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Archives: May 25, 2010

Supreme Court Should Strike Down Arizona Subsidy For Religious Schools, Says Americans United

Why is Facebook's Propaganda in the Washington Post?

La. AG: State will protect wetlands regardless

Teacher in trouble after students don Klan robes

Hilary, dust off those old Pumas

Celebration honors Soldier diversity

Justices make it easier for employees to win legal fees in disability cases

Cuts to Child Care Subsidy Thwart More Job Seekers

The Greeks Get It by Chris Hedges

The Old Enemies By PAUL KRUGMAN

EPA pages on Facebook (Main EPA one and Lisa Jackson's)

This is not my beautiful campaign song! David Byrne sues Charlie Crist for using "Road To Nowhere."

Somebody gave me a donor star! :)

Banquet - Joni Mitchell

Facebook Group: P.A.L.I.N (People Against the Little Imbecile No-nothing)

Obama's new USJFCOM General

Something is going on at the oil spill live cam.

EPA Releases BP's Response to Directive on Dispersants

Minerals Revenue Management: Money Money Money

Minerals Revenue Management: Money Money Money

Watch this DUers - graphic scenes

Canada requires oil companies drill a relief well alongside the exploratory well

Obama to get oil spill report Thursday. Leak frightened and fears a White Paper.

Uranium swap may help solve Iranian nuclear problem - UN chief

Boston Properties drops bid for 1 WTC

Brittany Murphy's husband died waiting for surgery

NOAA Updates (Shows what they are doing to date.)

Yoga for Cancer Patients Provides Benefits of Sleep, Vitality

Data.gov - hundreds of applications available

Oil Reporter App Makes Sure No Toxic Sludge Goes Unnoticed

Breaking: Compromise on DADT

dear democratic underground.....you're welcome

Bucket List Question: Have you ever touched or swam with a dolphin or whale?

US Companies Face Debt Crisis As Spreads Widen

Do latinos take French or German, etc. classes in HS?

Arizona immigration law: Que lastima internacional

If I were to pour a bottle of motor oil on a beach, I'd get arrested...

For teachers (and parents/etc) who want to teach about the gulf : (Drilling for oil game and more)

Dorothy Kamenshek, Inspiration for "A League of Their Own Character" dies at 84

Corporatism: are we there yet?

Just heard the term to replace "spill" to describe the gulf disaster on Countdown....

EPA: Air, Water, Sediment data in Gulf normal (tests between May 16-23)

So who won the fruit -plate, err....I mean the Ipad? n/t

KKKarl sez it's ALL "about stiring up Latino votes" - WELL, KKKarl, quit being who you ARE!1 n/t

Brothers embark on walk across America to fight corporate personhood

American workers starting to feel confident enough in job market to say "I quit"

Watching CSPAN right now: repeat of 2010 Whistleblowers Assembly

Protesters demand BP be shut down over oil spill

CNN Poll: 57% of Americans still support offshore drilling

Request from Nat'l Religious Campaign Against Torture: House of Reps to vote on Amendment

IF BP Was A Suspected Muslim Terrorist...

We should seriously question the sanity of people running for office..

We should seriously question the sanity of people running for office..

Democrats are wimps

Mandatory Monday Malloy Truthseekers check in!!

More Workers Start to Quit

Oops - Dupe!

BP oil spill: How to save wetlands? Set them on fire, maybe

BP oil spill: How to save wetlands? Set them on fire, maybe

RUMMY Really Did Think He Was King!

Gulf catastrophe linked to Congress' oil-friendly tax breaks and financial benefits (L.A. Times)

Any DU Helium.com Users Pls Vote 4 My Contest Article

Gulf spill raises questions about Exxon Valdez law Twenty years ago, Congress passed a law to deal w

Just WHY is KKKarl Rove still spouting crap in public and NOT in a prison forever?!1 n/t

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear Hits Rand Paul For His 'Radical Philosophy'

Blackwater confirmation

Best TV Source for BP Gusher Info: Anderson Cooper 360

Movie, "Towering Inferno" versus BP's Deepwater Horizon

Question: Is Obama just a soldier for "The Big Club"?

Barack Obama seeks line-item veto....

Libertarians and Inalienable Rights...toon

My daughter graduated from college this past weekend (yeah!)

Westboro Baptists Picket Dio's funeral

Tony Blair's new role: Corporate Shill

Rachel gets a real answer from Steven Chu...

When the Leaders Lead, the People Have Sorrow (Help Send Marcy Winograd to Congress)

Fox Asks GOPer: 'Where do WE Stand' with Midterm Elections ?

Has anyone called for BP CEO to resign? The last BP CEO resigned in 2007 - due to his personal life

Student Sued for $750,000 for Facebook Acct criticizing Towing Company

Tinfoil Hat? Monkeyfister has screen shots and analysis of violent activity from the Oil Cam nt

Oh, deah! The Duchess of York's sting tapes

"Blue Gal" scores again...Rand Paul, the anti-Obama: "No We Can't"

TroubleTown......Arizona Sheriff Joe's Handout to his officers

Action Alert - Making State Single Payer Options Possible Before 2017

Russia to send plane to help victims of Turkish bus crash

Weird things happen as a result of an innocent action!

Santorum has some advice for tea party

Pat Buchanan the Hitler loving asshole defends Joe McCarthy and Texas School Board

President Obama breaks emergency war spending pledge. "Last planned war supplemental" not the last.

“attrition through enforcement"-catchphrase of the the right-wing Federation for American Immigratio

Report: Majority Of Government Doesn't Trust Citizens Either

Obama administration defends BP response to oil spill disaster

To save some birds ( an outside the box idea)

Local Tea Party regroups for strategy session

Toon: The Surrender

Lots of talk about FDR these days

U.S.-Mexico trade and the Arizona law

Hey! I donated to the 2nd quarter fund drive! It says so right there ^

Submit a Technology Solution for the leak directly to EPA:

Help me list the elements of bourgeois America.

The 28th Amendment?........Interview with U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards

PA congressman Patrick Murphy's effort to end DADT - link-

Oil Spewing in the Gulf- Now is the Time for the NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY TRUST

Talk about failing to learn from history.

Oil Executives March On D.C.

CC: By August leak could EQUAL Exxon Valdeez amount ? ???

McChrystal calls Marjah a 'bleeding ulcer' in Afghan campaign

McChrystal calls Marjah a 'bleeding ulcer' in Afghan campaign

If I Hit Another Motorist in My Car, I am Legally Obligated to Fix Their Vehicle

I think the US isn't taking over the gusher response

America's New Favorite Progressive: Laura Bush?

Why aren't we seeing this on the MSM?

Man wrongfully imprisoned for decades happy to start relearning life

Why isn't this on the MSM?

Rachel is the best - Energy Sec'y Steven Chu Interview

A New Deal for Local Economies

Driving is a privilege. You can lose your license without even causing an accident

Pigs Gone Nuts

Karl Rove: Throw Me In Jail!

Karl Rove: Throw Me In Jail!

BTW, where have the arrogant Lord Darth prick and his fat mouth daughter been lately?

Conservatives, Libertarians: Don’t you understand the SIMPLE concept of Cause and Effect?

A bumper sticker I saw yesterday.

Heckofajob, Barry!

Louis Black rocks on the DS Glenn Beck has NAZI Tourette syndrome .

Toles toon:

Toon: No One Expects The Texas School Board!

EPA girds for a fight with BP over dispersants in Gulf oil spill

I got a call from the DSCC yesterday.

Perry's jog sparks 'Coyote Special' pistols

Who averts their eyes from the television when they show pictures of oiled pelicans in the Gulf?

note to the media: 5,000 barrels is a lie, not an estimate

I wouldn't send my son to die in Korea to keep their multinational corporations safe. Would you?

Some troubling, some encouraging stats from a poll of Texans re: Bd of Ed curriculum changes.....

Those "but the oil they found was not from THAT spill" lines are priceless.

Airstrike (Possible US Drone) Kills Yemen Mediator, Tribes Hit Pipeline

Arkansas demands sovereignty, but not spellcheck.....

Wall Street fired up the middle class milking machine again....

Wall Street fired up the middle class milking machine again....

Jean-Michel Cousteau re BP Disaster: "I hope that this is the kick in the butt"

No BP money yet for Florida ad campaign, while BP launches its own ad blitz

School's Laptop Spying Software Exploitable from Anywhere

September 2008 Crash Cost Each American Household $100K

4400

Joe Scar just compared the WH allegedly offering Sec'y of Navy to Sestak vs Blago...

BP Bob: "Actually, The Animals Sort Of Like It" (toon)

BP Inspectors --- Gifts, Drugs & A Free Pass To Destroy The Planet

Tweets from fake BP twitter account.

Private pay shrinks to historic lows

MSNBC is star-struck today...

MSNBC is star-struck today...

Gov. Bob McDonnell Brings The NRA Into Virginia Elementary School Classrooms

Why isn't this on the MSM?

Rand: "Maybe sometimes accidents happen"

Google Earth compares Gulf spill to major cities (you gotta see this pic)

If the oil rig belonged to another country, how long till we invaded?

The Mike Wallace Interview Eleanor Roosevelt 11/23/57

Oil companies have a rich history of U.S. subsidies

Live BP oil hearing on now.

Wednesday's "Top Kill" preview .....

Diane Rehm Show - topic is oil spew

Diane Rehm Show - topic is oil spew

Bernie Sanders up now at Senate Energy hearings..

Bernie Sanders up now at Senate Energy hearings..

gusher possibly getting larger

Had a fight with my cousin

I dare say...

The "moonwalk" lives on through BP

Public Opinion Snapshot: Public Still Wants Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Dump Oil and Nuclear Waste at Sea, Proposed Oregon GOP Congressional Candidate

Can the Korean situation be defused?

Internal RNC document details internal financial problems

Saudi woman beats up virtue cop

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the BP Top Kill Attempt

Joe Scar is saying that the Sestak situation is unprecedented. What about Chief Justice Earl Warren?

Liberals who call themselves Liberal for their own reasons.

Durbin is on MSNBC clarifying the "new permits" issued to drill. According to

VA Gov. Brings The NRA Into Virginia Elementary School Classrooms

Wednesday's "Top Kill" preview .....

White House: Undoubtedly Worst Oil Spill in U.S. History

White House: Undoubtedly Worst Oil Spill in U.S. History

White House: Undoubtedly Worst Oil Spill in U.S. History

White House: Undoubtedly Worst Oil Spill in U.S. History

Immigration agency targets upscale San Diego restaurant

National Elections for sale cheap

Transocean files petition to limit liability, based on 1851 maritime law

Computing smart-scope gunsight for US snipers

Day Traders: Members of congress set own rules on stock trades

BecKKK: Tawd Mr Quitter "wrestles bears with bare hands; Ms Quitter has NO bodyguards" & BecKKK has

GOP candidates’ wording on Web strikingly similar

Oil companies have a rich history of U.S. subsidies

any other mudflats readers here?

***** OIL SPILL Senate Hearing OFFICIAL thread *****

Oil Spill Hurting BP's Stock Price...

Texas Gov. Perry writing book blasting feds

-- Assault on suspected drug lord's compound in Jamaica kills 27, wounds 31, police say.

All out war - As Tivoli assault deepens, casualties rise

Texas cops mistake actual weed for marijuana, spend hours doing yard work

Daddy? --- Sarah "Doesn't Make the Decisions"

Over 300 Dead Birds Are Likely Gulf Spill Victims

On This Date: May 25th 1961......

New War Bill Enough to Make Americans' First $35,000 Tax Free

Assessments suggest BP's worst-case estimate of 60,000 barrels has been occurring all along

Here Is Everything You Need To Know About BP's Dramatic "Top Kill" Bid To Halt The Oil Leak

Sad state of affairs....

Boston Globe investigative report: An agency where patronage is job one

"We've Hurt BP With Our Mistrust. We're So Thoughtless..." --MUST READ from The Mudflats

Palin Speech In Vegas Panned By Realtors

Teabaggers' media director calls Scott Brown's career "slightly longer than the shelf life of milk"

Foil a thief, lose your job....Only at WalMart

Great Dane fans fear popularity boost -- and abandoned pets -- as a result of new 'Marmaduke' film

Detroit mayor bans TV crews from police raids

Remember when they were poor?

North Carolina GOP publicizing Teabagger candidate Tim D'Annunzio's "questionable sanity"

MMS District Manager's explanation: "We’re all oil industry. Our inspectors do this all the time.”

Deportation Nightmare: US Citizen Born In Puerto Rico, Detained As Illegal Immigrant

Satirical BP Tweets

26 civilians dead, Jamaica Constabulary Force reports

Democracy on life-support

What Patients Can Learn From the Ways Physicians Take Care of Themselves

Comet Dives Into Sun: STEREO, SOHO Spacecraft Catch Crash

Marvin Kalb: taliban and Karzai reps have been secretly meeting

Marvin Kalb: taliban and Karzai reps have been secretly meeting

A modest proposal for the oil leak

Exxon Valdez oil spill. A 20 year history in the Courts. Litigation & Cleanup Costs

Exxon Valdez oil spill. A 20 year history in the Courts. Litigation & Cleanup Costs

Irony is this: The same shoe brand that sponsors Bristol Palin & Abstinence promotes this too.....

Christian Groups: Biblical Armageddon must be taught alongside Global Warming

Virginia governor gives NRA monopoly on teaching gun safety to kids..

Katrina vanden Huevel (the Nation) on Afghanistan: The War is Failing

Facts SB1070 Supporters seem to be unaware of but should be

Finish this sentence, a teabagger in need of a CAPTION to avoid a fragment!!!!

Finish this sentence, a teabagger in need of a CAPTION to avoid a fragment!!!!

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Stars shine at Yale's 309th commencement.

Dale (King of the Hill) Gribble describes the Tea Party to a "T".....

Small plane crashes into suburban Toronto office building

Oil rig inspectors took company gifts, watchdog finds

Well, darn. The Rs are going to come up with a new Contract on America and

BP won't show the "Top Kill" live

AHAHAHA. Andrew Schlafly is giving the oral arguments to remove Sen. Menendez.

Text of the DADT "Compromise" between Hill & White House . . .Loads of nebulous "ifs and whens"

Blackwater confirmation

Video: Ask John Kasich (R-OHIO) To Explain How He Got Rich On Wall Street

Mothers of 3 Jailed US Hikers in Iran on Visiting Their Children and Continuing the Fight for Their

Elderly couple trapped weeks in mound of debris

Luckovich TOON: winners and losers

Big corporations work to kill unemployment benefits extension because it closes their tax

Durbin is on MSNBC clarifying the "new permits" issued to drill. According to

Oil rig inspectors took company gifts / let company fill out inspection forms

Aerial View Video 5/18/10 Gulf of Mexico

Gulf Oil Spill Gallons Leaked

King Zwelenkosi; led Mandela’s clan in South Africa

Scary video of the gusher, recorded footage from BP.

Oh, my. Joe McGinniss has moved next door to the Palins as he writes his book

Wind energy leaders say Congress holds keys to future

Vaughn Ward: Worst Candidate Ever?

U.S. Is Said to Expand Secret Military Acts in Mideast Region (Hello, Iran?)

Article: Why McDonald's French Fries Taste So Good

Oil Spotters Sought For Brevard Beaches - Agencies Seek Volunteers. Use Drones ;)

N. Korea / S.Korea - Why are the US and S. Korea poking a country whose leader is a lunatic?

oops-dupe

The suffering of ourselves...

BP Spends $$$ IN PR - Runs Full-Page Ads In Major Newspapers Defending Its Oil Spill Response

Hubble catches planet being devoured by its star

Labor ad blasts Blanche Lincoln all over the place

CNN just announced that BP will NOT show "Top Kill" live

From the MMS's Kids Page on Oil Rigs:

resurrecting my 1 000th post-the scandals of the Bush Administration

Mineral Mgmt. Service Let Oil Companies Fill In Their Own Inspection Reports

CNN: RNC document reveals bleak financial standing

What the military is doing about the oil spill

Source: Folks Admitted to Haley Affair a Year Ago (SC)

North Korea sinking possibly a "tit for tat" response to November attack

Joe Conason, Salon, on BlumenthalGate: Bush lied about his military service, and so did Reagan

on the dylan ratigan show

Nice report on Ratigan tearing Beck and Goldline

Obama to lunch with Republican senators, dine with Democratic donors

Alternet: Support Congressman Grayson

Another thread in solidarity with Swamp Rat & others on the Gulf Coast.

Finally sick and tired of giving BP a hand job? Here's a SITE for your suggestion!

DailyUK: Revealed: the U.S. secret order allowing special forces' covert missions

BP CEO walks on oil covered beach, barks orders to media ("GET 'EM OUT OF THERE!")

Keith Olbermann highlights the "GET A BRAIN MORANS" guy. Shows a picture

Obama to inspect Gulf Coast oil spill Friday

Long-Term Unemployment: No Help For The 99ers

Tell Your Member of Congress: Support The War Is Making You Poor Act

MSNBC guest calls out Texas US history standards as "education by Conservapedia"

Bachmann: not commenting on Rand Paul

BP cleans up on political connections

Senator Reads Apology to American Indians

BP calls in Costner's $26m vacuum cleaners to mop up huge oil spill

Roger Ebert's blog on Financial Reform

Roger Ebert's blog on Financial Reform

Georgia teacher suspended after pupils don Klan robes

Let me get this right. Did I read we have drilled and capped over 5000 of these wells in the Gulf?

Let me get this right. Did I read we have drilled and capped over 5000 of these wells in the Gulf?

So President Obama sends 1200 more to the border...

Climate change making Everest more dangerous: Sherpa

PopeWatch: Kagan Sides With Vatican on Abuse Lawsuit

Re: The Meth and Porn uses reporting and how typical corporate media propaganda works.

Unauthorized biographer moves next door to Palin

Just got back from Hawaii, pics and a few questions. (pic heavy)

MUST SEE: ABC News Goes Underwater For Special Report On Gulf Oil Spill (VIDEO)

I think the only way I'll ever stop posting here at DU is to get permanently banned.

Here we go - BP says possible delays in Top Kill

Tweety on The Gulf of British Petroleum

There's Elkhart Lake, Laguna Seca, Watkins Glen, Long Beach, Road Atlanta, Sebring, but NOOOO...

IG Report: Meth, Porn Use By Drilling Agency Staff

Could Brazil's Petrobras Help?

a TON of info on other BP cases-including Prudhoe Bay,Alaska

chance of plugging the pipe hole being successful

I find myself being swayed toward the opinion of those attacking Obama over the oil disaster

LOL- The first post I saw on the GOP's new site is a zinger!

LOL- The first post I saw on the GOP's new site is a zinger!

These damn RepubliCONs really are some..

U.S. Trains, Backs Afghan Death Squads

'Top Kill' - What A Name For A Disaster Movie.......

Two "amusing" political dental practice stories:

Don't panic

WOW I agree w Boehner-It Is 'Clear' Gulf Oil Spill Was 'Failure Of Government'

30k to have Bristol Palin advocate for Abstinence like having BP being an advocate for Environment

Tepid support for DADT repeal from Obama, Pentagon, as Congress forces their hand

Texas GOP continues "Give a Mexican a Bike" program.

What do you think your punishment would be if you caused 15 billion in damages?

I must really make a habit of reading the full source before I read the DU comments

School Boards & Redistricting: The 2 Least Sexy Political Topics

POLL: Who's interests are being looked after in the Gulf, BP's or we THE people?

Untangling Immigration's Double Helix (History of immigration & nativism intertwining)

the unofficial "Fuck You, Texas Talibornagains" thread

Punch Glenn Beck

Palin's Vegas Act bombs

Clearing the air (More on the SC Governors Political Drama

Florida Lawmakers in D.C. Want Amendment Banning Drilling

Transocean wants 6 month delay in evidence collection

GOP Rep. Slams Fox News: ‘I Don’t Know What They’re Doing At Fox News, But They Should Stop Smoking

Is It Time That Cheney Is Forced To Reveal All From His Secret Energy Task Force Of 2001?.....

Pentagon Seeks Private Contractor to Move Weapons Through Pakistan/Afghanistan

We had a visit with the Heisman Trophy winner, today

Massachusetts senator Scott Brown on DADT.

We thought of it first ....but Andy Borowitz put it in words to make me smile, let' s add Cheney,too

CIVICS: The Posse Comitatus Act

We Won't Pay For GOP Campaigns!

Surprise! How a right-wing witch hunt blew up in the face of Gateway Pundit

They say Atlantis has 120 million miles logged on it.

Bruce Shore, Unemployed Philadelphia Man, Indicted For 'Harassing Email' To Jim Bunning

Don't ask..

Why aren't all the Oil Companies being Ordered to the Gulf - per tweety just now

Markey: "The (top kill) solution will not be televised". RE:Cam blackout.

Barbour says oil spill shouldn’t stop drilling

Senate passes telework bill

Paul tells hometown crowd he’s not the man the media portrayed

BP had a key role in the Exxon Valdez disaster

Jim Bunning is a wast of oxygen

Things my kids do that would get me arrested

The Oil Belongs to Us, Not British Petroleum: Let the Revolution Begin Here

From “Drill Baby, Drill” to Cries For Help From Big Government - FDL

Bush on Wind, Oil and a Happy Retirement

Suck out the oil. Send in empty super tankers and keep pumping.

Suck out the oil. Send in empty super tankers and keep pumping.

Michael Benoit, father of Chris Benoit, writes anti-Linda McMahon piece for the Hartford Courat

McCain laments effort to 'jam' through repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy

Is Anyone Surprised That No Other Countries Have Weighed In On This Gulf Gusher?......

What is the corporatocracy good at?

DU this FB

E-mail from Democracy for America (DFA)

Oil inspectors let companies fill in their own audits and got high on meth, report to reveal

Oil inspectors let companies fill in their own audits and got high on meth, report to reveal

Oil inspectors let companies fill in their own audits and got high on meth, report to reveal

Oil inspectors let companies fill in their own audits and got high on meth, report to reveal

XPost: Victor Valley College to unveil high-efficiency solar project

'If you vote for that stimulus package, I'm gonna kill you. Simple as that.'

An Interesting Political Cartoon About The Oil Gusher - What Would Jimmy Buffett Say?.........

LA Dodgers sue comedian Jon Lovitz for not paying for season tickets

BP says will provide video feed during "top kill"

Jesus...something's going on with that oil pipe--watch it live

Report: Stabenow one of several members of Congress to receive death threats

Time For The Obama Administration To Show Who Is Boss In Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Response - NOLA

Okay, I admit it, I went freeping

Freeze on Offshore Drilling Was Verbal Order

AP: As Marshall clerk, Kagan was wary of conservatives

Now THIS is how we end a war.

Next step for nativists: Ignore 14th Amdmt, deny children of illegal immigrants birthright citizensh

Next step for nativists: Ignore 14th Amdmt, deny children of illegal immigrants birthright citizensh

Whatfuckingever

My tribute to my friends on DU

Justice truly is blind....

A Sad Story I was Told this Weekend, re: "illegal" immigrants

Please be patient with me for a minute...

National Guard troops to the Arizona/Mexico border.

Where is Condi Rice and Chevron tankers?? And Shell, Mobil Exxon, etc

US, UK, & now Australia's "free market" education agenda, w/ high-stakes testing

Cube Rat Slaves: You spent too much time celebrating Pac-Man's birthday with Google last week

Rehnquist in 1952: "Plessy v. Ferguson was right and should be reaffirmed"

Rehnquist in 1952: "Plessy v. Ferguson was right and should be reaffirmed"

Palin to Gov. candidate Haley "Hang in there..." regarding "lies" about affair

General Petraeus' Secret Ops

CNN: BP tweets it will continue live video from seabed during "top kill" procedure

What does immigration "amnesty" mean to you.

who will bear the brunt of the public's political reaction to the Gulf Gusher?

Oilmegeddon will not be fixed any time soon.

Harold Ford blogs (whines) for S&P, UBS, Cable Co.s, Telecoms, and gets blasted

Nissan sells out of orders for all-electric Leaf

Miami construction sign hacked to read 'No Latinos,' 'No Tacos'

The 7 dumbest things in BP’s spill response plan

Not only 1200 troops, but Obama is requesting $500M from Congress for "border protection"

Gallup: Support for "moral acceptability of Gay/Lesbian relations" pass historic tipping point

Needed DUers from ME, NE, MA, LA, AR for a specific project

Simmons ends campaign, but stays on ballot (CT-Senate)

McCain Web Video: Hayworth 'Among The Dumbest Members Of Congress'

Fight with student may wreck tow firm

Divers-City !!!!

Your vote doesn't count, so....

"Top Kill" Attempt is Acknowledging Defeat of Offshore Drilling

The Rude Pundit: Nobody Puts BP in the Corner

Obama Authorizes Deployment of More National Guard Troops Along Border

"Rove Seizing Control of GOP" (Rolling Stone, May, 2010)

Illegal Immigration Solutions that would work better

Titilate a Tuesday for this indoor teabagger wacking her kettle! Please CAPTION!!!

Titilate a Tuesday for this indoor teabagger wacking her kettle! Please CAPTION!!!

This is what happens when you try to appease Republicans

This is what happens when you try to appease Republicans

'The suspects are mostly men who own guns, and several had been treated for mental illness.'

Ah frustration

Bwaaaaaaaah hahahahha Idaho ReTHUG endorsed by Lady Blah Blah plagiarized Obama

Tweeters - Hilarious Spoof BP account to follow

Just a reminder, the fish, the pelicans, the dolphins, the oysters, the grasses etc.

Just a reminder, the fish, the pelicans, the dolphins, the oysters, the grasses etc.

Do you consider yourself Underemployed.

Oilgate

J.D. Hayworth, you are an ignorant idiot. Here's the proof:

I'm going to waste my post #501 ranting about stupid freaking facebook

Just thought I'd lighten the place up a bit.

Venezuela Orders Pepsi To Take Down Iconic Globe Atop Skyscraper

Why do mothers judge one another and their parenting?

Are you a left wing fringe dweller?

Is it me, or does it look like the sea floor is slowly collapsing at the oil volcano?

NYC Pigeons Trapped, Kidnapped and Shot for Sport, Group Says

Are Tattoos Free Speech?

Fancy degree brings $275,000 in debt

"Drilling Disasters Can't Happen Here"

You can tell where this is going, but you can hardly believe it when it gets there

You can tell where this is going, but you can hardly believe it when it gets there

§4301(b) Place a lien on BP's assets, liquidate them now. Payout to the people of the Gulf Coast.

(Afghanistan) Red Cross gives first aid lessons to Taliban

Goldman Sachs: Lincoln's Derivatives Proposal Likely Won't Pass

10 Critical Facts about BP and the Gulf of Mexico Crisis

Just learned my former sister in law has died. She had cirrhosis. We had thought she was doing well

Latest right wing junk science (?): "Birth control pollutes the environment with estrogen!"

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Dear President Obama: If you are going to validate a politically opportunistic Republican governor,

“Sometimes, the best thing to do in an oil spill is nothing,

Come CAPTION this Teabagger wannna-be to torque a Tuesday:

BP: "Staged 1 Of The Most Radically Destructive Acts Of Political Theatre In Recorded Human History"

Supreme Court Upholds Freedom Of Speech In Obscenity-Filled Ruling

Sen. Webb says will vote NO on DADT repeal because he believes Obama & Gates are advocating NO votes

Say NO to Richard Pombo on June 8. From HSUS

Is anyone watching the oil cam?

Is anyone watching the oil cam?

Chief of BP America Inc. said he did not know if he met with Cheney for secret meetings with big oil

CREDO Action Petition to EPA: strip BP of all federal contracts

Univ. Of Arizona Professor Booed At Graduation For Criticizing Immigration Bill

For my 10,000th post, a few words about that Palin person.

Dear BP: We do not live in the Gulf of Mexico. Sincerely, walruses

Oil Pollution Act - BP Liable for Costs of Clean Up - It does NOT put them in CHARGE of Clean up

Central Falls RI school board lets fired teachers keep jobs; Obama had praised decision to fire them

(cry)

Tuesday TOON Roundup 5

BP ordered by U.S. To Cut Use of Dispersants, AGAIN!

Bob Herbert: "President Obama should have taken charge of the response to the oil spill"

Stay Away From ‘Christians-Only’ Prison Scheme, Americans United Tells Officials In Three States

Now BP asks that safety relief wells in the Arctic Circle be scrapped as 'too expensive

Obama administration is not proposing to change $75 million limit on BP spill

Georgia School Teacher dresses kids up the Klan, parades them through school

***OBAMA SENDING TROOPS TO THE BORDER***

So, the 'success' and 'progress' in Marjah has turned into a 'bleeding ulcer'

Remember when the Rethugs were calling for offshore drilling in the Great Lakes? Our drinking water

Ariz. immigration law makes Census count tougher

Tuesday TOON Roundup 4

Tuesday TOON Roundup 3- bitter Tea

Tuesday TOON Roundup 2- More Oil toons

Stay Away From ‘Christians-Only’ Prison Scheme, Americans United Tells Officials In Three States

U.S. couple face death penalty for killing Russian adopted child

ATTN: KEITH OLBERMANN SPEWED RW TALKING POINTS ON COUNTDOWN TONITE!

Hopeless absolutely fucking hopeless

Poll from our local newspaper......Who do you look to as the leader of U.S. conservatives?

Owner of chimp in mauling attack dies

Is California too big to fail?

Boehner: Winning back House a 'steep climb'

Holy Water Allegedly Used On Atheist Teacher by two Christian teachers

Shhhh don't tell anybody.............

Goldman Sachs: Lincoln's Derivatives Proposal Likely WON'T PASS!

Hide the punch bowl.

tweet of the day: A Greenpeace tweet: 'If Exxon Valdez was a heart attack, Deepwater is a cancer”

For Those Interested in FACTS, The Admin Response has Recovered 10 million gallons of oily water

For Those Interested in FACTS, The Admin Response has Recovered 10 million gallons of oily water

"Yes, Mr. President........Don't Let Another Day Go By"

California to consider marked IDs for sex offenders

I don't belief SC's 'badboy' blogger's weird admission of an affair with Palin-approved candidate

The USA already has a single payer health care system, seems to me,

another OMG.......everything is DOWN!!!

Why Are They on TV

Outnumbering the Tea Party Rally 87-to-1 .. Where's the media?

List All BP Products So We Can See What To Boycott.

I haven't seen anything mentioned about this anywhere...

Screw the Environment - BP and the Audacity of Greed

Tom Tomorrow: What could possibly go wrong? It's called the Doomsday Bomb and it's perfectly safe.

BP estimates top kill's chance of success at only 60%.

The beach BP won't allow reporters to visit

I didn't understand HOW BAD it's become.

Couple buried alive in trash cut off contact with family, friends

Nashville flood...

The Three Great Tax Cuts - Boom, Bubble and Crash

Fla. GOP candidate Rubio favors raising retirement age

Thom Hartmann today discussed COAGULATING the oil....product already invented . . .amazing!!

A coworker has a sticker on his car: "Vote Republican: Not Everyone Can Be On Welfare."

Who here would give up their cars, change their way of life, go back to horse and buggy for

Rethug candidate defends record on Great Lakes oil drilling - He was for it before he was against it

I support Swamp Rat. I support alleviating the hell he and our citizens on the gulf...

IF GM or Ford did what Toyota has regarding quality and recalls, DU would be on fire

DU this poll on Beck v. Rep. Weiner on Goldline Scam

The all too believable "unbelievable!"

Corporate fascism is now the dominant force in The United States of America agree/disagree

If ‘Top Kill’ Fails, Obama Must Take Reins

BP'S Shocking Memo

Happy Birthday, "Star Wars". Opened May 25, 1977 across the country.

Ongoing Throttle Problems Indicate Toyota Has Not Identified What’s Wrong with their Cars

Images of the gulf taken from a commercial airliner.

How to avoid jail - few simple methods to help you out

The Feds are addicted to pot, even if you're not.

Plan for mitigating Gulf tragedy -- your help is needed

Why does BP get to violate our sovereignty - dispersants

Grade Barack Obama on his handling to-date of the Gulf Gusher.

The White House, Big Oil, and the "American Power Act"

Howard Fineman just quoted Donna Brazile regarding the White House and the oil spill

Obama should announce take over on Thurday if/when Top Kill fails

Marco Rubio Shoots Himself in the foot with a BAZOOKA. Calls for raising the retirement age

If you've witnessed all the evidence you need, please check-in. It's time for Public Mass Transit.

If you've witnessed all the evidence you need, please check-in. It's time for Public Mass Transit.

If you've witnessed all the evidence you need, please check-in. It's time for Public Mass Transit.

Water & Oil

"Bobby" Jindal, you were an enabler of the oil companies. You were a proponent of small government.

Thank you DUers for helping me reach this point

I declare that the PTB have officially lost control of the dialog on the Gulf Oil Kill.

NYT: U.S. said to order secret military action

BP CEO: 'too many people working to save the world.'

Tuesday TOON Roundup 1- Laugh or cry, it's all the same

Wal-Mart thanks employee who foiled shoplifter, then fires her

Obama admin. backs Vatican’s claim of immunity to sexual abuse lawsuits (ENABLER!)

This is just plain sick

Surrogacy -- Not just for the infertile anymore!

Update from Jamaica

Near disaster at the lookout tower

What crazy things do you hear from your conservative friends?

Mother Jones: Obama's Sluggish Oil Spill Response

Nuking the Oil Well

It's scary how many people, across the board politically, make excuses for corporations

I just received this from Gov. Brewer's office

Sick and Poor

Sick and Poor

To the Person I Gave the Finger To Today ---

MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE... The third and final winner from last week's fund drive is...

Soil Bacteria Might Increase Learning

Welcome To Peak Oil - The Deeper You Drill, The More You Might Spill

With all the major events lately the fact that AIG is not going to be held accountable for criminal

Charter school finances under more scrutiny as they expand with Arne's blessings.

Wow, this is just great. Freepers love us now.

Essay: Let us reject the anti-Greek mythology...

Essay: Let us reject the anti-Greek mythology...

Gotta say, Geronmio Jackson's only album was pretty good...

A LOST sideways thread

In light of LOST, someone needs to finally bring Ken Grimwood's Replay to the big screen

Cat happiness plotted against time

That took me 3 hours and 24 minutes

I can't watch the last five minutes of Law & Order. All these unanswered questions are killing me!

******Appreciation thread*********

Cranked up my A/C today...

Mark Twain or Groucho Marx?

I'm a PhD student, and I'll confess that I don't know what I want to be when I grow up.

Well, I've survived another Monday. Good night, DU!

Would someone please come trim my verge?

Fuck it. Another LOST thread.

Whose turn is it tonight to keep LeftyFingerPop out of GD?

Happy 69th birthday Bob Dylan!!!

Happy Birthday Tommy Chong!

Anybody seen this behavior with female cats that have had kittens?

Law and Order Series Finale shout out to L O S T?

So the thread about Bruce Dammeler got me thinking...

Photos: For Heidi Montag, EVERYTHING is a photo op. EVERYTHING.

This phone call today concerns hippie Johnny

Tennis fans, French Open streaming live free, no commercials.. Roddick vs.

I love Failbook!

Micronesian Scientists Using Large Hardon Collider Discover Nanonesia

Pac-Man play to stay at Google

My new favorite word is "crotch".

I ASKED you folks...

When referring to RUSH the band and Rush the assclown

Flyers/Blackhawks in Stanley Cup Finals starting Sunday!!!!

"Female Viagra" - should we air drop several million of them into Iran...

Does anyone actually enjoy the Shemp films?

...Thus a new generation of Ledheads is born.

The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Does anyone actually enjoy the Shrek films?

Do you hope to make peace with The Moody Blues before you die?

How the hell am I supposed to get any work done with THESE making noise outside?

Flo from those Progressive Auto Insurance ads

Is it unethical for travel agents to give their customers little gifts?

Best birthday

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: THE NERDIEST QUESTION EVER ASKED!

Getting a TIVO Premiere

Bluegrass Bohemian Rhapsody

Weather Permitting...

Have you ever blown a Dolphin.

Sometimes, late at night, I wake up screaming from a nightmare.

Do you hope to make death with peace before you die?

Okay, I fucking admit it. I like Windows 7.

Cold weather Super Bowl - New York lands 2014 SB

Why don't supervisors understand the difference between respect and fear?

I found a picture of Dr. Strange!

Britney Spears wants to be cryogenically frozen after her death

Does anyone actually enjoy the Sex films?

MiddleFingerMom has ALWAYS had an overabundance of animal magnetism.

Do you hope to get a peace of death before you die?

Do you plan to play chess with Death before you die?

Rip Torn back in court for Conn. bank break-in

Not a sex thread: I asked my doctor if my heart was healthy enough for sexual activity

I have seen the Beagle - and the Beagle is GOOD!

Do you hope to make pies with Death before you go?

Refined Heirarchy - that is a human thing

7 months until Christmas

Can we stop with the death threads already? It's too depressing.

Do you hope to make peace with your dearth before you die?

Bucket List Question: Have you ever touched or swam with a dolphin or whale?

May 25th: Towel Day

Flyerz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Movie Titanic (Spoiler) DONT OPEN IF YOU HAVENT SEEN

'Lost' exclusive: ABC sets the record straight about the series finale's plane crash images

ALERT THE MODS!!! SOMEONE'S MAKING DEATH THREADS!!!!

What do YOU want to have done with Britney Spears after her death?

I laughed my ass off so hard right now

Someone stole my orange juice ....why ?

Do you hope to make split peas with Johnny Depp?

Why do people visit cemeteries?

LOST Dead Pool Results

Pic thread!!!

Replace a word in movie or song title to CHICKEN (s)!

Am I a bad person?

"I'm not judging. I'm just diagnosing."

Make a homemade ice cream sundae!

Tell me something I don't know......

All forms of physical contact are off the table, including coitus........

"I have the P****, So I Make the Rules" T-Shirt Offends Judge in Lake County, CA

US plans naval exercises with South Korea:Pentagon

U.S. declares fishery disaster in 3 Gulf states

U.S. declares fishery disaster in 3 Gulf states

Deal Reached for Ending Law on Gays in Military

(MS Gov.) Barbour signs law with 2nd ban on abortion funding

RIP King George the 2nd Inn....1765-2010

Moody Blues fans?

More Workers Start to Quit

Got a Steller's Jay trying to build a nest on my gutter downspout.

Man Used Penis to Assault Female Police Officer

Toyota halts sales of certain Lexus sedans in U.S.

Britain Bans Doctor for Autism Work

Please Delete

Keith used the Moran guy!

Insurance Premiums for Offshore Drilling Soar 15%-50%

Will you buy Mark Twain's new book?

Electric Carmaker Coda Plans Ohio Plant on Possible Yuan Rise

Allen Outlines Federal Role in Oil Spill Response

U.S. Troop Level in Afghanistan Surpasses Iraq

Immigration agency targets upscale San Diego restaurant

Millions of Medicaid kids don't get medical exams

Blackwater confirmation

Nuking the Oil Well

Do you hope to make peace with death before you die?

I'll be the first to admit it... I LOVE to cuddle!!!

Obama Backs Proposal to Lift Ban on Gays In Military.

Said goodbye to another group of kiddos today...

'Beer belly' linked to Alzheimer's disease

Panama says sorry for military rule, decades on

Panama says sorry for military rule, decades on

I have never understood why women love cats.

NYT: US said to order covert military action

Investigator Warned MMS in 2009 About Deepwater Gas Blowouts in Gulf of Mexico

Deal could end 'don't ask, don't tell'

Former slaves unite & launch clothing line

Someday I want a job where I do not have to work with anyone else.

Summers calls for new stimulus

gusher possibly getting larger

I've put my life on hold to play with dolls..

Things you thought as a kid

BP could freeze shareholder payout for three years, say City experts

Rachel is the best - Energy Sec'y Steven Chu Interview

Bomb blast kills two in Quetta

Senators Call on AG DOJ to Investigate Transocean Ltd. Money Transfers

Oil inspectors let companies fill in their own audits and got high on meth, report to reveal

Tennessee House commends Arizona on immigration law

Film director Jafar Panahi 'to be released on bail' in Iran

Oil leaks from tanker collision off Singapore

Fiction that creeped you out as a child not because of the plot events themselves...

Seoul resumes psychological warfare with Pyongyang

Hubble catches planet being devoured by its star

Arrest warrant for former Thai PM

Oil companies have a rich history of U.S. subsidies

A M E R I C A N I D O L

Robots Deployed To Track Oil Spill

Regulators Accepted Gifts From Oil Industry, Report Says

EPA: BP can continue using controversial dispersant, but will seek alternatives

Source says Simmons told staff he is ending campaign (US Senate, CT)

Kilpatrick Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison

Fiscal crises threaten Europe's generous benefits

Justice Official Says Transocean Was Wrong On Liability

Polish airforce chief in Kaczynski cockpit-official (when plane carrying president crashed)

Jamaica police: 30 dead in battle with drug gang

Ripley’s Key West sues BP over spill

City council corks BP executive at meeting

US President Barack Obama to oversee oil-spill effort in Louisiana on Friday, officials say

Unauthorized biographer moves next door to Palin

7 Seized in Anti-Drilling Protest (Greenpeace)

Venezuela Orders Pepsi To Take Down Iconic Globe Atop Skyscraper

BP Played Central Role in Exxon Valdez Disaster

Hero skipper ignored pirate warnings, crew says

BP'S Shocking Memo

(Afghanistan) Red Cross gives first aid lessons to Taliban

US oil oversight officials took gifts from industry

UN to apologize for troops on Haitian university campus

Obama to Send 1,200 Guard Troops to Mexico Border

Gulf spill: BP reveals oil spill probe details

Jamaica Battle for Drug Kingpin Kills More Than 60

France and Netherlands plan Internet anti-censorship drive

Obama, Corker clash in private meeting

Germany seeks to extend ban on naked short-selling

Students in India build solar-powered helmet

Paul tells hometown crowd he’s not the man the media portrayed

USDA Criticized For Lax Oversight Of Puppy Mills

Researchers alarmed at bacteria in Canadian bottled water

FBI details surge in death threats against lawmakers

Attempt to recall senator (Robert Menendez) moves to N.J. high court

50,000 predicted for immigration march Saturday (in Phoenix)

(MA Gov.) Patrick says Obama critics are 'almost at the level of sedition'

African statesman condemns homosexuality as an 'abomination'

Vatican supports adult stem cell therapy project with NYC-based company

Bishop: 100 cases in 10 yrs for Italy priest abuse

Kim Jong Il Orders Military to Get Ready for Combat (Update1)

Gingrich endorses Meg Whitman for governor

(Scott) Brown to vote 'no' on repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell pending Pentagon study

15 shot dead during Baghdad gold heist

Taliban Slay Six Village Elders Over Aid Money

Polar Bears Face "Tipping Point" Due to Climate Change

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Tuesday May 25

Italy joins euro austerity drive

President Obama to return to Louisiana on Friday to view Gulf oil spill work

Maine advocate admits harboring illegal immigrants

Massey Miner: ‘I Felt Like I Was Working for the Gestapo’

Menendez Introducing Unlimited Cap On BP Damages

Gulf oil plume darker; not good news: expert

Judge sentences Kilpatrick 18 months to 5 years in prison

IG report: Meth, porn use by drilling agency staff

EU sets toughest targets to beat climate change

Gullfaks-situation was not reported

Jailed U.S. citizen Berenson may be freed in Peru

West plays down Iran gesture, sticks to sanctions drive

L.A. Labor Organizers Plan Trip To Arizona To Flaunt Its Immigration Law

N Korea 'severs all ties' with Seoul

BP: Equipment in place for Gulf 'top kill' try

Bush: Book begins with decision to quit drinking

Spill imperils a distinctive culture: 'There's a sense of doom'

Congress discusses higher oil tax for Gulf spill cleanup costs

Big Apple’s big game: N.Y. lands ’14 Super Bowl

GOP-linked punk rock ministry says executing gays is ‘moral’

Security increase after Phoenix mayor gets threats

Citizenship-By-Birth Faces Challenges

Salazar: IG drilling findings 'deeply disturbing'

Global Banks May Need $1.5 Trillion in Capital, Study Says

Maybe Obama Needs to do a Bush-like flyover of the Gulf?

Maybe Obama Needs to do a Bush-like flyover of the Gulf?

To those who say there's no difference between having Dems or Repubs in charge of the gov't

Steven Chu up next with Rachel Maddow...

"He aced the executive role"

Is today the first time the Keith O put up the picture of the Moran?

Remember we no longer like.....Keith Olbermann, Ed Schultz, James Carville, Donna Brazile!!!

Rachael Maddow is in trouble now!

Allred leading Otter in fundraising so far in 2010(ID)

"the Gulf is dying."

When they say "WWII Response", does that mean interning BP employees at Tule Lake or going Nuclear?

When they say "WWII Response", does that mean interning BP employees at Tule Lake or going Nuclear?

There are 2 alternatives, the party who will only use oil for energy, or the party that at least

There are 2 alternatives, the party who will only use oil for energy, or the party that at least

White House party will fete Jewish culture

Palin: Drill Baby Drill, but blame Obama for the Spill!

Wisconsin: Leinenkugel Endorses Johnson For Feingold's Seat

POLITICO: FBI details surge in death threats against lawmakers

Photos: "Duty, Honor, Country" (The Obama Presidency, Days 488-490)

Slowly the GOP realizes it is THEY who are MINOR LEAGUE and that the real Hardball PARTY

"He walks to his own drumbeat and step by step has gotten big things accomplished"

Simmons to Drop Out of Senate Race

Consumer confidence up for 3rd straight month

Faux News alter footage of Obama speaking at West Point - removes the applause

Walker returns $43,800 in illegal donations

Has anyone seen the LaRouchie's and their "Impeach Obama" kiosks?

Eugene Robinson: Give Some Answers, Dr. Paul

GOP Conducts Party Message Makeover .... on the Taxpayer's Dime.

House Republicans plan online community (americaspeakingout.com), to find a voice and set the tone

CA-Sen, CA-Gov: Fiorina, Whitman Soar in New SUSA Poll

War on whistle-blowers intensifies

No Country for Straw Men

CNN/ORC Poll: 8/10 Believe Open Homosexuals Should Be Allowed to Serve In Military

Bolshevik, Menshivik, Socialists, Anarchists, social dems

Maybe I've missed a conversation somewhere along the way..

MSNBC: Has the Salahi's on claiming that they had been invited.

Patrick reaches back to decry Obama foes

Never thought I'd see the day a couple on DU would advocate for impeachment...

Finally a conservative Republican who speaks like Obama

"White House Green-lights Repeal" (DADT)

32 African Americans running for Congress

Dry Tortugas fishing crew reports haul of tar-coated shrimp, tar balls in net

How Taxpayers Are Bailing Out The GOP Because Michael Steele Is Incompetent

Here!

An old neighbor is coming home for the weekend & Hyde Park is excited

Now the dems are worried about losing subpoena power? Did they ever use it against Bush?

In light of the old MMS scandals what happened a year and a half ago

Food for thought.. Europe is in the tank financially.. if the President had not taken

Yeah...... Relentless Hard Work sometimes Pays Off!

Now people are starting to say Obama is dumb when it comes to finances

Lawmaker: Obama to send 1,200 troops to border

The Biotechnology Industry Organization Applauds Obama Administration

Pat Roberts Wants Obama To Be Less 'Serious', Tells Obama To 'Take A Valium'

Tea party tempest in Idaho primary

I am now very concerned as to how President Obama and the Administration are handling the BP spill.

Third-Place Finisher Now Marshall Campaign Chair

Dayton's pick: Sen. Prettner Solon

An article I wrote four years ago regarding the dangers of Off Shore Drilling

Senate Republican to back repeal of gay ban

Breaking: Obama just dived down 5,000 feet and plugged the oil leak w/ his Kenyan birth certificate

Gergen, Brazile, Carville, Matthews and others are typical of bullshit punditry that abets MSM spin

Kerry re-introduces his line item veto bill

Is Blame Shifting From BP to the Government? Real time camera's to be shut off

Third Time: GOP Blocks Bill to Raise Oil Spill Liability Cap

A question about the media critics of the President's response:

I have got a question about the DADT repeal

After Arizona - Hispanic Support Begins to Swing in the Dems' Favor

Obama to aide: "Plug the damn hole!"

Lawmaker: Obama to Send 1,200 Troops to Border

"What is he WAITING for?"

Case won't quit Hawaii race

Case won't quit Hawaii race

"Subpoenas Coming."

TPM: Even CREW Says Sestak's Claim Of Job Offer Is No Scandal

Sen. Scott Brown says too early to repeal ‘’don’t ask’ policy

Obama endorses 'don't ask, don't tell' compromise in congress. DADT is over!!!!!

"Sestak couldn't have been nominated for secretary of the Navy" (The Timeline Doesn't Work)

"The Biggest Environmental Disaster Happened Under Obama's Watch"

Frustration Mounts As Congress Can't Even Get BP's Liability Cap Raised

May 2nd: President Obama Speaks on NYC Incident and BP Oil Spill in Louisiana (VIDEO):

MMS Manages To Look Even More Ridiculous

Ex Pennsylvania Sen Rick, The frothy mix, Santorum is planning

Sen. Webb says he'll vote NO on DADT repeal

Joe Scarborough, in an attempt to continue the meme that Obama broke the law re: Sestak,

Joe Biden's "Illegal" Vice Presidency

Deportation Nightmare: US Citizen Born In Puerto Rico, Detained As Illegal Immigrant

GALLUP: Americans' Acceptance of Gay Relations Crosses 50% Threshold

"Obama to take questions Thursday"

CIA unit's wacky idea: Depict Saddam as gay (2003)

Top Senate Democrat wants answers from Sestak on job offer

Barack Obama is a progressive President

Energy czar: Oil spill worst in U.S. history

Right-wing media attack Obama over Memorial Day plans

"The Senate version of financial regulation hits Wall Street harder than expected"

Rand Paul's base: Racists or Corporations or both?

AZ professor threatened for speaking against immigrant laws

Evan Bayh Makes Insensitive AIDS Joke

Fishermen Report Illness From BP Chemicals

Change, Nothing’s gonna change til money doesn’t reign, Bottom line.

Cape Town Protests Conviction of Malawian 'Gay' Couple

A better example of Fox News' censorship of the West Point cadets' applause to Obama's speech

Rachel and Steven Chu discuss moratorium confusion

Climate Change - Meet the Scientists

Thom Hartmann - Privatized Government Just isn't Working for Obama

W. Virginia Mine Where 29 Perished was 'Ticking Time Bomb' - CBS Reports

Video of ROV in oil spill plume

Jean-Michel Cousteau on BP Oil Disaster: We are All Responsible; Stop Talking, Take Action

Hayworth History Lesson

Fiorina Was For Bailouts Before She Was Against Them

Max Blumenthal covers radical pro-Zionists in NYC

BP Spokesperson for Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Catastrophe

Is BP's Dividend Safe?

Guanabee: Puerto Rican Man Almost Deported To Mexico

Papantonio: BP Spill - Teabaggers Want Big Government Now

Wow! Fletcher Crossman - State of Shock

Oil spill off Singapore

Underwater nightmare: ‘What BP does not want you to see.’

Sam Seder- That's Bullshit: We're not Greece

Kucinich: Oily Apocalypse or Green Wave?

Property Rights and Racism

drill baby drill

Voices from the 36th: San Pedro Marcy Winograd.

Big Oil exec threatens to take offshore drilling elsewhere

Papantonio: BP and the 3 Little Pig Document

Thom Hartmann - Libertarian Walter Block is here In defense of Rand Paul

KO - Scott Brown Is Toast With The Teabaggers

Video: Only gays were savage enough for Hitler

TYT: Financial Reform Bill is a Joke -- Economic Collapse Coming

Vaughn Ward Plagiarizes Obama's 2004 DNC Speech

Axelrod: Obama Geithner Have

LEAKED RECORDING AT US/CANADA CROSSING

BP CEO "GET EM OUT!" walks on oil covered beach, barks orders to media

BP - Bringing People together (Second City Network)

A Behind-the-Scenes Firm Is Caught in the Spotlight.

U.S. Is Said to Order Further Clandestine Military Action.

Dan Froomkin: Obama's War Supplemental: Recent Reports Strengthen The Case Against It

Guardian UK: New York Times arrow misfires, again

Help... Need comparison of US drilling safety regs vs international

The Naked Truth About the BP Disaster -- Where There Is Oil, There Is Tragedy

Gulf Oil Spill Leads to 'Mutiny on the Bounty'

'Whale-huggers' restart a crusade they thought they'd won

Why would we want to "disperse" the oil anyway?

'An Edible History of Humanity': How What We Eat Has Changed the World

Rand Paul's Libertarian La-La Land by Eugene Robinson

From Times Square to Jacksonville: When Terrorism Is a Double-Standard

Ignorance is Bliss in Texas

74 House DEMOCRATS send letter to FCC telling them to NOT protect network neutrality

Pressure to save time, money may have contributed to oil disaster

Dodd Prepares to Depart in Triumph

Don't Mess With Texas

Two Theories of Change

BOOK REVIEW: 'Overcoming The Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan,' By Deepak Tripathi (Ramzy Baroud)

A VERY interesting life, David Ginsburg, Longtime Washington Insider, Dies at 98

Out of Darkness (James Howard Kunstler)

Obama caving on net neutrality?

Oily Obama: Lousy Response to BP Oil Invasion (Joel S. Hirschhorn)

Katrina vanden Heuvel: A flawed strategy and a failed war in Afghanistan

The Minerals Management Service: Skeet Shooting, Pencils And Porn

Larry Summers makes the case for the jobs bill

Chicago man who stole toothpaste and crayons was strangled to death by store manager.

Help !! Need comparison of US / International Drilling Regs

Collapse, Transition, The Great Turning: Why Words Matter (Carolyn Baker)

Cuba Travel Ban: Is the End in Sight?

The Most Ridiculous - And Misspelled - Political Protest Signs

Why Is BP Controlling Louisiana’s Cops? (Washington Independent 5/25)

A Judge Takes on Sentencing Guidelines

Warning: Crash dead ahead. Sell. Get liquid. Now.

Senate Takes Up 'Emergency' War Bill Despite Obama Pledge to End Practice

We Need to Dump the Word "Illegal"

Two Stories, One Truth by William Pitt

Brown pelicans who lingered in Oregon through the winter released into the wild

Back from the edge: Checkerspot butterflies thrive in new prairie home

Urban trees 'help migrating birds'

Oil spill update - May 24

Drumbeat: May 25, 2010

Science interview: How do marshes and beaches recover from oil spills?

Jack Dingledine: How we helped the Great Lakes Piping Plover to recover

Fighting 'Nature Deficit Disorder': Preschools in Forests Take Root in the US

Inspector General Faults Minerals Management Service

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the BP Top Kill Attempt

Ford invests $135 million for electric vehicle development at two Michigan sites

Progress!! New Leases Mean That 75% Of Peruvian Amazon Region Now Open For Oil & Gas Drilling

Energy Secretary Steven Chu Discusses Gulf Oil Spill And Energy Policy With Maddow (VIDEO)

Climate Fears Turn to Doubts Among Britons

Victor Valley College to unveil high-efficiency solar project

Video: Philippe Cousteau Jr. dives beneath Gulf’s oily water: ‘This is a nightmare … a nightmare’

Grand Isle - Beach Covered With Oil As Birds Feed In It

Asshat Republican that is Chris Matthews' latest "go to" critic of Obama

Oz Government Science Advisor Slams "Almost Infantile Debate" About Climate In Mass Media

Public perceptions of problems at nuclear reactors are being cut down to size

WTF? BP will turn off live camera during next attempt to plug the pipe

20th-Century warming in Lake Tanganyika is unprecedented

Canada Seeks National Park Status For "Graveyard Of The Atlantic" Sable Island

What percentage of North America's Ducks and Geese land in the Gulf of Mexico?

Great Lakes To Get Great Big Wind Turbines

Market Forces!!! Online Betting Site Lets You Bet Whether Gulf Turtle, Fish Species Will Go Extinct

Hermits and Cranks: Lessons from Martin Gardner on Recognizing Pseudoscientists

Making History: White House Says Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill is America's Largest, Ever

Nature Conservancy, Members Discovering Downside To Years Of BP Funding & Publicity - WP

Nuking The Oil Spill !!! ... Holy mother of God....

Nuclear loan guarantees likely to depress recipient's stock value

Cleveland Indians fans, I have a question

'Atrocious' looking head gear sweeps Baseball's minor leagues...

Greatest 45 minutes ever in sports

Gloat-Free Baseball Scores (Monday, May 24)

7 teeth? No big deal.

Reports: Yzerman to be Tampa GM

Do these two situation seem eerily similar??

May 25th, 1935...

Pffiladelpia Pfflyers?

Kraft investing in the future

USMNT first dress rehersal for SA tonight against Czech Republic

Anyone else worried about an Orlando comeback?

New York in February....

Only in Philly - Fan Pleads Guilty To Vomiting On Man, Daughter at Baseball Game

Pablo in 4th place in early All star voting..

Michigan self-imposes sanctions

Panama says sorry for military rule, decades on

Former slaves unite & launch clothing line

Investigation stalls in Colombian journalist’s murder

Venezuela builds railroads; rain and thermo-power help relieve electricity shortage

Workers in Venezuela on alert after Chavez warning

Venezuela's Chavez expects arrest warrant from U.S

PART 1: A Cuban refugee's odyssey to America

Venezuela gets a second phone factory

Brazil launches international TV station for Africa

Just found an interesting, new (to me) news/comment source on Latin America

Venezuelan moms to Hugo Chávez: take care of our jailed sons

Bolivia’s Morales Signs Law That May Oust Elected Opponents

Ahmadinejad Urges Promotion of Iran-Bolivia Ties

UN to apologize for troops on Haitian university campus

FARC forces Peruvian farmers to grow coca

Farmers forced to flee fighting in Buenaventura (FARC terrorists)

Moderator, please delete. I'd like to post this item in another thread. n/t

Paraguayan soldiers to continue hunt for elusive rebels

Monsanto's Poison Pills for Haiti

Conspiracy of Silence? Colombia, the United States and the Massacre at El Salado

Jailed U.S. citizen Berenson may be freed in Peru

UPDATE: Venezuela GDP Fell 5.8% In 1st Quarter - Central Bank

Cuban artist Silvio Rodriguez to play Orlando

Venezuela Orders Pepsi To Take Down Iconic Globe Atop Skyscraper

Cuba Travel Ban: Is the End in Sight?

Haiti's State Phone Company Finally Privatized

White House backs plan on gays in military

AUSTRALIA: Footballer Gets Home Egged For Saying Gays Should Stay In The Closet

Call Rep. Welch about "Don't Ask Don't Tell," scheduled for repeal vote THIS WEEK

Video: Only gays were savage enough for Hitler

Cameras nixed at closing of gay marriage trial

Armed Services chairman opposes DADT repeal plan

Gay former Marine walks over 200 miles to ask Sen. Webb (D-VA) to support DADT repeal

Alaska soldier ordered to remove anti-gay Facebook video

DADT repeal language

everything with this administration has to be a goddamn compromise....

Justices make it easier for employees to win legal fees in disability cases

Today in Labor History May 25 The notorious 11-month Remington Rand strike begins & more

Virginia governor gives NRA monopoly on teaching gun safety to kids..

Gov. Bob McDonnell Brings The NRA Into Virginia Elementary School Classrooms

Texas Democrats: Gun Owners Caucus meeting on Friday, June 25 in Corpus Christi

Shoot 'em in the arm

I am now convinced Richard Daley is honestly, mentally ill.

If 10-20 million gun owners decided to each build a machine gun

Any word on when McDonald decision will be issued?

have a seat

I have an old Canon EOS A2E 35mm camera with a 50mm lens that I no longer use....

A downy woodpecker living up to his name

I smell treats up there

The world, as seen through the eyes of my child.

Sage Bionetworks in Seattle is hiring

Synthetic life patents 'damaging'

Heart and Soul (space pic)

WISE Makes Progress on its Space Rock Catalog

Titan and Rings

Heart and Soul nebula from NASA's WISE..

Comet's Collision with the Sun Captured in 3-D

Soil Bacteria Might Increase Learning (X-post from GD)

Students in India build solar-powered helmet

The Math Behind the Physics Behind the Universe

Looking Back Across Mars ....photo

Will the Sun Enter a Million-Degree Cloud of Interstellar Gas?

Tracking the Ancestry of Corn Back 9,000 Years

My 999 th post

Rescued baby hummingbird

Wilkinson: Overcoming Heaviness, Depression, and Fear As We Navigate Life Changes

Everybody watch the "fedupness", breakthroughs, revolutions, etc

Tea Party Supports Teachers Accused of Sprinkling Atheist

Many Faiths, One Truth (good read)

'Beer belly' linked to Alzheimer's disease

Researchers alarmed at bacteria in Canadian bottled water

Taking Pains to Take Care, Both Now and Then

The Facts In The Case Of Dr. Andrew Wakefield

Texas Judge caps Transocean's liability at $27million

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