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Archives: August 30, 2011

Hurricane Irene death toll rises to at least 39

Hurricane Irene death toll rises to at least 39

President Obama's Job Creation Mirage by Dean Baker

KO about to skewer Bush

UFO Sightings Increase 67 Percent In 3 Years

Julian Assange Accidentally Uploaded His Secret Files to the Internet

**Valerie Plame/Joe Wilson coming up on Lawrence show re: DarthV.

All right when did we start getting ads on :My DU?

Ongoing Iraqi Violence Almost Makes American Invasion Seem Pointless

FYI - Melissa H-P in for Rachel with Ezra Kline on the Alan Krueger appt.

Post Tropical Cyclone Irene in Canada

Earth History: Chapter 27

*Melissa H-P on for Rachel.

Anti-gay GOP candidate likely to face lesbian opponent in U.S. Senate race

Wouldn't That Be Blasphemy?

Wouldn't That Be Blasphemy?

Disaster Assistance website

Inspired by the vision for America's future that the Republicans have been touting.

Thank you DU and DUers for posting pre, during, post Irene

*HELP RED CROSS

When someone is displeased, I like to see that they have a plan to fix things.

Faith in the Federal Government No Longer Restored: At an all time low.

California lawmakers save scandal-plagued city

Today's right-wing nut job:

Torture Memo Author John Yoo Greeted By Protesters At GOP Convention (VIDEO)

Was Irene Over hyped?

Was Irene Over hyped?

Lets discuss Dodd-Frank and how awesome it is! (thanks Dems!)

Branstad wants to raise Iowa's gas tax next year to cover the

To Megan Kelly & Fox: YES, it matters!

They just showed Bloomberg at the Federer match at the USOpen

Inland Flooding

Bulldog needs surgery after abuse

Unethical U.S. research killed 83 in Guatemala: panel

Updated: Postcards from a Vermont on the Edge [Photos and Video]

California could be first state to ban foam containers

Chris Boring: scumbag of the millennium

In Case You Missed Goolsbee On John Stewart, And His Desire To Get Out Of Washington...

Jamie Gangel... What Were You Thinking ???

Man accused of tossing son, 7, off tour boat

Much of the flood water from southern Vermont will pass through my town.

Central Oregon wildland fire update (DIAL-UP WARNING)

Chicago blues great ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards dies at 96

Gov. Nikki Haley vs. the NLRB

Mandatory Monday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Best of Malloy tonight & a new kitty gif

FoxNews advocates the end of the National Weather Service.

FoxNews advocates the end of the National Weather Service.

McCain's Brain #1: Checking out Sarah Palin..

Anthony Bourdain coming up on Keith

Fourth deadliest hurricane on file to date

Activist: Students fear violence at Chicago school

Reasons Dick Cheney’s book belongs in the crime section

2 Pajama-Clad Girls Take Stolen Goat for Walk.

Ron Reagan Jr: Dick Cheney Is a 'War Criminal'

Irene is getting up there in casualties

Has Anybody Tried To Use The Less Than/Greater Than Signs When Posting ???

Maybe I just don't recall-

Cheney's current revision of Bu$h admin history begs other - purient - questions:

Ex-mayor of Arizona border town gets 3.5 years in prison

Wow, go kids!

Freedom for Yvonne!!!!

CEOs are grossly overpaid

Bernie Sanders on Rachel with Melissa on the Vermont

Labor Expert Is Right Choice to Lead Obama’s Economic Team: V

If you post lies about the President...

"You're Not Much of a Lifeguard"

4 Bay Bridge crossings by 1928 - 'Saving the Bay' w/Bobby Redford on PBS now

US protests pay raise for UN workers

Vermont Floods May Be As Bad As 'Monumental' 1927 Flood

Film: VJ Day 1945, Honolulu, Hawaii

What could be more embarrassing than a typo in the *title* of your book?

Is that a boa constrictor in your pants, or are you just glad to see me?

Obama nominates opponent of minimum wage, and unemployment insurance to council of economic advisors

For those of you who think Perry can't win

Keith Olbermann says he broadcasts from the "M.C. Escher Complex" in New York City

If we have to have a Bible banger for pResident to get Buypartisanship Here he is!

I hope everyone here who was Irene's path is OK.

I think the irony of my "just Vietnam war" thread didn't come across very clearly.

Letterman said....

Letterman said....

(PA State Rep. Daryl) Metcalfe (R, of course): Obama “Treasonous” on Immigration

(PA State Rep. Daryl) Metcalfe (R, of course): Obama “Treasonous” on Immigration

Death toll for Irene now at least 41

PSA: Science Journalist Outlines the Climate Debate

Is New Hampshire Getting Flooded, As Well?

Republicans Against Science.

China's second coming in Libya

So the latest troll meme on DU is about climate change?

This is what "Education Reform" Looks Like

Following the Tuscaloosa tornado, I praised the UA student newspaper. Here's the man responsible.

Ohio's new attack on voting rights would mean that minorities might as well stay home. Only rethug

John "piles of black socks and dirty underwear" Fund rumored co-author of Lady Batshit's memoir

US film-maker held in Libyan jails for six months describes his joy at release

Don't expect a New Deal from Obama's new jobs guy

National Safety Board Rejects Shoulder Belts for School Buses as Too Costly

Political Toons, Part 2

After reading a lot of Al Gore's missives today

United Nations Libya plans 'revealed in report'

Hurricane and Earthquake toons, part 1

Is Europe’s “last dictatorship” finally wobbling? Has the Arab Spring come to Europe?

Hurricane and Earthquake toons, part 2

Connecticut NPR doing puff piece with Joe "Gift of Rest" Lieberman right now

Bond Investors Expect Sino-Forest Default

Has anyone else been having problems posting ops in GD?

Correction: His correct name is Rick "W" Perry, not Rick Perry.

What Are Dick Cheney's Greatest Hits?

Keep up the good work, Mods. n/t

Historian takes on Christian Right's "Nazis were gay" theory - Stops short of just calling it stupid

Please stop bashing Rick Perry, Al Gore and Barack Obama

Political Toons, Part 1

So, if you had to choose between Perry or Bachmann for your president, which?

WikiLeaks reveals US attempt to buy deadly biological weapons

Derf: Update on the Giant Jesus Statue

Derf: Update on the Giant Jesus Statue

Yesterday and today are what it feels like when nothing is being hyped

Cheney's alternate universe

Rick Perry is nothing to fear, flash in the pan most likely

Obama’s uncle arrested in Framingham on drunken driving charge

Blair and Bush planned Iraq war without second UN vote, letter shows

I'm glad there's no media hype about Dick Cheney's book.

Home prices bounce back, but market still struggles

Irene's surprising damage to NJ

If you have Cspan available you really should be watching right now

We are destroying our environment

Cheney’s Book Features Foreword by Satan "Couldn't put it down" says Prince of Darkness (Borowitz )

August deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan

Stop saying the $12M MittMansion is quadrupled!1 It's only DOUBLED!1

Stop saying the $12M MittMansion is quadrupled!1 It's only DOUBLED!1

Tea Party Wave?

Napolitano rebuffs Perry's $350 million request for jailing illegal immigrants

A thought that got lost in the fog of lies

Cheney's Book Features Foreword by Satan (Andy Borowitz...lol)

Hello Congress...... Emergency JOBS Bill NOW.....

Valerie Plame: Dick Cheney ‘wounding’ former colleagues

UPDATE on a story from last night

U.S. Wasted $1 for Every $6 Spent in Iraq and Afghanistan

TX A&M climate prof to MoFo GOODHAIR: "Goodhair, you ignorant MoFo!1" (re: climate change)

Middle Avenue pipe project digs up diesel-soaked soil

Labor law?

Smirking Cheney-burton is on Lockup San Remo on NBC now. It's gross.

This is so stupidly simple it can't NOT work to fix the budget:

A real progressive takes apart the professional left

Germany Dims Nuclear Plants, but Hopes to Keep Lights On

Very scary op-ed on Little Green Footballs's article on forced labor in Hungary.

Great Article

Arm Yourself with Facts Against this "Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme" Nonsense

The Incredibly Convenient Super Powers Of 'CEO Man'

Tonight on the National Geographic Channel.....

LHCresults put supersymmetry theory 'onthe spot'

Did DU change it's format?

Dick Cheney's dog banned from Camp David Lodge after attacking George Bush's terrier

"IN MY TIME" by Dick Cheney

Waiting to hear during a Cheney interview

Waiting to hear during a Cheney interview

Why 500 Folks Crashed Scott Brown's Shindig

First thoughts: Does Obama go big or small? (MSNBC)

Plastic Bag Manufacturers Edit California Textbooks

tent babies

Dish network viewers RE: NatGeo channel

In My Time: 40% Off at Barnes & Nobel. Looks like Darth Cheneys book is allready failing to sale

"The president, he just sat there, and his face just went dead," - kid from Booker Elementary

Robots can be kind of mean. Cornell University lets two "chatbots" have a conversation.

Monthly Review on Libya (great resource)

Phases of Disaster Response

Widely ignored AP piece: "U.S. Debt caused by weak economy, not gov't spending"

Weird, Birdlike Mystery Drone Crashes in Pakistan

If you want a progressive America... And America is by NO means progressive:

Oh, Sextra-Grammy-ton God, this will be the 'Last Days' if we burn the Tar Sands of Ottawa Harper!

complaining about a weak proposal that didn't pass won't create jobs...

Country Starting to View President Obama as an Ineffective Leader

Dick Cheney Bashes John McCain In New Book

Federal recruitment, retention, relocation bonuses rose 22% in 2009

Fish-catching trick may be spreading among dolphins

Insurance adjusters find storm a bonanza

Far-right Swiss People's Party candidates sign "contract with the people" to halt mass immigration

Now that we have established that we are mostly on the same page

Misdirection.

CNN running with 50,000 casualty estimate in Libya.

Bill Press: If you think Dick Cheney is mean, you haven't met his daughter, Liz.

so we have a weak economy, lol.

Anonymous and LulzSec case: police fly to US to gather hacking evidence

Human weasel Eric Cantor wants FEMA disaster funds held hostage to a vote on more spending cuts

FLASHBACK: Rep. Cantor Did Not Mention Offsetting Cuts In 2004 Requests For Federal Disaster Relief

Obama: 7 proposed regs would exceed $1 billion

Top US of A threats in ....

Must be one of Rick Perry's churches...

$40M guaranteed. $60M more in bonuses

So young Eric will hold funds to help people who need money NOW

Pa. man charged again for putting ribs in pants

Who's sabotaging the damn mic

Tax us more, say wealthy Europeans

France seeks expenditure cuts 2X the amount of any revenue from higher taxes - TheLocal

Woman tells Iowa Senator: Raise payroll tax cap for Social Security

This diagram clearly explains the difference between a Ponzi scheme and Social Security. Must see!

"Wild Ass" US made jeans are back

Daughter Gadhafi said was killed in a 1986 U.S. airstrike apparently lives

Tea Party Congressman Calls For Tax Breaks To Put Out Raging Wildfire In District

Fyi: 100s of VN War photos in collection at Flickr (63-75)

Fox News' Preemptive Strike Against Gawker

Before Irene, you stocked up on Pop-Tarts and Doritos. Now what?

Ex-Bush Official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: "I Am Willing to Testify" If Dick Cheney Is Put on Trial

BBC: Is Syria slipping out of the grasp of its rulers? - new pressures from within and without

Iowans Show Up At Rep. King’s District Office To Protest Vote To End Medicare

Vermont's extreme weather is 'no mere chance'

Steve Benen tears little Eric the dummy a new one

Michigan Republican Freakout

Tea Party Congressman Calls For Tax Breaks To Put Out Raging Wildfire In District

Stories Not Mentioned in Dick Cheney's New Memoir (Rude Pundit)

Tea Party Congressman Calls For Tax Breaks To Put Out Raging Wildfire In District

Fox Contributor To Bill Nye: You're 'Confusing Our Viewers' On Climate Change

Question: If in 2004, Kerry had run with McCain as VP, would we be better off?

Anyone in NC know who Irene effected the wild horses of Corolla?

Did Asswipe Eric Cantor Ask For Spending Cut Under Bush and The PUG Congress...

How Bill O’Reilly Tried to Get His Wife’s Boyfriend Investigated By the Cops

Anyone Else Lose Feed From MSNBC

Glenn Beck Accuses Me of Destroying America

Glenn Beck Accuses Me of Destroying America

"pray for rain"

2012: What's at stake - Part I

Black Death bug identified from medieval bones

Man aiming for dog shoots, kills girlfriend

If you outlaw giant inflatable bananas, then only outlaws will have giant inflatable bananas

Floodwaters From Storm Isolate 11 Vermont Towns.

TREASON!

President God

Letter reveals Texas Gov. Rick Perry praised Hillary Clinton for health care reform in 1993

Bush wondered after 9/11, ‘Why didn’t we know this?’

OMG OMG, one of the rarest of rarest occurrences is happening Right Now...

Do Republicans Really Want to Cut Taxes on the Wealthy and Raise Them on Everyone Else?

American Experience The Hurricane of '38 See the PBS Documentary

dick cheney To limbaugh: "You Do Great Work, I'm A Huge Fan"

Play the "_____ is God's punishment for _____" game!

Who can indict Cheney? Serious question. He's out there promoting torture again

Who can indict Cheney? Serious question. He's out there promoting torture again

Who can indict Cheney? Serious question. He's out there promoting torture again

Infants are fat & lazy. They should work.

Is Michelle Bachmann just full of the stupid or what

Nurses Take on Wall St. and the Politicians Who Pander to Corporations

Tropical Storm Katia Strengthening: projected to become a strong storm, unsure where it'll hit land

Why Obama's Jobs Plan Should Be 'Unnrealistic And Unreasonable' (Eugene Robinson)

Perry and various issues (Medicaid, Transportation, Education)

I'd almost buy my local paper to read about the coyote problem in Upstate SC.

the next time you have the urge to utter the nonsensical "Obama=Bush", remember this past week

Obama sets Boehner straight on regulations

"Bloody August"

Hey Ron Paul; The Federal Government WAS there for Galveston in 1906

Wealthy Use Auctions to Sell U.S. Mansions as Homes Languish on the Market

Salon's latest silly counterfactual: Gore might have invaded Iraq too after 9/11

545 vs. 300,000,000

MI state rep (Dem) resigns seat, joins Michelle Rhee group (StudentsFirst) as lobbyist

Please send email to National Park Service to Protect Nesting Birds & Sea Turtles in Cape Hattaras

Melbourne takes the crown of most liveable city from Vancouver

34 points near Fukushima plant exceed radiation standard used for Chernobyl, government map shows

Flooded Vermont town epitome of patience

William Koch, Billionaire Brother Of Charles And David Koch, Buys Old West Town Of Buckskin Joe

Airlifts take food, water to cut-off Vermont towns; Irene death toll at 42

Just one question for proponents of right wing economic philosophy

Crash was 4th recent military motorcycle fatality

Meet the Shady Dallas Mega-Billionaire Industrialist Pouring Money into Rick Perry's Coffers

Famous political forecaster with 100% track record picks Obama to win in 2012

Church sign sends a message to Rick Perry (pic)

Church sign sends a message to Rick Perry (pic)

Daryl Hannah arrested in White House oil protest

Dick Cheney Toons

I'd rather be waterboarded

Obama: tool of the military industrial complex

Obama: tool of the military industrial complex

Corporate parties push for fervent brand name loyalty.

So Cheney has a problem with a foreign government

Is CLIMATE CHANGE for real, or a made up theory to make some folks rich?

Is CLIMATE CHANGE for real, or a made up theory to make some folks rich?

Cheney's new book: "Spin My Crime"

My Amazon.com review of Dick Cheney's new book In My Time

the reality of the uninsured rears it's head again... another hospital has been cited

Former Powell Chief of Staff: Cheney "Fears Being Tried as a War Criminal"

Tea Party Congressman Calls For Tax Breaks to Put Out Raging Wildfire In District

Tea Party Congressman Calls For Tax Breaks to Put Out Raging Wildfire In District

Christine O'Donnell dropped from lineup of speakers at tea party rally in Iowa

Michael Brown, Former FEMA Director, Agrees With Eric Cantor: No Disaster Aid Without Budget Cuts

Christine O'Donnell Booted Off Tea Party Event with Palin: TPM

Another question for lovers of right-wing economic philosophy

The Bushies are about to launch "Operation Perry"

Congresswoman on Medicare, Shared Sacrifice & Anger

FU Blitzer & the assholes "Romney & Perry go after Obama on national security"

Former Bush official promises to testify if someone will ‘Pinochet’ Cheney

Hey Mr. Stelle you are an IDIOT!

Starting to notice a trend...

Unless we change direction...

Not-Real Church Sign: "Gov. Perry... Choir Practice Wed. At 7 p.m."

Cabinet officials tour states affected by Irene

Perry-Gate: The File. 22 categories of possible transgressions with hotlinks. Illustrated Edition!!!

Judge tosses much of state's new sonogram law

Bikes stolen in my neighborhood

The military budget

Getting angry at the Weather Channel and the MSM for the hype is misguided

Report: Russia Identifies Cause of Rocket Launch Failure

Glenn Beck Claims CALLING African Americans COLORED Is NOT A Bad Thing

No Government, No Problem: The Curious Case of Belgium

Mutual Aid: It's a good thing

Tonight on Countdown

Heard a veteran on NPR strongly favoring Perry over Romney

Berkeley man makes a (really rather nice) dumpster home

Confirmed> San Francisco did just have an earthquake

Confirmed> San Francisco did just have an earthquake

On newbies, trolls, and Obama critics

Daily Kos: Rick Perry's reading list: A how-to on converting Jews and Muslims to Christianity

Daily Kos: Rick Perry's reading list: A how-to on converting Jews and Muslims to Christianity

Are airline pilots forgetting how to fly? Industry is suffering from 'automation addiction,'

Christine O’Donnell Book Tour Struggling to Find Any Attendees Whatsoever

U.S. Gov. Secretly Infected Thousands of Guatemalans with STDs

A Piece Of 9/11 World Trade Center Came Home To My Hometown...PIC Heavy

Wausau Mayor Says City Won't Pay For Labor Day Parade If GOP Isn't Invited To Attend

Maryland Fusion Center Trash Bag Balloon Bombs Warning

Tonight I'm watching Fahrenheit 9/11 on DVD.

Portland embraces front-yard farming

Greenwald: The decade's biggest scam

Just received an e-mail from Chase Bank... I'm Shocked!!!

Proposed Hurricane Hunters Cuts Worry Lawmakers

David Stockman: Describes all calls for new tax cuts as “rank demagoguery”

Millions of Songbirds Threatened by Keystone Tar Sands Pipeline Email Obama Here:

Fox Business host accuses Bill Nye of ‘confusing viewers’ with science

Constituents Chide Freshman Rep. Herrera Beutler For Holding Zero Town Halls During August Recess

Mr. President.... GO BIG!!!!!

Monsanto Corn Plant Losing Bug Resistance

Obama Fundraising Email Author Arrested Outside White House

The Texas drought (By the way it is not just Texas but there is a reason for concentrating on TEXAS)

My Du Screen is way goofy..anyone else having this problem?

Ad Giant Google Describes How It Exploits Your Name In Video

One of the major reasons for the downfall of this country

Just how evil is Google?

Picture of the Day

Self-deleted by member

There's just something about these Republican dickheads…

Kucinich: Obama’s job czar expert at creating foreign jobs

U. of Iowa to salute US Navy SEAL Tumilson, other fallen servicemen at Nov. football game

When did strong advocacy for the interests of the poor and lower income become unfashionable?

Question for the unemployed: Do you agree with Eugene Robinson?

Gawker strikes back: Bill O'Reilly got police internal affairs to investigate detective

Obama offers 2012 election supporters change they can believe in — next term

Libya and Syria toons

Something else I have noticed

It may not be too late.

Yogurt store owner put naked employee in box

First Federal Reserve Audit Reveals Trillions in Secret Bailouts

UN plan for post-Gaddafi Libya leaked

Ex-Bush Official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: "I am Willing to Testify" If Dick Cheney is Put on Trial

there's a nasty (and quite funny) little freeper war going on over Perry/Palin

A message from a founding father...add you own...

Rick Perry: They called Reagan dumb, too

Cops On The Hunt For Duplicitous iPlank Scammers

WI GOP Congressman upset over being banned from Union-Labor Day Parade!

Obama administration Refuses to Release Bush’s Legal Excuse for Illegal Surveillance

Moms Rock! Yeah, I'm a momma's boy.

Bloggers claim Peter DeFazio and Earl Blumenauer are socialists

any nation that denies needed health care to a single individual is simply immoral

"Cheney then laughed as he disconnected the battery and the device began to beep."

OK Texas here comes the rain

Charity T-shirt to benefit Vermont flood victims

The rise of the 150-year-olds?

25 Frightening Photos Of Hurricane Irene’s Destruction

"This is a book written out of fear — fear that one day someone will 'Pinochet' Dick Cheney.”

Guitar Frets: Environmental Enforcement Leaves Musicians in Fear

Salon: Confessions of a Bad Teacher..

OK Texas DUers here are the words of Jeff Masters

What the hell is the "professional left"?

The best way to stay out of student loan debt and boost your resume (low or free tuition in EU, etc)

Michael Vick prepared for new deal

Shots fired outside Rep. Gene Green’s office in Houston

Reduce the deficit: Sell a US state

I'm going to tell you a story today,

I'm going to tell you a story today,

Guardian UK-Libya's spectacular revolution's been disgraced by racism(rebels killing black Africans)

Massive government spending is all I want to hear about

National Geographic Trashes Its Brand with Bush ‘Infomercial’ on 9/11

Life is good...and kinda scary

What's your plan for the 9/11 commemorative day

Ouch! Daily Caller digs up old letter from Rick Perry and it's a dilly...

Why would anyone declare a holiday for Labor? Here's why...

Is it OK to run an illegal library from my locker at school?

so we put a little plastic yellow caution man in the street to warn drivers of the down wires

Great tee shirt from "The Onion."

Is Drug Testing Welfare Applicants Unconstitutional?

Africa Perspective on NATO destruction in LIBYA: THE RETURN OF COLONIALIST BONDAGE

No power for three days at home, my work was under five feet of water,

Obama may be planning a "reasonable" jobs program

Arkansas Middle School Includes George W. Bush and Dick Cheney In ‘Top 5 worst people of all time’ L

DU Has New Moderators!

People need more than an evil GOP candidate to make calls, walk streets and donate money!

The Real Reason For Bush's Frozen Stare During My Pet Goat

Did any government agency (like the SEC) investigate whether the attendees

Fukushima needs its own forum in the dungeon.

Social Security will continue to be in good shape if...

Libyan Revolution Week 28 part 2

Libyan Revolution Week 28 part 2

Pelosi NAILS the Class War: Low wages are designed to keep you in debt to the banksters

The Real Obama Betrayal - Jesse Lava/HuffPo

Keystone XL pipeline protest SOLIDARITY thread

Keystone XL pipeline protest SOLIDARITY thread

The terrible effects of new 401ks in a bear market in one personal screenshot

We always joke about the "Hitler (history) Channel," but...

The Disease Called Being Poor in America

The Alberta Tar Sands expose, how 7 pipelines and nuclear power fit into the overall strategy.

I wonder if the 40 fatalities from Irene...

You want to help folks in Vernont?

(Gawker Dirt): Scumbag O'Reilly-coerces cops to dig up dirt on another cop who is screwing his wife.

We’re losing. And we’re losing big.

We’re losing. And we’re losing big.

NYC stopped a contract that would give Rupert Murdoch $27 million of Race to the Top funding.

The Great Distraction: Are we really experiencing a population explosion?

"FAP" - "Follicula­r Aptness for the Presidency­."

Ron Paul: I don't accept the theory of evolution

Ummm....what happened to MiddleFingerMom?

If you're not doing anything wrong, then you're not doing anything right!

Hit it Bobby!

A Summer Fair - time lapse video

Clue me in, did Britney diss Gaga?!1

Who Am I

Gonna need one of these for my daughter's graduation.

Well, so much for getting anything else done tonight.

DJ Nuss vs. Joad Cressbeckler

Ever look off into the distance while you are thinking? And someone thought you were staring at

Well, I guess I'll eat reheated (micro) Spanish rice & salty peanuts (mixed) AND scoop Fritos n/t

I'd love to see the cops try to confiscate this!!

PHOTOS: ***WARNING: GRAPHIC*** From Ecuador...believe it or not..."Guinea Pig & Corn Pizza"

Awww!

Felix the Puppy meets Felix the Puppy

All the good songs have already been written

Did you know fake barf has a guarded recipe like Coca-Cola?

Which has more validity?

How do you act at live music events?

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Ever get a nasty email from somebody? Take my advice, boys and girls:

The man was near death, for cryin' out loud.

RIP David "Honeyboy" Edwards

Forbidden message

Question About Resume

Eddy Currents in Copper Pipe (Physics in action)

We found out my sweety dodged a bullet today.

What does "IBTL" mean?

cat vs. dog ROFL ROFL ROFL greatness

Today's phrase is "hot for Leezza". Modify a thread title to include "hot for Leezza".

I created a new word....I am AWESOME!

To certain members of my family: Screw you. I'll make my own choices.

Kudu, it's going places.

Help with a Government question....Fighting Words Doctrine

Question on tip...

Is there a help group for DU'er(s) who have an infatuation with other DU'er(s)

Everyone seems to be moving on with their lives, except for me.

Been having issues - good, bad and indifferent

ha ha. I trussed out of troll. buh-bye. hardly know ye

...

Let me introduce to Katia - the latest import from Cape Verde

This movie sounds Teh-Teh-Terrifying

Mimicry

And now for the dismount

Sitting in the hospital....

Please believe me when I say that I am really, REALLY and TRULY

We're off to THE 150TH BIRTHDAY PARTY!

Ever "OD" on your own endorphins?

My dad is in hospital. They don't know what is wrong. He's gone all weak. All the heart, urine,

Radiation Therapy Studio Diary - Track 3

I'm a Stupid Cat!

Picker Sisters

Little girls suspected of late night goat rustling

iheart radio

Nicknamed '24,' Cuban man considers his 4 perfectly formed extra digits a blessing

Who comes around in times like these?

Rock music timeline

Laundry Monday WTF! I was just disrobing and one of these fell out of my boxers:

I hate my boss

Is this a real creature? Never seen one.

Do two wrongs make a right?

So this Kim Kardashian sex tape.

Went to the dentist today.

Just stopping in to say hi.

Is DU a country?

CONFESS!!! Post your dirty secrets you know about DU's new crop of moderators

OMFG! This lady on Hoarders had a zillion cats shitting all over everything she owned.

True Blood fans - who is your favorite villain so far?

What's with giving little girls surnames for their names? I know somebody who,

Roommate hell - it doesn't get better. Several of my kids had wonderful roommates -

If Page & Plant re-formed Led Zeppelin with Jason Bonham on drums and Geddy Lee on bass...

FDIC Objects to Bank of America’s Proposed $8.5 Billion Mortgage-Bond Pact

One in four Democrats wants to dump Obama

Irene tests military's revamped disaster response

Man accused of tossing son, 7, off tour boat

San Francisco’s BART cellphone shutdown prompts complaint to FCC

Chinese miners rescued after seven days trapped

Is China's nuclear power risky?

Subsidiary of News Corp. Loses Deal With (NY) State

False Australian article leaves Gillard seeing red

3,500 Colombian state agents investigated for killing civilians

Officials: At least 38 killed as a result of Hurricane Irene

WikiLeaks Leaves Names of Diplomatic Sources in Cables

Never-fail prediction system shows 2012 win for Obama

Texas inmates enroll in prison-based seminary

Libyan 'behind Yvonne Fletcher's killing' found dead

Budget cuts trigger early end to solar energy credits

Iran frees 100 political prisoners

(UK) Minister inadvertently displays sensitive Afghanistan documents

Us Iraq Pull-Out 'To Proceed As Scheduled': Maliki (will not be any permanent US bases)

Japanese Parliament Backs Noda as Prime Minister

Facebook pays for security loopholes

Fed Considered Stronger Actions, Record Shows

Libyan cash in UK banks unfrozen as UN lifts sanction

Tax us more, say wealthy Europeans

State Bar gives rave review to nominee Goodwin Liu

Aide: Giffords walking with cane and writing left-handed

Perry: No stimulus program if he’s president; pledges to ‘get America working again’

News Corp. Expands Internal Investigation

Libya rebel leaders give ultimatum to Gaddafi fighters

Exxon Mobile strikes deal to explore for oil in Russian Arctic

Exxon Mobil clinches Arctic oil deal with Rosneft

House GOP targets ‘job-destroying’ laws

Holidaymaker's body torn apart by tiger sharks near Fantome Island, off Queensland coast

(NLRB) Board issues decision on appropriate units in non-acute health care facilities

Michael Vick prepared for new deal

Airlifts take food, water to cut-off Vermont towns; Irene death toll at 42

FEC moves to approve purchase of home security upgrades for Giffords

This month America's deadliest in long Afghan war

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Tuesday, August 30, 2011

National Labor Relations Board issues decisions in two significant cases (2007 and 2002)

Fast and Furious: US officials resign over gun sting

ATF head Kenneth Melson reassigned in shakeup following gun-trafficking probe

Nearly 62,000 Colombians disappeared: Ombudsman

College Athlete Died of Head Trauma, Father Says

US 'wasted $30bn on Afghanistan and Iraq' over decade

HP Resurrects TouchPad Tablet to Pacify Rabid Customers

French firm helped Kadhafi spy on opposition: report

Christine O’Donnell Won’t Appear After All at Tea Party Rally.

Gadhafi forces perched children on tanks to deter NATO attacks

Imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs hospitalized

Calif. could be first state to ban foam containers

Google Confirms It Aims to Own Your Online ID

Mitt Romney: U.S. near ‘profound economic misery’

Bolivian court convicts former military officers

Bolivian court convicts former military officers

Calls to Perry donor raise questions

Nato must extend stay: NTC

Tropical Storm Katia forecast to be a Category 3 hurricane

Feds come down hard on PG&E for San Bruno blast

Vancouver police launch website to catch rioters

Nuclear plant worker dies of acute leukemia

News of World journalists who ordered phone hacking will not be revealed

S.F. jury convicts MS-13 gang members

GOP tax expert Mark Prater chosen as staff chief for budget ‘supercommittee’

Consumer confidence plunges, expectations dive

Obama admin. crackdown on health care fraud leads to 85% more prosecutions

Oklahoma tops list of highest divorce rates

Obama: 7 proposed regulations would each top $1B (letter to Speaker in defense of regulations)

Westchester psychiatrist dies in rafting capsize during Hurricane Irene; NYPD rescues other rafters

Vermont's misery continues as flooding isolates communities

Father slit throats of three daughters in 'honour killing' after they were raped by Gaddafi's troops

Actress Daryl Hannah arrested in front of White House

Obama: could add 1 million new jobs (report from his Tom Joyner interview)

Why is the media so focused on a Primary challenge for President Obama

Why do some people think they can strong-arm others into seeing things their way?

would a small interest rate hike help spur some growth?

GAO: New rules leading to lower healthcare premiums, cuts to agents' fees

Actual Video of What Will Happen Under A Rick Perry Presidency

Buzz Blog: Florida Reps Face 'Gas Attacks'

Who's footing Rick Perry's campaign security bill? It's a secret...maybe.

There will be no Democratic Primary.

‘Big Government finally got one right’

August is the deadliest month yet for US in Afghanistan (currently the longest war in US history)

So, A Half Dozen Threads About 27% Of Democrats Want To "Primary" Obama

Unbelievable. Look. JUST LOOK at what this Administration has done now...(WARNING: GRAPHIC)

Judge blocks Texas sonogram law

CNN/ORC Poll: Dem support for Obama's re-election fades

It Seems The Economy Is Burying President Obama's Accomplishments

CBS' Norah O'Donnell:White House sources tell her Obama's job plan will be paid for by spending cuts

OMG Great NEWS!! Obama has a commanding mandate for reelection!

Never-fail prediction system shows 2012 win for Obama

Shocking new details of US STD experiments in Guatemala

'UK should keep nose out of new Libya' - MP

Mormon Masturbating To Death? Warren Jeffs In Coma

Operation Wall Street - We Are Anonymous

Judy Shepard, Neal Broverman, Lisa Bloom & Chris Jacobs On Lawrence King Murder

Papantonio: Michael “Brownie” Brown – The Best the GOP Had

Fake Outrage:Obama's Uncle Gets DUI, But W and Cheney Did Too

Valerie Plame & Joe Wilson Respond To Dick Cheney pt.2

One Day On Earth

United Nations -- Expert Mechanisms on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2011

Does Gadaffi's fall justify Nato's intervention in Libya?

Keiser Report: Redback vs Greenback (E177)

Constituents URGE Grassley To RAISE Social Security CAP

Eric Cantor Rant

TYT - Can Rick Perry Beat Obama and Become President

Pelosi: The Rich Wont Pay Taxes Because They Want To Be Immortal

UFO - Are we alone in the universe? - BBC Full Movie

War Is Better Than Ron Paul, Say (Many) Progressives

Democracy Now! interviews US Army Ranger widow who confronted Rumsfeld about her husband's suicide

Tell Congress to Stop the Army's Cruel Use of Monkeys

TDPS: Does Texas boy dying from dehydration punishment mean psych screening for parents is necessary

Valerie Plame & Joe Wilson Respond To Dick Cheney pt.1

Papantonio: Dick Cheney’s Criminal History

Christine O'Donnell's Naples FL Book Signing Could Have Been Worse...

TYT: Christians Should Control Government - Michele Bachmann & Dominionism

Lawrence Wilkerson on Dick Cheney's Personal and Political Memoir, Part I

How the FBI Uses Informants to Surveil and Entrap Americans - Democracy NOW!

Alien captured on CCTV (pranking the cameras)

Forget Syria, Cheney Wanted to Bomb Cereal City

NATO’s Orwellian Twist in Libya

Virginia Abortion Clinics Threatened By New Regulations

Squadron established to train air forces in Africa

Cantor's Can't-Do Attitude: No Money for Hurricane Victims?

Lessons From Central Cell Block {uniting left issues}

Jake moves to Nebraska

Ray McGovern: Rise of Another CIA Yes Man

"A hand conservatives are trying to sever, when they're not busy ceremoniously shaking it"

Is Syria slipping out of the grasp of its rulers?

Meet the Shady Dallas Mega-Billionaire Industrialist Pouring Money into Rick Perry's Coffers

Breaking: Ros-Lehtinen Ties U.N. Funds To Palestinian Statehood Vote

Jake receives a gift from home

Multigenerational Homes Surge in U.S.

Cantor's Can't-Do Attitude: No Money for Hurricane Victims?

The Republicans MUST be defeated!

Sacred Economics: Chapter 7, "The Crisis of Civilization"

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Has Big Post-Katrina Regrets

Paul B. Farrell: A 20-rule manifesto for New No-Growth Economics

White House blasts Cantor on FEMA spending

Peak oil review - August 27

toon: Your choice

34 points near Fukushima plant exceed radiation standard used for Chernobyl, map shows

Orcas, POPs & Mothers' Milk - 90% Of PCBs "Offloaded" To Young Whales During Nursing - BBC

Wikileaked State Dept. Report - Bangkok Facing Flooding By 2050; Potential Loss Of Rice Farmlands

Climate change concern tumbles in US and China

Are New England's Iconic Maples at Risk?

Death Of A Talking Point? Regulations Actually Create Jobs

Inside the guar gum bubble (oil industry reducing food industry's guar gum supply for fracking)

Pew Center - 2011 TX Drought In Historical Context

Germany Withdrawing Financial Support From Ecuador's Plan To Keep Yasuni Oil Underground

Panda poop may hold key to cellulosic ethanol

World’s First Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polyurethane Wind Blades

Illinois—UC Berkeley discovery turns seaweed into biofuel in half the time

Budget cuts trigger early end to solar energy credits

While wind energy is variable, it is not completely random and unpredictable

Testing the Water for Bioenergy Crops—Water significant limiting factor in…crops like switchgrass

Novel Alloy Could Produce Hydrogen Fuel from Sunlight

Where Are We Heading?

Please send email to National Park Service to Protect Nesting Birds & Sea Turtles in Cape Hattaras

"Garuda Wasp" Discovered On Sulawesi - Males' Jaws So Big They Wrap Around Its Head - Mongabay

Germany importing electricity from France after decision to shut down all nuclear reactors

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