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Archives: November 8, 2014

I'm watching The Rev interviewing George Clinton ...

An Unpresidential Election

A Christian’s Plea to Get Her Community to Stand Up for Atheists

UC to consider raising tuition each year for five years

Midterm Hangover

The President has nominated Loretta Lynch as the next U.S. Attorney General

The Candidates who welcomed Obama's support won, those who didnt, lost.

Poll tax: Incentivizing civic participation in elections

Chess: Carlsen-Anand rematch begins November 8

No Shit ...36

GOP Rep. Issa tweets photos of Lee Harvey Oswald, Himmler, for Veterans Day

Origins of the Republican Party and Economic Roots of the Civil War

Emily Lakdawalla: Philae landing preview: What to expect on landing day

if a Bunch of Republican Senators are Running for President will their Majority be less effective ?

Election Divides GOP On Whether To Seize And Sell America’s Public Lands

Alaska & Oregon Vote to Legalize Marijuana

Reality TV's New Extreme: Being 'Eaten Alive' by a Giant Anaconda Snake

We have to become the Media

San Francisco Votes in $15 Minimum Wage

happy friday, loungies- aretha franklin chain of fools

What was so bad about Quinn that democrats didn't like?

Rare Steinbeck story about black pilot published

Driver Kurt Busch Investigated For Domestic Violence - Reinstated by NASCAR

Rauner: Need insiders to know where 'bodies are buried'

GOP reconsiders its hatred of the ‘nuclear option,’ right on cue

Wait...What?

Lunch Delivery Fail: The Hardware in the Pita Bread

30 Years of Conservative Nonsense.

Best Movie Theme Songs?

What can anyone tell me about ND filters?

Stop acting surprised voters like liberal policies but conservative pols

Question for the BOG members:

a question about liberal voting

Anybody know of any particular reason why there would be fireworks going off right now?

I'm being bombarded with ad for Veterans Day sales.

Genetically Modified Potato Is Approved by U.S.D.A.

An ad for zebra skin rugs on DU?? Seriously??

Politicians Deny Problem if They Don't Like the Solution

UN officials criticise Detroit water shutoffs.

my wife is treating me to a performance of Chopin

Why is the Republican Party product is more attractive right now?

Friday Talking Points (326) -- A Democratic Economic Platform For Next Time

Support Bernie's bill PLEASE

Appeals court overturns states’ proof-of-citizenship requirements on federal voting forms

Question from Brigid

Matt Taibbi and Bank Whistleblower on how JPMorgan Chase

Mandatory Friday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! TGIF Friday! & a new Kitteh gif

Food that should be disgusting, but we love it anyway!

What if the SCOTUS decision to take up King was made by the left?

#pointergate may be the most racist news story of 2014

Youth voter turnout this election slightly increased over the last mid-term election in 2010

Death To My Hometown

Just Wanted to Share Some Good News

In the aftermath of the election there are certain areas of this board--I shall not name them

Found by the dumpster.

Global Meat Corporations Push for Sweetheart TPP Trade Deal (as Obama goes to Asia)

World Health Chief Rips 'Profit-Driven' Healthcare Industry for Ebola Fail

John Lydon on Russell Brand's call for revolution: 'The most idiotic thing I've ever heard'

Please understand that this is why we lost.

The Atlantic: Prolifers' Existential Crisis

The Atlantic: How a Megachurch Melts Down

Some of the lowest and most horrible people on the planet post at Discussionist.

Chomsky To RT: US And Its NATO Intervention Force May Spark Nuclear War

So sick of the Strib pushing hunting. PUKE*

US Lacks Proof of Alleged Russian Military Incursion Into Ukraine: State Department

Putin: Russia, China Close To Reaching 2nd Mega Gas Deal

Are the Dallas Cowboys really back?

‘World's Poorest President' Explains Why We Should Kick Rich People Out Of Politics

"If you don't vote, you don't get to bitch!"

New book: America's Battle for Media Democracy

President Obama.. "Please Proceed, Sen McConnell"

What movies would Satan(ists) watch?

‘Choking Girls All Around The World’ Seminar Ends In Australia Amid Protests

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DUer 'malokvale77'

The Demonym Game: A flock of geese, a school of fish, a ______ of Republicans.

Teaching our children "Me Last", not "Me First"

NY Daily News: 90-year-old man, 2 clergymen face jail time for feeding Florida's homeless

Charles Barkley vows to fast until Lakers win a game

Hi Guys

Tom Steyer Claims Success In Very Expensive Effort To Make Climate Change A 'Wedge Issue'

Parkinson's stem cell 'breakthrough'

Kyrie Irving laughs off reports

Lakers’ Kobe Bryant dismisses parallels to Michael Jordan’s stint in Washington

On Bill Maher a republican on the panel said that republicans in congress are divided on climate

What was the deal with all the fat asses on Bill Maher?

NBA player Dion Waiters informs he is a Muslim and plans to skip national anthems

"GOP will control vote in 2016 swing states"

National Review advice for Republican Congress: "Don't govern"

Lost Robert Louis Stevenson masterpiece discovered

Dear White People: Mayor Betsy Hodges is Not in a Gang

The orgins of the hit song "Smelly Cat".

Kirby: "We already had a couple of military deaths associated with this conflict..." (Iraq)

Know your gang signs

Even Trolls Love Rock & Roll

Ugandan minister: U.K. Prime Minister does not love his children, because he supports gay rights

Super Bayern win their group!

Millenials skip elections because they are young. The rest is excuses.

A Tribute To My Deceased Father

Peters defeats DeMaio in CA.

The Wisdom of little Children

Forget the 1%

New Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to taunt/troll Elizabeth Warren for the next 2 yrs

Harry Reid: white & old (age 74); Nancy Pelosi: white & old (age 74). Is it really a mystery that

Ahh What the hell, Jerry Brown for President.

Conservative psychlogical characteristics. (Candidates win, not issues.)

The down river

After Thursday's hassles,

Is the electoral vote rigging scheme back again - Michigan

Officials Declare Dallas Ebola-Free

I am so tired of the explanations of why we lost...

For Health Care Workers Fighting Ebola, the Biggest Battle Is Staying Healthy

To me, the biggest surprise was that HoCo voted Hogan

well after 4 years it's back again

So Joni Ernst is the new United States Senator from Iowa...

Druids: A Very Brief Introduction

Robin Williams’s autopsy found no alcohol or illegal drugs

Wiccan priest opens Huntsville City Council meeting with prayer for 'a spirit of peace and comity'

4th victim dies from Marysville-Pilchuck shooting

Richard Pryor

Any Redditors on here?

Putin Says TPP Is 'American Plot'

It doesn't end at background checks

Homeless advocate, 90, gets world attention as Fort Lauderdale tries to stop his outdoor feedings

Gleaning

My cats find some interesting keyboard short cuts.

Write-in bid for Montana county sheriff foiled by missing first name

QUAKE SWARM----Interesting earthquake swarm in northwestern Nevada

What do you do for a living?

How Many Muslim Countries Has the U.S. Bombed or Occupied Since 1980? Story...

Arnold Abbott Ft. Lauderdale getting worldwide attention for feeding homeless.

Time to take back our country

It's all a matter of priorities...

"Christians are the most persecuted religious minority"

November 8

Too Fabulous...

In Honor of Our Red States: "Mississippi Goddamn"

Earth - "Miami Morning Coming Down"

There are many bunnies in the world, but this bunny is all mine...

DoD Sets Policy for Troops Returning from Ebola Areas

VA chief: 1,000 workers face disciplinary action

2nd opinions and questions

North Korean Laborers In Qatar Working As 'State-Sponsored Slaves'

EU foreign chief, in Gaza, calls for Palestinian state

'Dems don't vote' -instead - how about Dems can't vote

Max Blumenthal Too Extreme for Far-Left Anti-Israel German Party

Never fear: "The Republicans' Inspiring Message on Climate Change"

Study Finds Radioactive Fracking Water In Stream

Libyan troops training at Bassingbourn barracks to be sent home early after Cambridge sex attacks

10 Economic Trends that Spell Doom for America's Workers

Russell Brand: $4 Billion Spent on Elections, But Feeding the Homeless is Illegal

Morning moon

I'm not voting for Hillary because she is too old and out of touch and it has to stop.

Mitt Romney Hits President Obama On Congressional Letter......

What are the Democratic Party leaders thinking?

The opposite of Progressive is regressive

You know when it all went wrong?

Kerry says U.S., Russia to exchange info on Ukraine crisis

Unidentified assailants set Palestinian worker on fire in Israel

Weekly Address: This Veterans' Day, Let's Honor Our Veterans

Thousands rally in solidarity with Jerusalem in Khan Younis

Will GOP now retire the phrase "You Can't Solve a Problem By Throwing Money At It"

Ed Gillespie, Republican Challenger for Senate in Virginia, Concedes

These 8 Images Of The Cosmos Will Stop You In Your Tracks

In Michigan - Democrats Get More Votes, Lose Anyway

"A government of the 1%, by the 1% and for the 1%"

Hopkins vs Kovalev

Romney assault on 'naive' Obama headlines expat Israeli-American fete

Obama Heads to Asia to Fast Track for the TPP

What's for Dinner, Sat., Nov. 8, 2014

The Billion-Dollar Game Designer Who Became a Future-War Theorist

TOO MANY COOKS!

We need a new 'grass roots' movement:

holy shit, Mitt Romney gets it

Will Repubs make the next election a referendum of Obama also??

Ten years since Arafat’s death: Lost hope as the illusion of temporary occupation fades

Brown County, Wisconsin man gets busted for DUI while out on bail for DUI death...

Four men arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack to kill Queen Elizabeth

Cognitive therapy, mindfulness may help with menopausal depression

Landmark 20-Year Study Finds Pesticides Linked to Depression In Farmers

3 dogs arent enough :)

Tired of Voting While Holding Your Nose? Time for NOTA

Little Old Lovely Men Can't Feed The Homeless

David Sirota: Tuesday Probably Meant Nothing for 2016

What's wrong with America? Just because this can't be posted enough

There were mass global protests in 400 cities Nov. 5th.

Free up time for Presidents to do important work by creating "United States Master of Ceremonies."

Ah, memories . . . .

Water Cannons, Tear Gas Unleashed on 100,000 Anti-Austerity Marchers in Brussels

After Public Radio Station Hires Notorious Union-Buster, Employees Likely to Lose Union Vote

After Public Radio Station Hires Notorious Union-Buster, Employees Likely to Lose Union Vote

After Public Radio Station Hires Notorious Union-Buster, Employees Likely to Lose Union Vote

Democrats Lost More Than an Election in 2014

I thought, "This has to be satire." It's not. "ISIS Hunting Kit"

Elizabeth Warren: It’s time to work on America’s agenda

GOP’s frightening plan to melt the planet: Koch $, burning fossil fuel, and junk science

UW-Madison researchers react to Robin Vos' 'ancient mating habits of whatever' remark

It’s time to work on America’s agenda

Senate Democrats stand by Harry Reid

An interview with Chris Hedges from last year, still relevant in the wake of Tuesday.....

Quotation I just came across while looking for something else -

North Korea releases American detainees Bae, Miller

Our morning walk

Photo of the Day

Seems I am now shopping for

Luckovich: Money Talks

Look at this electoral map from the 1960 presidential election:

The Roosevelt Party - a party within the Democratic Party that actually champions liberal ideas.

Chris Hedges & Sheldon Wolin: Can Capitalism and Democracy Co-exist? (pts 7-8 of 8)

A Natural Fix for ADHD (NY Times article)

Las Vegas casino getting lots of bets on 10-1 odds Oakland Raiders finish 0-16

Uganda drafts new anti-gay laws

North Korea

Looking for DU thread reGOP strategist surprise that Dems didn't defend Obama's record.

Fatal Israel police shooting probed as video emerges

Harvard students fail literacy test

U.S.-led airstrikes target Islamic State leaders in Iraq: report

Israel to confiscate 3,200 acres of Palestinian land near Jerusalem

Dad confronts kidnapper, saves 5-year-old daughter

Let's provide tips to Bernie Sanders campaign for president, what do WE want him to say/do?

Ruling Against Gay Marriage Leaves Hundreds Of Newlyweds In Limbo

Quadrantid Meteor, January 2014, S. Korea.

By 1968 you can’t say “n***”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing,

Iran says nuclear deal within reach by Nov. 24, no alternatives

Hell on Wheels back tonight and has been renewed for final season (season 5)

I am not now or have ever been a member of the Third Way party

Let me show you something...

Six Points on the Midterm Elections

Amid Funding Fight, D.C. Cuts Streetcar System From 22 To 8 Miles

NYC Sets One-Day Subway Ridership Record

If a CON gets into the WH, how many will die in the wars they will start?

I wonder if this article is read and understood

Dan Patrick's Move To Begin Privatizing/Profiteering Public Education In Texas

Question: If the Supreme Court rules Federal subsidies to individuals participating in ACA

IMO, the most likely scenario for Justice Roberts, is to issue a non answer ruling such as;

I couldn't wait to vote when I turned 21.

Detroit: M-1 Rail picks Czech Republic-based vendor to build custom streetcars

Saturday, November 8th. The Weekend Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day.

Brave Post from Humans of New York (HoNY from FB) *pic included*

The Church of Satan wants you to stop calling these ‘devil worshiping’ alleged murderers Satanists

The Unbelievable Skepticism of the Amazing Randi

THIS is why the world laughs at us (or thinks we're batshit crazy)

Watch a clueless Lisa Kudrow on GOP War on Women on Bill Maher (VIDEO)

Living by a different law

Why do the people who claim to love freedom consistently try to restrict freedoms?

Show war the door

Watch Bill Maher excoriate incoming climate denying Senators (VIDEO)

Ebola Volunteers Wrestle With Quarantine Mandates

It all makes sense now...

How to stop an oil and gas pipeline

LIVE RADIO NOW: Will the results of 2014 Midterm election hurt the middle class?

Elizabeth Warren: It’s time to work on America’s agenda.

Warren: Solution isn’t for the President to cut deals, any deals, just to show he can do business

#RJat20 Conversation Celebrates 20 Years of Reproductive Justice Work and Its Future

George P. Bush, Son of Jeb, Fracking Denton, Texas That Voted Down Fracking Inside City.

Oklahoma’s Supreme Court Temporarily Preserved Abortion Access

Oklahoma’s Supreme Court Temporarily Preserved Abortion Access

Which of the following would you prefer as the Democratic Presidential candidate in 2016?

Rapper Big Paybacc shot and killed in Palmdale, CA

How does one request the creation of a new group on DU?

Toon: Ok, you won. What are your plans?

GOP election win: A simple message for a simple people

Deal, Perdue each won with more than 40 percent of the Hispanic vote

Lock Stockholm Syndrome and Barrel

Bernie Sanders Shatters The Big Keystone XL Lie: Pipeline Will Cause US Gas Prices To Go Up

The real reason why the righties are shouting Abortion is killing & its supporters are murderers:

The Supreme Court Is Now a Death Panel

We Charge Genocide, a group formed in response to the nation wide police killings of minorities.

The Ultimate Guide To Being A Woman...According to everyone else

Mysterious moon

Reporter attacked for broadcasting during prayer at Dan Patrick victory party

Alison Lundergan Grimes stays out of sight as speculation swirls

Toon: Mitch McConnell's Senate Agenda

Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

Do you ever get the feeling that there's a giant chessboard and we're not even on the board?

SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN, DEF LEPPARD's RICK ALLEN Contribute To Benefit Album For Gaza Relie

Disaster at the speed of sound: the tragedy of SpaceShipTwo’s final flight

Building fires....

John Morgan press conference article

Connecticut election commentary - "Prime Time Came, State Republicans Not Ready"

Arnold Abbott won 3 court trials, 2 appeals. Arresting him unconstitutional. The law is

My random act of kindness

Is it time yet

Arnold Abbott's story. He's won 3 court trials, 2 appeals. Unconstitutional to arrest him.

Robin Vos will never understand this

Why ThirdWayers (DLCers) are dangerous. ..

Can populism be reconstructed without its bad parts?

NYT: Active fathers face the same workplace penalties as mothers.

Revenge of the Wetlands--Florida leads the nation in car crash drownings

An inside look at the innermost thoughts of our esteemed (OK, maybe not) GOP congressmen

If you are thinking about moving from a point and shoot and want a real

reality tv reaches some new level of something

Deal, Perdue each won with more than 40 percent of the Hispanic vote

Ben Stein: 'Obama is the Most Racist President in American History!'

To all the Left Wing Purgies

I'd like to request a Populist Reform Group on DU

CATHOLIC church WARNING: Neonatal tetanus Vaccine by WHO is DEADLY and bad for women reproductivity

Results Skewed Towards Republicans, A Response to Nate Silver

Anyone Else Ever Hear This Anastasia Movie Rumor?

Gorbachev warns of new cold war threat as Berlin marks fall of wall

Who is ThirdWayer and who isn't...

The darkness has a hunger that's insatiable.

Public Service Announcement: There no longer are "DLCers"

High wind advisories in AK, WY and MI

27 °F (1948) , low temperature record for this date for Seattle, WA

From 12/2013: GOP Donors and K Street Fuel Third Way’s Advice

Hard-Line U.S. Cardinal Gets Demoted By Pope Francis Again

So I guess we solved the Ebola and ISIS crisis

Rachel Maddow shoots down Washington media ‘fairy tale’ about kinder, gentler GOP

Pittsburgh researcher convicted of poisoning wife

Pussy Riot response to Putin's blather about loving the motherland, getting arrested in Sochi

World's largest ship fuel supplier goes bankrupt

GOP win Colorado Senate, Democrats vow to hold party accountable

Charles Pierce--Keystone XL? Not so fast!

IMO, we are at the end of the "steam engine cycle" of political party control.

Cablevision exec James Dolan accused of threatening pay raises over union vote

Why is it that discussions don't necessarily "tree" properly?

HS Students Punished for Not Saying “Under God” When Leading Pledge of Allegiance Over Loudspeakers

Martina Hingis Allegedly Assaults Estranged Husband Thibault Hutin, Steals Credit Cards, Passport

State worker union to offer contract proposal

The Ever-Growing Religious Movement That Doesn't Get Enough Attention

Salon - The New York Times doesn’t want you to understand this Vladimir Putin speech

GOP win Colorado Senate, Democrats vow to hold party accountable

For the Democrats.. this will make you smile and so proud

Jenny McCarthy’s new war on science: Vaccines, autism and the media’s shame

Free Church: Creationism teaching ban is 'bigoted and anti-religious'

"Hell On Wheels" marathon on AMC right now. Best show on tv IMO...n/t

Keystone pipeline question

Ambulance theft suspect's day allegedly included drugs, lewd acts and crackers

U.S. strikes Islamic State convoy near Mosul: officials

Tuesday, November 3, 1992...

Left wing nutty

Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife

Journalists go rabbit hunting while covering news about Catholic doctrine

I'm worried about Sun Devils scoring too much too soon

Rand Paul courts the Black vote.

20 Labour MPs willing to challenge Miliband

HALLELUJUH!!! PBS allowed the word "filibuster" to be uttered onthe 11/7/14 broadcast ofthe NewsHour

Why Berkeley passed a soda tax and S.F. didn’t

DFA Pulse Poll

DFA Pulse Poll

Awkward.

US Ebola infection/incubation timeline 11.8.14

Little reactors may be best path to nuclear fusion

Weather Service: no damage reported in Bering Sea storm - WARNING for L48

I would like to devise a litmus test for Democrats.

Thanks a whole fucking lot, OU.

Naked Man - no, not in Florida! The NYC Subway

Obscure music

Video of a controlled demolition of a Chineses high rise tower.

Some fall color in the valley

Stray cat survives shotgun blast from Gorham officer, who thought feline was rabid

More fall color

Abused lions en route to new home

In the DFA web poll for President, Clinton is beating Sanders 29/22

Abused lions en route to new home

A couple of interesting gates

Weirdest true story on Snopes (WARNING: GRAPHIC)

Democrats Duped by the Caucus Room Conspiracy

So Clapper was in North Korea

OK, Black Tuesday was all the fault of the electorate.

"If George Zimmerman Had Fed A Guy In A Hoodie He'd Be In Jail."

Frustration with Nancy Pelosi simmers among Democrats

Your duck is dead.

So why isn't more stuff named for FDR?

I have seen a lot on DU, but advocating not voting sure jumps the shark

Cartoon: The last campaign ad ever by Mark Fiori (we have not heard from him in a while)

"The Parables of Subversive Speech".....(No Matter Where they Come From)

Chris Hayes Grills Sharyl Attkisson On Hacking Claims: 'Who Is The They?' (VIDEO)

I have a question re temp employment agencies

Appointed AG Loretta Lynch please do not quit your day job, they will put a hold on your

Guatemala apologizes to people displaced for dam

Now that the mid terms are over.. I am starting to look at Presidential possibilities..

Dear Democratic National Committee,

Rachel Maddow - Shocking corruption exposed in prison system

Rachel Maddow - Exorcist elected to Colorado State House

Rachel Maddow - Republican voters ready for impeachment: poll

President Obama Nominates Loretta Lynch for Attorney General

West Wing Week 11/07/14 or, "Babies Love Barack"

This one goes out to Loretta's Mom

The best worst president ever

President Obama's Weekly Address: This Veterans’ Day, Let’s Honor Our Veterans

Ft. Lauderdale mayor's words about feeding homeless. What a philosophy.

Was Obama too green when he came into office?

Norman Goldman on the third way.

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