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Archives: June 20, 2010

There's a difference between being pragmatic and being cowardly

Limbaugh Stance On Feeding Low-Income Children-Belittles Human Decency

Anyone have information on Navy resources

Tiger Woods personal life is one thing

A must read article about CA, prisons, and where the money goes.

Man shoots 4 people, self at San Bernardino, Calif., Del Taco; 2 dead including 8-yr-old boy

Identical Oil Spill Response Plans

Visa Threatens Public Intelligence Hosting Provider Over “Confidential” Document

My Exit from DU in protest:

My Exit from DU in protest:

The Commons Rises in Detroit

Anybody Else Get The Feeling That DU Is Changing In A Way We Didn't Anticipate ???

Tarryl Clark tosses Michele Bachmann's absurd BP comments back in her face in new TV ad

BP: Tony Hayward remains in charge

MLPA Open Houses: Selling Ocean Privatization. MLPA= Marine Life Protection Act.

Tony Hayward's testimony before Congress translated:

~| *** Happy JUNETEENTH everyone! ***|~

OK that's it ...I am out of here...

Fuck it! I'm leaving DU!

Which is worse: socially liberal economic cons. or socially conservative economic progressives?

I'm leaving DU too!

I'm leaving DU too!

That does it! I'm leaving DU!

Well, If You Wanted A Front Row Seat To The Democrat's Upcoming Civil War...

IDF Brief: Battle for the Narrative in Low Intensity Conflicts

Someone explain the appeal of "ibtl" to me?

They are setting the oil on fire now.

Budweiser fights soccer hooliganism by sucking.

Its time... Outline for a New Constitution.

Got "Dick"?

Got "Dick"?

Got "Dick"?

Is there any place I can find whacky emails...

Requesting a primer on internal DU political stuff

The guy from Aruba in jail in Peru

YIKES!- did you know that workers are striking in CHINA?

I'm leaving the planet!

todays pics of what used to be The Gulf Of Mexico

A Doomsday Scenario

My 18 yr old liberal pinko son just gave me the DVD.....

The Corps's News and Entertainment is hard to avoid. Here is one serving humans. Add yours.

The Corps's News and Entertainment is hard to avoid. Here is one serving humans. Add yours.

Pope must not be subjected to vuvuzelas

I suppose it's all just a matter of perspective, right?

"I helped patients die, says doctor cleared of murder"

Update on the MN's RNC 8 last pre-trial hearing. too soon to know if still going to trial.

Japan accused of trading aid for whaling support

WEEK THREE: Marc Emery Held in Solitary Confinement in US Prison for Recording Podcast

U.N. report: Little progress in Afghan security

VA still battling errors, claims backlog

Is the WikiLeaks arrest a psychological operation?

Another Alvin Greene? Texas Democrats Grapple With Their Own Surprise Candidate

Another Alvin Greene? Texas Democrats Grapple With Their Own Surprise Candidate

Anybody Have The Sunday Lineup?

Neighbors rally against D.C. barracks project

Army, Air Force answer critics of UAV progress

Looks as if the misery will continue for the Haitian people

Texas GOP sells American flags for fundraiser

I can't figure out how to post this as a poll. Please respond by

Congressman Maffei Meets With Mott's Workers

surge update: Twin car bombs slay 26 in Baghdad

This is pretty damned sad-new artwork. RE: the gulf devastation

Afghan forces' apathy starts to wear on U.S. platoon in Kandahar

Oil spill, failure of laissez-faire governance-A Jamaican perspective

Happy Birthday West Virginia

Death rate of UK soldiers in Afghanistan 'four times higher' than US

Controversial Pesticide Worries Scientists

I'm going to be sick! Facebook Page: Michelle Malkin for Senate 2010

Obey's Afghanistan: At Long Last, It's Guns vs. Butter

2010 So Far Has Been Hottest Year on Record: NOAA

Louisiana lawmakers propose prayer to stop oil disaster

Political quotes from.....Bob Hope!!!! ; "You can't fool all of the people

FDA Has Worked on Sunscreen Regulations for 32 Years without a Final Report

A great quote from John Adams

Do you think intelligence agencies monitor DU?

Do you think intelligence agencies monitor DU?

Emanuel links fall elections to GOP support of BP

Grover Norquist joins gay GOP group.

I just heard on Sunday Morning on CBS that we share humans 50% of our DNA with bananas

Serious Question

Obama's biggest mistake?

++ 5,531 ++

The Commons Rises in Detroit

Who would have thunk it? Texas GOP broke!

Pro-Anorexia Websites Send Convoluted and Deadly Messages, Study Finds

Explaining Gulf gusher consequences to Republicans:

Obama's Liberal Critics Find Their Voice

Frank Rich: Clean the Gulf, Clean House, Clean Their Clock

To all the dads out there

Robert Scheer: Rape and spillage

Japan Has 'Priority' On Rights To Mine Afghanistan Mineral Deposits, Says Hamid Karzai

The Oil Drum: The DOE and the Spill, Peak Oil Science, Bikes in the Future, &c

GOP debates need for agenda to pitch voters ,set up website, liberals flood it

Did you ever barf withOUT seeing something?!1 (David GREGORY with Haley BARBOUR)

Daddy, could we have our planet back now?

Head Wreck: "Obama Declares War on U.S.!" Please come CAPTION the twit!!!!

In Fairness, Joe Barton Didn't Just Apologize! He Talked About The Real Tragedy In The Gulf!

[OIL SPILL] WhatCanUdo?

Is the U.S. Military Now Spraying Toxic Chemicals in the Gulf, too? (VIDEO)

David Gregory: "The US uses nearly 20 mill. barrels of oil a day..." Isn't that how much is spewing

Gulf Oil Full of Methane, Adding New Concerns

I am resorting to a bit of a nuclear option myself, day four

Here is a list of some of the live video cams BP is using. They all work at different times.

Here is a list of some of the live video cams BP is using. They all work at different times.

So the GOP wants to go into the November elections portraying BP as the "victim"?

On the Strengths and weaknesses of the american constitution.

Obama Jokes About Biden's "Big F-ing Deal" Comment

Twin Car Bombs Explode in Baghdad

BP CEO Tony Hayward criticised for yacht trip

Solve this mystery DUers

Barges OK'd to Block Oil Spill from La. Bay

And you thought hummers were road hogs. You ain't seen nothing.

Suffering Blue Whales Plead With Environmentalists To Let Them Go Extinct Already

Friday Night Lights

Verizon To Reprimand, Fire Employees Who Try To Save Customers Money

Email Arne Duncan & Bill Gates! Duke University study finds Computers hurt students

BBC International News main story

Homeless, he could build houses but he'll be glad to build pallets again

2 Party System: Moderate Republicans vs. Right-wing Republicans.

The Jones Act For Dummies

Great Lakes drilling issue could be on November ballot

Wikileak Case Echoes Pentagon Papers by Coleen Rowley and Robert Parry

All Republicans should apologize for the oil spill

If these neo-nazi teabagger pigs want to help why don't they go to the Gulf and help clean up oil?

If you're in California (Cupertino area), stop by & protest Arne Duncan 6/25

Complaint Box | Abusive Customers

Complaint Box | Abusive Customers

Complaint Box | Abusive Customers

Complaint Box | Abusive Customers

Complaint Box | Abusive Customers

The thugs we are hiring in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban aren't working out so good

Carly Fiorina, CA senate candidate, faces wall of opposition from silicon valley, even repubs

Large amounts of black oil washing up on Ft Walton Beach,Fla.

Dissatisfied With Special Education Program, Family Returns Son’s Diploma

Tea Party Express Chairman Mark Williams Stepping Down To Oppose WTC Mosque Project

In 1998, at age 14, I stridenly opposed the impeachment of Bill Clinton...

Think that there is not enough crazy people in the US to put the Tea Party in power? Think again.

True Cost of Oil

No Comment

Video: DNC Ad Nails Republican Party To Joe Barton's Apology To BP

I'm not going to say anything.

Chief Arvol Looking Horse : please remember 6/21st, World Peace and Prayer Day

That Hayward Yacht Race? Sponsored by J.P. Morgan. here's a pic.

The most important/shocking thing that was said at the Hayward hearing

A personal consequence of the current economy.

'Secure Border First' Ignores Facts, Obstructs Real Reform

Relief well question

Opinion: Who Is Biggest Environmentalist?

Worst public relations move of the week

Sunday Talk Shows

The President's Father's Day message. Yikes.

Volunteer info for helping to clean up spill

BP Bob

Can someone explain *WHY* BP (the corporation) needs to survive this mess?

On this day in radical history - June 20th

Wow, it's starting early this election cycle

Health Care Bill analyzed by Republican

Maid case enrages judge - Mulls acquittal for Ex-Homeland boss

some weekend TOONS

I guess it's my turn...another request for a tombstone

Eleven Different Schools… And they wondered why I acted up…

Woman heads toward halfway mark of Ohio River swim

Woman's Plea to Obama Ends in Husband's Arrest

Immediate Aid for Gulf Victims Is Emphasized

BP on Tony's Yacht Time

Grand Wizard teabagger steps down

When They're Cutting Your Pension And Reducing Your SocSec Benefits... Remember... Here's Why...

The difference between going to a ballgame and going to a

BP rejects Markey charge underestimated oil spill

Ami Bera (CA-3) hits Lungren for BP support.

We need a Presidential Crisis Center. A plea from the Gulf.

"JUICED!" good story in New Haven Register on Linda McMahon

The Best comments/Video on CleanUp disaster that BP and Coast Guard have botched.

The world needs the US to buy its plastic knickknacks and electronic doodads

The world needs the US to buy its plastic knickknacks and electronic doodads

On Father's Day: For All the Dads Whose Kids Never Returned From Iraq

Operation Dodging Daddies: Sheriff Joe rounds up deadbeat parents

Markey: BP 'either lying or grossly incompetent' on worst-case scenario

What is the difference between Sarah Palin and a Vuvuzela?

999th post. Reflections on D/U

Dumping golf balls into the ruptured oil pipe hasn't worked; why not try using BP execs instead?

Is there a conservative discussion board that allows liberals to freely join?

Verizon: If a customer service rep helps you save money, they could get fired

Events NOT going well in Afghanistan- but no one is paying attention

Congressman Gregory Meeks failed to disclose hidden loans

FBI questions woman after she protests pro-Palestine

Vuvuzela craze spreads to baseball...OH NO!

Alan Grayson: Diamonds in your Bathtub

Dear President Obama-New Orleans 2nd grade students video letter

Dear President Obama-New Orleans 2nd grade students video letter

The media needs to call the GOP on their unemployment obstructionism

Saturday's Spill Pic from Space

Protestors block unloading of Israeli cargo ship in California

Jenna Bush's bikes swiped from garage

I would LOVE to see Democrats pick up some seats in both Houses this November.

New Jersey battles over tax on millionaires

MUST WATCH! "Gasland" on HBO Monday, June 21 at 9:00 p.m. EDT

The big picture regarding our peril

Which scenario does BP management fear more?

Just saw a Jane Norton ad. (Teabagger-CO Primary for Senate)

Chief Arvol Looking Horse after the tragedy of the oil eruption into the Gulf of Mexico

Homephobic Rightwingers

Fiorina has scant backing from Silicon Valley

Facebook folks, here's a new group to check in to...

Sometimes I really suck...

Obama Administration Keeping Blackwater Armed and Dangerous in Afghanistan

The tragedy of the SS Sultana: "the worst American disaster of the maritime"

The tragedy of the SS Sultana: "the worst American disaster of the maritime"

I'm leaving unless every DUer lavishes affection and attention on me

Obama administration will push to reinstate the Superfund tax

Just in case you didn't know... Joe Barton has received $1.5 million from oil and gas

Do We Need A VAT Tax to help bring down the National Debt?

Eva Moskowitz of Harlem Success charters wants to expand in the building

Troop pullout in Afghanistan set for next summer

Louisiana lawmakers propose prayer to stop oil disaster

Latest airline fee? Early boarding

Scenes From the Gulf of Mexico ~ Photo heavy dial-up warning

Some may not like me here but I love all of you

Don't like vuvuzelas - thank China.

Terryl Clark? ..She has a real chance against Bachmann

Palin tweets new solution: PRAY for divine intervention/miracle

Trumka’s Important Speech on Immigration - FDL

My 81 year-old Dad's letter to President Obama - by susan in sc

BP document: Worst-case scenario -- 4.2 million gallons daily in Gulf (This is an attack on America)

Simpson's Social Security Video Rant: Why It's Important - RJ Eskow/HuffPo

BP Quotes - Michell Bachman, Don Young, Haley Barbour, Rand Paul, Sharron Angle, John Boehner...

Senate Poised to end Secret Holds

Jan's Story: Love and Early-Onset Alzheimer's

Does anybody still think BP management are really the best and brightest to handle the Gulf

Has the time come for our nation to use rationing again?

What happens after Kim Jong-il dies?

(((PICS))) The Mermaid Parade protests BP & Lou Reed is officially old

John Fund: "U.S. can resemble a banana republic overnight with the wrong President in charge"

For New Orleans and the Gulf Coast - an Allen Toussaint piece -

*New online tool that provides near-real time information about the Gulf response effort

DoD Buzz: GE Rejects Gates’ F136 Claims

Stars & Stripes: VA quietly giving benefits to those exposed to Lejeune's toxic water

BP spill fund chief vows to pay claims quickly

Sharron Angle, reconstructionist whackjob

Cool story for Fathers Day

Glenn Beck, Steve King Play with Racist Fire

EXCLUSIVE: BP Funds Front Group Claiming Storm Will Clean Up Oil

We're not citizens anymore.

June is Torture Awareness Month: See what they are doing in MN

Democrats continue hammering GOP over Barton apology to BP

How Big should the Defense Budget Be?

Obama Officials Still Approving Flawed Gulf Drilling Plans (new review of the record)

As technology advances, deep reading suffers

Obama Admin's Pentagon revives Rumsfeld-era domestic spying unit

Swimming from Pittsburgh to Illinois--- READ THIS

Ginormous Arctic Seed Vault (National Geographic Video)

Who invents this crap anyhow?

Who invents this crap anyhow?

Obama to shift power structure in Gulf :Politics

Same toxic chemicals that poisoned Exxon Valdez clean-up workers now used in the Gulf!

It’s true, your boss is a psychopath

Welcome to Liberation Angel's New Youtube Channel!

what type of democrat are you?

A must have bumper sticker!

A must have bumper sticker!

Forum Upheavals Are Just Par for The Course

Oil spills to gay rights, White House doesn’t come out swinging w/o being backed up against a wall

Portland Mayor Sam Adams wants ‘20-minute neighborhoods’

Mayhem unfolds at school carnival in Shasta Lake

Portland Boy Still Missing

Your Sunday Knock Knock Joke, Brought to you by Jehovah's Witnesses

Your Sunday Knock Knock Joke, Brought to you by Jehovah's Witnesses

Dear Human Beings

Here's What I Don't Get About DU

British press turns on Hayward, with plenty of anti-Obama rage thrown in for good measure

Hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico this time next week possible

Dinner with the Repub friends and the oil drill messy thingie.

Does anyone here think the Afghans owe us something?

Feeling sad today

It's that time again! Start planning your Father-Daughter Purity Ball '10!

CA: State License Plates May Go Electronic - Plate Would Play Ads When Car Is Idle

Serious question, where are the progressives *going*?

The Armies Are Gathering (Chicago)

Oh btw- the $250 Medicare donut hole checks starting going out last week- any mention on the MSM?

HOLY SHIT IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW:

Heaven on Earth -- Marijuana ice cream now available in California

Left? Right? Center? MOOT!! The spill changes everything. Get Greedy with Green!

1.56 million homeless people in America

Explosion at California water fuel research company kills inventor

FOXnews hard hitting science piece: "Why Summer Begins Monday"

I like Obama

How many hotlines are out there looking for donations for the people of the Gulf?

33 more killed in Iraq violence

Sheldon Whitehouse: "American Government Should Never Be On Its Knees Before Corporate Power"

Should the oil and gas industry be nationalized in the USA?

NASA boss investigated for conflict of interest on biofuel project - Marathon Oil muscles science

99.9999999% of politicians

I'm Sorry Dad

HEY BP!!!!! WE WANT OUR LIFE BACK TO!!!!!

HEY BP!!!!! WE WANT OUR LIFE BACK TO!!!!!

Obama’s Proposed Education Funding & Pay-As-You-Go

Addressing the National Debt

Iconic

How many times has a Democratic candidate lost because they ran too far to the left?

I like Keith Olbermann

We Need ACORN

What are the five things that you can do next to accomplish your political goals?

Alan Simpson invited Grover Norquist to speak at the fiscal commission.

A couple of thoughts on the Barton "fux pas"

DU's very important. However, there is something far more important.

NYT : No Price To Pay For Torture (Obama administration again passes on holding Bush accountable)

Another way to watch activity in the Gulf

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Ordinary American... The Right Wing Hates You

I love LOVE my local Farmers Market

Dark Matter Hiding in the Margins, dialup warning for one picture

New Anti-Rape Condom Debuts at World Cup

Look Out Below... 'In Budget Crisis, States Take Aim at Pension Costs' - NYT

A Time to Fly

TOLES TOON: 2060

Waiting on healthcare...

What Do You Think Is The Best Way To Educate Our Children?

What Do You Think Is The Best Way To Educate Our Children?

Newlywed couple: Officer blocked us from ER during bride's stroke

Michele Bachmann implements $2 mil task force to refute Bob Dylan's claim that the sun's not yellow

My Exit from DU in protest:

My Exit from DU in protest:

Lounge needs a music thread, darn it!

IATL!

Addressing the National Debt

Zzzzzzzulch... is the auto works... That's where the take all the cars that they hurt

Snuckward Ho!

ELO, "Laredo Tornado," live on Midnight Special 1974

Grateful Dead w/ John Fogerty - "Born on the Bayou," 11-3-91

Foo Fighters - "Born On The Bayou" live

Van Halen - "Born On The Bayou / Finish What Ya Started," Cow Palace 1992-05-08

Oasis...YES, Oasis, dammit..."Cigarettes & Alcohol," live @ Wembley 2008

Oasis - (into) My Big Mouth (You can fly a plane)

Fuck it! I'm leaving DU!

PHOTO: Dinner is served! Tonight, campanelle pasta w/ homemade porcini mushroom sauce.

Remains of chess champion Bobby Fischer to be exhumed

I'm watching Forbidden Planet on a peaceful friday evening.

Thanks a LOT, Kali!!! Now the rest of us...

A Thousand Kisses Deep (Cover)

I'm leaving the planet!

My Exit From I-35 In Protest

My 18 yr old liberal pinko son just gave me the DVD.....

Happy Father's Day Lounge

Nerd Porn : The Origins of Matlab

Sunday morning blues

Alright Loungers, let's hear your favorite sci-fi theme music!

"restaurant sign features animal mascot being burned alive".....

Self-delete (wrong forum)

delete

What are some free DVD burners out there?

WWYD? (What Would You Do?)

Favorite TV and Film dads

In which Diego Maradona tries (and approves of) the Vuvuzela.

Can we do a DU tribute to iconic songs....

A truly wonderful Father's Day gift........

Watching "The Strictest Parents"

What are the politics of postpunk?

The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Vuvuzela

I'm not going to say anything.

Ivory Coast Doesn't Stand a Chance

Okay...help needed!

Who else is about to turn over a thousand posts? Join the party with me!

Manute Bol Dies At 47 From Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

check out this guy's bicycle!!

When I was six, my mom made me watch "What a Way to Go!"

Wicked addictive puzzle game

TURTLEANDSUE

DU SONG OF THE DAY

Happy Father's Day!

Liberation Angel's Youtube Channel (Come See) (X-post)

What Will Happen To Jimmy Dean's Sausage now that he passed away?

What Are All Of You Du Fathers Doing Today?

LynneSin Sighting In The Lounge

Fine Young Cannibals - I'm Not The Man I Used To Be

My Father's Day morning had light piano in the background

I'm a Small Person. If BP really cared about me

So I finally had a chance to Have"Sex in the City 2"

I miss my Dad.

A nice Father's Day:

To Kill a Mockingbird, TCM, 8 PM, eastern

My dad.

South African doctor invents female condoms with 'teeth' to fight rape

Up Fuck The Shut.

*****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TZ!!!!!*****

Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the band

I enjoy you guys, but DU finally broke me. I'm putting on my walking shoes.

I'm not a father, but. . .for Father's Day I just watched "The Road"

shouldn't a custodial mom have the kids call dad on father's day?

Deadhead check in time ~

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Happy Father's Day Edition

Feeling kind of down today.

Saffie's kitties, full of the dickens they are! 5 wks old

I just watched my sister...

So I finally had a chance to see "Sex and the City 2"

Music for the Gulf of Mexico, share your favorite tune.

Why?

Anybody celebrate Juneteenth yesterday? Do you think it should become an

I miss my father. He has been gone since 1997 Please get regular check ups

Last night was the annual mass Naked Bike Ride in Portland & Seattle

My wife is in the hospital - what's happening: Meryl has end-stage liver disease

Missing your Dad tonight??? me to

What songs remind you of your dad?

Got tickets to see Rascal Flatts next month

I'm a pretty big guy

The Official I'm rooting for Tiger even though he is a douchebag thread...

What?

Anyone here ever been to a courthouse step foreclosure auction?

Meet your new overlord: Skittles, one kick ass kitteh!

The outdoor portion of our Central Air unit is a mouse hotel

I'm Curious. What Do You Do For A Living?

Former Sixer Manute Bol dead at 47

11 soldiers dead in Mexican military chopper crash

Fewer Afghan civilians hurt: NATO

Man shoots 4 people, self at fast food restaurant in San Bernardino

Obama says GOP making life harder for the jobless

Study: PCs hurt students' grades

Woman heads toward halfway mark of Ohio River swim

EXCLUSIVE: BP Funds Front Group Claiming Storm Will Clean Up Oil

Suicide blasts kill 26 at Iraqi state-sector bank

Democrats spend big to lure Obama's minority and young voters back to the polls

Academic Task Force Formed to Help With Response to Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Soldiers stole from us, say flotilla activists

Japan Has 'Priority' On Rights To Mine Afghanistan Mineral Deposits, Says Hamid Karzai

U.S. Troops, Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan Suspected of Corruption

G.O.P. Stalwart Says Come, the Gulf’s Fine

2 blasts rock S. Afghanistan in weekend violence

Isreal Eases Gaza Blockade, Will Allow in All Goods Except Weapons

Obama hits golf course with Biden on another hot, humid weekend

VA quietly giving benefits to Marines exposed to toxic water

Uzbeks in desperate plea for aid as full horror of ethnic slaughter emerges

Uzbeks in desperate plea for aid as full horror of ethnic slaughter emerges

Document Shows BP Estimates Spill Up to 100, 000 Bpd

Japan Has 'Priority' On Rights To Mine Afghanistan Mineral Deposits, Says Hamid Karzai

Republican Party rejects liability cap bill again

'Arsenic in water poisoned 77 million Bangladeshis'

Senior Italian cardinal accused of corruption

Dubai to have security cameras 'everywhere'

Senior Senate Dem to unveil plans to overhaul offshore drilling

BP to raise $50 bn, sue Anadarko

Rahm Emanuel: Joe Barton's BP Apology Represents Difference Between Democrats And Republicans

UK to Dodge Greek Fate With Tough Budget: Osborne

Pentagon revives Rumsfeld-era domestic spying unit

Gulf coast dogs need rescue once again due to BP oil spill

Turkey's PM Erdogan vows to 'annihilate' PKK rebels

Oil spill: Jimmy Buffett plans free Gulf Shores concert to promote tourism

Uribe’s Heir Santos Seeks Landslide Win in Colombia

Whales closer to us than thought, say scientists

My Exit from DU in protest

My Exit from DU in protest

Greatest third installment of a movie franchise ever?

Radar reveals extent of buried ancient Egypt city

Ezra Klein: Republicans don't oppose stimulus when it fits their policy agenda

The BP spill is a failure not just of technology but ideology.

Wolfowitz back on TV? Really?

Republican Governor and possible 2012 candidate: Obama BP response more right than wrong

Frank Rich: Clean the Gulf, Clean House, Clean Their Clock

Getting stuff done

DU Admins and Mods Appreciation Thread!

Bye Bye Bipartisanship

Census hirings distort jobless statistics

Feinberg ordered by Obama to get BP claims paid 'quickly'

Schieffer, it's not just Joe Barton who called creation of the $20 billion relief fund a 'shakedown'

The National Debt and fiscal conservatism.

White House Party Crashers Get Their Reality Show After All (Why not Federal Prison?)

Wanker of the Day: Charles Blow

I just got a "Robo Call" from Gen. Wes Clark here in NC asking me to vote for Cal Cunningham!

Bill Clinton Speaks Out on Kagan

Will Joe Biden be on the ticket in '12

Democrats spend big to lure Obama's minority and young voters back to the polls

Jonathan Alter: Time to Tap T.R.-And renew the progressive tradition.

OBAMA NEVER PROMISED ME A POLITICAL ROSE GARDEN

Alan Dershowitz endorses a Republican

Breakfasting with a geotectonic researcher. Not good (BP well related)

"That's not a political gaffe, those were prepared remarks. That is a philosophy."

Louisiana lawmakers propose prayer to stop oil disaster

Colorado Senate Hopeful Jane Norton Invokes 9/11 In Campaign Ad To Bash Obama

DOWN...Original Song about the Gulf Oil Spill and the End of the World

Reasonably Suspicious (The Arizona Immigration Song)

Lakers Riot in LA - WTF is wrong with these people?

fight the power!

Leave BP ALONE!!!

New BP OIL Spill T-Shirt (www.DeadFishCollection.com)

Red Dead Redemption Donkey Lady Glitch. So Disturbing.

Mr. W

Sec. Gates on DADT Repeal and Possible Obama Veto On Budget

Graffiti Artists Protest BP with F-bomb Painted on Krog Street Bridge in Atlanta

Beyond Petroleum (Chief Oren Speaks)

TYT - 8: The Mormon Proposition - A ReThink Review & Discussion

Zakaria's GPS: Sen. John McCain's absurd Iran stance is 'foreign policy as fantasy'

MSNBC: Cenk Of TYT Discusses Republican Memo On Avoiding On-Camera Confrontations

Bill O'Reilly Viewers Hate YouTube (Poll)

Gay Jesus play pisses off Texans

Gulf Fisherman: "It's Just.. It's Heartbreaking."

Rep. Joe Barton describes his SUPER car!

Joe Barton: A Political Gift

Driven by Globalization, Today’s Slave Trade Thrives at Home and Abroad

BBC: British Dentists Employed BP's 'Drilling Techniques'

Respect My Authoritah

Tuesday's Grace

Congress Defends The Big Guys

Nicholas D. Kristof: My Father’s Gift to Me

Foot, Meet Mouth: Our Top Six GOP Oil Spill Gaffes

L.A. Times Editorial: Fixing the Filibuster

Obama Administration Keeping Blackwater Armed and Dangerous in Afghanistan

Gulf oil spill: A hole in the world by Naomi Klein

Best Late-Night Jokes of the Week

'People First' rally planned to be the largest G20 protest

Is the BP Gusher Unstoppable?

It’s the New Deal! For banks!

Krugman Predicts Painful Road if Deficit Hypocrites Prevail

It is Time to Raise Taxes on the Wealthy and Save the American Dream

Comparing Olbermann & O'Donnell On MSNBC

In wheat country in the Columbia River basin, they gathered to celebrate dryland farming

Swiss supermarkets to offer Think electric cars

Up Sucker Creek in southwest Oregon, gold miners' rights collide with environmental realities

Recipe for Green Tires: Plants, Not Petroleum

The Oil Drum: The DOE and the Spill, Peak Oil Science, Bikes in the Future, &c

Ocean Changes May Have Dire Impact on People

48217: Life in Michigan's most polluted ZIP code

60 Minutes will replay "Assault on Pelindaba" tonight (nuclear facility attacked in 2007)

Warmest month of May ever

DOE Loans to Make Nevada the “Saudi Arabia of Geothermal Energy”

The Gulf Disaster and the Future of Coal

Well...Tiger's Back

Tiger Woods personal life is one thing

The Bucco's end a 12 game losing streak against the hapless Cleveland Indians...

Brilliant World Cup color analysis on this 14 second clip

Fantastic Finishes on the Big Ten Channel. For those who may be

Slovakia-Paraguay

The Anemic Frisco Giants get shut out by the Canadian Toronto Blue Jays

Brazil-Ivory Coast

Vuvuzela craze spreads to baseball...OH NO!

Diving in the World Cup...

Italy-New Zealand

I'm rooting for Dustin Johnson in the final round

Great - They are blowing vuvuzela's at the Marlins v Rays game in Miami.

Pathetic Pirates finally win..ending 12 game losing streak..

7 Incredible Ways Sports Improved - and Even Saved - Lives

Why do the UCLA Bruins wear a Red Sox syled "B" on their caps?

Carlos Monsivais dies at 72; Mexican author and activist

Colombia: US documents on Palace of Justice affair reveal army massacre

Santos is polling at 69% to Mockus 27% 42% of vote

Santos elected president

Venezuela: The Spin vs. The Truth

Just a link from a friend

Weddings for Everybody!

I am Losing a tenant (happy fathers day)

Harvey Milk's nephew blazes his own trail

Upstate NY high school prom honors 2 guys as "King & Queen"

Man shoots 4 people, self at San Bernardino, Calif., Del Taco; 2 dead including 8-yr-old boy

Fall 2010 Applications for the CUNY MA in Labor Studies Program Still Available

Labor book for the week of June 14 Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor

USW, UMWA Determined To Change Safety Practices In Oil And Mining

Today in Labor History June 20 American Railway is founded, Union Henry Ford recognizes the UAW, +

hiking on the Nomambo Bike Trail today

Where is JeffR?

How does one enter these DU photography contests?

Terlingua..hot and lonely

Some "green" alliteration

Who will be the first to recognize this iconic American home

It finally stopped raining yesterday (briefly), so here are some results

Scientists Await Cassini's Sunday Night Adventure (to Seek/Measure Titan's Magnetic Field)

Going commercial frees NASA for deeper space

Songbirds Learn Their Songs During Sleep

Music of the sun recorded by scientists

Faster-than-light electric currents could explain pulsars

Erdogan is not the bogeyman

IDF Brief: Battle for the Narrative in Low Intensity Conflicts

Spat or not, Turkey still using Israeli tech in attacks on Kurdish PKK rebels

Erdogan 'is no Gamal Abdel Nasser'

Protesters prevent unloading of Israeli ship

Israel's wall nears monastery; protest turns violent

(Oakland, CA) Protesters prevent unloading of Israeli ship

VIDEO: Flotillas of hatred, we're caught in the matrix

I Will See You a Flotilla and Raise You a Genocide: Israel and Turkey Play Political Poker

Protestors block unloading of Israeli cargo ship in California

Isreal Eases Gaza Blockade, Will Allow in All Goods Except Weapons

Soldiers stole from us, say flotilla activists

The Pyramid Code documentary

Monday, June 21st: Sioux Indian Chief Arvol Looking Horse Calls All Nations To Pray

Super specific request -- Favor #2 :)

Interesting blog entry about Cayce on animal reincarnation.

It's Still NOT to Late for a Birthday Party for villager: Yesterday was his Birthday

"You're mixing religion with science and destroying both!"

Vitamin D Deficiency Confirmed as Common Across a Range of Rheumatic Conditions

Cutting carbs is more effective than low-fat diet for insulin-resistant women

New evidence for a neuronal link between insulin-related diseases and schizophrenia

Making sense of the European situation

China says it will end the yuan/dollar peg

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