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Archives: December 13, 2012

Spending cuts.

Okay this is just sick

Watch the 12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief

North Korean satellite 'tumbling out of control,' US officials say

Elizabeth Warren: "Just moments ago, I received a call from Sen. Harry Reid’s office, confirming my

Guards in Philadelphia win security of new union

Eagle Forum: Non-Whites, Non-Christians and Non-Marrieds' will 'Tear Down Traditional America

Fed’s big decision is victory for liberal economics

One more reason to hate ESPN: Radio hosts' insensitive blast of transsexual athlete comes under fire

IF you don't stand for something...

Sweden's Left Party wants men to pee sitting down

Tell Congress to pass the Production Tax Credit for wind energy.

Jon Stewart: ‘Right To Work’ Really ‘Right To Work Around Unions’ Then He Raps:) (VIDEO)

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on "Right to Work" Legislation circa 2011

Reporters are not suppose to be part of the story.

Sen. Menendez Talks About Intern's Immigration Arrest (w/MSNBC's Tamron Hall)

Jay Gould - "I Can Hire One Half of the Working Class to Kill the Other Half

Right-to-Work Protest in Lansing, Michigan

Doctors with moral objection could refuse services to patients under bill (MI) House panel passed

Honduras Ousts Supreme Court Justices as Lobo Warns of ’09 Coup

Honduras Ousts Supreme Court Justices as Lobo Warns of ’09 Coup

Should American Taxpayers Be Giving Their Minerals Away To Mining Companies?

2 Wheel Car of the Future?

Did Mitt Romney's use of the 47% statement make Romney's campaign succumb to the 99% meme of Occupy?

I BELIEVE I have found the secret to WHY Mercury goes RETROGRADE!

I just Recieved this Email from Elizabeth ...She is going to FIGHT for us!

State Rep. Lisa Posthumus Lyons tried to exempt husband from right-to-work law

Congress Created the National Debt. Remember?

Huff Post: Steven Crowder Punched: Man Claims Fox News Contributor Goaded Other Union Protesters

I just came back from the future and bring tales of the next great outrage!

It's National Sound Check day

Spin magazine's 20 best metal albums of 2012

The Boss just thanked the gay community for keeping the Shore alive for decades

Columbus Circle Shooting: What do YOU make of these strange details?

Teamsters President Warns Of Brewing ‘Civil War’ In Michigan

'I have lived one crazy life so far,' Oregon mall gunman says on Facebook

You Hate "Right To Work" Laws More Than You Know. Here's Why

anyone watching the 12-12-12 concert?

Ah the Good Old Days.

Michael Moore on The War Room with Jennifer Granholm, 12/12/12, Part 1

Dog/drunk joke

Roasted cabbage

Federal judge orders Healthbridge to reinstate employees, restore wages and benefits, and bargain

Florida education officials offer top job to school choice advocate Tony Bennett

Marina Deal on Hold - Aquatarium & Tall Ships Landing

Here we go with this again: Another employer throwing a hissyfit over Obama administration policies

Sixty years later, right-to-work lives on in Nevada as labor thrives (first female and Hispanic lead

Right-wing movers and shakers sent letter urging Republicans to stand up to the "liberal apparatus"

Star Trek: Into Darkness Is Being Particularly Coy About Their Next Villain — Who Is John Harrison?

With right to work advancing in states which state will be the first to have lower wages than China?

Roger Waters is playing the entire DSM album.

Tom Harkin: "Conservative media trying to scare people..."

Clinton to testify on Benghazi report on Dec. 20

When my time comes....

Study Shows a Pattern of Risky Loans by F.H.A.

Did anyone see the news today that Jenna Bush is pregnant?

"Private Prison Executive Says Lying To A Federal Agency Is Just Fine"

Kansas senator with past bankruptcy will lead budget committee

"Angry with Obama, GOP threatens political war next year"

Groups vow to push ‘right to work’ in other states

Crying Pigs...

Has anyone else noticed ...

Hello group

New look at Snyder's math

Mandatory Wednesday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Church Night!

There are 2 countries in America the constructional and shadow one

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Thursday, 13 December (ha ha ha ha ha) 2012

Think today's CEOs are bad? They are, but get a load of this guy:

Regulators Under Fire for Keeping Fracking Pollution Test Results Under Wraps

You will never believe what someone is proposing for a Florida college scholarship

Mr. President, remember that history will record it was you who raised the Medicare age !

Which inexpensive kitchen utensil (less than 50.) have you found indispensable?

Just got a red bulb for the lamp in my bedroom. According to the

dems in midwest/great lakes states have allowed themselves to be screwed...

Key House Conservatives: We Won't Budge on Taxes

Buy American Mention of the Week, 12-12-12 (A Made in America Christmas for 2012)

GOP’s Latest Fiscal Cliff Offer: Permanent Extension Of Bush Tax Cuts For The Wealthy

Elizabeth Warren: It just happened

FLORIDA expected to issue one millionth CCW week.

What it's Like to be an Atheist

Cross-posting:

How can anyone be a moderate Christian?

Everybody loves a dog and all dogs go to heaven but that's just me n/t

Maddowblog - "The hostage McConnell sees as 'worth ransoming'"

College students live on $1 a day in Guatemala for two months

THIS is special (especially if you love making music)

TCM Schedule for Thursday, December 13 -- What's on Tonight: Les Mis

Once again, TRMS hits hard on issues.

As disgusting and callous as the repukes are, I gotta take my hat off to them!

Right-wingers Koch, ALEC, pushed Michigan ‘right-to-work’ laws

A single flower that didn't know it was winter

Amish Mafia....

Anyone else feel that trembler?

Girl Speaks Out on Sexual Assault, Defies Judge

'Right to Work' Law Kill Unions in Michigan

Fact-checkers Sputter And Flop Attempting To Explain How Social Security Works, Affects Deficit

AP: Right-to-work law gives Michigan unions new task

The White House Shows its Hand and the Republicans Fold

US hesitant in condemning North Korean launch

A great meteor shower - the Geminids!

Please read, sign and share re: saving San Francisco City College

there was everyone else....

Relaxing with a bottle of Shiraz tonight. Ask me anything.

Gas line explosion in southern West Virginia

Thank You To our First Lady Michelle!

I wish Marta had not watched Rachel tonight

DU3 - The Review - A year later and I stand by it

Battered Woman Posts Picture to Facebook to Call Out Boyfriend

Israel to withhold Palestinian funds until March, at least

Adam Sandler Pays Hilarious Tribute To New Yorkers With “Sandy, Screw Ya!” Song At 12-12-12 Concert

Annie Jump Cannon

In response to the recent threads promoting Third Way, I say "Balderdash!"

Mick Jagger is impressive at 69.

As a member of the crew, would you rather have Kirk or Picard as your captain?

Citizen Coupon

Hot sex between Ayn Rand and Nathaniel Branden

TCM Schedule for Friday, December 14 -- What's On Tonight: TCM Spotlight: Ernst Lubitsch

The Golden State Warriors pick up a surprising win on the road tonight...

Oh the INHUMANITY!!!

New Zealand SPCA teaching dogs how to drive

I'm sorry that I told a well-loved and well-respected DU'er to perform a vulgar act

George Takei slams Scalia for ‘repugnant’ anti-gay comment

CNN: Source: Republican Chuck Hagel cabinet front runner for Secretary of Defense

Best Jon Stewart Quotes of All Time

I bring glad tidings--a jury that made my night.

Smilies wearing Hats

President Obama is a Republican from the 1930s to 1960s

Kilo of cocaine found in breast implants

Says it all.

Will Pitt: "Twelve Years Ago Today..."

Quinoa. Yes....or No?

All on page one of GD right now

I find this jury decision troubling...

The Who are awesome at the Sandy concert

Usually dicks,....who appear to be dicks,....really are dicks!

Are Democrats abandoning raising the Medicare eligibility age?

Why was Silvio Dante from The Sopranos playing guitar with The E Street Band?

Has your doctor ever told you NOT to go to CVS for scrips?

Senate Dems offer Sandy disaster aid package

Evidence of world's 'oldest' cheese-making found

Gov. Perry makes perfectly clear what he's after: 'a world without abortion'

Google tweaks image search to make porn harder to find

Google Gives $5 Million to Drone Program That Will Track Poachers

Funniest Political Pictures of 2012

Pelosi scolds Boehner: ‘Figure it out!’

Navigating Egypt’s Revolutionary Crisis

‘the nones’

"Census: Whites no longer a majority in US by 2043"

Senator McCaskill (D) Promising Legislative Action Allowing In-Air Use of Electronic Devices

Still unsure what to get that "special" someone for the holidays? Cow-Farts-in-a-Can are always nice

Coming soon: 100% renewable power

My man billy is on now!!!!!!

Jon Stewart Mocks The War On Christmas™ With Hilarious Re-Imagining Of A Christmas Carol

What's your favorite TV shows from the 1960's?

Is it me, or are the old songs sung by aged rock stars a slower tempo?

Glassunion and his journey in wine, humility and folks named Phillips.

Germany approves bill to protect male circumcision

Memo to Michigan: Did You Not Hear the Voters on Women's Health?

is racism against the tos or not?

Heads up! Dead Snow just started on the Chiller Channel.

The worst part of being sick all the time is the stuff you miss....

MBARI researchers discover what vampire squids eat (it's not what you think)

Stuff happens when you follow the false centrism of Third Way.

Uplifting video

Survivor

Democrats see middle ground for revenue target

Why would Michael Stipe play "Losing My Religion"?

God, I love Michael Stipe

Naturalized citizens are 2nd class citizens

For those of you who responded to eugene jones, you might

What's the online link for the Sandy concert? My TV station just switched to wrestling!

Were you aware that they're developing a "Hannibal" tv series

We need to watch the Blue Dogs

'Blackbird' from Paul McCartney...

It's Beautiful

Everyone who said Paul's voice wouldn't work with Nirvana

Gloat Free NBA Scores (Wednesday, December 12)

I've got a feeling!!!

10 Offbeat Charity Gifts that Do the World Good

Sir Paul is going back to his Berlin Rock and Roll days with this Nirvana reunion....

10 Offbeat Charity Gifts that Do the World Good

10 Offbeat Charity Gifts that Do the World Good

eveything paul is doing is in the original key. I want to scream like 1964 12 year old.

Live And Let Die

How's the holiday baking coming along?

Weird, humorous little things I do now.

Standing and Delivering by Linda Greenhouse

Want to give a message to the Salvation Army this year?

Hubble achieves deepest view yet (BBC)

Majority Report: The Elites Destroying Medicare (Interview With Digby)

I can't sleep. Miserable cold.

What is up with all the reaninecrophobia?

What Moves Conservatives On The Environment? Show Them Pictures Of What Happens Without The EPA

Campus Divestment Fight Resonates in the East

Besides going to hearings, submit comments on coal trains online and by snail mail

How Our States Were Named

New US Drone Strike "Double-Taps" Indicate Possible War Crimes

Uruguay hints Israeli ambassador should be replaced

Safer Overseas Factories Elusive - says Walmart

Dangerous distraction: Study finds many texting pedestrians

Senator Akaka's remarks to the Senate on his departure.

Cuban Foreign Minister Named to Top Party Body

There's an app for that

How To Make a DU App for iphone

Marine conservation group says UK lacks ambition to preserve seas

Ohio Secretary of State Husted changes tune, says voter fraud 'very rare'

Video shows girl, 15, battered in Florida juvenile prison

Woman’s breast implants give new meaning to drug bust

Fed: High Unemployment For Next 3 Years

Mich. Counseling Student Expelled Over Refusal to Treat Gay Client, Wins Case

Armslist Lawsuit Seeks to Punish Online Gun Seller, Narrow Loophoole in Law

Gas fracking: Ministers approve shale gas extraction

Britain lifts shale gas ban, imposes tighter rules

Royal hoax call: Coroner says nurse Jacintha Saldanha found hanging in her room

Dozens sue pharmacy, but compensation uncertain

At Midnight, Loud TV Commercials Will Go Away

People Are Reading Your Emails. Only...It's The WRONG People: Absurdity Today; Episode 31

What's for Dinner ~ Thursday Dec 13th

OWS didn't fail. The Tea Party did.

Military judge allows total blackout of 9/11 plotters’ torture testimony

We are not out of the woods on raising Medicare eligibility age and imposing chained COLA on SocSec

Strong opposition among young people to raising the Social Security retirement age

Planetside 2.

No progress in "fiscal cliff" talks as new poll hits Republicans

Close The Marriage Plot: Inside This Year's Epic Campaign for Gay Equality

Millionaires Defend the Estate Tax

Jimmy Carter thinks pot should be legal

All the charts on income inequality that you could possibly want

An early work by Hans Christian Andersen has been found at the bottom of a box

Russia acknowledges Assad losing control

So ReTHUGs are claiming to have a broader mandate than the President

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Looters' Truce

"I have to get my hip replaced now, because ObamaCare is cutting that off for old folks"

One Fringe Benefit of this past election

Further Proof Voucher Systems Don't Work

Conservatives Want To Raise the Medicare Eligibility Threshold To Make It Easier To End Medicare

Too Big to Jail: Big Banks Can Finance Terrorists and Walk Away Scot-Free

Camden bans school bake sales in its fight against childhood obesity

Why God, Family and Tradition Do Not Equal Happiness

Morning Joe on a mission to spread blame to Obama

France bans contested chemical BPA in food packaging

5 Unbelievably Creepy Surveillance Tactics

Michigan’s New 'Corporate Servitude Law': It Takes Away Worker Rights by George Lakoff

A Brooklyn Protester Pleads Guilty After His Twitter Posts Sink His Case

California Public Land Sold to Frackers Despite Public Outcry

Outrage results after school officials force girl to remove word from veteran's poem

Mother Outraged After Middle School Teacher Exposes Confidential Medical Records

'What if President Obama had used his bully pulpit to emphasize the importance of fatherhood?'

We’re shocked, shocked that bars serve drinks to drunks

New Hampshire police Taser Chinese woman who tried to buy too many iPhones.

Alarms Go Off as Obama Plays Footsie with Raising Medicare Age

Social Security - An Analogy.....

'I'd Rather Fight Like Hell': Naomi Klein's Fierce New Resolve to Fight for Climate Justice

THE ANIMUS OF ANTONIN SCALIA

Mitch McConnell 'Team' Claiming President Obama Ordered PPP To Fake Polls

Why more people didn't die in Clackamas mall shooting

Is the compressed natural gas the gas that comes partly or solely from the fracking process?

Wisconsin: Hey, Sunspot, guess who just got named to the Senate Budget Committee?

Generals: Get real and cut Pentagon spending

The Republican brand problem

Impeaching Scalia

Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley: ‘We Should Be Lowering’ The Medicare ‘Age, Not Raising It’

+++ NFL Picks / Week 15 +++

Never trust Republicans

Reform Cuts Marijuana Possession Arrests 86%

Cannon used to shoot 85 pounds of pot into US

Republicans Deemed Too Pro-Rich, 57% in Poll Want Change

A Giant Statistical Round-up of the Income Inequality Crisis in 16 Charts

I wanted this morning to watch and listen to some political conversations,

Michigan jobs (cartoon)

UT Professor Resigns Over Fracking Conflict of Interest

Computer lock:

China Flys Into Japanese Airspace For The First Time In History

Arrogant skateboarders always act like they own the whole fucking sidewalk. They think they're cute.

michaelangelo's david and dick:

MFM's dog was a GREAT guard dog... until he realized that MFM expected him to do ALL the work.

No Medal of Honor for San Diego Marine killed in Iraq

Keiser Report: Too Big To Jail

How to tell when your milk's gone REALLY bad.

12/11 Drought Monitor - PNW Better, But Plains Wheat Burning Up; SD 64% P/VP; TX, NE OK - 40-45%

"MiddleFingerMom" is just a secret identity. He's finally willing to expose himself,

UK pays £2.2m to settle Libyan rendition claim

Senator Jeff Merkley needs to be remembered

Jane Lubchenko Resigning As Head Of NOAA

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report (12/13/2012)

Van Jones On Pres. Obama: Climate "The Issue He'll Be Judged On"

Steven Crowder Doesn’t Deny Pushing To The Ground The Man Who Later Punched Him

Daily Beast to Scalia: “Do you sodomize your wife?”

Woman caught smuggling cocaine in fake breasts

Jobless claims improve sharply, match four-year low

Medicaid expansion backer sees savings

Rahm Emanuel Evades Questions Over Mob Ties in Non-Union Deal

Western Mass. viewed as territory for fracking

GOP and other Conservative Groups vow to push ‘right to work’ in other states

Another point about Medicare. To me it is so unfair.

Hobbit House

President Obama is increasing funding for keeping nonviolent drug users out of prison

A Look at the New Senate Committees...Bernie to chair VA Committee & more

The second largest hamburger chain pulled ads from Rush this week

Modern-Day Gilligan's Island In Key West Saved By An Obscure Law

Cancer Survivor Whose Letter Inspired Pres. Obama To Health Reform Gets Visit To Oval Office

State Senate passes bill allowing doctors to refuse care for moral or ethical reasons

Home Seizures Rise as Banks Adjust to Foreclosure Flow

Republicans reap the fruits of redistricting

GOP struggling badly with public attitudes

Typical Republican hypocricy (Michigan "right-to-work" stuff)

Dear Boss

Defense Budget: Ripe for Reductions

Help with improved/updated memes and talking points describing our Republican friends.

Thursday TOON Roundup 1 - Divisions within the GOP

Thursday TOON Roundup 2- Waiting for the fiscal cliff charade to end

Thursday TOON Roundup 3- Rights, Guns and Work

Mass Media North Korean Style

Thursday TOON Roundup 4- the rest

Kentucky State Police investigate alleged assault on Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer

Why Republicans Can’t Propose Spending Cuts

Apple Caves to Maps Outrage Adding Google Tool on IPhone

Today in Poverty: GOP Leadership and Violence Against Native Women

Cook Islands' shark sanctuary creates world's largest

Ballantyne Strong's technology to give 'The Hobbit' a sharper 3D look

Battle wound foam secures Pentagon funding

Wondering why your car has a little extra giddyup lately?

Japan scrambles jets as Chinese plane flies over disputed isles

Are you Christian or post-Christian?

New York Planners Prep For A 'New Normal' Of Powerful Storms

Nature always finds a way: Mutant Poison-resistant Rats

Canada to consider other planes besides F-35

John Kerry urges move to prevent military suicides

I Stand With Santa

The Michigan Abortion Bill Proves That Churches And The GOP Are Still Determined To End Women's -

Chicago vows to fight court concealed carry ruling.

Litvinenko death: British evidence points to Russia's involvement

Right-to-Work Flaw = Governor, Republican legislators had not reviewed law = "epic incompetence"

I Stand With The Elves!

Researcher finds slaves quarried sandstone used to build Smithsonian Castle

Tramp.

Notice how it took all of five weeks for M$Greedia to shift the meme back to their

Examining the Support for Same-Sex Marriage

Statistics Show The Solution to Gun Violence is Fewer Guns

Did we miss the fact that Lieberman gave his farewell speech on the floor yesterday?

Brilliant Article: Why Republicans Can’t Propose Spending Cuts

"The ten least healthy states were all Red States and seven of them were also Right-to-Work States"

Sunflower picture for today: *SF#12 - Up against the wall

Bachmann Shares Another Wild Conspiracy Theory About Obama, Clinton, U.N.

Second "Mayan" asteroid to pass by Earth today!

Gawker's .gif of N. Korea's out-of-control satellite

Great news for insomniacs tonight - this is it - last big meteor shower of the year....

House GOP holds fast on tax rates

Toronto leading the western world in high highrise development

UK seas to gain 31 marine conservation zones

Former Staffer, Activist, Blogger and New to DU

McCaskill lashes out at House GOP leaders on Violence Against Women Act

Deported from Guatemala, McAfee arrives in Miami

I need somewhere to hang out online in addition to DU. DU is good but sometimes when

Republican Pundit Urgues GOP To Use Debt Ceiling Threats Because "consequences are too catastrophic"

Calls for Veto as "Anti-Women Super Bill" Heads to Michigan Governor's Desk

Hurricane Sandy relief aid already in jeopardy (from Republicans) in Congress

What if sanctimonious homunculus Joe Lieberman gave a farewell address and nobody came?

How Many People Will Die if We Raise the Medicare Age to 67?

Talks on Telecommunications Treaty Falter

David Crane and Robert F Kennedy Jr.- Solar Panels for Every Home

The Pace And Face Of Rapid Change: Canadian Inuit Have Created Words For "Robin", "Bumblebee"

Barbara Walters angered folks .

Feds auction prime Calif. land for oil development

Orca Pod Swims Under Kayakers

Julian Assange plans to run for Senate seat in Australia...

What would you expect if you gave Dick Morris a bunch of your money? I mean, really?

Pic Of The Moment: Republicans Demand Drastic Spending Cuts In Fiscal Cliff Negotiations

Rachel Maddow Shows Republican Stealing Democracy In 90 Seconds (VIDEO)

Europe court award for rendition victim Khaled al-Masri

Metros of the world: Montreal

Dan Savage Wants Christian Left To Get A Bit Louder Now

Hearing planned on state pot laws

Fifteen states opt to run own health exchanges: official

Desmond Tutu Tells Ugandan MPs 'God Does Not Discriminate'

wtf is boehner saying

If anyone missed 121212 Sandy Relief concert

Senator Scott Brown’s final speech hints at return to Senate

Democrats Have Public Opinion On Their Side

Loud-Ass TV Ads Are About to Be Outlawed

Republicans losing public opinion wars in "fiscal cliff" talks

How Republicans Systematically Destroyed Unions In Michigan

The Rude Pundit: Antonin Scalia Doesn't Give a Damn About Your Little Problems

California cities to buy power from Sempra solar plant in Nevada

let's apply VAWA to native american women (cantor says no)

20 Reasons To Thank Labor Unions

Common sense

let's apply VAWA to native american women (cantor say no)

Equal Pay

Congress of the United States

Concerned about GOP gerrymandering and changes to Electoral College System

Conflicts, Errors Revealed In Positive Fracking Study

Need some quick help with 'Right To Work'...arguing with teabagger

Just saw this posted on facebook....

today in poverty: gop leadership and violence against Native women

The Labor Movement - it's good for America

today in poverty: gop leadership and violence against Native women

Google boss: I'm very proud of our tax avoidance scheme

Court told poisoned ex-KGB officer worked for MI6

Nancy Pelosi: "don’t even think about raising Medicare age"

Move over, duct tape, 13 "Amazing" uses for WD-40

Citizen Drone Warfare - Drones aren't just for the military and government anymore

Congress Seeks To Double US Funding Of Anti-Missile Cooperation With Israel

A question for anyone who wants to do a little research re: GW denial--

Today in Peace and Justice history on December 13, 2001

Today in Peace and Justice history on December 13, 2001 In Belgium, 80,000 labor and anti-globalizat

Workers’ Group Honors Austin-Area Officials for Supporting Living Wage

So President Obama is going to fight Pelosi and Reid on Medicare cuts? Not remotely likely

Fiscal Cliff Funnies

Poll finds support for Elizabeth Warren’s “balanced approach”

Israel's foreign minister charged with breach of trust

Your Luxurious Bengali Leather Comes From These Pits Of Hell

Ugh, 89% of North Dakotans support fracking.

New Zimmerman evidence: Serino changed final report four times in five hours

who else has their tickets for the hobbit?

Thom Hartmann: Twinkie Robbed Worker's Pensions to Pay CEO Bonuses

Michigan's New Corporate Servitude Law: It Takes Away Worker Rights

Thom Hartmann: AFP Faked Attack On Tent Witnessed!

A Tense Compromise on Defining Mental Disorders

REPORT: Five Things Unions Have Done For All Americans

James O'Keefe style editing of the Michigan right to work protests

Advair 500, Baby!

Colombia's chief prosecutor wants longer sentences for demobilized paramilitaries .

Sit down Boner....we have something to talk about.

Porn Group Can Sue U.S. Over Random Searches

Sweet & sour tofu stir fry

The Fed Finally Does Something About Unemployment. And It’s Big.

Why is the Failed Monti a “Technocrat” and the Successful Correa a “Left-Leaning Economist”?

North Korea's Satellite Is Tumbling Out Of Control

Bonuses go to nonunion Detroit workers

Why is the Failed Monti a “Technocrat” and the Successful Correa a “Left-Leaning Economist”?

Montreal bylaw requires dogs understand commands in both official languages

This lady needs a new navigator

Xmas trivia - let's have some fun!

You’ve Got (Stupid) Mail!: Texas School District Debunks Religious Right Curriculum Claims

Northern Lights from Arctic Circle

sounds about right

Walmart Workers At Risk In States Rejecting Obamacare Medicaid Expansion

Oil may be seeping from Deepwater Horizon site

Christian Left! Dan Savage wants you to step up and claim your beliefs!

Dammit. Wrong Forum. Sorry.

It's here

McConnell suggests Obama ‘manufactured’ poll to make him ‘most unpopular’ senator

19th century photographs of headless men and women.

"How to Avoid Huge Ships" - more epic Amazon customer reviews

The 'letter' is hanging on the wall in the White House...

Obama Plans to Feed Elderly To Lions

Obama Tops Boehner on Budget Talks, With Much Broader Core Support

(4-17-1960): Martin Luther King Jr. Called For National Voting Standards, Fair Elections

What are your thoughts about institutionalizing drug abusers and the mentally ill?

Toon: We have to do what?

Outside an organized religion, ‘the nones’ are still powerful voting bloc

Anything but jobs

Hillary Clinton on Barbara Walters.

What Real Americans (Digby)

So Bones didn't even wave his scanner over Chekov?

toon: What to get for the man who has everything...

Don't suppose anyone has considered that Austerity is the 1%'s answer to Global Warming?

Norquist: Obama might ‘blow up small countries’ for fun

Martin Luther King...on Meet the Press Archives!

Religion and mental health: Exploring ideas about God may be integral to finding healing

Mormon Women Declare “Wear Pants to Church Day” December 16

I hate Walmart as much as most people here,

Toronto leading the western world in high highrise development

Orwellian Education

First Thoughts: GOP goes off the image cliff

Now, Biff, don't con me!

Michigan House passes new version of emergency law repealed by voters

This is one of Yahoo’s viral photos of the year – cracks me up every time:

heard an ad on the radio for a conservative AARP

The so-called "fiscal cliff" is a mechanism for rolling back Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Israel's Lieberman Says Does Not Have To Resign After Indictment

I'm getting very brave here, so not like me to post, especially in Meta

Julian Assange plans to run for Senate seat in Australia

New Forbes magazine cover has Charles Koch with the quote " Most power is power to coerce somebody"

Nation’s First Standardized Test On Sex Ed Reveals Gaps In Students’ Knowledge

Limbaugh keeps saying he's "not a racist..."

Toon: This is hilarious....LMAO!!

HSBC was too big to indict. Could have impacted economy.

Say "Fiscal Cliff" one more time...

A message for conservatives....

Brownbackistan - Home of the Koch Brothers! Kansas

Last night got me thinking about Bruce... and the fact that I've been a big fan for almost 40 years.

Bahbwah WAHWAH could have escaped banality thru her true calling: Porn

How much longer can Republicans ignore public opinion?

How Republicans Are Duping Members of Their Own Party

Oops: Michigan Republicans Have Passed a Right to Work Law that may be Impossible to Implement

John Boehner Makes An Offer: Make Tax Rates For Top Group Permanent

Papantonio: Mainstream Media Fails Again In 2012

Exclusive: Native American Activist Leonard Peltier’s Jailhouse Plea for Long-Denied Clemency

Republican Lawmaker's Proposal Exempted Husband from Michigan 'Right to Work' Law

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez in a tough fight after suffering complications in cancer surgery

People live longer but are not always healthier: study

This cartoon hits close to home for many LGBT people...

Right-to-work Michigan: Critics question whether law affects 35K state employees

Sorcerers and Science

2014 US Senate Election.

Hurricane Sandy relief aid already in jeopardy in Congress

I REALLY hope this report is accurate re: MI bs RTW legislation

Another great quote from Jon Stewart....

The ‘Queen James' Gay Bible Now Sold on Amazon

The 40 Most Insane Things That Happened In Florida In 2012

I still cant get my head around the fact the Lincoln was a Republican and Democrats

Residents in Orange Co. housing complex upset over holiday decorations

Carbonating beverages

Twinkies fan upset over purchase limit causes disturbance at Buffalo Grove store

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Chuck Hagel likely Sec. of Defense nominee: Bloomberg report

Senate under pressure to release mammoth report on CIA interrogation

This really happened today in Germany....

Chavez cancer surgery has complications, government says

Remember way back when you were a teenager...

Asian Americans upset over oil company’s unpaid water bill

Hagel Said to Top Obama’s List to Take Over at Pentagon

Mr. Sulu hits warp speed again...

We’re living longer, but sicker: Study finds life expectancy rising but so is disability

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From the desk of David Grossman

Grover Norquist: GOP Will Keep Obama On 'Short Leash,' Leave Him To 'Blow Up Small Countries'

AP: Va student expelled for election racial uproar

We'd Just Like To Say 'Ditto' To Everything Jennifer Granholm Says In This Clip

Sources: Josh Hamilton to Angels

Durbin: White House No Longer Considering Raising the Medicare Age

Crowder set up his getting punched.

Boehner Hints At Another Debt Limit Fight Next Year

Tip for homesellers:

Chris Rock explains "Minimum Wage"

Charlie Crist regrets signing anti-gay marriage petition

Are you ready for a 2nd Wall Street crash and taxpayer bailout?

University Of Kentucky Student's Video Of Confrontation With Police In Dorm Room Goes Viral

Soledad O'Brien Slams Sessions on Food Stamps: GOP trying to balance the budget on the backs of poor

The People's Union

Christmas tree rescued from storm debris lifts spirits of wrecked New Jersey shore town

NYT: From Vermont, a Gruff Voice for Shielding Entitlements

Orly Taitz Sues To Stop Electoral College Vote

Texas judge dissolves restraining order on Keystone XL

WTF - Obama going along with Corporate Tax Reform

Hostess Said to Attract Bids From Wal-Mart, Kroger

Wal-Mart, Kroger said to be among 2 dozen bidders for Hostess Brands, source tells

Michigan State Rep. Lyons (R) makes an amendment to right to work bill to exclude husband's job

Not sure if anyone has posted this link to say goodbye to Lieberman

Majority Report: Building an Infrastructure on the Left

Scientists Link Gulf War Illness to Chemicals from US Bombings

Daily Kos: Michigan House passes new version of emergency manager law repealed by voters

Move over secessionists, Death Star petition clears threshold for Obama response

“I don’t mind losing when we lose, but I hate losing when we win.” - Jim Hightower (kinda)

Uefa issue 'paltry' fine to Serbia for 'disgraceful' behaviour of fans

Let's Use TARP Profit For Infrastructure

Susan Rice has withdrawn her name from Secretary of State

RICE DROPS OUT.

New Villian Emerges In AFP Tent-Gate: Guy Fawkes-Masked 'Radical Anarchists'

Thom Hartmann: Conversations - Bruce Bartlett "GOP is Full of Crazy Ignorant Tea Partiers" Part 1

BREAKING: Rice withdraws from consideration for Sec of State

Susan Rice Withdraws Own Name from Consideration for Secretary of State

Thom Hartmann: Conversations - Bruce Bartlett "GOP is Full of Crazy Ignorant Tea Partiers" Part 2

Congratulations to McCain and republican enablers on the left

New Villian Emerges In AFP Tent-Gate: Guy Fawkes-Masked ‘Radical Anarchists’

Oh no!11! The war on Christmas has spread to Belgium.

Barbara Streisand, 70, her new movie Guilt Trip......looks pretty good.

Scotland Yard investigating allegations senior politicians abused children in the 1980s

Fugg 'Effin' Fuck!

Rice out...

China asks army to be ready for regional war

Susan Rice drops out of running for secretary of state; saddened by partisan politics

Obama has enacted “Islamic speech codes” in the United States....loony alert

Obama Accepts Rice’s Decision To Withdraw

Now that Rice is out, who do you want for SOS??

Another hateful clown calls Obama a Marxist and wants to slap him

THIS explains a lot...

Humming bird in nest NOW, live web cam!

344 days until my star expires (not a complaint)

To Goo-Gone or not? Bru Doll

On the Dan Patrick show today....what was the "final four" he was talking about???

Apocalypse Believers Flock to Pyramid Shaped Mountain Peak

There's a Sherriff in Dodge City - Elizabeth Warren lands seat on Senate Banking Committee

Can we really trust Charlie Crist?

Michigan Senate Passes "Abortion Mega-Bill"

I just signed up as a Meta host.

I hate the current disdain for those less fortunate that is coming from the right

Remember when Tipper Gore was sent bunches and bunches of flowers?

McCain Thanks Rice, ‘Wishes’ Her Well

Fuck you, John McCain.

Boys Find Mastodon Bone Along Stream in Shelby Township

un rep rice out and hagel in?

Support an Oklahoma Women's TACKLE football team

Reminder: Geminid Meteor Shower tonight

The Pattern

Why can't we label genetically modified foods?

A confession from former head of IMF

Today is The Fortieth Anniversary of the Last Moonwalk

Blackwater Gets New $22 Million Dollar Government Contract

I am not surprised that Rice withdrew her name from consideration

I saw a racist poster on my local newspapers comments section refer to himself as a "race realist"..

Oklahomans for Equality - Partners with Women's Tackle Football

Update on my predicament.

Relaxing with a bottle of Vicodin tonight, ask me anything.

A cautionary tail...

What is the first user name you can remember seeing on DU?

Pukes get their scalp, America loses

Bryce Covert On How Poor Women & Children Will Be Hurt The Most By The Bogus Fiscal Cliff

Is there a chance that Lindsey Graham can be primaried?

To my rural friends...

“We must do deficit reduction, but we don't do it by cutting programs to people who lost arms, legs

Michigan’s GOP Extremism Goes Far Beyond Attacking Unions

how long before the RW attacks Obama for dropping Rice?

Shame, shame. Administration capitulates on Rice

The one time I played hard ball in my life and it paid off

I was just reading an OP ...

WTF is the matter with Michigan? Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse…

I was wrong about Eugene Jones. I am sorry.

White House, nonprofit groups battle over charitable deductions

Have you decided what grievances you plan to air this Festivus?

VATICAN CITY: Pope Blesses Uganda's Rebecca "Kill The Gays" Kadaga

Raise your hand if you think Obama urged Rice to step aside

Revealed: What the Beef Industry Pumps into Your Dinner

if i were the President, i would nominate anyone but john kerry.

Tweety sure has a tingle for Kerry.

Senate Judiciary chair floats federal marijuana legalization

Fox - pinning down Obama

John Kerry as Sec State

EU Approves E-Book Price Fixing Deal With Apple, Publishers

MI House Jams Through Voter Rejected Emergency Financial Manager Law

Walmart Workers Will Rally in Ten Countries Tomorrow

Flint Sit-Down Strike marker near former Chevy in the Hole site vandalized again

Illinois: Politicians hope to pass same-sex marriage law in early January

House Democrats to target 48 GOP seats in 2014

Former Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger: 'I love paying my taxes!'

"Romney could have been Reagan..."

‘This was the action of a Third World dictator’

I was almost late for work today.

Conservatives' images of safety net.

skillpages.com Any body know anything about them?

Grover Norquist insults Obama

Susan Rice Withdraws Name From Secretary Of State Consideration To Save President’s Agenda

Durbin on Medicare age hike: 'Not on the table from the White House'

On Susan Rice

Analysis: Why America's unions are losing power

From Mother Jones: Almost Every Obama Conspiracy Theory in one, easy-to-read graphic

Rob Redding: Someone got to Susan Rice

Republicans - we are # 1

Thinkin' of Lincoln.........and GOP claims about taxation

Remember how the S. Korea trade deal was supposed to increase U.S. exports?

Did Steven Crowder Deserve it?

CRS reissues report concluding that tax cuts for highest income group doesn't stimulate growth

It would be a great idea if we could start funding our own projects.

IMHO... Fiscal (insert noun), Spending cuts, Balance

NC judge commutes 3 deaths sentences (2 cop killers); cites bias

Venezuela's Chavez suffers complications after surgery

To My Brothers and Sisters in Lansing

Shock Poll---Obama Approval 54% to 38%---Plus 16 Points at Gallup

On Rice, Kerry, Hagel, and McCain . . . .

Michigan Police Scratch Their Heads At Fox Contributor’s Post-Punch Media Tour

Anyone in CA looking for a job? Oily is hiring and oh...

House Democrats to target 48 GOP seats in 2014

Parliament in Ukraine erupts into another brawl

We only wish the teabaggers were calling it quits

I'm calling for a boycott of the Presidential Inauguration January 21

If/when Kerry is nominated for SecState, Ed Markey would make a damned fine replacement.

Why was 17-year-old Muhammad killed?

Researchers claim NIH grant process is 'totally broken'

I don't want John Kerry to even be considered as SOS

maybe it's just cause I'm getting older but,

NASA ready for GRAIL spacecraft to crash into moon

Republicans' justification for raising medicare age

Clearly, Santa is a Democrat: Evidence below.

How will over-the-limit, DUI driving infractions be determined

Goat babies and little piggies!

Cable News: The Fiscal Cliff Is 142 Times More Important Than the Violence Against Women Act

New Metaphor: "Fiscal Boehner-On-An-Island-With-No-Merlot-Or-Smokes"

To my rural friends...

Tennis matches of the year: Roger Federer v Andy Murray Wimbledon 2012 Final

can a background check be obtained by the person

Paul Krugman: Jim Demint - taking the 'think' out of Think-tank.

and the Bush Tax Cuts

John McCain Is A Pitiful, Old Man Whose Relevance Was Lost By His Own Lack Of Self-Reflection

Bomber kills American near Afghan base after Panetta visit

I just signed up to be Meta Toast

Why Torture Is Still Wrong

I just signed up to be a meta ghost.

12/13/12 - MI GOP Re-Pass Anti-Union “emergency manager” Law That Voters Repealed Just Six Weeks Ago

who would be your choice of sec. of state

Vote (sorry, I am allerglic to polls)

Someone on Twitter mentioned A great choice for SOS

Hillary Clinton: My hair is 'one of the great fascinations of our time'

Obama, Boehner Hold Hour-Long White House Meeting; No Immediate Indication Of Progress

House GOP Boosts Funds for DOMA Legal Defense

Co-Inventor of the Bar Code Dies at 91

Conservative safety net

When Your Favorite Childhood Films Are a Little More Homophobic Than You Remembered

The very best of fan collaborations

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Friday, 14 December 2012

I don't think we should negotiate with the terrorist (McCain, et al)

Joe Walsh Considering Senate Bid

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