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Archives: January 16, 2010

"When it comes to safe elections, what would Jesus do?" My letter to TN Repub legislators. (x-post)

Social conservatives' power at issue in Texas education board races

2010 Haiti earthquake video

2010 Haiti earthquake video

Compassionate Conservative Steve King (R-IA): "Deport Haitian illegals so they can help at home"

Senate Can Pass Health With 51 Votes, Van Hollen Says

Scott Brown Voted Against Helping 9/11 Workers

Curious: In Dominican Rep a week ago snorkeling-water was unusually rough

'Heroes' actor contacts parents in Haiti

So Pat Robertson says that his god is a terrorist.

Who is Coakley?

Limbaugh stands by Haiti remarks, tells critical caller she’s a ‘bigot’ with ‘tampons in her ears'

Mo. survivalist arrested in white supremacists investigation convicted on 2 weapons charges

DON'T SHARE MY WEALTH, SHARE MY WORK ETHIC

Haitian Christian scholar looks for proof of nation's 'pact with devil'. Hint: Doesn't find one.

"Porta Prahns"

"Porta Prahns"

"Did Firedoglake Take Out Vic Snyder?"

Kerry Sanders

Noam Chomsky to be honored at a special MIT event

If Conservatism Wins, America Is DONE

If Conservatism Wins, America Is DONE

Poll shocker: Scott Brown surges ahead in Senate race

Without even counting the slanted polls in Massachusetts, this scares me.

Haitians Illegally in U.S. Given Protected Status

Quake claims seminarian

Give to one of the good charities, not the S.A., they are very anti-Gay to the point of lobbying

Free calls to Haiti

Roy Blunt admits: "In politics, the two biggest motivators are fear and anger,"

Officials highlight growing dangers of cyber bullying

Officials highlight growing dangers of cyber bullying

Fairfax County rescuers on Olbermann ITV clip

Fairfax County rescuers on Olbermann ITV clip

The Iraq Payoff at Last: Halliburton and Others Line Up for Oil Contracts

March On Phoenix, Arizona January 16th For Immigrant Civil Rights

September 22, 1957 Is A Date Which When Mentioned Brings Memories Of Tyranny

Kucinich to Introduce "Responsible Bankers Act"

VIDEO - Cheech & Chong want to smoke pot with Palin ("She answers questions like a stoner")

The Nation's editor, Katrina vanden Heuvel, will be on ABC's "This Week" this Sunday January 17th

I Just Got a Vile Brown Push-Poll Call, and I Live in Pennsylvania.

Greg Mortenson on Bill Moyers tonight--author of "3 Cups of Tea"

Before the major quake in China in 2008 there were strange clouds

Before the major quake in China in 2008 there were strange clouds

Wyclef Jean and his wife help with the bodies in Haiti.

Texas Board Defers Vote on Social Studies Standard

Scientists turn stem cells into pork

Coakley 45% Brown(teabagger) 48%

Help for Haiti: Learn What You Can Do

What will become of the refugee orphans? Will they find homes in the U.S.?

Rachel Maddow: Eyewitness to the earthquake's aftermath (Heartbreaking)

Help Haiti - cancel the debt

Mandatory Friday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! TGIF!!

Ben Nelson Asks Senate Leaders To Delete Nebraska Medicaid Deal From Final Health Care Bill

Final ad for Massachusetts senate race... (if we're smart)

Anybody Care To Opine On Why The MA Senate Race Is Even Close ???

Famous multimillionaire now a convicted felon. Sentencing to follow. Faces up to six years.

I hope this won't be considered a "throwaway" post.

in honour of MLK's birthday, the beginning of the seasons for peace and nonviolence

Redacted List of Detainees Held at Bagram Air Base - ACLU 1/15/10

Redacted List of Detainees Held at Bagram Air Base - ACLU 1/15/10

Why the msm has provisions, electricity, transportation, and security in Haiti?

No help in sight as the hellish stench of death grows

Witness to History: Rev. Kyles Recalls King Assassination

A Letter to Rush Limbaugh - Roger Ebert

Thank You!

Rep. Ike Skelton opposes DADT repeal, says it would 'create disruption' and cause 'serious problems

It is VERY frustrating to watch people suffer and die.

The Tea Party: "US Revolution 2" - 'The Bullet Box'.

This isn't important in the scheme of things but a moment of levity:

This isn't important in the scheme of things but a moment of levity:

Glenn Beck's 8-year-old son is posting over on GDP.

When is Babs Bush going to say that these people are a lot better off

When is Babs Bush going to say that these people are a lot better off

Isn't it touching?This week is "Sanctity of Human Life"Week in my county

Rupert Murdoch To Charge For On-Line News

Watching nightline and just in a story of collapses

Limbaugh should be horse-whipped, but...

The world is ending in 2012!

The world is ending in 2012!

The Guardian's top 50 television dramas of all time

The Guardian's top 50 television dramas of all time

So Carl A$$hole on CNN

Troops, ships arrive in devastated Haiti

Haiti: Artists for Peace and Justice

City forgot to hold 2009 election

Not only does Coakley have to beat Brown and the "punish them now"..

U.S. plans to issue official protest to China over attack on Google - WaPo

For all of you critical of Sanjay Gupta, the doctors left the MASH unit

What's left of the Notre Dame Cathedral of Port-au-Prince

Rush Limbaugh. How can we make him go away?

Say NO to Social Security Cuts -- National Call-In Day –- Tuesday, January 19, 2010

KO reported estimated 140,000 dead in Haiti, only 40,000 buried so far.

US-French Rescue teams' first mission: embassy Hotel, bldgs w/ Foreign Nationals trapped inside

1415 Canadians missing in Haiti.

I guess you guys have seen this before.

May I make two observations about the Teabaggers?

What is your most memorable Dennis Hopper role?

If Hillary were president

Courts Consider Who Owns the Human Genome

House Progressives: Labor-White House Excise Tax Deal Helps All Workers

In today's WTF dept - the hypocrisy of Wells Fargo's 100K donation to Haiti.

A Gangland Bus Tour, With Lunch and a Waiver

Media Criticism

Scott Brown the darling of Wall Street

While all the media outlets are covering Haiti, FUX...

While all the media outlets are covering Haiti, FUX...

What can I do to help save Mass from the mid atlantic?

Who in this picture made a pact with the devil?

5 myths about political hawks and doves

The Singer Solution to World Poverty: Your taste for foie gras is starving children

After a day of deliveries, US ship runs out of aid

The Curse Of The Wall Street Liberals - OpenLeft

What is it with Coakley? Now she calls Kurt Schilling a Yankees fan

And now, a word from God

All the Dictator's Men

Suspicious airplane passenger questioned in Mich.

Palin: Fox gig doesn't close the door to 2012

NO JOKE: Jeff Zucker Had Conan Arrested

PhRMA Now Voting No?

The Haitian situation is exactly why we need general-aviation airports here at home

Sitting this one out is NOT an option.

I understand Obama getting Fucknuts involved with Clinton. I think it could be a very good thing.

For the record breaking on CNN - the UN did not order doctors

For the record breaking on CNN - the UN did not order doctors

California Progressive Caucus Slams Lynn Woolsey Support For Blue Dog Jane Harman

US News: Colleges to reserve more seats for rich kids

US News: Colleges to reserve more seats for rich kids

Search and Rescue Dogs and their Teams in Action in Haiti - pics

pretty comprehensive update/overview of relief efforts via the NYT

A Democratic White House and Congress are the best background

THIS is what we're doing in MA to get Martha elected to Ted's seat

Pat Robertson 'A Public Relations Nightmare,' Says God-Almighty Holds Rare Press Conference

Money, Money, Money, Money

Haitians have

Didnt Massachusetts Elect this guy as Governor?

take a break from the insanity, for just a few moments

Fabricating The Illusion Of Support For Brown To Enable Stealing MAs Election?

Pro-Russian politician set to sweep presidential election

An Australian TV crew rescues a 16-month-old girl from the rubble of a house in Haiti - video & pic

Famous Quotes

Rating Change: Arizona Seat Less Safe for GOP

If government can't control a BEAST of a law/trade policy then there can only be 1 solution.

Remember, Take a break from the news.

One thing about Limbaugh--Ya know where he stands.

FDL: Van Hollen - Reconciliation Is An Option

FDL: Van Hollen - Reconciliation Is An Option

A tale of two headlines

Cadillac Plans (always wondered what that meant)

My elderly mother has been getting phone calls from people running this same scam recently

It is killing W to have to stand up and praise Obama

Does anyone know why Scott Simon of NPR needs spinal surgery?

Bill Clinton, campaigning for Martha Coakley: "You need to take back this tea party idea"

Haiti by the numbers: Damage, help on giant scale

What is your top priority?

Obama blasts bank bonuses, vows to "collect every dime" of taxpayer money

If Teabaggers hate America enough to dream of attacking 'her', why don't they just leave?

What if this quake had been in Afganistan?

A hidden toll The Armed Forces' suicide total of 301 for 2009 was the worst year since tracking

I'm not sure comparing Katrina and the response to it and Haiti and the response

What to Do About Bankers’ Bonuses

What to Do About Bankers’ Bonuses

What to Do About Bankers’ Bonuses

Tax Exemption for churches is only about 45 years old; does "political campaign" need re-definition

Woz: Google's Nexus One is my favorite gadget - C-Net

Would it be so bad if Coakley doesn't win?

Would it be so bad if Coakley doesn't win?

Being unemployed I made a small donation to Haiti relief efforts then I let the pros go to work

Being unemployed I made a small donation to Haiti relief efforts then I let the pros go to work

Being unemployed I made a small donation to Haiti relief efforts then I let the pros go to work

Dupe: Re Glenn Greenwald/Cass Sustein... sorry...

Dupe post..delete

The tragedy in Haiti is NOT a TV show

The tragedy in Haiti is NOT a TV show

Vinyl Records Fundraiser for Haiti (Waxidermy.com)

Off the Hook (The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Gets Underway) - Michael Hirsch/Newsweek

Rage Against the Vegetable Garden:

Rage Against the Vegetable Garden:

Holy SHite - W is blinking and grinning on my TV

Ohio Search Team To Depart For Haiti -air traffic control problems in Haiti caused setbacks

First Lady Michelle Obama celebrates her upcoming birthday with staff in the East Wing - pic

First Lady Michelle Obama celebrates her upcoming birthday with staff in the East Wing - pic

First Lady Michelle Obama celebrates her upcoming birthday with staff in the East Wing - pic

Before And After: Satellite pictures of Port-au-Prince:

History teaching standards tilt to right for Texas high schoolers

Gov. Perry Bemoans . . . .

Air Force officials evaluate damaged Haitian airports

Army transportation, logistics experts reach Haiti

Airborne Troops Provide First Glimpse of Relief

Saw "The Book of Eli" last night.

My old unit is ready and waiting if not already deploying to Haiti!

1,000 U.S. servicemembers are on the ground in Haiti, 9-10k by weekend

Navy Medicine Responds to Haiti Earthquake Disaster

Biden thank you for telling the same things we have

Marine assault amphibian vehicles join Haiti relief mission

Whack-A-Pat! (Robertson)

When we pass health insurance "reform", will they greet us with flowers?

A Paranoid Palin Prepared for Beck Interview by Googling NYC Landmarks

How did Coakley win the Primary?

ESC group aids Haitian response efforts with critical imagery

Are any blue dogs up for reelection?

Haiti Earthquake: Aid Effort Ramps Up as 200,000 Dead Predicted

We should let thousands die of no food and water because some people might riot

Obama in Boston Sunday

terrible FBI gaffe: for the digital older Osama portrait they used a spanish political leader's pic

NY Times Editorial: "Cadillac Plans"

Help me decide on an acronym

Rush Limbaugh's sponsors

Has a leading liberal DU poster "debbierlus " been removed and banned from Democratic Underground?

A modest proposal: let's look at the positive

How many of us remember the Wally World in NY where the worker was crushed to death by the crowd?

Mass. Senate candidates shift to bank tax debate

They love it when we are divided

They love it when we are divided

They love it when we are divided

It's Official: Kasich Selects Taylor As Running Mate

Haiti Earthquake Photos: Work Continues Rescuing Survivors and Distributing Aid

"Rush Limbaugh 'meant' what he said about Haiti"

Writing About Politics Is Hard - Jane Hamsher/FDL

Why don't they just put the fucking water on the ground and let the Haitians get it themselves!

Should Tim and Rahm be held accountable?

California Progressive Caucus slams turncoat Lynn Woolsey

HAPPY BIRTHDAY......Happy Birthday to you-ah!

Minnesota Nurses Association helping coordinate emergency nursing mission to Haiti

More People Falling Behind On Child Support Payments

From Wesley Clark: A Message From Victoria Reggie Kennedy

There have been a bunch of earthquakes since the young year began: do you believe

There have been a bunch of earthquakes since the young year began: do you believe

Walmart Greeter Punched By Customer Gets Fired

CNN International is reporting NO sign of the 82nd Airborne

I simply HAVE TO say how I admire the indominatability of the Haitian people!

Hey folks we've got a live one!

Feds are left out of excise tax compromise

‘The Senate is just a pain in the ass to everybody in the world as far as I can tell.’

‘The Senate is just a pain in the ass to everybody in the world as far as I can tell.’

Civil liberties group probes legal basis for drone attacks

Which is worse: Passing Baucus-Lieber-Care or Losing Massachusetts?

CIA Cable “Granting Permission” to Destroy Torture Videotapes Surfaces

Haiti: scope of destruction and logistical difficulties (graphics-heavy)

Obama to visit Mass for Coakley

So, really, what do we do if we are not happy with the democrats.

Therapy For Chronic Malcontents

Deadliest Earthquakes on record

why is there an "elect scott brown" advertisement on DU ?

Walmart is giving 500k for Haiti.. WOW!

might be "yard sign" politics etc, but Brown has 60k Facebook Fan Page fans, Coakley has

might be "yard sign" politics etc, but Brown has 60k Facebook Fan Page fans, Coakley has

Coakley/Clinton Rally in Boston today

Limbaugh and Palin ARE the GOP

Pat Robertson didn't even get the history right with his little rant

Martha is right. Curt Schilling is the #1 Yankees fan.

Some thoughts on the different reactions to Haitian relief efforts....

SOS Clinton on

NOW they discover reconciliation...

Pres Rene Preval & Sec of State Hillary Clinton will hold

Keep your doc, ditch Wall Street

Anderson Cooper.

Yuck! Socialism!

Here's The Latest: MA-Sen: Final Days Bring Tight Polls, Flurry of Activity - DailyKos

Humans can live about three days without water

Anti Brown TV spot -

Have you all seen this video?

15 years pass since Kobe quake

Justice Department Intervenes In Gay Rights Suit For The First Time In A Decade

Justice Department Intervenes In Gay Rights Suit For The First Time In A Decade

How long would Brown or Coakley's term be?

Oh, the irony of it! The political after shakes of Haiti in Central California.

Credit Card companies are taking 3% of every dollar donated to Haiti

They need to be replaced, NOW!

I was listening to Mike Malloy tonight on AM 1090 Seattle

It would be an abomination for a rethug to sit in Teddy Kennedy's seat

Martha Coakley's political ideology

What is happening in Haiti?

That segment on CNN just now, re: Haiti adoptions was a very impressive use of technology.

Any experts in providing supplies to disaster stricken areas in the house?

Why can't the military clear an area where food and water can be dropped?

An unsolicited Libertarian e-mail that was forwarded to me

Want a Preview of 2010 if Brown wins? Teabaggers Give One!

Want a Preview of 2010 if Brown wins? Teabaggers Give One!

Did I miss Hillary Clinton and the Pres of Haiti -- have they spoken yet? nt

United States Metro areas with roughly 3 million population

Apocalypse in the streets

Im guessing Faux News will soon call this another terrorist attack under Obama

I Predict MA Senate: Coakley 49 - Brown 48 - Kennedy and other 3

President Obama, President Clinton, and * - pics

Spanish lawmaker's photo use in Bin Laden Simulated Aging

Geithner to NBC, Leno to Treasury

I convinced my local OFA leader to have us phonebank for Coakley on Monday.

Pakistani Taliban release 2nd tape, say voice is that of leader

Specially Trained Dogs Prepare (for Haiti Rescue)

Seriously it's great to watch the adults in charge

Excuse me, but what kinda job of it of the Constitution to uphold the "institution" of marriage?

Some perspective on the nature of this disaster and the enormity of the task

Excuse me, but what kinda job of it of the Constitution to uphold the "institution" of marriage?

Isn't it an insult to assume people will riot if we give them supplies?

Isn't it an insult to assume people will riot if we give them supplies?

Franken joins labor leaders to support job creation

Kerry: R's only say yes to Rush. Glenn, Tea-Hating, and Faux News. (NICE)

Labor unions have agreed to such a massive cut in their own members' benefits

Scott Brown vs Martha Coakley on the issues

Excise Tax Deal On Insurance Will Make Your Insurance Coverage Worse

And as many of us told you, before, they are DRAMATICALLY scaling up

So have any DUers "come out" for Scott Brown, or

So have any DUers "come out" for Scott Brown, or

Breaking: 2009 hottest year on record in Southern Hemisphere and tied for second globally

Mass pits hide Haiti's dead===Dump trucks loaded with the rotting corpses

Election To Fill Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate Seat Could Hinge On 'Undecided' Voters - Boston Globe

Supreme Court Condemns "Free Use of Money" in Election campaigns

"Looting" versus "Finding"

Haiti as the 51st state.

Of your last 9 posts, how many were POSITIVE?

"Hey Charlie Pierce, Are You Writing 'Idiot America, VOL. TWO' Yet?"

A Coakley loss would be devastating to Obama

A Coakley loss would be devastating to Obama

I just saw Smirk on the telly.

US Navy en Route to Make Haiti Seaport Usable

How about asking the banking executives to donate their bonuses to Haiti?

I went to the Coakley rally featuring Bill Clinton today.

Rush Limbaugh's Sponsor List

Rush Limbaugh's Sponsor List

Logistics, Army experience and crisis QRF. Read and chill the f out.

Logistics, Army experience and crisis QRF. Read and chill the f out.

Pooped pooch and pal - pic

Good for Unions

Good for Unions

World misled over Himalayan glacier meltdown

World misled over Himalayan glacier meltdown

World misled over Himalayan glacier meltdown

The Devil Writes Pat Robertson A Letter

The Devil Writes Pat Robertson A Letter

George Bush Jr Get Haiti Appointment

George Bush Jr Get Haiti Appointment

MNSNBC showing MREs short hauled and dropped

Defense Dept's web site for Haiti relief - worth reading, lots of news and info

Scott Ritter arrested for internet sex

Both son-in-laws headed to Haiti

Scott Ritter arrested for internet sex

Protesters March Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio in AZ - pics

Protesters March Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio in AZ - pics

Sandra Bullock Donates $1 Million to Doctors Without Borders

Sandra Bullock Donates $1 Million to Doctors Without Borders

Sandra Bullock Donates $1 Million to Doctors Without Borders

Boy, does bush look like crap on TV right now? HE sounds bad too.

Never give to the DNC, DSCC, or DCCC - give to LIBERAL./PROGRESSIVE Democratic candidates DIRECTLY.

Quick when was the last time 140K people were lost in an instant?

They’re alive! More miracles in the ruins

They’re alive! More miracles in the ruins

Oh dear...Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti Foundation under fiscal scrutiny

Pregnant nurse saved unharmed after 4 days beneath the rubble!

Cape Cod Times, the Kennedy's hometown newspaper

Life of the Party - Roger Ailes is the real head of the GOP.

Life of the Party - Roger Ailes is the real head of the GOP.

Student Financial Aid Sending More Money to Wealthy Families

Doctors in Haiti told to pull out by UN.

with all our attention on haiti, women's rights once again under assault.

Just found out that my sister...a trained volunteer...is going to Haiti for a month.

Just found out that my sister...a trained volunteer...is going to Haiti for a month.

The Haitian tragedy and mainstream media response

Cutting off one's nose to spite one's face

This is one of the best threads ever on DU---MHO

Maybe some can explain to me how voting against a Dem helps the Dem cause in the Senate?

Update from Haiti from Partners in Health (group from Tracy Kidder's Mountains beyond Mountains)

Update from Haiti from Partners in Health (group from Tracy Kidder's Mountains beyond Mountains)

Santorum pitches possible 2012 run

A map of the Haiti earthquake and aftershock epicenters

A map of the Haiti earthquake and aftershock epicenters

US Soldiers "Bum Rushed" in Haiti - FOX News

This tragedy in Haiti is so unredeemingly awful, it just paralyzes one with

This tragedy in Haiti is so unredeemingly awful, it just paralyzes one with

National Review (Conservative Mag) - "Unsurprisingly, Rush Is Right" On Haiti

I forgot to mention that in addition to the Brown crap, we have to deal with this bullshit

How many "centrists" would criticize the Party if it moved left?

Helen Thomas--"Giving up is not an option"

Sorry, I don't get all bipartisan-for-a-good-cause warm-and-fuzzy at the inclusion of a war criminal

Why is it always a choice of doing the wrong thing or nothing at all?

The Red Cross Money Pit (ARC misusing donation money)

Who do you want to win Tuesday? Brown (R) or Coakley (D)?

Sanjay Gupta is a HERO!

Sanjay Gupta is a HERO!

Report: Conan to Leave NBC for $30 - $40 Million Dollar Payout

If you lie down with insurance company dogs, you get fleas....and lose elections.

Michelle Obama: A portrait of the first lady

Michelle Obama: A portrait of the first lady

This is "just like Katrina"= EPIC FAIL and here are the many ways

USGS keeps track of all the earthquakes in the world (24 so far just today)

A Letter from Satan to Pat Robertson

I can't watch any more Haiti coverage on TV.

I can't watch any more Haiti coverage on TV.

I can't watch any more Haiti coverage on TV.

It took several days if not weeks after 9-11 for all our search teams and other elements to get into

It took several days if not weeks after 9-11 for all our search teams and other elements to get into

It took several days if not weeks after 9-11 for all our search teams and other elements to get into

Looks like we're about to lose Ted Kennedy's seat and the reason is Obama's insurance company gift.

House Progressives tried stop union/White House deal for health insurance tax

The Angry Centrists

You know, as a vociferous critic of Obama, I've got to say something

I Think Obama will be ReElected in 2012…

Study finds exposure to chemical pollutants increases fat

NBC buys out Conan O'Brien

An Ice Shelf the Size of Rhode Island Breaks Up in Just 24 Hours

The Empire at Work in Haiti: US led neoliberal capitalism helped create vulnerability to earthquakes

Support Haitian Artisans

The Health Insurance Monopoly: Mandating purchase of an overpriced product from a corrupt system

Problems with IE

PhRMA Threatening Opposition To Health Care Bill Over Two-Year Drop In Biologics Exclusion

I get a sinus headache or a migrane, this is the only medicine that helps

If "the left" had a conversation with itself as a blogger suggests today, what would be said?

US denies landing rights to French plane with field hospital

Senate schedule priority: Immigration Reform or Climate Change?

The airport at Port au Prince, now operated by the US military, has only a runway, no taxiways.

How many people bullshitting on about how Katrina was no big deal think we did a swell job there?

Why Do People Worship? Sex and Stress Relief, Study Says

Why Do People Worship? Sex and Stress Relief, Study Says

Haiti earthquake: angry survivors 'block roads with corpses' -- London Times

Haiti earthquake: angry survivors 'block roads with corpses' -- London Times

Finally: Helicopter drops

More reaction to the earthquake

Only NOW, does Bush recognize how to respond to a disaster

Elephant mother revives unconcious newborn calf

Let Us Focus For The People And The Planet

Must Read: Excellent Analysis Of Dem Cent/Prog Split - 'MA-Sen: We’ve Seen This Movie Before' - FDL

Reality Check: The Democrats do not NOW have 60 Senate votes.

Democratic suicide

Obama Foreclosure Plan Falling Far Short Of Targets

Leading anti-gay hate group making phone calls for Scott Brown in Mass.

Martha Coakley is a REAL Democrat

A HISTORY OF RECESSION IN THE UNITED STATES 1950 TO 2008

Pls help me find a post, maybe Yours? re- the RED CROSS --

It's time to put this myth to rest: Appealing to independents is the way to win elections.

Text "Haiti" to 90999.

The Angry Left.

What the hell is so funny about Haiti that you have to SMIRK?

What the hell is so funny about Haiti that you have to SMIRK?

Reflexive good intentions (a degree of Munchausen's?) vs. targeted, effective aid

Resolution on Changing the Senate Health Care Bill as Proposed by the Congressional Progressive Cauc

Are there any polls being done today in MA?

I'm humbled by the image of our swords becoming plowshares.

For a better understanding of Reconciliation, from last summer, "What is Reconciliation?":

Greenwald: Sunstein's spine-chilling proposal. Covert agents to "cognitively infiltrate" websites.

Howard Dean: "It's going to be a hard November for Democrats. Our base is demoralized."

Police fight cellphone recordings

U.S. helicopter makes a water drop in Haiti - pics

looks like a boring sunday on the tv.

Will the economy or health care reform be the big issue of 2010?

Not your father's 4-H

If the system is broken, what do we do to fix it???

Lawmakers protest healthcare bill’s caps on benefits over policyholder's

One set of rules for the elite and another for the rest of us....

I want to clear some things up about myself and this community of Democrats.

All right, God damn it, that's it.

All right, God damn it, that's it.

in a bold move Obama drafts anonymous discussion board loudmouths into the Haiti relief effort

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Haiti - pics

Jamie Lee Curtis, HuffPo: "Prepare to Be Desperate...Prepare to be helped by YOU."

Jamie Lee Curtis, HuffPo: "Prepare to Be Desperate...Prepare to be helped by YOU."

our friend's granddaughter, reported 1st as found, still missing. very sad Update: voices in rubb

Man dies trying to help dog

Another clusterfuck, just like Katrina. This is ridiculous!

This will be a big problem - the guy in overall charge of US Haiti relief has ONE WEEK of experience

Seen the Pat Robertson Voodoo doll?

The day I met Dr. King

Obama beats Bush in Spending Cuts

I can't get the Neville Brothers "My Blood" out of my head

Pelosi: 'There Are Absolutely No Sticking Points' On Excise Tax Deal

Say NO to Commission that will Cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

Snyder won’t seek re-election

Rita Meyer to announce run for Wyoming governor

Dems pushed Gordon to run for Congress

Kasich: 'I was in the Tea Party before there was a Tea Party'

Miller Reverses Course, Will Challenge Shuler

Impact of Cape Wind on vote

Vote buying is not good.

You Tell Us to Leave the Party then Piss and Moan when We Do.

Is Coakley's negative ad blitz doing her in?

VP Biden meeting with Haitian-American leaders in Miami on Saturday

(R) Brown 47% (D)Coakley 44% - Coakley Internals

Fox Noise Poll: Obama Approval - 50% approve, 42%(-2) disapprove.

Fox Noise Poll: Obama Approval - 50% approve, 42%(-2) disapprove.

The teabagger movement was a trick to get Dems to turn on their own sooner than usual

Obama on the Haiti earthquake crisis: Behind-the-scenes

Obama rally with Coakley in Boston (Northeastern Unversity) tomorrow starts at 3 PM

One Coakley Adviser: "She is not a natural campaigner."

What Kind Of Voting Machines Does Massachusetts Have?

I wonder if Faux News will have Palin reporting from Boston or the Cape on Tues.

Will Biologics Policy Push PHRMA Away?

Michelle Obama's plea for aid to Haiti:

Why do some people here want our party to be a branch of the Republican Party?

Obama confident bank tax plan will pass Congress

What folks on DU can do for Ted Kennedy in the next few days...

FLASHBACK: Rahm Emanuel: Don’t Worry About the Left

It is just killing W to have to stand there and praise Obama

OH-01: Chabot Leads Driehaus in Rematch by 17 Points

Why isn't Brown releasing his internals?

DU Votes: Coakley Or b***n?

President Obama Coming to Massachusetts Sunday To Campaign For Coakley

Progressive?

I bet Giuliani's stumping for Brown today will hurt Brown...

Email from "Joe Biden" - What a JOKE!

NY-Sen-B: Gillibrand Leads Ford in Primary

Clinton joins critics of Nebraska's extra health benefit

Narrow Senate Race Unnerves Democrats on Health Care

One brown Adviser: "he Is The Fucking Worst Piece Of Shit i've Ever Known. And he's Gonna Lose"

MA Dems who stay home on Tuesday will be rejecting someone who actually gives a shit about you

Why Haiti Matters, By Barack Obama

Dems threaten to use 51-vote tactic for health bill if they lose in Mass

I bet the unions caved because they know they have to bail out MA for the dems.

Happy Birthday FLOTUS!

Why do some people think opposing health reform is a political winner?

I will be busy today and tomorrow!

Dem Registration Edge in Florida Growing

Should MSNBC continue to give free air time to Harold Ford since he is running in NY?

Clinton: Take back the Tea Party!

If I could vote for Harold Ford, Jr., then you can vote for Coakley.

I have never posted on here hoping that a Democrat loses a general election. Ever.

I have no sympathy for "moderates"/ "pragmatists"/ "centrists" who can't get votes

Why would a Coakley loss make Democrats more progressive?

Why do some people here want our party to be a "small tent" purist party like the Teabaggers?

I can't believe DU wants a pug to win the Massachusetts senate race...

I would take a moderate any day , over a one issue voter.

I would take a moderate any day , over a one issue voter.

Justice Department Intervenes In Gay Rights Suit For The First Time In A Decade

Mass. GOP Senate candidate claims defamation for mailer on rape victims

Eeyores....

"All your warm are belong to us."

Anyone here familiar with an old chatroom that was around about 10 years or so ago called

do you ever get the feeling

'don't move a limb, be still...'

The Family.

So is Conan O'Brien selling his show on Craigslist?

OMG, I was gifted a DURIAN tree on Farmville!!!

Dedicated to Pat Robertson

Single Ladies (In Mayberry)

how about a 9 year old fiddler

I hear dat twain a commin

.

Holy shit! "Convoy" is on the radio...

Haiti...

I just saw Book of Eli. I recommend it!

"Elvis can kiss Eddie Cochran's ass"

Let's do shut your fucking pie hole!

Your thoughts on 'Mashups'...

I'm watching CSI, recorded from Thursday night...

wtf

Why Carson RULED!

We've got a live one!

Jonah Rocks is 5 years old and plays the drums

If you are check, drunk in here!

Brad Paisley's dad saved a life at Wichita's new Arena's first concert

I'm looking to lose some belly fat and get whitter teeth and a bigger

When life gives you grapefruit

Health Update

So where is the Straight-Talk Express?

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !

Lay down my dear brothers...

Mars or Venus?

Weight Watchers English Muffins are fucking delicious...

Snopes.com says this is true: A bank issued a credit card to a TREE!

I have a sensitive and somewhat personal confession to make.

Oooooooh!

Testing sig

lol

Disco Video Party

Jesus. What used to be.

Be that as it may...

Noone told me Brittany Murphy died

You know, Priest did all they could didn't they? OK fuck, I'm gona rant on some metal and shit.

Can anyone tell me if there is any truth to this email?

Come on skinny love just last the year

The Guardian's top 50 television dramas of all time

Balderdash!

If I stay up another couple of hours, maybe I can sleep until the Saints game.

match.com can be depressing.

Life is a Long Song

Issac Hayes (Ewart) - Lay Lady Lay

What is your most memorable Dennis Hopper role?

Is there such a thing as abstract visual art that is animated?

NO JOKE! Zucker had Conan Arrested at Harvard!

Name your favorite current TV charactors....

Does anyone remember seeing the film, "Chickamauga" in school?

Four doctors

Like sharks with frikkin LASER BEAMS on their heads: J. Geils, Serves You Right To Sufffer, 4/25/09

Saw "The Book of Eli" last night.

YouTube - Classic "Anti-Summer of Love" 1967 music: Velvet Underground, "Venus In Furs"

rush limbaugh and archie bunker...have you ever noticed the similarities?

YouTube - Luther Vandross, live @ NAACP Image Awards - "A House Is Not A Home"

Started my new beer today.

The 1972 Grateful Dead...

I just fell backwards, naked, onto a potato.

Exceptionally cool: World's largest model train layout

babysitting by webcam..

Why won't DU allow the requisite two spaces after a period?

YouTube - Jefferson Airplane - Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil Live @ The Family Dog 1970

What is your daily rate?

Nice tune for the Saturday Night Lizard crowd: Pantera-Revolution Is My Name!

Spartacus

BOGLINS!!

Leave it to Morgan Freeman

YouTube - Furthur (Lesh & Weir) - "The Other One," 12/8/09, Hammerstein NYC

Calling all bacon fans. Time to do the laundry. LOL

Rawrrr:)

YouTube - Furthur (Lesh & Weir) New Year 2010 Countdown & Golden Road Bill Graham Civic SF

The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 1/16/10

Showtime, My Lizzas!

Conan Strikes Deal with NBC (TMZ)

BREAKING: Abe Vigoda opens Abe's Taco Stand, fish tacos incomprehensibly absent from menu

Hey, chicken, how's it hanging? A lot of people want to eat you...

A truly lousy photo of my chorus. (link only)

Biological Science Quiz: If a human egg is fertilized with a sperm from...

I got your fish taco right here buddy.

"Coraline" is a great movie. Here's the best 32 seconds:

70-Year-Old Canadian Man Busted With 40,000 Ecstasy Pills

YouTube - It's A Beautiful Day, "White Bird," live @ the closing of the Fillmore 1971

Just got Win7 64 bit - why are the default programs all 32 bit? Even with 64 bit versions?

Humble Pie - Thirty Days In A Hole

Have you ever used Lidoderm patches?

Appleseed

Carrie's Mom Tribute Thread: Name the single CRAZIEST parental figure character in a movie.

Always use spell cheack anf...

The Guardian's top 50 television dramas of all time

Help those of you who know cars. As my dad got out of the car today

Text "Haiti" to 90999.

Could use some suggestions for a gas-efficient car.

Want to see an awesome Tokyo train ride video?

Thanks to everyone who sent good thoughts/vibes to Peanut.

Great ultralight/minimalist tent on SAC

More random questions:

Doris Kearns Goodwin's Next Project Is a Biography of Teddy Roosevelt.

Speak up! Who is sleeping right now?

You know a really good diet? Its called Stomach Bug!

This Just In: the Geico commercial with Charlie Daniels playing the shit out of the fiddle...

My daughter got a full books and tuition scholarship today!

NBC to hold Masterbaiting Bear Hostage

Anyone else love fat cats?

For the life of me, I cannot bring myself to order a "fish" taco.

Now THAT's a skateboard ramp

The New Batshit Crazy RW Conspiracy Theory

The bank teller called me "sweetheart".

Nature's Way - Spirit

Songs about animals

GEAUX SAINTS!

Saw "The Book of Eli" last night.

RIP Spooky. My devil cat passed away

What do you think about my latest music blog post?

TNT picks up "Men of a Certain Age" for 10 more episodes

Telephones and transatlantic passenger ocean liners circa 1960.

People you find attractive, but you shouldn't.

Man reportedly gives away his Audi R8 V10 to pair of valets

If you had to describe your politics through a band or musician

So what's the buzz on the SyFy series "Caprica"?

Remarks of President Barack Obama

Rarely used flying bomb strikes new targets in Iraq

Protest of Joe Arpaio leads to suspension of most jail visits

Protest of Joe Arpaio leads to suspension of most jail visits

Greg Mortenson on Bill Moyers tonight--author of "3 Cups of Tea"

Texas Board Defers Vote on Social Studies Standard

Magnitude 4.7 - Haiti Region

U.S. unemployment rate for blacks projected to hit 25-year high

MediaNews Holding Company (Denver Post, San Jose Mercury News) to Seek Bankruptcy Protection

Witness to History: Rev. Kyles Recalls King Assassination

Regulators Close 3 Banks In Minnesota, Illinois, Utah

French academic back in Tehran court

Taliban denies Mehsud's death

Honduras to try 'coup generals'

Two British soldiers die in Afghanistan explosion

Iraq says it captures man who oversaw UN bombing

Obama Foreclosure Plan Falling Far Short Of Targets

US releases names of prisoners at Bagram, Afghanistan

Plan To Bring Haitians To Central Fla. Not Set In Stone

Apathy grips hard-up Ukraine village ahead of polls

Reversing itself, FDA expresses concerns over health risks from BPA

Karzai in second cabinet setback

Canada to give immigration priority to Haiti earthquake survivors

AP Exclusive: Tobacco's plea — no big US payments

Aftershock interrupts Haiti earthquake rescues

Senate Can Pass Health With 51 Votes, Van Hollen Says

Senate talks could dilute proposed consumer agency

Obama, Congressional Dems Near Health Care Accord

A Presidential Triple Plea for Haiti Fund

An Ice Shelf The Size Of Rhode Island Breaks Up In Less Than 24 Hours

Johnson & Johnson criticized in Tylenol recall

western iran, earthquake - magnitude 5.

Retired general: U.S. aid effort too slow

Judge rejects suit over Oakland police shooting

Dems threaten to use 51-vote tactic for health bill if they lose in Mass.

Chavez Says He ‘Revalued’ Bolivar With Parallel Gains

Paulson Asked to Testify at AIG Bailout Hearing With Geithner

Security concerns cause doctors to leave hospital, quake victims

JFK terminal being evacuated after security breach

Fort Hood Shooting Was Terrorism, U.S. Says

Spanish politician threatens to sue over bin Laden photo

US takes control of Haiti airport

Justice Department Intervenes In Gay Rights Suit (first time in a decade)

President Obama goes after Wall Street over bailout in his weekly address

Ill. soldier's family says pictures aren't (child) porn

Health Bill Can Pass Senate With 51 Votes, Van Hollen Says

Desperate Dems in Mass. Consider Going With 'Weekend at Teddy's'

Is the United States doomed to forsake Haiti once more? (Globe & Mail)

Is the United States doomed to forsake Haiti once more? (Globe & Mail)

Friday Talking Points (107) -- What A Week

Solar Power Is Now an Option for Even the Most Cash-Strapped Suburbanites

The American Elite By William Blum

Paleontologists concerned about B.C. mining company's new Arctic project

Randall Robinson on Obama Tapping Bush to Co-Chair US Relief Efforts

The University of Kabul at Brazil

Obama Confidant's Spine-Chilling Proposal

U.N. orders Haiti hospital closed "IT'S NOT SAFE"

Corporate Titans Competing for Olympic Gold: How Ad Wars Have Hijacked the Games

Revisionaries: How a group of Texas conservatives is rewriting your kids’ textbooks (Wash Monthly)

Naomi Klein on how corporate branding has taken over America

Beat Sweetener: The Rajiv Shah Edition

Slave Labor on Hawaii's Second Largest Farm!

Best LTTE ever

AlterNet: Why It's So Tricky for Atheists to Debate with Believers

The Girl Who Conned The Ivy League (Rolling Stone)

Ollie North: Good News, Bad News and Just News

It's Our Weekend And We'll Cry If We Want To: January 15-17, 2010

Editor & Publisher sold, revived---Back open for business!

Vic Snyder retiring (D - ARK)

Helping Haiti Through Tech

Norm McDonald's sly interview with Bill-O

Elena Poniatowska

CNN Reports On 100s Of Haitians Clapping, Singing In The Street & The Aid Distribution Situation

How DMCA abuse could affect YOU! (Right-Wingers Have Found the Loophole)

Would-Be Obama Assassin Collin McKenzie-Gude Sentencing Expected Jan. 19

TYT Slam Limbaugh's Crazy Conspiracy On Haiti Donations & Obama

President Obama: Support Martha Coakley for U.S. Senate

Martha Coakley: Curt Schilling Is A Yankees Fan

Haiti Gets A Quick Once Over From Sean Hannity

Bridge to Nowhere

Rush collapses on Haiti

Haiti Relief PSA - Michelle Obama

Brown: Typical Republican, Not On Your Side

PTV "On The Edge with Max Keiser" Frank Rich right, Wall St. greater threat vs. Al-Qaeda

Witness Against Torture fast day 5: John Yoo

Boy found alive under Haiti ruin

Gretchen Carlson's Trickle Down Theory

Craig Ferguson on Rush

Bruno from the west wing gives some advice to liberals

Haiti: Anderson Cooper Reports On A Successful Food Mission Carried Out By Bolivian UN Peacekeepers

President Bush On Haiti Relief: 'Just Send Your Cash'

On the accuracy of MSCNBC "on the scene" reports.

CNN: World Food Programme Aid Distribution To Haitians Goes Horribly Wrong & Convoy Leaves Early

Women: Objects of Men

Obama Pushes Bank Tax to Recover Bailout Costs

Campbell Brown Breaks Down Over Death Of Haitian Child

In response to the NBC fiasco: A Late Night Classic

Young Turks: Sarah Palin Takes Stupid To A New Level With Glenn Beck!!

China car factories run 24 hours a day

Areva considers producing cheaper reactors

Now We Can All Relax - Goldman Sachs Says Technology (TM) Will Save Us From Peak Oil

All Rivers In Central Java Dangerously Polluted With Industrial & Human Waste

Commerce Sec. Declares Disaster For Yukon Basin King Salmon After Two Terrible Years

New Alberta Energy Minister - Will Use No Regulation Or Legislation To Slow Tar Sands Growth

Ralph Nader: Privatization Profiteering

Rhode Island-Sized Slab Of Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf Disintegrates In Less Than 24 Hours - 1/12-13/10

New Book Takes On Myths Of "Clean" Coal, Coal Expansion As Job Producer

12,000 miles of transmission lines needed for 20% wind production by 2030.

Talent, not weight, tips scales in Vonn’s favor

@^@%@OFFICIAL SAINTS VS BROWNS THREAD @)@)@)@

Your SB predictions? Post them here ...get on record

Mike Malloy doing a segment on Cuban medical aid in Cuba tonight.

Chavez Says He ‘Revalued’ Bolivar With Parallel Gains

Cuba Allows American Flyovers From Haiti

Detainee was helping Cuban Jewish groups involved in U.S. democracy project

Elena Poniatowska

Venezuela announces new finance minister, wage rise

PDVSA's supplier debts have 'vanished'

Too Little Too Late for Haiti? Six Sobering Points

Ousted leader Aristide plans return (Trinidad Express)

Haiti News Round up from April 2004 (amazing time capsule)

Israel seeks to expel Jewish-American Journalist working for Palestinian Maan News Agency

The spectacular economic growth and success of social programs in Venezuela

GAZA: ONE YEAR ON - Displaced and desperate in Gaza

Bolivia: The Economy During the Morales Administration

Employee dies after Iowa chemical spill

Today in Labor History Jan 16 Thousands of Palmer Raids detainees win right to meet with lawyers

Federal Workers Alliance Will Fight for Federal Workers

Today in Labor History Jan 15 Birthdate of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., crusader for labor!

Flight Attendants and American Airlines Back at Bargaining Table

Senior charged in Ohio car shootings

Portland man pleads guilty to killing best friend, gets probation and community service

Does Gilbert Arenas Deserve 2 Years in Prison?

Profile of an "A" student (in the Brady School)

SCOTUS Upholds Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, DEC 2009

More inanimate objects that clouded thought and emboldened criminals

Three dead after Fla. shooting rampage (two women, one deputy killed. pregnant teen injured)

UK: Overwhelming support for campaign to protect householders who confront intruders

Jackson Heights

Hi, I just wanted to drop in and offer my support.

U.S. high court to take up referendum signatures case (Washington Ref 71)

Lawmakers might tack 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal on to defense bill (CNN)

Ladies of the night

Are Black Holes the Architects of the Universe?

Did a thirst for beer spark civilization?

Question about the speed of light for you Science guys

Anyone in a gay "Evony alliance"

2 days ago I met and spoke to a person participating in this

whole lotta shakin going on........

Someone stole the

Record Bank Bonuses Based On Record Bank Fraud

Fake gold bars in Bank of England and Fort Knox

the plight of the empath

Moving Your Money Can Have a Real Effect on Big Banks

"Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure....

I feel like the Eclipse was pretty Anti-Climatic...

Wow, it's really nasty out there

Anyone ever heard of this guy?

My sons took me to see Avatar in 3-D last night....

FDA scolds maker of Tylenol for foot-dragging in recall

Justice suit accuses Johnson & Johnson of paying kickbacks

Reversing itself, FDA now says the chemical BPA poses a health risk (WaPo)

Acupuncture as effective as venlafaxine for management of hot flashes

In the BMJ: the dodginess of drug company trials

Controls for acupuncture studies improving. Their results are not. How are peer reviewers reacting?

Doctors Continue To Flee Primary Care: Pediatricians Go Part-Time

I want more placebo effect, please

Tower Switch-Off Embarrasses Electrosensitives

Civil Civics (re: Texas State Board of Education and textbooks)

Do kids lie?

If puppies are reincarnated as cows, then is it wrong for cows to be killed and eaten?

Satan writes a letter to Pat Robertson

For all the good that many religious charities are doing, does RELIGION have any responsibility

Atheist students silenced

Recipe Redux: Heavenly Hots, 1987

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