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Archives: July 9, 2009

Is is OK here to say you think that Michael Jackson was not a pedophile?

Thanks for all the great music, MJ

Is is OK here to say you think that Michael Jackson was a pedophile?

500 Million hits

BREAKING: MICHAEL JACKSON

More MJ photos, poetry and quotes for anyone interested...

What if Michael Jackson HAD been found guilty??

I want to hear Taps played on an Oscar Meyer Weiner Whistle. What's wrong with that?

I absolutely LOVE michael jackson...o.k.?

cant we treat the CIA like the mob and break it up that way? n/t

cant we treat the CIA like the mob and break it up that way? n/t

The Texas Board of Mis-Education Strikes Again

Anyone else see Eric Cantor on PBS newshour spewing lies?

Gonzo gets a job

'The Virgin Mary Appears in a Tree Stump'. Seriously.

Nev. Court Permits 'HOE' License Plate

Blagojevich Aide Pleads Guilty in Corruption Case

Blagojevich Aide Pleads Guilty in Corruption Case

wayne la PEW (n.r.a.) sent me (of all peeps) a fundraising ltr "FINAL NOTICE" to join11

Ist It any news that the CIA Lied to Congress?

Jeb Bush Proves Irony Is Not Dead

Isnt it Bohemian Grove time right about now?

Greenpeace Members Charged in Mount Rushmore G-8 Protest

Why Fiscal Conservatives Should Love Medicare-for-All

Sen. Durbin is birddogging McConnell to determine strategy

Palin Vote Fraud Uncovered

Proposed new DU group: Ironic Group Proposals

Disability and debt slavery

Man says threats against Muslims were to 'defend America'

Man says threats against Muslims were to 'defend America'

Heard on the ED show: New nickname for Sarah -- BAILIN' PALIN!

Oh boy......free speech & all,,,,,,

Justice Ginsburg Defends Sotomayor

First Circuit Court of Appeals backs constitutionality of buffer zones around abortion clinics

Maine Human Rights Commission rules in favor of transgender girl

State cyberattack 'ongoing'; N. Korea suspicions grow

I appreciate Constructive Criticism

Mandatory Wednesday Malloy Truthseekers check in!!

Newborn Elephant Accidentally Killed By Mom's Tusk At Zoo

Murdoch papers paid £1m to gag phone-hacking victims

Portrait of a better approach to dying in the US (NY Times)

Today's racialist incident at the Pennsylvania country club

Today's racialist incident at the Pennsylvania country club

CNN poll re second stimulus

REPORT: Cable news largely ignores new CBO health care score

Nightline tonight - turn it on - see the banks' answer to legislation - bend over, ... again, Americ

Endless amounts of cash for...

Endless amounts of cash for...

Pornography outlawed in Ukraine, unless it's “medicinal”

bla a storm caused our news to run long...did Letterman have any good palin comments

Four year old tennis prodigy - enjoyed the video!

three iraqi bloggers thoughts on the life and death of michael jackson

"...He was very nice, and very relaxed..."

Kennedy was a good president.

racial attack caught on video. 3 against 1 but victim hangs tough

Possible Drug Target Found For One Of The Most Aggressive Breast Cancers

Peter King

Kids Pack Bags, Run From Abuse / Grandsons beat & urinate on grandmother

Which is most evil: Goldman Sachs, Halliburton, or General Electric?

WJ discussing Money and Politics this morning

Ensign Career Death Watch?

Britain: Civil service plans 20 percent “doomsday” cuts in public spending

Britain: Civil service plans 20 percent “doomsday” cuts in public spending

Dump Them With No Notice

surge update - Bomb Attacks in Iraq Kill at Least 41

Greenpeace-Day Two on the Coal Occupation in Italy

Attention DU historians......Opinions?

Pres. Obama and Democrats not communicating to largerPublic

The perfect Republican...

Tampa Branch of FBI covers up White Supremacist, Islamic Fundy meeting:

Tampa Branch of FBI covers up White Supremacist, Islamic Fundy meeting:

there's something sick about continually pushing the public to judge guilt or innocence

Consortiumnews.com has Three TORTURE Articles

Americans Release Iranian Detainees to Iraq

A 4 Point Solution

Democrats Say C.I.A. Deceived Congress for Years (the bu$h* years)

Calling all African-American DUers.......

What are the odds that two Repubs, both named King, (Steve and Peter) would be the two dumbest ...

Iran:The Green Brief #22 (July 08) Latest news from Iran.

Grit tv is on DISH @ ch.9415, right after Democracy Now.

Gavin Newsom: Fight for the Health of Our Country

Murdoch Tabloid Hacked Into Cell Phones Of "Hundreds Of Celebrities And Politicians"

Dylan Ratigan...Can you shut up for just a minute!

So Cruel!

Yesterday on NPR the question was asked of those supporting health care

Bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan have killed over 70 today.

FBI agent gets deferred probation, community service for shooting dog

Bernie Sanders' tales from the health care front

On news today I heard that only about 10% of stimulus $ used and talking of new stimulus

Atheist DUers and their children

Where can I buy one of these nice T-Shirts? Seems like the rightwing hates Miss Obama making a

Can DU come up with a list of D.C. dem politicians we agree are

A Brief History Of The Two Party System

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Real Health, Real Reform

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Real Health, Real Reform

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Real Health, Real Reform

McClatchy's act of journalism - Where's Pentagon 'terrorism suspect'? - - - Talking to Karzai...

Another hateful FReeper e-mail making the rounds blaming Obama for *everything*.

Another hateful FReeper e-mail making the rounds blaming Obama for *everything*.

PZ Myers Chides Chris Mooney for Urging Scientists to Humor the Public to Gain Respect

Warren Buffett Backs Second Stimulus

Poll: Should medics pay for property of saved woman? shattered window to get in, scratched piano

Marie Cocco: The Unemployed Will Roar

Delete

Where's Newt's tweet about Pelosi NOW?

Rural county asks EPA chief not to make it ‘The Ash Hole of Alabama’

White House Threatens Veto Of Bill To Alter National Security Briefings

U.S. Military Frees Five Iranian Diplomats Held Since 2007

A quick OT tech question RE embedded YouTube flash videos

a comic book about Bachmann called False Witness is for sale

a comic book about Bachmann called False Witness is for sale

Economist: FDIC Gearing Up For Bank Closures

From dKos -Howard Dean Liveblog: His Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform

Governor Dean will be in Atlanta on Friday July 10th

Governor Dean will be in Atlanta on Friday July 10th

So my brother-in-law from Orange County came to our place on the Central Coast for the 4th of July

Murdoch papers paid £1m to gag phone-hacking victims

Is there a good reason that every member of the Intelligence Committee

Financing your healthcare...an "untapped market"

A LGBT online school

Anyone Have Pictures Of Today's Healthcare Rallies? Media Blackout

Palin in a nutshell: Four words

Palin in a nutshell: Four words

Steele to GOP: I am sick and tired of your whining and moaning . You lost, get over it!

Yet another graveyard scam...

"Spiritual healer" burns woman alive in tub of alcohol - to save her marriage and finances.

Can anyone recommend a good book about Ronald Reagan?

Why is there a plus sign next to the recs?

Ensign had his mistress's kids calling him uncle John

Democrats should support the expansion of Latin American democracy

Obama & Afghanistan: Funneling More Soldiers and More Money into the Demonic Suction Tube

A 'surtax' on upper income to pay for health care reform?

Pullin' a Palin is now in the Urban Dictionary

I am tired of a lazy media...

The near future for Democrats

Ex-mistress' Husband Says Ensign Paid Severance

Clusterstupid Alert

Hoekstra accuses Dems of playing politics with nat'l security

National roundup nets more than 35,000 fugitives

Who is promoting the "public option" nationally?

The Liberal Media - What Exactly Does Rupert Murdoch Currently Own or Control?

Awesome protest music alert: Rage's Tom Morello in Street Sweeper Social Club

This may not be news to anyone else, but has anyone noticed

I have found one of the causes for the world-wide decline in the bee population...

Looks like Obama didn't take the US's loss in the Confederations Cup very well.

One of the coolest authors you've never heard of is dead

In preparation for marrying other species, I thought we'd start with this short video...

GOP Senator: Obama the New Hitler

For What It's Worth

Palin Top Choice Of Republicans … Concerned About National Security?

Afghan Truck Blast Kills 16 Children

Ensign, lover's husband offer differing tales of affair

Karzai Pardons Five Afghan Heroin Traffickers

More female veterans are winding up homeless

Anyone live in the bay area who has experience in non-profit program development? We're hiring.

Ways and Means committee puts Oberstar’s highway bill on hold for health legislation

Most of us have had weird experiences with financial institutions. What's your story?

Murtha: I would not have created the stimulus package the way President Barack Obama designed it

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Discusses Coup

Now that we can unrecommend a post, we need a 'worst of the worst'

EPA Racing to Replace Tossed Bush-Era Emissions Rules -- Air Chief

Probate, lawyers; what's really going on?

Black kids booted from Philly club's 'whites-only' pool

"A government, of the people, by the people, and for the people"

Sessions to call white firefighters in Sotomayor hearings

MSNBC's Dr. Nancy more audience-friendly than CNN's Dr. Gupta

Enter your city and country to see how many nukes are in range of your city.

Tonight, a message board literally depressed me. (Not DU.)

Another Fox stooge inserts foot into mouth........

still looking for work...

Unrecommended This Thread

US celebrates 233rd 4th of July by placing British royalty on stamps

Is that a plastic Jesus

So...the Dixie Chicks merely say they are ashamed to be from

Anybody know why signup is disabled at TPM? (Talking Points Memo)

Veterans Call Out Obama On 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

You all Suck

Employees at historic Chicago cemetery dug up 100 bodies, threw them in a pile, and resold plots

Employees at historic Chicago cemetery dug up 100 bodies, threw them in a pile, and resold plots

Michael Moore call his new film: "Capitalism: A Love Story"

This is the most ignorant piece of swill I have received in awhile--so I thought I would pass it

About this here economy - retirement accounts and such

Ranking Republican Kit Bond on the Senate Intelligence committee a bad example for intelligence

Most Scientists Support Democrats

South Florida's killer pythons capture U.S. attention

Sen. DeMint(ed) Hates America: USA is ‘Where Germany Was Before World War II’

Coburn Denies That He Urged Ensign To Pay "Restitution" For Affair

Woman on lying on tracks to 'clear her mind' hit by train

Covert stealth freeper "big black dog" tells his comrades about his undercover experience as a DUer

200 plus TONS of road salt stolen

Two bars in two months...

I think this RECOMMEND-UNRECOMMEND standard should be applied to elections.

Can't pay your doctor? Charge it!

$90,000 Veggie Burgers!!!

Blair as the new EU president?

Sarah Palin: Cover Girl

I Have A Recommendation On Recommend And Unrecommend

Unrecommend is broken sort of :)

Here comes the MSM Attack: Independents Edging Away from Obama

New words in the Merriam-Webster dictionary

"Hunger can be a positive motivator."

Once a thread has enough recommendations to make it to The Greatest Page, can it be unrecommended

"Justice is a Snail" - "Karma never sleeps" - or "the Power of Facebook"

CNBC: Is asking if 2nd stimulus talk is a smoke screen to cover up for more Government expansion.

Think Tank members needed...

One Thing About Unrec - We DUers Need To Make An Informal Understanding Of What It Means...

Details Emerge On Delay Of Bush Security Gate

UNREC this if you dislike the new unrecommend feature!

C-span 3. The republicans are sabotaging the health care committee

Explosive Growth Of Life On Earth Fueled By Early Greening Of Planet

Serious suggestion: I'd like to read an un-greatest page with the new feature

I have some first hand knowledge of stimulus money allocated but not yet spent. Lots of it.

PA Human Relations Commission launching official investigation into racist swim club incident.

PA Human Relations Commission launching official investigation into racist swim club incident.

NY-St. Sen: Shocker! Espada to Return to Fold

Tens of thousands of South Korean computers set to self-destruct on Friday

Is there any definitive word about whether employer based health insurance will be taxed?

Sen. Ensign's parents gave family of mistress $96,000

Issa proposes polygraphs for CIA-briefed lawmakers

What's in that bottle? Congress says water unclear

Recommend if you like puppies!

A thread with 55 Recs and 56 Unrecs will look the same as one with 1 rec and 100 unrecs

List of eponymous laws

Sen. Evan Bayh will work very hard to defeat meaningful healthcare legislation

The Coast Guard said the boat hit the wall at a good speed.

OK couple held in digging up child's remains and moving them from state to state

I unrecommend the unrecommend function, dammit!!

How much pressure would single payer take off of a 2nd stimulus?

List of eponymous laws

List of eponymous laws

Hitting Cell Hot Spot Could Help Thwart Parkinson's Disease

I have a new hobby.

From now on, any post with under 0 recommends should be read first.

I'd like to recommend more MJ posts instead of talking about Unrecommend

Poll: Most Voters Say Palin Unfit To Be President

Here is a US debt clock.

Lost In The Numbers - Health Insurance Rescission and Pre-existing Conditions

I think you should only be able to unrecommend a thread if you had previously recommended it

Forget the "unrecommend" populist nonsense, why not add "recommended" for peoples' responses?

Jillian Bandes of Townall is an awful person

Cantor: There is 'no way to defend' stimulus (yet in June he admitted stimulus creates jobs)

Anyone who unrecommends must have a weird sex feitsh

K&R if Democratic Underground is the best online game in the world!

K&R if Democratic Underground is the best online game in the world!

current registration: 142,538

I suggest we post R or U on threads so people can know ....

How are you able to Unrecommend when you havent recommended in the first place?

The unrecommend feature is badly needed

The unrecommend feature is badly needed

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) on Hardball right now

Cat fight on GEM$NBC on Health Care

SUNSHINE, PUPPY DOG, AND RAINBOW THREAD!!

Tell me what you think about our local Police

The Iranian gov't IGNORED the "unrecommends" they got from the people

Lawrence O'Donnell and the Ensign scandal

So I just called Schwab to withdraw some retirement cash to live on while looking for a job

Telling you that you're full of shit is NOT silencing you.

Can the Sunday liquor prohibition be fought on the basis of Seperation of state and church?

Dammit. I would love to see the number of unrecs my threads get.

Can I just say that Judd Greg is a disgusting asshole?

Michael Moore Finds A Title

I unrecommend unrecommend

I unrecommend unrecommend

Un-Rec This Thread If You Disagree

Skinner did it to make the Michael Jackson threads go away.

Since we now have the ability to unrec post.

Hundreds/(thousands?) protesting in Iran (more important things than Rec/Un happening)

Boehner: White House stimulus claims were 'nonsense'

Mysterious Tremors Detected On San Andreas Fault

The mess in Honduras is like dog crap, we would do well not to step in it.

Sarah Palin is a traveler.

This breaking story abour reselling graves and digging up bodies to do so ......

Unrecommend.. is that a codeword for Michael Jackson?

Burris Decides Not To Run in 2010

Underwater Exploration Seeks Evidence Of Early Americans

Sarah Palin is the fatal NASCAR wall-slam of American politics.

State Senator Allen of Arizona - the earth is 6,000 years old .....

Wow. Speechless. I'm surprised they didn't draw this with him wearing leather gloves. (Barf alert).

In 2012, you'll have a choice between Obama and the repuke candidate

If this unrec. feature is designed to better the Greatest Page, why not just up

Why not get rid of both the recommend and unrecommend functions?

Nielsen: Consumers Trust Online Opinions

Report: Janet Jackson Planned Intervention For Michael in 2007

Autism Speaks paid for an ad on MSNBC showing how states

the only thing about this new "unrecommend" thing is that it's in the WRONG place!!!!!!!111!!

This right wing T shirt takes the cake

Roland Burris will not seek re-election

Shocking Revelation: Bachmann & Palin share common ancestry

Move over Joe the Plumber. Make room for Frank the Firefighter

"Wasteful spending" is GOP codeword for any spending that HELPS people

Pool Club that Tossed out Kids PA launches HRC Investigation

Campaign finance reform-when will we make progress?

A Helpful Link

Excuse me but what is the "Friends and Family" Movement?

Coburn: 'I will never reveal' what I told Ensign

If we had unrecommend two weeks ago, no Michael Jackson threads would've been on the Greatest Page

I'm a bit scared to ask this, but....

According to various online dictionaries, unrecommend is not a word.

KA-POW that's got to hurt

WOW! Thank you ALL for the recs and comments on my sarahpalinunderground post...

Land of the free? American Dream?

Ricci to testify against Sotomayor- and here's a list of the rest of the witnesses

Need some info on the "cap & trade" bill to refute a RWers

and then they introduced the unrecommend feature...

Thanks, DU... It was fun while it lasted.

There are those who believe in God and those who don't believe in God yet. - Athiesm is a fad

We need an "unrecommended feature" forum

What does Rec/Unrec mean to you?

The new unrecommend function is a bad thing...

K&R if there should be a resolution honoring Michael Jackson!

Unrec Feature ? Fine...I'm going Troll Hunting full time now !

"Good dancers make the fittest mates" says german research

FBI says the bureau not investigating the Ensign matter

Libel lawsuit filed against Wikipedia Editors

Cystic Fibrosis Screening Legislated for All Newborns by 2010

All I can say about rec/unrec is...

The answer to age discrimination is 'Just for Men'

I thought part of being conservative meant conserving our natural resources

Is it possible to customize the DU home page that has the news, & editorials

When posting about celebrities, may we have a Dead and Undead button?

I LOVE the new UN REC. I just wish DU could do the same for "DUPES"

Panetta orders internal probe of secret spy program after...Congress says CIA misled them.

Ok, found a problem with the new feature

More Than $600 Billion And Counting: Iraq War Lies Revisited

Kudos to Skinner for wiping all of the MJ threads off of DU!

CNN's (former Bush assigned reporter) Suzanne Malveau just unfairly trashed Obama's re:G8 Meeting

Top 5 Contractors FY 2009 YTD

the new UNREC feature

Update on McNair: - murdered while asleep

So, Not Quite Five Months Into Obama's Term, The Republicans Are Beginning Thier Push...

CNN Poll - Is OBAMA TOUGH ENOUGH Being Freeped!! 52% NO.

Swine flu shots at school: Bracing for fall return (Children first)

Show negative number recs instead of "less than 0"

"Who cares? His popularity is no greater – in fact it's less – than my brother's..."

Use sparingly.

Resolved: Freepers are whiney crybabies Y or N?

BostonGlobe: Kerry "PROTECTING ailing Kennedy's vision for healthcare...on Senate Finance Committee"

just saw the "Family & Friends" video. are these guys connected to "Joel's Army" or Dominionists.

just saw the "Family & Friends" video. are these guys connected to "Joel's Army" or Dominionists.

Freeper reactions to pool discrimination

Specter strikes back, calls Sestak a 'flagrant hypocrite'

GOP Rep Thornberry: Panetta Told Us Something CIA Hadn’t Told Congress

Re: unrecommend. Repeat: "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me."

Re: unrecommend. Repeat: "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me."

Wow, we must really suck!

So I guess Barack was on the gays in the military after all'

Eight-State Dogfighting Raid Largest in U.S. History

As I think this new feature is far too prone to abuse

Portayals...500 Years of Women in Art

Question- Should people be banned for using the unrec button?

Question- Should people be banned for using the unrec button?

I Concede The Following To The Anti-Unrec Crowd: W/o Unrec, This Thread Never Would Have Made It...

Recommend this thread if you think some will Unrecommend just for the hell of it

Buying American? Toyota Camry more American made than Ford F-150

Remember the "Simpsons" episode where the whole family, in a therapy session,

obama at the g8 summit...

Virgin Mary spotted in an Irish tree stump!

please caption

Greta says Lettermen has an obsession with Palin.

Your theory as to why Sen. Ensign's family gave his mistress 96K.

Your theory as to why Sen. Ensign's family gave his mistress 96K.

The unrecommend function drastically favors those who blog for groups

To recommend or unrecommend, that is the question

Does Governor Sanford resemble Pa Kettle a little bit?

Paul Krugman PREDICTED that the "un-recommend" thing would be an unmitigated disaster

My idea for a second stimulus package

Nine-Year-Old Helps Catch Molestation Suspect

Are 1997 Jaguar Vanden Plas headlights interchangeable?

The Other Jacksons

Well.... Michael Jackson is out of GD

Do you care what the names of the people reading the news are?

Great! Now look what you've done Skinner

"Be Assured That A Walk Through The Ocean Of Most People's Souls Would Scarcely Get Your Feet Wet."

Coburn Denies That He Urged Ensign To Pay "Restitution" For Affair

I see this unrecommend button becoming addictive. Wadda you think?

Topics on the first page with less than zero recommendations:

Don't worry - It's not your post they're unreccomending.

Anthony Woods .... I'm really liking this kid

In Italy for the G8 summit, Obama eyes host country's ASSets...

Remember the Notre Dame Speech? Hey! The Pope Just Blasted Capitalism! Where's Fox News?

Ha! Now we can unrec all threads asking for recs.

Akron police investigate teen mob attack on family

House Dems Look at Taxing the Rich for Health Care

Water Conservation is the issue that dwarfs most others. Most people don't give a shit but they will

Vitter claims GOP can block 'any' climate change bill

Why is D/U changing a good thing? This whole rec un rec stuff is TERRIBLE!

can't believe Sen Boxer giving more $$$ to Thugs of Fresno, CA

world's top ten seed companies = 55% of global market

Ensign & the $12K "tax" on donation thing..

DUers, You Can Make a Difference for Foreign Widows of U.S. Citizens

Do you support the DLC

Homeless Iraq vet accidentally runs over his son, may lose kids

GlobalFoundries groundbreaking set for July 24 (Malta, NY)

Which DU feature do you fear may be abused more than the others?

Please UNrec this post!

Ensign's parents paid nearly $100,000 to his mistress

The Rude Pundit: Easy Predictions: No One Will Apologize to Nancy Pelosi

KIA opening up plant in Georgia & saving a town

Right winger’s argument against a right to health care: ‘Should food be a basic human right?’

Obama wants to keep Bush policy on CIA briefings

Anchorage Daily News confirms that Palin is LYING: Ethics complaints did not cost Alaska any money

Employees Accused of Forcing Mentally Disabled Residents to Fight, Taping Them

"Yer Overeducated"

BiBi Is Losing It

Colbert Report today posts "exclusive “viral video” they shot with Howard Dean"

Palin, please don't let it be this...

Check out these pics of Malia at the G8. Very cool little lady!

Pelosi: Resolution on Michael Jackson Unnecessary

Key Reason Palin Gave For Quitting May Be False

Glenn Greenwald: The significance of McClatchy's act of journalism

This reminds me of the day we told the office we were upgrading to Windows XP

OKay, Mods, how do I ALERT on the 2 freeps that UNREC'd my post about Andy?

Fantasy Poll: If you could choose between seeing

Why do I keep seeing little eyeballs at the bottom of my threads?

What's your opinion of Camille Paglia?

How much did Jesus charge for curing the poor and afflicted?

Hey Skinner...about the rec/unrec thingy

"Available" road signs

On a FReeper thread about obesity in the southern US.

Joan Walsh: Why is Palin lying about state ethics probes?

How the unrec feature can be utilized by our opponents.

Last week was a zoo: Dr. D’s arrival, lightning storms, and fires (all happening simultaneously)

Poll: Can one generation raise the next generation to be more peaceful and selfless?

Poll: Can one generation raise the next generation to be more peaceful and selfless?

Andrew Kreig: As Rove Testifies About Firings At Justice, Why Did DOJ Fire Whistleblower?

Dumbing down Texas

She's stuck on free speech (She is one of us)

REQUIRED READING: Banks Intentionally Design Fees To Maximize Ripping Off Their Customers... LINK

It's time for an AMAZING COMMERCIAL break....

Question: What was Palin's Secret Service name?

Republicans Rejoicing with More Americans Jobless?

So my friend saved a man's life, but probably cost him his freedom

So my friend saved a man's life, but probably cost him his freedom

I know what bullshit smells like, and this REEKS of it - Akron police investigate teen mob attack on

"Anti-Catholicism is the anti-Semitism of intellectuals" -Peter Viereck

Diary of a MadMan

Alec Baldwin's rip on Jack Cafferty makes the phone call to his daughter sound like a Hallmark card

Alec Baldwin's rip on Jack Cafferty makes the phone call to his daughter sound like a Hallmark card

Tucker Carlson glad to have taxation without representation

Fox News: We Are NOT 'PURE' - Because - 'We Marry OTHER Species'

A New Haven fireman will testify in Judge Sotomayor's confirmation Hearings

Rec this thread if you like Pie

Women spend nearly one YEAR of lives deciding what to wear

Rumor: Madoff to be sent to medium-security federal prison

George Clooney in earthquake-hit L'Aquila, italy. he'll make a movie there in September.

Marraige vowels??? Really???

For anyone who archives the ugliest FR threads, here is one for you on the Obama kids.

Incredible video; Train Vs. Tornado

Thumb down to the "unrecommend"

Climate change is temporarily dead for three reasons.

Climate change is temporarily dead for three reasons.

Clearly you need two recommend slots for each OP.

Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliff risks American box office (confirms view of some that HP is satanic)

The new Recommend/Unrecommend system--Yea or Nay?

New Texas school program drops health & tech class requirement: Fat, pregnant, drunk and uneducated?

I FINALLY beat the insurance company!

What 'silences' a post is if nobody responds to it.

Why did anyone WANT an "unrecommend" feature, anyway?

Health care overhaul bill suffers another setback (Why do the Blue Dogs hate America?)

3rd racist remark about our president from Honduran coupster serving as foreign minister.

The Curious Legend of John Wayne

" Was The CIA Hiding Cheney's "Executive Assassination Ring"?

Either way - a thanks to Skinner/et al

Andy's medical horror story 4 years ago is all you need to know about how effed up Health Care is..

Now that right-wing DU'ers can "unrecommend" threads off the greatest page

I love how people here think they are "left wing DUers" and everyone else is a "right wing DUer."

Robert Reich: 'When Will The Recovery Begin? Never.'

FBI Squelched Investigation of Post-9/11 Meeting Between White Supremacist and Islamic Extremists

US Lawmakers Invested in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars . . .

The Nation: Does Rachel Maddow Speak for the Left?

Someone just haaaaaaaaaaaaad to go and do it, didn't they??

The unrec feature is simply a tool to keep divergent opinions off the greatest page

This Is What Happens When You Get Cancer in America / And in France

Letter From LSD-Inventor Albert Hofmann to Apple CEO Steve Jobs

Graduates of Temper -Tantrum Academy

RIP: Critical Thought on DU

The Vilification of Cynthia McKinney

The Vilification of Cynthia McKinney

Most vile looking fast food menu items of all time

I can has caption?

Extrajudicial Killing: US Attacks Kill 45 People in Pakistan

Error: you can't recommend your own topics.

Roland Burris will not run for the Illinois Senate Seat in 2010

Twenty-First-Century Colonialism in Iraq- Colonizing Iraq: The Obama Doctrine?

People who complain about gas prices probably drive too damn much in the first place

KO - Breaking news re CIA lying to congress

Prediction time; who will be #45?

Americans keep marrying other species, like Irish and Italians (FOX)

Letter Sparks Investigation of Baxter Vaccine by New Zealand Minister of Health

"Cash for Clunkers" wins over U.S. drivers, dealers

Archaeologists hit jackpot in Mali

Does Nancy Pelosi deserve an apology ?

Is bashing Dennis Kucinich the new DLC talking point?

Doctor walks 700 miles for health care reform (PLEASE KEEP THIS KICKED)

Laurence O'Donnell asks some really good questions

Poll about Philadelphia pool club incident (CBS affiliate):

Love the way Rachel Maddow has slyly slipped in the words "C Street"

Which of these players can a healthy market do without?

Stockbroker wore a designer suit, ordered a glass of champagne – and jumped

Do you think that rude and nasty people can really be liberals?

The Unrecommend Feature SILENCES Free Speech and Dissent.

Michael Moore unveils title of his new documentary

Just Checked In And Saw The New Feature. Then I Saw The Whining. Then I Saw How Well It Works.

TIME Magazine Cover: Sarah Palin pic & now calling herself a RENEGADE..no longer a Maverick

BREAKING: Michael Jackson Lies To the CIA

Stranger in Moscow

Hey Barn, didn't you mean to post that in the Lounge instead of GD?

Does unnatural maple syrup ever grow bearded?

I Have 3minutes left at the Libree.....what should i post?

Velocity stilts. My kids will probably be asking for these next.

Anyone know what Keith Olbermann meant by this.

Mmmmmm. Whippets.

KUCINICH 2012!

Rachel, Rachel, Rachel. "DNS" is "Domain Name Server". Denial of Service is "DoS".

308.10 miles and I went to get gas... what's my average MPG?

I just saw the reincarnation of Baby Snooks on America's Got Talent

Favorite comics on vinyl?

Recent news, summarized.

charlie, dogface, kris, marcus and, of course, halfwit are all on the block this week...

Who saw "Whatever Works", the new Woody Allen joint? Did you like it?

Tonight's earworm!

we just got att u-verse.....

More pathetic than funny, actually: Dorkwad stands in the LBN crosshairs. PIZZA?

Got a live one in LBN...

'The Virgin Mary Appears in a Tree Stump'. Seriously.

Proposed new DU group: Ironic Group Proposals

Why does my bottled water have an expiration date?

Things people SHOULD do while naked

Confess: Did You Tell A Lie Today?

We are introducing a new DU feature that people have been requesting for a long time. (EDITED)

Question for techies: If someone created a web page about you without your

i feel good tonight! someone was tombstoned on my post!

Amerigo: We like a lot of the same music, so I think you are gonna *love * this

Fun STL/MIL game tonight

On my TV in eight minutes!

Another parenting question...sort of.

You guys need to see this...The northernmost performance of "Thriller"

(Stumbles in, falling on floor with clothes shredded...)

What's your best WOW moment?

Question about buying a used car

Who here has negotiated a better price for a new car than the sticker price?

Ten best albums of all time?

"Fuck you, with love." A poem. A very bad poem.

In the interest of trying to be a better environmentalist -- anyone tried a Shamwow?

The Cute Little Puppy Dog Song

I wonder how many of the people complaining about the overdose of MJ

young DUer's check in please.

I want to thank everybody for my birthday thread and your responses.

The five words SOME of you have been waiting to hear. "Naked Mary Louise Parker Photos"

VIDEO: Toyota Employees Taped Stealing From, Watching Porn In Customer's Truck

This nightshift gig is fucking brutal...

I KNEW that was Mitzi Gaynor tonight in "My Blue Heaven," 1950, TCM.

Eleanor Roosevelt Quote for the day! Enjoy!

Phrase of the day: "A mellow ungulate who didn't spit once"

I just found a FULL can of Dr. Pepper that expired in 1974 in my garage!

Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis?

I have always wanted to live in New York at some point in my life.

Who was behind the JFK assassination?

I got some reds

Advice on Vinyl requested.

I just read the nine scariest words I will ever read:

Flash Dance in Stockholm

I left my fridge door open all day

leather boots are still in style for manly footwear

Seen on a truck: "Lesbians Need Lovein' Too!"

*******HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Lowell!!*******

Anyone watch "Warehouse 13" on SciFi (excuse me, "Syfy") last night?

What is it about going on vacation that brings deadlines out of the woodwork?

Baseball Fans Delighted By New Between-Innings Fuck-Cams

have you ever peed in the pool?

Let's get the record for the LOWEST recommendations! Get this to -100!

You stay classy, Lindsay Lohan (refuses to pay locksmith's fee)

Has this gross and sickening thing been posted before? The Heart Attack Grill Video

Things not to say at Oscar Mayer's funeral.

In my personal battle against ebullient effusiveness

Do you have anything stashed that would tarnish your legacy if you died?

Why can't we rec or un-rec our own threads??

Unrecommend my post if you hate Chuggo.

Holy crap... Is the Sports Forum always like that?

WTF!!! We cannot rec or un-rec threads in the Sports Forum.

Best current commercial character(s) on TV

Congratulations DJ13! 10,000 posts!

DU Song Of The Day

Congratulations Blue_Tires! 15,000 posts!

Apparently Jeffrey Hunter was good enough to play Jesus, but Shatner was preferable as Captain

*******HAPPY 42nd BIRTHDAY to AlCzervik!!*******

What flavor are you?

Where is James Blunt's triangle? Check out 1:41

Good morning Lounge

Check out this pic the wife took of me and the girlfriend.

Public service announcement: Beware of blue food coloring.

Phantom vibrations

Present commentary about yourself from the perspective of an inanimate object you see daily.

wait what.............? we have an unreccing option now?

Uh-oh! Skinner and Earlg are trusting us with blue food coloring again

Hubby is pissed at me....for the YS tomorrow, we pulled our Jeep out of garage and it hailed

OK so how would I go about getting the least recommended thread on DU?

Can I get you anything?

A Big Hugh Hi To lost-in-nj!

child drowns in pool in the county where I live

Un-recommend this thread please. I wanna see how low I can go.

All *I* want is a thread with the most 'Unrecommends' is that too much to ask?

Go ahead and laugh

Go ahead and laugh

Obama sucks. Democrats suck. Liberals suck. Sarah Palin rules.

Which Celebrity Do You Resemble the Most?

make skinner eat his hat, rec my thread!

The "unrecommends" ROCK, because they'll make compiling my "BITE ME" list so much easier.

FEEL the burn! COME ON, gimme 10 more! Loathsome Reality "Star" Heidi Montag is now a "Fitness Guru"

Uh-oh! Skinner and Earlg are trusting us with unrecommends again

Is it just me or did the "dickhead" factor go up by about 1000 percent within minutes of Unrecommend

Is it just me or did the "dickhead" factor go up by about 1000 percent within minutes of Unrecommend

San Diego

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I--

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You!!!!!!

I haven't been here in a few days and wtf is up with "unrecommend"?

Eeeee!!!!

Clearly, the Longue is unpopular...

Unrecommend should have a count, just like recommend does.

Skinner, here is a recommendation...

Who is my celebrity twin?

What do you think of zoos?

One of my posts got an "Unrecommend" rating.

Have you ever in your life kissed yourself in the mirror?

Attention all Mothers!

Oh.....

Some questions abt the UnRec, but also a big bwa-ha-HAH for my threads!1

I went to type in "Democratic Underground" but I had my fingers positioned wrong on the keyboard.

I want to create a thread that is unrecommended forever

Steve's genius is a fucking job.

Um did they change the rec system?

Woman claiming to be "possessed by the most beautifiliest angel lusefer" sues Hef for $3 Billion

Clearly, the Tongue is unpopular...

Apparently, I should have copyrighted my material.

29-year-old Hit by Mixing Blade Falls to Death into 8-Foot Vat of Boiling Chocolate

Rush is totally the best talk show host in the universe

NL East standings at mid season:

You know there are some weird people here

I'm gonna have a chicken sandwich and chicken soup (sans noodles). What are you having?

Damn leprechauns. We just had the guy out to spray for them.

"Unrecommend?" Here's what Ben Franklin said in 1786 when he tried the feature on his OWN Web Site.

Right now, only my Sarah Palin love thread and Pevvy Ben Franklin are positively rated...

The Unrec feature HATES Baby Jesus and America!

Today's FReeperism: Marriage "vowels"!!!

Pevvy Ben Franklin loves Sarah Palin.

Flights at JFK delayed -- by turtles!!

LynneSin's REAL Hairdo

I had a good day in teh Lounge...

I'll be in Times Square tomorrow. Any dining unrecommendations?

I Want To Have The Most Rec Post In DU History

Which Restaurant Chain Would You Unrecommend?

I want to create a ____________________ that never dies

The Man I Love

Oscar Mayer's Eulogy

Must..... resist...... unrecommend.... button..... too..... tempting.... cannot.... control......

Right about now....

I'm feeling contrary today.

You know, the Nazis had unrecommend buttons they made the Jews click.

Carmel

I'm watching the original "Gone in 60 seconds" on rental

Muggles: Ever flown with your broom? Watch this!

Pick an item on your desk, Google it for images, and post the first image

Now that Oscar Mayer is dead and gone, should we rename the bologna? nt

St. Thomas

Has the Unrecommend Fairy neutralized the Recommend Fairy?

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM THE BAY AREA WHEN:

I unrecommed the world

Rush is totally the best band in the universe

Am I weird?

By The Time I Get To Phoenix

My Favorite Things

My Little Girl

Unrecommend my thread if you think the Squirrel Award was a better way to deal with the situation.

Never give us Loungers any sort of push/pull toy

Tell Me What To Do

A 21 Bun Salute for Oscar Mayer.

Almost all the current threads in the Lounge are registering below zero

(Fallin' Like) Dominoes

Music is my sanctuary

Halt! I am the Unrecommend Avenger.

does anyone know what the three biggest lies in the world are?

why is The Lounge being "purged" of its posters? Some of them were good people.

Suggestion: Choice of "Recommend" or "Walt Starr" (A.K.A. "Unrecommend Me Right Fucking NOW")

School Days

my previous post has "disappeared".... all I asked is what is happening here in the Lounge?

She's A Woman

She's A Woman

My computer died....

Faygo Kid

Rock Creek Park

Windmills Of Your Mind

Jesus Christ, could you settle down please?

Who Loves You Better?

Crap, I broke my unrecommend button.

Why do so many thread titles have "double" quotes this afternoon?

Stories To Tell

Does <0 votes mean someone has unrecommended my post?

Cisco Kid

Please un recommend this post....

Black Market

Frisco Kid

Bengel tiger born without stripes

Turn your head and cough.

Steve Jobs is a fucking genius

Favorite Mariposisms

I Want To Be Where You Are

To cat lovers and lovers of good music - turn up your speakers

so what will it take now to get ANY positive number of recs on a lounge thread?

Posers

OFFS!

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHEN:

Sudden head pain upon movement

Unrecommend, finally I can be a dick in an official capacity

Freddie's Dead

Everybody recommend Freddie's Dead (Mr.Scorpio's post)

Dude, Unrecommend is not even a word in the English language

Which is cooler?

where is Malta Blue?

Gawd Damit, My Sister does some stupid things sometimes

What is that one thing, you can't do without?

Going to the Outer Banks

I'm already bored with the unrecommend feature

Body Odor and Elevators - a deadly combination

People with caller ID. Do you do this?

The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 7/9/09

NAME a newspaper comic strip that's not funny NOW, never WAS funny, never WILL BE funny...

I am reminded of an old Elvis Costello song....

Need computer account management help (Win XP)

Who is NAME REMOVED?

I managed to burn off the hair on my forearm lighting the grill.

You know you're from Delaware when.......

Okay...I'll be the one to say it...most of you people SUCK

Which Celebrity Do I Resemble Most?

I crave fried zucchini from Carrabba's

Anyone see the theater and DVD versions of "Slumdog"?

OMG, I can see my apartment from street level on Googe Maps.

Hey you guys Big Brother starts tomorrow night

Let's have a flamewar: correct pronunciation of the Greek sandwich "gyro".

Tell me how much Comcast sucks because

I just had my hair done - what do you think

The Sky Masterson 4th(one time only)Daily Poetry thread break .

Favorite Malapropisms

What do you consider special about regional cultures in the US

Men and Women - differences Iisted I found to be just about spot on

Billy Mays Tribute Tonight On Discovery 9pm EST!

New/old entry on my music blog

Does natural maple syrup ever go bad?

Musicians: Ever flown with your instrument? Watch this!

Would you be entertained in a bar to watch an older gent with

"Firefly" is a pretty damn good show

You know you're from Montgomery County when..........

Worst misheard lyric of all time

I have a theory as to why so many famous people have died

I'm tired and will go to sleep soon... I had a bad dream last night

If you had the money to take a vacation ANYWHERE in the world...

OK, so how about un-Alcoholic's Anonymous meetings?

ok.. DU'ers.. i'll have one week in NYC before i become a student in NYC

People are allergic to wheat?

If you're tired of pet threads, don't read this.

What makes Sarah Palin so popular?

Over 1000 law professors join letter endorsing Sotomayor

Obama White House Appoints Former Monsanto Lobbyist to FDA

Baseless expenditures By Chalmers Johnson

Banks draw line over accepting Calif. IOUs

Stalemate ahead of Honduras talks

Bombings in Mosul, Baghdad kill at least 41

Obama talks spur rights call by Russian activists

Construction strike in South Africa could affect World Cup

Scotts will close Smith & Hawken garden-store chain

House Democrats say CIA lied (Nancy Pelosi was RIGHT after all)

Key Reason Palin Gave For Quitting May Be False

Ban blasts G8 emissions targets

In Wake of Turmoil In China, Minorities Face Painful Options

Hundreds protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow

World leaders want deal in trade talks

Cyberattacks Jam Government and Commercial Web Sites in U.S. and South Korea (Still happening)

Pakistan to begin return of displaced next week

Communist leaders vow stability after China riots

Karzai pardons five Afghan heroin traffickers

Challenge to India gay sex ruling

Stalemate ahead of Honduras talks

States Using Stimulus Just To Stay Afloat

US Lawmakers Sound Alarm About Commercial Real Estate Market

Developing Nations Challenge G-8 on Dollar, Climate, Power

Afghan gov't revises contentious marriage law (marital rape)

Barak Ravid / Netanyahu's paranoia extends to 'self-hating Jews' Emmanuel and Axelrod

Egypt arrests 25 in 'Suez plot'

Tom Coburn knew of John Ensign's affair (recommended paying her off)

Police to probe phone hack claims

Indian toxic alcohol 'kills 96'

The Good News: A New Monkey Is Discovered; The Bad News: It Is Already at Risk

South Carolina girl, 8, dies after two shots to head

Warren Buffett says second stimulus might be needed

Racism, discrimination widespread inside HFD?(Houston Fire Department)

Another Alarming Video Taken Inside D.C. Metro Shows Driver Sleeping at Controls

Steele: Sanford, Ensign affairs 'old news, old school'

5 teens die in car-train crash in Canton Township

Eight injured in Central City mine

Mexico Accused of Torture in Drug Wars

SEC to call for Calif. IOUs treated as securities

Three inquiries launched into News of the World hacking claims

Burris not running to keep seat: report

Dutch hand back looted Iraqi art

Spy row erupts at G8 summit as Italians are accused of eavesdropping on secret meetings

Uncommon Detail Marks Rulings by Sotomayor

Proposal for unsafe airlines blacklist is rejected

El Nino conditions return to affect weather

(California) can't cut Medi-Cal fees, court rules

Honduras' post-coup leader fears arrest or death in Costa Rica: government source

Dems regain control of Senate, Espada named majority leader

U.S. reporter jailed in North Korea calls sister

Sen. Ensign's Parents Gave Nearly $100000 to Family of Mistress

Waves of job losses sap U.S. states' budgets

Boldness of Qaeda Affiliate in Africa Raises Fears in West

AIDS Activists Arrested After Shutting Down Capitol Rotunda

6 plead not guilty to fraud, bribery

Seven Members of Congress Say Panetta Testified That CIA Misled Congress

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Thursday July 9

U.S. Moves to Shed Light on "Dark Markets"-Government May Set Limits on Oil Speculators

Madoff will not appeal 150-year sentence: lawyer

Kohn warns Congress on meddling in Fed's affairs

For many Americans, health cover is key to a job

Tehran governor: New protests will be smashed

China Says It Has Evidence of Rio Tinto Spying

Cuba Enemies Advised Honduras Coup

US releases 5 Iranian officials in Iraq

Obama presents N.C. wine to Italian president

Iranian police fire in air to disperse protesters

Every family's nightmare: Burr Oak Cemetery graves allegedly stripped for profit

Firefighter will be witness against Sotomayor

Obama Enlists Major Powers to Aid Poor Farmers With $15 Billion

'Hillary Clinton supports us' says head of Venezuela's Globovision

U.S. Marshals operation nets more than 35,000 arrests nationwide

CNN Breaking: Ensign used campaign money to pay off mistress

Cities lose out on road funds from stimulus

Harper Spokesman Says Prime Ministerr Did Not Pocket Communion Wafer

Early-onset Alzheimers forces Judge Karen Williams' retirement

Homeless numbers include more families

US suspends military aid to Honduras before talks

Issa proposes polygraphs for CIA-briefed lawmakers

Amnesty decries Peru's high maternal death rate

Exclusive: Cookie Dough Loaded With Three Kinds of E. Coli

House overwhelmingly rejects signing statement

House Dems look at Surtax on the Wealthy

Campers' "Complexion" No Problem for New Pool

Australian town set to ban bottled water

Pelosi: Resolution on Michael Jackson unnecessary

Washington's Plan B ruling overturned

Man dies after falling into vat of chocolate in NJ

Just 96 months to save world, says (Prince) Charles

Massive bomb blast in central Afghanistan kills 25

Carl Walker-Hoover's mom testifies before Congress for federal Safe Schools Improvement Act

ACLU claims Obama Administration Used Statements Elicited Through Torture

C.I.A. Briefers Deceived Congress

Headzup: Obama "Out Bushes" Bush???

In Memory of Oscar Mayer

CIA allegations back in the news

Peter King, R-NY, tells O'Reilly he stands by his controversial Michael Jackson comments

Sarah Palin plays identity politics

AIDS Activists Protest in Capitol Rotunda 07/09/09 - #2

AIDS Activists Protest in Capitol Rotunda 07/09/09 - #1

Rep. Murphy: Opponents of DADT repeal in Congress 'would love' to support it

Target 5: Secret Shots

Did Philly Swim Club Turn Away Black Children?

Mike Ditka - Quinn For Illinois

TYT: Al Franken Gets Sworn In -- GOP Attacks Immediately!

Al Franken documentary

Countdown: Director Panetta Testified CIA Briefers Deceived Congress

Countdown: Dave Letterman's Latest Sarah Palin Top 10

Tamron Hall and David Shuster interview Howard Dean about health care.

Darrell Issa pays tribute to his nephew

A terrorist responds to DU

Sarah Palin's Resignation Explained by RSU

FAIR Video - Silencing Single Payer

Fox News: Americans Marry "Ethnics" and Other "Species"

TYT: (D) Rep. JY w/ Cenk---Draws Line in the Sand on Public Option!

FOX - Americans Not 'Pure' Due to Marrying Other 'Species'

Jane Hamsher argues health care is a human right, but a right-winger disagrees

right wing nut job makes video about democratic underground

Classic Franken destroying O'Reilly on Air America

Sarah’s Secret Diary

Is this the change we can believe in?

G8 Summit begins in Italy's earthquake zone

Slideshow: President Obama at G8 Summit in Italy

US leaves Honduras to its fate (more 'Change You Can Believe In')

What to ask before waging war

MasterCard halts remote POS security upgrades

Five Things the Media Refused to Report About Palin’s Fishing Trip

Iran: Inside Evin Prison.

Proof Positive of the CIA's BIGGEST Lie to Congress

Gene Lyons on Washington stagecraft

Baseless expenditures By Chalmers Johnson

Exile in the U.S. Becomes Face of Uighurs

The Health Care Crisis: Letters from Vermont and America by Bernie Sanders

The Most Important Financial Journalist of Her Generation

Sarah Palin: Right Wing Savior or Grifter?

The church and the coup in Honduras

Netanyahu's paranoia extends to 'self-hating Jews' Emanuel and Axelrod

Only 19% of Americans say they'd vote for Sarah Palin for president in 2012

John Ensign affair gets even sleazier

Panetta Tells Lawmakers CIA Misled Congress Since-2001!!

Fixing the Leak

Robert McNamara and the Dreams of Reason

Google's a threat to you, not Microsoft

Obama's vow of public debate on health care fading?

Dr. Jeremy B. Stern: Single-payer reduces waste dramatically

As Rove Testifies About Firings At Justice, Why Did DoJ Fire Whistleblower? (Seligman Case)

Single-payer system could remove burden from employers

Religion, American Politics and Health Care - a New Day?

GOP Senator Ensign allegedly paid mistress $25,000. Was it federal taxpayer money?

Why the FBI Squelched Investigation of a Post-9/11 mtg btw White Supremacist and Islamic Extremists

John Pilger -- Mourn on the 4th of July

What’s With This “Restitution” Bullshit, Senator Coburn?

What Did The CIA Hide From Congress?

Sen. John Kerry: Mother Nature's Nuclear Strike

House Democrats Draw Line in the Sand on Public Option (Cenk @ Huffington Post)

10 Dangerous Household Products You Should Never Use Again

SATIRE! Palin resigns to a song parody from GREASE!

Taking flight: River flow marks birth of sanctuary for birds

Birds encouraged to fly home to new Rathlin Island reserve

Research could save tuatara

Feds agree to new bull trout protections

Aquatic deer and ancient whales

Peak oil notes - July 9

DrumBeat: July 9, 2009

Poorer Nations Reject a Target on Emission Cut

Plan to restore rare cutthroat trout sparks protests

Lucky devils put on a brave face

Farewell to the Lawn

New monkey discovered in Amazon

President Bill Clinton set to join the traditionally black greek fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma

Nancy Pelosi shoots down Sheila Jackson Lee's proposed Michael Jackson resolution

‘Evangelistic’ scientist tapped to lead National Institute of Health

Senators Say Stuff: John Kerry Edition

What is it about "The Worse financial meltdown since the Great Depression"

Obama reverses another campaign promise; supports needless death and disease.

I work for a non-profit. The stimulus is HUGE for us.

Republican: "Creating bipartisan coalitions is important to prevent Democrat legislative victories"

Krugman is proved right again. (Sad day for us)

Gnashing of Teeth by Conservative Christian Bloggers over Pope's visit with Obama

Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks area hell of a lot more Responsible for Obama than Jacko

PHOTO Will this pic cause mass hysteria too?

TIME: FDR's Lessons for Obama

What is "affordable" healthcare?

Obama Steps Toward More Nukes to Win Senate Votes on Climate Bill

Stimulus 2.0? – Please no new Stimulus, the Effects Could Be Disastrous

Damn!! It's an Epidemic in here

Poor Ed Schultz.....reporting that Obama's poll numbers are dropping, like a good soldier!

Jobless claims drop steeply, skewed by autos

Fox News also said John Kerry's medals from Vietnam were suspect. Are DUers going to post that?

I Think Obama Is Wrong To Not Push For Prosecutions Of American Torture...

booty-licious.

firedoglake: Why Can’t a Better Health Care Plan Be the Next Stimulus?

Blue Dog Democrat Patrick Murphy is putting overturn of DADT legislation

Gallup: Obama support among liberals increases, among conservatives declines significantly

Obama is most certainly an ass man.

So many Republicans on my Television with so little to say......

Excitement on streets of Ghana ahead of Obama’s visit

Bill Clinton in TIME: Getting It Right

dennis kucinich on ed show says states are not properly using stim money.

Isn't it a little early to declare the stimulus a failure?

PHOTO: Caption

Jeb Bush: ‘I don’t know’ if Obama is a socialist.

Report: Sen. Roland Burris Won't Run In 2010

Palin Blames Obama for Troubles

CNN Poll: Confidence in Obama Still High

Reid to Dislodge Census Pick

Stimulus Not Working? Hold Your Horses!

A look into the next big controversy: Obama's gift to the Pope.

All I can say is Thank God

President Obama Has Never Been The Victim Of Unfair Criticism Here - Agree/Disagree?

Health-Care Reform's Public Support Problem

Great explanation of Palin on Slate

remember how Obama wasn't supposed to mention Pakistan? Biden wasn't supposed to

Palin Blames Obama (and Rahm) for Troubles

what's with MSNBC today attacking Obama on just about everything?

Ensign's Parents Gave Mistress's Family $96k

DECLARATION OF THE LEADERS THE MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE

I'm going to say something many don't want to hear and would prefer I don't say

How the media "gets" that pushing a debate of a 2nd Stimulus could kill a Health Care Public Option!

Warren Buffett Backs Second Stimulus

Drudge on Malia Obama's "peacenik t-shirt"

Senator Leahy Holds the Future of the Peace Corps in His Hands

I would like to propose a challenge to DU

Not for nothing, but I've figured out how to come up with the $320 Billion needed for Health care

Did President Obama just break a campaign promise on illegal immigration?

Anybody here STILL support the Honduran coup?

MSNBC Breaking News: OH Noes! The President Stumbled for real, right there in Rome!

What other long-term projects had people complaining that "nothing is getting done"?

Welcome to OBamako: Africa Awaits Obama's Return

AU Urges Senate Judiciary Committee to Ascertain Sotomayor's Views on Church-State Sep

If a detainee is acquitted of a crime it does not necessarily follow that they should be released

Brilliant White House move... having Biden showcase the stimulus.... in Boehner's back yard!

Obama RULES!*

Why the Vatican Likes Obama

Dear Congress: How To Pay for A Public Healthcare Plan

Corporate media at it again. Saying Obama broke tax pledge

John Stewart- "That’s great. Now fix the economy"

Breaking News!!! Vice-President Palin resigns citing multiple issues in a rambling speech.

Water Conservation is the issue that dwarfs most others. Most people don't give a shit but they will

With foreign-policy speech, Clinton plans to raise her profile

Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Advocacy Alliance Applauds...Francis Collins for Director of NIH

Mike Murphy: "Gov. Sarah Palin is the political train wreck that keeps on giving."

PHOTO 'The Hope is in the Land'

Do the Conserva-Dems face much constituent opposition to their corporate toadying?

****Heads Up: POTUS Statement from the G8 - Live ****

Never shake hands with a fascist

I just called CNN's **BREAKING NEWS** Tip Hot Line.......

Public radio reaches out for help - or you, too can be an NPR source:

A question about this 'Stimulus 2.0'

VP Checks Out Tri-State Stimulus Money At Work

PHOTO Gooooooooooooooooool!

Obama Weekly Job Approval by Demographic Groups per Gallup

Jeb Bush: 'I don't know' if Obama is a socialist, lies about chimpish brother's approval ratings.

Obama's accomplishments!!!

Which is it? "Reid met privately with four Rs to assure them that he still wanted a bipartisan bill"

BREAKING: PANETTA NOW SAYS CIA DID LIE TO CONGRESS!! On COuntdown NOW

Iowa Caucus Results 2012: Romney 27%, Huckabee 19%, Gingrich 9%, Palin 4%, Thune 3%

Dean Baker: The green shoots are dead- The US urgently needs a new stimulus injection

Michelle Obama in Moscow. Sasha the new Agent 99

More people tuned in to watch Obama's inauguration than Michael Jackson's memorial

Six specific steps Gates can take now on DADT while Congress debates full repeal

Has Obama's Poll Numbers Gone Negative?

Boner calls Biden a liar about the stimulus but he lied about not getting funds in Ohio

Will the RW nutjob pundits go after Malia Obama for her "Peace Symbol" T-shirt?

Obama Taps Man Who Unraveled Human Gene Code

Bill Clinton: Obama Will Succeed Where I Failed On Health Care

House Chairman Says CIA Lied to Lawmakers

breaking on olbermann: congress dems say panetta said cia hide intel from dem leaders.

Study: No increased fire threat in owl habitat

Coburn repeats almost every RW talking point known regarding LatAm and Honduras

Trolling the dark side I found this little ditty - U.S. Interests In Honduras Matter

Uribe to Colombian rebels: free all hostages

Honduran Coup Perpetrators Prevent Ministers from Travelling to Costa Rica

National Lawyers Guild Calls for Action on Honduras

Joe Garcia nominated for federal energy post

Honduras first lady leads fight for Zelaya return

ZELAYA Interviewed on Democracy Now, Today, July 9

MACHETERA: "ALPHA 66 and MIAMI on the job in TEGUCIGALPA"

9th Communique of the National Front Against the Coup d'Etat

Oh the ironies, Oscar Arias' Manuevers to Get a Second Term as President of Costa Rica

HONDURAS FM ENRIQUE "I'm a racist" ORTEZ - OPENS HIS MOUTH AGAIN!! GODAWFUL!

CNA: REICH and MONTANER Exposed as Advisors of Coup in Honduras

BOREV: "Republicans Strangely Intrigued By This 'Coup' Idea (plus video)

US leaves Honduras to its fate

DEMOCRACY NOW Interview with PRES. ZELAYA - Transcript

Mexico Accused of Torture in Drug Wars

Cuba Cuts Assistance to Honduras

Presenting the founding members of the coup caucus, and push back from House Democrats

CISPES ALERT: US HOUSE RESOLUTION ON HONDURAS

BOREV: Otto Reich Won't Rest Until the Real Coup Plotters Are Found

Deleted by Joe

Rep. Connie Mack Introduces Resolution to Condemn Ousted President of Honduras

Youtube of Rigoberta Menchu saying "It's completely polarized here"

Fuel for a Coup: The Perils of Latin America's Oversized Militaries

Stalemate ahead of Honduras talks (BBC)

Live transmission from Oscar Arias´ house, vía JRIbarra

OTTO REICH: "I Did Not Orchestrate Coup in Honduras"

Honduras' post-coup leader fears arrest or death in Costa Rica: government source

COSTA RICANS Protest Micheletti's Visit to San Jose

US SOAW Activists Stand Vigil in Front of US Embassy in Honduras

BIG MEA CULPA - I screwed up, It's Not Carmona's Brother, It's Worse

Guess Who Showed Up a Few Days Ago in Tegucigalpa -PEDRO CARMONA'S BROTHER, ROBERTO

Nike takes videographers' tapes at LeBron camp

Gloat-free Baseball Scores (Wednesday night, July 8)

Mets annihilate Dodgers 5-4 !!!!

Minor Leaguer's hit streak reaches 45 games(Mariners prospect collect two hits to keep streak going)

Hey, Who Else Here Doesn't Give a Shit About the San Francisco Giants?

Maybe we can put this to rest. The SAN FRANCISCO Giants have never won

Maybe we can put this to rest. The SAN FRANCISCO Giants have never won

I didn't much like the fargin' Giants when they was in the Polo Grounds...

Just so you know - you're all lame and can't knock me down any

EPIC FAIL!!

Pablo slips to second in voting

Panda fails

Maybe we can put this to rest. The Dodgers are the best team

When will the NY Chokers be mathematically eliminated from the playoffs?

Mets over LA 5-4 backed by amazing gem of a play by Murphy

The Big Ten Channel is now in HD!!!!!

Screw MLB...Pablo was robbed!!!

From now on---In the sports forum of DU--- San Francisco will be called "FRISCO".

Amnesty: Peru's pregnant Indian get unequal care

I'm working on the newsletter for my local (again)

Today in Labor History July 9 New England Telephone "girls" strike for 7 hour workday

Unions seek a new definition of liberty – health care for all

Labor Groups to Press Obama on Health Care and a Second Stimulus Effort

Stop Disposable Jobs at Lipton! (E-action)

PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINER RICHARD L. TRUMKA WINS LOCAL LABOR ENDORSEMENT FOR NATION’S TOP LABOR JOB

Just another cog in the machine & more from Labour Start

Request from Alma Felix on the anniversary of the heat death of her uncle

Dog Eat Dog World: If You’re Not Part of The Solution Then You Are Part of The Problem

Two injured in early-morning shootings in KC

Darwin Award Winner!! Woman Shot Man During Foreplay

Man Shoots Intruder In Self-Defense Third Time In 2 Weeks Victims Used Stand-Your-Ground Law

Concealed Weapons should be allowed in national parks for self defense against wildlife

South Carolina girl, 8, dies after two shots to head

Guns should be allowed in bars.

Carolyn McCarthy shows she is uneducated about her own anti-gun bill.

Conealed weapons

Gun control group disbands after losing funding

What is Hamas' alternative?

Netanyahu adviser raises "MAD" nuclear scenario

Netanyahu's paranoia extends to 'self-hating Jews' Emanuel and Axelrod

If only the Uighurs were Buddhists and China was Israel

The left went to the beach

Solomon urges behavioral changes in Jewish community

Jewish Defense League attacks Arab-owned store in France

‘Myths, Illusions, and Peace’: Linkage: The Mother of all Myths

Keep the Pressure On

Would you pass the packet round and invite the kids to light up?

This Is What Happens When You Get Cancer in America / And in France

Patients are losing patience

Abortion Pill Used in a Quarter of US Abortions & Made Safer

Farthest north "Thriller" tribute -- you'll love this.

more from the backard

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A discussion on deflation from TAE

Has Obama or anyone in Congress explicitly spoke out about Bernanke?

They are still making sh*tpiles for others to buy!!!

Former US Assistant Secretary Of The Treasury: "Geithner Works For Goldman"

Don't Call It a Bailout: "Carnage" Coming to Your Town Unless More Stimulus Approved

Goldman Sachs Loses Grip on Its Doomsday Machine: Jonathan Weil

Goldman Sachs Trading Revenue May Beat Record, Moszkowski Says

AIG may have zero equity value: Citigroup

Please don't tell me what I should be offended over

What the hell am I supposed to do?

Dan Savage addresses the gay rights / drug rights comparison

Renegade Dem flips back in NY Senate

God hates shrimp

Did an Ancient Volcano Freeze Earth?

A glimpse of ancient dying stars

200 patients sought for trial looking at how efficient maggots are at wound cleaning. (UK) saves $$!

Winning the ultimate battle: How humans could end war

The Energies for July 2009: Rebirthing into the Diamond Light - Starchild

This post in GD got my attention...

"Death to New Life...the Resurrection" - Karen Bishop - July 9, 2009

Gallup: Obama support among liberals increases, among conservatives declines significantly

Hey Stonehenge and 2001 Space Odyssey Arthur Clarke

Caritas In Veritate

There are those who believe in God and those who don't believe in God yet. - Athiesm is a fad

Atheist DUers and their children

What happened to the monthly challenges?

Margherita Pizza, my favorite summer bread

need advice, please

Has anyone tried the Black Garlic Yet

Police presence reduced outside Bush home (G.W.)

Perry Posts Huge Fundraising Haul

K&R if there should be a resolution honoring Michael Jackson!

Question for MJ fans. Who is the greatest writer of all time? Is it Agatha Christie?

Stephen Harper narrowly avoids G8 photo faux-pas

45% of all banks would not have made money if not for overdraft fees

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