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Archives: February 27, 2015

Colder In Central Us Than In Alaska.

Another shoe drops: Bill O’Reilly’s ex-colleagues call his L.A. riot stories ‘completely ficticious’

Lawyer: Second autopsy shows officers shot man from behind

Excerpts from the Republican Party platform of 1956

Police need to be taught about slavery...Jim Crow, etc.

Republicans Assume Obama Has a Plan to Save Us from Them

Missouri GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Schewich dies after shooting himself: report

Tenn. GOPer: America Needs A 'Council On Christian Relations And An NAAWP'

In this country, there is too much emphasis on "belief" on issues like climate change/global warming

St.L Post-Dispatch: Missouri Republican Party was leading a “whisper campaign” Schweich was Jewish

Jewish extremists suspected of torching Christian church in apparent Jerusalem hate crime

Voters More Stupid Than Walker Will Keep Him Viable.

After the panic: How one New Yorker lives happily in 90 square feet

Kerry says Netanyahu was wrong the last time he pushed war for the U.S.

"The basic idea here is that a shutdown isn’t really a shutdown..."

CPAC: 8 things to watch

Living in sin: Unmarried Fla couples can face jail for cohabitating; & hundreds have been charged

California couple, married 67 years, die holding hands

Greek Orthodox Church decries attacks by Jewish settlers

Labor History in 2:00 2-26-15

Labor History in 2:00 2-26-15

LOL: Bill O'Reilly: I Said I Saw Nuns Being Shot Because I Saw Photos Of It

Video Shows Police Brutally Beat Terminally Ill Man in Front of His Two Young Children

Medical pot proposal passes first test in conservative Utah

The FCC Did a Lot More Than Just Approve Net Neutrality Today

Six Former Colleagues Dispute O'Reilly's Claim He Was "Attacked By Protesters" During The L.A. Riots

Backer touts Medicaid expansion bill as way to help Nebraska's prison reform efforts

'Canadian Sniper' brilliantly parodies 'American Sniper' in two minutes

Dominican Republic Defends KKK Costumes

Your Job is Political: Tech Money in Politics

Federer earns a meeting with Croatian wunderkind

Russ Feingold Could Rejoin The Senate In 2016

Richard Wolff, Global Capitalism: February 2015 (Highly Recommend)

Bill O'Reilly's LA riots 'bombardment' stories disputed by former colleagues

Jim Inhofe Brings A Snowball To The Senate Floor To Prove Climate Change Is A 'Hoax'

Is this - finally - real proof of 266 pound catfish?

Lawsuit claims gas plant damaging water wells, killing livestock and causing cancer

Billy O'Reilly Going Down In Flames: "Don't You Know Who I Am?"

Limbaugh: Recent arrests of ISIS suspects is a ploy by Obama to push net neutrality and ban bullets

So what does it mean when some GOP declares Obamacare a failure and all the R's cheer?

Pennsylvania House Passes Bill On Cyber Bullying

I don't belong to any organized political party. I am a member of the Democratic Party.

Stock market shrugs off net neutrality vote

Here’s the Person Who Trolled Erica Garner For NeoCon-man James O’Keefe

House Republicans Are Already Trying To Block The New Net Neutrality Rules

Blankenship Lawyers: Half Those Surveyed In Venue For Coal CEO's Trial Think He's Guilty

Light a candle for Jeff Simpson

LAPD Kill Unarmed Mentally Ill Veteran on TV -- And Their Defense Won't Shock You

*DC Mayor Bowser responding to 'jail' threats due to pot

Why is GOP bent on extreme candidate instead of trying to draw moderates away from Dems?

Loretta Lynch's nomination for attorney general approved despite HSBC scandal

President Obama thanks redditors for their help on net neutrality with a handwritten note.

$20 Million A Year to Lie to America

Note to O'REILLY: Ratings are up to see you squirm-lie SNAP!1 not because they agree or like you.

okay, i feel officially old now

Mandatory Thursday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Back in Black! & a new Kitteh gif

Chicago Police Department Responds to Allegations about Detention Center

What I've Come to Appreciate About Religion Since Becoming a Devout Atheist

The great turnout in Chicago on Tues shows that the electorate still

Blacklist is well written. n/t

Sousveillance: Ubiquitous privately owned video recording throughout society

What color is this dress? People are going a little berserk over this.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Says Taking On Unions Prepared Him For ISIS (VIDEO)

"Transit Revolution": Will Los Angeles Become Gentrification Ground Zero?

how many of you use & like YouTube?????

Vandalism in Arizona shows the Internet's vulnerability

To GOP Education Is Only About Creating Work Zombies.

Elizabeth Warren To The GOP: 'Put Up Or Shut Up' About Aid For Middle Class

Today in Herstory: Suffrage Hikers Get Back on the Road (26 feb 1913)

Sen. Sanders: Not Another NAFTA

If This Bill Passes, Federal Law Will Mandate Consent Education in Public Schools

If This Bill Passes, Federal Law Will Mandate Consent Education in Public Schools

Angela Davis’s Legacy of Collective Solidarity

Hate group publishes creepy map to the offices of LGBT charities

Angela Davis’s Legacy of Collective Solidarity

Boehner (Appearing Wasted) Offers Up Air Kisses to Reporters

I'm watching Rachael segment on the DHS shut down ...

Love comes in all Flavors

Capitol Protesters Bused to DOA Facility Without Being Charged, Released to Find Way Back in Bitter

Bill O'Reilly's job is secure. Firing a Fox News host for lying would be like firing a Food Network

Rachael just discussed the trashing of a library in Mosel(sp?) ...

18 Elderly Share their Insecurities Before It’s “Too Late.” {What I Be Project}--Photos

Bill O’Reilly and Fox News: They’re in It Together

Are there any objectives of feminism that cross party lines?

British government made 'Jihadi John' torture and kidnap prisoners? Really?

Saudis ‘Would Let Israeli Jets Use Their Air Space To Attack Iran’

US blogger of Bangladeshi origin hacked to death

Lawmakers Seek Information on Funding for Climate Change Critics

Fact Not Fiction: US Aggression Against Venezuela

Mother Jones: The Unnatural: How Mark Dayton Bested Scott Walker—and Became the Most Successful

Fact Not Fiction: US Aggression Against Venezuela

Chicago police misconduct payouts topped $50 million in 2014

Extremely mellow & melancholy warning: Alan Parsons Project: Don't Let It Show

Breaking: House will pass 3-week DHS funding extension

Sen. Whitehouse: You Can Believe the Senator With a Snowball or Every Major American Scientific Society

Boehner Has a Plan to Avoid a DHS Shutdown—But It Might Not Pass

Gun rights-advocating local Fox reporter has told different versions of ‘home invasion’

Study Pinpoints Safest Place to Hide From Zombie Apocalypse

A political friend of mine will be on THE DAILY SHOW tonight...

Psychological type and religion/church?

‘You Coward’: Dem’s Comment About GOP Leader Caught on Hot Mic

Poll shows support for Obama's tax plan

I am disgusted by the whole "party loyalty" meme

How Obama Thinks About Islam and Terrorism

Walker compares public unions to ISIS

William Blum: Cuba Made Simple

William Blum: Cuba Made Simple

Governor Walker - Be sure to check Birkenstocks for incendiary devices...

I know this stort is a day or so old, but how does net neutrality affect cell phones?

Quite the welcome sign they have at CPAC

Investigators find 32,000 emails in IRS probe

#GOP opposes #immigration but lets Canada via #KeystoneXL & Israel via #Netanyahu set #USA policy.

See 'Monochrome for Austin' on the UT Campus

Friday's CPAC session could be very interesting.

How to Close Guantanamo

How to Close Guantanamo

*Robin Williams' daughter interview, Lawrence Show NOW.

Trayvon Martin. Three years ago today.

Roundup - a converging pattern of toxicity from farm to clinic to laboratory

Jindal tells GOP Congress to 'grow a spine' on DHS funding

TCM Schedule for Sunday March 1 - 31 Days of Oscar: 1997-2002

TCM Schedule for Monday March 2 - 31 Days of Oscar: 2001-3

A dear friend has lost two sons to suicide in less than a year

Grand jury: SC father strangled 4 children, beat 1 to death

Obama celebrates Black History Month, ahead of Selma visit

Virginia to compensate victims of forced sterilizations

Sea Star report

This is someone I know through e-mail

roller coaster or merry go round?

can we call ourselves the du welcome committee?

who's having a birthday?

The short political life and times of Tom Schweich

They should have held the CPAC meeting in a 1930s German beer garden....

cold nose, cold hands, cold feet

Study finds link between violence during Guatemala civil war and mental health problems

Study finds link between violence during Guatemala civil war and mental health problems

Does Fox news allow anyone on air they feel doesn't advance their agenda?

Walker: Protesters Prepared Him to Confront Global Terrorism

Obama thanks Reddit for pushing for net neutrality:

FCC Chair Tom Wheeler on Open Internet Rules (C-SPAN) (must watch)

American scientists in the 1920s actually wanted to conduct this horrifying, racist study

Riding that train...

Thank you, President Obama....

a burning question:

Climate Change is a Theory

in terms all pragmatic centerists can understand

Supporters Urge Passage Of Police Accountability Laws

Palm oil wiping out Africa's great ape rainforests

Summer is Coming ...

We have Covered California

The Play "Cabaret" Seems Like A Good Metaphor For Today.

States Are Blocking Local Regulations, Often at Industry’s Behest

An Open message to Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Reddit, Twitter, Instagram etc

Dark Leviathan

UT/Texas Tribune Poll Validates the Effectiveness of Texas GOP Propaganda

Flo Kennedy--black feminist from way before the 70s

Theory about a warming event

The real question here is who or what is considered democrat/ic.

I keep hearing the Right /Republicans/ hate radio droning about Obama's "radical left-wing agenda."

CPAC at it's most vile. Nigel Farage gets a star speaking slot

I Finally Have A Good Response To My Repug Friends That E-mail Me Repug Propaganda......

Ted Cruz a conservative star at CPAC, but he’s not alone

Former Maverick County commissioner sentenced to prison for 10 yrs, ordered to pay $560K restitution

Roswell Newspaper Suggests Blacks And Latinos Should Leave Town

Highway Patrol Error Results In Hellish Roadside Experience For Classic Car Owner

This is just wrong on so many levels!

Net neutrality secrecy: No one knows what the FCC approved

2/28 - Remembering the China Massacre they would rather not talk about

Lege Lines: HHSC Chief Janek gets grilled, transportation moves, and more

Hoard of 3,000-year-old gold treasure discovered in North Wales

Stars found forming at Milky Way's outer edge

Fr. Ted Hesburgh, longtime Notre Dame president, dies at 97

New insight found in black hole collisions

Fr. Ted Hesburgh, longtime Notre Dame president, dies at 97

If passed, 'campus carry' could bring cost UT System $39 million

Cruithne: Earth's Other 'Moon' Could Reveal Mysteries Of The Solar System

New Space Telescope Tech Could Be 1,000 Times Sharper Than Hubble

About 61,000 Ohioans poised to lose Medicaid health benefits

Daily Holidays - February 27

Thousands march 5 months after Mexican students disappeared

Some People Can Not Afford to Lose the Next Presidential Election

'I want to sleep forever' Chile government rejects 14-year-old's euthanasia plea

Mexican moguls turn focus to oil as global majors back off

St. Louis County to launch health survey of residents near the Bridgeton Landfill

If Al Gore Ran Again, Would You Support Him?

Employee Monitoring Might Explain Your Missing Packages

McDonald’s discrimination lawsuit seeks to stop chain expanding in Brazil

The Spy Who Fired Me: The human costs of workplace monitoring

Top U.S. intelligence official (James R. Clapper Jr.) backs arming Ukraine forces against Russia

Women Want Facebook to Stop Asking If They’re Feeling Fat

Kansas Bill Could Send Teachers to Jail for Six Months for Teaching "Harmful" Materials

Jimmy Carter's full statement that's on the Voyager Spacecraft

In Midst of War, Ukraine Becomes Gateway for Jihad

After Hearing, Capitol Police Arrest Lawyer for Shouting Question at Clapper About NSA Surveillance

Earl Lloyd, First Black Player in NBA, Dies at 86

China submarines outnumber U.S. fleet: U.S. admiral

How Much Will Israel/Adelson Spend To Kill Rand Paul's Presidential Run?

Russia Moves to Support ISS through 2024, Create New Space Station

Nobody knows what I can do.

Australian comedian Jim Jeffries on gun control. Hilarious!

Residents of GA, SC, northern FL, maybe AL as well, be glad for the cold weather.

When did people in the US stop using the term "coffin" and begin using

AIPAC objects to Netanyahu's Congress address

Blind And Deaf Person’s Dog At Risk Of Losing His Sight Too

The End Is Not Near.

Teachers union rally in downtown L.A. draws thousands in call for contract demands

Move to Ban a Bullet Adds to Its Appeal

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) offers plan if Obamacare subsidies are eliminated

The Right’s Fear of Education: What I Learned As a (Former) Conservative Military Man

Germany is leading the way in hydrogen fuel infrastructure

16 Shocking Vintage Posters That Warned Men About The Dangers Of Women Having Rights

Elizabeth Warren To The GOP: 'Put Up Or Shut Up' About Aid For Middle Class

The internet is losing its composure over this dress that might be white and gold or black and blue

Does THIS qualify as a 1st World Problem yet?

Despite the significance of Mary Wollstonecraft's life and work, she has no monument.

Small government

Global stocks lackluster ahead of revised US growth figures

It's Official: NSA Spying Is Hurting the US Tech Economy

South Africa: Parents find daughter 17 years after kidnap

When cupcake gets a hide

On This Day: February 27 - The Iraq war ended

Bangladesh: The Ultimate Right to Work State

Elizabeth Warren To The GOP: 'Put Up Or Shut Up' !

Blue Shield of CA refusing to sell health insurance in many zip codes

The Siberian crater saga is more widespread — and scarier — than anyone thought

Scott Walker's other qualifications.

Portland Installs Turbines in City Water Pipes, Powers City by Flushing Toilets

Wisconsin Republicans want your opinion on Right to Work!

Iran hacks America where it hurts: Las Vegas casinos

TV audience increases as O'Reilly faces criticism of work

Army Spied on Hero Over Amazon Review

An astoundingly daft article about Aussie beer

Farmers Refusing Biotech Feed Due to GM Failure, Increased Non-GM Hybrid Availability

She came up with an invention to save 12 million people. Genius? Kinda.

Saudis Said to Aid Israeli Plan to Bomb Iran

Nigel Farage's anti-immigration chant strikes a chord with US Republicans

Bush defends his conservative credentials ahead of CPAC

What drives Sen. Warren, Help the middle class to succeed and grow.

It's Official - USGS Cites Fracking Waste Injection As "Primary Cause" Of OK Earthquake Swarms

And The Stupid Rolls On

The Science of Why No One Agrees on the Color of This Dress

I'm thoroughly disgusted: FCC = secret ruling = net neutrality is false

WTF? The fanatics are creating atheist martyrs.

Double standard? FAUX says FU

This is one gutsy game warden!

Comedy Gold! Disgraced Hack Willie Soon Attacks His Former Backers For "Lack Of Courage"

As a member of what has become known as the "far left" those who attack me here don't anger me

North Dakota Ready To Fight Low Oil Prices - By Weakening Disposal Rules For Radioactive Drill Waste

Scott Walker is beyond sick - he compared labour unions to ISIS- too much for the Texas lunatic

What would it take for the authorities to stop olive tree vandals rampaging in Southern Hebron hills

Poll shows Repubs seen as less unfavorable than Hillary

Countering the Neocon Comeback

Union, Shell discuss meeting on U.S. refinery strike: sources

West Coast, Mountain West 10-13F Above Normal Seasonal Temperatures; Sierra Snowpack Tied For Worst

Photo of the Day

Why the Right fears education: from the viewpoint of a former conservative

Asia’s mania for reclaiming land from the sea (by dumping sand) spawns mounting problems

8 shot dead at multiple crime scenes in rural Missouri

Epic ‘Daily Show’ Vine Captures 50 Fox News Fibs in Six Seconds

Institutionalized ignorance and stupidity: read the comments of those who will vote against us

Poll shows...Senator Elizabeth Warren is competitive with Jeb Bush

Watch Toyota build the Future- a look inside the Motomachi Factory in Aichi

Geez, Gingrich is a fucking idiot

Oops! Fishman subpoenaed hangar records linked to 'the Chairman's flight'

Europe ‘feels like Nazi Germany,’ says Madonna

Most Americans see combating climate change as a moral duty

Friday TOON Roundup 1 - Oh Oh Oh'liely

Mexico attorney general who handled student massacre probe to step down

Friday TOON Roundup 2 - Repubs

Friday TOON Roundup 3 - The Rest

GRL - Global Loss Of Tropical Forests Accelerated By +/- 60% 2000 - 2010 Compared To 90s

Economist Proves: Reagan’s Deregulation caused Today’s Income Inequality.

China draft counterterror law strikes fear in foreign tech firms

If ever you hear some media talking head saying that the CPAC straw poll winner is a frontrunner...

State Economist Contradicts Jindal on Cause of Budget Crisis

Beautiful video: Dolphin stampede and newborn whale

Hundreds of illicit oil wastewater pits found in Kern County California

I thought our candidates were not allowed to take foreign donations. I keep hearing

Investigation ordered into spending of public funds at Binyamin Netanyahu's homes

US economy grew at moderate 2.2 percent in fourth quarter

The exquisite hypocrisy of GOP Medicaid expansion rhetoric by Stephen Stromberg

Pittsburgh man writes police chief after witnessing police brutality; sees immediate coverup

Susan Rice and Samantha Power to address Aipac in conciliatory move

World’s challenges demand science changes – and fast

Will Bibi Ruin Bipartisan Support of Israel?

Labor History in 2:00 2-27-15

Labor History in 2:00 2-27-15

Labor History in 2:00 2-27-15

Former pop star Gary Glitter sentenced to 16 years for child sex offences

Virginia to compensate victims of forced sterilizations

Florida Tech Study Links Coral Disease, Warming Atlantic

"Putin's Revenge

What happened to the lobbyists who tried to reshape the US view of climate change?

Universal Basic Income, Rethinking How Society Works

Best Advice - Lessen The Grip Of Fear From Terrorism - Here's How...

U.S. Commitment to Energy Research Still Insufficient, Say Business Leaders

Hey, Boehner: Show Some Stones for Once - By Michael Tomasky

The cross-dimensional portal between our reality and The Onion's reality is now wide open

EPA to probe whether N.C. hog farms violate neighbors’ rights

Jeb Bush Hasn't Learned Enough From His Brother's Failures

How do Phobos and Deimos look from Mars?

Ezra Klein & Matt Yglesias react to Elizabeth Warren's Confronting Fed Chair Yellen & TPP Comments

Ricky the Nerd Perry is up there at CPAC right now screaming about Iranian "Nukular" weapons

5 Surprising Ways Iran is better than Israel

Unconditional Basic Income explained by Barbara Jacobson, European Citizens' Initiative

Perfect effects 9-- free

Behold The White Freakout Over A College Class On 'The Problem Of Whiteness'

Lara Logan rushed to ER with internal bleeding

Marco Rubio At CPAC: 'I Don't Wanna Be In Politics My Whole Life'

Late night roundup: 'squirt up' economics

If the SC rules against ACA federal subsidies in states that don't offer an exchange it will

From the 1980s we've been hearing about Iranian nukes

Ericsson seeks US sales ban of Apple iPhone, iPad in patent lawsuit barrage

Get out the Butter, Christie is Toast!

Uninsured Ex-Sheriff Who Fought O-care Struggles To Pay Medical Bills

Who will be the first to finish Season 3 of House of Cards?

Republicans already starting fight to stop new FCC rules on net neutrality

Florida Republicans Spend Nearly $1 Million On Obamacare Alternative And Nobody Signs Up

Gay Conversion Therapy

"In Iowa, nowhere for O’Malley to go but up"

Former Notre Dame president Rev. Theodore Hesburgh dies at 97

Holder says U.S. malls should 'step up' security: CNN

GOP Dense When It Comes To Climate Change

First Atheist Restaurant opens.

Rude Wins the Internets (Dress Drama)

Galbraith's Perspective: The Greek Debt and the German acquiescence

Is gnocchi an abomination to the FSM?

13-Year-Old Drinking Prodigy Accepted To Ohio State

"How the Little Guys Beat the Monopolists on Net Neutrality/A Political Miracle"--Zephyr Teachout

PFAW - GOP Presidential Contenders Take to DC For a Week of Right-Wing Pandering at CPAC 2015

Attackers in Bangladesh Hack to Death American Blogger

WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH TROLLED AND HUMILIATED

GOP Science Chair Didn’t Vaxx His Kids

Roy Moore's Acolytes: 5 Ways Anti-Gay Activists Have Lionized Alabama's Chief Justice>>

Fall down go boom

PFAW's New Report Reveals the Deceptive Tactics the Koch Bros Are Using to Target Latino Voters

American atheist blogger hacked to death in the street in Bangladesh

American Blogger Avijit Roy Killed In Bangladesh; Wife Also Injured In Cleaver Attack

PFAW & Allies Call On GOP Prez Candidates To Distance Themselves From CPAC’s White Nationalist Spons

Latest Trends in Religious Restrictions and Hostilities

PFAW Releases New Report on the Right's Distortion of 'Religious Liberty'

In the market for a new camera?

Why Everyone Was Wrong About Net Neutrality

PFAW Calls Out RNC for Partnering With hate group, the American Family Association

About all the early polling - some of the candidates are well known,

Snow, Ice Storm to Lash Northeast by Sunday Night

Brent Bozell shows up at CPAC...

Neocon John Bolton's moustache is planning on running against Hillary as "Obama's 3rd term"

No, the FCC net neutrality rule is not some secret corporatist plot

I thought DUers were not allowed to speak in foreign accents..I keep hearing

Hyperloop Construction Starts Next Year With the First Full-Scale Track

The FCC’s Orwellian Internet policy

Eric Holder wants lower bar for civil rights cases

Meet 2 New Spider Species: 'Skeletorus' and 'Sparklemuffin'

Giancarlo Stanton is in my building right now

Aaron Schock’s troubles mount: GOP congressman didn’t report gifts and meals in London

Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal Join Israel Trip With Hate Group That Wants to Convert Jews

Rachel Maddow - Net neutrality supporters enjoy hard fought victory in new FCC rules

Israel's US embassy tweets a ridiculous fake NYT from 2025 showing the bad effects of the p5+1

Can gay men give blood or not?

Pat Robertson Warns Yoga Will Have You Speaking Hindu

Charles P Pierce - Watching Scotty Blow, Cont'd: Why Singing Grandmas Are Like ISIS

Rachel Maddow - Radical Islamic fundamentalists destroy irreplaceable artifacts

Rev. Franklin Graham Warns Fox Viewers DC Has Been 'Infiltrated By Muslims'

Charles P Pierce- The Passion Of Big Chicken: Nothing Left But The Sad Recriminations

Oil train mishaps reveal tank car strengths and limitations

Broad, Bipartisan Group Announces Market-Based Solution Preserving Low-Carbon Energy in Illinois

Hillary Clinton has a plan to fix Washington. It is not a good plan.

Why one science journal wants to publish failed studies

OK all you computer smarty pantsers....why does my mouse start rapidly moving across the screen?

UPDATED: Walker: If I Can Take On Union Protesters, I Can Take On ISIL

Dress color mystery revealed (XKCD)

Rachel Maddow - Republicans in knots as homeland security shutdown looms

Senate Passes Bill To Fund DHS Without Immigration Restrictions

Pic Of The Moment: Scott Walker Thinks Union Members Are Like ISIS

Scott Walker punts on net neutrality

Friend of Margaret Thatcher, Jimmy Savile given free rein to sexually abuse 60 people, report finds

We recently adopted a cat from...

Here's my letter to my Congresspeople about Netanyahu's visit next week.

Is anyone good with photoshop? Need a favor...

Klingenschmitt Warns That the Govt Will Make Christians Renounce Christ in Order to Keep Their Jobs

I have just ended 37 years in the Telcom business this morning

Marijuana is much safer than alcohol or tobacco, according to a new study

Scott Walker and Senate Republicans are afraid of Unions

Republican lawmakers challenge AK governor on Medicaid expansion | budget disputes

Campus anti-semitism is not just a Jewish problem

Israel, Jordan ink 'historic' water pact

Cargo ship permitted to leave Dutch Harbor after CG detainment f/environmental crimes investigation

Poll: Most Americans see combating climate change as a moral duty

400 tickets for 1-day return of Winter Park ski train sell out in 12 hours

Malawi’s Parliament Voted Unanimously to End Child Marriage

State-funded pregnancy test dispensers debut in Anchorage

Malawi’s Parliament Voted Unanimously to End Child Marriage

Aaron Schock (Republican congressman) has hired lawyers amid a burgeoning scandal

Thank you Al Franken, for your hard work on Net Neutrality.

Alaska - Thousands of gallons of diesel spilled in Dalton Highway crash

I am officially amazing.

USA Today Editorial: Fox News Should "Distance Itself" From O'Reilly But It Won't |Blog |MediaMatters

Saving Doctors' And Clinic Workers' Lives

Congratulations to Joe Madison for breaking the Guiness Book Of World Record

Saving Doctors' And Clinic Workers' Lives

In service to his country: BillO's valuable contribution - taking down Fox

Leonard Nimoy has died :(

Blogger hands out $165,000 to Mission (SF) fire victims

Time for a Separation between Koch and State

Blogger hands out $165,000 to Mission (SF) fire victims (xpost from GD)

Leonard Nimoy has died

Damn. RIP LEONARD NIMOY

Carl Leubsdorf: Two examples of where Texas Republicans have it wrong

Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83

Spock is dead they say. Long live Spock

TYT: ISIS Smashes Priceless Ancient Statues In Gut-wrenching Video

Emily Got Her Gun

TYT: Bullets Counted In Police Shooting Of Fleeing Man [Graphic Video]

Former Gov. Rick Perry: Obama has made the world less safe

Miss Millie and I posted news about Leonard Nimoy death

Posting without further comment.

Venezuela newspaper that opposed Chavez ends daily edition

Who are your two senators in the U.S. Senate and are you proud of them or ashamed?

Top 5 most popular posts on RightWingWatch.org this wk: Christie, Cruz, CPAC, Walker

Cookie Monster ponders the mysteries of food

BREAKING: Sen. Inhoff drops brain on Senate floor to disprove climate change

"May The Best Spock Win"

The Rude Pundit - Gun Nuts Losing Their Goddamned Minds Over Proposed Bullet Ban

Dallas rattled by 3.1-magnitude quake Friday morning, the first in more than a month

TYT: Northeast US Sea Levels Rise 4 Inches In Two Years

Obama v. Warren on Trade (TPP)

So The Repugs Are Kicking The Can Down The Road And The Dems Are Accepting It.....

Bernie Sanders: A profound moral issue...

Russian soccer stadiums a throwback to 1980s England

Fifty Shades of Gandalf the Grey

The LAST TWO tweets...

Spock and Batman

Bernie Sanders: At a time of mass income and wealth inequality...

South Texas police chief arrested on 14 felony charges

The Real Social Security Crisis Is Income Inequality

Gun Rights for Terrorists

Spock

Ag Commissioner Says Consumers Being "Screwed"

Scott Walker is tough enough to take on brutal terrorists like these:

Black men in U.S. prisons could fill the prisons of 8 countries combined

Scott Walker Latest Assault On Education - Mary Bottari Discusses

Leonard Nimoy, Liberal: "Get Involved"

Someone asked Bill Clinton whether the dress was Blue and Black and here was his response:

An Israel Supporter Who Won't be at the Prime Minister's Speech

Well, it's snowin' here in N Texas.

Sarah Palin: No current Republican candidates are qualified to be president — and neither am I

TYT: Net Neutrality Wins Big & Why You Should Celebrate

400 Men Cut Their Balls Off Believing It Would Help Them Meet God

Santorum Jokes At CPAC: Kenya Is Trying To Prove Obama Wasn't Born There

GOP '16ERS PANDER TO RIGHT

Exxon Mobil Settles $9 Billion New Jersey Environmental Case for $250 Million

Congressman shows naked bigotry toward fellow congressman...

Pat Robertson Has Thoughts On Devil’s Yoga. They Are Bad Thoughts.

Bill O' Reilly claims he saw Dan Burton assassinate the melon in his back yard.

Only member of Russia parliament to vote NO on invasion of Crimea speaks out in USA, in exile

February 26 will live on forever...

A Black Site in Chicago? Police Accused of Running Secret Compound for Detentions & Interrogations

Would it be possible to "Sticky" threads such as the photography contests and polling questions?

Joni Ernst Fails To Castrate Hog During CPAC Speech, Lame

Flame away, but I think Leonard chose today so that we would STFU about...

Now Our Carbon Emissions Are Threatening to Kill Off Delicious Shellfish

Leonard Nimoy - The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

John Lewis Recalls Apology From Klansman Who Beat Him

Are You a Public Servant? Then Serve the Public

Euronews: Cease-fire holds in eastern Ukraine except for Mariupol region

Ted Cruz Will Win Back America By Mentioning Reagan, Sexting

UPDATED! Poll Added! Scott Walker's ISIS gaffe causes explosion of mocking images

Former Dewhurst campaign adviser sentenced to 7 years

Government Programs Have Helped Over a Million Texas Children Out of Poverty

Today I don't feel like doin' anything. (RIP Leonard)

Young children must be protected from ingrained gender stereotypes

Young children must be protected from ingrained gender stereotypes

The phantom roadmap to LGBT discrimination

Student Groups Pressure Colleges Over the Insane Cost of Textbooks

US Oil Rigs Get Hammered for the 12th Week

Is it me or does DU seem smaller lately?

Funny Spock Lines and Moments from Season 2

NATO ready to advise Libya on security, eyes more drones

One Billion Rising: how can public dancing end violence against women?

One Billion Rising: how can public dancing end violence against women?

"I possess the DNA of Leonard Nimoy"

Pending Sales of Existing U.S. Homes Rise to Highest Since 2013

The Closed Minds Problem

Modeling Suspects' Faces Using DNA From Crime Scenes

Islamic State Completes Takeover of Town Near Base Used by U.S.

Should the U.S. Make Billions From Student Loans?

Some information about our Group.

Black America’s hidden tax: Why this feminist of color is going on strike

Black America’s hidden tax: Why this feminist of color is going on strike

Marco Rubio Tries To Lecture Obama On ISIS, Commits Epic Error

Leonard Nimoy Live Long and Be Lazy

Is mass incarceration and detention of women becoming the new normal?

Is mass incarceration and detention of women becoming the new normal?

Charlie Pierce has a beautiful tribute to Leonard Nimoy

Chicago Credit Rating Cut by Moody’s to Two Steps Above Junk

A recent jazz recording

PDF: National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Statistics Report For February 2015

Kansas Senate passes bill easing prosecution of teachers for distributing ‘harmful material’

Franklin Graham: White House 'Infiltrated By Muslims,' Not Sure Who They Are

Spock as a WHAT??!!??

Do NOT call yourself left in any degree if you say you wont vote against the terrorists.

A Stunningly Bad Economic Signal From The Midwest; Chicago ISM Manufacturing Index Tumbles

George Takei on MSNBC right now (re Leonard Nimoy)

Ann Coulter: Undocumented Immigrants Coming Over the Border Are Much More Dangerous Than ISIS

Willacy County 'tent city' prison guards pointed guns at firemen, chief says

Rev. Franklin Graham: There are invisible Muslim advisors in the halls of the White House

Scott Walker Thinks Fighting Unions Is Just Like Fighting ISIS

And another thing, Please stop making our job of protecting the right to vote that much harder!

We've Established What Kind Of Person You Are...

Sarah Palin: No current Republican candidates are qualified to be president — and neither am I

Homeless pedestrian run over, killed while chasing $1 bill

Why does CPAC get so much gawd damned coverage

Doctors Find Bullet in Head of Florida Teen Complaining of Headache

the terrorist organizations i belong to:

Leonardo DiCaprio Dumps Rhianna for Dakota Johnson of '50 Shades of Grey'

Jerry Miculek goes over the facts about M855 Ammunition

Life in Prison for Selling $20 of Weed

Good riddance: "Florida, say farewell to Allen West"

Trump Pitches Himself to CPAC As ‘The King of Building Walls,’ Says Mexico Is The New Enemy of USA

In a telegram, Leonard Nimoy pleads with JFK for a safer planet.....

Rest in peace Leonard Nimoy!

Leonard Nimoy Appreciation Thread

Net Neutrality: Huge Win

Spock was punk: Bad Brains with Leonard Nimoy - Pay To C*m

American Oil and Gas Production Rig Count Plunges - Gas Rigs Down 85% From 3 year old Peak

When the Boss Says, 'Don't Tell Your Coworkers How Much You Get Paid'

Russian Newspaper publishes Kremlin strategy paper on plans to annex the Ukraine

GOP Senator: We Need To Stop Putting 'Bullshit' In Essential Bills

More people died to gun violence today in missouri then have died from overdosing pot

Hannity To Women At CPAC: I 'Have X-Ray Fox Vision' - You're Pregnant!

Spock vs. a punk

Who is watching 'House of Cards' right now. Come on folks give me a spoiler...

Michigan Couple's Supreme Court Brief In Gay Marriage Case Focuses On 'Injury To Children'

Can anyone tell me what is going on in this .gif?

The Clooney Effect: Men Increasingly Seeking Out More Independent, Self-Reliant, Educated Women

Funny Spock Lines and Moments from the Original Series

My Life As a Daughter in the Christian Patriarchy Movement

Pap and Seder: Charlotte’s Web Marijuana - A Breakthrough

Supreme Court’s political stench: Why John Roberts will obviously base his Obamacare decision

Putin creates an official holiday to celebrate the role of special forces in Crimea.

Georgia lawmaker says she wants to slap Fox host

Jeb Bush Gets Boos At CPAC, Pleads Unfamiliarity On 'Ways Of Washington'

Jackie Evancho: My Immortal

Climate Change: Inhofe's Magazine Cover

Missouri GOP Chair: Liberals Are Using Guv Candidate's Suicide To 'Smear' Me

Jimmy Kimmel: A Message for the Anti-Vaccine Movement

One Year After Annexation Crimea Backs Russia

Hillary Clinton's 'obsession' with money could be an obstacle for her 2016 campaign

Irving Kahn, Wall Street’s oldest stockbroker, dies at 109. He walked to work until he was 102.

“I think we may have all caught an STD”: Twitter reacts to Phil Robertson’s bizarre CPAC speech

Synchiropus splendidus

South Carolina college bans homosexuality after two volleyball players come out as gay

Man has lucky escape after falling 600ft from mountain... and landing in the path of rescue team

The Rude Pundit - Gun Nuts Losing Their Goddamned Minds Over Proposed Bullet Ban

Leonard Nimoy - Sunny

Scott Walker's Lagging Indicators (Wisconsin Economics) Bloomberg....with great graphs

Why were the Presidential wannabe's at CPAC reduced to slamming President Obama,

UPDATE - CORRECTION Walker Unfairly Attacked On College Rape

Best commercial ever, The war of Spock!

Little change of pace, Leonard Nimoy as a bad guy...

Cosby Attempts to Dismiss Sex Cases

Boehner invites Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to address Congress -

What about 'fair and balanced'? Where are the posts noting when Bill O'Reilly told the truth?

Happy Birthday, John Steinbeck

SFO-New York LaGuardia nonstops?

In Memoriam: Leonard Nimoy (check out the Nimoy tweet in the end)

Alabama Gov. Defied His Own Pastor In Reaction To Gay Marriage Ruling

California researcher accidentally discovered solution for color blindness

Q&A: Cult expert Lorne Dawson on the lure of terrorism (with video)

Wesley Clark: "Remember Rwanda. Arm Ukraine."

Clinics serving 57,000 uninsured in New Orleans area could be cut in Jindal Budget

This Bipartisan Bill Will Hold Colleges Accountable for Ending Campus Sexual Assault

This Bipartisan Bill Will Hold Colleges Accountable for Ending Campus Sexual Assault

Chinese diplomat tells West to consider Russia's security concerns over Ukraine

Why do conservatives hate Katy Perry's Super Bowl show?

How Jindal is proposing to fix the Louisiana budget: cigarette taxes, student fees, tax credits

CPAC 2015 in one picture....

Phil "Duck Dynasty" Robertson doesn't fail to make an ass of himself at CPAC...

In a country where labor unions are compared to ISIS by a state governor, what is far left?

Pittsburgh man writes police chief after witnessing police brutality and seeing immediate coverup

CPAC attendee: “That is media – the media is owned. I don’t watch mainstream media. I listen to

Louisiana state economist contradicts Bobby Jindal's explanation of budget problems

Text Messages Show Officers Who Shot 137 Rounds Into Car Knew Suspects Were Unarmed

I LOVED HIM like a brother

BuzzFeed says that dress is just green

George Takei's tweet on Leonard Nimoy

Why Would GOP Candidate For Missouri Governor Kill Himself?

Obama: "I loved Spock"

The Big Melt: Antarctica's Retreating Ice May Re-Shape Earth

Protected areas not safe from light pollution

"You have got to be kidding!" Advocate Respond to Privatizing Family Care and IRIS (Sen. Vinehout)

This is no surrender: Paul Krugman on the Greek left’s surprising victory against austerity

A slow-motion coup

Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead

I just finished FOOTSTEPS IN THE SNOW. It's about the

Tell your Democratic members of Congress to uphold Pres Obama's veto of KXL

Research of plain wren duets could help further understand fundamentals of conversation

Charleston's Mayor, Joe Riley, being verbally crucified by rabid right wingers

No Exit: “Nighthawks” by Edward Hopper.

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics Complies with Federal Court Order, Reinstates 9 Discharged Employees

My Tribute to a dear childhood friend

Scott Walker is crazy-making. Two weeks ago it was the university motto, this week it is reportage

Evening Lecture | Jeremy Jackson: Sea Level Rise is Dangerous

DHS Funding Bill for three weeks fails by 202 to 222

States move on voting bills - Brennan Center

STUNNER: House GOP Votes Down Own Bill To Avert Shutdown

'Sex tourist' trial delayed as more potential victims are found

Does this remind you of CPAC?

Rauner has called Wilson to lobby for Rahm — twice

Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow: government

My garden says it's early spring...(pic heavy)

Russian Opposition Politician Shot and Killed

MN AFL-CIO Solidarity with Wisconsin Workers (Sat 2=27-15 rally in Madison, WI)

MN AFL-CIO Solidarity with Wisconsin Workers (Sat 2-27-15 rally in Madison, WI)

MN AFL-CIO Solidarity with Wisconsin Workers (Sat 2-27-15 rally in Madison, WI)

Gogebic Taconite says mine isn't feasible, closing its Hurley, Wisconsin office

NINE workers reinstated by NLRB in LBN

The unbelievable things some Chinese students are doing to get into US colleges

NINE workers reinstated by NLRB in LBN

GOPPERS In Wisconsin Support Walker/Believe Unionists Are As Bad As ISIS

It's is time to bring in a new "Speaker of House". I recommend Charlie Rose.

Ms. Clinton

Did Steny Hoyer And Chuck Schumer Send Out Signals To Boehner That Made Boehner Think....

200 Years of US Interventionism: Cuba: the Weight of a Long History

The Department of Homeland Security may actually shut down tonight

200 Years of US Interventionism: Cuba: the Weight of a Long History

Rare intact Roman tombstone found intact in England

Americans Most Likely Don't Care About DHS Shutdown/

BREAKING: Report: Boris Nemtsov, outspoken critic of Putin, shot dead in Moscow

Patent trolls are on the run, but not vanquished yet

NASA Remembers Leonard Nimoy

THREE more in LBN

THREE more in LBN

Stocks slip after weaker growth, end best month since 2011

heh, Scarlett Johansson Loves Tucson, Does Not Care About New Jersey

How Giving Apartments To Homeless Actually Saves Money In The End

Rick Perry: Walker Went 'Too Far' with ISIS-Union Protester Comments

One of the few rational conservative bloggers called it earlier this afternoon

Spock was an Alien

The Future of Cuba

If Reporting A Robbery Was Like Reporting A Rape: Why Most Rapists Never Do Jail Time

Please help highlight the ghost fishing gear problem?

What Greece Won

World’s Largest Telescope Faces Opposition from Native Hawaiian Protesters

Sprint Cup car stolen from hotel; owner in legal trouble

Its Blue and Black dammit! End of story!!! nt

Because sometimes you need to pay attention...

How Mark Dayton Bested Scott Walker—and Became the Most Successful Governor in the Country

Palestinian Terrorism Verdict Shatters Long-Held Myths and Illusions

High Court Rejects Autism-Vaccine Case

Scott Wikipedia Walker

New charges for group that disrupted SCOTUS

If you see black and blue, you're a Democrat

Gogebic Taconite says mine isn't feasible, won't offer false hope (Wisconsin)

Russia to D.C.: You’re all doomed to be drug addicts

not fox, CNN Headline: House fails as Democrats turn against Homeland Security funding bill

Republicans are going to shut down the Department Of Homeland Security and endanger us all...

North Carolina Legalizes Call Girls For Politicians

Man tries to steal plane at Ocala (guess which state!) airport and fly to Chicago

While American Muslim girl sang Star Spangled Banner in statehouse protestors hurl insults outside

@_FloridaMan calls 911 and reports fake shooting - just to test police response time

The Big Melt: Antarctica's Retreating Ice May Re-Shape Earth

The Ideology of the American Media is That it Believes That It Doesn’t Have any Ideology

Friday night music thread

Mike Luckovich Toon- Lie Detector

Defying Science And Common Sense, New York Bill Would Ban GMOs In Vaccines

Former adviser explains how Obama lost control of his legacy

The Law Enforcement Protection Act which regulates ammunition says this...

Weekend Economists Muse on Silk Stockings and Silver Spoons February 27-March 1, 2015

We really will one day all be as one..

Why It's So Hard For Americans To Talk About Science

Leonard Nimoy + The Bangles — "Going Down to Liverpool"

Nimoy explaining the Jewish blessing behind the hand symbol:

What was your coolest car? Mine: '63 MGB.

Spock - "Fascinating."

My desktop computer went belly up

Judge Dismisses Obamacare Lawsuit Targeting Congressional Health Care

Pittsburgh Pirates: It’s ‘sickening’ that ‘Jihadi John’ is wearing our hat

Greenwald finally writes about Ukraine, and sides with Putin as expected...

The West Is Ignoring Some Unpleasant Truths About Putin

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