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Archives: December 28, 2012

Speaking of common-sense regulation

California governor’s office tries to get Fox News to correct ‘shocking mistake’

Do Big Cats Like Catnip?

Film explores African-Americans' unhealthy "soul food" habit

Did anybody else just see Rev. Al dance like James Brown?

We have become a nation of cowards who need guns!!!!

More vicious tabloid nastiness about disabled people (Daily Fail, of course)

Matt Damon: ‘Game is rigged’

In Kali's ranch tradition, it was her bridal bouquet that was unlucky to see before the wedding,

Sir Tobin, Knight of Tranquility, rides in to save the day in his suit of shining bubble wrap.

Ohiosmith HATES Christmas.

Skittles' favorite Christmas picture:

"A Christmas Story" is the story of MFM's life... not his childhood, but his ADULT life.

MiddleFingerMom's career as a lumberjack was cut short... really, REALLY short.

Fukushima radiation fears are linked to increase in obesity among children

Can you believe a son got paid more than a father?

Ben & Jerry's Stamp Stampede

I want my iTunes 10 back.

Reid Says Deal Is Unlikely Before Fiscal Deadline

10 Quotes From 2012

American narcissism…

Clinton To Return To Work Next Week

BREAKING: AP Source: Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Has Died in Tampa, Fla.

"Maybe...the absence of easy abortions will make a teenager think twice about having sex."

Desert Storm General Norman Schwarzkopf dies

Catnip - Not Even Once

Margaret Thatcher's role in plan to dismantle welfare state revealed

Americans blame Republicans more than Democrats for "fiscal cliff":

Just a question...

We can only hope that the voters are paying attention...

Rex Ryan hates Tim Tebow

Public must accept reforms if NHS is to survive, warns hospitals chief

My path to riches ... and thanks to the GOP!

Bernie Sanders: "Boehner has no control over his extreme right-wing faction"

NATE SILVER: As Swing Districts Dwindle, Can a Divided House Stand?

Melt Down...All Bluster and no Intellect!

Stanford to start new religious liberty law clinic

CNN breaking email on the fiscal cliff:

Old News. Does anyone know if these characters are still in office?

Should we try to enjoy life and laugh or worry about the unknown?

Mitch the Chinless wants to know why Obama was on the campaign trail

Mitch McConnell goes public on how this whole fiscal cliff debacle is all the Democrats fault.

"Stormin' Norman" has died

400 will be on the streets in Tucson AZ if budget is not reached.

CEO of non-profit that services FL Juvenile Justice System..over $1.2 million a year public money.

For all you '60's bandits

Thousands of Dutch Catholics look to leave the church after Pope’s anti-gay comments

Chevron's CEO: Affordable energy is crucial

Does being on the wrong side of a jury affect your chances of serving again?

Betrayed While Asleep, Afghan Police Die at Hands of Their Countrymen

Warren Jeffs has told his followers the world will end on Monday the 31st. So far

Arrested Development fans....

What cities would look like without light pollution

White House announces POTUS & VPOTUS to meet with Boehner Pelosi Reid McConnell 3pm Friday

"Bush aide: 'GOP is shrinking daily before our eyes'"

1994 Flashback: Bill and Hillary Spoof "Harry and Louise" From Health Care Ads - Funny Stuff!

Jobs aside, how many people here could honestly shoot a person.

Mandatory Thursday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Last LIVE Malloy of 2012! & a new Kitty gif

Jason Alexander’s Amazing Gun Rant- from Salon- longest Tweet ever?

Oklahoma senator's bill targets controversial U.N. Agenda 21 plan

Volunteers toughen up bobcat kitten who's too nice

"Thousands Of LA Citizens Choose Groceries Over Handguns"

A couple of Christmas shots

The stomach virus has officially hit our home

Deri: Likud-Beiteinu is party of 'Russians and whites'

Mental illness & violence

A Christmas Tragedy

Tampa Bay Times - "This speaker speaks, but no one listens" - Slams Boehner

In Medical Triumph, Homicides Fall Despite Soaring Gun Violence

Florida fossils dealer admits dinosaur smuggling

$20,833.00 per month????

Haniyeh at Education Conference: “Israel a Tumor That Must be Uprooted”

Danny Hafley, Kentucky Man, Defends Watermelon-Eating Obama Display: He 'Might Get Hungry'

CEOs benefit from exploited labor?

AP (Via Yahoo) Memorial to 38 hanged Dakota men unveiled in Minn.

Senate Rejects FISA Reforms, Delays Vote On Bush-Era Warrantless Wiretapping Program

The Ground On Which We Stand is Sacred

Nick Ignatius, Concrete Salesman Seeking Concrete Opportunities

Dear Family,

Congratulations, Chicago: Your City Now Has The Most Expensive Parking Meters In The U.S. ($6.50hr)

Geeze! I just stopped myself from posting two overboard videos.

Question about home heating

At libraries, children find delight in reading to dogs!

Fugelsang on unions' "thugs" vs. Assad's "loyalists"

It's back to listening to Ed Schultz for me

Secret Docs Reveal FBI "Counterterrorism" Monitoring of Occupy From Its Earliest Days

what is Marvel Comics thinking? Spoiler alert! don't click if you haven't read the new issue

Naomi Klein: As Chief Spence Starves, Canadians Awaken From Idleness And Remember Their Roots

Oh, how it seems like just yesterday that Republican leaders egged tea partiers on....

Lawrence O'Donnel Just predicted Ed Markey Will Win June Senate Race

Will the New Ethanol Blend Tank My Ride?

Slain woman predicted her own death

Gentrification's latest target ... the fashion industry

Dear God... Our President needs us Now.

China Starts Longest Bullet-Train Line, Luring Air Travelers

Need light.

A man/woman is only worth what they contribute to the economy. Those who don't contribute...

So glad this is here

I'm drinking a mickey of whisky, ask me anything :D

Secret surveillance law will continue. Results for #FISA

Guns aren't the only problem in America...

Son of Ariel Sharon Makes Frightening Gaza Comments

Okay, who's been to Turkey?

A solution to ruined pictures that everyone else may already know.

Man Is Pushed to His Death Under Train in Queens

What Your Opposition to Gay Marriage Means...

DU cat experts, advice needed please.

This guy got ditched but his post needs to be deleted

Christmas Latte ARt

Who remembers "Smoking or Non-Smoking"?

Jesus Christ, I was alerted on for "taking the Lord's name in vain!"

When is DU's next funding drive? Does anybody know?

The election is over. We won. We need this haven once again. I do.

A friend told me this, info she's received from her husband, who was in the Army:

Obama is causing a Republican civil war!!

The Secret History of Guns By Adam Winkler

Video: Homecoming (A British Marriage Equality Ad)

College student gets stalking protection order against parents

Simpsons' Yeardley Smith Donates $25K To Group Challenging Prop 8

Any fans of One Piece the Japanese manga?

Meanwhile, in the Arctic Ocean...

As ‘fiscal cliff’ deadline nears, OPM updates furlough guidelines

President Obama is destroying the GOP..

Separated at birth?

Who exactly is MiddleFingerMon?

Rise Of The Dollar Stores ---- Cheaper Than Walmart

Please sign WH petition to Audit the Pentagon.

There are three stages of life!

Practical but also tactical

Do any Repubs you know acknowledge they LOST in Nov and therefore should act accordingly?

Has anyone been to Turkey?

So much talk about guns

The Most Ridiculous Tea Party Protest Signs

EPA grants waiver to California's Clean Cars Program

Thatcher was ready for Falkland Islands deal, National Archives papers show

'Romanian Orthodox Priests' Produce Steamy Gay 2013 Calendar?

North Korea creates Kim Jong-il award

NYTimes editorial: Time to Confront Climate Change

I'm both looking forward to, and NOT looking forward to, next November.

Christian denominations supportive of LGBTIQ equality

Why Chavez won re-election and why his VP Nicholas Madura will be elected if...

ATONEMENT A troubled Iraq veteran seeks out the family he harmed.

I got blocked from a group for a post that wasn't even hidden

Does anyone have information on the NRA poll released this a.m........

If you made a bet yesterday that Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf would outlive GHW Bush...

Gods were superseded by Religious Teachers...

Part of The Family

Capital wins, labor loses

Holi Festival.

Female Police Officer Shot and Killed by her Abusive Husband

Why, oh Why, must I cause trouble?

Earth’s twin will be discovered in 2013, astronomers predict

US sailors sue Japan's TEPCO for post-quake radiation exposure

TCM Schedule for Friday, December 28, 2012 -- What's On Tonight -- TCM Spotlight -- Ernst Lubitsch

Heart- Stairway To Heaven Kennedy Center Honors

2 Rocket Launchers and 75 assault turned in during LA exchange

"Founding Fathers" Detested the Paradise of Debauchery and Freedom That Was 18th Century America

In Montana, Dark Money Helped Democrats Hold a Key Senate Seat

The Tea Party Mindset Still Dominates the GOP

December 28: National Chocolate Candy Day

Plans To Study Adam Lanza's DNA Splits The Scientific Community

nowhere to use japan's growing plutonium stockpile

Who Is Brian Schatz, the New U.S. Senator From Hawaii?

If Congress doesn’t avoid ‘dairy cliff,’ milk prices could double

Indian rape victim fighting for her life

Possible strike at docks would cripple key U.S. ports, hurt economy

FDA quietly pushes through genetically modified salmon over christmas break

NRA statement on CT Shooting about video games and mental health had multiple levels of deceit.

AP impact: ordinary folks losing faith in stocks

The top 10 records of 2012, Mark Morford

Winter Storm Euclid Punctuates Year of Extreme Weather

How Big Business Poisons Academic Research

50 Shades of Takei

Like cookbooks? Want to help hurricane victims?

Why Do I Still Feel Uncomfortable Playing a Gay Man on TV?

How Big Data Can Solve America's Gun Problem

Fukushima radiation fears are linked to increase in obesity among children

U.S. Internet Users Pay More for Slower Service

Underwater Homeowners Will Work for Less Pay: Cutting Research

the fiscal trap is sprung and the right is now the prey

Israel criticised by Britain over West Bank university plan

My faux pas at the Christmas gathering..

Margaret Thatcher was another pathological LIAR -dismantling the welfare state

U.S. drone strikes in Yemen increase

story on Markey plans to run for Sen. Kerry's senate seat

I'm calling it- The governor of MA is going to appoint Barney Frank! \O/

As a teacher,

Netanyahu set to win Israel election but rightists gain: polls

Knesset member appeals Israel election ban

Israeli citizens are not allowed to carry guns unless they are serving in the army

Duke Energy customers owe $2.5 billion-plus for Edwardsport plant

Muslim Brotherhood Tops Anti-Semitic Rhetoric List

So my wife and I are the working Poor? We make about $1,800 a month. If we are lucky $31,000 a year.

Mila Kunis Targeted: Ukrainian Politician Aims Anti-Semitic Slur At Actress

Robert Scheer: Cerberus Collected Ex-Government Opportunists

America, a Nation Whose Directional Compass is Badly Damaged

The success of Naftali Bennett is the failure of the Israeli center-left

disconnecting for the move

In Times Square, It's Terry Jones vs. the Beatles - Op-Docs

3 officers shot at New Jersey police station

Coming up on HuffPo Live: What If Gunmakers Paid For Mental Health Care?

Corker on NBC news now: "We, the Congress, are going to hurt the people now..." and then

National Rifle Association vows to fight arms trade treaty at U.N.

Boy Is This A Galling Tax Dodge From Facebook: It Paid 0.3% Taxes On $1.34 Billion Profits

2012: Top Ten Signs of a Warming World

US evacuates Central African Republic embassy

The Second Amendment Has Nothing to Do with Gun Ownership

Harlem foster child (8 year-old) finds A Gun in Christmas gift donated at SoHo church

Japan's Tepco sued by US sailors over radiation

Chillingham wild cattle: Surviving another winter

What did "middle class" mean to you when you were 20-30 something?

More soldier suicides than combat deaths in 2012

NY Jets' Humiliation of Tim Tebow Reaches Biblical Proportions

Little time left to head off longshoremen's strike

VA finds assaults on women more common

Listing names of gun owners vs journalists & why it matters

show about health care on pbs

Turkish officials: 2 Syrian generals defect

Lomas Brown, POS

What Could Have Been: The Most Important Bills Blocked By Republicans In 2012

No Cost/Low Cost Medications Available

It Sure As Hell IS A Revenue Problem

USAF Museum Aircraft of the Week

Somebody please tell Grover Norquist how House Speakers get elected

Schumer: Odds For Deal ‘Better Than People Think’

Sixty years later, right-to-work lives on in Nevada as labor thrives

24,000 Kentuckians Set To Lose Unemployment Benefits Because Of Mitch McConnell's Obstruction

Like cookbooks? Want to help hurricane victims?

Just Saw Django Unchained

Portrait: Wayne LaPierre

Obama On Schwarzkopf: ‘We’ve Lost An American Original’

GOP Prepares US For Ayn Rand Future ---- If We Break Everything Bad Enough We Can "Profitize It"

Republicans just don’t care what the nation thinks by Robert Reich

"Memories Will Pay" by EARWACKS/Wax Theatricks

Justified, season 4...

In a now locked thread, critical of DUers, critical President Obama ...

The P.U.-litzer Prizes for 2012 from F.A.I.R.

Neither side wants a deal - by Steve Kornacki

Heyyyyyy....

China passes law requiring people to visit their elderly parents, or risk being sued by them

I forget her supposed name but she is always good at speaking truth to stupid (kind of a cartoon)

2013: Time For US Strategy To Get Real

Infants, Monkeys, Love, And AI

Change we can believe in, live on C-span 2

The Netflix lobby in Washington spent $1 million in two years

Enjoying a day off today. Ask me anything.

Something to consider re: the published list of gun owners.

Gun-rights group distances itself from open-carry incident

Iowa joins in denying driving right to immigrants in federal program

New show 'Deception' premieres on....

GOP Will Cooperate If Obama And The Demos Give Them Huge Cuts In Social Security, Medicare &

We're having a mist and drizzle "storm" here.

New Nutterism: The NRA’s ‘Dumbass Idea’

A fiscal cliff deal at this stage may not be a good thing

R the republicans trying to crash the economy on purpose?

U.S. Pending Home Sales Hit 2-1/2 Year High In November

5 Stages in the Budget Process

Serious questions for those who are convinced that Obama, Clinton, and Gore are not liberals.

Question ~ who is the leader of the "Tea Party" ...

NYT: In Ireland, Carbon Taxes Pay Off

West Wing Week: 12/28/12 or

Restricting nuclear power has little effect on the cost of climate policies

Yes, there should be a gun registry. No, it shouldn't be public.

Breaking Bad Canada

Business Activity in U.S. Expands for a Second Month

FBI un-redacts more in Marilyn MONROE file: "positively concisely leftist" but not a Commie!1

AP: Republicans showing 'a willingness to bend' on taxes, immigration and guns

The Other Bradley Manning - Jeremy Hammond

Can I get some recommendations for books for girls, ages 4-6?

Washington County sheriff: Maine’s concealed carry law ‘scares me to death’

Obama Has Double Dilemma in Choice of New Pentagon Chief

11 Amazing Facts about the McDonald's McRib

BEST NEWS BLOOPERS 2012

Exclusive: David Dewhurst campaign says aide stole at least $600,000

112th Congress Set To Become Most Unproductive Since 1940s

why was the end of the tax cuts Dec. 30, instead of Jan. 1?

Any mod suggestions for Skyrim?

Indian Rape Victim's Condition Deteriorating: Singapore Hospital

Five Polling Lessons from 2012

It's that time again---post a pic of your Cat.

Poppy Bush wants you to "put the harps back in the closet."

Newtown Gunman Adam Lanza Did Not Wear Body Armor At Massacre

R Pie Hole wants to throw in with Tommieblows Horn and put volunteer posseers into schools,

Jack Klugman's quiet legacy--lifesaving crusader

Venezuela recorded more than 21,000 murders in 2012

The brushes get ever wider

Friday TOON Roundup 1: CONgress

Hagel Nomination Can Knock Down Wild-Swinging Repugs/NeoCons/AIPAC

Friday TOON Roundup 2: Repubs

TYT: Occupy Movement Infiltrated by Spies

Friday TOON Roundup 3: Guns

TYT: Occupy Movement Infiltrated by Spies

White House Says No Defense Programs Are Immune to Cuts

I've all ready seen bathing suits for sale at Target.

Snowe: Norquist Pledge Could Send Nation Over The Fiscal Cliff

A suggestion about people locked out of threads...

OK, we need two more to round out the Lounge delegation to Meta.

If only she had been armed and trained…

Light-Powered Magnetic Levitation Could Create ‘New Class’ Of Solar Energy

FL Dem Party is already behind in preparing for 2014.

College Student's Turtle Project Takes Dark Twist:

Thank A Teacher Today & Everyday

Fiscal Cliff: Obama, Republicans Eyeing Scaled-Back Package

David Dewhurst campaign says aide stole at least $600,000

A Haiku Review of 2012, Part 2: Gun Crazy

New Name for Republicans: "Profitutes"

Teflon Dangers: Deadly to Chickens — And Us

Since the Atlanta Braves are again using their 'screaming savage' logo, I've created one of my own..

Thom Hartmann: Generals speak out on the War Profiteers & the Cliff

Did Democrats plan to go over the cliff all along?

Chris Van Hollen schools Fox anchor in 'fiscal cliff' interview

Jib Jab 2012: They did it again :)

Dockworkers Strike Averted For Now After Mediator Brokers 30 Day Contract Extension

The Lost Art of Cooking With Lard

Opposed to same-sex marriage, company ends wedding business

Low testosterone causing “irritable male syndrome" in Washington DC

Luke Russert is an Insufferable Twit

Shark tank explodes in Shanghai mall

I am watching my local news, and that woman in Berrien County Jail for swearing

Drunk driver crashes on Bill W's lawn.

San Diego's new mayor Bob Filner fires some parting shots at Congress

My post on facebook...what do you think?

Amen...

Kris Straub presents "More Solutions from the NRA"

TPM Editor’s Blog: More Trouble Ahead

President Obama at the "fiscal cliff" negotiations Dec. 27, 2012

Tornado hits a Walgreens in Mobile, AL

Today in Peace and Justice history on December 28, 1973

Today in Peace and Justice history on December 28, 1973

Elizabeth Ware Packard

Let's discuss "mental health" and behavior control without any links in this OP of mine.

Doonesbury's War on Christmas

Beet Greens

India claims problems with Russian-leased nuclear sub

Sheriff Arpaio Sending Armed Posse To Protect Schools

joke Two Women about to enter Heaven

Thom Hartmann: Corporate America has Messed with the Wrong People

As the year winds down, how did things go for you in 2012?

Why is Lisa Jackson, EPA head, stepping down?

Coats (even made by designers) are not worth buying at this time.

BOO HOO: “You work your butt off & you end up with next to nothing (but about $2 million this year)”

Only 48%...

Playing the latest international edition Trivial Pursuit with the family

‘WAR ON CHRISTMAS’ CONTINUES AS ATHEIST BANNER IS DESTROYED

Cabbage & Northern bean burritos

Tell them no cuts to Social Security! CALL: Obama 202-456-1111 & your reps 202-224-3121

A little Friday humor

Women’s Liberation and Feminism (A trip through the sixties)

Washington’s Stalemate Leaves Taxpayers in Limbo.

Senate to Intel Agencies: We Don't Need to Know How Often You Spy on Americans

This is how low I've sunk in life. I now live primarily on ....

Rescind 20 Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers of the U.S. Army 7th Cavalry in 1890 at Wounded Knee.

Brian McFadden's Gun Control Proposals

X-Post from Native American: WH Petition to rescind the Wounded Knee MOHs

GOP Tricked as 'Fiscal Clifford' Saves Obama

What if they started a war and nobody came?

Michael Phelps was right – relieving yourself in the pool is fine

You know who turned 80 today?

Memo To "our" Congressional "representation": We know that Wall Street is not THE economy:

It's still about the Bush tax cuts..

The 20 most puzzling, hypocritical and revealing quotes about American Foreign Policy in 2012

we are experiencing the 'fiscal cliff' thru the lens of the media that had mitt winning election

KTBS-TV: Give Rhonda Lee her job back ASAP! Petitioning George Sirven

am I lucky or unlucky? you decide.

Belated Xmas present in GD right now......

"Rubin and his allies control the Democratic Party with their money"

"Carryout Bag Reduction and Recycling Act"

Chuck Hagel Broke Party Lines on Iraq. Is He Now Being Punished?

Here is when I bought my first gun

NYC annual murder tally at record low

Wow! The soundtrack to the video game "Journey".

National Rifle Association vows to fight arms trade treaty at U.N.

The Scourge of Concealed Weapons

Here's the gun compromise most are looking for

Commentary: It’s easier to kill with guns than regulate them more

What's for Dinner ~ Friday Dec 28th ( I really can read a calendar - honest!)

If you want to avoid the Fiscal Cliff....

“It’s a shit show”

Rating Secretaries of Education the way Education Reformers do Teachers

George H.W. Bush

off-topic and after holiday-topic

Is there any way that accepting the "fiscal cliff" framing of budget & taxes helps Dems?

bob corker admits he's a dumbass. hey bob, what HAVE you done for two years?

Serious Qustion :George Bush Center for Intelligence

Awesome lecture by Temple Grandin - who is autistic with many doctorates...

Senate roll call now on C-SPAN.

China tightens Internet controls, legalizes post deletion

Help please? I can't understand: We are the biggest financiers of our own debt, right?

Italian Priest to [battered] Women Everywhere: Stop Hitting Yourself

indian girl commits suicide over alleged gang-rape

indian teenager commits suicide over alleged gang-rape

Payroll Taxes Are Going Up No Matter What, I Believe

Texas A&M research could change how diabetics check levels

Al Qaeda Disbands; Says Job of Destroying U.S. Economy Now in Congress’ Hands (Borowitz says)

Therma Christmas Angel

Thom Hartmann: Japanese Conservatives Plan to Restart Nukes...

Chicago Hits 500 Homicides, Highest in 4 Years

'Our Martyr' by Alice Walker

Amendment 2 Blues

If the NRA is a 501c3 organization, how can they lobby and try to influence the outcome of elections

"The Malefactors of Wealth"

Brats

Burma gives go-ahead for private newspapers in 2013

NLRB requires balancing of employer confidentiality interests and a union’s need for information

I lost track of Mark Fiore for a while - I'm glad he's kept up to date (Gun Bumperstickers galore)

Afghanistan Kunduz victim families file Germany claim

Pawn Shop Owner: 'I Will Sell No More Guns-I broke into tears seeing types of firearms I'm selling'

Newspaper Guild, members donate $5160 to Sandy relief – and counting

China orders children to visit their elderly parents

I Am Now Convinced I Am In A Psychotic Nation -- Huffpost -- Rob Woodall -- End All Fed Gun Regs.

Senate Votes To Extend Warrantless Wiretapping Powers

Arizona sheriff orders armed 'posse' to patrol schools (Sheriff Joe Arpaio...again)

What Is The Next NRA Meme? You Will Be Forcibly Armed Over Your #$#% Body.

Eagle to be released at refuge

Nice comic from Penny Arcade

Congress knew the cliff was coming. In fact, Congress made the cliff.

Ocracoke - Hatteras ferry suspended due to shoaling

Colombia emerald czar linked to AUC massacre: Declassified US cables .

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahKrauthammer: Obama Using Cliff to Start GOP 'Civil War'

Looked at the smile this dumb motherfucker has on......

New wind farm boosts Maui renewable energy

Democracy Now interview with retiring Rep. Dennis Kucinich (2 videos)

Jean S. Harris, Killer of Scarsdale Diet Doctor, Is Dead at 89

NY woman charged in connection with ambush slaying of 2 firefighters; police cite link to guns

US condemns Putin's adoption ban amid further strain in Russian relations

David Cameron 'risks leading Britain out of EU by accident'

High-Capacity Magazines Bill To Be Introduced By Democrats On First Day Of Congressional Session

John Kerry Praises Rep. Markey’s Senate Bid,Kennedy: ‘Markey Is The Best Person’,

Could somebody please explain the ending of "Repent, Harlequin, said the ticktock man"

True Facts About The Angler Fish

Thanks everyone...it's been a tough week. My father, who is in Hospice care, stopped talking

Movies that I saw recently.

How women choose shampoo versus Men!

NRA's new back to school fashion line...

Let's make a deal...

Seriously this Cycle Show on M$NBComcast

Filibuster Reform Champions Say Democrats Have 51 Votes To Change Rules

Breaking: George H.W. Bush is still alive

Venezuela murder rate soars

Delhi Gang Rape: Indian President’s Son In Trouble After 'Sexist' Comment

Some are chosen…

Any news on the budget meeting today between PBO, Dems and the GOPigs?

Where Are the Humanists?

Bad time for a Rick Roll

Balpreet Kaur: Huffington Post Religion's Person Of The Year

Report: Obama is not making a new offer at 'fiscal cliff' meeting with congressional leaders

The Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True in 2012

Spiritual but not religious

67% of Wealthy (>$450K) support taxing THEMSELVES MORE -

Howie Dean is on Bashir

Are Notebooks good enough for very basic stuff?

I'm starting a new movement! STOP the grocery stores/supermarkets from ...

Will a FAM of 4 making $60k

Stan Lee Turns Ninety Today

Colombian drug lord to face US extradition trial .

George Bush Sr in 'good spirits' as spokesman signals improving health

Secretive George Zimmerman escape plot revealed in court documents

False: "Obama said he was a 'moderate Republican'"

Markey: ‘Honored,’ ‘Proud’ To Have Support Of Kerry, Vicki Kennedy

Chile Charges 8 People in Singer’s Killing (During Nixon-supported dictator Pinochet takeover)

GHW Bush and "The Highway of Death"

Strike likely averted at East Coast ports

My favorite image of 2012

Full Moon!

Chile Charges 8 People in Singer’s Killing

Anyone use an unlocked iphone with T-Mobile?

Thom Hartmann: The Ruling Party of Billionaire-istan

The GOP IS silent!!

Obama Sticks To His Guns

Bipartisan Senators Propose Curbing Filibusters.

It’s Too Late, Baby, Now It’s Too Late

A White House Slumber Party

LOL, Teabagger Thinks Obama is Living in a Fantasy World.

Hello, my little pretties! Time for your Friday Afternoon Challenge: “Wild Manners of Fantasy and

India Rape Victim Dies in Hospital.

Quality of U.S. medicine: The 'best' health care depends on your perspective

WHY? WHY?

"Help! I'm being held captive in a Chinese fortune cookie factory." - For Real

POTUS to make statement on Fiscal Speed Bump Meeting at 5:45

*POTUS to speak at 5:45!

George Carlin on Bi-Partisanship

Senator Baucus calls for urgent House action on farm bill

Sheriff Arpaio sending armed posse to protect schools

Nevada Supreme Court overturns murder conviction because woman bounced from jury pool for being Demo

Judged now by loyalty to a political leader? No disagreement accepted.

Animal rights group pays settlement in circus elephant case

American Liberty League, "... Democrats to oppose the New Deal ..."

Controversy over Adolf Hitler statue in Warsaw ghetto

The Reason Why Repugs Don't Care About Going Over The Fiscal Curb

DUer advocates for racial profiling (and stop and frisk) and against gun control

Maddow..... Senate Approves FISA Again....

Rushing over here

Sen. Kerry supports Markey bid for his MA senate seat

RESERVATION MADE: 6PM SUN DEC 30 AT THE LOCAL IN MPLS, 6 to 8 PEOPLE

'Let everybody vote.'

checkmate

Illinois could be next state to legalize gay marriage

Paraguay to Emulate Bolivia With First Dollar Bond Sale

Obama is laying it all out there

Maine gets set to ring wedding bells for same-sex couples

Even If There Were Demonstrations At Every GOP Office It Would Not Work ----

Is there a gaming device that does NOT require internet to use it?

KRUGMAN: “We are at war with Eastasia, and always have been.”

Father of girl slain on school bus kills himself in Broward

Wanna Bet The GOP Position Really Is - No Taxes For Business And The Rich ----

Just playin'

'What you built.'

"Outside of Washington, no one understands how this can be a repeat pattern,"

Obama To Appear On ‘Meet The Press’ Sunday

Ever think of how much developers destroy in $$

White House talks don't include NRA: gun group president

For everyone worried about the cliff and related bullshit, have some kitteh....

In all my years at DU (12)....

Dear One Percent:

Are the White House and the Senate Democrats finally hearing the voices of the progressives...?

Republican Teabaggers - A Clear and Present Danger

Alleged militants detained in Djibouti charged by U.S. court

Michigan Abortion Law Signed By Gov. Rick Snyder

Trains carrying more oil across US amid boom

Obama Says Immediate Action Needed On Fiscal Cliff

President Obama Discusses Last-ditch Efforts to Avert the Fiscal Cliff

Unbelievable before and after

Obama To Congress: Come To A Deal – Or Else

Fewer US banks failing as industry strengthens

Weekend Economists:Auld Acquaintance Should Be Forgot December 28-30, 2012

I Just Qualified For The 2nd Fed Extended Unemployment Benefits...And I Might Get Cut Off Tomorrow

Hawaiian Telcom union ratifies five-year contract

F**k Rick Snyder

Awesome quote from Dr. Maya Angelou...

I have a job offer, rcvd verbally now waiting for the formal letter! Will start Jan 7!

The Indian gang rape victim has died.

LA Times: Union pickets gain special protections from state justices

News isn’t all bad for labor unions — at least on the federal side

Fido Friday! Sorry it's late, internet trouble.

Ronald Reagan raised taxes REPEATEDLY

Fido Friday was posted in GD by accident.

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