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Archives: May 16, 2011

Is facial hair making a comeback?

Any DUers watching Xray earth

Strauss-Khan had an affair with a subordinate less than a year after taking over the IMF

How Raising The Retirement Age Screws the Poor - MoJo

CIRCULAR FREEPER FIRING SQUAD! "I think Sarah’s biggest liability is her fanatical supporters..."

"The Fight Against the Possible Re-Emergence of Terrorism After We're Gone"

Boehner Cries Giving Catholic University Commencement Speech (video)

BBC: US residents flee sacrificed Mississippi flood towns (video)

D'oh!

Thai Airport Smuggler Busted with Baby Leopards, Panthers video

Credit Rating Bureaus Join the War Against Regular Folks - DailyKos

I'll be on vacation during the rapture!!!!!

O.K. out on a limb but I say The Donald is NOT going for it, is *such* a loser

I just can't see how any Republic woman would be thrilled to vote for Newt Gingrich.

WOW: Gravity-defying cat filmed in slow-motion (Video)

Why liberals making a good argument is often ignored.

Was "Black" the Key to Get Americans to Destroy Themselves?

The Far Side cartoon with the cow sitting on the fence

BREAKING: Libya offers truce to UN

"Soundtrack For A Revolution"

Question - if Americans have really seen through the

Bin Laden Meets The New American Lynch Mob

Rick Welts, President of the Phoenix Suns, and former number 3 at the NBA, is gay

Ryan said.........

Since the Rapture is coming on the 21st, anyone else up for some looting?

Regulations... a four letter word for Republicans

Robert Gates Praises President Obama's Leadership On Bin Laden Raid (VIDEO)

I know what we should say to those "sovereign citizens."

Not raising the debt ceiling doesn't necessarily mean default...

The Celebrity Aprentice thread made me wonder: Who still watches TV anymore?

NUMBERS

I see they got one of the IMF banksters for doing to a maid

Israeli troops kill unarmed Palestinian protestors on borders

I bought a bag of Chip's Ahoy today, it's been a couple of years

Richard Clarke To Bill Maher: Bush Deserves Zero Credit For Finding Bin Laden - VIDEO

I have looked and looked and looked - Not a word on 'Killing Bin Laden' on DU

Comparing apples to oranges, why are oranges always treated so unfairly?

Bradley Manning backer sues US over laptop confiscation

Abstinence homework assignment

Japan makeshift 7-11 two months after the disaster ..photo

It seems to me this May 21st business is just something being drumed up by the pastor to make money.

It seems to me this May 21st business is just something being drumed up by the pastor to make money.

It seems to me this May 21st business is just something being drumed up by the pastor to make money.

Brazilian Woman Wins Right To Masturbate At Work

Ramming through a mining bill with little notice (Hopper, Repug, WI)...

Ramming through a mining bill with little notice (Hopper, Repug, WI)...

a government of the pentagon, by the pentagon, and for the pentagon....

"I Thought I Saw a Republican" By Mike Luckovich

Peak Oil: A Chance to Change the World

Okay, who needs a GOOD cry?

Child labor USA

Just watched American: The Bill Hicks Story

How much recess do your local schools have?

Full Propaganda Assault on CNN: "Education in America: Don't Fail Me"

NBC announces Celebrity Apprentice goes on with or without The Donald

Big banks hit customers with higher fees, and more of them

Big banks hit customers with higher fees, and more of them

Nursing Homes Seek Exemptions From Health Law (NYT)

Bloomberg uses his tax-exempt "charitable foundation" to buy political loyalty

American Despair About The Economy Rises, As US Future Dims

***** Live Feed - Final Space Shuttle Endeavor Launch *****

I saw something very disturbing last night...

Brown: DiMasi case shows danger of one-party rule

Danziger Toon- Ron Paul announces he is running!

Happy Christmas from Ron and Nancy

Aunt Judy?

Carlos Santana blasts Georgia immigration bill before Braves game

So Wisconsin thinks Russ is going to win Herb Kohls' seat....

Heh... Can you guess what Doonesbury is about this week?

Oh Gawd! I was wrong Buchanan the racist is

Ted Rall Toon: Hemp!

Their happy face on prison labor

Solved: The Congressional Staffer Behind "WTF 44"

republicans....Going Back on the Deal

Krugman- Means testing doublethink

Some will rob you with a six-gun; And some with a fountain pen........

A Flea In His Ear (Kunstler)

America Held Hostage

On the evening of May 20th.....a bucket list

Solved: The Congressional Staffer Behind "WTF 44"

Joe Scum is lying about the IMF

Geithner Emerges as Obama’s Indispensable Man

Endeavor Launch LIVE***

rape and murder of a lesbian called a hate crime-police slow to take action

Lincoln Would Weep - By E.J. Dionne, Jr.

Has the world gone insane?

Montana gov vetoes abortion bill--step for reproductive rights

Bradley Manning

Tepco Says Fuel in 2 Fukushima Reactors May Also Have Melted

Weekly reminder. We've lost 127 in Afghanistan, 22 in iraq so far this year

WTF? Vatican's new sex abuse guidelines don't require reporting !

Dominique Strauss-Kahn to face fresh sex assault complaint

Outsourcing playground supervision - a companion to Teach For America

Brown unveils plan to close 70 California parks

Mark Karlin on Republican's Support of Death Panels.

Mark Karlin on Republican's Support of Death Panels.

The Global Economy Burns, While Its Leaders Fiddle -- Nomi Prins

WaPo: U.S. should sell assets like gold to get out of debt, conservative economists say

WaPo: U.S. should sell assets like gold to get out of debt, conservative economists say

"These are very primitive people," said Bruckner: Charity apologizes for placing

Before It Can Rebuild, Japanese Town Must Survive

33 abortion state laws enacted in april

I n Case you were worried about Erik Prince (Blackwater),He's doing fine.

Should the US and Russia destroy their smallpox stocks?

End of an era as Vegas casino closes

End of an era as Vegas casino closes

The Teabagger's Worst Week Ever - Derf's Latest

Starring Dan Adler, directed by Sean Astin, special guest appearance by Patty Duke

Newt is trying to clean up his image.

Disney Trademarks 'Seal Team 6,' Name Of Unit That Killed Bin Laden

Scholastic pushing coal industry talking points in schools.

If your pets are left behind at the Rapture

Two months later, whereabouts of 9,500 still unknown (JAPAN)

May 22 toon

One thing I will never understand is long term adulterous affairs

SEAL-mania grips nation in wake of bin Laden raid

Newsweek doing its job for BushInc - now rehabbing AQ Khan, fer chrissakes.

Jury selection set to begin in NH church rape case

Tea party guy misrepresents Obama statement in LTTE in my local paper (SE Pennsylvania)

Reviving Main Street: A Call for Public Banks

Our government needs to throw all available resources at the Texas wildfires.

Reading, Writing And Scientology?: ‘Bart Simpson’ Argues For Church-Affiliated Program In Schools

Having Fun with May 21-ers!

Danziger won't let Mittens forget about the dog on the car roof...

China cuts holdings of US Treasurys for 5th month

Tweets fuel drive to aid stricken north (JAPAN)

Just remember, this guy was a general at one point

Medicaid Drops Thousands (Hawaii)

Dudes, Where’s Our Jobs?

Nursing Homes Seek Exemptions From Health Law

If you love your Roku or other internet streams

The Kochs Give a Big Enron Fuck You to America

Need help with gangster question

Five Things You Need to Know: This Is What the Economy Really Looks Like

Trump not running. I'm crushed. I SO looked forward to seeing Palin and The Donald debating

I'm trying to find a recent story that shows conservatives are more fearful...

Aso volcano alert level raised to 2 (JAPAN)

We had another small quake this morning

We had another small quake this morning

We had another small quake this morning

Manufacturing Plant to Recall GOP Political Wife Model RW-3 (Blonde).

Russia: Iran's Nuclear Plant To Work At Capacity In Weeks

"We're not used to cooked food."

How To I.D. Genetically Modified Food at the Supermarket

Goldman Steals Tips From Beer Servers

Know Thy Whore Media

Much as we sometimes like to think this way, the party affiliation of a miscreant is immaterial

GOP's climate denial farce begins to unravel

This blog reads Free Republic so you don't have to.

Erik Prince building Blackwater 2.0 in the UAE to quell uprisings in the middle east

Would putting all the climate scientists in a room solve global warming...

The Eleven Craziest Things Newt Gingrich Has Ever Said

Straus-Kahn - bail denied

What will Harold Camping and the May twenty firsters do on May 22?

Will Obama and the Dems cave into Republican blackmail on the debt ceiling?

Hey admins, update the donation page ...

Some educated women choose prostitution

A revolution? Not as long as there's soma

GREAT NEWS: Sen. Julie Lassa (D, WI) safe as final recall drive fails

99ers and the Long-term Unemployed Are the Elephants in the Economic Recovery Room

Law To Make Social Networks Private By Default Worries Facebook

Census shows age gap widening among US regions

Mt. Rushmore as originally planned

Press Release: Campaign Finance Watchdog Spearheads Battle Against Anonymous Donations

"Courageous" is often the flip-side of "reckless":

Walker stripping collective bargaining on “unpatriotic” firefighters & police......

Banks Push Cover-Up on Mortgage Foreclosure Scams

"Prom suspension reversed for Connecticut tean..."

The Owl and the Pussycat who really are the best of friends (Video)

WI Dems fight Republican moves to disenfranchise the poor (Blow by blow)

This is a timely catch.

Residents leave 2 more Fukushima towns

Residents leave 2 more Fukushima towns

"#BreakingNews: Donald Trump announces he has decided not to run for president"

Toon: The dark side of the Auto bailouts

The U.S.: Where Europe comes to slum

The U.S.: Where Europe comes to slum

Obama to address pro-Isael group AIPAC

Things The Republican Congress Has Done, INSTEAD Of Creating Jobs

BREAKING: Trump not running for Prez, although is hair is considering VP bid.

Cali Swag District rapper M-Bone killed in Inglewood drive-by

High-schooler challenges Bachmann to Constitution debate

For Fucks Sake! Florida’s legislature bans “droopy drawers” in all public schools.

Of Humans and Rights

Our problem is that we have a government of, by and for the corporations.

Poll: Michigan Voters Oppose Cutting Corporate Taxes, Support Constitutional Protection Of Labor Rig

Japan needs foreign workers for quake recovery: panel chief

Cash-strapped Texas invests millions in.....wait for it..... Formula One racing scheme

"If it weren’t for Donald Trump - Osama bin Laden would still be alive."

So is this why Estes Kefauver is "hidden from history"?

'Good stuff,' Gabrielle Giffords says of husband's shuttle launch

T-Rump is an egomaniacal clown. Yet there's the US media, discussing his not running for prez as . .

Not one fucking penny

When Reagan was elected in '80, I had two hopes.

Newt Can't Get His Story Straight on Medicare

US drone attacks kill seven in North Waziristan: officials

Stewart: Gingrich Announced on Twitter because he wants younger, more f*ckable Media

Huffpo the new right wing mouthpiece? Look at the front page and you will see Arab with Barack Obama

If corporations are people...

Armey Invades Pennsylvania: Former House Majority Leader Holds Tea Party For School Vouchers

Armey Invades Pennsylvania: Former House Majority Leader Holds Tea Party For School Vouchers

Armey Invades Pennsylvania: Former House Majority Leader Holds Tea Party For School Vouchers

On global weather change....

On global weather change....

Video of Ga. State Police barring Press guy from public meeting. Gov's orders!

Best synonym for Trump

Top Chef trots into taboo territory

PETA pushes for anti-dissection ads in Pa. school

Former head of ACORN to start new group

Michele Bachmann needs you to donate $50 to help her decide if she'll run for president

Looks like Acorn is making a come back!

Photo of the day (JAPAN)

Private letter from CIA chief undercuts claim torture was key to killing Bin Laden

Congratulations to Rahm Emanuel, the new mayor of Chicago!

NYC Council Members Introduce Legislation To Protect Kids From Indecent Materials In Libraries

The Arrogant Washington Insider Community Have No Idea How Critical SS and Medicare Are

John Stewart vs. Bill O'Reilly tonight

Campaign donations did not affect charter school legislation, says speaker

Scientists find "master switch" gene for obesity

ESPN: A Gay Athlete's Story

Okay some Freepers do have a sense of humor......

New Google commercial : cute or creepy?

Trump: "If I were to run I would be able to win...I am not ready to leave the private sector."

I cannot believe they are calling for Rick Scott for President in 2012

I cannot believe they are calling for Rick Scott for President in 2012

Some Idiot's Words Overheard At Breakfast This AM... About G.Giffords

Wisconsin GOP going after police and firefighters now

Why Do People Become Homeless?

Life without credit

Sexy Sex offender list causes outrage

Tweety devouring Newt

Kerry Gets Tail in Pakistan

Scandal involving drug task force takes strange twist

Masked men try to burn Houston Mosque

Masked men try to burn Houston Mosque

Scott Brown SUPORTS PAUL RYAN'S BUDGET (his teaparty roots are showing)!

Scott Brown SUPORTS PAUL RYAN'S BUDGET (his teaparty roots are showing)!

NC police dog dies of cancer; saved officer in 2009

Freeper thinks Cain is an affirmative action candidate

CBS News Slates Republican Town Hall June 13 - Coburn, Sessions, Ryan, West, Haley

Hanna Bell, you are right, my apologies

So the French guy from the IMF

Unexpected (CA) state revenue leaps to $6.6 billion - LA Times

Bill Lets Parents Edit Children's Facebook Pages

It's always funny to see "Democrats" who are in reality, Fascists

Jesus and Mary Magdalene are back on earth!!!!

Bwaaaaaaah hahahahCenk's memories of the Trump ride

Indianna Supreme Court: No right to resist unlawful police entry

Teen who challenged Bachmann to Constitution showdown is running for class president

The need for successful nonviolent civil disobedience to save our country.

Oak Harbor man, 63, blames girl, 4, for rape

TOON: This Modern World--the fairy tale ending of the death of bin Laden

TOON: This Modern World--the fairy tale ending of the death of bin Laden

TOON: This Modern World--the fairy tale ending of the death of bin Laden

How patriotic are Donald Trump, Palin, and Huckleberry?

TOON: Derf on conservative reaction to bin Laden hit.

TOON: Derf on conservative reaction to bin Laden hit.

Today it was announced that the nonprofit mental health care program in which I completed my

At Fukushima, Radiation Leaks to Continue for 6 to 9 Months --

Anyone here know what goes on in an investigative consumer report?

Fascism: A Definition by Umberto Eco

Bipolar or just depressed?

McDonald’s to shake up food ordering system in Europe-Touchscreens

Gov. Rick Scott shifts money from unemployment checks to corporations

Sovereign Citizen Apologizes After Trillion-Dollar 'Paper Terrorism' Scheme

An Outsiders Look at the American Financial System, or, Why I Have No Idea What to Invest In

No turn signal to go straight? Busted.

I predict the world will end on December 12th, 2012

Turks take to the streets against web filters

According to the State Dept., you are anti-American if you believe the following:

Birther Boy Bags It

Let me remind you of what fascism is, courtesy of Umberto Eco

Almost a year ago, Jeremy Scahill reports Erik Prince moving to UAE

Our Next Senator (Feingold, Paul Ryan's "Medicare plan is ballot-box poison")

Good Morning America repeated false information about "Botox Mom"

Lawrence O'Donnell's Last Word is must see TV tonight!

Louisiana question about the water released

Time.com: China Syndrome “might just have happened at Fukushima”

Watch this video and you'll feel better. Precious!!! :)

Fox News Names DONALD TRUMP The MOST Successful GOP 2012 Candidate

Krugman- What's in a name?

Kenyan Olympic Marathon champion jumped to his death after his wife caught him with another woman

Which celebrity w/ an opinion do you care about?

GOP Approves Jobs Bill to Deny UI to Jobless Lacking Diploma or GED

Romney phone bank raises $10.25M in a single day

Solved: The Congressional Staffer Behind "WTF 44"

No more watching MSNBC in real time.

Teachers give cold shoulder to Obama education chief

Archaeologists Bring Mona Lisa’s Top Model to Light

Scientists on the Bogus Tests "Proving" Airport Scanners Safe

12 Year Old Frightened Afghan Girl Mistakenly shot Dead by Nato

Maybe Republicans Have Signed a Suicide Pact?

"Falling asleep while poor"

"Falling asleep while poor"

If the wealthy create the jobs,

New Yorker Sheds New Light on NSA’s Warrantless Wiretapping and Data Mining

Original plan to cool Fukushima nuclear reactor to be scrapped

John Boehner has been crying, again.

Binary Poll: Who is more able as a political leader?

(UK - but I can see it here soon...) Parents' outrage at school toilet cameras

"The Great Seducer"

TEPCO trying to “prevent re-criticality” at Reactor No. 3 — Temp soaring in pressure vessel

Jerry Lewis announces this years MDA Telethon will be his last

Fouled-up Fast Food Order Gets Polk Deputy Suspended

Ron Paul Tells Mississippi River Flood Victims To Build Their Own Levees

60 More Days in Libya: Obama Does Bush Lawyers Proud

Why do so many people give Julian Assange the benefit of the doubt but not Dominique Strauss-Kahn?

Both Medicare and Social Security, For the First Time, Spent More than They Received

It seems a bit odd to me that Strauss-Kahn was denied bail

Can you think of an act that deserves damnation?-

Florida voters will get to decide if public money can freely go to religious institutions.

"Freedom Riders" on American Experience..PBS...9:00 PM...n/t

Jon Stewart will debate Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on O’Reilly’s show tonight

Sure, a lot of "if's" but 2012 could be a great year for Dems...

Radioactive substance detected in incinerator ashes in Tokyo

See the Santorum '12 bumper sticker right here (pic)

See the Santorum '12 bumper sticker right here (pic)

Does it surprise you that people aren't more freaked re: the nukes in Japan??

So do the Koch Brothers now get to own outer space?

I am curious....

Who would be Obama's worst nightmare opponent?

FReeper begs for medical help for daughter, and gets it from us.

Happy Birthday H20Man & Good Luck Tomorrow

The republicans are blackmailing the U.S. by refusing to vote for raising the debt ceiling, and

PHOTOS: Weirdo Anti-Gay Of The Day and the Bronx Hate Rally

PHOTOS: Weirdo Anti-Gay Of The Day and the Bronx Hate Rally

Confidential Federal Audits Accuse Five Biggest Mortgage Firms Of Defrauding Taxpayers

found them ...have a great day!

Obama and Geithner - Back to the Future on Corporate Tax Breaks and Derivative Deregulation

Face it, "working the system" is only producing gradual, not revolutionary, change! I say it's time!

Tom Tomorrow: "And So It Came To Pass..."

Goodbye, Donald Trump .... sorry, you were no Norma Jean ... TOONS ...

The Power of Books

Country music has gone from progressives singing about the real world to corporate redneck rock.

Breaking: U.S. dipping into pensions as it hits debt limit

We need to break up the monopolies.

So, an idiot points at a blue object and says it's orange.

So, an idiot points at a blue object and says it's orange.

How to mess with the May 21-ers' minds.....

My Evil Democratic Deed For the Day

President Obama comforts graduating students overcome with emotion in Memphis, TN - pics

ElBaradei urges ICC trial of Bush

Pioneering CBS Newsman Joseph Wershba dies at 90

The Lean Forward ads on MSNBC - Which one is your favorite?

Dear Rich Republican

Strong Unions - The Worst Nightmare for the Financial Elite

The new tech bubble

The new tech bubble

How hard would it be for towns to buy unused buildings/houses and

Gay CNN Anchor Sees Risk in Book (Don Lemon comes out)

It would be overly kind to say the news media is a distraction. The fact is, they harm us.

U.S. College Education Isn’t Worth Price: Report

U.S. employers shift to temp workers

I was talking to a friend of mine who is a nurse at the former hospital I worked at

I was talking to a friend of mine who is a nurse at the former hospital I worked at

John Steinbeck quote: Socialism never took root in America because

What time on Saturday is the "rapture" supposed to happen?

What's your LEAST favorite buzzword or cliche often seen on DU?

The Man Behind Citizens United Is Just Getting Started

Oh, great. Now the far rightos will hate Linux even more than they already do.

Borders, Barnes & Noble, censor shirtless man.

Strauss-Kahn to Be Jailed at New York’s Rikers Island in Sex-Assault Probe

Mass. considers ending ‘lifetime alimony’

Mass. considers ending ‘lifetime alimony’

Why should you buy a domestic car vs. a foreign car?

Shocking photo created a hero, but not to his family

I was dismissed as a juror in Federal Court today for being too liberal.

Three Cheers for Carlos Santana

Tin Foil Hat alert... why was the head of the IMF arrested?

Tin Foil Hat alert... why was the head of the IMF arrested?

McClatchy News: Europe/US NEEDED TO CONTOL LIBYAN OIL/GAS and to keep RUSSIA OUT

McClatchy News: Europe/US NEEDED TO CONTOL LIBYAN OIL/GAS and to keep RUSSIA OUT

McDonald's to Replace Cashiers with Computers

Help! Anyone here know how to pass a urine test?

Denver's New "Green" Lofts For Homeless People

Face it, "working the system" is not going to get us anywhere

Face it, "working the system" is not going to get us anywhere

Immunity Gene Cures Man Of AIDS

One trip to the Eye Dr. and I don't know how folks without insurance and money survive.

Is it possible for the Democrats to take the House of Representatives in 2012?

Hilarious republican Presidential bracket!

The Obama Deception: Why Cornel West Went Ballistic

Teen driver deliberately hits motorcyclist- judge lets him keep license

You know what I'm fucking sick of?

Have you ever been persuaded by DUers at the other end of the political spectrum?

Headline win

Groove Armada: "Think Twice"

Do they get a cheap plastic toy with that?

My Tippy Kitteh is drooling. A lot.

Why dogs keep us grounded.

The Far Side cartoon with the cow sitting on the fence

Good luck tomorrow MFM...

Brazil can do Engrish too.

OK...Friday the 13th

The "What Would William Shakespeare Think" post of the day: The Bard pitches for the Red Sox...

the original electric vehicle

Did I ever tell you how much I love to shoot pool?

Will an unlocked Droid phone work on Verizon without a data plan?

6:00 til liftoff of Endeavour

NOW -- Pictorial update of MiddleFingerMom's medical stuffs - The Sequel (POSSIBLE DIAL-UP WARNING)

Noticed that a few names are missing from the past...what happened to Mari333?

Computer advice? Graphics card.

The Owl and the Pussycat who really are the best of friends (Video)

I AM fucking immortal... and STILL nobody has proven me wrong yet.

Can't sleep. I'm scared.

Ouch.

Is facial hair making a comeback?

The phrase of the day is "fake penis." Replace any phrase in a thread title with "fake penis."

How many of you own guns?

What a NICE girl! She seems...so FAIR! Where did you meet her?

Comparing apples to oranges, why are oranges always treated so unfairly?

How To Leave Comments on the Internet

Jesus and Mary Magdalene are back on earth!!!!

I found this brilliant short film on youtube that would make Hitchcock and Edgar Allen Poe proud

Once again Japan doesn't have great ideas; they have the GREATEST ideas...

Just found a great townhouse in Indy at a great price! What do you think?

Wow. Game of Thrones was quite good tonight.

I want to be a star

How many of you own gnus?

I need a good IPA(pale ale)

All I'm saying is...Don't EVER transpose the "e" and the "t" on photobucket.com

I've slapped together another irony-detector test for the GD forum.

When somebody borrow something, and PROMISES to bring it back,

Bonzo Goes to Bitburg...

Eurovision Song Contest

Woman's boobs weigh nearly 4st(ones)

what olives should I get for martinis

Just got back from the doctor.

Follow up thread about band instrument

The stars of modern SF pick the best science fiction

I bought a bag of Chip's Ahoy today, it's been a couple of years

My opinion on the Nice Guys vs. Jerks debate.

Post PHOTOS of your FELINE companion(s)

Tomorrow we head for N'awlins.

Did anyone watch the series finale of Smallville? (May contain spoilers)

How long have you been a member of Ebay?

"Bridesmaids" is hilarious!!!

U.S. Mideast Envoy Resigns After 2 Years of Frustration.

Koussa among defectors 'helping Nato bomb secret Gaddafi sites'

How many people still use their local newspaper's TV Guide, or the "TV Guide"?

Guatemala massacre leaves at least 27 people dead

Newt Gingrich slams Paul Ryan's plan to overhaul Medicare

Record Water for a Mississippi River City

Protests in Turkey against Internet controls

I.M.F. Names Replacement as Chief Awaits Arraignment

Detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei allowed visit from wife

Cairo police clash with protesters at Israeli Embassy

Arab truck driver goes 'berserk' in apparent TA terror rampage

United Arab Emirates Confirms Hiring Blackwater Founder’s Firm

Carlos Santana blasts Georgia immigration bill before Braves game

Endeavour soars on 2nd-to-last space shuttle trip

Any Minute: Space Shuttle Ready For Launch

Gunmen kill Saudi diplomat in Pakistan

SEAL-mania grips nation in wake of bin Laden raid

Original plan to cool Fukushima nuclear reactor to be scrapped

ISI stops sharing intel with CIA

Obama aide: G'vt hits debt limit, special measures put in place

United States to hit debt ceiling on Monday

Gov. Jerry Brown not giving up on tax hikes to help California budget

Bomb warning received in London

Iraq Christian killed after $100,000 ransom demand

INFLUENCE GAME: Youth football helmet legislation stokes lobbying effort

French politician: IMF head attacked my daughter in 2002

E.U. Presses Ahead With Bailout Talks Despite I.M.F. Chief's Absence

Berlusconi looks set for election setback

TEPCO: Fuel rods partially exposed above water

Afghan Governor Says NATO Troops Killed Child (Third in Four Days?)

Post the strangest thing you'd never thought you'd buy, but did.

Post a song glorifying an outlaw

EGYPT: Nearly 200 arrested, more than 350 injured in protest at Israeli Embassy

Palestinians test tactic of unarmed mass marches

Fire forces evacuation of Slave Lake, surrounding communities

Do you think Max likes his new squeaky?

4 US Service Members Killed In Afghanistan

Sammy Wanjiru, Olympic Marathon Champion, Dead at 24

Rich Langan Out for Recall Bid Against Sen. Cowles... Nancy Nusbaum In? (WI recall)

Governor threatens CIR veto (union busting in Ne to get Omaha Steve's union)

Group of gay rights advocates, domestic assault opponents want Waupaca County Judge Philip Kirk to

Iran's leader taking over Oil Ministry temporarily, news agency says

Navy calling on gamers to help with security

Tens of thousands march in Spain to protest against austerity measures, banks, politicians

Trump announces he will not run for president

Md. senator (D) to push for ending tax breaks for oil companies

Supreme Court Won't Revive Torture Lawsuit

Gabrielle Giffords: Shuttle Launch Was 'Good Stuff'

Judge: Obama likely unaware at time that Blagojevich may have sought to exchange Senate seat

Paul Ryan: Obama engaged in "class warfare"

Irish dissidents' arrests an attack on free speech, claim republicans

IMF Chief Ordered Held Without Bail in Sex Case

Treasury to tap pensions to help fund government

NATO says explosives and dummies found on Libya boat

Prosecutor seeks Gaddafi arrest over protest deaths

McConnell: Oil tax break repeals off the table in deficit talks with Biden

Aliens Only. Post a Pic of an Alien.

Journal retracts global-warming study

Emanuel sworn in as Chicago's new mayor

Strauss-Kahn lawyers see alibi in sex case: report

Mystery jet crash data recovered, investigators say (Air France data from recorders)

US drone attacks kill nine in Pakistan: officials

Violent Arctic storm a climate-change ‘harbinger,’ study finds

NLRB ruling on Boeing factory angers GOP

French woman may file Strauss-Kahn assault complaint

Appeals court sides with federal judge, allows Minnesota campaign law to stand

Delta Rolls Out Platinum Upgrades For Top Republicans

White House threatens to hold up trade deals unless Congress expands aid for US workers

After tornadoes, junk donations become challenge

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Monday, May 16, 2011

Taxpayers on the Hook for BP's Gulf Spill

Wisconsin GOP Rep. Paul Ryan may decide soon on Senate run

California Girl Injected With Botox Removed From Mom's Custody

US Navy drones: Coming to a carrier near China

I want to create a thread that never dies until MiddleFingerMom gets back from the hospital

MFM medical updates thread

U.S. should sell assets like gold to get out of debt, economists say

Canada Offered to Aid Iraq Invasion: WikiLeaks

As Water Creeps Up, Residents Warned: Get Out

Commentary on the Economy... Everything's A Dollar.. The Dollar Store song

Comedian Robert Klein to Barack Obama: ''Keep it in Your Pants'' (Adult Content)

Poor suffer as Mississippi levels rise

George Will: Newt Gingrich "is not a serious candidate" for president LMAO!

Bill Clinton "Al Qaeda Is Acting Like A Franchise Operation"

Right to Rent Act - S02E13

Thom Hartmann: Conservations with Great Minds - Economist Richard Wolff. Pt 1

TDPS: Killing Bin Laden Enough to Re-Elect Obama? What Should Obama's Strategy Be? David Morey

60 Minutes: Sec. Gates on President Obama, Troops, Bin Laden

Climate Denial Crock of the Week: The

Keith Allen on Controversial Diana Documentary

I FINALLY have a photo but nobody starts Lounge photo threads anymore. I gotta do everything myself.

On Fox Ron Paul Calls Social Security and Medicare Unconstitutional, Compares Them to ‘Slavery’

Response Time: Russia tires of US Missile Defense flip-flop

Papantonio: Debunking Republican “Common Sense”

Mark Sanford Predicts GOP LOSSES Over RYAN PLAN

Iraqi lawmakers slam US intervention - Press TV News

Thom Hartmann: Stop the show & start the subpoenas for high crimes against America

Eli Pariser: Beware Online ''Filter Bubbles''

Rachel Maddow: Republicans cry and cry about Dems hitting them on the Ryan budget vote

Harry Belafonte - Art, Politics, Civil Rights & Critique of President Obama - Democracy NOW!

Conservative SKEWERS "Conservatives:" Who's a Republican?

RT: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is financially illiterate; should stay in the kitchen

TRUMP will NOT Run For President

Rachel Maddow: Mike Huckabee's US History for Kids: Schoolhouse Schlock

Osama Bin Laden death-The Real Deal-05-15-2011-(Part1)

60 Minutes: Who are sovereign citizens?

Thom Hartmann: Conservations with Great Minds - Economist Richard Wolff. Pt 2

Trump won't run for president.

HEADS UP-Obama Delivers the Commencement Address at Booker T. Washington High School

America in Danger of Falling to No. 2: Again

Trump will NOT run for President. Breaking now on FAUX.

Lawrence O'Donnell Friday night clip: On Huckabee not running and the Republican candidates

Obama working to rebuild grassroots army!

TPM: Ryan Defends Medicare Privatization As Strengthening 'Welfare For Those Who Need It'

Pakistan to Return Remains of Secret Stealth Helicopter

President Obama drops his BlackBerry and his approval rating.

LOL! Cenk just showed a bunch of clips of Trump with no sound and he looks INSANE!

White House threatens to hold up key trade deals

POLL: Obama approval at 52% (+7), 72% like him personally, 59% say they may vote for him.

Which State Is Mitt Romney's Home State?

Supreme Court Sides With Police In Warrantless Search

'Newt Gingrich will Never be President'

Ayn Rand acolyte Ryan singing the same old 'class warfare' crap, 'empowering' seniors with vouchers

So Trump is out, Huck is out...

Who do you think will be the GOP nominee in 2012? & who do you wish it were?

Obama should go public with the hostage situation

Business community has felt "bruised" under Obama

All In The Family: Guess Who Comcast's Newest Lobbyist Is Related To!

The powers to be in the GOP don't give a rats ass if they win the presidency in 2012.

Newt's 'Food Stamp' Comments Belie His Own 'Food Stamp' Problem

Robert Samuelson: The elderly are better off than advertised

For Top 400 U.S. Taxpayers, a Near-Record Year

60 Minutes: A look at the "sovereign citizen" movement

Peak Oil: A Chance to Change the World

Big Oil, Playing the Victim

Adam Serwer, WaPo Op-Ed: Newt Gingrich’s clever race-mongering

BofA, others shouldn't spend shareholder money on politics

Rod Thornton's suspension is a serious attack on academic freedom

Credit Error? It Pays to Be on V.I.P. List

A Flea In His Ear (James Howard Kunstler)

Secessionist PORN! It's Newsweek's "Todd Palin can handle another campaign" steamy worship piece.

1961 Freedom Rider James Zwerg: Shocking photo created a hero, but not to his family

ISI stops sharing intel with CIA

Your education is not an equal opportunity

Unpreceden­ted Arrest of IMF Head Has Legal Experts Consulting 'Seinfeld'

Joan Walsh: Gingrich didn't call Obama a "strapping young buck," but ...

Time: Was Fukushima a China Syndrome?

Road taxes: Gas cars pay them, why not electric vehicles?

Arab Spring Headaches For Barack Obama

"Strauss-Kahn and the European Left" ---Robert Kuttner (A Good Read)

Why Big Oil Doesn't need to be on welfare

Troubled H-1B fraud case ends quietly

Investigation uncovers federal probe into Ohio charter school tax dollars spent overseas

It Takes a Drone to Bomb a Village of Children

The War Lovers: Why It Feels So Good to Be Embedded with the U.S. Military

Egypt Poll Frontrunner Says To Change Israel Tack

AIPAC, Glenn Beck, British Thugs, And Your Congressman

JEC Report Shows Repealing Tax Breaks for Major Oil Companies will not increase gas prices

Langan (D, WI) changes mind, won't run in recall against Cowles(up for recall, R)

Why Do People Become Homeless?

Selling Honduras Off to the Highest Bidder

"US studies legality of American-led private army" [Eric Prince's ZE Army]

Barry Goldman, LA Times: Wasps do it, but why should we?

Republicans menace America with another Financial 9-11. Their weapon of choice: the Default Bomb.

Are disasters in low-profile Japan a harbinger of modern civilization's darkness?

New Blog: Get your nerd on with documentation, diagrams, analysis about the Fukushima disaster

Report: BP nears deal key to Arctic exploration

Good news and bad news...

Justifying $15 Trillion for Renewables

TEPCO: No.4 blast due to hydrogen from No.3

Drumbeat from the weekend and today...

Rapid meltdown occur(ed) in No.1 reactor

Does a Monster Flood Have to Fuel a Monster Dead Zone Too?

Will Natural Gas Fuel America in the 21st Century?

nuclear plant no-entry zone expanded

Seawater found in coolant at Hamaoka plant

I'm a Climate Scientist (Hungry Beast music vid)

Was Fukushima a China Syndrome? [Time.com Ecocentric]

Fission plant insurance premium value 19.5 billion euros PER YEAR PER PLANT

Asahi: Core meltdowns "may have" occurred in #2 and #3 admitted in presser today

Germany readies $1.4B in aid for electric cars

The appalling track record of Japan's nuclear industry - Moneyweek (UK)

Splitting water to create renewable energy simpler than first thought?

Floods and fires ravage Canada

Japan: the new "setsuden" culture

Here's the Reality We Face

Cesium-137 still detected in samples of strawberries, kale, and grass from CA

Don Lemon.

NOM Stole My Hate Rally Video (From Joe My God's blog)

A Haven for Rastafarian Food

Allow me back in for a moment

At Anti-Gay Rally in NYC Rev. Calls Gay People 'Worthy of Death'

The First Paul (Marcus Borg & John Crossan)

60% say it's wrong to celebrate OBL's death; 65% say he's in hell

Religion is attempting to rewrite history as it happens. Where are the "moderates" crying foul?

Does an "afterlife" have to be related to religion or a belief in God?

Why are these three parables grouped together in the Book of Mathew?

R.I. judge upholds gun rights of medical-pot growers

More Bronx Drama........

One arrested after pointing loaded gun inside of a bar (IN)

Tressel hires attorney for NCAA inquiry

Sonics Advance To Western Conference Finals!

I have to stop by the Town Office and the grocery store today

The JR Chess Chess Report (May 16): Gelfand and Grischuk to meet in Candidates' Final

9 yo boy takes dangerous weapon aboard school bus

Red Crescent: 1 dead, 182 injured in Nakba protests

Cairo police clash with protesters at Israeli Embassy

Arab truck driver goes 'berserk' in apparent TA terror rampage

Israel's Palestinian Arab Spring

Obama to address pro-Israel group AIPAC

Israel to hand over Palestinian tax revenues

As Anti-Israel Ads Hit D.C. Metros, The Israel Project to Run Pro-Peace Ads on TV

Israeli troops kill unarmed Palestinian protestors on borders

Likud to PM: We will need to annex W. Bank settlements

Netanyahu: Israel willing to 'cede parts of our homeland' for true peace

Have to stop by the Police Station today

Former infantryman sentenced for selling machine guns and explosives

They crossed no borders

I have to go to town today.

Palestinians test tactic of unarmed mass marches

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