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Archives: February 23, 2014

Tea Party Protesters Call Charlie Crist A ‘Commie Whore’ Who Looks ‘Like An Aids Victim’

Clarence Thomas's Disgraceful Silence - eight years since Clarence Thomas last asked a question

Ugandan anti-homosexuality law: human rights catastrophe on its way

Colombia to pay reparations to man convicted of 1986 newspaper assassination

Pussy Riot Came To Sochi Looking For Trouble: Russia Deputy PM

Why even bother having boys' and girls' restrooms in schools?

Feds charge Springtown Texas man with anti-gay hate crime in brutal beating (Graphic Warning)

Feds charge Springtown Texas man with anti-gay hate crime in brutal beating (Graphic Warning)

Judge denies protective order against Utah gun lobbyist Aposhian

A Twitter exchange from today that nicely sums up the left/right divide

Colombian Army corruption leaks came from Prosecutor General’s Office: House of Representitives

Former Colombian governor arrested for alleged links to paramilitaries

Freed Ukrainian Opposition Leader Tymoshenko Rallies Crowds; Yanukovych Vows To Stay In Power

Journalist and camerawoman assaulted filming Colombia health intermediary

Gather 'round, folks, we need to have a talk

Key lawyer in the Christie bridge scandal withdraws as counsel to the Port Authority.

unfair to the rich kids

Dozen Killed As Obama Violates Obama's Drone Policy

Lenin Statues Toppled Across the Ukraine

Moyers: Deep State: Hybrid of Corporate America & Sational Security State, which is “Out of Control”

Please join me in thanking Agschmid

Police open fire on woman in Crown Heights, Brooklyn apartment

Should I re-install Windows 7?

The Death Spiral of the Utilities Starts in Hawaii

Some candidates question Democratic effort to shape a Texas ticket

2014 Risen Star Stakes (Derby Prep)

UPDATED: George Takei: Boycott Arizona if governor signs Gay Jim Crow law

Bangor Woman Sentenced For Illegal Gun Deals

Making history come alive: Two city cemeteries offering tours in honor of Black History Month

Come On In - The Music Machine

“Firefly” Star Adam Baldwin Compares Gay Marriage To Incest

Sarah Palin’s Heavy Metal Grandma Show for animal killers is coming. You should be excited.

Fascinating: In a women's sports clothing catalogue just received in the mail

"we reserve the right to refuse service to arizona legislators"

Stupidest law I've heard of in quite a while...

Pssssssssssssssst!!! Rmoney to attend fundraiser with Christie

Someone more versed in this matter, please tell me how this movement will eventually be..

I have not read the entire current Constitution of the U.S. and I have not read the entire Bible.

I need to crow

There is an Mixed Martial Arts fight tonight Mr. Shraby would like to watch, but it's pay

A few Saturday evening fractals (Dial-up warning)

Texas candidate sees roadkill as food, not waste

GISHWHES - all kinds of awesomeness (video)

Conversation 4: Exodus 21:7-11 - Marriage and Slavery

Jail The Bums!

Eye Got a Belly-ache

Watchoo lookin' at?

"Inequality, Productivity and WhatsApp"

Got a tip about restoring corroded brass.

Break-in Reported at Project on Government Oversight

The Martyrs of Ukraine...May they Rest in Peace knowing

I was just sitting here,

The GOP is micromanaging the narrative for their base. Talk about a nanny state!

Maria von Trapp, 99, dies in Vermont

25 Fucking Years!

Amazon's history should teach us to beware 'friendly' internet giants

Gas station memories...

Wal-Mart says it’s ‘neutral’ on a minimum wage hike. Lobbying disclosures suggest otherwise.

One chart shows the staggering income inequality in Atlanta, SF, Miami, Boston, other cities

Happy Birthday to Senator Ted Kennedy~ He would have been 82 years old.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is ‘mad, sad and bad’, claims ghost writer Andrew O’Hagan

Secrets & lies: the real Julian Assange

Please, Please Don't eat the daisies (oops, I mean babies)

harpy Phylli$ $chlafly claims that immigrants will end "freedom and prosperity"

I was watching some early clips of Muse in concert.

That's enough for today

India's gay community scrambling after court decision recriminalises homosexuality

Polluting Appalachia’s Streams With Mountaintop Removal Mining Just Got Harder

Why Matt Bevin (McConnell's primary challenger) has fizzled (Hint: Same sex marriage - DV)

Terms of endearment? Are they regional cultural or habit forming?

Happy World Sword Swallowers Day!

Scott Walker urged county staff, campaign aides to promote him online

Dumb Criminals: Jersey Man Steals Sound System, Comes Back For Remote Control

Obama to propose changes to wildfire funding

Out in Baltimore today

Chicago, Detroit land manufacturing institutes

The long dark tea-time of the soul and lonely days and lonely nights of Ted Nugent

Sen. Flake hopes Brewer vetoes 1062

Mexico can't seem to catch a break. Now it will have to deal with another drug cartel collapse and

The good news about not making it to the men's olympic hockey final is that

President Obama's Weekly Address: Time to Lift the Minimum Wage and Give America a Raise

WH - West Wing Week 02/21/14 or "Don't Make Small Plans, Make Big Plans"

USPS eyes Charlton Heston for postage stamp

I had to make a memorial poster for a murdered 1 year old today...

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Subway, Kraft Singles & Hot Pockets

Mickey and Minnie drop Acid

EVERY Democrat in the Arizona legislature voted AGAINST the "anti-gay/religious blank check law"

I found this article about the Ukrainian presidential elections in 2010

Check in if you think Min Wage will be raised this year OR if we will see this issue disappear in 6

Some Important Facts About Nuclear Power ...

Eagle Ford windfall goes to fix what the boom broke

Martha Stewart makes a cat poop scooper.

The true cost of disaster insurance makes nuclear power uncompetitive

****WCGreen Update -- Saturday, February 22, 2014****

1 dead after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at Walt Whitman Shops

For you SoCal Neil Young fans, two LA acoustic shows announced for 3/29-30

"My Brother's Keeper"

Toshiba's nuclear project - cheaper than Hinkley C?

U.S. Adopts Israeli Demand to Bring Iran’s Missiles into Nuclear Talks

Craiglist Dude: Let us frolic in my totally dope blanket fort

Is it possible to get dehydrated because of runny nose?

amidst all the current acrimony on DU, let's have a silent rememberance for a great DUer who passed.

Ghosting (Andrew O’Hagan in the London Review of Books re Assange)

Carbon Monoxide Detected at NY Mall, 1 Dead

Gabrielle

Louisiana principal's remarkable success story

I'm lost and having issues finding my way back to a happy place

Medicare Advantage plans may face cuts

*Top figure skating performances featuring medal winners, NBC, midnight

Guzman's Arrest Greeted with Caution

Oh, look! Video footage of Ven. GNB shooting tear gas into homes without provocation!

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) OMG Where is SCE Edition

Woman, 89, raped in nursing home by employee. Nursing home says she asked for it.

Another way to know you're getting older...

Here's a recipe for the best pea soup ever

Some memes! You know you love them.

Chevron launches local 'news' website in Richmond, Calif.

Take the brain test.

Walter Ehlers dies at 92; awarded Medal of Honor for WW II heroism

Have you ever read something so fucking mind numbingly dumb that you instinctively laugh?

i may or not be schnockered

Cool: NOAA has put all nautical charts online for free

The problem with little white girls (and boys)

*** FEBRUARY PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST - FINALS ***

*** FEBRUARY PHOTO CONTEST FINALS ARE UP IN GD ***

GOP & Religious Right Looks At Gays The Same Way Nazis Looked At Jews.

Iraq, Afghan wars will cost to $4 trillion to $6 trillion, Harvard study says

schools getting rid of textbooks and using tablets instead

Miyazaki's Last Feature The Wind Rises Opens in N. America

California, north and south, looking at substantial rains at the end of the upcoming week....

Burn in hell

Christie Tries to Work the Room and Fails

Holy crap... I just saw something freakin awesome...

Renewables Power a Rural German Village

We pay for welfare to supplement low wages. How about taxing low wage employers for this?

Russia clinches medals title - MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS

Why the eruption in Kiev could set off a tsunami that will engulf us all

When Calls The Heart

UK - Drinking alcohol while pregnant could become a crime after landmark test case

Breaking: Ukraine's Legislature Votes to Hand Presidential Powers to Parliament Speaker

A Brief History of Sexism in TV Coverage of the Olympics

How a tiny airport town near Seattle led the new movement against low wages

How a tiny airport town near Seattle led the new movement against low wages (xpost frm LM)

Japanese Shinto shrines

‘House of Cards’ producers want more tax breaks – or else: report

Twitter

The Thai Protests: Blood on the streets as bomb wounds 24 in central Bangkok

Federal water allocation for drought-stricken California farms cut to zero

How old does a DUer need to be to know what a gas war was at local filling stations?

6 Signs of Psychosis From GOP Fringe This Week

News Quiz on Some Shocking Events of the Week — What Do You Know?

Climate change skeptic decries ‘global warming nazis’ and their ‘jack-booted’ tactics

Religion Dying In America?

Religion Dying In America?

There's a Broad Consensus Among Activists Across the Country — Is Social Change Around the Corner?

Security flaw in Apple mobile software could allow hackers to beat encryption

More Lies Leveled Against Raising the Minimum Wage — This Time by the Federal Govt. Itself?

Health officials expect Massachusetts will see West Nile, EEE every year

Push is on to raise Massachusetts minimum wage to $11

Its More Than No Minimum Wages GOP Wants NO Labor Laws. A Job Is A Privilege. Be Thankul.

Big cat in da 'hood!

Australians commemorate slain asylum seeker Reza Berati

As Ukraine’s President Flees in Overthrow, Lessons for Kyiv from the Arab Upheavals

It's as if the new FDA rules re organic farming had been written Monsanto and Bayer Crop Life

India's gay community scrambling after court decision recriminalises homosexuality

The Deep State is Vulnerable to People Power

What Happens When You Marry The NSA's Surveillance Database With Amazon's Personalized Marketing?

Digital Dairy: Robotic Milk Production Takes Over

Next right-wing screed: The improving economy is breaking up marriages! It's Obama's fault!

Taliban says it's suspending talks on captive U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl

Yanukovych's own political party is cutting him loose.

I used to think people in this group exaggerated the level of misogyny on this site...

Another good piece about the situation in Ukraine

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

Two Lawyers Who May....

CIA Demilitarization Has Stalled

Sorry. . .

NSA Affair: Constitutional Court President Had Strong Words for the US

A new strategy in the fight to reduce smoking

Would anyone be willing to offer some advice?

Kerry's laughable remarks in Beijing

This Is Your Brain on Poverty: What Science Tells Us About Poverty

This year could be make-or-break for Canada-U.S. relations

Conservative Christians Selectively Apply Biblical Teachings in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate

What’s Next for the Moral Monday Movement?

SB 1062 forcing Brewer to consider issues tied to faith, discrimination

Gov. Chris Christie can't pass buck on Hurricane Sandy aid problems: Editorial

The Cruel and Shameless Ideology of Corporatism

Tens of Thousands in France Say No New Airport!

Shock over Ukraine

#LaSalida? Venezuela at a Crossroads

The Myth Behind Public School Failure

ahem .... has anyone seen SCE ? missing all those sweet pics .... nt

Hockey finals - spoiler

After the Press Conference: Michael Sam and the ‘Man Box’

Caught On Audio: Texas Tea Party Leader, “The Republican Party doesn’t want black people to vote”

U.S. Adopts Israeli Demand to Bring Iranâs Missiles into Nuclear Talks

Mgybe the increase in the Min wage needs to be put in a way Repugs love the idea. If the min

Chelsea Manning acceptance statement of Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence

From Puritans to Ken Ham: The long history of creationism in America

Every Olympics Must Have Its Golden Goose, Er, Golden Girl:

When I was in the hospital

MRA or feminist: Who said it?

Supreme Court Climate Case Looks At EPA's Power

New online tool tracks tree loss in 'near real time'

“Hipster” Christianity: 9 hilarious attempts by the religious right to be cool

The Senator from Oz Fights Crazy with Crazy

Obama Care Endgame: Are 7 Million QHP Enrollments by 3/31 Still Possible? Yes, but...

In Newark 700 teachers may be laid off, many replaced by TFA

An Overview of the PantheaCon Wiccan Privilege Discussion (Wild Hunt Blog)

Mitt Romney to join Chris Christie at fundraiser

Flake says he hopes Brewer vetoes same-sex service denial bill

"Throw the bums out!"

Wiener Schnitzel commercial

Today is "Damnit, I need new music" Sunday. - 02/23/2014

Thank You, Rolling Stone

BP gets slick in trying to undermine gulf oil spill settlement

Vice: Pussy Riot Gets Whipped In Sochi

Find something to be happy about today (Sunday February 23, 2014)

A new twist on the walk of shame.

Conservative Christians Selectively Apply Biblical Teachings in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate

Austin police chief says jaywalkers should be happy they’re not sexually assaulted by cops

Could Atheism be the End of Charity? (Hint: No)

Giant Slaughterhouse Recalls Fancy Grass-Fed Beef After Processing "Diseased and Unsound Animals"

I just want to scream everytime I hear

Inter-Religious Studies: A Field of Its Own

NSA has stepped up its surveillance of senior German government officials

It's Not Just Those Emails. Here's The Secret Investigation That Should Worry Scott Walker.

Cyber-era company valued at 19Bil has only 55 employees, so much for being job creators.

Locals concerned as Cuomo pushes municipal mergers

Saudi religious police to monitor social media?

A look at findings of Pa. fracking health project

China: nuclear and coal giants go solar

Al Gore On Climate Change: “The one missing ingredient may well be you, no kidding”

Britain's Roman Catholic church leader who branded welfare cuts a 'disgrace' becomes UK cardinal

Been lost for a while...back for a moment

When a Kid's Bedroom Isn't a Room

The U.S. Military’s Assault on Overseas Labor Rights

UAW demands labour board review Volkswagen plant vote

Wind turbines - going strong 20 years on

***** Kiev LIVE: Ukraine Parliament Boss Takes Presidential Powers *****

Old horse who gained fame for being evicted from town dies

France in US talks over Holocaust compensation

Caracas protesters vow to turn Venezuela into another Ukraine

Farmers in Cantaloupe Outbreak Sentenced to Probation, House Arrest, Fines

Abusive priest gets disability, support from Twin Cities archdiocese

It Was Awesome But Are We Asking Too Much Of The US Navy?

Fox Pundit: America Should Eliminate Minimum Wage Because Switzerland Doesn't Have One

Some here...

Cavalli scorches Milan with ring of fire catwalk. Literally.

Big Ag is OK With Farm Fires as it Fights Guidelines

Religion: Man Made For Men

Facebook changes policy for profiles of deceased users

Justified. Was there an episode shown on Feb 18?

GOP Candidate Allegedly Joked About Gunshot Patients’ X-Rays on Facebook

Where's L0cutus?

Travel Alert for Egypt

Cosmos reimagined by Neil DeGrass Tyson will be airing March 9 on Fox

Since 1968, More Americans Have Died From Gunfire Than All U.S. Wars Combined

Being against TPP because of NAFTA is fighting the last battle again. There are no jobs to lose with

9 Depressing Facts From the Latest Women in Media Report

A bountiful Crop of Genetically modified.........Thanks Monsanto!!

The Walking Dead 4.11 "Claimed" (spoiler alert)

Eleanor Roosevlet and her work on The Universal

Women need to step up to the plate if they want to stop objectifcation

Release of Fed Transcripts Show Fed Scary Ignorant in 2008, WaPo Scary Ignorant in 2014

3 Western tribes begin programs to try to stem tide of sexual violence from perps off reservation

Is Your Doctor Googling You?

2 dead, 1 wounded in Newburgh trailer dispute

There's a Broad Consensus Among Activists Across the Country — Is Social Change Around the Corner?

The American Employers Hold the Financial Future of the Country in Their Hands

Unusual foam found at plant

Tricky Dick vs. the New York Times: How Nixon declared war on journalism

U.S. Air Force reveals ‘neighborhood watch' spy satellite program

Still Broken Five Years Later

Ham radio operators seek exemption from hand-held cellphone ban

NOt sure if this is the forum I should be posting in, but;

Banks and the American Dream

Communicating the Atomic Fart

I hear this from so many Rethugs, "Obama is the worst President in history"

Tappan Zee sound monitors to get a boost

That's mean and shame on you...

Chicago goes to war with Asian carp

Fun quiz: Which puppet has David Koch's hand up its ass?

From LOLGOP on Twitter: "Putin lost the Ukraine but seems to have gained Arizona."

Federal Wood Burning Rule Prompts Rural Backlash.

How often have you heard the phrase "it's in the interest of national security"?

Frances Fox Piven | Extreme Poverty Has Been Used to Divide and Terrify Working People for Centuries

Who is Chris Cerf? An Investigation (Christie's Commissioner of Education)

Woman arrested for J-Walking

Armed paramilitaries act as police, prosecuters, and judges (Spanish)

Eating Disorders Affect More Than Just Females (National Eating Disorders Awareness Week)

“It might be said that online trolls are prototypical everyday sadists"

Kim Dotcom hearing to be delayed

NFL may penalize players for slurs

How Ted Cruz and Ron Paul Republicans took over Tarrant

Senate Republicans: Women’s Health Programs Doing Just Fine, Thank You

Jason Collins, the NBA free agent who announced he is gay, is going to sign with the Brooklyn Nets:

Dutch skaters were so good in Sochi there'll be an investigation on why everyone else was so bad

Police get away with murder routinely in this country

Arizona: Bigot Strong

Group Hopes to Place Stray Sochi Dogs

Intersting fact #302

Gallery backtracks on claims cleaner threw out artworks in Italy

You can’t regulate an industry you’re sleeping with

Are hosts not allowed to lock for flamebait when they see that is exactly what it is-

Dont know how I come up with this stuff..

"12 Years a Slave" 1st edition goes on display

California drought: Rare good news as storms move in, and El Nińo conditions are emerging in Pacific

Why are libertarians such idiots?

Recent Attacks by Boko Haram (Press Statement from John Kerry)

Make Calls for Alex Sink!

WashPo: U.S. intelligence agencies can’t justify why they use so many contractors

Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast to End Traffic Jam

Taliban Suspends Talks to Free U.S. Prisoner of War

Rather long article on Sawant by WP-US........

NYT: What the Stimulus Accomplished

GRAPHIC: Why Corporations Want Our Public Schools

Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast to End Traffic Jam

Rice Says U.S. Will ‘Play a Role’ in Financing Ukraine Recovery

Dog trained to attack is Oak Hills High School's newest line of defense

Ukraine's rich and varied natural resources

"Flagged for review"

Is there a way to turn off smilies?

Judge orders guns returned to blind FL man who ‘stood his ground’ against drinking buddy

Mass objectification is a result of commodification which is.......

ACLU: Relax, It’s Not the Thought Police

How Single Photographs Are Saving The Lives Of Shelter Animals Across The Country

Anybody remember the Lavender Liberal?

Something to know about

Pope: Professing the faith without good works is just spouting hot air

Waterville Prompto manager charged with reckless conduct for allegedly pointing gun at employees

Labour vows not to renegotiate EDF nuclear power station deal

Q1: What happened to red edit?

Comrades say Marine heroism tale of Iraq veteran was untrue

Q2: Signature text color

Cute Florida panther kitten on road to recovery after being found close to death

American inmate killed in Israeli prison after shooting guards

Can Venezuela's socialist government survive wave of protests?

Pet's of abuse victims

Legitimate "Safe Havens" for Bigotry

What's for Dinner ~ Sunday ~ February 23rd

U.S. now bugging German ministers in place of Merkel: report

2014 Predictions

Faulty pipe blamed for deadly Long Island carbon monoxide leak

Rutgers study questions yellow dye safety

And Meow We Wait...

Sochi Olympics Closing Ceremony

What the NFLPA should do if the "n word" ban is passed

The Science of Solitary Confinement: isolation is an ineffective rehabilitation strategy and leaves

What Kind of Drink are you?

Denying climate change isn't scepticism – it's 'motivated reasoning'

Don’t panic. But there’s a global coffee shortage.

Alice Herz-Sommer, believed world's oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at age 110

Putin to work with Merkel to keep crisis-hit Ukraine intact

Just how slimy can thieves be?

On the Timing of iOS’s SSL Vulnerability and Apple’s ‘Addition’ to the NSA’s PRISM Program

Men banned from becoming Queen as 700 years of law redrafted ahead of gay marriage

OMG! Scott Walker Gets Grilled on EmailGate - On Fox "News"!

No. No, no, no.

Cat curling

My new standard poodle has serious problems

Virginity test allegations re-emerge in Egypt's 'climate of fear'

OK, gotta get this off my chest

Follow the blood money: The secret New York banking operations that help fund suicide bombers

DU is a user-generated site. It can be anything you want it to be.

Nets to sign Jason Collins

About Mind Reading interview with Michio Kaku on Fox News

Yea right, because America is so perfect, Mr Costas...

Judge orders guns returned to blind FL man who ‘stood his ground’ against drinking buddy

BOOM! KS Repuke challenging Senator Roberts, posted grisly pictures of patients of his

Arctic Sea Ice Sits at Record Low for Mid-February

"Daddy, I have a question..."

I had a bizarre dream about bacon last night.

Gun-control group backs new legislation

Rake with Greg Kinnear

Charge dismissed against woman arrested over VHS copy of J. Lo movie

CAPA seeks a ‘unified and self-sustaining Anglican Church in Africa’

CAPA seeks a ‘unified and self-sustaining Anglican Church in Africa’

Nets sign Jason Collins, NBA's first openly gay player

Message from a President to AZ legislators and the Hon. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer ~

The Golden Rule never goes out of Style...

Christie and Walker on Defense at Governors’ Conference

Right-Wing Bloggers Paid $500 for a blog post praising Ukraine’s ruling Party of Regions.

Austin Police Chief's UNBELIEVABLE response to jogger arrest.

Expensive Modern Art Gets Mistaken For Trash And Tossed By Museum Cleaning Personnel

Mozilla plans '$25 smartphone' for emerging markets (BBC)

Cuban surfer escapes to South Florida on windsurf board

“Did I say I was done?”

New Zealand Prime Minister Proves He's Not A Shapeshifting Alien

Air Force Aircraft Returned from Vietnam Identified as Postwar Source of Agent Orange Contamination

Fed knew about Libor rigging in 2008

My show tonight at 7pm ET Rick Ungar talks Chris Christie Update, Textbook Outrage and Ted Nugent

My show tonight at 7pm ET Rick Ungar talks Chris Christie Update, Textbook Outrage and Ted Nugent

Lenin heads to a dump in Ukraine.

50 Greatest Pictures of Animals Sitting Like People

miscellaneous

Any Democrat thinking of running for President should take it seriously enough....

Don't say the Russians don't have a sense of humor

Captivating Microscopic Time-Lapse Video Captures the Formation of Snowflakes

The Deep State Hiding In Plain Sight

From the bookshelf: Recommended readings

White House Upsets Press Photogs Again, Locks Them Out of Dalai Lama Meeting

How LGBT activism is changing religion

Anybody watching the Daytona 500?

How LGBT activism is changing religion

Seriously - why do cats get 'elevator butt'

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 24 February 2014

I get so sick of those who lump the Homeless into one category.

Care 2: Would You Be Willing to Pay More to Dine Out if it Meant Healthcare for Workers?

Oldest fortified settlement ever found in North America? Location of Fort Caroline may be in Georgia

We can fix The Keystone pipeline here is my petition to make the Koch Bros responsible

Does it seem to anyone else...

Did you see the Michelle Obama skit on Jimmy Fallon's show this week?

China, eyeing Japan, seeks WW2 focus during Germany visit

Shocking behavior of a runaway star: High-speed encounter creates arc

How Milton Friedman and Reaganomic's Worked to Destroy Public Schools With Propaganda

Perry squares off over gun laws

Gay prejudice still a problem in public services (Scotland)

Chevron Lobbyist now senior staff member of the House Committee on Science

Obama is right: Democrats’ ‘meh’ attitude toward midterms is a major problem

Is this the shortest contract in Professional sports ... ???

The most miserable states in the USA

Nuclear Waste: Cost of South Carolina fuel plant goes up by billions of dollars - again

Desmond Tutu condemns Uganda's proposed new anti-gay law

Chavez' daughters in Argentina (and wealth)

Caption Challenge:

McCrory writes letter to ‘set record straight’ about run-in with cook

Coal ash spill could push NC to move more aggressively on environmental threats

Chavez daughters still living in presidential palace (until today?), Maduro is not

Costly, Political, Successful: Sochi Olympics End

Us wimms just got told we don't read art history in this thread...

Will you please read this OP?

SPOILER-- House of Cards /real life question:Anyone who hasn't seen the show or the 4th episode

La.'s Landrieu Looks For Independent, GOP Support

The Indian Purple Frog

Chevron’s Lobbyist Now Runs the Congressional Science Committee

Sharia Law anyone? Anyone?

Bills Seek To Tackle Backlog Of Untested Rape Kits

Please read this OP as well.

I'm Doing My Inconsequential Part For The Environment

Ganja will be decriminalized in Jamaica this year

Book Review: 'Fukushima' sounds warning on nuclear energy

Governors: 'Obamacare' Here To Stay

I don't want to violate DU rules, but I am SORRY. If you do not LOVE "Road House," you're dead to me

Leftist Colombian presidential candidate unharmed after assassination attempt

Leftist Colombian presidential candidate unharmed after assassination attempt

Lt. Sulu Aims Photon Torpedo at Arizona

Netanyahu Is Annoyed? That’s Great!

UK: Private contractors not liable for accidents during decommissioning of reactors

Western nations scramble to contain fallout of Ukraine crisis

As a man I am absolutely ashamed of the way I have seen women treated on this site recently

Oil spill closes part of Miss. River in Louisiana

Western nations scramble to contain fallout of Ukraine crisis

Fraudulent registration in Colombia’s electoral process

US Warns Moscow Off Military Move In Ukraine

According the AMA Journal and the drug project 17000 people per year die from all illegal drug use

Former Colombian governor arrested for alleged links to paramilitaries

Bill Kristol Doesn't Like Obama's 'Disdain' For Cold War-Era Politics

One fact to be learned from all instances of crime...

Why Amazon's Collaboration With the CIA Is So Ominous - and Vulnerable

Rescue Fund to Help LGBT People Escape Africa

Second whistleblower Donna Busche fired at troubled Wash. State Hanford nuke plant

Former Bush aide: Arizona anti-gay Christians use religion like Islamic terrorists

Gov. Christie calls the M.I.A. Rudy Guiliani..

Israeli Apartheid Week 2014

Kansas GOP Senate candidate posted, joked about X-rays of dead bodies on Facebook

Netflix Caves.....Let the Internet Extortion Begin!

Violent protest will not help Venezuela

Nuclear Reactor Pool Fire/Huge Risks in U.S. According to Unpublicized NRC Study

David Wildstein lawyer Alan Zegas the one who ‘could topple Christie’

To All Volkswagen Employees and Southerners: We Would Love Those Union Jobs

The Cold War Is Over. Right? US, Russia At Odds Over Ukraine, Snowden, Other Issues

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