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Archives: July 20, 2010

I tried my first e-cig last Friday

I know more people that are affected by the lack of unemployment than I know that benefit from the

The July 2010 NABE Industry Survey: What Recovery?

Mr Sam, of course, is a Republican.

Law.com:Toyota Headed to Court Over Prius Problem (defect in the anti-lock brake system)

Tea party group on defensive over blog about NAACP

Dem Congressman Rep. Walt Minnick rejects Tea Party endorsement after Mark Williams firestorm

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Republicans: stop using your children and grandchildren as an excuse!

Top Tens Page (edited)

Jesus... US Military Build-Up In Kandahar Will Bolster Taliban, Warns Security Monitor - UKGardian

NYT: Factory Defies Sweatshop Label, but Can It Thrive?

Gay Slurs, Erotic Art: Sex Ed and Christianity in Montana

U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT - WARNING! Us vs. Them!

Watchdog group: Feingold has gotten few donations from financial services industry

Connecting the dots

Fascism Defined

An odd thing keeps happeneing in the Gulf when we hear spokesmodels expostulating . . . .

Need a Mortgage? Don’t Get Pregnant

Single-Payer or Bust for Mom & Pop Shop

Rebuild America With Jobs, Justice & Peace.....Aug. 28 march in Detroit

Exclusive: Religious group calls out Glenn Beck’s ‘warped gospel’, launches ad campaign

Nice photo, CNN. F'ing assholes.

So Lady Blah Blah used 'refudiate' a week ago

Glenn Beck: Too Stupid to be a Dictator (Must Click to See Photo-Shop Billboard Adapted from Tea Par

Mexican superstar called AZ gov BREWER (some despicable name)

Mexican superstar called AZ gov BREWER (some despicable name)

RI, Ariz. immigrant measures diverge on key points

RI, Ariz. immigrant measures diverge on key points

RI, Ariz. immigrant measures diverge on key points

RI, Ariz. immigrant measures diverge on key points

RI, Ariz. immigrant measures diverge on key points

RI, Ariz. immigrant measures diverge on key points

Joe Conason: New Yorkers reject Palin's blithering bigotry

Digby: Tea Party “Constitutionalists” Know Nothing About the Constitution

The New Abortion Providers

UP Law dean heads GRP panel in talks with MILF

The New Poor: After Training, Still Scrambling for Employment

The New Poor: After Training, Still Scrambling for Employment

One from the vault. How undecided voters make up their minds.

George Washington-Ben Franklin-Thomas Jefferson+Senate-DISAGREED With Palin-Explicitly Mention Islam

Four gas seeps have been discovered near BP's well

Rachel - VooDoo Economics (George, Sr!!!)

NAACP calls city's police response racist

Woah... 'Syria Bans Full Islamic Veils At Universities' - HuffPo

Flip a coin - the Republicans get their groove back.

The Warren Drama: Another Missed Opportunity? - Robert Kuttner/HuffPo

Wall Street: Goldman Sachs and Business As Usual

Wall Street: Goldman Sachs and Business As Usual

Wall Street: Goldman Sachs and Business As Usual

Exclusive: Christian group calls out Glenn Beck’s ‘warped gospel’

Exclusive: Christian group calls out Glenn Beck’s ‘warped gospel’

Mandatory Monday Malloy Truthseekers check in!!

Blacks in California Are Divided Over Marijuana Measure

Blacks in California Are Divided Over Marijuana Measure

Well we may start to see a real change in

My card to HELEN THOMAS was returned by Hearst Newspapers . . .

I am resorting to a bit of a nuclear option myself, day twenty-two

The Gulf, BP, and Capitalism

The Gulf, BP, and Capitalism

Stimulus Now: A Manifesto - 14 Noted Economists Reject GOP Economic Prescription To Cut Spending...

Schwarzenegger signs Ronald Reagan Day into law

How would you feel if you lived in one state and the Congressman from another state was working ....

How would you feel if you lived in one state and the Congressman from another state was working ....

What privatization should we embrace?

BP: 90 Days Later We Still Don't Have Enough Ships To Collect Oil

Reality Gap: U.S. Struggles, D.C. Booms - Politico

See Rachel re: Marco Rubio tonite!!!

Shark Week

U.S. To Spend $7.5 Billion To Rebuild The Economy.....In Pakistan

Sanders Urges Obama To Nominate Warren For CFPB

Please post news of wildland fires that you know about here.

Why didn't the Dems ever sue the Bush Campaign for "free speech zones"?

Looking for Time Bombs and Tea Leaves on Gay Marriage

FOX News: They Report AND Decide

Obama launches policy to protect oceans

DoD Buzz: Boeing Mum On Glass Cockpit (for new tanker)

A showcase of unity amid discord in Afghanistan

Yemen is the next Afghanistan, al-Qaida warns

Kabul meeting to lay ground for 2014 transition

Stand and Deliver

shizzzam!!!

Dems' convention will pick Gov. nominee (floor fight)

Any ideas who recommended Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles for the

the invisible "burka" of our european women

did this happen

Endgame in Afghanistan

The GOP is much better at lying to stupid voters than we are......

High-rise penthouses sit empty in downtown L.A., relics from a different era

'Nervous' man at Mexico airport has hidden monkeys(BBC)

Help me with a well thought out response to a friend's comment re: liberalism and Christianity?

Rittenhouse Square, Phladelphia: Bad News Bears...

Mystery Candidate Enters New Jersey Race

Black parents give birth to "white" baby (tabloid story)

Education. I posted this as a reply,

MarketWatch: The alleged recovery is just as illusory as the prosperity of the housing-bubble years

Despite promises, GI Bill payments still wrong

Oil rig engineer testifies about power failures

Poor Kid!

Football comes to Fenway Park

We’re Not Winning. It’s Not Worth It - How to draw down in Afghanistan.

Bartering for your breakfast: One step closer to a local economy?

I got a question about Sheriff Arapaio

Halliburton's second-quarter earnings rose 83%

Sheriff Joe must be jealous that Fraulein Brewer and Neo-Nazi minutemen are getting all the press

Anderson Cooper is coughing up a storm tonight

An appreciation for my fellow DUers

Poll: 3/4 of young people think there will be no Social Security by the time they retire.

So is Cheney still in intensive care?

Nouriel Roubini: "Global economy is headed toward a sharp slowdown. Fasten your seat belts."

Venezuela jumps on eco-tourism bandwagon

Toon: "The Honest Approach"

WaPo article says Democrats voting to extend unemployment compensation is actually

Small RANT over CSPAN

So, the Freepers have their own plan to help the unemployed

High-tech strip search packs massive radiation punch

Expose FOX Fraudcasting: It's Your Duty as an American!

Hating Hispanics: Has Arizona Ignited Firestorm After Decade of Simmering Tension?

The Exact Same Agenda

It's your fault

Elizabeth Warren Could Head CFPB Without Senate Confirmation

Elizabeth Warren Could Head CFPB Without Senate Confirmation

Spending Bill Will Not Have Money To Prevent Teacher Layoffs, Aide Says

Spending Bill Will Not Have Money To Prevent Teacher Layoffs, Aide Says

I heard something about the ninety nine week rule

Plastic surgery: Falling consumer debt takes toll on spending, may hurt growth

How Do You Feel About Arne Duncan/President Obama's Education Policy?

Why the Fed is Steering the Economy Into Deflation

Why the Fed is Steering the Economy Into Deflation

So Sarah Palin is going all Shakespearean on us?

Danziger Toon: Sarah rewrites Shakespeare

Florida and GOM DUers -time to pay attention

So Glenn Beck's going blind, Rush went deaf, and Cheney's heart quit....

What the hell is up with this Lindsey Rohan Woman ?

CNN: How Toyota lost its way

Look What We've Done

Sen. Graham to vote for Kagan.

I'm so sick of MSNBC daytime constantly helping the republicans!

Poverty-stricken U.S. cities have HIV epidemics

Grenades from Contra war being used now in Mexico violence

Feds hand down hate-crime charges for post-Katrina shootings in white neighborhoods

"May God Have Mercy on Your Souls," indeed.

BP's Secret Ticket Request Line

1963: Just add a gallon of gas and you're ready to go 225 miles..

The Oil Drum: Figuring this Out, Relief Wells, Nuclear, and More...

Rec if you hate all the Lindsay Lohan shit.

Please delete. Dupe thread

Is anybody else watching the Sen Judicial Committee voting on Elena Kagan?

Anti-HIV gel is declared breakthrough for women

Anti-HIV gel is declared breakthrough for women

I can't believe these ads

Lindsay Lohan's going to jail. HAVE U HEARD?

Evangelical support for immigration reform could waver over gay-rights issue

Japan Training Program Is Said to Exploit Workers

Arrrrgh! They're showing the

Made in P.R.C

These questions are listed on the Georgia Primary Ballot: (Republican only)

Calling a spade a club.

Nevada jobless rate jumps again

MIchele (Obama Ain't Got Nothing On Me) Bachmann requests your creative presence for a CAPTION!!!!

Troops out in 2015

Colo. city would bar disrobing at council meetings

BP's Secret Ticket Request Line

Which would you rather live in?

USDA employee resigns over statements about white farmer

Sherrod's "victim": She ‘kept us out of bankrupcy … a friend for life’

can any attorney/legal expert explain INS vs Chadha to me:It is bush's excuse for withholding info

Recall: 92,000 LBS. of Wal-Mart Chicken Nuggets..."may contain pieces of plastic"

Sec'y of Energy Stephen Chu's Energy Blog debuts (x-post in enviro/energy)

Palin outed by 2 Europeans

Yep, repubs still think we're all stupid.

Does anyone else think that Blagojevich looks like a leprechaun who smoked all his 4-leaf clovers?

Locked and missing, drives me nuts!

Salad Spinner Centrifuge: A Cheap, Ingenious Health Care Tool

"Garbage Warrior" a great example of how the system fights progress

"Garbage Warrior" a great example of how the system fights progress

Senator Durbin said this????????????

Michele Batshit Crazy Bachmann invites Nancy Pelosi to get crazy and join her new Teabagger Caucus

Amazon.com Now Selling More Kindle Books Than Hardcover Books

Huge swarm of locusts....

Growing Weed to Become Just as Corporate as Everything Else

question about the robot cams BP is using

iPhone 3G crippled by software update

Proof that the teabaggers are just rebranded Republicans? The NAACP flap.

Proof that the teabaggers are just rebranded Republicans? The NAACP flap.

"Beloved by the left, reviled by big banks, Warren Could Head CFPB Without Senate Confirmation"

Boycott Target! Target Stores funding rightwing candidate for Minnesota governor

CNN is doing a good job covering the Sherrod story

The Dem base in Florida has to be fired up for November at this point.

Seven Latin American Nations Join Mexico In Arizona Immigration Lawsuit

Seven Latin American Nations Join Mexico In Arizona Immigration Lawsuit

Germany's Autobahn closed today for a PARTY!! (37 mile table- 3 million people)

Is the GOP Finally Getting Punished for Blocking Unemployment?

Everyone Take a Deep Breath

Surprise! Sherrod Video Was Heavily Edited

Tuesday TOON Roundup 2

Shirley Sherrod Resigns USDA Job After Admitting Use Of Racial Preference During NAACP Banquet VIDEO

This guy makes me so proud. Talk about LEADERSHIP. I am humbled.

Pentagon's Growing Robot Capability An Ominous Development

Have you no shame?

Please sign this petition for the Gulf Coast.

Was the "Tea Party" created to shield the GOP in case a right-winger tried to kill the Pres.?

Tuesday TOON Roundup 5

Elena Kagan Nominee Confirmed By Senate Judiciary Committee

Tuesday TOON Roundup 3

Artists find ways to protest Gulf oil spill

California Democrats Stay Neutral on Marijuana-Legalizing Prop. 19

Just a fun poll re: 2016 since they're the personalities du jour....

Rec if you love all the Lindsay Lohan poo

Tuesday TOON Roundup 1

Nomination Hearing for Director of National Intelligence (Clapper) on C-Span 3 now. nt

ABC News' Brian Ross Investigating Glenn Beck Advertiser

Scientists discuss whether experimental BP cap isn't make oil disaster WORSE

EEOC investigaes discrimination in Local Panhandling Trade.

Tuesday TOON Roundup 4

Very interesting calls this morning on WJ about Elizabeth Warren's nomination

When is Rachel Maddow going to come to Arizona

DFA endorses Conlin for senate from Iowa!

Bob Herbert: "The potential problems with nuclear power abound."

Tale of the monkey terrorists

It's official: Dick Cheney has no pulse!

Payrolls Fall in 27 U.S. States, Led by California

Tape blows hole into Robert Blagojevich's credibility

Independents vs. The GOP Base

Mystery shrouds closures of blog, forum platforms

Housing Starts in U.S. Slide to Lowest Level Since October on Sales Slump

Housing Starts in U.S. Slide to Lowest Level Since October on Sales Slump

Housing Starts in U.S. Slide to Lowest Level Since October on Sales Slump

UnitedHealth Group reports 31 percent jump in 2Q profit

Teen makes series of trades, over 2 years, starts with cell phone, ends with Porsche

Why do some companies choose to report their earnings after the closing bell on Wall St.?

Is experimental well cap making disaster worse?

Right Wing Dictionary - 2010 Edition

column in my paper today "The Blood of the Tea Party"-it's not pretty

A reporter just told Thom Hartmann that Justice Ginsberg has had

'What if the Tea Party was Black?'

Crist Leads Three-Way Race in Florida

Cenk Uygur up next on Dylan Ratigan show

Google Spent $100 Million Defending Viacom Suit

Violins, please: Goldman Sachs Profit Drops 82%, Missing Analysts’ Estimates

Sen. Ben Nelson votes "No" again on extending unemployment.

Woman Pregnant With 2 Babies Due a Week Apart

Tweety has Congressman Jim McDermott on. He just called him "Mr. McDermott"

Tweety has Congressman Jim McDermott on. He just called him "Mr. McDermott"

Raging Grannies: "Halliburton & BP, You Suck!"

The Real US Government

Pictures from China: Drowning in a sea of oil

Dylan Ratigan needs to GO - is anyone watching???

I have posted video from today's rally against resegregation in Raleigh

The President on same-gender marriage: "A triumph of society!"

What is America coming to????

Globalization, theory and practice...

CA State Sen. Roy Ashburn (R-Outed After DUI Arrest) on why the repukes should embrace GLBT rights

Mosque developer 'refudiates' Palin

Feds: Seepage near BP cap coming from another well.. WTF??

This is what I don't get here at DU - RE: 'Religious clothing'

Senate Bill S510 Makes it Illegal to Grow, Share, Trade or Sell Homegrown Food

Shilling for Crist is shilling for the conservatives

Resigned USDA Official: Breitbart's Video Was a Lie

Congress, White House react to 'Top Secret America'

Greg Sargent: Firing of Sherrod "appalling"

The polls are open in Georgia and the turn out is higher than expected.

Trent Lott dashes teabagger dreams: Most Americans don't want Senate to be full of Jim DeMint clones

Sheila Jackson Lee coming up on Ed Show re Backman fight.

The NAACP denounces racism in the ranks of the Tea Party

700 Club story on would-be Hitler assassin, many scary dog whistles IMO!

So much vileness in one comment. Re: Tea Party Caucus

Michelle Obama plays ball in Baltimore

The unemployed should not be fed: "If you give a person ample food supply they will reproduce"

Obama Education Plan Backfires: Popular Principal Removed to Make Way for Stimulus Money

Hardball replay - good segment on Sherrod/Breitbart/Fox

Contractors Doing Intelligence Work? CNN Interview

Could *you* handle this job?

State Senator Escapes Paying 'Red Light' Court Costs

NJ Gov. Christie planning takeover of Atlantic City casino district

How to keep someone with you forever

Where was Tweety when ACORN got acorned? When Blumenthal got acorned?

Is Sarah Palin ever right? About anything?

re: this burqa stuff

Koch Industries Takes Credit For The ‘Spontaneous’ Tea Parties:

Extending the life of B-61 nuclear weapons could cost $4 billion

Oil spill's unseen victims and culprits. (video)

Some of the treasures one finds

I think it's about time that MSNBC give Chris Matthew's primetime slot to Dylan Ratigan.

And Beck tries to get out in front of the Sherrod ordeal.

NYT: Retraining To Find A New /Better Job Is Basically Worthless

Koch Industries Takes Credit For The ‘Spontaneous’ Tea Parties:

BURQA POLL

Holy shit Dylan!

Beauty. . . . . . (Galveston/Ike Tree Art)

shakespalin

Tony Hayward prepares to quit as BP CEO, The Times of London reports

Alan Colmes smacks down tea bagger

60-40 on the cloture vote

#ShakesPalin ??? For those who pun.

40 republican senators told 2.5 million unemployed they didn't care about them

Tweety is betting that O'Reilly will correct the lies about Shirley Sherrod

Look at this poll it's disgusting Ohio's unemployment

you wanna get rid of Joe Barton???

So, is Glen Beck now in charge of personnel at the White House?

I have an idea that just might kill Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law.

57-1 versus 3-38

NAACP Receives Racist Death Threat

Take a look at this map..Those who voted against the unemployed ..guess who?

AP: Top Texas criminal judge (Sharon Keller) warned but keeps job

I-580 RW Shooter was Headed to ACLU and Tides Non-Profit to Kill People-Beck Railed Tide

McConnell blocks vote on Stranch nomination, Reid does nothing for 8 months

Breitbart is cruising to get Breitbarted.

Just got back from another great 'Reggae On The River' (Humboldt County)

Rexburg Police stop 'epic water fight'-"If an individual is hurt from a water balloon"

Dan Gainor, Right-Wing Media Critic, Offers Cash For Assault On Alan Grayson

What do you want to bet that if Palin looks like she is

Margaret Thatcher's family are 'appalled' at Meryl Streep film

Obama and Cameron presser on now

Just---leave---Sarah----ALONE!

Ben Stein: Most Unemployed Have 'Poor Work Habits, Poor Personalities.'

crist still claims to be conservative

Forcible sodomy! Breasts being stared at! Elaine explains the dangers of DADT repeal for you!

Forcible sodomy! Breasts being stared at! Elaine explains the dangers of DADT repeal for you!

Ben Stein: Unemployed are "people with poor work habits and poor personalities"

NewsBusters - MSNBC's Ratigan: Tea Party 'Full of Crap'. Cenk Uygur: [Bachmann] 'Queen of Crap'

Breaking: ENDA GetEqual Protest on Vegas Strip (Dan Choi arrested)

Whew! In Bend finally for some R&R!

Whew! In Bend finally for some R&R!

Black Parents... White Baby

Monsanto profit falls as Roundup struggles

1 Dead, 3 Injured in Pit Bull Attack in Downtown Memphis

Same-gender couples now legally recognized in IRELAND:

Republicans Are Idiots And Arguing With Them Is A Waste Of Time!'s Photos - Wall Photos

Hundreds of dead penguins wash ashore in Brazil

More Biden, Please

Afghan soldier kills US trainers in shooting exercise

Lindsay Lohan's in jail!!!

Reinstate Shirley Sherrod: NAACP Backtracks

The Republicans are screwed! Dems jump ahead in new poll

This guy makes me so proud. Talk about LEADERSHIP. I am humbled.

Republicans dominate watchdog’s list of ‘crooked candidates’

Trump sues Palm Beach International Airport...again

Juan Cole Takes Down Sara Palin

Another heartbreaker: Bristol and Levi: Not getting their own reality show

Southern Poverty Law Center makes note of Fox News' obsession with New Black Panthers

oh double damn! Invest 97 is heading for Fl.

There Isn't A 'Next China'

West Virginia's new Senator is making a difference.

West Virginia's new Senator is making a difference.

Could he possibly be worse than Vitter?

OMG LTTE

I was told that I would get more people

Tea Party Barbie

Florida Republicans put Big Oil over clean beaches: It's high noon in Tallahassee.

Alex Sink (D), candidate for FL gov blasts the Republican legislature.

One in four of homeless is a veteran and that number is increasing...

A modest proposal

a gay campaign in Oklahoma

a gay campaign in Oklahoma

Senate panel clears Kagan. Check out the look on Cornyn's face as he looks

PPP Poll: Crist Voters Want Him To Caucus With The Senate Dems

I'm a little miffed at the government right now.

Sherrod's forced resignation another sign of weakness

July 20, 1969

If You're Unemployed, Why Would You Vote for Someone That Will Cut Off Your UE Benefits?

Initial Deep Horizon blowout caused by BP using well to dispose of excess toxic waste.

NAACP sets the record straight about Fox, the Tea Party and Breitbart, calling them out by name.

more Bush signing statements that we are paying for today...

Do you believe that most DUers who hold different viewpoints from yours do so in good faith?

"talking gender neutral blues"

Some people just really suck.

How will you feel if Obama and Congress extend the Bush Tax Cuts for people earning > $250,000??

Bill Gates Ed Reformer in The Third Year Review

Financial advice guaranteed to make you rich...

venting

Dan Gainor offers $100 cash for assault on Alan Grayson

So the latest Breitbart video story is only 24 years old

Anyone Remember Health Insurance "Reform"?

Gay activist takes "super secret" DADT "survey" online...THREE TIMES!

International Gay Rights Group, Opposed By GOPers, Wins UN Status

What the hell is wrong with us?

Free Republic and Jim Robinson sued for copyright violation

Andrew Breitbart is a racist.

GRITtv: Diane Ravitch: Race to the Top or Skim off the Top?

Cruising Timber (Dial-up Warning - Photos)

Target Corporation Shills for MN GOP Gov. Candidate, Runs Campaign Ads!

Who would volunteer to be Alvin Greene's campaign manager?

Who would volunteer to be Alvin Greene's campaign manager?

Thank You Rachel Maddow

People went to serve a foreclosure notice at a home in a golf course neighborhood in Reno

Laptop accidentally sold for $5 at thrift store

So Breitbart claims another prize, destroys another life without consequence

Tucker Carlson On Keith Olbermann: ‘The Most Disliked Person At MSNB

Anna Chennault, Tom Ridge, Andrew Card, Newt Gingrich, Michael Kantor, Gen. Barry McCaffrey, all

Let me try to get this straight about Charlie Crist's candidacy and the Democrats.

Just as a PSA, here are some available jobs.

Notice to all politicians: I will only vote FOR a candidate, not AGAINST one.

Skokie Hoarder Dies in Home; Removed Via Hole in Roof

Skokie Hoarder Dies in Home; Removed Via Hole in Roof

Breitbart paid operative "James O'Keefe's race problem."

Breitbart's Sherrod/NAACP story disintegrates

Breitbart's Sherrod/NAACP story disintegrates

On the case of Shirley Sherrod. I have this to say.

Parenting before the Cell Phone: Don't knock anyone up and don't get arrested.

Another charter school offers $100 bounty for finding new students.

A message for Helen Thomas.

This Modern World-Retirement is for losers! (+25 ways to disguise taste of cat food) By Tom Tomorrow

Do you know about white male anger?

Do you know about white male anger?

Crist has the Republican-dominated FL legislature backed into a corner!!!! Please support him!!!

Barack Obama WILL NOT Have A CREDIBLE Primary Opponent in 2012

Bob Herbert: "Obama/Democrats wasted the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity handed to them in 2008."

Hey! Serfs! Don't get mad, but this is a great time and place in which to be rich!!

This morning - LTTE : My animals are my own business

Israel's Defenders Mobilise, Threaten

Anyone else having trouble with G-mail?

I know it's Hitler, but, this is funny.....

Does anyone remember this-from 1967

How about a game for the lounge? Sarah Swifties

Whats for Dinner....Me Hungry

Love 'em or hate 'em, KISS is about to be on Leno.

Oh, my God! Tramampoline! Trambopoline!

Dammit, I sprained my wrist today.

She came to me one night.

I have the theme to "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" stuck in my head

is it just me or

Update on my beastie Olivia

Dupe

Parasailing donkey stunt sparks police inquiry

Indonesian mullahs say Muslims can drink coffee from cat droppings _ the world's priciest java

Sperm banks advertise celebrity look-alike donors

MST3K_BP...

self-delete

Remember when the worst thing we had to worry about was possible nucular (sic) war

know whats good?

For your entertainment: some unusual advertisements.

Why can't I have a pet Civet?

Classic movies that could have been improved with Mel Gibson as a script doctor

Een Amereeca we have 'work force'

Sharktopus versus Narwhal! Which One Wins?

*nom* *nom* *nom* I haz a corn!

Question for California DUers regarding wages and salaries...

The Blue Shadows - Deliver Me

If I were a mod, what would you blame me for?

Man grows freak watermelon

What Is Your Favorite TV or Miniseries Theme Song?

Let's play "Spin The Bottle"

The devil rays game just turned into a fifteen minute version of oww my balls.,...

Funny story about Braille on the wall at a shopping mall

Dateline on believing what you see

best housewarming gift ever!

Rec if you love all the Lindsay Lohan poo

I *really* need to put one of my cats on a diet...

Men, do you color your hair to get rid of the gray?

Injured baby Humming Bird nursed to health by it's mother and human friends (Video)

How affectionate is/are your cat/cats?

Identifying "Prime Ribs" - Do you count from the bottom or the top?

Anybody Remember Mr. Wilson from the "Dennis the Menance" Cartoons?

fishing license

One of my daughter's friends told me Obama was a "PILF".

Does a non contract cell phone plan

A couple of pics I took yesterday

What's your mom's maiden name?

Wow - Santa Barbara county prison is the sole California one with a drug treatment program.

Ahhhh Morphine

What is it with pregnancy pictures?

What the hell is a Corn Hole Tournament?

This should be a good debate: Handicap Bathroom stalls

Is Freebird was on the radio a good excuse to get out of a speeding ticket? nt

I weep for my wife

Oh BooHooHoo! Mel Gibson rants that he is broke

Obama's age is wrong on his official MySpace page

Pink Floyd - "The Wall" - Round-about goes both ways.

just discovered Old Spice

Steve Martin as The Great Flydini performs a magic show

Almost brought home a Conure today. What a character that little bird was!

So help me out - got my income tax refund check. What private jet should I buy?

it's a coming! (I hope)

Umm...the lights are turning off and on by themselves...

Someone bought me a star.

Drilling for natural gas in urban Dallas/Ft Worth. Had y'all heard of this?

I am really struggling

My insurance check came so it is time to look for a new laptop, will I like Windows 7.

My insurance check came so it is time to look for a new laptop, will I like Windows 7.

My insurance check came so it is time to look for a new laptop, will I like Windows 7.

Anti-abortion group endorses O’Donnell for Delaware Senate seat

Meister will oppose Heineman in governor's race

Obama to Campaign for Giannoulias in August

Emmer's town hall ends with a bag of pennies

Hayworth mocks McCain's '08 run

Rep. Walt Minnick, Lone Dem Endorsed By Tea Party, Rejects Endorsement

McInnis: ‘No way’ he is going to quit

Krugman: The Bush Deficit Bamboozle

Liberals Stuck in Conservative HELL

Anybody have an account with Wackovia bank

Here comes Dodd running cover: doubts Warren's confirmability for job of consumer guardian

One of my daughter's friends told me Obama was a "PILF".

New Public Policy Polling (PPP) FL Senate: Crist looking good

Pelosi faces pressure to end standoff over intelligence bill

The Plumline: DNC's new aid seizing on Pete Sessions' 'We need to go back to the exact same agenda'

Anyone watch Rachel Maddow last night? She was incredible. We saw a

NV Senate: Harry Reid moves out in lead in another poll

Like phony RW scandals? You'll LOVE this!

Oregon governor candidate Chris Dudley will skip debate for vacation

Eugene Robinson: Purging the Tea Party’s Racist Poison

Exclusive: Christian group calls out Glenn Beck’s ‘warped gospel’

White House Lays Foundation for Post-Election Damage Control

FL-SEN POLL: Crist 35, Rubio 29, Meek 17. Crist has become "de facto" Democratic nominee.

Artur Davis praises Robert Bentley, says GOP nominee will be tough to beat

Obama to push Congress on pay-fairness bill

iPhone 3G crippled by software update

Att'y: 3 men scapegoated in NYC toxic tower fire

Jury orders District to pay $900,000 to 4 police officers in retaliation case

US court frees Conrad Black on bail

Intelligence chief defends U.S. agencies

Looking for Time Bombs and Tea Leaves on Gay Marriage

Minnick rejects Tea Party endorsement

Sentencing delayed in Hawaii forced labor case

60 votes in place, Dems ready to extend jobs money

As Etheridge flap fades, so does Ellmers

Incumbent Rep. Tim Bishop Snags Indy Line In NY-1

Michele Bachmann calls for a Congressional Tea Party Caucus, proof that teabaggers are Republicans

Lentz fundraiser with Biden, Pelosi nets $250k

Clinton seeks review of Lockerbie bomber's release decision

Toyota subpoenaed by U.S. grand jury over steering problems

Karzai wants 2014 security handover

Parasailing donkey stunt sparks police inquiry

Parasailing donkey stunt sparks police inquiry

Kyrgyz forces arrest and torture ethnic Uzbeks-UN

Committee vote Tuesday on Kagan court nomination

Unions plug Warren for consumer protection chief

Did everyone read this from the GD section: International Gay Rights Group, Wins UN Status

US to send National Guard to Mexican border in August

Question: If the GOP takes back the Senate, in reference to the Senate Judiciary Committee.....

Whirlpool 2Q net income more than doubles (while sending jobs to Mexico)

Public Policy Polling offers teaser of new FL Governors poll--good news for DEM

Here we go again the Obama Administration throws another African American under the bus again

This article should provide a clue as to why Dodd is speaking against Warren's "confirmability"

Black Parents... White Baby

BP Considers New Plan to Permanently Seal Well

unemployment payments extension bill passed cloture with 60 votes

Stupid on a stick... Over-reaction will always go that way.. Sherrod tape a set up

Whistleblowers Want Tough Sentence for Scott Bloch

Elizabeth Warren Could Head CFPB Without Senate Confirmation

The Democratic Base Supports Our President

Goldman Sachs Profit Declines 82% as Trading Revenue Slides

Dianne Feinstein: For terrorism trials, civilian courts are up to the job

(Murdoch's London) Times loses almost 90% of online readership

Bullied 5th Grader Inspired by Letter From the President

Graham to Vote ‘Yes’ on Kagan Nomination

Gallup: Obama Averages 47.3% Approval in Sixth Quarter

No quick exit for troops in Afghanistan, Nato head says

Oakland could go to pot in a big way with four proposed factory farms

About Gallup's Republicans 'very excited' about voting in November advantage. Does it matter?

Obama endorses Paycheck Fairness Act

Wall Street "Justice": AIG Evidence Raises the Question, "Where Are the Indictments?"

Joe 'I apologize, BP' Barton loses $150,000 in campaign investment money

Amazon.com Now Selling More Kindle Books Than Hardcover Books

Goldman Sachs Lost Money on Volatility Bet in Second Quarter

5 Great Lakes states, including Michigan, sue feds over Asian carp

White House denies role in Sherrod firing, Vilsack takes responsibility, explains

We need to understand what the word racist means!

Well THAT was uncomfortable (re: Ratigan)

In defense of a primary to Obama

South Africa: Foreigners injured in xenophobia clashes

BP Says Seepage Near Well Unrelated to Macondo Leak

Pimco Sells Black Swan Protection as Wall Street Markets Fear

Bullied 5th Grader Inspired by Letter From the President

Ronald Reagan's greatest speech

Goldman Sachs profits fall 82 percent

Plan to begin Afghan security handover this year dropped

Goldman Sachs posts lower earnings on SEC pact cost

Exclusive: Glenn Beck's Golden Advertiser Under Investigation (For Alleged 'Rip Off')

Consumers not "confident"? Then why do they keep buying stuff?

Perdue recalls 91,000 lbs of chicken nuggets (contains foreign materials)

Berlusconi's popularity hits new low - poll

The Stupidity and Hypocrisy of the Austerity Movement

New Gallup poll shows support for Democrats ticks up on generic ballot

Unemployment benefits extension clears hurdle.

Breitbart is getting his wish! The President and his admin blamed for something negative....

Congress Will Grill Gold Dealer, Glenn Beck Sponsor

Supreme Court Elena Kagan confirmed by Senate Judiciary Committee in 13-6 vote

Obama So Far: Good Job!

Poll: Nebraska Senate--Nelson in big trouble in '12

US to boost training, aid for troops in Somalia

BP Kept Drilling After Report of Leak, Worker Says

Former MI5 chief delivers damning verdict on Iraq invasion

Mehserle fans, foes face off in Walnut Creek

PPP Says Moderates' Shift Behind Reid's Rebound

Kwon Ho Ung, North Korea Official, Reportedly Execute

Spain rejects banning burqas in public

Navy Vets leader disappears, leaving questions about group's validity unanswered

House Dems whack Cheney over oil spill

Perry camp pays Democrat to settle suit over $1 million donation

In '94 after the Dems lost congress...I don't recall anybody saying they were going to challenge

Ind. accused of cutting aid to food stamp users

W.Va. gov says he'll run for Byrd's US Senate seat

AIDS breakthrough: Gel helps prevent infection

EPA Whistleblower Accuses Agency of Covering Up Effects of Dispersant in BP Oil Spill Cleanup

Auto safety experts question makeup of panels studying runaway vehicles

More than 40 pct. leave Obama mortgage-aid program

House Dems whack Cheney over oil spill ( “The cop on the beat was off-duty for nearly a decade")

Apple net profit up 78 percent

Blanche Lincoln puts out her own poll--she's only 9-points behind not 30!

Should Vilsack be fired for being such a willing tool of Andrew Breibart?

Michelle Bernard sucks.

Iraq inquiry: Ex-MI5 boss says war raised terror threat

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Tuesday July 20

Before rig explosion, BP pumped chemical mixture into well, contractor says

Extension of Jobless Benefits Clears Key Senate Hurdle on 60-40 Vote

Kerry: Senate Cloture Vote Means Help Finally on the Way for Laid-Off Workers

NAACP Statement On The Resignation Of Shirley Sherrod (we were snookered by Fox News & Breitbart)

Lesbian gets 35K settlement over canceled prom

Household cleaners may double risk of breast cancer

Wow the White House acts fast when it wants to

REMINDER: Anything short of retaking the House is utter failure by GOP

Latin American nations bid to join Mexico in opposing Arizona immigration law

Farmer's wife says fired USDA official helped save their land

Resigned USDA official says racial story misconstrued

BP Signs North America and Egypt Asset Deals With Apache

Hearings: BP did not suspend drilling operations after report of leaking blowout preventer

Former inmate recalls daring, romantic escape from Auschwitz

I'm tired of this Bullshit Racist ass shit that has become routine discussion in the media....!

Oakland ready to approve four marijuana factories

White not planning to attend Obama’s Texas fundraisers

Palin erroneously calls Kodiak largest US island

I-580 gunman was headed to ACLU

US Marine officer in Haditha case leaves service

There is no "defense" of a primary run against Obama.

The real skinny on Shirley Sherrod

Obama supporters demanding Shirley Sherrod be re-instated with public apologies check in here.

Panama: Retired journalist freed after being held for 19 days

More Whitest Kids You Know- Human History of the Past 10,000 Years in 7 Seconds

Local newscast debunks Meg Whitman's "Fail" attack ad against Jerry Brown

Whitest Kids You Know (again)- more hilarity- Reagan and Hinckley

HILARIOUS Whitest Kids You Know Sketch- Backseat

Faux Noise's tea party express gets teabagged

Whitest Kids You Know- Crack

Dear Democrats, here is what gay equality looks & sounds like.....

Noam Chomsky - Hopes and Prospects Lecture 1 of 5

Glenn Beck: "I have no sense of time in reverse"

Pete Sessions On Meet The Press

Dummies Do Shakespeare

Rachel Maddow & Ezra Klein discuss the chaos of the GO(Tea)P parties

Mr T kicks back and sends a message to the thugs!

Thom Hartmann - The Good. The Bad. And the Very Very Ugly. Americans. Limpballs. Beck. Oh My!

Rachel Maddow: Bush Tax Cuts Suck

Clean up begins after China oil spill

Michele Batshit Crazy Bachmann - Teabaggers Are Like WWII Heroes Fighting Hitler and Tojo and...

NAACP receives a death threat

NASA | Satellites View Growing Gulf Oil Spill (Update: 7/14/2010)

Nasa Warns Of Super Solar Storm 2012

Rachel Maddow & Jeff Merckley discuss the GOP's magical 'free' tax cuts

Rachel Maddow: BP 'buying up' all of the expert witnesses for lawsuits

Thom Hartmann - Capitalism Hits the Fan with Economist Richard Wolff

MSNBC: DNC Blasts GOP Over Bush Agenda

Garret Morris Speaks the TRUTH on Marijuana Prohibition

Surviving Unemployment 7.20.10

Productivity is up, so why cut social programs?

TYT: Cenk Debates Tea Party Leader From Institute For Liberty (w/ Transcript)

Paul Krugman - Income Inequality and the Middle Class

Social Security Works

Real News Network: THE RISING NON-VIOLENT MOVEMENT IN PALESTINE Part 1

Papantonio: Feinberg is in BP's Pocket

RT: Keiser Report Teaser: Paul the Octopus a bailout victim

Mellencamp's Song - a Scathing Indictment of the American 'Dream'

Rally Against Resegregation

@GStephanopoulos | Old Spice

Sarah Palin Refudiates Logic & Neo-Nazis at the Mexican Border

FOX NEWS Human Frogger Reporter Crushes Skateboarding Kid on Live TV

DNC Web Ad: 'Exact Same Agenda' (as Bush)

Goodwin's first vote

Grayson talks unemployment insurance extension with Dylan Ratigan

Democrats Move to Extend Unemployment Benefits as Goodwin Casts First Vote

Fiscally Dishonest Republicans

In Rep. King's World, Republicans Aren't Blocking Unemployment Extensions

Excellent Birds (I see pictures of people rising up)

Barrasso: Tax The Middle Class To Finance Tax Cuts For The Rich

Mike Pence Hates the Unemployed

Young Turks: Sarah Palin Twitter FAIL...Wrong On The Substance Too!

Christians are OBLIGATED to be political

Rep. Alan Grayson Humiliates Republicans: Stop Taking Food Out of the Mouths of Children

TYT Announcement: Cenk Gets A (Second) Weekly MSNBC Segment

Fox News gets a batshit crazy Teabagging, 7/20/10...not political like the Democrat party!

White farmers at the center of Shirley Sherrod controversy: No way in the world she is a racist

North Carolina NAACP Protest Wake County School Board

Whitehouse: Unemployment Is An Emergency

OFFICER BUBBLES, How a video of an anti-social officer helped the media continue to miss the story

Is Marijuana Legalization a Civil Rights Issue??

SORRY AIN'T ENOUGH NO MORE (BP Spill reaction) Music video

Congressman Jim McDermott Calls on the Senate to Extend Unemployment Benefits

Yemen's Houthi back dialogue

Shakespeare 'Refudiates' Sarah Palin

Obama Wins Unlikely Allies in Immigration.

National Security Inc. by Dana Priest and William Arkin

The Truth About Shirley Sherrod, Big Government and the NAACP (Bright | Digital Journal)

Amiri 'told CIA Iran had no bomb program'

Why won't Breitbart release the full Shirley Sherrod/NAACP video? (MediaMatters)

No Surprise: Manchin Is Running for Senate.

Did White House fire woman on strength of bogus Breitbart video?

How The Rich Are Winning

The Bush Deficit Bamboozle

President appeals for extension of Unemployment Insurance July 19

We Are Not Ready (for expansion of nuclear energy) - Bob Herbert

Krugman: The Pundit Delusion

How They Did It

Dianne Feinstein: For terrorism trials, civilian courts are up to the job

Senate breaks Republican kill-the-bill filibuster of Unemployment Insurance Extension

Meet the Military Man Battling Dangerous Christian Extremism in the Military

The Republicans and the Constituion...NYT editorial..

Well worth viewing.

No 2010 Unemployment Extension=Suicide

Everyone Take a Deep Breath (TPM re: Sherrod)

Tim Wise: Faux-pression: Racism and the Cult of White Victimhood

.Facebook Lawyer `Unsure' Whether Zuckerberg Signed 84% Ownership Contract

Health Care & Other Things Dumbfusckistan Style CAUTION RANT!

Interesting commentary on Jindal

Hundreds of dead penguins, birds wash up

Disease wiping out amphibians in Panama before they can be identified

Peak oil review - July 19

Drumbeat: July 20, 2010

Kevin Costner Plays Heroic Role in Gulf Disaster

DNA Analysis Finds 25 Known, 5 Previously Unknown Frog Species Gone Extinct In Panama Since 1998

71 Russians Drown In 24 Hours Across Nation As Heatwave Hits 35C In Moscow - AfP

The Oil Drum: Figuring this Out, Relief Wells, Nuclear, and More...

Sec'y of Energy Stephen Chu's Energy Blog debuts

Blogger John Aravosis Catches BP Faking Photographs Of Its Crisis Center - WP

Scientists Find Oil Under Shells Of Larval Blue Crabs - Pelicans Cook Themselves Drying Oiled Wings

National Hurricane Center 7/20 8:00 AM EDT - Northern Leewards 40% Chance Of Cyclone Within 48 Hours

Light cars take on heavy trips

That's the last time I'll feed my worms potatoes.

The nation’s other major leaks — at U.S. nukes

Jordan questions LeBron's move

Tour de France, Panoramic View Col du Tourmalet

Football comes to Fenway Park

Lady Secret Stakes to be shown live on NTRA.com....

Wow! Lou Piniella will call it quits.

USC serving penance

Arsenal and Spurs ban vuvuzelas

They sure don't have to paint the seats often at Sun Life Stadium.

Kovalchuk happy to be a 'Devil for life' - Signs 17 year/$102 million deal.

The Florida Gators of the SEC cheated?? No way!! The SEC is an honorable conference!!

Brazilian opposition candidate blames Lula's party for links with FARC

Who is a spy and why?

Maya customary rights, upheld in Belize court, are clouded as government stirs a backlash

Oliver Stone Under Assault Again = by Lisa Pease July 17, 2010

Oliver Stone: Responding to Leopoldo López

U.S., L American countries carry out sea landing exercise

Riding America's Crazy Train--> Teacher's reason for controversial Cuba trip: I'm a communist

Honduras: sweatshop campaign presses Nike

The banks serving the People--in Venezuela!

Cuba dissidents told (by US) Spain exile muddles US asylum

Kobe Bryant tied with Tiger Woods for top spot in popularity poll

(San Francisco) Police: Transient killed boy with his own rifle

Mods, what is the deal?

What is the threshhold for banning something?

"Democrats for Gun Ownership"- an organization that may represent us...

Shooting On SEPTA Trolley, 3-Year-Old Hospitalized

Shooting On SEPTA Trolley, 3-Year-Old Hospitalized

One more for the dark side

No Guns for You — You’ve Slammed Doors Very Hard

Dallas Officer Accidentally Shoots Rookie Officer

What local governments no longer investigate or prosecute some felonies, e.g. burglaries?

Philadelphia police 'outgunned' in last week's shooting

13 Great Books For Gay Teens

PhoboQuotable - Peter LaBarbera: Against UAFA (Big surprise)

Tues. Watercooler: Gaga fans clash with anti-gay protestors

Poll: Californians support gay marriage (Forgive me if I don't hold my breath)

Weird news of the day...Pakistan hires transgender tax collectors to “embarrass” tax evaders

Union accuses immigration agency of discrimination in leak probe

Today in Labor History July 19 Declaration of Women's Rights and call for women's suffrage, more

Union Support Helped Win ‘Open Fields’ Hunting and Fishing Access

Despite Big Free Agency Spending, NBA Owners Press For Concessions From Players Union Under Lockout

Economic Report: Economic Policy Favors Corporations Over Workers As Profits Recover While Jobs Don’

I call this "wasp you lookin at?"

National Geographic has a cool page

What am I doing wrong?

Unlocking secrets of 'eerie' clouds (BBC) {amateurs invited!}

Cave yields marsupial fossil haul (BBC)

Deep-Sea Vent Discovery Sets Hydrothermal Life’s New Depth Record

Adventures in Very Recent Evolution

Elephant tooth fossil found in Brazil: report

could people live in the Precambrian Era? I mean, assuming they

Best Reality TV Ever: Camera Will Take Video of Next Mars Rover Landing

Physicists Tame Time Travel by Forbidding You to Kill Your Grandfather

IDF soldier who shot British peace activist to be released from jail

The Loris Lives! First Pictures of Primate Thought To Be Extinct

An End to Gaza's (Literally) Underground Economy

A Universe of Us

Bees Get Stung by Israel

Israeli right embracing one-state?

Relax your genes - Relaxation Response Can Influence Expression Of Stress-Related Genes

Where are you in our grand shifting?

Anne Ortelee -- weekly weather July 19, 2010

Happy Birthday GetTheRedOut, Now LET'S PARTY

The Philosophy of Spiritualism

For those who might like (where "like" is a thing you click on) this sort of thing

Catholic "League's" Bill Donohue defends Mel Gibson and calls Leno a bigot

ricochetastroman - Miss depth astrology on the planet and politics

“There are no coincidences.”

So, after 17 years of living in sin

1st Gaza mall attracts thousands

So, do the Gun "Enthusiasts" here contend that Violent Crime rates will...

Attention Disorders Can Take a Toll on Marriage

Vaccine patch may replace needles

Why Benadryl is a bad sleep aid

Husband nerve decompression surgery for lumbar stenosis has produced excellent results.

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