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Archives: December 23, 2012

"I think my cows do an OK job, but I really feel my sheep have brought it home for me," Jacobs says.

Here's a way we can fulfill NRA Chairman Wayne LaPierre's call

Bernie Sanders, "It is not an equal sacrifice.....

Wheel of Time - the end of 23 years of waiting

Cleaning company fired after allegedly damaging or staining marble floors in state Capitol Read mor

Toon: Gun Control Proposals

Tarter Sauce found someone she likes!

It's deja, deja, deja vu all over again!

The difference between liberals and conservatives:

Ted Kennedy Jr. Mulling Massachusetts Senate Bid

"It's beginning to look a lot like... Umm, never mind!"

I think I just got my first good lens

So you think you're the FIRST one to curse that fucking AutoComplete function?

Has anyone proposed fixing deficit by funding defense like Social Security?

Iowa Supreme Court says its OK for woman to be fired for being "irresistibly" attractive

Wow George H W Bush is still in hospital andthey are not discharging him

Devastating tornado rips off woman's roof... and she sleeps through the whole thing!

While we're at it - lets ban all .50 cal firearms and silencers

The Nation: NRA vice president Wayne LaPierre unloaded a thirty-round magazine of crazy

‘Pie Lady’ Drives Across Country To Bring Comfort To Newtown…With Apple Pies

Can Taterboy or someone like him explain this to me:

It was not me! It was Boener! He did it!

what will wayne lapierre have to say on Meet the Press?

Got 'Em!!!!

Holiday gift ideas...

The airing of grievances makes this the best Festivus ever!

What not to do at a company party.

Here's some real weapon control

Do you know what the Immaculate Conception refers to?

The Last Thing We Need Is MORE Guns In Our Schools And State Houses

Gun Control: Federal Judge Who Sentenced Jared Lee Loughner Calls For Federal Assault Weapons Ban

The FCC, the Public Interest and the Blue Book

"Bowling for Columbine" is on Current TV Sat 8pm Eastern time

John Boehner has a Real Reason to Cry, Is Voted Most Unpopular Member of Congress

Why don't most people care whether a gun is semi-automatic or automatic?

Penn Jillette gets it right

after hearing Wayne La Pierre's speech Friday and the Usual double talk from "Most politicians"

AP: "Fiscal Cliff Blowup Caused By GOP Policies: Analysis"

Merry Christmas DU pets!

Scott Brown for Secretary of Defense???

By Robert Parry

Best Christmas Present Evah!

About 2016...

Gun Pandemonium as No Background Needed for Web Sales

John Kerry as the new Secretary of State

GOP Rep. On ‘Plan B’ Failure: ‘It’s The Continuing Dumbing-Down Of The Republican Party’

It's Time! Ashton and Demi To Divorce

Tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception.

Rejuvination

Iron Butterfly – In A Gadda Da Vida...Bassist Lee Dorman passed away in California.

"A teacher in every gun store."

He was actually politically aware for a teenager, with a conservative worldview

Go See "Silver Linings Playbook"

The next evolution of the wheelie.

"Top Conservative Publication: Shooting Occurred Because Women Ran The School"

TCM Schedule for Saturday, December 22 -- The Essentials: The 1950's

TCM Schedule for Sunday, December 23 -- Tonight on TCM: Christmas Double Feature

If we learn only one lesson from the horrible shooting, let it be this

Spain follows Germany down dirty but politically-correct energy sinkhole

Cuban Americans reject immigant parent's republican allegiance

Is there a way to allow a guest on your wireless, without giving out a password?

I have to tell you. Just back from a "Christmas" party, Newtown area.

Just found this photo I took of some books on display at the library...

I recommend to anyone who is interested in how religion and what the founders actually believed

Best Anti-Gun Memes and Cartoons

Stanford gets a chaplain for atheists

The Moose Sex Project

It's Saturday night. Y'wanna know why DUer's do so LOVE their weekends?

Nuttin' For Christmas

Catowners decorating - it isn't coal

I trust Obama on gay issues and think that any President deserves deference on his cabinet picks

Red Lake Reservation - Shooting Survivors Arrive In Newtown ~ ctpost.com

Sunday Talk Shows

My parents' dog likes beer and wine

Plan Uncovered to Topple Boehner

I'm watching "Miracle on 34th Street" for the umpteenth time (thanks, AMC) and I've been thinking...

Does anybody know anything about Rasputin's penis.

Talk radio host Dana Loesch files suit in St. Louis against Breitbart.com (wingnut on wingnut crime)

Does Culture or Economics Motivate the European Far-Right? Neither. It's distrust in the political

Bolivian president predicts era of peace and love instead of apocalypse

Obama responds to gun-control petitions

"...the Center for American Progress (CAP) made the same proposal as the President."

SCORECARD on "Chained CPI"/Social Security Cuts : an Update

Some of you wonder how I can thumb my nose at Death. I hope this makes everything perfectly clear.

Grover's Pledge

I have a job interview....PLEASE send vibes!

Naomi Wolf: The coming drone attack on America

National Shooting Sports Foundation, Newtown Gun Lobby.

Money, toys, food and gifts — including 60,000 teddy bears — have poured into Newtown, Conn.

In the end.................

A reflection on humanity...

DU POLL: Do you have more faith in the new congress than the last one? For example, will more get

Advocates fear gun control agenda will divert Obama from immigration reform

Wanted

The holidays are just another excuse for the world to intrude on Henri's solitude!

Review of FBI forensics does not extend to federally trained state, local examiners

Derp!

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - would right wingers repeal this, if they could ?

Ban gun role play?

2016 Repuke Dream Team: Palin Prez, Joe The Plumber VP, Wayne Lapierre Attorney General

The Oregon Mall Shooter and my visit to the mall with my family.

Rasputin's penis" is the phrase for today. Modify a thread title to include "Rasputin's penis".

I am not ready to eat crow and assume the cuts to Social Security are off the table.

I am an ally

I keep starting replies to the gun-nuts, and then they turn out so ugly, I end up deleting them.

Florida governor asks Obama to block possible ports strike

**POLL** DECEMBER PHOTO CONTEST FINAL VOTE **

** DECEMBER PHOTO CONTEST FINALS UP IN GD!! **

Don't need no education?

What if Newtown had happened before the election?

Cops: Chicago teen dies after shooting himself while playing with gun

Good article on future SOS Kerry and US - Africa relations

I think Boner is all that is holding the Republican Party together.

TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 25: Christmas with the Hardys

Who's Up for Brains?!

I have a wicked ear worm!

Wayne LaPierre's Three-Point Plan for School Safety - in pictures!

George Carlin on the NRA, gun enthusiasts, and Wayne La Pierre:

I really do not think President Obama thought Social Security would ever get cut.

Somebody help me with pearled barley in split pea soup?

Gallup has Obama's approval rating highest since July 10th, 2009:

I'm really enjoying discovering common ground on the gun issue.

Paycheck Debacles

Gun ownership causes crime

Any New Polls Out on Gun Control?

LaPierre on Press The Meat Tomorrow

TCM Schedule for Wednesday, December 26: Star of the Month: Barbara Stanwyck

Latest Facebook Gun Nut/Obama Hater Picture Making The Rounds

Congratulations, HiPointDem, on 10,000 posts!...nt

Do you think the GOP will still vote Noooo if we go over the fiscal cliff?

What should my wife and I do?

Patrick Kennedy said he expects his brother, Teddy Jr., could announce a decision before Tuesday

What's the point of journals now the 'buddy' system and 'featured journals' have gone?

News Corporation says publishing arm lost $2.1bn (BBC)

Right-wing libertarianism has always been a deeply authoritarian political philosophy.

Mr. Skinner and Mr. EarlG, I would like to propose a slight modification to TOS.

Milk Prices Likely To Soar In January After GOP Obstruction Blocked The Farm Bill In The House

No one knows President Obama's negotiating style.

JAMA: NRA silenced the Science on Gun Research

I think I learned a lot from this week's fiasco.

Chained CPI is a Democratic Party idea?

Breitbart goon suing Breitbart.com!

Pennsylvania looks to alter electoral vote system

A Father’s Journey

Cannabis can make patients 'less bothered by pain' (BBC)

Netanyahu lauds Kerry nomination for U.S. secretary of state job

Gloat Free NBA Scores (Saturday, December 22)

For our information:

Should we WANT Boehner to be toppled, or not?

Have you seen this ad about gun violence yet?

The 12 Gays of Christmas

Ryan Freel Commits Suicide: REPORTS

Somebody please help me to understand...

Self-described Leftist writes: Why Not Renew the “Assault Weapons” Ban? Well, I’ll Tell You…

Dudes We Wish Would Make Out Who Are Not Matt Damon and Michael Douglas

California Megaflood: Lessons from A Forgotten Catastrophe

How often do you visit the comments section on YouTube videos?

I have short little story for anyone willing to listen...

Bemoaning the current state of DU, oh yeah

Mila Kunis Targeted: Ukrainian Politician Aims Anti-Semitic Slur At Actress

there seems to be a semantics issue here concerning guns.new words might help.Offensive Weapons Ban

Hungary's Jews face down new anti-Semitism, embrace heritage

Hungary's Jews face down new anti-Semitism, embrace heritage (x-post)

Russia’s Move to Block U.S. Adoptions Sets Off a Wave of Worry (NY Times Sunday article)

Mila Kunis Targeted: Ukrainian Politician Aims Anti-Semitic Slur At Actress (x-post)

Ever heard of that story "The Littlest Jingle Bell"?

Note to NRA

Christmas heroes

Goodbye again.

Best Political Cartoons of the Week

The world mourns with Connecticut; gifts pour in

Wayne Lapierre is a bad guy with a gun.

10 Key Court Decisions That Prevent Right-Wing Christians from Controlling Your Sex Life

Today's Non Sequitur

In 2009 more people killed themselves with guns than died in homicides.

A Message To the NRA From the Four Horsemen Of the Apocalypse

How do you reason with people like this?

Tec-9’s for Teachers? Arming Educators Gets a Failing Grade

Globe account of John Kerry's day Friday

Parents of British boy killed in Connecticut school shootings: 'These deaths must not be in vain'

I guess I should clear off my workbench more often.

Pet project: Colorado girls transform grief over dog into nonprofit to help animal-welfare groups

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Missile Toe Kisses Edition

The coming drone attack on America

Clare Balding: I want to marry my civil partner "for the verb"

Gun Pandemonium as No Background Needed for Web Sales

How a House filibuster killed nuclear plants - By James Weaver, former Democratic U.S. congressman

Dodd-Frank Swap Rules Delayed Six Months for Overseas Trades

Is this fat cat a "job creator"?

Another Homeland Security FAIL: Pricey state radio system catches static on reliability

I have some really good news, that makes me a bit nervous . . .

Failure of Boehner’s 'Plan B' may help unemployment benefits extension

Cancer of Corruption, Seeds of Destruction: The Monsanto GMO Whitewash By F. William Engdahl

Sunday's Doonesbury- The Honest Man is Back!

FDA pushes to release genetically modified salmon into the environment

Paul Winter Consort 2008 Winter Solstice Concert Wolf Eyes

The death of a child: A parent’s worst nightmare

Calvin Johnson breaks Jerry Rice's single-season record for receiving yards

Columbine High School Had Armed Guard During Massacre In 1999

Walmart Sells Assault Weapons But Bans Music With Swear Words

GE Salmon Swims Towards Approval, How’s that for a Holiday Surprise?

In Praise of Snow

Candidate to lead the FL Democratic Party gave to Republican candidate running against Rod Smith

A very simple poll on gun control.

Meet the weeds that Monsanto can't beat

Why the GOP can't attract business to FL

Tanzania takes major step towards curbing land 'grabs'

I'm only half ashamed to admit I'll watch the premier of the Carrie Diaries

Obama Throws Boehner To The Wolves: "You Missed Your Opportunity"-&-“You get nothing”

All you need to know about the double standard is on this thread.

E-book restrictions leave 'buyers' with few rights

Danziger Nails it again - "Mr Cantor Joins The Planning Process"

Chuck Schumer's analogy: Guns/Mass Murder and Cigarettes/Lung Cancer

"Yesterday they called me a 'union thug';

horses

Victoria & S. Australia Impose Fire Bans As Temps Pass 40C

The conservative philosophy of tragedy: guns don't kill people, people kill people

"vaccinating" an OP.... Is it really that easy?

Chagas Disease Becoming Increasingly Urbanized As Demographics, Disease Ecology Change

GOP More Likely To Pass More Guns In School Act Than ----

Social Security on Facebook

Children's Defense Fund report on kids' gun deaths, new gun laws

A modern take on Rockwell

Doonesbury pinpoints the trouble with angry, straight, White, well-armed, evangelical men

CSPAN caller says good people should be allowed to carry

What The NRA's Wayne Lapierre Gets Paid To Defend Guns

What a Christmas Present - Joy Reid is hosting

The School of Tomorrow

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

Another glowing experience with a mom-n-pop business

LaPierre announces that MTP studio doesn't have armed guards as he argues w/ Gregory

Lapierre the highest price gunwhore at ~ 1MM ?

Ted Kennedy Jr. Mulling Massachusetts Senate Bid

"We need a national database of these lunatics..." LaPierre

Moving Beyond Rhetoric: Reflections From a Teacher in the Wake of the Newtown Tragedy

Ode to Christmas presents past.....

Tim Tebow's girlfriend dumped him.

What's for Dinner ~ Sunday Dec 23rd

"Diane Feinstein's guns"???

Surprise Whale Sightings in Norway

Tagg Romney: Mitt had “no desire” to run

Brooklyn Occupy Sandy church damaged by fire early this morning. Arson is suspected

Piers Morgan Deportation Petition Posted To White House After His Gun Control Rants

Question about Hillary leaving State..

For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall

Maybe of value to conversation on risk of gun violence, an outline of risk assessment

Article on Peggy Kerry, "John Kerry's favorite new employee"

Wayne LaPierre: If It’s Crazy To Put More Guns In Schools, Then Call Me Crazy

Michael Tomasky: The GOP Brings Politics to a Crisis Point

Crazy

Can you say "sour grapes"?

So I got a new camera and this is what I took...

45 years ago, the top songs of the year 1967. Remember?

Sunday News Programs - a complete waste of time and propaganda

What is wrong with David Gregory?

Listen, this crap about death by car vs death by firearm has got to stop

"Don't let the President take my guns away "(oh noes Lordy Lordy)

People don't NEED guns. They WANT them.

School Gunman's Downward Spiral

Last night confirmed ...

Tagg Romney: Father wanted to be president ‘less than anyone I’ve met’

All these white Republicans packin' heat in rural white majority states

Obama was WRONG to offer Boehner Nothing

Bullet-Proof Liberty

NRA President: Don't 'Overreact' to Newtown Shooting

How do i create another Group under the Health Topic?

Tagg Romney: Mitt 'Wanted To Be President Less Than Anyone I've Met'

Theme from an Imaginary Dinner

Christmas Comes on 18 Wheels for Locked-Out American Crystal Sugar Families

Check out the kids in the back row

Question: To those who think the Cliff is the best solution...

Obama’s “small deal” could lead to bigger tax increases

Letter of Resignation Sent By Bush to NRA

greywarrior's Facebook Picture:

New neologism's for the DU Thesaurus

Proposal to the NRA: sure we'll put armed police in schools

Susan Rice Should Not Have Caved in to Senatorial Opposition

LaDerriere - "Call me crazy"

math? Construction crew, apply here. Concrete debris loads. TYPO CORRECTED

Germany Warns Britain Against ‘Blackmailing’ EU

So if a child throws a stone at your child , the teacher should not take the stone away,

I propose a coalition between the Progressive Caucus and the Tea Party ...

Has Mittens spoken out about restricting his right to shoot varmints?

Question about online activism

Does this person look like a future presidential possibility to you?

This talk of rainbows and ponies needs to end.

2012: A memory or two

Does anyone know what time it is?????

Look at the Offers. Look at what was never on the table. Real change cannot happen

Joe Lieberman: Chuck Hagel Would Face 'Tough Confirmation Process' For Defense Post

Obama Told Boehner ‘You Get Nothing’ in Fiscal Cliff Talks

Time Names Mitt Romney Man of the Year 1912

Whom Does the NRA Really Speak For?

NBC’s David Gregory rips NRA chief over ‘common sense’

One Nation Under God?

Is there an epidemic of plural abstract nouns?

Ryan Lanza Says,"You Have No Right To Call My Brother Names When He Isn’t Here"

Face The Nation had Bob Schieffer interviewing NRA President David Keene

People whom you know to have been shot

How easy is it to obtain body armor?

Imagine if we had a full time cop in every school...

Oh, heck. Enjoy. Thanks for the memories, Andy.

Grover Norquist: Obama and Democrats Using Newtown for ‘Political Purposes’

Today in Peace and Justice history on December 23, 1961

Today in Peace and Justice history on December 23, 1961

LaPierre is spewing bullsh*t

What I've Seen on Facebook (Dial Up Warning)

Planning for Sea Level Rise in the Matanzas Basin, Steering Committee Interviews

My neosporin was expired in 2004...

Here's a Holiday story from a friend......It's a hoot!

The self defense myth.

Bill Moyers on the NRA

Henri is here! 'The Worst Noel'

A message for the holiday season "Something To Ponder" ~George Carlin

David Gregory Shocked By NRA’s LaPierre: You Fly In The Face Of Common Sense

How many private Christian schools have armed personnel?

IT WAS SAID (LMAO)

Silencing the Science on Gun Research

And another thing - we should ban the ownership of ALL automatic weapons

I can go along with this...

West Antarctica Warming More Than Expected

Watching Wes Clark on MSNBC ... I miss him!

A really good wine has a Twitter address on the label. nt

To all the holiday ASAH Seekers.

Timbuktu mausoleums 'destroyed'

Syria unrest: Air strike on bakery 'kills dozens'

What does this say about our media?

LaPeirre says "...there was no chance new gun control will pass in Congress..." someone else said,

NRA Shopping Guide

And so it begins: NY Times, WA PO Politics page have multiple pro-NRA but no gun control headlines.

Somali pirates release longest-held hostages after 33 months

The Constitution's doomsday provision.

Cannabis can make patients 'less bothered by pain'

Tolerance of "weapon flakes" is coming to an end.

I found the perfect Nightcap..

YO Wayne LaPierre (NRA-douche) what happens when armed guards can't protect the kids?

News: A Fido Friday office memo that was intercepted

Please get behind mayors against illegal guns ...this might be the most powerful anti gun voice ....

Say Wayne, what about the malls and theaters?

Best Political Cartoons of the Week

Ancient Buddhas, Modern Peril

If The Congress Won't Act On Gun Control Measures Than Why Not A Referendum...

Armed School guards - impractical, expensive, ineffective, illogical

"A Christmas Carol" (The Poor Are Not Boehner's Business Remix)

CARTOONS: NRA

Up with Chris Hayes is the best think on TV, at least on Sunday morning.

When Congress returns from holiday, Boehner has four days to accept the President's offer

Do video games make you want to shoot people??????????

EQUALITY.

Needs photoshop to turn Coyote into a Rethuglican:

The Ban on Studying Gun Violence

Warning. The wait for the men's room is 30 seconds. The wait for the lady's room is 30 minutes.

Egypt referendum: opposition calls for fraud inquiry

Facebook paid £2.9m tax on £840m profits made outside US, figures show

Drought Threatens Shipping on Mississippi River

O.K., it's Official = Search Results for #CrazyWayne

2 Mayan Guys

Christmas traditions reflect Catholic diversity

UPDATE: NY Post admits Ryan Lanza Facebook "interview" was a fake

What grade of body armour would you need to stop an AR-15?

How Wal-Mart Undermined Democracy to Bribe Its Way Through Expansion in Mexico

Tonight's Making Sense with Steve Leser at 7pm EST will cover the following topics Update URL

FOUND! Footage from Skittles' childhood.

A brief history of the United States Gun Culture + the NRA

The IDF, Netanyahu And The Next War

For politicians: "'How-to Manual' for Betraying Seniors and People with Disabilities"

Police raid cockfighting operation in West Oak Cliff (Dallas)

Bill Moyers on Gun Violence, Newton and Sandy Hook

Russia, Iran Lose When Assad Falls, But Who Wins?

Merry Christmas from Your Friendly Neighborhood Atheist

I don't buy the "we need guns to prevent government tyranny" argument.

Analysis: Constitution ‘yes’ gives Egypt’s Islamists foundation to create more religious state

Famed atheist professor says 'being raised Catholic is worse than child abuse’

I just stumbled onto the funniest game show ever!

Taliban Hint at Softer Line in Talks With Afghan Leaders

US border security advocates eye remote lands

A gift for DUers and others, who may not know.

US gun advocates want Morgan deported

President Obama Responds to We the People Petitions Related to Gun Violence

Obama is Determined to Give Republicans What They Deserve on the Fiscal Cliff

Mayan temple damaged in tourist 'apocalypse' frenzy

How old do you have to be to post a photo in the Photography Contests here at DU?

George C. Scott as Scrooge.

A widower at Wendy's

Ecuador’s Correa hikes minimum wage

Box and Maru 13

For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall. NY Times article well worth the read...

Sean Hannity Waterboard Weasel - 1340 Days Since Promising To Undergo Waterboarding For Charity

Time to put up the official Rocktivity Christmas tree

House Urges Obama To Shut PLO Office As Punishment For UN Vote

NRA Pres wants to go after...

Need more no votes in this poll (Guns in schools)

Official: Navy SEAL died of apparent suicide

Bloomburg wants to ban machine guns

Sending love, light, and merriment!

Congressman Keith Ellison: With Plan B Defeated, Any Deal Needs Progressives To Pass

Syrian Rebels Say Capture Military Base, Seize Weapons

Polar bear trade, hunting spark controversy

I propose a ban on cans

Your country on Democrats ... Your country on Republicans

President now takes a hard line..

Time for this again...

Jackpine's Theory of Everything--Come talk me down…

A very decent discussion of Social Security over at DailyKos

If I cant get back here tomorrow.....

10 years ago (yesterday) Joe Strummer died.

Full Gregory-LaPierre MTP interview

Sparkling Shame: Cash spent on Christmas decor could end US homelessness

A suggestion for a **very** different approach to gun control:

Exposing the truth (FB)

Not enough of us letting our government know we're against this pro-Israel all the time stance

Someone needs to remix Wayne LaPierre's "Call Me Crazy" speech

NRA shill Wayne LaPierre on Meet the Press today. The lowest of the low has been reached.

Responses to these memes calling Obama hypocrite on guns/violence?

Happy Holiday's all!

The foil hat wearing crowd

Can someone do a Photoshop mash-up for me?

CNN: Mayan Calender Prediction, "Still looking good."

The Onion Nailed the NRA’s Sandy Hook Statement Way Back in May

Hamas Needs New Outlook on Jews

Richard Adams Dead: Gay Marriage Pioneer Dies At Age 65

the AMT is not a middle class tax

Gun Rights OK? But Voting Rights not so much?

Israel remains an 'island of stability' among hostile Islamist movements

In your opinion is the fiscal cliff overblown? Or are we really headed for disaster?

Gaza terrorists fire rocket at Israel, but it falls short and lands inside Strip

The Mythical Pro-Gun, Anti-War DUer....

Foxman Calls Hagel Anti-Semitic, But Won't Oppose His Nomination (includes President Jimmy Carter)

Steps for when you're confronted with a workplace shooter

*Tony Kushner, screen writer for Lincoln, on Bill Moyers,

The main driver of economic growth is a strong rule of law.

One of the stupidest things I have ever seen;

The best 2 1/2 minutes in televison history.

Asylum Seekers Arrested In Tel Aviv Raid After Authorities Announce Holiday Reprieve

Was just watching the local news....

Op-Ed: Jewish organizations have made great strides in gay inclusion—but must do more

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