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Archives: April 1, 2011

Radiation In Milk: Low Levels Found In Milk From West Coast

Nuclear Industry Thrives in the U.S., but for Export

Damm It - Abandoned Dog - Nice Rottryller in Sacramento CA

Meet corbetts Marcellus Advisory Commission!

Ohio Collective Bargaining Restrictions Spark Strong Reaction From Police, Firefighters

"Proof" Michele Bachmann Is Kenyan Idiot (very badly place sign)

Google and the Brave New World

Documentary on Koch Bros in American politics: “Buying our Democracy” ~

Paid trolls. Libertarians. Obama Haters. RW'ers. Wow.

Paid trolls. Libertarians. Obama Haters. RW'ers. Wow.

**On Rachel, discussion w Jack Jacobs, retired Army, describing

AC360 is on and will be covering Musa Kusa's defection, Eman al-Obeidy's situation and more

AC360 is on and will be covering Musa Kusa's defection, Eman al-Obeidy's situation and more

AC360 is on and will be covering Musa Kusa's defection, Eman al-Obeidy's situation and more

Founding of a New Nation

--- Rachel's show very good tonight ---

Crisis management puts huge strains on CEOs

Online resource for all things EU ...

This Video From the Mayor of Minami-Soma City Paints a Very Grim Picture

Vote for 5 Worst Things the Koch Brothers Have Done: Brave New Films Unveils New Documentary Series

Return to Wisconsin: The Beginning or the End? - MoJo/CommonDreams

If and when Congressman Wiener ever leaves the House

BREAKING: Wisconsin Judge Declares Union Law Not In Effect By Associated Press

If there is a shutdown of the government, the rethugs will be at fault. They are trying to drag the

I thought the Birthers were old news why are they back in discussion?

Tea bagger and presidential hopeful Cain says media is afraid of a real black man

Professors and their emails - a Jack Lessenberry essay

Prediction: 20 Years of War in Libya

Lockerbie: Prosecutors Seek Kusa Interview

Socialism 101: Q&A

What percentage of DU is neocon in your opinion?

What percentage of DU is neocon in your opinion?

Proposed Texas budget includes deep cuts in public education, health care

Portugal edges towards bailout as borrowing rate hits record high

I have yet to be arrested for... ... ... ... (re:WI)

Crowd size at big TeaBagger rally in DC today said to be about 200

Rising prices in China trigger panic buying

Mandatory Thursday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! & a new Kitty gif

Fox News Announces ‘Mondays With Trump’ On Fox & Friends

Tea Party supporter calls into Thom Hartmann (Wednesday) regarding the stimulus package/unemployment

Tea Party supporter calls into Thom Hartmann (Wednesday) regarding the stimulus package/unemployment

National Geographic Documentary: "Inside LSD"

Ellen McCormack, antiabortion presidential candidate, dies at 84 (former Democrat)

Japan govt says evacuation of residents near damaged nuclear plant to be long-term

Japan govt says evacuation of residents near damaged nuclear plant to be long-term

Military Deaths Nearly Every Day in March; Almost a Third are Californians

CNN "New Development": "Japan radiation levels at all time high"

CSPAN-2 is showing wall to wall coverage of some lame-ass Tea Party rally right now.

I return to work Monday morning

Former Gov. Lucey Leaves Prosser's Campaign, Endorses Kloppenburg

Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' gets $2K more than author Toni Morrison to appear at Rutgers

Cuts threaten survival of Michigan libraries

My sister, the Minister.

Is Politifact starting to bend to the right now?

The War On Child Labor Laws: Maine Republicans Want Longer Hours

Krugman: The Mellon Doctrine

Midnight is the dealine to be a founding member of Progressive United.

Midnight is the dealine to be a founding member of Progressive United.

I see your teabaggers and I raise you a Canadian conservative

7,000 U.S. troops join Japan forces for 3-day intense search for people missing after tsunami

Redding bike wreck spawns multiple lawsuits

It was what . . . just one Senator, right? That must have been one damned powerful Senator, that one

Fort Campbell Soldier dies from wounds (was among 6 soldiers who died in Afghanistan on 3/29)

Sumi warned that anyone who violated her order would face sanctions.

Sumi warned that anyone who violated her order would face sanctions.

Soldier leaves behind wife, son, daughter. Killed Tuesday in Afghanistan.

dupe

Is there a sort of "2nd amendment logic" to unions?

What's the Worst Thing the Koch Brothers Have Done?

Missoula jury convicts man for sharing 3 grams of medical marijuana

Missoula jury convicts man for sharing 3 grams of medical marijuana

BREAKING NEWS!!! Scott Walker resigns! EXCLUSIVE VIDEO!!!

Donald Trump doesn't own "Trump" properties

Bring my compatriots home.

GOP trying to kill Workforce Investment Act -- In other words, screw job-seekers AND employers

Darden Restaurants is seeking one-of-a-kind tax break from FL Legislature

Oklahoma plan would make it easier to fire teachers

Oklahoma plan would make it easier to fire teachers

Congressman Real World can't handle his VACATION home on 174K a year?

Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1949

US Fed loaned Libya-backed bank billions

Kudos To Turner Classic Movies - Here's Why...

Teachers strike against proposed law to keep them in school, fueling unrest in Honduras

I put out a post last month talking about how things "used to be"

DU's opinions when it comes to Immigration

Unbelievably well done NOVA on earthquake and sunami.

Foreign Banks Tapped Fed’s Secret Lifeline Most at Crisis Peak

Libya Operation Odyssey Dawn Update-

#6: Nixon for President (NPR's 1992 April Fool's Hoax)

Woman faces charges for alleged threats to kill Wisconsin lawmakers

Republicans Define "Shared Sacrifice"

Republicans Define "Shared Sacrifice"

The case of Professor Juan Cole

Scott Walker explains his position on running Wisconsin

Dick and George - see what happens to torturers-Former Argentine Gen Eduardo Cabanillas jailed

Food & Clothing Drive for Rep Sean Duffy (R-Wisconsin)

EPA sends strong message re: importance of clean environment

Gaddafi fix for Palestine Israel fight- Isratine (CNN VIDEO)

a great reply to maines governor

Arnie Gundersen: New Video Evidence shows that Reactor 4 Spent Fuel Pool Was Dry....

That New York Caribbean teachers recruitment scandal is being discussed right now

Jeopardy champion WATSON appointed head of National Academy of Blog Science

Clueless Congress: Gates grilled over US Libya mission RT-(VIDEO)

Ford, built without your tax dollars

So who exactly is talking about shutting the gov down while troops were killed Tuesday?

So who exactly is talking about shutting the gov down while troops were killed Tuesday?

How will we fund the military when nobody has a decent job?

Gov. Rick Scott orders immediate cuts to programs for disabled

Report: Gadaffi's son visited Colorado as Libya uprising began

Gov. Rick Scott orders immediate cuts to programs for disabled

Report: Fukushima nuke workers expect to die

Six US Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

Kasich signs SB5, but fight isn't over

US Army Optic Stealth Suit used in Iraq? - WTF is this? (VIDEO) U TELL ME!

Rebel forces overturn Obama regime (Rebel forces -- Rule of Democracy or Theocracy?)::

2 WA men charged with murder in filmed torture

Spelt linked to cancer & other health problems, even as Big Ag muscles in on the market

Fraudclosure Fighter Under Attack | ForeclosureHamlet.org aka Lisa Epstein Under Attack by NTC

"If ballots don't work, bullets will..." RW phony mulls run at Congress

Judge nixes Florida license plate rules

In victory, tea party can taste only ashes

Annual Reminder to the Internet: Saying something false on April Fools' Day isn't funny

Why The Middle Class Is Hurting, And Why The Deficit Has Exploded

(Ohio SB5) Bargaining bill details teacher evaluation plan

Yoga for Yankees...

Lawrence O'Donnell interviewing teabagger rep Joe Walsh of IL.

Forger shows up in court with phony doctor note

Vermont tea party protest against single payer

less than 250 teabaggers demonstrated in D.C. yesterday

Evangelical Leaders Say Donald Trump May Find Support From Social Conservatives

Virginia: Homeless forced to leave Dale City tent camps along I-95

Hey tea baggers the stimulus worked

Confederate Flag License Plates OK'd

Evangelical Voters are Intrigued by Donald Trump

Evangelical Voters are Intrigued by Donald Trump

3/31/2011 - Updates on Fukushima -- Fairewinds Associates, Inc(VIDEO) ARNIE GUNDERSEN

TSA: Feds want Jesse Ventura's airport search lawsuit thrown out

Pentagon Networks Threatened by Cyber Attack…The Dangers of Outsourcing Security

Schumer: Dems Didn't Get Screwed In Spending Fight

Afghan heroine Malalai Joya comes to Minneapolis and the Local news ignores it. Censorship

Milwaukee Urinal/Sentinel takes closer look at public and private compensation

A blast from the past.

Cracks in Ranks: Gaddafi regime crumbles? RT (VIDEO) More civilian deaths!

Cracks in Ranks: Gaddafi regime crumbles? RT (VIDEO) More civilian deaths!

Japan nuclear crisis: evacuees turned away from shelters

Donald Trump?

850 jobs from Iowa to Mexico.

ALEC for Campus Carry - NRA article and video

Far right hypocrites: Don't abort the disabled, make them suffer and die after they're born

GoDaddy CEO videotapes himself killing an elephant

'Sign Board Guy" still out of work

In other Bizarro world news:

Brutal Repression in Honduras Targets Teachers, Popular Resistance-The Real News (VIDEO) WTF ..ug..

if only.....

Anti-union measure becomes law in Ohio

OK, which thug is wearing the lace panties?

Californians back raising taxes on state's wealthy

The Democrats should stand firm, let the Pukes shut the Government down

...if you happen to own a boat - you might not drown...

Toon: "Budget like a family does"

WOW just got my first Japan-Earthquake-Spam

Sarah Palin tweeted her support for Judge Prosser in Wisc. If that isn't reason to boot him, I can't

Amid four GE reactor meltdowns in Japan, Obama pushes for more nukes

Is Michelle Obama causing global warming?

CNN Poll: Americans flunk budget IQ test

Gmail Motion BETA - now you can control Gmail with your body.

If I read Krugman on my tablet today does that constiture my first alloted times article

Cops, firefighters turn on GOP in labor fight

When beauty and science collide (this is almost as awesome as me)

As one of his previous most staunchest supporters - I'll sum it up like this.

A new way to communicate - Google Motion BETA

Stiglitz: Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%

Campbell Soup Sued for Selling High-Sodium “Less-Sodium” Tomato Soup

"GUN-RUNNER" (Mr Fish-at his best))

How Republican governors/politicians support their unemployed

Dust storm in Saudi Arabia

Bat deaths could cost US economy billions: study

Delete

TEPCO data credibility suffers on serious groundwater contamination

Rahm Emmanuel apologizes for not taking progressive Democrats seriously

Taxes, Corporations and personhood

Irony: Scott Walker Explains to Dan Kapanke His Impending Recall Fate (Video)

My e-mail from Tea Party Patriots on Thursday's rally..

My e-mail from Tea Party Patriots on Thursday's rally..

R2P: Libya Intervention Historic Milestone

Analysis says Wisconsin budget would balance even if union law doesn't take effect

Germany's radioactive boars a legacy of Chernobyl

allow me to warp your brain: taxes STIMULATE the economy

Another Day, Another TSA Groping Nightmare; Woman claims patdown was more fondling than frisking.

Don't Trip: Radiation Levels of Milk in San Luis Obispo are Perfectly Safe

Don't Trip: Radiation Levels of Milk in San Luis Obispo are Perfectly Safe

Yo, newt! "Lessons Forgotten?"

Dupe, pls. delete. nt

Editorial Cartoon: Clay Jones on Libya and the Right Wing

Editorial Cartoon: Clay Jones on Libya and the Right Wing

"Why We’re Fasting"

Chart of the Day, Big Government Nanny State Edition

Great Idea! ... Call to take Speculators out of Oil Markets...On Fox News, no less ...Go Oscar

If you repair your vehicle, then maybe this will be of help.....

If you repair your vehicle, then maybe this will be of help.....

Gay GOP group goes birther

Trump admits on O'reilly that he knows people on wall street who change documents and commit fraud

Here is just some of what the NH budget (passed yesterday in the House) cuts:

Here is just some of what the NH budget (passed yesterday in the House) cuts:

"U.S. Bombs U.S. Schools" from Ruben Bolling's Tom the Dancing Bug

"U.S. Bombs U.S. Schools" from Ruben Bolling's Tom the Dancing Bug

(Draconoian) Cuts (in social programs) trigger N.H. rage

Al Jazeera intervew

Japan nuclear crisis: evacuees turned away from shelters

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL MADDOW!!!

Texas leads nation in minimum wage workers

Bleeding on the sidewalk? That'll cost you $2,000

Looks like heartless and pulseless wants someone's heart

The Mainstream Media has a lot of responsibilty for the Afghan UN massacre.

Trump reveals he's actually Justin Bieber from 2063: I've come back to warn myself about my hair

Trump reveals he's actually Justin Bieber from 2063: I've come back to warn myself about my hair

UN Workers were killed because of ignorant fundie nuts

Former Red Sox GM Lou Gorman dies

All companies incorporated in the U.S.A. should pay taxes on foreign income...

Another ISM report shows strong growth

Libyan opposition sets conditions for cease-fire - AP

The lessons of Fukushima

Wisc Ex-Gov. Lucey resigns as Prosser's honorary campaign co-chair, endorses Kloppenburg

The Night Rachel Morgan Saved Her Own Life

"Gates says no one can predict how long Libya mission will take"

Breaking: Another national poll finds support for public unions

Japan Nuclear Crisis: Worker Speaks Out About Radiation Dangers

Faux Snooze announces new slogan----

Newt Gingrich arrested for prostitution with female Uncle Sam

West Bloomfield School District (MI) has imposed a 10% pay cut on teachers

Toddler Raped, But Her Attackers Shouldn't Be Punished

GALLOP: More Americans Back Unions Than Governors in State Disputes

Libya: Politics of humanitarian intervention

Clinton apologizes for U.S. role in destroying Haitian democracy - 1 April 2017

Rick Scott coddles BP

AHF Billboards Commemorate Elizabeth Taylor, Champion for People Living with HIV/AIDS

Forbes writer: GMO labeling would violate corporate speech rights

6 Leg Insect Ranching Practices and Cooking Tips from Whole Foods

Alaska: Group wants to oust three liberal Assembly members with Citizens United $ !!!

Why the F**K was CaliforniaPeggy banned?

IRONY ALERT: Michell Rhee on MSNBC to discuss schools cheating on standardized tests.

Okla. woman fights to keep paralyzed kangaroo

"W": We must keep killing Afghans - Or - "Women Would Suffer Again"

Radioactive iodine traces detected in New York

Religious Right Slams Obama for F-Bomb Inaction

Dog saved from floating home 3 weeks after tsunami

Yale Under Federal Investigation For 'Sexually Hostile Environment'

WH source hints that President will not obstruct efforts for a Democratic Primary

nothing to declare...

The attack on Women's rights and choice

G.W. Bush is worried the U.S. might pull out of Afghanistan too early to the detriment of women.

Maybe the Cubans will rise up like people did in Egypt, Tunesia, Ivory Coast, and Libya.

Survey: Obama's Approval Rating At All-Time Low 42 Percent - TheHill

'This Is Not America': SWAT Team Evicts Grandmother, Community Fights Back (Video)

Oakland gardener questions need for permit to sell produce

How does it feel to know that nearly 60% of your tax dollars this year will pay for our present and

Buy Cable TV, Get a Free Gun: Welcome to the New America

TAX THE RICH- 78% of Californians support increase in income tax

Scott Bloch Sentenced To One Month In Prison In 'Geeks On Call' Case

Harry Reid on tea party rally: 'There were tens of them here'

Gadafi's top personnel are defecting. Well, how?

Welcome to Democratic Underground: Where humor goes to die

Madison unions file suit alleging collective bargaining bill unconstitutional

FYI - Live stream inside Sumi's court today in Madison

DU on parade

A tale of two counties: Part of Arizona, embarrassed by the rest of the state, would like to secede

Gingrich's financial angel — a casino mogul with legal woes

America is seeing in real time: The GOP Party s Plan to Rule like despots...

Pssst: Looking for work? WANTED: U.S. workers for crippled Japan nuke plant

30 Million Shekel Suit: Ziv Hospital in Tzfat Conducted Human Experiments (video) wtf?

Wisconsin Justice David Prosser has suffered a stunning setback

NYT: State Legislatures Pile Onto Anti-EPA Climate Rule Effort (under ALEC's direction)

Crash Tea Party's with signs we'd like to see? Nothing anti-

If it weren't religion, it would be something else.

Please don't put news as an April fools joke

Birthers need to check their birth certificates

Canadian polling suggests a Harper majority government is possible

Opposition Document: "Gaddafi: Islam’s Enemy Number 1"

Obama sides with Uribe on subpoena re: knowledge of right-wing death squads

Calvin & Hobbes on business

Dove World Outreach Church in Florida Kills foreign staff workers in Afghanistan

More on what happened in Afghanistan

Millionaire Heiress and Fake Celebrity Meghan McCain has 'writed' another column.

Dennis Kucinish calling for IMPEACHMENT of President Obama on Democracy Now!

Self Delete

SCREW DU AND ALL OF YOU - I'M JOINING THE TEABAGGING PARTY

Do China, Russia pose "mortal threat" to U.S.? James Clapper surprised Carl Levin (VIDEO)

What caused the US Federal Debt?

Obama administration fines, suspends Atlanta couple from walking horse shows

"Obama Administration" Charges FDA Chemist With Insider Trading Ahead of Drug Approval Announcements

10 days before coming home, 24 yr old Cpl. Brandon Hocking was killed in Iraq

Dog drifting atop roof rescued off coast of Kesennuma (today)

"Obama administration" looking into manslaughter and perjury charges against BP, report says

Joisy University Pays Snooki more Than Nobel Prize Winner

Confirming suspicions, President Obama reveals himself to be former president Bush

In case ya didn't see it...Howies set up for a MOBBED WEDDING

Wisconsinites stand with the People of Maine.

Wisconsinites stand with the People of Maine.

7 reasons Rick Scott will destroy Florida

7 reasons Rick Scott will destroy Florida

Hands of American Rulers Behind the Crime of the Holy Quran Burning; unquestionable

It's because you fuckers molded Obama in to the shape of a god!

‘I am not a witch’: Buffalo Beast editor running for Congress to replace Rep. humiliated on Craigsli

"Jamie Dimon Worries That Financial Regulation Will Doom Banks, Forever"

More on America's unfair gay immigration policy

Afghan Mob Kills 10 United Nations Workers

Krugman- Been Down So Long...

No more saggy pants for Arkansas school children

For those interested Brad Friedman (Bradblog) is hosting for Mallow tonight

I don't think this is an April 1 joke: He's hired: Donald Trump to join 'Fox and Friends' on Monday

Introducing the teabaggers health care plan

Jimmy Carter: Lift The Trade Embargo Against Cuba

Cops, firefighters turn on GOP in labor fight

Vent about someone who I will not name.

After four decades in redstate hell, I'm going to relent

Is the Radiation in milk home grown?

Happy Friday the 13th everyone!

Uterus! Uterus!!! Uterus!!!

Remember when they told US troops that exposure to Depleted Uranium was negligible?

UW-M chancellor defends Cronon, says they found NO "improper uses of state or university resources"

Wow. LTTE in Madison's Capital Times: Republicans, using ALEC, aim to destroy middle class

BOE negotiation proposals.

To those 'Baggers who think keeping incandescent lights is a god-given right...

RW Nuclear "Miller's Analogies":

oh shit. Afghan Mob Kills 10 United Nations Workers

Time is the fire in which we burn

Florida DUers report, please.....How are Floridians reacting to

I am a paid poster from the DLC and they've run out of money to keep paying me.

Foreign Banks Tapped Fed's Lifeline Most as Bernanke Kept Borrowers Secret

The Economist's idea of an April Fool's "prank"

The Economist's idea of an April Fool's "prank"

The Navy will have a laser capable of blasting through 2000 feet of steel by 2020

So, now we know that one cannot assume a Republican is against drunk driving or child labor

Texas Trooper indicted for assaulting a bus passenger who laughed at him.

I hate this graphic

'Westside Rapist' gets life for California killings

Prince Fucking William every fucking hour on the newschannels, but ...

WIA (Wounded in Action) 31,931 in Iraq, 10,749 Afghanistan (4421/1507 killed)

Libya: Gaddafi supporter pledges suicide attacks in Britain

Flotsam from Japan's tsunami to hit US West Coast

Head of USAID predicts GOP bill will kill 70,000 children

Snooki Paid More Than Nobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison to Speak at Rutgers

Ex-Gov. Lucey resigns as Prosser's honorary campaign co-chair, endorses Kloppenburg

Totally disgusted today at Hobby Lobby

Obama Explains Why We Bombed Libya

Obama Explains Why We Bombed Libya

Amazing breakthrough solar panels make power at night from moonlight

Republican Lawmaker: Expand War on Terror to Drug Cartels

Wisconsin Blogging Blue

Is Cantor planning a coup? Seriously...

Dumb question: Do people ever die from altitude sickness in Denver?

Anyone have some of the numbers borrowed from the Fed window by the banks that were released today?

"More domestic oil production"

Chief Wahoo speaks!

A rising tide does not lift all boats (Vanity Fair)

RFK's profound words following Dr. King's murder

Red Cross says at least 800 people killed in unrest in Ivory Coast's Duekoue region

Britian to start privatizing prisons. Says they'll use the Army on citizens who strike against it

heard the craziest line that sums up the repub mentality

Rick Scott was here.....

Giants fan seriously beaten, 25 people arrested at Dodgers home opener

LA mayor to be fined for taking free tickets

GE

Knut the Polar Bear Died by Drowning

Friday Toons, part 7- energy

Nuclear "Jumpers" offered big money to brave Japan's nuclear plant

Friday Toons, part 6- Economic imbalance

Friday Toons, part 5- more libya

The idiot can't figure it out--(The judge asked them 3 questions). What a dumb Repug poodle!

Friday Toons, part 4- Libya

In 2010, CEO Pay Went Up 27% While Worker Pay Went Up 2%

Please Consider Boycotting GoDaddy!

Friday Toons, part 3- 2012, send in the clowns

Is it possible? Can facts change a Winger's mind? Perhaps.

Friday Toons, part 2 - More Repub action!

Friday Toons, part 1- Republicans and the "enemy"

Our Billion Dollar Turd Sandwich

Tax Day in America: A People Without a Vision Will Perish

Woot! Vermont's two largest utilities say they are unlikely to buy power from VT Yankee

The Return of the Class System (on luxury cruise ships!)

The Return of the Class System (on luxury cruise ships!)

Low Tides Reveal SF Ocean Beach Shipwreck

Sex and Posting on Message Boards ...

Montana Lawmaker Defends Drunk Driving

Former Gov. Lucey Leaves Prosser's Campaign, Endorses Kloppenburg. AWESOME news :0)

April Fools: GOP endorses Obama in 2012

Friday Toons, part 8- the rest

Big (Japanese) brewers fear a long, dry summer

New Florida Legislature Official Euphemism List

The media ran, tripping over one another, to get to a teabagger rally. Yet, they refuse to cover

"Sí, se puede" . It is a fitting time in our history to honor this man.

Religious Right Groups And Your Tax Dollars: It’s A Bad Marriage

Job* opportunity in Montana

Job* opportunity in Montana

Job* opportunity in Montana

Milwaukee, for all it's problems, remains vibrant. Milwaukee Art Museum's "Art in Bloom" Show Pics

Because you need it.......Friday FAILBLOG Funnies

VIDEO: Keith Olbermann ‘Mops The Floor’ With Ann Coulter During Cornell Q&A

Wisconsin State Senator Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton) announces state-wide hearings.

Portable Geiger Counter?

Firms cash in on edible advertising

Jim Hightower: Perry's 'Texanity' Explained

NH Repuke leader calls Bishop protesting cuts for the poor a "pedophile pimp"

NH Repuke leader calls Bishop protesting cuts for the poor a "pedophile pimp"

Another Day Of SF Bay Area Record High Temps

GOP smacked down on Wisconsin emails

High resolution images of damage at Fukushima plants

The disconnect that the public *needs* to understand for survival:

Anyone watching c-span this morning hear the debate on "if the Senate doesn't act by" bill???

If Hillary Clinton had been President for the last two years

Los Angeles mayor to be fined more than $40,000 for not reporting free tickets

Condo owners: what's your HOA fee like?

Horrific death of a disabled woman

Stock Bubble, Housing Bubble and now ... We're Seeing a Growing Poverty Bubble

I'll feel safer about nuclear power when the industry looks more shaken by what happened in Japan.

Ohio Voters Have 90 Days To Stop Gov. Kasich’s Anti-Worker Bill

Man With 4th Amendment Written On His Chest Sues The TSA (pic)

Man With 4th Amendment Written On His Chest Sues The TSA (pic)

Striking Detroit Symphony musicians picket board meeting

Martin Sheen visits Sen. Nelson (D-Ne)

Police officers, firefighters rethinking loyalty to GOP amid union crackdowns

FITWALKERSTAN IS FUCKED! Sumi Continues hearing, collective bargaining law remains in limbo!!!!!!!

Ohio landlord charged in fume deaths of 4 tenants

If the Repubs shut down the govt, if granny doesn't get her SSI check, when the disabled no longer

Forgotten audio of Eisenhower speech highlights his commitment to saving art in time of war T

As if we didn't have enough BS to worry about, Mike Huckabee wants to indoctrinate us at gun point.

Farmers Sue Monsanto Over GMO Seeds

A lot of people would like the idea of President Donald Trump because.....

Exposed: The US-Saudi Libya deal

Did the White House appoint top Bush-era Gitmo and Abu Ghraib psychologist to a WH task force?

GE Likely to Avoid Liability in Japan Nuke Crisis

If you knew you had only a month to live...

Trump: Stay in Iraq and Take Over the Oil

Joe Klein: Afghan Massacre

Sooo...last night I bought a cordless electric lawnmower

Wisconsin activists have gotten enough signatures to recall Dan Kapanke. Submitting TODAY!

National Academy of Sciences Requires Industry to Ensure Nuke Waste Safety for 1 million years

Now, this is good News!

The Secret War Against Libya

Prescription charges abolished in Scotland

GE designed reactors involved in Japan nuclear crisis

Your mobile phone is watching you.. Closely.

President Obama claims his chief job is to protect Americans. I know this has

President Obama claims his chief job is to protect Americans. I know this has

Obama lost my vote because he is ending the yearly Social Security mailing.

Are you vegetarians prepared for the apocalypse?

Gandhi and Bisexuality: On your mark. Get set. .............

Why Conservatives Love Hippies

Ok here is the opportunity for all of those Nuke Plant Apologist and Nuke Power is safe people

Indiana Shoots Down Rape/Incest Abortion Exceptions

Front yard toilet bowl flower pot okayed by judge

Front yard toilet bowl flower pot okayed by judge

Front yard toilet bowl flower pot okayed by judge

I got a second call from the DNC.

I got a second call from the DNC.

Wisconsin's Walker forced to remove AFL-CIO "fake endorsement"

We need a repukes gone wild forum: Montana Rep. Says DUI Laws Are 'Destroying a Way of Life'

Marco Rubio was here at the TV Station

UN workers were killed because of some asshole in Florida

Freedom of speech does not apply in this case:

APRIL FOOLS !!!!!

Bernie and Bill --- Sen.Sanders on Real Time with Bill Maher tonite

16 Middle-aged casino waitresses fired after told they don't look good in new uniforms

Census worker won't take no for answer

As Japan Disaster Spreads, Obama Embraces Nuclear Power

My father-in-law (POW during WWII) passed away last night

My father-in-law (POW during WWII) passed away last night

Libyan Revolution Day 43 part 2 (exit strategy? another defection, calls for cease fire)

Democrats: We have the signatures in Kapanke recall effort

On non-awesome milquetoast

3:30 AM, the 5-10" of snow failed to materialize. 36 ° out (On April 1st)

The Koch brothers are getting nervous (KochFacts.com)

I gave up on Tweety ...but Chuck Todd replacing him has been a good watch, this week.

Save The Girl Child - India's Girl : Boy ratio continues to plummet

Why is them Baggers suffering from COMMON DENSITY? WTF IS IT.??

What America has Become Folks(VIDEO) Can't even stand on your propertyMUSTSEE!

President Obama orders immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan

House Republicans to throw Constitution out the window.

President Obama apologizes for not taking progressive Democrats seriously

Al Jazeera: Civilians killed when ammo truck allegedly hit by airstrike exploded.

The spring beauty & trout lilly are back

Nope, not the Onion. "Thou shalt not invoke the words 'womb' or 'uterus' in vain"

Florida GOP: No Talk of Wombs on Statehouse Floor

Pentagon Art: $600,000 Gurgling Toad Sculpture

OMG - Shut the F*ck up about the teaparty already!!

Cab Driver: Life lessons

2008; Bernanke Provided Billions In BAILOUT Loans to Gaddafi . And Geithner was okay w/it.

Ben Sargent hits it.

New Forum: "General Discussion-Victories Great & Small"

What happened in 1968 in Chicago at the DNC?

House Republicans seek IRS probe of AARP

FACT CHECK: Senate did favor Libya no-fly zone

cab companies in madison tell walker to get bent

Arianna: The Huffington Post Is Not A ‘Lefty’ Publication Anymore

Sexism Question: If you believe cheerleading is a sport, are you sexist?

I'm going to say this and this is not going to be popular:

Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% (Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, Vanity Fair)

The New Jobs Numbers are FUDGED!

The New Jobs Numbers are FUDGED!

Raptor Cam

Raptor Cam

April is National Poetry Month

Libyan Revolution Day 43 (regime looking for exit strategy?)

My sister's mother in law passed this morning and my mother is not doing well at all

House passes Medicaid overhaul requiring enrollment in managed care (Florida)

Dear Rick Scott: Matthew 25:40. Read that when you think of what you've done for the disabled

Kucinich: Lack of Congressional Approval Could Make Obama’s Libya Attack "Impeachable Offense"

Kucinich: Lack of Congressional Approval Could Make Obama’s Libya Attack "Impeachable Offense"

The word union is hated by so many, maybe it's time for a change.

I met Paul Lynde when I was a kid

My brother's post on Facebook. May I scream now?

The evolution of Qaddafi

Wisconsin Dems file 30,000 signatures to recall Kapanke, twice what's needed

Obama administration suspends mailing of annual social security benefit statements to cut deficit!

Unemployed Need Not Apply: State Bans Want-Ad Ploy

Hey, folks! Another Friday Afternoon Challenge comes your way: Don’t Mess with Me!

Hey, folks! Another Friday Afternoon Challenge comes your way: Don’t Mess with Me!

Hey, folks! Another Friday Afternoon Challenge comes your way: Don’t Mess with Me!

HOA Wants Kids Banned From Playing Outside

Citing the end times and quacks, Republicans block civil unions bill in Colorado

Republicans still turning off women voters

Why/how did man become the dominant sex in history....

I've become a big fan of Rick Steves lately. He's apparently a fan of where we stand on DU, too.

Tansy Gold for President

RIP Fidel Castro (1926-2011) - it was a hell of a run.

Nuke Reboot: Physicists List Lessons to Be Learned from Japan's Nuclear Crisis

America now needs to defend Jones' right to free speech

When we discuss something ugly that some Christian group or

LIBYA: China, Germany call for Libya ceasefire - PressTV (video)

Wanna know WHY Qaddafi is the NEW Boogieman?

Give some thought to your "stuff" - and then think about not having your stuff.

What finally pushed people into the streets during th Vietnam era ? How do we get the masses moving?

Minuscule radiation spikes in Wisconsin air pose no risk to human health, State says

BP Gulf Disaster Caused Far More Mammal Deaths than Previously Reported

BREAKING NEWS: Wisconsin Democrats just announced that local activists submitted over 100% of the si

AP: Feds suing Iowa dog breeder

FYI: I am still here!

The U.S. Media are NOT news organizations.

Slaughtering people because a fucking book was burnt is insane.

Summer shocker for GOP in Wisconsin recall battle

Summer shocker for GOP in Wisconsin recall battle

Arizona Medicaid considers tax on smokers, obese

Eagles on the nest in Decorah, Iowa - "First hatch is imminent. It could occur anytime today."

3 day intensive search for Tsunami victims happening. 32 bodies so far (and 1 live dog on roof)

GoDaddy Competitor Offering Deal to Move Your Domains from the Elephant Killer CEO. EXPIRES TOMORROW

CEO pay soars while workers' pay stalls

A teacher's op ed: "everyone these days seems to think they know my job better than I do."

We Are One - The Fight is Just Starting (Labor Rally in PA.) Wow! - pics

OK so today I got a taste of how the upper 1% lives.

I saw first hand, at length one of the major downfalls of the one child policy this week

To Hell with the Constitution: Obama Goes To War

Did you like the idea of a public health insurance option?

A Two-Decade Detour into Empire (a special report by Robert Parry 3-31-11 Consortium News)

A Two-Decade Detour into Empire (a special report by Robert Parry 3-31-11 Consortium News)

"Every successful capitalist knows what a Marxist knows; they just apply the knowledge differently"

That's gonna leave a mark.

"Othello" -- with all the artsy-fartsy literarianishness trimmed away (Caution: SPOILERS):

I would LOVE to have a pussy posse of my very own.

WEDDING DRESS!!! GET YER WEDDING DRESS!!! GET YER RED-HOT WEDDING DRESS HERE!!!

Although it's only March, this IS Arizona... and MiddleFingerMom is already working on his tan.

Found a black widow spider last night...creeped me out!

Kinda enjoying a glass of Manischewitz blackberry wine here. A bit sweet: nice dessert wine

Office cats, dog and pig - Best Friends video

Bunnies. Adorable. Precious. Captivating. Delightful. Charming. EXCEPT for this breed:

The 'I'm not looking... I'm not looking... I am SO not looking" look:

So... How many rickrolls will happen in GD tomorrow?

What percentage of DU is emoticon

A woman in Wilmington did unspeakable things to me today for ten dollars.

Have you ever tried cardamom coffee?

Have you ever tried cardamom coffee?

Munchies!

Is it worth it to get a subscription to Onstar*? What sorts of things does it do for you for $30 a

I've decided to open Dungeons in DC, Columbus, Madison and Lansing

The Hangover 2 - New Official Trailer

What percentage of DU mods are mods in your opinion?

I fear what MFM has planned for tomorrow - April Fool's day

I just rickrolled GD. Ask me anything!

BREAKING NEWS!!! Scott Walker resigns! EXCLUSIVE VIDEO!!!

Anyone seen "Life As We Know It" starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel? Is it any good?

Ellen Page may be the cutest human on earth.

Just a little something to ponder this evening....

DU mechanics! Question from sister in law:

The April Fool's Day card that I'm sending out to myself:

Libyan leader captured at San Diego border

The Brits and their headlines......

Funny story from my daughter's MMA club in college.

The Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time

All 6 closing credits from the regrettably short-lived TV series, "Police Squad":

running dual monitors...

Nature's playing an April Fool's joke on Pennsylvania

Ruckus causers in GD and GDP start threads to apologize for causing a ruckus

Nice one from a friend's blog...

"Due to budget cuts...". (humorous email sent to me)

Some idiot signed me up for Newsmax.

derf

"Greys Anatomy" apparently did a musical tonight

I can't get enough of those talking twin babies!

Go Cubs Go! Quade rides the 'L' to work for Cubs' opener

Car people: who has heard that it is best to take your car in to be serviced by the people

Are clowns allowed to vote? If they are, do you think that maybe

Pleasant spring weather for Tucson today

Anybody have any good ideas for April Fools mayhem?

From GD : Why the F**K was CaliforniaPeggy banned?

U.S. says Syria releases two detained Americans

DU DERP

Why is my cat starting at foot stool and meowing loudly

La Plata Man Charged With Shoplifting (A Veggie Tale)

OK - what was the BEST APRIL FOOLS joke you ever heard of, were a part of or did

Suddenly, Sarah Palin makes sense!

Astonishing Literary Find Revealed

The front fell off

Gadafi's top personnel are defecting. Well, how?

A narwhal breastfeeding at Olive Garden and eating corn flake batter fried chicken stole my $10.

Re: April Fool's pranks -- need advice

As always, ThinkGeek rules April Fool's Day

What is your favourite Chinese food main dish. Mine, Moo Shu Pork.

Rare photo of a young MrCoffee found!

Been there, ate that...

Gmail Motion

Bears Are Beating the Browns, 14-0. Oh Wait. That's a Baseball Score.

I just Rick Roll'd GD

mlb.com has an elaborate April Fool joke going - Pirates lead the Cubs 6-3 in the top of the 9th...

Amazing National Geographic video

I just posted a video of me posting naked on DU

Epitaph

OMG! Cutest kitten evah!

What would Jesus NOT do?

So, don't you just hate it when you go to a strip joint and your daughter comes out on stage?

I've lost ten pounds on my 'no food after 6PM' diet and am really pleased. I can

Eagle Cam. Decorah bald eagle nest, eggs believed to begin hatch today!

I'm going to fail this test on Nietzsche.

So I think my april fools joke will be convincing my mother that I'm in jail for armed robbery

"Teabagging" is the word for today. Modify a thread title to include "teabagging".

Given the current state of the Union, it's going to be hard to tell fact

One size fits all or life in these United States

Is Cheerleading a Sport?

SCREW DU AND ALL OF YOU - I'M JOINING THE TEABAGGING PARTY

The Blessed Virgin Mother (the BVM) sits in a dark corner nights, practicing her tortilla face.

so the wife named Nonuts McBighead buddy

"HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY!!!!" (Pics & toons to enjoy, "steal", &/or share):

They're finally doing it. For real!

Since we are feeling punchy, let's have a thread about the Sex Thread Riot of 2005.

Kids - they're a constant joy and never a source of cringing embarrassment, right?

MiddleFingerMom has added "Chewing" to his exercise regimen -- now burns TWICE the calories.

It's Friday... I'm in love!!!!!!!

DU on parade

4:42 AM CST - I'm calling it. HULU wins the Internet's 2011 April Fool

Do you remember why you put me on ignore?

What will vegetarian zombies eat?

Radiation In Milk: Low Levels Found In Milk From West Coast

What do you think of my latest musical discovery:Glasser?

Federal judge orders Southern California hospital to recognize and bargain with nurses’ union

Can I go home now?

Entomb? Cement pumps flown in to nuke plant

Gay sailor says Lemoore (NAS) panel recommends no discharge

New details revealed in fatal Bronx bus crash

Revealed: Gaddafi envoy in Britain for secret talks ("regime may be looking for an exit strategy")

What day is it?

Lockerbie: Prosecutors Seek Kusa Interview

Ohio Gov. Kasich using collective bargaining bill as fundraising tool even before he signs it

it's seriously time to go to bed when...

NRC: Ft. Calhoun needs review (federal regulators are “most concerned about,”)

Inglourious Basterds *possible spoilers, duh*

U.S. military balks at promised Afghan drawdown

More Senior Libyans 'To Defect Within Days'

Former Gov. Lucey Leaves Prosser's Campaign, Endorses Kloppenburg

Sokol's Berkshire actions may trigger government investigation

Immigrants, advocates criticize Obama enforcement policies they blame for separating families

Welcome to Democratic Underground: Where humor goes to die

Welcome to Democratic Underground: Where humor goes to die

Libyan leader captured at San Diego border

Investigators in Alabama outbreak find link to pharmacy

Libya-Owned Bank Drew at Least $5 Billion From Fed

These are Great. 50 Unexplainable Black and White Photos.

Groundwater at nuclear plant 'highly' radiation-contaminated: TEPCO

Teachers strike against proposed law to keep them in school, fueling unrest in Honduras

Montana Senate endorses repeal of medical marijuana law

Syria braces for mass demonstrations

Barclays 'making up to £340 million profit' on food price speculation

FDA opens up competition for pregnancy drug

Britain in ("urgent") talks with 10 more (senior) Gaddafi aides (about possible defection)

Why the F**K was CaliforniaPeggy banned?

Former Gov. Lucey Leaves Prosser's Campaign, Endorses Kloppenburg

Martin Sheen visits Sen. Nelson (D-Ne)

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me

Songs about fools. Post 'em here!

Many Low-Wage Jobs Seen as Failing to Meet Basic Needs

Kasich signs SB5, but fight isn't over

Settlement at Nestlé Indonesia brings Nespressure campaign to successful conclusion

Payroll employment increases 216,000 in March; unemployment rate (8.8 percent) changes...

Obama administration sides with Uribe on subpoena (re: right-wing death squads)

Evangelical Voters are Intrigued by Donald Trump

Skydivers collide, fall to their deaths

(CA) Gov. Brown unveils pension reforms

CEO pay soars while workers' pay stalls

Wisconsin Democrats to file first recall petition

Bill Moyers Eyes a Possible Return to PBS

Cops, firefighters turn on GOP in labor fight

Japan nuclear crisis: evacuees turned away from shelters

Highway Deaths Fall To Lowest Level since 1949

Witness details ex-CIA agent's in helping Contras

Report Criticizes High Pay at Fannie and Freddie

National Interest American Airlines Flight Diverted After Several Passengers Complain of Illness R

3-day intensive search for missing tsunami victims begins (7,000 US military joining)

Obama health idea could mean better care, savings

Documents Obtained by EFF Reveal FBI Patriot Act Abuses

Eight killed in Afghan demonstration after U.S. preacher burns Koran

UN staff killed in Afghanistan amid protests over (Fla. Pastor) Qur'an burning

Terry Jones, this is on your head

US ending its air combat role in Libya

'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal on track

'I was inside Fukushima nuclear plant when the quake hit'

Exclusive: WANTED: U.S. workers for crippled Japan nuke plant

Feds investigating officer's shooting of woodcarver

Midlo sighting in GD

House vote to ease pesticide use near waters

Google faces tax investigation by China

A tale of two counties: Part of Arizona, embarrassed by the rest of the state, would like to secede

Joint appeal for end to persecution of community and opposition media

Child, 12, killed in Pakistan suicide attack

April Fool's Day cheesecake (this may take a little while... but it's definitely WORTH it!!!!):

'DAS was infiltrated by paramilitaries' (Colombia's FBI/CIA)

Human rights activists in Medellin in danger: Ombusman

(Canada) Border crossings shut to cut costs

Court grants preliminary injunction on anti-Islam ad

Libyan rebels lay down terms for ceasefire

Hands of American Rulers Behind the Crime of the Holy Quran Burning; unquestionable

Women treated as spoils of war in Colombia: NGOs

US Mulls Rebel Aid as CIA Sends Teams In

Rights group calls for inquiry into internal projectile fire

Eagle Baby is Hatching!!!!

(Wisconsin judge) Sumi keeps restraining order in place

Malicious Web attack hits a million site addresses

Man arrested in London Olympic Park in explosives probe

6 U.S. Soldiers Die in Afghanistan

Foreign Banks Used Fed Secret Lifeline Most at Crisis Peak

Foreign Banks Used Fed Secret Lifeline Most at Crisis Peak

Sushi Safe From Japan Radiation as Ocean Makes Risk Negligible

Artificial Dye Safe to Eat, Panel Says

Order Blocking Collective Bargaining Bill Extended Indefinitely

URGENT: Radioactivity 10,000 times the limit found from groundwater: TEPCO

Another Gadhafi Insider Bails / Anxiety Roils Libyan Capital Amid Top-Level Defections

GoDaddy.com founder criticized for elephant-hunting video

Libya Live Blog - April 1 (US Plane Crash)

Firefighters, Cops Warn Republicans Anti-Union Stance Has Consequences Fire Fighter Union

Alaska Battles Over How Lifeblood Oil Is Taxed

CEO pay soars while workers' pay stalls

Democrats: We have the signatures in Kapanke recall effort

Buffalo plans to move 200 teachers

Iranians slam Arab world crackdowns

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Friday, April 1, 2011

Sen. Kapanke Recall Petitions Delivered in Madison

EU approves possible military operation for Libya

Rev. Terry Jones Responds to Deadly Protests

Think tank (Mackinac Center) is threatened over request for professors' emails

Gaddafi regime admits attempts to talk to west (To try and bring the conflict in Libya to an end)

Dow has best start to the year since 1999

Gov. LePage Says Bad Timing In Labor Mural Removal

'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal ready by summer, Pentagon says

10 killed in bar shooting in Mexico

Wisconsin union law likely on hold for 2 months

Manning Marable, African-American Studies Scholar, Has Died at 60

Afghan police arrest suspected mastermind of UN attack

Gov. Rick Scott orders immediate cuts to programs for disabled

Oklahoma plan would make it easier to fire teachers

Huge bi-partisan support for taxing the rich to fix (Calif.) budget

Gonna tweet my computer building experience @struggle4process

Funniest line in a movie.

Many Jobs Seen as Failing to Meet the Basics

Gingrich's financial angel — a casino mogul with legal woes

Louis Farrakhan defends Gadhafi as a ‘brother’

US military plane crashes in Germany

Gaddafi's government scorns Libyan rebel truce offer

Obama administration sides with Uribe on subpoena

Report: 1 In 10 Ohio Bridges Not Structurally Sound

Woman charged with threatening Wisconsin lawmakers

Afghan Mob Kills 10 United Nations Workers

Montana Rep. Says DUI Laws Are 'Destroying a Way of Life'

Arizona Proposes Medicaid Fat Fee

Californians back raising taxes on state's wealthy

Calorie-Counting Rule to Leave Out Movie Theaters

Firefighters, Cops Warn Republicans Anti-Union Stance Has Consequences Fire Fighter Union

H-1B pay and its impact on U.S. workers is aired by Congress

No easy answers in dolphin deaths

Wisconsin won now we need Ohio

Kerry: Obama 'very clear' on Libya

"Can Obama Lose?"

It was the first time private-sector hiring topped 200,000in back-to-back months since 2006

USAID commemorates 50th anniversary with annual letter

U.S. Government Pensions Gain 5.5% as Stock Market Rises (updated)

Obama's new view of his own war powers

Something else to piss off the righties - Obama nominates lesbian to federal bench

200 teabaggers in DC and closely cropped photos of them are on front pages from coast to coast.

The Same Obama You've Always Known

Senate Republicans begin payback to Wall Street for filling their 2010 campaign coffers

Obama, Goldilocks and the Dirty Deal in the Desert

UAW Boosts Membership With Organizing Success In Education, Casinos

2nd Term Obama jobs goal.

Obama admin meddles in federal court case, sides with Uribe over subpoena re. death squads

House (Republicans) Defeats Effort to Remove Anti-Union Provisions of FAA Bill

"...easily the best two-month stretch in the last five years."

"Any politician who peddles this junk is either a fool or a scam artist."

Ruth Marcus: The truth about the false choice

Reagan's fiscal policy would have been unconstitutional under amendment proposed by Senate GOP

President Obama is at odds with US military over his promised Afghanistan troop drawdown this July

BREAKING NEWS for Birthers: Obama Actually Born in Japan, Not Kenya!!!

April 4 - We Are One - Find Events Near You!

And the BioFool of the year is...

GOP MEME: "We need to Take Back America"...well, they got 1/3 and now they want 3/3

Cornel West: Obama is for big business not the jobless

Jobless Rate Falls to 8.8; 216,000 Jobs created

Boehner: Government shutdown would cost more money than it would save (teapartier heads explode)

Donald Trump gets regular Fox News spot

OBAMA APPROVAL RATINGS ON THE RISE AMONG MILLENNIALS, ESPECIALLY ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES...

Clock Ticking on War Powers Resolution

Political Wire: Michele Bachmann Outraises Mitt Romney in first quarter of 2011

So what happens when the Teabaggers figure out they've been had?

Don't Tell Fox News: 84% Say Obama Is "Likable"

Obama picks Jim Messina as his campaign manager-seen as move to the right.

Ms. Popular: Clinton tops Obama, others in administration

Oil is now $108 a barrel

45 years old.. and I'm still getting zits. What. The. Hell?

Question Marks Over Reported Libyan Defections

Video Republicans Don't Want You to see (R) Congressman can't live on $174,000 per year

Patricia Ryan: Don't insist on English!

Message from the Mayor of Minami-Soma City (Desperate)

Mike Malloy - You Pay More Taxes Than General Electric

Thom Hartmann vs. Mark Williams: Are the Tea Party's days numbered?

Women of the Libyan Revolution

CIA Agents in Libya: Obama's secret order

MSNBC w/ Cenk: Manslaughter Charges Against BP?

Top 5 Viral Pictures of 1911

Sarah Palin On Abortion!

Donald Trump Birther Lies Destroyed By Lawrence O'Donnell

Nanny of the Month

Jon Stewart Interviewing Al Franken on The Late Late Show, July 1997 pt1

Honduras: Students Defend Occupied National University

LowKey: Libya war imperialist hypocrisy

Mike Malloy - Republican Welfare Reform 2011: Hunger For All

Mike Malloy - Freak Of The Day: Scott Fitzgerald

Unions: Get back to the jobs you're lucky to have

Michigan Governor Snyder's first 3 months on the job

If Only There Was A Way Our Media Could Verify The Information Our Government Gives Them

Fools in April- George W. Bush, Meghan McCain, and Donald Trump

Ed Schultz Gets Pounded Into The Ground On Libya By Jeremy Scahill

Young Turks: Wrongly Convicted Man Robbed by Supreme Court

Meeting Tonight, Local Politics, and April Fools!

Louie Gomert-Pyle is at it again...

Saturday Night Live 1977 - American Dope Growers Union Song

Clueless Congress: Gates grilled over US Libya mission

Students Rally for Single-Payer Health Care in Vermont

True Conservative View of Ralph Nader (07,01,08 )

MSNBC: Cenk Interviews Tea Party Leader Who Wants Boehner Fired

TDPS: David Sirota Interview on "Back to Our Future," Great discussion

Barbarism of Buffoons: 'Intervention - disaster for Libyans'

GUNDERSEN: Nuclear Fuel Pool Has NO WATER, RODS EXPOSED

Mike Huckabee Says Americans Should Be Forcibly Indoctrinated At Gunpoint

Al Qaeda being helped and possibly armed by the US in Libya Michael Scheuer

Tea Party hypocrites in Congress collect $8 Million in farm subsidies.

Judge David Prosser calls his Chief Justice a

Thom Hartmann: Must see! The TRUE story of the Tea Party

Sam Seder interviews 'Katherine Harris' on The Majority Report

“Exposed: The U.S.-Saudi Libya Deal”

Anthony Weiner Reads From 'House Mouse Senate Mouse' Children's Book

Second wind developer freezes Wisconsin projects to await rules

World's Nuclear Plants Still Searching for Permanent Waste Sites

Driving the electric Rolls-Royce (BBC) {125-mi range}

Manager at CA nuclear plant sues over firing, claims whistleblower retaliation (xpost)

Drumbeat April 1, 2011

Peak oil notes - March 31

TEPCO Press Release–Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 9:00 PM Mar 31st

TEPCO Press Release (Apr 01,2011)—…Facilities…after Tohoku-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake…(as of 10:00AM)

Status of nuclear power plants in Fukushima as of 21:00, April 1st (Estimated by JAIF)

Trend of Radiation in the Environment around Fukushima Daiichi NPS Updated at 9:00 on April 1 (Fri)

UN Report: Small scale eco-farming could make more food over ten year period

JAIF: Earthquake Report No. 39

Bats Are Worth at Least $3 Billion Per Year

Short rotation energy crops could help meet UK’s renewable energy targets

Issues of Water and Light in the Turbine Buildings at Fukushima Daiichi Arjun Makhijani

Call: Radiation: In the Shadow of the Japan Disaster - Arjun Makhijani PhD

Gundersen: Fuel Rods fully exposed in #4 pool emitting plutonium, serium, cesium

Recycled Island to Be Built from Ocean Garbage Patch

White-Nose Disease Will Wipe Out Multiple Bat Species In New England W/I 15 Years - Reuters

President Obama’s Energy Vision

Telegraph - UK Greenhouse Emissions Hit New All-Time Peak

Fraser River Sockeye Population - Largest Run Left - "Near Upper Limit" Of Survivable Water Temps

Pure Comedy Gold - "New" GOP Plan & #s -Opening Alaska Refuge Would Produce "$10 Trillion" Impact

Sen. Lamar Alexander Wants Jack-Booted Thug Federal Regulation Of Contaminated Medical Products

Nuclear Industry Pins Hopes on Longtime Foe

The Ecologist - Barclays Making Up To £340 Million Encouraging Speculation On Commodities

Climate Delegates Meet In Bangkok Blahblah Discuss Blahblahh Kyoto Expiring 2012 Blahblahblah

Japan's Liquid Fuels Crisis

Power, fuel shortages worsen as wintry weather plagues quake-hit Japan

Large-Scale UC Davis Survey Finds Surprisingly Few Great Whites Off CA Coast

EU Fisheries Chief Calls For Suspension Of Libyan Bluefin Fishing - Fears Depletion, You See . .

If You're A Republican Looking For Climate Consistency, Your Only Choice Is Barbour - Here's Why!

New Zealand Plan Would Halve 1990 Emissions Levels By (All Together Now!!!) 2050

Pure Comedy Gold, Part II - Putin Vows To Crack Down On Polluting Industries - Reuters

CSIRO Climate Shift Pushing Wide Range Of Marine Species To North, South Ends Of GBR

TEPCO Press Release–Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 9:00 PM April 1s

TEPCO Press Release (Apr 01,2011)—…Facilities…after Tohoku-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake…(as of 4:00PM)

IAEA Briefing on Fukushima Nuclear Accident (1 April 2011, 14.30 UTC)

Tremors exceeded design limits for 3 reactors

EU: No combustion engine cars in city centers by 2050

CNIC Statement Concerning Nuclear Safety Commission's Response

China to boost solar and cut its goals for nuclear power

Fukushima update: Recovery efforts stalled, as hotspot concerns grow

Monsanto Uses Latest Food Crisis to Push Transgenic Corn in Mexico

President's Big Energy Speech - Zero (Z-E-R-O/None/Zip) Content On GHG Regulation - NYT

Still using my 40 year old car, tv, telephone, insulation in my home, etc.

Statement by Scientists and Engineers Concerning Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

USDA Projects Season-End Inventories: 3 Weeks' Worth Of Corn, 10 Days' Worth Of Soybeans

Billion-plus people to lack water in 2050: study

DiManno: Women rally to back Libyan rebels

Bill O'Reilly: Trump Has 'Excuse' For Crazy Birther Claims

NYT editorial about Connick v Thompson case: Failure of Empathy and Justice

Dispatch From El Salvador: Obama's Drug War Feels Eerily Familiar

Barclays 'making up to £340 million profit' on food price speculation

What's at stake in the Walmart women's lawsuit

Ohio’s Anti-Union Law Is Tougher Than Wisconsin’s

Sen. Grassley calls for new L-1 visa probe

Does A Tea Party Rally Attracting “Dozens” Qualify As News?

Coalition of Dane Cty [Madison]Unions File Suit Claiming Collective Bargaining Bill Unconstitutional

Bring War Dollars Home by Closing Down Bases (Amen to that!)

Confessions of a minion of the military-industrial complex

Californians back raising taxes on state's wealthy--even 60% of Republicans agree!

more bad news for GOP: Unemployment rate drops to two year low, 216,000 jobs added

OMB prepares for open gov sites to go dark in May (Fed News Radio)

H-1B visas need to be easier to get, business leaders tell Congress

Weekend Economists Play Ball! April 1-3, 2011

U.S. Economy Added 216,000 Jobs in March; Rate at 8.8

The Sparkys are coming! The Sparkys are coming! Coming to my house on Saturday!

ATF director Melson involved in altercation / armed standoff

Eric Holder Comes clean on Gunwalker

Car accidents occur; therefore, brakes are useless

Ill. Assn. of Chiefs of Police Support Legalizing Concealed Carry Proposal

Issa Subpoenas ATF

CCW (apparently) coming to Illinois and even Chicago

Witness details ex-CIA agent's in helping Contras

Hil did it; "suggests" immunity for uribito in Drummond case

Dispatch From El Salvador: Obama's Drug War Feels Eerily Familiar

Joint appeal for end to persecution of community and opposition media

'DAS was infiltrated by paramilitaries'

Women treated as spoils of war in Colombia: NGOs

Human rights activists in Medellin in danger: Ombusman

Resurgent leftist in Peru election

Teachers strike against proposed law to keep them in school, fueling unrest in Honduras

Reflections of Fidel :

Barack Obama Will Officiate White House Social Secretary Jeremy Bernard's Wedding

Today is my 24/1 anniversary and I'm using it as an occasion to say thanks

Why The Hell Is Lesbian GMA Anchor Robin Roberts Teaming Up With Chick-fil-A?

Colorado Civil Unions Bill Killed On A Party Line Vote In House Judiciary Committee

White House Repeatedly Declines to Endorse Two LGBT Bills

Congratulations to the Shockers for another Championship!

Bryce Harper quits baseball, will return to high school

Get your priorities straight.

Yeah. walk the bases loaded to get to the pitcher.

Yeah. walk the bases loaded to get to the pitcher.

Keys to the Butler-VCU Match-up!

Nebraska Cornhuskers picked to Win Big 10 football championship

To placate Upton's obsession - Here are two new videos about Brian Wilson's beard:

Keys to the UCONN-Kentucky Match-up!

#2: Sidd Finch

NCAA Schedules VCU For Final Four Play-In Game Just To Be Sure

A-Rod nearly outearns Kansas City Royals

I've come to the conclusion the Celtics are losing because they don't want the #1 seed...

Denver emerges from its long winter sleep:

Fuck! The Pirates have not played a single game, and yet they are already

Lincecum loses to the Dodgers. Pardon me, while I...

Zito sore from car accident, but still wants to start Sunday..

I am posting some quotes that relate to spirituality or religion here,

If it weren't religion, it would be something else.

Israel holds secret talks with Russia in bid to thwart recognition of Palestinian state

Amos Oz, David Grossman join East Jerusalem bookshop owner's fight for residency

We in Israel welcome the Arab spring

Israeli leftists hold national conference in Tel Aviv

The extreme right turned Israel into an anachronism

Radical Islam in Gaza

They tried to kill us, we won, now we’re changing the world

Well, I don't hate the Giants this much:

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