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Archives: February 6, 2010

Note to pols: You know you are in trouble when they stop covering you on reg news & start on ET.

"Official: Germany's Jesuits did not stem sex abuse" - but germany gets less coverage than...

OBAMA "Intends To Sign Comprehensive Legislation" - Prez DIDN'T Concede Health Care Reform Might Die

So how was part two of Stewart's interview with olielly

Guardian UK: Tony Blair 'should read more Dostoevsky'

Chase Denied Loan Mods for Now Forbidden Reason—Homeowners in Limbo

4 Obama federal judicial nominees to get a vote next Thursday

Free market and all that when it comes to insurance companies, etc.

Arpaio's office could face sanctions over records

Attention Children Of The Cold War! Time to initiate Operation X-500.

Student denied school lunch over 20 cents

KO is skewering the Grifter and her co-governor

Banksters......literally

Two New Groups Dedicated to Open Government

Sarah Palin pimps her own baby and all developmentally disabled people.

The BLEGO-MAN will be on Trump's "Apprentice Show" next season...

list of speakers at the national pea-brain party convention

This is a very big deal:

There was a nasty slur against Dylan Ratigan today accusing him of being a Tea Bagger

Here's A Blog Some Of You Might Like...

Another view of what may come in 2012.

Teabagger logic (Oxymoron of the year)

IRS Cited By DNR For Nonpayment

Tea Party sponsor wants "to find as many Christians, as many concerned Americans as I can"

Bush, Cheney and the Great Escape

Fill the Bench Now: Now is the time for Obama to move on judicial nominations

Full interview of John Stewart with o'reilly for those who want to see it

If I weren't crying, I might be able to come up with a decent title for this story

The filibuster; the "hold"; Senatorial "courtesy": all should be eliminated.

Damn! If Sarah Palin wants Rahm canned, do I HAVE to support him? nt

Is the requirement to be the governor of NY, one must be a horny corndog?

US Nuclear Weapons Site in Europe Breached

" World Net you MUST read every day..it is the only source of good news"

Maybe Somebody Should Challenge Sarah Palin To Take A Lie Detector Test...

Charges to be filed in Michael Jackson's death

RI man charged with operating on his own dog

Several posters here linked an story about Keith Olbermann, which was entirely untrue

Report says 8 Americans died defending worthless Afghan outpost

Good Bill Maher line: Trust me if the first primary were in Vermont we'd be putting maple syrup in

Bush's Prescription Bill Sucks for some people !

New Osama bin Laden tape released...

LOL !!! - 'Be Careful What You Wish For, Mr. Tancredo' - FDL

I met Howard Dean last April....

Is Penn State being investigated for Fraud?

Never let them forget.. it's TeaBAGGERS folks...

Army Curtails Plan to Cut Spending For World Bases

I Dreamed I Saw Howard Dean Last Night

Convicted felon James Traficant (D-Ohio) wants to return to Congress

UPS Faces Class Action on Fuel Charges (Charged for Air, shipped by ground)

Trivia of former Presidents: Cussing Pets, Who was the Big Cheese, 19th Century Birthers, etc

I can't wait to meet the First Snowman tomorrow.

Now I wish he of the wide stance was still in office...

Mandatory Friday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! TGIF!! Best of Malloy tonight

Police thank suspect for Facebook info

Todd Palin Had Big Role in Sarah's Politics: 1,200 E-mails released to NBC News

Todd Palin Had Big Role in Sarah's Politics: 1,200 E-mails released to NBC News

Those expressing shock about the Super Bowl's politicization have short memories...

In Visit to Fox News, Jon Stewart Faults Fox News

OK. FUCK Newsmax and their random ads photoshopping the President of the United States! Fuckers.

Government by contracting-one of the nation's biggest problems

Have "Udon" bowl ~will travel..

O'Reilly: "You are so out of touch with the folks." Stewart: "You live in a CASTLE!"

O'Reilly: "You are so out of touch with the folks." Stewart: "You live in a CASTLE!"

The last tears

New pint glasses aimed at curbing violence

Netherlands: cannabis is a €2bn a year biz, 50% want it legalized

I just found out one of my favorite musicians is a blogger at Crooks and Liars!

Century-old whisky found in Antarctic-Team found crates restoring hut used by Ernest Shackleton

I'll tell you when I'll take the Tea Baggers seriously

Who's Killing Financial Reform? (RE-REGULATION)

superbowl: no way the saints beat the colts. care to back it up? give $1 to the Ozarks Food Harvast!

Lexus runs over woman in Crosswalk

I stirred up a storm here--and would like to clarify and apologize to all those I offended

I stirred up a storm here--and would like to clarify and apologize to all those I offended

It just hit me, Scott Brown has been sworn in, Why does Lieberman still have a chairmanship?

Shackleton's whisky recovered

Alternet is hiring --

Airport Body Scanning Raises Radiation Exposure, Committee Says

Airport Body Scanning Raises Radiation Exposure, Committee Says

More stupid anti-abortion news: Billboards in Atlanta implying "too many black abortions"

If you have BBC International Hans Blix is coming up

If you have BBC International Hans Blix is coming up

Obama, Tea Party Populists, and the Progressive Response:

Judge allows lawsuits vs Wal-Mart, J&J over shampoo

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I was an operative for the CIA

It was Snowpocalypse in DC in December. On Friday, it's Snowmageddon.

Now they want to bring back 'literacy tests"? WTF?

Daily Kos Weekly State of the Nation Poll Research 2000, MoE 2%, Feb 01, 2010 - Feb 04, 2010

Midnight Maryland snow pics

superbowl: no way the saints beat the colts. care to back it up? give $1 to the Ozarks Food Harvast!

Two new R words defined

Banks told to comply on bonuses or lose UK banking licences in shock FSA ultimatum

Anyone listening to CSpan callers (re Tea Party?)

FBI wants to know that Websites You Visited

Some people in SC read Shakespeare

If progressives had a convention and paid Howard Dean $150K to speak . . .

Does anyone remember a civics quiz broadcast by CBS(?) in the late '60's?

Does anyone remember a civics quiz broadcast by CBS(?) in the late '60's?

Advocates hope to rescue underage Super Bowl sex slaves

Down with the People

Bravo Judge Hall! Judge: Pratt Can't Move Jobs Out of Conn.

Bravo Judge Hall! Judge: Pratt Can't Move Jobs Out of Conn.

Snow photos..

Toyota: Illusions of Trust, Gone

Do you know what the annual average snowfall in Marquette County Michigan is?

Accuracy in Media comes out in defense of Uganda's "Kill The Gays" Bill

WND Joseph Farah 's (At Tea Party Convention now) Conspiracy Theory: Cloward-Piven Strategy

Planning a drive across the country, looking for advice on the best routes

NYTimes dishes out the bullshit on Palin - becoming a respected voice

Legal experts slam U.S. "Targeted Killings" of American Citizens suspected of being "terrorists"

"Now wait just one god damn minute!"

Which do you think is (or has been) more effective - blogging/posting or marches/protest?

I am awake at 4 AM and at the computer because........

600 teabaggers in Tenn.= national news; 1.1 million protesting the war in 2003 = nothing

how bold! m$nbc reporting sarah palin will be taking pre-screened questions from teabaggers

Free Dental Care - tomorrow - Tyler, TX

Temple Grandin: Savant or Professional Killer?

This Administration Addresses the 8 Million children in this nation who go to bed

It's 4:00 am, do you know where your car is?

Why are U.S., allies telling Taliban about coming offensive?

"Outside The Law"-Kucinich Challenges Potential Extrajudicial Killing of Americans

Time: The Great Recession: Will Construction Workers Survive?

No Sequel With Senate GOP

Feminist Friday: Revoke My Feminist Creds – I’m Watching the SuperBowl!

Bart Stupak decides not to run for governor of Michigan.

Arianna Huffington...Teabagger Sympathizer?

Minnesota Acorn closing

Ridiculous People

I am so sick of tea.

Is there anything more ironic that teabaggers wanting some sort of test in order to vote? Anything?

Planned Parenthood's take on the Super Bowl Ad

GOP vs Mainstream America: DKos Poll Pulls the Mask off the Village Idiots

Hungover Repubs and the hair of the dog that bit them...

just teased on NBC:. . The "First Dude" scandal..

Iowa has 1 FTE + .5 FTE inspectors for 3300 dams.

Protesters amass ahead of Olympics

I Heart Jenny Sanford

the blizzard and the bald eagles

Waddaya callem?

Al Franken Lays Out 'Pledge And Pass' Strategy For Health Care

Al Franken Lays Out 'Pledge And Pass' Strategy For Health Care

Al Franken Lays Out 'Pledge And Pass' Strategy For Health Care

O.M.G. At a "Saint Patrick's day" Dinner at white house, they had Corned Beef and Cabbage Rolls -

imagine if a couple of left-wing 'journalists' lied their way into sarah palin's home

imagine if a couple of left-wing 'journalists' lied their way into sarah palin's home

Damn Jozy Altidore scores for Hull after 19 games

Damn Jozy Altidore scores for Hull after 19 games

Judge wants Edwards sex tape 'under lock and key'

The woman running for PM of the Ukraine is a crook.

the Boston Globe: Out of office, Palin reaching new heights as media superstar

Good thing that al Queda hasn't attacked during a snow storm.

The hatefest in TN really highlights the sham that is the MSM

Need another reason to root for the Saints Sunday?

Another question re the teabagger convention

did anyone else just hear Bill Wier make a comment

New York Times helps inflate Tea Party numbers

Weekend TOONS 3

Sat Doonesbury

Tea Partiers Come Clean

Top 10 Problems with America Assassinating Americans

Why is Obama still trying to work with the GOP?

Why is Obama still trying to work with the GOP?

Lots of storm photos posted by readers at the Washington Post

Matt Taibbi: We, the Tea Partiers

Pentagon Plans to Provide Emergency Contraception on US Military Bases Worldwide

Weekend TOONS 5

Weekend TOONS 5

You know what I wish Obama would do? Speak to the American people from the Oval Office

Tea Baggers want a voting-rights test

From adversity, shared hardship, genuine compassion of one to another, grows community.

Part 2 (I was a CIA operative)

will the newschannels preempt all coverage to run sarah palin's address to america tonight?

The Tea Hippie Movement

Toyota Recall

Big Six banks urge Ottawa to tighten mortgage rules

Tea Party divided over brewed or steeped

Tea Party divided over brewed or steeped

Electronic Cigs

Tea Party observations

The greatest line about Dick Armey was

New Poll Results Are Proof That Republicans Don't Think

Row over Rio Carnival role for seven-year-old girl

NH Tea Party Coalition heads explode outside of Obama event.

Obama Supports Fixing Senate Bill with Reconciliation (Ball is now in Reid's Court)

I now know what the next right wing attack is going to be.

I now know what the next right wing attack is going to be.

Economic Recovery

(NYC) Police Manipulated Crime Data, Retired City Officials Say

Tea Party on C-Spin is a Sarah Palin Love Fest...

Plant Stamps: In the words of Blair from "The Facts of Life":

so will the corporate media be broadcasting Palin's speech?

teabaggers convention is a refuge for the politically insane

Ice diving

Alito objected to Obama's history claim

Arrested for "domestic battery".

Steele's right; a million dollars after taxes is not a lot of money.

Gay Marriage Puts Mexico City at Center of Debate

(NYC) Police Manipulated Crime Data, Retired City Officials Say

TIME - "How to Tame the Budget Deficit" by Jeffrey Sachs

Birther Speaker Takes Heat at Tea Party Convention

In the East - Where are you and how much snow did you wake up to?

Marjah=Fallujah?

Get up stand up - it's Bob Marley birthday

FBI Wants Records Kept of Web Sites Visited

Anyone watch Bill Moyers Journal last night?

How about a Teabagger Forum? It appears there is a need.

Senate Report Finds U.S. Banks Support Corrupt Regimes Through Offshore Accounts

What Would A Traditional Freeper Meal Be If We Had An Official "Freeper Awareness Month"?

Queens girl Alexa Gonzalez hauled out of school in handcuffs after getting caught doodling on desk

At Tea Party, Gay-Bashing 'Ten Commandments Judge' Calls Obama Immoral

My reasoning for a negative view on the prospects of a sustained recovery

Teenage matador ready to take on six bulls (attempting to slaughter 6 bulls by himself)

Polis introduces federal safe schools bill

'Win this war,' Obama says at service for 7 killed in Afghanistan

NYT's latest article on 'Baggers convention - and readers' comments!!!

So here's the Dem election problem - TX same verse (same as MA) - Old White Guy (yeah-yeah I know

Tea Party 2010: All Hoods are OFF

A Bubble In Search Of A Pin (info on unemployment)

I HATE these fucking "FSC" cigarettes!

Activists protest former President Bush's pro-life award

Activists protest former President Bush's pro-life award

There's an American legislature that works just fine without filibusters.

If they can’t stand up to the President, how can they stand up to Al Qaeda?

With Taliban Leader Reported Dead, New Pakistani Figure Emerges

Who Does Your Taxes?

In the future, so you don't sound stupid on the BLS statistics on unemployment

EU proposing to protect citizens' privacy (SWIFT bank data)

This whole exposure of teabagger politics

the Haiti missionaries and kidnapping

the Haiti missionaries and kidnapping

Cruising with the Teabaggers

Seriously how on earth do media hacks get away

Christian Right: The government is denying us our rights to assault, rob, and murder gays

Christian Right: The government is denying us our rights to assault, rob, and murder gays

Speakers like Breitbart said the movement is trying to fight labels like "racist" and "sexist"...

*Let's write Ed about Palin*

Ed Schultz asked a TeaBagger reporter (Heidi somebody?) to go to the next

Rachel has a great program tonight

When Arianna was pro-Obama during the primary she was great but now

Obama, Mullen, Gates Deserve Praise for Opposing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Barney Frank rips Gates over 'Don't ask, don't tell' review

Wanna Read Something Frightening/Hilarious?

Mudslides sweep away cars, damage homes near LA

Sarah is in Kansas tonight

We have a blizzard going on around DC!

We have a blizzard going on around DC!

The ads portraying smokers as drunks and thieves reach a bit to far.

Why was my thread re: Palin disappeared?

Weekend TOONS 2

debtors' prisons

Have I walked into the Twilight Zone? MSNBC is doing Saturday newscasts all day.

How free-market gospel has successfully devastated America and our political system

If they are going to do healthcare, then they may as well do it right.

No update for Employee Bank Nightmare posted the other day...

haha. breitbart and farrah (wnd chief birther) get into it

Goldman Helped Push A.I.G. to Precipice

How do we deal with chain mail emails that spread lies?

Senator Shelby and insanity

RNC Chairman Steele: After taxes, $1 million ‘is not a lot of money’

Weight control is huge problem in USA.

Do you think it's OK for the government to punish or detain someone without a specific charge?

Annals of Liberation: Obama Surge Driving Thousands From Their Homes

Wife of GOP California congressman dies of cancer

Wife of GOP California congressman dies of cancer

NOW Toronto: 10 Things you may not know about black history in Canada

Fake Flash Burn, or getting burned by fake flash memory for

The mods and being quick on the trigger today

Church: Jaycee Dugard needs money

Michigan Christians sue because the Matthew Shepherd Act restricts their rights.

College food banks step up for students struggling to pay bills

Time to prosecute the criminals

Who do you think God has chosen to win the Super Bowl?

A heart warming story that has a sad ending

Afghan Civilians (those who are able) Flee Impending NATO Bombing Attack on Marjah

Question on attendance of the "Tea Party Convention"

Holy Crap.. Leno just had George W. Bush on as a surprise guest

checking in from Pittsburgh: power out, 9 inches and still falling

VIDEO: Weather Channel - White House In Snow, D.C. Shut Down

Get crime reports/map online

Napolitano offers regular meetings with critical House Republicans

Obama elected because "we do not have a civics, literacy test before people can vote" says Tancredo

Interview with German Government Economic Adviser - Euro Zone 'Could Cope with Greek Bankruptcy'

The information dispersed here is too important to be transpired so fast. I have one request.

The information dispersed here is too important to be transpired so fast. I have one request.

Why IS Kent Conrad so obsessed with gutting Social Security?

'Tea Party' Activists Eagerly Await Palin's Words

Just heard the classic Ya Betcha on NBC

a local teabagger group is hosting a candidates debate...

'Blue Alert' proposed. Amber alert type system to be implemented when cop assaulter on the run

Electronic Heroin

Flood damage.

Flood damage.

When Mr. McCain Came To Washington - BWAHAHAHAHA

Mudslides Destroy Homes in LaCanada-Flintridge (CA)

Sad fact about public education in America.

Secessionist idiots unite!: Nugent to Perform at Palin/Perry Rally

New Shanghai bridge collapses, revealing its components to be mostly rubbish & not concrete!

1960s democrats vs 2010s democrats

Bill Moyers' Essay On Lobbyists And The Two Parties...

"Dissatisfaction with both political parties runs deep." LA Times

Sen. Kaufman Introduces Bill to Hold American Contractors Overseas Accountable Under U.S. Law

Did Bush Leave Us Bankrupt, Corrupt, Ungovernable?

Did Bush Leave Us Bankrupt, Corrupt, Ungovernable?

Valley group skips Tea Party convention (Fresno)

What Bill O'Reilly edited out of his interviews with Jon Stewart: Total evisceration!

IL Lt gov race: Source: Cohen seeking 'honorable way' to drop out

Has The Irony Been Noted

UNHINGED: James "Pimp Videos" O'Keefe challenging women to "pay him a visit" on Facebook!

Boy almost suspended for bringing this gun to school (picture)

Sarah Palin is a racist

Midnight Maryland snow pics

I found this thread

I found this thread

Rethinking the High School curriculum

Rethinking the High School curriculum

The fall of mighty Toyota

Does anybody else here feel that "Coast to Coast AM" is disintegrating?

Does anybody else here feel that "Coast to Coast AM" is disintegrating?

So Sarah, Glitzy and Venal, is getting a check for 100 grand for her

One Bowl = 2 Servings. F.D.A. May Fix That.

Great opportunity (free rent!) in a small, friendly community for the right business . . .

Dennis Kucinich Challenges Potential Extrajudicial Killing of Americans

Weekend TOONS 1

Weekend TOONS 4

One in four Americans is employed to guard the wealth of the rich

Teabagging live, Kimberly F.: "...Because then the black people won't know who the democrats are."

In Defense of The Blobfish

I think they really are racist-

At last! Have they finally found a 'weapon of mass destruction' in Iraq?

My dog and the Republicans have the same two-step concept of sharing and compromise:

the Haiti missionaries and kidnapping

the Haiti missionaries and kidnapping

Nate Silver, Markos, and other Democrats co-sign letter with Grover Norquist

Ted Haggard's Wife: Marriage Stronger After Scandal

The Teabagger Convention has 600 people attending. The Tucson Gem Show has thousands there.

Imagine if only 600 people showed up for a Democratic convention. . .

Tea Party's on C-Span (nt)

R.I.P Todd Brown. 14 years old, in my community, gunned down in school.

Some news I'm not sure is good or not

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas In Hiding! Was absent at Obama's SOTU address

Graph: Unemployed for over 26 weeks

Defining Progressives

Defining Progressives

Tim Tebow, he "aint all that"

Ollie North On What Happens If Gays Are Allowed To Serve Openly: ‘NAMBLA Members’ Are Next

Obama to visit CIA headquarters in Langley VA

You've got to give Freedom Works a helluva lot of credit

VIDEO: Anti-whaling boat rammed on the high seas by vessel piloted by allegedly illegal whaling crew

Why are we worried just about "U.S. "Targeted Killings" of American Citizens "?

Obama admits health care overhaul may die on Hill

Have any of the Tea party crowd walked with their weapons

Taking a break from working on 2009 tax forms and suppressing a scream.

Letterman's "Top Ten Things Overheard During Scott Brown's First Day In The Senate"

A return to Keynesianism for America's economy is the answer

A return to Keynesianism for America's economy is the answer

At Consumer Reports, we give automatic ratings to Toyota. Oh wait, we need to make a correction.

One Bowl = 2 Servings. F.D.A. May Fix That.

Unemployment Numbers: A Social Worker's Perspective

About what is politically possible...

How Much Do You Pay for College Tuition?

Ken Lewis: If I’m Going Down, Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke Are Coming Down With Me

Ken Lewis: If I’m Going Down, Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke Are Coming Down With Me

The "Tea Party" is not real

Obama pushes jobs plan, but still warns on deficit

Anyone else catch the Repub lady on CSPAN Washington Journal this morning about .54 cent wages?

*** WILD PIG ALERT*** Latest reports are early warnings were IGNORED...2005 red flag ig'd

Officer purchases food for man caught stealing

Frustrated job seekers deciding to call it quits

Will Teabagism Sweep The Nation?

I wish I had not watched NOW tonight on PBS. It increased my disappointment...

GITMO "Suicides": "Everyone On Duty-Ordered To Write Statements-EVERY 1 Of Those Statements-MISSING!

Sea Sheperd's ship, Bob Baker, rammed by whaler

By request, TRUST WOMEN Facebook group:

Times Square Billboard From NORML Denied By CBS

Burn in hell?

So could Sarah Palin be our next president?

This Teabagging Party is the Saddest Thing Ive ever seen.

MID-ATLANTIC DUERS: How much snow did you get?

Joseph Farah, to cheers at Tea Party Convention, again questions location of Obama's birth

I just want to get something straight

Northeast Ohio Residents Fight To Get Their Paychecks

So there are actually TWO Tebow ads for Focus on the Family?

Marcy Winograd: Put 1 Million Unemployed to Work By Lowering Retirement Age

President Declares Snowmageddon in Washington

Bill Moyers with Dr. Margaret Flowers - She is Right ....

Christians claim hate crimes law an effort to ‘eradicate’ their beliefs

Scotland has a nuke plant event (interesting reading)

Noam Chomsky on the Teabaggers

Should Spanish be taught from an early age in Public Schools?

****DUzy Awards for the week ending 2-5-10****

Volunteers ramp up efforts to rescue underage sex slaves during Super Bowl

Aspartame Name Change - February, 2010

The Nation Editorial: Force the Republicans to filibuster, call the minority's bluff

The Truth About the Work of Dr. Tiller

Is libertarianism a cannabis issue or not?

You just won $5 on a scratch off. What do you do?

Have you ever Googled "goggles"?

Hilarious timewaster

On CNN they just showed a clip from Letterman last night.

Hip hop monk

Is it just me, or does Craig Crawford remind you of Floyd the Barber?

12 inches of snow in the forecast

Do you like to explore your own area or would you rather go over the horizon?

Big decision: I have chosen a lullaby for the future grandchild

Live - Selling the Drama

The many names of David Ryder - MST3K

Google Chrome Extensions - wassup wit dem tings?

I guess I wasn't paying attention when I saw Dances With Wolves.

Ladies pose nude for pets (video)

We've all forgotten the greatest Super Bowl annual tradition!

Reasons to Worry About Indiana, Episode 445: They Count Roadkill

Mitch Hedberg's hour-long "Comedy Central Presents" show is now on Comedy Central

Do you have one of those huge bubble heads that is so big, you can shovel snow with it?

Have "Udon" bowl ~will travel..

What the hell is this?

Ok, Now Im sure I have the day off tomarow.....

Eric Burdon and The Animals - When I Was Young

Ear Worms! Ear Worms!! Get'chur Ear Worms'ear!! Ear Worm mista? Nice gams Lady!! Ear Worms!! Get'em!

Well fuck. How can you say no to this face?

Yee-haw, honey! NASCAR romance fiction gets rear-ended...

kinetic sculpture

How would you describe this game?

I put Gray Warrior's "thread that never dies" on Hide Thread today

Midnight Maryland snow pics

Hi-speed still photos of colored fluids in motion. cool deal. very pretty. take a peek:

Lookin' back over my years

From Paris with Love made my peepee hard.

"Whatever works." Larry Davids? Huh?

i'm at an industry conference this weekend

Book release -- and a big thank you to DU loungers!

I have a question on these HDTV 's the LCD type

A Match.com story

i got attacked by fuckin bats last night

Power lines during snowstorm doing something I've never seen before

Catch the Wave - Prepare to be amazed

As a Kid I always Hated Weekend Blizzards

BREAKING: Alfie, sick of being asked "What's it all about," verbally & physically assaults reporter

Of these three members of the right-wing noise machine, who makes the most musical noise?

Things to do in Western Pennsylvania when it snows

Get up stand up - it's Bob Marley birthday

Best Decade for Music Poll

LMAO - Daniel Tosh dares people to fuck up the Tosh.0 wikipedia page

Chris Bartley - "Sweetest Thing This Side Of Heaven" (1967, written by Van McCoy)

Exploding wine box story claimed FALSE!

Yeeee-haaaaaaw -----> Man carried 1,500 feet by northern Arizona avalanche

And now, an island that looks like an UFO.

Is anyone else glad that usual Valentine's commercials are slowly being replaced by lube commercials

There is SNOW place like the upper east coast

Brazil Handing Out 55M Condoms for Carnival

Quick favor please? I need an exorcism performed before the Super Bowl.

I got summoned for Grand Jury

Do the potty dance.

Despite my best helpless female act..

Show Time, folks! Tune in.

Snow photos..

Shackleton's whisky recovered

Sumo failed to keep champ in check

Nachos

Snomageddon - Arlington

Embarrassed to ask this question. Please indulge me. I am new here since we had the

Since Whiskey has come up here, I have a question about a Pinot Noir served by Obama

I am the multitasker from hell

Deep metaphysical question...if you wear your house slippers outside...

So if we go to a restaurant that is booked solid until 8:30 at 5:30

If I have a teabag party, what flavor tea should i serve?

Woo hoo! I got my latest cheeseball DVD in the mail!

Ready for the big Bowl game? Puppy Bowl VI, that is.

Do you ever dream true?

Kia's hilarious new ad features a big red xxx toy?

I really hate these "bipolar" sunny/gray/sunny/gray/sunny California days...

Listen up, you people, make it stop snowing. Now.

a snow-shoveling tip from Mrs. Venation

This is what you currently look like.

There are tons of versions of "Little Wing". Post one!

Anything wrong w/ a full-grown man playing Xbox all day?

Do you know what the annual average snowfall in Marquette County Michigan is?

This is a stretch...I'm going to a baby shower tomorrow.

Pink Floyd: with or with out Sid Barrett?

I need to make myself unpleasantly VOCAL...

post your current desktop

How do you start a GD thread that sparks controversy and furious debate?

Someone wrote "lesbian" in black sharpie on my door.

Is it wrong?

superbowl food what are you having?

What was the number one song the day you were born?

Electronic Cigs

Planning a drive across the country, looking for advice on the best routes

* Official Blizzard 2010 snow amount check-in thread *

My date arrived at my door dressed in nothing but Saran Wrap. *sigh*

How did you find out Your Blood Type?

What should I name my next Starship in Star Trek OnLine

Fitz wants to go outside...He's driving me nuts.

A tribute to Grandma Bonnie. One of the best ladies ever. Go with God

Big Bunny. No, really, this is a considerably large rabbit, I'm thinking 50 pounds, or more.

How to get Republicans to Vote for Obama in 2012

Rush was CLEARLY talking about Palin when he said,

Defiant underdog in US Senate campaign ends year with just $60k on hand in key Ohio race

DFLer Kelley drops out of the governor's race

EMILY's List backs Reichert challenger

Obama's Health Care Trap

Hilarious teabagger at the convention dressed like a Scottish guy with a fake accent

Photos: The Obama Presidency, February 5, 2010, "Welcome to the Big Leagues"

NYT: Democrats Ask, Can Health Care Bill Be Saved?

NH-Sen: Ayotte May Face Trouble in GOP Primary

Reid to go a'reconciliation vote huntin' next week.

"Franken Lays Out 'Pledge And Pass' Strategy For Health Care"

Omar Khadr's civil suit against Ottawa seeks $10-million

President Obama to address winter meeting of DNC in D.C. at 10:30AM on C-Span. LIVE DNC link below.

Joe Conason: Does the Taliban Want to Talk Peace with the U.S.?

Greg Sargent's Plumline: White House Pushes Back, Says Prez Didn't Concede Reform Might Die

Geithner: 30% Credit Card Rates Are Cool (Best Video On DU In Months)

Belfast’s old foes to mark historic deal with trip to the White House

WTF!!!! Tweety calling Obama a one term President like Carter

Tea Party Convention showdown

AFSCME's McEntee: Republicans morphing from Party of ‘No’ to Party of ‘You've Got To Be Kidding Me

***HEADS UP*** President Obama Addresses DNC Winter Meeting, 10:30 ET

***HEADS UP*** President Obama Addresses DNC Winter Meeting, 10:30 ET

What's the point of the teabaggers having a deaf interpreter at the convention

Extortion Day in the Senate.

I just realized the insurance companies don't want to allow healthy people to not be in their pool

Obama Should Take His Case to the Red States

The problem some people have with Obama.

Yes I supported John Edwards.

Finish Reform Right petition

The Teabaggers Aren't Real

President Obama to DNC: 'I am not going to walk away from health insurance reform'

The idea of playing nice with Republicans & trying to be bipartisan will bring us minority status.

The idea of playing nice with Republicans & trying to be bipartisan will bring us minority status.

"In case there's any confusion out there, let me be clear: I'm not walking away from HCR"

Bring On The Recess Appointments

How The Shelby Hold Went Down

Off The Charts-A Recovery That’s Factory-Built and Gaining Speed

Get ready for it....Here it comes....The end of capitalism is here..

"Obama isn't nearly as scared of the terrorists as Bush was, and that's why he'll beat them"

Democrats Turn More Negative Toward Congress per Gallup

NY Times - "Obama Gets His Groove Back " by Charles Blow

CNN: How Obama's favorite theologian shaped his first year in office

Get thee to the Teabaggery, and quit calling them tea party'ers

Blame the childish, ignorant American public—not politicians—for our political and economic crisis.

And now we know who Barry is

Could President Obama have "reprised" FDR during 2009 ?

After a brief stint as Fave Pollster last week (ie higher than Gallup) Rasmussen has Obama at 44%.

In the end, no matter how far Obama turns to the right, I know he is the only game in town

Sure, teabaggers are proud "mobsters" and a speaker sounded like a lunatic birther...but... (NYT)

What the media fails to report when talking about Obama's approval ratings.

The amazing story about the woman who asked to be cremated wearing Obama T-shirt.

President Obama's smack down leaves Republicans dazed and confused

This is the message I just emailed to Obama, Reid, and Pelosi.

Demand those against DADT call for the breakup of the "Coalition of the Willing"

ABC: WH preparing for TWO Supreme Court Vacancies

Economist Peter Morici: Obama admin exports initiative weak in present form

Hey Mr. President (Umm, I mean Axe/Plouffe) You want to "win" the Midterms? Two things:

CNN, NYT, all media are hyping lunatics whose main concern is Obama's birth certificate

Civil Rights Groups Decry Beck's Questioning of Obama's Name

Rethinking a March on Washington--hold your nose, if necessary, but what if we could engineer a

Support Progressive Democrats of America!!!

Just when I thought we might be hitting "peak stupid" vast new reserves discovered

Virginia GOP Mocks Epic Snow Storm As ‘12 Inches Of Global Warming’

Great diary on the effects of President Obama's policies on an individual's tax return

Help DU! I'm looking for a photograph of Obama with other heads of state.

Are you Pondering what I'm Pondering?

Socialism Viewed Positively by 36% of Americans per Gallup

Watching porn with your wife/husband/covivant/significant other.

Judge wants Edwards sex tape 'under lock and key'

Century-old whisky found in Antarctic-Team found crates restoring hut used by Ernest Shackleton

Christmas Day Airline Bomb Suspect Turned On Cleric

Why are U.S., allies telling Taliban about coming offensive?

'Win this war,' Obama says at service for 7 killed in Afghanistan

Report: 8 Americans died defending worthless Afghan outpost

Swine Acronym Ordered Out of Barclays Capital Reports (Update1)

Solution will be reached over enrichment, Iran's FM says

Row over Rio Carnival role for seven-year-old girl

Obama pushes jobs plan, but still warns on deficit

Pentagon Releases Names of Soldiers Killed in Pakistan

Alito objected to Obama's history claim

GOP Chairman Steele: ‘after taxes, a million dollars is not a lot of money’

Joseph Farah, to cheers at Tea Party Convention, again questions location of Obama's birth

(NYC) Police Manipulated Crime Data, Retired City Officials Say

2010 bank failure tally now 16

Frustrated job seekers deciding to call it quits

Bolivia tackles gender equality in government

Geithner says low risk of double-dip recession

Mudslides Destroy Homes in LaCanada-Flintridge (CA)

Brendan Burke Dead: Son Of Leafs GM Brian Burke Dies

Goldman CEO bonus only $9 million in nod to public ire

Iraq militant video 'shows abducted US contractor'

Toyota president issues rare apology as pressure mounts

Canada's Finance Minister says G7 have agreed to cancel Haiti's debt.

Penske Donates Trucks to Clinton Bush Haiti Fund

'Snowmageddon' : Mid-Atlantic Shuts Down Ahead of Huge Snow Warning

Obama, GOP sparring over job creation proposals

North Korea releases U.S. Christian activist

Vatican denies pope comments on Britain an 'interference'

Gates Scoffs at Iran Nuclear Claim

Ancient tribe becomes extinct as last member dies

Pelosi: ‘We Will Pass Health Insurance Reform’

Judge: Pratt can't move jobs (1,000) out of US

Arctic sea ice vanishing faster than 'our most pessimistic models': researcher

Gerald Celente on Russia Today 05 Feb 2010 (RE: Unemployment)

Nancy Skinner on Obama's first year stock market performance 12-31-2009

New Video of Challenger Disaster Surfaces After 24 Years

Nancy Skinner on FBN 1-19-10 re: Scott Brown effect on health care

Hypocritical Teabagger #599.

Grow A Pair! Senator Al Franken To The White House

The Listening Post - Media coverage of the UK's Iraq war inquiry

Young Turks: Poll - High % Of Republicans Are Nuts, Misinformed

How to Get Our Democracy Back: Lawrence Lessig Says If We Want to Change, We Have to Change Congress

Top 10 Reasons Why Obama Can't Get Anything Done

Ed Show-Rep. Peter DeFazio & John Nichols - Dems, White House political operation 'blowing it'

Your Weekly Presidential Address: Small Business as Economic Engine

Tim Tebow's Doritos Super Bowl Ad

President Obama speaks to the Democratic Party - February 6th

American against American, government orders.

LiberalViewer: Fox News Chyron Always Gets Last Word?

Joseph Farah of World Nut Daily at Teabagger Convention: What Do God & Barack Obama Have In Common?

Full Unedited 42 Minute Version Of Jon Stewart Vs Bill O'Reilly

TYT: Has Obama Decided Not to Do Health Care Anymore?

The US Fiscal Deficit - Scare Stories vs Reality

Marc Faber on US Bubble, 'worthless' dollar & Gold 'the Savior'

Progressives and the Democratic Party Pt.3

Bill Maher on Leno - Talks Obama Birth Certificate, Health Care

Tebow Eye Black Conversions

Swine Acronym Ordered Out of Barclays Capital Reports (Update1)

Another Haitian Scandal: U.S. Missionaries Try to Effect Adoption of Baby Doc Duvalier

Mandela reflects on 20 years

CCTV in the sky: police plan to use military-style spy drones

Facing up to the reality of antisemitism

Commercial Super Bowl: Voyeuristic Horndogs, Hot Babes, Flatulent Slackers, and God's Quarterback

Friday Talking Points (110) -- Left Still Waiting For Rahm Apology

White Racial Resentment Bubbles Under the Surface of the Tea Party Movement

Tea Partiers Panic, Informed Tea Produced by 'Fereigners'

This Economic Crisis Won’t Stop Moving

Young Turks: Review of 'The Corporation' - A Brilliant Documentary!

Bush/Obama Job Loss Chart

Yes, We’re Poland (Krugman blog)

Mystery Men of the Financial Crisis

Jimmy Kimmel: Misspelled Signs of the Tea Party

More than 100,000 March in Support of Chavez in Venezuela

Castro's Hostage Politics

Walk a Mile...

The grisly truth about the Super Bowl abortion ad

Endgame by John Michael Greer

Republicans Making Their Move To Gut The Most Popular And Successful Government Program In History

Nitrogen Oxide Distribution Maps, Europe 2004 and 2008.

Shocking! Steven Milloy, Darrel Issa Claim Penn State's Clearing Of Mann A "Whitewash"

Remote Big Bend NP Now Rivals Big Cities For Poor Air Quality, Health Effects, On Bad Days

Sonny Perdue Calls On Georgians For "Committments They've Never Made Before" To Save Water

Five Fish Species Under State Mercury Warning - Alan Henry Lake, Texas

Rising tritium levels alarm state officials. No worries, according to plant spokesman

"Endless Oil" - "I Remember A Time When Business Week Wouldn't Publish A Tissue Of Nonsense"

Mortality and Life Expectancy In Denmark and Other European Countries 1976-1994.

Climate Change Will Not Even Be On G7 Agenda

Arctic Meltdown "Much Faster Than Our Most Pessimistic Models Expected" - Barber - U Manitoba

With Massive Overuse Of Antibiotics Common, China Becoming Proving Ground For Resistant Disease

Favorite backyard chicken breed.

Electricity Prices in Europe: EU Energy Portal As Of July 2009.

Electricty from nuclear costs far, far more than renewables. Climate Progress...

An introduction to Nuclear Power - Climate Progress

An Introduction to Core Climate Solutions - Climate Progress

Getting A Personal Coach

Stakes Analysis For Weekend of Feb. 6

Manning is a traitor!

Need another reason to root for the Saints Sunday?

Floyd Little is in the Hall of Fame - Broncos Fans Rejoice!

Jerry Rice elected to Hall of Fame..

Danica Patrick is a big time race car driver....

Dammit, why don't they show downhill skiing instead of celebrity skiing

Mojo for the Super Bowl

$5 Million Lure to Get Rachel, Zenyatta

John Terry axed as England captain following sex scandal

Brian Burke's son dies in car crash in Indiana

A pulse-pounding, Oscar-nominated Israeli-Arab collaboration captures the street-level reality

Row over Rio Carnival role for seven-year-old girl

Sizing up Haiti from above (link to CNN International video).

Bolivia tackles gender equality in government

Venezuela opposition decries appointment of Cuban

Today in Labor History Feb 5 President Bill Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act & more

First Machinists Union election at Delta Air Lines underway

Bill to End Defined Benefit Plans Under Consideration in Utah

70-Year-Old Winter Haven Man Shoots Would-be Thieves

Thanks to skinner and the mods. The "gungeon" is much more civil.

Updates on Austin gun show closing in Austin Chronicle.

Lacombe man convicted of murder in death of neighbor's son; he had said shooting was self-defense

Could Georgians soon be able to carry concealed guns anywhere...

Straight Couples

In Hindsight, it's a bummer...

Brian Burke's son dies in car crash in Indiana

Brendan Burke (openly gay son of Toronto Maple Leafs general manager) Dies In Car Accident

Record-breaking collisions

The Anapanasati Sutra / Mindful Breathing Meditation

Fragmentation

Centering Practices: 112 ways to open the invisible door of consciousness.

Earth Changes and what's REALLY going on here

I WANT A CIGARETTE!!!

The European Commission Uses New Lisbon Treaty Powers to Crack Down on Greek Spending

Jamie Dimon's Thoughts on Chinese Banking System

Acupuncture May Improve Joint Symptoms in Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Aromatase Inhibitors

Pregnancy, money, age, etc

THE CELL PEDDLERS | DEALING HOPE TO DESPERATE FAMILIES

E-mail From Congressman John Fleming MD (R) Louisiana - Good Guy or Bad?

I think I may be developing a banana addiction.

I bet the British are damn happy right now they stayed out of the Euro.

Desiree Jennings – The Plot Thickens (More On Poor Science Reporting)

Link to education thread in GD that doesn't bash teachers!

The Need for a National Teacher Register

How Obama's favorite theologian shaped his first year in office

It Is About Time That The News Media Is Starting To Realize The Poor Quality Of The Principals

Antibodies to Strep Throat Bacteria Linked to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Mice ~ Columbia U

chicken cacciatore help

And so went the beans...

this weeks favorite ingredient...apricot jam/whats yours?

Question. Shrimp quesadillas - how should I cook the shrimp?

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