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Archives: November 2, 2014

Presidential Weekly Address: It’s Time to Help Women and Working Families ( A Must Watch!)

I believe in democracy...

How do you deal with right wing friends who post stupid shit on facebook

PPP LA poll good and bad news

Peter LaBarbera busted in Canada on mischief charge

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey on sale at Amazon

Try again.

Does anyone have any news on this Iowa poll?

A rural conversation between Barbara Kingsolver and Silas House

"Walker Authority about to end Family Farms and small Businesses in a single Generation."

The capture of Eric Frein: How a self-styled Cold War soldier finally tripped up (+video)

British public not interested in fighting America's wars – former London mayor Livingston

I am not answering my phone until Wednesday

UPDATED: Senate Dems Will Exceed Expectations

There is paranoid schizophrenia, and then there is this woman...

Attention Tea Party! Obama Agenda Alert!!!

Some GOPPER Candidate Now Say They Are Pro Choice. Liar Liar Pants On Fire.

November snow surprises South Carolina

A beautiful story.

Poll Indicates Majority Favors Quarantine For AIDS Victims

Spanish woman cured of Ebola moves to normal room

Some pictures from tonight...with the new lens.

Latest Look at the Senate With Days to Go

GA: Black early voting matches 2012 levels. White share down from 2010.

Archaeologists uncover remains of pre-Columbian village in central Colombia

Archaeologists uncover remains of village in central Colombia

Paramilitary killing spree was Colombia ‘state policy': Judge

The Virgin Galactic Crash Investigation

Paramilitary killing spree was Colombia ‘state policy': Judge

I hope I'm wrong about this but I think the GOP will gain 7 Senate seats on Tuesday

Leading US Jewish Publication Questions Netanyahu’s Grasp On Reality

11th. Hour guys and gals!

All I can say is that in Maine we are working the ground like HELLFIRE.

Naomi Klein and Russell Brand talk climate change and capitalism

"Mega-blitz of ad spending makes it easier for candidates to lie"

No Shit ...27

U.S. nurses join Liberians in Ebola strike

Welcome...

Mike Brown’s Mom Is Taking Her Son’s Case to the UN in Geneva

Guy on a Bufalloooooo

Even Israel's Best Friends Understand That It Is Disconnecting From Reality

"GOP Candidates Appear More 'Pro-Choice' Ahead Of Election"

Guest Lineups For The Sunday News Shows

Republicans Offended After Mary Landrieu Says Race Hurts Obama In South

Funeral held for transgender woman who had been killed by husband

President Obama revs up a crowd of 6,000 in Motor City

Really stubbed my big toe bad this morning.

Philadelphia passes hate crime bill

Be on the lookout for incidents of squee

Don't you think Alison has some cool boots?

Western Sydney Wanderers win Asian Champions League

Dark Shadows-the movie

We Are All Confident Idiots (The FF comments at the end could have been made today)

Being in a long distance relationship with Israel

Please remember that a low voter turnout favors Republicans.

Global warming, religion, and secular science - edited

Flu or Ebola?

Did anyone see the movie The Book Thief? It's coming on HBO in a few

People's March and Rally against Racist names in sports. 11/2/2014 Minneapolis

TCM Schedule for Tuesday, November 4: Bob Hope

two more straight d ballots are ready to be cast in colorado

An interesting thing happened on the way to the grocery store today

Dems buoyed by strong, early black vote

And the country which Googles the most gay porn is?...

TCM Schedule for Wednesday, November 5: The Romanovs

North by Northwest on TCM now!

Dying Scientist Confirms Aliens Are ‘Under Study’ At Area 51 (Debunked)

U.S. readying plan to send advisers to Iraqis fighting ISIS in Anbar (combat zone)

Obama to Dems: Feel a 'sense of urgency'

Could it be? Yes, it could. Something's coming, something good, If I can wait!Shock at my table/ NC

Prince is smokin' hot on SNL tonight

Think about this for a minute!

So I had my first Popeye's meal today....

Confirm that you are not voting here.

any surprises in college football this weekend?

Pope hails the poor, homeless as 'unknown saints'

Obama to GOP: Win, lose, doesn't matter. Obamacare isn't going anywhere. #GOTV #VETO

'If we vote, we win. If we don't, we lose,' Biden says in Las Vegas

Morale Boosting Thread From Here To Election Day(post hopeful news only)

Who's the smirking douchebag in those "Fire Mark Begich" ads?(online, but also on tv)

Jewish leader indicted for calling French comedian Dieudonne an anti-Semite

I Have Little Sympathy Or Compassion For GOPPERS Who Do Not Have Health Care.

"Women wouldn’t mind catcalling ‘if all the guys were hot"

Marchers Protest Ireland's New Tax on Water Supply

"Saving Daylight" - The Trailer

A challenge.

Jerry Brown rallies Colusa County crowd in final event

RAF intercepts Russian bomber approaching UK airspace

happy day of the dead (& all souls day)

How about some Dinah?

Here's ****Face Lyin' Again.. Ugly Alert

Static-X's Wayne Static Dead at 48

There has been a lot of talk about labels here and in the other room lately and yeah they do suck

Argentina seeks extradition from Spain of Franco-era ministers Rodolfo Martin Villa, Jose Utrera Mol

From Donna S. who got a Republican flyer in Illinois. Her pumpkin says it all!

Horrific child sex abuse case in Alabama

AK - Dan Sullivan is running for Senate but won't tell us who he is.

Papal Bull

I hate daylight savings time, and losing/gaining an hour of sleep 2x per year.

SurveyUSA poll: Marijuana, John Kitzhaber show clear leads; GMO labeling close

CA: Final Field Poll shows Democratic sweep of statewide offices.

You Know How This Experiment Ends, But You Should Watch It Anyway

Photo of the Day

November 2

Time change; It's happened TWICE, every year of your life... Get over it maybe?

Person in Grim Reaper costume stabs woman in her own bathroom

Who sez you can sleep late today?

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel: Get Used to Endless War

Will growing gap between rich and poor influence midterm elections?

Surprise: Since Billionaires caused Crash of 2009, Their Numbers have Doubled

Maidu: The people who want their language to disappear

President Obama to Detroit Voters: "Go Vote and Take a Friend to the Polls Tuesday" - IUNT

Maidu: The people who want their language to disappear

New prosthetic limb may prevent chafing, swelling

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Bearly Dressed Edition

WATCH: The future will not be impressed | Mickey Z.

U.N. Panel Warns of Dire Effects From Lack of Action Over Global Warming

31 Years After the U.S. Invasion of Grenada | Mickey Z.

Dark Age America: The Hour of the Knife | John Michael Greer

6 Right-Wing Disasters This Week: Bill O’Reilly Drops Accidental Truth Bomb

America: Lost With No Moral Compass | Philip A. Farruggio

Republicans Who Know Republicans Expect A Big Mess If GOP Wins Senate Majority

The Is and Isn’tness of Public Education | Emanuele Corso

List of the Harmed - Hundreds of US citizens harmed by fracking

Who’s Buying the Midterm Elections? A Bunch of Old White Guys

Planet of the Living Dead (Halloween 2014) | Mickey Z.

How Homeless People Use Technology: A Photo Essay On Street Poverty And Consumer Gadgets

Today is All Souls Day.

Sunday's Doonesbury- A message from Facebook!

Summer is officially over here in Austin. currently 39°

The Corporate Media Have Ramped Up the "The Election is Already Over, the GOP Won" to Ludicrious

DER SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL Articles (English)

Gamergate and the politicization of absolutely everything

After Halloween

Mike Malloy - The Mike Malloy Show Fundraiser

Mike Malloy - Quarantine Time Has Arrived

Mike Malloy - Condoms Don´t Travel Through Pipelines

John McCain Talks About The Palin Brawl: 'Things Happen'

Louisiana says thanks, but no thanks to Ebola researchers

Less Than 4% of Pakistanis Killed by CIA Drone Strikes Named as al-Qaeda Members

Malala Donates $50,000 to Rebuild Schools in Gaza

How Chris Christie Destroyed New Jersey's Economy and Middle Class

How Congressional Hawks Plan to Kill Obama’s Iran Deal

Tar Sands Resistance Blowing Huge Hole in Oil Industry's Bottom Line: Report

Ebola-carrying bats may be heroes as well as villains

Tales from the Police State: Mow Your Lawn Or Else

NY Times Political Memo: Why Republicans keep telling everyone they're not scientists

Harry Reid: Joni Ernst May Be Too Extreme Even For GOP

Former Biotech Scientist Speaks Out

Number of homeless students at record high in W.Va. schools

Sioux Nation looking to preserve "Heart of Everything" in Black Hills.

Jordan's King Abdullah: We will prevent Israeli unilateralism in Jerusalem

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The Ghost Inside My Child

"Many Circumventing Colorado High-Capacity Magazine Ban"

Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Industry Continues to Poison Appalachia

Jessica Taylor, "The Hill"..."Some of the Bush fatigue has faded..."

Officer seen on assault video charged with assault, perjury

Bill Snyder apologizes for political endorsement

I wonder why...

The Zen of Venn...

Probe of space tourism rocket crash may take year

Public Prisons, Private Profits

Tweety to Kornacki - I really like how you handle those reporters

On the eve of every election I harken back to what my father of blessed memory

Some perspective on Obama's alleged "unpopularity"

The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) is out

Meet Jess Spear, the Socialist and Climate Scientist Running for Washington’s State House

David Sirota: Why Does Scott Walker Think $7.25 Is a Living Wage?

Meet the Joule Box

India destroys stockpile of illegal wildlife parts

Luckovich: "Proof Campaign Ads Work"

France takes in UN worker with Ebola

Can I start playing the Solstice Music now...

Pakistan blast 'kills 30' near India

Crush!

Handling of Sexual Harassment Case Poses Larger Questions at Yale

Jim Murphy leaves the Shadow Cabinet

Fossil fuels must go by 2100, says IPCC (BBC)

I am not giving up until the last ballot is cast. The morning shows are filled with the doom

Candy Crowley is such a blatant Republican hack!

I find this "you built it, no you didn't build it, I built it." argument insipid.

Nurse: No option but to fight Ebola quarantine

You’ll Be So Happy When This Baby Elephant Reunites with Her Mother!

"There is no ambiguity" on climate change, U.N. concludes

power went out. electric company said about 2-3 hours. got generator going.

Here's a case where the GOP messed up getting someone to vote:

Help.....

28-year veteran of IRS,now to reveal how agency is failing in mission to serve American people

Interesting op ed on The Virgin crash at Wired.

The Walking Dead 5.4 "Slabtown" (spoiler alert)

Germany’s flagging economy: Build some bridges and roads, Mrs Merkel

one last time before I go..........

Iran sentences British-Iranian activist Ghoncheh Ghavami over volleyball game

Started a 6 pound pulled pork at 5 or so this morning

The West is silent as Libya falls into the abyss

A friendly, easy to understand cartoon strip that explains street harassment to doubters/deniers

Republicans always declare they are the clear winners. loudly, repeatedly, confidently

(Made Me Laugh): True Catholics,” he writes, must “resist” the Pope’s pressure to change the Church.

One more push for poll responses

Wisconsin State Journal endorses Burke

This is it. This is the day.

Steep Drops Seen In Teacher-Prep Enrollment Numbers

Just saw a piece on Melissa Harris Perry about this lady running for

If the GOP Wins the Senate: The Plan to Beat Ebola

NPR: Don't Abandon Environment (petition)

Eight convicted after reported same-sex wedding in Egypt

Sierra Leone doctor tests positive for Ebola

A sincere salute to all of you out there canvassing for our candidates.

Make the case for a Democratic victory in your state

Daylight Saving Time Poll

We have a media which is fearfully delusional about imaginary left-wing bias...

Venezuela Initiates Citizen-Disarmament Plan to Fight Crime

Joni Ernst--Most have no idea how extremist she is!

What do you call someone who learns from someone else's mistakes.

Ring of Fire: Why You Should Get Out and Vote

Sitting here pondering the effects of electric/solar power

Cardinal Burke: Catholic Church Under Pope Francis Is 'A Ship Without A Rudder'

A scientific study of religion? Researchers get their geek on at #SSSR14

Colombians jailed in Venezuela for $15 grocery run

Spaceship co-pilot was experienced test pilot

GOTV! GOTV! GOTV! It's crunch time people.

We are NOT gonna lose the Senate

MSF: Whole villages in Sierra Leone have been wiped out by Ebola

Need advice on neighbor communication

About the jams

Yet Another Fine Jackpine Rant…

The Putin Murders

Hey, Kentucky! Mitch McConnell is in bed with the BFEE.

Yay! My foster dog has started to lose weight again!

Brunch with Bernie: October 31, 2014

3 million in Florida have voted; Democrats close gap with GOP to 4.3%

Heard a funny line on NPR this morning...

NY 21st congressional district getting ready to send a Backmann replacement

What made you a weird child?

Egypt journalists defy editors on freedoms

Is it possible Rand Paul has struck oil?

The US Faces a Moment of Truth on Torture

CA checking in: All is quiet and deep blue.

All those annoying emails and calls from the Democrats that is driving you crazy

Geography, not politics, hurts [CA] Central Valley candidates (SFGate)

The Real Reason Why a Scott Walker Loss Would Crush the GOP

Um, Eve

Bobby Jindal picks an unfortunate fight over intelligence (with President Obama)

how do you feel about birthdays?

Forget ghouls and goblins. These policy monsters are way scarier.

Eyewitness interviews re: Mike Brown's murder...

Ukraine Rebels Voting in Controversial Election

New, improved survey on social justice in the atheist movement

Caught some of KKKarl on fox

Muhammad Ali still in fair health, doctor says

Journalist reveals MGK decision to fight against all religious groups

Face it.... we live in a dumbed down country and only

Royal Navy lookinf for a laser gun

Thousands Protest Redskins Name on Game day

A Catholic Debate

Until Leading Democrats Do THIS In Unison, we are all up shit creek without a paddle

50 Years of World Growth

Here, have some sacred music on Sunday...

Des Moines poll was bullshit!

NBC-WSJ National Poll: GOP/Democrats Deadlocked

GOPers in Kansas are now just making stuff up

What are you reading the week of Sunday, November 2, 2014?

Short term memory loss, I guess.

Fear of something that is not actually a threat is not rightful fear, but rather paranoia.

Another gentle reminder about polls....

Crist Opens Up 7 Point Lead Over Scott in Florida

Kenya president orders guns, bandits turned over

Idle question: who moved from sub-tropical/tropical to "regular seasons" kinda place ?

Headlines You Won't See In Your National Media...

Uh oh. Unaffiliated CT Gov candidate Joe Visconti has just endorsed Tom Foley

Prop. 45 in Cali? Unfucking believable...

New Climate Report Issues Blunt Warning: Inaction Is Suicidal

The basic truth about internet access that cable & phone companies don't want you to know

Forty-Two Plutocrats Have Funded More Than a Third of All Super PAC Spending

Funny how that works out...

The Donuts of Champions

No wonder Junior's been hitting the bottle too much...

What's for dinner? ~ Sunday, Nov 2, 2014

Makes one wonder what's over by the cucumbers...

Calgary Muslims mark holy day with anti-terror march

"Let's keep this our little secret…"

MI: 100k Dems already voted who did not vote in 2010

No explanation from Plain Dealer why it yanked video of Kasich with FitzGerald in their only shared-

Gamergate’s fickle hero: The dark opportunism of Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos

Historic gate at Dachau concentration camp stolen

Poll Watching: The Infallibly Accurate SuperPoll

The last speakers of Maidu

No Shit ...28

"Liberal Democrats ‘more submissive’ during sex"

holy moly we're getting slammed here

Technically, he wasn't your BF anymore...

When evolution gets weird...

Fun with climatology: look closely at Koppen-Geiger climate classification map

Planet headed toward ‘irreversible’ climate damage, UN warns

How many New Jerseys can fit in one England?

So "voter disgust with DC"means turning it over to Repukes?!1 We have an insane system of government

INCOMING!

Air pistols

AP NCAA Football Poll 11/2/14 - Lots of one loss teams

Check out the Google doodle for Dia de los Muertos!

Evangelical college gay rights stand causes uproar

What is the primary reason you vote for a candidate in Federal Election?

If you live in the 12th or 13th Essex District

Economic survival advice: what would you tell young people these days ?

Samhain 2014: 3 Things You Need To Know About The Pagan Festival

Haha Sen. Murphy, I was so excited about the President's visit, I took this crowd video sideways.

question about possible phishing email....

If you want to grasp how deeply and perversely warped by punitive authoritarian propaganda

Saturday's Allison Grimes rally draws 1,200 people with Hillary Clinton attendence

Clarinetist Acker Bilk dead at 85

For what it's worth: The League of Pissed-Off Voters Guide

on the other hand... CNN: Polls give GOP momentum going into midterms

Cable News Ignores Dire New Report On Climate Change, Features Rant From Unhinged Climate Denier

Strange Polling Tactics

On the front in the war against black people… Spying on black students in Alabama

Clinton says New Hampshire taught her about 'grit'

Acker Bilk passed away. Here's Stranger on the Shore.

Schieffer: Politics the Only Product That Gets Worse as it Gets More Expensive

What good is ammo if you don't use it?

White House Fence Jumper Report Findings 'Not Good'

"Vote. Make a difference. If you don't vote, you don't count."

We Can't Make It Here

Piss off the MSM...Piss off the Corporate Dems...VOTE!!!!!

Sky Pilot

Hamas arrests five for firing rocket into Israel

EU Foreign Policy Chief Lines Up First Visit to Israel, Gaza, West Bank

Chuck Todd on Des Moines Register Poll: Neither side believes that.

Today's NY Marathon won by a Kenyan, of course

America’s Unfinished Prison in Afghanistan Is a Filthy Nightmare

Anybody here want to tell me the NRA is mainstream?

LA Times - "Voters at Risk from Big Money"

Israel Amends Penal Code to Toughen Penalty for Palestinian Stone-Throwers: Reports

Russia Test-Fires Topol-M Intercontinental Ballistic Missile: Defense Ministry

Large Crowds Turn Out For Controversial Vote, Ukrainian Separatists Say

N Korea Deploys Ballistic Missile Sub: Reports

Human rights abusers in Franco-era Spain could be tried in Argentina

Massive Dumping of Fracking Wastewater into Aquifers Shows Big Oil’s Power in California

CNN Poll: 40% President Obama is too liberal; 17% not liberal enough; 40% Just right

Germany 'Would Accept UK Exit From EU' To Protect Migration Rules

I wonder if many catcallers are also pedophiles.

Panama Regulators Could Slow U.S. Approval of GM Salmon

In Mississippi, McDaniel is still demanding the courts declare him the winner...

Wisconsin State Journal Endorses Burke-Says Scott Walker's First Term Sloppy & Disappointing

Rightwing austerity policies are awesome

Panama Regulators Could Slow U.S. Approval of GM Salmon

Maryland man arrested for email threat to behead Obama over his handling of ISIS, Ebola

To whomever brought my missing hour back to me: Thank you!

“Sincerity - if you can fake that, you've got it made.”

Canada Accused of Failing to Prevent Overseas Mining Abuses

App Lets You Peek Inside 80,000 Foods At Your Grocery Store

Uncle Sam Blues

On this day in History: On November 2 Harry S Truman, Kennedy, MLK, Reagan,......

Fascism, American-Style

"NC’s sterile Senate race, dispiriting, uninspiring"

It was bound to happen. Now there is a Butt TD.

meanwhile, in Egypt

Ever felt like this?

North Carolina: Votes for the Democrats being flipped to Republican!

LOL Mudflats "Whiny Sullivan Operative Must Work in Hellhole"

Watch this ABC News segment for classic illustration of media Republican bias (VIDEO)

Let me show you something...

Anyone have macular degeneration?

Judge Hands Down Potentially Crushing Ruling Against Donald Trump In Racketeering Lawsuit

Loca, The Singing Dog That Couldn't Run

Re Measure 92: Check out this inter-active map showing how many OTHER states,

North Carolina: Votes for the Democrats being flipped to Republican! Xpost GD

No Shit ...29

Late Obama push for Dems in Conn., Pa. gov races

Cooper Loves Ice Cream

PPP florida governor poll tie

New Ebola-related (sort of) cartoon from the great Clay Bennett.

MI: Rise in absentee voters may have already decided this election

"Lungfish in his ass" is the Lounge phrase for the day. Probaly the last Lounge phrase for the day.

I'm so excited! Just ordered Christmas ornaments

Player with brain tumor, Lauren Hill, fulfills basketball dream

Bloomberg.com: GOP Has the Edge, But Will It Be Enough?

GOP is stealing the NORTH CAROLINA election. Crooked voting machines.

“Hunger, filth, fear and death”: remembering life before the NHS

North Carolina governor weighing Medicaid expansion

Any DUers know the last time it was 52 degrees in Miami on 2nd November??

If you know what "John Conway's Game Of Life" or "Glider Gun" means, you'll probably enjoy this.

For Onepon Aa Timers

Jaane Walon Zara Mud Ke Dekho Mujhe - Classis song from India (VIDEO)

KENTUCKY: Are You Buying What Mitch Is Selling?

Any Rutgers fans here?

The Viagra commercial with the blonde.

Ferguson no-fly zone was to keep media from covering protests

REUTERS: Drugmakers may need indemnity for fast-tracked Ebola vaccines

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