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Archives: May 10, 2011

U.S., Japan Deny Plans to Send Spent Nuclear Fuel to Mongolia

TOON: propaganda remix on Afghanistan

Hydrofracking is coming to Michigan.

+19 The Score - this week from Richmond's sometimes catty weekly

Ohio Health Care Association, Kasich feud over proposed cut to nursing homes

Biden, Clinton bluntly press China on rights

The Robbing of America Continues: CEO Pay, Wal-Mart and Corp Tax Cuts

Obama to visit Austin for fundraiser at W Hotel

WI Gun bills trigger applause, dismay (Did I mention DISMAY?) DU this poll, pretty please.

What Does It Cost? $10 Trillion, Decline In US Home Value Since 2006

US Housing Market Disintegrates In First Quarter, Worst Since 2008 Lows

Did you guys see that nut on Lawrence O'Donnell just now?

In Fine Print, Banks Require Struggling Homeowners to Waive Rights

In Fine Print, Banks Require Struggling Homeowners to Waive Rights

Worst Persons For May 9, 2011 (FOK News, Keith)

This is great, now WE can like this song!

Why is Fox "news" "Anal-yst" Huckabee robocalling me?

Rachel about to discuss the Republicans on Sunday's talk shows

Dem's might pick up NY 26th district.

Man's dream of OBL contains message for Americans

YouTube launches full-length movie rentals

YouTube launches full-length movie rentals

Health Care reform is working, get this news out there!

The death of liberalism and what to do about it

The death of liberalism and what to do about it

Budget Mix-Up Provides Nation's Schools With Enough Money To Properly Educate Students

FOX News 2001 - Report: Bin Laden Already Dead (I know it's FOX but...)

Rachel spanks the media again,

GA Democratic official badmouths his former interns on Facebook

The Scientology Movie: Dirk Diggler meets Xenu, with a soupçon of Big Lebowski!

The Predators: Where is Your Democracy?

The Roundup for May 9, 2011 /.firedoglake

Jeebuz. Imagine the outcry if one of our Seals had been just even slightly wounded

Conservative 'Manifesto' Blasts Shared Curriculum,Tests

Budget Mix-Up Provides Nation's Schools With Enough Money To Properly Educate Students

Budget Mix-Up Provides Nation's Schools With Enough Money To Properly Educate Students

More NAFTA-Style job losses awaiting the middle class.

Idaho tells Montana drivers: Keep your legal medical marijuana out of our state

With 56% of American Internet connections now capped, advocates ask FCC for probe

Mandatory Monday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! & a new Maru gif

GoDaddy's Bob Parsons offers elephant meat to Haitian refugees

they're coming out here in nashville.....

LAT: Boehner demands trillions in cuts in exchange for debt vote

Al-Jazeera: NATO planes may have hit Qaddafi compound

NJ Gov Chris Christie will run only if he's drafted.

The Colbert Report skewers Michigan and the EFM in Benton Harbor

Jon Stewart Ridicules Last Week’s Post-bin Laden GOP Presidential Primary Debate - VIDEO

Take a break from politics...this is so darn cute!!!

Fuck the tea party. Meet the Tequila party. From blog for Arizona

Regarding not informing Pakistan of the operation, Obama said...

Elderly woman robs shopper at gunpoint in Kohl's parking lot

Rachel is awesome tonight

The killing of bin Laden: Was it legal? (w. video)

Poll Reveals Poorer And Less Educated Voters Support Sarah Palin, Wealthier Voters Prefer Romney

the NSA has fucked with me for much too long...

Billionaire's role in hiring decisions at Florida State University raises questions - Koch

Anyone else catch the HBO "Too Big to Fail" preview?

Anyone else catch the HBO "Too Big to Fail" preview?

And if you need a laugh today, "kitten vs scary thing" vid.

My thoughts on people who argue that they have the right to carry a gun

Why do anti-gun folk feel the need to be insulting when they post about guns?

AP: FCC requires cellphones to receive emergency 'presidential alerts' with no opt-out

Donald Trump says he isn't a racist because a black man won 'The Apprentice' once

Florida Bill Outlaws Asking Patients About Guns

Rabbi Convicted Of In-Flight Molesting

These "buy gold" companies - do you actually get physical delivery of gold?

Manning paying for busting US 'illegal, stupid foreign policy'

An Open Letter to Famous Progressive Christian Jim Wallis re: refusing gay ad

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Toon: Nation Stunned by Display of Competence

Breaking News Alert-NYTimes- U.S. Braced for Fights With Pakistanis in Bin Laden Raid, Officials Sa

Banks as slumlords

Flagler's charter schools behind in FCAT

Washington Journal-Boehner cuts must surpass debt rise

Washington Journal-Boehner cuts must surpass debt rise

Washington Journal-Boehner cuts must surpass debt rise

Dear thugs, WTH do you think we have been doing for the past 10 years?

TOON: This Modern World on Bush contribution to bin Laden

The callers on the Washington Journal show are letting the rethug guest have it with their

Toon: Ready for the main event?

Winter Park FL pays consultant $2,500 per day to help fight union organizing effort

TRUMP-ster/pee has become SO irrelevant AND trivial!1 (Need I say more?!1)_

So, if Microsoft acquires Skype (per ABC News), how can it

Outside of Pakistan, has any other country come out to condemn Obama for his decision

I got my Medicare card today, I'm not 65 yet, but I got it!

RINOs , DINOs and the third factor.

Dallas woman comes home, finds naked burglar sitting in her sink eating raw chicken

"taxpayers" vs "citizens"

Box Top thefts plague Valley grocers

"I'll be back..." "No, I really wish you wouldn't." Shrivanator and Fmr. Governator separate.

Rick Santelli is a moron

US Navy Gives OK for On-Base Same-Sex Marriages

Relief help suggestion

One-seventh of Tuscaloosa destroyed, according to the New York Times

Florida Law will Prohibit Pediatricians from Asking Parents if Guns are Safely Stored

Today is International Monty Python Day.

Reynolds School District (Portland OR) just laid off 105 Special Ed Assistants.

Toles - Thoughts for your penny

Toon: Mission Accomplished (but whose mission?)

Smoking Ban Fines Adding up

Protest in Madison this weekend (Saturday)

Found At the Bottom of a Blog

Army Sgt. McGuire's response to Bin Laden Death

Obama lawyers fight in court to save health care law

Mark this one up: Thou shall not stereotype...or else.

Mark this one up: Thou shall not stereotype...or else.

Winter Park (FL) pays consultant $2,500 a day to help fight union organizing effort

Lawn sign advances feud between mosque, neighbor (From my neighborhood--this is quite a story)

Triple Double Oreo

Vermont closing in on single payer

Alabama's GOP Delegation Voted Against Funding for Tornado Forecasting

Who Are Independents?

Krugman- Adult Conversation

monthy python and the GOP

Is asking questions that don't fit the White House narrative the same as criticizing Obama?

Florida GOP legislature loads Nov. 2012 ballot with long-sought amendment proposals (as Jeb giggles)

bin laden's death doesn't end his fear-mongering value

National Dump the Pump Day - June 16

2 teams on standby, 1 to bury him if dead and

I'm Waiting..If He Does It, I Will Do Everything I can to get him elected.

An example of one of the dumbest, slanted, stupidest, biased story..I have ever seen

An example of one of the dumbest, slanted, stupidest, biased story..I have ever seen

Huckabee's "Prophetic Voice": Obama is a Soviet Spy

Oh, Oh--They Can't Control Their Animals!

Beat The Repukes Until They Cry Uncle!

Finally figured out why Card's statement bothered me SO much

living in Japan after the earthquake moved it sideways and down

Pastor Makes Up Stories About his Time as a Navy Seal

Former Senator Alan Simpson flips off the AARP

Rival Currencies Take Aim at Dollar's Dominance

CATO: Thanks To BUSHCO: "The Target GOT AWAY"

Live Press Conference: Microsoft to Acquire Skype

Obama’s Luke Skywalker Moment - By Eugene Robinson

Northwestern University cancels class after live sex show

The Force of the Deed

Judge rules against Koch Industries in media hoax

PHOTOS: San Francisco artist Al Farrow sculpts mosques, temples & churches...from bullets

Oops: Japanese Gov Didn’t Send out Fukushima Radiation Spread Map

driving big trucks on the world's most dangerous highway

Some things NEVER change..note the date of the newspaper:

Some things NEVER change..note the date of the newspaper:

Osama bin Laden Mission Agreed in Secret 10 Years Ago by US and Pakistan

U.S. Prisoner has Spent 28 Years in Solitary Confinement

Maddow calls out networks for booking mostly former Bush officials after bin Laden killing

Rappin for Jesus

I am so tired of the republicans claiming Obama is celebrating too much!

Tuesday TOON Roundup 2 - elections

Today in History- Jefferson Davis captured in Drag..

COBRA (subsidized) help needed

We Should Learn from the Germans on Nuclear Power

We Should Learn from the Germans on Nuclear Power

the oddest accident. i was sitting at a stop light. my son asleep in the passenger seat.

New York Man Puts 'Bomb Making Next Driveway' Sign In Mosque-Adjacent Yard

NATO ships, planes left African refugees stranded in Mediterranean to die

Please help Sen. Claire McCaskill, MO, end Big. Oil Co. subsidies, and please kick this post. Thanks

Poisonous water moccasins fleeing floodwaters into Memphis residential areas

Big Ed being sued by his former partner

Big Ed being sued by his former partner

""We have 400 acres of beautiful wheat that's almost ready for harvest..."

From Sudbury to Chicago, Complaints About ‘Blame the Worker’ Safety

Blues for a Red State (Bama)

Daily Show: Move over San Francisco, Minneapolis is the new gay Mecca

Tuesday TOON Roundup 1 -Republican so called ideas

A very slanted survey

Corey Feldman wraps up 3 day film tour on his new movie about killing OBL..LOL

McDonald's remodeling, adding flat-screen TVs. I wonder if they'll be locked on Fox?

David Bollier: The City of Linz Pioneers a Regional Information Commons

Republicans Put Seniors On The Spot: SAVE YOUR LIFE - OR YOUR LIFE SAVINGS?

65 arrested at California teachers' budget protests in the State Capitol - w/pics

65 arrested at California teachers' budget protests in the State Capitol - w/pics

Navy Will Perform Same-Sex Marriages

Do yu think the US is the first stages of a long, slow decline and end to superpower status?

After Sony PSN hack, ‘civil war’ fractures hacker group Anonymous

May 21st, 2011, the end of the world....say the crazies

Is Gingrich doing us a favor by running for president?

U.S. Was Braced for Fight With Pakistanis in Bin Laden Raid(PreObama insisted on 2 more Helicopters)

U.S. Was Braced for Fight With Pakistanis in Bin Laden Raid(PreObama insisted on 2 more Helicopters)

Microsoft in negotiations to buy Skype for $7-$8 *BILLION* USD

Tsunami debris will reach the West Coast, Hawaii in a few years

Up to 44m more uninsured under GOP budget

So what is a person supposed to do?

Sometimes it helps to think before reacting to things.

Does DU still raise money for Demcratic candidates

Critics deride New Jersey's offer to revive an unfinished mall

Tuesday TOON Roundup 5- Economy and flooding

Whose Foreign Policy Is It?

Who would win in a fight: Batman or Jesus. A Facebook funny.

Let's see, Poppy Bush knew Oswald, Hinkley and OBL

MSNBC’s Ed Schultz Defendant in Federal Lawsuit

8% of GOP Primary voters are just too stupid for words.....

Republican Whisper Campaigns by Brian McFadden's Big Fat Whale

Cuba allows car, house sales

Cuba allows car, house sales

Did I miss something? Where is the other body?

Rolls-Royce PAC gets in early 2011 contribution to U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan re-election campaign

Texas House restricts cities aiding illegal immigrants

The Westboro Baptist Wackos Are In Town Today

Single-Payer, Medicare-for-All Legislation Introduced in Senate and House: Bernie Sanders and Jim Mc

John Nichols: Gov. Walker takes fight to privatize education to D.C.

PHOTOSHOP: the heroes in the Situation Room when bin Laden was killed

"Our U.S. constitutional rights."

The ignorant, the crazies, and those who use them

MTV won't run ads by group behind "The most dangerous place for an African-American is the womb"

Canadian senator to be sentenced for defrauding govt, betraying public trust

Appeals court throws out two charges against Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy

Appeals court throws out two charges against Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy

Thom Hartmann and Free Speech TV donation drive

News organizations press White House to release visual proof of bin Laden’s death

News organizations press White House to release visual proof of bin Laden’s death

Perhaps this can be moved to the lounge, just seeking opinions on here!

Perhaps this can be moved to the lounge, just seeking opinions on here!

Anyone hear about "Home of The Piffers and Bin Laden 2005 ?

I got a speeding ticket yesterday...

Shuster says Jeb trying to clear GOP field...

The Ryan Proposal: State-By-State Impact of Changes in Medicaid Financing

Maria Shriver has been "miserable" in her marriage for a long, long time

3 ways to reduce unemployment and help fix our economy

Children in bin Laden house had home school

Tancredo is on Bashir attacking Obama

Why DU is destined to fail

Why DU is destined to fail

Tepco President Meets With Angry Fukushima Evacuees (video)

Link to logistics for Thursday's March on Wall St. & Rally

Report: Up to 44m more uninsured under GOP budget

White House: The President’s Blueprint for Building a 21st Century Immigration System

Since BushCo. Set the Precedent of Executive Orders & Signing Statements

The Koch Brothers Are Hiring Florida’s Economics Professors

Pres Obama speaking now in West Texas n/t

All empires end. Ours will too one day.

Join me in honoring the (re) foundation of Israel May 14, 1948.

Jeb 2012

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Trump's Support Implodes

Congressmen Sanders and McDermott to Introduce Single Payer, Medicare-for-All Health Care Bill today

Thanks for booting Dumbasso.

Many Kids With Head Injuries May Not Need CT Scans

If I read "but the terrorists don't care about international law either" one more time I'll puke.

Are you a consumer or producer?

Sock-Puppetry of the Penis.

Food industry baffled by cause of tinny-tasting ‘pine mouth’

Gingrich/McCain in 2012

Republicans have absolutely zero regard for the truth.

Walker's Amended Voter ID bill would take effect before recall elections

Kucinich says he’s getting offers to run elsewhere if he loses his Ohio seat to redistricting

So... The Dick can't decide if he wants a transplant

Was killing OBL less legal than our use of predator drones?

Watching "The Journey" on TCM about Hungary 1956

Town halls, polls reveal Americans’ deep reticence over moves to tackle deficit

CNN Poll Generic Ballot: 50% Democrats, 46% Republicans

Blatant WSJ Revisionism Redlined ("Ministry of Truth" style scrubbing for the internet age)

Lawn sign advances feud between mosque, neighbor

Connecticut governor lays off workers, union bucks cuts

Hacker Group Raids Fox.com, Targets FBI

Bristol Palin gets reality television program.

Is DU still tops for NEWS? Latest Breaking, General Discussion issues -- ???

Wisc. GOP rushes to restrict voters ahead of recall elections

Chicago Mortgage Crisis: Nearly Half Of Borrowing Homeowners Are Underwater, Says New Report

Gov. Chris Christie unsure about teaching creationism in schools

Man-on-Dog doesn't want Teh Gay in the history books

Nikki Haley wants ‘Battle for Boeing’ to be 2012 issue

State probes email use in Palin aide's memoir

Nikki Haley continues attacks on NLRB's Boeing complaint

Nikki Haley continues attacks on NLRB's Boeing complaint

Class Of 2011 Have Most Debt Of All Time

Employment rate for black men at record low

NY lawmakers want bin Laden bounty to go to victims

Bravo Maria, Good riddance Ahnuld! Schwarzenegger, Shriver Separating After 25 Years

Americas Billionaires and Corporations approve this message.

Gallup poll sees growing support for third party in GOP, Tea Party

Question about a supposed senate bill to stop hearings on obama nominations.

When is the vote scheduled in the Senate for Ryan's Budget Proposal?

Cold shutdown work starts at Fukushima No. 1 reactor building

john boehner talks about washington d.c. politics as if he's not part of it

Mr President: It's time to give the Republicans a good talking to.

Question about HCR........

Glenn Beck stand in gets demolished by the Mayor of Lansing, MI

"Very Positive": Fox News' Smear Of "Vile Rapper" Common Debunked By Own Reporting

Unbelievably cool origami art as a statement on the fragility of ecosystems

DISCUSS HERE: Republicans of Yore who would probably fit in today's Democratic Party

Quake shifted Japan; towns now flood at high tide

NASA Scientist Helps Teens Sue Government over Climate Change

A simple truth

Japan PM declines pay until nuclear crisis ends

(JAPAN) Repetitive post-quake public service messages drove TV viewers nuts

(JAPAN) Repetitive post-quake public service messages drove TV viewers nuts

Are the Republicans trying to tell us something without actually

First suicide off world's tallest building - Burj Khalifa

Welcome To Baja Arizona, 51st State of the USA

How do we make the South blue?

DADT Good News: Maj. Margaret Witt to Retire with Full Benefits!!!

An Open Letter to Closed Minds

Silver bouncing back up despite the CME's jacking up margin requirements

Enough with the crying over OBL...it was legal, get over yourselves

President Obama: Is This Justice?

Hannes Alfven's Vindicated

Why is it that the hard right Republicans can't fathom people making

Strange cosmic ray hotspots stalk southern skies

Michael Hayden's *WHOOPSIE*

Another Dem jumps into race against Sen. Scott Brown

A special first grader and a bad test question

Nifty graphic of CO2 emissions by country.

Syria’s ruling elite, a tight-knit circle at the nexus of absolute power...will fight to the end.

Court blocks Utah ‘show me your papers’ law

Tweety is bashing all ReTHUGS for attacking Obama

Forsyth Saga: N.C. Challenge To Government Prayer Reaches Appeals Court

Ten Famous Works of Art that Are Forever Damaged by Carelessness, Negligence, Anger or Pure Insanity

NC 7th Grader School Bus Hijack attempt - to go to DC to Shoot Govt Officials

Last World War I Combat Vet Dies in Australia

Last World War I Combat Vet Dies in Australia

Could be a really rocky weather night for many of us. Stay safe

Blue Cross of KC mistakenly deducts premiums twice from some customers’ accounts Read more: http://

Americas billionaires and Corporations approve this message.

Say hello to all your favorite people - cheap

To the miserable SOB who half-ripped the anti Scott Walker

Wearable Cat Ears Controlled, Wiggled by Brain (JAPAN)

NYT: Presbyterians set to allow gay ministers

It just hit me

Ohio: Secret GPS on cars upheld

Dan Rather's 'National Disgrace' 2hr Special to Focus on Detroit Public Schools - trailer

GOP Cruelty: Budget Would Leave 44 Million Poor People Uninsured

I'll Make You A Deal... I'll Celebrate The Death Of OBL, When I Get To...

Has anyone noticed the Newt and mrs. pic on yahoo shows Newts wife with that same

President Obama hits Fox News (in El Paso Immigration Rerform speech)

The Dems have the Donkey, Repuklicans have the Elephant. What did the Whigs have?

Entitlement Programs: This makes me insane!

They are Teabaggers, a wing of the Republican party.

Libyan Revolution Day 82

They are auctioning off a chunk of the Titanic's hull... ghoulish behavior to sell someone's coffin

Mosque Neighbor Posts "Inflammatory" Sign

Schoolboy wears skirt in protest against “discrimination”

TODAY THE SOUTH IS DROWNING. Real water, not literary metaphor.

Mr President, Please give this woman a job !

Mr President, Please give this woman a job !

BREAKING : Cuban Special Forces KILLED Luis Posada Carriles in South Florida today

Fox Contributor: ‘Cult of victimology’ around rape stifles debate

Do Pitbull defenders and Pro Gun people have a lot in common...

Do Pitbull defenders and Pro Gun people have a lot in common...

You Gotta Give 'em Enough Rope!

DU has survived 10 years without anyone (including John Boehner) in Washington asking our opinion

Nine of Out Ten Climate Denying Scientists Have Ties to Exxon Mobil Money

Huckabee Adviser: Obama is a Soviet Spy

Tuesday TOON Roundup 4 - Obama

The Rude Pundit-Your Bullshit Conservative Ideology Is Killing Education (Part 2: Personal Essaying)

When are we going to stop the "Pakistan is our ally" bullshit.

When are we going to stop the "Pakistan is our ally" bullshit.

GOP Scum from Mississippi wants homophobes in the Army to have a "conscience clause".

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver announce separation

Ed Shultz has Jack Rice on tearing the Cheneys a

can you imagine if a republican were president when bin laden was captured or killed?

Tuesday TOON Roundup 3- Bin Laden fallout

9th Circuit reverses Judge, Veterans w/PTSD prevail today

Some here in the south are starting to learn the truth about these repuke scumbags.

Obama: Immigration plan is an 'economic imperative'

Liberals in southern Arizona seek to form new state

Bin Laden Sons Say U.S. Violated International Law

Does anyone here recognize this photo?

Obama Administration Fights to Allow Warrantless GPS Tracking

Unhinged in Camp Huckabee

Koch role in hiring decisions at Florida State University raise ethical s questions

Employers rethinking five-day workweek

Wisconsin Judge To Defendant: You Are Gayer Than A Sweet Smelling Jockstrap

Florida Hands Over Medicaid Program To Private Insurers

Google Santorum

Iraq's abandoned children - over 1 million orphans

Nuclear collapse looms? Fukushima No. 4 reactor 'leaning'

Man jumps to death off world's tallest tower in Dubai

Imagine These Two in the white House

Pit Bull - The Face of Death

The Small-Time Landlord vs. Big-Time Tenants’ Rights

Chris Matthews: Bush was ‘wise ass rich kid’ about bin Laden

Now why would the U.S. Chamber of Commerce be so freaked out about this? Hmmmm.

TOON: Derf on telling Bradley Manning the good news about bin Laden

Is Kerry telling an issue that the Post is writing serious front page articles about to "shut up?"

Is Kerry telling an issue that the Post is writing serious front page articles about to "shut up?"

Meanwhile, in America...

I'd rather be a "bleeding heart Liberal"

Nepalese 82-year-old ex-minister dies on Everest(while trying to climb it)

I am glad they buried OBL at sea

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Single payer health: it's only fair

US prisoners refused all books except Bible (SC)

No Breakfast For Kids Wearing ‘Wrong’ Shoes At Grade School

Who, The Three Eaglets Have Feathers Already!

Jeebus comes back in 11 days, cash in your shit now and party like it's 2011

New Report Shows Right-Wing Pundits Mostly Wrong

TSA baby pat-down photographer: “I’ve never seen anything quite that bad”

TSA baby pat-down photographer: “I’ve never seen anything quite that bad”

Topic "Illegals" and paying taxes - read this and know more than the guy at the water cooler

What happened to those "falling gas prices"? I just paid ten cents more per gal than last time

Is Credit Scoring Is Eroding Away The Middle Class

Racist Idiot of the Day

U.S. Copyright Group targets 23,000 downloaders of ‘The Expendables’

"Liberal hippies, release my son!" A blast from the past gift for you disappointed GDers...

High-ranking KY Election Officials Sentenced to 156 Years in Election Rigging Conspiracies

High-ranking KY Election Officials Sentenced to 156 Years in Election Rigging Conspiracies

NYT: Japan Scraps Plan for New Nuclear Plants -- OUR TURN NEXT!!!

Meet The Workers Who Make Your iPad: 100 Hours Of OT, No-Suicide Pacts, Standing For 14 Hours A Day

Why Teabaggers Buying Gold And Panicking About The Collapse Of The Dollar Are Gullible/Stupid

Mother: I did not murder autistic son (she strangled him with her belt to 'send him to heaven')

Who should Obama send the SEAL team after next?

What is "working class"?

Fox News guest says women ‘are asking for sex if they’re dressing immodestly’

Julian Assange Awarded Peace Medal

Exactly what part of "BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!" is giving people on this 'liberal site' trouble???

The "too big for strollers blog". Hilarious

Many Problems in Milwaukee County Recount but NO REPORTS!...My experiences (Warning-LONG)

What can I tell a Ron Paul supporter to dissuade him?

It's on! Wisconsin verifies enough signatures for first two recall elections

What is your credit score?

Our Depravity

Can a segment of the population truly be equal if their faces can't be viewed in public?

We are "in the midst of a bold maneuver by wealthy ideological foes"

Man in trash bin survives after getting compacted

High radiation beyond evacuation zone — Kyoto nuclear professor surprised by extent of contamination

Important Announcement:

Words of wisdom about strangers and drugs:

Is this toy inappropriate for children or is it, you know... just me?

Special safety measures had to be employed when transporting Hannibal Licker from place-to-place.

Mirror, mirror on the wall... is MiddleFingerMom the fairest of them all?

Something a light light

Anyone seen the movie "Bureaucracy". Is it any good?

Why so few dogs make it into symphonic orchestras:

Okay. That was really freaky. I understand we will have quite a change when admin

There ain't NOTHIN' hotter than a good ol'-fashioned catfight.

Getting used to life after school

Reposted from GD, a page of talking animals. You won't be sorry, watch this one.

I somehow deleted the 'explorer' icon off my desktop. Any quick way I can get it back

Take a break from politics...this is so darn cute!!!

I think the Lounge might like these items....

Poll

WTF with Bravo TV and the NON STOP "Real" Housewives?

How did they refinish wood floors before power tools?

PHOTO: The stop sign on Tony Soprano's street?

Omigod.......it's raining! In May, yet!

Warren Haynes new album is out today

my mothers day

I wonder what Dear Abby would have to say about this...

Video: Cops Bust Major Crime Ring!

Oh, the stuff I back out of posting ....

I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings......

My niece is taking a bite out of the Big Apple.

Is it too early to start mounting Smalldic fans?

Arizona: Our politics aren't the ONLY thing that is really, REALLY weird about this place.

Skittles' spirit animal is scheduling you for an asspecking.

Well, had my air conditioner system checked today.

Indoor Cat--when to start flea control?

Kittens: Their cuteness often obscures the fact that they're really fucking twisted.

A movie classic - now available in Blue-Ray

Doctor Who wedding cake

Today, 911 operators in Tucson were swamped with frantic calls about possible wildfires.

Has anyone seen CreekDawg or RainDawg recently??

Why DU is destined to sail

Why DU is destined to hail

Why DU is destined to Yale.

Attention K-Mart shoppers - Blue-light special in GD......

Who has DU destined to jail?

Ask me anything: We just got two tickets to a sold out Cake show!

**Live one in GD**

Loose ends.

Why DU is destined to go out in the garden and rid it of snails

Lil AA in the KMart ad

Dallas woman comes home, finds naked burglar sitting in her sink eating raw chicken

Musical Theater Fans---Book of Mormon

Scaredy cat

Wait a Minute, Bin Laden had 3 Wives, and That's How the House Was Kept?

Who would win in a fight: Batman or Jesus. A Facebook funny.

Dog plays with shovel, kid kicks dog in the butt, kid lives to regret it. GO DOG!

Kitten/s

My goodness. What kind of people use gmail???

Trying to connect a laptop through a wireless router

Hindsight:

Finally got up the nerve to watch that calf video.

A new spin on Nigerian email scams: Claiming Nigerian email scams are scams

Note to self: If the wife tells you that her best friend has just joined Weight Watchers,

Looking into volunteer tourism - any info or advice you have is appreciated

And if you need a laugh today, "kitten vs scary thing" vid.

Although you could dress him up... you really COULDN'T take Li'l MiddleFingerMom anywhere.

I'm just barely aware of Rebecca Black, but: Bwaaaa hahahahaha!!!

PHOTOS: If you have $25 million, you can own Tony Stark's house in the Iron Man films.

I'm 27 pounds overweight according to the MetLife tables, but ...

What are you reading tonight DU? I'm reading "God is not Great" by Christopher Hitchens. I think

CONFESS!!!! What's a part of your morning routine?

Boooo, someone stoled my mp3 player out of my car!!

The Fostering.

Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon releases statement on Boeing complaint (NLRB)

A fair price for an evening party shuttle?

What the hell am I going to do with this cat?

New, annoying neighbors....HELP

Man admits plotting to blow up federal courthouse in Springfield, gets 28-year sentence

U.S. in limbo over Iraq troop presence

Bio orders Bristol Palin reality series

With Help From NATO, Libyan Rebels Gain Ground

Koch Industries Climate Change Spoof No Grounds For Suit, Judge Finds

Libyan migrants' boat deaths to be investigated by Council of Europe

Activists win chance to contest nuke license

Virginians are almost evenly split on gay marriage, Post poll finds

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver announce separation

Libya: Hundreds feared dead as migrant boat capsizes

Libya: UN's Valerie Amos seeks pause in fighting

Bank called and said we got the home construction loan!! Please cross your fingers and send vibes

Call me self-centered, but whenever I hear about couples splitting

Immigration reform taking center stage in Texas

State verifies enough signatures to force recall election against Hopper, Olsen

Germany Launches First Census since Reunification

National emergency alert system set to launch

Medvedev-Putin tensions grow as 2012 elections get closer

Massey crew, politicians hampered efforts at Upper Big Branch(Mine rescue)

Millionaires who owe no federal income tax

NJ Gov. Christie likes being asked to run for president

Second Killer Suspected in Long Island Attacks

Okay, to me this is STUPID!!!!

Texas approves concealed handguns in public universities

MFM needs a "Doctor" music thread for his hospital stay. What should he take?

Obama’s border visit renews focus on immigration policy

Gender pay gap in federal government isn’t as wide as in private sector

China's trade surplus beats forecasts, as yuan in focus

President and Speaker joust for credibility on issue of federal deficit

Officials investigate fuel tank problem on F-150s (2.7 million)

7.1 earthquake strikes near Vanuatu

NRC Finds Severe Safety Violation At Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant In Alabama

2011 James Beard Award Winners

PIE

Microsoft Close to $7 Billion Deal to Buy Skype, WSJ Reports

Man jumps to death off world's tallest tower in Dubai

Navy Will Perform Same-Sex Marriages

Today is International Monty Python Day.

Chain Reactions Reignited At Fukushima After Tsunami, Says New Study

More than 80 killed in Southern Sudan violence

Officials: Insurgents stop attack

Billionaire's role in hiring decisions at Florida State University raises questions

Feds announce plans for 250 imperiled species

Is it too early to start flaunting Baltic fans?

R-J owner says copyright lawsuits target ‘parasitic’ infringers

Boehner Outlines Demands on Debt Limit Fight

Obama chooses Booker T. Washington, will speak at the Memphis school’s commencement

First ever Palestinian bonds sold

Gaddafi stays out of public view as Nato bombs Tripoli

Twins born with two heads, single body

Ally of Assad Says Syria Will Fight Protests Till ‘the End’

Justice Department investigates Newark Police

Ex-HealthSouth CEO Scrushy Wins Reversal on Two Counts, May Be Resentenced

13 killed in clash on Falcon Lake at U.S.-Mexico border

Health Care Reform's Legal Battle: Next-To-Last Stage Begins Tuesday

FBI nabs Puerto Rican man for historic robbery

Kan To Focus On Natural Energy, Energy Saving

New York: Long Island murders work of four killers, detectives say

Ex-official implicated in DAS scandal temporarily goes free

AP files FOIA request for access to photos of Osama bin Laden compound, raid

General Motors Creates, Retains 4,000 Jobs by Investing $2 Billion in Plant Expansions and Upgrades

Cellphones get emergency alerts (FCC PLAN Tornados, Hurricanes, Emergencies)

Bangladeshi force trained by UK police 'allowed to kill and torture'

Japan to abandon new reactor plans

Why DU is destined to frail

WikiLeaks' Assange gets Australian peace prize

Tepco may report net loss of $12.46 bln for FY2010

US prisoners refused all books except Bible (SC)

Florida to cut state unemployment benefits

Tainted drinking water found near gas wells(Duke Univ Study)

Liberals in southern Arizona seek to form new state

Colombian army opens fire on civilians

Wisconsin election staff OKs 4 recall petitions

Venezuela dismisses 'unreliable' report about FARC links

Watch Live: Obama’s Immigration Speech

Massive anti-Saudi rally held in Cairo

Appeals court in NYC puts Chevron on defensive

Community Health ends effort to buy rival Tenet ($4 billion-plus offer)

'Bomb Making Next Driveway' posted next to mosque

KVOA won't air TV show based on Tucson shooting

Nygren announces he'll take on Hansen (D, Green Bay) in recall race

AP IMPACT: FEMA asks for return of disaster aid (more than $22 million )

Mitch Daniels 'Would Like To' Run For President, Top Adviser Says

TX Teacher Who Accused Girl Of Grieving Over Bin Laden Not Returning To Work

Prime minister says Japan will scrap plan to boost share of nuclear energy to 50 percent

(MI) Emergency Manager law repeal campaign begins statewide

Judge rules against Koch Industries in media hoax

Wholesale companies boosted inventories in March

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have separated

Justice Department nominee remains in limbo after Senate vote

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Airstrike leaves 15 dead in Yemen

Mich. GOP Votes to Fine Colleges for Same-Sex Benefits

Federal judge blocks Utah immigration law

Federal judge blocks Utah immigration law

Abortion measure clears Round 1

Trump’s 2012 polling plummets

Worst possible actor to play Bruce Wayne/Batman

Obama mocks Republican position on immigration

Boehner demands ‘trillions’ in spending cuts in exchange for lifting debt ceiling

Bob Stempel: Engineer led GM during turbulent '90s (dies at 77)

GM's Akerson reveals hiring blitz(4,000 jobs)

Osama bin Laden mission agreed in secret 10 years ago by US and Pakistan

House Democratic Whip Hoyer Against White House Plan For Contractor Political Disclosures

GOP litmus test: Sharia opposition

Despite differences, Obama, GOP eye Medicare limit

Democrats follow Karl Rove's Lead, Dump Cash Into NY- 26

Report: US Secretary of State Clinton calls China’s human rights record ‘deplorable’

Bin Laden Sons Say U.S. Violated International Law

(Calif. State University) chancellor proposes (32%) new tuition hike

CHP begins arresting protestors at (California) Capitol

Saudi Arabia flogs orphan girls

Venezuela implements nationwide power-rationing plan

Feds turn Walker (WI) down on passenger rail funding request

How cool is this? It LOOKS like one of those click-clack inertia pendulum things...

Fed Court Reverses 2 Convictions in Siegelman Case (Rest of Verdict Upheld)

Single-Payer-Medicare-for-All Legislation Introduced in Senate & House: Bernie Sanders/Jim McDermott

(Former MI Asst. AG) Shirvell fires back, claims he's victim of gay agenda

NATO Jets Hit Targets in Libyan Capital Tripoli Overnight

Facebook caught exposing millions of user credentials

Mississippi Delta braces for historic flood

U.S. post has $2.2 billion loss, warns of Sept insolvency

Starvation killed 4-year-old Highland Park boy

Why is DU destined to wail?

CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE - FRANKLIN SCANDAL 1/7 LONGER CUT

Pakistanis to sue US over drone strikes - Press TV News

TYT: Cops Asked To Work For Free In The UK

U.S. Assassination Campaign Targets Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen - Democracy NOW!

SNL: 2012 GOP Debate (Tina Fey Slams Palin)

Young Turks: Fox: Endangered Species - Who Cares?

Thom Hartmann vs Bill Keller: Time for a new Civil Rights movement for Muslims in America?

Trump Goes On Racist TV To Claim "I'm the Least Racist Person"

Thom Hartmann and Andy Kroll on our McJobs Recovery

Progressive Populist Power: It's Only Just Begun!

'Rome arms Libyans on US order'

Rob Zerban to Take On Paul Ryan for Wisconsin 1st U.S. House District Seat

Can Prayer Make a Difference in California? (prayer based crime fighting, New Apostolic Reformation)

Historian Adam Hochschild: 1-2 Lessons For the Antiwar Movement - Democracy NOW!

David Sirota on bin Laden killing

"Osama bin Gotten" by Roy Zimmerman

Disposable- Indecent Proposal by Ted Rall

TDPS: Texas Teacher Tells Muslim Girl Osama is her "Uncle," She "Is Grieving"

Republicans Dredge Up Torture Debate Again! Want Credit!

Copyright Infinity

GOP Immigration Policy - Alligators in the Moat

Jim Rogers: 'US the largest debtor nation in history'

TYT: Good/Bad News For President Obama

Rachel Maddow: Sunday Talk Shows Heavy With Bush Has Beens, Why?

Young Turks: Cenk's 2012 GOP Candidate Reviews & Prediction

Thom Hartmann: Not one single right-wing dream law - will create one single job

Man Gets Life In Prison For Forth Marijuana Conviction In Covington Louisiana

Pushing For The Arrest of George W. Bush For War Crimes in British Columbia

Papantonio Takes Fox To School On Torture

Thom Hartmann: No Veteran Marine should be shining my shoes

The Def Poetry performance by rapper Common that's got the right wingers all mad

An American born physician practices in Canada in preference to the US

Nuclear collapse looms? Fukushima No. 4 reactor 'leaning' (RT)

Rosie Odonell: We didn't give Bin Laden DUE PROCESS

'Dead Osama' Swag Makes Me Embarrassed to Be American

Republican rift widens on Medicare

President Obama Plans Major Push for Immigration Reform, With Amnesty Possible

CBPP: Ending Tax Cuts for Wealthy Would Make Major Contribution to Deficit Reduction

Why should anyone have trouble distinguishing Obama from bin Laden?

One constant with Obama's approval ratings...

GALLUP: U.S. Economic Confidence Spikes on Bin Laden Death

Federal appeals judges show support for health care reform law

Donald(I have a great relationship with the BLACKS)Trump 15 min. of fame is done

delete - wrong forum

Today's Gallup Tracking Poll-bump continues...

Caucus for Michelle Obama? (caucus states only)

CNN Poll: Democrats up 50-46 percent in battle for House

Tweety: Clip of Bush

Republicans to Trump: You’re fired. PPP POLL: Huck 19, Mittens 18, New 13, Palin 12, Trump 8, Paul

Pres. Speech on Immigration on now.....

Obama Mocks Republican Position on Immigration - "trying to move the goal posts on us one more time"

"Of course, Mr Trump, and what kind of cheese would you like with it?"

Robert Reich: The Battle for the Soul of the GOP

Netanyahu To Address US Congress May 24 - House Speaker

Hey GOP: Your 1990's counterparts called. They want their candidates back.

Bin Laden’s killing requires new look at Afghanistan strategy, Kerry says

Senate privacy hearings today, Apple sent a senior VP of engineering, Google sent a lobbyist.

More Than a Résumé

U.S. ‘Underwater’ Homeowners Rise to 28 Percent, Zillow Says

Mitch Daniels thinks he could beat Obama

NEWT!!!! 2012 - the face of the GOP - it is about to happen

Republicans: How's that Ryan budget vote working out for you?

Salon: The Trump Campaign is Dead.

Half of Republicans polled still don't believe Obama was born in USA

Baucus: Keep Social Security out of any deficit-reduction deal

Osama Bin Laden's Sons Say U.S. Broke Law in Killing Their Father, Demands Inquiry

Michelle Obama: "No. If I had married him, he would now be the President."

Cheney should be cut off from all national security connections.

The more that comes out on this bin Laden raid, the more I believe it was one of the gutsiest...

Obama chooses Booker T. Washington in Memphis to deliver commencement speech

News organizations press White House to release visual proof of bin Laden’s death

Sarah Palin angry that a black rapper/poet was invited to the WH...

Karl Marx, part 6: The economics of power

Part 2....of "Why is Healthcare Absurdly Expensive in USA"

U.S. in limbo over Iraq troop presence

After Bin Laden's Killing, Al Qaeda Radically Revises 'Logistics'

(Happy Birthday) Daniel Berrigan: A Lifetime of Peace Activism

Ezra Klein: A shout-out to the best, but not most popular, ideas in Congress

The Song of Spring (James Howard Kunstler)

Singapore's election

In Fine Print, Banks Require Struggling Homeowners to Waive Rights

Acetaminohen Tied to blood cancers

DOMA: The Sinking Ship (From Think Progress)(DOMA):

Whirlpool Paid No Taxes Over The Past Three Years...

Re-Demobilized Colombian Paramilitaries to Sign Free Trade Agreement with U.S.

US Chamber Freaks Out Over Obama Proposal Requiring Govt Contractors To Disclose Campaign Spending

Guardian UK: It is time for England's first empire to get independence

Bahrain topples its own people by Pepe Escobar

Earthlings Unite? (Mickey Z.)

Joan Walsh: How the Iraq war saved bin Laden's life

Faulty Towers: The Crisis in Higher Education

Allen West, uncut: A candid conversation with South Florida's rising Tea Party star.

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Why aren’t the powers that be tackling the jobs crisis?

The coming housing calamity

New York Times Editorial Rips into Scott's Train Decision

Richard Cohen: The myth of American exceptionalism

The Last Days of Jupiter in Aries

What the Farc files really reveal

Guardian UK: Tony Kushner and the corporatisation of CUNY

The War Against Taxing the Rich

Unlimited Secret Money Is Drowning Democratic Elections

Why the GOP, Banksters and their corporate cronies are terrified of Sharia.

Chile Approves Huge Dam Project in Wild Patagonia

Discrimination and bullying of Fukushima evacuees

Climate change and the flood this time

Commission reports equipment failure (of “high safety significance” ) at TVA's Browns Ferry plant

April 2011: historic U.S. extremes in rains, floods, tornadoes, and fires

Radiation to restrict work on No. 1 (Fukushima - it's not over yet)

New home for American spent nuclear fuel in...Mongolia?

Japan to scrap nuke energy expansion (for renewable energy)

Radiation high at No.3 reactor pool - (Arnie Gundersen's theory) - NHK

Tepco turns to government for cash

Japan, U.S. (secretly) negotiating construction of nuclear waste facility in Mongolia

The unconstitutionality of the nuclear power bill (Iowa)

MOX Fueled Reactor No. 3 temperature rising — Pumping water may be ‘insufficient’

Who here thinks utilities are not big enough or have too little power and influence?

Leas: Entergy’s position inconsistent with Supreme Court decision

Dedeni to retrofit Cane to ethanol mills to use sweet sorghum to make ethanol - Brazil

French fission industry fingerprints on Japan's energy policy

TAE: Welcome to The Atomic Village

U.S.-Japan joint survey reveals high radiation beyond evacuation zone

Floating Wind Turbines gain accesss to stronger and less turbulent winds: Commercialization by 2020?

Ethanol Potential in Giant Sweet Potatoes (1500-1800 gallons per acre)

Anyone here familiar with Trellis Earth products (recyclable plasticware replacements)?

Power from renewable sources surpasses N-power for the first time news

Celanese Says Ethanol-From-Coal Process Is a ‘Game-Changer’ - Bloomberg

Corn ethanol GHG emissions w Biomass for Process Energy - 119% reduction w Biomass Combined Cycle.

Breaking the Link Between Energy Consumption and Economic Growth

Renewable energy can power the world, says landmark IPCC study (xpost)

Solar Highway

The Health Crisis Killing Manly Men

Nuclear Power: Not the Solution to Climate Change (very good summary article)

'Becoming Chaz' review: inside transgender world

For Mother's Day, I want marriage equality: Give my son and his partner the right to marry

Thank you, my friends...

Anti-gay groups plan increased spending, activity through 2012

Judge Says Molestation Defendant Is ‘Gayer than a Sweet Smelling Jock Strap’

Three Cheers for Google/You Tube

Don't Be H8N On The Homos

Ben Cohen Wants To Meet You (And you know who you are!)

Exclusive: New “Star Trek” TV Series Proposed, Includes a Gay Main Character

Gay-Friendly Ad Rejected By Supposedly Gay-Friendly Religious Website

Hasidic paper breaks the rules by editing Clinton out of White House photo

Jury selection for anti-nuke protesters delves into American history

Yesterday was Daniel Berrigan's 90th birthday.

2-Headed Baby Born in China

Newville pastor admits his tale of being a Navy SEAL was just 'an ego-builder'

Liberal Religion is NOT Just Compromise

R/T is not an Ecumenical Council

Texas Senate Approves Handguns On Campus Amendment

Why do anti-gun folk feel the need to be insulting when they post about guns?

Florida Bill Outlaws Asking Patients About Guns

Talking life, death and guns with Nebraska’s most-radical state senator (GOP/NRA uber-moran)

C'mon Rachel Plastic guns? Cop Killa (sic) Bullets?

SELF DELETE

Biodegradable shot cups for 12 gauge?

WI Gun bills trigger applause, dismay (Did I mention DISMAY?) DU this poll, pretty please.

My thoughts on people who argue that they have the right to carry a gun II

University officials will probably try to strike back. Remember that they were against integration

(Gov.) Deval Patrick (D- Mass.): New gun laws needed to curb violence

New York continues gun shop attack

My thoughts on people who argue that they have the right to carry a gun

Wild prediction.....

The Campus Carry Movement Stutter-Steps Across America

Sheriff: Neurosurgeon Pointed Gun At Son

Utah scolded by national gun-violence group

Texas approves concealed handguns in public universities

Florida Law will Prohibit Pediatricians from Asking Parents if Guns are Safely Stored

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Not one thread about the Giants sweep of the Rockies...

Wouter Welandt dies after stage 3 crash at the Giro d'Italia

Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon accepts contract offer from Maryland

Thank you, President Obama...

Thunder and Grizzlies Heading into Second Overtime

Wizards unveil new colors. There’s still a creepy Wizard

How low can those yankees go? They charge a service fee and the tips don't go to the waiters!!

Let's go Thunder, Grizzlies, Mavs, Hawks and Bulls!

State senator (R-moran & CCW permit holder) who displayed handgun found guilty of disorderly conduct

'On its 63rd birthday, Israel is a shining beacon in the Middle East'

Barenboim: It's worth having a dialogue with Gazans

Barak: We can't have it both ways with Palestinian unity

Netanyahu Is Head And Shoulders Below The Rest

U.S.: Israel's decision to withhold PA funds 'premature'

Arab League chief: Hamas not a terror group

This will be the Arab world's next battle

Join me in honoring the (re) foundation of Israel May 14, 1948.

Lieberman: Settlement building won't be frozen for even three hours

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