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Archives: October 18, 2010

Wow. Germany has its own Teabaggers...

Top 400 Charities See Billions Less In Donations, Biggest Percentage Drop Ever Recorded

Brent Musburger called a game over...and guess what..it wasn't over.

DARN, waited all day for something decent on tv, and NOW,

Meg Whitman's Personal Stimulus .... a Mark Fiore animated short

America 7.0

There are no dumb questions,just dumb answers.

Will the Democrats get rid of the filibuster?

Dee Dee Myers versus Liz(ard) Cheney

please help me reply coherently to this editorial..."‘It’s all about the Benjamins’

The enthusiasm gap is the Democrats' fault, not ours

Blowin' in the Wind

WikiLeaks' Biggest Document Dump Coming Monday

More Sexual Legal Trouble For Eddie Long; Woman Sues New Birth

To that guy from NJ with the gas guzzling SUV who questioned why I would vote for Chris Coons...

North and South divide in Electoral Votes -- just sayin'.

Response to :Are you willing to defend Democratic Party principles against Republican principles..?

Heard someone on the Bill Press show make

Russia's inflatable army...

Cheney secrecy continue

Who saw the 60 Minutes segment on homeless vets? Did anyone else get pissed?

Man to give $1,000 for each jobless worker hired

SF Examiner: Whitman’s money came "in enormous chunks from wealthy individuals near her power base"

Obama Targets Core Constituencies In Midterms Home Stretch (crowd of 35,000!!!!!!)

Stimulating Hypocrisy: Scores of Recovery Act Opponents Sought Money Out of Public View

Why is Vermont Progressive?

Why is Vermont Progressive?

Joe Miller (R-AK) Up to His Eyeballs in Hypocritical Ethics Mess

Say it loud, say it with me:

Newsweek: Tea Party evangelists claim the Constitution as their sacred text. Why that’s wrong.

I had my election observer training. So very important-pls do this if you can.

Some say the South trends conservative

Some say the South trends conservative

Now even Justin Beiber is being targeted by homophobic abuse.

Now even Justin Beiber is being targeted by homophobic abuse.

Joe Miller continues to behave in a most weird fashion.

Scientific documentation on how those in power use media to manipulate jackasses and the unwary:

Chandra Levy Murder Trial Begins

Practicing For Theocracy - US Theocrats let their repressive destructive flag fly in other countries

The Social Network: “Dot-com” myth-making

FYI: Nick and I are safe and sound back home in SC!

WSJ article.."Why Liberals Don't Get The Tea Party Movement"...we are poorly educated, 'baggers

Alan Krueger, Top Treasury Economist, Returning To Princeton

Marine wounded in Iraq still fighting - this time for benefits

THAT GOOD OL' LIBRUL MEDIA AT IT ALREADY

Writers refuse to face horrors of Afghan war

GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!!!!!!!

Afghan Oficer School Making 'progress', According To The Army Times

CNN BREAKING NEWS!!!!! OUAMA BIN LADEN

Frantic search underway for missing 3-year-old boy "lost" by allegedly drunk father in Pasadena

Running Against Food Stamps

Cops: 3 Teens Viciously Beat 14-Year-Old On Bus

Police chief who sent ‘shoot Obama’ email fired over vacation time

The WAR On TERROR - Does Anyone Remember This Cakewalk War?

Why call not it a 'Petraeus Village'?

Pics - What Enthusiasm Gap?

Combat Stress Driving Up Army Crime, Drug Abuse, Suicides

Mad Teaparty (Group Photo) Please take a peek!!

The Jain story of the Blind Men and The Elephant

Easy to remember way to defend Man-Made Climate Change to deniers

former Sec of Def. William Cohen on Cspan hawking outsourcing

If you oppose the death penalty, why not enshrine that sentiment in your will?

Thomas J. Donohue (U.S. Chamber of Commerce): Commentary: Regulations devastate economic growth

Petrol stations in France runout of fuel

Miller Security Team Detains Journalist

Where can I find poll numbers for Georgia U.S. District 4 D (I)-Hank Johnson R-Liz Carter

Did I miss the results of the DU 2010 Survey?

Bwa-hah!1 BARNICLE stepped on his own "favre"

TODAY is the Voter Registration DEADLINE for:

"Outsider" O'Donnell Reduced to Begging for Insider Cash

Me And Tom Barrett At Today's Packer Game:

Unlike other Canadians, he's not allowed to speak to the press (G-20)

chuck todd to reporter...'did it look like 35,000 to you?'

Today When You Campaign....Remind Them Who!!!!!!

Okay In Breaking news on the board we see NATO saying Bin laden

Facebook apps leak user information: report

Felon Voting Bans Are Left Intact as U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Bias Claim

Justin Bieber -- Homophobic Bullying Victim

Iran brokers behind-the-scenes deal for pro-Tehran government in Iraq

Education: Follow the Money

Sharron Angle caught on tape: Latinos in my 'illegal aliens' ad could be terrorists from Canada

Our Health Insurance is not going up next year

Our Health Insurance is not going up next year

Claim: Paladino emailed gay man, told him to 'learn how to read,' asked if he was off his 'meeds'

Protests turn violent

I can't decide if Rand Paul is more shallow than

WaPo: Plan to reduce sprawl will boost health, environment

Chavez heads to Iran on 'diplomatic' tour

Is the Miller campaign "arrest" in Alaska Kidnapping?

(SCOTUS) Justices to Hear Suit of Ashcroft Over Detention

Today's 111th congress = 89th congress. Tons Accomplished, No Respect

Positive AP Article: "A productive Congress gets no respect from voters"

Worst Apology Ever?

The Return of Mad Cow Disease?

A Former GOP Operative, Behind the Nexis of Outside Spending

Pothead behind fireball blast-

Angle Denies Latinos in Ad are Latinos

Angle Denies Latinos in Ad are Latinos

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Republicans, Democrats who criticized stimulus wrote letters seeking funds

Prepare to Laugh

Prepare to Laugh

Prepare to Laugh

Afghan news of interest to those of us who value silk material

Big Money Scandal Inevitable

Colorado GOP Senate hopeful stands by gay remark

Joe Miller looks to Eastern Bloc countries

Why buy a house in the next 5 years?

Of O'Donnell's 3.7mil total campaign donations, only $47,361 - or 1.3%

Hell freezes over: NY Post endorses ANDREW CUOMO for Governor

Existence of Tea Party Candidates Casts Doubt on Evolution

GOP candidate: I won’t answer questions from reporters, but I will have them handcuffed and detained

Boehner-Chaired PAC Still Backs Nazi-Reenacting Republican House Candidate

Boehner-Chaired PAC Still Backs Nazi-Reenacting Republican House Candidate

Boehner-Chaired PAC Still Backs Nazi-Reenacting Republican House Candidate

Crumbling America Has a $2.2 Trillion Repair Bill

So I Will Be Voting Early In The Next Few Days

Alan Grayson starts the "Rush Limbaugh, Mind your Own Business" Fund

"The Pinocchio Project: Watching as the Supreme Court turns a corporation into a real live boy."

We've seen this (bad) movie before: Cameron tries to out-Thatcher Margaret Thatcher

So What's The Consensus On The Conway/Paul Debate?

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is suing B of A and others

The largest donation from Meg Whitman's tax exempt foundation protects land near her condo & ranch

The largest donation from Meg Whitman's tax exempt foundation protects land near her condo & ranch

The Tea Party and the Republican Party wants you to make the important decisions

FBI was told agent Headley was double agent

Rather Than Investigating Foreclosure Fraud, House Republicans Vow To Investigate Loans To Poor Peop

History is written by the winners

Ken Buck's "ethics"

Ken Buck's "ethics"

16 Cents on the Dollar: Doing the Math on Mozilo (Countrywide) Settlement

How Much Embezzlement Is Going On In The Mortgage Business?

WWABD?

Derf has a plan to keep the TP'ers home on election day

USAF Guardsmen: 0 USMC: 1

Xenophobia Is The New Superpower Heroin(e): "It’s hard to keep from joining the outcry about the

Xenophobia Is The New Superpower Heroin(e): "It’s hard to keep from joining the outcry about the

Law Expert: MERS Mess Could Have “a Massive Effect on the Economy. - FDL

FYI - reporter "arrested" by Joe Miller's thugs is coming up on Ed's radio show after a commercial

FYI - reporter "arrested" by Joe Miller's thugs is coming up on Ed's radio show after a commercial

So, who is hoping the judge decides to permit DADT enforcement pending government appeal?

"We will never really be able to change Washington, no matter who is elected president"

I'm sick of this bin Laden bullshit, is he dead or alive, guilty or not, a threat or not?

dupe

The "war on terror" is now in its tenth year. What is it really all about?

Could Unsealing Divorce Records Seal GOPer's Electoral Fate In Georgia?

California porn industry hit by HIV crisis

My Democratic candidates did not call the Left any names and Obama is not on the ticket

Nine Reasons Why Democrats Will Keep Control of the House - I desperately hope this is true.

Bachmann and Angle - Hypocrisy, Bigotry, and Lies

*sigh* well the company I work for has frozen payraises

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Don't Let Karl Rove Steal Another Election!

The Surrealist Vista

So when the Robosigners and bank employees get laid off pretty soon here

What would it be like if Palin was VP?

Eliot Spitzer- "Too Big To Fail Fails Us All"

Angle tells Latino studs. that some look Asian and anti-immig ads could be terrorists from Canada

***Colo, WV + other senate debates tonite on C-Span.

Securitized lending.

Senate candidate Ken Buck (R-CO): Gays are like alcoholics ("basically, you have a choice")

The Commies are coming --- OR --- Did I just wake up in the John Bircher mid-50s?

Clark endorsed by largest daily paper in her district, endorsement takes Bachmann to task

Alan Grayson needs your help DU.. the Orlando Slantinel has pulled out the stops

Former surgeon general calls for marijuana legalization

Former surgeon general calls for marijuana legalization

Gay Councilman: My Plea Has Saved Lives Already

The Rude Pundit - Corporate Funding in Elections: If You Had the Money, You Could Do It, Too

Rand Paul Bailing on 2nd Debate? Method to his madness?

Chicago Sun-Times: Riding the train can save a bundle

A town saved by stimulus

Please help me clarify John Kasich's political history.

Corporate Fucking America....

The vatican has decided Homer Simpson is a secret catholic.

The time has come to stop posting (and reading) poll articles..

Officer Bubbles Sues To Find Out Identity Of Anonymous YouTubers

In Tight Races, Democrats Have Financial Edge, Report Says

Robert Kuttner: Recovery, Please

I need help please on a computer issue

Gene Simmons becomes Lars Ulrich ("Sue everybody. Take their homes.")...4Chan activists respond

Do you think that the security guard incident with the reporter will help McAdams?

Joe Miller's Alaskan Militia - Shannyn Moore/HuffPo

Help me out here folks! What does "Shattered his Glass Jaw" mean?

Bad budgeting

Choking On Its Contrived Objectivity, The Media Refuses To Take A Stand On Sanity - HuffPo

Chamber of Commerce Promotes outsourcing jobs

AP has the 2010 election results already... Alvin Greene wins!

Angle to Hispanic children: “Some of you look a little more Asian to me”

Oh, my gosh, watch this video of Joe Miller's goon squad.

Oh, my gosh, watch this video of Joe Miller's goon squad.

The continuing saga of the Freeper at work

Rand Paul's chain-saw approach to federal regulations, and why it's coming back to bite him

Whose bootstraps are they really?

If sales at my cafepress store are any indication, the Restore Sanity Rally is going to be HUGH!

M.I.A. Wears Burqa On Red Carpet @ Spike TV's Scream 2010, Gives The Finger

Michelle Bernard is full of it--"The Tea Party movement is a feminist movement."

Help, DU'ers! Only 2 hours to raise $400 to get me to Ohio to cover the elections!

Is This Justice For Mortgage Fraud?

Teabagger Christine O'Donnell supporters lunched at "Crabby Dicks"

". . . . and take advantage of increasing global competitiveness of U.S. factories."

What's this about 401ks? This morning I am listening to an

KO: Not all unamerican bastards are Brian Kilmeade, but all Brian Kilmeades are unamerican bastards.

How To Create A Best Seller (when no on cares about your book)

DU's favorite cockroach has been beating up on Jack Conway for the last hour.

Julian Assange: Wired, a single source of misinformation about Wikileaks

ACLU Sues Sheriff's Department On Behalf Of Corrections Officer Fired For Being Gay

Call the Wahhbulance: "New rule could send some insurers packing"

Miller's militia complete with video on Ed Shultz

There has been no jump in government spending. Period.

There has been no jump in government spending. Period.

Best In Class? US Slips To 49th In Global Life Expectancy

Krugman: Rare and Foolish

Dean Baker: Timothy Geithner forecloses on the moratorium debate

Right-wing sexism: Meghan McCain attacked as a "self-indulgent set of mega-breasts"

A Case of Premature Evacuation in Missouri?

The Movie That Made a Supreme Court Justice (and her dissent today)

Joe "Miami Vice Face" Miller Losing Support, Favorability Points in Alaska Senate Race

Why Jack Conway's "Aqua Buddha" Ad Doesn't Help

Joe Miller (R-AK) has reporter arrested or asking questions in 'public' building

Question: What Things Can Obama Do Now?

Navajo closer than ever to electing woman leader

Monsanto Now Owns Blackwater (Xe)

More lunacy from the political wing of the Tea Party : - 'Illegal Immigrants should be shot'.

More lunacy from the political wing of the Tea Party : - 'Illegal Immigrants should be shot'.

Crystal Cathedral files for bankruptcy amid mounting debts

Crystal Cathedral files for bankruptcy amid mounting debts

IRS Should Investigate Minnesota Church For Electioneering, Says Americans United

Bay Area DU'ers: Can you reccomend a GOTV campaign I can join?

Lol, "Drop Zone Security Services"

Democrats - A PROMISE BEING KEPT - and ignored by the media

Whoa!!!! Angle to Latino teens: 'You look a little more Asian to me'

Shooting at postal office in TN

Tweety doing his best to help elect Rand Paul

John McCain: I'd 'Absolutely' Filibuster 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal

Why Is It So Acceptable to Lie to Cut Social Security Benefits?

I am really sick of looking at REPUKE FACES on this website...

I am really sick of looking at REPUKE FACES on this website...

One way of "Crporations vs. you and me": Banks share profits but not losses.

Racist Extremist Tancredo Surges in Colorado Governors’ Race

Iowa Republicans denounce stimulus bill, quietly push for funds

Poll: Quayle trails Hulburd

Republican Party Has Become Like Organized Crime

GOP Rep. McClintock: Republicans ‘Don’t Deserve’ A ‘Second Chance,’ Whitman Lacks

Which Clinton Aide Said It? 'Let Iraq shoot down U.S. plane'

Do NOT Believe Repub Hype! Incredible AZ 03 Poll!!!

German Chancellor Merkel Says 'Be A Good German, Adopt Christian Values Or Leave'

'I'm too rich to go to jail'

Goldman Sachs, Dirty Money and the Harlem Children's Zone

LOL...Mozilo's Facebook page.

Oh, man, Scott McAdams is GOOD!

Obama: 15 Senate seats 'up for grabs'

I attended the rally in Columbus yesterday it was beautiful fall

Anyone know the scoop on "Center for Individual Freedom"? Is it one of the Rove funded groups?

Did the Tea Party Terrorists Kidnap a Reporter?

a theory on Dems backing DLC & Blue Dogs who are useless for progressive legislation

Cops: Female mafia informant dissolved in acid (Milan Italy)

I love our president.

Tweety has Conway on with him - Rand Paul refused to

Rubicon

•••• GOP casts spell on country - to take over on Election Day, install nuts, Nazis & witches ••••

Senator Pays for a Dozen Law Firms (Ensign - $551,000 in payments

••• Alaska prepares for chad city •••

Big shit coming....

Missouri Senate race is getting closer (Carnahan now within the margin of error)

Why is a person more likely to be "Superman" if they're privately employed without a union?

Finemen Trashed Conway Ad Now Comments THRASH Fineman

The former Alaska governor kicks off a nationwide Tea Party Express tour

Bullying...

Link to NY Gubernatorial Debate...live stream here....

One-Third of Gay Middle Schoolers In S.F. Have Attempted Suicide, Study Claims

Reporter Detained By Joe Miller's Security Guards, Speaks Out About Ordeal (VIDEO)

NASA: Carbon Dioxide Controls Earth's Temperature

I admire the French

A Lounge thread I think most of you will enjoy. {link inside} EDIT: Iconic photos

Meghan McCain calls Christine O'Donnell 'A Nut Job'

Birthers gone wild - email from my loony conspiracybrained cousin

WTF !!! - 'The New Tax Man: Big Banks And Hedge Funds' - HuffPo

EnormousConsequences.com

Why I'm sick of hearing about "protecting taxpayers".

John King a fool

Ex-eBay boss Meg Whitman lags in polls for California governor despite spending fortune

Bow Down to Aqua Buddha, Pt.2

Bank of America to resume foreclosures next week. Will submit documents with new signatures!

Bank of America to resume foreclosures next week. Will submit documents with new signatures!

There is no plan B on DADT and that is worrying

Will Olberman and Maddow defend Conway's Ad or condemn it?

Barack Obama says 15 Senate seats up for grabs

Ex-NFL Star Junior Seau Drives Off Cliff After Being Arrested

The ACLU is a Great Organization!

Are americans in general allergic to hIstory?

Question to pet owners re Global Weather Change...

National Right-to-Be Hypocrites Committee infects my mailbox

ADN has NEW video of Joe Miller's jack booted thugs bullying OTHER journalists. Video link below

The AP mangled its celebrated Obama polling results claiming Democratic defections

Early Voting In Texas Starts today! Here's some info:

Angle To Latino Students: 'Some Of You Look A Little More Asian To Me'

Wow... 'The Battle Bam (Obama) Refuses To Wage' - Stanley Crouch

NATO official: Bin Laden, deputy hiding in northwest Pakistan

I apologize. I inadvertently stated I would vote straight"R" when I meant

I'll question Rand Paul's faith

Fred Phelps asks God for a favor: Kill Kansas Attorney General Steve Six

Decades of tricky stealing the money; including charter schools

NPR poll: Republican midterm tide has crested

Bank(ster) of America's foreclosure freeze is already over

*GASP* Muslim soup!!! *OMG* Canadian Muslim soup!! ...well it is Campbell's

"Waiting for Superman" funder Phil Anschutz: evangelical fundie, anti-gay winger

Was out canvassing in Virginia CD10 for Jeff Barnett and ran into disgruntled millionaires

LOL... Nuff Said...

Wind Power Without the Blades

Can Angle be any more insulting?

Can Angle be any more insulting?

Can Angle be any more insulting?

Michigan, U.S. sue Blue Cross, charge anticompetitive pricing

Sarah Palin is a ghoul, a stinking demagogue with no honour

Judge rejects Obama adminstration's request for stay of injunction that bans DADT discrimination

Veterans Group Files FEC Complaint Against The Chamber: Foreign Funds Pose 'Clear And Present Danger

"What person in their right mind would spend $140 million to run for governor to save $15 million?"

Most people getting around $50.00 from Ameriquest Settlement while Countrywide CEO gets Millions!

I got a live telephone report from the Phillipines on the super typhoon...

Junior Seau, former football star, drives off cliff after arrest for alleged domestic violence

Junior Seau, former football star, drives off cliff after arrest for alleged domestic violence

Obama to Appear on “Mythbusters”

White County Tea Party

Colombia: SOA graduate charged in massacres (Ft. Benning, Ga.)

Paladino appears two weeks away from a landslide defeat.

Shh! Don’t Tell The Media…But Something’s Happening Out There

Chuck Todd just did an hour of cheerleading for the republicans.

Anybody else here with an AARP Medicare supplemental health insurance plan?

Life is unfair if we choose to let it be so

I Wish Democrats Would Listen To Bill Clinton

I Wish Democrats Would Listen To Bill Clinton

Queer and Loathing: Does the Foster Care System Bully Gay Kids?

NPR

Young conservative book panel becomes awkward confrontation between exes

Young conservative book panel becomes awkward confrontation between exes

AquaBuddhaGate UPDATE: Yarmuth (D-KY) & McCaskill (D-MO) Slam Jack Conway

Link to report on Phillipine typhoon - great damage, 1 dead - communications down...

Islamic court, United Arab Emirates: OK to beat wife and kids if no marks left

After 19 months of unemployment,

U.S. Trying to "Kill Its Way Out" of Afghan War?

Full Frontal MSM Assault To Depress D Voters Now Under Way

White House Science Fair Hosted by President Obama - pics

White House Science Fair Hosted by President Obama - pics

Need help on info on Ilario Pantano in NC..

10 War Photographs That Changed the World Forever

I don't get the Democrats

School "Reform" is Disappearing Black & Hispanic Educators in NYC.

Watching the clips of the soldiers patrolling in Paris . . . .

Alright, This Media Bias Is Getting REALLY FUCKING BAD (AP: Dems Up 5 Pts In Generic Ballot)

Alright, This Media Bias Is Getting REALLY FUCKING BAD (AP: Dems Up 5 Pts In Generic Ballot)

The Big Enchilada (The real motive behind school "choice")

The Big Enchilada (The real motive behind school "choice")

The Big Enchilada (The real motive behind school "choice")

Why Does "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Still Exist?

A Public Service Announcement

"Sometimes naked and shackled, but was never charged with a crime"

Is there (Should there be) a Progressive Purity Test?

Remember , wear purple on October 20th

CNBC predicts Congress will retroactively legalize foreclosure fraud

The Consequences of Allowing Gays to Serve Openly: Check out the reported incidents clock

Too Disabled To Fly?

Too Disabled To Fly?

How did American politics cross over into insanity?

usury: when banks make you pay the interest first so the principal never goes down

Cleveland Symphony players support striking Detroit Symphony musicians

Port-a-Potty Sex... The Latest Craze !

Port-a-Potty Sex... The Latest Craze !

The Great Financial Crisis - Three Years On

The Obama signed health bill made sure...

Anyone who TIES SOMEONE UP AND FORCES THEM TO DO STUFF is a fuckface.

FL's biggest, fastest foreclosure mill (David Stern) is Chinese-owned

Oh, boy thousands at the Palin rally

Holy Shite that McCain attack on Barbara Boxer

Today, a jury will start the process of deciding if a man should be put to death by the state

How the Common Good Is Transforming Our World

Hope Fades for China's Trapped Miners (30 confirmed dead, 7 more trapped)

Regarding The Burger “Experiments” ... by Steven Novella

Any advice for dealing with Prom Queen banksters?

10/15 Richard Charnin Midterms Forecast: MSM's Likely Voter Polls Preparing the Cover for GOP Fraud

Alan Grayson: 'Rush Limbaugh Says I am Certifiably Insane'.

It's time to talk honestly about collapse–no matter how others may respond

How the Right Wing Caused Your Father's Heart Attack (and Your Mom's Stroke)

California Prop 19

Joe Miller's Alaska Militia -- by Shannyn Moore at The Mudflats

War’s Hidden Death Toll: After Service, Veteran Deaths & Suicides Surge

Food Trucks Continue to Draw Large Crowds

Can you tell me more about this new religion - Aqua-Buddhism ??

Can you tell me more about this new religion - Aqua-Buddhism ??

The Democrats and Obama are not perfect

The Democrats and Obama are not perfect

I just had a mortgage epiphany...

The Confederacy: America's Worst Idea

Are There Free Homes?

Krugman: Epitaph for an Administration

Charter schools that boast high test scores should reveal their attrition rates as well.

President Obama's rally in Columbus (Live video link)

So none of the cable stations or C-SPAN carrying President Obama's rally in Columbus?

No Enthusiasm Gap - Yet

Obama Rocked the Joint Tonight @ Ohio State University

Stupid Democrats

White House estimates tonight's crowd was 35,000 - largest crowd for POTUS since Inauguration Day

Rand Paul acting like a classless asshole, refuses to shake Conway's hand after debate (AP)

The day the MSM declared full war on Barack Obama

Yeah.. To the best stump speech in this election cycle!!

Video of President's Ohio Rally Speech

On campaign trail, President Obama urges against disillusionment (pics)

Cleveland TV news on Columbus rally -

Welcome to Freedom of the Press: Teabagger Style! (Miller's flunkies handcuff a reporter)

Awww, brace yourselves....

Hawaii Senate: Inouye (D) 53% Cavasso (R) 40%

Yet more evidence of "Dems in Disarray " --> NY-GOV POLL: Cuomo 59, Paladino 24.

This should be fun tonight in the debate in NY

MA-10 Keating (D) 46 Perry (R-yuk) 43

The Nation: Corporate Power Is Buying Our Elections

Fiorina - a typical political question.

CBS's Lesley Stahl, on Morning Joe, understands our campaign finance system is broken.

AFL-CIO is making a difference...

“The deal we understand was made between Obama & Sec. Gates was that it would be a 2 year process,”

deleted dupe. n/t

Regarding all this talk about 'the media'...

TODAY is the Voter Registration DEADLINE for:

Joe Conason: NPR Poll: Republican Midterm Tide Has Crested

SC-2 POLL: (R) Joe "You Lie" Wilson 46, (D) Miller 39.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch endorses Dems Giannoulias for IL Senate & Quinn for Governor of IL

Over 200 Democrats show 'what it looks like when Democrats go on offense'

Don’t Let the Chamber and Big Biz Gut Workers’ Say on CEO Pay

Americans prefer tax increases to benefit cuts

Concerned Taxpayers of America Represents Exactly Two Taxpayers

NYT editorial: Stealth Money

Anyone visit their local Chamber of Commerce's Website lately? Maybe you should....

Racist anti Barack Obama billboard taken down

Outside Groups Dominate Campaign Ad Spending In 2010 (CHARTS)

TRUTH: In terms of legislative successes, the current session of Congress rivals 1965-66. (AP)

35,000 greet the Obama's at Ohio State

"Fool me once, shame on you - fool me twice......won't get fooled again".

"I love ya": Huckabee promotes "dear friend" Kasich

Florida Sued Rick Scott For Insider Trading

From as early as the primary season in 08, the US media has had the knives out for Barack Obama-Why?

Siena College Poll--NY-25: Maffei (D) 51% Buerkle (R) 39%

Miller (R) of Alaska has editor of Alaska Dispatch detained and handcuffed by thugs

DNC announces big cash infusion into Midterms

Two Weeks Out -- Nine Reasons Why Democrats Will Keep Control of the House

The Stakes of the 2010 Election & Texas Democrats' Massive Field Program

Republican Lawyers Group Calls Their Election Education Efforts 'Unprecedented'

Celebrating Science-Today Is Geek Day At The White House

Christine O'Donnell: GOP Establishment Isn't Giving Me Enough Help

MA Governor - Patrick (D) 47- Baker (R) 42 - Cahill (6) - Other 3

California and 'left coast' bucking the pro-GOP election trend?

Mike Luckovich nails the state of our utterly corrupted campaign finance system!

Sarah's Talking 'Cojones': Palin Comment Gets Plush Toy Tribute (PHOTO)

Many Chamber ads attacking House Dems contain debunked falsehoods, distortions

Some of these folks in the media are frigging hilarious!

Here's another BULLSHIT poll on who's more extreme your not going to believe the results

Palin's endorsement of Angle could help Reid

NY Post Endorses Cuomo over Paladino

Obama and Biden head west to bolster the Democratic base

Over 200 Democrats show 'what it looks like when Democrats go on offense'

President Obama to appear on episode of 'Mythbusters'

Obama Justice Dept. defends Tennessee mosque

Business Outsider: The Deficit You've (Tea Party, Not DU!) Been Freaking Out About is Bush's Fault

Boston Globe- Stimulus letter - Wasserman

Gallup generic congressional narrows slightly.

Gallup generic congressional narrows slightly.

Ken Langone's Persecution Fantasy

Call the Corporate Media on their Bullshit!

All dem candidates better take a lesson from Al Franken and NOT give up if it is close.

Obama administration to defend John Ashcroft at Supreme Court

Three Women to Watch in Obama 2.0

I'm Not A Parasite, Tea Party Pigs Slopping At the Teat Of the US Taxpayer

The Ohio State rally is on C-span NOW.

Suffolk University Poll--FL Governor: Sink (D) 45% Scott (R) 38%

The Best Analysis Of Obama's Dilemma

I am watching the NY Gubernatorial debate...

Rasmussen- Obama's job approval at 49.

AP's poll story was misleading not only in its claim, but also what it didn't reveal

joel pollak- “President Obama has made it ok to hate Israel.”

Photo. Fascist brown shirts

Photos: "She's kinda cute isn't she?" (The Obama Presidency, Day 636)

Robert Reich on campaign money: "Hundreds of millions" being "laundered through a handful of groups"

Yet more proof of media bias-MSNBC.com calls John Boehner Speaker Boehner!

Media Matters: The Hill does its best to confuse the Chamber of Commerce issue

The media and the art of the possible

Hannity: An RNC fundraiser disguised as a TV show

Hannity: An RNC fundraiser disguised as a TV show

PPP: AZ-03 open GOP seat: Jon Hulburd (D) 46% Ben Quayle (R) 44%

Hold your hats, folks! PPP has MO Senate race tightening Blunt 46% Carnahan 41%

McCaskill (D-MO) thinks that Jack Conway attack ad on Rand Paul is "very dangerous"

The Hill: Dems take swing at Muhammad Ali strategy to keep the House

Credit to Democrats despite Republican hypocrisy

NEW VIDEO Miller's guard arrest Tony Hopfinger

Honestly, I think the 2010 elections will only make us stronger in the long run

Gallup "Obama Performing Well Relative to Congress' Low Ratings"

Finally it's boiled down. The Tea Party is really a White Nationalist "Christian" Movement

How I see the Senate as of Today: D=50 R=45 5=toss-ups

Does Tweety use meds to control his mental condition?

(R)asmussen Poll--WA Senate--Murray (D) 49% (+3) Rossi 46%(-3)

Moving America Forward - Mr. & Mrs. Obama rally Ohio (photos)

Angle to Hispanic children: “Some of you look a little more Asian to me”

What the FUCK is Elisabeth Hasselbeck talking about blaming Obama by claiming. . .

Alaska Race May Make for Long Election Night

It's Called Propaganda.

It's Called Propaganda.

How good are the public polls? (Feingold is not a fan)

Suffolk University Poll--FL Senate: Rubio (R) 39% Crist (I) 31% Meek (D) 22%

Buck's reprimand was no youthful indiscretion

Through the Chamber of Commerce, India would like to thank you for your outsourced jobs.

Wait a Minute....

Note To Teachers of Writing Everywhere

Landlord says I have one dog too many

The weekend consists of...

Really, how magnificent was "That Other BOLEYN Girl" thing

Really, how magnificent was "That Other BOLEYN Girl" thing

Well back from the farm and ready for early voting to start tomorrow, hope we get Gov. Bill White.

"at one time it was forbidden to mention chickens in the lounge "

Third job all done!

Hana-Bi

Japanese or Swedish? Yukimi Nagano

The spelling crowd got a hold of me tonight in GD

All right, it's past 8:30 on Monday morning. Get to work. You already slacked off all weekend.

Boy called Justin Bieber "faggot" Bieber pushes him away.

Monday's kitteh

Anybody watching Desperate Housewives??

Now this is Poetry that gives you goosebumps

"Daddy's in a lot trouble,mommie's in a lot of trouble"

What are your go-to links for when you're bored, and want to kill some time on-line?

I am trying to post a photo,this is a test

Lola the amazing handstand cat!

This dude collects VHS VCRs (WTF video)

S.S.D.D. -- Once again, a Republican candidate stands accused of being involved with big fat ones!!!

Road Trip - Silent Forest

Anyone good at calculating odds? Israel lottery draws same numbers twice

I wonder if discussions about "Rubicon" will end up in the dungeon?

Fucking Papa Johns and their lying ass meal deals!!!

WTF was the latest South Park about?

A MOB President.

I have a question about writing a resume.

Don't click this.

I'm dreaming of a Summer BBQ....

Dog and Elephant Friends - Maybe my favorite youtube video

What do you think? That clothes grow on trees? *** Edit for resize***

Ohio girl's field goal believed to be longest by female in a game

Click this.

Woman stabs classmate in anger-management class

The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon

Just called the cops on the douchebag next door

A kitty stays a kitty

Could we impeach the Supreme Court justices

Would "Rocky Horror" count as Glam Culture?

"60 Minutes" shows San Francisco's Market Street, in 1906.

"...and the next thing you know you've got a homosexual for a child."

Did you know the Post Office has "adopt a shelter pet" stamps?

Study: Women Always Answer Their Phones Unless They're Having Great Sex With Someone Else

Wolves attack Russian traffic cops on M23 highway

Let's play a game: Fun with Wikipedia

Question For Those Who Sell on Craigslist

So I watched "The Notebook" for the first time - talk about a really corny movie...

Is it time for me to buy an i-pad?

Question for football experts: Why was the old Raiders tightend Dave Casper nicknamed The Ghost?

What if famous people had Jewish mothers?

Helping someone move sucks! Moving sucks in general.

Just what we need - Overpriced burnt wine and overpriced stale cheese from $tarbuck$

On "mocktails". (A contest of sorts)

Mike Wallace Ayn Rand interview

Mad Men season finale (OP has no spoilers, but great advice for those about to watch)

For those of you who've noticed and wondered about Kali's absence...

So I saw a murder scene while coming back from the grocery store.

Let's start an herbal tea party!

Kabul backs off private contractor ban

Koch Industries awaits Venezuela takeover

Alaskan reporter detained by security at Joe Miller event

Truck drivers join French pension protests

NPR poll: Republican midterm tide has crested

Leaning on the at-risk

Luxury sales back at record levels in 2011: study

Over thousand fuel stations out of stock in France

RNC 8 case set to end with plea deal on October 19 (Terrorists from Republican National Convention )

Halliburton 3Q profit up on natural gas drilling

FBI was told of suspicious activities 3 years before Mumbai attacks

The New Tax Man: Big Banks And Hedge Funds

France Asks Airlines to Cut Flights Ahead of Strikes

Another Kirk 'exaggeration'?

Marriott Directs Cash to Republicans for Rules He May Not Get

Angle to Hispanic children: “Some of you look a little more Asian to me”

Lockheed-to-Tenet Drop Shows Election Spending Peril

Facebook in Privacy Breach Top-Ranked Applications Transmit Personal IDs...

Ashcroft to Get High Court Review of Lawsuit by Man Held as Terror Witness

Train strike paralyses Belgium

(Fort Hood shooting trial) Witness: Police shouted 'put the gun down,' then more shooting

US is executing a genocide in Somalia: deputy Speaker

(European) Socialists call for isolation of extremist parties

Meghan McCain calls Christine O'Donnell 'A Nut Job'

Federal judge says he'll rule on Virginia's health care challenge by Jan. 1

US parties aim big guns at knife-edge California

Nato official: Bin Laden, deputy hiding in northwest Pakistan

Junior Seau arrested, drives car off cliff

Two people killed in shooting at Henning post office

dupe

Justice Dept. Sues Michigan Blue Cross Over Pricing Deals

Judge tosses Mont. corporate campaign finance ban

Arkansas: Faulkner County Hit With 15 Quakes over Four Days

Tea Party activist sues election board in Ohio

Iran tells Iraqi prime minister 'get rid of America'

Obama pleads with Democrats in Ohio, warns against GOP gains

A productive Congress gets no respect from voters

First lady leads protest march against mass rape (Congo)

First lady leads protest march against mass rape (Congo)

Miller (R-AK) security guards handcuff editor

Republicans Pledge to Probe Home Loans for the Poor

Walgreens CFO nabbed for 2nd time on DUI charge

GE to invest $432M to revamp appliance business

Rand Paul Won't Shake Opponent Jack Conway's Hand

Brown, Whitman tangle over capital gains tax cut

Banks Face Mortgage Scrutiny as $49 Billion Vanishes

Judge Rejects Govt. DADT Stay

Security for G-20 Summit in Seoul Will be Unprecedented

Crystal Cathedral files for bankruptcy amid mounting debts

4 men are convicted in synagogue-bombing plot

(AL) Workers Say Boss Gave Them Marked (Republican) Ballots

Witness: Foreclosure firm owner gave gifts for altering documents

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Monday October 18

Canadian Commander Pleads Guilty to Murders

Veterans Group Files FEC Complaint Against The Chamber: Foreign Funds Pose 'Clear And Present Danger

Condoleezza Rice admits mistakes in Iraq

Obama to Appear on TV Science Show "Mythbusters"

Sarah Palin to GOP: "Man Up" and Support Tea Party Candidates

BofA plans to refile papers on 102K foreclosures

Combat Stress Driving Up Army Crime, Drug Abuse, Suicides

Angle To Latino Students: 'Some Of You Look A Little More Asian To Me'

Federal judge may rule on 'don't ask, don't tell'

Miller Cites Communist East Germany as Effective in Dealing with Border Security

We just watched Dreamworks "How To Train Your Dragon". Ask me anything!

U.S., Cuban diplomats meet about jailed U.S. man

Former surgeon general calls for marijuana legalization

Clinton rallies Democrats for Brown, Newsom

Jamie Oliver - Nugget experiment epic failure

Young Turks: Help Elect Strong Progressives - Turk Out The Vote!

Money Can't Buy My Vote

Norman City Council Chamber: Gay, Lesbian Motion (Teen committed suicide after this meeting)

Jesse Ventura Supports California Legalizing Marijuana

Helen Thomas Retracts Apology

Sharron Angle's Private, Free Market Solutions

Obama: Republicans Counting on Voter Amnesia

Colorful Christine electrifies Delaware Electorate: Taiwan’s Take On O’Donnell, US Political System

Jesse Ventura Slams Sarah Palin Because "SHE'S A QUITTER!" Must See!

Rand Paul's new religious Christian ad

The Big Business Wall Street Won't Discuss

Tony Hopfinger, editor of Alaska Dispatch, gets arrested at event of AK Senate candidate Joe Miller

DN! RepubliFascist Joe Miller detained and handcuffed a journalist in Alaska

Glaxo's Avandia Cover Up

Vitter: Border Jumping Limo Style!

COLT JACKSON on Prop 19 (I Love Weed)

The Top Vlog: Bill O'Reilly's Offensive Comments on The View (David Pakman)

Bubbles Make Rich Richer and Others Unemployed

Cash War: China's Kung Fu stronger than America's?

Americans for Prosperity Pushes Prop. 23 At California RNC Rally

Kurt Schrader - Not Our Congressman

The Ronny Horror Show part 1 of 2

The Ronny Horror Show part 2 of 2

Fox: 'All Terrorists are Muslims'

Palin in Anaheim - Part 2 - We got a president who's gettin' pretty good at apologizin'

TYT: Government Spying on Neighbors

PAY 2 PLAY: Democracy's High Stakes (Trailer)

Boondoggle in the Motor City: Detroit's Train to Nowhere

Bill Maher - Education (5:09)

TYT: Marwencol - ReThink Review & Discussion (Mental Illness, The Homeless & More)

Rand Paul refuses to shake hands (eyesroll)

Given two chances, Rossi can't name anything he would cut from the budget

S01E08 - The Expiring Bush Tax Cuts

Palin in Anaheim - Part 1 - It's SOOOOO good to be here, Orange County...Do ya LUV ya FREEDOMS?

CSPAN Caller's Brain Fried on Glenn Beck, Plus Brit Hume Nonsense

Weird Liberal Head Show #195: Power to the People!

Fuck your Jobs!

BREAKING NEWS: Media Exxagerates Truth

TYT: Attack Ad on Rand Paul: Fair or Unfair?

Sharron Angle Tells Latino Students They Look Asian

NEED TO KNOW | Nate Silver on why the polls don't always add up

What You Can't Say on Campus: Greg Lukianoff on Free Expression in Higher Education

Conservatives Are Traitors: Bonus Episode - Stupidnomics

U.S. Surgeon Gen Supports the Legalization of Marijuana

BP stops cleaning : what Pensacola Beach looks like 10/17 !!!

Joe Miller's brownshirts

Tea Party 'Obama' Billboard Causes Controversy

Young conservative book panel becomes awkard confrontation between exes (on C-span2)

Shock and awe finances

Merkel's own goal

Barry Ritholtz hands Greg Mankiw the latter's ass.

Global Systemic Crisis: LEAP/E2020’s analysis of 39 countries’ risks 2010-2014

BOOKS: Empire for Liberty. By Richard H. Immerman (Jim Miles)

Tales of the Tea Party

A Whole New 'Green' Deal

11 Freedoms that Drunks, Slackers, Prostitutes & Pirates Pioneered and The Founding Fathers Opposed

Insiders Reveal Racism, Virulent Anti-Immigrant Attitudes and Homophobia @ Prominent Religious Group

Get ready for yet another jobless benefits fight

The Difference More Global Equality Could Make

The New Tax Man: Big Banks And Hedge Funds

New Wikileaks Docs Expected; Same Lies About “Blood on Their Hands” Sure to Ensue

How JPMorgan Ripped Off Its Customers Through Securities Lending

A 10th Amendment Drama Fit for Daytime TV

The Surrealist Vista (James Howard Kunstler)

U.S. Had Warnings on Plotter (and former D.E.A. informant) of Mumbai Attack

200+ Dems Sign PCCC Pledge to Protect Social Security

Chris Hedges: Heroes for the Beaten, Foreclosed on, Imprisoned Masses

America’s Holy Writ: Tea Party evangelists claim the Constitution as their sacred text.

Mortgage Time Bomb: Reporting From The Epicenter Of Fraudclosures

Only If We Let It

Psychologists and Torture by Scott Horton

Law Expert: MERS Mess Could Have “a Massive Effect on the Economy.”

MERS-y, Mercy Me: The Sewer Drain at the Bottom of the Housing Market

M$M remain dumb on the great (and obvious) story of these mid-term elections: Tea Party Incoherence

Funny Signs For the Rally to Restore Sanity

The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No. 384

U.N. environment chief: 'We are destroying life on Earth'

Researchers use drilling data to find a geothermal hot spot in West Virginia

Drumbeat from the weekend...

Drumbeat: October 18, 2010

John Baez is writing about technology and the global ecological crisis

Dams = habitat loss. Err, or not.

Constellation partner EDF wants to go forward with third Calvert Cliffs reactor

Climate Change Confuses Most Americans, Study Says

A challenge for the nuclear "environmentalists" frequenting DU EE

Boomer Sooners???????

Who will win the SEC East??

First BCS rankings .....

Huh???

Jerry Jones won't fire coach midseason

Vikings 24, Cowboys 21

Big Oswalt led win for the Phils

Report: Seau drives off cliff

F%*K! The Buckeyes and ON WISCONSIN

Brent Musburger called a game over...and guess what..it wasn't over.

longest ever fg by hs female kicker

So when does Jerry Jones fire Wade Phillips and who does he replace him with?

U.S., Cuban diplomats meet about jailed U.S. man

Colombia: SOA graduate charged in massacres

Man robbed outside gun store

Baltimore off duty police officer killed over a parking space.

Ed Peruta v. County of San Diego

Psych tests for gun owners recommended (Australia)

Whoops, they did it again. ( I must be shopping at the wrong gun shops)

Who is in charge of the well regulated militia, and who wrote the rules?

Does anyone have any stats on this?

Darren Criss hopes Blaine will serve as a positive role model on Glee

UW-Eau Claire adminstration flunks professor for sending anti-gay e-mail to student

IOWA: Christianists Launch Ad Comparing Gay Marriage To Legalized Incest

Student rally around woman punched for ‘Legalize gay’ shirt

Queer and Loathing: Does the Foster Care System Bully Gay Kids?

Judge Skeptical of Govt. Arguments Phillips issued tentative ruling rejecting government stay

Would the gay community demobilize politically if DADT and DOMA were ended?

‘Glee’s’ Girl On Girl Action Called ‘Disgusting Gay Teen Sex Romp!’

Israel invites Gaza flotilla Turks to testify in inquiry

Gaza factions slam Abed Rabbo comments

Edelstein Confirms Pollard Release Discussions Underway

Egypt seizes Gaza-bound weapons

Netanyahu wants loyalty oath bill to include Jews as well

Robinson criticises Israel for continued blockade on Gaza

A kitty stays a kitty

For night photographers and everyone else!

It's October and time for

CALENDAR 2011 UPDATE

Prague Astronomical Clock - 600th Anniversary Show

Extraordinary silver beetle snapped in Costa Rica

'Job delusion' There are people that see the Job Book in the Bible in a certain way.

So I've recently discarded what was left of my religious beliefs. Ask me anything.

The New Prophets: "We Can Do The Same or Greater Things Than Jesus"

Today in Labor History Oct 18 NYC agrees to pay women school teachers a rate equal to that of men

It is not my forum, it is DU's Labor Forum

Would there be a possibility

Question about the "ignore" function

Could we have a list or explanation of what sites we can't link to?

If there's a thread in the Lounge that is deserving of attention, is it OK to

Why do I keep getting "WARNING! Your post was not successful."

Does the DU administration support the was in Afghanistan?

Anne Ortelee -- Week of 10/18

How long will "gruesome footage" ad run?

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