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Archives: August 7, 2011

Standard & Poor's downgraded from POS to FUCKING POS

Standard & Poor's downgraded from POS to FUCKING POS

Ex-Braves pitcher, actress face Wyoming foreclosures

Standard & Poor's backed Bernie Madoff and AIG

I want to start a political blog, need recommendations

I want to start a political blog, need recommendations

How AMERICANS can buy AMERICAN!

How AMERICANS can buy AMERICAN!

The 3 U.S. Policy Mistakes Most Responsible for S&P Downgrade (International Business Times)

Rick Perry executed an innocent man.

Fixing to protest

Mystery million-dollar Romney donor revealed

Free Trade is a Failure

Just for fun he says, "Get a job"...

Independent UK: Two million East African infants are now starving

Did the Google self-driving car have its first accident?...

S&P fires back amid criticism over downgrade

Blast From The Past: House Approves U.S.-Canada-Mexico Trade Pact on 234 to 200 Vote (1993 Article)

SDPD Officer Shot In Head; Suspect Sought

Wisconsin recall elections carry implications for 2012 (LA Times)

Open Letter to the Republicans and Tea Party Members of Congress

Sports radio host smears SF Giants pitcher as 'illegal alien'

Protesters Yearn for an Israel That Does More to Help Its People

Sunday show lineup:

Self-deleted by member

Self-deleted by member

Heads Up: Rachel Maddow Is On 'Meet The Press' Tomorrow.

Political Briefing: The States and the Issues;Wisconsin: Recall Alters Balance of Power

Mysterious donor to pro-Romney PAC identified

SF: Ed Lee will run for a full term as Mayor.

How much does Health Care Reform ultimately cost?

What do you think will happen with the Bush Tax Cuts?

The GOP didn't want SS or Medicare reformed because they want those issues

So who holds $14.27 trillion of U.S. Treasury securities? Here's the answer.

Troop movement buildup out west and black helicopter plague - Bat shit weirdness or nothing much?

Derecho event happening now in Southern Iowa

Buddhists living in fear in Buddha’s birthplace

Bank of America liabilities bigger than expected

Family questions officers' actions; memorial erected near shooting scene

Family questions officers' actions; memorial erected near shooting scene

Foxconn to replace workers with robots to cope with increasing labor costs

98-year old woman earns 10th degree black belt.

98-year old woman earns 10th degree black belt.

Anonymous attacks US sheriffs' websites

MSM spinning the S&P downgrade as a result of

The 3 U.S. Policy Mistakes Most Responsible for S&P Downgrade

"If you are under attack by the plutocracy, play dead. You don't want to be accused..."

"If you are under attack by the plutocracy, play dead. You don't want to be accused..."

"If you are under attack by the plutocracy, play dead. You don't want to be accused..."

Toon: Double Dips for Everybody!

So, where is the Rethuglican leadership on the downgrade? On vacay?

US has 'snatch-and-grab' plan for Pak's nuclear weapons

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warns against more cuts in Pentagon budget

Indian IT companies confident of withstanding US-led downturn

Hackers steal $1 billion from bank accounts; Banksters blame their customers

Israeli Spring? Israelis stage mass protests over rising living costs

St. Louis Tea Party finds it can't muster steam to protest Obama's birthday

Dean Baker: The Difference Between Fox on 15th Street (a.k.a. Washington Post) and a Real Newspaper

18th consecutive month of no Fox News on any of my gym's 10 giant flat screen TVs.

Expect republicans on talk shows to make sense and be nice after Perrys Prayer rally?.

Paper Seizure Linked to Letter, Not Photo (Russia)

The weather inside is frightful (house destroyed for Art project)

Qatari plane supplies ammunition to Libya rebels

Qatari plane supplies ammunition to Libya rebels

i suspect we're in for some major spinning on the sunday talk shows

Lucille was more than Lucy Ricardo. She was Mame!

SEC Could File Charges against S&P for Meltdown

Aging Nukes

Really Republicant Party? Really? ...

Picture from Governor Goodhair's rally reminds me of something...

Only in the UK! Wheelie Bin Urinal Solves Pub Closing Problem.

the orange mystery in Alaska

Fred Imus dead at 69

Riots erupt in London after police shooting

John Nichols: Alberta Darling delivers for out-of-state billionaires

John Nichols: Alberta Darling delivers for out-of-state billionaires

So, I see John McCain is talking BS on MTP

Fifty Years Later, Introducing the Food and Freedom Rides

Researchers give robot ability to learn

North Miami paid $5,000 for phantom radio show

Let the Sunday morning propaganda machines begin

it was known as the “Jesus loves nukes” lesson

It's like that loan your cousin Jack got from Granny

US credit drop rattles Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

S&P tried to kill US once and didn't quite succeed. Now it's

heat getting to the electric grid in Texas

heat getting to the electric grid in Texas

Car crash stops Rep. Nancy-R Jenkins recall attempt

Last stop Washington....Next stop Paris? ..... The Ratings Agency gangsters march on......

Last stop Washington....Next stop Paris? ..... The Ratings Agency gangsters march on......

Lindsy Graham - "Don't Blame ME!"

Kasich's Cons #7 - Does Your Opinion Matter?

broken...

Spain’s Battle Against ‘Austerity’

Op-Ed: Jay Bookman in the AJC:Credit downgrade by S&P unfortunately is deserved

Texans drinking urine, consulting Bibles in face of ongoing climate apocalypse

My experience at The Response yesterday

Krugman Blog- I Heard It Through The Baseline

Dear John

Rob Dickerson, Army Veteran, Forced To Pay $21 C.O.D. For Purple Heart Medal

what we care about here in america...

Donald Trump and His Hair Oppose Offshore Wind Farm, Saying It Ruins View from his Golf Course

Bill Maher: Democratic Tea Party - The Donner Party

Market panic spreads to the Middle East

Georgia stands to lose in debt plan

Scott Walker reverses course on closing DMV's. Expanding DMV's will cost millions

Best comment of the day: It's about AAA credit ratings and soshulism

The dysfunction that lies at the very heart of American politics

S&P didn’t just downgrade our debt, they downgraded our entire political system

I STILL BELIEVE

Who stole David Plouffe's soul?

St. Petersburg targets 69 year old homeless man who lives in backyard shed

St. Petersburg targets 69 year old homeless man who lives in backyard shed

Saylor family settles suit with Toyota

Saylor family settles suit with Toyota

Christina Romer on Bill Maher

Christina Romer on Bill Maher

Drought causing underground havoc

Inflation, or not?

I'm curious about something - in 2012 do many of you plan on not voting

Want a good laugh? Check out "Tea Party Express: The Musical"

Shelters and loopholes

The Tea Party Won't Like This. Pass It On.

UK Guardian: Britain must resist Tea Party thinking; As unreason triumphs in the US,

UK Guardian: Britain must resist Tea Party thinking; As unreason triumphs in the US,

Didnt Bush-2 Entertain The Taliban At The Fake Ranch......

Excellent online tool: Instapaper

Political/ computer question

Murdoch accused of operating illegal US air force

Nurse For America

Nurse For America

OMG! All my Gay friends are calling me this morning and telling me they're no longer teh Gay!

Without tax increases, it said, the US could never recover its fiscal position

Without tax increases, it said, the US could never recover its fiscal position

Japanese inventor develops flying sphere drone

I have an idea for a fiction sci-fi book. All right wingnuts suddenly disappear from the U.S....

Oh yeah baby - this could bring needed $$$ to the border states...

Oh yeah baby - this could bring needed $$$ to the border states...

Triumph of the Counter-Enlightenment - FDL

"the conventional liberal agenda does not go far enough to capture the hearts of everyday Americans"

Standard & Poor's predatory policy agenda. Hint: They don't have your interests at heart.

Standard & Poor's predatory policy agenda. Hint: They don't have your interests at heart.

The end of Empire... we have crossed another step in it

Historians will long debate why the 2008 financial collapse produced a right-wing populist movement

Rabbis Declare Hyatt ‘Not Kosher’

Last homosexual Holocaust survivor dies at 98

Anonymous attacks US sheriffs' websites Hacking collective says it stole data including emails and

MSNBC was in danger

MSNBC was in danger

MSNBC was in danger

This may be a loaded question, but why DOESN'T the South get over the Civil War?

Dear President Obama, Please Stop MEDIATING This Clusterf__k!

$322 for every man, woman, and child to pay for the TeaBagger’s little temper tantrum.

Dear President Obama, Please Stop MEDIATING This Clusterf__k!

When The Turnaround And Recovery Comes It's Gonna Be.......

The Ratings Game

Gawker skewers Ruben NAVARRETTE, he who knows little of what he writes

Left-Wing, Ultra-Liberal Socialist Media--

New Trade Agreement May Hurt U.S. Jobs, Not Help

The Corporate Media - The Transformation Of The Fourth Estate - The Death of Freedom

The Corporate Media - The Transformation Of The Fourth Estate - The Death of Freedom

S&P Is Now Maxwell Smart. "Would you believe..."

S&P Is Now Maxwell Smart. "Would you believe..."

Japan government: Radiation level is too low to affect children's health immediately

Howard Dean says Tea Party has been 'smoking some of that tea, not just drinking

Crocodile tears: Brownback prays for forgiveness in Texas:

Guardian UK: Our financial system has become a madhouse. We need radical change

Kaukauna, WI man dies after being tasered.

When the media says that both sides are to blame...

Anti-Keynesian, anti-evolution, anti-climate change Tea Party GOP.

So is Standard and Poors now more powerful than the President of the United States?

Damn!!! One of my senators and my Congressional representative are ALEC members!

S&P downgrade wasn't only about politics...

How many testing scandals do we need as a wake-up call?

How many testing scandals do we need as a wake-up call?

C-SPAN Sunday at 1:30pm (NY): Credit Rating Officials (inc. S&P Pres Deven Sharma)

Israelis Plan Million-Strong March As Protesters Call For Social Justice

Murkowski flubs chance to do right.

Why the economy is sinking - The Real Economy Discussion

its time to boycott s&p and its parent mcgraw hill

Muni Market Prepares for Loss of AAA Ratings as S&P Downgrades U.S. Credit

Check it out: Bill Halter Eyeing Arkansas Congressional Race

Apple holding more cash than USA

How many senators will be involved in the recall elections of Wisconsin

Oy vey.

Let’s take a stroll down memory lane, shall we?

Let’s take a stroll down memory lane, shall we?

S&P Downgrade: If Obama did not want this to happen, it would not happen

Young Baseball Fan Injured In Hit-And-Run Remains In Critical Conditon

This weekend I canned 7 jars of Dill Pickles and 6 jars of bread and butter pickles.

Welcome to The Great Teapression.

Mysterious notebook fuels Ohio drilling feud, AP

Welcome to College (toon)

"If you want a job, go look at the railroads."

Inside Counsel (Corporate Attorney Trade Mag) - "Pro-union NLRB alarms employers" - Go Democrats!

London police deploy extra officers after rioting

S&P head: Agency may downgrade U.S. again

Axelrod: Tea party ‘brinksmanship’ to blame for credit downgrade

I hold this truth to be self-evident:

I hold this truth to be self-evident:

Looking like misery loves company around here

Support thread for WI recall elections

Support thread for WI recall elections

Congratulations Bob Sheaffer!

We need a majority in the House, a supermajority in the Senate, and the Presidency to govern. They

Kerry on MTP now on the Afghanistan catastrophe n/t

Kerry on MTP now on the Afghanistan catastrophe n/t

"Let America Be America Again" by Paul Rosenberg

Corporate America: Facilitators of War, Killers of Jobs, Destroyers of Democracy

Chan Koonchung's dystopian vision of China in 2013 (BBC)

Screw Norquist - Here's My Tea Party Pledge

In Defense of the Media; Yep, you know I can be one of its

This is how the republicans do it

Timely Jefferson Quote:

An unhappy anniversary for my love Marta

BREAKING ... MSNBC... Family Fight and Eight Dead In Ohio Shooting

Shortchanging Cancer Patients

Most in GOP field would scale back stem cell funding

Howard Dean: Tea party has been ‘smoking some of that tea’

Dutch military joins Gay Pride parade for 1st time

Nouriel Roubini: So how can we avoid another severe recession in advanced economies?

IMHO sometimes bat shit weirdness is worth discussing....

IMHO sometimes bat shit weirdness is worth discussing....

Bosnia, Kosovo, and Now Libya: The Human Costs of Washington’s On-Going Collusion with Terrorists

Remember all the good things that conservatives brought us

RFI....

Just a little rant about sports metaphors.

When Dollar Stores Are Too Expensive

Do corporations expect government stimulus while they sit on billions that they've hoarded?

Liberté, égalité, fraternité! Why not?

As Brownback prays, opponents rally

As Brownback prays, opponents rally

Rachel on Meet the Press Roundtable

Rachel on Meet the Press Roundtable

S&P Cites Tea Party’s, ‘Political Brinkmanship,’ in Downgrading U.S. Rating

Gallup - "Tea Party Supporters Oppose Debt Agreement, 68% to 22%"

Sunday Comics - Norquistians!!!!

Family budget vs U.S. budget

Geithner gives advice for the evening.

Geitner and Greenspan and party loud mouths are the authorities on tv - nothing changed - they are

Breaking: Saudi King Abdullah condemns Syrian crackdown, recalls ambassador

Dirty Tricks in WI: Deceptive Absentee Ballot Mailers Appear to be Coordinated Hoaxes

Police rescue baby doll by mistake

The new Discovery Series - Curiousity with Stephen Hawkings

LET'S START A MEME: Tea Party Recession

LOL, if the rest of the world collapses before our markets open, we might actually be the...

Researchers develop “rectenna” to convert radio waves to electricity

Renton Police Shopped Prosecutors To Make Case...Cartoons

This means the USA will not be the head of the pecking order. Accept it, America.

Gas prices dropped 4 cents last week.. to an average of $3.67....

America's Curse: A Mushy, Malleable Middle

America's Curse: A Mushy, Malleable Middle

Having these corporatist majority on the supreme court has been

*Always* call these politicians "Tea Party leader/favorite/strategist," etc.

S&P is Making $$$ on Screwing US, Right?

The Summer of Scott Walker

7 deadly sins

Curious definition of "fire-sale price" on "Free Dictionary"

Credit downgrade exposes concern about nation's character

If ever a "Post Secret" summed up every laissez-failure, supply-sider, Third Way Dem and Reaganite -

Three questions for every Republican voter.....

Who run Bartertown? Bernank run Bartertown.

When you have to post a graphic picture that will offend all

When you have to post a graphic picture that will offend all

Got a Really Conservative State Legislator? Might Be an ALEC

Prayer-a-Pooloza - the RESPONSE...... "you can not petition the lord with prayer"

have we heard the last of the murdoch investigations?

Pam Geller covering her tracks again, deleting references to insane 'theory' of 'vehicular jihad'

President Obama....Please Fire Timmy Geithner

Student dies after police use Taser at University of Cincinnati

MTP panelists were discussing businesses sitting on $2 trillion in cash...

Schieffer confronts top Obama adviser: ‘Is this going to be a one-term presidency?’

There's another side to the Rawsome Raid story

Nebraskan dies in Afghan attack (helicopter)

Beacon of Stupidity

i guess cnn is finished with President Obama?

How much government do we need, anyway?

When is DU3 going to be up

On a serious note, a question on the very wealthy and the downgrade

Seriously, how bad can our economy get???

Bet Frontier phone regrets buying Verizon now:

chilling Tony Auth Toon

On taxes, Obama should call Repubs bets and raise them...

Would someone please explain how a country loses sovereignty and what that means exactly.

Getting Bin Laden. What happened that night in Abobottabad / reported in The New Yorker

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warns against more cuts in Pentagon budget

WWII: The American Home Front in Color

Ohio shootings leave eight dead

Keeping it Simple: Tax Cuts Trashed Our Credit. Tax Cuts are Bad for the Economy.

I smell a big fat rat on this credit downgrade....

owning a home vs renting...

Dow Jones stock futures are down 240 points...thanks Republicans

Dow Jones stock futures are down 240 points...thanks Republicans

Will the markets open tomorrow?

How Chalabi and the Iraq war lobby used NYT reporter Judith Miller to make the case for invasion

Michelle Bachman: Columbine eyes Newsweek Cover (Warning - Graphic)

Amy Winehouse's parents to convert her $4 million London home into Amy Winehouse Foundation HQ

Lincoln warned us

Lincoln warned us

So, did Perry's Prayer-A-Palooza work or what?

OK - Sane People - COME TO CALIFORNIA!!!

Silver & Gold News

You'd think the President would hold a presser and point out S&P's indictment of the GOP

Obama's defenders are right about the presidency

DU... Let's do this!

Who knew?...A billion people killed by liberals...

Tea Party unable to accept responsibility.

Well-To-Do Americans Getting More Benefits Than The Poor

Well-To-Do Americans Getting More Benefits Than The Poor

If you miss the way America used to be....

S+P wanted $4T in deficit reduction over 10 years. Allowing Bush tax cuts to expire would save $5.4T

A few words from Jesus on public prayer spectacles such as those promoted by Governor Perry.

CA Governor Jerry Brown interview on CNN this AM

Fahreed Zakaria: The Tea Party's un-American behavior

U.S. Postal Service a victim of of GOP union-busting, privatization plan

Murdoch's minion has really screwed the Conservative Party in UK-Cameron takes another hit

God's Response to Perry:

PHOTO of the DAY (JAPAN) *Hiroshima

The End of the American Empire

Things are not suppose to be like this.

Rawesome Raided Again! Farmers And Private Food Club Owner Arrested For Selling Fresh Milk

John Kerry: This is a tea party downgrade.

Why did Rethuglicans risk the downgrade by refusing to raise taxes? 'Cause they swore an oath

It's really kicking off in London

just heard the senate has not passed a budget in over 800 days?

Preliminary research shows that many vegetables have lost significant amounts of nutritional value

This is What Austerity Looks Like

Russ Feingold.. enough said

How Obama and the Dems can save the economy, the country, and win 2012 in the process.

How come businesses used to flourish before regulations

Wall honors Bainbridge Japanese Americans sent to internment camps

Geithner to stay on as Treasury chief - Reuters

Geithner to stay on as Treasury chief - Reuters

The Arms Race Intrudes on Paradise by Gloria Steinem

The great impression of Jim Jones yesterday by Rick Perry ...

Labor ramps up effort to stop trade deals

Labor ramps up effort to stop trade deals

High costs, malfunctions plague F-22 Raptor fighter jets

While 'Rome' is burning, the Neros of the U.S. are playing their violins:

IT BEGINS! Libya: NATO BOMBS "CAMEL-CARAVAN" to stop re-enforcement from the South

the debt "PROBLEM" started with Reaganomics Dogma that debt caused by tax cuts didn't count..

The average monthly benefit for Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) recipients in Texas was $26.86

"How To Make A Satan-Sandwich"

"How To Make A Satan-Sandwich"

Top Gear caught faking another electric car failure

shocking i know! hormone free milk at whole foods was less expensive

shocking i know! hormone free milk at whole foods was less expensive

Slammed a Tea Party dude to the ground during a race yesterday!

Louisiana school board votes to revoke school's charter after investigation of false claims, bribes.

(Howard) Dean: What's the tea party smoking?

J. Hightower: Obama Says He'll Really Fight for the People ... Next Time

Futures for US markets have opened and are sinking like a fucking rock!

Futures for US markets have opened and are sinking like a fucking rock!

MSNBC....or CURRENT TV, Can you hear us?

What will the closing Dow Jones industrial average be on Monday?

OK-simple question... does Perry resemble the antichrist?

Minnesota union members give Wisconsin recall campaigns a boost

"Outspoken stem cell research critic" Rick Perry underwent stem cell therapy

The Tea Party Won't Like This. Pass It On....

Quote for the day:

Were there many people commenting when S&P recommended Enron just before it collapsed, or their

Tonight's 60 Minutes rerun on lost mortgage documents got me to thinking . . . .

"We have changed our assumption on this because the majority of REPUBLICANS in Congress...

"We have changed our assumption on this because the majority of REPUBLICANS in Congress...

American Bloody Labor History - Never Forget - CWA Local 1103

Toon; Austerity Survival Guide

He was our Star player and we sent him on the playing field to win the game.

He was our Star player and we sent him on the playing field to win the game.

Rick Perry's Prayer-a-Poolaza in Houston.

Hmm we may see a civil war in Syria

Hmm we may see a civil war in Syria

Nation Watches As Wisconsin Prepares For Recalls Tuesday - WisconsinStateJournal

Howard Dean on "Face the Nation" - my synopsis

Michelle Bachman on cover of Newsweek: they captured the crazy

Michelle Bachman on cover of Newsweek: they captured the crazy

60 Minutes tonight sealed it for me. The banking industry is a criminal enterprise.

Anthony Abrahams, the first black television reporter for the British Broadcasting Corporation died

Trump vows to use "any legal means" to block a planned windfarm near his golf course in Scotland

Trump vows to use "any legal means" to block a planned windfarm near his golf course in Scotland

Choppy waters ahead.

San Franciso Chronicle - "S&P Blames GOP For U.S. Credit Problem, AP, Politico Cover It Up" - WOW!

kentuck and other posters have been discussing what we could do

kentuck and other posters have been discussing what we could do

kentuck and other posters have been discussing what we could do

So they are now admitting that they executed an unarmed Bin Laden who was in custody at the time?

Myths about the South

Despite New Denials by Rumsfeld, Evidence Shows US Military Used Waterboarding-Style Torture

Egg and Cheese prices.. but we aren't in a recession and have no inflation

Just Watched Someone Shoplift A Bunch.....

O’Donnell: Rick Perry believes Catholicism is a ‘godless theology of hate’

Incredibly powerful NY Times Op-Ed: What Happened to Obama?

Libyan Revolution Week 25

Libyan Revolution Week 25

NYT op-ed: 'What happened to Obama?'

NYT op-ed: 'What happened to Obama?'

The greatest film EVER (1969):

Bo Deans-Fadeaway

Anyone seen the comedy "Cedar Rapids" starring Ed Helms? Is it any good?

Anyone seen the movie "Last Night" with Kera Knightly, Sam Worthington, Eve Mendes and Griffen Dune?

Actual job you've witnessed that you wish you could have. A friend and I went

Gotta get up, gotta get up and go.

Something extremely mellow

watch the fat man jump the fence.

A VASTLY underrated group

Gonna make you fly tonite if it kills me.

I hate to say this, but maybe Rick Santorum was right.

One Day I'll Fly Away - Omage to the Space Shuttle Program

Nevermind

Things that kill more people than sharks

(Dave Brubeck) + (Al Jarreau) = Five ** corrected with parentheses

Spent the day with the spawn at Six Flags

Children. Airplanes. Bill Hicks.

It's been a year now.

These are not the raspberries you're looking for

PHOTO: "You take the one on the right...he looks a little bigger, and I had a big breakfast."

From the best soundtrack ever, I present

MiddlefingerMom USED TO have a twin brother...

One Week Of Housesitting in Marin

Did you know you can download FAA aeronautical charts for free?

I just saw the Perfect Meatloaf commercial

Thought I was building an addition but instead

I just KNOW there's more bread around here someplace.

Charles Laughton day on TCM: Mutiny on the Bounty now, Spartacus later.

I have an odd question about Lucille Ball...

I can't forget Katie the hell terrier..22 lbs of terror

Looking For A Google+ Invite.....

Yankees batboy "writes" tell-all. Does not meet expectations for a tell-all.

had to bring Buddy Guy back from the park

Dionysos - Coccinelle

On this 30th anniversary week of MTV, a classic video for you. Steam.

This man is a professional. Do NOT try this at home.

On second thought - loveable lion cats

Parenting is STILL quite an interesting learning experience for bluesbassman.

ecigarettes and nuwave oven

Anne Hathaway as Catwoman

crap. how do I minimize fonts.

I had the best meal in ages

I want to be French. How do I become French?

A question about history

Nipple slips are natural

This weekend I canned 7 jars of Dill Pickles and 6 jars of bread and butter pickles.

do you regret the user name you chose a long time ago?

All I wanna know is should I buy a Makita planer?

I guess this is the right place for this

Best shampoo and conditioner for color-treated hair? (Drugstore type stuff. ) Thanks! :^)

"I still have the body of an 18 year old,

journey to the cement bridge 2011 edition, or how the border patrol almost ruined my morning

Former gymnast check in. Do you have any pains associated

scam or am I just jaded?

What shows up if you google your DUser name?

ever KNOW this pet is the once in a lifetime pet?

Photo from a Quinceañera.

Suppose I am an old fart. And suppose I am considering buying a bicycle so

Does anybody have a good recipe for fresh cherries?

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Venus Fly Cat Edition

Roselawn, Indiana - America's kinkiest city

21st Century Etiquette Breaches. Your Favorites?

US has 'snatch-and-grab' plan for Pak's nuclear weapons

Citing Lack of Progress, Verizon Workers Threaten Strike

Syrian Troops Storm Parts of Eastern City

Rioters set police cars and bus on fire (London)

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warns against more cuts in Pentagon budget

Syria launches new attack against protesters in east; Arab League condemns assault

300,000 Israelis take to streets in third rally for social justice

Officials: 6 Civilians Killed, 14 Injured by Bombs Planted Near 2 Home in Iskandariyah, Iraq

As Market Tension Builds, World Leaders Ponder Response.

Tel Aviv exchange halts trade after 6% fall

Credit downgrade exposes concern about nation's character

(Howard) Dean: What's the tea party smoking?

Former Governor Hugh Carey Dead At 92

Investment Guru Warren Buffett Says US Downgrade ‘Doesn’t Make Sense’

Geithner will not step down from Treasury post

Immigrant raid halted in 2000 on election fear, ex-agent says

Two French soldiers killed in Afghanistan and five wounded

Duggan Family Condemn Tottenham Riots

U.S. stock futures drop in Asian trading

US swimmer prepares to swim Florida Straits

Massive QE by the ECB is coming on Monday.

BofA liabilities bigger than expected

Syria tank assault kills at least 38 in eastern city (66 civilians reportedly killed across Syria)

Arab League urges Syria to stop violence 'immediately'

NHS among developed world's most efficient health systems, says study

22 SEAL Team 6 members among those killed in Afghanistan

U.S. Stock Index Futures Fall More Than 2.5 Percent

Global leaders race to stem panic over US credit rating downgrade

All aboard Railroads are hiring

Police: 8 shot to death in Ohio, including child

Notorious Abu Ghraib guard released from prison

Gordon Brown blames US and Europe for 'throwing away' recovery

MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers develop a technique to cure a broad range of viruses

45,000 Verizon Workers Strike

Venezuelan opposition resists Republican measure (re US House defunding Org for American States)

Geithner Says He Will Stay At Treasury

In Cedar Rapids, Bachmann Challenges Obama to Present Recovery Plan Before Markets Open

Axelrod: This is a "Tea Party downgrade"

Obama's Big Government Disaster

Obama's Big Government Disaster

Roseanne Barr Embarking on Presidential Campaign (Video)

Kudos to DU for not using the helicopter crash to bash Obama

The Tea Party, the debt ceiling, and white Southern extremism

Double standard at its worst

Krugman: The Arithmetic of Near-term Deficits and Debt

A timeline of events

What Happened to Obama?

Where are Boehner and Cantor?

Rick Perry

Here's a good example of how an MSM title obscures what the President says

On GPS Sunday: Arianna Huffington, Joe Klein on debt deal and more

Obama is to the Tea Party what Neville Chamberlain was to the Nazi Party

They still keep doing it. What is the most important Jobs Message for the WH? Free Trade!

Obama’s role in debt talks scrutinized

The worst thing the GOP has ever done?

275 Tea Bag people show up in Wisconsin and they get coverage

What Happened to Obama?

(self delete)

The PCTC Blog: Obama is smarter than us

The Tea Party's Next Targets: Blocking judges, appointees, and killing the gas tax

Is it wrong for Democrats to call Tea Party members terrorists?

Who is responsible for this "downgrade"

Is it me that this guy just isn't a good spokesperson for Obama

Kerry Slams ‘Tea Party Downgrade’ (VIDEO) -- Axelrod: This was a 'tea party downgrade'

Interesting reads: it's all about Alan Grayson

He does not lead. He reacts. We are adrift.

Which would you prefer?

Krugman: Stuck in the Muddle

Could this be the next POTUS, on the cover of Newsweek?

"This is a 'Tea Party Downgrade.'"

Dear Mr President, please stop using Ronald Reagan as an example of anything good

why Condi Rice shakes her head

It's not Obama, it's spin

Paul Ryan Signals Willingness To Raise Revenues, Shifting Positions Following Downgrade

Does this baseball player's body look like a woman's body?

Excellent article about Obama's term up to this point - "What Happened to Obama's Passion"?

Robert Reich tweets: Mr President: Put forth bold jobs plan, challenge Rs to support it

Just the Facts: S&P's $2 Trillion Mistake

Howard Dean to Sen. Graham: "if this was a private corporation, President Obama would fire you all."

If they cut Medicare for those under 55, your Medicare for over 55 is in jeopardy

Can anyone explain why Nixon won in 1972 despite alienating conservatives?

Nader gets his wish, Obama's Democratic primary challenger announced...

Imagine if the entire left (progressives, moderates, pragmatists, et al) stopped fighting . . .

Congressman David Wu resigns over sex scandal

ALEC protest organizer talks about New Orleans Protest

Rob Johnson - Austerity & the Destruction of Democracy (2-Aug-11)(POLITICAL ECONOMY series)

Don't Dig Here

The Road to Revolution: 99% Uprising (Recut MaxKeiser.com Version)

George Carlin on Abortion

TDPS: Planned Parenthood Firebombed, Media Says NOTHING. What if it was Bachmann Clinic?

TYT Super Committee Will Screw You

Internet Trolls - What you should know

Real Time With Bill Maher, New Rules-Socialism "It Gets Better" 7/29/11

Debt - the very essence of the banking industry (clip from "The International")

Our Credit Downgrade- the Left has WON!

Fox News wishes President Obama a Happy Birthday... or NOT

MusiCares Honors Neil Young - Lady Antebellum - "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" - JTMP.ORG

Feminists Take a "Slut Walk" Worldwide to Call All Women Sluts. No Joke.

What Henry Kissinger thinks of President Obama

TYT: Cartoonist Exposes Police Department

From Lebanon : Hezbollah militia humiliate Syrian youth's for daring to demonstrate

Fareed Zakaria GPS: The Real Story Behind the 'Ground Zero Mosque'

Foreclosure Fraud by BOFA caught on Film in Missouri - Must see

Debt Ceiling Passes, Credit Rating Drops and Governor Perry's Prayer-athon

Health Ranger: 'FDA fights organic farmers'

Maddow Apologizes To Limbaugh, Then Checkmates

We were warned. Byron Dorgan, Molly Ivins, 1990s...consequences of Glass-Steagall repeal.

Idlib , Syria 8/7/2011 : Horrific high quality video showing live fire on a funeral procession

Republican Con Job Deluxe

WikiLeaks Cables Show US Strategy for Regime Change in Syria as Protesters are Massacred

The fading genius of the US post office

Teen dies after U.C. Police tasing

India will get more prominence at Harvard

Italy's Berlusconi rules out early elections

Cuba opening to private enterprise spurs service sector start-ups

The summer of Obama's Discontent

Cracks in the Chinese wall

Crisis deepens as markets edge toward disaster

Spain opposition party's lead narrows vs Socialists - poll

Who Benefits from Government Dysfunction?

A Dark American Turning Point

New Hanoi anti-China rally tests tolerance of protests

September Surprise?

Death in the Pot

Any decent, honest politician like the president simply doesn’t stand a chance

Is it time to withdraw from Afghanistan?

Sunday Funnies: Best Political Cartoons of the Week

The Biggest Religious Movement You Never Heard of: 9 Things to Know About Rick Perry's Event

Candidate Obama Vs. President Obama On Trade (New Deal 2.0)

Perry's Feeble Attempt to Make Prayer Rally Seem Apolitical

Why Progressives are Losing the National Debate

Raymond Rose on Borders Books

express.co.uk: Jacqueline Kennedy believed Lee Harvey Oswald was merely “a patsy”

George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London -- 80 years later

The dysfunction that lies at the very heart of American politics

God Fails To Respond To Rick Perry's 'The Response'

What happens when citizens lose faith in government?

David Letterman drives Focus Electric with Ford CEO

Tattered economy has a silver lining for conservationists

delete -- i posted a dupe. nt

City cycle schemes save lives, cut CO2: study

Don't Dig Here, We Can Change The World

First erasable electronic paper (2:17) {video only}

The recent Global Warming report. What's the deal.

Japan’s Prime Minister Fires Three Nuclear Energy Officials

French duck fat puts gourmet spin on biodiesel

Great Lakes Invaders: First Asian carp, now Snakeheads

If a person wants to go off the electrical grid in their own apartment, is it possible?

Fake Twitter accounts used to promote tar sands pipeline

Anybody own the new Fiat 500? Seems like a really good deal.

"a society that cannot survive without atomic energy cannot survive with it"

Nuclear power plants terrorist targets...

Coal ash pits are Terrorist Targets

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