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Archives: January 26, 2010

FT interview transcript: Gen Stanley McChrystal

Feds get new tool for online public feedback,

Bill Gates.... on The Daily Show tonight

US Senate Votes Down Measure Seeking To End TARP

Obama called for jury duty in Illinois

Obama called for jury duty in Illinois

How to get the economy up and running.

Guardian UK: Mixing a Super Bowl of manipulation

Supreme Court Left Donor Disclosure Rules Intact

Nexus One Censors Swear Words: Here's Why

NV GOV- Goodman Out

Sociopathic Capitalism: Sam's Club cuts jobs and outsources; Wall Street says it will bolster demand

So maybe someone could name the Republican Administration that

Response to Inspector General’s Review of FBI’s Use of Exigent Letters

Former U.S. Army Officer Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Bribery and Weapons Conspiracy

"Simplify, simplify!"----Hank Thoreau

Anti-incumbent anger will help Democrats like:

Pernell Roberts died...

KO covering Laurie Mylroie. As I live and breathe.

Clearly the message that Obama got out of MA is to rally Independents

Is there any way to do a "Draft Dean For DNC Chair" thingy?

Justice Dept. Clears Ticketmaster Deal

Just a tax suggestion for those corporate "persons".

KBR Calls Former Employee Jamie Leigh Jones, Who Was Gang Raped By Co-Workers, A Liar

A Jamaican nurse went to Haiti last week with a church group

Why are these evil people still hurting America when we have a Democratic President?

The anticipated freeze on discretionary spending, supposedly to be announced by

FYI: Right now on C_Span. BI-Partisan Policy Center

(MO) Governor’s medicaid cuts detailed

Bart Does It Again (yoo)

I'm sure it will be a great speech.

What time does the SOTU start? And who is doing the 'rebuttal'?

From the same people who brought you Chile and Haiti, it's...

Halliburton asks high court to block rape trial

Bill Gates on "The Daily Show" tonight.

Maybe We Should Aim a Bit Lower - Something That Could Finally Change

22 Execs/Employees of Military & Law Enforcement Products Companies Charged in Foreign Bribery Schem

Hoist Your Pitchforks!

Estimate: 1.3 billion smoke worldwide

So wait, they're resurrecting Zombie Reagan and turning Obama into Deprivation Guy (aka Carter '79)?

The Supreme Court sent a Memo and everyone in DC got it

Any recommendations "FREE Stock Portfolio Tracking Software"

Any recommendations "FREE Stock Portfolio Tracking Software"

Any recommendations "FREE Stock Portfolio Tracking Software"

For our President, Senators and Representatives --

CALM! YOU WANT CALM? WATCH THESE GUYS:

Day 5 of non-violent civil disobedience against mountain top removal mining

Congressional Bipartisanship

One hundred and forty billion is what? And what percentage is it of fourteen trillion?

Obama needs a pro-Ukrainian President

The 7 Most Toxic Places to Live

Beck, America's 2nd most admired TV personality?! Jon Stewart #6. Letterman #9.

There's such power concentrated in the hands of now seven very large for-profit insurance companies.

House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer praises "Blue Dogs" spending caps and other budget cutting ideas

on Rachel NOW

Why is the oil industry never held accountable?

Why is the oil industry never held accountable?

I NEVER saw a "spending freeze" that didn't hit the least among us the worst.

Does It Seem To Anyone Else, That The Rodentia Are Fleeing The Sloop ???

Foreign Policy: "proliferation, climate change, and oil dependence"

Toyota to recall 2 mil. cars in Europe

I just got polled

First fire lookout job opening I've seen for 2010 (Idaho)

First fire lookout job opening I've seen for 2010 (Idaho)

Okay

Okay

South Carolina resurrects bill excluding lgbt teens

Mandatory Monday Malloy Truthseekers check in!!

Chinese pop stars face $12,000 lip-synching fine

Show is a rerun,,,Rachel Maddow up next on Letterman.

China scientists lead world in research growth

US Senate Confirms Rosanna Peterson, US District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington

East Coasters: Maddow to be on Letterman tonight. Show starting now.

Former Maryland Senator Charles McC Mathias dead at 87

Obama's 1st Year - Hope than Cynicism

Obama's 1st Year - Hope than Cynicism

It's official: CalPERS loses $500 million on New York apartment deal

Taylor Marsh, HuffPo: Barack Obama, Cynic in Chief

Why not a WPA type program?

Timely Toon..

Former U.S. Sen. Charles McC. Mathias Jr. of Maryland dies at 87.

Obama administration defends FBI's illegal search of Americans' phone records (McClatchy)

If your life is shortened because you're sick or homeless or hungry...

What was the purpose of the stimulus bill ?

What was the purpose of the stimulus bill ?

Blue Light Can Activate Walking Behavior in Genetically Modified Mice

Keeping the majority

One thing is crystal clear: In their calculations of what's needed

One thing is crystal clear: In their calculations of what's needed

One thing is crystal clear: In their calculations of what's needed

“I never intended to tie people to animals,...... thank you DKRC

Did The Straw Break The Camel's Back Yet?

People in Hong Kong are afraid of swine flu shots. Only 2% getting the free shot.

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

The Olde English is goin down smooth tonight.

I could use some help, about the foreign companies buying influence in the House and Senate.

because bipartisanship worked so well on hcr--kerry, etc, want the repukes to help with climate

Coke, Booze, Assault: Blackwater Contractors' Past Revealed In Murder Case

Tucker Carlson posting on DU?

Could A Hold Be Placed On Bernanke?

Votes in the House that could be available to us to pass the Senate bill ("no" votes last time)

Rep. Carol Shea-Porter: If We Sent the Men Home, We Could Pass Health Care Reform

This Modern World: How Idiotic Ideas Enter The Political Mainstream

Joe Biden should run for Senate again - he's needed there more

Ever feel like you've been cheated?

"Emergency spending" not frozen?

Ok this is a bravo to AC 360 and I have given few

Health Care Strike: if piss poor bill passes

Simon and Ellen fighting? Ellen asking how soon Simon can be replaced?

If more people actually invested, invested for the long run, there

I Recommend The Movie "Food, Inc." - Downright Scary

Please join me in getting Politifact.com to be more fair & balanced

VIDEO: Maybe there is hope.

Question for DUers - did the ReTHUGS ever give

Harry Reid has now spent a year preventing Republicans from filibustering.

Banksters got their $$$$....now Obama draws the line: article:

Here's the thing--I simply don't agree with ANYbody here.

Here's the thing--I simply don't agree with ANYbody here.

Brian Killmeade on Sarkozy's anti-veil rhetoric: "Why don't we say that here?"

100 years ago: “White slavery” Mann Act passes House

If you are not allowed to vote, then you shouldn't be allowed to

The problem is that 30 years of Republican policies have pretty much destroyed America

Fresh Off a Massachusetts Victory, G.O.P. Aims at Illinois

Fresh Off a Massachusetts Victory, G.O.P. Aims at Illinois

Create more jobs! Stop spending! Turn my water into wine!

Ford is building the new Explorer in Chicago, hiring 1200

My favorite Republican, Mac Mathias, has died at 87

CHANGE NYC AND LOVE POLICE: Everything is OK on the New York Subway

Clinton and Gore "streamlined the government."

The war in Iraq is just like paying Alimony

Meanwhile, in other homeland news...

Thousands of PTSD vets may get benefits boost

Dictionary banned from school classroom

Bob Herbert: Obama's Credibility Gap ("Who is Barack Obama?")

Dateline NBC: Nataline Sarkisyan's Parents Come Face-to-Face w/ Former CIGNA Exec Wendell Potter

Pat Tillman Film Stirs Sundance, Ponders Heroes

Obama to annouce spending Freeze

The Health Care Solution that Dare not Speak its Name: Price Controls

Robert Reich: Obama's Tiny Jobs Ideas for Main Street, A Big Spending Freeze for Wall Street

Which incumbent Dems in Congress are in danger of losing their seat this election?

Sale of helium poses supply risk, panel finds

You know the one thing I liked about bush being in power?

Udall (D-NM) wants Senate to decide on the filibuster

A spending freeze on social programs is a neo-con wet-dream. More bad policy.

First thing that needs to be frozen is abstinence education

First thing that needs to be frozen is abstinence education

I can't tell you how much I want Barry to make it....

Roeder's potentially fatal mistake for any defense he has: Pointing his gun at witnesses

Austerity Plan... Neoliberalism on steoroids

Re anger at the pResident: The only thing that would have changed any of this would have been

Re anger at the pResident: The only thing that would have changed any of this would have been

I'm gonna freeze my spending, except for, like, that spending part

Modern American Political Discourse

Firedoglake: Rachel Maddow Shames White House Economist Bernstein on Obama’s Phony “Spending Freeze”

What Obama Will Say In His State of the Union Address

From Alternet: Gays, lesbians increasingly powerful, court told

Coke, Booze, Assault: Blackwater Contractors' Past Revealed In Murder Case

6 Little words could solve a lot of problems

A quick glimpse at rue face of the 'new' Republicans

From March 24, 2009: Grassley Proposes Insane Three Year Spending Freeze

A Corporate Hatch Act?

Numbers worth pondering - it's about Health Care Reform

Irish Central: Kennedy family FURIOUS over Coakley's lousy campaign and spurning K help.

Spotty service records for charged Xe guards

France MPs' report backs Muslim face veil ban

Foreign Policy: $123,000,000,000,000*

What is "middle class"?

The moderators are the chemo that is curing DU.

I will tell President Obama the very same thing I tell my grandchildren.....

What the fuck?

Conservatives are STILL buying bumper stickers complaining about Jane Fonda!?!

New Yorker: Maxo died-The house that I called home during my visits to Haiti collapsed on top of him

Signed "COURAGE" from Alan Grayson. Asking for your signature.

Okay, I have to get clear here.

Guardian editor hits back at paywalls

PBS News Hour interview - Jim Lehrer interviews Mark Shields and David Brooks

I'm not against targeted spending - I'll be interested in seeing what Obama means by it.

I'm not against targeted spending - I'll be interested in seeing what Obama means by it.

What's a good organization to donate to, for aid to Haiti? nt

9-Year-Old Commits Suicide

How can you have a spending freeze while still pursuing health care reform?

Your tax dollars at work. Or not.

Your tax dollars at work. Or not.

Westboro Baptist Church To Picket Twitter

This is why the current trend of Cities bowing to developer's rights is a mistake:

This is why the current trend of Cities bowing to developer's rights is a mistake:

Consumer Confidence Index climbs in Jan.

The unintended consequence of unlimited corporate donations.

Barack Herbert Hoover Obama?

Barack Herbert Hoover Obama?

Helping Haiti because it makes us feel good

My Paperless Life-author learned the freedom and price of living digitally.

Stephanie Miller on CNN today.

Do you know anybody who's happy?

Do you know anybody who's happy?

Rights vs. Privileges

Polish bishop accuses Jews of using Holocaust as propaganda

GOP Sends Letter Appearing To Be Census Form

Let's get down to brass tacks then.

President Obama says bin-Laden is nothing but a poseur

We need a WAR ON WAR SPENDING, not a freeze on social programs in a time of crisis. nt

The spending cuts put forward by President Obama are...

Man who blew whistle on Abramoff tells the story of how he did it

How Canada Did It: Funding public health care with a publicly-owned bank

Several Judicial nominations for 1/28/10

Obama HAS to freeze spending

Tea Party Convention Unravels

America, France, and Canada's Criminal Involvement in Haiti

Canadian Fisherie's Shea gets a pie in the face, re:Seals

Scamming schoolboy lives the high life thanks to $200,000 crime spree

A map of unemployment in America

Hey, MSNBC... Pushing Chuck Todd in our faces all day

Hey, MSNBC... Pushing Chuck Todd in our faces all day

did anyone else get the poll from MoveOn.org?

Anybody who's nearsighted, and hasn't had lasik surgery, have you

“Stereotyped As Ignorant & Greedy Indians" - Abramoff Whistleblower-tells the story of how he did it

How incomprehensible that Democrats in Congress....?

Unimaginable stupidity

The best thing about this? Freepers are sad: Pence won't run against Bayh

The best thing about this? Freepers are sad: Pence won't run against Bayh

The cruelty of DR policies re Haitians

Are Democrats doomed? Not necessarily -- but they need to stop acting like it.

Mr Pres, I'll believe your new commitment to the working class when "Free" Trade has been repealed..

Send California inmates to Mexico, says Schwarzenegger

The Rude Pundit: The Plight of the Liberal Under Obama, Part 1

Obama Takes Heat From Left Over Spending Freeze

The Jews make Palestinians beat their wives

Who is Obama listening to? Certainly not DU...

The Spending Freeze is Worse than a Crime

Leftists slam capitalism at Social Forum in Brazil

$7.99 for Hope for Haiti Concert from ITunes and 100% goes for Haiti relief.

My only question to people who are for Abstinence Only education....

"Congress Went to Denmark, You Got the Bill"

18% of Americans struggled to purchase food last month,

Candidate Obama quote from September 2008

Modern use of the word filibuster..

OpenLeft: It is unlikely that spending will actually be frozen or cut

Podesta: Pass The Senate Bill And Fix It Later (thru reconciliation)

Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man)

Progressive ideals are the enemy of America

Bernie Sanders on MSNBC: Spending Freeze is Needed, but Depends on What is Cut

Obamonomics = Reaganomics: a primer

In case you missed it, Goodman did an hourlong interview with Robert Redford

Perfect right wing targeting and positioning - church/state FOX guns

The Savage Weiner is back to terrorize San Francisco

Spending Freeze or Second Stimulus?

Charlie Simpson, 7-Year-Old, Raises $160,000 For Haiti

Coakley-Brown really was a national referendum on Barack Obama. Even if it wasn't.

GOP using phony "Census forms" for fundraising.

Obama supports Bernanke. Look at what Bernanke is....

GM to build electric motors in Maryland

Indonesia mulls tearing down Obama statue

Schools reroute aid for disabled

Why do republicans listen to their base, follow there base, die by there base...

Teen pregnancy rate up after 10-year decline

If the Republicans win back the House with these tactics...?

Good guys and good deeds, yeah, maybe sometimes.

NYTimes recommends Congress pass Senate version of HCR...

We need to make the case that poverty is a bigger threat to Americans than terrorism.

I think the Democrats should continue with the normal reconciliation process and let the Republicans

What do you think he will say in the State Of the Union address?

Do You Approve Of The Proposed Spending Freeze?

My biggest peeve with Obama is, he appears to reward those that should be punished.

Hartmann: "Seating Bernanke more important to Dems than health care"

FOX NEWS 2012: Obama vs Romney|Palin|Gingrich 47:35 55:31 53:29

Iffy Unacceptable Tax Breaks

The Apple Tablet iPad Advertisement: Leaked to YouTube

My idea to clean up this mess.....

Saab to be sold to Spyker

Did you know that more than 80% of all products sold at Walmart are foreign made due to FreeTrade?

Long-term unemployment linked to more sex

Is it true?

Per my prediction: Asian Carp DNA found in L. Michigan..

Raw Story: Under fire, Obama’s chief of staff calls liberal strategy ‘fucking retarded’

Tony Blair to boost earnings as paid speaker for Mayfair hedge fund

Phrase I'd like to see Obama open his SOTU speech with...

Barney Frank warned: "reduce military budget," Not Social Security or Medicare:

Washington DC Metro transit agency in 'serious disorder'

The Americam Empire is pretty much over

Rise in teenage pregnancy rate spurs new debate on arresting it

Rise in teenage pregnancy rate spurs new debate on arresting it

California governor seeks to operate prisons in Mexico for undocumented felons

The bad Spending Freeze advice given to Pres Obama Will Cost Him Reelection in 2012...

Politico: Obama will announce a temporary multiyear freeze on discretionary, non-defense spending

Tell me who will be affected by these areas reportedly subject to possible budget cuts

Freeze, Like a Deer in Headlights

another sad case of bullying-"9 year-old hangs self at school"

Michelle Obama wax figure unveiled at NYC museum

Michelle Obama wax figure unveiled at NYC museum

Senate rejects task force to tackle deficit

A spending freeze that does not include GETTING OUR $2 TRILLION BACK FROM WALL ST... IS NOT a freeze

Don't Look Back: Major Players Continue To 'Walk Away' From Poor Mortgages

"Stupid Hooverism" - Rachel Maddow's term for this proposed spending freeze

Anybody know of any books that deal with what goes on behind the scenes, on an international level?

Do we care if Wall Street is "Happy?"

The political climate is drifting into Naderism

Whipping up the right didn't turn out enough votes for the GOP.

So who else thinks Obama is on track to be the best republican president since Bill Clinton?

Just got a RoboCall from Medicare Advantage to tell me that "some people in

ACORN 'gotcha' man arrested attempting to bug Mary Landrieu's office.

Pass the Senate HCR Bill NOW, fix it later ~ SEIU president Andy Stern

Musical Interlude for James O'Keefe

What Antitrust? Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger gets Justice Department's approval

We have an OBLIGATION to fire on trial balloons.

Joan Walsh: Obama is "Dead wrong, or deeply cynical" - spending freeze now is "felony stupid"

Joan Walsh: Obama is "Dead wrong, or deeply cynical" - spending freeze now is "felony stupid"

Freeps say "no thanks" to tease from possible "good old-fashioned New England Republican" Lieberman

How much aid has gone to Haiti? (numbers here are wrong, asked to be locked)

I'm worried about Social Security.

It's been said before, but it bares repeating; to all you hand wringing party loyalists

I'd like to be declared a corporation

Do you find yourself getting a mental image of what another DUer looks like?

GOP 'Census' letter draws criticism

More Liddy Than Woodward & Bernstein?

Uh Oh... FBI Arrests James O'Keefe At Landrieu's Office - Atlantic Online

Obama's "Read My Lips" Moment

So is Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer allowed to use a SC State Gov't logo on his campaign site?

We need some protection against the damn commercial on this site.

Free For All: The Movie - One Dude’s Quest to Save Democracy! A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY JOHN WELLINGTON

Jared Bernstein: Freeze-eology 101: Hatchets vs. Scalpels

Obama spending more on defense than Reagan had at peak

If The Republicans Get Back In Total Control of the Govt, You Won't Hear A Peep About The Deficit

Anti-choice commercial for Super bowl - contact CBS and tell them NO!!!

Hmm...sounds like Blanche Lincoln may announce her retirement tomorrow

Bernanke to get up or down vote.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky on Dylan Ratigan saying she's leaving Bank of America

Catholic Church: Homosexuality Like Anorexia

Bill O'Reilly Demands Accountability From Benefit Concert He Refused To Air

Senate Roll Call Vote on establishing a bi-partisan deficit cutting commission

Obama is crucified because of "big government spending" -- he proposes a

Big Insurance's Latest Bid to Screw Over Hospitals

Cable Contents Newly Revealed: " U.S. Troop Buildup in Afghanistan Will Hurt the War Effort"

Cable Contents Newly Revealed: " U.S. Troop Buildup in Afghanistan Will Hurt the War Effort"

Democrats Risk Losing Obama's Old Senate Seat

Five US soldiers killed in Afghan unrest

Five US soldiers killed in Afghan unrest

James O'Keefe and his Watergate Wannabe gang face felony charges

FBI: 4 Charged in Scheme to Interfere with Phone System in Senator Mary Landrieu's Office

After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's (Pay) Web Site

After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's (Pay) Web Site

After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's (Pay) Web Site

After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's (Pay) Web Site

After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's (Pay) Web Site

After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's (Pay) Web Site

Furor Brewing over Tim Tebow's Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad

Furor Brewing over Tim Tebow's Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad

Furor Brewing over Tim Tebow's Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad

After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's (Pay) Web Site

Furor Brewing over Tim Tebow's Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad

Furor Brewing over Tim Tebow's Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad

Dem Rep Mollohan In The Clear As Feds Close Years-Long Probe

Doctors: Haiti medical situation shameful

Dennis's Jobs Bill

Former Senator Graham said a weapon of MD sill be used

Majority of Americans Oppose Allowing an Increase of Haitian Immigrants to the U.S.

What is Pelosi's deal with this Denmark trip?

WTF is all this terra terra BS about

Why did President Obama choose Rahm Emmanuel for his Chief of Staff?

The Chimpcam Project - story with pics

Voinovich (R-Ohio) blasts McConnell, GOP foes of deficit commission

Democratic Corporatism Brings Reagan Back from the Grave

Senate Rejects Obama Plan to Create Commission on Federal Deficit

"the problem with spending freezes is it using a hatchet where you should use a scalpel"

Are you in favor of abstinence-only serial killing education?

Man rescued from rubble 14 days after Haiti quake

AR-Sen: Blanche Lincoln Vows to Oppose Passing Health Care Reform Fixes

Who wants to bet the charges against O'Keeffe and others get dropped?

Justicia Poética: Fundie Florida QB Tim Tebow f**ks up in front of pro scouts

David Horsey Toon: The state of the Union

A Census Form Michelle Bachman Can Get Behind

Weigh Less, Pay Less: Whole Foods Offers (Employee) Discount Based On BMI

What We Know about the Young Republican Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight. From Gawker.com

Witness: Bias Played Role In Prop. 8

Poll: Fox Is The Most Trusted Name In TV News

Nancy Grace's lawyers seek to bar video

Tweety leading with Watergate #2 - attempting to wiretap

Somebody needs to get O'keefe's mugshot

My unsubscribe message from the barackobama.com mailing list

Which Sci-fi film/series do you think the US is starting to resemble most?

Dig deep DU - Orly Taitz considering running for Office in CA

Dig deep DU - Orly Taitz considering running for Office in CA

Here's another dish of smug irony. Palin attacked unmercifully on Facebook

Will the O'Keefe and gang break in be discussed at length on

'A Supreme Act Of Judicial Treason Against The People Of The United States, And What We Must Do'

Bertha Lewis (ACORN CEO) on with Big Ed

Guardian: Jack Straw was warned the Iraq War was Illegal

Dr David Kelly's post-mortem results CAN be seen by doctors, Lord Hutton rules

Unfortunately, this is the US Budget Priorities

John Cole calls left-wingers "jackasses." Kos responds

Blanche Lincoln will OPPOSE reconciliation on health care

Blanche Lincoln will OPPOSE reconciliation on health care

Blanche Lincoln will OPPOSE reconciliation on health care

Democrats this in now your chance to investigate the 21st century version...

Democrats this in now your chance to investigate the 21st century version...

The problem with Islam & misogyny, as I see it

We will see far fewer blue dogs in the Senate and House in 2011

In Anti-Tax Oregon, Voters Consider Tapping The Rich - LATimes

In Anti-Tax Oregon, Voters Consider Tapping The Rich - LATimes

Labor Leader Lashes Out At Senate Dems, Calls Some Legislative 'Terrorists'

The Home Computer Dilemma

When budgets are cut while spending goes up

Is Bernanke Hiding A Smoking Gun?

Sometimes, the movies get it VERY right...

Hmmm. Obama to make announcement on gay ban

Gillibrand hits back at Ford

Tebow is falling off his pedestal

First time I've ever done this..but help me with this Poll (Abortion)

Slow day at DU? 14 OPs on the Landrieu/ACORN pimp's arrest on the Greatest page. WTF?

I am not outraged. I am shocked and numb.

I am not outraged. I am shocked and numb.

Now we go after them, right? Hammer and Tongs, right?

We're being primed for an "Independent Party" president in 2012.

Are Okeefe and gang looking at hard time?

A friend and his 5 year old son and family are visiting the U.S. for the first time

Anti-gay meeting flops

Zsa Zsa Gabor's Spouse Runs For California Governor

About fat and health.

Lawrance Ellison 2009 salary: $556.98 million dollars

K & R if you think the proposed spending freeze is a terrible idea

Are you a cynic or an idealist?

Largest cruelty-related seizure of animals ever conducted

the intellectual dishonesty of the "centrists" blaming the left for Obama's rightward turn

James O'Keefe & Co: Hey DUers, is this the same guy? (Is this Stan Dai of illegal wiretap fame?)

Target pulls farmed salmon from its stores

We at DU are out of touch, according to Pew.

Who is this Nameless "Senior Administration Official" who Dropped Spending Cuts Bomb on Us?

somebody PLEASE tell me I didn't just see this on KO: people were being required to sign documents

Wow, who could have imagined?

Better Off DeadBeat

Who is Barack Obama?-By BOB HERBERT

Obama's Admiration of Ronald Reagan: What President Obama really said two years ago

Seventh Circuit Rules Dungeons & Dragons A Threat to Prison Security

Haiti's children on their own on shattered streets

How will SCOTUS decision affect corporate media?

Day in and day out, Thom Hartmann speaks what I've been thinking and feeling.

Why 'W' missed the Saint's game in NOLA:

America Increasingly Looks Like A Developing Nation As 30% Of Americans Rapidly Approach Poverty, Or

SAUDI ARABIA: Forget detention -- misbehaving schoolgirl sentenced to 90 lashes

Proof that Sarah Palin and TX Gov. Rick Perry are NOT very bright

Bill Clinton understood federal spending 100x better than Obama

When did NPR start doing 10 minute commercials?

White House Decides to Outsource NASA Work

ANDY WORTHINGTON has generated a prisoner list for BAGRAM.

Help the poor even though I'm a troll?

HOSE Newt DOWN, he's on FIRE! Writes new "Contract," labels Dems 'Secular Socialist Coalition'

The man who blew the whistle on Jack Abramoff tells the story of how he did it

Army medical examinsers questioned close grouping of bullet holes in Pat Tillman's forehead

Oliver Stone: Hitler 'Enabled By Western Bankers'

Harkin: ‘I’m going to vote against Ben Bernanke’

Why Republicans appear unified while Dems form circular firing squads.

CATO Institute: Bush Had Largest Rise In Discretionary Nondefense Spending

The last Straw

Surprise, surprise!......Obama Moves RIGHT

Mr. Fish and Harper's- Strangely prescient

That fact that Progressives represent such a small minority in the US

My letter to BO: "If you're going to freeze spending, then why is military spending sacred?"

And people said I was crazy to not get Lasik Surgery - see who has the last laugh....

Gawker: "Catching Up with People Who Should Be in Jail: Judith Miller"

San Francisco Chronicle: PG&E SmartMeters likely to boost shut-offs

End of life issues... can I ask some questions please?

End of life issues... can I ask some questions please?

34% of Americans are obese

30% Of Americans Rapidly Approaching Poverty or are Already There

Has anyone ever been tempted to just call the entire American electorate "stupid" on DU

Has anyone ever been tempted to just call the entire American electorate "stupid" on DU

Life imitates "Avatar"; indigenous people gunned down in Peru as oil exploration begins

31 House Republicans signed on to resolution praising suspected wiretapper

One of those busted with O'Keefe is son of U.S. Attorney in Lousiana.

Statistics from Kiva's DU team

Questioning what the president 'stands for' is an old political ploy

Report: Toyota Continuing To Sell Recalled Vehicles Without A Fix

Today I voted for taxing the wealthy and large corporations

I believe I may be even more depressed under Obama than I was under Bush*

CBN to Honor “Christian of the Year” Andre Bauer

Stop bashing the ACLU!

The "Acorn undercover" scumbags are facing a 250,000$ fine and up to 10 years in prison

O'Keefe, "Christian" who pimped fake ACORN scandel,arrested

Tebow and the anti-choice Super Bowl ad

Why is it always about cutting costs? Why not go for raising revenue?

Why are most people indifferent to the loss of Democracy?

Obese dog once frozen to sidewalk doing better in new home

Senate downsizing House Jobs Bill: Unemployment benefits & COBRA health extensions not included!

The Economics of Fascism

And - Mr. Emanuel Calls Us "F—ing retarded"

Be afraid: Report says Al-Qaeda still aims to use weapons of mass destruction against U.S.

"Videotaping our crime spree was the best idea we've ever had!"

Rahm Emanuel: Liberals Are “F–king Retarded” - Jame Hamsher/FDL

There is intimidation of those who question school closings in NYC...

Sen. Ben Cardin To Obama: Freeze Military Spending

Krugman: Obama Liquidates Himself

Whose Side Are You On, Anyways?

Toyota suspends sales and production of several vehicles

Michael Moore calls Democrats "disgusting"

"I'll Vote for the Democratic No Matter What !!! "

So we start our OWN corporation and use it to elect who WE want

Repugs hijack another great song... excuse me while

Head of DC school council says fired teachers were "miscreants, abusers, and/or child molesters"

Head of DC school council says fired teachers were "miscreants, abusers, and/or child molesters"

What does Obama fear most?

"Obama MUST Appease Wall St." - Even NPR Says So, Like No Explanation Needed???

The crisis to come... and the why

Head Of Davos Security Dead, Police Assume Suicide

KRUGMAN: Obama Liquidates Himself-It’s appalling on every level.

'Haiti's Animals ~ We Hear Their Cries, Help Is Coming'

I'm beginning to wonder if I'm in the right forum.

where does profit come from?

where does profit come from?

Should Kathleen Sebelius replace VP Biden if he chooses to save his old Senate seat?

The World’s Ugliest Endangered Fish

GOP WANTS to run against an unpopular MANDATE....FORCE them to vote & run against Medicare-for-All.

How much should the very rich pay in taxes?

DU rescues a Haitian earthquake victim.

Fox News Devastated Over Arrest Of ACORN Pimp, Says

More Trouble for O'Keefe: Makers of ACORN 'Documentary' Sued in Federal Court

Oliver Stone, "The Secret History of the United States". and a warning to Obama.

Oliver Stone, "The Secret History of the United States". and a warning to Obama.

Oliver Stone, "The Secret History of the United States". and a warning to Obama.

K & R if you think the spending freeze should only apply to military spending.

Have you read Sarah Palin's book

Under fire, Obama’s chief of staff calls liberal strategy ‘f*cking retarded’

Have you all heard of Kieron Williamson

Bob Marley's Birthday

Well, that was kind of weird, aircraft-wise

The Bound of the Haskervilles

My preseason predictions on this year's Super Bowl. Laugh.

Just for laughs...

Why is there a Red Dye #5, while World Wars go up to only #2?

City 1995.

Paradoxymoron (3-D painting)

Ink Blot test, what do you see?

Ink Blot test, what do you see?

Ink Blot Test #2 ~ What do you see?

Final Bonus Round Ink Blot test #4~What do you see?

BREAKING: President Barack Obama to perform with Page, Plant & Jones @ State of the Union Address

Robert Burns' REAL opinion about haggis

OK-I give up! IPOD experts-help me get porn podcasts off my ipod

A high quality video of me singing and playing lead guitar with my band last week...

Dancing Inmates - Michael Jackson's This Is It

I just ate all the hard salami

Chinese pop stars face $12,000 lip-synching fine

NASCAR shooting 2011 implementers of fuel injection!

OK-I give up! IPOD ex-spurts-help me get off on my porn podcasts. n/t

Can someone explain this to me?

In honor of my 420th post

Firefox question

Cast Iron Skillets, pans dutch ovens, pone platters. Best cooking ever?

Did anyone ever watch that show Gargoyles on Toon Disney in the 90s?

ended a relationship this weekend

ended a relationship this weekend

open letter from Rush Limbaugh

my cat is stalking my cursor again...

On Facebook

On Facebook

Police rescue 150 stolen ferrets in Mexico City

Police rescue 150 stolen ferrets in Mexico City

My first text message

Pernell Roberts died...

Pernell Roberts died...

I need some help explaining the movie "Memento". Spoiler Alert.

BREAKING: President eats ice cream quickly, gets brain freeze, declares "My policies are working!"

My mom keeps giving me this op/ed letters to write

If somebody had a post deleted, would it not show up when they went to MY DU

Graduating Class Obliterates Journey Song (Don't Stop... oh, wait... Yeah, stop. Stop! STOP!!!)

Do you ever, while riding your bicycle, hear Elvira Gulch music in your head?

Can I apply for some of that federal farm subsidy money like Michelle Bachmann

Every day, I get a cup of coffee from coffee delivery

The Known Universe

Good morning Lounge

What just happened with my computer?

In 13 posts, Skittles will reach post # 66666.

Real life Calvin and Hobbes

Real life Calvin and Hobbes

Blindfolded coach hits half-court shot, foils prank

Blu-ray Maker Re-Boxes $500 Player, Charges $3,500

"Being eaten by hyenas"

** Prius Owners ** I found a used one ('02). Anything to look out for with these???

All I've Got to Say Is........

Smile In Your Face

How much of a hill will my Emergency Brake work on???

Ugh, I hate my job.

Favre first publicly discussed retiring in 1997...funny, it seems like longer than that

Obama will call the KY Wildcat basketball team today...

The sun'll come out tomorr...no? How about the next day? WHEN THE HELL ARE WE

Anyone else have a cat that follows them around but won't let anyone

Your Final Ink Blot Test #3 ~What do you see?

Avatar is really a rehash of Pocahontas

Rush Limbaugh's worst nightmare...

The Government Has UFOs

Yesterday's New Quintet-Sun Goddess

Dedicated to WRITER: The Ohio Players!

I hate weather.

In case you don't visit LBN, YOU MUST READ THIS!

Baby needs prayers! (Same little one I posted about some time back.) He's always been

State of the Union Drinking Game

Let's cast "Game Change: the Motion Picture"

So, I finally watched a Lady Gaga video...

So far, online courses are kicking my fucking ass.

Can't watch sports. Can't watch politics. Time for Plan C.

The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 1/26/10

Ever open a bag of potato chips, and wonder who farted?

Cheb i Sabbah - Toura Toura

I gotta say - I like Windows 7

Anyone here knowledgeable about collectibles, specifically,

help wanted

Help, I have can't stop watching stuff on Netflix.

I wore pants today

China renames mountain range after "Avatar" mountains

What score does your web browser get?

Do you find yourself getting a mental image of what another DUer looks like?

After I finish my PhD, I want to be FREE.

It rained hard here in Upper Michigan yesterday.

The hardest part about having a severe mental illness.....

Have you ever seen anything that freaked you the hell out?

Would you want your kids to ride this slide?

What should be the nickname of the Baltimore NFL Franchise?

Ever read/done Spoon River Anthology? Which character was most like you?

thawing the bread

You know, the Nazis had pieces of flair they made the Jews wear.

Re-listening to "Strategic Grill Locations" - why did Mitch Hedburg have to OD?

Man sentenced for encouraging kids to beat mother

What should be the nickname of the Indianapolis NFL Franchise?

In terms of story, which sucks more?

Since the denizens of The Lounge know Everything, what can you tell me about iPhones?

the most watched tv broadcasts ever

Who do people say you look like?

"Leading Health Care Group Pushes Congress To Pass Comprehensive Health Care Reform"

If Blanche goes, Bill Halter looks interesting

Your Daily "Plan B" Update....

Breaking: Obama to Seek 3-Year Freeze on Part of Budget

How many taxpayer $$ per day are Iraq/Afghanistan efforts totally wasting -- any specific numbers?

Blanche Lincoln to make campaign announcement tomorrow (Keith Olbermann)

First congressman casts his lot for Hayworth in Ariz. Senate primary

Murray says Mass. race shows voters worried

Schillerstrom drops out of gov.'s race, backs Ryan

Republicans' allies eye state legislatures as redistricting nears

Is there anything the President can say Wed. that you actually might LIKE?

Herbert jumps out of gate with big lead in guv's race

Just When you Thought Things Couldn't get Worse for Obama....

Not an apologist but an apology

Oscar Goodman decides not to run for governor

WaPo - "Obama proposes economic help for middle class"

Jake Tapper put up an odd tweet about 2 hours ago

Sheesh.....

My Repub gov's got a better jobs bill than our Reps.

Sen. Richard Shelby faces challenge from Democratic newcomer William Barnes

This headline is so misleading...

What if President Obama is right?

Interesting article on 2010 Defense Budget

Olbermann Responds To Stewart: 'You're Right, I Have Been A Little Over The Top Lately." (VIDEO)

Schumer, Hatch Propose Payroll Tax Break

Photos: The Obama Presidency, January, 25th 2010 (KARDASHIAN ALERT!)

"GM to repay TARP - $6.7 billion to come by June"

Cornell West's note to Obama

Arianna Huffington has completely allowed HP to go mental.

Matthew Yglesias on Spending freeze: increases in some areas, decreases in others

The "Spending Freeze" is probably just marketing. Same old "let's clear out waste" with a new name

DU Dems and Obama: Maybe a marriage therapy tactic would help...

President Obama to propose a three-year freeze on non-security discretionary spending,

In Illinois, we might be pissing away Obama's seat in the Senate

"CNN Sets the Record Straight"

The only good thing about Obama's spending freeze will be watching RWers twist it into...

The Admin wants you to freak out over the "spending freeze"

Obama Has Mccain And Bill Kristol On Board

Compendium of liberal reaction to announced spending freeze

Obama should have a sign saying "STFU" at his SOTU address

Why GOP Amendment craziness won't be as effective as in the 90s

Conrad/Gregg Deficit Reduction Commission Amendment Falls

McCain Nudges Obama Toward His Party’s Health Plans

President Brown loses his first vote

I went on a diet yesterday

Folks: It's not 'Reaganomics'. RR was a closet Keynesian and a huge borrow-and-spender.

Best old television show?

Obama sees Geithner, Summers staying on (Obama calls Geithner and Summers "terrific advisers")

Shocker! "Gregg: GOP Would Make Reconciliation 'An Extraordinarily Difficult Exercise'"

Now they want billionaires to have the same "freedom of speech" as corporations! See here.....

What happened to critical thinking

Economists react to spending freeze

Don't you hate when you discover someone has been dishonest?

A Tale Of Two SOTUs

*READ THIS* Obama can't create change with words alone, By Eugene Robinson

**Heads Up: Daily WH Press Briefing, Live!**

Spending Freeze to be based on the 2010 Obama budget...and so,

IN-Sen: Pence Won't Challenge Bayh

Moore: "Democratic Party is Disgusting"

Critics assess Obama's speeches

FL-Sen: Rubio Takes Lead Over Crist in New Q-Poll

Schumer and Hatch: "A Payroll Tax Break for Jobs"

The Spending "Freeze" - Clinton-Styled "Triangulation" at its worst!

My take away: What an absolutely fine, f'd up mess George Bush left this country.

Krugman: Obama's spending freeze "appalling", "pure disaster"

Stop the insanity!

State of the Union Speech Goes Interactive.

AP: Senate Democrats Draft $82.5 Billion Jobs Plan

It looks like the "Spending Freeze" talking points have not been deployed to the interweb as of yet.

Obama Allies Struggle To Defend Spending Freeze. Sam Stein on Podesta, SEIU.

FBI Arrests James O'Keefe At Landrieu's Office

Whoohoo! "Clyburn: House Dems Will Pass Senate Bill If Fix Is Guaranteed."

GOP Strategy: Derail Health Bill Reconciliation Fix With “Free For All” Of Amendments

White House: Spending Freeze May Slow Obama Agenda (More Lowering Expectations)

Anybody Else Considering Going Socialist?

Rep. Joe Wilson - R (SC) should not be seated for President Obama's SOTU

DADT Repeal To Get High-Profile Endorsement From Obama In SOTU

Double standard in Senate: Bernanke only needs 50 votes

Just in case anyone doesn't know this... the deficit IS the stimulus

Something fishy is going on. Who is really pulling the strings?

It’s hard to blame media for constant 2012 BS, when we constantly do it here

"It's the economy, stupid."

Kerry prefers House to pass Senate bill, Senate to use reconciliation

This Hayworth guy is bat shit crazy

Brown taking a pass on State of the Union speech

Obama: "Dead wrong, or deeply cynical" (Joan Walsh/Salon)

Why Is Nelson OK With Using Reconciliation For Tax Cuts For Millionaires But Not For Health Care...

Does anyone care to argue that the freeze idea will actually help the economy?

We need to not jump the shark on the "Freeze" idea that Obama will speak about

President's Cabinet reports on their progress this first year

Geez, what HAPPENED while I was gone?

Geez, what HAPPENED while I was gone?

What if farm subsidies for corporate farms were frozen?

So what programs have been hit with the spending freeze?

Possible Obama retorts if a repuke heckles him?

O'Reilly suggests the CIA should kidnap Pelosi and Reid and waterboard Pelosi (AUDIO)

DOMESTIC spending freeze? But, a Deficit-heavy war budget, capitulations on real health care needs,

Obama needs to use his State of the Unon address to make the case for progressive policies

Republicans Aren't Sitting As Pretty As They Think - Tea Party Convention "unraveling."

Obama as Charlie Brown,

You can't say the spending freeze won't affect anything and then say wait and see what's in it.

I have posted this so many times for so many reasons, I am blue in the face.. but here we go

" Dead wrong, or deeply cynical--So Who are they Fooling?" (Joan Walsh, Salon)

Is the stress getting to the President? (pic)

Last year, President Obama made permanent cuts to defense budget

Bob Herbert: Obama's Credibility Gap

"Spending Freeze" Is A Political Gimmick

Video: White House Explains the Spending Freeze

Fox News Devastated Over Arrest Of ACORN Pimp, Says The Story Probably Needs ‘A Lot Of Context’

Joe Biden Tells Democrats To 'Keep The Faith' And Says 60 Seats Wasn't Really A 'Blessing'

Lincoln says "no" to Reconciliation; Bayh says his support unlikely

TPM: Sherrod Brown Hits Back on White House Spending Freeze

GOOD NEWS! Clyburn: House Dems Will Pass Senate Bill If Fix Is Guaranteed...

The common enemy of Us and Teabaggers and Moderates? Crony Capitalism.

WH: An Across the Board Freeze is NOT What We are Proposing.

Anyone here still like the filibuster?

FLASHBACK: 31 House Republicans Supported Resolution Honoring Alleged Felon James O'Keefe

Obama: I’d rather be ‘really good one-term president’ than ‘mediocre two-term president.’

Please do not denigrate words.

Roll Call on the deficit taskforce

Krugman: Obama Liquidates Himself

I'm so upset... This will be the 2nd SOTU we can't do a drinking game with...

Do you know anybody who's happy?

Calm down! The freeze is just politics… appallingly incompetent politics

W.H. official: Liberal critics will be 'muted' once Obama unveils budget

Get History right: Reagan didn't cut spending and he didn't go to church either.

How is it possible to take Obama seriously as a President when he's pi$$ing $57K/minute on wars?

If McCain would have done EXACTLY what Obama has done we would be pissed!

Space shuttle wind-down to impact jobs

Can't figure out why some are upset with Obama for the "freeze"

The 2012 Election is Tomorrow - What do you do?

FT interview transcript: Gen Stanley McChrystal

Grammy-winning pianist Earl Wild dies at 94

Pernell Roberts, 'Bonanza' and 'Trapper John' star, dies

Tony Blair to boost earnings as paid speaker for Mayfair hedge fund

Nancy Kerrigan's brother pleads not guilty to assault charge (father has fatal heart attack)

Peru plans to airlift stranded tourists

Pernell Roberts has made his transition.

The Apple Tablet iPad Advertisement: Leaked to YouTube

Pernell Roberts, 'Bonanza' and 'Trapper John' star, dies

Pakistan's former spymaster says Taliban leader is ready to talk

Californian school district bans oral sex definition dictionary

Dalai Lama's envoys in China for fresh talks

Baghdad bomb targets forensics building

IG: Cancel delayed system meant to track Iraq spending

Gazprom to discuss strategy as U.S. market set to slip away

Man who says he spied on Calif. mosques sues FBI

Witness details threat in church shooting (Dr. Tiller)

Germany to boost Afghan forces

Britain Breaks Out of Recession, but Just Barely.

Halliburton asks Supreme Court to block trial over claim of rape in Iraq

Pew Research, It Really Is The Economy & RIP Cap and Trade.

Podesta: Pass The Senate Bill And Fix It Later (thru reconciliation)

GM Doubles Down On Plug-In Technology

Homes evacuated in San Antonio as hill crumbles

Under fire, Obama’s chief of staff calls liberal strategy ‘f*cking retarded’

U.S. Opens Probe into AIG's Payout to Partners

Indians attacked in Australia amid Rudd nephew protest

Indonesia mulls tearing down Obama statue

NATO: Blast reported near U.S. base in Kabul

Justice Dept. ends probe of Rep. Mollohan

U.S. Envoy’s Cables Show Concerns on Afghan War Plans

UPDATE 2-Student killed in Venezuela TV station protests

Man arrested under Terrorism Act in Birmingham

Afghan warlord re-emerges despite West's demands

Doctors may see Kelly post-mortem report, says Hutton

Fresh Baghdad suicide bomb flattens forensics HQ

Doctors are deluged in Haiti, One5 medical director says

Former US Sen. Charles Mathias of Maryland dies

Bernanke to get up or down vote.

Colombian troops indicted for killing Indian

GM to sell Saab to Spyker

GM to sell Saab to Spyker

After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's Web Site

Poll: Fox is most trusted name in news

GOP Under Fire for "Census" Mailing

(Bill) Gates says malaria vaccine could ready in three years

Pence Won't Challenge Bayh

Gov. Suggests Building Prison In Mexico

UN removes five senior Taliban from sanctions list

Man with weapons, map of military base arrested

Halliburton Asks High Court to Block Trial ( Jamie Leigh Jones lawsuit for rape)

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Tuesday January 26

Dem leaders unite on health care strategy

El Salvador to recognize Honduras' new government

2 DC Metro workers killed on tracks

Obama wants to freeze discretionary spending for 3 years

'Justice For Jordan:' Students March Downtown After Classmate's Police Beating

Wind Power Grows 39% for the Year

Groups Pressure CBS to Pull Super Bowl Pro-Life Ad

Iraq war was illegal, top government lawyer tells Chilcot inquiry

Venezuela sees clashes as anti-Chavez TV station closed

Senate rejects Obama-backed deficit task force

Confused Texas Education Board bans kids' author (confuses picture book w/ Marxist tome)

Chavez writes off Haiti's oil debt to Venezuela

Scientist: Alien life could already be on Earth

LA City Council OKs plan to close most pot clinics

Home Depot to lay off 1,000

Hungry Haitians like animals, says UN peacekeeper

Stupak Won't Run For Mich. Governor

Economic growth 'cannot continue' (to prevent global climate change)

Markus Reinhardt Dead: Davos Security Chief Dies In Apparent Suicide

Toyota halts sales of (8) recalled vehicle models

ACORN gotcha man among four arrested for attempting to bug Mary Landrieu's office

France MPs' report backs Muslim face veil ban

Immigrant Teen Taunted by Cybebullies Hangs Herself

Capitalism's woes cheered at World Social Forum

Democrats Writing Bill to Bar Foreign Money from U.S. Political Campaigns

Russia set to launch manned spacecraft in 2017

Democrats Slam Brakes on Health Care Overhaul

Senate Jobs Bill Skips Unemployment Benefits Extension

Protect the Children (and mean it)

Kidnap Capital - Haiti

Considering Carol - A short, insightful look into schizophrenia

Young Turks: MSNBC Nails Senator Hatch On Spending Hypocrisy

Haiti and the 'Devil's Curse'

Hard Questions for Transracial Adopters

Jyoti Basu: Marxist politician who combined realpolitik and revolutionary ideas

Ripping off the public

Tracey Ullman Takes on Maddow, Huffington, Amanpour, McCain, Barney Frank etc

Thom Hartmann vs. the ACRU - Should corporations have human rights?

Papantonio: Haiti - A New Infrastructure Matters

Flag this video!

Thom Hartmann - The Good. The Bad. And the Very Very Ugly - Poor people are like stray animals?

Dean on BBC: Wall Street Hasn't Created Any Jobs, created wealth for Wall Street

Ed Schultz: I Told Robert Gibbs He's 'Full Of Sh*t'

Funding Public Health Care with a Publicly Owned Bank: How Canada Did It

Robert Reich: Obama's Tiny Jobs Ideas for Main Street, A Big Spending Freeze for Wall Street

Mixing a Super Bowl of manipulation

Alan Grayson - Soon We Will Be Wearing Corporate Logos On Our Lapels!

For Post's Baghad bureau, a shattering day that could have been even worse

Maddow Show: Tracey Ullman as Rachel Maddow and Arianna Huffington

Obama's Looking Old

Political Opposition is Not Insanity

Now they're putting out threat videos!

President Obama Welcomes the Los Angeles Lakers

10/30/8: At Franken rally, Bubba predicts GOP obstructionism in next Senate.

Lieberman: ‘It’s Possible’ I Could Be ‘A Good Old-Fashioned New England Moderate Republican’

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Why Ben Bernanke Should Not be Confirmed for Another Term as Fed Chair

Ralph Nader & Thom Hartmann on Corporate Personhood

Papantonio: Scott Brown, The Union's Wake Up Call

People & Power - White Power USA

Clinton & Bush Prepare For Haiti Speech

Young Turks: White House Playing it All Wrong on Bernanke

ANIMATION: Operation Haitian Earthquake Freedom by Ted Rall

Rachel Maddow: 'Stupid Hooverism' (Interview w/ VP Biden Econ Advisor Jared Bernstein)

"Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem

Market Inefficiency

(LOL!) Ingraham: Americans Are Saying Maybe That Bush Guy Wasnt Quite As Bad As We Thought

Corporate 'citizens' (Hudson Valley Daily Freeman)

Tea Party Disputes Take Toll on Convention

An activist decision: More money, attack ads to derail democracy (Miami Herald)

Former body armor execs at NY trial

Republican Meow Mix

Murray Hill Incorporated is Running for Congress

Egypt's Internet Crackdown (Daily Beast)

'Free speech' just got a lot costlier (Sagan | Amarillo Globe-News)

Obama campaigns against spending freezes-"we need a Scalpel, not a Hatchet."

Tea Party Disputes Take Toll on Convention

UK 'using obscure legal principle' to dismiss torture claims in colonial Kenya

Massachusetts 'Deja Vu'-Senate Race - Questionable Counts &-Speedy Concessions

Free speech for Al-Qaida? (Detroit Free Press)

Four Reasons Why Democrats Should Oppose the Bernanke Reappointment

Just how much do Democrats stand to lose this year?

Massachusetts Lesson Learned: Obama to Give State of Union From Truck

Is the president panicking?

Obama Liquidates Himself

Got Milk? A Disturbing Look at the Dairy Industry

NEW from Alan Grayson

Luckovich depicts the 'corporatist' convention. Spot on.

Double Standard For Bernanke: Only 50 Votes Needed In Senate

Police chief found dead on eve of Davos meeting

Walter Pincus: More insights from Nixon the political scientist

50 Votes to Confirm Bernanke

Canaries in the coal mine by Kos

ACORN gotcha man among four arrested for attempting to bug Mary Landrieu's office

Fox Devastated By Arrest Of ACORN Pimp

How Hugo Chavez's revolution crumbled

GOP may feel the peoples' anger in November

Banks Reviving Synthetic Bets as Volcker Blasts Default Swaps

Simon Carr: When legal opinion became a political embarrassment (Iraq War)

Dollars & Sense: Creating Decent Jobs

What happened to the global economy and what we can do about it

Richard Dawkins reads and takes questions from 'The Greatest Show on Earth' at Berkeley

Dear Conservative Movement: Stop Ruining My Life

Either Obama is dooming the economy to placate deficit hawks..Or..(Salon/Joan Walsh)

Not A Single Intelligent Human Being Believes There Isn’t Bloat In The Defense Budget

From John Edwards, lessons on celebrity and politics

George Lakoff: Freedom vs. the Public Option

Obama Liquidates Himself by Paul Krugman

Obama Embraces Reaganomics

The Sanctity of Military Spending

A Rant About Women

Need examples of climate researchers having their grants threatened for holding to the truth.

26 Years Of MMS Data Show Beaufort Sea Polar Bear Sightings Moving To Shore In Recent Years

Grain Damage Showing Up In Some Regions Of Corn Belt - Cracking, Mold Thanks To Endless Harvest

10 Years After Cracking Off Ross Ice Shelf, B-17-B Still Moving Slowly N. Into Indian Ocean

With 75% Of BC Lodgepole Pines Already Dead, Little Alberta Can Do To Stop Bark Beetles

Uranium Supply Imbalance to Drive M&As on Asian Build

Drumbeat: January 26, 2010

This has nothing to do with global warming

Senior Chinese Negotiator Says He Has "Open Mind" As To Whether Warming Natural Or Man-Made

Sisters of St. Francis Challenge Marcellus Shale Drilling Companies

Global warming at the bottom of people's priorities

4 Continents, 9 Mountain Ranges, 30 Reference Glaciers - Average Vertical Loss 1 Meter 2007-08

Record Year for Panther Deaths.....Defenders of Wildlife:

Wild Bumble Bees Near Extinction:

The six Americas of climate change

Target Stores Eliminating Farmed Salmon By End Of 2010 - Reuters

Solar Fusion, 24 hour storage of solar power

Siting Guidlines Needed for Wind Power Developments:

Fears Obama Will Omit Climate From SOTU - Guardian

Cornel West's note to Obama

Non-Native Swordfish, Jellyfish, Turtles Appear For First Time Of Chilean Coast As Temperatures Rise

PG&E SmartMeters likely to boost shut-offs

New Report: record-breaking year for wind energy in the United States

Cowboys' Tony Romo to replace Vikings' Brett Favre on NFC Pro Bowl team

Pigs have flown! Hell has frozen over!! The Saints are going to the Super Bowl!!!

Nancy Kerrigan's brother pleads not guilty to assault charge (father has fatal heart attack)

Bobby Knight bald faced liar.

CBS urged to scrap anti-abortion Super Bowl ad featuring Tebow

If you dislike the Colts because they moved from Baltimore

Wizards' Crittenton pleads guilty to misdemeanor gun charge

Good news! College Star QB Flubs in Front of Pros

What Superbowl ad would you like CBS to show?

Australian Open Men's Final is being played tonight...

Kentucky Basketball back on top 19-0/ 4-0 SEC

Peru plans to airlift stranded tourists

Chavez's No. 2 resigns, citing personal reasons

So, to Jackson Diehl, Hugo's revolution has crumbled

Chavez writes off Haiti's oil debt to Venezuela

El Salvador to recognize Honduras' new government

The oil companies are attacking Peru

Haiti awash in doctors; nurses in short supply

US goverment assisstance to Haiti Jan 20

Capitalism's woes cheered at World Social Forum

Removal of anti-Chavez TV channel spurs protests

Honduras: Golpista Romeo Vasquez, military cupula cleared of all charges

Colombian troops indicted for killing Indian

Brazil activists denounce corporate greed

Clinton defends US Haiti relief

Venezuela to Build Haitian Health Infrastructure

Today in Labor History Jan 26, 60,000 layoffs today, as the George W. Bush recession worsens

Is New York Governor's Budget A Job-Slashing Blood-Bath For New York City?

Man Arrested in AAMU Shooting

Militant African American group HQ raided by ATF. "RPG rocket launcher" found among weapons cache.

White Extremist

22 in gun industry charged by FBI after year long sting

Man shot in liquor store robbery arrested, police say

Gun brandishing off-duty Fireman puts three schools on lockdown

Liquor Store Robber Shot And Killed By Clerk

Interesting data..

Suspected intruder fatally shot in Greene County

Police: Homeowner Killed Would-Be Burglar

Falls man shoots burglar, Falls police say

Along with a firearm,

Excellent video on the lies of Child molestation and gay men

Prop 8 trial: Defense witness admits DOMA shows bias

Take a minute to DU:GLBT a New Mexico poll on domestic partnership?

White House asks Levin to hold off on hearing to repeal ‘Don't ask, don't tell’

Obama to make announcement on gay ban

Flooding yesterday, snow today

Eastern State Penitentiary

Cornice Details, Franklin Institute

China spends billions to study dinosaur fossils at sites of major discoveries

Strange Places on Mars: What Do You Want to See Next?

Could a Frozen Camera Dethrone Hillary and Norgay as the First to Summit Everest?

Science Question from a Toddler: The color of light

A Dream Interpreter on Twitter

NLP on Coast to Coast tonight

Obama’s new triangulation strategy

"Economic Growth Can't Continue"

Interest on US debt in NOW 90% of GDP...and rising fast.

Vaccine approach extends life of metastatic prostate cancer patients

Skunk pot increases risk of psychosis & schizophrenia

Genetic tests have a way to go

Rubber Rooms: NYC Teachers Paid To Do Nothing [With Video]

Education Reform - an open letter to the governor from a simple school teacher

Book Claims Pope John Paul II Used Belt To Whip Himself

Religion could survive discovery of ET, survey suggests (Damn! That's too bad).

Priest Accused Of Shoplifting Butter, Sofa Cover

One thing that bothers me about a belief in the afterlife. If you believe in an afterlife

Nigeria is a British colonial invention, formally unified as a "Protectorate" in 1914

"Its like having racoons"

Accidental cookies

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