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Archives: July 10, 2011

Man 'tried to set petrol station on fire' because there were no sausage rolls

News of the Word Editor tries to defend their position

Deficit Talks Scaled Back Over Tax Increases

The Republican Plan Nears Fruition

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Afghan Bodyguard Kills Two From NATO Coalition

Recovery in Joplin marred by incivility

Mother Jones: Scary Maps of the New Climate Normal

Hoover Was No Budget-Cutter

7.0 QUAKE JAPAN BREAKING

7.0 QUAKE JAPAN BREAKING

7.1 earthquake strikes Japan; tsunami advisories issued

Why I am frustrated and will vote for Obama

Web training may suffice for Wisconsin concealed-carry gun law

Phone-hacking scandal: is this the tipping point for Murdoch's empire?

Hypothetical Eisenhower vs. Obama election 2012

Hypothetical Eisenhower vs. Obama election 2012

Sarah Palin...calls Obama "sugar daddy" on face book post..

BreakingNews! Breaking News! From Twitter!!!!

Mr. President, please consider these words-as you continue your discussions on the debt ceiling

Democrats and the Social Security Messaging Fail

Maliki, Senior US Delegation (With Names) Mull US Troops Presence in Iraq After 2011

WI Darling recall direct mail pieces

The Boehner goes smaller

Where would we be if we hadn't lost the House?

Disregard

Mad at Obama

republicans will own a default. lock. stock. barrel.

Meet an extraordinary woman: Taking Fight Back to Wichita, Doctor Seeks Abortion Clinic

News just in: Crybaby Johnny B. rejects the President's bargain offer

Sunday Talk Shows, July 10

So... Is The Sunday Night Meeting At The WH Off ??? - Or...

So... Is The Sunday Night Meeting At The WH Off ??? - Or...

Four ways republicans lose politically

Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943

The time has come for us to begin actively recruiting

Naive question on the current Debt Ceiling impasse.

How The U.S. Will Likely (Unjustifiably) Extradite Julian Assange - (1 Day To Hearing)

The 'Nuclear Option' Now BACK on the table Mr. President

Ubiquitous ‘tiny belly’ online ad part of scheme, government says

What's the best place to put a dildo?

Memo to GOP: Don't Send Boehner In Alone Again

Cuba academic: Party expulsion order overturned

Watch IOUSA if you gt a chance. It's on Netflix instant videos, and

Disaster-stricken prefectures lose 30,000 people (JAPAN)

Survey: 50 percent of coastal towns have no tsunami evacuation plan (JAPAN)

Beef from Fukushima found with high levels of radioactive cesium (JAPAN)

The problem I have with the 11D Chess scenario is..

Boy, there's a disconnect here...

Google to use street view tech to record disaster areas (JAPAN)

A new wrinkle in cyber-schooling/church schooling

From FB tonight - this is what we are dealing with....Jeebus.

Senator Chuck Schumer's tweets from his verified Twitter account regarding debt ceiling negotiations

Let the cognitive dissonance run wild

Good information on reverse mortgages

toon

Project Censored: Global Plans to Replace the Dollar

Quiz: What was one of the greatest and most rapid overturns of private property in US history? ?

DNA error could re-open past cases: District Attorney "mortified" that wrong person was convicted

DNA error could re-open past cases: District Attorney "mortified" that wrong person was convicted

Rupert Murdoch, Paper Tiger

The "grand bargain" thing appears to have blown a tire.

Panetta Slips Up on Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan (US to Keep 70,000 Until End of 2014)

Ohio shop's gorilla mascot attacked by banana

doesn't he ever frickin' learn?

Supply Side Policy Proposals

Who's watching BBC International now

Texas woman loses Iraq rape case against KBR

republicans are more interested in protecting their warlords than reducing deficit

Negotiations breakdown - Bottom line.

BofA forecloses on CoC.

How healthy is Rupert Murdoch?

I hate to compare President Obama to Chinese Drywall,,,,

News International found “smoking gun” emails in 2007

Could Murdoch deputy Hinton take the fall?

Who owns you? (In Retro-spect)

Who owns you? (In Retro-spect)

Frank Lindh: My Lost Boy John Walker Lindh

Frank Lindh: My Lost Boy John Walker Lindh

If the US defaults, who's going to bail us out?

Murdoch's tabloids kept British politicians in line with threats, rewards.

God is love: Brooklyn Bishop says ban all pro-gay lawmakers From Catholic places

Questions about the Murdoch phone hacking scandal.

A simple observation about a pattern of political reactions here

When Family Values & Protecting Life = DUI, Stripper & Viagra

Crackdown on medical marijuana ahead?

43 weapons recovered in Phoenix by DEA linked to ATF scandal

Are Republicans as frustrated as Democrats over these debt-limit negotiations?

Daley: Obama to push for deal with tax and entitlement changes

31 dead, 100 injured as train derails in India

Nevada skinheads on the hunt for Native Americans

News of the World final crossword has a message for 'catastrophe' Rebekah Brooks

News of the World final crossword has a message for 'catastrophe' Rebekah Brooks

Well... Here's A Couple Of Sources (On Boehner Back Out) We Don't Necessarily Trust, That Said...

Donald Kaul: Americans have loose screws

Republicans will Default the Nation Rather than Tax Rich...idiots!

Republicans will Default the Nation Rather than Tax Rich...idiots!

Polygamous upbringing influenced Utah Minuteman

Fix the fucking deficit by raising fucking revenue, God Dammit

WATCH: Alan Grayson stonewalls Eric Bolling in awkward Fox Business Channel interview

US suspends $800m of military aid to Pakistan

Is the Civil Service Pensions being used like Social Security?

CBS doing a morning retrospective on Betty Ford.

The chained-CPI proposal (SS reduction) was picked up a couple weeks already

A note of appreciation from the rich Let's be honest: you'll never win the lottery.

Toronto Star: Public health officials fear gonorrhea turning into superbug

Bush Looking Worse With Passage of Time

Many Americans still don't understand that Republican ideology is destroying our

Was This Obama's Plan...or Bad Cop/Good Cop...or same shit/diff day??

Some 1912 toons Federal Reserve coming and Progressives

Patients at South Florida hospitals too often return

Make a GOOPers head explode: "Jobs report proves Bush tax cuts failed"

Labor angered by Obama's willingness to cut Social Security in debt ceiling deal

A Look Deep Inside The Conservative Mind

News Warp: Rupert Murdoch’s Crime Drama Plot Thickens

How bad will Ruppert Murdoch's spawn be when the old man kicks off?

Cartoon: On Second Thought

Betty Ford graced us with her life.

Alert the mods someone broke the rules

This is what I'm worried about re: debt limit negotiations...

Video of family values rabid anti-choice rightwinger Ohio Mecklenborg's DUI arrest

the GOP wants to go back to the deal they walked out on?

the GOP wants to go back to the deal they walked out on?

All these tax cuts are creating more millionaires... more rich people who often vote

All these tax cuts are creating more millionaires... more rich people who often vote

Over 100 missing as Russian boat Bulgaria sinks on Volga

Fox's Jim Pinkerton calls the guy who called President Obama a dick on live TV a brilliant reporter

The Republicans can and WILL use any Social Security cuts against Obama

McConnell denies GOP trying to sink economy to hurt the president

House Speaker Blinker ... how's that for a new name?

It's not only Social Security and Medicare that are in danger, it's future social programs....

It's not only Social Security and Medicare that are in danger, it's future social programs....

So Boner and the Pukes blinked!!! Could not agree to an BIG Obama proposal (because they don't

Michael Collins: The Wisdom of the People – the Populist Rationale

If Congress fails to raise the debt limit during wartime, Obama should declare martial law.

Stand for Children Stands for the Rich and the Powerful…

I had a really bizarre dream last night - the ERA Movement picked up steam

FL teachers in private religious school not getting paid. School gets 3 kinds of vouchers.

FL teachers in private religious school not getting paid. School gets 3 kinds of vouchers.

Bernie Sanders promises to filibuster if White House proposes 'piece of crap'

“I want a job where I can survive,”

Family Research Council “Prayer Team” Has 2-14 W-L Record in 2011; Time for God to Fire this Squad

Angry Tea Party Stirring up GOP Revolt

If there's so much complaining about Obama, why isn't there a challenger?

Watch the shuttle dock with the ISS for the last time

Small tsunami reaches Japan after major quake (JAPAN)

Small tsunami reaches Japan after major quake (JAPAN)

Study shows higher ground not high enough for some tsunami-prone communities (JAPAN)

DNA

An earthquake happens in Japan and there's posts about it before geologists' beepers....

Frank Lindh: America's barbaric treatment of my son John Walker Lindh

Phone hacking: Police probe suspected deletion of emails by NI executive

You know what makes me sad about these deficit talks?

Wait, Did the USDA Just Deregulate All New Genetically Modified Crops?

Tim "Soup Nazi" Pawlenty: NO traditional couples benefits for YOU, gay couples!

Tim "Soup Nazi" Pawlenty: NO traditional couples benefits for YOU, gay couples!

Have any Democratic officials

Have you raised hell with your gov't today? Better get busy.

Japan prepares for the next Big One

What I DU

TEPCO suspends decontamination system

Sixteen Senators Ask DOJ To Investigate Potentially Illegal State Voter Disenfranchisement Laws

White House Chief of Staff says American taxpayers are committed to give money to Pakistan

Pawlenty Thinks Scientists are "In Dispute" About Homosexuality

WSJ Publisher @ Center of Phone Hack Scandal

A Letter from Rupert Murdoch: Where I Stand on the News Corporation Scandal

As long as we're repeating the "depression" How about the heat wave too

Yankees Give Loyal Fan Huge Tax Problem

That Dell commercial really bothers me.

"I started out with nothin and I still got most of it left"

An assessment of the Budget Cap related cuts

Where The Money Went (stimulus) - Krugman

Shared Pain and Sacrifice?

6:00 PM The President and the Vice President meet with Congressional Leadership

If you have the chance, please read "The Kingdom and the Towers"'

Hi, are there any other Dave Emory fans out there?

White House jeopardizing many Democrats' reelection plans

Heatstroke surge feared as people save power (JAPAN)

U.S. holding millions in aid to Pakistan

Red meat from a vegan — Kucinich

Debris removal, recycling daunting, piecemeal labor (JAPAN)

Old expressions that need to be revived:

Old expressions that need to be revived:

California's Hemp Legalization - We're Almost There!

"U.S. could drop screening for deadly strain of E. coli"

Republicans: Payoff Communist China ... Screw US Troops, Veterans and Families

Republicans: Payoff Communist China ... Screw US Troops, Veterans and Families

Attention DU legal experts!

2 Excellent Articles on Murdoch from the Guardian

2 Excellent Articles on Murdoch from the Guardian

Rupert Murdoch is now facing "colossal fines". Enough to cripple Newscorp? Enough to damage FOX?

About those Medicare scooters ----- I know a lot of people

Who wants Bernie Sanders for president?

In Case You Missed This Toon...

So, what's the whiplash going to feel like around here if Obama is playing 11D Chess?

O Beautiful For Spacious Skies...

Mass. city to pay wedded gay workers to offset tax

Mass. city to pay wedded gay workers to offset tax

She Came, She Signed, She Left After 30 Minutes

Clinics Owned by Michele Bachmann’s Husband Practice Ex-Gay Therapy - TheNation

Phone Zap in support of Grand Rapids IWW member wrongfully terminated from Jimmy Johns!

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Holder bragged about Operation Gunrunner in 2009

I need a good charity that "Helps the poor" - for my daughter

He tried to destroy Social Security and Medicare, and those darn Rethugs just wouldn't let him.

What could Obama do to stimulate the economy

What could Obama do to stimulate the economy

I found this Debt Ceiling Explainer at MoJo in case anyone would like to take a look.

SCOTUS Ruling in McIntyre v. Nicastro Adds Obstacles to Holding Foreign Corps Accountable in U.S.

Federal government says marijuana has no accepted medical use

What does Denver have more of?

No new revenue = not offering raises or COLA?

French nuclear power lobbyists used Fukushima smear campaign to promote own businesses

Republican Posture on Debt Ceiling Is Borderline Treasonous

Okay -- anybody plunked in front of a TV? The talks are over, has

Income Inequality Retards Growth

Income Inequality Retards Growth

"Listen to the roar of that hot exhaust!"

Climate Change: Still Worse Than You Think

OK... They're Supposed To Be Meeting At The WH Right Now... Please Watch For News...

McConnell Lets The Cat Out Of The Bag - What Kind Of SICK Game Are They Playing Anyway?

11 July 2011, International Day against Stoning

Thumbs up to Sting, thumbs down to Jerry Brown

C is for Capitalism

Found An Interesting Site, 'Quote Investigator'... This One Is Attributed To Keynes...

Have you noted that the trolls are now equating Democracy with Socialism?

Supreme Court Nominees til 2016...............

Why not use a jet charter service instead of buying a 25 million dollar corporate jet?

White House Debt Talks Another Chance For A Deal

Bernie Sanders: Senators Have Told Me If Obama Sends A ‘Piece Of Crap’ Debt Deal To Us, We’ll Defeat

Tonight: WaPo...Obama, congressional leaders don’t make headway on debt limit

Despite Revolution, US Set To Approve Tank Sales To Egypt

Despite Revolution, US Set To Approve Tank Sales To Egypt

British Prime Minister: Murdoch wiretap and bribery scandal will reveal "how politics works too."

Our community garden so far this year. Photo album.

Conservative ‘marriage pledge’ group apologizes for slavery reference after Bachmann signs it

Well We Can Always Hope That THIS Is What's Going On...

President Obama not giving up on big debt deal. Daley says political pain is part of the deal.

Dear Nancy Pelosi...Please Hold The Line At 5PM Today & Protect Us

Anyone here wikkid smaht? Please help me understand how Boehner "blinked"

Bernie Sanders: Alleged Obama Cutbacks on Social Security Would Sink Many Seniors Into Poverty

Blair 'tried' to hush up hacking scandal

Here’s where your parking meter money is going - charter schools

Geithner: Obama willing to do "difficult political things" to get a deal with Republicans

Barack Obama – Economy is better than you think

love this headline: Palin warns Boehner on debt ceiling deal

60 Minutes is showing a rerun of the story they did on homeless vets in San Diego in 2010

Middle classes are Britain's new homeless: State safety nets are gone

Less Than Two Hours & The Talks Are Over...How Nuts Is That?

Panetta: Iranian weapons used to attack Americans in Iraq

more interested in Royals than BS about debt that Bush saddled us with and repubs are unwilling to

108 degrees here in northeast Oklahoma

Just heard on NPR- income inequality and bank failures. Depression........ Reagan

Murdoch Minion and current head of Dow Jones Les Hinton is now center of the phone hacking scandal

It's sad when our best Dem, Bernie Sanders, is not even a Dem

It's sad when our best Dem, Bernie Sanders, is not even a Dem

The folly of Marketism

BP trying to "PR" their way of their horrible actions...

Teachers' Union Takedown...

Which nation of these has the worst income inequality?

Boehner Blinked.

Boehner Blinked.

Phone-hacking could lead to News Corp prosecution in US

Hard Times Come Again No More

IMO, the best option BY FAR would be to let ALL Bush tax cuts & other Obama payroll tax cuts expire!

News of the World writers get pass editors censor with a snide crossword puzzle.

Mr. Fish

PHOTO of the DAY (JAPAN)

Goats: An overlooked pasture-raised animal

BP wants to stop paying Gulf oil spill victims

Aaargh. Stop the silly fantasizing about Bernie for President.

"Game Changer" This American Life

Wow. Even The Economist is calling bullshit on the GOP

I seriously doubt that there is any chance of the Congress not voting up the debt ceiling.

$10,000,000 of stimulus money for ATF to run guns to Mexico?

White House meeting today on debt: Will the republicans show up? They really want the default

There's a part of me (and I'm not particularly proud of it)

Yahoooo! Healthcare sector of the stock market is the most profitable!

I think if we're going to have English only we need to purge our country of Spanish words.

To Obama's 2012 re-election team: Doubling down on our failed federal mmj policy is BAD politics.

For America's "99ers," jobs crisis is hard to escape

Walmart Books

Accusation in The Mail: Blair tried to get Brown to intervene on getting Watson to back down on NI

Rebekah Brooks to be questioned by police over phone hacking

I want them to pay taxes at the same rate I do

Notice to Neo-Nazi Thugs: Best to Read (the back of the shirt) Before Attacking

Notice to Neo-Nazi Thugs: Best to Read (the back of the shirt) Before Attacking

Was Dwight D. Eisenhower a better Democrat than President Obama?

Would drug dealers go legit if drugs were legalized?

Living paycheck to paycheck on 200K at year

If lower taxes on the rich lead to job creation, why don't we have more jobs?

One feral cat traveled on a range of 1,351 acres. 5 acres is average for a house cat

Another example of our crumbling infrastructure that could provide jobs

JFK had it right.

While We Go Through The Next Hours, Days, Weeks... Keep These Charts In Mind...

U.S. Food Banks Under Pressure To Meet Demand

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll, Sunday, July 10, 2011.

I drove 127 miles each way today to mow my Mom's lawn.

Picture of white supremacist after he tells boxing champion "blacks not welcome here"

It's Not Chess the President is Playing. It's Poker.

From Audacity of Hope to "it's going to feel very hard, harder than anything they've experienced

In The U.S. The Cruelest Tax Of All

OMG--Did You Hear Geithner on Face the Nation?

Carl Bernstein: Murdoch’s Watergate? -This Is "THE BEGINNING-NOT THE END-OF THE SEISMIC EVENT"

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia is Newscorps 2nd largest shareholder.

New Australian law to make Muslims lift veils

The best single line from a song lyric ever:

Police arrest hate crime victim and deny him medical treatment, protect skinhead group responsible

The tackiest painting in the world's history unveiled in L.A.

Do you like your job?

TOON: Sunday's Doonesbury - Teach "Both Sides"

Please say Happy Birthday to Bernice (Bea)

Cancel Your Credit Cards

A Letter from Rupert Murdoch

All you true DUers, gather 'round...

Sanders: Obama proposal would impoverish 250,000

Facebook Helps Israel Blacklist Air Travellers

In response to A, I wrote B. My answer to blaming the poor for all of our ills.

Treasury: Sec. Geithner believes debt ceiling is binding despite 14th amendment.

Again, Obama shows he's playing chess

Hedging austerity in Italy

Why didn't America build a spacestation on the Moon?

During the past few days, DU has been interesting...

6 Mind Blowing Ways 'Starship Troopers' Predicted the Future

Is there a really truly viable candidate out there who can beat Obama in '12?

Do you think Abbey learned a lesson?

Your thoughts on RevLeft.com....

"I'm a Democrat. I came to Congress to protect Social Security & Medicare, not dismantle it."

What does Social Security have to do with the Deficit, Debt, Debt Ceiling?

Terrafugia Transition: Flying Car Approved For Road Use By NHTSA

Could Murdoch deputy Hinton take the fall?

Union urges member action to stop debt deal

Casey Anthony case inspires Maryland Legislation

CEO: Monthly ‘problems’ why women earn less

Tsunami Warnings/Advisories (Japan)

Boehner says broad debt deal unlikely

Texas woman loses Iraq rape case against KBR

Cruise ship sinks on Volga, at least two dead

Boat with over 170 people sinks in Russia's Volga

Angry Tea Party Stirring up GOP Revolt

Holder bragged about Operation Gunrunner in 2009

Australia to tax country's worst polluters

Iraqis fail to agree on whether to ask for some U.S. troops to stay beyond deadline

Industries lobby against voluntary nutrition guidelines for food marketed to kids

Focus of phone-hacking investigation shifts to Les Hinton

Focus of phone-hacking investigation shifts to Les Hinton

French nuclear power lobbyists used Fukushima smear campaign to promote own businesses

Rebekah Brooks to be questioned by police over phone hacking

Blacks' economic gains wiped out in downturn

Christine Lagarde, IMF Chief, Asks U.S. To Raise Borrowing Limit

Boehner abandons efforts to reach comprehensive debt-reduction deal

Conservative group backtracks on marriage pledge slavery language

Beef from Fukushima Found with High Levels of Radioactive Cesium

President Obama not giving up on big debt deal

Major quake strikes northeastern Japan

McConnell: Stopping Obama’s re-election still ‘single most important’ goal

Ed Miliband threatens Commons vote over BSkyB takeover

Murdoch faces £38.5m break-fee if bid for BSkyB does not go ahead

Hugo Chavez: China granting Venezuela $4B loan

France tells Libya rebels to seek peace with Gaddafi

The role of Bush tax cuts in the deficit

Sen. Inhofe Strikes Back at FAA After Runway Run-In

I just had the most bad-fucking ass idea!!!

I promise

What is your favorite homemade pizza topping. A friend of mine once

What is your favorite homemade pizza topping. A friend of mine once

Dupe

Can someone check this link to see if it works correctly

Walking In Space

I've Known Rivers

Magic Love

I want my money back

At the grocery store the other day.

Third Stone from the Sun

Space

Black Sabbath - Behind The Wall Of Sleep

Benny and The Jets

Walking On The Moon

Cosmic Girl

It's About Time

We are all made of stars

Wandering Stars

Walking On The Sun

Black Star

Sarah Kay: Spoken Word Poetry

So I am watching the Name of the Rose....

Space Cowboy

Fly Me To The Moon

Voyage To Atlantis

Funny! Sent to me from a buddy in Calgary.

Awesome Balalaika Player

Amazing Women's World Cup game

The Stars My Destination

I need a maine coon cat

Last night around 4am I had an AR-15 pointed at my gut in MY FUCKING DINING ROOM..

I'm vacationing in a VW soon. What do I need to know?

Qizna or "The Business" Drink recipe

What's the best place to put a dildo?

Nicola Tesla high fiving Charles Darwin over an explosion of pure science. (dialup warning)

The Incredible String Band

West Linn man rescues woman from bear in Yellowstone Park (a few days after a man was killed)

cat on a trampoline

Why local produce rocks

I have been gone for a few weeks, I did miss the Lounge.

Need help finding toolbar with back button! We can't figure out how we lost the thing

Watch both FIFA goals and tell me which one was more impressive.

A Game of Thrones - pronunciation of names

FOOD PORN, Amster-DAMN-that-looks-good Street Food Edition

"Boston" by Boston

Contacting another member

What was the worst part about Indiana Jones 4?

Sen. Mary Landrieu is in tenuous position as last statewide-elected Democrat in Louisiana

Labor angered by Obama's willingness to cut Social Security in debt ceiling deal

Kind of chilly out today - not even 100 f.

Space Oddity

Does DU go out for everyone every night/morning at 3 A.M. Central?

We got the loan and have started prepping the land for the house! (Pics inside)

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Fun and Relaxing Edition

Royal Couple

Royal Couple

which smells best? lilacs? roses? gardenias? lily of the valley? daphne?

anyone know who Ray Price was?

I was at church one time with my sister and her then boyfriend. He was making fun of our

Toilet paper wedding dress contest

Things every Restaurant should have or do!

We have to make a hard choice about our pup...

How Rebekah's clueless proofreaders failed to spot parting shot in NotW crossword

NYT: Deficit Talks Scaled Back Over Tax Increases

Quotes on Tax Cuts

Allan Grayson trying to be interviewed by a FOX dickhead

I wish Bernie Sanders would run for President

Any response from the WH on Boehner's decision to call it

Alan Grayson being interviewed by some strange guy named Eric Bolling - VIDEO

Suppose they just vote on the debt ceiling, nothing else

Boehner Rejects Obama's Grand Bargain On Debt Ceiling - complains that WH insisted on tax hikes...

Who's in charge, Boehner or the Tea Party? All the news stories

Krugman: Why Are Wages Still Rising? (Wonkish)

The Hill: GOP gets one last shot at Consumer Protection bureau before it opens

If Republicans don't show up tonite... invite the press to see them not there.

Jeff Sessions lying to the American people on Face the Nation.

Business Insider: Reminder, The Deficit You're Freaking Out About Is Bush's Fault

David Gregory thinks Obama's fiscal policies came into effect on inauguration day

The only way to move Obama left and to get progressive legislation is to make Congress liberal

With the latest up to date forecast Obama could still win reelection even with a bad economy

Pawlenty: Science ‘In Dispute’ Over Whether Gays ‘Born This Way’ (VIDEO)

Obama needs to be prepared to really, really man up -- I hope he is

Congress refuses to do its job

Elizabeth Warren running for Senate? Signs suggest she's considering it.

Senator Chuck Schumer's tweets from his verified Twitter account regarding debt ceiling negotiations

Corporate executives and the stooges they employ.

WH Statement: "We cannot ask the middle-class and seniors to bear all the burden..."

WH Statement: "We cannot ask the middle-class and seniors to bear all the burden..."

Obama needs to be prepared to really, really stand firm -- I hope he is

Well, that's that. Debt talks at White House already over. Meeting lasted about 90 minutes.

GOP Source: Obama "Demanding major, unambiguous tax hikes."

Palin Says “I Can Win.”

Obama needs to go all Harry Truman on the GOP.

McConnell: That is still my most single goal to stop Obama's reelection

Will SOMEONE tell the public how irresponsible the Republicans are?

FDIC's Sheila Bair: Obama's Not Been Served Well By WH Economic Team

Obama caught on camera discussing the turmoil at Democratic Underground.

Saving us from austerity measures - John Boehner?!

The Hill: White House says Boehner balked over taxes, not entitlements

Calling the Wrong Bluff

Dear Mr. President, Why should EVERYBODY sacrifice now...

‘A gamble where you bet your country’s good name’

If Obama's successes/accomplishments were acknowledged by his progressive critics, I'd feel. . .

I am really tired of people speaking about the President as if he's stupid

I've seen a lot of DUers saying they won't vote for Obama

Media ignores the fact that entitlement 'reform' will strengthen Medicare, Social Security

Zetas And Other Gang Fighting In Mexico Results In At Least 40 Deaths In 24-hour Period

President Obama Called The Republican Bluff on the Deficit, -they blinked, turned tail, cut and run-

I remain convinced that Obama is a good man who knows right from wrong.

Gravitating to the Negative

Why is Mezcal cheaper in Mexico, but more Expensive in the USA

It's time for a list: Yes. Progress.

Who will get the 2012 GOP nomination

New lawn chemical chief suspect in mysterious deaths of trees

** "WH source tells CNN that Boehner agreed to let Bush tax cuts expire" **

***the (hopefully) last freaking MFM update thread***

PBS Need to Know segment on redistricting

Steve Brodner cartoon on the debt/budget debate: Deadlocks and headlocks

Houston Mayor Annise Parker attacked for being gay

'NATO kills 10 civilians for every troop targeted, destroys children's facilities'

A Very Important Concept to Remember. It's Just a Ride!

Marx Reloaded Trailer

Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto (Music Video) (1969)

FKN Newz w/ Deek Jackson- (Biocide Update) The Planets Fucked - Its your Fault - Its Getting Worse

A rich guy who gets it: CEO talks about being homeless to helping the homeless

Richard Dreyfuss on Civics, Public Education

The Truth About Medical Marijuana

Bachmann takes a batshit crazy break from anti-porn, anti-gay crusade to discuss jobs news

"We Don't Know Where That 2.3 TRILLION Dollars Went!" Rep DeFazio Calls To Audit The Pentagon

Peter DeFazio on nation building at home

Rupert Murdoch Exploits Of The World's Shadiest Newsman

Home-made Palin worship video: Happy 4th of July Palin Partiots! Er...what the fuck is a PARTIOT?

'Obama defaulted on US Constitution'

Young Turks: RNC: Shared Sacrifice Is BS

Chris Van Hollen: GOP using 'extortion'

Fox News: Indoor Grown Pot "Will Kill You"

Marijuana Use Studies - A History, with Ethan Russo, MD

Stand for Children Co-founder describes Illinois take down of teachers and their unions.

How the Middle Class Got Screwed

Jose Vargas joins fight for immigration reform after he admits: I am an illegal alien

Murdoch's malign influence must die with the News of the World

Deficit Talks Scaled Back Over Tax Increases.

Roger Ailes Explains Why FOX News Never Hacks

Tour de France: car crashes into Juan Antonio Flecha and Johnny Hoogerland

News of the World scandal: How often do reporters pay off police?

Over more than three decades, no one dared question the perversion of politics by and for Rupert Mur

In Belarus, one-armed man arrested for clapping

News Corp would do well not to keep it in the Murdoch family

PP takes Extremadura from Socialists with left's help

Egypt orders arrest of 12 police officers for murder

Facebook's "Youth For Palin" founder: "Why I think Sarah Palin should run for president"

Bus hijacked during night of serious violence in North {ireland}

"Francoism isn't over in Spain"

Gen Y becomes Gen G – the gourmet generation

Merkel signals ambitions to run for third term in 2013

Grover Norquist: The man who is holding the US to ransom

Salon EVISCERATES WaPo's Marc Theissen

The Collapse Chronicle #1 – June 2011

Here's a great program for creating affordable housing.

Sheila Bair’s Bank Shot

The House of Saud paranoia by Pepe Escobar

The Republicans are violating the Fourteenth Amendment (Jack Balkin)

Why a Default on the Debt Might Actually be a Good Thing

Eleanor Clift: 20 years ago this month, George H.W. Bush introduced America to Clarence Thomas

Best Political Cartoons of 2011 (So Far)

Australia plans to impose carbon tax on worst polluters (BBC)

'Clean-up bid' tops agenda for whaling meet (BBC)

'Clean-up bid' tops agenda for whaling meet

About those floating cities ... fascist utopias

“Danger: Radioactive Waste”: A Message in a Bottle to Last… a Million Years (French Waste Agency)

Renewable energy tops nuclear power in the US

"I will evacuate to the grave. I am sorry."

Japan's nuclear industry credibility crumbles amid email scandal

Taiwan to tighten laws banning shark fin hunting

IUCN Classifies Southern Bluefin Tuna Critically Endangered; Spain, France Oppose Fisheries Changes

TX GOP Strikes Blow For Freedumb - Will Attempt End Run Around Federal Light Bulb Rules

# Of Lyme Disease Cases Reported In Wisconsin Up 35% During 2010

Massive Piles Of Seaweed Bury 15 Miles Of Ivory Coast Beaches

Annnnnnd Down We Go - NSIDC Arctic Extent Graph Diverging Below 2007's Old Record

Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant north of Omaha pumping out water

Floating cities are a vision of a Fascist Utopia

Breath Happy No Matter What - New Febreze Campaign

UK nuclear investment environment "dire": Citigroup; Delays foreseen for U.K. nuclear power

Methane Output @ At Least 35 Water Wells In PA LInked To Shale Gas Drilling

The World's Greatest Light Bulb (LED with a warm yellow glow)

The Razor's Edge and spiritual awakening

How To Recognize Enlightenment

Religious leaders enter debate over hydraulic fracturing

In Israel, diggers unearth the Bible's bad guys

Atheists are 100% Certain There is No God - What Dictionary?

Atheism is no more a religion than theism is...

Who's winning the race?

Catholic social teaching vs the cult of individualism

At 50, Unitarian Universalists examine mission

Can Catholics abide a saint who had an abortion?

"I Received ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy at Marcus Bachmann’s Clinic"

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