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Archives: September 12, 2010

Closest U.S. Senate race in history...

David Brooks: "The evidence is at best mixed about the level of Islamophobia in the United States"

TIMELINE: Nine months of the right's anti-Muslim bigotry

For Oldest Walk-On in Nebraska History, Fahie Knows Why ‘It’s Not About Me’

For Oldest Walk-On in Nebraska History, Fahie Knows Why ‘It’s Not About Me’

Why wasn't Friday's pro-mosque rally in NYC big news?

One 9/11 Family's Brave Effort to Expose Airline Culpability

Yes, he says: he will vote in November. Will he tell me who he plans to vote for?

Tweet A Story

The people of New York deserve a lot of credit

Robert Fisk: Nine years, two wars, hundreds of thousands dead – and nothing learnt

Protesting palin and beck: Alaska's other 9/11 rally

Hunter S. Thompson 9/12/01-FEAR & LOATHING IN AMERICA (Amazingly smart and prescient article)

Hunter S. Thompson 9/12/01-FEAR & LOATHING IN AMERICA (Amazingly smart and prescient article)

Beck cohort discusses today's Grift-A-Thon: "the date of the event is a coincidence"

September 11 and how much abuse steals power

Robert Fisk: Nine years, two wars, hundreds of thousands dead – and nothing learnt

What a Freak!........ A G.O.P. Leader Bound to Lobbyists

Hunter S. Thompson's BRILLIANT, SAD & PRESCIENT 9/11 Column

Since That Day---William Rivers Pitt

Since That Day---William Rivers Pitt

* at the Texas Rangers game today - pics

* at the Texas Rangers game today - pics

Roger Ebert and PBS: A new movie review show in January!

Roger Ebert and PBS: A new movie review show in January!

Rupert Murdoch's criminal enterprise

Rupert Murdoch's criminal enterprise

Workers In The Recession May Have Jobs, But They're Not Happy

"President Bush! Vice prick Cheny!" it has been nine years

Why is Oil Giant BP Helping Develop California Schools Environmental Curriculum?

O'Reilly: "Do the math, imam."

An ad just asked me to call and ask the NRA to support Angle vs Reid

"Bite it, you scum"...

Who named the site of the 9/11 attacks 'Ground zero?'

Federal Reserve - The Biggest Scam In History

Now here's a headline you don't see every day.....

What got IndianaGreen banned? "not a grave-dancing" thread"

Should the GOP Party Serve SCREAMING CANDIDATES???

9 years later, here's what I remember about 9-11-01

17 dead pets found in Oregon school's freezer

Primaries this Tuesday:Support Bill Perkins (Harlem) and Velmanette Montgomery (B'klyn)

8.4 Million New Yorkers Suddenly Realize New York City A Horrible Place To Live

Obama Chia!

Woman hauls naked neighbor from her home by the beard

9/11 Stories: Our Voices, Our Choices

••• NOW ON VIDEO - Koran burners get their religious war to rile up the GOP base •••

NYC charter schools get funding increases while public schools take cuts

NYT: My Nine Years as a Middle-Eastern American (Op-Ed)

Starbucks' Venti-sized union-busting tactics in Omaha

Starbucks' Venti-sized union-busting tactics in Omaha

Glenn Beck's favorite gold company hires lobbyists, PR firm after investigation announced

The secret dossier of lawbreaking that spells trouble for Rupert Murdoch...and David Cameron

The secret dossier of lawbreaking that spells trouble for Rupert Murdoch...and David Cameron

Um...is there ANOTHER teabagger march...

The Bleaker Truth of Anti-Americanism: Torture, Rendition, and Guantánamo

Nine Years, Two Wars, Hundreds of Thousands Dead – and Nothing Learnt

A Downtown Hub Is Missed, and a Replacement Is Stalled

Tea Party activists not tolerating 'rude politicians' at rallies

Britain committing economic suicide in the name of frugality

NATO denies firing mortars into Pakistan

Saudi diplomat seeking asylum: 'My life is in danger'

9/11 marked by protests and pleas for tolerance

Pentagon seeks to suppress book by 9/11 whistleblower

Holy shit! This takes the prize for weird campaign speeches

Security in Afghanistan Is Deteriorating, Aid Groups Say

Veteran fights VA over exposure to burn pits

Remember that story about how bacteria had eaten all the oil in the gulf?

Self Delete-double post

Anybody know what to do about a crazy ex-husband?

Anybody know what to do about a crazy ex-husband?

Teletubbies as bad for your child as a violent video game

Chris Van Hollen (D-MD): "Hey, let’s just do one year for the top 2 percent"

Raj Patel: Mozambique’s Food Riots Are the True Face of Global Warming

Double Dipping Retired Admiral Lobbies DoD To Not Save Money

A modest proposal: community "plant banks"

Reuters: Boehner would back U.S. middle class tax cuts alone

Am I secretly Muslim?

Disgusting! "Fox News' Cavuto Interrupts Michelle Obama's Speech to Call Barack a 'Nobody'"

Border Patrol Charged With Sexual Abuse, Assault, and Torture

Border Patrol Charged With Sexual Abuse, Assault, and Torture

Border Patrol Charged With Sexual Abuse, Assault, and Torture

Brother and sister who had child together to get married

Fox News Hosts Candidate Debates After Giving $1 Million To GOP

Non Sequitur TOON: Bipartisanship is a crock

Time for This Big Dog to Bite Back

One Nation: March to Rebuild America and End War!

The Clusterfuck In Afghanistan Continues

If the tax cuts for the rich are allowed to expired they will only pay

New Yorker magazine article on Koch brothers link.

Just the thought of sharing this makes me even more happy

Sacramento Bee: More C-sections seen at for-profit hospitals in California

Newt? Now Bolten?? WTF is going on...? These 2 are Losers? Presidents???

The protest of Beck/Palin tonight was a HUGE success.

Anyone else getting and old home page?Mine is from last week.

dupe

No coverage of anti-war protests

Newt Gingrich and friends represent everything that America needs to reject

Islamophobe, Pastor Jones, Accused of 'Spiritual Abuse' @ Cologne Church, Germany and was Expelled

NY Times: Resale Fees That Only Developers Could Love

Journalist: Women raped at Abu Ghraib were later ‘honor killed’

Highly paid commentators arguing tax cuts for the rich not a winner for the Dems

Can't wait for the glorious 10th anniversay of 9/11

ever heard of The Cyrus Cylinder?

List the moments that connected Americans. 9/11, JFK, Moon Landing, Kent State, MLK's march, etc.

Peter Morici Repeats Lie that Repealing Bush Tax Cuts Raises Taxes on Half of Small Business Income

"They have the right but it would be too inflammatory."

Sage Advice from Thomas Friedman regarding, Well, Everything!

NYT: GM pins hopes on the Cruze

Hardship divides a family

challenge.gov

Our economic woes are not complex or mysterious

At ground zero, Sept. 11 gets political....

"60 Minutes" tonight repeats a medical quackery story

Time for This Big Dog to Bite Back- By FRANK RICH

Time for This Big Dog to Bite Back- By FRANK RICH

Pentagon Plan: Buying Books to Keep Secrets

I Need DU Good Vibes Or Prayers Depending On Your Preference

Bremerton man drops his pants at 7-Eleven

Bigotry? Or What?

HCR was a deficit-reducing net positive. (So why can't we run on it?)

Boehner Open To Obama's Tax Cut Plan

Port authority says to Ground zero church...rebuild it and we will seize it through eminent domain.

Six dead after US breakfast row

Should the feds help in situations like the gas main explosion in California

Should the feds help in situations like the gas main explosion in California

Koran burning 'would be disaster' NY imam warns

Caption time!

Obama Strongly Hints At Warren Nomination To Head Consumer Bureau

More U.S.-Mexico border crime a myth, officials say

Noam Chomsky on Sept. 11:

Bush in Chinese 2 -- Jeff Locker's "Lil' Bush"

Bush in Chinese 2 -- Jeff Locker's "Lil' Bush"

Rush Limbaugh, Pastor Terry Jones Were High School Classmates

Dr David Kelly's body 'had obviously been moved'

Mike Thompson's toon on the state of America's public schools

Mike Thompson's toon on the state of America's public schools

2 killed in Afghan anti-Quran-burning protest

How to fix DU: An open dictatorship

ACLU And NYCLU Release Ad Promoting Religious Freedom As Mosque Controversy Continues

Number of families in shelters rises

dupe

Ms. Tolerance her-very-self! . . . Please come CAPTION Michelle Malkin!!!!

"Yew dun cooked maw aigs wrong, so aw mona kiyull yew."

"Yew dun cooked maw aigs wrong, so aw mona kiyull yew."

On the Nile, Egypt cuts water use as Ethiopia dams for power

A journalist recommends Elizabeth Warren

Grist: The right’s climate denialism is part of something much larger

Muslim-mania (It ain't about Islam)

Time for This Big Dog to Bite Back

Pentagon Plan: Buying Books to Keep Secrets (Pentagon seeks to suppress book by 9/11 whistleblower)

"If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America", great summary by Michael Moore

Patriotic burkas! (Image)

Charlie Crist: The other shoe is dropping.

If DNA testing may exonerate someone accused of a crime, willing to be tested, and unable to pay ...

The World Bank's plan for education: Behind the teacher bashing

Gingrich, Geller, et al must be very proud (PHOTO)

Taliban and US Get Down to Talks

Sunday Talk Shows

Study Cites Drone Crew in Attack on Afghans

'Where is Bush?!!'

Taxes - The difference between me and Republicans

Who else is watching Bonnie and Clyde on NatGeoTV

Why are taxes so "bad"?

Second Soldier Alleges Former Tillman Commander Ordered "360 Rotational Fire" in Iraq

„Principiis obsta" - Beware of the beginnings. Why we should use nazi comparisons.

New chairman: Unemployment 'going to stay high' in near term

Question about recovering alcoholics

Even the Sports World makes more sense than the Political World

Should restaurants serve screaming out of control children?

WOW - Americans Are Smarter Than I Thought!

Bwahahaha! Protest Sign FAIL courtesy Dave Weigel

Have gays become invisible on our Sunday talk shows?

Here's What's the Matter With Kansas

Muslims Block Bible-Burning In South Africa

Poverty Rate In U.S. Saw Record Increase In 2009: 1 In 7 Americans Are Poor

Kinda puzzled...

POLITICAL INSIDER: John Bolton weighs a WH run

Sarah Palin Mocks The California Budget Crisis, After Getting Dissed By Schwarzenegger On Twitter

my E-mail to Jim McDermott

Why is Oil Giant BP Helping Develop California Schools Environmental Curriculum?

$1,294 parking ticket. OUCH!

"Tax the rich" explained short and sweet

"Tax the rich" explained short and sweet

Kansas to aspiring journalists: No more state money

Just had to hang up on a friend. He said Beck and Olbermann were the same

Professional hater Savage loses another station

Skater Saves Q'uran from Burninator Fool

i met a boy called frank mills on september 12th right here

Medical marijuana users are dope heads.

SAN BRUNO BLAST: 7 NOW DEAD, PIPELINE WAS 'RISKY'

Big Government Conservatives...Part 1

What would you do if you could see the world through the eyes of a birther?

Splendid Zinn

Goolsbee Is Much Better Than Romer As A Spokesperson On The Economy & Smacking GOP

Goolsbee Is Much Better Than Romer As A Spokesperson On The Economy & Smacking GOP

Disabled woman was tortured and held as a sex slave

Michele Bachmann's version of "Joe the Plumber"

Even if we don't extend the tax breaks for over $250,000....

Imam Rauf slams ‘disingenuous’ Palin over opposition to mosque

The Onion, September 26, 2001

Now-hear me out ..tea party patriots does have a good thing going

Holy Shit !!! This water is getting hot !

How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street

Vancouver’s Transit Trajectory: Densify the Core, or Extend Out?

In both cases Goldman cited reduced government stimulus spending...

Handcuffs For Wall Street, Not Happy Talk

Dueling mosque rallies rage at Ground Zero

GOP Rep Says Shutting Down Govt, Even The VA, Is Worth ‘The Pain’ Because Govt Is Full Of ‘Gangrene’

Jewish Daily Forward: Former ILGWU Workers Battle Their Own Union

British troops investigated for heroin smuggling

Does anyone know if when they repeal the Bush taxcuts for those

A War Within: Robert Gates has one last mission before he leaves office

Calderon blasts Clinton

Russia Uses Microsoft to Suppress Dissent

American Civil War

D.C.’s Education Miracle a Chimera

D.C.’s Education Miracle a Chimera

Anyone watching The History Channel now?

Martin Sheen and his son Emilio Estevez join picket lines in Toronto.

Best Quran burning comment I have seen yet

A few pictures from the Palin/Beck show...

5 Steps to Re-Launching the Crusades

Gibbs and Boehner: Twitter enemies

Another Colorado fire!

Man enraged over how wife cooked his eggs shot five people dead with shotgun before killing himself

The Corporate Supreme Court begins to pay dividends for the Banksters

West needs new missile shield against Iranian nuclear threat, Nato chief says

The Left, Right, Hubris, Fascism and Changing History

Colleges: Where the money goes (LAT)

Remember Tomas Young, the vet in Body of War? He just started a blog!

Sen. Scott Brown calls Iran greater threat than al-Qaeda

US Poverty Rate Expected to Post a Record Increase- 1 in 7 Americans In Poverty

John Mayer. So.... do we like him?

China rethinks its one-child policy

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown: NFL should revise blackout policy in sour economy

30 Year Old USAF Bomber Loads Up With 24 Stealth Cruise Missiles

There's too many people punching holes in the boat, and I'm tired of bailing. What to do?

The Defense Department wants to buy 1st printing of reservist's memoir

I've come to the conclusion that the tax cuts were an intentional time bomb.

I've come to the conclusion that the tax cuts were an intentional time bomb.

If you gotta go down, at least go down fightin'...

Imams should issue Fatwa in response to Quran burning

Will not prosecuting Bush/Cheney war crimes come back to haunt us?

What would be the best way to create jobs in this economy?

Paramedic: Dr. David Kelly's body had obviously been moved (and an ambulance form has disappeared)

"Obama went hard left, now there's been a reaction to his policies across the board, and they're

Why are Democrats terrified of taxing the rich?

Watching 48 Hours: Innocence Lost on CBS

MEDICARE FOR ALL

Alaska Budget Surplus - How? Oil Company Windfall Tax - implemented by Palin!

Alaska Budget Surplus - How? Oil Company Windfall Tax - implemented by Palin!

Northwest DUers: Arpaio in Coeur d'Alene, ID October 4

What Passes for School Reform: "Value-Added" Teacher Evaluation and Other Absurdities by Alfie Kohn

"I just bought 672 boxes of cereal"

"I just bought 672 boxes of cereal"

Turah bar defies smoking ban

Republicans Increasingly Turn to Fox News

George W. Bush: "The Worst of Humankind"

George Will just fucking lied and NO ONE hit him back for it!

NICU baby circumcised against wishes of family.

Cesareans more likely for women at for-profit hospitals, study finds

That San Bruno fire was horrific

I'd like my next ltte to compare the price of 2 wars to the tax cuts

Why You Should Earn Less: the Company’s Argument

IWW holds Solidarity picket in Grand Rapids for Jimmy John’s workers

There is a new meme surfacing with the "only 3% of small businesses"

Imagine Albert Gore as: President on Aug. 6, 2001

Imagine Albert Gore as: President on Aug. 6, 2001

TIME: The Case Against Homeownership

As Maxwell Smart used to say, "Would you believe..."

Tea Partiers Blame Mother Nature And Glenn Beck For Diminished 9/12 Crowd

The Case for Impeachment: Why Barack Hussein Obama Should be Impeached to Save America

Reuters reports three Koran abuse incidents

German pol quits after claiming Nazis didn't start war

Anyone else sick of the 'media' playing up these GD T-bagger events

Do you ever forget why you had somebody on 'ignore'?

Austan Goolsbee: We can't afford $700 billion of tax cuts when we're just going to borrow that money

Hunger strike called on account of hunger (updated)

Gingrich: Obama is engaged in "Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior"

A Tale of Two Georgias...(40 at a klan rally in Elijay. 500 at a gay rights march in Savannah)

George W Bush is still the President of the United States?

NYC Ed Deformers trying to close well-functioning trade school: they want the real estate

They Want God Back In the Government

I have spoken to over 1000 teachers in the last two months

Mark my words - the real purpose for the right's anti-Muslim fervor is the 2012 election

Fears rise over growing anti-Muslim feeling in U.S.

Police rescue pot bellied pig from hot car

Recent seeming lunacy by Frank Luntz is actually framing.

Newt Gingrich Slammed For Saying Obama May Hold 'Kenyan, Anti-Colonial' Worldview

The Atlantic and Caribbean this morning

David Axelrod on Meet the Press.

Just ran out for a cigar, interesting conversation with owner of the store

Juan Cole: 9/11 Broke Islamic Law "Every time Americans tear down Islam, OBL gets what he wanted"

Nouriel Roubine & Ian Bremmer: The meltdown suffered by the US and its partners are irreversible

I am LIVID!!!

A vile act, a city’s new low

Newt's runnin' fer Prez. How can he not be?

Guardian UK: Creationists seek to insert their own brand of 'truth' into education

HALLIBURTON/KBR- Veterans Exposed to Carcinogen Shed Light on Secret Iraq Contracting Deal

A Big Weakness of the Democrats

Should NAFTA be repealed and why?

Dodge Challenger Freedom Commercial

How Many Years Can We Flog 9/11?

On Progressive “Red-Baiting”

When Boehner responded to Stephanopoulos's comments about his tan:

Venezuela's Chavez Admits Not Funding Opposition-Led Regions

Las Vegas events this week with Ramsey Clark, Anne Wright, and others

BRUTAL PIE CHART: Deaths from 9/11, War on Terror, & Iraq War

Physiological Evidence of Brain's Response to Inequality

Physiological Evidence of Brain's Response to Inequality

Why put the people back in power who helped destroy the economy?

I went to my first church service in many years today and I was pleasantly surprised.

Yale Dems drop support for viewing of Tillman film...McChrystal hired to teach there.

Journalist: Women raped at Abu Ghraib were later ‘honor killed’

Message to the Democratic Left

Pray For My Family- My 38 Year Old Diabetic Aunt Just Passed Away B-Cuz She Couldn't Afford Insulin!

So what should I tell the handyman tomorrow when he starts spouting his teabagging nonsense?

Weary of drug war, Mexico debates legalization

I'm rewatching the excellent Suffrage movie, "Iron Jawed Angels"

Bob Herbert: Democrats facing an election debacle because they didn't respond to peoples dire needs

Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow - Disconet Remix mid 80s mp3

Canvassing can be kinda fun

Symphony of Science - a very cool project .

Interview with Temple Grandin, interesting. 3 hours

Poll. Help me choose what book to read next:

HAve you or anyone you know ever been banned for life by a store or restaurant?

Sauerkraut explosion prompts silliness

Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer

Pray For My Family- My 38 Year Old Diabetic Aunt Just Passed Away B-Cuz She Couldn't Afford Insulin!

This YouTube series "Cooking With Dog" is a million times better than anything on Food Network

"Bite it, you scum"...

If You Think You're Lonely Now....

Bobby Fuller - I Fought the Law

You Oughta Be With Me

Word Up

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Late Night Blues for ya- Savoy Brown, Louisiana Blues

i have the opposite problem

She won't stop making lakes in the kitchen

She won't stop making cakes in the kitchen.

Where IS Echo Beach, anyway?

Do You Dream In Color Sometimes?

Dealing with computer issues, techies & such made me ENJOY cleaning the toilet bowl

Flashback to 1986: XTC's "Dear God"...

ob by god

She won't stop shaking snakes in the kitchen.

PHOTO: "Just when I thought I was finished with "walkies," they PULL ME BACK IN!"

PHOTO: "Just when I thought I was finished with "walkies," they PULL ME BACK IN!"

'I hate Dick Clark'

Attention Patriots haters

They call me girl. They call me Stacey. They call me her. They call me Jane. That's not my name!

los cuates des sinaloa: negro y azul

OMG...that was a...

Slave owners, am I an asshole?

Who else is watching Bonnie and Clyde on NatGeoTV

I renamed my iPhone…

Tesla Guitar Iron Man

Where IS Shell Beach anyway?

DU SONG OF THE DAY

Savage Garden - I Want You - 1998 Crystal Cherry Cola Remix (mp3)

Lassie, go for help!

If I were the State Trooper Bieber threw the water balloon at, I would have tased him endlessly.

I'm fascinated with these antique radio dials.

What do you think of that DUer who posts nonsensical bullshit but is praised for profundity?

adk trip report

The Best Intelligent Thug: Michael Caine vs. Clint Eastwood

I start classes at the University of Toronto tomorrow!

So, let's hear it. What did you guys get for 9/11 Day?

So, let's hear it. What did you guys get for 9/11 Day?

Summer kissing Fall. (pictures)

Tell us a secret.

Today is my birthday....

"Exile on Main Street" was the Stone's "Sgt. Pepper"

Does anyone on here know....

Deadman Pass near Pendleton, Oregon (pics)

*Final* re-hash of the great Hash-Off (canned corned beef, not t'other thing)

Proof the apocalypse is nigh: canned wine

There was a hint of a suggestion again that I might be the same person as LFP...

you might be stoned if.....

Golden Earring - Vanilla Queen

Hey Eagles fans!

I hate it when I have unexpected house guests from out of town...

Spokane has some of the worst-informed dog buyers ever...

Your Sunday LOL Cats (SalmonChantedEvening Beta weekend off edition)

Did someone say Anna Kendrick?? (dial up warning)

Dial Up Warning: Post an animated gif that will make me giggle

Actual real ads:

The GEICO Commercials

Where IS Hamilton Beach, anyway?

Going to see the SF Mime Troupe....Today...

Think I have had a life changing event occur

Generic Computer Help

Things that are more boring than watching a tennis match on TV

Why do people jog in the street when the sidewalk is 3 feet away????

What's the last "can't put it down" novel you've read?

Anybody know what to do about a crazy ex-husband?

I want to enjoy the comeback by the Philadelphia Eagles, but then I see Michael Vick

Did we make it through another "crisis" ..What will the media promote

Fallows: A Harsh Thing I Should Have Said (Martin Peretz Dept) - upsurge in hostility toward Muslims

I'm so discouraged.

Do you think president Obama reads DU ?

Gingrich just keeps upping the crazy - look at what he says about Pres. Obama:

This is not a real person...

Report: Saudi diplomats seeks asylum in US

Boehner: I'll Drop Tax Cut for Rich If I Have To

World Panel Backs Rules to Avert Banking Crises

Boehner fires back at NYT story alleging cozy ties with lobbyists

re: gingrich, "There are two possible explanations"

Even the top 1% will still get a tax cut if they go back to Clinton era rates,..or we all PAY

More Tea(KKK)Party racism and attack on progressives

Fox News' Cavuto Interrupts Michelle Obama's Speech to Call Barack a 'Nobody'

Palin and Beck Lied To 9/11

"GOP plans to shut down the government next year"..."it's fanaticism about a disaster in the making"

Boehner says he'd vote for Democratic tax proposal (CNN).

TPM: Dick Armey's FreedomWorks 'Tea Party' 9/12 DC rally basically a bust

Krugman: Consider The Curve Bent

Republican says government shutdown is possible if GOP regains majority

Dems To Slam Boehner As Anti-Jobs In New Ad (VIDEO)

TPM has slideshow up. Obviously, Dick Armey did not tell them to leave the crazy signs home today!

The Walkback Begins

Here's a pretty strong rebuttal to Nate Silver's predictions by electoral-vote.com.

I have always been in awe when I see trees near the treeline.

"Death Panels" and "Catfood Commissions"

Gingrich: Obama has a “Kenyan, Anti-Colonial” Worldview

Man ignites Koran near Ground Zero, apparently prompted by Florida Pastor Terry Jones Read more: ht

Hunger strike called on account of hunger (updated)

POLITICAL INSIDER: John Bolton weighs a WH run

Man shot by LAPD officer in Westlake apparently went by several names

(Murdoch-owned) News International plan to sponsor academy school causes concern

Unsettled nation marks 9/11 with rituals of sorrow

Brazilian officials rescue workers in slave-like conditions

Weary of drug war, Mexico debates legalization

Turkey votes in referendum to amend constitution

Turkey prepares to vote in constitutional referendum

More U.S.-Mexico border crime a myth, officials say

IMF warns of global economic slowdown

U.S. weapons fuel drug violence, Mexico's president says

World Panel Backs Rules to Avert Banking Crises

Taliban and US Get Down to Talks

Calderon blasts Clinton

Progressives rally at Fighting Bob Fest

New armed drug-trafficking groups menace Colombia

(UK) Welfare budget cuts defended by Danny Alexander following leaked letter

Danish police investigating whether suspect targeted newspaper

Boehner Questioned on Ties to Tobacco Lobbyists

Turkey poised for major shakeup as voters back constitutional reforms

Former CNN reporter acknowledges error in 1992 report that sparked campaign firestorm

Security in Afghanistan Is Deteriorating, Aid Groups Say

Iceland Parliament Committee Seeks to Indict Ex-Premier for Role in Crisis

2 killed in Afghan protest over Quran-burning plan

Cigarettes, electricity on the way to trapped miners

Afghanistan election problems will take years to fix, says watchdog

Russia Uses Microsoft to Suppress Dissent

Imam planning mosque near Ground Zero wants 'what is best for everybody'

Poverty Rate In U.S. Saw Record Increase In 2009: 1 In 7 Americans Are Poor

Advertise on NYTimes.com Many Push for Repeal of Tax Provision in Health Law

GOP tries to take out tea party-backed candidate

US church wants to resume Zimbabwe AIDS work

Clashes erupt in Indian Kashmir

Harley unions to vote on Wisconsin labor contract

Iran 'To Free Jailed American Hiker On ($500,000) Bail'

Obama has taken no questions from LGBT media since election

Divisive Turkish referendum passes

Divisive Turkish referendum passes

Boehner: I'll Drop Tax Cut for Rich If I Have To

Goolsbee: Unemployment 'Going to Stay High'

Hurricane Igor intensifies in Atlantic Ocean

The Beatles- Tomorrow Never Knows

Introduction to 9/11 Stories: Our Voices, Our Choices

Victor Jara-Canto Libre(Free Song)

Weird Liberal Head Show #160: My Own 9/12 Project

Sean Duffy Supports Paul Ryan's Roadmap for America

Smirking slob sets Quran on fire, 9/11/10, just feet away from Ground Zero and Park 51

GOP House candidate talks Iran and 9/11 antimosque rally

Repubs change the meaning of "words" into emotional responses.

When teachers feel this way, something's wrong. A little humor.

The joys of NY election law

Mott's Strike Illustrates Labor Union Dilemma

TV AD: "You're Welcome" (Dems To Slam Boehner)

Hitler sings The Jeffersons theme

TYT: Court Supports State Secrets

Tea Bag Kanamits

Swear to God (Mr. Show Sketch)

NOVA on PBS: What Darwin Never Knew

Young Turks: Rabbi--Spill the Blood of Atheists

Palin's speech at the Let's Piss On The Memory Of 9/11 high school gymnasium Grift-A-Thon

Obama is the Anti-Christ- Tea Party March

Bill McKibben speaks at rally with Solar Panel once on White House - JTMP.ORG

Presidente Salvador Allende: el ultimo discurso: the last speech

"You Turn On The Television & The Radio & You Basically Witness An Onslaught Against Islam"

Pathological liar John Fund: 'Very Few Teachers Have Been Laid Off'

Tea Party Burqa

First Lady's Remembrance Of Flight 93 Interrupted To Call President Obama A

Teabagger admits he doesn't know what his sign means!

When words go up in flames

Societies without God are more benevolent

Muslims and Islam Were Part of Twin Towers’ Life

Luckovich 'toon: Orange level/Boehner

BOOK REVIEW: Toward a New Public Diplomacy - Redirecting U.S. Foreign Policy. Edited by Philip Seib

Don't call us... we'll call you.

The Photo before the Storm: Peace Talks Already Failed (Ramzy Baroud)

Frat House for Jesus

Americans OK Allowing Tax Cuts for Wealthy to Expire

Gingrich Endorses Social Security Privatization Part of Ryan’s Roadmap

MUST SEE DFP headline: "Will I ever be able to RETIRE?" - part 1 of 3

writing on Islamic frenzy, Kristof (NYT) asks, "Is this America?"

The Redistricting Bump Goes To November's Winners

Bad Gonzo Craziness on the Dark-side of the Spectrum

The secret dossier of lawbreaking that spells trouble for Rupert Murdoch...and David Cameron

Pastor Terry Jones Redirects Hatred Toward Jews, Vows to Burn Hanukkah Candles

Imagine If NYT Columnists Like Thomas Friedman Had to Know About the Great Recession?

The Comfort of Ignorant Bliss

What does Sheriff Joe Arpaio have to hide?

The Cosmetics Racket: Why the Beauty Industry Can Get Away with Charging a Fortune for Makeup

Frank Rich: TIme for the Big Dog to Bite Back

Chile: the other 9/11 anniversary

Christiane Amanpour & Imam Rauf Discuss Park 51 Community Center & Islamophobia In America

Are swiftboaters, birthers, and teabaggers allowed to post here?

Department Of Interior To Clean Nation's Filter

Lithuania Invites Bids for Nuclear Power Plant to Cut Russia Dependence

Turning Russian Nukes into U.S. Energy (Time)

UNSUCCESSFUL “FAST BREEDER” IS NO SOLUTION FOR LONG-TERM REACTOR WASTE DISPOSAL ISSUES

A Winter of Extremes? Maybe, Thanks to La Nina

Car ad with a message: what do you think of this Nissan Leaf polar bear ad?

Have you heard the bull**** claim that "renewables are great but they aren't enough"?

Are you sure the PAC 10 really wants Colorado?

Ex-Dolphins second-round pick Pat White gives baseball a try

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Ohio State & Swagger

Remember DirecTV subscribers..NFL Sunday Ticket is free today..

Another September To Remember?

This Song Is Dedicated to All Philadelphia Eagles Fans Out There

Giambino!!!!!!!!!!!

Every single ranked team in the ACC lost Saturday..

ESPN Investigates Wes Welker's Extremely Fast Recovery!!

Roll Tide

University of Tennessee gives up 45 unanswered points tonight.

Giants shows the Cowboys how to open up a stadium!

Detroit Lions get robbed.

Ron Kramer, Michigan and GB Packer legend, died today

it's FINALLY ff time.

The Lions were just robbed of a win

Hey, joeybee!! How is Satan's bedeviled MLB team from Northeastern New England doing?

The original 9/11 -- Santiago de Chile

Colombian Victims of Paramilitary Violence Plead for Access to U.S. Justice System

Electricity crisis in Venezuela keeps worsening

Cost of basic basket has increased 46.6 percent in a year (venezuela)

New armed drug-trafficking groups menace Colombia

Researchers upending previous Amazon theory

Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner doing fine after surgery

Chile: the other 9/11 anniversary

"They’re Running the Economy Into the Ground" (Venezuela)

MILITARY COUPS, MINING & CANADIAN INVOLVEMENT

Weary of drug war, Mexico debates legalization

Alex Smith sucks

U.S. weapons fuel drug violence, Mexico's president says

Bad breakfast and a shotgun

Russell Simmons: Stop the Lying: Repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Lesbian couple's house burned down

The Japan Festival

Subway trains

Peace Now: 2,066 Settlement Homes To Be Built As Soon As Freeze Ends

Association For Union Democracy's Annual Beach Party

Today in Labor History Sept 12 Jobless workers march on grocery stores and seize food & 49 killed

Will Voters Listen? Obama vs. GOP on $180 Billion Tax, Infrastructure Plan

Hotel Quickie Strikes Build Union, Workers’ Determination for Contract Battles

Jimmy John’s Workers Hope Management ‘Freaks Out’ Over Union Drive

No Nurses Strike In Duluth –Tentative Agreement Reached After Nearly 30 Straight Hours Of Bargaining

FAIR: First, Bash the Teachers Media find a scapegoat for educational failure

Huffington Post: Kickoff Week for the NFL Negotiations

Colts, Texans players make statement regarding NFL labor uncertainty

Vietnam seeks gains as China labor costs rise

Researchers upending previous Amazon theory

Societies without God are more benevolent

Why is it so hard for Christians to define themselves?

Any creative suggestions regarding a challenge....

Fascinating: Empathic Civilization

Forgiveness, comfort and solace from a Sufi saint.

anyone here familiar with chia seeds?

Harmful Amyloid Interferes With Trash Pickup for Cells in Alzheimer's Disease

Multivitamins may not slow colon cancer

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