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Archives: February 23, 2015

Rudy Giuliani’s Raging Bull - By Mike Barnicle

Solar Eruption Today!

So which state will win the most backward of all contest?

Leonard Susskind - Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life and Mind?

Shame on you, CBS!

Has anyone here used an employee assistance program?

10 year old twins singing on Ellen

Hillary Clinton, President. Elizabeth Warren, Supreme Court Justice.

NO SHIT ...62

Monster Black Hole's Mighty Belch Could Transform Entire Galaxy

UK Ebola nurse under investigation after claims of misconduct

Has anybody here tried using CBD for pain relief and anti-inflammation?

Compact SUVs: anyone have opinions?

Not in our name (Canada & corps betray citizens, vets, climate)

Inspiring images of over 1000 Muslims forming 'ring of peace' around Oslo synagogue

How did someone like Pataki Beat Mario Cuomo for Governor ?

Blooms.

After watching the Bob Simon story on 60 minutes..I have one thing to say....

The New Yorker: The Last Trial (A great-grandmother, Auschwitz, and the arc of justice)

Angry White American Man

Stormy Monday, 2/23/15

Here is the absolutely most honest comment I have ever seen about 'Fifty Shades of Grey'

Family of Alan Turing to demand government pardon 49,000 other men

Florida Power & Light spars with national park over water needs for nuclear plant

The Drug That is Bankrupting America: Jeffrey Sachs, Huffington Post

Creationist owned by Dr. Tim White

'Anti-petroleum’ movement a growing security threat to Canada, RCMP say

More Than A Thousand Muslims Form Human Shield Around Norwegian Synagogue After Copenhagen Attacks

More Than A Thousand Muslims Form Human Shield Around Norwegian Synagogue After Copenhagen Attacks

Government Whistleblowers Say Klamath Irrigators Misusing Federal Funds

I know I shouldn't...but once I started, it's hard to stop.

ever start out to take a short nap

Are the new water meters to blame for Baltimore's frozen, bursting pipes?

Paralyzed Nebraskan takes great strides forward with help of bionic legs

Is an anti-occupation revolt brewing in the British Jewish establishment?

Wooden Crates

Anyone out there feel the way I do right now..e

Kodak T-Max 400

Crazy question of the day

Feds regain control of South Texas prison

Jazz Great Clark Terry Dead at 94

5 ways the GOP is valiantly trying to make Americans as dumb as possible

The Oscars. Still Alice. Alzheimer’s Disease

Shelby Steele And Ta-Nehisi Coates Debate: Reparations Or Bootstraps?

Paul Krugman on Why Republicans Worship 'Quacks and Charlatans'

Noted documentary filmmaker Bruce Sinofsky dies at 58

Vinyl record cut and paste (pun intended)

Is it just me, or is Neil Patrick Harris really blowing it as Oscar host?

Imagine rethugs slowing DU down to a crawl...Join DFA & Al Franken's conf call on net neutrality!

Xpost:Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and Capt. Mark Kelly Statement on the Tragic Shooting in Douglasville,

Patricia Arquette just won best supporting actress. She demanded wage equality and

Let Me Get This Straight: O'Reilley Claims He Knows What It's Like To Be "in Combat" Because...

Most Americans Back Obama's Plan To Raise Investment Taxes On Wealthy Families

Liberals have been right on so many things. We have not deserved to be marginalized.

France's National Front seen leading local elections: poll

Boyhood.

17 monumental WTF? moments

In Pre-Primary Pivot to Right, Walker Shifts Tone on Abortion

O.K., where's the Oscar thread. (I'm so sorry, I know there are some)

Putin ‘Beat Ex-Wife and Had Secret Facelift’, Claims Sensational Documentary

Oscar question: Anyone notice if there's a difference in the way the camera focuses on

In Pre-Primary Pivot to Right, Walker Shifts Tone on Abortion

Patricia Arquette Calls For Wage Equality During The Oscars

Homeland Security says aware of no credible threat against malls

Looking for an organization to take care of pets in the San Diego-La Jolla area.

Paul Krugman: Cranking Up For 2016

HSBC. How bad is it really?

(Australia) Victoria moves to give same-sex couples equal adoption rights

Showdown In Wyoming As Anti-Discrimination Republican Boots Anti-Gay Rep From Meeting

Edward Herrmann's face flashed on the tribute screen, I flashed back to long forgotten "Harry's War"

Hours After Anti-Obamacare Lawyers File Brief, An Ally Reveals That The Brief's Key Claim Is False

Top Muslim cleric Ahmed al-Tayeb urges education reform to counter extremism

Walmart CEO Divulges Why the Company Raised Its Minimum Wage To $10

Men, listen up. A new fragrance for you to wow your significant other.

Citizen Four wins OSCAR nt

Glenn Greenwald is holding an Oscar on TV right now.

Turkish military enters Syria to evacuate soldiers, relocate tomb

Oscars: For all the anti-superhero snobbery in Hollywood these days....

No, homophobia has no place in MY conception of masculinity.

President says he's committed to working with governors

German Shepherd throws a fit when she has to quit swimming

John Legend accepted an Oscar for "Glory".... Why was he not listed as a nominee?

Red State Voters Are Stupid For Electing Insane Republicans

amazing (Oscar Spoiler)

Neil Patrick Harris - The Oscars

Lady Gaga is killing it!

At the End of the Day ...

The Sound of Music 50th Anniversary in THEATERS

Courts, costs stall Northern Gateway as Enbridge eyes new west coast pipeline project

Best Part of Oscars tonight..

Jerusalem Hits Back At Claims It Is Causing Collapse Of Palestinian Authority

British Columbia to create coastal tar sands to avoid Northern Gateway pipeline

Democratic Lawmakers Love Patricia Arquette's Equal Pay Oscar Speech

'Citizenfour' Oscar Is Latest Honor For Snowden Journalists

Alberta doctor tells U.S.: Canada is ‘lying’ about tar sands’ health effects

Netanyahu: 'Astonishing' That Talks Continue With Iran Despite It Hiding Info From IAEA

I thought Michael Keaton was going to win.But Eddie Redmayne is awesome

Very odd photo I found among my mother's things

Well, there you have it. (Oscar spoiler)

Our Brains (thank you Julianne Moore)

The Upland Pipeline: New Tar Sands Menace, or Industry Pipe Dream?

Mikisew Cree chief sues for $10 billion over land-claims settlement

About fricking time Julianne Moore wins and Oscar

Zeppelin as never before.

Oscars 2015 winners: Birdman wins Best Picture

Former Netanyahu aide behind 'lost tribes' moving to Israel from India

Watching orig Outer Limits. This one on machine that can spy on anyone, anywhere...

Have some chocolate flavors changed? Is it me, or has the taste

Anyone watch Downton tonight?

OMFG!!! It is POURING in Los Angeles right now!!!

Abbott floats like a butterfly on GOP presidential race

Australia to toughen citizenship laws to combat terrorism

Doing Skinner's light work for him. MIRT, you rock!

What are your impressions of this evening's Oscars?

Apparently The Posted Speed Limit Is For Snow And Ice.

move

Lady Gaga at the Oscars. Very impressive.

Who Made Germany Europe's Boss?

Face The Nation (CBS) Seemed To Pile On President Obama Today.....

Poitras Accepts Oscar for 'Citizenfour:' "We lose our ability to check the powers in control..."

Why digital natives prefer reading in print.

D.C.-area weather delays and closings for Feb. 23

Daily Holidays - February 23

Approval for a post

2 former UK foreign secretaries in latest 'cash for access' scandal

Looking for a t-shirt-I've been busy

San Pedro port...

Evil Assad, Evil Gaddafi, Now Evil Putin: How the West Sells War (and Makes a Killing)

Guatemalan rappers use Mayan rhymes to promote ancient language, stories

Scott Walker's Plans For University Of Wisconsin Are Epically Stupid

The Deadly Battle over Colombia’s Precious Metals

Right-wing mortar attack on Venezuelan governor's house

Edward Snowden Releases Statement Following 'Citizenfour' Oscars Win

Heroes of the Euromaidan Revolution are Leaving Ukraine | VICE

There's deafening silence on M$Greedia

Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah sentenced to five years in jail

The Corporate Debt to Society: $10,000 Per Household, Per Year

State Judges pushing back against Stingray.

oops, I needed that.

Scott Walker's Political Record of Lies, Deceit, Corruption and Revenge

Nature photographer Brad Wilson's owl portraits

Explaining joints, blunts to Milwaukee Ald. Bob Donovan

Chris Hedges: We Kill Our Revolutionaries

Inadequate medical care for inmates, riot..anyone care?

Juan Cole: In New Gilded Age, Social Protest dominates Academy Awards Ceremony

Jihadists must die, --- but our real enemy are the Qur’an and Bible.

Obama open to changes to military authority against Islamic State

AP Exclusive: Fuel-hauling trains could derail at 10 a year

Jennifer Granholm writes: 10 reasons H.Clinton will fight for Populist and All Americans

WISCONSIN: “Expect calls for a General Strike Tuesday”

Rudy Giuliani: 'I Didn't Intend To Question' Obama's Heart

I put my breakfast on the table this morning, went to get milk, came back and Sid was eating it.

McCain: "I'm ashamed of my country" over Ukraine

The Progressive: Malcolm X as Relevant Today as 50 Years Ago

The Iraq War was a horrific mistake. Therefore, we should:

Meme of the Week – February 23rd

NSA, GCHQ-ransacked' SIM maker Gemalto takes a $500m stock hit

Winter's F***ed Up

Obama pushes protections for retirement accounts

Chris Hayes Demonstrates Why We Can't Kill Our Way Out of Our War With ISIS

Tim McGraw "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" - The Oscars 2015 87th Academy Awards

Wisconsin sturgeon spearing season ends with 6th largest harvest on record

I stand with Sid

Debunking the Latest Pathetic Fear Smear Campaign Against Marijuana

Hubble Captures Sharpest Image Yet of Dusty Disk Surrounding Beta Pictoris

Photo of the Day

Ukrainian army refuses to start withdrawing heavy weapons

Obama’s Expected Keystone Pipeline Veto Is Likely to Be the First in a Wave

New US Pentagon chief convenes unusual counter-IS meeting

Wasserman's got to go

Economic Recovery Under Obama Creates Quandaries for 2016 Race

For Chicago people

America and guns

Some are complaining about cold hands and cold feet.

Toddlers kill more people in the US than terrorists

Map shows loudest, quietest places in U.S.

5 ways Hollywood tricked you into hating poor people.

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Spring

Who wore it better?

Blame Jerry Falwell for Walker’s Slip - By Michael Tomasky

Is Religion to Blame for Violence? Karen Armstrong’s Flawed Case

And this anchorwoman had a 'jigaboo' moment:

TOM TOMORROW: Quick! What's Your Opinion?

Looks like i just lost facebook...

Drilling on state lands would help pay for income-tax cuts, under GOP proposal

Charles M. Blow: Ah, American exceptionalism again.

Cybercrime a threat to nation states

Rudy Giuliani, American Soviet The Russians believed in exceptionalism, too.

Even Better Than a Tax Cut

Lenticular clouds look like UFOs

CEO of Russia's state-owned defense conglomerate says military spending will decrease this year.

Toon: Is We Learning Yet?

North Carolina's "ethics" commission has legalized prostitution for politicians

The ‘traveling circus’ the RNC can’t stop

Meteor lights up Jacksonville skyline

America's Deadly Trans Backlash

Monday Toon Roundup 1- GOP and Politics

Monday Toon Roundup 2- The Rest

You know what Republicans really, really hate?

How do you report a banned intruder to MIRT?

Does the individual exist?

Sorry, But Clinton’s Inevitably Is Not a Problem

Darrell Issa: 'We should thank' Giuliani for saying Obama doesn't love America

Hundreds of Turkish soldiers evacuate Syrian tomb, one killed

Yemen's Hadi seeks to resume duties as president

Judge denies Kerik’s bid to end supervised release to battle ISIS

Madison360: Walker more ‘Nixonian’ than Nixon, says John Dean

VANDALISM OR VODKA?

Scott Lively Warns That SCOTUS Could Unleash The Antichrist By September 2015

IS and the morning after

Warren now all in on fiduciary fight

Warmongers – Beyond Giuliani’s Bile, The Real Threat

Peter Linebaugh: Who Owns the Commons? An 800 Year Fight for Public Goods | #GRITtv

Trump Weighs In On The Oscars: 'It Was A Great Night For Mexico, As Usual'

"There are more black men under correctional control today than were under slavery in 1850"

Lobbyist dubbed Dr Evil behind front groups attacking Obama power rules

Lindsey Graham: 'No Doubt' Obama Loves America, But He's Divided It

Five Days Out, GOP Congress Still Has No Plan To Prevent A Shutdown

Rent walkouts point to strains in U.S. farm economy

TYT: 'Revenge Porn' Creator Going To Jail

American Crossroads Uses Elizabeth Warren Speech To Bash Hillary Clinton

I Fear Globalists more than Terrorists.

Debating a Change of Faith Under Brutal Captivity

American Values

Rudy Exposed Walker's Flaws - By Josh Marshall

Another Former CBS Colleague Refutes O'Reilly's Story: "People Thought He Was Grandstanding"

Is ISIS a Religious Group? Of Course It Is.

Recovered after four-plus decades, stolen 1972 Corvette may not return to its original owner

Another Reporter Quits eBay Founder's News Startup: 'What A Pathetic Joke'

My fight-to-the-end, liberal bastion sister is getting demoralized, but keeps hope in her heart.

(Another) Former CBS News Colleague Calls O'Reilly's Combat Claim 'Absurd' (Charles Krause)

Daily Kos; CBS Ordered O'Reilly to Leave Argentina for Risking Life of Cameraman

The Nation: If Congress Passes Obama’s War Request, It Authorizes Operations in All These Countries

A John Oliver Nuclear weapons primer

Think Alabama is cold? Watch Ohio River freeze over as winter weather pushes through Cincinnati

Isn't there tape of O'Reilly

What's striking about last night's Oscars was that it exposed a dichotomy in Hollywood

OMG, I just turned in my letter of resignation. I'm about to retire!

Areva, French Nuclear Giant, Warns of $5.6 Billion Loss

It Takes A Green Card Number Or Social Security Number To Get Paid For Work In America.

TYT: Jeb Bush Has A Dirty Secret & Conservatives Just Found Out

When are these phony "Christians" going to finally realize there AIN'T an "Antichrist?"

Note to the lurking Righties:You are NOT a Conservative. Stop calling yourself one.

TYT: Jeb Bush Rejects His Brother By Doing More Of The Same

The Day-After-Oscar Thread

Plastic people

Walgreens worker disarms shoplifting suspect who grabbed gun from cop

Here's what the progressive wing of the party needs to do.

Secrets of the right-wing “brain”: The hilarious wingnut scheme to pretend Jeb's a squishy liberal

Secrecy around police surveillance equipment proves a case’s undoing

Film profiles bishop who healed Detroit after 1967 riots

Insightful article: Ten days that shook the euro; how Greece came to the brink

Film profiles bishop who healed Detroit after 1967 riots

TYT: Mike Huckabee Solves School Shootings With A Magic Book

Why are some people such wimps when it comes to humidity?

Oscars 2015: Graham Moore Tells Kids to 'Stay Weird, Stay Different'

Sid Dithers appreciation thread.

What goes on inside a proton?

TYT: Record Number Of Exonerations In 2014 [REPORT]

Rudy’s whitewash: What his self-serving op-ed reveals about how conservatives see the world

Pic Of The Moment: And The Oscar Goes To...

fancy modern car/tire question

Chris Abele, the son of billionaire John Abele , has been gearing up to run against Johnson

Well my wife knew it was coming she got laid off in a sense today

Should Bill O-LIE-ly get a pass for lying about a suicide linked to the JFK investigation?

recuperating from my gallbladder surgery

Peru's Achuar and Kichwa Indigenous Communities Defend Their Territory From Oil Pollution

TYT: Tax-Hating Governor Targeted By Tax-Hating Purity Police

I am not a fan of Lady Gaga. BUT....

Sid Dithers may be watching you

Short on ingredients due to snow and ice,

Poll Finds Huge Support For Tax Hike On The Wealthy

Does Anyone Else Here On DU Think That When DHS Get Funded That The....

U.S. staged mock mall attacks to test readiness after Kenya siege, official says

Bill Clinton pounds Republicans for ‘sitting around just begging for America to fail’

Oil trains quietly rerouted after W.Va. derailment

Is it permissible to post regarding a GoFundMe page?

Thanks, for the laughs and the kind words, DUers...

Oil trains quietly rerouted after W.Va. derailment

Lying in the military is common, Army War College study says

Why isn't Texas Blue and when will it turn Blue?

The one person you must never, ever listen to

The Spy Cables: A glimpse into the murky world of espionage

Anti-police brutality protest closes Home Depot store in Emeryville, CA

Anti-police brutality protest closes Home Depot store in Emeryville (xpost from GD)

You can't criticize one pseudoscience when supporting another.

Ice storm slams U.S. Southwest, nearly 1,400 flights canceled

U.S. And Iran Positive After Nuclear Talks, But Say Much Left To Do

CSX agrees to pay $379k in Lynchburg train derailment

Did Patricia Arquette go off the rails?

Russia Offers to Sell Powerful Air-Defense System to Iran

Rabbis May Make Pot Kosher in New York

New Canadian legislation aims to bolster rail safety, strengthen oversight

Governor Scott Walker gets his side out on Twitter

Ruling Expected from Federal Judge on Same-Sex Marriage Ban in Nebraska

We need to be very careful about criticizing Bill O'Reilly

Braves' Upton wants to be called Melvin instead of BJ

ISIS Militants Targeting Rome Offered Humorous Travel Advice on Twitter

Fuel-hauling trains could derail at 10 a year.

Bill O'Reilly in the combat zone - Sack cartoon

Anybody know how Neil Patrick Harris did his "Oscar recap in a briefcase" trick?

Ports increasingly bustling again after tentative labor deal

Putin’s Lessons from History

Trump Weighs In On The Oscars: 'It Was A Great Night For Mexico, As Usual'

Sanders: Obama lost touch with grass-roots movement

Norway Muslims Encircle Synagogue to Support Jews

Ex-Cop Says Sorry Over Chelsea Racism Incident

Jeb Bush Boosted Fracking as He Profited From It

Barges on the Hudson transport 70 percent of the home heating oil in the Northeast.

After damage, feds inspect construction at SC nuke plant

U.S. Banks Hoard $2 Trillion of Ultra-Safe Bonds

Is Ted Cruz An Alien? Did He Have A Green Card?

There's a massive new leak of confidential spy files from MI6, Mossad and the FSB

Sales of U.S. Existing Homes Decrease to Nine-Month Low

Bobby Jindal spent half of 2014 outside of Louisiana; critics: that the best use of time?

Rudy Ghouliani: “I didn’t intend to question President Obama’s motives or the content of his heart”

Bill O'Reilly Circling Drain, Calls Bob Schieffer a Plagiarist

Great, Drones Are Spying on Cell Phone Signals Now

Laura Poitras Dedicates Citizen 4 Oscar To Edward Snowden With Glenn Greenwald By Her Side

Local Fox anchor complains about Lady Gaga’s ‘jigaboo music’ during Oscars coverage

Wolf Blitzer wants security checks at malls

Gallup poll: Democrats losing sympathy for Israel

Marine who vanished in Iraq in '04 found guilty of desertion (link fixed)

Politics and the Military: Perpetual Spending Machines

Good To Know Before His Speech-Leaked cables show Netanyahu’s Iran bomb claim contradicted by Mossad

I will concede this: Patricia Arquette acts. And so did Ronald Reagan. And Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Do We Know If Bernie Sanders And President Obama Have Ever Had A Meeting To....

Why a Nebraska father in a same-sex marriage must fight for rights over his daughter (fixed)

Millions Mourn as Rocker/Activist Ted Nugent, Age 66, Found Alive

Why a Nebraska father in a same-sex marriage must fight for rights over his daughter (fixed)

One Perfect Tweet Shows Just How Ridiculous Everything Is

This Chart Shows Why HIV Is Still Spreading in the U.S.

Looks like its true, undeniable evidence of the endless coup confirmed

The Rude Pundit - Cold Here? It's Crazy Fuckin' Hot Down Under

Leaked cables show Netanyahu’s Iran bomb claim contradicted by Mossad

Jury Awards $218.5 Million in Terrorism Case Against Palestinian Groups

Former Staffer Calls Out Giuliani: You Have Lost The Right To Call Yourself ‘America’s Mayor’

Is it permissible to post regarding a GoFundMe page?

If you're explaining that it's justified that women or African Americans are lower paid than...

Liquor licenses in Sacramento area exceed limits as leaders exploit loopholes

CNN full transcript of take-down of O'REILLY, via DUer PearliePoo2 (thanks!1)

A Pop Quiz To Get Into Synagogue

I am not a scientist, BUT

O’Really? Goes Bonkers on Ex-CBS Colleague and David Corn: ‘Apparatchik’ Trying to Take Me Down

Obama says he even loves America's idiots

WTF ...196

5 Facts: San Francisco’s Housing Crisis is NOT Because of Supply

Scientist Professor Vasily Bogoyavlensky has called for 'urgent' investigation of Siberian craters

Fox News Bashes Patricia Arquette For Advocating Wage Equality: ‘I Was Appalled’

NO SHIT ...63

Minister of Tourism resigns over detention of Ledezma

White House, Elizabeth Warren team up to protect retirement savings from Wall Street

Democratic Party Phoenix: Time to rebirth the party?

Conservatives Complain There Were Too Many Black People At ‘Racist’ Oscars

Russia blamed for bomb attack

NE Senator Wants to Repeal Motorcycle Helmet Law

At the End of the Day ...

Wall Street Journal editorial on UW System cuts

A national clusterfu*k on all things related to police body cams, dash cams

Women of Color and Feminism: A History Lesson and Way Forward

I don't know how to break this to you all gently

SNL's Victoria Jackson: President Obama's Support for Gay Marriage Proves He's 'Islamic Jihadist'

When the Right attacks Obama for not being "Pro American" they insult Voters who twice elected him

Bernie Sanders: TV networks have completely ignored this huge issue...

Major study led by autistic scientist challenges long-held preconceptions about the condition

Major study led by autistic scientist challenges long-held preconceptions about the condition(xp GD)

Mossad contradicted Netanyahu on Iran nuclear programme

Homeless man acquitted after smashing Uber Prius with skateboard

Papantonio: The Big Bank Mafia Runs America

Rep. Lamar Smith: Obama Will 'Sit Around And Do Nothing' On ISIS, Believes America Not Exceptional

On probation for "graffiti" Russian dissident breaks probation by swearing in public: faces 3 years

The underlying racism in Gov. Scott Walker questioning whether or not President Obama is a Christian

The Fed's Own Data Show U.S. Manufacturers Don't Share Its Optimism

Philip Levine, U.S. poet laureate who wrote of working life, dies at 87

The Donald doesn't think the Oscars were American enough.

Jerry Lawson, a self-taught engineer, gave us video game cartridges

Fracking Water Is Shaking Oklahoma

1/2 to 3/4 inches of rain in my back yard. Time to celebrate in Southern California.

PBS Documentary Shows America in Denial About Racism

$20 billion racial discrimination lawsuit filed against Comcast, Al Sharpton

Five African-American Geeks Who Made History

Introducing All-New ECOCIDE™

Today in African American history: Birthday of W.E.B. DuBois

50 Essential African-American Independent Films

A Salute to the African American Playwright August Wilson

Clash of Clans APK Android

African-American History Museums Fight to Preserve Their Legacy

Creamy Cot Mitt.

Retrica Pro APK Android

Ukraine separatists celebrate Soviet holiday in Donetsk

Stage Set for Showdowns Over Potential Contraction of HBCUs

Remembering the First Pair of African-American Sisters to Take Tennis by Storm

Black History Month: Central Park Displaced African-American Settlement

Morehouse College Glee Club Is In Concert Here March 7

First African American astronaut candidate refocused passion for legendary career

Jurors becoming more skeptical of judicial system

White House, Elizabeth Warren team up to protect retirement savings from Wall Street

FBI Monitored and Critiqued African-American Authors for Decades

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Forum Investigates The State of the African-­American Male

USNA Hosts First African American Marines

D.C., where blacks are no longer a majority, has a new African American affairs director

Obama's Real Crime: Treating Americans Like Adults

Partisan battle flares over bill to return Nebraska's electoral votes to winner-take-all system

6 students murdered in February

The stuff of revolution

NPR: 50 Years Of Shrinking Union Membership, In One Map

Florida County Sheriff's office recoreded Lawyer-Client talk & gave prosecutors

NPR: 50 Years Of Shrinking Union Membership, In One Map

NPR: 50 Years Of Shrinking Union Membership, In One Map

Snowden, Greenwald and Poitras on Reddit doing AMA right now

Russian news report: Putin approved Ukraine invasion before Kiev government collapsed

Egypt minister 'recorded discussing protest crackdown'

Americans are having more trouble paying off their student debt than their houses

Iran Airlifts Thousands of Shiite Fighters to Syria, Boosting Aleppo Warfront

Oscars 2015: Edward Snowden's Girlfriend Makes an Appearance

What's in a name?

"Beggar Thy Neighbor" A Lesson on How Germany Plays Dirty

Cracked: 8 Things Some A$$#ole Says in Every Debate About Sexism

Don't try this at home!

Did the GOP Just Give Away $130 Billion in Public Property?

Govern Yourselves, State Lawmakers Tell Cities, but Not Too Much.

Burlington, Vermont Becomes First U.S. City to Run On 100% Renewable Electricity

After Thousands of Years, Earth's Frozen Life Forms Are Waking Up

Perry lawyers: Prosecutor alleging facts not in indictments

CT Scans Reveal Preserved Body Inside Ancient Buddhist Statue

Young, Attractive, and Totally Not Into Having Sex

US Backing for 'Moderate' Syrian Rebels: Long Reported, Continually Forgotten

Suck it up, Snowden-haters: New Yorker on "Why Citizenfour Deserved Its Oscar"

Women are leaving the tech industry in droves

Leaked cables show Netanyahu’s Iran bomb claim contradicted by Mossad

Walker connects union-busting to his foreign policy

Republican Bill Bans Jellyfish-Human Hybrids

UPDATE 1-CN Rail, union resume contract talks as lockout deadline nears

Genes Connected to Autism Active During Fetal Development

Genes Connected to Autism Active During Fetal Development (xpost from GD)

Tommy Carcetti's appreciation thread.

Toddler dies as measles outbreak hits German capital

Mysterious ’08 Turkey Pipeline Blast Opened New Cyberwar

Speaking in Tongues Just Part of the Fun at Scott Walker's Church

Feds raid Texas secessionist meeting

Ukraine Tightens Capital Controls as Hryvnia Drop Fuels Risk

Toddler dies as measles outbreak hits German capital

Viewership of Oscars telecast drops 16 percent to 36.6 million

Former Hearne officer fired after death of 93-year-old woman is volunteering as a deputy constable

Idaho lawmaker asks if woman can swallow camera for gynecological exam before medical abortion

Right wing media personalities should wear this T-shirt

U.S.-Led Airstrikes On Islamic State Kill 1,600 In Syria, Monitor Says

Outrage Porn: How the Need For ‘Perpetual Indignation’ Manufactures Phony Offense

U.S. asks Texas judge to stay ruling on Obama immigration action

Hiya old friends

Wisconsin anti-union bill is 'word for word' from rightwing lobbyist group

Wisconsin anti-union bill is 'word for word' from rightwing lobbyist group

Pension Scare: Forbes Siedle Exposes Tampa Firemen/Police Pension Woes

Judge convicts US marine of desertion for vanishing twice while in Iraq

Former CBS Reporter Slams O'Reilly: 'He's Completely Nutty'

Last week tonight - Egypt plays the Russian Anthem

US measles outbreak not linked to illegal immigration, health official says

Are These America's Happiest Airports?

Who denies global warming?

Ten applicants for one job, when you hire one applicant does that mean the rest are being punished?

Sad. Telling. Lyin' Clown. (Orrin Hatch)

What I want for dinner/ What I will have!!!

Pro-union but not a union member...pls send details on how to hook up with protests

Watch Out: Scott Walker Just May Shrug His Way Into The White House

NSA director defends plan to maintain 'backdoors' into technology companies

MacIver Institute: Files amicus brief with U.S. Supreme Court in John Doe lawsuit

Please take a moment to give this thread some support and if you remember Ava -

Are we much better than the Republican-voting rednecks?

Trial video shows New Jersey rabbi discussing plan to cattle-prod husbands

Pegida head Lutz Bachmann reinstated after furore over Hitler moustache photo

Ken Silverstein resigns from Pierre Omidyar’s First Look Media, blasts ‘dishonest’ leadership

Ted Cruz doesn't want a vote on Loretta Lynch...

Gun freak smears Kayla Mueller...

Why Doesn’t Rudy Giuliani Love America?

Civil Administration dismantles, confiscates water pipes in Khirbet Yarza, Jordan Valley

British soldier who fought alongside Kurdish militants says ISIS are a bunch of disorganised office

With Debt Owed Rising, Israeli Utility Briefly Reduces Power on West Bank

Uruguay moves to forgive Cuban debt

Greenwald and Snowden SLAMMED at Oscars 2015

Russia's Vladimir Putin says war with Ukraine 'unlikely'

Republicans split on DHS funding, edging closer to partial shutdown

Progress?

Documents show the expensive tastes of Jeb Bush’s low-key wife

Why is there such a disconnect?

How Bill O’Reilly imploded at CBS following his Falklands War ‘combat’ reporting

Vermont auditor: MIT economist Gruber may have padded bills

LGBT Org: Did Roy Moore Collude With Anti-Gay Groups In Gay Marriage Case Before His Court?

What's for Dinner, Mon., Feb. 23, 2015

Gotta chk absolutely bio-ignorant ID legis ->

Climate Crusading Former Maldives Leader Arrested, Dragged Into Court

The weirdest alcohol laws in California

Gotta chk absolutely bio-ignorant ID legis ->

Manipulate and Mislead: How GMOs Are Infiltrating Africa

Officials: 3 dead, 2 officers wounded in shooting in Georgia

GOP Obamacare Replacement Guts Birth Control, Abortion, And Maternity Coverage

Who knew - Lady Gaga can sing!!! I hope this doesn't ruin her pop music career - being able to sing

The Nation: How 262 Cable Technicians Defeated a Union-Busting Giant

The Nation: How 262 Cable Technicians Defeated a Union-Busting Giant

The Nation: How 262 Cable Technicians Defeated a Union-Busting Giant

What I learned from watching a week of Russian TV.

Introducing All-New ECOCIDE™!

CBS Ordered O'Reilly to Leave Argentina for Risking Life of Cameraman.

Judge rejects Christie's pension payment cuts.

Op-Ed on Venezuela Slips Past NYT Factcheckers

Winter finally hit Oklahoma.

Police Chief Arrested for Intimidation, Official Misconduct (rural Illinois)

Fears for truce as attacking rebels mass near Ukraine port city

Bad Country by CB Mckenzie.

Submission: USAC members should apologize for discriminatory act

1 year ago: 2,000 Russian Troops Take Over Crimea - State TV Shutdown - Troops have APCs

How Kalamazoo cops reacted to proof they profiled

The Democratic party *should* marginalize and ignore liberals

GOP leader offers immigration vote to try to resolve impasse

Ancient Bolivian mortuary where corpses were stripped of flesh uncovered in Andes foothills

Ancient Bolivian mortuary where corpses were stripped of flesh uncovered in Andes foothills

Boom!

Department of Labor to Enforce FMLA Rule Change Impacting Married Same-Sex Couples

HRC: Department of Labor to Enforce FMLA Rule Change Impacting Married Same-Sex Couples

Early exposure 'cuts peanut allergy'

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- 24 February 2015

Help me understand, what is the anti Snowden/Greenwald folks belief as to why he leaked

U.S. names first-ever LGBT human rights envoy

U.S. names first-ever LGBT human rights envoy

That awkward moment when a far left terrorist is asked to target Jews & help increase oil prices

Papantonio: BP’s Criminal Culture Has No Limits

Ohio Fox Anchor Calls Lady Gaga's Music 'Jigaboo' In Front Of Black Colleague

Alaska becomes 3rd state with legal marijuana

British spies in U.S. terror trial must be faceless in sketches: judge

(Sorry, Snowwald.) Three cheers for metadata collection: Amazing article

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