to be a bit more specific!

Mandatory Tuesday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Merry Christmas! & a new Kitty gif

Sanford and Son Christmas

The 25 Funniest Auto Corrects of 2012

Employee benefits cut turnover for Chattanooga Steak 'n Shake franchise

Love is what makes a family....

Just put all you fuckers on my IGNORE list.

who else got to spend the day in someone else's jammies?

Look, if we're going to have a million gun threads can we get something right? Clips vs. Magazines

I hereby propose a petition that calls for the deportation of every single idiot who signed the

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Wednesday, 26 December 2012

Well, I just did a mile on BC/XC skis. I didn't even die.

Indian Jews from ‘lost tribe’ land in Israel

American Taliban: Women have no right to their own bodies, but they're responsible for HIS

Christmas Cats...they are all getting along!

Cleburne State Park - pics & info.

PSA

It's a wonderful life , still a timeless movie

What did everyone get for the holidays?

So, Arkansas and La.-Monroe are playing on Chrstmas but it isn't a bowl game?

Teacher Brings Loaded Gun To Minnesota School For Fear Of Newtown Shooting

Your Favorite Holiday?

Americans Miss $200 Billion Abandoning Stocks

Children, Now and Then.

Pics) Look At All These Guns People Got for Christmas

Dinosaur Valley State Park, Glen Rose - pics & info.

The bad luck at our house continues

Anonymous reporting that Westboro Baptist Church will picket firefighters' funerals

If I could reach out and touch you and bring you back home...(video)

Connecticut joining forces, so that not a single Newtown officer has to work on Christmas Day.

Lake Mineral Wells St. Pk - pics & info.

The only purpose of "assault" weapons is to kill people.

Caprock Canyons ST Pk - pics & info.

Clout Diminished, Tea Party Turns to Narrower Issues

Borowitz on Baby Jesus

When Books Could Change Your Life

Crosspost. Malloy names some MN. Dems that receive NRA $

I am sure this will be asked by many: why was Spengler - the one who ambushed

Swear to the gods our Bircher of a local newspaper columnist actually wrote the following:

Where is the Outrage!

The gift of a wonderful book.

Little drummer boy - an autistic boy drumming on a washing machine quite well.

Very fine Trompe L'Oeil Art on a Walk in Asheville on Christmas Day

Control the cashbox, control the world.

We were going to just have a reg. day today, but my husband did something.

Fairuz -sawt el eid [silent night] Christmas carol

Forget the 'fiscal cliff

"Team Romney still doesn’t see that Americans rejected its policies"

Actual tactical alert from LAPD from last night picked up on police scanner....

The West Wing now on Netflix

"The solution to gun violence is clear"

Romney campaign caught off guard by fact that Obama staffers worked

Workplace discrimination prompts 'whitened' job applications

A Story about a son.

"look! Its a Major Award!"

My Uncle tried to convince me Obama is a Muslimn today.

This is beautiful.

Saw Django Unchained today. *Impression - No Spoilers*

"The Odd Couple" Outtakes

Lifetime Achievement Award!

Obama to Leave Hawaiian Vacation Early to Work on Fiscal Deal

What if someone posted the names and addresses of Brady Campaign members?

12 inches expected coming at us...

Shooting is Business, and Business is Good from truthout

FreedomWorks tea party group nearly falls apart in fight between old and new guard

How else are we going to cut the defense budget if we don't allow the sequester to take effect?

New Hawaiian U.S. Senator To Be Named On Wednesday

13 people to watch in politics in 2013

Merry Christmas From the Feds, Who Can Still Read Your Emails Without a Warrant

What's the worst movie musical of all time?

Meet the Weeds that Monsanto Can't Beat

Call the White House 202-456-1111 (opens WED 12/26), and your rep (202) 224-3121 (opens TH 12/27)!

former Chief Justice Burger - individual right to bear arms was “one of the greatest pieces of

Sam Seder revisits his 2005 CNN appearance debating the War on Christmas

The Best Obama Photos of the Year thread (post yours)

Deadly Attack at US Base in Khost, Eastern Afghanistan

Lawd! Armey took over Freedomworks in a coup that lasted 6 days

Inbread Cat

First Marijuana Growers in DC Clear Regulatory Hurdles

Productive cat

Meowzart's Requiem

'It Took Us 40 Years To Get Rid Of Him, Please Don't Send Him Back'

Fernando Lugo to Meet President Correa in Ecuador

Tornado Touches Down in Mobile, AL During Live Broadcast Christmas Day 2012

Armed Guards in Schools? The NRA Wants a Police State

Orcs v. Goblins: Crazed Republicans Turn on Each Other in Ugly Fiscal Cliff Battle

6 Ways to Juice Up the Labor Movement

How Gun Sellers Use Video Games To Promote Their Brands

Storms on the way in NE SC:

Too many government secrets

Catholic Schools Open Doors to Storm-Tossed Students

Atheist group for seniors at La Costa Glen targeted: Atheists Anonymous members say backlash growing

A frugal portable air cleaner

Simple eye scan can reveal extent of Multiple Sclerosis

FreedomWorks tea party group nearly falls apart in fight between old and new guard

Vaccine patch offers pain-free way to stop disease in Papua New Guinea

Spoiler warning

Car pollution, noise and accidents 'cost every EU citizen £600 a year'{taxation}

High-Frequency Trading Prospers at Expense of Everyone

China checks the US picket line

For whom the Syrian bell tolls

OCCUPY THE HOMELESS--Serving Christmas dinner and giving toys to kids

Obesity Rates Fall Among U.S. Preschoolers, Study Finds

Finally watching 'Weeds' on Netflix

Conservative Judge: "Bring back assault weapons ban... with teeth this time."

Four big technology fiefs-Apple vs. Google vs. Facebook vs. Amazon

For Wall Street It's "Peace On Earth, Goodwill Toward Remington"

College graduates get more relief on loan payments

Kwanzaa begins today!

missing: $200m in gas receipts for NATO aid in afghanistan

Another DU Christmas Present - The ReTHUG Wreck of a Post Shellacking Caribbean Cruise

why education is no longer the great equalizer

I wish the President would just stay on vacation until January 1st...

Is the NRA to us, what ACORN was to the right???

This Year, Be More Generous Than Ever

Snowstorm heads east after South twisters; 3 dead

Where's the Democratic Party's "vision for the future"??

Republicans voted almost two years ago to raise taxes on this January 1st...

NY firemen's killer mapped out plan for slayings

Shoppers disappoint retailers this holiday season

What do I do? --I live in Pennsylvania and we are expecting 8-10 inches possible 12 " of snow.

It Gets Better: December 26, 2012 - Apple

McConnell's Own Poll Shows 4-Point Lead Over Ashley Judd

No Glory, No Spoils, No Closure - The Double Whammy of Rip-off Wars

Just sent another email about Dean for Sec'y of Health & Human Services

Russian anti-U.S. adoption bill advances, goes to Putin for signing

Decayed - but not forgotten. The old black business district in Asheville sports fine murals

Okinawa: US violated Osprey rules over 300 times

All I want for Christmas - an AR-15

How many DU'ers gave or recieved homemade Christmas gifts this year?

A bit more on Crapo, the Idaho Repub Senator arrested for DWI

W.H. Petition: 'Press Charges Against David Gregory' for Breaking D.C. Gun Laws

Congrats War Pigs for winning DU fantasy Football

& now as even more military style weapons fly off

The Big Dog's Big Lie

Does Your Cat Have a Few Dozen Nicknames? (Catster)

X-post at Lounge: Does Your Cat Have a Few Dozen Nicknames? (Catster)

Syria military police chief defects to rebels

President Barack Obama greet Marines in Hawaii on Christmas Day

"Chained CPI" Americans (across the board) GET IT:

Movie Review: ‘Les Misérables’

GAAHHH! "Nucular power"! This from Jason Pontin MIT Technology Review editor in chief.

Conan O'Brien on Santa Claus

For Unions, It Was a Very Bad Year

Q. How many NRA spokesmen do you need to change a light bulb?

let them eat chit

FYI: We All Died on December 21

Bumper Sticker of the Day

The Martin Van Buren Google Ad

One Question Will The Chained CPI Effect More Than Social Security Or Will It Be Used

LET THEM EAT CHIT

Could Crazy Wayne be Suffering from a Mental Illness?

"I treated myself this Christmas"

How a Former Congressman Staged a Literal Armed Coup of a Tea Party Group, With a Gun and Everything

Former Senator Bob Bennett Says It’s His ‘Constitutional Right’ To Lobby Whenever He Wants

White House petition to end corporate welfare

Obama's Secret WAR on Christmas takes an UGLY turn as Karl Rove's Dance Partner is INVESTIGATED.

Georgia’s Hunger Games: How Georgia declared war on its poorest citizens

A bunch of movies are expiring.

The perfect solution to the 'fiscal cliff'...

Day after XMas breakfast Lox and Cream Cheese Omelet

First Dog BO leaps onto First Lady's lap while she reads Xmas Carol to ill children

** December Photo Contest Winners **

We Used to Get Something for Our Tax Dollars

Eating Chinese on Christmas is a family tradition... for Bush 1 family

"Just Jack" a kid that will probably save millions of lives

CORPORATE INTIMIDATION: Starbucks is basically forcing its employees to lobby Washington D.C.

Merry Christmas to the needy and the homeless

Moronic gun debates that distract everybody from the real problem.

Al Sharpton, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly Join N.Y. Daily News Anti-Gun Campaign

What Tony Romo wanted for Christmas...

HAM (SHANK PORTION)! It's what's for dinner.

Christmas Fire Kills 7, Leaves Thousands Homeless in Manila

Kali's ranch is really easy to find on a map.

Dogs are, without one single doubt, the EASIEST creatures in the whole wide world to keep happy.

Baby clothing designed to be worn by Mom and Dad:

You can tell Winter is definitely here because DUer's are starting to hunker down for it.

December 26th -- the day MiddleFingerMom begins the arduous task of taking down his Christmas tree.

All rumors to the contrary, MiddleFingerMom has quite the active social life, tyvm!!!

Does the gun control argument need to be reframed?

SpaceX Grasshopper 12-Story Test Flight 12/17/12 (Videos)

Andy Borowitz's wish list

All the damn gun ads on the internet

150 years ago...from the Dakota War of 1862....we remember this...

4 children and one adult die in Christmas Evening Fire in Oklahoma City

Nazareth - Love Hurts

Toon- What is Wrong with Them?

Bob Seger - Mainstreet

The Stupidest Person On The Face Of The Earth

As Democrats, and defenders of the 99%, I think it is time to ask the question?

If I eat anymore

Non Sequitur Toon Today:

Gary Wright - Dreamweaver

Today in Peace and Justice history on December 26, 1971

Today in Peace and Justice history on December 26, 1971

Lowdown - Boz Scaggs

David Gregory did break the DC gun law, and this is why strict liability laws are (mostly) so stupid

This Masquerade - George Benson (1976)

Anyone ever buy a cell phone off ebay

FreedomWorks tea party group nearly falls apart in fight between old and new guard-with guns

The idea that you should run the government like a business...

Ion Thruster Sets World Record

Marvin Gaye "I Want You" (1976)

If only fish had breasts

Parliament Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop - Mothership Connection - Houston 1976

Proof that our ancestors were players

In The US It's Looking A More Like China ----

Ova

"Carol for Another Christmas" Rod Serling Christmas Special re-airs March 26, 2013 on TCM 6:30PM ET

Study: Mistletoe Effective Against Colon Cancer

My New Year's message to Republican's

David Bowie - Stay (Dinah Shore 1976)

Bamboo being floated downriver in India

Midnight Special - Steve Miller Band "Fly Like An Eagle"

Georgia’s Hunger Games

Sweet Thing - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

"Thunderbirds are go" no more - Gerry Anderson has passed

Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop

Focaccia

Queen - 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

My Sweet Cat Scarlet: August 14, 1995 – December 24, 2012

Labor beat Prop. 32 via social media

My Sweet Cat Scarlet: August 14, 1995 – December 24, 2012

Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart

Time to repeal Taft-Hartley

Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton

Have you ever been screwed by an online mail order company?

Daryl Hall and John Oates - Sara Smile Live Germany '76

A gallon of milk could cost $8 in 2013.

China Starts Longest Bullet-Train Line, Luring Air Travelers

Sam Donaldson To Tea Partiers: “It’s Not Your Country Anymore”

Eric Carmen - "All By MySelf"

Tom The Dancing Bug: Fox on Rudolph

National Review Cruise - "Climb Aboard Little Wog, Sail Away With Me"

When dog owners go bad.

Has DU ever tried some kind of Republican Troll proofing?

Matt Damon on fracking

Know your BFEE: Siegelman Judge is a big-time War Profiteer

Husband taken into custody in shooting death of Wauwatosa Police officer

What's for Dinner ~ Monday Dec 26th - Boxing Day Edition

guns and the social economics of mandatory liability insurance and taxation

gun violence control through mandatory liability insurance and taxation - from Forbes

What is Shrub up to nowadays, anyways?

Researchers: Amazon deforestation is devastating microbial communities

Payback time: Florida homeowners foreclosing on banks

This is taterguy's last day as host of the Lounge.

The "Christmas" Season is really the SOLSTICE Season. Christians Co-Opted it. Read On:

Retailers scramble after lackluster holiday sales

Bewick's swans: Baby boost for threatened birds

Obama could reshape 5th Circuit during 2nd term

Jack Reed hasn’t made up his mind about filibuster changes

Wow! Nearly 250,000 Sign White House Petition To Label Westboro Baptist Church A Hate Group

GOP strategist: ‘I don’t think the NRA is listening’ to Americans

Counter-petition to keep Piers Morgan in U.S. says the ‘UK doesn’t want him’

NY Daily news honors 25 years of Juan Gonzalez

From nuns to 'nones,' 10 ways religion shaped the news in 2012

The Only Freedom that Matters is the Freedom to Nervously Guard Against Your Constant Fear

6 ways politicians can win the atheist vote

Swinney Switch fire ousts 150 people on Christmas — burns house, mobile home and 200 acres

Catching up on Z's in Bay Area

Have we see the last of cub reporter Luke Russert for today?

Peter Higgs criticises Richard Dawkins over anti-religious 'fundamentalism

Watching Luke Russert sit in for Andrea.

Two completely random but similar pictures from Facebook

Less Atheism, More Humanism

Returns

Theoryof Special Social Relativity

Religious Leaders Join Forces to Combat Anti-Muslim Ads With a Loving Campaign

Almost to 1000 again, FINALLY. Ask me anything ...

Stepping inside art with Sister Wendy

Texas Arms All Nursery School Students - Satire

Somebody gets it.

I want to create a thread that never dies was started 3 years ago today

Catholic Schools Open Doors to Storm-Tossed Students.

pussycat

Abe takes office as Japan's PM with focus on economic recovery

Let's End The Right Winger's Nonsense - Bush's Vacations Cost A LOT More Than Obama's

The conservative implosion continues

The issue with Republican trolling is people who *pretend* to be Democrats/liberals

Ancestry: Free New Records access till Dec 29 2012 midnight.

Perfect solution to MTP/David Gregory kerfuffle over gun clip:

Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital

NBC's Meet the Press under police investigation

Syrian Official to Meet Russia’s Lavrov for Peace Plan Talks

Congress OKs Warrantless Email Spying

My belated Xmas gift: How to fix Congress

look, if we're gonna have a billion arguments about one thing, the right ones should go here

Downton Abbey Spoiler

Trains - US v China

Tony Auth nails the R's today...

The story behind Mitt Romney’s loss in the presidential campaign to President Obama

Stereotype this

Fake right wing meme alert: that WAS a cop guarding Obama's plane in London!

*Coming up at 4pm, on Martin Bashir's show, Karen Finney in for Martin.

Reminder: Progressives Have a Great Solution to the 'Fiscal Bluff'!

Fox News says Fred Phelps’ “God Hates F*gs” hate group is “left wing”

Starbucks cups to come with a political message

True Believer: Petraeus and the Mythology of Afghanistan

catfish blues

I'm Climbing Up the Christmas Tree Neow!

Iceland Was Right, We Were Wrong: The IMF

Whatever happened to anger and rage?

Big-Game Redskins Role Reversal for RG3, Shanahan

I Can See It Now - Fire Dept Response - SWAT Team First Vehicle To Arrive ----

Report finds US energy production growing, consumption down

Only the Democrats can save Boehner on this "fiscal cliff" fiasco...

The world reacts to Obama's win

The three names (for U.S. Senator) the Hawaii Democrats gave to Governor Abercrombie are ...

We got an iPad for Christmas.

Geithner: U.S. To Hit Debt Limit December 31

Euroscepticism growing among voters, Guardian/ICM poll finds

Russian anti-U.S. adoption bill advances, goes to Putin for signing

One of us! Gooble gobble! Gooble gobble!

Much prefer war wary Chuck Hagel to 'leading counterinsurgency supporter' Michele Flournoy

Hawaii Senator Appointment:Dems choose Hanabusa, Kiaaina, Schatz as finalists for Inouye Senate seat

I am a rural non-gun owner

Government under pressure to review prostitution laws in England and Wales

30-foot whale found on New York beach

Introducing my cat to my husband's birds

Watched "We Bought a Zoo" over the week end...

Report: Right wing plots coup to oust Boehner

When I heard Obama was returning home I was not sure if

Cigarettes don't cause cancer, Guns don't kill people...

The full story behind the Dick Armey coup...

for fans of "unboxing" videos

White Privilege Effects Different Conversation Because Majority Of Mass Shooters White? (VIDEO)

January 2013 Photo Contest Poll

I just got 3 tickets to see Jesse Jackson

A Year of Progress in Argentina’s Human Rights Trials

Armed guards in schools? Remember Zimmerman?

The offer of the Chained CPI is a 'Brilliant Strategy'! Could someone explain this please?

I wish we could find a place for "ouvrage de la semaine" on the frontpage

How much did this fat cat 1%er give to Romney?

Is anybody else having any problem with DU website?

Kent Conrad ready to give the farm away on fiscal Cliff

Bipartisan Group Of Former National Security Advisers Condemn Attacks On Hagel

Charging an 18-year-old in high school rent

If guns are a right

I made & ate deviled eggs with eggs Ex-wife had that expired 3 weeks ago. Ask me anything!

Thousands Of Vets And Military Families Sign Petition Rejecting ‘Neocon Smears’ Against Hagel

New Trampled Snow Art from Simon Beck

Mohamed Morsi signs Egypt's new constitution into law

Is this you?

Deadly wave of looting hits Argentina

Senate OKs Warrantless Email Snooping

Bipartisan Group Of Former National Security Advisers Condemn Attacks On Hagel

Alabama terror suspects pleads not guilty

One Chilling Graphic- causes of violent death

so who else is in the post Christmas PJ all day space cadet coma?

The Obama's are on Barbara Walters tonight

Beyond the manger

By Licensing Coca Plots, Bolivia Manages to Reduce Plantings

Tweety feasting on the Freedom Works Coup

Settlement reached in Toyota acceleration cases

The debt under the Debt Ceiling is

Foreign Policy: Anatamy of an air attack gone wrong (12 civilians killed in Yemen)

This is an interesting comment...

This guy literally makes me puke each time I see him. He was just on TV talking about the 1%.

Funniest Memes Mocking Republicans

Dirty double-crossers

Take My Neocon -- Please

Mental illness, poverty haunted Afghan policewoman who killed American

A museum that few men dare visit.....

My wife managed to make it home safely BUT nearly spun out twice.

UAE says arrests cell planning attacks

Our World: Hagel, Obama and the Israeli elections

A Boxing Day gift to Meta.

In the next few days.....

Supreme Court declines to block provision covering contraceptives in health care law

Google formally acknowledges Festivus

Even Mainstream Pundits Are Now Saying, Republicans 'No Longer a Normal Governing Party,' 'Unfit for

Republican Dick Armey 'stages armed coup' at Tea Party organisation

Making my turkey today! Finally!!! :-)

No Current Legislation, Deals, Negotiations Or Hypothetical Discussions About SS Cuts

Georgia’s Hunger Games

Salon: Why is Apple fading?

12 Facts From 2012

BBQ tip #1

Oklahoma Republican Crazy Bus

Oil lobby seeks to work with Obama

Abercrombie to announce Senate appointee at 2:00 pm HST (7pm EST)

Breaking: GHWBush in intensive care in Houston ("guarded condition")

I'm still pissed about curiousjorge2012 getting my thread locked.

The Magic of Messi

Tombstone loses appeals court bid to repair mountain water supply

Israel approves another 1,200 settlement units: total approvals to 5,500 in just over a week

Another classic screen shot from Fox (a Fox affiliate, anyway)

Six-year-old girl shot in face by Taliban and left for dead gets free surgery in US

Iranian Fleet Is Training To Block The Hormuz Strait

Spokesman: George H.W. Bush in intensive care

Heads up for the tsunami of karma kickback

These aren't photgraphs or photoshops - they are pencil drawings

Former President HW Bush moved to intensive care after weeks in hospital (moved last Sunday)

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Thursday, 27 December 2012

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