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Archives: March 7, 2011

A Road Map To Republican Plans For Your Sex Life

A Road Map To Republican Plans For Your Sex Life

Mother's boyfriend 'disciplined' 6 year old by making her stand on 1 leg holding heavy cans

Concern over Newsom's plan to work from shared office in private club of campaign contributer

Anyone here have a Pacemaker/ICD implant? I just got one a week ago Friday!

Finally. A white male gets prosecuted for white collar crime.

The Wisconsin 14

The poor don't feel entitled, but the middle class does

This year I am going to watch all of celebrity apprentice.

The Fading Power of Beck’s Alarms

Wisconsin Democrats May Return Soon

FOK News: "Sometimes remembering the lessons of Bugs Bunny can be a very valuable thing indeed."

Proposed Texas Abortion Bill Fuels Immigration Controversy

You gotta see this pic of Michele Bachmann!

You gotta see this pic of Michele Bachmann!

"Today, I Am A Muslim, Too" rally in New York City - pics

Everyday Life in the Third Reich

An editorial from my paper here in WI. "Walker spreads the myth of Tommy":

Why were the Egyptian protesters able to succeed where the Libyan protesters have not?

'Fracking' Disposal Sites Suspended, Likely Linked To Arkansas Earthquakes

Live, Love, Dance, Enjoy (and don't take advantage of others) while we live on this planet

Scott Walker's backers rally in Madison-TeaParty 700?, Workers 80,000+++

White House praises Muslims ahead of House hearing

White House praises Muslims ahead of House hearing

There seem to be lots of new DUers lately. How'dja get here?

Qaddaffi Forms Ed Reform Group

U.S. Wavers on 'Regime Change'

Giving Life After Death Row

Four sisters, four double mastectomies

Free INTERNET ACCESS for Libya: Pass it on

Wow - I never knew that my state (MD) was so full of homophobic Dems!

Wow - I never knew that my state (MD) was so full of homophobic Dems!

I wish the recallers all the best of luck with their efforts against Governor Walker

The 5 Ways Snott Walker Screwed Up

Afghan Leader Rejects Apology for Boys’ Deaths

Cartoon about the State of Texas "In Utero":

Looking for a tea party cartoon I saw here a few weeks ago

There is no damn alternative.

Koch brothers own Wisconsin's Pensions and protestors should root for the Koch brothers?

Anyone keeping track of the money Walker has spent unnecessarily...

Bachman is Bat-shit:" deceptively hidden away more than $105 billion in health care appropriation"..

Ok I am impressed...walker got HUNDREDS of supporters today.

Ok I am impressed...walker got HUNDREDS of supporters today.

I love being treated like a troll

Top Democrat draws line in sand in budget fight

Kind of a corny song but the words have always spoken to me and I think represent

WSJ runs headline "Democrats to End Union Standoff". WI Dem says bs, comments taken out of context.

Is there problems with gchat elsewhere in the world these days?

I'd vote for any of the WI Dems in a primary challenge! (just sayin') nt

Infographic: Tax Breaks vs. Budget Cuts/ You have got to see this

I would like to see a group put the Wisconsin 14 on tour

The US states’ budget crisis: Where should the money come from?

Police arrest 26 in Monroe County dogfighting raid (no football players mentioned....)

McCain: ABC News should have purchased American-made iPads, iPhones (They're manufactured in China).

Could Facebook be Democrats secret weapon and accidental Trojan Horse?

Idaho students walk out over education cuts

Mayor Bloomberg booed during Queens St. Paddy's day parade

ACLU: Human rights violations in Puerto Rico (over education "reform" & attack on public workers)

Former pizza chain CEO mulling presidential run

Fair Game: Free agents

Fair Game: Free agents

The "liberal" New Yorker & its pieces on the Koch brothers

Please help keep the "controversy" over Obama's birthplace alive until 2012/2016.

Repub welfare counties....

Racial Identity Tied to Happiness, Study Finds

Bill would remove statute of limitations in Oregon for sex crimes against minors

DU this poll

Last 12 months of job growth concentrated in lower-wage jobs than those lost

Last 12 months of job growth concentrated in lower-wage jobs than those lost

Clean Fuel Worsens Climate Impacts for Some Vehicle Engines

Fire in (Chicago) Loop High-Rise Prompts Evacuation

This e-mail was sent to me twelve hours ago....

With Drive (and Without a Law Degree), a Texan Fights for Immigrants

After all is said and done...

the story of Ricochet

the story of Ricochet

Global Post: Tunisia's press revels in new freedom

Your newspaper: Cartoonist draws from inkwell of empathy (a must read on Christina Taylor Green)

We are the future!!!!!

Actual taxes paid by profitable Fortune 500 companies now less than half the statutory rate

I hope that networking is taking place

AP: Libyan warplanes strike rebels at oil port

Gates: Military Should Remain Involved in Afghanistan (Beyond 2014)

Gates: Military Should Remain Involved in Afghanistan (Beyond 2014)

Hateful & Clueless (Nate Beeler Cartoon)

My name is CA and I have been Huff free for three weeks

Fed signals abrupt end to bond buying

Man, I bet the principal of this school has some questions to answer....

Military Will Keep Stripping Accused WikiLeaks Leaker Bradley Manning Every Night As Ongoing Policy

I seen this movie before. In the 70s auto mechanics were destroying the economy

I seen this movie before. In the 70s auto mechanics were destroying the economy

I'm curious to see tonight's Undercover Boss episode

Wall St banking fat cats screwed us...

List the "Bomb-Throwers". Politicians hired to divert attention.

Half page add for Milwaukee Police association, What?

Half page add for Milwaukee Police association, What?

Clinton media criticism buoys Al-Jazeera

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 19 (or 21*), Part 2

The Debutante Ball

Promised Mortgage relief, many instead deeper in debt

Michael Moore (How I Got To Madison) "Standing in that Rotunda was like a religious experience"

Jim Hoffa, Pres. of Teamsters Union on Bill Press Show this morning.

Is the war in Afghanistan being driven by electoral politics or security concerns?

Turn of your TV...Are you guys watching this???

Turn of your TV...Are you guys watching this???

17th century witch chronicles put online

Factory Food Follies: Skip the Skippy

Is Nicholas Kristof an ass?

Question: Did Scott Walker go to any of the I Stand w/ Walker Rallies?

Question: Did Scott Walker go to any of the I Stand w/ Walker Rallies?

CBS Sunday Morning had a really sad segment yesterday

The Fading Power of Beck’s Alarms-NYT Heralds BECK's Downfall

The Fading Power of Beck’s Alarms-NYT Heralds BECK's Downfall

Karl Rove, Koch Brothers -- on your TV, in your mailbox

Shuttle Discovery Star Trek song wake up (last one)

Recall effort to oust Jan Brewer (AZ Gov)

Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel on the arts: Dance, gritty theater and a shift towards neighborhoods

Men Without Women (Ominous)

Heartache shared to help others (normally I'd post this in choice Ne law is flawed!)

If we can't frame the debate as democracy vs. plutocracy, what can we frame it as?

Wisconsin Dems demand probe of Walker's conduct on fake Koch call

Wisconsin Dems demand probe of Walker's conduct on fake Koch call

HIGHLY POLARIZED WISCONSINITES SPLIT OVER WALKER PLAN Substantial support expressed for compromise

Talked to a retired Ohio teacher this morning and he is

Jan Brewer Critics Gather Signatures To Force Recall Election

Report: Mubarak's sons received millions of dollars for backing Israeli gas sales

Report: Mubarak's sons received millions of dollars for backing Israeli gas sales

Haven't seen anything posted re joke between Gates and Petrayus re Gates larger airplane and Lybia.

Black Caucus Stands In Solidarity With WI Workers (hooray!!)

22 dogs in shelter taken across street, shot, buried in landfill

Snow?

Momentum builds for austerity budget in California

Just Another Bait & Switch In The Land Of Plenty....Of Them

Pro-Walker bus tour ends in rally in Madison

Cupcake Rage

AOL Tim Armstrong: After HuffPo deal closes 'no way around' layoffs

in the US (Wisc.) its pizza. in Libya its cappuccino and dates

How much income have you given up to the top 1%?

Freeper-slash-Drama Queen: "Obama’s vision of America is like demons banging on the gates of hell"

Freeper-slash-Drama Queen: "Obama’s vision of America is like demons banging on the gates of hell"

There is no way I could sit and talk with Gov. Walker.

Monday Toons, part 4- the rest

Libya Plane Hits Town, Over One Million Need Aid

Wis. Dem Leader To Walker: Let's Meet At The State Line

Wis. Dem Leader To Walker: Let's Meet At The State Line

"We sleep with the guns"

We're all gonna die, so let's get drunk and party:

Libya for Libyans

CH3000: Democrats: WSJ Report Out Of Context

Rising Gas Prices Hit Home

A CEO, a tea party member, and a union worker are all sitting at a table when ...

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 19 (or 21*), Part 3

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 19 (or 21*), Part 4

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 19 (or 21*), Part 4

Some will rob you with a six-gun; And some with a boarding pass.

Number of healthcare reform law waivers climbs above 1,000

We need "I Stand With Wisconsin Unions" yardsigns

Monday Toons part 1- Newt

A Letter to Scott Walker from a Wisconsin Teacher

Food May Eclipse Oil As Spending Threat

Monday Toons, part 3- Republicans

Rally in Tally For Florida's Workers - Tue, Mar 08, 2011

Rally in Tally For Florida's Workers - Tue, Mar 08, 2011

Coalition for an Ethical Psychology Speaks Out

I just donated to Planned Parenthood

I was thinking... What if the Westboro Baptist Bastards were Muslim

ThinkProgress: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Scott Brown Begs David Koch For Money

Manning in the Making

I gagged a bit on the saying of The Pledge this weekend. It was odd.

I gagged a bit on the saying of The Pledge this weekend. It was odd.

Reversal of (Walker's) fortune in Wisconsin - Wisc Poll

Wall St. Journal, CNN LIE (as usual) --- WI 14 STAYING PUT -- NOT -- Coming Back -- Spread The Word

Tom Coburn: Government employees are a drag on the economy

Gov. Scott Walker Has Lost The War

Wisconsin Dems demand probe of Walker's conduct on fake Koch call

more on our empire killing children in Afghanistan

more on our empire killing children in Afghanistan

Palin's parents say they fear for her safety - We sleep with our guns

Huh, I just realized that I've passed 15,000 posts.

Huh, I just realized that I've passed 15,000 posts.

Huh, I just realized that I've passed 15,000 posts.

Obama Considering Tapping into oil Reserve

Michael Moore: America Is NOT Broke ...the Madison speech

Fox Uses Wildly Inflated Cleanup Estimate To Bash Wisconsin Protesters

Fox Uses Wildly Inflated Cleanup Estimate To Bash Wisconsin Protesters

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 19 (or 21*), Part 5

Well. Here I am. Literally snowed in. As in can't open either door

Well. Here I am. Literally snowed in. As in can't open either door

Why Obama will be tough to beat

Quick Facts: Who backs Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's campaign against unions?

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 19 (or 21*), Part 1

Citizen Huffington

Broken Unions, Broken Nation, and the Lie that Keeps us Broke

In Colorado, some famous faces, names get ag-land tax breaks, too

Wisconsin Dems demand probe of Walker's conduct on fake Koch call

Government posts biggest monthly deficit ever

Health Care Law "Waivers"

Dear Pres. Obama, Wisconsin is not Egypt.

Here is the NYT piece on Beck

Congressional leaders push Obama administration for more aggressive Libya response

Within every crisis, there resides an opportunity.

Cell phone radiation decreases sperm quality: study

Are farm subsidies a good or bad thing from a progressive point of view?

CH3000: Walker's DOA-- (WI) State Capitol Campers Not Allowed

Financial dismantling of the American middle class in 8 charts

Jesus Hats Socialised Medasin from Derf

Campaign of Fear starts this week. Do you remember that

Sirota -- State Crises Mean New Language of Deceit

New York Times: Fox Officials "Contemplating Life Without" Beck

Waxman Angrily Assails G.O.P. ‘Science Deniers’

Supreme Court rules in favor of prisoners in DNA case

Test scores too good to be true?

How would you like to have a pack of enraged prosecutors nipping at your heels?

New GOP meme. When asked "why don't you inform your supporters Obama was born in Hawaii?" gop/teabag

Maybe I am just slow, but this toon just made me realize something...

GRAMA getting run over by fear of transparency

WITHHELD NYPD 9-11 VIDEO shot from helicopter released by secret sharing site.

So who is going to primary Obama? Shouldn't they be getting their ducks in a row by now?

Teachers are Unwashed. Better to Pal Around with Bushes.

Can't something be done with Wall Street commodity traders?

A good current events geography exercise.

Tea Party stiffs waitstaff, told never to return to Neptune Diner

There are SO many DUers I need to thank!

How does Matt Damon admire Bill CLinton, but is upset with President Obama?

The Tea Party and American Foreign Policy: What Populism Means for Globalism

The Oil Booby Trap

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 19 (or 21*), Part 6

Reality Optional Nation (Kunstler)

Reality Optional Nation (Kunstler)

Move On.org Top 10 worst things about GOP Budget

The Tie Bar is looking for a designer. Any designers looking for a job?

Fox News Spends 32 Seconds On Voter Fraud -- By Republican

DRUDGE REPORT' NYT:Foxnews/BECK Breakup..Developing

ProPublica: FAA Moves to Limit Blockout System Hiding Private Jet Flights

Our Budget and Finances are Exactly Where Republicans Wanted Them To Be

What Opus Dei member Scalia will support re higher ed?

If It Sounds Too Good ... What You Need to Know, but Don't, About Privatizing Infrastructure

"Walker makes a good enemy," Larson noted.

"Walker makes a good enemy," Larson noted.

The Case for WL: 100 Leaks in 100 Tweets

Hacked e-mails show Web's usefulness in dirty-tricks campaigns

DoD Stonewalls Dennis Kucinich's Attempt To See Bradley Manning. Why?

DoD Stonewalls Dennis Kucinich's Attempt To See Bradley Manning. Why?

Okay, so get this ......

Another anti-gay official comes out of the closet.

Court rules for inmate who wants DNA testing (SCOTUS, 6-3)

What does Obama have to do that is more important than standing up for labor?

Peter King's Muslim Problem

I just heard that drug and alcohol treatment programs had their funding

WI Dems: "We won't come back until worker's rights are preserved."

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 19 (or 21*), Part 7

Email From Make Wall Street Pay

A Water Message

Walker won't release those "e-mails of support" he bragged about...

Wisconsin gov. calls Dems request to meet 'ridiculous'

How to Respond to the Claim, "We Can't Afford Social Security"

The Corporate Colonization of Our Democracy

Limbaugh’s parent company still using actors to fake radio call-ins

Teachers, firefighters, police, state employees, students...now farmers with tractors. How about...

Say bye-bye to home ownership

New Poll: Walker approval rating down to 43% in WI (support collapses among indies)

Martin Bashir's 5min rant: Peter King’s hearings won’t make the country safer - video

GOP Has A WalkerLoo Problem

Seems that Walker, DOA want to be in contempt of court now for not opening building.

Corporate 'Education Reform': A Moment of National Insanity

I hope this is real:

I hope this is real:

Searchable database for WI political contributions (Including the SC Race)

Best Hip-Hop Video About Wisconsin Since...Ever

the games they play...

If A Corporation Can Be A Person, Then Why Not A Union?

On the backs of the middle class and poor...

Check it out: the new GOP internet search engine is finally here!

Check it out: the new GOP internet search engine is finally here!

Educator: Obama's odd embrace of Jeb Bush, Obama's nightmarish education policies

One simple question. What is our objective in Afghanistan?

Fox Attacks Obama Administration For Suggesting That

Wisconsin Koch-Puppet Scott Walker Loves Him Some Private Prisons

Children in poverty in U.S. soon to hit 25% - 60 Minutes report tonight.

The Marcellus Boom: Lessons from Texas!

Hedges -- This Time We’re Taking the Whole Planet With Us

New "Where's Walker" group on Facebook

Tweety and the Fuckabee lies on Obama

How Bush, Blair and Berlusconi allied with Gaddafi

Her baby wasn't expected to live, but Nebraska law banned abortion

Advise the Advisor: Melody Barnes and Education

Good Goddess, How Does Ayn Rand's Legacy Continue to Live On?

We Can (And Must) Make Wall Street Pay

Antarctic penguin colony vanishes, warming to blame?

The future of the middle class (toon)

Wisconsin is TOO BIG TO FAIL! Obama needs to get down there and crush Walker. nt

What should the US/Obama do about Libya?

Kuttner: When public opinion is on your side it is a moment to lead, not to prematurely compromise.

Free Speech TV. I'm always late to the party but

Reagan quote:

Do you want to know where is Obama now?

Breaking - Ensign won't run

Breaking - Ensign won't run

No Crime, but an Arrest and Two Strip-Searches

52% Want Troops Home from Afghanistan Within a Year (31% Immediately)

NASA scientist finds evidence of alien life

Gaddafi Resigning? Libya's Leader Offers Meeting That Could Lead To Resignation: Report

Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., sued for alleged sexual harassment

Illinois' prepaid tuition plan struggles as college costs soar

Bernie Sanders is on Cenk now

I was having a good day until someone said their religious rights take precedence...

Clubland fumes at coppers' ploppers

Stricter FDA rules leave hospitals scrambling

Stricter FDA rules leave hospitals scrambling

Greeter Charged With Robbery of Own Walmart

The Phony Budget Crisis: Forget Austerity, Tax the Rich

no fly zones - u.s.a.

Meanwhile,...

Meanwhile,...

Film about Camp Lejeune's toxic water to debut at N.Y. festival

Teabagger Michele Bachmann is pushing a massive $700 million bridge over a Wild & Scenic river

So what's happening in Wisconsin right now?

Florida Republicans want to make it a felony to take a photo of a farm.

Are U.S. Appellate Courts Trying To COVER UP BUSH-ERA CRIMES?

WikiLeaks Analysis Suggests Hundreds of Thousands of Unrecorded Iraqi Deaths

Branstad (IA) won't take collective bargaining rights away but he will let the legislature gut them.

Kilauea volcano crater collapses in Hawaii

You think that food prices are bad now, wait a few years, they could get much worse.

GOPer can't define, but wants to ban, sharia law

Wisconsin AFL-CIO Hits Walker On Negotiations -- And Phone Calls

Bradley Manning, American Schadenfreud, Libyan "Rebels," and the PONY

Slate throws Newt's wife a pity-party.

Question: Shutting down computer long term.

Rep. Waxman: GOP the 'party of science deniers'

National People’s Action Takes over BofA Branch in DC: UPDATED

some illegal immigrants leaving the United States are being arrested

Faux may not renew Glenn Beck's contract in Dec

Robert Creamer: Three Fatal Republican Mistakes That Could Spell Their Defeat Next November

Fitzgerald of WI: On vacation from reality

The Second World War was paid for by the Tooth Fairy

Does the truth matter to you?

Big Bank Tax Dodges Bankrupt States: Report Finds

President Obama shares the stage with Jeb Bush in Miami - a teacher responds

Star Trek actor William Shatner provided a special message to the crew of Discover - Check it out:

Obama says U.S., allies considering possible military responses in Libya

Why has there not been a general strike

Loughner's lawyer wants trial in 2013

I have a proposal to save money on Veteran's benefits, and I'm active duty

Brit Government redfaced after capture of its spies in Libya.

Palin stalker nabbed by FBI story is FALSE

83 Year Old Greeter charged with armed robbery of own Walmart

Harvard study on NYC ed merit pay: "If anything student achievement declined."

Barbie megastore bombs in China

Auburn Hills, MI latest site for attacks on Planned Parenthood, women's reproductive rights

Rush Limbaugh Denies Paying Actors To Pose As Callers -- *BUSTED* follow-up

Libya may well be a problem for us, but it is most definitely not *our* problem.

The US states’ budget crisis: Where should the money come from?

The US states’ budget crisis: Where should the money come from?

So who's your candidate in the upcoming repuke primaries?

It's not as Easy without the bulb

Obama says he's met the GOP halfway on the budget and he's prepared to move further to the right

"Democrats are compromising between a Republican economic model and an even worse Republican model"

Senator Ensign announces he will not run again

I am still unable to get to DU from my workplace, except through proxy.

28 House Members — And Counting — Oppose King’s Radicalization Hearings

Snappy Answers from FOK NEWS

Robert Kuttner: Winning the Present (Dems must stand for more than "making nice" & bipartisanship)

Sony Can Collect IP Addresses of PS3 Hacker's Site Visitors

Joan Walsh, Salon: What comes after Wisconsin?

The day we start actually winning disputes like in Wisconsin is when we FUCK with their money.

NO BLOOD FOR OIL - for fuck's sake, here we go again...

This union could end the WI and Ohio battles in 24 hours

U.S. Failing Successfully in Afghanistan

U.S. Failing Successfully in Afghanistan

I just got a call from the DNC wanting a donation for Obama.

Krugman: The answer to more American jobs is UNIONS

Limbaugh/Hannity Parent Company Admits Hiring Actors to Call Radio Shows

Monday Toons, part 2- Unions

The Progressive: Scott Walker Believes He’s Following Orders from the Lord

Hey, All of You DUers that Support Unions... I'm Calling YOU Out

Who is This Lying Bint on NPR?!?

Anybody who believes a "no-fly zone" is all it would take, I have some Bernie Madoff stocks to sell

Does the Democratic Party care?

Joe the Plumber at WI Rally to support Walker

Subway Passes McDonald's

It has become de rigeur to blame the voters for Walker. Well,

Beware the Invisible Hand of Privatization

Definitive (close to) proof of extraterrestrial life in meteorites.

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 19 (or 21*), Part 8

Libyan Revolution Tweets, Day 19 (or 21*), Part 9

Palin: Kathy Griffin's a 'bully'

No, thanks. Again.

Real federal income tax revenues down 1/3 from the Clinton era

Fred Phelps' brat was on Fox...

Daley siphoned millions of dollars from fund for blighted neighborhoods to give to giant corps

Dolphins Help Save Dog from Drowning

US And Israel Were Behind Stuxnet Claims Researcher

Look at this and tell me it's not rich vs poor.

Qaddafi Warns France: If I Go Down, You Will Be Flooded With "Millions Of Blacks"

FL's Allen West to inspect Guantánamo next week.

FL's Allen West to inspect Guantánamo next week.

WI Dem Leader Miller: Democrats 'Remain United'

How much do WI citizens pay toward public pensions? ZERO DOLLARS

I'm Frightened - Truly Frightened - I Just Listened To RW Hate Radio For 22 Minutes....

Republicans propose welfare reform as Illinois budget fix

A RESOULTION BOYCOTTING BUSINESS WITH THE STATE OF WI UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT SB5JR1 IS RESCINDED

Let me get something straight, MSNBC, CNN, et al...

Today is Greg Mitchell's 100th day of blogging Wikileaks

Just met some German tourists. Please, please make foreign visitors feel welcome.

This attack Libya spin is fucking crazy

95% want GE labeling, and yet...

to his "W" face: “HISTORY WILL RECORD YOU AS A WAR CRIMINAL!! HISTORY WILL RECORD YOU AS A WAR CRIMI

Under Obama, Better to Commit a War Crime Than Expose One

Folk legend Pete Seeger flexes protest muscle at age 91

Some Doctors Refuse to Treat Unvaccinated Children

Jim Hightower: All we export is our future (We can have a plutocracy, or a democracy. But not both.)

What Is Conservatism and What Is Wrong with It?

Our little town of 40,000 had a tea bagger rally this weekend. I think it is in response

"We are all members of the tea party" really interesting article

Obama might as well be in Crawford -- where is he?

Palin or Bachmann?

Notice to All Banker Types from a Teacher

I think that Charlie Sheen is the Generation X version of Hunter S. Thompson.

NYT: White House Says Tribunals Can Resume at Guantánamo

NYT: White House Says Tribunals Can Resume at Guantánamo

Chamber of Commerce knew this was coming.

A Florida teacher tells Obama he disappointed her

A Florida teacher tells Obama he disappointed her

Hilda Solis speaks up for union rights. Let's thank her.

In 2002, 60% of US business revenues went to less than 1/2 of 1% of firms.

Protesters shut down local BofA branch and flood McConnell and Boehner's offices

Tom Cruise Pays $400 Taxes on 248 Acres

The Rude Pundit: A Note to Rich People: You Should Probably Be Thinking Ahead Right About Now

One out of every four **American** children in poverty. Is this acceptable to ANYONE?

Michael Moore: How I Got to Madison, Wisconsin ...a letter from Michael Moore

Question. If you couldn't close Gitmo would you...

Hey, Fuckabee, I laid myself off today. Wanta know why?

Flash Poll

********Thom Hartmann Appreciation Thread**********

Coffee is Life

At grocery store today there was a real booming

The Health Care bill was not .....

Ken Feinberg tells foreign journalists he can't pay 80% of the remaining Gulf claims..100,000 claims

Researchers make link between carbs and Type 2 diabetes

What We Should All Learn From The 2000 Elections and Al Gore's Loss

We got mad at Bush for letting gas prices jump. What do we do now?

I have a simple way to balance the budget... and NO ONE will mention it...

Why isn't Obama preventing our destruction?

Flight attendant stuffs baby in overhead bin

Why is everyone just passively accepting a degrading society?

Why can't I find a single person to do a FullTime tech job in Boston?

The Lesser of Two Evils?

Let's face it, Obama is the most progressive candidate that can actually win in 2012.

Oh Shit, Obama's New Executive Order-YES TO INDEFINITE DETENTION!

Man puts woman in coma with punch over a parking spot

How to get gas down to $2 a gallon

John Kerry reacts to Bradley Manning's prison conditions

DU activists, please help us win the BUDGET CUTS BATTLE! Call or email today!

Ivory Coast Rebels Claim to Expand Advance

HIGHLY POLARIZED WISCONSINITES SPLIT OVER WALKER PLAN Substantial support expressed for compromise

U.S. Wavers on 'Regime Change'

"We are all members of the tea party" really interesting article

Satellite Sentinel Project Confirms Deliberate Burning of Third Village in Abyei Region

Chinese forces crackdown on foreign journalists: report

Libya: UN appoints envoy and agrees humanitarian visit

FBI agent to testify on Cuban Militant's trial

U.S. Navy frees ship from suspected Indian Ocean pirates

NASA scientist finds evidence of alien life

Muslims, supporters protest Congressional hearing

America's secret plan to arm Libya's rebels

Libyan sources: Gaddafi to resort to the Interim National Council to secure his release

Fears About Oil in Mideast and Libya Pay Off Nicely for Russia

Mexico queries US gun smuggling operation

French government comes under cyber attack

Obama Bolsters Relief Effort at Libyan Border

Pirates raid Japanese trawler off Peru

Protest Organizers Ordered to Shut Offices in Iraq

Utah Approves Guest Worker Program for Illegal Immigrants

Wisconsin 14 Request Meeting with Walker and Fitzgerald. In Writing ("meet with us near the border")

Japan Suspends Use Of Some Pfizer, Sanofi Vaccines

Rally hits Congress’s focus on Muslims, terror

Wisconsin Democrats May Return Soon

Fierce fighting rages in Libya

Skippy peanut butter recalled due to salmonella

RUSSIA EMPHASISES OPPOSITION TO LIBYA INTERVENTION

U.K., France draft resolution to impose 'no-fly zone' over Libya

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Monday, March 7, 2011

Sarah Palin gun stalker collared by FBI

Budget protesters besiege Perry's office Disability rights group members are cited for criminal tres

Khatib appointed UN envoy to Libya

Gay legislators having impact in marriage debates

AP source: Obama to restart Guantanamo trials

Pork producers call for new GIPSA rule

Court Won't Hear Appeal on 'Spygate' Lawsuit

Afghanistan lets Blackwater stay despite shakeup of security contractors

Defense Secretary Gates lands in Afghanistan

Bill Daley, White House Chief Of Staff, Pressed About Lack Of Jail Time For Wall Street Culprits

(Jerry) Brown says he does not have GOP votes for budget

Tougher US visa norms hurting Indian IT firms

Android Bug Would Have Allowed Phone Infections From A Computer Click

Gas up 33 cents — second biggest two-week jump ever

White House: Premature to arm Libyan rebels

Church members protest Planned Parenthood funding at Boehner’s local office

Anonymous Hackers Target Alleged WikiLeaker Bradley Mannings’ Jailers

Feds: Tug mate preoccupied when duck-boat went down(on cell with family emergency)

Arab League backs Libya no-fly zone: France

Gulf states call on UN to protect Libyans

Supreme Court rejects appeal from 'birther' advocate

Ensign will not run for re-election

Ex-pizza chain CEO mulls presidential run

NATO starts 24/7 surveillance of Libya

Saudi ‘Day of Rage’ Lures $200 Oil Call Options

In states, parties clash over voting laws that call for IDs, limits on where college students can ca

China says Dalai Lama has to reincarnate

Gates: US may extend Afghan mission

Walker calls Democrat’s offer to negotiate ‘ridiculous’

Senate Dems Consider Health Care Fix That Could Hit Poor Consumers Hardest

Special US prison units fill with Muslims

Wisconsin Dems demand probe of Walker's conduct on fake Koch call (Complaint to be filed today)

Libya Rebels Reject Potential Gaddafi Offer To Step Down, Al Jazeera Reports

Arizona shootings: Loughner's lawyer wants trial in 2013

UPDATED: No record of FBI nabbing Palin stalker

Berlusconi has 4-hour jaw and dental surgery

Watching the movie unforgiven.

Knock-knock!!!!!

MiddleFingerMom gets defensive when teased about how easily he falls in love -- "But.. but.. but..."

Shiny and New

Nightmare for Brits trapped by debt in Bahrain

I Need You

I Wish It Would Rain

Somehow, I just don't think they'd taste NEAR as good.

Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin'

Just Ain't Gonna Work Out

Green Eyed Love

To Ulrike M.

Love Theme From Spartacus

I usually make small hamburgers for dinner Sunday nights. I usually eat two of them.

I had a nice quiet weekend at the farm, the weather was great.

Pull up the Bumper

Let's hear it, once and for all.

Daydream In Blue

MARDI GRAS Parade Cam

Quite likely THE most important web site in existence.

Question: Should I Include Recent Temp Work on a Resume?

Explaining Colonel Potter to children, specifically the later episodes .

Eastern Market

Obama considering military action against Libya

Charlie Sheen Fired From 'Two and a Half Men'

I've lost my bracelet.

Is our resident veterinary tech around?

Gestational swan song:

Newsmax...

I never see the people on my ignore list in the Lounge.

Honest... they're both there for the same reason. You know... ... ... the wings.

I watched Food Inc last night

Rectus abdominis!

what is the precursor to a flash drive?

Band of Horses - The Funeral

VIDEO: Wolverine's REALLY let himself go...

mistake, deleted

I had no idea that such a thing existed (Star Wars)

Separated at Birth: Arizona Governor Jan Brewer AND

I'm thinking of getting a laptop. Can you watch movies on them without

My teeth hurt just looking at this

Favorite old adult tragedy? (no poll)

The good news is that Charlie Sheen never has to look at whatshiscock again

Thieves break-in to New Zealand prison - steal plasma TV- still on the run

MiddleFingerMom had his 1st menage a trois yesterday... but he's not sure if he was doing it right.

I left home this morning knowing I'd not be back for at least 28 days...

When I look at the list of my posts in 'My DU'

Sheen or that Libyan guy - Who said it?

Mr NoJangles NEVER missed an opportunity to run a guilt trip on us for what we had done to him.

Yet ANOTHER chick with incredible cleavage:

STOP IT!!! STOP IT!!! STOP IT!!! STOP IT!!! JUST FUCKING STOP IT!!!!!!

AP Sources: Pres. Obama to Allow New Military Terror Trials at Guantanamo

I think they typo'd the name for the movie "Winter's Bone"

John Henry laid off...permanantly.

Kali's family conducted an intervention over the weekend to get her to seek help for her addiction.

Well... ... ... ... ... ... Hello, Sailor!!!

KAWAII! Photos of CATS eating SUSHI. It's Monday morning CUTENESS OVERLOAD!

I changed jobs last summer to work for a wonderful person

Ravel's "Ondine"

Ladies, I want your dating advice!

A question about 4:20

Boston

Forgive my whinging (Whinge Alert)

Chronic pain sucks !!!!!

How weak is this?

As infomercials go, the ones for Time-Life music collections are the most entertaining

How many guitars in a band are too many?

Who is the most dangerous zombie hunter?

MBTI personality types and writing.

How many people do you think can recite the charm of making...

I became addicted

Charlie Sheen fired from Two and Half Men.

There is a concept on the spiritual.

The US Protests - News Analysis

Big Tobacco Lies Killed By Justice Dept

Coburn Against Gingrich For President In 2012

Sarah Palin And Her MIrror Mirror on the Wall!

Geithner ADMITS In Testimony ' TAXPAYER Exposed To LOSSES ' Of Financial Crisis

TYT: 'Moderate Dems' BS & Ron Paul 0% Income Tax Rate

Anti Americans for Prosperity Rally Hudson Sat March 5th 2011

March 5th 2011, Inside the Koch's American for Prosperity stop at Hudson, WI: GOP Sheila Harsdorf

WI Rep. Nick Milroy Who Was Wrestled To The Ground By Police Trying To Enter His Office

Dropkick Murphys - Take 'Em Down

Military-Industrial Complex from Eisenhower to Obama

Exclusive - Muammar Gaddafi speaks to FRANCE 24 (length 27 min)

S02E06 - H.J. Res. 44

Who backs Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's campaign against unions?

TYT: Anti-Gay Shirt Allowed In School

American Workers Vs Multi-Billionaires

'Wisconsin bill aimed to bust Democrats'

Steve Leser on RT's Crosstalk on Wisconsin Protests - Democracy Rising and US Economy

March 6, 2011-Anti-Walker protesters at Pro-Walker Koch Brothers rally at Alliant Center

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker – Serial Union Buster

SNL: Ghadaffy and Charlie Sheen

The Other Story: Home Made Uprising in Madison Wisconsin

MSNBC Cenk Attack: Just Raise Taxes!

Thom Hartmann: It all boils down to

Thom Hartmann: Conversations with Great Minds - US Rep. Dennis Kucinich. Part 1

Thom Hartmann: Conversations with Great Minds - US Rep. Dennis Kucinich. Part 2

March 5, 2011: Joe the Plumber at Hudson WI Americans for Prosperity Stop

RETHUGLICAN Rep. Gohmert Vigorously DEFENDS Corporate TAX DODGERS

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker And His Drill Sergeant Therapist!

E. J. Dionne: The GOP’s Ingenious Madman Strategy

White House defends Muslims against Pete King's circus show

ABC...Anybody But Conservatives...CCC Chronic Cynics and Critics

Here's how to provide relief for millions of Americans.

A record number of children in the United States are descending into poverty

As bad as a government shutdown would be, heading much further toward GOP would be worse (NYT)

The absent Democratic 14 want to talk to Walker. Do you think he'll accept

Zombie Obama

UPDATE: Ensign to Announce Retirement

NYPD Helicopter video of 9/11 attack surfaces

Why does our side always have to apologize when saying something against the rethugs

Supreme Court rejects appeal from 'birther' advocate

White House Masters Unwelcome Praise

WI POLL: Stick a fork in Walker. 65% say "compromise", 33% say "stay strong"

White House.: “We have now ... met the Republicans more than halfway" on budget.

Time's Joe Klein: Romneycareless

Donald Trump's racism against blacks has gone unnoticed over the years

Oh dear heavens, neo cons are talking about helping re-build Libya

Video - Media darling Scott Brown asking David Koch for money

Sarah Palin: Kathy Griffin come up hear to Alaska and pick on me leave my kids alone

It is sickening how Obama hasn't used Oil prices and Mid East unrest to push alt. energy

"'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal training in full swing"

Gingrich, Pawlenty, Santorum to speak at Iowa presidential forum

Why doesn't Rep. King hold a hearing on radical Christianity?

PIC: FDR v. Obama on dealing oligarchs

Why Can't We Use Our OWN DOMESTIC NATURAL GAS and UNIONIZE GAS WORKERS?

High court turns aside another lawsuit questioning Obama citizenship

Walker attacks Dems, succeeds in making them more resolved to hold out

The Fading Power of Beck’s Alarms - FauxNews may dump him at end of year, due to declining ratings.

Kerry on Face The Nation

6 million jobs recovered by the 2012 Election.

Are the rethugs going to DEMAND this guy show his birth certificate

More on the recovery.

Possible presidential candidate Donald Trump's stance on same-sex marriage offends gay activist

Krugman: Turning a Blind Eye to the Obvious

Mike Huckabee's Bad Week

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Brown Begs David Koch For Money

Republicans trying to limit student voting because they are 'foolish.' (liberal, tend Democratic)

Papantonio: More Progressive Voices Needed to Counter Right Wing Talk

Alder Stone Fuller: Why large-scale climate change (probably) cannot be stopped

Peak oil review - March 7

Drumbeat from the weekend and today...

28,800 Toys at Sea

Manila says gas testing stopped after China boat incident

Hit Piece on Innovative NYC Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan Shows She Gets Under Pols' Skin

Drought and high fuel prices driving inflation in East Africa

Climate change ‘will wreak havoc on Britain’s coastline by 2050’

In New Food Culture, a Young Generation of Farmers Emerges

Under Current Acidification Trend, Oz Sea Urchins, Abalones Will Be Unable To Form Shells

Arch Coal Fined $4 Million For CWA Violations In 3 States At 4 Facilities

Peru's Gov. Knew That 70-90% Of Mahogany Exports Were Illegal, Per Wikileaks Cables

Northernmost Emperor Penguin Colony Gone, Though Scientists Cautious On Causes

Americans riding a bicycle to work up 44% since 2000

Some Details On GOP "Plan" For Federal Environmental Programs & Agencies

Overuse Of Pesticides In Asia Producing Resistant "Pest Storms" In Key Rice Regions

China Prime Minister: “We must not any longer sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid growth

Drunk but serious question: why can't we run things on french fry grease?

Small-scale US nuclear reactor blamed for spiking cancer rates

Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change: Part Two

The Bait-and-Switch on Fleecing Taxpayers

Julian Assange: At the Forefront of 21st Century Journalism

High Fascism

Chris Hedges: This Time We’re Taking the Whole Planet With Us

Fly me a Tuareg on time by Pepe Escobar

Reality Optional Nation (James Howard Kunstler)

WP: The values of Professor Liu

MERS? It May Have Swallowed Your Loan

The Week's Best Late-Night Jokes

Degrees and Dollars (Krugman)

"You're Going to Hell"

Recall drives could make history

Rail haters should take a hint from Warren Buffett

Michael Moore Joins Labor Protests

Wisconsin 14: Don't Meet with Walker!

David Hicks: Torture ‘an everyday experience’

This US bill will hurt the world's poorest women

Conservative "Sleeper Agents" in Hollywood? The Right-Wing's New War for Culture

The Cynical Psychology of Capitalism

The Paradoxes at the Heart of the Progressive Project by Charles Hugh Smith

Homeless children 25% - so many school buses now stop at cheap motels

Madison a Foretaste of Things to Come: the Next Big Occupation Could be Boomers Taking Over the Capi

Assange extradition fears are real.

Scott Walker Believes He’s Following Orders from the Lord

The government of Mexico has formally asked the United States for details of the ATF operation “Fast

Florida proposal to allow guns on college campuses draws opposition locally POLL

Arizona's quest to change the caliber of a college education

More Than 60,000 Ohio Concealed Carry Licenses Issued in 2010

Police: Boy, 12, shoots 9-year-old boy’s father during fight

Shooting at Kennewick home was self defense

" NRA demands Congressional investigation into alleged ATF Corruption and Malfeasance "

NC: Bills would allow guns in parks, restaurants, and employer parking lots.

2nd Amendment(and Open Carry) Supporters Rally in Magic City Alabama

Texas college students at center of gun legislation debate

FBI agent to testify on Cuban Militant's trial

Pirates raid Japanese trawler off Peru

Magnitude-6.2 earthquake shakes northern Chile

Toledo leads in Peruvian presidential election opinion polls

The end of the 'Washington consensus'

Recordings prove Mario Uribe's interference in former government

Prosecutor general to investigate 'false' AUC demobilization

Women at the Forefront of Grassroots Organising in El Salvador

January Reports Indicate Dismal Times Ahead for Colombia's 7,500 Political Prisoners

Ernesto Che Guevara In Ireland -1964

Possible presidential candidate Donald Trump's stance on same-sex marriage offends gay activist

Mark Cuban, Charlie Sheen in talks about television programming!!!!

Wrote about queer anti-assimilation: Would like input.

Notre Dame is a bully.

NBA owner describes "real fans"

Supreme Court won't hear 'Spygate'

Braylon Edwards fights DUI charge; faces possible probation violation

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Heat players cry like babies after loss...

Celtics handle the Bucks - You zealous dooshballs

Palestinians, settlers clash near Nablus, 11 hurt

Porn king Michael Lucas takes gays to Israel to celebrate their "birthright"

Cabinet: All West Bank outposts on private Palestinian land to go by year's end

I don't understand how God can "sacrifice" anything if he is all powerful

"A Reasonable Argument for God's Existence" or maybe not.

Why Is Israel Aid Exempt?

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