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Your typical DUer does which activity most often?

Please unrecommend this thread.

On TLC @8:00 The 650 Pound Virgin

Need Computer/Printer Help!

"GOP Unifies Against Stimulus" . . . and Logic?

Guardian UK: Why Audra Shay is the perfect choice to lead the Young Republicans

Obama orders probe of alleged mass grave

Public Health Plan Option Could Save State and Local Governments $921 Billion

Dagnabbit!! Lots of locks tonight: Thanks Buzz Click!! That's really something, coming from you!

'Liberal Media Bias' and Freepers.

The way Freepers talk ABOUT black people...

Gays in military not an issue for many nations

VA: Court rules against fired gay employee, exposes limits of Gov. Kaine's exec order protections

Sotomayor faces friendly jury as hearings begin

The pizza delivery is on it's way; Daily Kos made the Freepers post shit

Holder Now "Leaning Toward" Appointing a Prosecutor for Illegal Interrogations

Kiss-in on Main Street

OK, convince me . . .

Wow. The news item about the election of the Young Repub. pres. has inverted the Indystar boards.

MarketWatch: Tap water safer than bottled

What song or songs complement Orwell's "Politics and the English Language"

The Comdemnation For This Needs To Be Loud . NoQuarter Sinks Below The Cesspit.

Dear Republican Party,

Jackson "foul play" meme gambit to gain estate?

the quality of Black seniors’ nursing home care is drastically behind that of white seniors

Will government health plans cover HIV/AIDS patients and other "morally objectionable" things?

Good luck to Federal Judge Sotomayor in her hearings this coming week.

Iran, The U.S., And Demonstrations

Iran, The U.S., And Demonstrations

"The real question is, how hard should we be looking for breast cancer?"

Frustrated with supposed 'lefts' health care arguments

Brüno. Ja or nein?

Molly Ivins: Enough of the D.C. Dems

How attuned is your tinfoil?

Gays Serving Openly in Allied Militaries

Gillibrand could force the Senate to take up the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy this week

Rev. Lee Threated by Nat’l Civil Rights Group for Supporting Marriage Equality

Doyle McManus :The end of Obamania w/ poll

If we keep score...?

If we keep score...?

Goldman Sachs to report huge profits, AIG jockeying for $235 in bonuses - while 600K jobs lost/month

A good night pic....

Just curious if anyone is aware of Michael Bisping's condition? Maybe some of our UKer's know.

Why Palin really quit - to rally far right & religious base like she did before

Looks like a financing option with legitimate money saving features

Don't shout at me.....but what does that flaming symbol beside thread titles signify?

Rare Indian artifacts found on Lisbon, Connecticut, property

Post here to pledge to "unkick" threads...

Post here to pledge NOT to "rec" any threads

Post here to pledge NOT to "rec" any threads

Amazing Criswell prediction from 1968!

Bedtime for Skink.

Did you know George Brett of the Royals shits hisself about 2 times a year

Gun crime 60pc higher than official figures

Down Under Dinosaur Burrow Discovery Provides Climate Change Clues

Post here to pledge NOT to "rec" any threads

Palin will make first post-resignation speech in Simi Valley

Puppies Are Cute

Could it be? Will justice find its mark?

First Direct Evidence Of Substantial Fish Consumption By Early Modern Humans In China 40,000 Years

We will have no economic recovery till Wall Street is re-regulated

Homeless Sex Offender Asks Judge To Jail Him

Can either honors or criminal convictions be 'bestowed' upon someone post humously?

Rec or Unrec this Thread based on popularity!

Rec or Unrec this Thread based on popularity!

Billings murder is unfolding as a major and very tragic story

How Desperate things have gotten Democratic Mayor turns to Deforestation to balance budget

Specially trained dogs to be used in Port Angeles archaeological survey

CNN: Obama orders inquiry into Bush/CIA/Afghans re: death of 1,000+ Taliban prisoners in 2001

Poll needs us..

Ok dammit!! It's been 6 months already and Obama *still* hasn't...

Newest book from Arundhati Roy

Question about socialized healthcare.

Why Palin really quit - to rally far right & religious base like she did before

What kind of dog do you have? Purebred, mutt, a mix of two or more breeds?

What kind of dog do you have? Purebred, mutt, a mix of two or more breeds?

Sarah Palin's twitter on 7/12/09 10pm

Religion and Inequality

Sarah Palin..... America's Number one Quitter...

Truth Commission Needed to Examine Cheney, Assassination Squads, Cover-Ups

don't look now- but asia's stock markets are tanking big time...

don't look now- but asia's stock markets are tanking big time...

Freepers love to anonymously beat up on little black girls on the internets..

Pat Buchanan gets it wrong.. AGAIN!

Actual questions on a Zogby poll:

Rep. Anthony Weiner engaged to Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin

NYT: For Palin, a Long March to a Short-Notice Resignation-Secret March Intervention

Chuck Schumer is on MOrning JoeScum now n/t

The birthers are messing with Obama's wikipedia entry

John Nichols: The Balance Begins to Tip Against Cheney

Democrats push for probe into Bush policies

Joe Scum is missing on a day when

Profound commentary on CBS Sunday Morning, from aunt of soldier killed in Afghanistan.

Goldman Sachs reports $2 Billion profit each new quarter, yet 1 in 8 Americans goes to bed hungry!

So, an Autistic Man in a Pig Costume Walks Into a Bar. . .

What would you like to see happen to Free Republic?

Hold On To Your Hat:: Holt Bill on Voting Machines is coming back & with it the controversy

Is there currently any belief system, religion or whatever term you choose,

Steve McNair's other 'other woman

GOP Weighs Right Amount of 'No' Votes

Save the planet ?

I DECLARE THE RESURRECTION OF LET IT SINK!

Ratigan on MSNBC digging on Paneta/CIA/Cheney story..

Kim Jong-il 'Has Pancreatic Cancer'

Hypocrisy - pic

Was just reading another forum when it suddenly seemed to come under attack

I just changed my sig line image in honor of tomorrow

I need help. My parent's have Teabagged.

Remember the kerfuffle about Donna Brazile and George H. W. Bush?

EJ Dionne, Jr.: The Real Court Radicals

A modest proposal for improving the Recommend/Unrecommend function

"Before Obama takes all our money"

NTSB INITIAL REPORT....Obamas Campaign Aircraft...Near Tragedy

Bullying Behind GOP "Racist" Win

john cornyn is suddenly concerned about the constitution

Germany Charges Accused Nazi Guard

Has anybody contacted Chris Parry about the other sins of the Freepers?

Has anybody contacted Chris Parry about the other sins of the Freepers?

Analyst On CNBC Predicts Thirteen Percent Unemployment

Lean magazines?

Cheney's "Leave Behinds" at the CIA Have Begun His Defense

Leaving Guantanamo for paradise (interview with Uighurs)

Who was that heckler in the hearing?

Yay Russ! Going after conservative judicial activists in a strong way

So my family of liberal Dems took the "What President are you" Facebook quiz.

So my family of liberal Dems took the "What President are you" Facebook quiz.

My interpretation of Sessions' opening remarks

Leahy is blasting the repuke attacks on Sotomayor and

Union official worried Russians could take over Canadian steel plants

A Photo just begging to be Captioned

Do you believe Leon Panetta has control of the CIA ?

Do you believe Leon Panetta has control of the CIA ?

We would have picked ANOTHER HISPANIC ----- Lindsey Graham

We would have picked ANOTHER HISPANIC ----- Lindsey Graham

Repubs hating on empathy. It would be funny if it weren't so

How Republicans change the conversation

Rush and Palin (a tragic love story)

Eco-Terrorism

U.S. policy on assassinations

Remember how much the rule of law meant to the Rethugs in the Terri Schiavo case?

UGH. Cheney Daughter Looking to Run

Where can I listen to the hearings on radio?

On the recent right wing sploogefest over "the glance"....

I wish Gov. Sarah Palin, Gov. Rick Perry and Gov. Mark Sanford, would...

John Nichols: The Balance Begins to Tip Against Cheney

Can somebody translate what Lindsey Graham is saying? I don't speak Idiot....

Gov. Sanford should help the Sotomayer nomination.

Anybody else find Senators opening statements a horror?

Iran: The Green Brief #26 (July 12) Latest news from Iran

Kyl to Sotomayor: You are Latina, therefore you are biased.

Anybody seen these two RW emails?

Waiting to hear how stupid Mr. Cornyn can sound.

My take on Texas Education system and the state of education in general...

Chris Matthews Is Back!! Yessssss!! I've missed him. n/t

Cornyn addressing Sotomayor

Russ Feingold On the Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor

** Senate Justiciary committee Sotomayer confirmation hearing today **

The repuke attack on Sotomayor comes sharply into focus

Sheldon Whitehouse ripping the Right a new one

It's Not Often That You Have Banner Ads That Entice You To Commit A Crime - EVONY

Lindsay Graham to Sotomayor --

"Saudi Family sues genie, alleges harassment". . HUH!?!?!

And ANOTHER one!

Palin Says She May Stump for Democrats

8 Penn. unions have joined together to form a coalition against payless paydays

Sonia Sotomayor, live from Capitol Hill

Don't You Just Hate The Lecturing Whenever They Have To Vet A Supreme Court Justice?

what isn't generally known about which rappers get heard

"It's a little hard to see home plate from right field."

Levi Johnston: Palin wanted to do a reality show, her children were against it

Funny!: "The Five Stages Of Political Excuses."

Why do Republicans feel if they can get 23 no votes on Sotomayor they win?

GOPers may announce support for Sotomayor today

Egypt did it again! stops about 200 americans

Is there any difference between an 18 year old unwed mother that preaches abstinence

Coburn gives Sotomayer a "God Bless You"

Lindsay Graham Proves His Own Stupidity

Health Care Discussion - YOU Are Not Invited

I just got a "robocall"

On teevee today: Two great speeches unintendedly back to back.

They're breaking until 2:00. I think they said Senator Franken will be

C-Span caller: As a white person, I believe that a white man makes a better president

Republican circle jerk over Sotomayor

limmerick attack

limmerick attack

I love Senator Sheldon Whitehouse!

Who were the disruptors at the hearing this morning?

when does the Schuster Freeper expose air?

Damn It! Empathy Does Not Mean Sympathy.

Am I the only one who never even looks at the greatest page?

CIA (Secret Program)Had Plan to Kill al-Qaida

Dean Baker: The Washington Post (a.k.a. Fox on 15th Street) Wants 15 Million People to Be Unemployed

Balance (Joke)

Freeper Call To Action #2 has been posted! They are warning Schuster to watch out!

GP is now an excellent, happy liberal news feed... BUT!

". . another secretive group. . . " owns C street house

El Sistema takes poor children & teaches them music, for those in need of a positive post.

BWAHAHA! Shuster is GOING AFTER FREEPERVILLE NOW! Check out his twitter

The Republican Health Care Horror Show.....

The Obama Organization's Blueprint For Healthcare Change -- Southern California Version

Youth hit hard by lack of jobs, school grants - ending up homeless, with relatives or couch surfing

Diane Feinstein not buying the claim of John Roberts that he's like an umpire.

Sessions: "Empathy For One Group Always Means Prejudice Against Another"...

Imagine a presidential ticket like this:

Donna Smith, National Organization for Women’s, 2009 Woman of Action

Specter on now - Franken up next - Here's the thread... join in.

The Sessions Sessions

How Repukes govern: Goodhair flunks; fakes the results; then asks for $2M more to continue

No matter what you think about President Obama, lay off the kids.

No matter what you think about President Obama, lay off the kids.

The Fourth of July was not a good day to have Tea Parties

Regina Benjamin is a socialist

why do the republicans hate centaurs?

Trio of Republicans Accused of Obstructing Senate

Who are the people disrupting the hearing? I have it on in the background

This is a new term to me: "Conscience Protection Rights"--

Robert Plant's CBE from Prince Charles (PICs)

Criticism of Afghan War is on Rise in Britain

Britain Launches "Orgasm A Day" Campaign For Schoolchildren

Liz Cheney open to running for office

Sotomayor blog: judicial restraint

Harkin: 60 Democrats May Not Be Enough For Health Care; Reconciliation A Distinct Possibility

Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III on judge Sotomayer

Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III on judge Sotomayer

Who (media? who else?) clings to PALIN?!1 Who wants her still around?!1 She flunked, shd just getOUT

Member of the secretive C st cult says he's 'extremely troubled' by Sotomayor

I've said it before...

Thank you for the star!

Fweepers #2 has been dropped

MikaMouse is really pathetic this morning

Senate RePUKES screwing themselves royally over Sotomayor. I LOVE IT !!

** Senate Judiciary Hearing Thread 2 **

Norquist group warns against healthcare surtax

Am I the only one sick of political correctness?

Dupe

Chicago Cubs to file for bankruptcy?

Fomer CIA Dir Hayden: "I never felt I had any impediment in briefing Congress"

Vatican reacts against irony in italian public TG news report on Pope's vacation

rec'd him...

Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time - AP

Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time - AP

Ha ha...we have no standards! Kristinn

Heads up. Shuster's on next. n/t

Oh snap! Head Freeper to be on MSNBC at 3:30 PM EDT.

The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse

Set your watches... Freeper Call To Action #2 at 10:00 EDT this morning.

Suddenly Cheney can't be reached for comment?!

Has My Senator (Leahy) Gone Completey NUTS?

Opening Statement of Judge Sonia Sotomayor (As Prepared For Delivery)

Kohn warns Congress on meddling in Fed's affairs

During Sotomayor's confirmation ...

Assassinations in Allied Countries?

A response for Sonia Sotomayor to John Cornyn and other Rethugs...

MOUNTAIN OF DEBT: Americans' debt stress is easing

Lab test for heart attack patient denied because he had a past due bill of $7

Note to GOP Blowhards: All Judges Are 'Activist Judges'

VIDEO: Laura Ingraham broadcasts Planned Parenthood segment with rifle crosshairs over their logo

The CNP Vetted Sarah Palin: Is this the conspiracy you're looking for?

Over $44,000 an Hour to Fly: Putting the F-22 in Perspective

John Nichols: Target Cheney

NYT: Obama Faces a New Push to Look Back

What a damn shame we have Max Baucus in the Democratic Party

The difference between the criticism of Obama from the Left versus the Right

Does anyone know what's up with Rangel uveiling the Health Care bill today?

Cheney has been out there ... acting as if he's running a shadow government. Maybe he is.

Recommend if you think the Sotomayor hearings are nothing but grandstanding bullshit.

maybe there is a better answer to the unrecommend issue

MSNBC is doing a story on "A conservative blog" attacking the President's daughter.

Franken's first public role as Senator. On the Judiciary Committee re: Sotomayor.

I think DU should either abolish the Greatest Page, or undo the unrec feature.

ALERT???

Dick Cheney 'hid plans to kill al-Qaida operatives abroad'

Things I learned at book club today:

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Criticism of Afghan War is on Rise in Britain

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Criticism of Afghan War is on Rise in Britain

Hartmann 11 pst. He says the 11 oclock segment will be the most important,

The reason the Malia/FreeRepublic story may not go too far is Barack/Michelle will let it sink. . .

Valley Swim Club caves, invites kids back.

Has anyone else been having trouble with YouTube today?

Do You See Graffiti in Your Town of International Terrorists? (PIC)

OH HELL NO!!! Joe Jackson wants to take kids ("The Jackson Three") on tour in 2010

Sarah Palin Twitter on 7/13/09 1pm

Sarah Palin Twitter on 7/13/09 1pm

Was I too harsh on a former student of mine who posted an ignorant comment about Sotomayor. . .

Palin: She had to quit because "opposition researchers were making crap up"

Rate the Freeper/Shuster match...who won?

White House may ask for delayed summer recess if reform lags

Is My Congresswoman One of These???

Is My Congresswoman One of These???

Vatican: "Christians enjoyed security and relative freedom" under Saddam Regime

Calls grow for probe of CIA plan for al-Qaida hits

Freerepublic Refuses To Apologize For Racist Remarks Against Obama's Daughter...

Freerepublic Refuses To Apologize For Racist Remarks Against Obama's Daughter...

ALERT???

CIA Vet: Agency Doesn't Need Secret Program To Target al Qaeda

The New Ice Age of the Young Republicans - HuffPo

Lawyers Will Meet Wednesday to Debate the Release of CIA IG’s Torture Report

Healthcare 'still on schedule'; bill coming Tuesday

Healthcare 'still on schedule'; bill coming Tuesday

Palin's act of "selflessness" again screws Alaska

NYT: "Her hair had thinned to the point where she needed emergency help from her hairdresser"

HBO Documentary about the life of Sen. Kennedy, "Teddy" premiers tonight.

"Hitler Finds Out Sarah Palin Resigns" Has Hit 100,000 Views!

Up to 8 People (dressed as 'Ninjas') Involved in Slaying of Foster Parents

Up to 8 People (dressed as 'Ninjas') Involved in Slaying of Foster Parents

CIA Was Trying to Create an Assassinations Capability

Chuch Schumer just now: "We don't even have a class system in this country"

Chuch Schumer just now: "We don't even have a class system in this country"

Should Dick Cheney be Indicted?

Pot, Meet Kettle

Limbaugh Sees Dem ‘Plot’ in Heinous Crime

Will it be real reform? NC hands shape reform

Sorry to add to the hubbub, but what is the point of unrec'ing a late breaking news story?

Unrecommend has restored DU. I wish all the other threads in important

Think Tank Question?.......

Poll: Will there be a large-scale US civil conflict in the future?

They REALLY don't make'em like they used to

For Goldman, a Swift Return to Lofty Profits

Boiling the Frog - Paul Krugman (NYT)

Monday Toons, Part 2

DU Journals appear to be down. Anyone else having trouble accessing them?

What will my children's history books say?

Palin resignation will cost Alaskans at least another $150,000

Yarrrgghhh! Bigmouth right-wing wacko contractor working on my house!

Claire McCaskill won't support an investigation of Cheney

Shuttle launch for today scrubbed again. will try again Tues or Wed

AIG Millionaire Bonus Recipients Are Upbeat About The Economy

Has Sy Hersch Weighed In On This Latest Cheney Revelation.....

Has Sy Hersch Weighed In On This Latest Cheney Revelation.....

Belfast Catholics riot over Protestant parade

Stop Barack Obama (One Million Strong and Growing) Facebook Group Update

Anyone else think it was Cheney's Death Squads that the CIA did not brief Congress on?

Now that Cheney is a blatant traitor, what excuses for not prosecuting are there?

I hope Pat Leahy sees to it that these outside agitators are prosecuted and get lengthy prison terms

13 doctors say WMD mole did not commit suicide (Where'd Dick Go?)

Dear Free Republic..

Oh Great! Madoff is coming to Butner, NC

Ron Suskind on with tweety right now....4:20 PM CDT

Up to 8 suspects wanted in Pensacola home invasion murders. Some of them dressed like ninjas...

5 Things to Remember About Jeff Sessions

Bill Moyers Journal - great report on Health Insurance Ind. efforts to kill the "public option".

As If On Cue, "Young" (under 40) Republicans elect White Supremist To Top Position

Minutemen can't disown Shawna Forde

How will a "forward looking" Obama ever see what is going on "behind his back"

Hey, Orrin Hatch...

"Don't Be Against Us On Healthcare" -- Obama to take lead on Healthcare bill, gets TOUGH!

Lemme get this straight: EMPATHY = EMPATHY for nonwhites = AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Sen. Lindsey Graham

What annoys me about Democratic Underground.

Questions about a Liz Cheney candidacy/election ...

What's the difference between a Hockey Mom and a PitBull.

Please Consider this before Vaccinating!!!

Same-sex Penguin Couple Split Up by Homewrecker Penguin, Linda.

Fundies: Infidels trying to remove Jesus from the city council meeting

Sixty-five percent = Palin does NOT have the ability to be an effective president.

From the Dept. of Good News For a Change: Obama's Surgeon General Pick Totally Rocks

Update: Justice served - "Laura" the homeless woman I helped last year got an apartment

I would like to know when Admins will unleash mods to lock "unrec topic" threads

She has a great life story. She's very intelligent. I like her personally. He is a great orator.

2,000-year-old cream shows aristocrat’s taste

We've got 4 threads with well over 100 recs on the Greatest Page

Cameras Captured 'Chilling' Break-In at Fla. Home

Follow up questions for Liz Cheney

Tamron Hell and David Shuster are having a

Pat Buchannon suggests that Todd Palin should murder Levi Johnston

Raw Story Video...Pat Buchanan: Palin’s husband should murder Levi Johnston

No health care 2004 = no kidneys 2008

Obama's Tortured Democracy: The Power of Images and the Politics of State Secrecy

HuffPo's "Sarah Palin's Most Cringe-Worthy Moments...You Choose The Worst (poll)"

Free Republic: A Pervasive Culture Of Bigotry, David Schuster Should Do His Homework

Out of all the Palin pictures---this one is by far the most disturbing---

I'll Take "List of Possible Victims of Cheney's Death Squads" for 50, Alex!

How to Argue With a Global Warming Denier...LOL and informative

pandemic H1N1 considered unstoppable by WHO. last report and cases figures, nation by nation.

WHY DIDN'T THE VICE PRESIDENT'S ASSASINATION RING KILL BIN LADEN?

Freepers are trying to get the Vancouver Sun reporter fired

Sen. Whitehouse Denounces Roberts’ Umpire Theory of Judging

Sen. Whitehouse Denounces Roberts’ Umpire Theory of Judging

Legal question re inheritance and step-siblings.

So.... "Somebody" told Leon Panetta "You need to know about this".

Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin

High School student dies after playing 'the choking game'

is this real?

is this real?

New York state attacks pensions, Bloomberg cuts worker pay, raises pay for his peeps

"The Killing of Women Is Like Killing a Bird Today in Afghanistan"

The Rude Pundit: Death Squads, Cheney, and American Standards

Top Freeper on MSNBC with Shuster

More hybrids in 2010. Honda announces hybrid CR-Z & Fit.

Swearing Makes Pain More Tolerable

14 PEOPLE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE HANGED IN PUBLIC IN AN IRANIAN CITY TOMORROW JULY 14.

Buying The Environment To Save Capitalism

Single payer does not eliminate private health insurance

Chris and Kathleen Matthews "at Home in Nantucket Island:"Lifestyles of Rich & Famous

A bicycle that you can pedal up to 50mph...but at what cost?

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA): Good judges just "say what the law is."

Pet Owner Not Bothering To Neuter Loser Cat

Levi Johnston to be on the Today Show shortly. Will they try to beat the kid up for Palin?

Rep. Peter King threatens "scorched-earth policy" if AG Holder investigates former Bush officials

Marcy Wheeler of FDL...What a hoot....

Independent UK: Climate change 'will cause civilisation to collapse'

Kristinn Taylor from FreeRepublic is a LIAR. Google FreeRepublic.com for "ghetto trash"

Kristinn Taylor from FreeRepublic is a LIAR. Google FreeRepublic.com for "ghetto trash"

An American hero dies… and hardly anyone knows

Hahahahaha..."Blow Job" on MSNBC

Why do you support or oppose the unrecommend feature

maybe no quite obligatory, but here is a small issue with the unrec...

Jimmy Carter: The words of God do not justify cruelty to women

A show of "hands" thread-DUers for applying the rule of law and accountability to BUSH/CHENEY era

A show of "hands" thread-DUers for applying the rule of law and accountability to BUSH/CHENEY era

Freepers on why they think minority kids were thrown out of pool in Pennsylvania

Poll: Do you think Maine's Gay Marriage law should be repealed?

Question: how many people who think the economy is being handled "brilliantly" are unemployed?

So now the freepers are saying that the racist comments were "planted by liberals"

On good old Goldman Sachs' coming record profit!

All of you Republican't lurkers, YOU IMPEACHED CLINTON OVER SEX, your whore-mongers need to resign

Taibbi: Draw your own conclusions about the distance between Goldman Sachs and the US government

Dennis Kucinich: The Banks’ Massive Theft

DUI Checkpoint Stops Zero DUIs...but finds others things to arrest you for.

Monday Toons, Part 1.

Sarah Palin Autographs Live Baby

15 year old genius talks evolution vs creationism

Men/Women...Do you resent your stay at home partner?

Michael Jackson was murdered, La Toya Jackson says

“Unit Was So Secret That Even The Former CIA Director George Tenet Did Not Control Its Activities”

Spengler says Jackson to blame for immature americans/economy

Any other seniors here trying to start over.

One small example of why so many of us are fed up with religion:

I demand not only dramatic change in the un-recommend feature, but also:

"Empathy" on the Bench.

"Empathy" on the Bench.

Five Words for JimRob and all the Racist Freepers

I Humbly Propose a "3-Unrec-Per-Day" Limit to Skinner and the Admins.

What Wall Street has been up to

Dow Chemical's London Executives Receive "B'eau-Pal" Bottled Water Samples

Cats Do Control Humans, Study Finds

100+ replies, < 0 recs:

I think Unrec has improved DU's Greatest Page, but can't figure out why. Can you?

A little infighting over at FR over the t-shirt issue:

"Bombs Won't Liberate the Women of Afghanistan!"

How would you get rich if you knew what you know now, and then got stuck in 1999?

I've Seen 1,200 Torture Photos

You can call yourself "pro-life"

Why the 'new atheists' are rightwing on foreign policy.

I cried at the banks of the Lehigh River Sunday

Seems to me my old DU is back & I love it!

"Ivan the Terrible" John Demjanjuk charged with 27,900 counts of accessory to murder.

Gingrich Announces Iran Policy: Topple The Government By Provoking A Gas Crisis Through Covert ‘Sabo

Now Can We Investigate?

I guess some people just don't like P-I-Z-Z-A...

Wild Horses Music Video

Crazy Horse? Not quite

We picked two and a half quarts of 'shrooms this afternoon!

Sunday night pizza.

This is not a copycat post

What do you have as your dependent(s)

Time Lapse Video Of Super Hornet Jet Build

CONSUMER REPORTS: Dollar store danger

Tried to watch th Land Of The Lost movie today with my son. I must ask...

Crazy Horses Music Video

We chugged two and half quarts of raspberry vodka this afternoon.

W.Va. woman wins her 9th big lottery prize

I soaked my Mandelbrots in beer before grilling them. Yum!

Saw the new "Ice Age" movie, in 3-D finally...

Just checked our garden...we have 3 orange/yellow tomatoes...

Entourage season premiere on at 10:30 EST tonight.

so tired of fighting

I am who I am and nobody can change that!

Anyone read Suite Francaise? I just bought the book and was wondering if it was good.

Here is one change I would like to make to DU (nothing to do with recs).

I am coated in shellac

Name One Super Power That You Would Most Enjoy

"A Fish Called Wanda" is ON. I dare you to UnRec!11 (& you WILL) n/t

Sweet manager moves in Cards/Cubs game

My son, fixing his hair:

This is not a love song-PIL

HA! I stole three quarts of raspberries from some jagoff's raspberry patch today

I must have peed over about 3 quarts of raspberries in my rasberry patch this morning.

Crazy Horse Saloon Music Video

Okay, you guys were right...

femoral

Punk Rock Girl - the Dead Milkmen

Romance is for tighters

Crazy Guggenheim

Anti-Consumer Groups are "Opportunities"

If you had to be trapped with a Republican for a month, who would it be??

Ugh, I feel like shit because I let myself fall into anti-rapist bloodthirst mode in GD.

Some prick stole 3 quarts of raspberries from my patch today.

Whats for dinner DU ,?

Can anyone help me out here?

Puppies Are Cute

How is being hired as a consultant better than being hired full-time permanent?

what are your top three excuses?

The Bus Has Jumped The Shark, And The Shark Is Under It

Catch and Release

When in doubt, choose:

Name the one movie everyone hates Kevin Bacon in.

Massive Squid Washes Up on Beach in Quake Aftermath

Bold choice Dairy Queen, bold choice.

Good Date: Bad Date???

I have a dog question: Pooka is a rescue dog, reportedly

Good morning Lounge

Do any of you get the YES Network? (the Yankees channel)

Guess what?

What were your worst jobs? (Pt. 2)

Why do people hate on Symarip so much?

What is your impression of your local police?

Did John Lennon and Brian Wilson ever meet?

How can I contact the members of a globally popular music group?

Uh, what if you happen to think that it is OK to pet the sweaty things?

Whatever happened to all the killer bees? Did they get wiped out by

I just bought my Harry Potter tickets for 12:00 Tuesday.

Why is my university adverse to having Thursday courses?

ozzy at his best

What if she said no?

It was once my dream to own one of these

The greatest film or tv president evar

I watched a classic great movie on the Lifetime Channel last week. Oscar-caliber acting...

These guys make moldy bread sound sexy!

nevermind

How would you like to STFU for a month?

Jackson "foul play" meme gambit to gain estate?

I keep getting blocked from DU.

If you had to be trapped in a MOVIE for a month, which would it be?

You Are Hereby Outhorized to Solemnize The

Some of you know of my Grandparents..and I just found out something cool

do-it-yourself poetry thread (instructions within)

Buzz Ballads/Cuts got me thinking...

To Fans of the Washington Nationals,

I can't fucking take the negative rec system anymore.

2 discs of pure suck comin' atcha!

is your perimeter constantly being poked at by roving bands of the undead?

When you see a <0 thread what do you think?

Serious question: Is a professional resume service worth the expense?

You stay classy, Joan. Rivers offers her own "Jackson Memorial" (TMZ Video)

*******HAPPY BIRTHDAY to SteppingRazor!!*******

Have you seen these BC SPCA commercials?

If you could ask a prospective daughter-in-law any question,

DU Air Guitarists, I have a question

I just bought 4 bottles of this Special K Vanilla protein shake.

Watch this video of a really tragic situation

Cats 'exploit' humans by purring ......say it ain't so!!!!!

God bless Strong Atheist for his recommend spree.

Does anyone know how to uninstall ULead Photo Explorer?

'Jon & Kate Plus 8' plus one?

Funniest bodily function (not a bodily function thread)

Tom Magliozzi (of Car Talk) has had knee surgery and is recuperating

Question about new Star Trek movie - spoiler question

New GrayWarrior game announced

True Blood Fans check in!!! **** of course there are spoilers - d'uh! ***

Ohhh man, I'm only 50 and...

delete n/t

Arming ATMs with pepper spray is probably not a good idea

Albert Pujols will catch President Obama’s first pitch(All Star Game)

Amazing volcano picture (from APOD)

Input wanted from car buffs: My aunt wants to give me her 1980 Buick

I just paid off my car with 48,000 miles on it! Ask me anything!

Robbie Maddison back flips over 100-foot gap on London's Tower Bridge

Ever had a massage?

Simony

I think some people in GD are just figuring out addition of negative numbers.

So will our current depression revive Hobo Culture?

There is a fly in my office that has revealed itself to be IMMORTAL !

Confess! Have you ever posted under the influence of Meat Puppets?

Ever 'air up' your tires?

Monday, July 13th. William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day:

Is this a girlfriend's boyfriend hitting on you??????????

*******CONGRATULATIONS, STRONG ATHEIST 9,000 POSTS!*******

Kos: Liz Cheney Media Tour is back // Wash Times: Liz Cheney open to political run

Why do people hate on disco so much?

At a party last night: "I guess you're the only Democrat in the neighborhood."

Dessert Milipede (warning creepy crawly pics)

I just had a pipng hot, steamy bowl of MANHATTAN CLAM CHOWDER

*******HAPPY BIRTHDAY to smirkymonkey!!*******

Togetherness.

Does anybody remember this commercial?

Lightning strikes at the heart of deadly condition

Greywarrior and I have been reminiscing about Scouting - were you ever a scout?

I sense you are naked

what is for Dinner this Monday night??? We had Hobo Meals

I (heart) Porn

Electric Lawn Mowers or Gas Powered Lawn Mowers?

is there anything more pathetic than watching a fixed male cat try to hump an unfixed female?

Jessica Simpson Tony Romo Split

Ladies! Tired of sleeping WITHOUT anything resting between your boobs?

So if Aragorn and Arwen had a kid would it be a hobbit?

A pic of me when I was 14.

Ozzy Osbourne and long-time guitarist Zakk Wylde shan't work together again. It's news to Zakk.

Cats 'exploit' humans by purring - says research...

I should be getting ready for Harry Potter tomorrow night

John Hartford-Big rock Candy Mountain

Do you wear a watch?

Badwater Ultramarathon starts today

Hulu's gone commercial-free for the next 8 hours.

Do you call people who disagree with you "idiots?"

After being told to take them down, WWTDD has re-posted the nekkid Vanessa Hudgens cell phone pics

Natalie Portman to play Jane Foster in the movie version of "Thor"

Michael Jackson is well known for his dance moves and he certainly lives up to them in this video!

what songs / pieces of music literally take your breath away?

Which of your organs is most vulnerable to discomfort?

Woman sitting on toilet accidentally shot in leg

Does your current job require some kind of industry-specific license?

LOLZ! Cats do control humans, study finds.

How long have you had your current wallet?

Ohhh man, I'm only 27 and...

Does your car have a bug shield?

Desert Milipede (warning creepy crawly pics)

Who here has thrown a spear with an atlatl or woomera? (pix heavy)

What kind of dog do you have? Purebred, mutt, a mix of two or more breeds?

Looking through an abandoned school (photos).

Is your city blue? If so, please post name of your city. PM me if you want.

New MechWarrior game announced

Have You Ever Fought Dark Forces?

Who was the most beautiful person you've ever seen?

Still Mocking CIA Conspiracies? Well, Mock A Little Quieter, Will You?

GINGRICH: PALIN'S STILL GOT A SHOT

So there was a royal ruckus of a growly nature in the backyard tonight, so hubby and I

Favorite Hitchcock Movie!!

How hungry cats get the food bowl filled

What were your worst jobs?

All Time Greatest Movie Or Television Clichés

Music lovers in the CA Central Coast/Monterey Bay Area.

Not Fragile

Public support for war in Afghanistan is firm, despite deaths

Children die in harsh Peru winter

Racist graffiti in (San Diego) County leads to teen arrest

Obama orders review of alleged slayings of Taliban in Bush era

Bus crash leaves one dead, 23 injured

Three arrested in Billings Murder

Report: NKorea's Kim Has Pancreatic Cancer

2 convicted murders escape from Indiana prison

World Court sets rules for San Juan River traffic [ Nicaragua / Costa Rica]

Sotomayor faces Senate hearing

The DNA database betrays the racism of those behind it

Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin

Sonia Sotomayor, live from Capitol Hill

Blast in Pakistan Kills Seven Children Studying Koran

SKorea, China bid to revive NKorea nuclear talks

Quake strikes eastern Indonesia: seismologists (6.4)

Chinese police kill two Uighurs

Roadside bomb misses U.S. ambassador to Iraq

2 held on murder charges in Fla. couple's slaying

Europe gas pipeline deal agreed

Australia Calls in China Ambassador Over Rio's Hu

ALERT???

Mendez confirmed for federal highway post

Mendez confirmed for federal highway post

Video shows British Army officer screaming at hooded Iraqi civilians

Tensions linger between Colombia and Ecuador

Trade Group Challenges Wal-Mart on Health Care

Bush official: Congress was briefed (on "secret program")

GOP, Holder battle over New Black Panthers

White House may ask for delayed recess if (health care) reform lags

14 PEOPLE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE HANGED IN PUBLIC IN AN IRANIAN CITY TOMORROW JULY 14.

Refugees From Region in Pakistan Trickling Home

Ahmadinejad demands action of UN-security-council against Germany

Japan Democrats' Hatoyama could be next PM

Khmer Rouge Twisted Prisoner's Ankles With Pliers

Union leaders: Obama still firm on organizing bill

Taliban will let guns do their talking

North Korea leader Kim has pancreatic cancer: report

Iraq's weakened unions fight foreign oil firms

U.S., UBS Negotiating Settlement of Tax Case on 52,000 (Swiss) Accounts

Obama to U.S. Jewish leaders: Israel must engage in self-reflection

'Jane Roe' Arrested at Supreme Court Hearing

US 'waterboarding' row rekindled (Bush gave written approval before memos issued)

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Monday July 13

Palin confirms she plans to jump into national politics

CIA Had Secret Al Qaeda Plan

Chinese miners freed after 25 days in flooded mine

Porn king's son captured after allegedly killing baby's mother and fleeing with infant

Venezuela’s Chavez Says Situation in Honduras Is ‘Explosive’

Palin's PAC Raises $700,000+

Senior Ku Klux Klan member arrested in Tel Aviv apartment (FBI '100 Most Wanted' list)

Goldman Sachs Likely to Post Huge Profits, Analysts Say

Study finds big rise in job cuts planned at IT shops

Cash rich China eyes Canada's rich resources

Graham predicts Sotomayor OK 'barring meltdown'

Demjanjuk faces 27,900 accessory to murder counts

Swim club offers olive branch after racism allegations(invites kids back)

Sudan women 'lashed for trousers'

Belfast Catholics riot over Protestant parade

Japan to allow children to receive organ donations

U.S. OPPOSES INSULZA’S REELECTION AT OAS

Obama Admin. Supports End to Antibiotic Use to Spur Animal Growth

Chhattisgarh on alert after Maoists kill 29 police (India)

Protester Interrupts Sotomayor Hearing (RWer)

Healthcare 'still on schedule'; bill coming Tuesday

French workers threaten to blow up factory

AP source: Ala doctor is pick for surgeon general

Microsoft Office to go online — for free

The Week In Cartoons 07/11/09

Interview and song from "underground" Iranian band at Pro-Democracy Rally in DC

Young Turks: CIA's Shockingly Illegal Operation

Aldous Huxley interviewed by Mike Wallace (1 of 3)

President Obama with the Pope.

The bible is a LONG Way From True Musical Religious Satire

SONG 3 - "Underground" Iranian Band - Spreading like wildfire!!

SONG 4 - "Underground" Iranian Band - Democracy!

Free My Land – Iran’s Void Election. Video From #Mousavi1388

Bittersweet Victory for Stell D'Oro Workers

The Real Cost of Healthcare Reform

Swine Flu Vaccines are Deadly Lethal pt 1 Nov 4th, 1979

Iran: The Tragic Story of 19 Year-old Sohrab Aarabi ('Vansihed' on 06/15, Funeral Was Today)

Money And The News, a message of truth.

Senator Russ Feingold Defines "Judicial Activist" Judge Sonia Sotomayor Hearing

TPM TV posts an interview w/ Al Franken from summer 2007, pretty great to see

GOP Rep. Eric Cantor Won't Say No To AIG Bonues

Talking Head on C-SPAN avoids questions on biological WMD

Sotomayor Hearings Day 1

UK Opens Iraq Detainee Death Probe

Baseball's Broke?

Ahmadinejad And Charts(hilarious)

Marcy Wheeler on MSNBC to Discuss Possible Probe of C.I.A. Actions

Pat Buchanan's Advice To Todd Palin: Drown Levi Johnston

Teleprompter, RIP

Senators Gillibrand, Boxer, Klobuchar Echo Support for Sotomayor's Record

How To Terrify & Alarm Libertarians & Conservatives on Youtube

2009 YWAM LA -Outreach in South America

Bernie Sanders: How Democrats Can Get (The Right) Healthcare Reform to Happen

Heckler at Judge Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing: What about the unborn?

TYT: Did Palin Quit For The Money? Gen. Wesley Clark's Son Joins Cenk To Discuss.

TYT: Victoria Jackson compares Obama to Hitler

anti republican ad for Sotomayor in Spanish

YWAM.. Houston

MSNBC's David Shuster Takes On Free Republic's Kristinn Taylor For Malia Obama Racist Comments

Sheldon Whitehouse Casts Chief Justice Roberts as Activist Judge

Kristinn Taylor whines on MSNBC

TYT: Presidential Field Cleared for Mitt Romney?

MSNBC Guest Says Clinton "Blowjob" On Live TV

McCain on Sarah Barraquitter: I don't know if there was a promise to finish out her term

Teabagger rants about Sotomayor

Senator Al Franken's Statement At Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing

Florida church posts sign saying Islam is of the Devil. Refuses to take it down. Community protests

NBC News: Members of Congress Angry Over Being Kept in Dark on CIA Secret Program

Wingnut field training

Un-masked: Ex-Marine Advertises His Paramilitary Training Camp For "Patriots"

Enough. This senseless folly in Afghanistan must stop

Daily Times Monitor (PK): Afghan Taliban have learned modern warfare

Stay Classy, gop young rethugs-Bullying Behind GOP "Racist" Win

Hustle and grift, or: Just 18 cents per kinky sex act

"Arnold's Bathtub"

Rupert Cornwell: The US needs a truth and reconciliation inquiry

A cover-up of US massacre at Mazar-i-Sharif

Iran's Invisible Nicaragua Embassy

Put a stop to blood-letting (Afghanistan)

The Nation: The Balance Begins to Tip Against Cheney

What Sotomayor Could Mean for Network Neutrality and the First Amendment

The GOP Has Always Been Broken

GOP's 'Sotomayor Strategy': Make Her Take the New Haven Firefighters Test

Are Depressions Necessary?

Ensign's 'C Street House' Owned By Group Touting Plans For Christian World Control

Deep Recession Even Hits the Amish

What is Good for Business is Bad for Business.

A New Beginning

Who Thought up, How To Screw America out of every Dime Possible, Think Tanks Abound

Interesting article on gays in the military

Sotomayor Hearings Carried by Sabado Gigante, Featuring GOP Senators as Clowns

Stampp Corbin: Counting all forms of discrimination against LGBTs

Britain Launches "Orgasm A Day" Campaign For Schoolchildren

The liberal dilemma

Taking Shorter Showers Doesn't Cut It: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change

The DNA database betrays the racism of those behind it

Bill Moyers Journal report on how Health Insurers are going to kill the "public option"

Obama "I just want to put everybody on notice“ Health Care Today

CIA Vet: Agency Doesn't Need Secret Program To Target al Qaeda

C Street House: I Agree With Their Seven Mountains of Culture

Get Fuzzy

Why a resurgent labor movement is closer than you think whether liberals will realize their best fri

"The Militarization of Neuroscience" by Hugh Gusterson (4-9-07 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

This Afghan war is indefensible

Meet the Press is now GOP General, David Gregory you are not Tim Russert by Far

Apparently washing lettuce is "food processing"...

Republican Approval Ratings at All-Time Low, They Should Just Get The Hell out of the Way

Eric Alterman: Cheney's Shadow Government

Analysis: The next H-1B fight begins by Labor Day

Wobble Time (James Howard Kunstler)

The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No. 368

"DON'T TRUST ME" : SARAH PALIN

Paul Krugman: If we can't get Obama/Congress to head off economic disaster now, what will it take?

Healthcare Reform or Screw Job?

People PUL-LEASE stop calling these people "PRO-LIFERS"

The Remarks Of The GOP During Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearings Are Absolute Racist B.S.

To Mika, Levi shouldn't get a voice, but Liz Cheney gets to lie for a week on Mourning Joke

Dr. Regina Benjamin to be named Surgeon General

So, which dem would you like to see running for President in 2016

Finally....

That PRO-LIFE heckler had just as much of right to be there as CODE PINK

Surgeon General nominee attributes her becoming an MD to "divine intervention".

Jill Biden having orthopedic shoulder surgery today. Think good thoughts.

DU and Obama-skeptics/critics -- 6-month checkpoint

Obama To Visit Fox Booth During All Star Game

PHOTOS Sonia's Day (July 13)

Obama to join Fox broadcast booth for All-Star Game Story Highlights

Hillary Calls WH Vetting Process A 'Nightmare'

Mermaids, Centaurs and Sam Brownback

Slump Spreads to Health Care as Michigan Loses Auto Jobs

Why did a former Olympic ice skater stay at the White House?

(R)asmussen Poll: 49% Oppose Health Care Plan that Doesnt Exist

I missed it, who broke the teleprompter?!

Do people purchase health care the way they purchase everything else?

President Obama: 'Don't bet against' Health Reform

Health Debate on C-Span----for all who claim that debates are NOT public.

President Obama has called Charlie Rangel and Max Baucus to the White House today.

The Five Pillars of Obama's Foreign Policy

Obama's Secret Meeting With Historians

HEADS UP, Shuster's story on Freeper racist thread coming up after the break.

Obama threatens veto if defense bill funds F-22s

Does anyone know where I can find video of Obama asking Judge Roberts questions

Bill Neslson sounds like he supports Cheney. I never liked Nelson.

Question: Will you be willing to donate to get anti Public Option democrats out of office?

AP Analysis: GOP Does Political Straddle on Sotomayor

That's rich. Senator Sessions (Racist-AL) says Sotomayor "out of mainstream"

Mr President - You Have An Impersonator.

PHOTO 'Mission from God'? Oh Lord.

Time's Karen Tumulty: The CIA: What Was It Up To?

What does Alito have to do with Sotomayor

Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin

I'd like your help on talking to a moderate right wing friend of mine

Conservative Website At Center Of Growing Furor Over Attacks On Obama’s Underage Daughter

Lindsey Graham was unnecessarily shrill, I thought. That man makes

Hey, Doesn't this mean Pelosi was RIGHT!!! CIA was keeping info from the Congress?

Do you think President Obama should go slow on foriegn policy intiatives and focus more on the

Is SOS Clinton pushing back to prevent being pushed out?

Is the GOP candidate for Kansas Secretary of State an Obama birther?

Don't Them Racists Senators Make You Proud to be an Amurekan??

I can't tell you how delighted I am to see Senator Franken in the Senate

PHOTOS Header!

Roll Call: Palin's PAC Raises $733,000 in Six Months. Donated a total of $10K to two Republicans.

I just started to cry...haven't ever heard her opening statement yet but

Four Ex-Presidents to Join Obama in All-Star Video

Seriously, after November 4th, we all knew it was a matter of time before FR went a little too far

Sen. Franken Delivers Opening Statement At Sotomayor Hearing (VIDEO)

Obama No Closer To Supporting Investigation Of Bush Terror Policies

Months after ash spill, Tennessee town still choking

PHOTOS The Heckler.

Reuters: Muslim Americans encouraged, hopeful after Obama

Obama's speech sparks calls for reform across Africa

The Albatross of U.S. Democracy - Fran Quigley

***HEADS UP*** Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings - Live at 10:00 (ET)

Breakking: Cheney hid AQ assasination program from Congress

Secretary Of State Clinton makes joke about her broken elbow

PHOTOS Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Obama's Gallup tracking numbers have recovered a little bit

what time will shuster be on.. i have to set the vcr

Lets see if these rethugs start going after Dr. Benjamin the same as they did Judge Sotomayor

I would never suggest something so politically immature and potentially illegal.

White House to Push Forward on National Urban Policy Agenda

interesting tidbit in a long article

Just saw this on Twitter from Schuster, re: freeperville.

Obama needs to make it explicitly clear to the American people that ...

Is there a thread for the hearing?

Whatever happened to Jonathan Turley?

What time does Shuster come on today?

dupe

Good news on campaign finance reform! Senator Russ Feingold became a co-sponsor of S.752 on 7/9/09.

MSNBC cast having another LOVE FEST over Palin

Kim Jong-il Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis now widely reported

Nate Silver: Why Democrats Have No Time to Waste

At today's hearings :: Senator Kennedy, you will be missed. - - Senator Franken, welcome aboard.

Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin - 'quitter', 'joke', 'trainwreck'

Geithner seeks clampdown on derivatives dealers

To those who think is doesn't matter who's the President....

The Comdemnation For This Needs To Be Loud . NoQuarter Sinks Below The Cesspit. (part repeat post)

A tip for sharing on Twitter.

The "Unrec" new system is more popular than our very popular President. The new system is a success

Will Ghosts of Bush Administration Derail Obama's Agenda?

NEW WHALE SIGHTINGS COULD OPEN UP NEW TOURISM INDUSTRY IN SOUTHERN CHILE

Beyond Kyoto: Time to Switch Targets?

'E-Rockit' hits German fast lane

Peak oil news - July 13

dupe. nt

Japan’s Power Output Falls for 11th Straight Month on Recession

Months after ash spill, Tennessee town still choking

For 'Pipeline Aficionados' - A great website of pipeline maps/info of the world

(UK) Energy policy 'too wind focused'

DrumBeat: July 13, 2009

San Joaquin Valley aquifer level drops 400 feet since 1961

Did China's Nuclear Tests Kill Thousands and Doom Future Generations?

The Independent: "The planet's future..."

useful resource for locating "green" jobs (?)

NOAA Bans Commercial Harvesting of Krill (in the Exclusive Economic Zone "EEZ" off the west coast)

Sydney's endangered pengiuns get sniper bodyguards

If you have a perfectly good phone ... but are nevertheless eligible for an upgrade ..

Seventeen Nations Agree to Combat Climate Change

What effect did the Dust Bowl have on the temperature spike in the 1930's?

Boiling Frogs

Arstechnica talked with William Maness and Philip Owen of PowerSat about Space Based Solar Power

Single Payer Action Confronts Henry Waxman

Honduras Emergency Response Delegation Report

MESA REDONDA ON TELESUR - TOPIC HONDURAS (just starting)

Venezuela makes progress in achieving UN development goals

U.S. OPPOSES INSULZA’S REELECTION AT OAS

ECUADOR and COLOMBIA: Tensions Linger

HONDURAS: Amnesty for Zelaya Idea Re-Surfacing . . .

Indigenous Leader: "if the people didn't support him, they wouldn't have had to carry out coup"

WTF is up with this new rec system?

CUBAN EMBASSY Statement re: Withdrawal of Cuban Teachers from Honduras

Colombia: Katío Embera leader killed

From Sunday:

CNA: Honduran Coup Perpetrators Admit 1,270 Detentions During Curfews

Gloat free baseball scores (Sunday, July 12)

Did you know George Brett Shits himelf

Chicago Cubs headed to bankruptcy court?

All_Star Starting Rockies Outfielder Brad Hawpe hits walk-off winning double prior to All-Star Game

I'm also ecstatic that The Los Angelitos swept The Bankees!

Linecum on the starting lineup and not Brad Hawpe?

Lincecum named NL All-Star starter

We just had an IRONMAN screw up our entire city today. Are they all this badly organized?

NJ Devils bring back Lemaire as coach

GIORDANO: "It's Still a Military Coup in Honduras"

Albert Pujols will catch President Obama’s first pitch

Wisconsin native Steve Stricker wins the John Deere Classic....

Derrick Mason retires - buh bye ratbirds

MACHETERA: "Welcome to Honduras, don't mind the masked men"

Acta says he's been fired

Romo dumps Jessica

Home Run Derby Winners - juiced or not juiced?

Why the All Star Game just isn't the same any more:

IMPORTANT: Former Clinton Advisers Up to Armpits in Managing Micheletti Machine

Victorino's suspicious route to NL starting CF

Honduran Coup: Bennet Ratcliff, Advisor to Micheletti; OBAMA CONNECTION

Today in Labor History July 12 Az. deports Wobblies; 1,186 miners sent into desert in manure-laden

Workers at Shuttered Fenton Chrysler Plant to Continue Fighting for Jobs

New Home Care Services Insurance Gains White House Support (for workers who become functionally disa

After death, protests of waste plant begin anew (OSHA fine $102,000)

In wake of fire, UFCW urges help for families

75th Anniversary of the “Teamster Rebellion” — When Workers Shut Down Minneapolis

Obama Picks Much-Needed Third Member for NLRB

Quad City workers fight for owed benefits

Sacramento County California...less cops means more guns...

MISSING OFFICE CLEANER ERIDANIA RODRIGUEZ FOUND MURDERED IN THE BUILDING SHE WORKED IN

Today in Labor History July 13, 19-month strike against Gannett, Knight-Ridder

Oregon man protects home with firearm, hilarity ensues

SEIU Continues Successful Organizing Streak in Massachusetts

California Faculty Association to vote on CSU furlough proposal....

Target complains in anti-union ad that it is target of unions

Economic Report: Older workers spend more time unemployed than younger workers

Lieberman, a nonpleasing chancellor

Gun sales soar amid fears of Barack Obama weapons ban

Defending the indefensible settlements

MP Galloway to bring Hugo Chavez on next Gaza visit

U.K. hits Israel with partial arms embargo over Gaza war

Obama to U.S. Jewish leaders: Israel must engage in self-reflection

Progressive Change Wants Your Input On Who To Target For Health Care Reform

Here's The Action Plan For The Public Option Tomorrow (today)

Need Cobra advice (NOW!)

If health reform with a public option is passed, what do you think a timeline for rollout will be?

Alzheimer’s Gene Discovery May Help Predict Age Disease Hits

That not-from-concentrate orange juice? It's not so good for your budget

Healthcare for dunces

"Obama's public option health plan is a slam dunk

ok, coming up with a little healthcare wit.

Manhattanhenge

Sing sing sing

Wells Fargo Sues Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo Denies Allegations

Bank of America Said to Balk at Paying Fee to U.S. for Backstop

S&P 500 Short Sales Hit 2 1/2-Month High Amid Health-Care Bets

Fed's Follies & Systemic Risk & Senate blocked Fed. Reserve audit

What U.S. could learn from Canada's banks (ranked the safest in the world) - REGULATE.

Coming $50 Billion State unemployment bill

The Deflating Economy

finance degree

What will holders of GM preferred stock get out of the bankruptcy?

Boiling the Frog - Krugman

Back yard--21 images, very photo heavy . . .

Cramer Watch #2

Forbes - Did Goldman Goose Oil?

Bill Moyers Journal - great report on Health Insurance Ind. efforts to kill the "public option".

Nations allowing gays to serve openly in military

Allies’ stance cited in US gays-in-military debate

Gold coin symbolising future VIRTUAL world currency presented to G8 leaders

Stampp Corbin: Counting all forms of discrimination against LGBTs

X-post from GD re: News station Poll "Do you think Maine's Gay Marriage law should be repealed?"

"Civil rights group threatens to fire local (LA) leader for gay marriage endorsement"

Episcopals to debate gay marriage, consecration of gay bishops

365gay.com asks:

GLAAD: `Bruno’ reinforces negative gay stereotypes

Scientist scans galaxy seeking other Earths

NASA plans to destroy the ISS in 7 years

House cats use special cry to get their owners to do their bidding

9,000-year-old brew hitting the shelves this summer

Texas creationists want to give master's degrees- in Science!

Thank you for the star!

If you could do just one of these things, what would you choose?

my god, it might be a commercial, but it's outrageous

I have a story to share. about wind spirits.

Signs you are on the right Path...

What were you doing 19 years ago?

The Zealot scale

Thinking about popping into a UU service this weekend

Offensive statements concerning God.

I can’t stand evangelical Xians.

Do you believe in reincarnation?

Saint Josef Stalin? Orthodox Church asked to canonize him.

This week's breakfast and cookies.

Made a wonderful summery fresh corn salad this weekend:

Good food or good wine can, on occasion, move one to tears

KBDI Denver, Colorado PBS airs "9/11: Press For Truth"

MITOP: "Made It Transparent On Purpose"

NYC CAN Files Petition

Are you bothered at all that many of the 9/11 Commission records are still classified?

Less Lincoln, more religion in class? (SBOE)

iPhone App for Texas Legislature

Just saw part 1 of NBC's "Meteor"

Keep your eyes open for the new Torchwood : Children of Earth

Joe Jackson wants to take Michael Jackson’s three children on tour, calling them "The Jackson Three"

Jon Gosselin debuts new girlfriend

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