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Archives: December 14, 2010

Democrats Move 2012 Convention to Metrodome

Inmate seeking kosher meals cites Festivus belief

Search for sailors missing in Antarctic waters called off

Ark Park Update: Ky. Gov. Says State Won’t Allow Job Bias – But That’s Not Enough

Breaking on CNN: Richard Holbrook has died. No further information.

Toon: It must be nice to be a righty...

How long till we get back to 22 pages....

RE: Bradley Manning - Berkeley City Council About To Vote On Proposed Resolution in Supportt of Brad

McConnell Warns House Democrats Against Tweaking Deal

Ill. man set for sentencing for library bombing

Billy Bragg: Student protesters: teaching the left's old guard a thing or two

Billy Bragg: Student protesters: teaching the left's old guard a thing or two

Catch Countdown with Keith Olbermann (and later Rachel Maddow) streaming NOW here:

HELLO CONGRESS! WE NEED J-O-B-S, NOT MORE TAX CUTS! J-O-B-S NOT DANCING DOGS!

Ok, Who mentioned Puppies?

Wikileaks defectors to launch Openleaks alternative

Dean Baker: The Tax Deal and the Apocalypse - HuffPo

Any one else getting the calls about the

Any one else getting the calls about the

Repeal and Replace.....your spelling teacher

the three wise men, revisited

Anybody else listening to the Paul McCartney concert on sirius/xm tonight?

See if you can meet the 60% of GDP goal

#filibernie: The Word Cloud of Bernie Sanders’ Senate Speech - FDL

Almost half of Britons feel WikiLeaks sex charges are "excuse" (CNN)

N.J. based grocer A&P files for bankruptcy

Whopping 66% of participants in Faux Snooze poll say it's time for Michael Steele to just eff off

From the 'you can't make this stuff up' file

Bystanders chase down and grab another bad man

journalism fail....

So SANTA is now part of the war on Christmas

The BNote: Green Currency in Baltimore

email I received -tea Party Patriots "Legal Win for the Constitution Regarding ObamaCare

email I received -tea Party Patriots "Legal Win for the Constitution Regarding ObamaCare

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What a different country!

Am I the only one who wants to bitchslap Robert Gibbs?

IndictBreitbart.org Launches Campaign Against Right Wing Activists, Breitbart, O'Keefe, and Giles

When did GD become forum 439????

Anyone hear Howard Dean on Countdown tonight explaining how HCR could be done without a mandate?

Economic Incentives of Taxes and Tax Cuts

Economic Incentives of Taxes and Tax Cuts

Man throws dead squirrel through Hardees drive thru window

If you ever watch an episode of The Daily Show...make it tonights

If you ever watch an episode of The Daily Show...make it tonights

If you ever watch an episode of The Daily Show...make it tonights

Red kettle donations down 13% in Chicago

You say you want a revolution? How's this for a battle hymn:

Health Care is *not* a commodity

Mandatory Monday Malloy Truthseekers check in!!

Rest In Power, Richard Holbrooke.

Crocodile tears and Glenn Beck

Perhaps not the BEST indicator of an economic recovery...

why do we need unemployment extensions? if you cut taxes, nobody's unemployed. right? right?

Rachel now with the breaking news: Holbrooke

*Hubert Humphrey docu on PBS; just watched. Highly recommend.

I Finally Have Obama Figured Out!!

Have you all seen this t-shirt yet?

Well-informed freeper on the late Richard Holbrooke: "Wasn’t he the one that outed Valerie Plame?"

Average cost of insurance increase has been about 3% per year. This year, it is averaging 30%

Some theses on race in America

Some theses on race in America

Richard Holbroke dead

Richard Holbroke dead

A small seed has been planted..

Ukraine to open Chernobyl area to tourists in 2011

How unexpected! Bloated, pasty faced Fox "News" weasel Cavuto takes a cheap shot at Bernie Sanders

Brian Williams on the NBC Nightly News did a story on "Obamacare" this evening.

US and Israel use sabotage and assassinations to thwart Iran’s nuclear program

The Commerce Clause and Health Care

Beautiful animation to take off the rough edges, not already

Bloomberg Chearleads For Walmart In NYC

I want to write a rebuttal to an LTTE, any suggestions

Mikey "You be the man" Steele to run for reelection as RNC chair

Some a**hole is putting beer cans around gull's necks. 2 have been freed

A Day of Infamy

Copyright troll Righthaven sues for control of Drudge Report domain

Qatar Bans gay sex from World Cup

Tell the state attorney generals you want mortgage fraud prosecuted

Any way we can get Haiti to keep the Palinoid?

WTF: USPS issues 3rd Reagan stamp (Forever); Reagan float will be in Tournament of Roses

President Obama disrespected me, says House Speaker-elect Boehner

FACT: Obama Administration DOUBLED Food Stamp program from $37B to $68B

Photoshoppers.. Have a Merry Boner Xmas

Latest Wikileaks cables reveal Sarah Palin is real

"My convictions are unfaltering."

Military won’t release rape records, ACLU says in lawsuit

Regulators exist to ‘serve the banks,’ next House finance chairman declares

Political Memorabilia Question

The modern American conservative movement.

The True Cost of Your New Christmas Laptop? Ask the Eastern Congolese

A Photo Collective Documents the Effects of the Crisis in the United States (Facingchange.org)

Not only does he help them rise from the grave, he gives them a makeover!

NASA halts monkey radiation experiment for now

Delete, Dupe

Snellville youth football group in upheaval over coach's racist posts

Republicans now bragging tax cut bill is a compromise?

Medicaid Cuts Hurt At The State Level

Will Switzerland allow incest?

If we could "redo" health insurance reform

If we could "redo" health insurance reform

For those that give a sh*t ...

Rare insightful Jonah Goldberg column still shows blind spot

(LCS) UPDATE 2-Lockheed, Austal extend ship offers; hearing set

How do Dems or Repukes get any credibility back on trying to cut the deficit.

Will SCOTUS find the private health insurance mandate unconstitutional?

Memo to the media: They’re called “obstructionists”

Holbrooke's last words: 'You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan'

Boehner invents new holiday drink -- the Carrotini !!1!!

Jon Stewart: GOP to 9/11 fire fighters, police and rescue workers, "F*** those guys!" (video)

GM CEO: No raises next year...also wants U.S. to ease execs' pay rules

Frank Luntz has turned logic and reason upside down (Republicans are fiscally responsible)

I feel like everything is moving to the right

Yeats: The Second Coming. One of the Greatest Poems Ever Written

Don't mess with old guys on fixed incomes...

Add-ons turn tax cut bill into 'Christmas tree'

U.S. History; Not much peace, lots of war

The Tax Deal and the Apocalypse

Senate passes bill destroying whistelblower rights!

Noted Whistleblowers Urge Passage of Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act!

Robert Pozen’s Myth Creation on Social Security

Toon of the day to send your RW buddies

'Prepare for all-out cyber war'

Rightwing hooligans terrorize Russia-Soccer fans combine with extremists to beat and kill minorities

Sexy time for education

Ken Cuccinelli Takes on Obama Health Care - And Wins Round One

Glenn Beck - The Lone Voice Of Reason In An Age Of Hysteria

Guardian has a page of live tweets about Assange in court

This Modern World: Happy holidays?

Bus driver loses job after flattening snowman

McConnell says "tax cut" bill is a step to "cutting off the spigot" of revenue,

Obama begins new era of cooperation with GOP teabaggers

two judges have recently upheld the constitutionality of the healthcare plan

Crash: Sarah Palin Is Now Less Popular Than George W. Bush

Reuters: UK court frees WikiLeaks Julian Assange on bail

Franken Supports Package: "help create jobs and to help middle-class Minnesotans"

No decisive victory one year into Afghan surge

Wow , it's cold today. I guess that debunks the idea of global warming, eh?

who's this right wing asshole on m$nbc? 'assange is murdering people'

who's this right wing asshole on m$nbc? 'assange is murdering people'

So apparently Harry Reid is "quietly urging" Lieberman to run again in 2012

Cheney has been reduced to buying his freedom from Nigeria

Too Small to Save

Preachers involved in mortgage scams!

Middle Class Strife Left Out of Conversation

Attempts to prosecute WikiLeaks endanger press freedoms - Glenn Greenwald

Lesly Hazleton explains the Koran (& destroys the "kill the infidel" myth)

In Vermont, single-payer health care in a single state

I think we need a little magic for a change

Run Julian Run!

Breaking: British Court Frees Founder of WikiLeaks on Bail

OMFG- Julian Assange is murdering people???

House Dems stew over Obama's handling of tax deal

Soldier says company penalized him because of service

House Dems to Introduce Standalone DADT Repeal Bill

Ladies and Gentlemen - introducing

republicans tell 911 first responders to go fuck themselves and the nation yawns

White House and Progressives Should Be Cheering Ruling Striking Down Mandatory Health Insurance

Billions Down the Drain in Useless US Afghan Aid

The Option of Indifference and the TWO Mandates

Former Reagan operative on Palin: "I'm not overly enamored with her...she's not electable"

Email from Howie :-)

U.S. CEOs in Survey Are Most Optimistic Since 2006

New Category Lets YouTube Users Report Vids That 'Promote Terrorism'

Is Yahoo under attack?

Is Yahoo under attack?

Ever lost a friend or loved one to a DWI?

Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange (A statement from Michael Moore)

For the brazillionth time: Car and health insurance are NOT analogous!

Prisoner Advocate Elaine Brown tells Amy Goodman that prisoners' phones cost upwards to $800

FORT WORTH: Christian Group Chases City Buses With Atheist Message

Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange (A statement from Michael Moore)

Kosovo PM is head of human organ and arms ring, Council of Europe reports

About boehner and his tears...

Why Do D.C. Metro’s Escalators Break So Often?

Schools see growing number of hungry students

Tuesday TOONS 5

Springfield (Illinois) Mayor Tim Davlin found dead in his home

Springfield (Illinois) Mayor Tim Davlin found dead in his home

Riots break out in Rome after Silvio Berlusconi survives confidence votes

We need educated voters to get the kind of change we want. We do not have that

Tuesday TOONS 4

Issa's Billable Bonanza: I'm Afraid of the Kenyan

Tuesday TOONS 2

Tuesday TOONS 1

So, the House is our last hope. Get on those phones and melt down the House switchboard

Found: One Goldman Sachs MasterCard

Marion Barry's new reality show; also, new president of the DC teachers' union

Iranian man sentenced to have drops of acid poured onto his face for blinding his lover's husband

Iranian man sentenced to have drops of acid poured onto his face for blinding his lover's husband

Anyone hear Lawrence O'Donnell answer to Willie Geist on Morning Junk today?

This is not just an Obama/GOP package

"Postal worker delivers mail in the buff, gets arrested" Wow

End of Privacy: Your Facebook ID is marketers' Holy Grail

The Rude Pundit: Glenn Beck Is a Terrorist By Glenn Beck's Own Definition

Isn't this vote from the Senate just allowing it to come to the floor

Sweden, Britain, and Interpol Insult Rape Victims Worldwide

m$nbc.com....Should powerful men weep in public?

Inspired by Holbrooke's last words - let's compromise.

Yahoo is down

Market alarm as US fails to control biggest debt in history

Executives keep health perks while workers' benefits are cut

Blatter says gay fans 'should refrain' at 2022 World Cup in Qatar

We needed a study to tell us this?

Oh, That’s Why It Seemed Familiar (No Labels steals logo)

Fuck The People, Spencer Bachus, the incoming chairman of the House banking commttee serves banks

You'd cry too, if this was your Xmas present

Tuesday Toons.

Boxer: "The fact is, this (tax package) bill will be a help to the middle class''

Poll: Majority of Americans say they are worse off than they were two years ago

Riots after Berlusconi survives no-confidence vote (BBC)

New airline fee: "Locking down" an airfare if you aren't quite ready to commit

Rich getting tax cuts and still being "uncertain" about economy consistent with compulsive hoarding

Another angle on how income taxes have gotten steadily more regressive..

Ultra Irony Alert: Right wingers say that Wikileaks is the reason to bring back McCarthyism

Do Democrats by passing the tax bill basically vindicate Bush* fiscal policies?

Quelle surprise !!!: Airline Fees Account for Most Airline Profits

Holbrooke ...final words..."You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan."

BAC dinging credit scores for asking "Where's the note?"

One Hundred and Forty Four BILLION dollars

Socialist Senator Sanders saves capitalism

Fey Rights Group Demands Distinction From Homosexuals

John Boehner's crying OFFENDS me

Arguments, Price Tag Aside, Tax Compromise Extremely Popular

Caption this

List Your Home Remedies for What Ailes Ya

WaPo's Kinky Reggae: "No Boehner, No Cry"

Sweden will not challenge Assange bail

Russian Troops on high Alert over North Korea

The script on killing social security is in

Class Distinctions

The new hungry: College-educated, middle-class cope with food insecurit

Springfield, IL mayor found dead in home (suicide)

Do you think Mark Sanford will move to Argentina? Do you give a toot? nt

Krugman Blog: The SPECTRE of Inequality

DOOM-O-RAMA

Prospects for U.S. tax cut bill look brighter

National Review editor: Parents of kids in school breakfast programs are criminals

An Overview of Why the Payroll Tax Holiday is Bad News for Social Security

Halliburton reportedly agrees to pay Nigeria $250 million to drop bribery charges against Cheney

"WikiLeaks Founder Assange Granted Bail"

"Turnaround" school students riot when "turnaround" principal forbids the use of bathrooms for a day

Hey y'all..Mark Penn says we need to back Obama's tax deal but wait...

self delete

Derf Toon: Rudolf the Red-State Reindeer

I, for one, hope that House Dems make Boner cry every damned day

U.S. Armored Cadillacs are Iraq Bomb Bait

Did you see Sarah on Greta with all the "happy children" from Haiti? She was really uncomfortable.

Unintentionally Strange Juxtaposition of the Day

Aren't people now required to purchase Auto Insurance by law...

Aren't people now required to purchase Auto Insurance by law...

Here we go again - MSGreedia resumes the attacks

Prosecute Assange Under the Espionage Act

'2007: I got mine so fuck you' sign draws protest in Calif.

They're so cute when they're small…

FIFA leader says "gays should avoid sex during 2022 World Cup"

Guess Who's Back??

Bravo Bruce Fein

WikiLeaks.org domain back online

How hard did Obama fight against tax cuts for the super-rich?

Name a rotten job that Bohner didn't have to do to get where he is:

Sen. Levin on Obama: "I don’t see that kind of a willingness to fight that hard"

BBC: Morality is modifed in the Lab

I know it is beyond wishful thinking, but Kate O’Beirne's execrable comments

When does Congress go on Winter break?

WikiLeaks docs a poison pill for federal contractors

Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli Thanks His ‘Teammate,’ Hate Radio Host Mark Levin, For Help With HCR Case

"Rudolph the Red State Reindeer" by Derf

Ticking Time Bomb::: MSNBC:::Run for your lives!

WikiLeaks (almost) used as a news source!

the god song

Barbara Boxer defends her support of tax-cut package

I would have felt a lot better with this tax cut "compromise" if we had gotten our $600-$1200 checks

Video of Unrest on Rome’s Streets After Berlusconi Wins Vote

It's 38 degrees F in Miami

Batshit Crazy Bachmann: Scalia "graciously agrees" to coach her teabagger caucus on Constitution

Wendell Potter: Insurers Spin Court Decision on Health Insurance Mandate

5 Major Problems with Obama's Tax Compromise

Taking Stock of WikiLeaks

George Bush deserves some credit for helping the middle class.

"Extreme lefties" do not belong to the Demcoratic Party.

How do we convince Americans to insist on raising taxes on the rich?

Bernie Sanders on the Senate Floor NOW

It's time to allow corporations to directly contest seats in Congress.

If you ever wondered whether the people are as lab rats to the ruling class...

LBJ and McNamara

Justice Scalia Will Teach Constitution 101 to Bachmann's Tea Party Caucus

I am calling for Obama and Biden's resignation immediately

Proof BBC is a propaganda tool.

Holbrooke's last words: 'You've got to stop this war'

Labor criticizes misleading Chamber of Commerce report attacking government workers compensation

Labor criticizes misleading Chamber of Commerce report attacking government workers compensation

So Just How Marginalized Has The Democratic Wing of The Party Become After This Week?

Michelle Bachmann for Senate 2012?

Wikileaks is apparently jumpstarting the internet security industry

Wikileaks is apparently jumpstarting the internet security industry

To everyone that says cutting 2.2 billion from food stamps is no big deal...

Richard Holbrook was joking and....

The conservative teabag filth wants to meet us in the streets!

Many historians believe that FDR saved capitalism from itself

House Democrats push 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal

So since the govnerment is now making it illegal for their employees to access wikileaked documents.

Terrorist by Association: Justice Department targets nonviolent solidarity activists

Bone-chilling cold plods into Northeast US

Did I just hear Pentagon Jim Miklaszewski say that the birther

More on trends

Top 5 Problems with the Tax Deal (from MoveOn)

Doing the same thing over & over again expecting different results

So if there's no more Catfood Commission why are Senators discussing it on my TeeVee right now?

Eric's Last Wishes--Beautiful, riveting article. Must read.

Guess who the founding member of No Labels is married to?

Trial set for congressional teabagger candidate Hedrick

I want to believe Richard Holbrooke meant what he said but remember East Timor

Petraeus Triples Air War In Afghanistan

This may explain the origin of "refudiate".

Soldiers and Marines Want Pets…Pentagon Says “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

UK protester dragged from wheelchair

End of Solar and Wind Energy Grants Puts Thousands of Jobs at Risk

Feds expand their assault

Post-ABC poll: public not yet sold on GOP

Ray McGovern: What's Behind the War on WikiLeaks

What's A Permalink?.......

Real DaVinci Code: Tiny numbers/letters in the eyes of Mona Lisa

Am I allowed to say that Pres. Obama is lacking the fire within? I expected a cross between

Stem Cell Transplant Cures HIV In 'Berlin Patient'

now I see it - re: The Daily Howler

From now on, I'm going to use the word "Constitutional" to describe things I like.

What's this 'they' shit when referring to a comment made by a State Dept. spokesman?

The Willmar 8 made equal pay impossible to ignore (except at Walmart)

Live Coverage: Rahm Emanuel Takes the Stand

tweety & company were speculating that the rethugs in the house could submarine tax bill

Spanish high-speed rail company closing its Wisconsin manufacturing operation

Wired: The U.S. Government's Pursuit Of WikiLeaks Could Be Its Undoing

assange has been granted bail....

Constitutional Scholars: What are the best horn books, references and legal texts on this topic?

The next time Boehner breaks out in tears in public,

Shooting at FL School Board Meeting (Panama City) Breaking

Birther faces court martial for refusing deployment orders

Anyone interested in joining me in returning my tax-cut?

Gardasil Facts

Unusual Wikileaks Entry Embedded In Doc "Every release that we do of material has a 2nd message..."

AP staffers hold ‘byline boycott’ to protest proposed cuts

Swiss Billionaire Puts $35 Million Toward...

In all this talk about unemployment benefits, no one brings up the fact that if there were JOBS

Elected teabagger West calls for mass censorship of US media

Mark Foley Not Running For Mayor of West Palm

The republicans are already making plans to give the rich another tax cut in March.

Washington bans lead wheel weights

Global Wikileaks Support Rallies

Journalist David Cay Johnston Slams Obama-GOP Tax Deal on Democracy Now!

WOW... J'Accuse: Sweden, Britain, and Interpol Insult Rape Victims Worldwide - Naomi Wolf

I think ending the war is a JOke.

Fried chicken fight

Holbrooke's Last Words On Afghanistan Downplayed As Joking Exchange By Obama Administration

Gays in Africa face growing persecution

Cool picture of Julian Assange in the police van today.....

Holbrook spin proves that this administration will go to any length to justify misguided policy

Pat-downs anger RDU fliers--Two Dozen Travelers Register Complaints

The 'White House' isn't the original source for the reported Holbrooke comments

Tax On Sugary Drinks Could Help Middle Class Lose Weight

Anyone else here having problems with "Internet Explorer is Experiencing Problems...

Senators giving speeches today about how the deficit is THE most important problem facing America

I’m not a fucking cash cow.

Obama: Where is the man I voted for?

Tax Cuts for Rich Don’t Create Jobs…Period

"END THIS FUCKING WAR"

So who is supposed to be "transparent", if not governments?

"America became great though science, education, public works... Conservatives..."

Pelosi Calls For House Vote On DADT Repeal Tomorrow

Chief: Man shot by officers pointed a water nozzle

7 brave souls stood with Bernie Sanders INCLUDING ONE REPUBLICAN

Michael Moore Posts Bail For Julian Assange

Remember if it wasn't for Ben Nelson siding with the Republicans to give them their fifty votes

What some of you may not understand.

Al Franken explains why he voted YES on the Tax Cut Sell out...

Bought a new truck for the Oregon wilderness: sorry DainBramaged

Just curious. When do YOU think it becomes......................

If some republican calls you a tax and spend liberal....

Al Franken email, re: vote on Bush tax breaks - "The hardest vote I've taken"

Ok so here's where we are and it don't matter which "side" you are on. Listen up.

Ok so here's where we are and it don't matter which "side" you are on. Listen up.

I Am Julian Assange!

Author Joanne Faulkner says parents should get real on Santa instead of lying to kids

Most Americans critical of WikiLeaks dump: poll

Espionage Act makes felons of us all

So, how long after the first of the year when social security grab begins do

Hey! Sisyphus

Is putting a toddler on a leash a life saving act?

If you're at 133% poverty in 2014, you'd better forego that 2% pay raise.

Are Classic Christmas Movies Too Scary for Today's Kids?

Using Cannabis to Change the World: Introducing Simply Pure

Moody's is actually warning that the package as proposed will put

Moody's is actually warning that the package as proposed will put

VA Judge Makes Elementary Error in Health Care Ruling

Video of Sudanese woman being whipped for wearing trousers underneath her Burka

Tuesday TOONS 3

Tuesday TOONS 3

Weird Tax Myths #1: Tax Cuts Create Jobs

Tuesday TOONS 6

"I put my -- myself through school working every rotten job there was."

At what point did the US turn from Republic to Empire?

Amb.Holbrook's Last Words:"You've GotTo Stop War In Afghanistan

From NPR 2009: Richard Holbrooke-’Strong Support For Afghanistan’

Do you think the rec/unrec system leads to reduced discussion on DU?

The very rich in America: “The kind of money you cannot comprehend”

Interview with Detroit native & striking Detroit symphony violinist Joe Striplin

Who Rules America Revisited

Michael Moore: Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange

If the DoD budget was substantially cut, how bad would the recession get?

Here's when Americans will rise up and take to the streets:

As a Liberal I can't remember the last time I had something to celebrate about.

A question to those following the death of Dr. David Kelly.....

Top 5 Problems with the Tax Deal

U.S. Retail Sales Rise Above Forecast as Consumers Recover

Some good news in the fight against HIV. The first patient has been declared 100% cured of HIV.

GNU founder Richard Stallman: Using Google ChromeOS is "worse than stupidity."

WH has utter disrespect and disregard for Holbrooke..am now fuming

Becoming exasperated. Someone please name me a politician who "fights"

Serious question about the 2014 health care "subsidies...."

What Bernie Said, Part I

Celebs who lean to the right (Slideshow)

1st Chevy Volts leave Detroit-Hamtramck plant and head to dealers

"Now it's Big Brother who's being watched"-Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Assange-by Michael Moore

If you are working, are you being forced to work over-time?

WTF? Assange is back in jail!

How many of us are *really* hurting financially?

Voyager near Solar System's edge

***** Official LIVE BLOG Senate = Tax Cuts Debate III *****

Businesses want to keep the economy depressed to break the backs of workers

Parents of homeschooled student try to get book about poor getting raw deal removed from schools

Are we really a nation so narrow-minded and nativist that we would deny citizenship to bright and

Blue Cross Raises Premiums, Blames Obama

"ROVE likely playing a leading role in effort to Prosecute Assange"

Email to a supplyside, militarist friend who I met at a church forum for...

Email to a supplyside, militarist friend who I met at a church forum for...

Why Have So Many DUers Bought The RW Meme That "Deficits Spell Doom?"

Why Obama's Tax Deal May Be an Even Bigger Disaster Than You Think

N.J. Mayor Bans Woman From Selling Home (can't afford to lose the taxes)

Obama plan will raise taxes on 150,000,000 Americans

Sen. Bernie Sanders says 99.7% of American families would be exempt from estate tax

Sen. Bernie Sanders says 99.7% of American families would be exempt from estate tax

What is the worst job you have ever worked?

Another jaw dropper..White House says Holbrook was joking

MSNBC: New industry to set up "cheap" surrogacy services

You just don't know....

There is harm in belittling those with legit concerns about our country and party.

What other President has gone so strongly against the wishes of those who elected him

Couple's story triggers flood of offers to help

President Obama says tax cut deal proves Republican Party is "looking out for the American people"

Ralph Nader: Millions of people will be paying the bill for Obama's failure to fight for them

The Extreme Lefties In Our Party Should Be Kissing Obama's Ass Over The Tax Compromise

Wisconsin's new BUMFUCK Governor

82 years old and a hospital bill for $22 thousand dollars owed . . .

What is the BEST job you've ever worked?

3 credit online class = $1056.00

Nothing short of betrayal.

The Massive Debt Bomb Threatening You And Me

Please humor me. Imagine we had the attention of the wealthiest 2%...

I have a feeling that the court challenges to "insurance mandates" will eventually prevail.

Administration Asserts Holbrooke's Last Words Were 'Joking Exchange'

What Socialism is and what it isn't Part I

The War to Silence WikiLeaks by Eliot D. Cohen (12-13-10 Consortium News Psychology Today repost)

Teabagger fave Allen West (R-FL): "We also should be censoring the American news agencies"

Obama's choice for Marine Commandant says "Marines will die if DADT is lifted"

Glenn Greenwald Tweet -- Manning being TORTURED?

Anybody else starting to feel like they just don't care anymore?

From 1933 to 1945, was Hitler the leader of Portugal rather than Germany?

Amazing iPhone and iPad Christmas Carol - This is astounding and sounds good, too

Christmas gifts for dad made easy

Departure.

The Plant Whisperer...

Favorite Christmas-based horror movie?

Oh those Brits and their formalities

Not one single solitary human being has EVER been pronounced dead in Mississippi...

MFM's constant warning to those around him: Don't make me cranky. You wouldn't LIKE me cranky.

Cats... sometimes they just take the drama way WAY over the top, n'est ce pas?

Anyone want to loan me a water spray bottle and a rag?

Tell me how this global warming thing works again. It is

I can't believe it.

Fans of the Elder Scrolls video game series will be pleased.

Jets coach trips a Dolphin? He had nothing on Tommy Lewis!

Bummer, Michael C Hall and Jennifer Carpenter are divorcing.

GD in 25 words or less: Is this your homework Larry? Is this your homework Larry? Is this your...

Yeah, sure.......

How the hell can they make a new Bourne movie without Matt Damon?

FYI: Toddlers on leashes at the Olive Garden in GD...

Anybody else listening to the Paul McCartney concert on sirius/xm tonight?

One great Holiday album

Anyone else out for the meteor shower?

Man throws dead squirrel through Hardees drive thru window

Anyone tried the Yahoo homepage today?

I used to like Vampire Weekend - and then that %$&@! earworm 'Holiday' happened

This time next week, I'll be in Italy!

Iowa officials warn against selling Templeton Rye online

Sugar Plum Fairy doesn’t want apology from critic who called her fat

Despite having not the teensiest shred of talent... MiddleFingerMom will NEVER put down the guitar.

Rare pic of MiddleFingerMom in concert...

Star Trek theme played on a Theremin

Want to visualize a million -- or a billion -- or trillion?

Photo of the Week ~ Acrobatic Troupe from Kenya

Perhaps I shouldn't have called that random stranger to ask him if his refrigerator was running.

How the hell can they make a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie without Keira Knightley?

Should I try online dating?

Ralph Nader

fried chicken fight now in GD!

C-C-Cold!!!

Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson Split Up After 2 Years!

Driver with flashers on?????

Baby Preacher

I just did a big scan of my computer. It erased some DU cookies I think. I've been

Man killed by refrig dropped from 4th floor window

Wanted to share

Golden Globe nominees announced. Post here who was robbed

Gilda

Graduate is kicking my ass: i leave the house about twice a week

My youngest nephew interviews for a job on Thursday!

PHILLIES RE-SIGN CLIFF LEE!!!! They now have the BEST PITCHING

If these 2 can't make a marriage work who can! Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson

anyone got a florida lawyer who wants to do good?

So, the electricity to my fridge was cut off. How long will the food

Disappointed Rangers sign Cliff Clavin instead

B-r-r-r-r... campfire ghost stories.

What's a prudent time/length for a walk in the high 20's temperature range?

All I want for Christmas is a pair of Vibram Five Fingers

And I join the ranks of the unemployed...

CONFESS!!!! What was your first real job

Inmate gets special meals as adherent of Festivus

The mail's here.

Why do ketchup bottles say "refrigerate after opening"?

Apparently I'm too stupid to believe in the "Monty Hall problem"

So, I'm really pissed off at Sears right now

ABC: Richard Holbrooke Has Died

Disappointed Yankees sign Geddy Lee instead

Richard Holbrooke Dies

No Mandate to Buy Insurance, But Mandate to Sell You Insurance Still Preserved - A Progressive Win?

Relatives of Spanish cameraman killed in Baghdad use WikiLeaks (as evidence) to press for justice

Julian Assange to appear in court to appeal for release

WikiLeaks: Sitting Senators Engage In Obstruction of Justice with A.G. & State Dept.

Semi Feral Cat fun....

Semi Feral Cat fun....

Amb.Holbrook's Last Words:"You've GotTo Stop War In Afghanistan

UC regents vote to move retirement age to 65

I'm not sure but I think something awful happened when I tossed my fridge out of my 4th story window

Workers’ Safeguards Strengthened by N.Y. Law

Ruling party victory in St. Vincent and Grenadines (Chavez ally)

Smack it. Flip it. Rub it down.

San Jose council rejects plan to ban pot clubs

Conservatives Attack Tax Deal as Vote Nears

Berlusconi survives confidence votes

Years of Wrangling Lie Ahead for Health Law

Beautiful animation to take off the rough edges, not already

Pharmaceutical industry on verge of major Hill victory

Anti-nuclear weapon protesters convicted in Tacoma

U.S. Marshals Seize FDA-regulated Food Stored at Rodent-Infested Warehouse in New Mexico

British Court Frees Founder of WikiLeaks on Bail

Yahoo preparing to lay off 600 to 700 workers

UK court grants bail to WikiLeaks' Julian Assange

VA Judge Makes Elementary Error in Health Care Ruling

Estate tax fight in House may sputter: aide

Julian Assange's court appeal: (Decision challenged. Appeal within 48 hrs)

Assange granted bail, but Sweden appeals

Assange granted bail, but Sweden appeals

French far-right star compares praying Muslims to Nazi occupiers

Wikileaks' Julian Assange court appeal makes Twitter history

WikiLeaks: BoE suggested global bank bailout in 08

Army doc pleads guilty to 1 charge, refused to deploy without seeing Obama's birth certificate

Obama's Judges Blocked At Historic Rate

Michael Steele Makes It Official: He Running To Stay At The RNC

Gunman opens fire during Fla. school board meeting

Clear Channel forms partnership with Grupo Acir in Mexico

Holbrooke's Last Words On Afghanistan Downplayed As Joking Exchange By Obama Administration

Holiday trimmings: Yahoo planning to reduce work force by about 5 percent in latest shake-up

Envoy says US committed to Palestinian state

Nigeria: Government Drops Charges Against Cheney, Halliburton

Barbara Boxer defends her support of tax-cut package

Parties to Colombia conflict raped almost 15,000 women in 2001-09 - study

Older workers staying employed longer

Ex-senator banned from office for paramilitary ties

Baggage fees send airline revenue soaring

Israel Seeks 20 Additional F-35s After Failure of U.S. Swap for Peace Plan

Birther faces court martial for refusing deployment orders

Chilean military who works at the Pentagon, accused of torturing prisoners

Revolt: Republicans Angry About Omnibus Spending Bill Decry 'Total Mess'

House to Vote on Standalone DADT Repeal Bill

Activity at N.Korean Nuclear Sites Sparks Frenzied Speculation

Nigeria: Government Drops Charges Against Cheney, Halliburton

Health reform advocates have little to fear from judge's ruling

San Francisco kills plan to charge $6 entrance fee from south

ABC News has learned that Richard Holbrooke has died.

SavetheInternet.com 'Can-You-Hear-Us-Now-a-Thon' Delivers 2 Million Petitions to FCC

Tony Blair attacked on Iraq war ‘fortune’

I remain true to my ideals, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says from a London cell

GOP political operative: Palin not electable as president in 2012

Europe tells Britain to justify itself over fingerprinting children in schools

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Tuesday December 14

King Outlines Immigration Plans for 2011

British judge grants bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Violence erupts in Rome after Berlusconi wins vote

Gunman opens fire in Fla. school board meeting

Report: KLA behind deadly human kidney trade

State Rep. Peña's party announcement expected today (GOP supermajority in Texas)

Cuba launches its version of Wikipedia

Romney: Workers Should Pay Their Own Unemployment Benefits

Leaked Memo Shows EPA Doubts About Bee-Killing Pesticide

BREAKTHROUGH: First HIV-Positive Man Cured - Stem Cell Transplant Cures HIV In 'Berlin Patient'

US Air Force Blocks NY Times, Guardian Over WikiLeaks

Ukraine to open Chernobyl area to tourists in 2011

Al-Qaeda threat overstated, top spies say

Venezuela opposition denounces Chavez as dictator

School Sued Over Muslim Teacher's Pilgrimage

if there are any Glenn Miller fans out there...

George W. Bush: Stop Calling Them "Bush Tax Cuts"

What are you reading???

Calif. Police Officers Kill Man Pointing Water Nozzle, Not Gun

Chaka Fatah To Support Compromise Per CNN

The eternal arguments against change

"Medicare “Part E”- for Everybody"......Thom Hartmann

Obama succeeds convincing us of Bush' brilliance!

If the only way we can win Reelection is by playing out of the Republican playbook

Senate has votes to ratify START treaty: To floor this week

Are you tired of the Obama Apologists?

Richard Holbrooke Has Passed Away

The Daily Show Tweet on Health Care Ruling:

Julian Zelizer: Why George W. Bush must be smiling

Democrats Move 2012 Convention to Metrodome

Kerry To Vote ‘Yes’ On Middle Class Tax Agreement

This Country is Hopelessly Mired with Corruption!

Video: Rep. Raul Grijalva on Democratic insurrection regarding the tax compromise.

The Making Work Pay credit and the payroll tax holiday

Will we ever see this in the next two years?

Jon Stewart to Republicans: You Can't Exploit 9/11 Anymore (VIDEO)

Holbrooke's Last Words: End Afghanistan War

Let's Kill the Hostages & Commit Suicide!

Tax Reform and the Revolving Door

No mention that the ruling Judge on HCR owns a GOP Consulting firm?

"Is the Hudson ruling good news for health reform?: (HCR)

RIP: Richard Holbrooke

Senate roll call cloture vote on tax cut deal

Liberals need not fear Obama's tax deal: Why a payroll tax holiday actually helps support tomorrow's

Tick Tock

Moody's says tax cut deal risks U.S. credit rating (tax package is a disaster for US finances)

"Hoyer expected to file 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal bill Tuesday"

What a joke of a headline from the AP: "Big legal setback for Obama's health care overhaul"

USA Today/Gallup poll: Americans Remain Supportive of Proposed Tax Compromise

Is John Boehner Emotionally Unstable?

From Now On I Will Refer To John Boenher As The Cryer.

Hoyer Announces Murphy DADT Repeal Standalone Bill

Careless words and callous deeds

2010 Poll WI Senate: Kohl looks solid, if declines to run Feingold leads GOP

repealitnow.org commercials. Obama wont have a choice but to fight

Obama's Drug War

Obama meeting with CEOs -- Now how about workers? By Jesse Jackson

Photo: Big Brother (The Obama Presidency, Day 693)

The First Lady Reads "The Night Before Christmas" at Children’s National Medical Center

birther trial

Mediate: Keith Olbermann Compares Obama’s Tax Compromise with Nazi Appeasement

Obama puts a lot on the table when he begins to compromise. So why aren't these on the table?

Ohio 2012 Poll--Obama weak but leads all four leading GOP candidates

Hedges: Every Act of Rebellion Helps Tear Down Our Corrupt System

When Animals Re-enact!!

WaPo/ABC POLL: Public trusts Obama more than Congressional GOP to deal with major problems, 43/38.

remember when obama was talking about repealing the shrub tax cuts EARLY, at least for the rich?

Great article: 'Obama and the Age of Unreason'

How can a president with only a 42% approval rating govern and win reelection?

Does The DLC Still Exist Or Did It Die When Joe Lieberman Became An Independent

Obama's job approval rating hits new low

Sen. Franken’s Statement on Tax Compromise Vote

Reid reminds GOP: "Congress ends on Jan. 4"

Starting START: Senate Set to Take Up Nuclear Pact

Mitt Romney Comes Out Against Tax Deal

MM: Memo to the media: They’re called “obstructionists”

"Revolt: Republicans Angry About Spending Bill Decry 'Total Mess'"

"Hoyer hints that Dem leadership is on board for passing Obama tax plan unchanged"

Question

A Bow To Reality

He said WHAT!!?

Turns out Junior Bush wasn`t so bad after all.

Using polls two years away to predict Obama's defeat is like these predictions

Lies, damn lies and Rasmussen...

"DOJ Will Appeal Health Care Lawsuit, Says It Shouldn't Be Fast Tracked"

Finally, A VOICE FOR TRUTH: "This is a GLOBALIZATION

"McConnell Warns Against Changing Tax Deal"

Poll: Liberals Bail on Obama

"Why House Dems are in major bind over tax deal"

For all those who think Obama is an "appeaser" and is "unwilling to fight," remember this?:

BREAKING: RNC Chairman Michael Steele will seek re-election

So what can be done about the Blue Dog Democrats and what exactly defines them?

TPM: VA Judge Makes Elementary Error In Health Care Ruling

Romney: Workers Should Pay Their Own Unemployment Benefits

Instead of an arm twister, we got an appeaser

Thoughts about this Child Nutrition Program that Obama just signed

Food Changes in Schools.

Obama narrows list of possible Summers successors

I honestly believe President Obama will have to end both wars to have a chance of getting re-elected

Happy Lucia Day 2010

Partnership for a New American Economy - Fox & Friends

Cenk commentary on TYT: Bought Republican Politicians

CNN: Ex-CIA Ray McGovern Supports Wikileaks' Julian Assange

President Bush... Oops, Sorry.... I Mean President Obama Praises Senate Tax Cut Vote for the Rich

Sen. Bernie Sanders Explains What Extending the Bush Tax Cuts Means To You & Your Children

Papantonio: Obama Continues the Trickle Down Lie

Judge Grants Julian Assange Bail!

La Roux - In for the Kill

Hitler reacts to Wikileaks

A Nut on China

WikiLeaks founder Assange granted conditional bail

TDPS: Fox News Bias Confirmed by Leaked Email...Still Need More Evidence?

MRN: Weepy Boehner's Tazmanian Devil

Lowering Workers' Wages is the Objective

Land Of The Free?

Egyptians Denounce Political Repression

TYT: Bloomberg to Ban Soda for NYC Welfare Recipients

MRN: Julian Assange + OkCupid = Condom Busting Hilarity

We could all learn something from this guy

Woman Whipped In Public For Wearing Trousers

Rachel Maddow - Liberals speak, MSM stops reporting

Majority Report : Glenn Greenwald Interview Pt.1

Violent clashes erupt in Italy after Berlusconi survives no-confidence vote

Who Are the Brain Police? Zappa live w/ Flo & Eddie, Spotlight Sweden 1971

Jon Stewart Rakes GOP over the coals on 9/11

GOP's Michael Steele Dilemma

9 TRILLION Dollars Missing from Federal Reserve,Fed Inspector General Can't Explain

Tax Cuts & Dirty Environment - Seder, Cenk Against Right Winger

Daniel Ellsberg: 'I was subject of White House Hit Squad... Assange in danger'

Sarah Palin Shoots a Charging Bear...

Today I mourn the death of my dear radio KUDO 1080am

In Praise of Treason.

Falling Off the Bandwagon - NYTimes Gail Collins Editorial on the Tax cuts

No Labels New Generation of Propaganda Lite

We Are So Screwed - Let's Not Take It Lying Down

Julian Zelizer, CNN: Bush a success because Obama is keeping a huge number of his policies in place

Japan's era of postwar pacifism may be coming to an end

Why George W. Bush must be smiling

Party revolt growing over Prime Minister Julia Gillard's WikiLeaks stance

The Dumbest Tea Party Signs of 2010

John Boehner Finally Figures Out How to 'Hold Back' Those Tears

Robert Redford, HuffPo: Utah Approves a Mine Next to Bryce Canyon for Coal America Doesn't Need

Is the New York Times trying to make us dumber?

"You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan" Richard Holbrooke's last words?

Kicking the Habit: Air Travel in the Time of Climate Change

Feds investigate Baptist mega-church pastors

GOP's Bachus: Washington and the regulators are there to serve the banks,"

Tax Cut Deal Handling Angers House Democrats

one of the best cartoons of the year on GOP tax stand...

Middle Class Strife Left Out of Conversation

Television in Venezuela: Who Dominates the Media?

Chris Hedges: No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted

Assange's Three-Pronged Strategy, Per His Own Writings

Just found a speech by Paul Wellstone given on a Colombian massacre.

No Mandate to Buy Insurance, But Mandate to Sell You Insurance Still Preserved - A Progressive Win?

Majority Report : Glenn Greenwald Interview Pt.2

Mineral wealth comes at a cost in Inner Mongolia

Peak oil review - Dec 13

Silver lining in dark economic times: Recycling rates soar

Global Climate Change Action: 'Cancun Agreement' A Small Step Forward

GM CEO: Prius is a "geekmobile" that "I wouldn't be caught dead in".

Pickens Plan no longer features wind energy

Path dependency and collective action in common pool governance

Eagle safety fears halt key wind projects

European Nuclear Engineers Form a Consortium.

Population redux

Antarctic Melting as Deep Ocean Heat Rises

November 2010 Atmospheric CO2 Content: 388.59; November 2009 - 385.99; November 2008 - 384.11

Official: Man killed robbery is 'potential suspect' in shooting spree along Ill.-Ind. border

Weekly Road Rage News

Report: Green Bay Online Gun Dealer Sold Inside Store Without Permit

Shot-By-Accident Daily Journal

Judge affirms San Diego County gun permit system

Don's Guns Says It Can't Control What Happens After Sale

Sellers shut down by ATF find other ways

Gun dealers often stay in business with new licenses after ATF shuts them down

Constitutional Carry in Texas

Just found a speech given by Senator Paul Wellstone on a Colombian massacre:

In Paris, Pinochet’s victims seek a kind of justice

Uribe's son faces conflict of interest allegations

Dutch Woman Indicted in U.S. for Kidnapping Americans With Colombia Rebels

Parties to Colombia conflict raped almost 15,000 women in 2001-09 - study

Ex-senator banned from office for paramilitary ties

'Don Berna' again refuses to cooperate with Colombian justice

SUBJECT: MYTH VS. REALITY IN CHILE'S MAPUCHE CONFLICT

Colombia ranks low in international education survey .

Television in Venezuela: Who Dominates the Media?

Former DINA torturer working at Pentagon-linked center

Are there any DUers in Quito? I will be getting there in January and would love to know

Epic Comeback by Houston vs Bmore

Condem, WTF is going on In Iowa City?

Who's streak of consecutive starts is more impressive?

ESPN source: Yankees out of the running for Cliff Lee

Worst Logos in Sports History

Cliff Lee agrees to re-sign with the PHILLIES!

Same-sex Skype marriage unexpectidly (sic) annulled

Cables of Confusion from the Heart of the Vatican

Kathy Najimy: I fell in love with Dan for who he is, not because he happens to have a penis

U.S. To Attempt To Restore United Nations Resolution Against Gay Executions

Well I'm done. From this point forward I'm sticking to GLBT, Latest Breaking News and Pets.

We were set up by gay lobby, claim Christian B&B couple who refused two homosexual men a room

The Best Argument Against Gay Marriage - And Why It Fails

As Mexico drug violence runs rampant, U.S. guns tied to crime south of border

Gaza: Let Charity That Aids Children Reopen Its Doors

Netanyahu hails U.S. retreat on settlement freeze demands

Ahmadinejad accuses Israel of genocide

Hamas reiterates 'all of Palestine' claim

Atheist Ads on Buses Rattle Fort Worth

Do you think any claims are unjustified claims? Any ideas are bad ideas?

Christmas News: Jesus Found In America!

Bill Donohue declares war on Frosty the Snowman

Global Eruption Rocks the Sun

Size does matter: Putting space into perspective

Voyager 1 spacecraft entering 'heliopause,' leaving solar wind behind

Life may have survived 'Snowball Earth' in ocean pockets (BBC)

Giant ice volcano may have been found on Titan

Flowers evolved from male gymnosperm 'cones' with the first being lilies and avacados

Frozen flight

We have 30!

Pumpkin Parade

dogs by fire

3 videos about street photographers.

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