TATOO! ...Octomom gets a tattoo for all her kids - just like Angelina!
A quick note to President Obama
Mali protests against equal rights for women
ARTS: Kennedy Center president will tackle crisis in the arts
"Ours is not to reason why, ours is is but to do or die.
CBS News: A Gitmo Prosecutor's Act of Conscience
Congressman Wally 'a threat to democracy" Herger (R-CA) is a whore
Stranded vagabond from U.S. can't prove citizenship
Quick! call a whambulance: Rise of the Super-Rich Hits a Sobering Wall
What is it about white, male conservatives and guns?
What's Jon Stewart doing on his three weeks off?
That man! That's how my grandmother always referred
Web extra: Congressman Herger calls Obama plan 'threat to democracy'
My McGovern Democrat mother --
Idaho Republican who pulled a gun was on Glenn Beck's "9-12 Project" steering committee
Medevac choppers safer when publicly funded
Bush Officials Declined To File Charges Against CIA Officer Who Allegedly Used Gun In Interrogation
The vote to overturn the veto of discrimination against gays in Anchorage is on 8/25
Will the conservatives engage in civil disobedience if the health care bill passes?
Old newspaper headline. Could it be the beginning of the freeper signs??
As effective as a fart in a windstorm
Betsy McCaughey Resigns From Medical Board
Pres. Obama, please visit with the uninsured--on a televised primetime townhall...
Hey folks -- anyone moving on the Remote Area Medical free clinic in DC during health debate???
Tulsa World editorial: Another round in the abortion battle
Just one more day to FLUSH RUSH!
First question for anyone on TV debating health care should be, "Do you have health insurance?"
Framing. I wish Dems would point out, loud and often, that
Send A Support Letter To President Obama On Behalf Of Mad As Hell Doctors (link)
Sri Lanka to train Pakistani army
Sri Lanka to train Pakistani army
Can't donate this time so I made this Glen Beck gif.
Gay Boise Air Force Pilot 'outed' by false accusation
Gay Boise Air Force Pilot 'outed' by false accusation
How Many of the Corporate Media houses have been hiding
The Democrats MUST start calling the republicans out everyday as lying scum bags
It is really quite simple, get rid of the filibuster. It is time. Healthcare is important enough
The U.S., Canada and Tar Sands: Pollution Without Borders
Hey GOP: Insurance Companies send Pts out of this country
Prosecuting Bush et al would be a good political movie.
Chucking Grassley-Long live the death of bipartisanship!
Chucking Grassley-Long live the death of bipartisanship!
Unemployed and not able to afford insurance lady still against public option
Fearful of job cuts, Germany urges GM to decide Opel's fate
Which is worse, Dying from a enemy bomb attack or dying from a sickness without medical attention?
Birthers, Deathers, Free-Marketeers, & Imperialists: Check-In
After 45 years, stripper still packs 'em in (Carol Doda)
I want to apologize to the Scottish people for the rudeness of Blitzer
Nashville - Mary Mancini OWNS local RW radio shill. Must watch!
Public Option IS just a "sliver", but a CRUCIAL sliver.
When will the free download be posted for Michael Moore's new movie?
Enzi Joins Grassley, May Reject His Own Compromise
Enzi Joins Grassley, May Reject His Own Compromise
Remember after he "lost', all the big News shows constantly had Al Gore on
To me, the value and importance of human life supersedes keeping the filibuster.
Could SF Public Option Work for Progressive Dems?
Less than a year ago, Baucus and Conrad endorsed reconciliation for health care reform
RALLY FAIL: Recess Rally at Rep Cleaver's KC office - LOL!
I think Limbaugh's comeupance should sound something like a fart
For newer members or anyone not familiar wwith "morans" or "morels".
Am I the only one who sees this ad as wrong wrong wrong?
Some Very cool stickies up there.
Save The Hill of Tara (Ireland's Premier National Monument) from Motorway
'Good' Will Hunting: "Why shouldn't I work for the N.S.A.?"
'Good' Will Hunting: "Why shouldn't I work for the N.S.A.?"
They all know it's a charade. It's all they have left.
Teabaggers' dirty tricks at town halls. CongressCritters need to COUNT 'baggers & NOT give in.
Sexual Blackmail from the Bush DOJ?
Sexual Blackmail from the Bush DOJ?
Reich Wing C Span Caller Said Michelle Obama Has A Big Butt
"socialized medicine" and other fear tactics go back to truman and 1945
"socialized medicine" and other fear tactics go back to truman and 1945
Rally of support held for health care reform
Here is the actual math behind the healthcare reform debate
Would It Be Worse For Karzai to Steal the Election on the First Vote, or Go to Runoff?
Why do I get the impression that Obama is trying for "change" but nefarious forces think otherwise?
Planetary Capacity - a poem by Capt Paul Watson
ATTN CHRIS MATTHEWS: Tom Delay & Forced Abortions with the Stars VIDEO
Scotland defends Megrahi's release
Dean: GOP 'owes it to this country' to make healthcare stance clear
Don't private health insurance cos. invest your premiums on the market?
Wanted For Attempted Murder: Kent Conrad
Garamendi endorsments for California's 10th District.
Has any Democrat pointed out that it was the republicans who were against Medicare?
That is the most wonderful Cat I've ever seen. What is his name, please? nt
Why Democrats and Republicans will never come to agreement on healthcare
CIA Inspectors General Report on CIA due out tomorrow
New Homeless Campground May Soon Be Evicted (Sacramento)
Here's a little statistical comparison.....
Mark Twain: Corn-pone Opinions
Anyone know anything about this?
More Charges Related to Ongoing Abramoff Investigation
Forced Abortions With the Stars - Tom Delay
ACT LIKE AN AMERICAN! - here's a wingnut's response to the need for health care reform:
Coming next from the Right: the VA's Death Book
My cell phone pics of anti-Obama heatlh care protest
The pink sticky with the bug. Ugh!
EXCLUSIVE: Former Top Interrogators Back Wide-Ranging Criminal Probe Into Torture
Holding out on prosecution until Healthcare reform is in place?
Looking for the Deficit Chart as a % of GDP and Deficit since 1970
I hope that gnat flies into Limbaughs wide open maw
I hope that gnat flies into Limbaughs wide open maw
We gave it our best shot, two outta three?
Ling & Lee Under Fire from South Koreans (Al Gore's Current TV reporters)
One of the most singularly disgusting tv performance: Grassley on Face The Nation
Explain Portability for me. If a person has policy which company
Is there a poll for Iowa, Maine, Montana, North Dakota
And Rush takes one in the kisser!
OK, let's get down to brass tacks.....
Surprise: No Jobs Means No Consumer-Led Recovery
Study Demonstrates How We Support Our False Beliefs
Addison family relates tale of terror - Another whacked out Rethug brandishing a gun
10 more to go, people, to punch the Junkie Pedophile!
It was at 999 with the pink sticky and I posted POW - any way to confirm?
Hey MSNBC ! You wanna a nice 'filler" story?
The health care debate will probably come to a screeching halt for a while.
With congress and the president both on vacation, to whom will the auto dealers beg and whine for
COLBERT treadmill scheduled to go into space - NASA embraces pop culture on next shuttle flight
Can the third branch of government decide the Health Care debate?
Super Happy Fun Post-Something-Stupid thread.
Even the American Library Association wants single-payer health care
So I'm watching a town hall on C-Span with Congressman Gene Taylor, Mississippi.
Steny Hoyer - I want you to step down from Majority Whip, if you ARE not backing Pelosi
A Walk Down Memory Lane: What Went Wrong With Clinton's American Health Security Act of 1993
Medical Tourism for Insured Patients at a Glance
Gov. David Paterson blames calls for him to step aside on race
Anybody else having a problem with bugs on their monitor?
Fox furthers 'death panel' hysteria with 'death book' claim
Louisiana/New Orleans hurricane response poll
Louisiana/New Orleans hurricane response poll
So McCain says "No Public Option" but He, Collins and Lieberman offer Military Equipment for Libya??
Lawsuit: Red-Light Cams Unconstitutional
Fake Kenyan Death Panel applications now available on line
Why Did the Bear Cross the Road? For Health Care
A new form of advertising evil I just noticed today.
Who Was The Comedian Keith Referred to About Rush Limbaugh?
Lockerbie release could topple SNP government
Currency Changeover post has been 'disappeared'. Why?
Terror suspect to be named Iranian defense minister
Congratulations DU. 1000 donations!! nt
I have a new one. Someone told me today that Obama
GOP congressman supports ‘proud right-wing terrorist’
Pentagon Reverses Policy, Giving Names of Detainees to the Red Cross
So how do you like my sticky? EH? Pretty sweet, isn't it?
Russian President Medvedev shows off “possible future world currency”
Why do we continue to help elect Senators and Congressmen so tied to special interests??
I just noticed something. Maybe I'm late to realize it. (gov't programs vs. charity)
EU to draft new immigration policy by October
Afghanistan- "Go tell the world about our fake election"
Can anyone top this embarrassing teabagger story?
Evangelical Lutherans vote to allow gay pastors (There are Evangelical Lutherans???)
US names secret terror suspects
US names secret terror suspects
Finally! Rush got his and they're all getting the snot beat out of them again!
Expanding Medicare to all could create more jobs, not lose jobs as the
WHY CONSERVATIVES DON'T REASON
Mercury Marine to Close Union Shop in Wisconsin, move to Oklahoma.
Will WalMart and McDonalds be forced to buy Health Insurance for their employees?
US workplace suicides up by 28 percent
Why people in the US are so satisfied with their health care system
Panels? Almost Nobody Gets Unlimited Treatment Now
Report Details Alleged CIA Abuses
How you can help save the world by helping women
How you can help save the world by helping women
Health care in the U.S. costs the most, not the best in the world!
Oops...dentist mistakenly extracts 16 teeth!!
Oops...dentist mistakenly extracts 16 teeth!!
4 big health reform myths cloud national debate
Grassley Reverses Course: No Death Panels In Bill
53 Year Old guy I Know That lost His Job
The Conservative Mindset......A Postcard from Great Britain
Haaretz: Netanyahu wants meeting with Abbas at UN
One woman takes on King Coal. And wins.
Plane hit by 3 cars after Calif. freeway landing - story with pics
Strange converation at the game store yesterday with I suspect a fundy
daugher of 'Migrant Mother' (famous photo) cleans houses 6/7 days a wk at age 77
McCain Defends Palin's 'Death Panel' Remark
Flashback to Death Panel: Family sues insurer (Cigna) who denied teen transplant
GOP congressman supports ‘proud right-wing terrorist’
To The Birfers, Deathers, Tea Baggers et al. America is NOT Your Country
Wonkette: Peggy Noonan Abhors This Tasteless Measure To Bring Health To Humans
AP - "NKorea's Kim wants summit with SKorea" - Wonder Where Things Would Be If Gingrich/McCain...
Reuters: Pot Kills Cancer But Don’t Even Think About Using It!
Plastics industry fights back re: BPA
Ridiculous Tea Party sign: "Leave my lightbulbs alone!"
Millions face smaller Social Security checks
FOX gives out family's address on air, wrongly says terrorist lives there, with predictable results
Jeff Sharlet radio interview (mp3 audio)
So I hear Hannity is not ruling out a run for President in 2012.... per World Nut Daily (W/ link)
Attention Twitterers: Check out the Tweet Progress Directory.
State considers dropping ban on happy hour ads
Holy crap... Are you watching that Fareed Zakaria interview with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao?
Three weeks without Jon Stewart
Number 432 in the many ways to spot a freeper
No @#&!, Sherlock: Prehistoric Cave Bears Were Ferocious and Other Obvious Science
Good News For Cons (Repub or Dem)
I wish there was some way we could cut off health care for congress
Health-care reform: Medical insurers poised to reap a healthy 'bonanza'
Hell just froze over -- David Gregory corrected a Republican
Millions Face Shrinking Social Security Payments
Millions Face Shrinking Social Security Payments
Millions face shrinking Social Security payments
98-year-old nursing home volunteer: Dynamic resident spends her time helping Alzheimer's patients
Why can't we all just get along? (like these two)
Healthcare around the world - BBC comparison chart & info
'Pink, Pixie Dust ' Falling From The Sky!
Empty office buildings (20.5%) dot Silicon Valley
1999 Gov. George W. Bush Death Panel killed baby boy
If a foreigner unexpectedly needs health care in the U.S. while visiting, how's it handled?
BTW...whats the scoop re them asshole Somolian Pirates? They all been killed yet?
Top Intel Experts: GOP ‘Covering Their Ass’ on Torture Investigation
Katrina vanden Heuvel: What's DeLay's Dance?
Illinois GOP forgets American flag during Pledge of Allegience, Gene comes to the rescue
NYT: Officials Weigh Circumcision to Fight H.I.V. Risk
No more Missing white cheerleaders for Faux
I am so Mad! Just Heard Lieberman On CNN say:::
Do health insurance companies actually serve any useful purpose?
Help: Heathcare costs for US vs Europe/Canada in 1994 vs 2009
No seriously - did conservatives really produce an ad
Roosevelt was smart "Give people JOBS"
All these years Craig T. Nelson (TV Series Coach) wasn't acting
NYT: Starbucks Workers Protest Rise in Health Premiums (will double it as nation debates health care
Real reason for Megrahi's release - to save Scottish justice system from embarrassment.
Parents ban tween ritual of sleepovers, cite safety
NYT Editorial: "Any nation as rich as ours ought to guarantee health coverage for all its residents"
After 5 Years of Legal Gay Marriage, MA Still Has Lowest Divorce Rate in US
May I present Ladies and Gents, an Alternate Theory of Max Baucus
Looks like an Afghanistan escalation is coming soon
Our nation would rather pay for a needless war than health care
Petition asking progressive Reps not to cave on public option.
Hurricane Wave Sweeps 20 to Sea in Maine!
Why is Joe Lieberman still chairman of anything?
Why is Joe Lieberman still chairman of anything?
“To the Person Sitting in Darkness” - Mark Twain
New photo shows healthier Fidel Castro meeting with Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa
CorpMedia, The Seattle Times, doing its part to scuttle the public option.
Jill Simspon's letter to Murdock - Karl Rove is a "liar, and you have provided the cold hard proof"
P.S. - Der Speigel Names Head of Blackwater "Hitman" Squad
Shall we adopt a fear-based strategy to promote health care reform?
isn't it child abuse to feed mercury tainted fish to children?
Man held in kidnap, rape of 7-year-old autistic girl
Is Obama on the verge of committing impeachable offenses by not prosecuting the tyranny of Bushco?
Kids born outside of hospitals (in US) have trouble establishing identity
Cambridge police release details of Crowley’s record
Would a _national_ co-op be possible?
How many DUers support the teaching of Catholicism in the public schools (or any religion)?
1990s Lotto jackpot winner now runs summer camp
Beck's flap shows advertisers must choose between large audience and controversy
How do private insurance companies make a profit?
Capt Paul Watson - Dodging, Chasing, Luring Japanese Whalers to Save Whales, Huffington Post
Former Bill Clinton official writes scathing op-ed on coverage of Hillary Clinton
My sister just about died because she has no insurance
Why we need the public option.
Don't pull the plug on the status quo........(dial-up warning)
FYI -- Hadassah Lieberman is up to her ass in hc special interest money . Always has been.
FYI -- Hadassah Lieberman is up to her ass in hc special interest money . Always has been.
Excellent comeback against those who say the public option would kill insurance companies.
Can someone help me find a comprehensive explanation of the organized rallies and town hall
"Who would Jesus deny Health Care to?"
Things that make you say "Huh?"
At least 10 countries still practice whaling.
AP: List of Fox advertisers no longer airing commercials on Beck reaches 33
Question for DUer's: Will you take the H1N1 (Swine Flu) vaccine when it's available?
Matt Taibbi: 'It is a fight to the finish now between Really Bad and Even Worse.'
Are they talking us down now...softening us up to accept a lesser health care plan?
Attention DU, desperately need some advice!
The best argument for Health care reform (and single-payer) with moderates is competitiveness
"..an Armed Citizenry is Not the Basis for our Freedoms. ....
We tried it your way, assholes!
The Best Wellness Plan: Public Transportation
"Universal health care 'ungodly' " - LTTE
I'm depressed today...something about the national tone reminds me of those horrible years when the
Murrysville couple challenges home-school law
Don't EVER.... A note to socialism-hating conservatives.
What To Call The Anti-Health Care Side
Poll question: *** AUGUST PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST - FINALS***
What Democratic Senators have indicated (so far) that they will not vote for a public option?
I Gots Me the Health Care Blues Just From Reading the News
Forget Teens: Gamers Are 35, Overweight — And Sad, CDC says
"Is it a crime now to be poor?" by Barbara Ehrenreich
I Am Sick To Death Of All This Fucking Around
USA: Denial of parole to Leonard Peltier after more than 32 years in prison, disappointing
David Bowie's best role to date is as LRH in "Atlantis Squarepantis"
I want to create a thread that always lives.
Just got back from watching "Inglourious Basterds". (No Spoilers)
Words that change their meaning by adding one letter to the beginning or end?
The Good, The Bard, and The Ugly
Dodecahedron appreciation thread!!!
You know, it truly is the little things
Anyone can bash a comic-- let us know who your favorites are...
Would you sooner lend somone your
August Photo Contest FINALS are now posted in GD.
*******HAPPY 45th BIRTHDAY to Redleg!!*******
*******HAPPY BIRTHDAY to SheilaT!!*******
*******HAPPY BIRTHDAY to jpgray!!*******
*******HAPPY BIRTHDAY to malmapus!!*******
*******HAPPY BIRTHDAY to GardeningGal!!*******
*******HAPPY 24 th ANNIVERSARY to CC!!*******
Boy Teh Lounge really sucks lately.
Who do I call to get this fixed?
What do you want from life? Well you can't have that, but...
This is dedicated to all the threads that continue to hang around....
Not only doesn't the Lounge NOT suck, it's better than ever
Congratulations intheflow! 20,000 posts!
Another reason why Nabisco is so awesome.
Texas: In Demand (with Alan Rickman)
If by "better" you mean boring as fuck, then I agree the lounge is better than it ever was...
How many rugs does it take to change a lightbulb?
I need your help DUers! What is the name of this movie?
Nice to know some sensible people still exist:
4 Stars.....No more games people : )
If by "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" you mean "I CAN Believe it's Not Butter"...
My husband vs. the gummint haters
Wal-Mart worker accused of beating boss with bat
Favorite Outer Banks Lighthouse?
If somebody keeps posting stickies about silly 911 conspiracy theories,
I have determined that my threads don't sink. My threads are so
Can someone please finger Tim Lincecum as a juicer so his wins are disqualified
DU Song Of The Day .. Celebrate
Have you ever done something so stupid?
I want to squish the bug on that pink stickey
Okay, 2 bugs are up there now. Get them in the same square and
How many threads have you killed today?
I want to squish the bug on that green stickey
I want to squish the bug on that red stickey
If by "good" you mean "abominable cliched shitty dreck", then the new Star Trek movie is "good"
M*#*&f**#n' snakes on the m*#*&f**#n' FedEx plane!
Have you ever Shocked Your Monkey?
Call me a nazi but I'm going to hoard incandescent bulbs.
My tallest sunflower this year.
I dropped a cheese pizza off my roof and it reminded me of Hans Gruber
Today is the 235th day of 2009.
Gloucester & Rockport MA this morning. DIAL UP WARNING!!!
Deal Alert: Carhartt Double-Front Pant (Mens)
Wrong thinking is punishable, right thinking will be as quickly rewarded
worst episode ever is the best episode ever
Yeah, but would you take the book home to meet your mother?
Life sucks without a working laptop at home
Life sucks without a working laptop at home
Life sucks without a working lapdancer at home
The Wiggles made a Bryan Ferry joke at their show this afternoon.
Not that I'm COMPLAINING, but it says I donated to the 3rd quarter drive and I didn't yet...
Web designers: Would you use transparent PNG files?
Name the single most UNWELCOME musical "comeback" by a band or solo performer
I finally watched the Beatles Anthology in 5.1 surround sound
Well done Paula Creamer! Am I the only DUer watching the Solheim Cup?
We are stardust, We are golden, We are billion year old carbon
You know that thing you click on to make it so it does what you want?
Michael Jackson's Personal Artist captured singer's fantasies
I'm going to see The Wiggles this afternoon! (Do they have a live band at their shows?)
Mad Men, two minutes. Pour your Old Fashioneds and fasten on your pee buckets
I love Fiona Apple and sauropods!
Poll question: the new GI Joe Movie
Identify these four people for a star! Four people = Four stars!
Who is the man in this picture?
Sean Hannity at Toupeeornottoupee.com, please vote
Do you think Inglourious Basterds will get a Best Picture nom?
White Trash Dinner of Chicken & Rice with Onions -
Oh yeah? Well MY daughter is creating her own lassiez-faire capitalist/Randian Lego town.
can someone explain the appeal to Tim and Eric Awsome Show Good job?
Why do women complain about their purse hurting their back when they know it has too much stuff?
These words of wisdom NEVER get old...
I love 'John Carpenter's The Thing'...such a great movie.
The late, great Mr. Warren Zevon.
What are your top 10 favorite ACTION movies?
Worst Character Name in a Movie?
Would you move into a house where a murder or suicide took place in?
I can't do this stuff very well, so I take pictures instead.
*****CONGRATULATIONS to graywarrior!!! You Have the Longest DU Thread, Evah!!!"*****
That is the most wonderful Cat I've ever seen. What is his name, please? nt
So I got a facebook page...(long)
Anyone see District 9 and would you recommend it?
Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Somewhere In Nepal Edition
Another reason Sisko is so damn awesome.
Best Singer and Drummer Ever!!
Yipes, Steve Tyler ain't looking too well.
the worst thing I've EVER seen in a supermarket
What is your choice for the best film costume ever worn?
Do you love where you live and why?
You know what sucks? I'll tell you what sucks
Manila detains ship for arms smuggling
Audit finds Texas border program creates trooper shortages elsewhere
U.S. Shifts, Giving Names of Detainees to the Red Cross
Geithner Says No Tilt to Goldman
Goal of Unified Europe Falters Amid Downturn
Venezuela sees economy skirting recession-report
Wild Fire in Greece Forces Evacuation of 10,000
Netanyahu enters Sweden organ row
Top Intel Experts: GOP ‘Covering Their Ass’ on Torture Investigation
Union rejects pact, Mercury Marine to move jobs.
Union rejects pact, Mercury Marine to move jobs.
Afghan challenger alleges fraud
(California) State GOP may restrict primary to party members
Empty office buildings (20.5%) dot Silicon Valley
Without reform, health insurance rates to nearly double in 11 years
Analyst Bove sees 150-200 more U.S. bank failures
Fugitive Jenkins found dead in B.C. motel
Ryan Jenkins (Jasmine Fiore's husband) found dead in motel room
Poll: Harry Reid faces formidable foes in 2010
Iraqi suspect: It cost $10,000 to pass checkpoints
Mali protest against women's law
U.S. Military Says Its Force in Afghanistan Is Insufficient
'Cash is king' in market for foreclosed homes
US Military Chief: Afghanistan Situation is 'Serious and Deteriorating'
Venezuela sees economy skirting recession-report
Senior Democrat warns Senate won't pass public health insurance option
McCain: Obama must drop health care public option
Lieberman: ‘There’s No Reason’ To Deal With The Uninsured Until After The Recession
Sen. R.C. Soles (D-N.C.) shoots one of two home intruders
Thousands evacuated as fires reach Athens suburbs
Hurricane Wave Sweeps Spectators Out to Sea (in Maine)
Millions face shrinking Social Security payments
UBS chairman says clients "not harmless victims": report
Mullen worried over public support for Afghan war
Baucus: “I Want a Public Option”
Photo published of a healthier Fidel Castro meeting with Rafael Correa in Cuba
Free hepatitis A vaccination offered to beachgoers
Debt collectors illegally threatened arrest, assault
Healthcare insurers get upper hand
Customers call for Whole Foods boycott
Rebuilding New Orleans still a priority, Obama says
Crash Couse in the Public Option: Learn What It Is, What It Isn't, And How It's Doing
Pelosi, San Francisco and a public option that works.
It's 3 a.m. Do You Know Where Hillary Clinton Is?
Where in the HELL is Oprah during this heathcare reform crisis!
I don't care, I am so proud of Obama........
NYT: Most of Obama’s Top Appointees Are Not in Place
A Real Public Option does not exist in any of the bills currently written - Read this article....
Warning: Co-op Kool Aid Is Bad for Your Health
I want Obama to stop taking advice from Tom Daschle and summon Paul Krugman instead
Obama: "We're going to get this done" (August 20 event)
Oh, noes! Michelle not only wears shorts, but a dress from Target
Bill Moyers - Single Payer Insurance [VIDEO] - (Old Show, Still Informative)
The Cat, the Bag - and Other Tall Tales
A public option that "competes" on a level playing field with private insurance is doomed to fail
Beck Story goes mainstream: AP: Beck has lost 33 sponsors - "toxic asset"
Top Ten Differences Between Bush & Obama First 7 Months
The CEO of United Health makes $102,000 an hour..........
PNHP on Massachusetts Program - (please stop holding up MA as some great example to follow)!
Some ideas posted here would be a lot more credible with a list of 50 conceivable Senate votes.
NYT editorial: The Uninsured (2004 est. 18,000 deaths a year due to lack of insurance)
Sen. Schumer contradicts Sen. Conrad
Surreal & Bizarre - Terms and Talking Points in the Health Care 'Debate'
Trailer for Michael Moore's new movie 'Capitalism:A Love Story'
Send free fax to Congress for Single Payer - takes 30 seconds!
NYT: Senate Democrats Consider Tactic to Push Through Government Health Plan
Something to consider when looking at the polls
Sen. Baucus: "I want a public option too."
PHOTOS Dog Gone (from Washington)
poll on Obama and Democrats/liberals: “the first sign that something is going wrong with his base.
Lieberman: ‘There’s No Reason’ To Deal With The Uninsured Until After The Recession
GrASSley Reverses Course: No Death Panels In Bill
How are things going in here these days?
As A Public School Teacher, I Would Like This Administration To Use A More Comprehensive
Right, Joe (Scarborough). Repubs. are innocent in this-it's the DEMS.' fault that the bill is
Please don't be a patsy and fall for what Schumer labels the "level playing field" Pub Option
I thought of a great storyline for the "West Wing" (if it was still on TV)
The dumbest three sentences of last week
(Trigger Talk Is Back) Blue Dog Leader: Public Option Unlikely To Survive Conference Report
McCain: Kennedy's Absence Is Damaging Health Care's Prospects
Was not here when Andy was an advocate. May his soul RIP, What a guy!
How about some kind ot indication---maybe an icon---in the subject line for "joke" posts?
Tammy Duckworth "Death Book Debate" (Fox) transcript links here:
Expensive Without the Results...Health Care in America
Who got the pleasure of knocking Rush? Was hoping to but the time difference is another story. Kudos
Afghanistan: Law Curbing Women’s Rights Takes Effect : Human Rights Watch News Release
Herger (Repug-CA) calls Obama plan 'threat to democracy', refers to "terrorist" as "great American"
PHOTOS Where's the time going? A year ago today.
Be honest, those insecty things in the stickies above....did you try to flick them off your screen?
Why the Gang of 6 Is Deciding Health Care for 300 Million of Us by Robert Reich
Obama's drop in his poll numbers is his BASE
POTUS Tracker - Analyzing Obama's schedule
Sen. Conrad's desperate lie about reconciliation; Sen. Grassley makes no sense
Uninsured: Highest Percentage in Texas - List of Top and Bottom 10
Why can't we just tell congress we want medicare open to all?
Hatch: using reconciliation to pass health care reform "would be an abuse of the process"
Health debate hurt by Kennedy's absence !!!
Maui supercomputing center gets huge boost and stimulus $ for photovoltaic research and development
Howard Dean: "We’re getting pretty mixed signals from Senator Grassley"
State Senate leader mulls primary run against Lincoln
If you have the laws, you don't need the public option.
President Obama & Staff/Admin quietly kicks them PUBICs....signs abound he is doing GREAT
Obama May Visit Ailing Kennedy - could provide a rallying point for Democrats
Doonesbury website poll: 'Is Obama a Nazi?'
New deficit projections pose risks to Obama's agenda
Who thinks the Obama vacation is coming at a good time?
Never mind the ice cream cone, what do his eyes say?
I was just listening to some asshole on BBC radio...
Daschle Has the Ear of the White House and the Health Industry
Tell everybody waiting for Superman
Second largest bank failure this year: Austin's Guaranty Bank taken over by Compass
Great story! Senator Mike Mansfield and the Miner
Douglas Coe Theocracy in America
TYT Interviews: Seder w/ Max Blumenthal On Why The Right Wing Is Nuts
Bill Maher New Rules Aug 21 09
Grassley Calls Out Sebelius For Conflict On Health Reform
Waltzing Matilda - Sea Shepherd 2009 Antarctic Campaign to Stop Japanese Whaling
I CAN HAS CRAZEE? The thrilling one-two truthiness punch of Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin
Tanya Tarr on Why Democrats Should Love Unions - Netroots Nation Day 1
Stewart Acuff Explains the Employee Free Choice Act - Netroots Nation Day 1
This Week-Paul Krugman: Public Option opponent's arguments are "sheer nonsense"
Climate Denial Crock of the Week - Denial was a River in Africa
A message from a terrorist LOSER!
Young Turks: Who Wants Urns Shaped Like A Loved One's Head??
Bill maher pitches Jay Leno an idea for a show
Right-wing terrorist calling for a million armed man march on Washington
Fox's Talking Point Whore, Colby, Continues to Lie
Stewart Acuff on Passing the Employee Free Choice Act - Netroots Nation Day 1
TYT w/ Sam Seder: The MSM Blames Liberals For Mediocre Reporting
Howard Dean on Face The Nation August 23. "Health Co-Ops Just Political Theater"
Lieberman: Let's worry about the uninsured until after the recession is over
FOX News Interviews VA's Tammy Duckworth About "Death Book For Veterans"
Thousand Dollar Video: A very simple message about health care reform
Put an end to Insurance Companies rationing of Health Care
Barney Frank Was Right...You Can't Argue With Angry, Crazy Or Hatred
Ex-staffer at Dimona nuclear reactor says made to drink uranium (Israel)
Daschle Has the Ear of the White House and the Health Industry (NYT)
Pat Buchanan: Sarah and the death panels
Health Insurance Preimums to Rise 94 Percent by 2020: Report
Could US Officials Please Treat a Nobel Peace Laureate with Respect?
The Learning Curve of the Teachers vs. the Honduras Coup By Al Giordano
How the media made this summer's political insanity inevitable
Blackwater's Unwritten Death Contract By Ray McGovern
Another Tom Ridge Bombshell: Bushies Also Had a Color Code for Domestic Policy
Venezuela Begins Training Communal Police
In Pictures: The Obamas head for Martha's Vineyard
Right-Wing Cuban Terrorist behind Honduras Coup!
What I love about socialized medicine: Common decency
GOP to Support Public Option, As Long As It’s 'Privatized' to Blackwater
In These Times: Dixie Media Versus Unions
The empire’s operatives exposed: The Krongards, 9/11, and Blackwater/Iraq
Godmothers: Italy sees rise of women in Neapolitan crime
Krugman Defines a New Economic State - Purgatory...ABC
Pinochet's lost millions: the UK connection
Universal Health Care Message to Americans From Canadian Doctors & Health Care Experts
Mike Honda & Danny Glover: Minority report
The Problem of the Small State Senator by mcjoan
Why We Need Government-Run Universal Socialized Health Insurance (For Dummeez)
Something old and something new in commercial solar energy
Georgia Public Broadcasting: Biofuel (corn ethanol) Plant in South GA Struggling
Lithium Battery Cell Degradation Resulting from Realistic Vehicle and V2G Utilization
1-Meter Sea Level Rise Means Loss Of 1/3 Of Mekong Delta - Reuters
Chokepoints Holding Northwest Passage Closed For Now, Despite Near-Record Arctic Basin Ice Loss
Climate change doubles tundra plant life, boosting shrubs, grasses
Putting a price on walkability (CNNMoney.com) {check your walkability score!}
Escalating Nuclear Reactor Costs Seen In Major Reversals For Industry On Wall Street And In Texas, …
(Somewhat off-topic) Study Demonstrates How We Support Our False Beliefs
Chagas, Dengue, Toxacara - Common In Developing World - Now Spreading Among Poor Americans - WSJ
NPR: For Early Man, It Wasn't Easier Being Green
Two German Cargo Ships Depart Vladivostok Bound For Holland - W/O Icebreakers - Reuters
Pujols first 5000 at-bats best in Senior Circuit history
Gloat-free Baseball Scores (Saturday, August 22)
Wakefield to replace Penny in line-up
Busch, Martin stage thrilling duel at Bristol
Brett Favre: What he said, what he meant
Rockies overwhelm the Giants 14-11, to pad their wild-card lead.
Florida is No. 1 AP preseason Top 25
I bet Tim Lincecum will remember Seth Smith's name after today.
Pirates Ship of Baseball Fools:
DUzy award today in the Sports Forum...
Funny toon in today's paper >>
The JR Chess Report (August 23): Chuckie Takes Jermuk
Tough way to die for the Mets today.
Philly turns unassisted triple play
Upton! What happened to the small men and Timmy this afternoon?
Venezuela sees economy skirting recession-report
Sarkozy to visit Bolivia in Sept
Manila detains ship for arms smuggling
Venezuela sees economy skirting recession-report
In Addition to Original Charges, 6 of 24 Political Prisoners to Face Charge of “Jeopardizing Nationa
EL FRENTE NACIONAL CONCERT TODAY: VOCES CONTRA EL GOLPE
Honduras Reports Lack of Towns Named for Oliver North
The Learning Curve of the Teachers vs. the Honduras Coup
Photo published of a healthier Fidel Castro meeting with Rafael Correa in Cuba
Washington Post: Solar Energy Firms Leaving Their Waste in China.
Second Amendment cases up early
Report Slams Israeli Claim of Settlement Freeze
Netanyahu enters Sweden organ row
Guardian: Jewish groups accuse Obama of promoting 'ethnic cleansing'
Today in Labor History Aug 23 Sacco and Vanzetti were executed, & the largest murder trial in U.S.
Health Care ‘Co-Ops’: Strategy for Killing Real Health Care Reform
Volkswagen Says Labor Agreement Reached With Workers in Mexico
New York City Opera Reaches Agreement with Singers Union
Machinists, attendants may face fight at Delta
Western Union to pay $4.1M to shore up retirement plan
Pilots union blasts release of Lockerbie bomber
NYT: In N.F.L.’s Labor Talks, the Rumblings of War
Ex-manager: Company insisted workers sign forms (afraid of EFCA!)
Philly Guild Files NLRB Complaint Over Lack of Bargaining
AFL-CIO Convention Meeting in City Rich with Labor History
Sims Bark and Sims Stone faces $576K in OSHA fines
OSHA levels a $90,000 fine for fatal accident against ConAgra and NW Metal Fabricators Inc.
Unions Buoyed by Rejection Of Pr. George's Furloughs
Unemployment for women remains at the highest point in years
AT&T Faces Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Refuting the Lies Pushed by Health Care Reform Opponents
Study finds S.F. health plan didn't hurt jobs
Unions invest in N.C. Democrats
Hartmarx ‘Victory’ No Longer Sweet for Rock Island Workers
ACLU Sues ‘Sheriff Joe’ for Racial Profiling, Worksite Detentions
Union workers reject Mercury Marine pact
August Photo Contest FINALS are now posted in GD.
They are called "waders" (dial up warning)
Excellent photo essay from the NYTimes "lens" blog
Upwards lightning caught on film
Update: Call For Debate On Killer Robots
Ink found in Jurassic-era squid
Image of the Apollo 14 landing site and nearby Cone crater.
What the Bank Stress Tests Didn't Predict
"... we were told that the Stimulus bill would halt unemployment at 8%?"
Russian President Medvedev shows off “possible future world currency”
Medicare's Hospital Insurance (HI) reserves exhausted in 2017, Boards of Trustees
So if Medicare (and social security) are going to run out of money why isn't
Who rammed a bill through Congress??
What would you be willing to co-pay for a Public Option?
Medicare's reserves "exhausted in 2017"? -but ENDLESS $$ for War????
Kitty acting very strange again. I hope you can stand another tale about Benny.
I am feeling the Drag of the Old Energies and it REALLY bugs me
"Perfecting Our Purpose" - Karen Bishop - August 22, 2009
Let's Throw A Birthday Party for GardeningGal
We need to return to the ideas of Adam Smith
Weekly Healing Project #30 | Aug 23-29 | Decluttering on all levels & release of scarcity part II
A 'wretched, backward, uncivilized regression to the Middle Ages'
Laughable Times editorial about science and religion coming together over evolution.
"World’s first Muslim superheroes, the 99, out to conquer the West"
New to DU, New to Dr Bronner's dish soap Just bought Sal Suds
Sunday in the Happy Hippy Kitchen.
Report on TX-22 town hall 8/22
Here is an intelligent yet paranoid Conspiracy Theory website
How does it change direction? (edited)
I can google this but does anyone know right off hand if the NYTIMES has
Larry Knechtel dies at 69; bassist, keyboardist (You probably know some of his work.)
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