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Archives: May 18, 2013

Good luck to everyone playing Powerball.

happy birthday, new york stock exchange

Why doesn't Chris hayes interupt this scumbag

IRS 'Scandal' Appears Nearly as Phony as Shirley Sherrod, Van Jones, ACORN 'Scandals'

Ken Venturi, 1964 US Open champ and longtime golf announcer, passes away at 82

Here WE Go: Tea Party groups prepare to sue IRS

I just posted today's show, Enjoy!

May 17, 1973 - the beginning of the Watergate Hearings

Lets be clear! There is no mention of the word” Lying" in the CBS report on the Benghazi Emails!

Anyone listen to NPR marketplace? Wife was listening to it tonight: IRS scandal side note

Student who spoke against abstinence-only assembly no longer allowed to speak at HS graduation

MTV Unplugged Appreciation Thread

Come on Chris Hayes get off of that AP story and start talking about Benghazi

Absolutely fantastical!

Heritage Letter to Congressional GOP: Don't Legislate, Focus on Scandals

Arab International Festival in Dearborn is canceled in wake of religious tensions

This ‘Monumental Shift’ in the US Buildings Sector May Surprise You

Lowest murder rate in a century!

Comedy website raises $50,000 for anti-Stephen Harper ad

Friday Talking Points (258) -- Scandalpalooza!

Far out, Dude!

Yeppers…

N.Y. Daily News takes a tragic story and turns into a sexy photo story..

Why you shouldn't advise anyone you know of joining up…

"Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker" is the Lounge phrase for tonight. You know what to do

More killer capitalism

"Right To Work" really means right to get injured or killed in the work place…

Not just the Teabaggerati, but any other 501( c ) (4) that does it too…

Mandatory Friday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! TGIF! Freaky Friday & a new Kitteh gif

Reid My Lips: Harry Reid Focuses On July For The 'Nuclear Option'

A glass stadium for the Vikings

My great and sincere thanks to my fellow DUer whyzayker...

Don't know if this has been posted. Great app that scans your merchandise before you buy and tells

Rachel Maddow is tearing Benghazi and the lousy media apart!

Thank You Rachel Maddow

Thank you Rachel Maddow

US Honeybees heading for Extinction

What universal child care does for Norway

"Organizing for Action" tells sheep army to ignore science, obey Obama on deadly pipeline

Aaron Swartz's Last Gift: Site Launches Whistleblower Safe House

The IRS did Nothing to Deserve Criticism From Republicans

I've yet to know of any GOPer who can use Twitter without looking lame as shit

Kelly Thomas' father 'totally disgusted' by Kern County beating

Hall of Famer Ken Venturi, 82, dies

Reince Priebus LMAO

Harvard Atheists Team Up to Write About Godless Congregations

Doggett Challenges GOP Exploitation of IRS Failure

Vice and virtue police gain foothold in war-torn Syria

Local farmer spells out "Socialism. Don't Cha Love It" in field of crops; collects farm subsidies

Frisco should...

2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest

Heritage letter to Republicans on Capitol Hill: don’t legislate, just scandalize Obama

Mitt Romney guest on Leno tonight

Los Angeles ranked worst U.S. city for dog attacks on mail carriers

Death! Do you fear it? I do not! A long story,..but I do not!

Bill Moyers: The War on Science and Toxic Disinformation

psst

Congressional lawmakers call for IMPRISONMENT for whoever kept Tea Partiers from getting tax exempt

Having a bit of a weepy night tonight.

my retirement plan

S.E.Cupp STFU and let Michael Moore and Billl Maher get in a word

Well done demotivational type thingy;

Record Powerball jackpot inspires office pools

This little pinkie gouged your eye out…

Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway

I guess that he didn't bring his A Game…

IRS Official Lois Lerner Called Lawyer To Plant Targeting Question

Ohio Republicans Push Law To Penalize Colleges For Helping Students Vote

Zero Republican Outrage

NYT: Kochs dump Canadian petroleum waste in downtown Detroit

A request concerning bookmarks

I just got an odd phone call from my supervising physician.

"There Are Dozens Of Us!!! Dozens!!": Being Never Nude Is A Real Thing

Cry Little Sister by Gerard McMann (Anti-Bush Video)

"Real Time" was excellent tonight. Michael Moore was on. Great "New Rules" too.

Pirates: 25-17

Senator Pamela Wallin did a payback too and is now out of caucus. Police involvement. CTV News.

Some Possible Good News On Labor Front In Calif.

Had another ticklish procedure today.

Rachel Maddow Takes ABC News To Woodshed Over Benghazi Non-Emails

Maher & Moore Clash w/ S.E. Cupp, Sorkin Over IRS: ‘Is It Unreasonable To Target An Anti-Tax Group?'

Elijah Harper, First Nations leader who brought down Meech Lake, dies at 64

Exactly

Bill Maher And Michael Moore Tear Apart GOP Obstruction: This Is ‘Treason,’ ‘They Hate America’

The Economic Case for Divesting from Fossil Fuels

Cable Networks Eagerly Anticipate When GOP Will ‘Overplay Their Hand’ (link to video compilation)

(Graphic) Stoke's Kenwyne Jones threw a brick through teammate’s windshield after pig’s head prank

So what's everyone drinking tonight...

Texas Judge Forbids Lesbian Woman From Living With Her Partner

O’Reilly Seeks Out Informed Opinions On IRS & Benghazi Scandals From The Unwashed Masses

Beck Reimagines David Bowie's Sound&Vision - Must See - Amazing....

Overzealous fan hurts Didier Drogba during Galatasaray training

We are witnessing a modern day political lynching party

I seem unable to rec some OPs. Is it just me? Really strange, even deleted cookies and signed

Filling out an online job application form--previous salary is a required field....

Do you think the Democrats were well-prepared for the hearing today?

Saw my mother in the hospital this evening.

Harry Reid Focuses On July For The 'Nuclear Option'

Rachel Maddow - Media not unscathed by weeks scandal frenzy

Colorado Woman, Dies After Assault Rifle Accidentally Discharges

Cuomo: ‘Height Of Hypocrisy’ If Lawmakers Don’t Approve Women’s Agenda

A Friend of Mine Posted This On Facebook lmao

Friday Night Catnip: The Seeds--Future

US cropcircle May 13 Tennessee

nytimes: Republicans Expand I.R.S. Inquiry, With Eye on White House

4 Presidents, 4 Umbrellas

A Cult Is Trying To Recruit Bob Dylan Fans

Jon Karl: Obama parties with Kim Kardashian..

(UK) Ministers urged to clarify nuclear cost overruns

The Mystery of the Immaculately Conceived Baby Anteater

Paranormal!?

Lew Defends IRS Health Care Lawyer Attacked by Tea Party

Awesome Media Matters Article Benghazi Emails

Zappa on Theocracy

Is anyone here interested in discussing Extra Sensory Perception and/or the Paranormal?

"Incredibly prolific genius talks with chimp."

Sweet dreams baby!

France gay marriage: Hollande signs bill into law

Texas Senate forcing out state insurance commissioner

* * * DUzy Awards: Week ending May 17, 2013 * * *

Will those you love go to bed tonight knowing it?

Equality Texas: Amendment would block schools from enforcing LGBT non-discrimination in school clubs

Probably not the right group.

'Zero error' in Venezuelan poll results

Test

Nude

Hiroshima, Nagasaki and linguistic miscommunications

Tens of thousands protest plan to draft ultra-Orthodox into Israeli army

When do we pass the point of no return and Obamacare simply cannot be repealed?

Sacramento Doctor Prescribes Blow Job To Patient With Gag Reflex

So the sheriff is the coroner also in Kern County?

The republican party is making another last ditch effort to bring down President Obama

Job Fair For Ex Offenders Cancelled When Too Many Show Up

Marine, dog reunited in surprise ceremony

So far, in the month of May Pres Obama has nominated TWELVE judges (9 female, 3 male) - UPDATED

German dialect in Texas is one of a kind, and dying out

Are These the First Ever Pictures of Honduras's Lost Ciudad Blanca?

My Review of Star Trek Into The Darkness (No Spoilers)

The First 'Nymphomaniac' Image Is Like a 'Highlights' Hidden Pictures, But with Sex Acts

Washington gets explicit: its 'war on terror' is permanent

Unfolding Repression in the Shadows of the Guatemalan Genocide Trial

Alabama Immigration Law Asks Doctors For Their Papers

Single Payer Health Care News Conference Tues. May 21

Internal wrangling marks Dems' Senate campaigns

Internal wrangling marks Dems' Senate campaigns

Peru Mulls Deals to Buy Russian Helicopters, Tanks - Rostec

Does Jon Karl Have The Juice To Survive Benghazi Email Controversy?

What if the AP had been communicating with Julian Assange?

Super-Bright Explosion Seen on the Moon

A Black Mound of Canadian Oil Waste Is Rising Over Detroit

Deep sea 'gold rush' moves closerDavid Shukman

Trying to shoot down the Affordable Care Act for the 37th time is...

What was Lois Lerner up to anyway??

WW3 Countdown | China Moves Against The Dollar

(The Koch Bros involved) NYT:A Black Mound of Canadian Oil Waste Is Rising Over Detroit

A Police Pursuit Abruptly Interrupted:

A Right-Wing Mole at ABC News

Republican logic: Save the fetus, starve the poor

Plan to stay up the rest of the night! Ask me anything!

Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr

California State legislators pass resolution opposing cuts in SocSec, Medicare & Medicaid

WTF - "A virtual epidemic of preventive mastectomies" (NYT)

What's for Dinner ~ Saturday May 18th

OJ's ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns

Is David Beckham one of the Premier League all-time greats? He's not even in the top 1,000 says Chri

Being a Democracy Hating, Corporate Power-Defending Newspaper Owner Runs Deep in the Koch Family

I hear thunder but it's not raining

Four Examples from the Last Week Prove Obama Is Full of Hot Air on Climate Protection

Why is everyone "outraged"??

Adobe/Chrome question

Meanwhile at Fox News.... fake Benghazi emails? What fake Benghazi emails?

Illinois Man Finds $4.85 Million Lottery Ticket in Cookie Jar

Questions for Fed govt retirees,

How America's Endless Civil War Between Protestant Sects Is at the Heart of American Identity

Scientists study violent winds of Uranus

Durham Humane Society gets surprise $25,000 donation from mystery man

Air Force Targets $50M Savings With Apple iPads

According to this article it was the husband tazed in Cotati

Caterpillar CEO: 'We Can Never Make Enough Profit'

a very interesting word. fuck..

ABC's Jonathan Karl -- Right Wing Mole

Today in Peace and Justice history on May 18, 1972

At Google Conference, Camera Embedded Glass users ‘Blinking or Winking, as They Relieved Themselves’

FBI Spent 44 Months Probing Leak To TSG (The Smoking Gun)

Today in Peace and Justice history on May 18, 1972


One day long after the President has gone home, they will write books about the attacks

A Black Mound of Canadian Oil Waste Is Rising Over Detroit

Toon: Drunk

House GOP raps Dems for taking IRS union cash, but Republicans took the money, too

FEC Fines Ensign Family

front page WaPo.com - Norquist: Obama responsible for IRS targeting

People who complain about movies being spoiled

What You Should Know About the Philly Student Walkout

Keep the Arctic Cold by Subhankar Banerjee

John Nichols: Chris Christie, a GOP Moderate? Fuhgeddaboudit!

NYPD: Topless women in public is not a crime

A Soccer Ball That is Lighting the World! By Gabriel Noble | The Upbeat – Thu, May 16, 2013

Is the Government Spying on Reporters More Often Than We Think?

fracking the suburbs: an explosive combination?

THE RATS OF N.I.M.H.

The real truth about government spending

First Gray Whale South of Equator on Record

Colorado sheriffs, hangin' with domestic violence abuser, file lawsuit against the state.

ALEC and its stealth efforts to undermine our democracy

Florida's $9 billion orange crop is in trouble.

Doctors Confirm Black Lung In Victims Of Mine Blast

The double standard between gun ownership regulations and what I do for a living

Just so everyone knows I'm not dead

Retired NFL players endure a lifetime of hurt

And while we Laugh at Flying Turbine Blades, some Horrible Real Climate News...

I have a dumb question...what exactly did the IRS do that was wrong or illegal?

12.2 GW Of New Solar Approved Until February In Japan

Marine, dog reunited in surprise ceremony

Demand Action: My Son

From inside a 501c3 - reporting

Nicaragua 44MW wind farm online (will produce 7% of country's electricity)

Read these and thought of some folks on here

Calling out "Baby Talk" Bob Woodward on

tax compromise "christmas for Walmart" cuts cities

They Don’t Care What You Think -- They don’t care what you want

James Hansen Says Greenland Melt May Cool North Atlantic

Nugent. Evidently insanity doesn't run rampant in his family.

High rise peregrine chicks in Boise

About that “record number” of Obama leak prosecutions:

Crosspost from Good Reads - Exxon vs. Greenpeace and the IRS

the irs allegedly did the equivalent of targeting sporty red cars for speeding tickets

Something coming back into the news,"Cloning stem cells".

Is the Government Spying on Reporters More Often Than We Think?

Global Capitalism - May 2013 - Richard D Wolff

how to set up an anonymous, tax-exempt front for political activity:

Grassroots Activism Brings San Onofre to the No Nukes Brink

Benghazi pales in comparison to the unpunished war crime that is Iraq (WARNING: Graphic)

Where was the outrage when Riser & Amanpour's phone was bugged?

New Yorker launches tool by Aaron Swartz to protect leaks

Marine and his dog, reunited

West explosion probe makes one thing clear: the need for regulation

Should ANY entity, organization, group...whatever... be tax exempt? If yes, what is the qualifier?

North Texas Stores Suggest Breaking Gun Laws

From Chris Hayes at MSNBC-Obama to deliver speech on drones, Gitmo

Virgin birth or hanky-panky? Anteater mom sparks a scientific debate.

Star Trek: The Middle School Musical

Repukes Fixing Their Talking Points...

IRS Probe Ignored Most Influential Groups (Long..but interesting read)

2016 sure came fast: "Hillary Seen At Mosque"

Twin Cities: Hiawatha Line renamed Blue Line

IRS Official Lois Lerner Called Lawyer To Plant Targeting Question

Toronto Star: Time for mayor to step down

Something from Worker's Power on the U.S. budget........

Something from Worker's Power on the U.S. budget........

I hope the "scandal" gives the Tea Party a new lease on life.

Taibbi: Everything is Rigged, Continued: (Oil price fixing probe)

I'm guessing that the "outrage" is not shared by the public in general

St. Louis Is Burning

Represent Us: Get Money Out - Get America Back

Exclusive: Woman Who Asked IRS's Lois Lerner Scandal-Breaking Question Details Plant

Romney Talks IRS, AP Leak, Benghazi With Leno

The Mythopoetic Movement

"Hey Liberals, Listen Up!" Chris Hayes

Breaking: GOP Congress members leak emails revealing that Vince Foster...

The Great Umbrella Scandal

Do you think the public supports tax exemptions for attack ads?

baked crab rangoon recipe I swiped from someone on Facebook

The IRS "scandal" is another case of the democratic party getting blame from what the GOP did.

Live blogging the Virginia Republican Freak Show...er, Convention

VIDEO: "From Boston to Pakistan, Pentagon Officials Claim Entire World is a Battlefield"

The republicans think that little (R) in front of their names stands for

Global Capitalism - May 2013 - Richard D Wolff

Some people shouldn't own guns or pit bulls.

A More Democratic Foxconn? No One Told the Workers

Man attempts world-record 48-hour Ferris wheel ride

NYT: Americas Coalition Puts Marijuana Legalization Up for Discussion

Danielle Brian on Moyers and Company

What are you reading the week of May 19, 2013?

today in women's herstory--18 may

Rare color film shows what London looked like in 1927

Helpful tips on dusting inside PC case?

For any new atheists out there, FFRF.ORG!

I have been seeing the weirdest commercials about my "entitlements" lately

Syrian rebels seize elderly father of Syria's deputy FM

happy birthday, tina fey

Bill Moyers: The War on Science and Toxic Disinformation

Disgusting! America has found many ways to capitalize on poverty, this has to be the vilest!

meet the press warning...mcconnell & rumsfeld

So, I guess you only want to talk to people who agree with you

Dow Chemical ordered to pay $1.2 billion in urethane price-fixing probe

Posted this in GD, thought you all would enjoy this as well..

It's a beautiful day!

OB-GYNs Are Confused By The Political Fight To Restrict Emergency Contraception

"Important changes" to my American Express cardmember agreement.

Saudi woman makes history by reaching Everest summit

Light-in-Flight Imaging

Keep the Tribune OUT of the Koch's hands!! (crowdfunding)

Letter from Birmingham Jail

TCM Schedule for Monday May 20 - TCM Spotlight: Secret Agent Spoofs

On Gun Safety, Determined Activists Are Keeping Up the Fight

Chris Hayes - The DOJ/AP Phone Scandal is Actually Serious

Wanna Know Why We the People Really Don't Know Squat?

The mysterious mounds of Nicaragua

Saturday, May 18th. The Weekend Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day.

Life Vest Inside - Kindness Boomerang

What the hell was Lois Lerner doing? Do we have an answer on this yet?

4 Board Members of Enne Superstores Arrested in Venezuela for Food Hoarding

Predict the next manufactured "scandal" the more ridiculous it is the better!!!!!

Colorado sheriffs sue to block new gun-control laws

Ron Johnson- Letterman's "Stooge of the Night"

GREAT smackdown of Fox News about going after Mister Rogers!

Guatemala’s Ríos Montt Genocide Conviction Omen for US Presidents and Their Assassins

"Conniption fits"! Did you ever have one? Apparently I gave them to my mother!

Eight killed, 10 policemen kidnapped in Iraq's Sunni heartland

Guatemala’s Ríos Montt Genocide Conviction Omen for US Presidents and Their Assassins

Saratoga Teen’s Research Takes Science World By Storm

Disastros EPIC FAIL.

Saratoga Teen’s Research Takes Science World By Storm

Afghan parliament halts debate on women's rights law

Tea party hero Cuccinelli is Va. GOP gov nominee

Join me ...

Are there grizzly bears in western Tennessee?

French President Signs Gay Marriage Into Law

Republican Texas judge orders lesbian couple to live apart or lose children

Adopt a liberal (How to win the House in 2014 and save Democracy)

Pacific Islanders Ask U.S. Military to not Use Pagan Island for Target Practice

Texas House Decides to Audit Rick Perry's Texas Enterprise Fund

Celebrities with their Pit Bulls

If you had it to do all over again...

this country in its present form is beyond redemption

What “Social Welfare” Work Do Tea Party Groups Perform?

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Here is the Republican Nazi who started ALEC

Jindal Says IRS Officials Should Go To Jail For Targeting

Gadgets may be making us dumber, studies show

FBI seeks source of prostitution, corruption allegations against Sen. Robert Menendez

Qatar is Spending Billions to Destroy Syria

OK - time for a Saturday random thoughts poll...what is your favorite music genre

Miss Kitty not thrilled about the vet visit this morning

LTTE: Smoking at Vikings Stadium?

SPRING Photo contest, update

Dumb Criminals: Sacramento Drug Dealers Butt-Dialed 911 During Sale

Charles Blow, NYTimes: Americans Yawning at GOP Phony Scandals

Path of Hate - a 10 minute video showing hatred's affect on the human spirit.

Navy dolphins discover rare old torpedo off Coronado

Rachel Maddow on Benghazi 'Scandal' (Photo)

As feared, the scandals are taking a toll on the President

Bacon-Themed Restaurant Closes After Neighbors Complain About Smell

How many people are secret exhibitionists?

Couple Thinks They Saw Jesus In Newspaper Ink Stain

Fast And Furious Driving Lessons

Think the big banks should be broken up? You're in good company

McDonnell’s disclosures highlight Virginia’s loose rules for personal gifts to politicians

Federal Appeals Court: Drug Sentencing Disparity Is Intentional Racial ‘Subjucation’

Hi yellerpup. A bit late but here's some kitchen dancing! for us all.

How Anti-Gay Forces Helped Minnesota Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean

Ok, this is it! I will try one more time…

The Media's Take If Romney Had Won...

DUI victim's parents ask and receive mercy from judge for son's surviving friend

I got a free Christian music tape when I was ten.

Robert Reich: The IRS and the Real Scandal

Zombie Obama target hanging in front of Redding's Hardware in Gettysburg, PA.

UPDATED: Pete Santilli, Radio Host: Hillary Clinton Needs To Be 'Shot In The Vagina'

New Horizons: Encounter Planning Accelerates

do you post from the bathroom sometimes ?

Bill Maher New Rules Republicans are Benghazi crazy

FYI: Orb is running the Preakness today!

How much money and wealth do people really need?

The mysterious yellow orbs found at Mexico's 2,000 year old temple

So these so-called "scandals" haven't really hurt Obama....approval still over 50%

For an iPad!

I hate it when corruption invades my restaurant dining

Things your GOP toady of M$M won't tell you: GOP Busted Altering Benghazi Emails released by WH

Jury duty......

I've been telling my wife I wanna go here for years

Bid to protect women’s rights ‘is against Islamic law,’ say Afghan lawmakers

America's first hemp crop in 60 years was planted this week in Colorado

I remember reading about bush administration offices initiating lawsuits...

Witnesses: Car strikes crowd at Va. parade

Obama Tweets Study Of 97% Scientific Consensus On Manmade Warming, [WaPo] Confused On What That Mean

New App Lets You Boycott Koch Brothers, Monsanto And More By Scanning Your Shopping Cart

25 Signs That You Must Be New To S.F.

What time is the Preakness today?

Funniest Tina Fey Quotes Ever (in honor of her birthday)

How many "Star" DUers currently have you on their ignore list?

Two thing happened in the past eight days and we were all distracted

Research Finds Wind Farm Health Concerns Probably Caused By Anti-Wind Scare Campaigns

The GoP house members have spent 52mil in tax payer money on trying to repeal Obamacare 37x

How dare they!

Pakistan politician Zahra Shahid Hussain killed in Karachi

Best commencement speaker ever - Eric Idle.

Arrested Development is pretty damn funny!

The BIGGEST Scandal in the World, unreported and unaddressed by either Politicians or MSM:

The Perverse Mental Gyrations of Rep. Darrell Issa

The Minn. Dept of Revenue targets poets/musicians claiming their work isn't work.

IRS Probe Ignored Most Influential Groups

Change looms for Ethiopia's ancient salt trade

Republican accidentally debunks GOP narrative at IRS hearing

Oh lordy, lordy.

Republican Accidentally Debunks GOP Narrative at IRS Hearing

ISSA-GATE? SCANDALGATE? (what should we call it?)

Bill Maher Goes Where The Media Won’t By Calling Republican Obstruction Treason

Up w/ Steve Kornacki - What the GOP obsession with Benghazi is really about

NY Daily News: Florida Man Accidentally Shoots Self While Bowling

Syria's Assad, In an Interview, Suggests Peace Talks are Unlikely to Succeed

Chicago Teachers Union begins 3-day citywide march

Hand of the Almighty

Heads up: MSNBC - The Ed Show is on NOW, 5pm ET (and a 'new' show on Sunday too)

A Lounge-worthy case of hope and redemption

Republican accidentally debunks GOP narrative at IRS hearing

The DUzys are back!!!

Watched a documentary on The Source Family and Father Yod...

The Real Political Scandal

Customer Repays Chef 15 Years Later For Valentine’s Dinner He Couldn’t Afford

Chicago Teachers and Supporters Start Three-day March For Education Justice

My mother has been released from the hospital.

NYPD Cops Arrest Woman Recording Them, Apparently Stealing Wrong Memory Card

Harvard students want ban on future racial superiority research after Richwine scandal

Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean

ABC’s Jonathan Karl is an Alumnus of a Conservative Media Training Program

Foxygen - San Francisco

Michelle Bachmann said.... (correction DIDN'T but is funny anyway)

Question about IPv6 Connectivity

BIG ED'S on FIRE!!!!!!!!

A smile for an otherwise dreary day

West Village NYC Gunman Allegedly Used Anti-Gay Slurs Before Killing Victim

Catchy-as-hell music video about bullying: but is it funny, or maybe a bit too violent?

A question about Angelina Jolie and Double Mastectomies

Do you think dreams have any significance, and if so, what?

What does this painting tell you?

U.S. Attorney Rejects Idea of Corruption Conspiracy Against Minority Pols

Bill Maher Spoofs IRS Tea Party Tax Forms (VIDEO)

"Hell On Wheels" Origin of the phrase:

Is Islam to Blame?

Hospitals fight delirium with volunteer help

Memories of the empire rustle loudly in the dirt ( a GREAT read)

Brooklyn Half Marathon checkin, results and analysis

your thoughts on cop baiting

If you haven't been watching the Tour of California...

Middle School "Henry VI" burning of Joan of Arc draws fire dept.

i just bought myself this as a birthday present

Bet you thought sub-prime mortgages were over, eh?

50 to 60 people injured as car strikes Va. parade

A change of pace..

You know this is crazy, right?

And another spring goes down the tubes. That's thirty-five. If you can still count that high.

Text font for the DUzy Awards? * Updated *

Reading the unreadable..........

For fun, ready to trip-out?

‘Doctored’ Benghazi e-mails rankle Dem lawmaker

ABC news this evening....not one mention of scandals of any type.

Now I'm hungry

Just a quick note to all my DU friends that bought a POWERBALL Ticket...

Just a quick note to all my DU friends that bought a POWERBALL ticket

Papantonio: Republicans Ignoring Deficit Reduction

Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada.

I gotta know.......

Harris-Perry Rails Against GOP Scandals: ‘It’s All Political’,About Putting Obama In The ‘Crosshairs

Good, sturdy canvas tote bag?

Noonan vs Silver...its a rout!

(IF you have been following the GD bird posts) CONGRATULATIONS 4dsc!!!

If we can't stop the GOP from being dishonest, how do we effectively hold them accountable?

Reagan and Argentina’s Dirty War

One day

RIP Ken Venturi.

This was posted this morning, but needs to be seen re: Koch family and newpapers

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