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Archives: August 11, 2011

Jeb Henserling to be the baby name advisor for the GOP Supercommittee

Tonight on Countdown: Gay Married couple speak out on their immigration battle

Japan’s Rice Crop Tested for Contamination

S&P Goldman JP and downgrades of US and maybe France - a theory

Tea Party Backed Group Caught Tampering With Wisconsin Recall Elections

REPEATED rant, the Obama family taking a holiday makes FAMILY sense.

Josh Trevino - Who is this assclown on Rev. Sharpton's show?

James Murdoch Has Until Thursday To Respond To Allegations He Misled Parliament

Intrade's markets on GOP nominee are interesting

Rick Parry for a better tomorrow, tomorrow.

Happy reunion: What if couple were Mexican?

Slowpoke toon - GOP 'cleaning up' environmental laws

85% of the US population is unrepresented on the supercommittee.

In the wake of Citizens United, should democrats look at all funding routes.

Ok Old-Timers... Should I Just Become A Lurker And Leave This Board To The Idiots, Or...

Oh joy! Phone-It-In-Fred Thompson is on teevee pimpin AAG mortgage.

When Dr. King Spoke Of The Great Arc Bending Toward Justice

Did S&P Break SEC Regulations?

Administration Approves Shell's Arctic Drilling Project:

Given a choice between a presidential campaign of influence and an extracongressional committee . .

2011-20: Decade of U.S. economic hell

Claire McCaskill opposes a further extension of unemployment benefits

Light in Darkness: PBS Documentary Shows Town Joining Together Against Anti-Immigrant Violence

Shrinking Boehner...Approval ratings plummet for Señor Tan In A Can

Shrinking Boehner...Approval ratings plummet for Señor Tan In A Can

"FEMA and Disaster: A Look at What Worked and What Didn't From a FEMA Insider...."

I Know It's Hard To Imagine... But What If Obama HAD Put On Those Comfortable Shoes...

I can think of only one recent race where not voting for the Democrat didn't help the Republican.

Safeway, a cellphone, a poodle, the meat section, a dump...

Supercongress = abdication of duty = they've resigned

Federal help for Calif. unemployment insurance less likely

Federal help for Calif. unemployment insurance less likely

every now and again when things get me down, I post this

Here is a great story about the real heroes of the London riots.

New York police launch Facebook perp watch unit

SUPPORT the verizon strikers: Verizon Landline Unit at Heart of Strike

SUPPORT the verizon strikers: Verizon Landline Unit at Heart of Strike

I wouldn't celebrate what happened in Wisconsin yesterday

I wouldn't celebrate what happened in Wisconsin yesterday

Are we really open minded?

Slavery Museum Dying a Slow Death

UK Riots: 'Being Liberal Is Fine, But We Need To Be Given The Right To Parent'

Roger Ailes and the rise of Fox News

Democratic Leaders Challenge Obama Medicaid Policy in Supreme Court

The Rich want to live in Third World Countries

Sen. Franken's newsletter

Alec Baldwin: New York City Mayor Run Planned

John Nichols from "The Nation" on The Ed Show.

Economic Crisis or Nonviolent Opportunity? Gandhi’s Answer to Financial Collapse

Lawrence is on fire.... Most undemocratic institution in history of the country.

Has congress ever had a high approval rating?

MSN Money: The return of big layoffs

MSN Money: The return of big layoffs

Anyone having trouble logging in to facebook?

JUST DU IT! Tell Tim Griffin (R-AR 2) that you're Spartacus!

In a nation of 320+ million Americans, is allowing 12 people to decide

A 24/7 Spotlight on Murdoch - Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Heads up: Nightline has a piece coming up on the Cornel West/Tavis Smiley tour - Right now!

Mandatory Wednesday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Dylan Ratigan and Annie Nelson join Mike

Republicans’ No-Tax Stand Unsupported by History or Facts: View

I think we'll finally see robust economic fixes

China to allow faster currency appreciation: analysts

A little help remembering a website please?

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The Wisconsin battle was uphill folks - a gain of 2 is actually quite impressive!

WI isn't done yet. 2 more races next Tues. One GOPer is an UltraTeaWhacko. Help defeat her please.

WI isn't done yet. 2 more races next Tues. One GOPer is an UltraTeaWhacko. Help defeat her please.

pointing the finger

Stocks In Japan Down 2% After Dow Drops 520 Points

England riots: pressure to scrap police cuts as Birmingham mourns its dead

Robt Reich: No bold jobs plan because Rs would oppose it. But COULD they if jobs and stiumulus

The record Republican disapproval is Obama's stunning checkmate.

Michigan Attorney General Goes After Medical Marijuana Law

New twitter hash #ImMadAsHellBecause going viral

Well said, Patrick Henry!

Crowd Turns Rowdy at Boehner's Ohio Office

Poll: New Yorkers want same-sex marriage law to stay put

To my disheartened Wisconsin Warriors: Don't forget why you fight.

Walker Says Wisconsin Doesn’t Want More Recalls (Against Him)

Wisconsin isn't over yet. 2 more races next Tues. Gotta defeat the TeaWhacko Kim Simac.

KPFA Berkeley: "Guns and Butter"

Rolling Stone - "Rupert Murdoch's American Scandals" - Its Not Just In The UK, Great Read

Rolling Stone - "Rupert Murdoch's American Scandals" - Its Not Just In The UK, Great Read

Please! Give more tax money to Job Creators and it'll fix the economy.

when choosing between evils

Guardian blog

The U.S. Military’s Plan for London-Like Riots

Wave and EDA election integrity volunteers illegally impeded by law enforcement in Waukesha County

Wave and EDA election integrity volunteers illegally impeded by law enforcement in Waukesha County

Could it happen here? NYPD think so.the form unit to monitor social media sites for potential mayhem

When Faced With The Greatest Economic Crisis...

Neo-Nazis tricked by T-shirt that changed message after it was washed

The Bill Press Show - on Now!

News Corp profits fall on sale of MySpace website

News Corp profits fall on sale of MySpace website

Quinn moves to abolish controversial legislative scholarships

Female bombers hit Pakistan police at blast site

E.J. Dionne - "Wisconsin recall: Conservatives win, liberals gain" - Nice Analysis

"Pro-union NLRB alarms employers" - Obama's Strong Stand For Organized Labor Upsets Corporate Attys

The Ohio referendum on S.B. 5 is next

She's back!...Palin Bus Tour heads to Iowa..

Even MURDOCH hates Roger Ailes!

Even MURDOCH hates Roger Ailes!

Remember that MA upgrade Romney was bragging about last week?

"New leukemia treatment exceeds 'wildest expectations' "

New Poll: "Most Americans Want To Legalize Marijuana"

Does anyone think that the riots in London have been egged on by agent provocateurs?

Five Questions: 1. Are all of our problems somehow connected to President Obama?

DREAM Act a Win-Win: Good for Immigrant Women and Good for Economy

Are Moderates Closet Liberals or Conservatives?

Dumb Ass Commission II

I feel like my life has just gone from heaven to hell within the past 2 weeks

I feel like my life has just gone from heaven to hell within the past 2 weeks

Does information and discussions on radio and television ever reach the President's ears? Or is he

Citizen Group Tracks Down Japan's Radiation

Non Sequitur Toon: The Shortest Lines

Margaret Jensvold, Maryland Mom Who Killed Son Ben Barnhard, Agonized Over School Costs

Here's some Bill Cosby for some much needed comic relief

Crazy under every rock: The Bachmann campaign

Interactive timeline of all recorded CIA drone strikes

anyone like to caption this pic?

Big Eddy is showing his big Corporate Colors.

Chicago Drinking Water 11 Times More Toxic than California Legal Standard

Chicago Drinking Water 11 Times More Toxic than California Legal Standard

Bill Opposing Health and Safety Secrecy Introduced in Senate…Again

Bill Opposing Health and Safety Secrecy Introduced in Senate…Again

Auth Toon- Guilty of Class Warfare!

Anerucabs: what should be done?

Bank of America's back-door TARP: Fannie Mae paid $500 million for deteriorating portfolio of loans

US drone strikes in Pakistan have killed 168 children so far

Good on Obama for not calling Congress back from vacation.

Portraits of Grief from 9/11 - and my Declaration of Hope from that day.

I hate to bust the Reich Wanker/Tea Party's big bubble but...

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette wants to "modify" voter-approved medical marijuana law

"No Jobs" fair held in New Hampshire

Democratic rallying cry should be: If you don't like the government, then stay out of it!

Did Rachel and Steve Benen discuss an idea that might work?

SPIDERS IN YOUR HAIR!

Congress should not be on vacation at this important time in our nation.

Newsweek is EVIL!

Newsweek is EVIL!

Market Analysis

The Pentagon's Fake Jihadists

50 Years of Agent Orange

How to Save a Quarter Trillion Dollars

W.Va. town rescinds Marcellus gas drilling ban 5-3

Rachel Maddow videos are the only ones I actively look for regularly

The H.Y.P.O.C.R.I.S.Y. Act: Making politicians mean what they say, or else...

Why I can't be mad at Newsweek for the pic they chose of Michele Bachmann

Who Bank Rolls Super Congress?

Iran names street after Rachel Corrie

Howard Dean, we need you!

"If we're hobbits, then he's a gremlin"

Think about this (in WI):

is our congress the best money can buy?

is our congress the best money can buy?

Water as Basic Human Right Has a Market Price, Says U.N. Chief

The Monkees cut short 45th anniversary tour

Black Conservative Amy Holmes Becomes Glenn Beck Anchor

Law officers say North Dakota's new texting-and-driving ban is not easy to enforce

Native Son

So I see "One and Done" threads are now fashionable here at DU?

So I see "One and Done" threads are now fashionable here at DU?

So I see "One and Done" threads are now fashionable here at DU?

Dylan Ratigan: Three Ways Our Government Could Trigger the Creation of Many More Private Sector Jobs

Dog missing for year after car crash heading home to Michigan

The Wisconsin election was counted by machines that can be easily hacked

Live Coverage of the British Parliamentary statements on the riots and looting

The best kind of tax!

JSF Program or Universal Health care + upgraded F/A -18 variants?

Howard Dean's take on Wisconsin, On Daily Kos.

This deserves it's own thread

Rachael Maddow is on yet another roll tonight. Another Greatest Hit.

Americans’ Economic Confidence Plummets

Ed's talking out of his ass right now...

Allen West: Country Is at "DEFCON 1

DUers -What do Bush and Cameron share in common? n/t

Why is it illegal for physicians to form unions?

"I and da Guys, yous know some mokes from over on west 33rd...

Five U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan, Pentagon says

BNY Mellon cutting 1,500 jobs-moving to "low cost growth centers" Pittsburgh, Manchester, India

Blogger charged with threatening Joe Lieberman

John Nichols Knows Something About Wisconsin That Fox News Will Never Tell You

Ryan's Budget - Roadmap to nowhere review...

Doctor bars guide dog from waiting room

Mark My Words: He is one and done

Victory in Wisconsin

Sciencey coolness

Arctic ice melt could pause for several years, then resume again

Trying to Slay the Citizens United Dragon

Matt Taibbi Reveals The Most Outrageous 'Holiday' Ever

This story with Rachel Maddow and the New Apostolic

Koch money aids in Wisconsin right-wing agenda

America's own Taliban

Dem Congressman who called Tea Party "terrorists" - "Who's going to fire up our troops?"

11 years old. WOW!

Bors Toon= Democratic Election Slogans for 2012

The Rude Pundit: God Does Not Want Rick Perry to Run for President

U.S. to give $17 million more in Horn of Africa aid

-- Love me, I'm a liberal

Boy mauled by dog - family has no insurance - can you help?

Maine’s health insurance panel composed almost entirely of industry members (GOP/LePage suckage)

Thursday TOONS part 2- Weak Economy

Boy, I guess you could call this a real "carrot and stick approach"

Scores of police brutality cases prompt federal investigations

Leno on the price of gas.

Africa to send troops, food parcels to UK as riots spread

Florida teabagger values in action ("I got mine - now I want yours")

UK Riots: Meet The Accused Lifeguard, Postman, Hairdresser, Teacher, Millionaire's Daughter, Chef

Huge Solar Flares In Next Decade Could Cause Year-Long Blackouts, and Nuclear Crises Says NOAA

Bachmann starred in movie warning public education would spark new Holocaust

Pastor, 2 others found guilty in Medicare fraud

Thursday TOONS part 3- T-baggers

Thursday TOONS part 4- Stock Market blues

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial: If U.S. is serious about debt, there's a single-payer solution

Famine in the Horn of Africa: How to help (MSNBC)

A SuperCongress for Jobs? Pish Posh! - FDL

Why do we like roads and bridges so much more than renewables and energy efficiency?

Why do we like roads and bridges so much more than renewables and energy efficiency?

U.S. Navy Vet Sues Donald Rumsfeld for Torture in Iraq

Thursday TOONS part 6- Riots and the rest

"Fox Dismissed Default Worries, Complained Of "Fearmongering" Over Consequences"

Jon Stewart Weighs In On WI Recall: ‘The People Have Been Soundly Defeated By Other People’ - VIDEO

English AntiRiot "Operation Cup Of Tea" Campaign Has 300,000+ Fans & Trending Massively On Twitter

Former GE engineer who helped build Fukushima nuclear plant says meltdown began before tsunami hit

I know what you are NOT

DOD Identifies Service Members Killed In CH-47 Crash

Losing a home and marking a homecoming

Colbert creates PR campaign to fight ‘irresistibly cool’ Mormons

Americans’ Economic Confidence Plummets According to Gallup Poll: This is very scary.

Right of Refusal: Why I Reject, but refuse to Denounce The London Riots

Most Americans can't afford a $1,000 emergency expense

Americanselect.org....Good idea or ????

An email from the CEO of Robb Report Magazine

Bloomberg: Is There Enough Money to Save the Banks?

Pelosi picks: Clyburn, Becerra, and Van Hollen for Super Congress.

Catfood Commission II

Verizon: Avoiding Taxes, Squeezing Workers, Raking it In

Michele Bachmann's pro-slavery mentors.

Federal Law requires the Government, in particular the President and Federal Reserve to create jobs!

Lieberman condemns 'one-sided' media coverage of Israel's social protests

What Jim Cramer just said in the tv machine is true

Why We Should Applaud Baseball’s Bruce Bochy for Calling Out Hate Speech

Why We Should Applaud Baseball’s Bruce Bochy for Calling Out Hate Speech

New GOP Strategy Involves Reelecting Obama

A cynical thought.

Did Mark Cuban Predict The Market Crash?

Richard Clarke suggests the CIA tried to recruit 9/11 hijackers—then covered it up.

Drought deepens in South; Texas driest in century

From JFK To September 11, Conspiracy Theories Thrive

Does anyone know the source of: Romney made his fortune by downsizing hospital professional staff?

Nancy Pelosi announces final members of ‘super Congress’

There is one truth that we will have to learn until the system is changed

Clarification.

The reason the student gave for killing his principal puts all educators on alert.

Why Rick Perry Is Headed To The White House

Support Verizon Workers and ‘Adopt a Store’

Tonight on Coast to coast: FDA Raids

You can be considered 'overqualified" for an apartment rental

Soldier comes home to find real enemy is bank taking his home.

Conservative groups present DHHS 'sting' video (OKeefe, Maine & Fail)

"the percentage of people who can swing an election is teeny-tiny"

Free Diver Pursues World Records at Deadly Depths

Radical Christian group believes Gov. Perry will lead U.S. to godly government

Radical Christian group believes Gov. Perry will lead U.S. to godly government

Voter nails Romney on Social Security and Medicare

Did the S&P tip off the banks ahead of their downgrade of US debt.

The S&P Downgrade - Was it a Preemptive Strike Against Prosecution? (video)

'Granny's boob job': 83-year-old Santa Ana woman ignites debate

Does Secularism Make People More Ethical?

President = no vacation / congress = five weeks....i love the msm

Ten biggest threats to Americans:

Thursday TOONS part 5- GOP'ers

Secret Papers Reveal Truth Behind Soviet Collapse

U.S.'s top Medicare official: Don't cut health care to balance budget

The Recall of Scott Walker can begin 11/4/11 - Pledge to sign

Pakistan Kept Bin Laden Safe In Return For Saudi Cash, New Account Claims

Ann Coulter to Serve as Honorary Chair of GOProud’s Advisory Council

Ann Coulter to Serve as Honorary Chair of GOProud’s Advisory Council

Barbara Ehrenreich: "Turning Poverty into an American Crime"

The Obama Administartion is anti business because they want health insurance companies to pay for

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Village officials indicted for lying to environmental regulators for more than 20 years

conservatives to blame for yesterdays stock market rout

The 27TH Amendment

Muslims must denounce terror, while Islamophobes get a pass

Ex-girlfriend files $50 million suit against Soros

Tea Party Rep: Bank Should Have Known I Wouldn't Be Able To Repay $2.2 Million Loan

Wisconsin’s Warning to Union-Busters

NASA awards $10 million flight services contract to seven firms

Radical Christian group believes Gov. Perry will lead U.S. to godly government

The stock market is like a roulette wheel...

Andrea Mitchell just said 'real props' and wasn't referring to lamps or chairs.

LinkedIn Adds Users' Names, Photos to Ads

Right-wing extremists tricked by 'Trojan' T-shirts

Bernie Madoff's pants protect your iPad for $500

The Craigslist Welfare Program: Will It Work?

It's the Free Trade, Stupid (Good Read)

Approaching the close, the Dow is UP 540 and still rising.

TeaParty /JohnBirchers/ LaRouchie JEOPARDY-

F**k right off, Rep. Peter King

A despicable attack on a local labor leader - San Diego

Obama LIVE on MSNBC, CNN

Why I Take To The Streets For Peace

The Atlantic: Can the Middle Class Be Saved?

Haiti: WikiLeaks Cables Expose How U.S. Blocked Aristide’s Return After 2004 Coup

Sanders & 22 other senators to McConnell 8/11: Job creation should be super committee's top priority

Fox Wrong Again On The Global Temperature Record

RT News: "Torture trial for Rumsfeld? 'Abused' US contractors file suit"

Thursday TOONS part 1- Who killed the economy

Romney: "Corporations are people my friend"

Romney: "Corporations are people my friend"

Did you hear the recordding of Mittens at a twon hall that Randy Rhodes played today?

All About Obama: A President Without an Ideology

"Rick Perry has never lost an election in his life".....CNN

Good weekend for staying away from CSpan

Can the UK be trusted with the 2012 Olympics?....

Hartmann's got a bratty little prick on today

Grrrrr...HELP!! (please)

Who is this guest on Ratigan (Miller)

Romney: ‘Corporations Are People, My Friend’ (VIDEO) - TPMDC

How cool will it be IF Palin enters the race?

If, according to Mittens, corporations are people, and if the goal of most corporations is to

Watchdogs File Complaints Against Two More Pro-Romney ‘Phantom Companies’ - TPMDC

Rachel Tabachnick at Talk to Action has got our backs, folks

Bachmann Starred In Movie Warning Public Education Would Spark New Holocaust - RawStory/MoJo

Verizon Strike...

Jim Hightower: Bankers keep running with illegal foreclosures

BREAKING NEWS: God Speaks Out Against The Right-Wing

Anyone here have good experience with online pharmacies? Wal-greens just bought out our local one

Is this not simply the best pictorial metaphor for the repubs' relationship with America?

Can we bring home SOME troops at least?! Today? PLEASE?!

Bernie Sanders:Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Hell of a speech just now.

For fun, good & bad, dedicate a song to Pres. Obama.

Jon Walker On Foreclosures Plan: There Always Seems to Be an Unnecessary Corporate Middle Man

opportunity knocks in the UK riots

Peas....

George Bush is back in the name of his lil

Rick Perry's Gardasil Problem

Pennsylvania judge gets 28 years in 'kids for cash' case

More and more talk of a center right pol in the media

More and more talk of a center right pol in the media

Elizabeth Warren is taking steps to challenge Sen. Scott Brown

How Do You Spell 'Awesome' In Four Letters?

I gasped when I saw this. This is serious.

Mitt Romney says ‘corporations are people’

FOX News praises 'UK President' Cameron's decisive leadership

Study reveals 168 child deaths in Pakistan drone war

Question? Has the Stock mood swing?

Police Officer Seeks Criminal Charges Against Woman Who Videotaped Police Beating - RawStory

On electoral fraud

$500 iPad cases from Madoff's trousers

sarah palin thinks the american people are really, really, really, really stupid

Are violent protests effective?

UK riots: Jaguar Land Rover boss joins chorus of business concern

Remember this, Grover Norquist specifically said letting temporary

Who benefits more from public services?

6 Travel Companies Stop Funding Antigay Groups

The film 'The Help' and California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights - Bill AB889

Double-Dip Recession? How Our Dysfunctional Political Class Has Made Another Grueling Collapse Far L

iPhones but not pencils? A teacher's plea.

"Inquiry under way into how to clamp down on social media" (UK)

Move To Amend forum in Syracuse NY on Sunday

Elizabeth Warren Gearing Up For Senate Run, Announcement To Come Post Labor Day

Stock market up 4% today........crossed 11,000

I'll say it again....and I'll say it until I turn Blue!!!

Geez. ABC leads with "You'll probably see the next

Did Mark Cuban Predict the Market...

Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL), lead congressional lapdog in breaking USPS' unions

Will Bachmann implode when Perry gets in?

Dallas hospital "no longer meets requirements to participate in Medicare program"

Mike Luckovich --

CBO Schools Tea Party Frosh in Basic Economics

One man, Rupert Murdoch, with his international corporate media, has had so much influence

Obama’s Congressional Test - Michael Tomasky/DailyBeast

Sen. McCaskill is Not For Extending Unemployment Benefits Because Republicans Are Against It

Why does Obama embrace austerity?

Pseudo-historian rightwinger fundie David Barton sez Bible justifies and even encourages spanking.

Not the ONION: We really got it going on here in PA lately...it's almost funny:

You know... it really does not matter which bat shit crazy repug gets their nod

Rep. Cory Gardner Tells Constituent Concerned About Outsourcing to Just Find a New Employer

New right-wing meme: Obama knows how to fix the economy, but he just won't do it

Petition Seeks to Out Felix Unger and Oscar Madison

www.mydemocraticstore.com/ SALE!

Simple Questions

I have an idea for a new party!!! We can call ourselves the Anerucabs!

Need DU opinions...

Super Congress: Fly On The Wall

I hear on TV in the other room while reading on DU, Florida Governor fighting Obama healthcare

Could A President Legally Bypass Congress And Implement A Trillion Dollar Stimulus Plan?

MoJo: Rick Scott's Healthcare Plan - He pays 4/5 less than the Capitol janitors

England's experiment with handling the chronically unemployed:

A Visit to the Warehouse of Soul-Crushing Dreams

Rep. Becerra Supporter Touts Seat on Debt Committee in Fund-Raising Pitch

Obama paid addtention to the criticism over the past few days

Dish Network CEO: Dish will stop marketing to Lower-Income Customers....Looking for a "better class

Top Secret Rick Perry fundraising e-mail makes it onto the internet for all to see :)

So... I Gotta Ask... Is There Any Evidence That Sane Republicans Are...

Corporate Cash Holdings Have Grown 59 Percent Since 2008

Romney in shouting match with crowd at Iowa fair

LMAO,,, on Perry's fundraising effort and super duper secret email

The GOP's war on the NLRB isn't just about airplanes and unions

The five most controversial behaviors in restaurants

This is still happening?Large Corporations Are Getting Tax Cuts to Send Jobs Overseas and Pocket Big

LOL - link just tweeted by ThinkProgress: arecorporationspeople.com

Tonight's GOPer debate . . . . its on Comedy Central, right?

Michele Bachmann Terrorized By… What, Today… 15th Century Art

Remember the giant crystal caves found in Mexico a few years ago

Run Perry, Run! Please?

Willard Romney showed very poor temperament today. Will it get Dean Scream publicity?

Colbert: "Donating to Obama is like smoking pot; everything feels new for a while until one day

Just started "unfriending" people on face book who post right wing bullshit.

Tea Party Rep: Bank Should Have Known I Wouldn't Be Able To Repay $2.2 Million Loan

Simple solution to turn this economy around

mmmm Buttery Corn

Back when I went to college, in the early 80's, the average cost of attending a four year university

Yikes... In An Effort To Avoid Exploding Heads, I'll Just Post The Link...

A tortured choice in famine: Which child lives?

Florida Governor fighting Obama healthcare in court, signs up for GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE, $400 a year

So . . . the judge who sold kids into prison got 28 years. What about the guy who owned the prison?

Bachmann wants to have it both ways re: her husband.

Beverly Hills police blow up screenwriter's laptop, script

DARPA Launches, Loses Contact With Hypersonic Aircraft

This Is Good... On Corporations As Persons, From Forbes, January, 2010

Who is Rick Perry? Another scarry read.

The tragic flaw of the national democratic party is that the candidate runs to make......

The tragic flaw of the national democratic party is that the candidate runs to make......

'They threatened to stab me': Student tells of backpack attack that shocked the world

I do not think this country could survive a Romney or Perry Presidency

How Britain flamed the fans of its riot crisis....

Tax hike on the rich would impact just 3% of taxpayers

This IS the process!

This IS the process!

TPM: BREAKING NEWS—12:27: PELOSI NAMES VAN HOLLEN, CLYBURN AND BECERRA TO DEFICIT COMMITTE

The Legal Duty to Create Jobs -- Lost in the Debt Ceiling Debate

Liberals Have Been Played for Chumps

13 facts about military spending that will make your head explode.

"Water Man"

London is the most unequal city in the Western world.

Gallup:D.C. , Hawaii Most Democratic, Utah Most Republican

168 children killed in drone strikes in Pakistan since start of campaign

For Conservative Troglodytes Who Might Visit DU...

Brit youths demonstrate their "disenfranchisement" --by mugging an injured schoolboy:

Inside the abandoned 'ghostscrapers' that litter America

Christine O’Donnell’s Amazon page ‘bombed’ with dildos

Keep aaron cutting (Help one who lost all in London)

Bringing down the Postal Service and the Union. The Prefunding Mandate.

Bringing down the Postal Service and the Union. The Prefunding Mandate.

PERRY beats BUSH

UK Blogger MoronWatch: "Morons, Riots And Amnesia" (More Real Reasons For Riots)

USPS proposes cutting 120,000 jobs, pulling out of health-care plan

GOP 2012 presidential contenders

An anecdote of teabag party shifting

Third Way Democrats face a very difficult messaging problem.

Third Way Democrats face a very difficult messaging problem.

A Subversive Document (aka The 2008 Democratic Party Platform)

(We can all relax now) Northrop Grumman Awarded $795 Million in E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Contracts

BREAKING NEWS: Texas being attacked aerially with a clear wet substance

This is awesome! Romney gets brought down a peg!

Matt Miller Hits the Nail on the Head.....

Police tell of life during riots: fatigue and hunger under hail of missiles

A glimmer of hope for the future

so a coastguard, a teaching assistant a chef and a hairdresser are UK RIOTERS!!!

The Craigslist Welfare Program: Will It Work?

Not all exit polls in Wisconsin were shut down. Only the ones who were doing it wrong.

Dont Panic::: again Part 2

Rick Scott pays less than $400 annually for subsidized health care

Survival of the fittest

FLASHBACK! 1990 McConnell Campaign Ad: ‘Everyone Should Pay Their Fair Share, Including The Rich'

America's 14 Most Ready to Riot Cities

There needs to be a constitutional challenge to the powers of the "super congress". The

What SB 5 and HB 194 mean for Obama's Ohio campaign

Holy Shit... In Case You Missed This... 'What Happened to Obama?' - NYT

SCRAPS: Top ten reasons to adopt a black cat

German rightwing rock fans tricked in anti-extremist T-shirt stunt

ALEC violated Minnesota campaign board ruling

Federal tax Tables 2011-1913

Saw where voter fraud charges have been filed against 3 in North Carolina.

Some $30 million was spent by outside groups on the Wisconsin recall

The Master Class (toon)

Feds find 6 year olds working in our Strawberry Fields.

Rep. Barney Frank: NPR cut me off because they didn’t like my argument

Mr. President. It's not "those folks in Washington" that are the problem. It's THOSE REPUBLICANS

There is no such thing as a vacation for the President. All it means is that he is not at the White

The 28TH Amendment

Romney to angry fairgoers: ‘Corporations are people, my friend’

Some Good News: Cancer Cure Breakthrough!

"When He Comes To Walmart He Gets Aroused."

Michele Bachmann's pro-slavery mentors.

Wisconsin Elections bankrolled by the Koch Brothers for about 25 million.

Tea Party Congressman Seeks to Abolish Legal Services Corporation

Obama: We can save housing market if the rich buy foreclosed houses and rent them out.

Obama: We can save housing market if the rich buy foreclosed houses and rent them out.

Obama's Gallup approval rating among liberal Democrats for August 1st-7th remains at 83%.

Obama's Gallup approval rating among liberal Democrats for August 1st-7th remains at 83%.

VIDEO: Romney Angrily Confronted Over His Desire To Cut Entitlements While Protecting The Rich

Rep. Lloyd Doggett: A ‘President’ Rick Perry Would Have Americans Praying -- to Survive

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Slams Mitt Romney For Saying “Corporations Are People”

Tax the Rich Bastards at 90% for a Fucking Decade !

Stephen Colbert's First SuperPac Ad. The Man Is A Genius

Very good article on Roger Ailes, head of Fox News. Scary read.

USPS proposes cutting 120,000 jobs, pulling out of health-care plan ~ WP

Police officer seeks criminal charges against woman who videotaped police beating

Large scale consumerism is failing...

Ok... Could You At Least, Point To One Progressive Thing, That Obama Has FOUGHT FOR ???

Lawrence O'Donnell says only 15% if Anerucabs are reoresebted in the new debt commission

Tea Party Rep: Bank Should Have Known I Wouldn't Be Able To Repay $2.2 Million Loan

Liberals worry about Senator John Kerry's appointment to the Senate debt super-committee

Obama's Path To Reelection Narrows - NationalJournal

28 years for judge who sold juveniles to a for-profit detention center

"...they remain puppets, and do not have a sexual orientation..."

A very good tactic to use when facing folks with misinformed views

Top 10 Things Texas Gov. Rick Perry Doesn’t Want You To Know About Him

The U.S. Military's Plan for London-Like Riots (The Atlantic)

SF Bay Area DUers ... wanna meet some DUers in real life?

Is the US headed for a prerevolutionary situation?

Sesame Street Says Bert and Ernie Aren’t Gay

Mother bear kills cub and then itself (suicide at Chinese "bile farm")

*** SUMMER PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST - POLL 1 ***

*** SUMMER PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST - POLL 2 ***

*** SUMMER PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST - POLL 3 ***

If you want Obama to do liberal things, give him a Liberal congress to work with.

Top 10 dogs involved in fatal attacks

Wisconsin women fight back against insurance companies.

State Senator Michele Bachmann tried to "pray away" gay colleague's orientation

Question on super committee

"Kids for cash" judge gets 28 years.

LINK: Pres Obama in MI today: “We can do BOTH!” (Create jobs now,

"Lawrence O'Donnell says only 15% if Anerucabs are reoresebted in the new debt commission"

WAHHH! I wanna go on vacation! I wanna go to New Orleans with the missus!

Self-deleted.

Anyone know where I can get computer parts shipped USPS?

OK, posting in General Discussion can be BRUTAL. But there are MANY good people posting there.

A practicle joke for DUers to play on each other.

Anyone having trouble logging in to facebook?

I live in a not-great section of town.

Review my painting?

PHOTO: R. Lee Ermey's "Full Metal Jacket" rant, re-enacted with two dogs.

I'm sorry Mr. Schwarzenegger, he's attending to urgent matters right now (Sinfest)

The cutest known kitten in the entire space/time continuum

I made an Anne Frank joke - will I burn in hell now?

EOM.

Need help remembering title of post-apocalyptic movie.

How far can you DOOWOP? nt

A-List Time Travel: Your Favorite Celebrities Re-Imagined In Different Eras

I really, really hope there is a heaven.

Today's phrase is "if Anerucabs are reoresebted ". Substitute "if Anerucabs are reoresebted " .

Tacky assholes

Love hurts

Well, this is awesome: Dog Fort

Wha?!?

I am a straight woman but I have thing for Ashley Judd, she is a really good actor.

Love Meow

Love Meow

11 years old. WOW!

Pit bull alert!

When you think about it...we're all alone in the world.

How far can you QWOP?

PHOTO: Cats are great, I love 'em. But if you believe in "boundaries," don't own one.

I haven't slept for ten days

DELETE

All Your Bandwith R Belong To Us

R2-D2: Hero of the Star Wars Universe

The Reverend Horton Heat - The Devil's Chasing Me

Where's MrScorpio? I need to know who was on the Chrysalis label.

PHOTO: I am an American male, and I approve of this message from "Ask Emma."

Time Marches On! - Elephant Cycling

Thats it... Next time I apply to become a moderator

Anerucabs: what should be done?

Dog owner mentally abuses his dog

Boy mauled by dog - family has no insurance - can you help?

Jawaharlal Nehru or Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?

iPhone 5 Website Leaked...

Which wife is a man supposed to sleep with when

A good reason not to climb Power Poles when you're High:

I feel like my life has just gone from heaven to hell within the past 2 weeks

PHOTO: In his days as a young Lothario, MiddleFingerMom gave his girlfriends VERY special gifts.

"Bernie Madoff's pants" is the phrase for today. Modify a thread title to include

10 Things I will agree with the South on

OK... exactly how long am I supposed to defer gratification?

Lounge cooks, I need help with a recipe substitution

New partial, (denture) wearer here. Any suggestions? I figured out a few things.

Does throwing something recyclable out make you feel guilty?

How people in different academic levels of science view each other

**Photographs from Iceland**

"Eureka" has been cancelled??

PHOTO: When MiddleFingerMom worked @ Safeway, he REALLY knew how to boost sales in the yogurt aisle

This deserves it's own thread

PHOTO: YUMMY burger, or WHATTA EFFIN MESS?

Just got back from seeing the Help. I thought it was, definitly, better than the book. I would

Movie recommendation: "The Music Never Stopped"

My cat is having issues, taking her to the vet this evening

Andy's dandy: Cuomo better leader than Bloomberg, Obama, poll says

Britain's rioters: young, poor and disillusioned

Slaying of 3 Muslims lays bare divisions (UK riots)

Syria defends sovereignty, admits 'mistakes'

'They threatened to stab me': Student tells of backpack attack that shocked the world

Pakistan: female suicide bomber carries out attack near police checkpost

London riots: school assistant and boy, 11, among defendants in court

London riots: school assistant and boy, 11, among defendants in court

While Reporting Robust Profit, Murdoch Vows to Stay Head of News Corp.

Plan to Deal With Seekers of Asylum Roils Australia

MSU study: Low-income earners 30 percent less likely to have cases heard by U.S. Supreme Court

British PM suggests quelling riots by disconnecting social media

Parents scrambling after Raytown MO Catholic school suddenly closes

Rick Scott pays less than $400 annually for subsidized health care

Tea Party Rep: Bank Should Have Known I Wouldn't Be Able To Repay $2.2 Million Loan

GOP hopefuls look to debate for last-minute boost

Taxes key to Mitt Romney's '04 pitch to Standard & Poor's

Government-owned homes may get ‘for rent’ signs

CPP Fund ends fiscal first quarter at $153.2 Billion

Syrian forces 'storm border town'

Harper in alleged huff over protocol

Trade Deficit in U.S. Unexpectedly Widens

Syrians plan 'no kneeling' day of demonstrations against killings

Obama's Ramadan Dinner Speech Pays Tribute to Muslim Americans

SLU sues Department of Education over Pell Grant dispute

HIV expert jailed for keeping woman as slave in London flat

Phone hacking: NoW's Greg Miskiw released on bail

U.S. Warns Hamas on Possible Withdrawal of Gaza Aid Over Audit Dispute

Pfizer pays out to Nigerian families of meningitis drug trial victims

C.I.A. Claim of No Civilian Deaths From Drone Strikes Is Disputed

Flooded Hamburg hit with layoffs (95)

Poll: Spreading gloom about government; most dissatisfied with political system

Energy Department panel to endorse shale gas exploration

Former judge sentenced to prison for "kids for cash" scheme

Court Papers: Levi Aron, Suspect In Murder Of Leiby Kletzky, Has Personality Disorder

Settlement ends labor dispute at Philadelphia rail car plant(9 fired will be offered jobs & backpay)

Obama: ‘Last thing we need’ is for Congress to return to DC

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Thursday, August 11, 2011

Politics drove decision (Kansas governor refunds $31.5 million federal health-care grant)

Congressman feuds with administration over movie

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT (Initial claims down 7K from last week to 395,000)

Spokesman says Texas Gov. Rick Perry will announce presidential bid Saturday

National Labor Relations Board finds Santa Barbara newspaper committed multiple unfair labor practic

Afghan President Will Not Seek Third Term

Missouri Lt. Gov. Kinder won't comment on tie to ex-Penthouse Pet

Jan Schakowsky Announces New Budget Plan With Focus On Jobs

Woman mauled by chimp gets a new face

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report (08/11/2011)

Bachmann starred in movie warning public education would spark new Holocaust

(California) State's high school dropout rate nearly 20 percent

Republican leaders blast Obama's visit to Michigan

Elizabeth Warren Gearing Up For Senate Run

Superfast Military Aircraft Lost in Test Flight

'Kids for cash' judge gets 28 years in Pennsylvania bribery case

Secret video alleges possible Medicaid fraud in Maine

Statue of Liberty to Close for a Year

Europe Considers Ban on Short Selling.

Postal Service May Cut 120,000 Jobs

Nancy Pelosi announces her picks for deficit "supercommittee"

Nervous Democrats say President Obama must be bolder on economy

David Cameron considers banning suspected rioters from social media

Mitt Romney Heckled, Says Corporations 'Are People, My Friend'

London rioters are not 'protesters', admits BBC

Ari Melber Rant: Repub obstructionism is ruining the country

White House: Expected Attendees at the White House Iftar Dinner. Plus VIDEO, transcript, and more

Obama Shows Gambling Streak in Debt-Ceiling Deal

New GOP Strategy Involves Reelecting Obama, Making His Life Even More Miserable

Who do you want to be elected president in 2016?

Tony Auth: 'Class Warfare'

Joshua Green: Another Texas Governor for President?

Sherrod Brown Hugs Rob Portman — Claims He’s Open To Closing Deficit With Taxes

Sherrod Brown Hugs Rob Portman — Claims He’s Open To Closing Deficit With Taxes

Obama and the tea party should check these 23 polls

NYT: Wisconsin’s Warning to Union-Busters

Debt Panel Co-Chairman Murray Counts U.S. Defense Industry as a Top Donor

Supercommittee-er Dave Camp (R) won't rule out tax increases

Pew poll: Democrats Not Eager for an Obama Challenger

The Committee: the rule of white men.

Hey Mr. President.....

Obama speaking in Holland, MI - LIVE VIDEO

"...it’s as if Jim DeMint has suffered some kind of head trauma..."

Who was the weaker Democratic President?

Did the Obama Campaign Lay a Trap for Romney?

Supercommittee Gives Kerry Chance To Shine, Worrying Liberals

GOP debate should be comic relief

FOX News Lies And That's A Raccoon On Frank Luntz's Head

Violence is at its worst in Afghanistan since U.S.-backed Afghan forces toppled the Taliban gov't

Daily News: Obama rips congress opponents for playing politics over governing the country

Frack Panel to Industry: Fix Environmental Problems (updated)

Washington Monthly: Chumps

cool pic..Prez and Veep

Not everything is about the Straw Polls in Iowa.. State Fair begins today

"He couldn't have been nicer."

Mr. President, do you support Schakowsky's emergency jobs bill?

The Pragmatic President

Steve Benen: ‘Chumps’

So the Pukes are running Rick Bush, Mitt Bush and Michelle Bush for president.

Gene Lyons: The True Cost of George W. Bush's Magical Thinking

A great Analysis from Kevin Drum of Mother Jones

Obama smacks Teahobbits using McCain's 2008 campaign slogan

FDR's speech reminding us that the Republicans haven't

Bin Laden filmmakers respond to King

‘Super Committee’ membership now complete

New GOP Strategy Involves Reelecting Obama, Making His Life Even More Miserable

DU this poll: Is Sarah Palin running for President or for Attention...lol

Bronze age Mutant Ninja Turtle "Tax the Rich"....

Steve Leser (me) on RT - “Tea Party pushing US towards default”

New MSNBC host Al Sharpton vowed in a '60 Minutes' interview never to criticize Obama

Rick Perry Might Very Well Be This Election Cycle's Fred Thompson

MSNBC: Pelosi picks Clyburn, Bercerra and Van Hollen.

Obama tips big and " he couldn't have been nicer"

Some people just have a way with children.......

Why NOT raise taxes for EVERYONE?

"Stop Whining About What Obama Hasn’t Said. Look at What He’s Actually Done."

Perry presides over 235th execution, most of any modern Governor

Okay, in honor of rick perry's apparent candidacy: "Cholesterol-Eating Secession-Monkeys."

All About Obama - A President Without an Ideology

I have lived in Tucson for 13 years and yesterday, for the first time...

Kitty Litter Cake

Will Joe Biden Stay On The Ticket Next Year?

Good Heavens!!! The Empire certainly has changed!!!

If you've got a Valentine's Day heart-shaped cookie cutter...

There are certain things that I have missed MIGHTILY over the last 3 months.

Add a letter to a movie title

Obama is the most progressive President in decades.

Rick Perry: the Repug White Knight and next President.

Even Scientists With Advanced Degrees Can Become Homeless

Tax Cuts for the Rich Don't Work

UK fights wars, retreats in riots? London outraged at police fail

Even Scientists With Advanced Degrees Can Become Homeless

Until Tuesday Trailer 2.mov

TYT: Local News = Uninformed Americans

Rick Santelli Rips Guest For Calling Tea Partiers 'Freaked Out White Men Who Are Unemployed'

Darcus Howe BBC News Interview On Riots

'We are the Enfield Army': Video of locals chasing rioters in London

TRMS:Gov. Rick Perry's 'Army of God!'

Anarchy in the U.K.

Dennis Kucinich speaks at Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action

Keith O. and Eliot Spitzer discuss possible RICO, other charges, against NewsCorpse

Thom Hartmann: The Good, The Bad & the Very Very Crotalinely Ugly- Wall Street ''you're all fired!''

Social Security Under Attack - Democracy NOW!

Economist Dean Baker on The "Super Committee" - Democracy NOW!

All Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace

500+ Mass. Residents Confront Scott Brown on Anti-Jobs Votes

Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on the Debt Agreement - Democracy NOW!

The S&P Downgrade - Was it a Preemptive Strike Against Prosecution?

Max Keiser: WW3 is on as Wall St. banks plunder economy

Thom Hartmann: Long live the Oligarchy! & how to fight back

Countdown w/KO: David Shuster interviews Bill Press about Supercommittee

Papantonio: Bachmann – The GOP’s Newest Fraud

"The Senator Calls Herself A Democrat But Since Elected She's Been Talking Like A Righty!"

Bachmann: Mathematics Under Attack!

Michael Moore Says Matt Damon for President

Romney on Abortion - 1994

AT&T and blink-182's Up All Night Fan Montage

In The Heat Of The Summer-Phil Ochs

Romney: Corporations are people (Iowa State Fair)

TYT University: Are Tasers Lethal Weapons? (Ana & Alyona)

Cornel West & Tavis Smiley Take Phone Caller Questions "Poverty Tour" pt.1

Tax Cuts for the Rich Don't Work

Can US continue to afford the war in Afghanistan?

Vote PArry - Colbert SuperPac ad #1. Write in P*A*rry (:50)

Vote PArry - Colbert SuperPac ad #2 - All up in your cornography (1:00)

We Failed in Wisconsin, Thanks to Corporatism

London Riots: Malaysian Student Who Was Filmed Being Mugged By The Heartless Scum Speaks Out

Romney Q&A Devolves Into Shouting Match Over Entitlements

'Preppers' stock up on guns'n'gear as financial doom looms

Here's a segment of Rachael Maddow that we should help make Viral (Not Obama "bashing")

Dylan Ratigan Explains His Epic Rant (While MSNBC Keeps Him At A Safe Distance)

TYT: CNN: Poor People Living Well, At Fault For Recession?

Thom Hartmann: Why Conservatives get ''no respect'' from Hollywood

Thom Hartmann: Is Fox ''so called'' News now a bastion of Socialism?

What If Martin Luther King Adopted The Obama Approach

Rick Perry flip-flops on immigration

Who came out on top in the WI recall races?

Katrina vanden Heuvel: A 24/7 Spotlight on Murdoch

When You Play the Plutocrats’ Game, They Win: On Civility and Half Measures

As Investors, Chinese Turn to New York.

Balochistan caught in spiral of violence

Nicholas D. Kristof: Rachel’s Last Fund-Raiser

Cameron has to maintain the unrest has no cause except criminality – or he might be held responsible

Lesbian Couple's Heroism Unnoticed Amid Norway Terror

Bankers keep running with illegal foreclosures: Jim Hightower

Colbert SuperPAC ad says "Write in Rick Parry"

RomneyCare vs PerryCare

Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R): Rick Perry is insufficiently cruel to immigrants

Taking a Page from the Tea Party Book

Teaching History Means Teaching War

Why Rick Perry is headed to the White House

We Have Smart Phones, Smart Cars, Smart Missiles... Why Don't We Have Smart Riots?

Was the bombing of Dresden a war crime?

We saved $647 million in interest costs (over the life of the securities) AFTER S&P's downgrade.

Rick Perry's Army of God

Bill Maher Suggests A Liberal Tea Party

CNN Poll: Time to clean house in Congress

Subtract a letter from a movie title

Cure Your Summertime Blues At Coal Action Camp

Biofuels conversion at 10X speed? Rice researchers say yes

Arctic ice melt could pause in near future, then resume again

The True Cost of Nuclear Energy - Greenpeace

Beetle evolves resistance to Bt

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