The US should strive to be more like Russia and Obama more like Putin
"Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night."
For those who are interested, the new website is up...
Deaths, drugs, distress: why marine parks are losing their attraction
Year after the blast, West ponders new plant
From Barack and Joe-Dear Republicans:
Perry's passed-over pick for A&M president resigns
Cat attacks owners - sends three to the hospital
Bitcoin not gaining traction despite Abbott's embrace
TEA flags Waco ISD for discipline missteps with black students
Social Security to Resume Benefits Statement Mailings.
Southwestern Christian University (Oklahoma) student pays tuition with 500 pounds of pennies
Thinking of Plutonomy: a CityGroup Document
Houston unemployment rate lowest since 2008
Jodi Arias says she got Hepititis C in jail and is forced to say the pledge everyday in order to eat
Everything You Need to Know* About Rick Perry’s Newest Scandal (*But were afraid to ask)
Essential Chris Hedges On Mechanisms of Transformation That Can Stop Our Society's Cannibalization
Advocates urge Perry to ban Tasers in schools
Sen. Fraser says Lower Colorado River Authority does not qualify for loan to finance new reservoir
Man in custody over fake bomb, Walmart shoppers released
Bush Administration labeled Bundy Ranch-style outlaws domestic terrorists
Some generic drugs have had eye-popping price spikes
"Voter Suppression -- Ohio's Incredible Tactics"
Couturier Austin Scarlett tackles 'Project Opera'
Centipede eats its way out of snake's stomach
How to Get Rid of Oil Spots in Your Garage
Dan Savage gets pornographic with a sense of humor in the festival of short films, Hump!
Inequality and the Inevitable Collapse
Tom and Jerry--The Music in Details
Gene Lyons: Pity the Poor Plutocrats
Forgot, new "Too Cute" on tonight on Animal Planet
Easter Egg Hunt, Market Forces, and Guvmint Regulation
Let's Disarm the Nation and the World -- Starting at Home
Take a peek at what happened on my street this weekend - hint: BICYCLES
This Time, Get Global Trade Right.
*Justices Ginsburg and Scalia on C-SPAN now.
Wichita Falls to Recycle Toilet Water into Drinking Water
Early history of LIMBOsevic's stopgap strategy and the rebirth of the Kook/Fringe BIRCHERs
This California Couple's Tiny House Redefines What It Means To Have A 'Dream Home' (PHOTOS)
The response of a bully - Harriet Tubman's Principal Scinski's rebuttal letter to parents
"58 Killed, More Than 100 Injured After Attack on UN Peacekeeping base in South Sudan"
Judge tells convicted killer, "I hope you die in prison" after she mocked grieving family
Supreme Court Justice Commits Sedition By Telling People to Revolt Over Income Taxes
“Because we remember, we sow justice”
Introducing WonkyNewsNerd.com - progressive news site
After Banks Bankroll Their Campaigns, House Members Push to Undermine Dodd-Frank
Pro-choice women are allowed to have babies
How about some Jose Carreras? My favorite tenor ...
Texting While Driving..most graphic, these are actors and actresses.
Americans Against the Teaparty. Moms Demand Action Against Gun Violence. SPLC.
Why America’s fired up about hemp
Longer growing season allows more Canadian farmers to grow corn
New Rule: If You Don't Acknowledge the Existence of the Federal Government..
Bill Maher liked one of my comments on Facebook
Study: Climate Change to Blame For Worsening U.S. Wildfires
Who's in your neighborhood tonight?
Drunken Trees: Dramatic Signs of Climate Change
who to support in the Dem. primary for Prez in16. a good rule of thumb: applying the Buckley rule
Simply beautiful - it made me cry
Easter eggs! And the importance of a flash, all the time.
I am now, for the first time in my life, officially afraid of frogs.
Red State Political Virus Kills People
Obama tries to confirm we're an oligarchy with "summit" with billionaires kids
I just got back from Wondercon in Anaheim.
Sometimes, It Takes a Village to Keep the Child Healthy Once He is Grown
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals To Hear Siegelman Case
If these had been Occupy protesters ...
Now, here's a ticket for 2016 that I can really get behind!
Republicans are Trying to Mix the Ideologies of Jesus Christ with an Atheist
Deepwater Horizon disaster continues to harm environment
Do trials in S. Africa normally take this long (re: Pistorius)
10 Questions Every Liberal Should Ask Every Republican
Unbelievable Story. Fox Fires Exec Darlene Tipton over Flight 370 Charity E-Mail
India's first voter still around, voting
"Why does a Prince of Egypt kill the Pharaoh's Master Builder, to save a Hebrew?"
Extremely toxic water 4,000,000 times gov’t limit in trenches between Fukushima reactors and ocean
Framework of the Future Far Right
Michael Moore:My dad, Francis (Frank) Moore, passed away this morning at the age of 92.
Elizabeth Warren Book Is A Liberal Call To Arms That Rips Tea Party 'Magical Thinking'
AP: Crews retreat after nuclear material found at WIPP
Understanding we need to focus on 2014. But any of you like Martin O'Malley for 2016?
Deadly Ukraine gunbattle threatens fragile Easter truce
Ohio couple who were married for 70 years die 15 hours apart
Biofortified Tortillas to Provide Micronutrients in Latin America
100 arrested, arms seized in Argentina raids
Biofortified Tortillas to Provide Micronutrients in Latin America
COLUMN: Gabriel García Márquez, the Story-Teller of the Country of the War Without End
Looks like CNN moved onto the next tragedy.
Hot Dog Vendor Describes Incident that Led to Former Officer's Death
Flood watches/statements in parts of coastal CA, OR and WA
Former U.S. soldier says his friendly-fire shots might have killed Tillman
China’s Interest In Venezuela Is As Strong As Ever
Quentin Tarantino stages reading of leaked film script
Third U.S. Mumps Outbreak This Year Happens in New Jersey
Powdered alcohol gets thumbs-up from U.S. regulators
Tech workers seek to have Steve Jobs’ emails admitted as evidence in class action suit
New accounts emerge of Charge of the Light Brigade
Has Apple maps found the Loch Ness Monster ?
Wheat rust: The fungal disease that threatens to destroy the world crop
A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: When the guns fell silent for Christmas.
Sunday's Doonesbury- Bought Off
Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Goth Chick Edition
JBLM's artillery command heads overseas for nine-month mission in unnamed country
Please go away, Boston Strong!
Conservative heavyweights have solar industry in their sights
Veterans bike through Vietnam to help heal wounds of war
The American tradition of violent white supremacy
I found the most interesting thing while shopping at Nordstrom
6 Dastardly Right-Wing Declarations This Week: Phyllis 'Expand the Gender Pay Gap' Schlafly Edition
Never Mind Cliven Bundy: Here’s the Real David vs. Goliath Story Between Ranchers and Feds
Pit Bull Stabbed to Death in San Francisco Street Fight
Amazon’s tax-free European profits drop after IRS clampdown
Truthdigger of the Week: The Pulitzer Prize Committee
The Footage of SpaceX's First Falcon 9 Reusable Flight Test is Gorgeous
Artists 'have structurally different brains'
Local Tennessee News station airs live sex show on their news broadcast.....
(CA) Nuke settlement to cost customers $3.3B
Insect Population Dwindling in Louisiana Marshlands Four Years After BP Blowout
Maddow Asks: 'Why Do We Overlook Right-Wing Violence and Refuse to Call it Terrorism?'
Kroger Atlanta workers OK new deal
Mike Malloy - Leaflet Advice Jews To register In Ukraine
Mike Malloy - Chelsea Clinton Under Attack
Richard Wolff: Why No Sustained Protests (Yet)?
Conservative heavyweights have solar industry in their sights
Oklahoma Provides a Win for ALEC’s 50-State Campaign Against Democracy
160 miles of gridlock: Traffic fuels concern for Brazil's World Cup
Fringe ‘coming out’ show inspired by Tom Daley
Underground Railroad Was One of America’s First Coops: A Black History Tour of Cooperative Economics
In Afghanistan, childhood is often a full-time job
This Chart Shows How The Rest Of The World Doesn't Even Come Close To US Military Spending
Loch Ness monster ‘found’ on satellite map image
Iran says nuclear dispute with the West 'virtually resolved'
Mike Malloy - Dr. Zhivago & Russian Struggle
Spotlighting a law that stripped U.S.-born women of citizenship
Chicago: CTA: 16 buildings need to be razed for Belmont 'L' overpass
100 years ago today: Ludlow Massacre
Food runs out for besieged Damascus refugees.
Treasury must urgently explain plans to sell taxpayers' details, says Labour
Putting the FUN back in funeral
Charles Darwin’s tragic error: Hitler, evolution, racism and the Holocaust
Game of Thrones 4.3 "Breaker of Chains" (spoiler alert)
How Can History Help Us in the Future? Howard Zinn on A People's History of the United States
Sierra Club calls 3-state area 'climate disrupter'
Pulitzer-winning series used as tool to lobby for change
Congressional candidates slam Lamborn letter about AFA religious freedoms
5 Reasons Why Donald Trump Is the Biggest Troll Alive
Pilot's career stalls after criticizing oxygen system
"Mega-alliances" bring age of the big ship to port
Volunteer docs, dentists fill holes in vet coverage
New Clinton-Era Docs Reveal Insider Push for Wall Street Deregulation
Hawaii is genetically engineered crop flash point
Western states meet, discuss taking land from feds
Seder: Chris Christie's Woes Far From Over
Torture is an All-American Value
What Do You Know about NATO’s Expansion? A Quiz
Oklahoma Provides a Win for ALEC's 50-State Campaign Against Democracy
Wolves of Wall Street: Financialization and American Inequality
Charts showing the insanity of the US Health care system
I got mad at somone who posted a National Equirer story about Michelle Obama and now I feel bad
GMO Labeling Update: State Efforts Pick Up Momentum, Big Ag Doubles Down
Bill Moyers on America's Mad Dash Toward Oligarchy
easter bunnys suprise . happy easter
Breaking Proud Tradition, Captains Flee and Let Others Go Down With Ship
Bill Nye’s Take on the Nye-Ham Debate
What's for Dinner ~ Sunday ~ April 20th
Reaganomics killed America’s middle class
Israeli army installs new, remote-controlled weapon atop separation wall
Working with the Vatican against modern slavery - John Kerry
Solidarity and Social Change in Aisle 5{about being on WIC}
Ben is a person, Jerry is a person
Kerry op-ed -Working with the Vatican against modern slavery
Philadelphia: SEPTA to restore all-night subway service
Israeli forces storm Aqsa compound, dozens injured and detained
On Easter, Jesus' Evolution Tells of Changing America
Easter in the destroyed Palestinian village of Maalul
Kerry op-ed in the Boston Globe -Working with the Vatican against modern slavery
Tech Companies Adopt Astroturf to Get Their (Wicked) Way
capitalism begone, welcome worker cooperative
'Rescued panther kitten now at Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park'
Antidepressant use in pregnancy linked to autism risk in boys: Study
A little color in my kitchen and Happy Easter to all of you
Federal Judge Approves Class Action Case against Ford and IBM for Helping South African Apartheid
Food stamp recipients making tough choices after cuts
Mary Burke on #Wisconsin state economy: Time to panic
We decided not to invite CNN to our Easter egg hunt.
I love the Melissa Harris-Perry Show ...
Worst First Date Ever Steals Woman's Dog, TV ...
"You know why they named me Tony?"
Republican ad knocks Mark Schauer for nursing home fee extended by Gov. Rick Snyder
New technique to glue shut incisions and repair wounded organs
In pre-Easter march, Chicago religion, community activists call for peace
Just some stuff (pic heavy - HOF THREAD)
Happy Zombie Jesus Day Thread- Resurrected!
The 'Feminist Victims Fund,' Created To Support 'Victims Of Feminism'
Why Apple's iPad is in big trouble
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter dead at 76...
Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter dead at 76
General Mills abandons controversial legal policy to strip consumers of rights
"Skin deep" The days of classing people by skin color are over. Light skin is a mutant of dark &
Please take this advice: always be ready to jump ship
I knew it ! The Liberal War on Easter!!!
The Eggs that led to Revolution -
Because we sometimes need to touch the earth to escape the
Battle Rages in Homs, Hub of Revolt Against Assad Government
Syria on track to meet April deadline for chemical weapons disposal, OPCW says
How long should I age my Peeps?
Study finds mercury-tainted fish in Glacier's Lake McDonald
Ok, who has to do the church thing with family today?
RAVITCH: BREAKING NEWS: Chile to End Public Funding of Private Education
Any time I feel like I miss church, I see something like today's This Week panel on TV.
This Man's Porsche Is A Total Disaster
General Mills Reverses Itself on Consumers’ Right to Sue.
Happy 420 ya'll we've come a long way
Karuk Leader Amos Tripp Passes
Pushback against voting restrictions gathers steam
Celebrating Easter? Which Contradicting Biblical Account of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection...
This Company has a Four-Day Work Week, Pays Its Workers a Full Salary and is Super Successful
Geneticist Cynthia Kenyon is heading to Google
Krugman: Obamacare Versus The Wusses
"This means continuing to press for change...
The Myth of the Pro-Labor Democrat
Leporines of DU, check in here. Today is our day!
Wall Street deregulation pushed by Clinton advisers, documents reveal
Natural Gas Prices Are Forecast To Rise as LNG Exports Grow To Asian Markets
About The State flower: Dogwood (1941)
Wolves of Wall Street: Financialization and American Inequality
I remember being invited to Easter services 5 years ago by a co-worker
Not just the Jews: Pro-Russian radicals target Roma for assault in eastern Ukraine
How America Lost Vladimir Putin: A Rupture between Russia & West, 14 Years in the Making/TheAtlantic
Muscle Shoals, about a place filled with magic and music, legend and folklore . . .
****WCGreen Update --Sunday April 20, 2014****
what a gorgeous day out. full sun, almost warm. sitting in my back overlooking
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Guts David Gregory’s GOP Cheerleading On Meet The Press
World’s 100 Rarest Birds Identified by Scientists (one in 8 all species of birds is now threatened)
What Putin wants, and how he plans to get it
Smoke weed, turn into a pothead? Not so fast.
Kirby: Hard for Utahns to choose between atheists and aliens
Cumbrian nuclear dump 'virtually certain' to be eroded by rising sea levels
Easter: a day rich in tradition for Christians and non-religious people alike
The future of medicine: smart phone?
Easter rites of initiation bring good news for American Catholics
When the internet dies, meet the meshnet that survives
What tasty little morsels they are...
There’s A Hidden Timebomb In The Senate Rules That Will Go Off If A Supreme Court Justice Retires
Hi Skinner, EarlG and elad. I have a tiny gripe about Mobile DU...
MH192 Incident - plane had problem on take off, returing, landing gear failure
Chocolate's Soaring Price Could Make It 'Like Champagne'
This historical picture creeps me right the fuck out
The stupidest people on the planet
Pope blasts ‘immense wastefulness’ in Easter address
Russia ‘outraged’ as east Ukraine shootout shatters Easter truce
Thom Hartmann: The Middle Class is not “Normal”
This Easter, if you gather with an extended family,
David Gregory is such a DICK!!!!
Conservative heavyweights have solar industry in their sights
South Korean Students Trapped in Sinking Ferry Send Heartbreaking Text Messages...
A slice of life - Some good news for one Syrian Catholic family
1958 : "Easter Bunny" portraits become poplular in the US.
Koch Brothers are killing rapid bus transit in Tennessee
Officials vague on rumor Japanese support was refused for S Korean ferry
Crossing the Road While Being Black
There is a group here on DU that often cites civil disobedience as justification
South Korean Students Trapped in Sinking Ferry: Videos
Cardinal defending Hobby Lobby tells female reporter: Women can get birth control at 7-11
Why are you people trying to start a war that no one will win?
Greg Palast: Lap Dancers, the CIA, Payoffs and BP’s Deepwater Horizon
For those that call Edward Snowden a Traitor
Mr. Bundy, I think I have a solution to your shameful suckling at the taxpayer teat for ages
Charlottonians, or whatever you call yourselves, just want to tell you that
What pseudoscience is and is not.
Guest Post: Ukraine Crisis - Just Another Globalist-Engineered Powder Keg
Disabled lose local support due to Fukushima nuclear disaster
After Former KKK Leader Shoots Up Jewish Centers, CNN Asks: ‘Can The Klan Rebrand?’
Joshua Holland | The Plot to Overthrow FDR: How the New Deal Sent Conservatives Into a Rage
Sit-in against relocation of Air Station Futenma marks 10th anniversary
In West Bank, teen rock-throwers face different fates
Paul Krugman speaking at the 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' forum.
Minister sorry for delay in releasing survey results on radiation exposure
How are you going to celebrate Tuesday April 22, 2014 ?
China’s new Internet crackdown isn’t about porn
10 Reasons the Crucifixion Story Makes No Sense (article)
Man helps fox cub with head stuck in can.
Renting an RV, camper or apartment in Europe.
Fascinating account of how a brain injury made the world mathematically beautiful.
Even Fox News legal analysts say Cliven Bundy is in the wrong.
The Real History of Stalin, WWII, and the Soviet Union
Asia seeks Obama's assurance in territorial spats
Ugandan Catholic Easter Message Calls for Genocide of Gays
Easter Processional, Duke Chapel
Pay up, Bundy. This land is our land.
Uh... Pastor I think the first host of the Family Feud was Richard DAWSON not Richard Dawkins
A 12-Year-Old’s Trek of Despair Ends in a Noose at the Border
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's life's work
Mr Fish Takes on Easter (not for the easily offended)
For The Record: Snowden Gave Classified US Intel to the Chinese. It is a fact.
"Cliven Bundy is not a hero...he is a freeloader, plain and simple."
First Solar Cell Created 60 Years Ago (with Video)
Cartoon about one-size-fits-all testing. Couldn't have said it better.
I've got 2 very scared 5-week old kittens in my bathroom...found them this a.m.
Israeli forces set up military base in Palestinian home
In honor of Magic Zombie Sunday, one of my favorite toons on the subject
"Fix the Debt" is temporarily toast
EXPOSED: The Source Of Cliven Bundy's Crackpot Constitutionalism
Whoopi Goldberg Debuts as Marijuana Columnist
What aren't buses running on fuel cells?
Planning the Perfect Easter Egg Hunt (hey, some of us get up later in the day than others)
Take It Easy My Brother Charlie - Astrud Gilberto
Big Profits in Not-for-Profit Charter Schools
Just saw a segment on ABC news about horse-drawn carriages...
Snowden's question to Putin was not coordinated by the Russian government in any way
I partly agree with Scalia on a tax revolt, but he won't like why
Who's down for some Shakespeare?
Honduras: Three Legislative Profiles in Courage
How To Shoplift Without Getting Caught - This Only Works For Whites
Honduras: Three Legislative Profiles in Courage (U.S.)
Feds Advise Banks to Spy on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Users
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood (2009)
Map: Is There a Risky Chemical Plant Near You?
When men call themselves "sex-positive feminists"
While people are celebrating Weed Day, Let's Not Forget a Tragedy that Occured One Century Ago
Tom Tom Club - As above so below
(Pic) Massive cloud of Marijuana smoke at The Official 420 Rally in Civic Center Park in Denver
Toon: 8 million Obamacare Fans can't be wrong…..
Party looks to 'nudge' women into public office in Iowa
If Ginsburg is thinking of retiring...
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
"the only thing preventing a catastrophe from a 'city-killer' sized asteroid is blind luck."
Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
Be A Cheerleader, Obama Official Told Elizabeth Warren
15 Years After Columbine, How "Never Again" Became "Oh Well"
Dear Republicans/Dear Teabaggers
Astronauts to Reveal Sobering Data on Asteroid Impacts - Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22
Any ideas for solving this problem
Tech Companies Adopt Astroturf to Get Their (Wicked) Way
Fracking foes cringe as unions back drilling boom
Russian Border Town Seeks To Join Estonia
Did you forget that today is an anniversary for 18 men, women and children?
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