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Archives: December 24, 2010

Today is the Day to be Kind: A rebuke to the phony Chrstians in Congress

The ‘Subsidy’: How a Handful of Merrill Lynch Bankers Helped Blow Up Their Own Firm - ProPublica

Help EFF Defend Against Righthaven Trolls - Announcement 12/21; DU mentioned

Toobin is a real tight-ass about Assange

Mike Malloy will be having his Yule-a-palooza 2010! tonight at

Creationist Nativity

In the spirit of The Season I bring this here

Apparently, laws don't apply to ...

ROVE Slips: Predicts Obama's RE-ELECTION

Atlanta property taxes: Values fall faster than tax bills

the man who planted trees

Public Notice For Travelers, RE CONTAINERS,

Second job to help with Christmas (Put a gun to his head and got his wallet)

Convicted Hit & Run Driver Arrested for DUI

Tweety asking if Pete Rouse is the difference maker. Maybe Rahm sucked?

Judge Sentences Man in Child Porn, Snakes Case

Sheriff: Four Found Dead in Home Near Meridian

Merry Derpymas to you all!

True Grit rocks..... Coen Bros & the "Dude" & the rest are all over it!

Dear Verizon,

Last post, with PHOTOS from the rain

UPS workers fired following News10 investigation

Does anyone understand Rachel's waffle story?

Sharing in sorrow might make us happier, study shows

Many Judicial Picks Aren't Confirmed

NORAD to Track Santa--T-Minus 5 Hours 30 minutes.....

Mandatory Thursday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! It's Yule-a-palooza night!

On Korea

Iran imposes huge increases in fuel and food prices

Bernie's Editorial

Futurology: The tricky art of knowing what will happen next

To all of you who celebrate Christmas

North Korea: The Risks of War in the Yellow Sea

LA Labor 411 makes it easy to buy union (2,500+ union products and services and growing!)

Rent is too damned high! Jimmy McMillan puts in Presidential Bid

Toyota settles suit over California crash for $10 million

Clip reveals rover's eye view of bluish Martian sunset (w/ Video)

This should make about anyone smile...

Army Throws another Billion Dollars at Training Afghan Police (Re-upping with DynCorp)

It's being said that Wikileaks tells secrets about US involvement in Pakistan.

Lame Duck Comes Up Big for New Vets

Grandpa Joe and Secretariat: A Christmas story

FBI files of former NPR reporter Daniel Schorr released

Conservative instincts 'uncharitable', says Liberal Democrat (UK)

Paul Krugman:The Humbug Express

WikiLeaks cables expose France’s collaboration with US imperialism

China bars English words in all publications

Did you spend differently for Christmas this year?

The new net neutrality rules without the anti-obama propoganda

For my East Coast DU brothers and sisters who celebrate it, it's Christmas Eve...

Supporting homeless veteran families-Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program

Judge unloads on Wells Fargo with order on investment program

Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Wants Gen. David Petraeus To Testify On Afghanistan In 2011

Conyers, McKeon: Petraeus Must Testify on Afghanistan Review

Army opens probe of its role in WikiLeaks security breach

Is Navy plan a threat to world's oldest killer whales?

Number of civilian casualties in Afghan war rises 20%, U.N. report shows

Greek parliament approves further austerity measures

Assange Marks Cameron's Christmas Card

150 years ago: The election of Abraham Lincoln touches off secession crisis

Obama Administration Reverses Bush's "No More Wilderness" Policy

Just got my Christmas present, a Made in USA Oreck Vacuum.

CNN gives object lesson on how secrecy can prevent the need for hard/costly fixes (TSA vs. pilot).

TomDispatch Blocked by State Department

TSA: Passengers may observe additional security measures related to insulated beverage containers

How to Keep Track of Our Crumbling Empire? Let's Put Occupied Countries on Our Coins

Anyone else watching the Last Word?

Amazon reviewer: On 9/11, Bush "put his own life at risk returning to WA to make our country safe"

Willow Run and the Story of General Motors - Charlie LeDuff w/video

Willow Run and the Story of General Motors - Charlie LeDuff w/video

US returns items taken from MIT researcher, Bradley Manning supporter

Reflections on the 12/16 Veterans for Peace protest & the insufficient coverage in the left media

How Republicans view the unemployed.........

Remember That Tiny $90 Billion Reduction In The Military Budget?

Dignity For The Trashman

looking for resources on the "Military Industrial Complex" for my next editorial

With the opposition to the UI for the unemployed by the pukes

Economic Policy Institute: Another Record Year for the Rich

GM Recalls Nearly 100,000 Cars

Richest households have net worth 225 times greater than the average household. USA! USA! USA! USA!

"It will be Patriots vs communists, America reborn or death to America. Go Sarah!!!!"

There's A Little $9 Billion Bauble Under The Tree For Wall St., Multinationals

The Condom Conspiracy

I went to see TRON today and sat through more than half an hour of solid commercials

Is Lindsey Graham about to be outed?

Hershey gets it -- non-GMO products! (uh, but not here in America)

The Women Who Gave Us Christmas

Virginia puts homeowners on fast track to foreclosure

Arkansas has had 500 quakes since 9/20. Gas drilling to blame?

What earth going on?

Take a bow, Nancy and Harry (comparing this congress with 89th (1965-66))

WP: The defeat of the Dream Act and our lost decade on immigration reform

Why we track Santa (From NORAD)

Eye-rack? Eye-rack!

Arsenal gets man 12 years

I hate Newt, the dumbass, Gangrinch - more reasons to not like him:

A Holiday Message From Bradley Manning

2 Americas...

As President Obama ‘Wrestles’ With The Issue, Vice President Biden Says Gay Marriage Is Inevitable

North Korea blasts incoming Foreign Affairs chairwoman as 'human scum'

Does anyone know what Saudi Arabia is up to?

Health care or lack of it in usa sucks - healthcare for all was needed

I gotta get outta here!

Microsoft Failures - do they need a value-added approach?

What if the largest countries (in area) had the biggest populations?

It's not Christmas without Weird Al

Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hau'oli Makahiki Hou

New tax law packed with obscure business tax cuts

At this joyous time of year, I wish you loads of christmas cheer!

Nuclear technology smuggling case may reveal CIA secrets

84 Adopted Haitian children fly into Paris in time for Christmas

Italy: Anarchists wanted revenge on Chile, Swiss

Uh-oh...looks like Christmas will be a little late this year...

Money is short...

Sounds like a typical Sat. nite in Texas to me...

It's not Christmas without Cheech and Chong

Orlando crazies at it again: Trying to make "Merry Christmas" official.

Christmas in Fallujah

Democrats and Taxes.

NORAD is tracking a UFO!!!!!

Male genital snow sculpture 'disgusting'

Chase ties free checking to $500 direct deposit

The Art of Negotiation: It's simple. Let's give the GOP another TRILLION and then maybe

Did Obama trade tax cuts for

Six homeowners arrested while protesting in St. Louis at Bank of America - pix

Researchers at Newcastle University find Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's likeness in a brain scan

"...attempting a serious theological argument with a comedian -- and miserably failing..."

Drunk man walks into home, vomits twice

Satirical Scrooge calls in to Tavis Smiley/Cornel West radio show

Wall Street Computers Scan Twitter for Buy and Sell Leads

Wonkette Senate Obstruction Trading Cards Will Ruin Your Child’s Christmas

A Holiday Musing...

The Political Toilet

Imagine

Merry Christmas!

To one and all, on this snowy Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and thank you.

NORAD Stays Secret On How It Tracks Santa (where is wikileaks when you need them??)

Gallup has Obama at 49%-45% Today and My Take on That.

How a Google Engineer (and Reddit) Bailed an 18-Year-Old Out of Jail

Obama's new start - by Charles Krauthammer

the Santa Tracker

Wikileaks releases SECRET State Dept cable on Santa's midnight ride

About frikkin' time!

School outed teen to parents, said it was ‘legally obligated’: lawsuit

Granholm reverses decision to release convicted killer

A Holiday Message From Bradley Manning

Dad arrested on sex charges after daughter, who fled w/ uncle who allegedly abused her, was returnd

GOPers Remove 'Labor' From House Committee Name

GOPers Remove 'Labor' From House Committee Name

The Republicans and Teabaggers send this holiday message to those less fortunate than themselves:

Pension Cuts Rumbling Gets Louder

Happy Holidays to all!

Baby dolphin found swimming next to dead mother rescued from Indian River Lagoon

Imam Behind NY Islamic Center Will Tour Nation

Lawrence Weschler on the Fiction of Non-Fiction

President Haley Barbour?

Christian Exodus From Iraq Gathers Pace - Churches Empty & Christmas Decorations Are Put Away

December 24, 1860: Ghosts of Christmas Past.

Scary Notices In Democratic America

I'm giving this place a rest and celebrating the holidays with my family

Next Step: Dependant and Survivor Benefits

Merry Christmas!

Father Christmas by the Kinks--great lyrics for the times

Yahoo melting down even harder than Freeperville over DADT

Republicans Plot Death of EPA

Obama will start the new year with a focus on the federal budget and deficit

O'Reilly and Coulter try to explain why right-wing scroogery is really Christian charity

Nigerian Scammers are Getting Vicious And Does the FBI Care?

Nigerian Scammers are Getting Vicious And Does the FBI Care?

How did the unemployed get their unemployment checks before the taxcuts deal?

Pensions.. what they ARE..and what they are NOT

Here is my Christmas story..which is more heart warming than 'Gift of the Magi'

Julian Assange, Feminism, and Rape

The top 1% of individual income tax filers received double the income of the bottom 50%.

Tomdispatch, a project of The Nation Institute, is blocked by the State Department.

It's Christmas Eve.

So, what other books does President Obama read?

Robert Reich: Why Obama Wins on Foreign Policy and Gays but Loses on Economics and Taxes

Robert Reich: Why Obama Wins on Foreign Policy and Gays but Loses on Economics and Taxes

Will it be a hardship for many folks when the 2% FICA is added to their deductions?...

Man accused of harassing Muslim women

The Biggest U.S. Exported Commodity Is Now Our Children to War.

Damn... Obama... He is a unamerica.. he is a Muslim...

This place is fucking insane.

Think Christmas is commercial? Wait till you see the 'Jesus trail'

SCROOGE OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS

Bristol Palin buys 5-bedroom house in Arizona.... Merry Christmas

Gasoline prices hit 2-year high

Why is this news?

The ‘Repo-Demo’ Party’s Three Phase Austerity Plan for America

Woman arrested at ABIA after refusing enhanced pat down

Up Against the Empire: Celebrating the Rebel Jesus

Billionaire/Millionaire Tax Cuts - Didn't they cause the Great Recession?

Billionaire/Millionaire Tax Cuts - Didn't they cause the Great Recession?

Somebody should send this toon to Coburn

A Holiday Message From Bradley Manning

Heads up - Letterman will have Darlene Love on tonight.

US Income Shares, 1994 v. 2007

We all agree: Whoever thinks that the tax cuts and trickle down economics works

One person I miss who would have been proud of what was accomplished this year

Clinton's higher taxes on the middle class were the reason we balanced the budget.

Merry Christmas Eve My DU Family

Merry Christmas and happy Festivus for the rest of us.

We "get some (important) things done", but at what cost?

Judge Orders First-Ever Damages for Bush-Era Illegal Wiretapping

The Viral Spiral of 2010 Yet another year full of bogus chain e-mails.

When will online news stories include links to materials that were used to write the stories?

LOL! "The Fat Commie is Here!"

Even during the worst of time, humanity can show itself, The Christmas Truce of WWI

Merry Christmas DU!

Merry Christmas DU!

Toon: This is how the Rich view unemployed people

The lethal 2 inch candy cane

Hurricane: Book Review

Cool toon re DADT repeal

Obama's historic mission on behalf of capital: Destroy Social Security

Who gets to drink the "good beer?"...

People with mental illness to lose insurance

I have to admit - I'm kinda liking Lisa Murkowski

Obama Christmas vacation reading material

A true "WTF"

Meet your Free Trade Negotiators

I Just received this side by side comparison in e-mail and thought it instructive...

Homophobes summed up in one picture

Hyperbole And A Half: This is why I'll never be an adult..

I got my definition of "communist" published on Urban Dictionary

What, exactly, is the rich trying to accomplish by being richer

MERRY CHRISTMAS DU

It's National Egg Nog Day!

The new net neutrality rules without the anti-obama propoganda

The new net neutrality rules without the anti-obama propoganda

"Hunger and homelessness stalk U.S. cities" - Family Homelessness up 9%

"A Student Play Criticizing NY School Reform Banned"...

'I didn't think of Iraqis as humans,' says U.S. soldier who raped 14-year-old girl

For annabanana, and DU.

Well, I think that the strategy is becoming obvious now..............

Explain to me why US public schools are paid for by property taxes.

Christmas in America

I think Obama's going to flip on gay marriage

The Selfish Rich Are Killing Retired People

How a family of four making $50,000 a year pays no federal income taxes.

How a family of four making $50,000 a year pays no federal income taxes.

Alabama town's Failed Pension is a Warning

On Hawaii vacation, Obama reads up on Reagan

question about pensions, both private and public

Mysterious creature found in Nelson County

Yay America is number 1!... USA! USA! USA!

In 1979, I wrote my economic thesis against "Reaganomics".

Woman (rape victim) arrested at ABIA after refusing enhanced pat down

New Photos And Video About Working Conditions At Foxconn (Enjoy Your iPad!)

Sign of the times Haikus

My kid's band is going to Kosovo and Germany to entertain the troops next week!

OK, DUers. You did $10,000 to feed the hungry. Not too shabby. But can you do...

Glenn Greenwald: What WikiLeaks revealed to the world in 2010

Looking back, it was obvious where Darcy the Cat Lady's fixation began...

This'll make you smile!

Joe Satriani - "Up in Flames" - G3 Live In Tokyo

John McLaughlin, "Tones for Elvin Jones," live @ Crossroads 2007

Have A Very Happy Holiday Season!

Kittens in my Christmas tree!

the man who planted trees

Big Cat Christmas

The World's ugliest cat

Remember the "Wizards In Winter" christmas lights?

I have hope. My 16 yo daughter just put Ummagumma

What Your Favorite Christmas Movie Says About You

Hey, everyone. He's BAAACK!!!

Do you untie your sneakers before taking them off?

The Rouge Plant Blues

P-s-s-s-t-t-t-t !!! Ya know what MFM would like to get for Xmas?

Did you ever get a toy for Christmas that scared the bejeebers out of you?

If you're burned out on Christmas movies - may I recommend

Merry Christmas to all the DUers on the other side of the World

A Christmas Ornament From Steeleye Span

Santa Claus is a capitalist pig!

Dear Satan, please help bring an end to dyslexia this Christmas.

Dear Satan, please help bring an end to dyslexia this Christmas.

Ghostly Countdown -- 1

Merry Christmas.

Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen perform (Willow Smith's) "Whip My Hair"!

Christmas Eve! Merry, Merry Christmas

Santa Claus And His Old Lady - Cheech And Chong

This should make about anyone smile...

What Santa really does while you're asleep.

Remember Dinosaurs the TV show?

I'm watching one of my favorite holiday movies, "28 Days Later."

Glenn Beck has died........

I am the master of my domain. (dial-up caution)

Jonny Lang - "Still Rainin'"

Instead of "what do you want for Christmas?"...

OK - so I am listening to the Radiohead OK Computer/In Rainbows "10" mixup

Christmas Eve/ Sarajevo

Santa is coming tonight!

Candy Canes..

The car needs to go to the shop

On the road (working) today and tomorrow. A special Merry Christmas to those who will be at work!

NYC's famed Stage Deli introduces the "Rex Ryan"

If you really don't like somebody, is it OK to give them a disease as a present?

Eggnog, spiced rum, nutmeg...

Cats leave pawprints on our hearts.

Seriously, Top Chef totally *#^@ again this week. WTF!! *SPOILERS*

LOL!!! Have a very happy Martha Stewart Christmas.

Basic instinct: Women take just three minutes to make up their mind about Mr Right

What horrible disease did you think you had but didn't?

What happens when you mix saltpeter and creosote?

Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas

According to NPR , 19th century Floridians used to dine on Possum meat Christmas eve ?

Merry Christmas, Lizards! Here's a little gift....

Merry Christmas from MiddleFingerMom -- (1 of 2 - - that's the plan, anyway) DIAL- UP WARNING!!!

Drunk man walks into home, vomits twice

Old, Old School David Letterman from his Morning show in 1980

Funny story for those who've read "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (spoilers)

My Grandfather's going to die Today, on the 17th Anniversary of My Grandmother's Death

What is your favorite site to buy cheap, LEGAL music downloads?

Eo Saturnalia!

It's my 19th birthday!

Merry Christmas, Ya'll!!!

Sheesh! My doctor told me I had a stroke!

Russian president lauds U.S. passage of nuclear arms treaty

Public interest groups demand renewed probe of CIA’s destroyed torture records

School outed teen to parents, said it was ‘legally obligated’: lawsuit

Iran's Ahmadinejad urges West to choose 'path of cooperation'

Key spill evidence compromised by BP partners?

Two Koreas take tough stance as think-tank warns of war

Greek unions vow to step up protests over stringent austerity measures

U.S. Approved Business With Blacklisted Nations

The rich are much richer than you and me

China bars English words in all publications

'Iranian arms smuggler' captured by Nato in Afghanistan

Surge of money from bonds could stifle lending

Haiti mobs lynch voodoo priests over cholera fears

North Korea may have new atom test to boost heir: South

TSA alert: Thermoses could be used as bombs

10 inmates injured in riot at Arizona prison

Italy Funds New Particle Smasher With U.S. Components

‘Muslim terrorist’ on Air Malta plane turns out to be Caribbean Christian

Turkey hosts Pakistan-Afghan talks (The three countries to hold joint military exercises in April)

Egyptian has 'revealed three Israeli spy cells'

Polaris shutdown in Osceola begins March 1

Tunisia tensions boil over as teenager dies in riot

Device uses sunlight to make liquid fuel

WikiLeaks saga pushes businesses to adapt

Dying Immigrant Granted Christmas Wish—U.S. Citizenship

State of emergency declared in L.A. County as officials tally storm damage

Pakistan clash kills 3 soldiers, 24 insurgents

TSA issues warning on insulated drink containers like thermoses for holiday travelers this season

Netherlands sends warship to Ivory Coast (will bring supplies to French & on standby for evacuation)

War rhetoric rises between North and South Korea

Biden says gay marriage 'inevitable'

Sprouts suspected in multistate Salmonella outbreak

Rome to tax tourists

True Grit rocks..... Coen Bros & the "Dude" & the rest are all over it!

Sacramento's whistleblowing pilot explains why he did it

GOP hopefuls skip Hispanic forum

Ivorian leader handed ultimatum - Stand down as president or expect to face "legitimate force"

Obama Is Set to Shuffle His Staff

India Sentences Doctor to Life for Aiding Rebels

Any plumbers in the house? (or just good DIYers?)

Julian Assange says he could be killed in US jail

Cuba begins to publish leaked U.S. documents

Gasoline Prices Hit $3 a Gallon Nationwide

California Legislature shields records

Christian exodus from Iraq gathers pace

Researchers develop reactor to make fuel from sunlight

7 People Shot, 3 Fatally, on Violent Day in Newark

111th Congress: One For The Books

Biden: Hold Line on Taxes in 2012, 'Inevitability' of National Consensus on Gay Marriage

Obama's New Start

Krugman on the economy and Republicans

Paul Krugman: The Humbug Express

Obama administration announces $73 million in housing counseling grants

Reported Victim Of Bush-Era DOJ Politicization To Head DOJ's Internal Watchdog

Job Offers Rising as Economy Warms Up

Where's Santa? Ask Michelle Obama

This holiday season, tell RePUKES to "Celebrate the CHILD and not just the fetus."

Take a bow, Nancy and Harry

President Obama and Russia President Medvedev victory!!!!!

"For Hawaii governor, discrediting anti-Obama 'birthers' is a top priority"

Plouffe set to return as top WH adviser in staff shuffle

How You Like Me Now?

Damn... Obama... He is a unamerica.. he is a Muslim...

Obama repeals Bush-era curbs on wilderness protection

Medvedev: "Obama knows how to listen, not trapped by stereotypes and is a man who keeps his word"

Do You Think President Obama Outsmarted The Republican(t)s During The Lame Duck Session

Medvedev lauds Obama (he "fulfills his promises"), laments pace of Russian change

I think since this happened at the White House it belongs in this thread.

Fighting over Obama library

How Obama should continue to WHOOP ASS the Pukes at political chess in 2011.

Obama bans ... "Triangulation."

Would DADT and Start have passed if Obama didn't cave on the Tax deal with Republicans?

Official Photos: "Merry Christmas Everybody."

Rachel Maddow: Yes, Obama did

EVERY Returning Senate Dem Has Signed On For Filibuster Reform

What's changed since the mid-terms? NO Rahm Emanuel.

PS 22 Oh Holy Night

The Best Of Countdown With Keith Olbermann 2010

ISS Crew Sends Holiday Greetings to All

CBS 1986: Annual CBS News Christmas Card

Darlene Love on Letterman Baby Please Come Home

Bradley Manning confidant David House reports on the alleged whistle-blower's confinement

Mike Malloy - 9/11 Responders Bill Passed (EXPLOSIVE RANT OF 2010)

Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

OMG (TSA song)

Marc Maron - The REAL Baby Jesus Story

Woman Wears Bikini For TSA Patdown

EXCLUSIVE: TSA Unveils New Genital Visualizers - LandlineTV

PS 22 Silver Bells

Cenk Uygur: Fox News War On Christmas Attacks NBA

Mike Malloy - "The Night Before Christmas" by Molly Malloy

Digital Nativity Story

Full Body Scanner -TSA "fashion" tips

Joe Biden: Gay Marriage in U S " Inevitable"

Merry Christmas from Billy Bob Neck

The Ballad of George W.

Mobil Prison Guard Towers Coming to a Wal-Mart Near You

WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price

Obama interrupts UConn Coach Auriemma's press conference

PS 22 Let There Be Peace on Earth

P.S. 107 - Flushing, New York

TDPS: Only Thing Worse Than BLIND Patriotism is FAKE Patriotism

Firedoglake.com's Jane Hamsher: Not enough evidence exists to keep Manning locked up

New Zealand's Military Declassifies UFO Files

WikiLeaks Cables Reveal U.S. Sought to Retaliate Against Europe over Monsanto GM Crops

Happy Christmas War Is Over - Pavarotti, Domingo, Carreras

Young Turks: Fox News Jealous Of Jon Stewart After 9/11 Responder Bill

Hark! Walmart Flash Mob

Ed Show: Barney Frank Makes Con Reporter Look Like Idiot Over DADT

Reinvigorated Prez dominates press conference.

Alexa ranks DU no. 10 on top Political Forums

My Holiday Wish This Year: A Cooperative (Not Corporate) Economy

Venezuela’s Opposition: Manufacturing Fear in Exchange for Votes

A Reminder From Chicago: It’s Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Islam-Bashing Bigots Train Counterterrorism Agents

Wealth and the Religious Right

WikiLeaks cables expose France’s collaboration with US imperialism

Rex Ryan's Wife on 'Disabled List' With Case of 'Turf Toe'

WikiLeaks cables: Spanish socialist government plans to renege on election pledges

The Humbug Express

Norwegian paper says it has all WikiLeaks cables

A few things to keep in mind about the WikiLeaks cables (Columbia Missourian)

10 Best Gaffes of 2010 That You May Have Missed

David Sirota: Faces of Economic Death

Avatar story was so true to life

A Christmas prayer: Put the poor first

OPINION: U.S. government over-classifies (Odessa TX American)

Yes, Julian Assange actually is a criminal (Salon)

Wikileaks: Rao defends secrecy of 'privileged communication' (Hindustan Times)

Congress fails to pass whistle-blower rights bill (Business Week)

'Twas the Nigh Before 2010 Christmas in America

Krugman looks at the Repulican propaganda mill

Pristine areas of the West are again preserved (LA Times)

Democrats Seek Changes to Senate Procedures (NY Times)

Haiti mobs lynch voodoo priests over cholera fears

Special Report: Is America the sick man of the globe?

Christmas in America

Merry Christmas! Sheriff Joe Makes Inmates Sing For Good Food

WikiLeaks' Assange paid 66,000 euros in 2010 (WSJ via Sify)

Top 10 Internnet Memes of the Decade

T'was The Night Before Weekend Economists December 24, 2010

Sad News From Up North

Army investigating how secret data was sent to WikiLeaks (McClatchy)

Cadets For Christ Solicits Letters to the Air Force Academy to Use as Ammo

Two good cartoons ....

Opinion: Is Julian Assange’s paranoia getting the better of him? (Digital Journal)

Environmentally friendly water conditioners

West Africa hypoxic zone ‘roughly the size of the continental United States, and it’s growing’

UK - Sunderland University experts study 18th Century Arctic voyages

Scientists Track Rapid Spread Of Crows' Beak Deformities Throughout SW B.C. - Van. Sun

Climate Change and ‘Balanced’ Coverage

At Least 10% Of Native Freshwater Fish Species In Bangladesh Already Extinct - 100 More At Risk

2010 - Hong Kong's Worst Year Ever Recorded For Roadside Smog - Bloomberg

2010 - Hong Kong's Worst Year Ever Recorded For Roadside Smog - Bloomberg

CNN’s Top Headlines of 2010: No mention of Pakistan flood

Africa poised for solar lighting boom

In Absence Of Action From Perry & State, EPA To Seize Authority To Issue GHG Permits In TX

1990 - 2010 - Labrador Caribou Herd Down 90% - Globe & Mail

What does the Bible have to say about climate change?

Expect more extreme winters thanks to global warming, say scientists

Economist Stefan Karlsson: ‘Would global warming be so bad?’

Dear Santa, Please bring me a _____________

Sacramento-area pilot punished for YouTube video (Weapon seized - CCW cancelled)

New lawmaker files guns on campus bill

Gun-crime Christmas cards

Justice Breyer’s Sharp Aim

Honduras: Campesinos Expelled Like 'Vermin'

Bolivia cuts extreme poverty by 10 pct in 2010

Santos May Raise Wealth Tax to Finance Colombia Rains Recovery

Uruguay says it will recognize Palestinian state in 2011

It's been tweeted that Cuba has put wikileak cables on line.

Venezuela’s Opposition: Manufacturing Fear in Exchange for Votes

Coisas pequenas - Little Things. A song by Madredeus (in Portuguese)

Avatar story was so true to life

The Cougars Win

Gloat-Free NBA Scores (Thursday, December 23)

Uh oh.

Toon: Sgt. Fury

Signorile: Celebrate 'DADT' Repeal, but Heed the Lesson

Wishing you all stress free Holiday

Former right-wing gay Republican confesses GOP uses gays ‘to gin up their base’

This is my gift to the folks in the LGBT forum.

Seattle: Anti-Israel campaign called off

Wisconsin on the Map to Pray With Mary

A Xmas "prophecy" that came true!

Has anyone considered, that 7 years of prosperity, and 7 years of famine.

For unto us a child is born

Mark Twain

Open letter to Christians, signed Taverner the Walrus

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. - Luke 2:14

The Surprising Truth: Christians Once Banned Christmas

SoCal The Day After The Storms.

bassgasm

Present for the wife and grandparents

Here, help yourself...

one night stand... I woke up with WHO?

Have a happy and safe holiday from Klyde.

Something I need to tell all of you . . .

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - for you cat lovers

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