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Archives: November 18, 2014

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Former porn actress gets DMV picture taken with Pastafarian colander

Milwaukee teachers union seeks higher wages for education assistants

Panda in Boston Meeting with the Red Sox

Milwaukee teachers union seeks higher wages for education assistants

Milwaukee teachers union seeks higher wages for education assistants

Big day in MLB today ...

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Tuesday, 18 November 2014

New video game "Dragon Age: Inquisition" banned in India because of gay male character

Bernie Sanders talks to CNN about a 2016 presidential bid

City Union Mission won't allow same-sex couples to stay together

City Union Mission won't allow same-sex couples to stay together

City Union Mission won't allow same-sex couples to stay together

What I'll call the upcoming GOP congressional "Surge" and the GOP Idea of "Good Governance."

How can we Progressive/Populists Answer this...I have No Idea:

Rinelle Harper inspires louder call for inquiry into murdered aboriginal women: Steward

Mother Jones re: the Just Mayo lawsuit

Mike Lukovich on illegal immigrants.

Mother Jones: Big Mayo Wants You to Know There's Only One Way to Make Mayo, Dammit

Almost 36m people live in modern slavery - report

Mother Jones: Al Franken Was Liberal Enough, Tough Enough, and Doggone It, People Reelected Him

"They Spent 95 Million on that Thing and My Kids are in Trailers."- NYC PS Teacher

Mother Jones: Al Franken Was Liberal Enough, Tough Enough, and Doggone It, People Reelected Him

Russia Plans Own Version of Wikipedia to Provide More 'Reliable' Information

EMS: 18 suspected K2 overdoses in downtown Austin on Monday

Emmett Till memorial tree planted at US Capitol.

The Prison Coding Class That Might Have Inmates Making Six Figures On Their Release

Braves Trade Jason Heyward To The Cardinals/Stanton's Big Deal!

medical marijuana card holder commits suicide after police ‘witch hunt’ over pot ‘butter’

Museum on slave trade planned for former Episcopal cathedral in Providence

Man Charged With Rape, Murder In 2012 Attack On Teen Lesbian Couple Appears In Court--No Hate Crime

Man Charged With Rape, Murder In 2012 Attack On Teen Lesbian Couple Appears In Court--No Hate Crime

Wrigley Field Rooftop Owners Owe $36M, Facing Foreclosure

Welcome to DU?

This still holds true -

O, come on! Woman suffers 90 orgasms an hour (Honey did you see this????)

Mike Malloy - Glenn Beck Sick With Mysterious Neurological Illness

Richard Wolff: System Change, or There and Back Again: Capitalism, Socialism, Fascism

Solar energy co. SunEdison buying wind power co.

Al Franken Explains Why Ted Cruz Doesn’t Understand The Internet

WTF!!! Why is Tweety on at 8:00pm I just turned the TV on looking for Chris Hayes

Edinboro University, PA Shooting

Kelly: SAC mainstay 'Looking Glass' on course for place of honor in museum

Wesley Clark defends low-income cell phone program during speech in Baton Rouge. +ISIS.

UNFUCK AMERICA! Blackness is not a threat.

The labor movement helps Ferguson heal

Missouri Governor Declares Preemptive State of Emergency for Ferguson

Paging pinboy3niner, Paging pinboy3niner

Alert! For anyone thinking of adopting from a rescue organization. Please read...

Sam Seder: When Climate Change Becomes "Real," It Will Be Too Late

Mike Malloy - Maybe This Two Years Obama Will Grow A Pair

WATCH: Settlers assault, throw stones at Palestinian farmers

Heads up San Franciscans. For the next 2 months, Margaret Cho will be busking on the streets of

Kids React to Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

Alert! For anyone thinking of adopting a pet from a rescue organization...

Let's get this straight re: today's ISIS beheading on NBC News

Charles Manson gets marriage license

Well, I think it's becoming quite clear what the Grand Jury ruling in Ferguson is going to be by the

Red sky at night (Dialup warning)

Hamas releases video calling for more attacks in Jerusalem

No Shit ...38

FBI Warns Ferguson Decision ‘Will Likely’ Lead to Violence By Extremists Protesters

Dramatic footage of Spanish navy ramming Greenpeace protest boats

Mandatory Monday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Grand Jury! & a new Kittehs gif

Kitchen dancing. Classic American film piece from West Side Story -

Did the Republicans violate election laws in 2014 midterms? Twitter offers clues

"Home for the Holidays" support homeless LGBT

“Republicans”: Don’t Fix the Problem, Make it a Secret Instead.

Netanyahu: Jewish people have national right to Israel – this will be enshrined in law

'Saint Reagan!'

White House threatens to veto EPA related bills

Man Charged in Upper East Side Attack on Jewish Couple

Richard Wolff: System Change, or There and Back Again: Capitalism, Socialism, Fascism

U.S. court rejects Maine's effort to trim Medicaid rolls

Guardin Whistle-blower Exposes ESA Coverup Conspiracy

Rachel Maddow is creeping me out!

Border Patrol agent pleads guilty to harboring immigrants

A poem I wrote a few years ago about the beginning of winter

More Costly Trade: Airbus wins contract for US space capsule Orion

Halliburton To Buy Baker Hughes For $34.6 Billion

Angry about American ISIL Deaths? 1 Vet Commits Suicide Every Hour. Get Angry about That!

GOP congressman: Republicans should embrace marijuana legalization

Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues author and transgender campaigner, dies at 65

Today in Herstory: Public Support for “Silent Sentinel” Suffragists is On the Rise

Legal experts.....is it possible for the Grand Jury results to be known to DHS and Governor Nixon...

Chopin's heart exhumed in secret, like a relic

Colorado health officials send proposals for regulating pot edibles to lawmakers

I tawt I taw a wabbit!

Israel To Step Up Demolition Of Palestinian Homes

Dwight Howard Cleared of Child Abuse Charges

German Village Plays Epic Prank On Neo-Nazis

*Emmett Till tree story on Rachel now.

Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues author and transgender campaigner, dies at 65 (xpost)

Russian OSCE Envoy Urges Washington, Ukraine to Disclose MH17 Crash Data

Kiev Fails to Carry Out Reforms, and EU Calls Prove It: Russian Diplomat

'Women of Appalachia' exhibit to hit the road

Harry Reid Unleashes Mayhem On Senate Floor

And Now the Richest .01 Percent by Robert Reich

Democrats Lash Out At Pelosi

From South Africa to Appalachia, The Power of Resilience and Community

Peyton Manning is over. Broncos won't even make playoffs.

Nowitzki becomes 4th player to score 27,000 points with one team

Ferguson officer accused of raping pregnant woman:

What was the song you lost your virginity to?

ISIS covets all manner of western technology. Yet they want sharia law. What does the Koran

sex segregated worship: beautiful or disgusting?

"The New Cruzians Are Ready to Make Life Hell for Mitch McConnell'

State Sen. Perry bill on illegal immigration targets 'sanctuary cities'

*Lawrence discussing impossible for repugs to keep senate, and win white house, NOW.

need to delete account and remove my threads

Gravy train: Health Care Law Recasts Insurers as Obama Allies

Any Dictator...

Cops are out of control. Here in Az a 2 y/o gets stung by a scorpion & the DPS officer threatens mom

Church of England formally approves women bishops

What part of TV-MA do "concerned parents" not understand?

Families file class action suit over 1968 No. 9 explosion

All 50 US states will experience temperatures below freezing overnight says National Weather Service

Pro Lifer's Meme - Women Not Into Husbands & Having Kids Should Not Have Sex.

Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (VIDEO)

Rosetta probe Philae discovers organic molecules on comet

Study links virus to sea star wasting

"Health Care Law Recasts Insurers as Obama Allies"

Obama extends condolences to Salia family

An open letter to my departing friend and companion....what a long strange trip indeed.

"We just can't trust the American people to make (healthcare related) choices" - Hillary Clinton

Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship asks to postpone arraignment, is denied

French Muslims see Jews controlling nation’s economy, media

State: Harrison County voters rights’ impeded

Gay Man Walking Around NYC For 3 Hours Exposes Rampant Homophobia & Harassment

Help with changing voter registration

After almost 13 years, I no longer have a "partner,"... (update)

The glass is broken!

Five dead in terror attack on Jerusalem synagogue

Putin Says He Will Not Let Ukraine Rebels Be Beaten

At Least 9 Hurt In Attack At Jerusalem Synagogue, Israeli Military Says

Great quick savory lunch...

If I'm Understanding The Supreme Court Challenge For Obamacare Right....

Linguists to deploy to West Africa in Ebola fight

Let Bartlet be Bartlet.

UMMC Announces Plans for New Isolation Unit for Ebola Threat

Sure hope the price of butter comes down for Christmas baking!

Egypt: One Village At A Time - Women's Literacy Project

Disability system for veterans strays far from its official purpose

"What Are Some Common Forms of Sexism That Men Face?"- Huffington post (Women section)

Anonymous at KKK Twitter: And finally here's a unicorn. :) Love this.

Pay Phones in New York City Will Become Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots.

(Vermont) GOP lawmakers urge Shumlin to fire Gruber

Ok here's what I don't get about this whole Keystone XL Pipeline project...

Locals say ‘kidnapped’ general left village with unarmed men and without force

Uribe wants government monopoly of medical marijuana if legalized

"Home for the Holidays" supporting LGBT homeless youth.

Family make tearful plea for abducted Miss Honduras

DoD to Highlight Warrior, Family Care at Rehabilitation Expo

November 18

Hagel defends Ebola mission in Fort Campbell visit

Deadline Met: Rough Draft of Paper Turned In!

Widows: Probe into Peru activist killings stalled

New data show long wait times remain at many VA hospitals

Widows: Probe into Peru activist killings stalled

Army report looks at effects of potential cuts to Fort Bragg, other installations

Indonesia tests female police recruits' virginity

University of So. Maine Becomes “Administration of So. Maine” as Students Protest Faculty Firings

Two Pink Floyd Music Videos From The New Album 'The Endless River'

Fast-tracked bill would shield execution drug

News Guide: Texas' latest history textbook tussle

Fracking to be permitted in GW National Forest

Early Winter Weather Brings Snow Cover to 50% of U.S

Japan cuts whaling target in bid to resume hunt

The “Sex Offender” Regime is Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Study: More Homeless Children Now Than Any Point in US History

ISIS and the Intimate Kill

Report: Only 3% of Mainstream TV News Guests Opposed War: Democracy Now, FAIR

Reagan and Gorbachev Didn’t Tear Down the Berlin Wall

Japan PM Shinzo Abe calls snap election in December

Matthew Miller: Trying to get jailed in North Korea

Waterless fracking getting trial run at Utica well in Ohio

Sushi eaters pushing Pacific bluefin tuna to brink of extinction

New Waterless Fracking Method Avoids Pollution Problems, But Drillers Slow to Embrace It

The missing story of the 2014 election: a positive view

Amy Winehouse - Rehab - Back To Black Live, You Know I'm No Good

Round on the ends, high in the middle

America Is More Terrifying Than Orwell’s Fiction

10 Ways Police in Ferguson May Be About to Break the Law

Video: Defend the social rights of Detroit workers!

Ben Carson LUNACY: Strip Citizenship from Non-Citizens Who Vote

Rosetta Comet Scientist Apologizes for 'Offensive' Sexist T-Shirt

How Our Media Is Helping America Turn into a Land of Political Idiots

One in eight gay and bisexual men in London living with HIV

Russia and China Are Teaming Up as the World's New Power Elite

Corrine Corrina-the original version by Bo Carter

The Mississippi Sheiks-He Calls That Religion

Drug Warrior Mitch McConnell Tied To Millions In Cocaine

Cuban Doctors Flee Venezuela With The Help Of U.S. Parole Program

A Platform to Affirm Fundamental Human Rights

Where do Tax Dollars Go?

Wall Street Crooks Spent Billions To Silence Whistle-Blower; It Didn’t Work

Slowpoke Toon: Life in the Billionaire Bubble

Does anyone make water kefir?

California Tells Court It Can’t Release Inmates Early Because It Would Lose Cheap Prison Labor

Jerusalem Synagogue Attack Leaves Four Rabbis Dead

Republican Engineers Call Ted Cruz Out For Ignorance on Net Neutrality

End the Student Debt Crisis Today

No one knows what the Darren Wilson grand jury will conclude, not even Nixon

South Dakota Sioux tribe calls Keystone XL pipeline approval 'act of war'

Police Are the Problem - Anonymous

Palestinians kill four in Jerusalem synagogue attack

The XL pipeline will endanger a major supply of fresh water. That is a crime, and this graphic tells you why.

Dire Straits - Money For Nothing MTV Video & Extended LP Version For My New Friend Bobclark86

China's answer to "Avatar" marred by dangerous working-conditions, incompetent crew...

The Real Life Amityville Horror

Catholic church cites "religious freedom" defense in lawsuits

An Atheist Chats with a Young Muslim Woman About Religion… Then Deconstructs the Entire Conversation

Removal of religious references reflects expansion of intolerance

Hey Gov Nixon.. Want to keep peace? Clamp down on the KKK

Vatican lifts ban on married priests for Eastern Catholics in diaspora

Water Service Cuts Now Routine In Sao Paulo, Though Water Company Denies It's Doing Anything

Frasure Creek Mining (KY) Accused Of Falsifying Water Quality Reports - You Voted For This, Kentucky

Polar Bear Population In Alaska, W. Canada Down 40% 2004 - 2010; 2 Of 80 Cubs Born 03-07 Survived

A high profile kidnapping threatens Colombia’s peace process

Parvovirus May Be Cause Of Sea Star Wasting Syndrome - Reuters

Armyworm Resistence To Transgenic Crops Emerging - Bt Corn Losing Effectiveness

Alaska has chosen a new Governor and kicked out the incumbant Republican Governor

Pope Francis: Children have right to a mother and father

Why Darren Wilson will possibly not be charged.

When a Nixon Called out the National Guard:

What particular examples of media lying, or spreading false info stick out to you?

Need help. I'm debating a RWinger on "food stamp trafficking" on Facebook.

Brazil asks for explanations: Why was Jaua recruiting Brazilian children for indoctrination? (Spn)

Citizens United--Can someone tell me please

Oxford Dictionaries have announced today that their international Word of the Year 2014 is .........

How moronic does a society have to be...

NFL Suspends Adrian Peterson for Rest of Season

The Simpsons co-creator saves gay bull from slaughter

What happened after a single dad asked strangers for advice on helping his son come out as gay

Adrian Peterson Suspended

Ferguson Grand Jury: What You Need To Know

FBI (Stoking the fire) Warns Ferguson Decision ‘Will Likely’ Lead to Violence By Extremists

Jack (1996) was a movie I saw when I was a kid.

I just posted to an OP that is buried by now;

Zac Dysert's mother killed in head-on.

No more set vacation or sick days at L.A. Times

West Virginia: Winfield High reverses course, allows LGBT club

With Only A Handful Of Episodes Left-Stephen Colbert Succumbs to the Cuteness Of Bears

Rollcall: What Marginally Less Stupid Stance Will GOP Take On Climate In 2016? Miss Lindsey Worried

Settlers attack Palestinian school near Nablus

Gov. Voldemort Now Gets To Deal With Rising Seas; Tea Party Upset At Signs Of Moderation

Fluke Russert armchair quarterbacking this morning's pending Boehner immigration fatwa! USA! USA!

East Jerusalem under 'collective punishment'

10 Days Of Quasi-Clean Air In Beijing = Parking 11.7 Million Vehicles Daily; 10,000 Factory Closings

Weeping mom arrested for abandoning kids while she went to a job interview 'refused offers of work'

Academic Madness and the Politics of Exile

Whistleblower exposes 5 dirty secrets of Comcast in interview

Stewart Mocks Mitt Where It Hurts: 'ix-nay on the itt-May'

7 Enforcement Actions, $270,000 in Fines, and 51 Violations in 5 Years = "Satisfactory" In Texas

And Now the Richest .01 Percent

What is the procedure for arrests on a rape investigation?

The Problem of 'Stupid' in Economics

Bill O'Reilly Hangs Up on ESPN Host After Questions About Olbermann, Controversies (Video)

What are the PROBLEMS Populists want to fix?

Yeaaah, I don't think I'm going back to Florida...

Boehner: If Obama vetoes the overwhelmingly popular Keystone bill, he thinks you're stupid

Republican house and Senate to set new food labeling bill

*E#*!!...huh?

Boner claims "This president has no interest in listening to the American people". Simply audacious

How to End All Sports Team Hazing - Physical and Sexual

My mother-in-law said the same thing...

Sean "MTV's Real World" Duffy (R-WI) sure loves using the word "work" when discussing Republicans

820,00 new naturalized citizens in the EU in 2012; about 760,000 in the US.

Churches offering sanctuary to immigrants

GM co-op student report leads to safety recall

This YouTube video has had over 6 million views in less than a month:

Let's Ride...

Bernie Sanders to Stephen Colbert: I’m here to ‘frighten the billionaire class’

Ferguson and Agent Provocateurs ...

Small town in Germany tricks neo-Nazis, raises 10,000 euros for anti-Nazi charity.

Fake liberal Jonathan Turley hired by John Boehner

Landrieu Seeks 60th Vote on Keystone Approval/NBC

Australia Dumps Carbon Tax, And Emissions Now On Track For Projected New Record

Rumor has it that the Oly OMD EM5 is discontinued and

Another big protest in Hungary against the right-wing government there.

Pelosi was just unanimously reelected House Minority Leader, per aide in caucus meeting. No nays.

A majority of Americans make less than $20 per hour

American Family Association kicks off the Annual War on Christmas (tm) with boycott on PetSmart

Trulia: Home affordability slips for middle class

The 'dirty' side of soap: Triclosan, a common antimicrobial causes liver fibrosis and cancer in mice

Human Rights Watch: Ukraine, Syria: Incendiary Weapons Threaten Civilians

We need to talk about Uranus.

"Do you think millionaires should pay less taxes than bus drivers?"

Historic Protest Inside the United Nations During UNCAT Review of US Torture

Your time in Iraq makes you a threat to society: Andrew Chambers at TEDxMarionCorrectionalSalon 2013

Al Franken joins the crowd ridiculing Ted Cruz on net neutrality

The President needs to use his veto power.

Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels

Bob Marley’s family launches global marijuana brand, with help from a Seattle company

Israel Increasing Demolition of Palestinian Homes

Phyllis Schlafly: Impeach Obama for turning the US into a Third World Country

I was called for jury duty yesterday--consternation ensued

The base of our economy are the middle and working classes and the working poor

Cartoon: Elizabeth Warrens assures Reid on a possible presidential bid.

Outrage in Mexico over missing students broadens into fury at corruption, inequality

Here's the vid of Bernie on Colbert

10 Hours of Walking in NYC as Princess Leia

The Long Shot (Martin O'Malley)

"You're not helping"

Cry WHY WON’T HE LEAD, and let slip the thinkpieces of bipartisanship fetishism.

Are we are all being lied to?

Photo of the Day

I recently renewed my PCMatic program (from PCPitstop). Also have AVG installed.

Bill Bill Bill my god

Netanyahu seeks guarantees to avoid an election

UAE designates CAIR and The American Muslim Society, terrorist groups

NC childcare workers earn poverty-level wages, national report says

Seven minutes of terror: Indiscriminate fire at point blank range

In the King of Prussia: The Trial of the Plowshares 8

Turkey mistakes to avoid

Texas fundy goes full-on theocratic...

Dems demand answers in State Dept. cyber-attack

*snicker*

Calif. Tells Court It Can’t Release Inmates Early; It Would Lose Cheap Prison Labor (xpost from GD)

Oh My!! This is A VERY GOOD READ! (crosspost) "SEVEN DAYS UNDERGROUND"

Dulles International Airport opened 52 years ago today.

November 18: disastrous day

Exactly what is an "outside agitator"?

Good News (but still call your Senator!) KXL

Seven Days Underground by Skinner. Excellent and fun read or re-read.

The leaves came off the Ginkgos at Judiciary Square last night.

Now here's a T-shirt I'd love to get!

FARC confirms it is holding kidnapped Colombia general

Here is the remarkable reporting by Lawrence O'Donnell on the 2016 election

The Great Lakes Snow Machine is on overdrive today.

T - 9 Days until Thanksgiving dinner with teabagger extremists...

New York City Will Turn Every Payphone Into A Free WiFi Hotspot

Jesus Didn't Care About Correct Doctrine, and Neither Should We

Should we all just forget about Clive Bundy and the Government's failure to enforce Laws.

The Hill: Sen. King to vote against Keystone bill

Christians and Muslims have co-existed peacefully before and must do so again

Can commerce and religion go their separate ways this Christmas? (COMMENTARY)

House Republicans Hire Third Lawyer For Obamacare Lawsuit

Meanwhile, in Upstate New York,

Fake Jerry Jones - It's not the 90's anymore.

Pic Of The Moment: 2 Weeks After Pledging To Get Government Working Again...

Bill Cosby 1969 standup about drugging woman with spanish fly

Comet Landing 2014: Rosetta Probe Philae Discovers Organic Molecules: Report

State Senator Looks At Topless Pics During Abortion Debate

US to close family detention center in New Mexico

CNN: 9/11 terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui claims Saudi involvement

Gun Rights Advocate Says People Should Use Guns To Prevent Obama From Becoming A Tyrant

Some advice for DNC should Bernie Sanders decide to run for President

Texas textbooks teach America is ‘Christian nation’

Florida man assaults girlfriend after she makes pancakes instead of waffles for birthday

When our current political system will die

The ridiculousness of Hillary Clinton’s expand-the-map strategy in 2016

Oops: Florida Republican Forgets To Remove ALEC Mission Statement From Boilerplate Anti-Tax Bill

Obama's New Groove

GOP cries foul over Obama's defiance

NFL Suspends Peterson Without Pay for the Season

Update on Pilgrim Oil Pipleline

When are conscientious Democrats going to call trickle-down econ the lie that it is?

Do you believe HRC, if elected President, will rein in Wall Street and regulate it properly?

43 youths flee Bogota prison after arson and riot

Arlington Streetcar Project Canceled

How Overblown Fracking Numbers Might Lead To Even More Dangerous Fracking

Number of victims of Colombia’s conflict surpasses 7 million

Real Chinese Women Who Are Now Unrecognizable Due to Plastic Surgery

Can anybody tell me what I might do with pistachios this year?

Inside the World's Most Bizarre Brand-New Museum: Shrunken heads. Tiger skeletons. Celebrity feces.

Gateway Casinos embraces going green

Jimmy Swaggart’s Son: LGBT Activists Would Behead Christians If They Could

Crime just does not pay, unless:

the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Black Students Walk Out Over School Official’s Tweet: ‘Every White Girl’s Father’s Worst Nightmare’

'I'm Going to Live': American Ashoka Mukpo on What It's Like to Have Ebola

I wish this was not the last season of The Newsroom..

You might want to re-think that comment you are about to post about Ferguson

Bug?

Colombia’s economic activity fails to generate jobs: UN

A crybaby, roider, fraud, and now a sexist pig

China Could Deliver on Its Carbon Promise Earlier than Expected

How did you meet your husband/wife/significant other?

How The Supreme Court Can Kill Obamacare Without Overturning It

Bernie Sanders: Washington works well if you're a big corporation like Verizon...

NTSB: Drone Flights Are Subject to FAA Regulations

Welcome to Netanyahu's 'resolution' to the conflict

The United States of Thanksgiving

I've noticed a lot of n00bs since the election.

History’s lesson reveals depth of fish catch decline

Not feeling sexy? Try frogs in a blender!

The United States of Thanksgiving, recipes

How removing one letter from an anti-gay church sign can make everything so much better.

CEO of TransCanada concedes that Keystone pipeline will only create 50 perm jobs.

Brazil ex-billionaire on trial for insider trading

Environmental groups accuse Kentucky coal company of resuming falsified pollution reports

Ring of Fire: Ted Cruz Is Absolutely Clueless On Net Neutrality

Starbucks gets caught up in Vermont GMO tussle

NASA releases geologic maps of asteroid Vesta

Independent.

How long before the right wing blames Obama for the synagogue attack in Jerusalem?

President Obama Makes a Statement on the Attacks in Israel

FCC Seeks Details About AT&T’s Threat to Suspend Fiber Expansion Over Net Neutrality

Let's hope the cops and the Klan don't turn violent if Wilson is indicted.

Peru: indigenous leaders murdered for protecting their forests

Water war in Bolivia led eventually to overthrow of entire political order

PBS Newshour:Studying Alaska's ice and snow to track climate change

Water war in Bolivia led eventually to overthrow of entire political order

Senate Votes on Keystone Pipeline

Easy Slow Cooker Indian Pudding

Hi! Can anyone here tell me what is up with the Wright/Skrmetta race?

A Cuban Brain Drain, Courtesy of the U.S.

Secret Donors Behind Some Super PACs Funneling Millions into Midterms

'Tactics as Dirty as Their Oil': Leaked Docs Reveal TransCanada's Propaganda Plan

Striking Animation Shows One Year of CO2 Swirling Through the Atmosphere

Nonprofits Can't Afford San Francisco

Why you can't read our website in China anymore...

Uruguay Praised For Its Efforts To Reduce Tobacco Consumption

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence: We’re ‘ennobling’ poor people by cutting off food stamps

90% of the human population lives in the northern hemisphere. Coincidence?

Idaho Christian faith healers — 12 kids have died since 2011, and nobody’s doing anything about it

Cold is all in your mind.

"17 People Who Had the Last Laugh"

Let's Dance!!!!!

California AG “Shocked” To Learn Her Office Wanted To Keep Eligible Parolees In Jail To Work

My Medicare supplement thru AARP will go up 2 bucks a month in 2015.

Steelers release LeGarrette Blount

The Rude Pundit - Random Observations on the Push to a Vote on the Keystone XL Pipeline

Senator Bill Nelson- Representing Florida

The whole Keystone vote stunt is just pathetic.

Saco man who killed family, self, had stopped taking antidepressants when he lost his insurance

Oakland’s Cat Town Cafe a creative, humane space for adoption

Obama: 'We cannot be complacent' on Ebola

ISIS Aint Just A Bunch of Wackos: "ISIS is run by a council of former Iraqi generals"

Men’s Rights Activists: Nobody Wants To Work For Women — And It’s Not Sexist For Them To Say That!

Facebook tool lets you find out if your friends support Ukip or Britain First

What's for Dinner, Tues., Nov. 18, 2014

The GOP Must Be Crazy

If the Dems start compromising with the Repukes now

Munch the bulldog: How I Roll

Anyone wanna take a break from Ferguson and shoot down this FB post?

OMG!

Sioux Tribe: Keystone XL Pipeline Vote Is ‘Act Of War’

Ten Illegal Police Actions to Watch for in Ferguson

Cured in Liberia, man tests positive for Ebola in Delhi

Chuck Toad would rather be jabbed in the eye with a salad fork than asked about David Gregory

That is how the actual fuck you say that.

'Tactics as Dirty as Their Oil': Leaked Docs Reveal TransCanada's Propaganda Plan

I have come to the conclusion that nothing in this world makes any sense

Nixon announces members of Ferguson Commission

Israeli shoots, seriously injures Palestinian teen near Ramallah

The Backasswardness of What Is Isn’t

Million dollar baby: Canadians handed $1M bill after woman gives birth in U.S.

California Tells Court It Can’t Release Inmates Early Because It Would Lose Cheap Prison Labor

Ted Cruz blasts e-fairness as “massive national sales tax;” calls Obama “angry and defiant”

San Diego Eyes $3.5B Recycled Water Project

Scholar Reza Aslan absolutely destroys biblical literalism

The Backasswardness of What Is Isn’t

Here's the live thread Senate Debate on Keystone.

'VAPE' is Oxford's word of the year

Hunger Games by Rethug Pence of Indiana-Cutting Off Food Assistance is Ennobling the Poor.

A legislative question for the knowledgeable.

Violent clashes in E. J'lem, right-wing rally at entrance to capital

Quick Scan of Discussionist shows....

Why Democratic Strategy is Way Wrong

How Jonathan Gruber--and Republicans Using Him--Get Obamacare History All Wrong

Something all Democrats, not just the ones in Colorado should see

7 U.S. CEOs made more than their companies paid in taxes, study finds

California students in high-poverty schools lose learning time, study says

Yikes, woke this morning, and parts of the Mississippi River were frozen!!!!

The GOP's Theme Song (Daily Kos)

John Boehner: President Obama would be "calling the American people stupid" if he vetoes Keystone

So, yeah, fuck the Keystone XL pipeline.

Louisiana bus driver detains gay student to make him repent for ‘sinful ways’ of homosexuality

Isis in Iraq:Baghdad hails the retaking of the Baiji oil refinery as the start of the long fightback

At this point in time Joe Biden has the best change of being the next Democratic president.

5 Dimensional Policial Compass

Holy Moly. Buffalo has 3 feet of snow and could get up to 6 feet

So what is it going to take to get those who didn't vote in 2014 to vote in 2016?

Russia has called for "a 100% guarantee that no-one would think about Ukraine joining Nato" ...

How do the hosts handle LBN headline changes?

Senate to debate S. 2520: FOIA Improvement Act of 2014 on Thursday

If there's a better show on American television right now than the "The Newsroom," name it

Fusion TV? Anyone get this channel?

More American Cities are Punishing the Homeless for Being Homeless

If we are going to have a death penalty, let's add crimes the death penalty will actually deter

Amnesty reports activists' 'ugly reality' in UAE

Watching the senate Keystone debate, a question:

Virginia woman accused of attempting to aid Islamic State

CNN's Van Jones says Keystone pipeline only creates 35 permanent jobs

A Forest Threatened by Keystone XL

Over the last 72 hrs, my computr decided it doesn't have a sound system???

anybody ever have a non dislocated fracture of the proximal radius

Obama can provide Landrieu cover.

Rick Perry criminal case can proceed, judge rules

17 White Christian Men - I guess diversity is hard.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence: We’re ‘ennobling’ poor people by cutting off food stamps

Watching this vote for the cancer causing pipeline,

They are voting right now

Racist summit: Matthew Heimbach calls for 'death to America'

Tab for new Travis civil courthouse: $294 million

BILL FAILS - 41 no's.

Florida woman accused of dismembering neighbor, then... just read for yourself

Cuba--End the embargo

Republican Steering Committee Recommends House Committee Chairs for 114th Congress

If gas prices were up Obama would be blamed

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah 41 votes against the Keystone Pipline

Afghan women's rights leader escapes assassination attempt

How much fun is this (going to be)

Protest in progress in Senate...

Do I hear Lakotas celebrating????

LETTER FROM NAIROBI: Mothers mobilise for women’s rights using social media

Breaking: Senate Narrowly Defeats Keystone XL Pipeline

Colombia’s Ombudsman seeks clarity on general’s capture, urges humanitarian accord

Ireland's gay bull Benjy saved from slaughterhouse

So what the hell was turtle man saying that in the next session he'll bring

Two federal rulings open door to gay marriage in South Carolina

Explained: Why the 2016 Toyota Mirai, Honda FCV Concept, Have CHAdeMO Sockets on Them

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Scientific American: Hydrogen May Prove Fuel of the Future

Julie Bindel: Feminism is in danger of becoming toxic

Georgia Reopens Dwight Howard Child Abuse Case

I learned about the great app for the blind and vision impaired today

Hard to believe-Us lefties finally won a battle

Ben Ray Luján named new head of DCCC

Majority of Americans, Democrats even, support Keystone! Are they just making shit up now?

CNN: ISIS Takes Libyan City.

Dear Pence the Dense:

Congratulations Arroyo Grande, California. You just elected Homer Simpson as your mayor.

my latest blanket

Obama Obama Obama....why don't we hold CONgress responsible for the mess we are in?

Greg Palast: The Secret Lists that Swiped the Senate

Quotes for Toby Ziegler (Character) from "The West Wing" (1999)

Clock Ticking On Plan For Disability Savings Accounts

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