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Archives: December 31, 2012

Anyone stream SiriusXM on their phone?

Andy Reid Fired from the Eagles

Testing a smarter thermostat to reduce energy consumption. - Updated

If America won't change its crazy gun laws... I may deport myself says Piers Morgan

Quote of the Day

John McCain Receives The Most Lavish NRA Donations - addicting info dot org - well, gollleee!

breaking cnn: Reid: No Senate vote on fiscal cliff tonight

This is not what it looks like

Patriots earning a bye

Fiscal Cliff Talks Resume After GOP Caves On Social Security Cut

Random Tuscon pictures:

The Journal News has hurt any hope for gun reform.

Nice JK quote found in Concord Museum

What is the easiest way to post a photo taken by IPhone?

Manchin introduces bill to ‘ease’ cliff

Sen. Feinstein suggests national buyback of guns

What are the best ways to protect your home?

Storms on U.S. Plains stir memories of the "Dust Bowl"

Obama endorses gay marriage proposal in Illinois

Heck of a season, Adrian.

9 Killed In Tour Bus Crash Along Oregon Highway

I am a fatty

Papantonio: GOP Hate Knows No Bounds

SS DOES NOT ADD ONE NICKEL TO THE DEFICIT. Why is it on the table

Breaking News - Hillary Clinton admitted to hospital with a blood clot

Fox News host Sean Hannity has lost half of his viewers since the election, Rachel still ahead

Hugo Chavez: Venezuela leader suffers 'new complications'

The History 2 channel is back, instead of Armageddon 24/7

Breaking: Sec. of State Hillary Clinton Sent to Hospital with Blood Clot Following Concussion

Pray for Hillary Clinton

How do I insert a photo in a DU post from photobucket?

I hope Collin Klein likes Kansas City.

Can you spell Tucson?

Congrats to Vikings fans!

Vibes for Hillary Clinton

Toon: Doesn't know how to lead

The answer is, "I don't know....."

For everyone suggesting a government gun buying program, I have a question

Congressional ethics investigators could soon be silenced

A New Year's chinook teases us with thoughts of spring.

The latest in student competition bumper stickers.

The main reason the Military part of the budget is off limits, for all intents and

One route to indoctrination; one route to knowledge

Well wishes to Hillary Clinton

WWOB (what would Obama do?)

Whistle Blowers ... Surveillance State

Ok, medical people, tell us about this blood clot.

Fucking asshole. I'm going to his FB page and DEMAND an apology

The Poisoned Debates Between Science, Politics and Religion

Don't like the way your neighbor parks?

Come home

Group fights for 'Keep Saturn in Saturnalia' sign to go up in South Jersey

BREAKING-Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot

Popsicle headache---please help!

Former bank execs in Iceland jailed for banking collapse

Sweden thanks Abba for the music with an all-singing, all-dancing museum

Two of our dogs got into a fight today - the Shih-tsu and the Border Collie

Israeli-Arab politician who was on Gaza protest flotilla can stand for re-election

Help me to laugh again.

A Dismayed Democrat Reads the Bible

Obama Faults U.S. ‘Sloppiness’ in Fatal Benghazi Attack

Athens to investigate former minister (for editing list of Swiss bank acct holders)

Chad Pratt was inside the kitchen showing another friend his handgun.

Ailing Philadelphia District Plans to Close 37 Schools

Afghans angry at US soldiers who drove away in the night leaving rent unpaid

NRA fingerprints in landmark health-care law

Wapo - "The Republican Party in one tweet"

Afghan Troop Deaths Rise As Army Expands Its Role

A good friend of mine shot this photograph for the NY DailyNews in Webster today:

Egyptian pound sinks to record low

Hilarious Johnson Motorboats commercial!

To those of you everywhere who doubted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a class act

Educate me re: cheese. mozarella? provalone?

Fiscal Cliff Talks Resume After GOP Caves On Social Security Cut (Gotta love the headline)

You've got your sunrise! You caught a prize! You, your mate and your Johnson!

Tomorrow is Barney Frank's last day...

Revealed: How the FBI Coordinated the Crackdown on Occupy | Common Dreams

I Was On CNN On Irresponsible Politicians & Fiscal Cliff Today (VIDEO)

Q? to A-hole BOLTON: Feel better now that SoS CLINTON is hospitalized?!1 F**king-a-hole!! n/t

Learn a little Japanese.. Language Lesson 1 Meeting

Naomi Wolf: "Revealed: How the FBI Coordinated the Crackdown on Occupy"

Boehner: Don’t blame us

Dog bounces back after being shot

PSA: If you have Military History Channel, a show about the French Revolution is coming right up.

I knew Barney Frank back in 1984. My organization worked with him

This will be the last week El supremo kicks this thread.

President Obama's Centrist Actions/Rhetoric Now = Future Demise Of The GOP

Sometimes the Recs show up in Bold and sometimes they don't. Why is that?

Federal Appeals Court blocks access to birth control citing Citizens United

Would George W. Bush have been 're-elected' without 9/11?

The Republicans are going to demand even more cuts once we hit the debt ceiling

Hillary was treated for a blood clot in her legs back in 2008. (CNN)

Dianne Feinstein: Filibuster Reform Headed In Bipartisan Direction

Do those rightwing bastards at FOX still think Hillary is faking a concussion?

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSERVATIVES.

Any 2012 Mac Mini owners out there?

A smidge of research help?

Bound by marriage, separated by law (why state by state marriage equality doesn't cut it)

Fiscal Cliff Parties!...

Fiscal Cliff Debate: Why The (Very) Few Rule The Many In Congress

Senate Adjourns To Monday With No Deal

Washington, Let's Stop The Partisan Finger Pointing & Work Together...

I just tried watching "The Descendants", and had to turn it off.

Hillary illness doubters face wrath of Twitter

Hurricane Sandy Aid Bill Not On House Schedule

Secretary Clinton…

Resign now, Mr. McConnell

The republicans in congress will not agree to any deal in this budget negotiation. The media

They planned to kill us "if deemed necessary."

Over the Cliff? A Better Deal Would Be Worth the Wait

Lucianne Goldberg "comedy": "Just say you have a concussion. It can last for days."

Rafael Nadal out of Aussie Open

"Barack Obama's dual agenda" (the fiscal cliff) Economist

DC stand for division champs!

EQUALITY

Poor Little Tink Tink (Katt Williams)

A memory from Campaign 2012. How the time has flown, less than 60 days ago:

TR 3 Picks vs RG III

Israel lobby should not have veto over US president's cabinet

New Matthew Message....

The point of public relations slogans like "Support our troops" is that they don't mean anything...

Watching Bowling for Columbine again

Occupy Kingwood – Sustainable Form Of The Occupy Movement Ends After 52 Weeks (VIDEO)

Use of torture by authorities has risen in Mexico, groups say

Chris Hedges - Live in Los Angeles (pts I-III)

"Florida: I’m Tired of These Mother***kin’ Snakes In This Mother***kin’ State "

Flipping through the 2013 Ikea Kitchen Dreambook wondering which cabinets define me as a person.

Cleveland, Ohio....

holee shit! NFCE Champs!

REDSKINS!!!!

Day of Seesaw Talks Produces No Accord on Fiscal Crisis

Warren Jeffs tells FLDS faithful world will end before 2013

Sir Patrick Stewart with Justin Bieber's hair

GOP Dreams Of A Day When There Are No Public Employess ----- And

Scientists try to save the frogs as time runs out

At the end of a year

Sorry Mayans, but you missed by that much. So close...

Congratulations to all of the fans of Little Jerrahs team on winning the division

Chalk one up for the jury system and Community Standards.

Why Women Still Can’t Have It All - By Anne-Marie Slaughter, The Atlantic

Juan Williams...

Lousy evening before New Year's Eve

Five killed in Oregon tour bus accident. Pro-gun commenters suggest banning tour buses.

Can anyone provide a reason for more than 3 rounds?

To sum up....

Inside the world's deadliest country: Honduras

Today I AGAIN heard a republican talking head say that President Obama has not passed a budget...

Tennessee Senators waltz all over earned benefit interests of its citizens

Settlement Expected on Past Abuses in Home Loans

WHY GOD WHY?

Paraguay Denies Diplomatic Immunity to UNASUR Observers

Mark Sanford is lucky to be alive:

Troubled Past for Suspect in Fatal Subway Push

Deadly Conflict Over Honduran Palm Oil Plantations Spotlights CEO

How the US intelligence community came out of the shadows

Best Political Cartoons of the Week

Minister's Son, Pastor and Missionary guy walks away from Christianity.

Funniest Memes Mocking Republicans

The political rise and fall of U.S. Rep. David Rivera (S. Florida Cuban "exile")

Hindu Americans urge FBI to track religious hate crimes

Rebirth of the Viking warship that may have helped Canute conquer the seas

The Christmas scale

"The Fiscal Cliff Is Just a Long-Overdue Hangover" - Harvard Business Review

209 rogue claims firms shut down by Ministry of Justice

What do you consider your most frugal act of 2012?

Lion Hugs Rescuer - just amazing !!!

Chris Hedges Explains How Entire Regions Within the US Are Treated Like Exploited Colonies

The Secret of How the GOP Has a Lock on the House for the Foreseeable Future.

A Rogue's Gallery of Imperialists, Billionaires and Cheerleaders of Capitalist Domination

Hillary Clinton in hospital with blood clot after fall

Japan PM Abe wants to replace landmark war apology - paper

Energy company staff working at climate ministry

Turn out the lights, the party's over

4 branches of government

Budget fixes

If someone puts you on ignore

Canada mulls military training mission in West Africa

Poll: Obama, Clinton still USA's most admired persons

Senate negotiators yet to reach ‘fiscal cliff’ deal as clock winds down

State Department easier fight than Pentagon for U.S. contractors

Afghans angry at US soldiers who drove away in the night leaving rent unpaid

A guy where I work has been out for 5 months now because of a blood clot injury to the head

Getting an early start on New Year wishes...

For those who want to "go over the cliff".

When Tax Revenues Fall Short, Who Gets Paid?

Do You See Anything Wrong With This Picture?

Typhoon Pablo Update. In case you forgot...

Why It's a Privilege to be a Progressive in 2013 by Paul Buchheit

People Who Suggested Hillary Clinton Was Faking Injury

Did you know ...

Grading State Gun Laws

The Media Seems To BE Hiding The Fact That The GOP CREATED The Situation ----

Voyager 1 and 2 continue to surprise NASA scientists

Seriously why did ReTHUGs believe that dragging out neo-con Dan Senor

The "cliff" was never intended to be "solved"

Going over the cliff - Hollywood style

Afghan violence falls, insider attacks rise

Link to archive of my show from last night (Includes segment on Gun Control)

Yglesias: The Pointlessness of Today's Fiscal Cliff Drama

Barrasso on CBS now selling the President is obstructing back room deals

2012: A Look Back

this is just such a weird story

New kind of magnetism discovered: Experiments demonstrate 'quantum spin liquid'

Obama signs renewal of foreign surveillance law

Howard Dean 2016!

Pregnant US woman Caitlan Coleman missing in Afghanistan with husband

The dreaded job of taking down the tree.

How to End an Argument on the Internet

I know, no one gives a shit about her, but

The Two Sides Are Now Absurdly Close On A Fiscal Cliff Deal — Here's The Latest Offer

Must read: Dave Barry's Year in Review 2012

On guns, and the way the discussions are conducted.

father of conn. gunman claims body for burial

Skip to the End my friend.

Arbitrary Dates and Manufactured "Crises"

i'm waiting for the liberal media to list all those who claimed Hillary was faking her injuries

The Top 12 Political Fallacies of 2012 by Richard Eskow

This "fiscal cliff" is only the wreckage left over from George W Bush.

"the gap between most Democrats and Tea Party backers is informational, not ideological"

Retail Workers Bear Brunt Of Sluggish Holiday Sales

The Helium Cliff

Fiscal cliff: Major progress toward deal

Progressive Resolutions For 2013

2012's best photobomb? (caption it!)

Best Wishes & Get Well Soon Thread for Secretary Clinton

5 Signs That You Have Seen Too Many TED Talks

Full House and Senate worked into the night 24/7 to save Big Banks

hey m$nbc...the stock market did NOT OPEN HIGHER...

How do some people do it?

When exclusion of women hits the basketball court

worthwhile films...Mrs. Dalloway...and The Hours

Great timing---Netflix down as of this post.

The headline on huffington is: "Obama ready to cave?". I see nothing in the article or anywhere

Bending to Military Contractors

Obama just made history (again)

I love this recipe!

Ten of My Favorite Things about 2012 by Medea Benjamin

What are the 'cuts to the military' when we go 'over the cliff'?

Murder Rates Keep Rising in Venezuela (3 part series)

I've now seen this Facebook Post Twice from different people about Guns

Biden gives Republicans one last chance to avoid 'fiscal cliff' (updated)

MFM updat:e: Still in the hospital, comfortable, stable, actual tagteam bedbath yesterday...

Today I did democrats and Supporters of Rev. Shapton a favor

English Police Arrest Man “Spraying Urine To and Fro” While Making Sounds Of An Elephant

Public Notice: Today's DC Tea Party Has Been Cancelled.

If the Democrats pass and Obama signs a new AWB would you still support Dems?

$400,000 per year = $33,333 per month

Please consider donating to "nation's most effective environmental action group"

I should probably be depressed

Perfect Basmati rice

Thank you Jerry Brown. CA new laws to go into effect.

GOP-uernica - (with a bow to Picasso)

The religous have single handed

Don't relent on raising cap gains for those earning over $250K; top .1% earn half of all cap gains!

Despite being sick: still going out for New Year's Eve Dinner

What are the a**holes saying today about Clinton's illness? Esp. those who implied it was fake.

Great article re: Bush Policies Drive Large Current Deficits

The US has a higher marijuana use rate than the Netherlands

Paul Krugman- Instant Backstabbing: The real reason Obama should never change/cut SS and medicare

Tom Tomorrow - The year in review, part two

... And a Happy New Year to you, too, Gideon. And thanks for everything!!!

With 14 hours to go (WTF?)

Sick of R pols coming on tv and whining about a do nothing Congress.

Musicians' union gives its position in detail (vs Jacksonville Symphony Association)

Mr. Fish toon-Happy 2013

Fired Teamsters Win Jobs after Illegal Company-Union Collusion

Toon- Human Waves

Sen. Tom Harkin on Senate floor, 'no deal is better deal than the one he is hearing about being

A Historically Bad Congress

Fun Tweet, Happy New Years from Japan!

DU: The Good The Bad and The Ugly....

The Bears have fired Lovie Smith

Have DUers noticed that not one ReTHUG has mentioned Bushco's off the books wars

Union Hall Hosting Memorial for 13-Year-Old Nathan Scott

AP IMPACT: Al-Qaida carves out own country in Mali

The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone

Dems’ Mystifying New Fiscal Cliff Strategy

It's Black Monday in the NFL

The Oak Ridge Boys attempt to inject relevance into long-dead career by singing to Poppy Bush

Andrei Arbashe, Christian Taxi-Driver 'Beheaded By Syrian Rebels & Fed To Dogs'

Should guys with man boobs like this be allowed to go topless?

It's not a negotiation. It's blackmail.

"Job Creators" makes list of banished words

Merry New Year!

Kobach: Only prosecution will block double-voting - 10 cases in 2010

Some things have not changed,

It’s Really Time for the Harassment to End

For those of you who love kitties.

The Republican Party in one tweet

Kayaking and canoeing for both genders - "Bringing Together The Water Divas & The Water Warriors"

Happy New Year DU!

Heart - Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin - Kennedy Center Honors

Will President Obama cave in?

Laugh Time

Transcript from my show, how to move the needle on Gun Control

Which Party will be the first to blink??

Cliff Notes (Mark Halperin)

Jon Huntsman: GOP 'Devoid Of A Soul'

Update re hubby in hospital:

Rand Paul is one sick person His illogical rant is

Does anyone else wonder if John Huntsman will trade his (R) for an (I)?

Look on the bright side. It could be New Years Eve

Georgetown law prof: Give up on the constitution?

Seniors Not Even Entitled To Life Itself Under GOP Plan

The Power of a Hot Body

CARTOON: 2013 Held Hostage (Happy New Year?)

Dem Sen. Harkin Criticizes His Party's Position To Fiscal Cliff Talks

Yeah, I've been critical of much of what Obama has done. Here's why--

WI's own Glenn Grothman - racist bigoted asshole shows true colors. Again.

To President Obama: Nobody said it was going to be easy.

Today in Peace and Justice history on December 31, 1970

Today in Peace and Justice history on December 31, 1970

Republican talking heads on CNBC this morning appear to be giddy about the reported deal

Reid says 2 sides still apart on ‘fiscal cliff’

Cousins on FB are asking me to share my research. Need help

New Year's Eve: Watch Night

Why Armed Security Gaurds and Giving School Admins and Teachers Guns....

Thank you Mr. President Obama

Today's gop; A Year in Review

AP Sources: 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal Emerging

Senator Tom Harkin: No Deal Is Better Than The Deal Being Negotiated

And Chan Gailey is gone in Buffalo

Senate Dems Balk At Last-Minute GOP Fiscal Cliff Demand

The DU myth that seniors vote Republican.

Lieberman: ‘Clinton Has Made Clear She Will Testify’ On Benghazi

Why public education should be scrapped

Baldwin, Wis., student disciplined for presenting classmate with noose, KKK symbol

Instant Karma

87% of tablet web traffic in North America is on the iPad.

President Obama to speak on ‘cliff’ (1:30)

How did working people back in 2000 make it without the taxcuts now in effect??

The case for the Dems’ negotiating strategy

WTF? Why cave in now?

Glad It's Over: What are your worst memories from 2012?

The case for the Dems’ negotiating strategy

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer Cool To Compromise

I'm not sure I understand what the big deal is about a deal before Jan 1

Piers Morgan Threatens to Self-Deport Over Gun Laws

What to name the yearly holiday: the 7-months' freedom from the Dallas Cowboys?!1

President Obama To Speak On Fiscal Cliff At 1:30PM EST

A genuine waste of time...

Kill This Deal (The New Republic)

This party, not to mince words, is unfit for government."

Judge Halts Contraceptive Mandate for Mich. Firm

Are the colors a cat is, an indication of how they act?

With Blockade Eased, Building Materials Enter Gaza

Heads Up: President Obama statement at 1:30 ET

Norv Turner gone in San Diego

SELLOUT! This is NOT what we voted for! He ran on $250k and now is pushing $450K. Guess who is going

Cards fire Ken Whisenhunt, GM Graves

(ENDED) President Obama Speaks on the Fiscal Cliff (LINK)

Mike Auldridge, founding member of D.C.’s Seldom Scene bluegrass group, dies at 73

P. J. O'Rourke's Pizza Boxes Metaphor Explaining the Triumph of Capitalism ( William K. Black )

Ezra Klein: Why the White House thinks it’s winning the ‘fiscal cliff’

What am I supposed to be outraged about?

What are you're NYE plans?

The most important issue that needs to be in the national spotlight is CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM!!!

Official DU Lounge Virtual New Year's Party.

I'm so tired of people saying, "Congress needs to get its act together."

The Case For Death Panels, In One Chart

Wonder what Grover "the pledge" Norquist is saying right now during Obamas speech.

Obama: Deal ‘Within Sight’ But ‘Not Done’

It Gets Better: December 31, 2012 - Stephen Colbert

New York bomb suspects had "terrorist encyclopedia"

President Obama Delivers Remarks on the Fiscal Cliff

Wonderful speech Mr. President!

Broken Things: A Song For Newtown

This story gave me two laughs...

Bloomberg TV says the new deal being floated is about $600 billion in new revenue

Spoiler Alert: 2013 Banished Words List released

Executives at collapsed Iceland bank jailed for fraud

Shared sacrifice? Really? One way street for thirty years in favor of the wealthy! We've bled!Bullsh

ReTHUGs are très upset with the President

Spoiler Alert: 2013 Banished Words List released

No friggin deal.

An Illustrated Talk With Maurice Sendak (Drawings by Christoph Niemann)

What's for Dinner ~ Monday Dec 31st ~ New Year's Eve Edition

Texas judge OKs ban on Planned Parenthood funding

WTF happened to deficit reduction? What happened to making the rich pay their fair share?

Who was the guy on msnbc who ...

Paradox

Judge rebuffs feds' secret arguments on no-fly list

FUKUSHIMA MUSIC PROJECT

Republicans still don't like the deal.

Gov. Perdue Issues Pardon of Innocence for Wilmington 10

Iceland warned not to take over private banks and go over the fiscal cliff in 2008

Ditching cable TV for antenna

Obama Warns the Rich that the Fiscal Cliff is Just a Down Payment on Paying Their Fair Share

Hong Kong Harbor - New Year's Fireworks!

The Crisis

My Father passed last night. He was 93, born on August 8, 1919

CSpan 1 has some great calls on discussing the cost of Bush's wars

My Father passed last night. He was 93, born on August 8, 1919

Slideshow of Miami's King Mango Strut Parade 2012 with political humor.

My Father passed last night. He was 93, born on August 8, 1919

Sydney Harbor New Year's Fireworks - AWESOME SHOW!

Bad_Ronald had a sad and now he's gone.

Amnesia and the Self That Remains When Memory Is Lost

VOTE NO!

Republicans displeased with Obama’s ‘fiscal cliff’ address

Hoping the House Republicans save us all from this "deal"

Restoring US native prairies, acre by acre, yard by yard

I've been trying so hard for 8 years to explain the Pluto decay/rebirth

A massage for Manning doubters

What Obama is Doing

I dumped the cable this week. Ask me anything.

Why I don't think a deal will happen

I Guess I Completely Misinterpreted PBO's Comments Just Now.....

It's what you scatter--(Stolen from a psychotherapists listserv)

Central African Republic Rebels Ignore Negotiation

I honestly don't know what the hell is going on. Am I the only one?

The Biggest Cave Of Them All...

Belgium seeks conviction of Church of Scientology

‘I Voted?’ documentary details Alvin Greene fiasco, electronic voting machines

Video- President Obama Makes a Statement on the Fiscal Cliff

Have A Happy New Year, DU! (*Free Champagne Edition)

Ezra Klein: The specifics of the emerging deal

Tribune Co. Exits Bankruptcy Protection After 4 Years

ahhh the republicans are angry. nothing makes me happier.

I'd like to "kick their can down the road..."

Recess 'Crucial' for Kids, Pediatricians' Group Says

Fine. Cut a deal. Let's see Boehner and the House pass ANYTHING! I'll belive it when I see it....

Hey... Boner... Think Quick! Introduce a "repeal obamacare" bill

Have you been to the Google today??

Since The Mayans were a bust I need to find a new silly, irrelevant group of people....

Many here predicted this would happen when the Bush Tax Cuts expired last time.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM MCG TEXTILES (MADE IN THE USA 25% OFF SALE!!!)

The “Drone Caucus” Sped Up Domestic Drone Use

Any word on the AMT?

Spaghetti fundraisers for $450,000 doctor bills

Subway push suspect laughs

Dear Mitch, FU

this shit is going to replay in one month..... debt ceiling.

Girl spits at MK Tibi during university debate

Heads Up: today is the deadline to submit an Independent Foreclosure Review, if any are interested.

Link Or Slink.

Democrats will never have any leverage again

Chavez on life support

Krugman: Conceder In Chief?

Does it seem like even the "liberal", media is in on the "financial cliff", scam?

Brace yourselves

Effect of prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation on spontaneous truth-telling.

If Obama's a socialist, this must be outright Communism--

I got no big problem with the Deal (as described)

9 assassinated in massacre outside Medellin: Police .

Oh the WHINING!!!

The $250K bar is way too high...

Pushing links to toons at about.com appears to be all that one member does.

New taxation scheme so every one is happy.

The Dems' threshold for the tax cuts used to be $0.00

lesson: there is no such thing as a temporary tax-cut.

I can support a reasonable new gun control law

Reality kicks Satire's Ass, once again

Maine Man in Court for Shooting Deaths of Tenants

AMR pilots’ union board approves merger framework MOU

DU is now renamed Democratic Monkey Rodeo

$400k? I'm holding my fire on this one.

Reuters gets right to work, trying to eviscerate Venezuela's Vice President:

No more Lieberman appreciation thread

Jared Bernstein on the cliff deal in the offing

Breaking from CNBC : We're going over the cliff!

Gingerbread man

Republicans Lash Out At Obama, Even As Fiscal Cliff Deal Close At Hand

So, why did Harry Reid get pushed aside?

luke russert supporting the republicans 'outrage' at President Obama's comments

So who is counting down the end of the Bush tax cuts at midnight??? n/t

Boise State to remain in Mountain West Conference, nixes Big East

Harkin blasts fellow Democrats: ‘No deal is better’ than this ‘very bad deal’

Happy New Year to all my DU friends!

Never misunderestimate this Prez's ability to get GOPers to act butthurt

Ten GOP WTF Debate Moments

I'll bet that republicans can't organize a majority of their members for this 'deal'

CBSNews: JUST IN: House Will Not Vote Tonight; Nation Will Go Over Fiscal Cliff at Midnight

Terrorism suspect gets course in western culture in secret Guantanamo unit

Inspiration from mountain goats as we head for the cliff

Off to the US diplo corps' New Years party in Vienna (1 hour 45 and counting, over in the old world)

Filipinos fathered by US soldiers fight for justice

No vote on the deal tonight

In Additiom To All The Compromises, One Final Thing...

john mccain on cnn....just promised a big fight on debt ceiling.

Gerrymanders, Part 1: Busting the both-sides-do-it myth

Was the announcement of no House vote made after 4PM?

Meet Nelson Bocaranda, Venezuela's unofficial information minister

Twinkie maker Hostess started contingency planning for liquidation months before strike

House Won’t Vote On Fiscal Cliff Deal Tonight

Strengthening a Program is expanding it not cutting it.

Fantasia Barrino makes homophobic remarks

Republicans' feelings hurt by Obama's tone - throw toys out of pram, decide to hold own breath

U.S. lists seal species as endangered

So, would Tom Harkin D-Iowa be a troll if he posted this in GD?

a bitter, old man speaks.....

2012: the year we did our best to abandon the natural world

Report: Rep. John Lewis’ Wife Dies

Pouring out a 40 for our homey that's gone: The Bush tax cuts

Happy nude year!

Obama should say right now that it is ether deal tonight or no deal at all

Economists expect UK to lose AAA credit rating

Any chance of a last second deal

France's 75% 'supertax' could be revived in Hollande's new year message

McConnell's gambit

Operation First Grandchild....Mission Accomplished

Times Reporter in China Is Forced to Leave Over Visa Issue

Hannity Implodes

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins in court on child sex charges

I'm gonna give you $50, Mitch!

2012 year in pictures

Clinton's clot located between brain and skull, doctors say

It's official......House republicans will send the nation over the cliff!!

Why do we still have military bases in...

Buy American Mention of the Week, 12-31-12

Some New Years Eve Beauty- Lady of Orda Cave

Obama's "fiscal cliff" remarks leave GOP angry, confused

BREAKING - Sec. Clinton Blood Clot

John McCain Demands Answers On State Department Hematology Security

OK, I missed what Obama said that got republicans so "outraged"...what the hell was it?

UK urged to spend Afghan withdrawal savings on defence

Dem rep.: Republicans questioning Clinton concussion think moon landing was staged too

A light beautiful snow is falling now...

90 of the world’s rarest animals are in a North England field

'Oompa-Loompas' sought over city assault

The Split-Screen Tonight Will Be AWESOME!

Comparing spending by gun rights and gun control interest groups

President Obama Makes a Statement on the Fiscal Cliff

SF student suspended over Connecticut poem (about school shooter)

Scary Stuff (Hillary Clinton)

New Utah laws carve out property tax exemptions

Huge Child-Support Debt Doesn’t Ensure Time in Jail

Judge rules that Keystone XL pipeline lawsuit can proceed

London Underground cleaners stage two-day strike

I, myself, am not the praying kind

This is mooving

zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Wild rice dressing

Rep. John Lewis’ Wife Dies

Wow, the republicans are a bunch of whiny sniffling...republicans.

Republicans were offended by Obama's suggestion that they're inefficient

Harper’s gamble with First Nations’ rage

13th. year of the millennium. A different type of party.

A song for ending this strange, strange year.

Traditionally, Ptah has ALWAYS been able to get his smoothest smooth on at New Year's Eve parties.

NO man has EVER been able to resist one of Skittles' "come-hither" looks at a New Year's Eve party.

Don't be fucking stupid. NEVER go to a tattoo/piercing parlor New Year's Eve and order "the special"

I say this from experience. If you're not careful, it'll be the alcohol talking tonight. L-O-U-D-L-Y

MiddleFingerMom, every year exactly one year after the resolutions:

If you're one of MFM's neighbors, keep EVERYONE away from the windows at midnight on New Year's Eve

Hillary's clot is between her brain and her skull.

US may have accidentally helped to start Falklands war by encouraging Argentinians to invade islands

Molly Ivins quote

What kind of cliff are you going over at midnight?

Jarring comparison, 'lil Luke broadcasting in front of Will Rogers

What will happen to this forum tomorrow?

Wikileaks to publish over 1 million documents in 2013

Season's greetings from New Haven, CT to DU!

Sen Rand Paul on Wolf Blitzer - "A lot of us work for rich people".

Make your New Years Resolution

Rand Paul Is A POS

Dear Congress, Happy New Year. As you celebrate with caviar and champagne,

Do you remember having to do this?

Coal Mine Expansion in Colorado Roadless Forest Likely to Face Challenge

So now that it looks like we probably are headed over the cliff, some important things to consider

You are going to hear that Obama created the fiscal cliff so he is solely responsible.

When Atheists Behave Like Fundamentalists

E.T. Phone Home.....LMAO

To the Teahadists who criticized Sec. Hillary Clinton's concussion and subsequent hospitalization

Has John McCain ever once criticized lying racists attacks on President Obama

Rep Steve Israel: "You can't negotiate with skidmarks!"

OMG, did you hear Steve Israel on Hardball?"It's hard to negotiate with a skid mark..."

TCM Schedule for Tuesday, January 1, 2013: Great Capers

John Bolton has done nothing in his life to indicate that he might possess the class and grace ...

Group warns military: Prepare now for risks of ‘mutant soldier’ future

Farmer cites religious issues in raw milk case

In an Act of Political Cowardice House Republicans Shove America Off the Fiscal Cliff

OB/GYNs Pulled In Two Directions In Rare Fiscal Cliff / New year Dilemma

Accountability time

Truthfully though, I don't actually see the reasons for the President's speech today.

As president, doesn't he have the power to call them back into session?

Is Rosetta Stone available on CD for the commute?

JJ Abrams gives dying Trekker a screening of the upcoming Trek movie

The validity of the public debt of the U.S.....shall not be questioned (14th Amendment)

So in interest of protecting tax cuts for the rich, the GOP is going to let their taxes go up?

Last year someone here described a New Year's ritual.

Over the cliff!!!! Jump You Fuckers!!!

Let's try these 10 budget fixes

TCM Schedule for Wednesday, January 2: Star of the Month: Loretta Young

On Twitter Paul says there will be vote tonight, McCain says no

Front Page of HuffPo. I love the repub freak out..

Charles Eisenstein: 2013: The Space Between the Stories

Want to bet that the MSM will keep calling them "Bush tax cuts" even though they've expired?

The cattle are all in their pens waitng for the ball to drop in Times Square

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

RIP, Lillian Miles Lewis, wife of civil rights icon, Congressman John Lewis

Its a quarter after 6, why is the Senate still in session?

the Wizard of Oz is 70 years old

Biggest News Story

Chelsea Clinton: Thank you to all for sending good thoughts my Mom's way.

Post your wishes for the New Mayan Cycle here...

Suggestions needed.

If President Obama's Speech Today Angered Republicans, Then I Loved It!

U.S. Officially Hits Debt Ceiling - Geithner

Best wishes to all DU'ers for 2013...

$945.00/Gallon

2012 was a good year.

Please - celebrate safely!

bu$h tax cuts to expire at midnight tonight.

Grover says the tax increases are not a violation of his tax pledge

Impeach the GOP Congress, immediately withhold their pay and all benefits.

An apology for/discussion of a comment I made

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