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Archives: January 9, 2010

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Great game plan 'Bama. Take out the other team's best player in the first five minutes

Oh.My.Gawd John Blackbridge has crawled out from under a rock. A rock slimier than cheenee's

fer fuck's sake... Google would NOT have caught mis-spelling the pants bomber

Todays WTF moment. Who is the DNCs 2nd top donor?

Vice President Biden's Mother Passed Away

Is DU stuttering for anyone, or just me?

Is DU stuttering for anyone, or just me?

Why Mike Steele isn't going anywhere.

Lynne Woolsey should be ousted as co-chair of the CPC for supporting Blue Dog Jane Harman

Strigil

As A Reminder... The Spitzer NYT Op-Ed On AIG E-Mails 12/19/2009

As A Reminder... The Spitzer NYT Op-Ed On AIG E-Mails 12/19/2009

WTH isn't Countdown on?

Rudy Guiliani flat out lies - Lawrence O'Donnell hosting KO

The United States, a Superpower in decline?

Re: Republicans lieing endlessly that there were no terrorist incidents during Bushie's watch

Bill Clinton didn't come out on September 12 2001 to say I told you so.

"Trusted Advisers"

Re: AIG -- Good Old Cenk from TYT showed us that Dodd was

For a moment at least, suspend the internecine rancor and look waaaaaay ahead.

Hospital execs snub MA governor investigating high healthcare costs

Blanche Lincoln Sacks Workers Once Again

Bill Moyer's Journal Tonight 8:00 Greg Mortenson, David Corn,

The War on Steele is live and well - this is an absolute ball

U.S. troops, families, face CUTS in Base services

Who is the bigger problem for the GOP?

If we treated national defense like we do health care - where would we be?

Soldier Jailed for Rap Song Against Stop Loss Military Policy

Bill Moyers must see ....now.

SOTU: Our Long National Nightmare is Over.....

The Caution, Stop, and Go of Unintended Consequences

"...if anyone has the authority to call Obma onto the carpet here I think it is him."

OK, giving it up for Giuliani, he's a POS, and Rachel Maddow proved it.

Giulani: It's not Terror if it's not Islamic

Pinky had a biopsy today.

Is DU stuttering for anyone, or just me?

Mandatory Friday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! TGIF!!

Our freedom to make Gilligan's Island references is taken away and all we care about is whales?

This War on Terror is as Phony as the War on Drugs. There's a Better Way.

Daily Show's Jon Oliver On His New Stand-Up Show: "Coming to America During The Bush Admin...

In These Times: House In Revolt Over Excise Tax, White House Asks Unions to “Celebrate” It

Cooking with wine

Why does Michael Steele have such big shoulder pads?

Michael Steele is toast.

Election 2010: Are you running for office or going to work for someone running

Every Child Should Have a Cold-blooded Professional Bodyguard To Protect Him

American Cartoonist Getting Death Threats from Tea Baggers..

Sad news for all who knew his work. Artist Stephen Huneck is dead.

Anybody else having Rachel Maddow Show blackout?

I'm not promoting religious stuff, but thought the info was interesting.

Iowa's public school enrollment drops

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Ive been away for two weeks, whats been happening?

MagicJack's next act: disappearing cell phone fees

Obama pushes back on stalled nominees, Arkansas appointments still absent

Any LaRouche people running for office in your area?

Bob Cesca: Terrorist Attacks And Presidents (Graphics Comparison of Bush, Obama, Clinton)

Where do these &#@! Facebook polls come from?

Hey Peter King if terrorism is a war crime what about

CSM: "Economist Mark Zandi: chance of second recession 1 in 4"

First Democratic AGs come out against Nebraska health care deal

Too big to spell...

LOL !!! - What A Headline: RNC Chairman Credits God for his Position

Rights of Hundreds at Bagram Prison Still Denied

Obama's Election Struck a Huge Blow Against Racism, But He's Kept the US War Machine "Set on Kill"

Is DU moving really slowly for anyone else this morning?

Since it is now officially OK to openly profile people in the USA....

Brrrrrrrrrrr.........

Schwarzenegger asks for $7 billion from feds to close budget gap

FORGET Health Care revenue! What is wrong with a 50% tax

FORGET Health Care revenue! What is wrong with a 50% tax

Teachers Keep the Lights of Learning Shining

Teachers Keep the Lights of Learning Shining

Appeals court rejects bid to block posting of Proposition 8 trial on YouTube

WIN: Wisconsin's Governor Tries For $254 Million In Federal Education Funding

What do you think the children of these men are doing today 8 years later?

Another collision between a Sea Shepherd ship and Japanese whaler...

Rescuers save blind horse from drowning in Larkin Valley ditch

liz cheney led organization is running an ad against President Obama's response time to undiebomber

Financial sector sees first job gains since July '07

Remember those "pro-lifers" who denounced Scott Roeder?

Liberals saw the attempted bombing of a flight on Christmas Day...

MSNBC's hypocrisy about Guiliani

Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen: US Forces Will Stay Out of Yemen (right now)

Did FDIC jump the gun in shutting down WAMU?

Abandoned Ady Gil still aflloat and leaking fuel, Japan claims

Why don't we just outsource Congress... put it up for bid on E-Bay?

Doctor sentenced to 5 years in prison for slamming brakes in front of bicylists

Charles Johnson (of Little Green Footballs) Got Threats After Breaking With Right

Charles Johnson (of Little Green Footballs) Got Threats After Breaking With Right

LA Times: Governor warns of deep fiscal crisis as he unveils California budget plan

used and abused US teens

Ahhhnuld's plan to terminate California

Is Osama Bin Laden dead or alive?

Copenhagen Thief Steals Cargo Bike and 3 Sleeping Children (Returns Children Safely)

Miley Cyrus: I'm no role model

With USC football under investigation, Pete Carroll flees to Seattle Seahawks

Vt. has a nuke plant event (re: 'problem' many nuke plants have)

Our party sux, now what? n/t

Our party sux, now what? n/t

It is "Official": Cock-up, Not Conspiracy.

Xmas day bomber said his reasoning for the attack was

Xmas day bomber said his reasoning for the attack was

Sentencing delayed in Md. bomb case for testimony on alleged plot to kill Obama

Does anger at Dems REALLY translate into Repubs picking up more seats?

Unions Rally to Oppose a Proposed Tax on Health Insurance (NYT)

Headline on GEM$NBC

Rand Paul

BRING BACK GOVERNMENT CHEESE!

Le Monde, France: The United States Is Efficiently Protecting Itself

It does not appear to occur with calcitriol in the tissues!

The Damage of Card Rewards

TSA funding airport mind-reading scanners

Winograd Nails Waxman & Harman-Accuses Them Of Supporting Bush Admin's Crimes Against Constitution

Winograd Nails Waxman & Harman-Accuses Them Of Supporting Bush Admin's Crimes Against Constitution

Winograd Nails Waxman & Harman-Accuses Them Of Supporting Bush Admin's Crimes Against Constitution

ducking under velvet rope shuts down newark airport for six hours...the video

ducking under velvet rope shuts down newark airport for six hours...the video

Arianna Huffington; You are being used

Steele to top Rupubs:"If you don't want me in the job, fire me, But until then, shut up."

Carville: Airport scanners can 'measure my penis'

Yottabytes--------YOTTABYTES?

Democrats Get Down To Brass Tacks On Jobs Bill

Mike Leach swiftboated to aid Craig James' senate bid

Speaker of the House Pelosi optimistic a good HCR bill will be passed

"I told you to tie down the fucking tether!" Heenes release fake reaction to Balloon Boy video

Honduras: Entrenched Corruption Stymies Hope

Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society are?

We are wasting political time, energy, and resources.

Invitation to Disaster by Bob Herbert: "the country is still faced with a economic emergency"

Invitation to Disaster by Bob Herbert: "the country is still faced with a economic emergency"

Homeland Security and TSA Are Funding Airport Mind-Reading Scanners!

Where is the Next Federal Circuit Judge?

Democratic Party vs. Unions, Part II

got into my first political FB argument....

Where should the funding cuts be? The Forever War: Afghanistan or Education: United States?

'Gumby' creator and Los Osos resident Art Clokey dies

Obama administration drops effort to end subsidies to large farms

Real unemployment up to 17.3%. 661,000 drop out of labor force. Is the answer tax credits?

Mitt Romney, are you pulling a fast one here?

According to a union survey, one in four members would be hit by $23,000 Cadillac tax

The GOP Mis-leadership in Washington and on my TV are the...

Equal Time with Bob Boudelang

RIP Mama Biden

the ministry of propaganda is frighteningly lucrative

Is Lincoln popular in the South? Among today's white majority, I mean?

Is Lincoln popular in the South? Among today's white majority, I mean?

To Big To Jail

GM Genocide and India's Suicide Belt

Let no good deed go unpunished

Man steals $50, tries to flee on Wal-Mart scooter

Gay marriage foe wants out of Proposition 8 trial

Gay marriage foe wants out of Proposition 8 trial

James Cameron's Next Project May Be About Hiroshima

Stop Texas Ideological Extremists from erasing Cesar Chavez and Hispanics from school books!

Failed Underwear Bombing: Ten Things President Obama Could Have Done To Make It All Better

Emanuel exit?

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So where are all the "Green Tech Jobs" Mr President

God Hates Goths (website)

Health care reform if the Republicans get their way

Has this ever happened? A politician goes more liberal than expected?

Obama Calls (Denver Mayor) Hickenlooper; Urges Him To Run (for Governor)

This is pretty funny-teabaggers nailed!

This is pretty funny-teabaggers nailed!

Attack of the Teaparty - like “Hee Haw” meets “28 Days Later.”

Afghan President's New Cabinet Picks Include Controversial Figure

And now another recipient of "mandatory" customers:

With campaign season fast approaching and everyone from DCCC to the DLC starting to

UE Benefit Extensions Should Be Automatic When The UE Rate Is 10% And Above

So who's still advertising on Beck? January 8 edition...

Did the CIA Deploy a Blackwater Hit Team in Germany?

Guess who is the #2 donor to the DNC.

Unruly passengers cause 2 flights to change course

Gresham Barrett's (R-SC) Bill To Ban, Deport Immigrants From Designated "Terrorist" Countries

Ex-Police Official Backs Car Into a Woman

Bush Deputy Counsel Charged with Attempted Murder

OPR Torture Report Still Under Review, Should Be Released "Soon"

Drone strikes = worse than suicide bombers = state terrorism

Drone strikes = worse than suicide bombers = state terrorism

Re-branded Blackwater firm aims for $1 billion Afghan deal

Follow the money . . .

ONGOING rape, torture, disappearances and murders in Honduras

The 2010 Political Timebomb Is Unemployment - The Nation

Courts Roll Back Limits on Spending in Election Law

2009: The Year Wall Street Devoured the US Government

If we are depending on the CIA for our security we may be in big trouble

MagicJack's Next Act: Disappearing Cell Phone Fees

Ady Gil Captain: We Tried To Turn To Starboard Just Before Impact

Moyers Journal 01/08/10 - GET MAD AS HELL AND DONT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!

Faux News, who rahrah'd every Dow rally during BushCo, plays down current gains

London Crawling......

Afghanistan is not Vietnam

Food stamps should not exist in America today. FULL STOP.

TSA introduces crotch sniffing dogs at US airports.

TSA introduces crotch sniffing dogs at US airports.

TSA introduces crotch sniffing dogs at US airports.

Environment & poor lose again: Phoenix public transit faces cutbacks

Non-violent Peace demonstrators BRUTALIZED at White House

DEA AGENT ON TRIAL: THE DRUG WARS

If I didn't know any better, I would think it was early March in Detroit.

I have found something to share with those DU'rs that are kind souls...

British Woman Arrested for being raped in Dubai Restroom

British Woman Arrested for being raped in Dubai Restroom

I think the Balloon Boy family should get their own reality show

How is Reid's comment any different from Biden's?

Iraqi forces raid private military contractors (possibly Blackwater)

Shut up and do what you are told

Why should police officers be required to fight crime?

The right is going even more crazy over this video

Well, ya got yer Cadillac health care plans with no copays and no deductibles,

Billionaire investor's big warning (China is Dubai x 1000)

Billionaire investor's big warning (China is Dubai x 1000)

Reality of Taxing Cadillac Plans

Does anger at Dems REALLY translate into Repubs picking up more seats?

Ugh. Senator Playmate

Ugh. Senator Playmate

John Nichols, The Nation: The 2010 Political Timebomb Is Unemployment

I saw two of the most asinine "Pro-life" bumper stickers today.

Obama continues to disregard laws he finds objectionable, unless the laws discriminate against gays

Spain calls for Europe-wide protection for battered women

Is nutrition taught in schools anymore?

Manslaughter Defense Possible In Abortion Killing

South Carolina Wants to Drug Test

Univ. of Alabama to display national championship trophy at Walmart

Univ. of Alabama to display national championship trophy at Walmart

If you carry more than 2 condoms in DC...yer a whore!!!!

Hmmm.....Norway Time Hole “Leak” Plunges Northern Hemisphere Into Chaos

"It's only been a year!!1" -- -- -- we've only GOT one year left!

REQUIRED READING/VIEWING for Progressives: Your Picks?

President Obama Outlines Benefits of Health Reform to Take Effect This Year

10-year marriage contracts proposed by women’s group

If It's Sunday...

Stunning read: How this suicide bomber opened a new front in Al-Qaeda’s war

First, antichoice zealots, now a *&%^*! PRO-Walmart group

Tell the FCC: Support net neutrality. (Credo Action petition)

America's Mayor: Anthrax attacks weren't terror because they weren't Islamic. GO TEAM BUSH! USA!

Why do so many people keep saying "health insurance is not health care" as if this is breaking news?

Geithner Damage Control

music maestro Riccardo Muti talks about how our music tradition decays in italy and blooms in china

Health "Care" Deform: Shall we Criminalize Pooled Purchasing Plans in the Private sector?

I'm sure I missed this on DU, but in case anyone else did;

Supreme Court to Remove Restrictions on Corporate Donations

What do those who pull our strings want?

It is not disloyal to the president or the party to want him to keep his campaign promises.

Reid apologizes for 'Negro dialect' comment

Calif. Judge Orders Police to Return 60 Pounds of Marijuana

If you don't listen to Glenn Beck, you should....

If you don't listen to Glenn Beck, you should....

WTF did Tiger Woods do to GEM$NBC

NY Times - "Giuliani’s Misstatement, but Stephanopoulos’s Red Face"

Walk Away From Your Mortgage!

Consumer Reports Tests 15 Infomercial Products

Would Jesus oppose capitalism, as Moore argues?

Are liberals marginalizing themselves?

Understanding Al Qaeda

Krugman: Individual mandates are necessary

Post your "1984"-like sayings here! "WAR IS PEACE"

I don't get it. Why is the government going to tax me for HCR to correct

Chavez claims two interceptions of U.S. fighter jets in Venezuelan airspace

Good question. "Are New York Democrats Ready for Harold Ford's Faithiness?"

Rachel Maddow is a Damn Cheerleader I Tell You

NYT: Obama Takes New Route to Opposing Parts of Laws

5 years ago this morning, DU lost Khephra.

What Yemen is really about. The oil routes.

I just got a call from the DCCC, and I told them to go pound sand

Senate Bill: Ensign Healthcare Loophole sets high pre-existing condition penalties.

To vegetarians here..

Avatar in Appalachia

Would you like to see the DUzy Awards come back to life?

quit spinning the insurance bailout as hcr

Stopping a suicide

All You Need To Know About Airline Security

"Torture Memo" Author John Yoo to Appear on the Daily Show January 11

When you leave DU...?

Go

It is all unfounded rumor, but how would you feel about Rahm Emanual leaving the administration?

My good deed for 2010

AP: Psycho republican dad has mom & kids threatened with rape and sodomizing by strangers

New York magazine's stomach churning cover story on the fall of John Edwards is up

LTTE: Why do atheists face bias in office holding?

Sanders a Growing Force on the 'Far, Far Left'

Republicans are trying every trick in the book in the race to replace Kennedy.

So how well has Obama's trickle-down, bail-out-Wall Street strategy worked?

Photos: The Obama Presidency, January, 8th 2010

Where was Sarah Palin on 9/11? Can she provide proof that she was not involved in the attacks?

Appeals court rejects bid to block posting of Proposition 8 trial on YouTube

Pelosi...on New Report That Health Reform Will Create 4 Million More Jobs Over the Next Decade

Marshall wants stronger health bill

Putting the pieces together on better intelligence - Kerry

Re Nance Greggs

"183 projects, 43 states, Tens of Thousands of High Quality Clean Energy Jobs"

Republican Lugar Calls Cheney’s Criticism of Obama ‘Unfair’

CT-Gov: Dems Look Good

Obama highlights benefits of health care bill

Rachel Maddow speaks the truth

What's the latest news on the AG's from 13 states who plan to block the HCR on

How Unions killed themselves.

Some juicy tidbits from "Game Change" - new book on Election 2008

Government health insurance option appears doomed (AP)

" This, ladies and gentlemen, is your modern United States Senate."

White House Aides Said to Chafe at Slow Pace of Afghan Surge

I continue to be amazed by the ignorance (and lies) coming from the right

Any news on Obama's campaign plan to let people make a one-time 401(k) withdrawal w/o penalties? eom

I think taxes should be levied on cadillac health plans to pay for

Bill Clinton to address healthcare at House Democrats retreat

Yesterday at the office I witnessed a brilliant discussion between a freeper and a conservative.

Failed Underwear Bombing: Ten Things President Obama Could Have Done To Make It All Better

Misunderstandings and the moderate American electorate.

"Hatch and Franken shared tears after singing together"

In Memory of Jean Biden: Irish Mom Apperciation Thread

Dupe

Voilà l'été

Cash-Strapped Hawaii Can't Afford Congressional Special Election

karmacoma

Something to cheer you up: PANDA CAM!!!

I am eating a bag of small bag Funyuns, howdy from frozen Austin.

YouTube: Cher's bum on a sailor-filled boat, while her kid plays guitar. "If I Could Turn Back Time"

Native-American GOP Congressman Calls Steele’s ‘Honest Injun’ Comments ‘Unacceptable’

Hold my beer, watch this: AZ speed cam catches man standing-while-driving.

"Elvis on tour" is on TCM right now (started at 8)

Remember the group "Styx?"

Reid called Obama earlier today to apologize. Obama accepts apology. "I know what's in his heart."

Good evening!

Giuliani: 'I Do Remember Sept. 11'

Obameter: More Promise Kept EEOC and Clean Fuel Funding

Drudge uses Harry Reid's foot in mouth as an excuse to call President Obama "the Negro"

Is the so-called "third stimulus" just a part of the original stimulus plan? There is a lot of

I wonder if the UK gets the nudie parts that are cut out of BSG, Stargate and Caprica?

Mass Senate: Get Ready for Another Round of GOP Failure = Success

David Bowie ft. Earl Slick - Stay (Live)

The Doors - Touch Me: Like or No Like?

The Doors - Touch Me

David Bowie - Golden Years (Live)

The Diva Dance

Tevye - If I were a rich man

electricity

Pelosi, Obama call for job-creation bill in wake of unemployment repor

Wow - Countdown running down the many terrorism attacks while w was president - *Updated*

are you ready for "Levitating Cat" ?

Electric Wire Hustle - Longtime Feat Steve Spacek

This book "Game Change" is a poison pill.

Richard Nixon born January 9, 1913

Divinyls - I Touch Myself

So I woke up late today.................... Harry Reid said what?

Ya Rayah

Is DU R E A L LY S-L-O-W for you?

La mujer española

As probation ends for 'Baucus 8,' group vows to press for single-payer health reform

MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This

Hurricane Propels Jackson's Justice Quest at EPA

What was Willis talking about?

David Bowie - Modern Love

A.T.H.F - Danger Doom

State of the Union scheduled around "Lost".

Miami public hospitals end payments for dialysis treatment of the indigent

Big Dog to Teddy? "A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee."

Who will replace Michael Steele?

Afghan road blockades as innocents die

Qu'est-ce qu'on attend

Looks like I'm drunk after only 2 1/2 beers... And that's WHILE eating pizza!

Get off your dead asses.

Get off your asses Dead

A little entertainment

Why taxing Cadillac plans won't bring down costs

Cheb Khaled - aicha

Some good news

Queen and Freddy Mercury...Ugh...Too damned GOOD for us.

Hillary's New Health Crusade

Christian group wants ’self-mutilating’ Obama appointee fired

What ever happened to “change we can believe in”? ( Read whole article before posting reactio

Afghans agree to take over U.S. prison at Bagram

In Memory of Jean Biden: Irish Mom Apperciation Thread

The Doors - Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)

David Bowie - Fame

Jonathan Gruber Failed to Disclose His $392,600 Contracts with HHS

nickleback meets its match

Does anyone know of a good, free multi-page wiki type site?

Proof Abstinence Only Sex "Education" Is Destroying Today's Impressionable Youth

David Bowie - Heroes

So- at 7:30 this evening a water pipe in my kitchen ceiling burst.

For all the uproar over the word 'negro', I would like to present to you an essay....

Touch The Sky

Heard 'Em Say

How do you access the Internet?

Elvis

Kick-Ass: 16 April 2010

Saint Elizabeth and the Ego Monster, Excerpt from "Game Change"

Woman in Chains

Anybody want a DU sticker?

Not even in my fantasies

Get Your Lies Straight

Dupe Sorry.

Dupe. Sorry.

Dupe. Sorry.

Dupe. Sorry.

I like thinking about Mr. Writer naked.

Dupe. Sorry.

RHPS - Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me

Vasoline

VIDEO | Ron "Typewriter" Mingo: "I just love it, so I type all the time!"

If you post a YouTube link without telling us who and/or what it is, you're a poop-head.

Why on earth is anyone defending this

Oh, for the love of God. Has Obama done anything right?

can someone here try going to amazon com right now and tell me if you can do it?

The 'v' on my keyboard has collapsed. Sometimes it gets stuck. Is there anything I can do other

Hoot Gibson. 30 Seconds Over Detroit.

I will not attend a wedding if the bride and groom do not support marriage equality

Watched "The Forbidden Kingdom" last night - Jackie Chan and Jet Li

President Obama "the most sweeping reforms...on insurance companies...this country has ever known"

Who likes hot apple cider?

Sledding in Atlanta! Our driveway was a big hit with the kids...

WOW! If there's anything BETTER than "Unrecommend," it's the new "Courtesy Flush" feature in GD!

WOW! If there's anything BETTER than "Unrecommend," it's the new "Courtesy Flush" feature in GD!

Alabama QB played with broken ribs.

My newest poem: Fog

Do Premiums Affect Wages?

& David Bowie - Definitive Ode to The White Penis (1979)

Basketball's Next Superstar? This girl is 6'10!

"I accepted Harry's apology without question and the book is closed"

The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 1/9/09

The great Muppet comeback

Wax on Wax Off vs Take off your Jacket and Put it back on

What Star Wars Tech would you want to own?

Here's some Silk Degrees for a Cold Winter's Day.

The panda is awake and eating.

Hey I think I found an early version of the Avatar Script!

What really happened to the Dinosaurs

Did you really lose your virginity?

Jump-starting a Tiger tank...

It's 36 degrees with a light rain at 10:15 AM - south of Sarasota, FL

Your Least Favorite Thing on Facebook: Tell us!

will Avatar replace 9-11 as the "everythingchanger?"

i'm thinking about getting a white vinyl olde english font sticker phrase on the rear window of my

What the fuck wrong with you people? A major oversight yesterday

Anybody wanna work out with me?

Shirley Bassey - GET THE PARTY STARTED

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Time for my Radio Show!

from now on i will no longer post in the lounge

Propellerheads - History Repeating (1997)

OMG, I can broadcast an Internet TV from my home with USTREAM

Fascinating look at Netflix rental trends around the country

Can Rachel Maddow get any better? She keeps topping herself show after show

I think I'm going to have to write off the last couple of days of my holiday break.

YouTube - Wall of Voodoo - "Mexican Radio" (Live, US Festival '83)

YouTube - Wall of Voodoo - "Mexican Radio" (Live, US Festival '83)

But there's somethin' in your eyes that says maybe that's never...never say never...

Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever

Does anyone play Cafe World?

Walking a cat on a leash.... LOL!

Dreams.

Oh God help me

Dr. Who & Torchwood... Why can't American TV come up with the same standards?

DU Brits: What happens if you don't pay the fees to receive the Beeb?

Jets vs. Bengals playoff game thread

Maybe my best haiku ever.

One of the coolest things you'll see all day

Should people be allowed to use food stamps to buy aircraft carriers?

YouTube - Blackfoot, "Highway Song," live in Zurich 1982

Obama Takes New Route to Opposing Parts of Laws

Second guessing myself

East Boston Cat Called to Jury Duty

Is honey vegan?

I'm going to Tosche Station to get power converters. Anybody need anything?

The "Cadillac Tax" is intended to LOWER premium costs

an open apology to a DUer

Craig Ferguson on the NBCLeno/Conan kerfuffle

The GOPmay be stuck with Steele.

Congratulations! -- - AP: "Government Insurance Option Appears Doomed"

I must be Hercules

Which of the movies on this list have you seen?

So where is the Cadillac plan statistical proof

So where is the Cadillac plan statistical proof

Pizza?

John Coltrane , McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison , Elvin Jones: "My Favorite Things," Belgium,1965

Krugman: The health insurance excise tax

One of my favorite Brady Bunch episodes

How did you deal with transitioning into adult hood and growing (physically ) apart from your family

Reindeer Poop? There's a recipe for Reindeer Poop???

I think I just found the cutest cat picture so far.

Should I see Avatar in 3-D?

So our pediatrician really screwed up!

David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes

You spend 1/5th of your life on DU and a full 1/3rd of it in the lounge.

Kate Gosselin's $7,000 hair extensions

Reid Apologizes for Private Remarks on Obama- "light-skinned" African American "w/ no Negro dialect"

Miley Cyrus: I'm no role model

Check out the new entry on my music blog

Which house spiders, in California, are "harmless?"

Need a bit of advice regarding therapy payment. And a hug if you can spare.

Homeowners, what was the one thing you wished you knew before you bought your first house?

In Star Wars, the Jawa shouts "Ootini!" Let's determine what this means.

My sense of betrayal and the splits on DU

Did any of you ever grow up with a housekeeper in the house?

Sell me on having kids

World Trade Center design firm to close

Huge NYC apartment complex misses loan payment

US to review court decision on Blackwater killings

F-16s scrambled due to unruly airline passenger (Atlanta to San Francisco)

Geithner called to explain AIG bailout secrecy

Proposition 8 supporters seek to block YouTube broadcast

Suspect: 20 Others Trained to Blow Up Jets

Huge NYC apartment complex misses loan payment

Judge throws out most evidence against Guantanamo detainee who claims coercion in Afghanistan

Giuliani: 'I Do Remember Sept. 11'

10-year marriage contracts proposed by women’s group

TSA funding airport mind-reading scanners

Republican Lugar Calls Cheney's Criticism of Obama 'Unfair'

'Afghanistan CIA bomber' shown vowing revenge

Ex-Police Official Backs Car Into a Woman

Migrants evacuated from southern Italian town

Xe Services aiming for Afghan police training deal

U.S. warns of attack threat to Sudan-Uganda flights

'Three dead' after gun attack on Togo football team

MagicJack's Next Act: Disappearing Cell Phone Fees

Steele's book caught GOP leaders by surprise

Bonus time as banks pay out £40bn

Appeals court rejects bid to block posting of Proposition 8 trial on YouTube

Non-violent Peace demonstrators BRUTALIZED at White House

Winter Breaks Budgets and Rules the Road

Obama Takes New Route to Opposing Parts of Laws

UPDATE 1-Horizon Bank first U.S. bank failure of 2010

Officials Hid Truth About Immigrant Deaths in Jail

New Afghan Cabinet Picks Still Generate Resistance

Suspect: 20 Others Trained to Blow Up Jets

As China rises, so does its lobbying influence

McCaskill says put cameras in the House and Senate for health care debate

Devaluation ups stakes in Venezuela election year

Disgraced wife of NIreland leader to step down

Horizon Bank (Bellingham, Wash.) closed by regulators

Informant testifies against DEA agent

Government health insurance option appears doomed

Bonus time as banks pay out £40bn

Bonus time as banks pay out £40bn

Contrarian Investor Sees Economic Crash in China

Iranian wants WWII reparations

'Gumby' creator Art Clokey, dead at 88, had an especially animated life

Venezuela sent jets to intercept US plane - Chavez

Top Muslim clerics issue Fatwa denouncing terror attacks on Canada and U.S

Comments about "Gilligan's Island" net Oregon man on flight a felony charge

Muslims, Christians set homes ablaze in Egypt

Nearly One Year Later, Obama Plan To Help 1.5 Million Struggling Homeowners Yet To Launch

Gay marriage foe wants out of Proposition 8 trial

Iraq confiscates arms in private security crackdown (military contractors)

Venezuela devalues currency for 1st time since '05

British Woman Arrested In Dubai For Illegal Sex After Reporting Rape

Reid apologizes for 'no Negro dialect' comment

Unions Rally to Oppose a Proposed Tax on Health Insurance

Schwarzenegger submits "draconian" California budget

Arrest Made in Newark Airport Security Breach

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Yemen: The Latest U.S. Battleground

Obama is weak on terror…

AlterNet: Factory Farmed Meat Can Trigger a Global Pandemic That Wipes Out 60% of Those Infected

The Shock Doctrine - the rise of disaster capitalism, a review

Washington Post Lets Lobbyists Write Its Stories

Come Saturday Morning: Did You Read Them, Dick?

Who Says a Terrorist Attack Has to be In an Airplane? How the GOP Threatens Our Lives

Massive Jump In Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) Benefits - Up 43% In One Month!

Friday Talking Points (106) -- Election Season Begins

The Price of Freedom: 79%

Robert Reich:The Bad Job Numbers and the Secret Second Stimulus

CES: Why the White House is backing away from Net neutrality

Pelosi, Obama call for job-creation bill in wake of unemployment report

We Must Demand The Medicare Option Be Put Back In Health Care Bill

Officials Hid Truth About Immigrant Deaths in Jail

Answering Helen Thomas on Why

Deconstructing Myths of America: Laura Flanders: “What do you mean, civilized?”

Obama Refuses to Admit We're at War ... With Right-Wingers!

TV Nation

Courts Roll Back Limits on Spending in Election Law

NYT's G.O.P. Grief and Grieving by, Charles Blow...

Robert Reich: Jobs: The One Issue That Can Sink Democrats in November!

At a bend in a Colombian river, a woman salvages human remains from decades of conflict

The Disposable Worker

Weekend Economists Happy Birthday Severus January 8-10, 2010

Black America's economic freefall

Denial of Care Profits: $73 million for CIGNA’s retiring CEO

Deadly cost of heating cutoffs

Dorm Room Dealers: A Peek into the Drug World of the White and Upwardly Mobile

Cerberus Capital: Literally Blood-Sucking the Poor to Make Their Billions

Cheney & His Daughter With Some Kind Of Genetic Tourette's! Congressman Massa

Mitch Stewart on OFA: Historic Year, More Work Ahead

TexasTechGate: The Swiftboating of Mike Leach

Triumph of right-wing nationalism

Triumph of right-wing nationalism

Your annual income is 1.5 inches tall - The L-Curve: Income Distribution.

No Child Left Behind * This Day In The USA * January 8

Move Your Money From Big Banks To Small/Community Banks

YEMEN: Connect the Dots...

PTV "On The Edge with Max Keiser" 'Brit Hume, Tiger Woods, Ben Stein and Ron Paul.'

Young Turks: Michael Steele Fires Back At GOP - 'Fire me'

Rachel Maddow on David Letterman - 01/07/2010 - Part 1

Yemen sends message to al-Qaeda

President Obama Explains How Health Care Reform Will Help American Families

Geithner-led Federal Reserve Bank pressed AIG to Withhold Swap Info from Public

Rachel Maddow - Giuliani: a noun, a verb and no clue

Yemen after bombing of America.

Countdown: Lawrence O'Donnell BLISTERS Giuliani for His Terror Attack Lie

Confirmation Japan's Whaling Vessel Caused The Ady Gil Collision

Yemen. Strategically Correct -The Whole Story

Are We Alone?

Obama: Road to Economic Recovery Not Straight

Authorities Believe Heroin Contaminated With Anthrax Circulating In Scotland - 6 Confirmed Dead

J-pod has a new calf

Grist: Gates Foundation throws its lot with agribusiness

Globe & Mail - Pine Beetles Transform BC Forests In Bigger Carbon Source Than All Tar-Sands Mining

In Japan, Prius Cements Status As #1 Car - Six-Month Wait, But CFC Program Extended Six Months

AEP, Union Reps. - Climate Change Physical, Political Reality - Time To (Eventually) Accept, Adjust

Blunt Challenge To Lindzen GRL Paper: "(Appears) Authors Contrived To Get Answer They Got" - NYT

Sometimes, 10's Not Enough: Inhofe, Will, Singer, Milloy: Alternet Rates 14 Worst Climate Villains

Solar paneled water heaters really work - my last one lasted 29 years.

2010 Big Year For Earth Observation - Marine, Solar & Atmospheric Aerosol Satellites Due To Launch

Climate expert in the eye of an integrity storm (Michael Mann interview re: “Climategate.”)

Coral can recover from climate change damage

(Maine Dem. Gov.) Baldacci touts energy grants (Stimulus $$$ - 950 new jobs)

Are there any certification programs for green consulting?

Program offers funds to help Mainers weatherize homes ($3k per home Stimulus $$$)

Experimenter sees clean world running on hydrogen

San Francisco's seal lions disappear; are they in Oregon?

48% Of VA Soda Fountain Drinks Tested Contained Coliform Bacteria - LA Times

Serial Bomber Stalking EnCana's Sour-Gas Network Of Wells & Pipelines In BC - G&M

With CEI-Funded Denier Lone Farm Bureau Speaker On Climate, 40 Climatologists Demand Meeting

Eco-fans and living off the grid.

Why Antarctica isn't melting much – yet

Deadly blades; death toll mounts as wind farms massacre birds of prey

Rice, Smith lead HoF finalists

Ayla Brown singing National Anthem at BU-BC hockey game at Fenway Park

Swiftboat PR Firm Repping James Against Leach

Togo 'withdraw' from Africa cup

Pete Carroll appears headed to Seahawks

Are the Jets for real?

54-0

You Gotta See the Baaaay-beeee!

Name a thing more unnecessary than Bob Costas

WTF?? DC Cops Can Arrest You for Carrying More Than Two Condems..

Joe Gibbs or your vacuum fed plumbing vent pipe

Peyton Manning wins fourth MVP award

Haitian extradited in French consul's death (AP via eTaiwan)

DEA agent who worked in Latin America goes to trial:

Vargas Llosa backs Chile's billionaire frontrunner

Massacre in Aguán

At a bend in a Colombian river, a woman salvages human remains from decades of conflict

Honduras is Broke

In Israel, racial profiling doesn't warrant debate, or apologies

Report: Egypt bans Gaza-bound humanitarian aid convoys

Report: Egypt bans Gaza-bound humanitarian aid convoys

Pro-Gun Victories In 2009

Wind turbine blade plant for Neb? (200 green jobs from stimulus!)

Today in Labor History Jan 9 W Wilson "industry’s failure to deal with unions" , Joan Baez was born

Is your union still urging membership to call House members to oppose the tax on "Cadillac" plans?

How the Teamsters Beat Goldman Sachs

VPC Kristin Rand, "NRA Has Convinced State Legislators That It Has Power To Deny Seats To Anti-Gun..

Australian government - "we are here to help you"

Colorado universities offer gun storage to students ...

Fallout from Kali's RKBA debacle.

Long time Gun Control advocate, and NC state senator...indicted for shooting someone...

Sam Cooke - "A Change is Gonna Come"

Christian group wants ’self-mutilating’ (transgender) Obama appointee fired

Cross-post: I will not attend a wedding if the bride and groom do not support marriage equality

Northern graffiti

The cat and I did a good job, I think

all of our collective photo... from NASA

More experimenting with black & white

How Fish (Yes, Fish) Punish Each Other

A night at the opera

Giant vampire squid gives oil prices a lift!

Contrarian Investor Sees Economic Crash in China

Multicultural Critical Theory. At B-School?

The Web Of Debt - discussion of debtor nations that may walk away

Dear one grass root...

Have your prayers been answered?

from DU Health forum: Homeopathy backlash in UK (campaign to get pharmacies to stop selling)

Qi Masters acupressure - a fascinating article. The experience of a man called

New UK Campaign: “Homeopathy: There’s nothing in it”

New Jobs Bill Offers $23 Billion for Education

Religious moderates standing up to their faith's extremists - THIS is how it's done.

Does anyone make Yorkshire Pudding?

Reworking some leftovers

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