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Archives: January 25, 2010

Dutch Comedy Central: Haiti Speech FAIL

Constitutional Beanball: The Supreme Court's Corporate Rewrite of The First Amendment

Constitutional Beanball: The Supreme Court's Corporate Rewrite of The First Amendment

Haiti survivor saved by a Scot and a bottle of whisky

GOP division could keep Va. seat in Democrats' hands

CNN: Children in Haiti quake need artificial limbs; only prosthetics company in country was leveled

Smithsonian Channel Heads Up: A lot of good programs tonight on large scale infrastructure

New Bin Laden Tape surfaces: "Due to new Supreme Court ruling, I am giving up on terrorist attacks"

Tell Rupert Murdoch's WSJ what you think of the fascist takeover by SCOTUS!

Another Dem to Retire, that makes 6 in competitive seats, 12 total

Pelosi: Mass. Election Won’t Stop Health Bill (January 18, 2010)

Ideas on how much corporations will spend on republicans after the SCOTUS ruling? 10's of billions

Dupe, pls. delete. nt

Canadian IRS Strips Church of Charitable Status Because of Political Advocacy Activites

Does Harry Reid need to go NOW? Who can lead the Senate in a populist direction? Unfortunately, Byron Dorgan (D-ND),

Slice of life in wake of Uno bankruptcy

GOP South Carolina gubernatorial candidate compares the poor to stray animals that breed

The second wave cometh (Upstate South Carolina)

For the First Time, Most Union Members Work for Government

For the First Time, Most Union Members Work for Government

The crowd noise in the superdome is so loud I can't hear the announcing

If corporations get person status, do churches as well?

150,000 Haiti quake victims buried, gov't says

••••••The official "Rahm Emanuel, How Do I Love Thee" thread******

Op/Ed: Nation's Religious Community Wants End To U.S.-Sponsored Torture

Leonardo da Vinci's remains to be exhumed in bid to prove Mona Lisa is a self-portrait

HEY RAGIN CAJUN! Loyalty is a two way street! If Obama wants MINE he needs to be loyal to ME

The adoptions from Haiti, and the third world in general

Michael Moore: "one of the most important movies you'll ever see about the U.S. military"

Who dreams up Burger King's TV ads?

Who dreams up Burger King's TV ads?

Thinks House is the only worthwhile show on TV right now that isn't a documentary or news.

Heavy lifting by firefighters frees teen pinned in crash

sorry to ask, .....on the quick, what is the name of the female journalist who had the

WHO DAT?! DAT DEM SAINTS!!! 31 to 28!

NY Times article on Arizona Indian tribe near Mexican border and caught up in drug war

Gamers Helping Haiti: do good, get $1500 of role-playing games for $20

Olympic skaters on thin ice with B.C. First Nations over Aussie aboriginal costume flap

Supreme Court Ruling's Big Losers May Be 2 Parties

Supreme Court Ruling's Big Losers May Be 2 Parties

Is it foolish to think that passing a Priv-Insur-Only mandate is NOT the way to Medicare-for-All?

'Hope for Haiti' raises $58 million and counting

Ah history and how it repeasts itself

Prop 8 Movie Critical Of LDS Church Greeted With Applause In Utah

GOP-linked organization donates $500,000 to Haitian relief efforts

Voter turn out was low in Massachusetts and in

Voter turn out was low in Massachusetts and in

Museum explores 'hidden history' of Muslim science

Media Matters: Fox News volunteers for Scott Brown's campaign

Scott Brown is PRO CHOICE - remember that - we may need to hold him accountable one day.

A devastated country full of young men with no jobs

Ethiopian Airliner Crashes into Sea After Takeoff from Beirut

MA voters did not sit out the 2010 special election

Ethiopian passenger plane crashes into sea after takeoff from Beirut

there was a mini-interview in Sunday's NY Times with Cornel West . . .

Did Hillary have the Port-Au-Prince airport closed for a pantsuit?

SEC mulled national security status for AIG details

SEC mulled national security status for AIG details

I'm speechless......nothing new, just a rant....

Enlighten me! Did Kerry, Gore or Dukakis appear on so many media shows

obama determined to go where no neoliberal has gone before

Obama’s retreat from Moscow

Obama’s retreat from Moscow

Robert Kennedy was so damned cool, had such great morals,

I hope someone can answer this

Scientologists peddling their bullshit in Haiti

Cellphone driving affects understanding

Cellphone driving affects understanding

Cellphone driving affects understanding

If corporations get person status, then I expect corporations to....

A reporter comments about reporting on Haiti

All Senators must be made to wear the logo of the Corporation they PIMP!

"Battle over Franz Kafka archive kept for decades in cat-infested flat"

Jeffrey Sachs on Joe Scum - he went the wrong way

Steve Marmel, HuffPo: Palin "about to become as relevant as a fart in a skunk house"

Steve Marmel, HuffPo: Palin "about to become as relevant as a fart in a skunk house"

"Critical Condition" on DATELINE now...

So Bin Laden was behind the Christmas Day flop

So Bin Laden was behind the Christmas Day flop

World Stats-interesting

Debate: Draft new law establishing FCC licensing requires free political ad time.

Schools prohibit anti-hate banners

A bright light in the dark sinkhole of media. Could this be the future?

No matter what - you will vote for dems in midterms and 2012 - and they know that

A graphic representation of health care reform in the last year

Stephanie Miller Collides With a Picasso

Why Africa’s National Parks Are Failing to Save Wildlife

Afghanistan postpones parliamentary elections

SC Decision Solution Number 29,316

Any info out there on the difference between red/blue corporations layoffs?

Any info out there on the difference between red/blue corporations layoffs?

Cannon-fired shock wave could stun, kill people

Cannon-fired shock wave could stun, kill people

Haiti: FoxNews lies about Cuba’s role

What God Wants.

Are you tired of arguing with plants and hit men on this site whose only purpose is to tombstone

Jim Hightower: ACORN's Real Crime: Empowering the Poor

Kuttner: Mixed Signals - "A little populism here and a little conciliation there is no game-changer"

Obama to Offer Aid for Families in State of Union (NYT) - very modest aid, adds little to deficit

Obama to Offer Aid for Families in State of Union (NYT) - very modest aid, adds little to deficit

"who really knows" what sources told "Game Change" gossip-authors

Watch this NBC Dateline program in its entirety. Required viewing.

It's A Prairie Fire! Candidate Meg Whitman's Book Rockets To #42,873 On Amazon

Breitbart's BigGovernment challenges Media Matters and progressives ...

SEC mulled national security status for AIG details

SEC mulled national security status for AIG details

Has the Obama Justice Department decided to sacrifice Don Siegelman to the Republican God?

REPOSTED: The "corporations are not people" argument only goes so far. (read through b/f judgment)

A reason to like Max Baucus

MT Group Demands Local Leaders Boot Feds, Form Militia, Protect Guns

Perry Using Felons as Campaign Workers

I told the D Trip C to jump up my ass today and take me off their list - I'm giving my money direct

New Right Wing Conference, kicking up the crazy to 11

Cartoon: Yes We Can

Cartoon: Yes We Can

Beau Biden now officially not running for Senate

Your "free speech" vs their "free speech"...

Not looking good in Delaware for the Senate - Beau Biden is not running.

Other DU'ers finding it nearly impossible to defend Democrats?

The cost of political advertising limits and prevents free speech.

just a letter to my congressman

The corporations will take the guns away!

Did anyone else watch the program about health insurance last night on NBC?

Nepal 'to stage gay weddings on Everest'

Paranoid Right - been there, done that

E-cigs

Just seen tv news story of valuable resources in Haiti going to airlift adoptees out

Payday Loan Huckster Gary Coleman Arrested for Domestic Violence

Heart-Warming Puppy Story to Take the Chill Off and Give Comfort

Jesus, Nancy Kerrigan's brother in court accused of killing father

The Rude Pundit: Harold Ford, Jr. and Fanning the Flames of Cowardice

click for free food to help abused and sheltered animals

click for free food to help abused and sheltered animals

Can someone explain "The Family"

A dysfunctional government.

Geithner Warns That Markets Could Dive If Bernanke Is Not Reconfirmed

Here is what breaks my heart: The GOP and talking heads came out of the gate

Maybe Harold Ford can move to Delaware and run against Mike Castle

Obama's Approval Most Polarized for First-Year President

With infinite information at our fingertips, how is it we are overcome by overwhelming ignorance?

The media is afraid to talk about how Right Wing Talk and Sports Radio 'Demonized' Matha Coakley

Dear News Media, When Reporting Poll Results.....

I Agree w/Ed Rendell(D-Gov PA)... We NEED to make Repubs Actually Filibuster on Senate Floor....

To Andre Bauer, I say

Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild

CNN is spending the entire day talking about the stimulus

Update On Progressive Radio...

"Just throwing more money at something does not make it better"

SCOTUS Decision-Part Of Our Transformation By The Corporate State-From Citizens To Prisoners

What will Congress look like after the 2010 elections?

Another benefit of the Bush pResidency: tent cities.

World’s Oldest Light Bulb Still in Use after 108 Years

Some quotes for Robbie Burns Day.

Colts by 10 (nt)

Treason is not some vague fuzzy notion.

Whip Your Congressman

I could go see my Representative today and tell him this

Abolish corporate personhood...join, invite others....

Interesting email poll I participated in

Hunter spends fourth day on ice floe

Chris Hedges: Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction

Boeing-737 crashes (1995-2009)

These arguments from some about why "Citizens United" isn't a big deal don't make sense

Drones Have Had at Least 85 Mishaps Which Resulted in Damage Over $1 Million Each

Bye bye Bayh?

So the TV Networks must be salivating over this Extreme Court ruling

Polls that use the word "liberal" are automatically biased.

Can we define personhood?

CREW Files IRS and Ethics Complaints Against Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.)

Displaying the flag of Israel.

GOP Serious About Redistricting

Reading the Examiner while in line at Publix Supermarket, Fl

I want to hear from fans of podcasts by Tragedy and Hope

Gap Between Male and Female Unemployment Reaches Record Level

Nancy Kerrigan's Father Dead, Brother Arrested

At what point will you be comfortable with the state of capitalism in this country?

McCain says he'll vote against Bernanke

Why NO Republican would EVER vote for HCR

Why NO Republican would EVER vote for HCR

Why don't the Democrats use budget reconcilliation for for HCR, and use it

The Shift From Democracy To Corporate Dictatorship

Are Afghans Really Happy? (Questioning the Recent Poll Results)

Detroit is NOT all 'gloom and doom' ... there is hope

Signs Of The Apocalypse: The Return Of The Layoff

Big Babyism

California inmates get early release under new law

Karzai to seek removal of Taliban from UN blacklist

Karzai to seek removal of Taliban from UN blacklist

Just how right wing is Harold Ford? Very.

There are 102 diehards showing up in West Philadelphia to protest HCR

Time To Get Rid Of The Filibuster Now !!!

Time To Get Rid Of The Filibuster Now !!!

Bill Moyer's Journal talks about Obama. Do you understand what Obama stands for?

Take Care of Your Vehicle

An example of why privatizing transit sucks...

Oral sex' definition prompts dictionary ban in US schools

Mild weather in Canada forces Vancouver to ship in tons of snow for Winter Olympics

beige band-aids for your brown skin

The GOP plan

Is the Supreme Court ruling working already?

Is the Supreme Court ruling working already?

Woman Collides With a Picasso (at the Metropolitan)

National Day of Prayer for Sarah Palin's mullet

Are you hearing the new anti Haitian relief talk out there on talk radio?

Are you hearing the new anti Haitian relief talk out there on talk radio?

Commercial Vans May Deliver Revenue, Profit to Ford, Nissan

Commercial Vans May Deliver Revenue, Profit to Ford, Nissan

NYC Off-Track Betting threatens shutdown

Hip-deep in sludge

Dec. home sales plunge nearly 17%; worst fall in 40 years

Cooperative puppy rescued from well

Cooperative puppy rescued from well

AARP opposes Obama-backed commission, "likely..reductions to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid"

Most elected Democrats are either cowards or Republican wannabes

Harold Ford takes jab at Sen. Chuck Schumer; says if elected he'd be like Sen. Hillary Clinton

"Support the amendment to protect parents' rights from gov't"

Job-loss appeal over for dog-killing firefighter

"We're witnessing creation in action" - 3 apartment buildings teeter in edge of cliff in Northern CA

Something to take your mind off the worries of the day

Stuyvesant Town Returned to Creditors

Geithner On Move Your Money: Not A Good Idea (VIDEO)

How many time will "bipartisan" be in SOTU?

Free trade is great.... or not

The iState of the Union- If Steve Jobs gave the State of the Union address.

Oakland Port Bans Aging, Emissions-Belching Trucks

ACLU slams Senators: The Constitution is not ‘optional’

Robert Reich: The "I'm-As-Mad-As-Hell" party

So how long until we really have "Omni Consumer Products"?

What would be the best jobs program to put people to work?

Ohio Liquor Sales Hit Record High in 2009

Hugo Chavez says porn actors should not be allowed to own firearms.

Haitians seem to be about the best behaved people on Earth

How Barack Obama Is Paving the Way for a Palin Presidency

4 American Military Guards: Gitmo Deaths NOT Suicides

4 American Military Guards: Gitmo Deaths NOT Suicides

Andrea Mitchell (on MSNBC)

Can we please stop forgetting the Truth around here and knock off the fear mongering?

This is pretty drop dead funny...or is it sad....if only it were true...

Obama to Contractors: No Work for Contractors who Don't Pay Taxes

McDonald's McBullies McTeen-Led McCharity Event Over Use of McPrefix

National Archives bans photos by tourists

E.J. Dionne: Supreme Court ruling calls for a populist revolt (a new populist-progressive alliance)

Have you noticed how the congress critters have taken a healthcare bill that never was to be

Wow, could DU get any more pissed off than we are this morning?

Unions=Corporations

Caption this pic

Daschle: House Dems should ‘do the right thing,’ pass Senate healthcare bill

Interesting Op-Ed in the WAPO

Interesting Op-Ed in the WAPO

Here is the problem with the Obama White House, as I see it

California Supreme Court Approves Warrants Based Only on DNA

SCOTUS and Health Care Reform

SCOTUS and Health Care Reform

Faux news has given me the biggest laugh of the day

Stop complaining and be inspired.

Finally! Some good news: US to lift 21-year ban on haggis

Did Air America Fail Because It Was Not Liberal Enough? No.

US commander signals peace talks with Taliban - "There's been enough fighting"

Buried tidbit about Supreme Court ruling on Noriega shows Scalia/Thomas still plotting.

Stocks recover as Bernanke's prospects improve

Billions of $$$ to be funnelled to MSM. Corporations as people will not be

Aside from harming the Common Good, what's the purpose of Corporate Personhood?

Remember when 60 supposedly became the new 40?

It's dog eat dog here.

It's dog eat dog here.

It's dog eat dog here.

GOPer: NH Selling Children To Gay Couples For $10,000

State says Oxendine needs hunting safety course

Who saw the interview between Matthews and Grayson?

Canadians running out of EI: report (unemployment benefits)

Doggone Muslin terraists! Now they're helping homeless people in Haiti!

HOW REP. SCHAKOWSY SWITCHED BANKS

WalMart/Sam's Club to close under performing stores

Lakoff posting on kos: Where's The Movement?

Hey Corporate Media, "Looting" Is a Racist Code Word

Hey Corporate Media, "Looting" Is a Racist Code Word

So, Big Ed and Gibbs are in a cussin' match!!!

The ACLU was against McCain-Feingold from day one, and so was I.

Post? I don't think so.

THis is your land, this is my land

Now that we know that Prince Alwaleed owns much of Citicorp as well as Time Warner

My Mother, The Car ...

Obama to announce aid for middle class

Grammy-winning pianist Earl Wild dies at 94

FYI: Fresh Air (NPR) 1/25/10 - Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State

I left my house today for the first time since last Tuesday.

my blog poll needs some help

What A Shocker! Geithner Says Moving Your Money Is A Bad Idea!

WHy wasn't GITMO closed this week?

Sen. Levin asked to hold off on hearing to repeal ‘Don't ask, don't tell’ policy

Italian teenager slashes dad's throat in Playstation row

Menus list calories, less calories chosen

The Search for Cheap Labor is The New Bubonic Plague

Legislation Introduced to Remove Private Military Contractors From Wars

Troopers Miss Man's Body At Crash Scene-Man's Girlfriend Finds His Body On Side Of Road

Superdome...then and now

Question: What did Obama say to make you believe that what was broke would be fixed by now?

Loser of Romanian Election Claims He was Defeated by Negative Energy Waves

So why does it take Osama Bin Laden a month to claim responsibility

George Bush believes he will set the record straight with his memoir, due out later this year

Email received from Alan Grayson

Free speech is now a commodity. He who owns or controls the most free speech wins.

"The media is afraid to talk about how Right Wing Talk and Sports Radio 'Demonized' Martha Coakley"

Kos- good read. George Lakoff == "Where's the Movement?

Just Wait, Folks

Conan O'Brien, a man who received a royal public screwing from NBC, on cynicism

http://www.movetoamend.org/ take-action

Doctors Without Borders Haiti:11 Days After the Earthquake, Things Are Slowly Changing (FB post)

Is it time to call for class warfare?

Anti-litter Nazis?

Chrystia Freeland STFU

The state of my economy feels worse.

GOOOH (Get Out Of Our House) - new group, anyone know if it's legit?

Documentary: The Cove

RAW STORY: Dems dropping preexisting condition ban?

To use James Carville's term, re: Bill Clinton, I'm "stickin'" with President Obama.

Bush Pentagon Hired Conspiracy Theorist As Al Qaeda Specialist

HuffPo on Geithner's "CONFIRM BERNANKE OR ELSE" Fatwa

Four Ways Obama Can Win Back Liberals

Woman tapes arrest, goes to jail for not handing camera over to the cop

With the Tamil Tigers defeated in Sri Lanka, the Tamil vote might now decide the election

Would you support extending the Bush Tax Cuts if it ensured Democrats would keep control of Congress

Well how's about that.... New Orleans, is now all right....

Excuse me Mr. President we need a presidential pardon for one Edwin W. Edwards by Feb 6th.

Republicans really are stupid crazy people.

Political Cartoon I thought you all might enjoy

Must read. Post of the day.

McDonald's Responds to Complaint of Bullying Charity Teens

Insurer Steps Up Fight to Control Health Care Cost (finding another way to screw you)

Which Supreme Court Justice are you?

Propaganda works better than you think, psychologists say

Anytime you hear reports of a new "Bin Laden" audio tape remember this:

Many children 'hear voices'; most aren't bothered

I just remembered how Clinton left Bush a Huge surplus when he left

Explosive evidence exposes Prop 8 campaign

White House Calls On Big Progressive Gun: Elizabeth Warren

Prince Alwaleed on avatar, taxing banks (against), and across board taxes (for)

Monday Toons, Part 3:

Monday Toons, Part 4

Monday Toons, Part 1- Unloading on the Supreme corporation decision

Monday Toons, Part 2- Unloading on the Supreme corporation decision, more

Obama's Conversion to Job Creation (After 12 Months), Sadly Looks Like He's Trying to Save His Own.

BRAD BLOG Exclusive: Group Receives 'Tsunami of Vile Hate' After Exposé on Military 'Jesus Rifles'

Better Candidate for Personhood

Woman Sentenced For Ending Daughter's Pregnancy

Jordan Miles, Teen Violinist: Beat By Police Over Mt. Dew Bottle

What one book would you recommend to the uninformed

So tar and feather me. I like Obama.

If Corporations = persons

"What they will never tell you on Fox "News", and probably not even on CNN or MSNBC..."

Kucinich to Announce a Major Jobs Program (retire in early 60's)

I Don't Even Want To Be Alive Anymore by Rush Limbaugh

Michelle Bachman cashed in on $250,000 on welfare

The reason why we’re losing this battle and how to fix it.

Pls DU this PBS poll about Sarah Palin...

Nancy Kerrigan's dad dies after struggle with her brother

Obama caves in to conservative Senators Conrad/Gregg. Now backs "bi-partisan" budget commission

Cornel West Calls Out Barack Obama: “Don’t simply be the friendly face of the American empire.”

Our own party proposes that people with pre-existing conditions GO WITHOUT INSURANCE 6 months...

Gallup poll of percentage of Americans who are liberal, moderate and conservative

“60 Votes” — It Was Always Bullshit - Jane Hamsher/FDL

Making recission illiegal has been tried at the state level. It has failed.

ACLU May Reverse Course On Campaign Finance Limits After Supreme Court Ruling

The Irrelevance of Bin Ladin

I'm growing very weary of politics

Democrats consider dropping insurance ban on pre-existing conditions

One more look at "The Table" --

Kucinich Shreds Democrats for 'Selling Out'

2009 Wall Street bonuses: 1% of GDP!!!!

You know what worries me more than artificial entities being able to do political ads at will?

Red light cameras: Is goal safety – or money

Was Obama more deliberate than we thought?

The Quest for the Progressives Breaking Point

Toyota KNEW of sticky-throttle problem late last year

I am not surprised it has come to this. Flying while Jewish.

Ed Schultz to Robert Gibbs: ‘You are full of sh*t and losing your base’

CONFESSED: The 10 Year Plan to Destroy Campaign Finance Laws: Final Solution= SECRET Contributions

Little beasts: The untouchable Mean Girls

New puppy pictures

Maestro Barry White Appreciation Thread

"Every liar..."

Then the lights went out and I guess that's when she rolled me.....

The Fab Faux and Conan Obrien - Too Much Monkey Business

After this weekend unadjusted for inflation, Avatar will become the highest grossing film in history

The Empty Cup.

Superhero gossip

Silly question, I know but...

Test the Nation (Canada)

Who dreams up Burger King's TV ads?

DRead Zeppelin- Heartbreaker

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

Thinks House is the only worthwhile show on TV right now that isn't a documentary or news.

Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya

Ol' Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money

"We shan't play together again" BREAKING NEWS: "German rock band Scorpions to end career"

I didn't know Conan could play the guitar.

Why don't they have turkey eggs in the stores?

This is why Conan didn't fit in at 11:35

Rest well Sister Sarah,rest well ..Jean Simmons has passed away

Outtakes from the Clinton / Bush PSA

What are you NOT listening to?

A couple new kitteh pics for a Sunday evening Awwwwwww.

Does Peyton Manning have the most thumb shaped head in the history of the world?

Leonardo da Vinci's remains to be exhumed in bid to prove Mona Lisa is a self-portrait

Hey ViQueens!

Star Wars YouTube Battle

The Saints better whoop the asses of the Indy NFL Franchise!

To Barbie or not to Barbie....

E-cigs

I'm shaving Han Solo....

A Chicken has two butts. (just don't tutch them)...

James Carville, Bill Schneider and Hunter S. Thompson all appeared on Sesame Street,

Taylor Swift in Band Hero...

SAINTS GO TO THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!

I got a new podcast for you... Enjoy!

NFL considering a reboot of the 2009-2010 season.

Colts by 10 (nt)

To Bar/Bri, or not to Bar/Bri........

Welcome to BrettWatch 2010!

NFC Championship...So bad it was entertaining...

Hey, Rabrrrrr, why did you leave these in the sauna?

How would you feel about a DUer who posted THEIR OWN appreciation thread?

Gary Coleman's Mug Shot (arrested today in Utah for domestic violence)

I LOVE Betty White

My Ten Thousand and First Post!

LOL from the Washington Post police blotter

The Superficial: MTV's "Jersey Shore" is "an unstoppable fuckbox of dumb"

A necklace for geeks

Heart-Warming Puppy Story to Take the Chill Off and Give Comfort

Dear Microsoft Corp......Will you marry me?

Logon/logoff loop virus. Please help!

Really cool website. Check it out.

Terrible confession: my nickname in high school was "Rush."

A good news/bad news situation:

Just now sampling my Gumbo and all I can say is

Coke machine goes above and beyond the norm.

Gary Coleman arrested in Utah

Help!Just signed up for Netflix, now I can't...

We lost another cat today, one of the old ones that came the house.

I hardly ever post you tube links

This afternoon we witnessed a rescue at sea.. Picture heavy.

How "anonymous" is an anonymous gov. tipline?

So when I wake up I'm gonna get a big ass fajita taco plate at El Pollo Loco

I'm craving Ham Salad....

Annoying trends that must be stopped.

This is a cheer for all the fellas, try to do what those ladies tell us...

Can someone cheer me up? Please?

A goodbye to Favre in haiku.

Glenn Beck voted #2 TV personality by Americans?

Organic Produce at the grocery store

Tigger, the family dog, has passed. He was 15.

For Saints fans old enough to remember - NO MORE PAPER BAGS ever again!

Casey Anthony - guilty or not?

Okra

*sigh* Yet another sub-par adaptation of "Emma"

Is is just me?

Those manual overhead garage door locks...

Whose scorn do you wear as a badge of honor?

This Friday my family decides if my Grandparents are going to assisted living

TV has sucked since...

Why would any of you root for Manning and Co.?

Some of the ladies I used to fly with:

Supreme Court Decision Shakes up 2012 Presidential Race; Poll Shows New Leaders (AllGov)

Chuck Todd said today on MTP that the House signing the Senate bill is still "very much alive":

After SCOTUS ruling, Rupert Murdoch should buy the NY Times and Associated Press!

Biden: Obama Admin to appeal Blackwater/Xe decision

I thought we could finally move on to jobs but it looks like we are still stuck on HCR.

I'm the CEO of X Corp. and I approved this ad' ... as a counter to campaign finance ruling?

So what can be done about the SCOTUS decision?

So, I was scolded by a panhandler Saturday night.

Ask Obama About Don't Ask, Don't Tell -- Gay voters are growing impatient for equality.

Does anyone remember that the House passed a jobs bill in December

Woman Collides With a Picasso (at the Metropolitan)

Mitch McConnell on MTP: "The president made a decision to go hard left...

Arkansas Rep. Marion Berry to retire

In Obama's decision-making, a wide range of influences

Someone tell me that H.Clinton did not shut down Haiti airport to fly in new outfit

Boston Globe editorial calls on Democrats to get Elizabeth Warren to challenge Brown in 2012.

An idea......Take out the Mandate, Offer Medicare to pre-existing conditions, Ram it through.

Krugman: Waiting on HCR wouldn't have helped the economy any

What national level groups would support a primary run against Evan Bayh?

WALL STREET OF AMERICA

Democrats have a majority in Congress; liberals, however, do not.

Obama to announce aid for middle class

NO, Sec. Clinton did not shut down Haiti airport to fly in new outfit...

Economic survey: Slow recovery continues

Obama to Offer Aid for Families in State of the Union Address

The Frog and the Scorpion

Another, HCR idea...

A reason to hope Dick Morris is telling the truth? (HCR: Senate bill + fix!)

Michelle "crazy eyes" Bachmann holding health care rally the same day as SOTU

Obama's Approval Most Polarized for First-Year President per Gallup

Project for a Healthy American Future

MSNBC: Beau Biden Not Running for Senate. He will run for re-election as attorney general.

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

Iranian official uses racial slur in reference to Obama

Never take advice from someone who wants you to lose.

Krugman: Harold Ford sets a new standard for cluelessness.

Yo Plouffe! You don't want me hostin a SOTU house party!

Obama to skip jury duty in Chicago suburbs

Hope all you naysayers are happy.. How Obama is paving way for Palin Presidency

How Barack Obama Is Paving the Way for a Palin Presidency

Guess how many HCR questions there were at the OH town hall on Friday?

AR-Sen: Blanche Lincoln BEGGING for primary challenge

"Obama’s troubles is, simply, the continuing weakness of the job market."

Best pre-CGI special effects sequence?

White House stands firm on Bernanke

The Obama Presidency: New Official Photos, Year One

Searching for Signs of Economic Rebound? Here's Your Scorecard.

Obama Endorses Bipartisan Debt Commission Opposed By Progressives

Salon: "All signs point to a fight-the-power S.O.T.U...and even Democrats are voicing doubts"

St. Pete Times: Obama, Biden Will Hold Town Hall Meeting Thursday in Tampa, Florida

Exclusive: Obama stimulus reduced our pain, experts say

Flashback: How 1994 elections were influenced by the Whitewater "scandal"

So I met this neat guy at Montana Slim in Tahoe Saturday night...

Coming up on 20K posts. What occurs?

Pentagon Asks Senate Panel to Wait on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ - POTUS to address at SOTU

FBI Still Sorting Out 2,500 Cases That Used Flawed Bullet Evidence

Lieberman: It's 'Possible' I Could Run As 'A Good Old-Fashioned New England Moderate Republican'

DU THIS POLL!

If the 2012 choice were an Eisenhower Republican or a DLC Dem...

MORE THAN 70% of Peru's rainforest area set aside for oil and gas exploration.

My last straw is if they extend the Bush tax cuts to the rich.

reconciliation is the only avenue left.

TPM: Ed Rendell: Time to play hardball on health care. Make them filibuster.

emergency stimulus for all( my idea of one)

Gibbs responds: I told Ed Schultz he was intentionally lying to ‘get people to watch his show.’

What would happen if the govt bought foreclosed homes and hired nonprofits to retrofit

Geithner: Not A Good Idea To Move Your Money From Big Banks

We Dems are acting just like the guy Cheney shot in the face ...

Sorry Biden, but child care tax credits and IRA matching won't do shit for me.

FarmVille DUers, unite!

"Big Love" -- Hellzapoppin'! (some spoilers)

AP Advisory: Biden Senate Story Withdrawn

Elizabeth Warren on Obama's Bank Plan - "I feel better than I've felt in a long time."

SOTU. President Obama, PLEASE say that we tried the 'Republican way' for...

He's Learning

Have you benfited from the stimulus?

McConnell: Obama lost support because he governed ‘hard left’

Is there anything the President could say in state of the union to unify democrats

Blair to Face Inquiry Into Iraq War

Radiation Offers New Cures, and Ways to Do Harm

Kucinich Shreds Democrats for 'Selling Out'

Rich nations urged to provide $10bn in climate funds

Sam's Club To Shed 11,000 Positions

Youth mental health expert awarded Australian of the Year

Woman Collides With a Picasso (at the Metropolitan)

British troops 'will not leave Helmand for five years'

3 blasts strike Baghdad hotel district

Ninety people feared dead after Ethiopia airliner crash

Haiti: FoxNews lies about Cuba’s role

Italian teenager slashes dad's throat in Playstation row

Bankers to lobby for softer reforms (Davos)

Vatican bank charged with money-laundering

Over 200 poisoned with 'holy water' from wells

Stuyvesant Town Returned to Creditors

I wish the USA had something Similar to Prime Minister Questions

US accused of 'mismanagement' of Iraq police contract

Hayworth Planning A Senate Run Against McCain In AZ

SEC mulled national security status for AIG details

SEC mulled national security status for AIG details

Suu Kyi 'to be freed in November'

Vets With PTSD Could Get Benefits Upgrade

NH campaign finance activist "Granny D" turns 100

Coordinated attacks on 3 Baghdad hotels kill at least 31

Kaufman isn't running either

Specter: Sorry for 'act like a lady' remark

Democrats consider dropping insurance ban on pre-existing conditions

Zelaya Agrees to Leave Honduras This Week

Source: Obama to skip jury duty in Chicago suburbs

Ex-Iraqi lawmaker sentenced to death for killings

Bomb Attacks On Iraq Hotels Kill At Least 36

S.C. Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer Compares Helping Poor to Feeding Stray Animals

Haiti relief lacks leadership, says Italian expert

'Chemical Ali' executed in Iraq

IT companies hire lobbyists to address anti-offshoring sentiment in US

Bush Pentagon Hired Conspiracy Theorist As Al Qaeda Specialist

Iraq Keeps Banned Bomb-Detecting Devices in Use

Afghanistan will take longer to tackle than Iraq, General David Petraeus says

US commander signals peace talks with Taliban

Sign dispute in Santa Clara becomes federal civil rights lawsuit over free speech

Judge Slashes 'Monstrous' Fine in Music Piracy Case

You're number 1: Alaska village up first in census

G.O.P. Seeks to Widen Field of Play in Fall Elections

Exclusive: Gov. Rick Perry voter turnout project signs up felons

Man Testifies on Police Acts in Subway

CNN Brealing News: Ethiopian airliner lost from radar, believed down off Lebanon

Iraq inquiries: families of dead soldiers call for private meeting with Tony Blair

December home sales down nearly 17 percent

Ford to add 1,200 jobs at suburban Chicago plant

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Monday January 25

After Amputations, Victims With No Place to Go Fill Haiti’s Hospitals

Charged contractors had checkered military pasts

McCain says will vote against Bernanke

Arkansas Democrat Marion Berry to retire after 7 terms in US House; cites health concerns

Obama to Offer Aid for Families in State of the Union Address

Dem (Majority Whip Clyburn): Senate thinks it's 'House of Lords'

Senate Democrats Eye $80 Billion Package To Boost Jobs

Schwarzenegger's budget plan puts unions in the cross-hairs

Schwarzenegger's budget plan puts unions in the cross-hairs

Venezuela Has Leftist-Led Plans To Help Rebuild Haiti

Kucinich To Announce Program To Add A Million New Jobs

GOP sends letter appearing to be census form

Halliburton net income falls by 48%

'Chemical Ali' executed in Iraq

Court won't stop Noriega from being sent to France

Top Senate Democrat lays out deficit curbs

Rape victim receives 101 lashes for becoming pregnant

Outsourcing roars back to India, China

SC Lt. Gov. compares people getting gov’t help to ‘stray animals’ who ‘breed’ ...

Time to rein in the big banks (Tampa Bay Times)

In Standoff, Insurer Seeks More Control Over Costs.

a friendly Freudian slip

Geithner Must Go--And the Future of the Fed

Joseph Stiglitz: Why we have to change capitalism

Can 400 million Chinese Internet users be mistaken?

Health Care: “Time For Obama to Cross the Rubicon”

Citizens United (Tarloff | The Atlantic)

Supreme Court puts Congress up for sale (Tomah WI Monitor-Herald)

Elections to deepest of deep pockets (Monterey County Herald editorial)

Court's campaign-financing decision endangers democracy (Alan Garfield)

Corporate blunder (Philly Inquirer editorial)

YouTube's All-Access Pass to Davos

A Threat To Democracy (Hartford Courant editorial)

Wall Street’s Bonus Binge in Perspective

Americans Need Debt Relief -- Is Obama Brave Enough to Make It Happen?

Arcade Fire - Haiti

Inside Story: Is President Obama's Vision Of A Stable Afghanistan Realistic?

The British Government Knew That The Iraq War Was Illegal

Wal-Mart Cuts Sam's Club Jobs

Granny D still going strong at 100

Varieties of eating dirt: US, Haiti & Nicaragua

The sad story of Marabel, Third World America Followup

ACORN's Real Crime: Empowering the Poor

Osama Joke

More corporate lobbying is bad business (Roe | Financial Times)

Sign of the Times: NYC's Stuyvesant Town Returned to Native-Americans

Matthew Dowd: The best thing for Obama to do is to get in a fight with the Democrats

Democrats need to learn the blame game by James Carville

Shrimp's Dirty Secrets: Why America's Favorite Seafood Is a Health and Environmental Nightmare

Ed Schultz Goes After Robert Gibbs on The ED Show

The Effect of Money on Campaigns

Let stockholders control corporate political speech

In Obama's decision-making, a wide range of influences

The Supreme Court’s Shoddy Scholarship

Gordon Gekko - Greed is Good

Did someone just chuck pre-existing conditions overboard?

Progressives: Don't Mourn, Organize

George Will: The Votes of Congress are Not Swayed by Campaign Contributions

Young Turks: Solar Powered Bibles Sent To Haiti

22 years ago today: The George Bush/Dan Rather showdown

Shredding the fabric of democracy (Ralph Nader | Register-Citizen)

The True Lesson of the Brown Win: the voters want a KISS

The State of the Corporate Union

"That guy was a homo, as sure as you're alive"

The Trouble With Barack (Spoiler: he is not Reagan)--John Meachem

The Invisible

Adoption is Not Humanitarian Aid

Thom Hartmann - Bailout watchdog Elizabeth Warren - Danger!

Guest On Faux News: "Republicans Are The Party Of Birthers, 'Baggers And Blowhards"

TYT: Fox News Defends Bible Verses On Guns & Cenk Debates Right Winger On Muslims!

Children Drop Out and Into Lives of Poverty and Imprisonment

Exclusive: Obama stimulus reduced our pain, experts say - USA Today

Luxury Cruise Controversy In Haiti: AJ English's Sebastian Walker Reports From Lambadee Beach

Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction

Can the Human Race Outgrow War?

Swingtime (James Howard Kunstler)

Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer: "Don't feed the poor. They'll 'breed." FULL AUDIO

96% Of Sundarban Tiger Habitat Gone With Only 28 Cm Sea Level Rise - #1 Remaining Habitat Area

Beijing Authorities Want To Encourage Bicycle Use To Improve Air Pollution - Reuters

Beaufort Sea Ice "Rotten" Despite Sea Ice Coverage % In Summer Of 2009 - Science Daily

Canadian Scientists Using Ever-Smaller # Of Weather Stations - 1 N. Of Arctic Circle In Database

3-Day Dam Release "Life Support" At Best For Faltering Snowy River System - SMH

Oil Production - Post-Peak Mexico - Seeking Alpha

Substantial, Rapid Declines In Multiple UK Migratory Bird Species - Independent

Indian Engineer Creating Small Artificial Glaciers To Keep Irrigation Water Running - Independent

Levitating magnet brings space physics to fusion

Drumbeat: January 25, 2010

Peak oil review - Jan 25

Forest Supporting Last Far-Southern Koala Colony In NSW To Be Wood-Chipped

Scientists create model of monster 'Frankenstorm'

Study offers models for dams to adapt to climate

Mitsubishi Heavy Expects First Europe Reactor Sale

Conservation Group Estimates Java Will Have 10,000 Hectares Of Rainforest Left By Year-End

Fisker-GM plant deal under scrutiny from Judicial Watch

Hunt oil begins exploration of 1 million acre area of pristine Amazon Rainforest

Speechless.

Oz Lead IPCC Author - Skeptics "Don't Have Day Jobs", Can Work Full-Time On Deception, Distortion

Weatherization stimulus off to cold start

Stanford DNA study: Hunting minke whales on grounds of overabundance not justified

Shrimp's Dirty Secrets: Why America's Favorite Seafood Is a Health and Environmental Nightmare

Interior Inspector Gen. - AZ Game & Fish Employees Deliberately Snared, Killed Last US Jaguar

"Capitalism: A Love Story: - DVD Extra

Favre's ankle is broke

Halftime: Saints 14 Vikings 14

The crowd noise in the superdome is so loud I can't hear the announcing

Congratulations, Saints

Free agency and salary caps in the NFL suck...

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS SUPERBOWL BOUND.....WHOOO DAAAT?!

Buh bye Farve.

Interrupting all the NFL hysteria for a moment....

new rule- Ref's should not wear skin tight shirts

WHO DAT?! DAT DEM SAINTS!!! 31 to 28!

If you turn on ESPN, you can see the repeat of Favor's Int. that lost the NFC Championship...

One thing that is certain on this Monday morning after the playoffs..

The streak continues

My gut reaction...Colts...

Buddy D finally gets his dress!

Why breaking the plane of the goal line is bogus

Plano steroids dealer said he supplied NFL's Vick

Colts to rest starters against Saints to pursue perfect 2010-11 season

Rich Eisen last night on NFL network: "Farve watch is back baby!"

The JR Chess Report (January 24): Youth on the March in Wijk aan Zee; Iranian GM Wins in New Delhi

How much of Venus Williams' butt are we seeing?

Shaq suffers serious pull

I don't know who to pull for in the Super Bowl

Jets coach Rex Ryan says five assistants won't be retained for next season

Three Cheers For Kelly Kulick

GOSH I WISH WERE AS FUCKING BRILLIANT AS BOSSHOG

12 MEN IN A HUDDLE!!!!!!

Which NFL team never to have played in a Super Bowl will be next to make it?

How much will the Colts be favored in the Super Bowl?

Who's for the Superbowl to be played

Saints or Colts

A little song for Vikings fans

Simply put--The Favre haters are idiots.

I'm THRILLED the Saints won, BUT I hate the way the NFL does overtime. HATE IT.

Israel arrests son of Palestinian peace activist in West Bank raid

Israeli film comparing Holocaust to occupation loses state funds

Photos from Haiti

Posted in "Editorials": Hugo Chavez Did Not Accuse the U.S. of Causing the Haitian Earthquake

Hunt Oil starts bulldozing in Peru's Amazon anyday now.

ANNOUNCING VENEZUELA’S FIRST AND ONLY ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER, CORREO DEL ORINOCO INTERNATIONAL

Costa Rica opens up state-run mobile phone market (CAFTA requirement)

Varieties of eating dirt: US, Haiti & Nicaragua

Friend of Colombian Uribe's sons, David Murcia, flown to US for money laundering charges.

Right-Wing Flame War! (LGF!!1!)

Canadian Auto Workers Block Plant Auction To Salvage Back Pay, Benefits

Woman Millwright benefits from union training -North Dakota

US News: Supreme Court Ruling Empowers Corporations More Than Labor Unions

Umpires Approve Five-Year Labor Pact with MLB

Today in Labor History Jan 25 The U.S. Supreme Court upheld "yellow dog" contracts & 16,000 strike

Employee Free Choice Act: Not Dead Yet

Lincoln Co. Homeowner Kills Intruder

Burglar, shot in shoulder, dies at scene.

In the courts.

Danger of lead build up from target shooting?

Comments Section Of News Article On Self-Defense Shooting.

Guardian (UK): Police stop and search 'not cutting knife crime', new figures suggest

BILL PREVENTS GUN QUESTIONS FOR PARENTS SEEKING TO ADOPT

Home Is Burglarized On Sat. Sun. and Mon. Burglar killed on Mon.

Raising gun worshippers - Teenagers shoot for 3 hours at drivers on freeway

Obama to discuss rule on gays in military (SOTU Wednesday)

Big Love is really exploring being gay and Mormon

Not every boy dreams of being a marine

Michigan Rep. Paul Scott: no driver's license change for transgender people

Sunset on the Glenn Highway

Sitting on a park bench...

Unrelated to Photography...but would like input anyway...any Flautists in the house?

let's have an un-official contest

Climate uncertainties and the problems communicating them

Transmitting live from the Ocean below the Antarctic Ice

Expert Video Game Player's Brains Not Wired Like the Rest of US

White House Decides to Outsource NASA Work

Stuck Mars Rover About to Die?

The Known Universe

I wonder the value of a lunar rock??

boys are better at math

Salute to the Sun Radionics You Tube Slideshow

Dr. Housing Bubble 01/24/10

VIX Options Show Biggest Bets on Stocks Retreat Since June 2008

‘Volcker Rule’ Vindicates Former Fed Chief’s Regulations Push

Swingtime, By James Howard Kunstler

To all those who worship Ronald Reagan.

House Prices continue to UnTriple

Freelance Nation: Why Permanent Jobs May Not Come Back

Home sales tumble as first-time buyers back off

The Man Who Could Beat AIDS

In depth article. Why Alzheimer's is called `type 3 diabetes'

Any chiropractors here?

New 5-Day 'Morning-After' Pill Tested For U.S. Approval

Radiation Offers New Cures, and Ways to Do Harm

Ron Paul mumbo jumbo

Big Food

A Case Study in Corporate School Reform

California schools angry over even more cuts

Stanford receives record number of applications

Rhee says laid-off teachers in D.C. abused kids

117 Russians in hospital after drinking holy water

Over 200 poisoned with 'holy water' from wells

Vatican bank charged with money-laundering

Hollywood's Christian Blockbuster

What do you think of this man?

How do you feel about someone who decides to devote his or her life to their religion?

I put out two sticks of butter to get to room temp 5 hours ago

Risottos for a Midwinter Night’s Meal

I looked for and found this simple brownie recipe last night to make with my nieces.

Tingly mouth ..... food allergy?

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