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Archives: August 23, 2010

As public sours on war, republican senator backs Afghan pullout deadline

The truth is a powerful weapon.

NYT: U.S. Anti-Islam Protest Seen as Lift for Extremists

Opponents of "Mosque" played Springsteens Born in the USA ?

I was surfing through Justin.TV and came across the Conservative Channel

Tier 5 We Won't Die OUT the Republicans in November

Social Security

Watching the HBO documentary 12th and Delaware.

Do Teabaggers think about what they oppose? Doesn't Shariah law ban abortions

WikiLeaks founder says he's been targeted by smear campaign

wall street journal = one trick ponies

It's time for Angelina Jolie to smack down her drama queen father again!

UPDATED: Fox News Scrubbing Wikipedia Entry on $1 Mil. Donation

MI Gov. Granholm calls out Armey and Ryan for wanting to ‘effectively dismantle’ social safety net

Whimsical. What does this mean?

The hate of the anti- Muslims

Interesting Bush transcript from a few days after 9/11

GOPs election strategy 2002 - 9/11, 2004 - 9/11, 2006 - 9/11, 2008 - Not the Black Guy!, 2010 - 9/11

GOPs election strategy 2002 - 9/11, 2004 - 9/11, 2006 - 9/11, 2008 - Not the Black Guy!, 2010 - 9/11

Gulf Claims Chief Says No-Sue Rule Was His Idea

What if funding the war in Afghanistan required quarterly fund-raising drives?

"If they had a single good idea, we wouldn't be talking about brown people."

I'm thinking if Target thought they could get away with it...

I'm thinking if Target thought they could get away with it...

The Gospel according to AK-47

thank you for the star ppssst! nt

Whatever happened to sacrifice during a time of war. Surely the people

Now even playing gay can get you gay bashed.

Cartoon-terror mosque related

Cartoon-terror mosque related

Iran is going to take away our freedoms!!!!

Beck: The Unrec feature is something the Nazi's would have come up with.

Paul Krugman: Now That’s Rich (Bush Tax Cuts)

ya know, one of the TV show I like most is The Undercover Boss.

Fox's Johnson: New York Muslims should "give up their rights" in order to be "good neighbors"

Q: Did LBJ and John Kerry ever meet?

Protest at Ft. Hood is now live 11:30pm. Sign up & ask questions.

Questions on Marriage

Can someone reccomend a good biography of LBJ?

Inalienable rights - do Americans have them or not?

Tom The Dancing Bug--"Lucky Ducky And The Deficit Hawk"

Highway jam enters its 9th day, spans 100km

Dream I had about a classic song Obama sent to Rahm, Tim, Robert, Lawrence,

For Angry Dragon, a little on derivatives

WaPo: too many vacations?

Follow up Q: What do you think LBJ did in the years between the presidency and his death?

Thousands strain Fort Hood's mental health system

Juvenile Justice Military Style

Juvenile Justice Military Style

I Have An Honest Question For Historians

I Have An Honest Question For Historians

"Sir, I say this with all due respect - you are a fucking moron."

Taliban birthplace next target for U.S. troops

Realignment to affect 12K airmen, 650 planes

Navy relieves Bahrain network CO

I have a bad feeling about this:

The lack of Diversity on FAUX news....

Are cages to blame for egg recall?

In Nicaragua, a return of the contras?

WHAT THE F**K! We can bail the banks out to the tune of TRILLIONS, but --

(RW meme:) Iraq: Progress but vulnerability

The Erosion of America's Middle Class

Gerald Celente: The Recession is Heading Toward Depression

Spinning the US Failure in Iraq

Krugman - History Does Not Lie - Unless It Is Being Invented by Republicans

Iraqi bishop says U.S. betrayed country, Christians suffer most

Bush Got His Crusade

Worth a look:

The New Normal: A Lot Like Now Only Worse

What You Will Not Hear About Iraq

What You Will Not Hear About Iraq

Best response to anti-Muslims “All y’all dumb motherfuckers don’t even know my opinion on shit.

I'm home from my 7 day cruise to the Mexican Riveria. Ask me anything!

Housing Fades as a Means to Build Wealth, Analysts Say

Petraeus on Afghanistan troop surge: "It gets harder before it gets easier." USA! USA! USA! USA!

In Japan town where dolphins are both playmates and game, mayor defends hunts

Frank Luntz contributing on the Huffington Post

Quotes from the Ft. Hood protesters' live feed...

What a sorry state of affairs

What a sorry state of affairs

Scary fanatics like Newt Gingrich turn Ground Zero mosque debate into ugly, stupid spectacle

Armey To Republicans: ‘We’ll Replace You’

Can governors just call out the Nat'l Guard to handle problem situations?

freeze watch in Idaho, possible record lows! yay winter is coming just as so cal heats up nt

Dupe

Combat brigades in Iraq under different name

Combat brigades in Iraq under different name

Ky. Libraries to Benefit From Stimulus Money

Flashback: In 2006 joint appearance, Beck appeared to call Imam Rauf a "good Muslim"

A lesson for our Democratic leaders

Since 1981, the mission of government has largely been to assure the nation's wealth is further

Land of the Free?

New York police try to shut down gay bar

New York police try to shut down gay bar

Another POS from Ingalls Shipbuilding: (USS) Makin Island suffers engineering casualty

Marijuana-guarding bears were "docile and content"

(Nutbag) Steve King: ‘He’s his own man’

I have a suggestion for the admins re: alerts

Christian Right Bigots Are Hiding the Truth -- Early Christians Condoned Gay Marriage

Where is the surgeon general and has she made any comment on egggate?

Where is the surgeon general and has she made any comment on egggate?

Where is the surgeon general and has she made any comment on egggate?

Where is the surgeon general and has she made any comment on egggate?

Where is the surgeon general and has she made any comment on egggate?

Fisherman Forced To Sign Waiver Making Them and NOT BP Liable For Contaminated BP Gulf Oil Spill Sea

Fisherman Forced To Sign Waiver Making Them and NOT BP Liable For Contaminated BP Gulf Oil Spill Sea

monday am...m$nbc anchor just said that julian assange faces sex charges in sweden

Jeff Merkley shows Dems how it's done on "mosque"

How do you steal (the easy part) and then sell a famous painting?

If the Bush tax cuts get extended for the very rich-our country no longer works as a Democracy

To the wonderful person who gave me a star, you are too kind, thank you!

CNN: 10 things Obama must do in 10 weeks

Minneapolis Police will pay $165,000 to zombies for false arrest!!

BP sends letters with no checks to hundreds of oil spill claimants

CNN's pre-midterm advice for Obama: "Channel Ronald Reagan," and catapult the propaganda

NYT: Housing Fades as a Means to Build Wealth, Analysts Say

The Rude Pundit - In Brief: Oklahoma City Must Not Have Hallowed Ground

Housing Slide in U.S. May Drag Economy Into Recession as Foreclosures Rise

Arizona's Republican Government now cheating children

I would donate a piece of my art for a DU fundraiser.

Sec'y Napolitano on the Diane Rehm show this a.m. (Mon.). Repellent performance...

Sorry, I'm now convinced that this story taken from the NBC.com site is bogus.

Michelle Obama, Laura Bush Plan Joint 9/11 Anniversary Event

FLASHBACK: In 2006 Joint Appearance, Beck Appeared To Call Imam Rauf A "Good Muslim"(Video)

How a Lunatic, Racist Blogger Is Fanning Hate Against Muslims -- With the Help of Our Dumb Media

Johanns: "a fresh opportunity for bipartisanship"

What I did on my Summer "Vacation":

The Rise and Fall of Predatory Governments.

Ellsberg, Assange. Some parallels. Some ruminations.

Is this animal cruelty?

Lots of truth over at Wonkette today

Escape From Deepwater Horizon ( 60 Minutes Interview) Updated

Escape From Deepwater Horizon ( 60 Minutes Interview) Updated

Is Your Favorite Wingnut Blogger on the Take?

Thom Hartmann and Dennis Kucinich

Thom Hartmann and Dennis Kucinich

Despicable... ...hypocrisy.

Shots Fired at Al Franken’s Condo

Groundless Hatred Is The Real Enemy - cultural center rally pics

Going Nowhere: Traffic Jam Enters Ninth Day

Handmade 'grassroots' Sep. 12th D.C. Tea Party Signs popping up in my neighborhood.

Wear your stupid proudly

SeaWorld fined $75,000 after whale trainer's death

Are protest signs now being "Sponsored by...."

How the Defense Industry is Hosing Obama and the Taxpayer ... Again

A walk down memory lane with St. Ronnie

Keeping Bush Tax Cuts For Rich Like Giving 120,000 People 3 Million Each

Felony dismissed for N. Ky. teacher who allegedly beat his son over hopscotch

NYT: New Orleans’s Storm Defenses Nearly Ready, but Mistrusted

Japanese program to recruit foreign nurses struggles as its elderly population swells.

So What's A Florida Democrat To Do

If I had a Time Machine I might well go back to the Planners of the Cordoba Center

To whoever donated a donor star to me, thank you. Thank you very much!

"and then I could not see to see" . . . Please come CAPTION Head Wreck!!!!

Back to School and Lying to the Public!

Back to School and Lying to the Public!

The Vapid Mrs. Greenspan: "Looks like a really fun race"

Check out Rand Wafles - New site

15 Facts About Net Neutrality

Philly Requiring Bloggers to Pay $300 for a Business License

Poll: 1 out of 5 Americans Do Not Believe Obama Exists! ‘Existers’ Movement Gathers Steam

Anti-Mosque Mob Turns On Black Union Carpenter

Suggestion for democratic (small d) polling on DU

crime.... blame GOP

Call the Republicans on playing "mind games" with America

Iran unveils ‘ambassador of death’ drone

Beaverton's 'Crash the Tea Party' teacher resigns as his dismissal loomed

National Black Police Assn. supports California's marijuana legalization initiative

FoxNews.com Readers Advocate Shooting Liberals As "The Only Known Cure"

Things that make you laugh out loud, even when you're alone in the room.

Short answer to the wingnuts' Islamophobia

Gulf of Mexico Still in Crisis Four Months After BP Explosion

For those on FaceBook- Tulsa TV station poll on the "mosque". Interesting replies..

200-fold boost in fuel cell efficiency advances 'personalized energy systems'

Why is GEM$NBC only showing clips from the anti-mosque side

Why is GEM$NBC only showing clips from the anti-mosque side

Dude Looks For A Payday: Levi Johnston files letter allowing him to accept campaign donations

Catch!

That's a big fish, you've got there

Media Matters to run ad on Fox News touting News Corp's $1 million donation to GOP

Rand vs. Ron? Cordoba House Drives Wedge Through The Paul Family

Defending (2008) Obama on Social Security

Oil spill investigators focus on communication

40 Bizarre Statistics That Reveal The Horrifying Truth About The Collapse Of The U.S. Economy

So you are coming to the 8/28 Glenn Beck March on Washington? - visitors guide...

The Constitution of the frightened States of America

CA: AG Suing TV Tax Attorney Roni Deutch For $34M

I had to write a LTTE regarding a political cartoon

Wrestling with rights. . . Please come CAPTION Laura Ingraham!!!

If 62 Million Mortgage Holders Unite, Our Nation could become foreclosure proof

Feel good story for your Monday: Toddler walks two blocks to reach medical help for her father

Thought from another thread: unemployment and the retirement age

study of perceived ideology

8 hostages dead in botched Philippines hostage rescue

To the DUer that gave me the star........

Director James Cameron calls climate change skeptics ‘swine’

I take McConnel at his word that he's not a crack-selling

The dirty little secret about Google Android (Interesting article on Net Neutrality killing, Google)

Since "The Truth Wins" is now an acceptable source...

Salon: Meg Whitman's NY shout-out: Did she just tell Californians that Wall Street wants her to win?

Need slime repellant!

The Return of Reefer Madness

The Return of Reefer Madness

Dem argument against the Mosque Haters

State of the Economic State

Driveway Tax Coming in Mission, Kansas

Question about Social Security cap

Jesus in Arizona

rebranding

Palm Center Releases Detailed Report On Great Costs Of DADT To America

Palm Center Releases Detailed Report On Great Costs Of DADT To America

Media Matters to run ad on Fox News touting News Corp's $1 million donation to GOP.

Rwandan Rebels Raped at Least 179 Women in Congo, Humanitarian Officials Say

We are close to being out of Iraq

Dylan Ratigan actually said something today that really resonated with me...

Dylan Ratigan actually said something today that really resonated with me...

Trapped Chilean Miners Face Psychological Challenges-4 months to rescue?

Celebrity chef Art Smith weds longtime partner.

After 40 years of assault. After eight years spent cutting scuttle holes in the hull.

RNC has just $5m for final push (and we're concerned about losing?)

BP sends letters with no checks to hundreds of oil spill claimants

BP sends letters with no checks to hundreds of oil spill claimants

Ron Paul, on the "Ground Zero mosque" controversy

Power to the people & the Internet:Charges filed against that off duty cop that shot dog in dog park

Sacrificial Lamb scheduled to bring fried chicken & 'tater saled when GOP lands on its ASS in Nov.

US court halts government funding of stem cell research

"Don't Dishoner My Son's Grave" -- Mosque Protest

This mosque imbroglio should give the Coultergeist whiplash.

george w. bu$h* is a muslim

Why won't the GOP say 'no' to extremism?

I must not think bad thoughts...

Auto union joins labor, green groups on climate bill push

American WWII soldier to be inducted into France's Legion of Honor

CBS Reporter Harold Dow Died of Asthma Attack while Driving

More Teanomics: Failor Happens At Groud Zero

A fun post.

The Economy Is Getting Worse and Worse -- And No One's Doing a Thing About It

gop twits tweet forecast of lost jobs from drilling ban

On this day, 40 years ago... The Sterling Hall Bombing

US News & WOrld Report: Are Toyota Black Boxes Reliable?

The Myth of the "Powerful" Teachers' Union

National heat records set in 2010 - remember there is no climate change

BP audit revealed problems with Deepwater Horizon

When it comes to John McCain Dems and Repubs alike

Any DUers watching the storming of the hijacked bus in Manila

Glenn Beck Rally Attendees Warned Of Dangers Of DC Metro (MOCKERS ahead! EEEK!)

Republicans can't raise money now, perhaps this is their way of

So I've been gone a week - what's happening with the lawsuit against DU from RightHaven?

Why is Myrtle Beach so much more popular as a tourist destination than some of the beaches around

Judge stops federal funding of embryonic stem cell research

DEVELOPING: "Ground Zero Mosque" brought to you by DC Lobbyist firm, ties to "King Birther" Gaffney

Spectacular! Canine Lifeguards to the rescue in Italy

The java bubble

TX-17 GOP Nominee Bill Flores Repeatedly Refuses To Support John Boehner

TX-17 GOP Nominee Bill Flores Repeatedly Refuses To Support John Boehner

Man Accused Of Racially Charged Bus Attack

Introducing the Judge that just blocked federal funding of embryonic stem cell research

More 'progress' in Fearless Leader's Bolivarian Venezuela

“John Boehner and the Republican leadership wouldn't know a new idea if they tripped on it,”

Former Sea World employee speaks out about killer whale attack - Larry King tonight

Something that really irritates me about these pundits..

News tidbits that are "totally shocking" <--- extreme sarcasm

Glenn Beck Rally Attendees Warned Of Dangers Of DC Metro

A friendly FUCK YOU from the Have Mores: "U.S. business wants hearings on Bush-era tax cuts"

Why Are Progressives Being Thrown Under The Bus ?

Fox News Gets Slammed In New 20th Century Fox Movie, 'Vampires Suck'

I think we should have a Japanese-style "sage" feature on DU to let posts sink when you reply.

Connecting the dots on right-wing "non-profit" propaganda tanks

The WORST Playground Fails Of All Time

And Now, A Message From Congressman Grayson - digby

MEDICARE FOR ALL - Day 15

EPA posted this on facebook tonight:

Medical Marijuana Helping Budget Deficit, Colorado Gov. Says - HuffPo

Sarah and Tawd show their nasty side again...

BP believed well to be breached, with flow surging “into the ROCK FORMATION” from ‘top kill’

BP believed well to be breached, with flow surging “into the ROCK FORMATION” from ‘top kill’

Goodbye, Shareholder Nation

My Pandigital Novell 7 arrives today.

Cannabis electric car to be made in Canada

Mosque vs. Gay Marriage on Courage-O-Meter

How come you can't speak Amurkan?

breaking...federal judge has blocked federal funding of stem cell research

Getting a RW-er away from Fox News for a week does wonders

Things that make you say: "Hm-m-m?"

Why isn't the GOP and Dems scared of the AARP in this Social Security fix?

this IS "General Discussion", right?

How much do you need to donate to DU to view without ads?

Retrial for Blagojevich could be early next year

US needs John Putnam Thatcher's financial advice

Bernanke Must Raise Benchmark Rate 2 Points, Rajan Says

The host on MN Public Radio always called it the "Islamic Cultural Center" today, so why here at DU

The host on MN Public Radio always called it the "Islamic Cultural Center" today, so why here at DU

GM building new plant in Mexico on bailout dollars

Political lessons from the egg recall.

Political lessons from the egg recall.

What's Gotten Into Joe Scarborough?

NOW I CANT POST IN THE SMALL FORUMS

Sufi is to Islam as the United Church of Christ is to Christianity.

San Francisco newscaster Dave McElhatton dies

Woman caught on video tossing cat into trash bin.

On Hardball, anti-Cordoba House protester couldn't tell Chris Matthews

Oh lord, just got a robo call from Meg Whitman

My ltte was printed today-thanking my docs and encouraging national health care

We could actually KICK ASS in this election, if our party's leadership wanted to

It isn't just about Florida

Federal prosecutors exploring criminal charges against Wikileaks

Have women truly achieved equality?

What people eat, where they eat, what people drink, why people don't recycle? What is WRONG with US?

What people eat, where they eat, what people drink, why people don't recycle? What is WRONG with US?

Obama - "born a muslim" / Homosexuals - "Gay by choice"

For sale: Conservative bloggers and (possibly) Mike Huckbaee

Do-Gooders Get Voted Off Island First: People Don't Really Like Unselfish Colleagues

A 10-Year Treasury Note is paying 2.6%. What does this mean?

Bwahaha! Michelle Malkin is an "Anchor Baby"!!!

Philly requiring bloggers to pay a $300 Business License Fee if they show any profit

Indian Tech Industry Lobbies Against Further Visa Fees

Indian Tech Industry Lobbies Against Further Visa Fees

Could 62 Million Homes be Foreclosure-Proof ?

Is It Time For A Flat Tax...

When Wall Street Rules, We Get Wall Street Rules

'The people behind the mosque project were "the same people who took down the twin towers"'

'The people behind the mosque project were "the same people who took down the twin towers"'

You can tell the most important and meaningful topics on GD by the number of replies they get..

SO let me get this straight

Fascinating: Christian Right Bigots Are Hiding the Truth -- Early Christians Condoned Gay Marriage

Obama's latest assault on Social Security

"Training Iraqi forces"... am I missing something?

Read This Hell-Raising Fund-Raising Email From Alan Grayson:

Religious crazy people win in court; stop stem cell research

Do you have a story of changing someone's mind from a conservative/Republican position ?

Michael Moore: Profits Are Way Up at General Motors ... So Why Aren't They Hiring?

Billionaire Baloney

The Tea Party Could Bring Fascism to America

Karzai on "This Week": Our private military contractors are "terroristic groups at nighttime."

Dick Cavett: Real Americans, Please Stand Up

AFGHANISTAN Task Force 42 and Task Force 121, the Other Secret Killers – Part 3

What Are The Ten Best Countries In The World?

what if Obama had flown onto an aircraft carrier in a flight suit declaring an end to iraq war

Wait, I thought the combat in Iraq is over and they are withdrawing combat troops

"Stolen Land"

New "Laser" Weapon Debuts in LA County Jail

Right Wing Nut Jobs began anti-Islamic Hatred in Shanksville.

Calling "hogwash" on Rick Warren (and Obama's?) concept of marriage

A blast from the past--fundie Muslim "freedom fighers" == the Founding Fathers

Center for Biological Diversity: Gulf Oil - "What we saw firsthand was horrific."

Can we please scare voters by running hyperbolic ads regarding Social Security?

Al Qaeda is to Islam as the Ku Klux Klan is to Christian Protestantism.

Gotta love Björk

Republican Bloggers Getting Payola

'Ground Zero mosque'? America needs a reality check. Really

This is what i get for helping a right wingers dog

Company Owned By David Koch Lobbied Against Designation of Formaldehyde as Carcinogen

Barbaric Bear Baiting in SC [Defenseless bear attacked by dogs for "training'] - Sign the petition!

Naomi Wolf: Banks Siding Against the Customer in Fraud Cases

Alan Grayson: The President Got the Message

Ron Paul breaks with GOP on mosque:

Harry Shearer's movie, "The Big Uneasy" opens one night only, in theaters nationwide on 8/30

JOIN US: The War on Christmas!

Raising the Social Security Cap: Policy and Politics

The dick must be close to croaking

Toon: If I could find a Job...

Why Almost Anybody Can Be a CEO

Cancer patients 'lacking painkillers'

On the news, they always speak of the "farm" where the eggs came from

Zappos is offering a free lifetime overnight shipping membership until tomorrow.

America's State Religion: Horse'sAss-ism

"I would have been the last to know had my partner been killed"

Musical interlude: "Jump you f*****s!" (A song for wall street)

We assume the President can do something about the "corporate takeover"...

Brad Pitt's Death Penalty Jibe Over BP Spill

I have three other healthy kids. Please send me $8000 so I can adopt a baby from China!

Obamas lead Americans exhibition {at National Portrait Gallery} (BBC)

Has anyone seen that recent pic of the Muslims praying at the concentration camp?

Candidate Stays on Ballot Though He's Moved to New State

"Let me tie your hands and see how well you do your job"

I don't care about any Mosque, one way or another but I do care about America

Jeb Bush: Democrats focusing on my brother "is a loser issue. They have a big L on their foreheads."

3 dead, 4 wounded in shootout in central Virginia

What Is It About 20-Somethings? Why are so many people in their 20s taking so long to grow up?

Facing Budget Gaps, Cities Sell Parking, Airports, Zoo ...at fire sale prices

Provocative Subject Line

From student to teacher in 5 weeks...TFA recruits play bigger role.

Disgrace - Obama’s increasingly absurd gay marriage position

Michael Ian Black's Tirade Against a Racist Obama-Hater During Set

U.S. Occupation of Iraq More Than Doubles Poverty, Sickness - Leaves Country A Disaster

Calling out a Bull Shit Sticky posted above, Why does Skinner allow this crap?

California Pot Initiative (Prop. 19) Still Leading In Latest Poll

Nail Salon Charges More For Overweight Customers

Breaking: How to Stop Unrec Trolls

Breaking: How to Stop Unrec Trolls

A Life Lesson During An Economical Crisis.

Housing Fades as a Means to Build Wealth, Analysts Say

Florida Man to Plead Guilty to $880 Million Grocery-Business Ponzi Scheme

The Jobless Effect: Is the Real Unemployment Rate 16.5%, 22%, or. .

The Economy is in Big Trouble

Apple patent looks to lock up jailbreakers

All right! Who made the Bush Harvey Oswald sticky?

If you had to leave the USA, where would you go?

You what really pisses me off? When even "progressive" talk hosts miss the obvious question.

Paladino: "welfare recipients...get employment training and take lessons in "personal hygiene."

We ALL Lost: "The American public has no idea just how terrible we've made conditions in Iraq"

Are the people of America being held hostage?

Please bookmark this thread

The Campaign Against Julian Assange

All Hail The True Blood Stickie

Anyone have any evidence at all that U.S. troops are still engaged in combat in Iraq?

OK, my neighbor won't recycle. What to do?

DU 2011 CALENDAR - Final Round ***dial-up warning***

Toon: Now poke him...

Quote Of The Day - Carl Paladino: The poor should be housed in prisons

Toon: Sarah's email

Toon: Sarah's email

Harry Reid uses Sharron Angle to blast Sharron Angle

The World's Best Countries

Egg recall drives worried customers to farmers markets

Angry Ron Paul Defends Ground Zero Mosque

Sticky up top.

Assassin of Youth

"Fuck you" --- a love song

How Creationism works

Cloudgazing

Still The Same

Every 1's A Winner

School Boy Crush

Once You Get Started

Summer Breeze

How sophisticated/crude/EFFECTIVE are your "protective parenting" skills?

All Day Music

Time to get it together

Heaven Must Be Like This

Lost Where I Belong

Hot Child In The City

Everybody Loves the Sunshine

Hugs Not Drugs!!!! Are you responsible for getting your kids hooked on hugs?

Eve (I need you)

I hurt. A lot

Happiness

Lil Girl

Is that Jesus up there on that sticky?

All Of Your Things

Will You Be There

Perception

Falling' Down

Bring On The Night

Dream Weaver

Tarja Turunen, Opera Rock Show, Miskolc, Hungary...cover of Whitesnake's "Still Of The Night"

It's nice to know America still builds rockets

I went to a beer & ice cream tasting yesterday

Car sauna,..a game for only mature adults!

Mad Men - Talkin' Spoilers

David Lee Roth now looks like Ted Levine from Silence of the Lambs.

Does anyone use the word "may" to ask permission in RL?

Who else is reading the top headline on DU's front page and immediately thinking this:

I'm home from my 7 day cruise to the Mexican Riveria. Ask me anything!

Does anyone use the word "prithee" to ask permission in RL?

New Website Offers Hope For The Hopeless

You know, in the subject line where you have the option to

Woebegone

Fellow authors/poets:

"What's the French for 'fait accompli'?"

I Go With a Psycho

What's the matter with tuna? I opened a very small can recently and it was so fishy and tinny I

Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren finalize divorce

Just saw the first clip promo for the next Venture Brothers next season..

Blue Oyster Cult's "The Siege And Investiture of Baron Von Frankenstein's Castle At Weisseria"

Once I ran to you, now I run from you...

"Another exit on the freeway...another bridge I cannot bear to cross alone..."

I need a good cause to plug for when I make my annual donation sticky

So I am thinking of buying a sleeper sofa, but sometimes those things aren't

The Economy may suck, but at least it's still "Good vibrations" for certain products...

12/21/12. If I'm still alive that day, it will be my birthday.

OK so which mod banned KaptKrunch?

The client I'm meeting today is either serious, or is blowing smoke up my ass...no middle ground.

Classic movie most in need of a remake, a little shaking up...Samuel L. Jackson style?

Didn't you hear?

The Walking Dead coming to AMC in October "trailer"

Dupe

Interpretations...

Any coin experts (or semi-experts) here?

Dammit, Facebook seems to be down, and I want to go to Facebook

paint fumes... paint fumes... PAINT FUMES

Sunflower goes down, jalepenos thrive

a radical, a liberal, fanatical, criminal

Does anyone have a link to the SNL clip of Belushi in the graveyard or Bad News Bees?

Need suggestions for appropriate TV shows/films for 3 and 4 year old girls

COWBELL

Who can resist laughing babies?

Do you ever think of your online posts as a part of your legacy?

Bad enough that my stupid shithead of a cat loves to vomit on the carpet

Hey Orrex: Here's something from James Cameron I think you will actually like!

Today is tjwmason's birthday.

Can't even remember if it's been 3 or 4 years since I quit smoking.

Did you learn the metric system when you were in elementary school?

A fun post.

(sigh) True Love

Jolene, Jolene, Joelene, JOOOOOLEEEENNE

What do you think of the color pink?

"Strange Things Happen" Stewart Copeland's sort of autobiography - GOOD READ

Windows open+rain=wet car.

True Blood recap! We now know what everyone is! *spoilers*

Anyone seen the movie Ghost Writer starring Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor? Was it any good?

BTW , last week I went into the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the first time ever

So my daughter started college today. Surprise! Her room-mate is a rabid republican...

Hey, My 2007 Yaris just turned over 100,000 miles

Admit it.. You love me.

Mesdames et Messieurs, M. Louis Armstrong - La Vie En Rose

OK, I laughed.

Shit, forgot to ask for a fork when I grabbed my take-out.

in Dallas, temperatures in the "mid-90's" considered a "cold front"

In my failed attempt to find my baseball glove I found a buried treasure...

Russia in color, a century ago (Big Picture)

I just ate pork by accident.

This is my (cigarette) quit date... not going so well

Question on the music of the sixties...

My dogs appear to be in a literal pissing contest -

DU 2011 CALENDAR - Final Round

Who is Simon Max? - Obama and the "Professional Left"

Simon Max - Obama and the "Professional Left"

'My interview with Obama on his Christianity and the 'Muslim issue'

SPIN METER: Republicans hot, cold on Constitution

Salon: Obama needs to find the guy who made all things seem possible in 2008...within himself

Three new polls on FL Senate and Governor primaries

The second BIGGEST contributor to FOX NEWS is a Muslim

Daily Kos highlights toss-up Governor races

Krugman: Bush Tax Cuts, Now That's Rich

So let this be the message from left to right, from Democrat to Republican

OH SHIT!! Rob Redding will be on XM radio 6 days a week starting 8-29-10

The hate of the anti- Muslims

Obama Plans Major Speech on Iraq Aug. 31 to Mark Troop Drawdown

New credit card rules protect consumers from abuse

Watchdogs to WHCA: Reconsider Fox News' front-row seat

First Lady Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, to appear together at 9/11 memorial ceremony

E. J. Dionne: Forget the ‘Party of No,’ Dems Need to Run Against Extremism

WSJ: Protests, Rhetoric Feed Jihadists' Fire

Political cartoonist Tony Auth: Where is George W. Bush now that we need him?

Shots Fired at Al Franken’s Condo

Scary fanatics like Newt Gingrich turn Ground Zero mosque debate into ugly, stupid spectacle

PALINdrome: reads the same backward as forward

RNC Committeewoman: Obama Told Muslims That He Was A Muslim

How a Lunatic, Racist Blogger Is Fanning Hate Against Muslims -- With the Help of Our Dumb Media

Vice President Biden to tout auto industry success on Midwest swing

Teamsters say Coca-Cola Enterprises workers will vote Oct. 7 on union representation

phase of federal law restricting credit card fees, interest rates begins

Obama stem cell regulations temporarily blocked

July RNC fundraising: absolutely anemic

Pope's UK visit to involve strict rules for pilgrims

Pope's UK visit to involve strict rules for pilgrims

"Obama wants the government to take over Social Security. That's why I'm voting Tea Party"

Barack Obama Elementary School.

Rain batters China; 250,000 evacuated in flood (along border with North Korea)

Brad Pitt's Death Penalty Jibe Over BP Spill

AP SPIN METER: Republicans hot, cold on Constitution

Facing Afghan mistrust, al-Qaeda fighters take limited role in insurgency

Spanish al-Qaeda hostages freed (in North Africa)

New Mexico governor in Cuba, may seek release of U.S. contractor

BP Hopes To Fix Pipeline Quickly

China traffic jam stretches 'nine days, 100km'

Wikileaks says Australian intelligence services warned of 'dirty tricks'

Far from Ground Zero, other plans for mosques run into vehement opposition

Israel says Iranian reactor use 'totally unacceptable'

UK public 'shaming world politicians' over Pakistan aid/UK Public Donates £29m ($40m) To Pakistan

AIG repaying nearly $4 billion in federal loans

My phone rang tonight, it was a right-wing pollster.

Time to Snap On the Chin Strap

Blackwater founder gives statements in fraud suit

Army Anti-Discrimination Officials Pressured Soldiers Not to File Discrimination Complaints

SeaWorld fined $75,000 for safety violations(Trainer's Death)

Fire Cripples Long Island Rail Road Service

RNC Committeewoman: Obama Told Muslims That He Was A Muslim

FDA commissioner says agency needs more authority

RW + GOP thought all D presidents since FDR were illegitimate

APNewsBreak: Hagel backing Pa.'s Sestak for Senate

Feinberg Says BP Gulf Oil Spill Victims May Be Able to Sue Some Companies

Former Swedish chief prosecutor demands explanation for ("Bizarre") arrest order

Fox News reports former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel has endorsed Joe Sestak for Senate in PA

Heavy rain causes floods in India

NLRB judge rules against Times Union (“engaged in certain unfair labor practices” must rehire 11)

The republicans seem to be running to the elections on only 3 things:

The republicans seem to be running to the elections on only 3 things:

Ammonia leak update: Worker describes seeing 60-foot plume of white gas

Republican National Committee spent $900K of $5.5M on an insurance payment: campaign reports

Colorado Tea Partiers Angry At Tancredo: You Spoiled Our Party

In break with Reid, Durbin backs mosque

Meek headed for a BLOWOUT!!!!!!!!!

Report: Former BLM manager took oil company gifts

US help warms hearts of Pakistan community

Stalling Problems Could Affect 1.2 Million Toyotas (control module’s circuit boards)

Ex-Marine guilty of killing Lauterbach (woman Marine).

Pakistanis Tell of Motive in Taliban Leader’s Arrest

"Ground Zero Mosque" Foes Bankrolled By Feds

(At least 26) Deaths in Pakistan Mosque (Suicide) Attack

Anne Frank tree falls over in wind, heavy rain

Anne Frank tree falls over in wind, heavy rain

Woods, Nordegren confirm they have divorced

"Manila bus hostages killed"

(Funeral) Protester likely to face no charges

Democrats Outraise Republicans in July, Have More Cash on Hand

Calif. Man Gets 20-Year Sentence in Anthrax Hoax

(CA) State sues TV's 'tax lady' for alleged swindles (Roni Deutch)

Large fish kill found at mouth of Mississippi River Gulf outlet

PPP: FL Senate--sneak preview of tomorrows GE numbers (good news for Rubio?)

US admits human rights shortcomings in UN report

Covert Operations:The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama.

Germany Plans Major Restructuring of Military

Anti-Government Sovereign Citizens Taking Foreclosed Homes Using Phony Deeds, Authorities Say

Allan Grayson:The republicans hate the President because he's black

Glenn Beck: WE are going to reclaim the Martin Luther King DREAM

U.S. district court rules against stem cell policy

Worldwide, Muslims bemused by mosque controversy

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Monday August 23

Group wants SC bear hunters to call off their dogs

Pickens urged Bush to take Iraq’s oil

U.S. Drone Strike Kills 20 People in Pakistan (3 Children)

Some 200 women gang-raped near Congo UN base

Some 200 women gang-raped near Congo UN base

Racism, Republican Party, Tea Party

General Ray Odierno - We still have a little bit of terrorism that operates here in Iraq

CNN: How Much Oil Is Left In The Gulf?

The Ground Zero Mosque Circle Jerk

CNN: Almost All Exxon Valdez Cleanup Crew Dead!!!

Dick Armey - I am not gonna take Democrat Party position on Republican candidates as gospel truth

GLENN BECK, ARE YOU WATCHING?

Dan Choi PWNS Man Who Created Don't Ask Don't Tell

Peter Schiff wants the dollar to collapse, then he will say I was right!

Olbermann Blast CNN For Giving Franklin Graham A Platform To Spew Hate

Congressman credits Obsessed ROV watchers for forcing action

Atheist Church August 22, 2010 Ground Zero Mosque

New Commercial For the Unemployed

Fox News co-owner funded Ground Zero Mosque

Lilith Fair 2010 DC Sarah McLachlan "Loving You is Easy" -Justice Through Music

The Tillman Story - Review by What The Flick?!

Stupid Things Republicans Say

War on Prayer

Palin Robocall for Joe Miller...He's got the BACKBONE to confront Obama's RADICAL agenda, you betcha

COMMERCIAL: A Very Special Message From Fox News

Sam Seder on Net Neutrality

Prof. Gopin: Actions that Accompany Negotiations

Miss USA and a Stripper on the Ground Zero Mosque

Fool in RW&B Hard Hat is 'fed up' w/ Muslims smiling and laughing

Midweek Politics: White couple denies house to black couple, snake oil salesmen on INSP channel

Lilith Fair 2010 DC - Sarah McLachlan "The World is on Fire" - Justice Through Music

Prof. Gopin: Denying Emotion President's Harvard Education Getting in his Way

Weird Liberal Head Show #140: Conservatives- Surrender!

Pass the Tier -5 Unemployment Extension

Rachel Maddow & Richard Engel on the MASSIVE continuing US presence in Iraq

Demonstration of Sickness- "Rally Against Ground Zero Mosque"

Howard Dean: Name one thing that you could hope for from the Republicans if they should win

Mildly Relevant News: Miss USA and a Stripper on the Ground Zero Mosque

Thom Hartmann - Should Fox News be in Guantanamo for supporting terrorism?

Ed Show w/ Cenk: DFA On Islamic Center Near Ground Zero

“All y’all dumb motherfuckers don’t even know my opinion on shit.”

Blunt Staffers Kick Out Seniors

Carl Paladino said he would transform some New York prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients

Ed Show w/ Cenk: Dr. Laura Racist Debate

Al Jazeera English: New Yorkers Rally Over Islamic Cultural Center Plan (Fair & Balanced, For Real)

Michio Kaku: UFOs Are Real - MSNBC Dylan Ratigan Show

Fareed Zakaria: The Cordoba Community Center's Imam Follows A Liberal Form Of Islam Hated By AlQaeda

"They're not conservatives. They're anarchists.": Rep. Alan Grayson: What's at Stake in 2010

AJE: John Pilger Gives Probably The Best Description Of What's Really Going On In Iraq You'll Hear

Counterpoint: Land and Sovereignty by Charlie Glass

Before the Protests Tommorrow at Fort Hood

Australia's Hung Parliament.

HOMEOWNERS' REBELLION: COULD 62 MILLION HOMES BE FORECLOSURE-PROOF?

MURFREESBORO, TENN: Far from Ground Zero, other plans for mosques run into vehement opposition

'Ground Zero mosque'? America needs a reality check. Really.

False Charges Ricochet in the War on WikiLeaks by Scott Horton

Ron Paul : Stop Your Demagogy About The NYC Mosque!

Anti-American Religious Group Is Building Houses of Worship Near Ground Zero; They Must Be Stopped!

And the first major payout from the BP Oil Spill Fund goes to...realtors

The GOP's Long, Hot, Racist Summer

Political Killings in Colombia

The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama.

In Case of Emergency: What Not to Do

Stopping Oil Tests----The Alaskan Inuits win one. Whoot!

Food And Farming: The Hub Of Planetary Transformation (Carolyn Baker)

What I Did On Summer Vacation (James Howard Kunstler)

U.S. Execs "Extremely Worried" about China Pay Hikes

Scant Progress in Effort to Solve Old Racial Killings

No justice in partisan fight over judges

Redistribution of Wealth and the Tier V Unemployment Extension

Eat Sh*t Rush Limbaugh!

Voluntary Simplicity: Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich

Senator Jeff Merkley shows Dems how it's done on "mosque"

U.S. Judges Sound Off on Bank Settlements

Frank Rich's Excellent OPED about the "Ground Zero Mosque"

The blessings of liberty by Joan McCarter at Daily Kos

The Economy Is Getting Worse and Worse -- And No One's Doing a Thing About It

B.C. Forest Fires Give Calgary Worst Air Quality In Seven Years

UK Govt. Seeking Expert Input On Peak Oil - Refusing To Provide Documents Under FOIA - Guardian

BBC - Fresh Outbreak Of Dutch Elm Disease Threatens Remaining Fragments Of UK's English Elm Forests

Survey Of 500 Large UK Companies Show Vast Majority Do Not Measure Carbon Output

NZ glacier sheds 50m tonnes of ice

80% Of Tasmanian Devils Dead From Communicable Cancer; Loggers Doing Their Bit, Too

Drumbeat from the weekend...

Drumbeat: August 23, 2010

In GOM, Fish & Shrimp "Jubilees" Now Taking Place In Hypoxic Open Water Rather Than On Shore

3-Year UN Investigation Exonerates Shell For Nigerian Pollution (Shell Paid For Investigation, btw)

China's nine-day traffic jam stretches 100km

Putin & His Climate Doubts Bluntly Slapped Down By Scientist On Arctic Visit

Ophiocordyceps - Deadly Fungus - Has Been Turning Insects Into Zombies For 10s Of Millions Of Years

Current Drought & Cold, Complex Of Weather Factors Threaten Bolivian Food Security Now And In Future

Tybee Island, GA Sets New Record For Jellyfish Stings Among Beachgoers - Up 8X In Four Yrs @ 10,792

When Technology (Users) Fail - Grand Canyon Hikers Summon Rangers 3x - Water "Tasted Salty"

Nothing But Toxic Blue-Green Summers Ahead For Great Lakes, Ohio Waterways - Scientists

Study measures Atlantic plastic accumulation (BBC)

ECOSMART: Natural way to deal with insect pests of all kinds..safe for pets and children...and the

A Mountain in the Stream

UN Carbon Trading Scheme: $2.7 Billion Market Could Be 'Biggest Environmental Scandal In History'

Chernobyl species decline linked to DNA (BBC)

Mars technology creates self-dusting solar panels (BBC)

Comparing this weekend's arctic image with 2007

TVA Has Lost $50 Million Cutting Brown's Ferry Output - Tennessee River Too Hot To Cool Plant

If Favre had run instead of thrown the ball against Mn..how many yards would he have gained?

Inkster DQ'd for rule violation

ND mascots. The Leprechaun or Clashmore Mike?

Red Sox Claim Johnny Damon Off Waivers

Pirates owners pocket revenue sharing.

Brett Favre meets Patrick Willis and Takeo Spikes

Brady no fan of Jets, 'Hard Knocks'

Red Sox fans....did you expect this from Buchholz? Wow!

Huskers intend to make a statement

Czech Republic Offers to Take in Some Released Cuban Dissidents

Venezuela, more deadly than Iraq, wonders why

New Mexico governor in Cuba, may seek release of U.S. contractor

Supplies sent down to trapped miners

Venezuela’s Climate of Crime

Colombia Rebels Ask Unasur to Mediate Conflict With Santos

Political Killings in Colombia

Gun-owner opinions sought:

Attended a Gunshow for the first time on a long time...interesting...

The Gospel according to AK-47

Congressional candidate robbed at gunpoint in Florida

Jared Diamond ("Guns, Germs and Steel"): "Disarm the populace...

Jon Stewart admits error, praises Charlton Heston

Catholics For Equality Launches

The Right To Love: An American Family

Best Gay Rights Protest Signs

I'm speaking to you as an American, Mr. Obama

Posted without comment.

"Would you want to be adopted by a pair of faggots or lesbians?"

Rep. Lee Terry (R-Ne) Doubles Down in Support of Tax Loopholes for Companies That Send Jobs Overseas

Today in labor history Aug 23, 13 Black soldiers were sentenced to death and 40 to life & much more

American Airlines learns Tuesday if TWU members approved or rejected contracts

Kaiser charged with criminal breach of federal labor law

The 2011 Calendar - final round is up

Kids at fountain

Counterpoint: Land and Sovereignty by Charlie Glass

Israel mulls deporting migrant kids

Gaza Mall Seeks to Make Statement of Resolve

Photos: Honeycomb Clouds "Communicate," Rain in Unison

New type of chlorophyll identified

Another news flash from Jupiter

Dinosaur bones found in Canadian sewer tunnel

If the rain outside is dreadful, just remember the rain could be worse...

Alien hunters 'should look for artificial intelligence'

Closing in on the Goddess Particle

Childhood religion versus current religion in the US

Just found out a lot of my ancestors were Jewish.....

On August 24,

Wishadoo question for you...

Artificial way to grow stem cells discovered

Energy Healing Wolf

Bottled Teas May Not Deliver on Antioxidants

Probiotics, how much is enough to create an effect? 13 billion seems

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