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Archives: October 22, 2017

Good night and good bye to the beach

One America Appeal Concert is streaming on YouTube

Um...

Trumps nominees are already working despite not being confirmed by the senate

New Details Emerge About Attack That Killed US Soldiers in Niger

Some people know how to pay respects to the fallen and their families - Others just talk about it

Is there live coverage of the hurricane relief concert? n/t

If these three thugs had been Mexicans or Muslims POTUS would have been tweeting all day about it.

Be careful what you wish for...

Sunday Daily News Cover: "HONOR MY FATHER"

Front Lines in the Battle Against Antibiotic Resistance and a Posthumous Synthesis.

Russia puts British Putin critic Bill Browder on Interpol wanted list

WHO 'rethinking' naming Robert Mugabe as goodwill ambassador

Stop The March Toward Becoming 1930s Germany?? I firmly believe we are too lazy, selfish and

Dear Ms. DeVos, as a special educator who works

Trumps obvious aversion to offering condolences may be our best bet for avoiding a new major war.

Concert with Presidents streaming

Was in the Parkersburg West Virginia area today. We could see this huge black cloud for

The extraordinary arrogance of Trump interviewing US attorneys

Texas woman suffers from 'broken heart syndrome' after her dog dies

The Air Force now has the power to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots to address its personnel crisis

Hero

31 Employees Offered Reinstatement in Ellen's Stardust Diner Settlement

31 Employees Offered Reinstatement in Ellen's Stardust Diner Settlement

Harry Belafonte tells crowd at likely last public appearance: 'We shall overcome'

31 Employees Offered Reinstatement in Ellen's Stardust Diner Settlement

All the ex presidents speaking now. Im choked up.

2020 US Senate Election- Defeated Democratic incumbents seeking a rematch-

A Look At How Red Cross Spent Money Donated For Hurricane Harvey Victim

Shostokovich

"The Lesson Bill O'Reilly Learned, Albeit Too Late..."

AND IT IS GAME SEVEN....

Looks like congress needs to make "unwritten" laws into written laws concerning

Prehistoric teeth fossils dating back 9.7 million years 'could rewrite human history'

Yes, Donald Trump did choose to defend Russia's "tiny" Facebook blitz of fake news!

That is some fucked up imperialist "white man's burden" bullshit.

Study By MIT Economist: U.S. Has Regressed To A Third-World Nation For Most Of Its Citizens.

General Kelly says he pitied those that never "served"

As I sit here are reflect on the past year since Dotard was elected president......

CTV News in canada speculates that when Kennedy files are opened

Anyone watching the series on Oxygen about Maura Murray?

So Trump just pre-empted the former pres. on CSPAN1

Wow Fox News! You really were the enablers for O'Ripply!

White House now says General Kelly is hiding behind his stars.

O'Reilly explanation for why he emailed a woman porn is 1 of the most amazing things I've ever read

GOP operative was warned about Russia before bizarre suicide

A picture of a lifetime! All living POTUSs on stage together in unity and as one!

Dementia is sad. It's terrifying when the person effected can blow us all up

Lady Gaga serenading President Barack Obama.

Venezuela Maduro warns of repeat elections in states won by opposition

Driven by unrest and violence, Venezuelans are fleeing their country by the thousands

Will Venezuela become a new Cuba? Despite recent events, dont count on it

Venezuela is blowing debt payments ahead of a huge, make-or-break bill

Donnie Jr. posted the funniest thing I've seen, in years, on Instagram

Ok this is awful

What makes her "wacky"...hummm?

Racist, Violent, Unpunished: A White Hate Group's Campaign of Menace

Rep Frederica Wilson attended Sgt La David Johnson's funeral while Trump golfed

The more I read about the GOP's ax(tax) plan, the more I feel like I will be working until....

lets hear some

Donald Trump Is Rush-Shipping Condolences to Military Families

Putin says Americans doesn't give DOTARD enough respect!

After Weinstein fell, Trump accusers wonder why not him?

Go Astros

An explanation of Kelly sucking up to Trump..

DNC Party Meeting Leaves Progressives Furious over Purge

Sexism in the Statehouse: Women detail harassment in Pierre

Ethics amendment campaign submits signatures for 2018 ballot

The cascade of missteps that turned one White House error into a messy week-GRAPH...

Where Was Sec. Of State Rex Tillerson When 4 Green Baret's Got Killed...

Conservative group aims to out ex-Democrats among state GOP lawmakers

Disgusted w/Red Cross? Want to contribute to Puerto Rico relief?

South Dakota officials hopeful state can fend off opioid crisis

Former South Dakota surgeon and current patient advocate to surrender medical license

Any Repub members of Congress supporting Trump in his latest spat?

Here is an idea for a song??????

Santiago Maldonado: Argentina activist's body identified

Cuba unveils Jose Marti statue, a gift from Trump's hometown

'Zombie' event staged at Oklahoma Capitol to support taxes

Cuba unveils Jose Marti statue, a gift from Trump's hometown

Frederica Wilson 2015 video shows John Kelly got it wrong

Sexism in the Statehouse: Women detail harassment in Pierre

Putin says Americans don't show Trump enough respect

Labor union teams up with nonprofit to keep seniors safe in their homes

Toon: We'll Take a Knee Until that SOB Is Out of the White House

Militants kill Egyptian security forces in desert shoot-out

'Every day it gets worse': State prison workers detail low morale, high turnover to legislative cmte

Maxine Waters on John Kelly...

Could we pick up a governor's chair in Nebraska?

The Dreams that Stuff is Made of (review)

Former Long Pine City Councilman pleads guilty

A bad choice of words should be the beginning of the end

FIRE CONDITIONS

Hacking, Cyber Crimes, and passing costs onto an unsuspecting public

Nebraska auditor accuses woman of embezzlement

John McCain finds a new voice and uses it against Trump

Fun with Spiders (tis the time for creepy cute)

Monologue: Salt in the Wound Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

What Chad has to do with Trump and Niger

State delays unveiling of new KanCare plan; Medicaid director departs

High school candidates for governor not shy around controversial issues

JFK Files

Iowa farmers lack market for oats despite large cereal plant

I am going to puke! Wtf?? America is sick and needs treatment!!

Trump plans to release JFK assassination documents despite concerns from federal agencies

What if Oklahoma hired a budget deal mediator?

OKC firm secures $200 million contract to restore power in Puerto Rico

House Speaker McCall says delay budget cuts

In Oklahoma, where one in eight adults turns to payday loans, are alternative financial services the

91-hour erection prompts lawsuit from inmate claiming jail staff ignored his pain, doctors' guidance

A woman carrying a baby struggles onto a public bus...

Former Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor loses $4M blue diamond ring, files lawsuit over insurance payment

Flutes of Chi

My guys as ushers at my nephews wedding update on previous post

Rural Oklahoma hospitals say Blue Cross demands deep rate cut

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Costumes and Pumpkins Edition

DHS cuts jeopardizing settlement involving child welfare system

The Walking Dead - Mercy - Season 8, Episode 1 (season premiere - spoiler alert)

Want some tears in your eyes? Watch Obama "Slow Jam the News".

Wait for a suprise...

Sitting here in central Maine

Senate Republicans Are Trying to Give the 1 Percent a $1.9 Trillion Tax Break

Citizens should know: The press will continue to insist that the White House tell the truth.

Sunday's Doonesbury - Flashback

Sunday's Non Sequitur Toon - Rescued

How many Religions can you name that...

We Have to Face What Is

I messed up yet another job interview.

the 'president' is just an out and out asshole..3 minutes ago

In defense of cash: why we should bring back the $500 note and other big bills

Americans Agree That Trump Is a Liar. Do They Realize He Is Also a Sociopath?

Desolation Row by Bob Dylan

Conservatives, With Bannon's Help, Look for Revenge in Mississippi

Cheaper Health Plans Promoted by Trump Have a History of Fraud

UPDATED - Trump: Dem lawmaker the 'gift that keeps on giving' for GOP

Dead bear found strapped to an ATV, man arrested

Russia accuses U.S.-led coalition of 'barbaric' bombing of Syria's Raqqa

I wish Steve Schmidt would flip to D.

Memory Check: Didn't Trump promise no intermediate/short term steps for health care reform?

"Religious Freedom"

GOP redoubles efforts to end ObamaCare mandate

5 minutes apart, this sums it all up. Donald Trump is a disgrace and a failure.

LUPICA: John Kelly must apologize for his attack on Rep. Wilson like an honorable Marine

Day Four and NO APOLOGY from former General Kelly...

My pet ground hog has weight issuses

California Republicans go gaga for Trump

State Rep. Munoz ordered to pay nearly $3 million in legal malpractice case

DNC imposes new restrictions on corporate donations

Civil rights leader Antonio "Tony Orendain" honored

"Trump Rules": a NYT series examining the reshaping of regulations under the Trump administration.

5 former presidents attend hurricane relief event

DNC reeling financially after brutal 2016

Donald Trump Is: A) Bad B) Mad C) All Of The Above

Five former presidents are raising money for hurricane relief. Trump is playing golf.

Trevor Noah on Donald Trump and racism in the US BBC Newsnight

Mugabe removed as WHO goodwill envoy after outrage - statement

Tom Hanks: Trump's call to soldier's family 'one of the biggest cock-ups on the planet Earth'

Mr. Fish Toon - The Soldier

Shinzo Abe secures strong mandate in Japan's general election

"funeralize"?

A blast from the past! . . . Please come CAPTION Bill O'Reilly!!!!

McConnell: Trump hasn't 'been given enough credit' for changes

Klamath River Fall Chinook Run Lowest On Record; Hopes Fall For Yurok Tribe And Salmon

Defense attorney alleges in motion that DA Reyna being investigated by FBI re Twin Peaks

At Least 27 Accidents In BP Alaskan Oil & Gas Operations In 2017

For every thing there is a season. . . . Please come CAPTION Donald Trump!!!

Organizer of meeting at Twin Peaks tells jury Cossacks tried to intimidate his wife

Horrific Coho Salmon Dieoffs In WA Linked To Automotive Toxins In Stormwater

Mulvaney: 'No chance' Dems will support tax plan that lowers corporate tax rate

Toon- Kelly's new medals

Even In Alberta, Public Opinion Beginning To Shift Against Oil Industry

Dear DEMS! Pay no attention to nay-sayers & people with agenda who wish our party ill.

Trump on his tweets: 'You have to keep people interested'

GOP Senate hopefuls reluctant to back McConnell as leader

Toon - Facebook Profile

Local coverage: Former presidents tout importance of service during 'Deep From the Heart' benefit

Sunday's Candorville Toon - Fake News

Toon- Only when Democrats are in charge....

Trump Takes a Break From Obama Hate In Video Message

John Schindler on the reasons for civilian-military concern with the Trump WH and its generals

How many days in a row?

Nancy Pelosi is on AMJoy dealing with the treatment

Leaders in three counties remain strong in opposition to proposed oil field waste landfill

Dem sen: White supremacists are 'sprinkled around the White House'

Senators say #MeToo: McCaskill, others share their stories of sexual harassment

Criminal Justice department to pay $250,000 to woman who said boss raped her

Fox & Friends slams Rachel Maddow for Niger 'conspiracy theory'

Huckabee Sanders: I don't think I'll ever run for office

Traitor don is mailing letters to families of fallen soldiers

What really happens when you mix medications? TEDMED TEDMED

A Sunday morning childhood story.

Raddatz: "Perhaps there should be more emphasis on how difficult they are to receive."

State Rep. Victoria Neave pleads no contest to June DWI charge

Congress tries to squeeze more out of Social Security, wrecking its customer service

I saw a group of black shirted people in Emancipation park Saturday

MY EYES-MY EYES (Warning - Upchuck viewing)

Trump expects to replace 2 women SC justices: One too skinny, one is diabetic ..

Why is breast cancer the rock star of cancers?

More than 30 women come forward to accuse director James Toback of sexual harassment

Tim Howard's Bad Company

Jimmy Carter: The Media's 'Been Harder on Trump Than Any Other President'

Are zombie doctors taking over America?

Trump visits his Virginia golf club for second straight day

Trump Jr. once said that Maxine Watters looks like a tacky stripper.

Maybe we should encourage Trump to do more golfing

@FoxNews caught pushing a fake news story to boost Trump featuring a #FAKE "Vietnam veteran"

New Cornell witchcraft collection opens on Halloween

Oregon city council sorry after member says he'll 'spit' on gay man's grave when he dies...

Merrick Man Admits to $86M Stock Pump-and-dump Scam

Petraeus: 'We in uniform protect the rights of others to criticize us'

USATODAY's editors didn't fact-check SHitler's oped on his tax plan ...

False Equivalency

Obama, Murphy Define Leadership at 2017 Campaign Rally in Newark

Do we really need the (electric) power grid?

DNC now will restrict some corporate donations............

The free press should treat Trump's tweets as unsubstantiated news...

There are two types of fear.

needtoimpeach

The secretive family making billions from the opioid crisis.

Betty Price Wonders If People With HIV Should Be Quarantined

Obama created more jobs last year than Donald Trump is creating this year.

Abby Huntsman: "This is what's dangerous. It's dangerous. It's dangerous."

Trump Claims He 'Spoke Of The Name' Of US Soldier In Call To Soldier's Widow

2020 US Senate Election-if Democrats recruit top tier candidates in every state.

Making Soup

Russian Pop Star Zelimkhan Bakaev, Tortured and Killed In Chechnya Anti-Gay Roundup

Graham: Trump Administration Has A 'Blind Spot' When It Comes To Russia

Tickets sell out quickly for Bernie Sanders' talk at University of Toronto............

Proving cats have no backbone and are living liquid

How to make a conservative think like a liberal

"O'Reilly has been marginalized" - sez David ZURAWIK, The Baltimore Sun

Movie recommendation: Hot Fuzz

Cartoonists around the world are having a field day covering Trump

James O'Keefe's New York Times 'Investigation' Is An Exercise In Overwhelming Dishonesty

The damage is starting to show.

Rep. Wilson unleashes her wrath on 'character assassin' General Kelly: 'He's Trump's puppet'

New York Officials Fear Closing of U.S. Lab Combating Biological Threats

Russia puts British Putin critic on Interpol wanted list

Japan's Abe wins resounding election victory

Watch ICE agents arrest man after entering Portland home without warrant

Lucas is our watermelon: Fox & Friends dresses up black child as watermelon for Halloween segment

Defense Secretary Embarks on Asia-Pacific Trip

I had a patient recently that is a "Dreamer"

The Cascading Mistakes Behind Trump's Terrible Week

Days were lost: Why Puerto Rico is still suffering a month after Hurricane Maria

VIDEO: Andy Borowitz: The End of Trump The New Yorker

Cliffside Park High gives 37 students detention after protest over 'speak American' video

The Motherboard Guide to Not Getting Hacked

Philosophical question: If you can't do whatever you want, does that take away your rights/freedoms?

U.S. Ski & Snowboard Mourns Sudden Passing Of 17-Year-Old Mikey Lillis

Back in the real world

Roy Moore doesn't understand the law or respect the flag (Whitmire/al.com)

Naive question re: Trump and golf

National memorial to female vets marks its 20th anniversary

Great question about chickens and eggs.

CalFire progress statement (22 Oct 2017) (10 active fires)

What are you reading this week of October 22, 2017?

"The Soldier" (mr. fish toon)

(opinion) ETFs rose from the ashes of Black Monday. Now they must innovate.

Trump, speaking of wacky, he must be looking at himself in the mirror more often! n/t

Haaretz: Kelly's Toxicity Corrodes Confidence in Trump's Generals as Guardians of the Galaxy

House GOP Fears Wave as Money Woes Grow

Here is Trump saying he is a sexual predator. Ivanka response? Inappropriate groomed laughter.

Trump Would Create Permanent Trillion Dollar Deficits

49 percent of the income Republicans claim as small business already goes to the top 1 percent

Stunning Photos Show the Alaska Refuge Under Threat

50+ Best Wildlife Photos Of 2017 Were Just Announced And The Winning Pic Is Making Everyone Angry

They've been directed to hate their government

Jane Goodalls Unparalleled Life, in Never-Before-Seen Footage

Hey, the Eat Shit Bowl is on.

Trump voting commission criticized for lack of transparency

1000 dollars a person tax cut would be nice. Oh, and corporations are people right?

Trump's moves to ease regulations and revive coal industry bring little relief

Pence to attend anniversary of bombing

What happened in Niger was NOT THE FIRST fatal military fiasco

My brother ran into Bob Corker at the beach and he said

How to Make Soup (NOT intending to challenge irisblue AT ALL!)

Brett Huntley scrambled to give Packers 14 - 7 against

Jimmy Kimmels Halloween prank can scar children. Why are we laughing?

Lady Gaga and five ex-Presidents

This:

The Stallion, part 4.

The least distinguished careers in NBA history

E.P.A. Abruptly Cancels Monday Talk on Climate Change by Agency Scientists

If you could only have ONE soundbite to sum up this Year of Shit:

Study finds pollution is deadlier than war, disaster, hunger

Max Bruch Scottish Fantasy

Jimmy Carter's chat with Maureen Dowd down left me profoundly... profoundly disappointed.

What will orange satan do with THIS info?

Daphne Caruana Galizia: Thousands demand justice in Malta

It seems like Trump Admin is trying to kill these American citizens.

Trump's secretive voter fraud panel is keeping own members in the dark (x-post from GD)

Assange's new bold stand against predatory sleaze bags!

Trump's Long History of Holding Health Care Hostage

Someone is putting up fake posts from Sgt. Johnsons widow, criticizing Rep. Wilsons statements.

Mrs. Johnson confirms to ABC News that she did not write this post. It is DEPLORABLE fake

Happy Halloween from "The Walking Dead" (NSFW) ; )

The Grade Schoolers Have Spoken

Trump/GOP Raise Your Taxes to Give Rich tax break

As monuments to the Confederacy are removed, new ones are erected

That awful sound

Vegas shooting delays Ryan Payne's Bundy trial

Still Waiting for FEMA in Texas and Florida After Hurricanes.

We need a red trucker hat

Do President Trump and General Kelly plan on apologizing to Congresswoman Wilson ?

It is sad that we did not stand by the Kurds

Coaches Poll: Notre Dame surges into top 10; Alabama stays No. 1

US-backed forces take Syrias largest oil field from IS

This is brilliant. They have Fox down to a science.

Mariano Rajoy has staged a 'coup d'etat' against democracy in Catalonia

Close games

Not that the turtle needs my help, but why is Bannon intend on destroying him?

I may have found the quintessential trump* supporter.

"It's a shame he didn't have bone spurs."

UPDATED Facebook Video Link: Bernie Sanders at Rollinsford, NH American Legion Oct 22

Bowe Bergdahl: the homecoming from hell, world exclusive interview

Jimmy Carter is 93

Why is it *ONLY* women?

Trump wanted to be in that picture with Lady Gaga but ...

"Tweeting is like a typewriter"

Replacing Ileana Ros-Lehtinen with someone who was abducted by aliens?

Air Force: No plans to recall retired pilots to fix shortage

Read on FB: The vital importance of bacon

Indonesian military chief denied entry to the United States

Question about binge watching on Netflix and Hulu

Cat shaming:

My last outdoor Petunia of the season

2020 Democratic Vice Presidential Runningmate-US Senator from a Rust belt swing state.

What is your state's favorite Halloween candy?

Tom Steyer Ad - Trump is Clear and Present Danger and needs to be Impeached...

Is it true that the Fox offer to O'Reilly was rescinded because advertisers pulled out? n/t

Yemeni journalist denied entry to US to receive press award

Joy Reid: There's 'something dark' about Trump's delusions that should concern us all

"It's Time We Had A Little Chat"

Kim isn't going to voluntarily give up his nuclear weapons.

What Trumpers Want

Manspread: before and after - Lady Ga Ga and the Live Five

I have changed for the worse since Trump was elected...

Went to a football game today.

back from the Ocala National Forest

John Kelly is a Bad Guy, Richard Spencer is a Terrorist, and What Betsy DeVos is We Dont Have a Wor

If Begich (D-AK) were to run for the US House in 2018, Will the 2018 AK US House Race go from

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 23 October 2017

Go back to that time when Jimmy Carter wasn't decent with his adversaries...

Carson Palmer broke arm out 8 weeks

He reads?

Alex cora?

Reason why Putin wanted Trump to win

Weird stuff. Almost sounds like fake news.

It's the *PERFECT* Christmas present for 45 !

House GOP Fears Wave in 2018 as Money Woes Grow

Dear John Kelly: When have Black Women ever been Sacred?

Twitter Photos: Sen Sanders Strafford County Dems NH

President Macri's coalition 'ahead' in crucial Argentina mid-term election

What's for Dinner, Sun., Oct. 22, 2017

E.P.A. Cancels Talk on Climate Change by Agency Scientists

There may be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050. Think about that.

Cowboys are smokin the 49ers on Dwight Clark Day

Ex-Pres. being bad - Bush jokes to Big O while Clinton speaks

Bowe Bergdahl responds to those who call him a traitor

McConnell dismisses Trump attacks on him, GOP.....he's just fine with the status quo

I wonder if Betty Price realized in her stupid remark about quarantining HIV people, might result in

Bill Browder's US visa revoked:

I get nervous when I see early chatter about a Democratic Wave election

Bet you thought you'd seen the last of me!!!!

Come on San Diego and Orange County!

In our lifetimes we have seen at least three presidential elections stolen.

Sen Sanders - Twitter Video Interview Clip NH Oct 22

Halloween Is Coming #81

Halloween Is Coming #82

I'm tired of pretending not to be depressed

Halloween Is Coming #83

Ally of Milo Yiannopoulos wins control of California College Republicans

Halloween Is Coming #84

Halloween Is Coming #85

I am going to try a new thing this week and I hope it might work!

The women of the Congressional Black Caucus are demanding an apology from John Kelly

Snakes Have Legs (Stop Being Dumb On The Internet!)

Report: Suns Head Coach Earl Watson Fired After 03 Start

Why Trump Won: Pundits and Press Still Missing the Big Picture

Black protester hugs white supremacist & he doesnt know what to do (VIDEO)

This is how one handles moralizing Bible thumpers (VIDEO)

Republican Successful Assault On The American Fabric Started With Him

Two Facebook posts speak to the perversion of Republicanism & Christianity

Sent to Destroy Sanders Case for Democratic Socialism, Danish Right-Winger Bolsters It (VIDEO)

Leonard Cohen - Anthem

We're all Falcons fans now

Prices wife on HIV quarantine remark: I was just being provocative

GOP operative was warned about Russia before bizarre suicide: You dont want to play this game

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