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Archives: March 15, 2011

An excellent video explanation of what went wrong at the Japanese nuclear plant from NHK

KS Legislator suggested shooting Illegal Immigrants from helicopter has 800 # call him on his dime!

DOD Continues to Stall on Kucinich’s Request to Visit Bradley Manning - EmptyWheel

New Blast Reported at Nuclear Plant as Japan Struggles to Cool Reactor (1 min. ago) - NYT

35 year old nuke plant in U.S. getting reworked by IBEW and others, common

35 year old nuke plant in U.S. getting reworked by IBEW and others, common

I don't see a thread about this, but the news here...

CNN: NHK reporting that containment dome at Reactor 2 may be damaged

Gamma Radiation In Fukushima-Downwind Ibaraki Disclosed, 30 Times Above Normal

9AM in Tokyo now. REUTERS:Today's forecast is for wind from the NE/E during the day.

As Treasury Cash Drops To Just $14.2 Billion, Is America About To Run Out Of Cash?

Sen. Lamar Alexander says we shouldn't abandon nuclear power

Edano: Japan reactor container appears damaged

Guardian UK: The 'truthiness' of James O'Keefe

Radiation leak feared after plant blast: Kyodo

Radiation leak feared after plant blast: Kyodo

(09:41) Fukushima's No. 2 reactor container damaged, radiation leak feared

23 hour lock down is not torture.

Argentine Judge Dismisses Charges Against US In Plane Case

Father sues Pen Argyl Area School District, claiming discrimination against his sons

Japan Nuclear Watch: Third Explosion, Possible Cracked Containment at Unit 2 - FDL

Now you are talking of San Onofre

Koch - Walker cancerous cells unite

Shame, 2.2 Million Wisconsites Silenced

FAQs about the MSM, the "news" and 'when is it going to do it's job?'

Up to 90 percent energy efficient, Fuel Cell Energy could have, should have,

CNN: weather Worst case scenario for Japan -- atomic winds

Al Gore and the Chicago Climate Exchange? A Glen Beck worsihiper threw that at me today...

Update: Ohio Gov. Kasich to allow broadcast of budget briefing

BBC: USGS map of the area affected by the quake......

The Richter Scale: A 9 is ten times stronger than an 8

Ohio Poll: Gov. Kasich approval worse than Taft’s

revenge of the mummies (mr. fish)

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A headline at MSNBC.com...."Is the United States Prepared for a Nuclear Crisis?

Japanese Prime Minister now on live.....

CNN just used the m-word.

Fly Creationism- Mr Fish Toon

Fitzgerald: WI Dem Senators will not be allowed to vote in committees

Ed taking on stupid Cantor and the budget cuts

DISASTER: Oil Killed the Gulf, Nuclear Power is Radiating the Pacific, Solar...

Nuclear rods melting inside three Fukushima reactors, Japan admits

Amy Goodman: Nuclear Power: Re-evaluating the Risks

John Nichols coming up next on The Ed Show

Japan's polticial dilemma cut short by geo-physical and nuclear threats

Akira Kurosawa - Mt Fuji in Red

March 25th... 100th Anniversary Of The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire... Never Forget !!!

News re Japan's nuclear waste facilities?

New Polling – Democrats Lead in Three Potential Recall Elections in Wisconsin

Ok Rachel is doing a GOOD PRIMER

Shaking my head at Beck

Japan... getting worse by the minute. >link> photo of reactor #2 >>

GE CEO Immelt receives $4 million bonus, $21.4 million total compensation

GE CEO Immelt receives $4 million bonus, $21.4 million total compensation

Teabaggers... bless their tiny li'l hearts & even teeny-tinier brains & even eensy-teensier penises.

So... my brother is in route to Tokyo from Thailand

Nuclear experts weigh in on GE containment system (WP)

Wheres Governor Walker?

Radioactive substances being released from No. 4 reactor because of fire.

BREAKING NEWS: Sources say containment breached at Fukushima Dai-ichi plant — NBC

NEI: Explosion may have damaged a portion of the reactor’s primary containment structure

LOL Lawrence O'Donnell

Plutonium threat at Japan reactor, expert warns (I have no idea if this legit)

NHK now covering this

Statememt from the PM of Japan upcoming

I would like to know...Re: the 4 reactors

BREAKING: (11:14) Fire occurs at Fukushima plant's No. 4 Reactor

My observation, I have never seen Bisell so down key

The PM is now on

Haiti: US urges Jean-Bertrand Aristide to delay return (BBC)

You need a laugh...

UH OH! NHK is off the air. nt

Verizon's reaction to the situation in Japan: free Japanese television and free long distance phone

All major news orgs now evacuating away from the area of the #Fukushima plant

All major news orgs now evacuating away from the area of the #Fukushima plant

Pictures: Volcano Lightning Electrifies Japan Eruption

The hardest thing here is seeing and knowing how much loss and fear so many are facing right now

HOLY FUCKING SHIT and I rarely do this, but

Another NEI Update: 10 p.m. EDT, fire at Fukushima Daiichi 4 with high levels of radiation

Tokyo may be affected

My niece just finished basic training and is now in school for Nuclear engineering

Hand printed sign on blue-collar van in GA: "Support communism and socialism. Join a union."

Airman, wife cope after quake (Yokota Air Base in Japan)

"Freedom isn't free"

Listening to the live feed from Japan - this is absolutely surreal...

Does anyone get BBC World as one of their cable offerings? .........

Princeton Physcist , Frank von Hippel," Its way past Three Mile Island.

Princeton Physcist , Frank von Hippel," Its way past Three Mile Island.

Fire at No. 4 plant appears to be out!

Mandatory Monday Malloy Truthseekers check in!!

Local conservative in 2008 on liberal environmentalists using "scare tactics" on nuclear power

Remember the brief time after the first plane hit...wondering when the horror would end?

Treatment Of Bradley Manning: "Cruel and unusual/Untried and Unconvicted"

Watched CNN for the last few hours. Lots of Japan coverage. And This Anti-Union Ad Ran Five Times.

Watched CNN for the last few hours. Lots of Japan coverage. And This Anti-Union Ad Ran Five Times.

I live about 13 miles from 3 nuke plants, and I would really appreciate it if

I live about 13 miles from 3 nuke plants, and I would really appreciate it if

Perhaps we can postpone nuclear energy debates for now?

I don't think the primary containment vessel's integrity has been compromised

Gov't: Minute Levels Of Radiation Detected in Tokyo

Haley Barbour Press Secretary Dan Turner Resigns After Japan Joke

The situation has spiraled out of control -- all plant workers needed to leave the plant

So if you just substitute earnings for bandwidth, is ATT saying a progressive tax is fair?

CBS News told in Sendai that "everyone must avoid Tuesday's rain, as it carries nuclear radiation"

Nuclear plants planned for Gulf of Mexico

--EDANO just said the fire at No. 4 was NOT nuclear fuel--

Ah, sheeeeesh ---

Ed is covering this week-end's rally in WI now!

I'm sorry to say that Bradley Manning is not Hera

Hydrogen explosion at reactor #4

Japan's Nikkei down 13%. That would be like the Dow Jones being down almost 1,600 points

Repub Governor and 2012 Presidential hopeful Mitch Daniels asking for Federal funds

Wow! Nikkei index down almost 14% at midnight. -1343 points

Wow! Nikkei index down almost 14% at midnight. -1343 points

"Comedian Gilbert Gottfried fired as voice of Aflac duck" - that's the

I'm in Beijing, 1,300 miles from Tokyo. Do I need to worry about radiation if the winds shift?

I'm in Beijing, 1,300 miles from Tokyo. Do I need to worry about radiation if the winds shift?

Former Democratic Senator Evan Bayh to join Fox News

Former Democratic Senator Evan Bayh to join Fox News

Libyan rebels arrest ‘Gaddafi death squad’ that killed Al Jazeera journalist Al Jaber

I confess to not knowing what the hell is going on

FEMA power tool on Morgan/CNN blabbering...

EA Games Boss: 'We Love Fox News' (snark)

Angry Birds 'One of the Most Profitable Games in History'

Wisconsin unions rush to get deals in place!

Times like these

Question about tsunami and small Pacific island of Tuvalu

And then there's the JETSTREAM......

Joe Miller says no connection to trooper hunter militia man-here is a pic of them together

70% chance of Mag. 7.0 or higher in the next few days in Japan.

70% chance of Mag. 7.0 or higher in the next few days in Japan.

Are there any live news streams...

Experts: Wind will likely blow Japan nuclear radiation across the Pacific

Since the People Power Revolutions in the Middle East, and the Japanese quake/tsunami

Amazing Video: Man hacks Times Square billboards with iPhone?

Japan’s nuclear safety agency says fire at No. 4 reactor of nuke plant extinguished

Japan tv just told residents: Avoid having the outside air come inside the houses.

23 US reactors share design with failed Japan nukes

(THE OTHER PLANT) All Fukushima No.2 plant reactors safely halted

There IS no direct federal funding for NPR but don't let that stop you

If you are fucking around, now is not the time to fuck around.

China wants 'one-child' compensation over NZ quake

LA Times - "Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty show support for Wisconsin governor"

Al-Qaeda Recruiting Suicide Bombers With Promise Of Halfway Decent Job In Afterlife

Travel Warnings

FYI: Radiation dose equivalent/orders of magnitude reference

Real Time Earthquake Map of Japan

Must read indictment of the standardized testing industry

BREAKING radiation nine times higher in west tokyo

You have to *know* she's the smartest person in the room.

Lol - did anyone see the protest sign on Ed's show from WI with every word misspelled?

My prayers to the 50 workers who have stayed in the nuclear plant

Developing: IAEA Says Fire Caused Radioactive Release

I think Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta should get the hell out of there

Japan's Nikkei slumps 10.6% on radiation fears

Has anyone seen any news of our emergency naval ships that provide lodging, food, etc.

Just a random thought, shouldn't Disney have cruise ship headed to Japan?

If Walter Cronkite was around now, how do you think he would react to Palin...

I'm sorry to say that Manning is not HERO..

Per Russian TV news

Radiation levels rise in Russian city of Vladivostok, (Within normal limits still)

Radiation leaps after Japan plant blasts

Petraeus to face Congress as Afghanistan war doubts grow

(USS George Washington) U.S. Navy aircraft carrier detects radiation

Iowa Senate Democrats -KILL- Anti-Union Republican House Bill

30 Pieces Of Legislation Republicans Are Using To Destroy America

30 Pieces Of Legislation Republicans Are Using To Destroy America

On the Tea Party members of Congress, from the Left Coast Sports Babe

this jack ass on the local right wing talk station said we shouldn't help out

CNN draws more viewers for quake coverage

Excellent explaination of what is happening in the reactors, details on risks

UCLA student issues apology for anti-Asian rant.

GOP 2012 presidential hopeful Pawlenty suddenly adopts fake southern accent

Rescuers pull 70-year-old woman from rubble 4 days after

Live Presser - Japan PM BBC TV 12.30 AM PST

Live Presser - Japan PM BBC TV 12.30 AM PST

Press conference on TBS Japanese from Nuclear safety agency of japan. Edano on NHK english now

Excellent rant by the Punk Patriot

Graph: Radiation levels in perspective

Graph: Radiation levels in perspective

Union of Concerned Scientists on the Japan Nuclear Disaster

Union of Concerned Scientists on the Japan Nuclear Disaster

Confession: I was nearly suckered into accepting nuclear energy

Radiation level rises slightly in Russia's Far East (but WNL) 3/15

Bachmann apologizes, sorta.

Glenn Beck Explains Japan Nuclear ‘Meltdown’ With M&M’s And George Soros

Bradley Manning is A hero.

Time Magazine (remember them?) asks "Is he now dead man Walker?"

CNBC World reporting $720 Billion pulled out of Japanese Financial Markets in 2 days

Thank you DU for blowing my Photobucket...

What will be the Japanese disaster's impact on food prices?

A local college professor who just returned from Japan said

A local college professor who just returned from Japan said

very interesting talk on the mid-east revolutions (audio)

Japanese PM: People living within 20 km of plant need to evacuate, 30 km - STAY INDOORS

Germans still struggling to resolve issues of race; The country has no xenophobic far-right party,

CNIC presser is beginning now

US Carrier George Washington docked in Yokosuka detects radiation (low levels 175 miles from plants)

US Carrier George Washington docked in Yokosuka detects radiation (low levels 175 miles from plants)

MSNBC weatherman "great news" for Japan - Northwest winds

Lawsuit Lenders Fight Usury Laws

YO! ..... ....Pro nuke DUers!

Michael Moore: Letter To My Fellow Michiganders "Wed. - Largest Demonstration State Has Ever Seen"

Freepers, ReTHUGS and teabaggers

Freepers, ReTHUGS and teabaggers

Japan Earthquake Update (15 March 2011, 06:15 CET)

Coal was "Clean Coal" six months ago, now it's 'dirty'

Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe

Saudi soldier shot dead in Bahrain

RT News: "Emergency at Onagawa nuclear plant, radiation 700 times over normal"

Mormon Politicians From Utah Feel Tea Party Heat

Factbox: Japan disaster in figures

Factbox: Japan disaster in figures

Austerity will kill people...at least in Linn County, IA

'The radiation levels at Fukushima Daiichi are now too high for staff from the Tokyo Electric .....'

Just some perspective - lots of us baby boomers were down-winders

Overnight stock market watch: Dow futures down 314, Nikkei down 14%

Lawmakers wife joins recall effort against him

Lawmakers wife joins recall effort against him

SHOCKING!!! A Pro -Union Op-Ed Piece at FOX News On-line Site

Major Crackdown with Saudi Troops Leading the Way Underway in Bahrain

Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe

Sand from China's Gobi desert came to America.. Radiation from Japan?

January 3, 1961: Nuclear accident in Idaho (never forget 3 dead buried in lead-lined caskets)

January 3, 1961: Nuclear accident in Idaho (never forget 3 dead buried in lead-lined caskets)

U.S. millionaires say $7 million not enough to be rich

"its the new Normal"

(Nuke) Moratorium Seen as Ploy to Placate Voters (Germany)

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Speaking of coverups, where are those pictures of the plant right now?

Speaking of coverups, where are those pictures of the plant right now?

In graphics - what went wrong

OMG, txt me: Information on cell phones used for calls, texts on legislation not public record

MEDIA MATTERS: Fox News Discovers Nuclear Reactor In Japanese Disco

Mike Dayton CA Emergency Management Over 7.5 not likely in California

I woinder how much GE is influencing MSNBC's coverage of nuclear problems

Urban Dictionary Slang Term Of The Day - 'Christie'

Why we have intrusive government regulations.

What it boils down to in Wisconsin, Ohio and Freeperland...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Presses Administration For Clear Withdrawal Plan From Afghanistan

DU'ers, look on the bright side.

Power Plant Air Pollution Kills 13,000 People Per Year, Coal-Fired Are Most Hazardous:

According to Wisconsin law, the 14 Democratic senators CANNOT be held in contempt.

Gingrich Courts Incendiary Pastor Renounced by McCain in '08

Congress runs interference for the Banksters

Congress runs interference for the Banksters

Reactor #4 has two 8 meter x 8 meter holes in the side

A question for all the Republican Governors

2fer: Evan BAYH luerves him Faux cash. Wingnut pundits dislike Quitter & wish she'd disappear

Joe Scarborough repeats Lamar lie, "TMI, Nobody died"

Radiation levels drop at Japanese plant

Trying to catch up this morning. Have there been 3 or 4 reactor explosions?

Greetings Brothers and Sisters

Thank a teacher.... i posted this note on my facebook page

Gulf dolphin jumps into boat; injures self and woman

Earthquake (6+) south of Tokyo (9:31 eastern). No major damage.

Earthquake (6+) south of Tokyo (9:31 eastern). No major damage.

Please direct me to a Charity that will help Japan...Funds to donate but unsure where

Please direct me to a Charity that will help Japan...Funds to donate but unsure where

As Library E-Books Live Long, Publisher Sets Expiration Date

5 prisons in Ohio to be put on block by state

Wisconsin State Senator’s Wife Joins Recall Effort Against Him

Court Rules Government Can Collect Private Records of three Twitter Users

Is Gov. Kasich going to propose leasing Ohio’s turnpike?

Is Gov. Kasich going to propose leasing Ohio’s turnpike?

'You ain't seen nothing yet' on cuts, Ohio Gov. Kasich says

Unpaid internships gain popularity among the jobless

Send Food Not Fundamentalism

But rest assured, Americans: if any such thing ever happens here.............

Carlos Alvarez, who is going to be recalled today (most likely) is a Repuke...

GE protected from liability in flawed nuclear plants

D*mn, the stock market is dropping like a rock AGAIN!!

Worst Case Scenario Imminent-situation at the most stricken plant has spiraled out of control

Where the fuck do you begin (Japan S&R)

Where the fuck do you begin (Japan S&R)

SECRET intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Big Ag Lobbies Want to Make it Illegal to Secretly Film Animal Abuse

Big Ag Lobbies Want to Make it Illegal to Secretly Film Animal Abuse

3 insane actions from religiously insane men in 3 countries

In Tokyo, the cupboards are bare.

What? Budget Cut Storm Hits National Weather Service

Japan radiation leaks feared as nuclear experts point to possible cover-up

Japan radiation leaks feared as nuclear experts point to possible cover-up

New Hampshire Republican lawmaker, 91, quits after stupid remarks

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BBC: Tokyo Electric Power Co may try too cool reactor by helicopter

Trouble

the people leaving the area of the nuke plants - where to? tent camps?

Toyota says quake-hit plants escape major structural damage

Toyota says quake-hit plants escape major structural damage

The fact is: "In 2008, renewable energy supplied around 19% of the world's energy consumption."

Ohio Gov. Kasich’s budget announcement today has virtually nothing to do with the projected budget

what do you do with 2000 washed ashore bodies?

Oh, the irony is almost too delicious for words

US Energy Secretary "Don't Worry - We Got This!"

Shinto Torii Arches survive Nagasaki and Tsunami

How's the Nuclear 'Event' going? Follow the money

God Bless America: Derf's Latest

I noticed that no one in the media has been calling it "nukular power"

New earthquake in Japan...

scientiest say parts of Japan sank 2 feet causing the water to rush in

Recall is Effective ONLY if the Dems can win the seat in WI

Watch The Rachel Maddow Show if you are worried about Japan's Nuclear Reactors.

Watch The Rachel Maddow Show if you are worried about Japan's Nuclear Reactors.

An editorial written by a texas school superintendant... did I say "I'm Proud"?

An editorial written by a texas school superintendant... did I say "I'm Proud"?

Petraeus positive about US Afghanistan progress

Denver City Council endorses pay raise for elected officials

(Florida) Senate approves TABOR-type cap on government spending

Aflac Severs Ties With Duck-Voice Gottfried After Remarks on Japan Tsunami

Cove Guardians Witness Disaster in Otsuchi, Japan

Cove Guardians Witness Disaster in Otsuchi, Japan

Madison schools will add 20 minutes to school day to make up for sick-outs

Madison schools will add 20 minutes to school day to make up for sick-outs

Chambliss Breaks With His Party, Opposes Defunding NPR: ‘It Provides A Very Valuable Service’

"Company Calling In Retirees & Workers From Unaffected Plants For Help; Perhaps For Sacrifice"

news agencies reporting game companies and gamers donating

Did Boehner just sound reasonable?

FAA Works With U.S. Airlines on Possible Japan Route Changes

Doomsday Scenario at Fukushima

Thank you, dear Moderators!

Potassium Iodide Runs Low as Americans Seek It Out

What is your view of nuclear energy?

Maybe a Thread Dedicated to the Japanese is in Order

" low levels of radiation floating toward Tokyo"

Status of quake-stricken reactors at Fukushima nuclear power plants

Status of quake-stricken reactors at Fukushima nuclear power plants

You have to admit...the Tea Bagger rage was a brilliant tactic in the election...

Returned (WI) Democrats' votes won't count, (R) Senate leader says

Your Thoughts on the Right Wing Google Ads That Appear On DU...

Retired Nuclear Regulator's Comments on Fukushima

American Exceptionalism: Cantor To Japan: NO HELP FROM US.

Mon: BBC comedy shows Olympic clock screw-up; Tues: real-life Olympic clock stops

If Republicans had two jobs...

If Republicans had two jobs...

'The Worst Company In America' Contest Is Back (Comcast won last year)

Up next on The ED Show -- Ed reminding people "Obama said he'd walk with the unions" -- When?

Overseas aid offers flow in Help is arriving from across the globe as nations vow assistance

Just finished a letter to the MVA

Wednesday will be a lovely day for a massive demonstration in Lansing, Michigan

They keep saying this can't be worse than Chernobyl, but

Keith Olbermann to speak at Cornell 3/29 -- Tickets are FREE

Chernobyl clean-up expert slams Japan, IAEA

Should we let FOX censor our protest signs?

Letter to My Fellow Michiganders - by Michael Moore

Worker Confidence on Retirement at 20-Year Low, EBRI Says

Tokyo Electric may be held liable for nuclear plant explosions

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Neo-Nazi candidate probed for web bomb tips

Thom Hartmann is streaming on FreeSpeech.org since its Ustream channel is off

Let me preface by saying Ed Schultz has done a remarkable job of keeping the struggle in Wisconsin i...

“This Could Become Chernobyl on Steroids”: Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gundersen on Japan ...

excellent ltte on public libraries by a local librarian

Nuclear power plants shut down in Germany for testing.

Why We Fight: Join us April 4th!

Man Arrested Over Vulgar 911 Call About Viagra Overdose

Well, crisis in Japan over, MSM moves to important things, St. Patrick's Day, NCAA Tournament, etc.

Well, crisis in Japan over, MSM moves to important things, St. Patrick's Day, NCAA Tournament, etc.

Any peeps out of North Korea in all of this?

The Rude Pundit: Conservative Media Research Center Actually Praises NPR (Sometimes)

Fox News' Union-Busting Crusade: MediaMatters

Japan earthquake and aftershocks link.

Good Morning, Gabby! (((PIC)))

potassium iodide caps are going through the roof!

If you and I have no right to financial security, then the wealthy

I have only one question today, why hasn't Larry Kudlow been fired by CNBComcast?

Economic damage from isle tsunami spreads

Weather Underground: "CA will be OK" (radioactive plumes)

Latest from the Guardian UK's Japan liveblog:

Are there people here taking a perverse delight in being the first to post bad news about Japan?

Election 2012: Struggling States May Cancel Or Delay Primaries

Hah - Wingnut grudginly roots for the DUmmies(Us) over Righthaven copyright troll

There will be a rally and March to Ohio Governor Kasich's Westerville home This evening

Can I get a summary of all the nuclear reactors having troubles in Japan

White supremacist confesses to firebombing Planned Parenthood clinic, vandalizing mosque

Spent nuke fuel pool may be boiling - No. 4

Complaint: Google programs hard for blind students

If a meltdown results in all the fuel burning it's way down into the earth...

(Cullen) Democrat wants to eliminate fleeing as option to hold up votes

UCLA student bashes Asians on YouTube.

More quakes - - New 6.1 quake near Mt Fuji

nukers are worried more about bad press... than peoples lives

Katrina survivors - Post for Japan

BREAKING: Complaint has been filed with the AG claiming Sen. Hopper not living in district

nuclear physics question

Activists confirm plans to peacefully take Michigan Capitol

Maybe if there's enough Corexit in that "pumped in sea water"...

Wisconsin State Senator's Wife Joins Recall Effort Against Him (His Maid Does Too)

Meet Mr Fukushima No 1, units 7 & 8

Florida DUers: Protest Rick Scott's attack on Florida, in CLEARWATER, Tuesday, March 15, at 5:30 pm

O'Keefe Admits... Yes, I have a tiny penis.

Who is going to the Orlando event today?

Well I Won't Back Down - Lyrics - T. Petty should allow their use for Wisconsin Battle

Donny George, Protector of Iraq’s Ancient Riches, Dies at 60

Toledo, Ohio rally attacks labor bill SB5

My editorial on poison control printed today

Ohio Gov. Kasich claims he’s increasing school funding; his budget shows a double-digit cut

Citizens Call For Boycott Of Walker Contributors

Many of the reactors in Japan were designed by General Electric

Stupid criminal alert: man gets 8 years for trying to rob a bank with a "Bom"

A little bit of good news: Woman, 70, found alive 4 days after Japan tsunami

Did you really believe the Egyptian revolt was spontaneous? Think again.

Wisconsin State Senator Dan Kapanke(r) owns a Baseball team!

Wisconsin State Senator Dan Kapanke(r) owns a Baseball team!

Income Inequality Gap Widens Among U.S. Communities Over 30 Years

Haley Barbour aide out after Japan joke

Need info on Wisconsin...

Jonathan Martin of Politico just said on MSNBC that conservatives say they don't practice

Great explanation of reactor problems at Fukushima that I have seen yet

Where can I see the new Wikileaks B of A / Balboa emails?

Release: Defend Social Security Bill Proposed by Sanders

Most amazing pictures of Madison rallies

The History Channel is showing "Prophets of Doom," and it is not your routine

just saying.....

Rep Garrett Says SEC Study Requesting More Money is Asking for Less Money

Radiation Station: Enviroreporter.com Monitoring Santa Monica, CA for Incoming Radiation

Madison Mayor Is Using Collective Barganing to Extend Contract w/ Union

Gingrich: Bill Clinton has grown on me--Obama not so much

PPP Poll: Large majority of Ohioans OPPOSE SB 5; Kasich would lose in rematch with Strickland

Japan before and after the earthquake, tsunami ....interactive photographs

This may be an inappropriate time to talk politics?

Petraeus backs Afghanistan drawdown

One thing that struck me as being very troubling about the tsunami

Bachmann & Palin's battle cry....YOU'RE NOT BEING FAIR...

SOLVED! BUILD a reactor at GITMO..

Iowa Considers Criminalizing Undercover Videos of Farm Animal Abuse, and More ...

US-based (ISIS) Agrees With ASN, Fukushima Nuclear Incident is a Level 6 (May Reach 7)

NYT: Mk1 Reactor Design Has Long Been Questioned

NYT: Mk1 Reactor Design Has Long Been Questioned

as we head into 6 or 7... "Fukushima is a triumph for nuke power: Build more reactors now!"

Thinking about survival

Here's a very cleverly done site with pics of Japan before & after.

Rescue Dogs search for victims in Japan - pics

Bumper Sticker: Palin 2012-2014 1/2

Bumper Sticker: Palin 2012-2014 1/2

I fear POTUS is getting not the best advise on this

Sen. Jim DeMint: The Bigger Government Gets, The Smaller God Gets

Vermont weighs collective bargaining rights for child care workers

The Rude Pundit: So This Also Happened This Past Weekend

Update 3 | Italian ship with 1,800 passengers from Misurata turns back to Libya after denied entry t

Our vote to go Union today...

Can we help fellow DUer and progressive media ally David Pakman broadcast from Netroots Nation?

Good source for constantly updated news on Libya

Lessons in Loyalty: Japanese Dog Refuses to Leave Injured Friend Behind

Panic Evacuations Strike Tokyo Where Radiation Levels Are Ten Times Normal

2 new quakes rattle Japan's northeast, Tokyo

(recorded) Mike Huckabee just called me

Wisconsin GOP suspects Democrats will flee again

So now that they have told us

I hereby completely forgive Bill Maher for his vaccine paranoia.

Nuclear reactor's roof cracked, two workers reportedly missing at Fukushima plant

Rick Santorum said Obama said "any child" born prematurely "can be killed"

Interesting; kamikaze into Gaddafi ?

Wisconsin GOP Denies Legislative Democrats Voting Rights

MSNBC: Latest news says Reactor disaster at Level 6 and could become a Level 7. (Chernobyl)

Senator, You're No Jack Kennedy

Michigan activists plan to keep Capitol open all night

Radiation plume could reach Tokyo: U.S. scientists (Union of Concerned Scientists)....

Madison Capitol Protests: "Ground Zero"

Tweety is tearing Bachmann a new one

Alarming Amendment: Missouri Legislators Are Placing Religious Liberty In Jeopardy

Wisconsin State Senator’s Wife Joins Recall Effort Against Him

CNN: Radiation is safe!

We Have to find someone else to represent the Democratic Party

Great website(s) regarding Nuclear Power/Information/Risks

Newt lays a big, wet smoochie on NAFTA for shipping out American jobs

Route Irish -Bush, Cheney and Blair will always look behind them

In response to Repuke requests for money

Russian soldiers tossing chunks of nuclear fuel into a pit... all are dead now

Vermont Gov. Fights to Close Vermont Yankee, One of 23 U.S. Nuclear Power Facilities Nearly Identica

Lufthansa pulls Tokyo flights; U.S. airlines maintain Tokyo services

So when does the TeaParty "KristallNacht" begin?

In 2007 a robot sent into Chernobyl found a previously undiscovered life form - radiotrophic fungi

In 2007 a robot sent into Chernobyl found a previously undiscovered life form - radiotrophic fungi

"Nuclear Power Is Perfectly Safe"

OMG Larry O'Donnell just destroyed

House Passes Stopgap Budget Bill Amid Republican Complaints

Duck and cover...

Video: Rachel Maddow’s Informative Nuclear Meltdown Explanation - link below

'Our lives were spared but I am not yet convinced whether that was a good or bad thing'

Sam Seder interviews Yves Smith, author and founder of Naked Capitalism.com

Kansas Republican Suggests Shooting Illegal Immigrants From Helicopters

What the heck? Why is Japan in so much debt??

Effects of Radiation Exposure (INFO-GRAPHIC)

Japan's earthquake will cause a global financial aftershock

2,405 Shot Dead Since Tucson

States cannot shut down Nuclear Power plants (except Vermont)

Pocono Medical Center PA made 21.9 Mil last year - Workers Strike for Respect

Standing up for principals

Beck says the Japanese catastrophes are because people are ignoring the 10 Comandments.

'Right-to-work' bill stalls in Missouri Senate

Freezing, snowy/rainy, winter-like weather settling in over northern Japan

Radiation could reach Tokyo within 10 hours

Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh

O'Keefe gets O'Keefed

Dillard's Join Huckabee, Palin in supporting Heroic Media

The workers at Fukushima Daiichi are true heroes.

Libyan Revolution Day 26 part 2 (major defections?)

Coming soon to an Ohio State Park...

edu-gangsters (latest Slowpoke toon)

Fukushima's #1 fuel rods 30% damaged, #2 70% damaged

More than a thousand protest in Michigan today - pics

More than a thousand protest in Michigan today - pics

Michio Kaku recommends the "Chernobyl Option"

This whole nightmare is like the DC Comics of my youth except

Out of curiosity, which industry has caused more deaths and harm to the planet?

Japan radioactivity could enter food chain, children at risk

Libyan kamikaze pilot crashed into Gaddafi compound?

It's so easy to hate on Apple, but Apple Japan really came through the past few days...

Every Single GOPer On House Energy Cmte Won't Say Climate Change Is Real

Eric Holder; UpHold the Law.

live nhk english

Earthquake aftermath image from Spiegel Online

It's pronounced George 'Tuh-KAY' ya CNN talking twit!

Saving the commons

Santorum: JFK Was 'Radical' For Believing In Separation Of Church & State

From Reuters Breaking Nooz

Reactor No. 4 reporting another fire - No way to cool it?

Microsoft to phase out unsuccessful Zune player

Message this morning on my TV - Verizon adding TV Japan on 3/17

GOP Candidate: Deport Latino Farmworkers, Replace With Inner-City Blacks

"Church Steeple Helps With Cell Phone Communications"

"Alternating current is bad; alternating current will only cause massive deaths."

I propose smothering the fire in Reactor No.4 with Nuclear Industry Lobbyists.

Man is a fool

The first rule of the Social Darwinist club is

And then the wave stopped - amazing

WOW! 3D View of Madison Capitol Protests "Ground Zero" in the US Fiscal/Political Debate

Silent thread for Japan

OMG! The world is SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL! ... or maybe not

House Republicans call emergency meeting to defund NPR

Once you get to the point where operating the plants are a suicide mission....

Republican talking head quoted GAO numbers. Yeah, you aren't allowed to do that anymore.

Who is the very worst Governor in the country?

About billionaires, banksters, and huge multinational corporations.

About billionaires, banksters, and huge multinational corporations.

Sarah Palin is reportedly on the outs with Roger Ailes

BBC: 2.45am PST- Holes in Wall of Concrete Shell - Reactor #4 Plus...

"4 in 10 of us will get cancer anyway"..

50 workers are staying in the plant. God bless them.

Reuters FLASH: TEPCO considering dispersing boric acid over Daiichi No.4 plant from a helicopter

FREE bus rides to Lansing from Taylor, Flint, GR, Saginaw for tomorrow's protest ...

Obama administration cracksdown on medical marijuana use. Agents raid 10 businesses in Montana!

Obama administration cracksdown on medical marijuana use. Agents raid 10 businesses in Montana!

In Case You Missed This... WTF ???

US Troops helping to put out fires at Fukushima nuclear plant

US Troops helping to put out fires at Fukushima nuclear plant

Reactor Design in Japan Has Long Been Questioned (NYT)

17 Navy crew washed clean of radiation - they were in a helicopter

17 Navy crew washed clean of radiation - they were in a helicopter

Republican Logic: Losing Jobs CREATES Jobs

So a man and his wife pulled up next to my window at a stop light today...

Wis. GOPer Whose Home Was Picketed To Propose Bill Outlawing Pickets At Homes

State troopers remove pro-labor protesters from Senate Commerce Committee meeting in Nashville -pics

Gilbert Gottfried Fired As Aflac Duck After Japanese Tsunami Tweets

Went to the Nashville AFL-CIO rally today..............

After Thanking God for the Japan Quake, A Troll Comes Clean

Florida DUers please explain

NH Rep who suggested disabled go to Siberia and die resigns

Manning's Father Says Treatment Of His Son Is " Inexcusable and Degrading"

Manning's Father Says Treatment Of His Son Is " Inexcusable and Degrading"

I have no trust in any of the "news" coming out of Japan

Fukushima's Spent Fuel Rods Pose Grave Danger

I'm throughly convinced the worst possible threat this country faces are the republicans. n/t

Jim Cramer thinks Japanese Officials trying to save nuke plants for future use

Live Geiger counter Tokyo....link Ustream

To all lurking racist, bigoted, hatemongering, homophobic, misogynist teabaggers

A story almost too wacky to believe......

Rush Amused That Earthquake Hit Environmentally Conscious Country

Canadian PM Harper links Japanese quake, opposition threat of snap election

Perfect cartoon

18 Old-Timey Photos You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped

I hereby completely forgive Bill Maher for his vaccine paranoia.

Can You Imagine Barack Obama Conceiving, Promoting, And Establishing Something Like The EPA ???

The Fuck-You Shima Disaster could not have happened in 2003

JAPAN-Good News: Minamisanriku - 2,000 People "missing & presumed dead" Located In Surrounding Towns

U.S. military blocks websites to help Japan recovery efforts

NEI Post new fact sheet

Oh, please, no. Not Culver for DNC Chair...

Obama Administration Steps Up Anti-Marijuana Battle

a little rant about being called freeloaders by Conservatives

HEADLINE: Obama, Republicans still back nukes

War in Libya, talk me down

On a scale from 1 to 10, how freaked out are you right now about possible nuclear meltdown in Japan?

Libyan Revolution Day 27 (return of the revolutionaries!)

Here is current status of the 6 Fukushima reactors.

Picture from Japan – Owner and Dog Reunited - pic

The Japanese nuclear tragedy perfectly illustrates one of the problems with nuclear power in general

Letter to Dr. John P. Holden, Assistant to the President (Sci/Tech) about backscatter machines.

Yep...we have our priorities!

Ok here are some effects to the future

Three Wisconsin Senate Republicans Trail in Recall

Penalties against senators undone as GOP, Dems start reconciling

Penalties against senators undone as GOP, Dems start reconciling

Former Candidate Charged in Sexual Assault Case

Ok... I Was Holding It Together, Until This...

History: Nuclear Reactor Meltdown in Southern California

I think Westboro Baptist Church should go picket the Fukishima nuclear plant

Radiation levels 33 times the normal level in tochigi

Ohioans Having Incredible Buyers Remorse Over Gov. Kasich

Tea Party Nation: 'Anonymous' Attacked Us With Porn

Baltimore school holds prayer service for good state test scores.

BREAKING: Revolutionary airforce destroy 2 Gaddafi warships and damage a third

Pie chart: Distribution of Wealth in the US (Tax the Rich, already! WTF!!!)

Okay...the BBC is explaining the Nuclear Plant issue with four overtuned coffee cups...

Over 5000 protesters show up in Westerville, Ohio and march to Gov Kasich's home

First Look: Surviving Straight Inc.

Author Stephen King includes Walker in three stooges reference

'Brutal numbers for Kasich'

Addendum -- Fundraising for Japan makes no sense

More good WI recall news

FLASH: Fire breaks out at Japan Fukushima Daiichi No. 4 reactor -NHK quotes Tokyo Electric Power

Is Obama so toxic that

A different nuclear viewpoint. Who's open to thorium-fueled reactors?

Do Not Pass Go: Missouri Rallies Halt Republicans’ Anti Union Bill

Diane Sawyer didn't make it to Madison

President Obama wants to be President for all the people...

Would you support a ban on all nuclear power plants worldwide?

This Modern World: What do do about Gitmo?

How can a person who believes in a God rationalize

THIS SENIOR CITIZEN NAILED IT!!!!

Andrew Breitbart, Among Others, Now Writing for Huffington Post

My Republican father

I'm not a fan of Coca-Cola, but they deserve kudos right now.

NY Times opposes the cruel treatment of Bradley Manning

I wonder how the "Road to Ruin…Just Stop! Event on 3-13-11" went ...

Social Security "Reform" Splits White House Economic and Political Teams

Michelle Rhee fights unions and tenure in Ohio. Also in TN and FL

the 50 Fukushima workers are all I can think about

Sanity check please.... at least or affects from Japanese nuke plant..

*** BREAKING: Occupation of Michigan State Capitol in Lansing Has Begun ***

*** BREAKING: Occupation of Michigan State Capitol in Lansing Has Begun ***

Astonishing new evidence linking 'fracking' to earthquakes

I've gone from "Deep sense of worry" to "Genuinely frightened."

In the 1980 Oregon election, a ballot measure to ban construction of further nuclear power plants in

On Columbia Generating Station (nuclear) in WA state

MICHIGANDERS...GET THEE TO THE CAPITOL!!!!

Kansas GOPer: Let's Shoot Illegal Immigrants Like Pigs

Possible spread of radioactivity / ZAMG now supports the emergency activities of the IAEA

Possible spread of radioactivity / ZAMG now supports the emergency activities of the IAEA

It's not that serious. The containment vessel can't be breached in this type of reactor.

It's not that serious. The containment vessel can't be breached in this type of reactor.

The Internet's new anti-bullying hero

USC Frat Email: Women Are 'Targets,' Not Actual People

How much CO2 does one solar panel create?

Dude trying to pay Chase with $6k worth of pennies. Chase keeps running the table and rejecting the

So, have we learned our lesson about nuclear power?

Um, hi?

OR District cuts all classroom assistants to 30 hrs: and wants $400 for benefits

Trancription from what Edano just said

How close are you to a Nuclear Power Plant??

Obama's team seeks new ways to fire up his base

President Obama Stands by Nuclear Power

Has anyone heard anything about the emperor and his family?

Has anyone heard anything about the emperor and his family?

can we please talk to the intergalactic council, and BEG them to stop sending us their rejects, and

Shame on the Secretary of State. This is the most disgraceful moment of her tenure.

The Great Leap Backwards

St Patrick’s isn’t a celebration, it is simply a national disgrace

This weekend is the anniversary of the Iraq Invasion, who is protesting???

Can the Japanese nuclear accident become a planet killer?

Ok I an not the only "fool" stocking up on milk

Owner of dubious private school collected over $800,000 from controversial Jeb Bush voucher program

WTF? Are websites that show radiation levels in the US being blocked?

Reactor coolant pumps move 100,000 gallons of H2O per MINUTE...

March 2011: Democratic Underground is now taking applications for moderator positions

Lost city of Atlantis believed found off Spain

Argentine Judge Dismisses Charges Against US In Plane Case

Kan Warns of High Radiation Level

Ash cloud from Japanese volcano in path of flights to Korea, China, Taiwan

Health Net loses sensitive data for 2M people

Pictures: Volcano Lightning Electrifies Japan Eruption

Fire confirmed at near reactor building of Daiichi No. 4 unit: reactor operator

Experts: Wind will likely blow Japan nuclear radiation across the Pacific

Microsoft to phase out unsuccessful Zune player

Japan Steps Closer to a Full-Blown Nuclear Catastrophe

KS legislator suggests using hunters in helicopters to control illegal immigration

(Wisconsin) Budget would make state's labor-management mediator a political appointee

Federal Court Says Colo. Man Can Sue Secret Service Agents in 2006 Case Involving Dick Cheney

Australian Shares plummet after radiation warning

Radiation spike after fire at Japanese nuclear plant

Air China cancels flights to Tokyo

Thousands gather for Indiana Statehouse union rally

"Radiation Has Spread From Reactors; Levels Seems Very High" - Japan PM Kan (Fire at 4th Reactor)

Radiation warnings send mobs of shoppers into stores, start hasty evacuations in Tokyo

Radiation warnings send mobs of shoppers into stores, start hasty evacuations in Tokyo

Guatemalans sue over 1940s U.S. syphilis experiments

Glenn Beck Explains Japan Nuclear ‘Meltdown’ With M&M’s And George Soros

Japanese authorities impose no-fly zone above blast-hit nuke plant

AP sources: Bus driver in NYC crash stopped before

Aflac Severs Ties With Duck-Voice Gottfried After Remarks on Japan Tsunami

Lead Negotiator Says NFL Proposed 10-year CBA ("complete falsehoods and complete lies" )

Cry of ‘Gun’ Is Claimed in Fatal Shooting of Fellow Officer

Sudan, Yemen Ranked Near Top of Bloomberg Combustibility Index

Feds raid medical marijuana operations in Missoula, statewide

Japan Stockmarket Tanking

Libyan rebels urge west to assassinate Gaddafi as his forces near Benghazi

Haley Barbour's Spokesman Resigns for Joking About Earthquake, Janet Reno

Germany Nuclear Power Plant Extension Suspended

'Radiation' text message is fake

Bahrain king declares state of emergency after protests

Bahrain king declares state of emergency after protests

Cove Guardians Witness Disaster in Otsuchi, Japan

Conservatives to back new powers for Santos (Colombia's Kansas Universisty-educated President)

Pitchfork permitted at Ariz. county meeting, man who brought it acquitted

Va Judge Sentences Five Somali Pirates to Life

Dep. Min. Kara: Death Penalty for 'Modern Barbarians'

Saudis roll in to prop up under-siege Bahrain royals

House and Senate Dems to introduce ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ repealing DOMA (This Wednesday)

Radiation Too High for Normal Work at Control Room of No.4 Reactor

Holes In Wall Mean Spent Nuclear Fuel Pool Exposed to Outside Air - TEPCO

10 hurt in Fort Bragg blast

Somali pirates sentenced to life in US prison

Rajaratnam jury hears wiretaps of ex-Goldman director

Rajaratnam jury hears wiretaps of ex-Goldman director

Japan Faces Prospect of Nuclear Catastrophe as Workers Leave Plant

Israel seizes 'Gaza-bound weapons'

Notre Dame at fault in Sullivan's death

Japan crisis worse than Three Mile Island, experts say

REVEALED: THE INDIA CABLES FROM WIKILEAKS

Petraeus outlines "significant" but "fragile" progress in Afghan war

Kasich's budget slashes aid to local goverments, libraries

Subaru, Toyota limit output at N. American plants (trying to conserve parts)

Workers Strain to Retake Control After Blast and Fire at Japan Plant

Fukushima: Mark 1 Nuclear Reactor Design Caused GE Scientist To Quit In Protest

500 bone marrow transplant centers in Europe asked to be on standby to treat radiation victims

Canadians facing terror charges in 2009 N.Y. subway plot

Tide of death: 2,000 bodies wash ashore on one stretch of coast as scientists warn Japan

US slaps sanctions on Libya minister, 16 companies

U.S. man convicted of encouraging suicides

Rights Watch Group Forced to Shut Its Uzbek Office

TEPCO: Spraying water from air "difficult"

Taliban being 'decimated' in Helmand

Two more reactors unstable at Japan nuke plant

Payday Loan Industry Doubles Lobbying Expenditures

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier detects radiation, The USS George Washington was docked for maintenance

Wisconsin Democrats not allowed to vote after returning

Chamber Hires Mukasey to Push FCPA Changes

Fire breaks out at Japan Fukushima Daiichi No.4 reactor building

Libyan rebels urge west to assassinate Gaddafi as his forces near Benghazi

Reuters FLASH: Japan nuclear safety agency says Fukushima No. 4 reactor roof is cracked

France fails to get G8 accord on Libya no-fly zone

Occupation of Michigan Capitol in Lansing has begun

Sen. Fitzgerald: Email re: Senate Democrat voting privileges in standing committees

House Passes Three-Week CR (funds gov through April 8)

Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe

Tsunami victim rescued at sea / MSDF locates survivor drifting on roof of destroyed house for 2 days

Bradley Manning's military doctors accused over treatment

(Wisconsin) Do-or-die union votes begin in April

Arctic faces record ozone loss this spring

Edwin McFarlane: Judge refuses to release teen accused of sex attack on school bus

WI Recall Pt 2: Poll shows Dems could retake Senate

Chernobyl clean-up expert slams Japan, IAEA

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Tuesday, March 15, 2011

House OKs far-reaching powers for emergency managers; bill heads to Snyder for signature

Radiation Fears Spark Panic Buying And Evacuations In Tokyo

N.R.A. Declines to Meet With Obama on Gun Policy

Assange ambushes Australian Prime Minister on live TV- Asks if she should be tried for treason

Govt to gather,release nationwide radiation data

Surgeon General: Buying Iodine a "Precaution"

Some Earthquake conspiracy theories.

:)

The crippled Fukushima plant now rates six on a seven-point international scale of gravity for nucle

I love Pi

If the summer changed to winter.. yours is no disgrace

Good Day on YouTube! Bullied kid turns cheek--

Cthulhu and Pangea

Japanese publishers cancel, delay games after quake

NO, I am NOT posting the "Snooki Pool Party" photos...but I AM posting the LINK.

Today is a really bad day for the President to visit the Senate

I dunno. I think this is a cute story. I hope others think so too

"LOOK AT SNOOKI GO!" 2:29 of your life you can't get back...It's Snooki's wrestling debut.

Being Human...

New consumer agency under fire from GOP, banks

Snake bites model's silicone breast and dies of silicone poisoning

This dude turns 70 today….

Just think how fast he'd be on his feet.

Is there any GOOD news in the world??

If you are fucking around, now is not the time to fuck around.

Vanessa Hudgens silent support thread

Michael Hutchence silent support thread.

A new swear...

I need to have a lot of dental work done - what kind of anti-panic attack meds should I ask my Dr

What is something you wish you didn't know now that you didn't know then?

What's the proper way to mace a creepy middle-aged guy?

In need of some advise for my daughter

Does anyone know how to get a human on the line at Transunion?

Irish Lent

Vincent Price and Peter Lorre in a wine tasting battle.

what is the first thing you think of when you see this photo on the DU blog ad list...

We... ... ... ... are... ... ... ... fucked. (dial-up warning)

I couldn't watch the whole video in one take. I just couldn't

Sorry, Kali. I think the vegans might be on to something here.

At last I feel like I can move on with my life

Cone head:

anyone ever have an upper endoscopy?

What Rebecca Black's "Friday" Would Sound Like if it was Sung by Bob Dylan

How long are leftovers OK? I cooked some Impossibly easy taco pie

Notice to Lounge Lizards-Flummery, skylarking and jiggery-pokerry

Captain Obvious has been writing headlines again

Li'l Skittles woulda been an artist, but EVERYBODY was a critic...

When is the last time you wrote and mailed a letter?

Once again you get to challenge Death to a game - what game do you pick

Post a classic cartoon

Party crashers beat teen to death in Queens after yelling anti-gay slurs.

3-year-old child considered England's youngest alcoholic... ever

Once again, let's hear it for the IGNORE option!

Should I get an old Volvo to replace my Oldsmobile?

Top Chef fans check in - who do you think will win it all (final four) *SPOILERS*

March 2011: Democratic Underground is now taking applications for moderator positions

If we were to create a DU Time Capsule, what contribution would you add to it

Anybody here watch Frisky Dingo?

More than 1,000 protest Snyder’s tax plan at Capitol

March 2011: Democratic Underground is now taking applications for moderator positions

One MIGHTY leap up... one moderately aggressive testicular "chomp" and you will OWN HIM for life!!!

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's spokesperson just called a major press conference regarding MiddleFingerMom.

“We’ve been watching a hopeful tsunami sweep across the Middle East. Now we’re seeing a tsunami

So the only "evidence" for Manning's "torture" is his lawyer's statement

WH: Introducing FOIA.gov

Could Obama be a Manchurian Candidate?

You can't just protest. You need to get out, canvass, call, get signatures, etc.

Ezra Klein: Washington's Suicide Pact

Media Matters: Note To Media: Experts Say It's "Not Credible" To Blame Obama For Spike In Gas Prices

Boston.com: My meeting with President Obama

TYT: State With Most Women In Prison Is...

So let's primary Obama

"Who is winning the argument over budget cuts?"

If President Bush did all this, would you be happy?

Gene Lyons: Scrooge ain't broke and neither is the government

Mt. Fuji in Red -- Akira Kurosawa's Dreams

Superman Saves Japan

Fewer Are Angry at Government, But Discontent Remains High

Man Becomes GOP Frontrunner After Showing No Interest In Government

Tribute to the Chernobyl Liquidators

Volcano Mountain Blast with Massive earthquake 8.9 in Japan, Tsunami Eathquake 13.03.2011

Madison Anti-Walker Rallies: This Is What Democracy Looks Like

The Dow is dropping like a rock. nt

Petraeus: "Bottom line - the momentum achieved by the Taliban has been arrested."

Religious Fanatic Girl - Thinks Japan Earthquake is a Result of Her Prayer

Support for the war in Afghanistan sinks to a new low

Harrisburg (1982)

Michigan Lawmakers Broaden Emergency Managers' Powers

AFL-CIO President Trumka @ Rally to Keep The Promise

Rachel Maddow: What Is A Nuclear Meltdown? (3rd Explosion Report)

TDPS: What you aren't being told about unemployment numbers - TRANSCRIPT

Thom Hartmann: Joe Madison - Hold on to your seat...when Madison speaks!

Mouth & Foot Disease Korea Pig Culling DISTURBING

Saudi Arabia Sends Troops To Put Down Bahrain Democracy Protests

Rubio the #1 Recipient of Koch Money in 2010 Senate Races

RT: Keiser Report: Supermassive $30 Billion Black Hole

Thom Hartmann: Dennis Kucinich on Economic Democracy and Bradley Manning

Second Fukushima Explosion

30km no-fly zone over Fukushima, meltdown fears as radiation leak confirmed

Glenn Beck's Cryptic 15-Minute Captain Queeg-y Message About His Future With Fox News

The Hill misrepresents details about Social Security and Geithner's statement

"Obama Looking For Ways Around Congress On Gun Policy"

Thom Hartmann: No such thing as a safe level of radiation

ABC/WaPo poll: Americans unhappy with shutdown, trust Obama more than GOP on economy

Ed Schultz exposed Lamar Alexander's lies tonite about Japanese disaster.

Video: Worst Nightmare? Nuclear meltdown threat as Fukushima fuel rods 'fully exposed' RT

Obama Stands by Nuclear Power

"Obama would veto bill killing foreclosure prevention"

Why is EDUCATION being attacked and cut?

Defend the Dream Action, Today, March 15

Are we just little 'wind-up toys?'

Andrew Breitbart Now Writing for Huffington Post

DemocracyNow: This Could Become Chernobyl on Steroids

Teabaggers are at it Again! Look at this!!!!!!!

Rep. Virgil Peck: Exterminate Immigrants Like Hogs, Shoot Them!

TDPS: Bill O'Reilly Makes Bogus Comparison About Muslims & Italian Mafia

Single Payer Health Care or; Government-Run Universal Socialized

What Teachers Make

Hitler Learns he is losing Wisconsin

TDPS: Yet ANOTHER "isolated incident" of domestic terrorism while we have "American Muslim" hearings

You Go Michigan!!!

UN atomic chief sees more core damage in Japan

MSNBC w/ Cenk: Wisconsin & Anonymous Strike Back!

"RNC considers selling TV rights of presidential primary debates"

GOP votes down measure to prevent Social Security, Medicare privatization

Ohio - Kasich & SB 5: "Huge buyers remorse" "Dems did this to themselves" 2012=2008 not 2010

Thom Hartmann: Time to throw a regulatory wrench into the gears of the Bankster bubble

The Tea Party (A Definition) Fing AWESOME!!

2,000 Protesters Turn Out To Taunt Walker As He Attends Fundraiser

Assange ambushes Australian Prime Minister on live TV

Japan Earthquake Swarm Google Earth Animation (March 9-March14)

Fukushima nuclear reactor -- Some Details of the Operation to stop the melt down.

I'd Love to Change the World

Blackwater contractors convicted in Afghani deaths

Henry Rollins: America Is Under Attack, Net Neutrality (ADULT LANGUAGE)

Kerry introduces BUILD Act to create a new American Infrastructure Bank

Anonymous declares war on Pentagon

I did have a lot of hope invested in Obama. I wish I still did.

Barack Obama: Broken Promises

Feed the Rich, Starve the Worker: That's Bull$#!t... from Madison

O'Donnell: Michele Bachmann/ Her Staff/Her Voters The Most Ignorant People In America?

Virgil Peck (R-KS): Use gunmen who shoot feral pigs from helicopters to control illegal immigration

U.S. Chamber Hires Bush’s Attorney General To Help Weaken Ban On Corporate Bribery

'Radiation equivalent to 400 times the level to which people can safely be exposed detected'

Help for dogs

Santorum "appalled" at JFK church/state comments

Isn't it swell we have to debate what torture is?

Possible Presidential hopeful Santorum: "JFK was a radical!"

"Both Parties are the Same" = WRONG - exhibit A - why Iowa isn't Wisconsin, Ohio or Michigan.

March 2011: Democratic Underground is now taking applications for moderator positions

Young Turks: UCLA Student Rant On Asians Video

James O'Keefe Interview

CHART: The Obama-Repub Favored Tax Breaks for the Rich vs Budget Cuts

S. David Freeman is on kpfk Background Briefing

CNN: "Dishonest History" of TEPCO

I recommend reading Climateprogress' summation of the dire situation in Japan

What will spark the next Fukushima?

Nuclear test ban agency has valuable radiation data from Japan nuclear accident but can't share them

"Minute" levels of radio-iodine and cesium detected in Tokyo, 40 times "normal" near Tokyo - Reuters

Reports of elevated radiation levels in Tokyo - panic near stricken nuclear plant (Forbes blog)

President Obama's plan to replace NCLB

Japan nuclear crisis: Foreign nationals, journalists asked to leave Sendai

In Stricken Fuel-Cooling Pools, a Danger for the Longer Term

Japan Nuclear Situation Worsens With Fire at Fourth Reactor; Stock Market Plummets to Record Lows

Fukushima Radiation Release Exceeds (US) NRC Design-Basis Limit (Union of Concerned Scientists)

David Lochbaum is on Rachel Maddow

4 to 8 inches of super strong steel

Japan Facing Biggest Catastrophe Since Dawn of Nuclear Age

Tokyo radiation levels 20x normal reported

Germany to shut down pre-1980 nuclear plants

Spectre of an Arctic ozone hole looms

Japan atom plant main vessel may be damaged-IAEA

Radiation hits dangerous levels at Japan plant control room (Fukushima Daiichi No. 4 reactor)

Kyodo News - radiation dose rate at Fukushima No. 1 spikes to 8,217 micro sievert (per hour)

Nuclear energy lobbyists scramble on Capitol Hill

U.S. Navy Detects Radiation 200 Miles From Japan Nuclear Plant

Nuclear panic as reactors' radiation spreads to Tokyo

Japan crisis worse than Three Mile Island, experts say "Two reactors exploded on Tuesday…"

UPDATE 1-Radiation plume could reach Tokyo: U.S. scientists (Reuters Africa)

1997-07 African Corn Data Shows Crop Far More Vulnerable To Heat Extremes Than Thought - AFP

Who would have won the cold war if Chernobyl had been an American disaster?

Reports that Fukushima nuclear site has been evacuated - only skeleton crew remains

30 km no-fly zone around worsening nuclear disaster

Most U.S. States Poorly Prepared To Respond To Major Radiation Emergency Event

Tokyo Electric may be held liable for nuclear plant explosions

Reactor Design in Japan Has Long Been Questioned

Do Solar PV or Wind Turbine Disasters have a Scale?

Environmental Activists On Philippine Island Of Palawan Tortured, Murdered - AFP

NY Times: Workers Strain to Retake Control After Blast and Fire at Japan Plant

Worryingly quiet as Fukushima 1, 2, and 3 still in the red, fuel pools warming (Nature.com - blog)

IAEA: Difficult to fight GW, even impossible, without using nuclear power

Peabody SVP John Palmer - "We're 100% Coal. More Coal. Everywhere."

Nuclear expert: U.S. should review worst case scenarios

XPosted Video: UN atomic chief sees more core damage in Japan

Graphic: How much radiation is being released by Japan’s runaway reactors?

Chernobyl clean-up expert slams Japan, IAEA

Two of the 'Fukushima 50' missing in reactor as new fire breaks out

Utility says new fire at Japan nuclear reactor erupted because first one was not extinguished

Gamma Radiation In Fukushima-Downwind Ibaraki Disclosed, 30 Times Above Normal (blog)

Yucca Mountain Still Alive Under GOP Nuke Plan

Japanese Nuclear Situation Worsens; Military May Air Drop Water on Reactors

"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

Official: Japan's nuclear situation nearing severity of Chernobyl

XPost fm GD: For nuclear supporters

X-post - Fuel rod damage at Fukushima's 2 reactors estimated at 70%, 33%

Spent nuclear fuel pool is boiling

Refresher course in plant names vs unit numbers and status of each.

Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Paxman's interview in full ( BBC newsnight)

Japan Facing Biggest Catastrophe Since Dawn of Nuclear Age

Michele Bachmann: 'Build Nuclear Plants at Lexington and Concord'

What caused the magnitude-9.0 earthquake?

Secret Life of Economists: Conflicts of interest throughout the Dismal Science are more common......

U.S. diplomacy and Cuban dissidence

The Abuse of Private Manning

6.0 Earthquake Hits Shizuoka 10.31pm 20mins ago

Wis. Dems Claim 45 Percent Of Needed Signatures For Recalls

Kansas GOPer (Peck): Let's Shoot Illegal Immigrants Like Pigs

Punishing Pfc. Manning

Failure to Open "New Chapter of Engagement" Will Dog President Obama on Visit to Latin America

George Monbiot: We won't trouble Saudi's tyrants with calls to reform while we crave their oil

Melting Cores & Failing Markets

Gingrich Courts Incendiary Pastor Renounced by McCain in '08

The Vietnam war remembered in pictures – review

Dean Baker: Guess which policy your central bank will pursue

Krugman: the rich are different from you and me:

Alex Pareene, Salon - "2012 news: Ron Paul raising money from suckers, everyone hates Sarah Palin"

New Republic: Obama Must Face His Fears In Libya

In Ohio, Public Work Is a Road to the Middle Class

GOP sounds alarm over American 'decline'

Class Warfare, the Final Chapter

Walker campaign member admits "all of us who worked for his campaign knew".

Santorum : JFK was "Radical for believing separation of church and state is absolute."

Fukushima nuke plant situation 'worsened considerably'

Projection is more than showing a Film

Haiti wants Aristide: let him go

Ghadaffi rapidly wiping out freedom fighters as nations conduct discussions on what to do.

Naomi Klein: "Shock Doctrine" Unleashed by Right-Wingers in Wisconsin and Throughout the Country

Study: 'Poor Quality' Job as Mentally Harmful as No Job

Basically, there has been a quake you could feel every 10 minutes or so for the last 14 hours."

GOP Candidate: Deport Latino Farmworkers, Replace With Inner-City Blacks

The gun summit.

NRA/ILA response to Pres Obama op ed

Just my opinion.

N.R.A. Declines to Meet With Obama on Gun Policy

2,405 Shot Dead Since Tucson

Mexican Senator: Free the Cuban 5

U.S. diplomacy and Cuban dissidence

Guatemalans sue over 1940s U.S. syphilis experiments

Please delete. Dupe. Sorry. n/t

Conservatives to back new powers for Santos

Ex-governor arrested on 'parapolitics' charges

uribe immunity -- two more weeks

Failure to Open "New Chapter of Engagement" Will Dog President Obama on Visit to Latin America

Obama trip is a historic chance for U.S.-Brazil ties

Chávez's import substitution plans have failed

Don Francisco denies trying to hide paternity DNA

Hugo Chavez's Latest Target in Venezuela: Breast Implants

Haiti: US urges Jean-Bertrand Aristide to delay return

Victory for Texas High School’s Gay-Straight Alliance!

Coretta Scott King on the ties between racism and homophobia

The 2011 MLS season is here!

When Bullying goes wrong....

The Longest Three? Guess which squeaky-clean NCAA star once played hoops behind bars?

Welcome back trumad!

Israel's immigrant wave has personal side in 'The Human Resources Manager'

A fatal Israeli-Palestinian flaw

Dep. Min. Kara: Death Penalty for 'Modern Barbarians'

Screening of 'Miral' at the United Nations draws protests from Jewish groups

A good overview of Advaita Vedanta(A nondualist School of Hinduism)

Pastor guilty of molesting 14-year-old

Defriended on FB because I am both an atheist

I just reread The Screwtape Letters. I didn't get much from them on a read thirty-five years or

Israel intercepts 'arms-laden ship'

Why do christians think Buddha is a god?

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