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Archives: August 25, 2010

On Yahoo frontpage: Marco Rubio wins Florida Republican Senate primary

To whoever gave me the star - THANK YOU!!! ...

How can Obama be both a Socialist and a Muslim

BREAKING: Meek and Rubio called as winners.

BREAKING: Meek and Rubio called as winners.

Protests, Rhetoric Feed Jihadists' Fire

Comparing news coverage, Fox News and NPR

The religious defense, that is used for a smear

How apropos today: Any body here seen my old friend Abraham

Brick Stone interviews Westboro Church protestors.

Brick Stone interviews Westboro Church protestors.

Gee, is John Boehner ill??

Who's watching the Kochs exposure on KO

Church & State September 2010 issue is now online!

Dear Mr. Greene Who Just Ran As A Democrat, I challenge you to a test of your purity of heart.

I am rooting for McCain tonight

Manufacturing Policy Key to Economic Recovery

A simply stated question: What was Alan Simpson appointed to the deficit commission?

In case you didn't know this, Jazz artist & Civil rights Pioneer, Abbey Lincoln Passed Away

Paralyzed computer engineer helps develop technology for kids with disabilities

Why we hate liberals.

How apropos today: Any body here seen my old friend Abraham

Florida republicans and Rick Scott?!

Hot In The City

Any fellow DU Parents out there worry for their kids' future?

super duper

Debt Rally Cracking as Double-Dip Fears Haunt

Newt - This Is What It's Like

America the Ignorant

America the Ignorant

Damn

Greece and the IMF: Who Exactly is Being Saved?

Unlimited cash flows into midterm political ads

Malloy was right on last night

This one is right

What the wealthy really need to understand is this:

thank goodness timothy mcveigh turned out not to be a jew!

Why our railways suck (in two graphs)

Soldiers deployed to Anchorage schools to lend a hand

Bob McCollum is now officially a professional election loser

NYT: U.S. Rejected Hen Vaccine Despite Success in Britain

NYT: U.S. Rejected Hen Vaccine Despite Success in Britain

Mandatory Tuesday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! & Here's a new kitty gif!

The Right Wingers of Britain - the Conservative Party want to privatize the NHS

McCain still sucks at giving Speeches

Robbers

eh maybe I shouldn't - self delete

Has the Congressional Budget Office Joined the Push for Cutting Social Security?

"The Maverick" defeats Hayworth in the AZ GOP primary

NIH: Could Drinking Water Before Meals Help You Lose Weight?

So I was making my reservations to go visit parents

Wishful Testing: Downgrading the too-easy grading of city schools, and what that means for Bloomberg

Vermont Democratic Governor's Race A Nail Bitter

I got a call from a political poll tonight. It was fun!

Drug war sends bullets whizzing across the border

Dick Morris endorses Repub Debicella for congress (CT-4)

Congratulations Johnny . . . . . . . .

I loath John McCain, but I love seeing Knucklehead Hayworth getting crushed like a nit

Jane Mayer coming up on Rachel now- do not miss this

The Washington Post, Which Is Projected to Go Bankrupt In Coming Years, Misreports Social Security

Another Victory for the Loonies in Arizona

Was talking to neighbor this evening...

Question about Michael Moore

Fuck Brian Williams....

Well, there goes my financial plan right out the window....

A Gulf Science Blackout

Quayle?

WOW I just learned something about Jefferson and US HIstory

Spend your time supporting EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL. n/t

Spend your time supporting EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL. n/t

OMG, it's another Night of the Slaughter of the Incumbents!

Stars of Track & Field

Will Brian Kilmeade Continue To Accept Funds From “Radical Madrassa Funder”

DEE-LICIOUS AGONY! Freeper heads exploding over McCain victory make "Scanners" look like "Bambi"

Well well, this is how you close clinics

Eew.. Quayle-spawn won his nomination campaign

NYT BREAKING NEWS 10:50 PM ET: Rick Scott Wins Republican Nomination for Governor in Florida

Jimmy Carter Arrives in North Korea for Release of American Prisoner

the stench of fascism

Which religion looks violent if Christians burn a Quran?

Middle school football coach says that he was fired for writing/emailing Obama-bashing song

Wave of deadly bombings in Iraq

Mary Bale put cat in UK trash bin as a joke ("It's just a cat.").

Egads! Ex-FEMA chief plans live broadcasts in New Orleans

CIW, Sodexo reach agreement (Florida tomato pickers get raise thanks to students)

Mich. judge lets Hooters weight bias suits proceed

For Facebook people: Election Prediction Game

New Joe Scum spin

Hot In The City

Violence Explodes at U.S.-Owned Mexican Plant, After Firm Ignored Workers’ Pleas (and photo)

A new avatar to reflect my new state of residence

So, MJ & Mike Allen predicting that the Rs pick up 55 House seats in November.

So, MJ & Mike Allen predicting that the Rs pick up 55 House seats in November.

The point about compromise.

The point about compromise.

Really Dumb Question for All ya Ya'll

Looks like Lisa (Frank) Murkowski are finally out of power in Alaska

how do the republicans get away with playing th 9-11 card?

Mayor Bloomberg has really grown on me

Can someone explain the stem cells decision to me

Can someone explain the stem cells decision to me

Thomas Friedman likes what's happening in education.

Transparency and Government Contractors

"I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends...

"I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends...

So Meek took out that sleazeball Greene in FL. What are his chances against Rubio?

Asteroid on collision course with Earth; Republican plan to divert it with tax cuts for top 1%

Rick Scott spent $50 million on primary bid

So, does anyone know how many teabaggers have won primaries in their states?

So, my wife and I will be in DC this Saturday. I had originally intended to "picket"

HECK of a live broadcast, Brownie...Michael Brown radio show in N.O. prior to 5th anniv. of Katrina

Murkowski’s Fate Hinges on Absentee Ballots

For today's Morning Joe finale, Mika's head will float off her shoulders and pop on a hot keylight.

Court Overturns Order Blocking Newspaper From Printing Murder Suspect’s Photo

Blog....turning a backyard pool into an urban greenhouse

I know Glenn Beck has the constitutional right to hold his "Restoring Honor" extravaganza

CIA sees increased threat from al-Qaeda in Yemen

Bespoiling New York

Corporatist America: The revolution has already been televised...

America out of Iraq now! Oh wait, By Mark Morford

Small town Wisconsinites oppose mosque

Ship sewage restricted to greater than 3 miles off coast

Bloomberg again defends religious freedom

Is America giving up on the idea of the public?

I just heard this morning that "warm weather favored the incumbents"...

Thank you mods!!!

What's so important about the Governor's Races this time around in a word

Let's Go Pee!!! (Pee is for Power)

July new home sales plunge to record low pace

The Tea Party - Win or Lose in the McCain/Hayworth race?

The Tea Party - Win or Lose in the McCain/Hayworth race?

So with Hayworth defeated, will they let Meghan McCain out of whatever closet she's been shut up in?

So do you think Meek could drop out?

Court: Death Threats Addressed to Corporations Aren’t Illegal

Radio, Radio: Campus broadcasting is a lot more than just navel-gazing programming

The right-wing, blinded by its own hysteria - and poll

Aug 25, 1971:173rd Airborne Brigade departs Vietnam

What is this "Race to the Top" bullcrap?

Snowmass Ski Resort Foreclosure Crystallizes Hypo's U.S. Real Estate Woes

Mind-Controlling Parasites Date Back Millions of Years

Joe Donovan’s Detroit History- Coal’s Original “Big John” Stands Tall For Auto Workers

NY Daily News portrays Palin as The Mad Hatter

Egg Producer Flaunts Regulations: Consumers Deal with 500 Million Salmonella-Tainted Eggs

Smart, Qualified People Behind the Scenes Keeping America Safe: 'We Don't Exist'

Mitch Daniels: Stimulus is "trickle down government"

I Never Bought The Maverick Crap

PPP FL General Election Poll: Sink (D) 41% Scott (R) 34% Chiles (I) 8%

We're the ones to blame if absolution is denied

Toon: Outraged, I tell ya...

Video of cat tossed in trash sparks uproar in England

USA may directly funds terrorists in Afghanistan. - Karzai

USA may directly funds terrorists in Afghanistan. - Karzai

Gay adoption laws

The Rude Pundit - Postdiluvian New Orleans: Still in Black and White, Still Fucked

Ohio home sales drop 35 pct. from June to July

I just have to say this:

MEDICARE FOR ALL - Day 17

Imagine Rudy 9iu11ani's mouth spouting off about the Cordoba Initiative.

Beware of steps 'safeguarding' the Social Security System

Beware of steps 'safeguarding' the Social Security System

Carter lands in Pyongyang to bring home American

Dems need to go all out to win Governorship of FL

Cordoba House Imam makes (truly) radical speech in Mid East

* Speechwriter Gerson: Why the Tea Party is toxic for the GOP

It's all about winning hearts and minds, you know...

Naked German women evade Swedish chopper

Reports: Rev. Moon To Buy Back Washington Times

MLK III Responds to Glenn Beck's Rally with WaPo Op-Ed

The 50 Worst Sports TV Personalities Of All Time (you-know-who is there)

Germany to prevent Facebook checks (pre-employment)

BP blames Halliburton for Deepwater Horizon catastrophe.

Thank you, Teddy

Another thought on Social Security ...

Wait, let me get this Florida Senate race straight.

Campaign to kick Alan Simpson's useless old ass off the phony 'deficit' commission?

IL Republican marginalizes Gov Quinn's new Chief of Staff as "African-American, Asian woman"

NOPD Officer Recounts Order To Shoot Looters

Those lucky ducky poor!

On NPR today, a rap song about Elizabeth Warren...

"In your future I see a dark closet." . . . . Please come CAPTION Flailin' Palin!!!!!

Major Garrett (Chief White House Correspondent) Leaving Fox News For National Journal

Teabagger Joe Miller leads in Alaska GOP primary

Uggh......I just saw a headline titled "Palin Power?" on one of the news web pages.....

Wednesday TOON roundup, part 3

Wednesday TOON roundup, part 4

Wednesday TOON roundup, part 5

Wednesday TOON roundup, part 7 (the end!)

My first and last post on the Mosque issue...

"Gay Marriage Ruins Everything", a comic from Brian McFadden

So how big of a nutbag is Joe Miller (Sarah-endorsed AL Senate candidate)

What logical fallacy does the RW phrase "No Poor Person ever gave me a job" violate?

Top economist sees increased odds of double-dip recession

Peeling Away Theories on Gender and the Brain

Son of MLK Jr. on the Glenn Beck Rally in Washington DC

Could the anger against incumbents not be that deep?

Kids and the future

Wednesday TOON roundup, part 6

The cost of stuff, versus pay

Study: Petroleum-eating microbes significantly reduced gulf oil plume

Will The HATE CRIME Stabbing Of A (Suspected Muslim) NYC Cab Driver Get WALL TO WALL COVERAGE????

Want to know how to instantly put a teabagger on the defense?

Solar Instructor Training Network Information - Government Program

Sorry Charlie, you're on your own...Kendrick Meek won by a very

Kendrick Meek Miami-Dade County Endorsements

Fox News Rejects Media Matters Ad Highlighting Its $1 Million GOP Donation ...

Muslim cabdriver stabbed in NYC: "Are you Muslim?" "Yes, I am." *stab stab stab stab stab*

Muslim cabdriver stabbed in NYC: "Are you Muslim?" "Yes, I am." *stab stab stab stab stab*

Standing with Kendrick Meek

The Opponents Of The Cordoba House Demonstrate Its Need

Alan Simpson: Social Security Is 'A Milk Cow With 310 Million Tits'

Bristol Palin gets $14,000 to speak Benefit Single Mother's Home

NEW WIKILEAK: CIA Admits US Exports Terror (Incl: Mumbai Bombing, UK/N. Ireland Arms Purchases)

Now for MY first and last post on the Mosque issue...

Teehee.....

This young ultra-conservative tech was in my office area

This young ultra-conservative tech was in my office area

Ground Zero Mosque Iman Shows His True Colors

A year ago today, Teddy passed away.

Study from Democracy Corp shows 75% of Teabaggers have "warm feelings" for Glenn Beck

Google & Verizon's Evil Plan Is Really Bad News for Regular Internet Users

State Department compares Park 51 Imam to Shirley Sherrod

Wednesday TOON roundup, part 1

DUers: Unite Behind Meek For Senate in Florida

2008 Attack on Military Computers Is Confirmed

Where are the cures promised by stem cells, gene therapy, and the human genome?

Baucus Didn't Read Health Care Bill

With a correct tax program, there would be no government deficits, There would be a tax surplus

Biden: GOP tax cut claims a 'bunch of malarkey'

STOP Energy taxes commercials??? WTF more astroturf bullshit

Cab Driver: 'I Feel Very Sad,Hopeless, Insecure-All 4 Of My Kids Were Born Here'

Who believes we are going into a "double-dip" recession?

NYC Cab Driver Stabbed By Passenger Who Asked "Are You Muslim?"

being a real 'ally' to the causes of Equality for lgbtiq people isn't 'qualified'.

Burglary, Car Theft, Vandalism - Don't bother calling Police

What was the last successful act of true political will that you can recall at the Federal level?

Levi Johnston Targets Voters -- At Gun Shop

In the end, was it worth it?

More on the cabbie stabber.

Is A Double-Dip Recession—Or Worse—Finally Here?

Latest RW talking point: war isn't making us poor

Nightmare scenario in VT Primary... too close to call and one of the candidates is in charge

How 30 Million DVDs Sent In 2008 Election Fuel The Anti-Mosque Debate Today

Why the Tea Party is toxic for the GOP

Soldiers from the Connecticut National Guard who were deployed to Iraq return home - pics

self-delete

Maddow: Fox News Made Me Cover Mosque Story, 'Maybe' I'll Get Married

Today's LA Times on Spreading Corporate Wealth

TOON: This Modern World on Ground Zero mosque

As A Floridian I Want To Know Why Rick Scott Took The Fifth Seventy Five Times

As A Floridian I Want To Know Why Rick Scott Took The Fifth Seventy Five Times

Mexico marines find 72 bodies at ranch, navy says

Johnson & Johnson gets FDA warning on marketing

Seeking answers in MMS's flawed culture

"No compromise" on mosque built near Ground Zero

New Jersey family's picture catches theft in the making

Petaluma (CA) man arrested in Port-a-Potty theft

Quayle won primary race in AZ. WTF is wrong with people?

RNC's Financial Picture Even Worse Than It Looks

Here's the Wikileaks Redcell Document

Here's the Wikileaks Redcell Document

Oil industry benefits most from Katrina aid

Can you tell if someone is a right-wing nutjob just by their actions and appearance?

Last night I said this: 500 million eggs being recalled, where are they going?

If Cuccinelli Wants To See A Nativity Scene, Let Him Put One In His Own Yard

Republican ties with radical, anti-Mosque leaders

Republican ties with radical, anti-Mosque leaders

Timely new bumper sticker... Don't like government regulation of business. Go suck an egg! nt

(FL Gov. Candidate) Rick Scott Win: Bad News for Republicans?

Rebuild infrastructure to save economy

Boehner's millions.

Can anyone explain Stumble Upon website and tell me if DU is linked there?

Right-Wing Wusses: When did the loudmouths become such a bunch of fraidy-cats and victims?

Right-Wing Wusses: When did the loudmouths become such a bunch of fraidy-cats and victims?

DLC = Bad! Conservative Dems = Bad! New Democrats = Bad!

Let's say, for the sake of argument, that you're a LGBT person talking to a genuine straight ally...

Let's say, for the sake of argument, that you're a LGBT person talking to a genuine straight ally...

The Fight of the Century. But Which Century?

The "Knave"

Grads taking law schools to task for poor job market

"Brutal prison guards train experimental Palin Ray on defenseless prisoners"

Arthritic dog is walking better after stem cell treatment

what does the symbol under the peace sign represent?

NYT: A Forgotten Fight for Suffrage (and what it means for gay rights)

perhaps they should have built it in the USA

Ron Johnson (R-clueless) Received $2.5M In Subsidies He Now Opposes

Richard Blumenthal on the economy and education (good things)

The Moral Landscape: Thinking About Human Values in Universal Terms

"the U.S. has an ultimate secret weapon that the Chinese may never be able to match"

Robert Reich proposes a payroll tax holiday on the first $20k of income LINK

Wall Street's Connected Lobbyists by Jim Hightower

Stupid woman who threw cat in garbage can says, "It's just a cat."

For the sake of argument, let's assume that RW politicians are

Google to Run Just Say Now Ads Censored by Facebook

Joe Conason: Why won't Rick Scott disclose his company's secret legal settlements?

I think it is now possible for the Democrats to pick up another Senate seat in Alaska

Wikileaks releases CIA 'exporter of terrorism' report

Bush-Cheney campaign manager, ex-chairman of Republican Party Ken Mehlman set to come out as gay

Top Ten Reasons Not To Let Boehner Steal Your Social Security

Top Ten Reasons Not To Let Boehner Steal Your Social Security

The Dick postpones Atlantic City appearance 'to heal'

Wal-Mart Asks Supreme Court to Hear Bias Suit

The Cheney-ization of the GOP, part II

Defense official discloses cyberattack

Republicans are necrophiliacs.

Muslim cab driver slasher just back from filming Marines in Afghanistan

Hate, Hate, and more Hate...

Tweety Is Right Now Annointing Palin As Front Runner For 2012.....

"Iraq Car Bombs Kill 46: Officials" (does this mean they are combat troops again?)

Fed Loses Court Appeal to Keep Bailout Details Secret

John Boehner's Economic Plan Would Increase Deficit By $3.781 Trillion, Think Tank Finds

Coming up on the ED SHOW:

Is Michelle Bachmann deliberately attempting to incite violence?

Uh Oh, I hope the tea baggers don't find out about this!

Hey Cross-eyed Christie

Ga. author of disputed CIA memoir fatally shot

OMIGOD, I don't want to be small about this, but Rick Scott scares me.

California Hotel Walk-Off Strike Continues New Wave of Worker Militancy

So Schultz is saying that Beck supporters have posted the real addresses of many Dem leaders

There sure are a lot of NATO oil tanker trucks being blown up.

I'm going out on a limb about this NYC Cabdriver stabbing

The Mayor of 9/11 Town Gets His Mojo Back

Alan K. Simpson to OWL: "...babble into the vapors...with 310 million tits! Get some honest work!"

Have Republicans always been complete cowards or is this a new phenomenon?

New CBO Report: Recovery Act Created Up to 3.3 Million Jobs

PETITION -- If Simpson Doesn't Resign, the President Must Fire Him --

The Mudflats analyzes Alaska's senatorial primary.

Cut spending by cutting lifetime benefits to elected gov't officials,

The strange backstory on the anti-Muslim cab attack

Proof that Obama is a Muslim

dupe

"When it applies to women's bodies, they can't get enough of govt regulations, can they?"

"This will be Arkansas...if you don't vote" (Anti-gay mailer backed by Mehlman prior to coming out)

Congress Should Reject Conservative Religious Groups’ Call For Taxpayer-Funded Job Bias

Protesting the deficit commission and a woman throwing a cat in a trash can

80K in parties in Vegas... for the kids of Michael Jordan's kids

Levi Johnston Campaigns at Gun Shop

Response To Righthaven Suit Claims That Las Vegas Review Journal Engaged In Entrapment

Amy Goodman: Rotten Eggs and Our Broken Democracy

Can the Repubs actually win with this slate of characters?

How are we doing?

"Tit Man" Alan Simpson Makes An Ass of Himself -- Women's Groups Call for Resignation

We Compromised On Recovery

things I am adding to my ever growing boycott list

Putting a point on it

What Madoff did was bad, but What Wall Street Did was much worse...

Tea Party favorite continues class war against the poor

Glenn Beck: I Am The New MLK

Paid Bloggers' Union Threatens Strike!

Leaked voice-over script reveals Deficit Commission secret plans

"I don't know what the fuss is about. It's just a cat."

Please call CBS 5 in Phx and protest NOW!

Alan Simpson: Social Security Is 'A Milk Cow With 310 Million Tits'

Today would have been your birthday. But you are gone....

U.S. schools chief to push disclosure of education data

Ex-RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman comes out..."I'm gay"...

Are The RW Nuts TRYING To Provoke A Terror Attack, Either Consciously, Unconsciously, Or Both???

Credit card debt drops to lowest level in 8 years

Mehlman's 2004 RNC Mailer; Banning Bibles and Men Will Marry Men

Description of NYC islamophobe knife attack by a student filmmaker (allegedly)

Bush Campaign Chief and Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman: I'm Gay

Don't you want to support the right-wing Koch Industries? Here are the brands to avoid

Wednesday TOON roundup, part 2

Gay Kansas candidate receives death threat on front door: "Fagit homo kill murder head off!"

310 M stockholders finance a herd, - - GOP rustlers steal it - - Simpson BLAMES THE STOCKHOLDERS !

How the White House likes to negotiate. Start with something that sucks, then allow it to get worse.

Fox's Shep Smith: Katrina Changed Me

The Government's New Right to Track Your Every Move With GPS

Former VPs Flock to Arizona as 'Quayle Season' Opens

Abandoned kitty adopted by a wild long-tailed macaque monkey in Bali:-)

Who will commit to emailing the DNC and the White House once a week on defending Social Security?

Do you think we're watching a slow motion implosion of the repubican party?

(facepalm)

(facepalm)

After Katrina, New Orleans Cops Were Told They Could Shoot Looters

Actually, this *is* George Bush's economy.

Islamophobia and the other

Politico: Anti-Muslim attacker works at pro-Park51 group and is a lefty

Saw a great bumper sticker this AM.

The Newburgh Four Trial Begins!

Yet another historic building in NYC is being destroyed rather than being designated a landmark..

If you are not in Florida please dont sit on your high horse and damn us to a TeaBagger

Cordoba House Imam makes (truly) radical speech in Mid East

Wikileaks: CIA Red Cell Memorandum on United States "exporting terrorism",

72 bodies found at ranch in Mexico

Boycott Koch Industries products: Quilted Northern, Angel Soft, Brawny, Sparkle, Vanity Fair, & more

Vandalism at Madera (CA) Islamic center called hate crime

Psst, your male privilege is showing.

Here We Go Again: Obama’s War in Yemen

Police: NYC Cab Driver Stabbed By Passenger Who Asked "Are You Muslim?"

Remembering Ted today.

For those DUers who are supporting Crist in Florida I have one question to ask you....

Carter was a failed president?

Fast Foods you love but are (or not) afraid to eat (Pic heavy)

Did teacher union support determine Race to the Top winners?

Anybody try the CREDO HTC Hero smartphone yet?

Anybody try the CREDO HTC Hero smartphone yet?

Is our system a plutarchy ?

Question about carl paladino and republican primary in NY

Jersey lost the federal grant (Race to the Top) b/c Governor changed answers to suit radio talk host

David Mixner: President Obama, At This Stage, Shame On You

Cenk to Van Hollen: "I thought we elected a Democratic president."

My Banana is Much Bigger than Yours

Who do you think the Republicans will nominate to challenge President Obama in 2012

Militia Group Cancels Support for Koran-Burning ("un-Christian")

So, what happened to the economic recovery we were supposed to get?

Schools to Kids: Bring your own Toilet Paper

I've learned today that lgbtiq people can't really know

Shit.... it's not working

Thanks for the help Sarah Palin!

We might have the mean old dope on the ropes...

Virginia's "Marriage Amendment"

Calls For Alan Simpson's Resignation From Debt Commission After "310 Million Tits" Insult

We Need Leadership From Obama...

In spite of Obama's apparent thought crime...

In spite of Obama's apparent thought crime...

Sanders and DeFazio call for Obama to remove Simpson

Krugman: FIRE ALAN SIMPSON

Why I am so mad at the President (Not DOMA or Afghanistan or even SS)

If Simpson Doesn't Resign, the President Must Fire Him

"I did it as a joke because I thought it would be funny."

At the Pentagon 9/11 site, Muslims pray without objection

The Scariest Blog Post I Have Read All Year

Only Rapists Can Prevent Rape

If you had your own political website, how would it be different from DU

Well Duh!! Tensions Rise in Greece as Austerity Measures Backfire

Putting more minstrels in the show doesn't make the un-free any freer

Putting more minstrels in the show doesn't make the un-free any freer

Notes from Underground

Notes from Underground

Annoying-as-hell "former terrorist" refuses to say how far from Ground Zero mosque would be okay

Turn Off Fox- free stickers to distribute!

Turn Off Fox- free stickers to distribute!

Pastor says armed militia to protect church during Quran-burning event

Teachers have always had to be certified. Had to renew periodically. Not anymore.

Why is the South, and the Midwest, so conservative?

So Ken Melman just came out? Vows to fight for gay marriage?

Arne to push districts to make data on teachers public. Says will make us "stronger".

The pollsters are lying to you about Kendrick Meek!

Giving Up Smoking After Over 40 Years With The Help Of E-Cigarettes.

Giving Up Smoking After Over 40 Years With The Help Of E-Cigarettes.

Right-wing Koch Industries gave funding to the DLC and served on its Executive Council

Real question: What is a "wonk"? What does "Wonky" mean?

Please send this thread to the Greatest Page!

Ladies! How big is big enough?

Question. As some of you know, I had chemo for lymphoma several

Question. As some of you know, I had chemo for lymphoma several

I swear this has no political motivation...my first-ever foray into film-making

It's time now for another dazzling installment of A Picture Of Andie Macdowell Smoking A Pipe

A burning issue!

By the way, which of you folks is making my lunch for tomorrow?

Have you ever been too exhausted to sleep well?

Some advice for Brewers Manager Ken Macha... (If you're still there next season)

Yesterday I was Half the man I used to be...

I don't think Skittles ever kicked anybody's ass.

Fucking politics, how do they work?

The Seven Deadly Sips

and the award for best IBTL post ...

I succeeded in not arguing on the internet!

Favorite bar named after a Kurt Vonnegut novel?

DUFL Fantasy Football League

My thoughts on today's Brewer Game...

Time's 50 Best Websites is Published

quelle chienne

Local forcasts here predicting ANOTHER heat wave starting Monday

It all started when we quit calling them statesmen.

please vote-My Buddy

DU SONG OF THE DAY

Did I ask too much, more then alot, they gave me nothing, now its all I got.........

OUTRAGE OVER PLANS TO BUILD LIBRARY NEXT TO SARAH PALIN

Just Had My First Soda In 20 Years- It Was Amazing! Called 'Fentimans'

I want to create a fox character that never dies.

I bought a baseball jersey of my favorite team yesterday and I have a question

Google Gravity

How come Johnny Gage couldn't get a girlfriend?

I have a question.

Can anyone suggest a good (and reasonable) data plan?

I thought that tonight would be a good time to post this pic again.

Another wake. Another funeral. Sigh.

The spawn are watching "Furry Vengeance" on demand...

Storm moving in

I can't tell you how much I love DU right now...

Should I start a Poll?

Music for you on Wednesday night -The New York Dolls live in 1973 -

I have had an epic craptastic day

So why is a member of the Mossad working with a U.S. military law enforcement agency?

Serious Question - Opium

Man, I opened a big ol' can of crazy worms in GD

I need a truckin woman!

Do you know what Jesus told me once?

Check out these Italian Lifeguard dogs!!-- cool pic

The real reason why James Bond says his name twice...you know, that BOND...JAMES BOND thing.

What happens when the fastest joint-rolling man in the world...

What is this?

Does Brian Williams have that concerned look on his face when he's in the shower?

New Jersey family's picture catches theft in the making

Grocery stores and donations

Dieters/doctors/nutritionists, have you ever heard this claim?

I mailed in my "hear now" application yesterday

FREE THE DOG!!!!!!!

Does anyone else think that Archae has really let himself go lately?

$20.91 - is this a good deal?

This is strange and very beautiful.

About that woman and the cat

Sean Connery is 80 today, gives up acting

Happy B-day Pete townshend!

Disordini, ha molti....

Naked German women evade Swedish chopper

Songs of life and death

After a long day...what relaxes you?

Oh, fuck you. Stop telling me this, please (as found on youtube):

B-List Celebrity Smackdown! Stephen Baldwin says Miley Cyrus is "un-Christian".

Anyone wanna argue?

I not succeeded in not arguing on the internet!

What do you remember most about your grandparents?

I need a transit-ridin woman!

Help. Racoons at my garbage as I leave it outside for pick up tomorrow. Anything

Men, do you carry a pocket knife?

If you had to drive alone a long distance cross country,

Childhood games: 1. hold out your hand palm up and say "give me 5". Then

Excedrin really does work

WiPeOuT! Best TV Show ever?

The Brewer Game wasn't the only cool thing I did today.

I guess you could call this a matter of DWS -- driving while sexting?

The oldest kitty in the world (w/ a couple of pics)

Alex Sink and Marco Rubio projected winners in Florida

Scientists attack court ruling against Obama's stem cell policy

Michigan tea party decision in limbo

Zaun says he made a mistake on biofuels policy

Dan Quayle defends son before vote

Rand Paul favors faith-based approach over federal funding to fight drugs

McCain is crushing JD 60/30

Biden: Stimulus Dollars Fueling Energy and Life-Saving Technology

PPP was only election-eve pollster to get GOP Senate primary right

How do we defeat teabagging scumbag Marco Rubio? That's the goal.

I don't think he's a homophobe. I believe that he believes he's not a bigot in the same way fundies

400 Union Boilermakers Tie Up Traffic Pittsburgh Protesting Obama and Clean Coal

Oregon Senate Poll--Wyden's in no trouble even Ras has him up by 20

The Truth About Free Trade Agreements (Obama's plan to "double exports")

I wonder if Scott McAdams has a shot of upsetting whoever the GOP nominates for Senator in Alaska?

New Maryland Governor race poll: O'Malley up by six over Ehrlich

Buzz Blog PPP's latest poll: Alex Sink's Edge Holds Up Over Rick Scott

RAS IL Senate poll--Giannoulias 45% Kirk 45%

Ipsos/Reuters Poll: Buck up in Senate race/ Hickenlooper up in Governors race

The thing to remember about the polls...

Biden: GOP tax cut claims a 'bunch of malarkey'

Biden: GOP tax cut claims a 'bunch of malarkey'

Economist Zandi: John Boehner 'just wrong' about Obama stimulus

Who makes the steam come out of your ears quicker....poll

Obama assist crashes Jerry Brown's website

Martin Luther King would have been on Glenn Beck's chalkboard (MediaMatters)

Help me VS the MSM - They are already calling Palin a winner in McCain winning the primary.

Case re-enters politics with both barrels blazing

Jeff Perry ‘proud’ despite work on bogus degree

Nate Silver arrives at his new NYT home.

Sharron Angle agrees with radio host who says we have "domestic enemies" within Congress

Not a Contract with America, but a Contract on Obama

Fox's right-wing talkers have a favorite new word for Obama: 'incompetent'

Murkowski would be "seventh candidate endorsed by the National Republican Senate Committee to lose"

FL-Gov: Sink Leads Scott by 7 Points

Agenda to repeal health care law couldn't save some Republican gubernatorial candidates

Job Losses Over Drilling Ban Fail to Materialize

Christie Blames Obama for Mistake Christie and New Jersey Made

Christie Blames Obama for Mistake Christie and New Jersey Made

The National Organization for Women called on SIMPSON to step down Wednesday.

New Poll: Dems on course to win back Governorship of Hawaii

Congratulations Meek. You just earned the right to come in 3rd in Florida's senate race.

Obama's Deficit Commission Co-Chair Simpson: Social Security Is “A Milk Cow With 310 Million Tits"

Who is Alan Simpson, and who are his friends?

In Alaska, Murkowski is losing Republican primary

Information on Senate races

Joe Madison: Meeks can pull this off in November

If the Republican Party implodes, will America fail?

Alaska gets complicated. Murkowski considering third-party run. Tony Knowles subbing for McAdams?

Jane Mayer: The Billionaire Brothers Who are Waging a War Against Obama

RAS poll of CA--Boxer up by 5; Ras poll of WI Feingold down by 1

As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to benefit

PPP: FL Gov race: Sink: 41% Scott 34% Chiles: 8%

After Katrina, New Orleans Cops Were Told They Could Shoot Looters

What happens when the Tea Partiers figure out they're being used?

NY Times: NYC cabbie slashed today by passenger who asked if he was Muslim

New Case of Civilian Deaths Investigated in Afghanistan

TIME - Joe Klein - "Why Are the Dems Distressed About Obama?" - Great Read!

Amnesty wants U.S. to clarify role in Yemen killings

Harry Reid rips Sharron Angle over "domestic enemies", demands that she name names.

Bloomberg: "How big should the ‘no-mosque zone’ be around the World Trade Center site?"

BP was warned of gas danger, contractor says-He incriminates engineers-incl 1 who refuses to testify

Al Qaeda shifting to Pakistan’s urban areas

Murkowski takes shot at Palin as she still lags in primary count

Bush Campaign Chief and Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman: I'm Gay

Microsoft Bing now running all of Yahoo search

Kendrick Meek wins the Florida Primary

Spot on article about how the media helped create the Palin Monster

WikiLeaks says it will release CIA paper soon

Meek wins Democratic nod in Florida

William Saxbe, attorney general under Nixon, dies

Gulf waste heads to landfills, some with problems

UN investigates claims of mass rape (of more than 150 women and baby boys) by DR Congo rebels

Rogue Afghan policeman shot, protesters target base

Spanish troops clash with Afghan police in west

Third day of fighting in Somalia's capital kills 6

Obama wants prime time Iraq address

Yemen army 'regains control' of southern town

Rick Scott wins tight GOP race for governor; Alex Sink wins Democratic nod (Florida)

U.S. Rejected Hen Vaccine Despite Success in Britain

Sept. 18 Atlantic City appearance by Dick Cheney postponed

Stryker soldiers allegedly plotted to kill Afghan civilians

E-mail from BP rig says cement job ‘went well’ (according to Halliburton emp)

Iraq hit by spate of attacks

2 Spanish police killed in Afghanistan

US general: Afghan deadline 'giving enemy sustenance'

WikiLeaks to release CIA paper on Wednesday

(Chicago) Yellow Cab to stop running anti-Islam ads

Job Losses Over Drilling Ban Fail to Materialize

Biden Says Country On Track To Double Renewable Energy Capacity

Bill In Calif. Would Help Farmworkers Form Unions

Afghan girls fall ill after apparent gas poisoning

UN: Mexico most dangerous in Americas for press

Rape case against WikiLeaks founder dismissed-investigation into molestation allegations continues

Blackwater founder questioned in Abu Dhabi

New home sales hit lowest level ever

I don't think it is fair that a candidate wins because they are a multi-millionaire

Job Losses Over Drilling Ban Fail to Materialize

72 dead bodies found on a ranch in Mexico

WikiLeaks Founder Cleared of Sex Allegations

A dangerous intolerance (violence against Hispanics in Baltimore)

Aide says growth removed from (Senator) Durbin not cancerous

Afghan elections: Record number of women stand for parliament

Man shocked by police Taser dies

Obama assist crashes Jerry Brown's website

Shell Pushes To Drill In Arctic ("safer than deepwater drilling in Gulf of Mexico")

France drains lake under Mont Blanc glacier

Google to Run Just Say Now Ads Censored by Facebook

Mullen: Despite Attacks, No Delay in Iraq Withdrawal

U.S. soldiers face murder charges in death of Afghan civilians

Some family members of 9/11 victims to support mosque construction

Canadian police arrest two over suspected terror plot

CU-Boulder considers closing journalism school

National Journal Hires Major Garrett From Fox News

dupe

After Katrina, New Orleans Cops Were Told They Could Shoot Looters

Meet The Unknown Alaska Man Who Might Give Dems' A Chance For November

Oprah: Expect Obama On Farewell Season

Job fears grip voters, Obama ratings crumble

Alaska GOP Sen. Murkowski in jeopardy

TIME Lists WikiLeaks as 20th Best Website in World for 2010

Letterman Knocks Obama For Latest Vacation

Editor: Deal in works to sell The Washington Times

Marine Macho Makes Corps Resist Uncloseted Gays: Commandant

Sales of new homes hit slowest pace on record

Obama to deliver Iraq speech from Oval Office: official

Defense official discloses cyberattack

Marines find 72 bodies in northern Mexico

'Enthusiasm gap' confronts Democrats heading into this fall's midterm elections

Judge hears DeLay case pre-trial motions

Prescription-drug prices on the rise

UN appeals for more helicopters to fly aid to marooned flood survivors / 800,000 Still Stranded

Trader nailed with $172 million bill in back taxes, asks 'What's the IRS?'

BP frozen out of Arctic oil drilling race

Yellow Cab to stop running anti-Islam ads

CIA sees increased threat in Yemen

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Wednesday August 25

Credit Card Debt Hits 8-Year Low

Police: Cab Driver Stabbed By Passenger Who Asked "Are You Muslim?"

Wal-Mart asks Supreme Court to reverse ruling in gender case

Jeep Grand Cherokee: ABC Station Reported On Gas Tank Fires Year Before NHTSA Investigation

Armed group of Christian Conservatives to protect church during burning of Quran

Pakistan floods slow supply shipments to U.S. troops in Afghanistan

Oil pipeline that fouled Kalamazoo R. has dent under St. Clair River

U.S. to give more flood aid to Pakistan (Top U.S. aid official tours camp run by Islamist charity)

Now that Kendrick Meek is the Democratic nominee in Florida, will DU enforce its rules?

'British spy' found dead in bath

Alan Simpson: Social Security Is 'A Milk Cow With 310 Million Tits'

Tom Vilsack offered to resign over Shirley Sherrod

John McCain cruises to victory in Ariz. primary

Rape case against WikiLeaks founder dismissed(but "suspicion of molestation remains")

Miners plead for salvation from underground 'hell'

Calif OKs rate boost for Blue Cross (13.4%), Blue Shield (18.5%)

Bush Campaign Chief and Former RNC Chair, Ken Mehlman: I'm Gay

BP Testifies on Blowout Preventer (points finger at Transocean)

WikiLeaks publishes secret CIA document on terrorism

23 nails in body of tortured maid

Kendrick Meek had 10% more votes than Rick Scott. That bodes

Led by Germany, Manufacturing in Europe Is Stronger Than Expected

Young Turks: Cenk Talks to DFA's Jim Dean on Howard's Islamic Center Position & More

Biden Fires Back At Boehner

Sunny-Day Patriots

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway Expresses Support For DADT

Countdown: A Tea Party Family History?

A Call To Action

Most Americans don't realize that the wars is killing the economy

Crazy Eyes and Bandy Legs -- She Shoots! She Misses!

Go Tell it On The Mountain

Glenn Becks Rally in D.C. and The Unemployed and 99ERs need to wake up !!

Ed Schultz: Glenn Beck's Hate Rally

Glenn Beck's Crazy Rant On India

Small Business Owner Rebuts John Boehner's Economic Claims

Westboro Church Protest Against Jews Interrupted By Brick Stone

NY Gov Wannabe Rick Lazio Explains Why WTC Mosque Should Be Stopped

Neighbourhood comes together and kicks out religious haters

Mayor kicks kid in the face, shown in negative political ad

Rachel Maddow reports on VA AG's efforts to take away women's rights

Keith Olbermann "Phones" The President To See If He's A Muslim

Crazy Catholic: Democracy is a "Vortex" of Self-Destruction!

Rachel Maddow reports on the 'pain ray' being used (& experimented) on Americans

JD Hayworth 2010 Arizona Senate Primary Concession Speech

I wonder how much Neal Boortz paid his friend Kaleed to phone this in

Muslim Cab Driver is assaulted with a knife by passenger b/c he said he was Muslim

The Federal Reserve is a ponzi scheme

From 2006: Bill Maher tells Larry King that Ken Mehlman is gay

Perfect guest David Cay Johnston explains why Mitch McConnell is full of it on Bush tax cuts

Ronald Reagan dedicated the Space Shuttle Columbia to the Taliban

Grampy McBush vows to use November GOP House & Senate majorities to repeal & replace ObamaCare

BOEHNER: Voted Against Tax Cuts for Ohio, but Wants Them for Billionaires

The Meg Whitman Hi Bob Game. Take a shot of Jägermeister every time she says create good new jobs.

Weird Liberal Head Show #142: The Conservatives Have Already Lost

Egg Party Patriots

Pap & Ed Schultz Expose Glenn Beck's Racist Tea Party

MSNBC: Cenk & Ratigan on Glenn Beck Ground Zero Ban

No Land To Stand: Aerial Video (& Pics) Of Flood, Pakistan Under Water (800,000 Still Stranded)

Rachel Maddow & Jane Mayer look at who is funding the push for right wing idiocy: the Koch brothers

Mike Malloy - Ronald Reagan Praises The Taliban...Twice

Alan Colmes Takes Laura Ingraham To The Woodshed

TYT: Facebook Bans Marijuana Ad

Satan Speaks

Is the sun setting on the US empire?

Intel CEO Blasts Washington, Warns that Tech's on the Brink

GLENN BECK VS JESSE J. CLARK

Thom Hartmann vs. Nightlight Christian Adoptions - on Stem Cells

Papantonio: GOP Teabaggers Selling Hate and Division

Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case That Made History

Beck and Palin At The Lincoln Memorial: Two Blockheads ON Hallowed Ground

Scientists attack court ruling against Obama's stem cell policy

Mosque Near Ground Zero Tests U.S. Freedoms, Bloomberg Says

Climate Science Is Getting Koch-Blocked

Afghanistan's new war crimes museum punts on still-powerful warlords

Boehner’s Bumper-Sticker Politics

Wrong Direction on Stem Cells

Mark Steel: If anyone is fanatic it's Sarah Palin (Independent, UK)

My Interrogation at the American Border

Glenn Beck's Racism Is an Affront to MLK's "I Have a Dream" Vision

Rick Lazio Is ‘Comfortable’ With Offending 9/11 Veterans

CIA Man Is Key to U.S. Relations With Karzai

What About Germany? (Krugman blog)

Two Minutes to Midnight?: Cutting Through the Media's Bogus Bomb-Iran Debate

Social and financial factors impacting health care

Economy Caught in Depression, Not Recession: Rosenberg

What Americans Believe (America the Ignorant) MSNBC,Newsweek-

CBO says stimulus may have added 3.3 million jobs

The Gulf Oil Microbe Story--Brought to you by BP and Dept of Energy money

An exciting new Muslim country to drone attack

Republicans Voice Opposition To Implementation Of New Tier 5 Unemployment Benefits

A 99er Tier 5 Unemployment Extension Debate Continues Amid Primary Elections

Mutual Irritation Society-Alan Grayson tries to show Democrats how to take on the Tea Party.

Bad News for Regular Internet Users

Do We Need A Tax Bracket For The Super-Rich?

Woman Wall Street Hates Most Is Right for the Job

William Rivers Pitt: It's Called (facepalm)

WSJ has a front-page article on E-CIGS today

What is conservatism and what is wrong with it?

CBO report: ARRA increased employment 1.4 to 3.3 million, Did anybody hear anything on this on M$M?

Alan Simpson's Foulmouthed Rant about "The Lesser People" / RJ Escrow

Transocean, Halliburton should have been able to stop Macondo if unsafe

Self-described CIA assassin dies in gun accident

The Big Lie: Venezuela and Labor

The Daily Show Debates: Is Fox News Evil Or Stupid?

Robert Reich Nails It...Tax Jujitsu: Why Democrats Should Propose a "People's Tax Cut"

PBS's Ifill does her bit for the GOP ..again..

How green is my campus?

Hyperefficient Student-Built EV Defies Odds

Drumbeat: August 25, 2010

Putin shoots darts at whale

Grace Announces Rare Earth Surcharge for FCC Catalysts and Additives

My name is Earl

Electricity crisis hits Venezuelan oil exports

Acid Rain 30 Years On

Cloth made by bacteria

Pemex Chief:Watching Mkt to Decide When to Begin Crude Imports

Biden: U.S. to halve cost of solar power by 2015

Advanced High Temperature Reactor: Lower Costs, Enable Deep Burn and Advanced Fuel Cycle Reactors

Ochocinco fined $25K for Tweeting during game

Fried beer, Texas caviar highlight Big Tex Choice Award finalists

WOW

Furyk oversleeps, is disqualified from Barclays

Ohio State-Michigan game to be moved to the first Thursday in October.

I HATE double-headers...

Stinking Fish owners lied to get a new stadium

DUFL Fantasy Football League

Let's start a DU fantasy football league!!

Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC interview with Bill Richardson in Havana

The Big Lie: Venezuela and Labor

Miners plead for salvation from underground 'hell'

Update: NRA’s Challenge to Semi-Auto Ban Referendum in Illinois a Success

EPA Considering Ban on Traditional Ammunition

FLORIDA: Anti-Gay AG Bill McCollum LOSES Gubernatorial GOP Primary

Neighbors come to the defense of a gay couple

Mike Huckabee Invites You To Fast And Pray That God Smites Dirty Queers

School Rejects Lesbian Couple's Daughter

Repulsive Anti-Gay Quisling Homophobic Scumbag Asshat Closeted Former RNC Chair Mehlman: Coming Out

Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case That Made History

New Report Catches Job Creation Programs Asleep on the Job

Washington Coca-Cola workers go on strike; Atlanta workers prepare for union vote

Postal workers march in Detroit to protest five day delivery week

AFL-CIO teams up with nation's largest student association to pass DREAM Act

EFCA’s Dead, but Fear of It Still Driving Anti-Worker Measures

Unions to Pool $$$, Spend $88M on Pro-Worker Candidates.

A few I like

Tall stuff

sculpture from a LGBT church

Avocados the size of my face

From a drive in the French countryside...

Israel/Palestine and the Apartheid Analogy

MIDEAST This Math Class May Figure Out Israel

Lure of the homeland fades for Palestinian refugees

Amnesty Int'l Finland: Israel scum state

Planets Weighed Using Pulsar Flashes

Interesting footnote on "oil eating bacteria" article

In the Fields of Italy, a Conflict Over gmo Corn

Micro Frog Discovered Inside Bornean Pitcher Plants

Journal of Cosmology - available free online.

Christopher Hitchens weighs in on the "Ground Zero Mosque" debate

A funny thing happened on the way to get a new VCR

BAD HABIT Breaking - What's the astrological angle?

Grandfather's Ghost Story Leads to Mysterious Mass Grave

The future is NOW

What Momentous Event Will Today Bring? (Aug 25)

A Wishlist post by an ASAHer....

Autism and Mental Retardation Connected With APC Protein

Sweden - Mother told to clean own room after caesarean

Insulin Resistance

Fake Diagnosis Fatigue

Studying Acupuncture, One Needle Prick at a Time

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