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Archives: January 24, 2010

Obsidian Hearts

Venezuela holds the largest oil reserves outside the Middle East

Obsidian Hearts

Whistleblower: Foreign Office officials thought war 'illegal' (Iraq)

Corporations are better people than you.

Mapping inequality

Corporate Personhood for Dummies

Would you abort these unborn babies?

How is this for logic?

A framing suggestion

What a difference a week makes.

ICRC in action... in Port Au Prince

For Sale- The US Government

Dean Pierson, Dairy Farmer, Kills 51 Cows Then Commits Suicide

Andy Dick arrested for alleged sex abuse

All we have to do to get the Republicans / Tea Party riled up about SC ruling is

This was supposed to be our time...

Man out of the rubble after officially the search was called off

Greenwald challenges claim that yesterday's Supreme Court decision gives GOP huge $$$ advantage

some pending bills WA legislature

So I was watching Places in the Heart and the good old KKK shows up...

High School Civics Class and Constitutional Amendment

Sunday TV News Shows

Gates watched "Seven Days in May" flying back from Pakistan

Obama calls team from 2008 for fall races

Iraq war was illegal, top lawyer will tell Chilcot inquiry

Time to talk about Russ baker's "Family of Secrets" again

I want to hear from the Corporations! But ...

So if they're people can they get arrested?

Elected ConservaDems: SHow the people just 1 example of corporate America repaying your loyalty.

Nigeria, 300+ dead, wtf is going on there?

Jay Leno - WHCD May 1, 2010

Alistair Darling warns Barack Obama over banking reforms

Alistair Darling warns Barack Obama over banking reforms

When the Media Is the Disaster

Disappeared in 30 seconds flat - 1984, anyone?

More anecdotal evidence on the state of the economy...

>> The approprate way to deal with concerns about the moderating on Democratic Underground

CNBC: Bernanke has votes for confirmation

Could trust-busting literally undo the USSC's decision?

MY LETTER TO CONGRESS on Supreme Court corporate coup

MY LETTER TO CONGRESS on Supreme Court corporate coup

Communicating our position: Football analogy

How much discretion does the Executive branch have to move appropriated funds around?

"Hope For Haiti" Soundtrack Benefit Album Already Available On iTunes - 100% Proceeds

'No'publicans

If corporations were actual people.

Get yer popcorn here

Let's have a sing-along!

Al-Qaeda has trained female suicide bombers to attack West, US officials warn

The Pen: A Supreme Act of Judicial Treason . . ., & What We Can & Must Do

I'm getting one of these to use when the Talibaptists come to my door:

Designer handbag makes political waves

'Hope for Haiti' raises $58 million and counting

"Progressive Activists React to Grim Diagnoses on Immigration Reform"

So what will be tomorrow's Sunday Morning Weekly Outrage after all the talk shows?

while we're obsessing about Chavez...

Toles: In case of economic emergency....

A federal judge has ordered a Farmington man to stay away from white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups

'I am the people,' Chavez tells followers ahead of polls

Anyone recognize Dick Cheney as the dentist Szell in the 1976 movie Marathon Man?

Anyone recognize Dick Cheney as the dentist Szell in the 1976 movie Marathon Man?

If Corporations Want to be Like People, Then...

London draft for international conference on Afghanistan sees 2011 start to handover

Anti-abortion group to screen TV ad to 100m Super Bowl viewers

Hello, my name is Corporate C. Corporation and I have something to say

I was thinking does everyone in the GLBT community want DADT repealed.

Hyannis went for Brown.

24 States’ Laws Open to Attack After Campaign Finance Ruling

DOes Robert Gibbs know how to exploit populism from his work as spokesman for Fritz Hollings in 1998?

DOes Robert Gibbs know how to exploit populism from his work as spokesman for Fritz Hollings in 1998?

possible way to put an end to economic/taxation/healthcare disagreements among dems/repubs

Seriously, could a law requiring a birth certificate to be presented ..

Justice Kennedy was key to conservatives' win in campaign finance decision

it's a damn good movie

it's a damn good movie

Time to ammend the Corporate Charter.

Dear Republicans/ Conservatives

Barack, come back to the good side, come back to the light.

OMG Gregory asked McConnell a "tough" question!

My name is David St. Hubbins

Terry MORAN better than TAPPER? & whaaa? Bahbwah WAHwah to host This Weak next week?!1

Elections and who finances them

Elections and who finances them

Foot on Bomb, Marine Defies a Taliban Trap

NY Times: Underwater, but Will They Leave the Pool?

one step forward two steps back

Obama’s agenda meets reality on Capitol Hill

Five US soldiers killed in Afghan unrest

SC Lt.. Gov Ande Bauer says Needy are like Stary Animals??? He's kidding right?

SCOTUS decision makes the US a soft fascist state.

"Smaller government"

4chan's opinion on Meet the Press

I'll bet if Levi Johnston

MILLION FAX MARCH ACTION PAGE: We Now Have Majority On The Supreme Court So Unlawful That Only Impea

Survivor, Apparently Unhurt, Rescued From Rubble After 11 Days

Its time for Another Czar, The Make-It-in- America Czar… Or Congressional Caucus

Get Your War On : 5 Jokes About Congress In Light Of Scott Brown’s Electoral Victory

The Importance of Plouffe

so.. will Multinational Corporations with Foreign Influence be able to donate 'Investors Money' to

Very informative article about Lord Hutton by UK MP who wrote book about Kelly's death.

Saudi girl faces beating over phone at school

Which Democrats are the biggest liability to the party??? Give me a list

Since the ACLU say they are the peoples law company

Does anyone here know what kind of political activity CITGO officials engage in????

Dear Apple and Google,

World Health Organization wants global tax on Internet, banking

Santa Clarita councilman calls himself 'proud racist'

interesting-MSNBC poll re: SC opinion-85% disagree.

Wall Street's $26m lobbyists gear up to fight Obama

American Censorship of Arab News Media - Al Arab Al Yawm, Jordan

Join Roseanne Barr and workers who describe their lives on the minimum wage in vlogs (ACORN)

Durbin: Dems weighing healthcare strategy, but not starting over

Democratic Strategy for 2010

list of multinational corporations-not exhaustive-you do the math

Oh, F*ck Me! Founding Fathers Smiling After Supreme Court Campaign Finance Ruling

Hope for Haiti soundtrack now available on iTunes

Just heard Demint say Obama added more to National Debt in first year than Bush* in eight years comb

I have never conflated Osama and Obama

I have never conflated Osama and Obama

Why wasn't this woman on the Democratic ticket in MA last Tuesday?

Dealing with the Supreme Court decision

Dealing with the Supreme Court decision

Sunday morning Haiku anyone?

Gallup polling on SCOTUS decision. (all over the place)

Supreme Court Ruling - Corporations have free speech rights.

Farmer's Mouth-To-Snout CPR Saves Piglet

Judge Turns Down Request For Chimp DNA

If there is a new Bin Laden tape out, what are the

SC ruling sucks, but everyone has the wrong approach to preventing political bribery.

The Old South attitudes survive and have metastasized!!!

DeMint Lies: ‘I Did Not Want’ Health Care ‘To Be The President’s Waterloo’

Key West has downtown chickens that cross the street with the green lights

Pssssssssssssssssst there's a new

Entrepreneur Diana Jenkins Donates $1 Million and Forms Haitian Relief Organization With Sean Penn

What are the chances of a second stimulus because we need one

Falafel Boy sees Air America demise as "proof" of right-leaning US, overlooks Moonie Times dirt nap

It' time to get rid of the filibuster.

"We the corporations"

Idaho snipers

New BinLaden tape. Perfect opportunity. Bomb something and then it's "Brown who?"

What the hell is going on within the Dem Party & Bernanke?

Full-body scanner blind to bomb parts

So really there are only two choices left

Sad that after gaining majorities in both houses and the presidency,

Asia Times: Zero interest rates, economic gloom

Citizens United v. FEC applied to Second Amendment: Corporations can stockpile nukes

Robert Reich: given SCOTUS ruling, "we need the "Shareholder Protection Act""

My name is Osama.. if you have been injured..call 1 800 Osama-4u

My name is Osama.. if you have been injured..call 1 800 Osama-4u

Can't some progressives file a suit against their money in their corporation being used

If Reid uses reconciliation to pass a NO-Pub-Op bill, it is a Democratic "Screw You" to Middle Class

How does one take down a Behemoth?

Beau Biden unlikely to run

What the election in Massachusetts really means?

Why isn't the 'liberal' media calling what is going on in Oregon a "revolution"?

"We're saving our political capital."

Independents are calling the electoral shots

If you need something to be covered up, then see Lord Hutton

The Chief Justice and the President

Are there any issues where you have no position?

Tax corporate political campaign spending.

Update on Flight 253

Canada prepares to host Haiti recovery meeting

Does anyone know anything about living wills?

So Obama says slow down on Health Care Bill and not ram one through.

US ships blockade Haiti coast to thwart exodus to America

Corporations are often FOREIGN. Owned by FOREIGNERS and/or run by FOREIGNERS!!!!

How to overturn the recent Supreme Court decision

Small steps and actions you can take in response to the SCOTUS decision.

If you've got rights you've got rights, right?

Actually, treating corporate person like the other persons would do the trick....

i like this idea...

"Hey, Greta. We know he drives a truck, a regular guy, but with extraordinary accomplishments"

"Hey, Greta. We know he drives a truck, a regular guy, but with extraordinary accomplishments"

My neighbor just rammed home to me what is wrong with America.

US Drone Crashes in Pakistan

Best moment ever on religious teevee!

Best moment ever on religious teevee!

National March For Campaign Finance Reform

American dream lost: In one year’s time, Brittany Cahill has gone from riches to rags

Charge a President with Murder

Why don`t we create jobs the rethug way

delete

CalPers Middlemen Paid Millions:

Another Straw in the wind about the Supreme Court decision - but give it a chance

so-how,exactly,would increased union representation be a BAD thing?

New World Order: One Corporation, infinite campaign contributions.

Blueprint for Dems Where Do We Go From Here?

Thinking about redirecting my energies...

Alan Grayson: Coming Soon: "The Distinguished Senator from Saudi Arabia"

Alan Grayson: Coming Soon: "The Distinguished Senator from Saudi Arabia"

Spy Drones Will Monitor U.K. Citizens

They just showed a WalMart commercial on the game

They just showed a WalMart commercial on the game

Senate Bill: Preexisting conditions exclusions outlawed for kids immediately, adults in 1/1/2014.

Cap'ns of Industry -- My sister drew this cartoon, too!

Republican Candidate for Gov of South Carolina calls poor people animals.

SOYLENT GREENBACKS: Corporations are People!

Osama's Prodigal Son, Rolling Stone

If the 1st amendment does not specify a speaker, then propaganda from China is protected, right?

Worst Supreme Court Chief Justice ever:

******The Official Corporations Are Now Peeeeeeeple Thread******

Declaration of Ending Corporate Personhood

Frank Rich... Have You Been Reading My Posts Again ???

Frank Rich... Have You Been Reading My Posts Again ???

John Edwards Will Always Been Seen........

John Edwards Will Always Been Seen........

John Edwards Will Always Been Seen........

Marshal Plan for Haiti

65,000+ Haitians in Miami-Dade to get TPS and work permits, Crist might suspend Davis-Bacon wage act

65,000+ Haitians in Miami-Dade to get TPS and work permits, Crist might suspend Davis-Bacon wage act

After the Massachusetts Massacre-By FRANK RICH-Obama "No Longer Seen As A Savior But As A Captive"

After the Massachusetts Massacre-By FRANK RICH-Obama "No Longer Seen As A Savior But As A Captive"

Random economic irony-- Should we really look to our President for sound economic policy?

Perhaps it’s better to not be a “superpower”

Preval has authorized the creation of the Red Helmets

Wal-Mart to cut 11,200 jobs at Sam’s Club stores

Go ahead unrec this to your heart's content.

Fly the American Flag

WaPo ignores Grassley's "pull the plug on grandma" attack to portray him as a partner on HCR

WaPo ignores Grassley's "pull the plug on grandma" attack to portray him as a partner on HCR

Toronto Star: Across Canada, protests urge reopening Parliament

Candidate Obama, on the importance of bipartisanship

Was HCR as big a clusterfuck in 1993 as in 2009?

Could a little Stupak-Pitts reasoning help us limit corporate influence?

How about if we get rid of both "Recommend" and "Unrecommend?"

NBC Network Nooz/Jim Jim Miklaszewski: "Obama claimed responsibility for Christmas bomb plot"

Canadian church loses tax-exempt status over "political" views of gays, divorce, abortion

Canadian church loses tax-exempt status over "political" views of gays, divorce, abortion

another way to undo Supreme Court corporate coup: require networks and cables to give FREE airtime

GOP's latest ploy to woo suburban independents

GOP's latest ploy to woo suburban independents

GOP's latest ploy to woo suburban independents

70-year gag on (Dr. David) Kelly death evidence

So if Scott Brown acts like a teabagger idiot, would MA kick him out in 2012?

If I was a billionaire, couldn't I just go to the county

"Senate Version of HCR will encourage corporations to Free Ride:

New Poll Explains Massachusetts

Earthquake survivors get solar-powered bibles

Conyers introduces Bill to impeach District Judge.

Article on Little Green Footballs Flame War in NY Times Magazine.

Details of Iraq whistleblower’s alleged suicide to be sealed 70 years

God wanted the Colts to win?

Request for help: What are the RWingers saying about the SCOTUS decision?

Is the SCOTUS ruling a valid defense for bribery?

speaking of KO--does anybody have a link to the transcript for his special comment on the scotus

China Tells U.S. To Drop Dead Over Internet Criticism

China Tells U.S. To Drop Dead Over Internet Criticism

Judge attacked in courtroom to retire

Judge attacked in courtroom to retire

White House adviser Plouffe fails to mention most of Obama's pre-existing conditions promise

Community struggles with 9-year-old's apparent suicide

How about if we split the US into about 4 or 5 different nations?

How about if we split the US into about 4 or 5 different nations?

UAW Donates $500,000 to Haiti Relief as Unions Continue Strong Aid Efforts

UAW Donates $500,000 to Haiti Relief as Unions Continue Strong Aid Efforts

Bill’s Late Father Irving Kristol: ‘My Poor Son Has Got It Wrong Again’

Student Pranked by Philadelphia Airport TSA Worker

The Senate Bill does have something for adults with preexisting conditions prior to 2014.

The Senate Bill does have something for adults with preexisting conditions prior to 2014.

Checkpoint-arrest case ruled homicide (this is ugly)

Checkpoint-arrest case ruled homicide (this is ugly)

I could be wrong, but... ALL INCUMBENTS could be in DEEP TROUBLE with an Angry Public...

Bayh Says Obama May Call for Freeze on Discretionary Spending

My Sincere Apologies America and ....

I just demolished a Freeper-type on immigration.

If the Supreme court considers corporations just like individuals don't all the stock holders have

If the Supreme court considers corporations just like individuals don't all the stock holders have

If the Supreme court considers corporations just like individuals don't all the stock holders have

White House advisers promise sharper focus on jobs

White House advisers promise sharper focus on jobs

White House advisers promise sharper focus on jobs

Post earthquake – and the money pouring in to Haiti from good people.

OMG - Moveon.org is a CORPORATION!!!

Marcy Winograd: States, Strip Corporations of Personhood. Petition.

Charles Dickens and Obama: if the President could be visited by three ghosts ---

Tough Morning for Justice Stevens

The Supreme Court has new robes:

SEN SANDERS TO OBAMA

We will not ever get health care reform as long as health insurance cos. remain in business

Long time bachelor Andre Bauer, SC Lt. Gov. has been outed.

Where's Scott Brown's Birth Certificate?

Where's Scott Brown's Birth Certificate?

Nobody gives a F--K about bin Laden's 'latest tape' anymore

Obama appoints 5 Federal Judges, more glass ceilings shatter

American assets continue to fall into Chinese hands

Maybe Soylent Green really should be people.

SCOTUS Destroys STRONG KY Const. Language Outlawing Corporate Influence on Elections

Central Asia: Islam Karimov & Co are the ones radicalising Central Asia

Health Care Reform—the Charade of Regulation

Reconciliation Without a Public Option Would Tell Us All We Need to Know About the Democratic Party

The contingency plan for losing a Senator was to panic.

The shot (decision) heard round the world. Citizens United vs. Fed Election Commission.

"I'm so scared. I have such crappy health insurance" An all too common anecdote .....

Menendez calls out ‘unprecedented’ filibusters as DeMint backtracks on ‘Waterloo’

ReTHUG bigwig Mosbacher is dead

Now that Lieberman's vote is meaningless...can we kick him off OUR Committees now?

Will the New American Hegemony be administered by non-humans?

Bauer defends comment comparing poor people to stray animals

7 Things About The Economy Everyone Should Be Worried About - Dan Froomkin/HuffPo

Find The Cost Of Freedom. Are You Ready To Pay The Price?

Google China hack happened b/c US Goverment requires "back door" access to email for FBI

Walmart Will Shed 11,200 Sam's Club Jobs in Outsourcing of In-Store Demos

No pimping of bin-Laden from this new administration

The Senate A Year From Now

Traffic fumes increase the risks of child pneumonia

A story on NBC News tonight about a U.S. couple adopting some Haitian children really bothered me.

Does it matter if there are 67 votes in the US Senate to impeach any Supreme Court justice?

Are there 67 votes in the US Senate to impeach any Supreme Court justice?

Finish this sentence "Pornography is ______________"...

Haitian earthquake was predicted

It's time to STOP saying "folks aren't patient enough"

Remember Michael Moore's call to action last October! (link)

Hitler blamed the "commies"...

Hospital lays off 100 workers, increases bennie premiums...and execs get 20-30% increase in pay

Hospital lays off 100 workers, increases bennie premiums...and execs get 20-30% increase in pay

I remember when I worked at Target we told each other at least we couldn't be outsourced

Shut up Peggy Noonan - This is NOT a center right country

I'm pulling for the Vikings because of the Twin Cities extensive network of bike paths

per earlier thread. Porn, use it or don't use it.

CNN's Reliable Sources, not so Reliable on Air America

Tinyrevolution.com's screed for the day

Mourning the loss of Haitian Women’s Rights Leaders

God Hates Shrimp

Why focus on Security Rather than Helping Haitians?

I voted for Obama.

I know people are tired, but MoveOn.org is having a rally on Tuesday for HCR

Obama to indefinitely imprison detainees without charges

Subject: "Look-and-feel" Lawsuit (against the US Congress): the Elder Gods are unhappy

MY LETTER TO THE EDITOR on the Supreme Court Corporate Coup

Lack of construction codes sealed Haitian capital's fate

For anyone who missed the Jon Stewart/KO exchange.

Living Advice for Younger DUers

Brutality charged as Pittsburgh police defend 'fist strikes' on teen (CNN)

What I read in the Washington Monthly 6 yrs ago was that the DEMS behind the Health Care bill said..

National Teacher of the Year tells what he overheard as a fly on the wall

How do you feel about vouchers for public schools only?

Plouffe: PARENTS won't have to worry CHILDREN will be denied because of PREEXISTING CONDITIONS

Why are Republicans so good??

Calif. school district bans dictionary: 'A number of referenced words are age-inappropriate'

Calif. school district bans dictionary: 'A number of referenced words are age-inappropriate'

Calif. school district bans dictionary: 'A number of referenced words are age-inappropriate'

Calif. school district bans dictionary: 'A number of referenced words are age-inappropriate'

Calif. school district bans dictionary: 'A number of referenced words are age-inappropriate'

Calif. school district bans dictionary: 'A number of referenced words are age-inappropriate'

An Update on The Magistrate.

Obama's Argument Leads to Impeachment of Supreme Court Justices

Toyota To Recall 2.3 Million More Vehicles As Its Troubles Continue

The religious criticism of "Avatar" pisses me off.

I just saw a damn ad for young women joining the military

Do you think that if Haiti was populated by White, Fundamentalist Christian rich CEO's the GOP care?

Favorite cinematic adaptation of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men?

Obsidian Hearts

"Spanish lady comes to me, she lays on me this rose...It rainbow spirals round and round...

Conan's greatest!

Jimmy Carter and I have a long-time porcine link (pardon pun).

"Ride the snake... to the lake... the ancient lake... the snake he's long... seven miles..."

If movie posters told the truth...

For whom else is it 4:20 right now?

The classics

Why the hate of wheat in beer?

"Tater Salad" is coming to Sheboygan!

Go JETS!!!

Zero 7 - Somersault

The Jesus And Mary Chain - Sometimes Always

Johnny Cash - Hurt (Drum'n Bass Remix)

Walking on space

Prefuse 73 : The End of Biters

Mos Def - Auditorium [live in Osaka, Japan]

Blackstar - Definition

Versis-Spittin' In The Wind remix (prod. by fLako)

The Pharcyde - Runnin' (Phillipians RMX)

The Clash ~ One More Time

Cowboy Bebop - Space Lion (4 Hero remix)

Rich Medina - Happiness

4 hero - hold it down(kaidi tatham remix)

Clara Hill - Restless Times

Roni Size/Reprazent - Heroes

Georg Levin - I Got Somebody New

Moloko - Blink

Cybotron - Clear

Doris Days: To Ulrike M. (Zero 7 Mix)

Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It?

Tonight on showing Netflix will be Torchwood season 1.

Organic fuji apples dipped in pure honey...

Phuture - Acid Tracks

Cypress Hill - Rock Superstar

Mos Def - Umi Says (Zero 7 Mix)

Suprême NTM - Authentik

I'm bored

I'm bored

I found Tin Man on netflix.

Is it possible that a human body can jam an FM radio station's signal?

Freeper?

Things I'm learning while watching Spartacus

David Hasselhoff reality show?

it's a damn good movie

My home town was on the news yesterday..

Looking for an inexpensive netbook...

Buddy Guy - Cheaper to Keep Her/Blues in the Night

Scrotum

I'm sick and tired of attending town meetings....

Mazzy Star - Fade Into You

Judge Turns Down Request For Chimp DNA

Music storage, sorting and finding issues..

Best Rickroll Ever!

"Mac Snack Wrap" --say it three times fast

I need help finding a youtube that went viral a few years back.

Another Jeesus sighting

Concrete Blonde - Mexican Moon

Sunday morning Haiku anyone?

Peanut butter. Yea or nay?

The Kentucky Wildcats won again today...

The Colts are running up the score!

Best sites for free movies online

thirty years ago this month or next

Please help! I'm being held hostage at

This one has kept me giggling all day.....just thought I'd share...

Someone's having a bit of fun at Leno's expense

Marlena Shaw -"Woman Of The Ghetto"

Muppet popularity contest

I'm proudly wearing my Bush shirt

Phil Silvers... Zero Mostell.... Jack Gifford.....

NASCAR implementing shooting in 2011

vet bill for eye surgery: 1500 dollars

an Los Angeles DUers- the Democratic Convention is coming 4/15!

Serious question here for people of a certain age.

The gods have been appeased. The Vikings will win today.

The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 1/24/10

We got a live one!

Which programming are you most eagerly anticipating?

100 Ways of Saying F@ck You in Different Countries

Happy Belated Birthday to Jean Stapleton

bye mommy

I get my CPAP machine tomorrow, and not a minute too soon.

Key West has downtown chickens that cross the street with the green lights

GEAUX Saints!

Who is Andy, and why was his Dick arrested?

I'm leaving DU.

Seriously, you're in a movie theater, shut the fuck up!!!

Cool... Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts

Bed sharing 'drains men's brains!'

You can all go to fucking hell!

The Shake Weight

Greatest guitar solo by a musician who WAS NOT the band's frontman/woman

Favorite Indie Movie, Actor and Actress....

So, does this make me incredibly cool, or what?

Inconsiderate apartment dwellers - Battle of the Laundry

Which book should I read?

Primal Scream - Kowalski

Does Howie Long have the squarest head in the history of the world?

Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie sign contract to split

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) My 20,000th DU Post Edition

Are you buying more Kindle books or real books these days?

Obama is a huge disapointment

OMG! I just boinked Claudia Black in a video game (Dragon Age Origins warning)

Post here if your hygiene habits leave something to be desired if ya know what I'm sayin'.

Did Bill Maher really say Obama is "worse than Cheney"?

Huey Long was the reason FDR enacted several policies

Please Obama Channel some FDR on Wednesday

2009 Democratic agenda severely weakened by Republican opposition

Nate Silver: Senate Bill with "reconciliation sidecar" is the winning strategy.

Actress Betty White Appreciation Thread

NYT: Obama Turns Up Heat Over Ruling on Campaign Spending

After SCOTUS Decision, What AMERICA Needs NOW IS....

Political math: 37 > 63. Sens representing 63% of public (195m people) voted for health care reform

Nate Silver says pass the popular parts of hcr bill but doesn't mention most unpopular is mandate

Some words to consider.

Could someone pls. provide a link to the MA exit polls that show the reasons for their votes?

Lessons Of Massachusetts And Going Forward

Who will heckle the President during the State of the Union address next week?

Cuomo Will Announce Primary Challenge in March

Paul Hodes: 'Health Care Reform Is A Jobs Bill'

Advice for Obama: "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living."

Obama Turns Up Heat Over Ruling on Campaign Spending

Poll shows Huckabee with slim lead over Obama in theoretical 2012 face-off

Here's an idea.

Harry and Nancy discuss health care

Pro-Obama astroturf pops up in dozens of publications

I am up to my ears with the hand wringing and pronunciations of the end of the Obama Presidency

Source says Andrew Cuomo will announce plans to run for New York Governor in March

Obama scrambles to revive economic optimism

Mr Plouffe, tell President Obama if he wants energetic Democratic support, to instruct Congress

How many Honey Nut Cheerios do I have to eat to lower my cholesterol?

Obama Astroturfer? Or Very, Very, Very Energetic But Independent Letter Writer?

GOP lawmakers laud abortion opponents' role in health bill stall

The Democrat Party

The U.S. Flag Needs Updating

Prediction: It will be Barack Obama vs. Mitch Daniels in 2012

Have you read this letter?

Pass the Senate Bill, add the reconciliation sidecar, and RESURRECT THE PUBLIC OPTION!

How to Squander the Presidency in One Year

Jim DeMint lies

Democrats would be better off "shoving down our throats" a 51-vote majority on Public Option HC

List movies that "blew you mind", Need suggestions for my zip.ca (Netflix of Canada) queue.

PPP poll: Obama leads Romney, Palin

Why was this post locked? I do not understand. Admin - kindly respond?

The media's question of the day: "Don't you think it's time to work with Republicans to pass HCR?"

One way the Dems should change their message immediately is by

I did not vote for Obama to play nice with the Thugs.

Bob Herbert: The Democrats (and Republicans, of course) still don't get it

Huffington: Obama can still be transformational if he acknowledges original mistakes

I've lost 15 pounds on my low carb diet. In three weeks. That is pretty healthy. Ask me anything.

Krugman: The Phantom Policy Conflict

Senate Democrats ready to send more stimulus funds to states

They should announce they will throw out any congressmen

In defense of South Carolina, I give you NJ's new governor, Chris Christie

Poll explains what the Mass election was NOT

Rep. John Dingell on Healthcare legislation: "Nobody ever gets exactly what they want."

White House Is Confident Bernanke Will Be Confirmed

Anybody want to nit pick Avatar?

Mitch McConnell wants to start over, on top priorities for health reform: First, bipartisanship

"Axelrod: voter backlash against Obama was unavoidable"

Senators listen to the people what they want for healthcare!

"Obama Moves to Centralize Control over Party Strategy"

Official "Thank you Andre Bauer" thread.

E .J. Dionne: How the Democrats May Solve the Healthcare Problem

NASA: 2009 second warmest year on record

It's very simple

Krugman: The Bernanke Conundrum

Democrats can use the David vs Goliath frame appealing to Independents by passing HC with 51 votes

Paul Begala: Pass the Senate Bill, Please.

Greensboro sit-ins left mark on nation, By President Barack Obama (in local paper)

Evan Bayh: Using reconciliation = "ramming it through"

"With luck, Obama may yet save us from ourselves"

Political cartoonist Tom Toles...

GOP has been taking credit for the stimulus, Obama is gearing up for more spending, enter CNN poll

How do Boomers and Gen X'ers feel about the prez?

"President Clinton left a $237 billion surplus; President Obama received a $1.3 trillion deficit"

Valerie Jarrett on MTP

OK - so Polanski deserves jail time. How long?

I am not totally enamored of the Senate bill by any means

Sen Bill: Preexisting conditions exclusions outlawed for kids immediately, adults in 1/1/2014.

Roberts clear shot at Roe uttered in the Citizen's United decision::

The Obama Administration's Pivot and what to watch for......

VP Biden: I Don’t Think Beau Wants to Run for Senate

DOD Announces Casualties 19 to 23-Jan-10

Santa Clarita councilman calls himself 'proud racist'

The Government expects 150,000 dead by the end of the week

Wall Street's $26m lobbyists gear up to fight Obama banks reform

A 24-year-old man has been rescued alive from the rubble of a ruined hotel in Haiti's capital Port-a

D.C., Md. unemployment rates hit new highs, Va. also up

CCTV in the sky: police plan to use military-style spy drones

China Tells U.S. To Drop Dead Over Internet Criticism

Obama scrambles to revive economic optimism

Venezuela TV channels taken off air

Telethon raises 'record' $57m for Haiti victims

Obama’s agenda meets reality on Capitol Hill

Justice Kennedy was key to conservatives' win in campaign finance decision

Scientologists 'heal' Haiti quake victims using touch

Pachauri: the real story behind the Glaciergate scandal

Obama Moves to Centralize Control Over Party Strategy

Photographers protest UK terror law

The Woman Democrats Need

Man Arrested for Urinating on Steaks

Uganda Urged to Stop 'Anti-Gay' Bill

United flight diverted to DIA

White House advisers promise sharper focus on jobs

Bayh Says Obama May Call for Freeze on Discretionary Spending

Three US Soldiers Killed in Afghan Unrest

Haiti telethon raises $57 million, so far

Okinawa Town Elects Mayor Who Opposes U.S. Base

Officials: Suspected US Drone Crashes in Pakistan

U.S., Brazilian troops hand out aid in Haiti slum

Haiti capital earthquake death toll 'tops 150,000'

R.I. company recalling 1.2 millions pounds of salami

China accuses US of online warfare in Iran

North Korea responds angrily to South's talk of strike

McCain Says Campaign Finance Reform Is Dead

Late Spending FRENZY fueled Senate Race {MASS}

Source says Andrew Cuomo will announce plans to run for New York Governor in March

White House Confident Senate Will OK Bernanke

Oil mogul Robert A. Mosbacher dies at 82

16-year-old girl starts solo sail around globe

New York Fed documents reveal more detail about AIG bailout

BREAKING NEWS: Wal-Mart says it is cutting more than 10,000 jobs at Sam’s Club

Anti-Chavez channel removed from cable

Sen. Kerry Says He'll Vote for Bernanke

70-year gag on Kelly death evidence

'Bin Laden tape' says al-Qaeda behind Christmas plot

Chavez foes protest Venezuela's domestic woes

Iraq war was illegal, top lawyer will tell Chilcot inquiry

Independent UK: Foreign Office officials thought Iraq war 'illegal'

Wars Without Heroes

C.I.A. Deaths Prompt Surge in U.S. Drone Strikes

The Government We Deserve

GOP division could keep Va. seat in Democrats' hands

GOP division could keep Va. seat in Democrats' hands.

Self-Help Audio Books Sent to Haiti Instead of Medical Supplies

Free, and freer speech (Seiler |Times-Union)

Free speech, Inc. (Times-Union)

Editorial: Supreme Court decision bad for democracy (Post-Crescent)

Drowning out the public's voice (LoHud)

Buying and selling America's politics (San Gabriel Valley Trib)

Open floodgates (Louisville Courier-Journal)

This candidate brought to you by ... a risky court ruling (Kerr | The Tennessean)

Judicial activism, anyone? (Mail-Tribune)

Bigger role for big money in U.S. politics (News-Tribune)

If you prick a corporation, will it bleed? The High Court thinks so (Kelso | The Statesman)

The US Supreme Court's bad, bad decision (Daily Maverick)

Well-Financed Speech Crushes Free Version (McEnroe | Hartford Courant)

Drowning in Money (Cherwell)

An activist Supreme Court opens the political money floodgates (Keene Sentinel editorial)

Democracy for sale (Toledo Blade editorial)

Campaign finance Supreme Court decision: Justices blind to the corruption of cash

Supreme Court is wrong (Fergus Falls Journal)

NY Times: For Richer or for ... Not Quite as Rich

Corporate influence unleashed (Lexington Herald-Leader editorial)

Supreme Court Shifts Business Playing Field Away From Marketplace

Hoover was tax cuts and balancing budgets, Roosevelt was stimulus

Pachauri: the real story behind the Glaciergate scandal

The golden rule (Gainesville Sun editorial)

Kill A Company, Face Murder Charges: The Fair Consequence Of Corporate Personhood

SCOTUS-An Intellectually Dishonest Power Grab

Britain's battle against global poverty risks being twisted into a tool of war

Bernanke Fails on Employment

Selling out our democracy (Brattleboro Reformer)

Unstoppable force unleashed (Delmarva Media Group)

All Justices That Sold Democracy Appointed by Republicans (Gay Vantage)

An awful decision (Times-Herald Record)

Political Speech: Supreme foul-up (Savannah Morning News)

What planet do these justices live on? (Dickerson | Detroit Free Press)

After the Massachusetts Massacre --Frank Rich

BBC Newsnight: UK Bans Exports of "Bomb Detecting" Dowsing Rods

TYT: Turk of the Week... SCOTT BROWN?!?

Maya Lin - Unchopping a Tree

Don't talk to them.. lol

Demint Lies: "I did not want (health care)to be the Presidents Waterloo."

March for Life 2010: Healthcare and Abortion

Young Turks: Rush Limbaugh Wants Banks To Screw You

The Woman Democrats Need

Ed Schultz "I'd Kick Their Ass" If I Ran For US Senate

Rep. Shea-Porter: Send Men Home And Congress Will Pass Health Care

Bin Laden claims plane bombing bid

Citizens United case , Glenn Greenwald

OMG!!!!

Hugo Chavez Did Not Accuse the U.S.

What Could You Live Without?

High court ruling gives big money an even bigger say (Howry | Ventura County Star)

The Family: Christian Mafia Rules US?

Sydney taps turn on to seawater this week

Towed beyond the environment

Need help debunking a facebook idiot.

Arkansas: Panel faces tough road to highway improvements

Secondary Market for Advanced Auto Batteries Critical to Lower EV Costs

Cuisine ala invasion: would you eat this... fish

Drilling for Gas in the West: Mother Jones

Shell faces legal fight over Arctic wells

Consequence of Copenhagen

Muscling Latin America

"Birds of Courage" slideshow ny times

Comment about nuclear on RealClimate:

Entergy Lawyers Up, "Disappears" Chief Engineer from website

Arizona snared their last jaguar: ny times:

Dutch offshore wind farm under construction

Recycling A/C condensation water

Newly discovered methane hydrate reserves deep in the ocean show promise for mining

Vail Valley Voices: Peak oil puts rail resurgence on track

Home hydrogen to spark energy revolution?

Pearl outFoxed: Dawgs whip Vols 78-63!!

James Paxton loses lawsuit against U of Kentucky...

Watching pre-game for Jets vs Colts

Halftime: NYJets 17 Colts 13

Who dat? Who dat?

Promising 3YO colt: Winslow Homer

Israel’s plan to stem African immigration: Wall on Egypt’s border

Premier: Israel to keep parts of West bank forever

Israel Poised to Challenge U.N. Report on Gaza

Muscling Latin America

Colombia vs. human rights

UN to Colombian armed groups: ‘Stop recruiting indigenous children’

Over 65,000 Haitians in Miami-Dade to get TPS and work permits, now can get jobs and send money home

I'm still trying to get up to speed on Haiti but this piece looks like flawless propaganda.

White House Chief of Staff comes under fire from right-wing Jewish activists

Meet The Most Elite Earthquake Rescue Team In The World: Los Topos De Mexico

The origin of the slur/lie that Chavez announced that he is a Marxist.

while we're obsessing about Chavez...

Venezuela STARTS an English language newspaper, while newspapers here "downsize,"

Today in Labor History Jan 23 Ratification of the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Scammers Follow Unions from Newsprint to Cyberspace

Today in Labor History Jan 24 Federal minimum wage increases to 75¢ an hour

Police: Man Shot After Parking Dispute

Autopsy To Determine Cause Of Death Of Home Invader Blasted With Shotgun.

The 2nd amendment. It would be civil war.

Does anybody know whatever happened to

El Mercado

Rare warbler found in Afghanistan

Utopia shall not simply be handed to us.

Hoschton Georgia Dissolves Police Department

Big Benefits Are Seen From Eating Less Salt

Bed sharing 'drains men's brains!'

Britons May Be Avoiding Wheat Unnecessarily, UK

Students advise school leaders

NY Times profiles class cuts at San Francisco State University

Bobb unveils DPS academic overhaul

Career Killer in the schools...

Protest at Bloomberg Home

Scientologists 'heal' Haiti quake victims using touch

Christians burn 100’s of Muslims alive, hack others to death with machetes

Movie Rec: Bottle Shock

Cooking Schools and other dreams

Breadmaking advice needed - next step

WHAT'S COOKIN'? Week of January 24th ************************

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