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Archives: December 24, 2014

Even Alfred Hitchcock missed the bus once in a while.

Exclusive: NCIS Investigating Bin Laden 'Shooter'

NOW: Hundreds march up 5th Ave. Occupy Astoria LIC Long Island City

Joe Biden to Attend Funeral for Slain NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos

"'Twas the Night Before the 112th Congress"--"Nation Article" from Long Time DU'er

Enrollment For Obamacare Jumps With Two Million New Sign-Ups

Do you approve or disapprove of Sony offering "The Interview" for limited release?

Florida woman damages Satanic Temple display at state capitol

A first-rate -- and much needed -- NY Times Editorial: Mr. de Blasio’s Call for Harmony

Upper West Side woman ordered to stop putting four bedroom apartment on Airbnb

Colorado group campaigns for equal gun rights for pot smokers

HoooBOY! This stuff would get me drunk as all get out!

American Airlines Inc. employees to get 4 percent pay raises, while pilot contract goes to binding

unfortunate RW headline

So the stock market reached 18,024 today

Can you name one positive thing about a RWinger and still hate the GOP?

Any DU'ers spending Xmas alone this year?

Parole revoked for convicted Nebraska killer charged with sexually assaulting a child

No Indictment, No Justice for Houston Police Officer Who Shot Jordan Baker

The Week: Tis the Season for Archaic English

Politico: The end for Michael Grimm

Severe weather slams southern US; 4 killed

FairPoint won’t back down in strike, CEO tells Pingree

Judge limits medical marijuana delivery app

Portland Oregon-area man accidentally sells girlfriend's cat...

The Unblinking Stare - The drone war in Pakistan.

need help finding lobbying dollars by industy BY PARTY - OpenSecrets obviously isn't making it easy

Well, if Bond were black, I don't think Live and Let Die would have

I still love this Fox interview with Wes Clark

Happy holidays and a great new year to all my gun owner friends.

Guess who talked the most on the House floor this year?

FBI Warns Of Possible ISIS Terror Plot To Blow Up Memphis-Arkansas Bridge

An interesting bit of info about today's day length...Afternoons are getting longer.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Off duty, black cops in New York feel threat from fellow police

Calling the other BB (BainsBane)!

Mandatory Tuesday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Yulapalooza 2014!! & a new Kitteh & Puppy gif

Hacks

Rachel has some Grimm fairy tales of yore for Christmas

Donkos have league-high 9 players selected for Pro Bowl

"The corporate reform agenda does not have a single, semi-solid leg to stand on

A Guide to the American Press

Contract deal averts food workers’ strike at Miami International Airport

Federal labor board decisions are a bonanza for unions

US State Department's Guantanamo envoy resigns

fat cat loves helping us play cribbage

A Brand New World In Which Men Ruled (stanford class of '94 and the internet gender gap)

A Brand New World In Which Men Ruled (stanford class of '94 and the internet gender gap)

A Brand New World In Which Men Ruled (stanford class of '94 and the internet gender gap)

#Disability Solidarity!

Fate of 15-Foot Buffer Zone On Hold in Pittsburgh

Fate of 15-Foot Buffer Zone On Hold in Pittsburgh

FMF Study Shows Increase In Nationwide Single-Sex Public Education

FMF Study Shows Increase In Nationwide Single-Sex Public Education

Right-Wing Media Hide Obama And De Blasio Statements To Blame Them For Violence Against Police

"Women aren't as smart" VS "Men aren't as smart"

Top HHSC official says staffers misled him on 21CT dealings; company sues lobbyist

Russian opposition faces Internet censorship

Former President George H.W. Bush taken to Houston hospital with shortness of breath

NYC protesters defy mayor's call for moratorium

Boko Haram Kidnapped 172 More Women and Children, Officials Report

Boko Haram Kidnapped 172 More Women and Children, Officials Report

Crackpot Utopia: The Year in Republican Crazy, Part 4

Breaking Down the Pink Aisle/Blue Aisle Barrier

Breaking Down the Pink Aisle/Blue Aisle Barrier

Crackpot Utopia: The Year in Republican Crazy, Part 5

Unbroken: Jolie’s Testament to the Human Spirit

So if Obama destroys Russia or close to it, what should he do now?

University Of Illinois Chicago Study: Alcohol Can Actually Improve Creative Thinking

Dumb Criminals: DUI Suspect Was Wearing Elf Costume

Santa's had his crack at facilitating the kiddies -- why not give Satan a shot?

Thank you all. Your beliefs define you.

Most popular Atomic City blog posts of 2014

You Thought The Saudis Were Kidding? (More on these low oil prices)

Roosevelt Institute: Chuck Schumer and the Democrats' Identity Crisis: Economic Policy vs. Rhetoric

Judge Rejects Ariz. Sheriff’s Suit Over Immigration Actions

UPDATED - DECEMBER CONTEST ENTRY THREAD W/ NEW DEADLINE

A little late for the Solstice

Alan Gross, spy released from a Cuban jail in swap, will receive $3.2 million from the government

UPDATED - DECEMBER CONTEST DISCUSSION THREAD

Here's the death scene of Kim Jong Un from The Interview that pissed off North Korea

Serial breast pump thief terrorizes New Jersey.

NY Protesters Shout ‘F*ck Fox News’ Live on Fox

Oakland school disowns gun control video made on campus

Obama should organize a special White House showing of "The Interview"

Eight String Religion - Sojourn

Firefighter hurt in Southside drive-by shooting

Neo-Fascist Group Busted in Italy Was Planning Holiday Attacks on Migrants and Magistrates

Funny how that works out...

Oh my. Well played. LOL!

Yes, it's early, but Merry Christmas to all my fellow DUers!

Why this person hasn't died of starvation already will remain an unsolved mystery

I‘m going to be that person. The one with

If I see that Big Lots Christmas ad on my teevee again...

Conservative Media And Cop Killers Of A Different Color

WATCH: Racist Cops: Only a Symptom | Mickey Z.

If Wishes Were Loaves and Fishes | James Howard Kunstler

Father Christmas catches fire, and other Victorian Christmas disasters

PNAC rebranded!?

Daily Holidays - December 24

Champ Man 15 APK Android

BDA releases list of top five diets to avoid for the year

RT was among the very first sources on Antonio Martin

The Lion Sleeps Tonight - A capella in a NYC subway

Shall we mourn again on Christmas Eve? Another child violently taken from us.

Wales: RSPCA sees rise in abandonment of pets

Homeless man sings to a woman on the street

Bobby Jindal at a Louisiana Prayer Conference:

How do I renew my membership? Paypal is not accepting my login!

When 59 Children Died On Christmas Eve 1913, The World Cried With The Town Of Calumet, Michigan

Mizzou Cop Forced to Kill Gun Wielding Blk Teen

Open Letter from San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland Police Unions

I don't like the descriptive term "homeless".

New York’s Cop Coup

What's on your list of traditional holiday movies?

Young Jews look to leave Turkey

BBC director Danny Cohen: Rising UK antisemitism makes me feel more uncomfortable than ever

Sacked ‘racist’ serving as magistrate in Stratford

Off duty, black cops in New York feel threatened by fellow police officers

Gunman fires on Paris synagogue

Poppy Bush rushed to hospital overnight

Antonio Martin, Black Teenager, Fatally Shot By Police 2 Miles From Ferguson: Report

Hallelujah!

JOE COCKER- " LOVE NOT WAR"

IS captures Jordanian pilot after warplane crashes in Syria

9 Signs the Kochs Have Created Their Own National Political Party

America's Dangerous Turn to Anti-Intellectualism

Antivitruvian

P.U.-litzer Prizes: The Stinkiest Reporting From the Year

Cancel Christmas

New Minimum Wage Laws Will Force Walmart To Hike Wages At Over 1,000 Stores

The US Is About To Send More Private Contractors To Iraq

I'm a lucky bastard...

I'm starting to smell a rat...

The Hill: Why Elizabeth Warren should be the next president

How David Gregory Lost His Job

The US Has Fallen into the Perfect Trap

Ashraf Laidi: Dangers of underestimating deflation

Democracynow.com - coverage of Dontre Hamilton - nt

"On the bass - Derek Smalls. He wrote this..."

VIDEO: Surveillance footage prior to officer involved shooting in Missouri

Sanctions, Low Oil Prices Make ‘Toxic Cocktail’ for Russia: Nuland

To everyone.

Jordan says one of its pilots captured in Syria during air raid

Most incompetent communist ever -->

Question, what if we treated police shootings like aircraft accidents?

LA police investigate song mocking dead black teen at ex-cop's party

Gas prices stay low as Saudis try to "smoke out" US

"Have Yourself - A Hell of A Time"

South Korean prosecutors set to arrest ‘nut rage’ official

Officer Fatally Shoots Armed Man Near Ferguson, Mo., Police Say

India attack: Suspected rebels kill dozens in Assam

Seems kind of fitting..."National Brotherhood Week."

Cenk Uygur mocks Limbaugh: We’d enjoy a Black James Bond even if it bothers ‘your racist ass’

S Korea seeks Chinese help over nuclear cyber-attack

The Rude Pundit Is Right: "The NRA has caused more cop shootings than a nonstop parade of protests"

No 'Interview' screening slated for Omaha

Federal appeals court backs Omaha Tribe in boundary case

Federal appeals court backs Omaha Tribe in boundary case

Japan charges Tokyo 'vagina artist' with obscenity

Endless Wars Have Cost Americans $1.6 Trillion, Report Finds

Atlanta Theater to Show "The Interview" Movie.

Steelworkers Ramp Up Oil Industry Bargaining; Prepare for a Strike

Steelworkers Ramp Up Oil Industry Bargaining; Prepare for a Strike

Corporate greed drives strike

Koterba toon: Santa

Palestinian Sniper Attack on Israeli Patrol at Gaza Border Sets Off Clash

Peace

My horrible right-wing past: Confessions of a one-time religious right icon

Tribute to the men in blue...

Ho Ho Ho

Heads up! Comfort Dental is offering FREE dental services today in all of their locations

A thought about safety

Between Pollution & Smoking, COPD Likely To Become Pakistan's Leading Cause Of Death

Queensland Gov Knew For 2 Years Abbott Point Dumping Site Worst Of 7 Possible Locations On GBR

The CIA & NYPD: Perilous Insubordination in our Democracy

Over 166 Years, Temperatures In Finland Have Risen Twice As Fast As Global Average - AFP

Tsunami, ten years later

Transformers

Christmas Music-youtube heavy

Funny stuff last night on tv.....

Remember this chart?

Christmas Music-youtube heavy

Donald C. Johansen accepts the Emperor Has No Clothes Award

Oil spills into Black Sea near Russian port after pipeline leak

Ebola crisis could last through 2015 as marks year since outbreak-expert-TRFN

Driving While Brown ... And Furry

The Kid in Upper 4

I'm going to need spinal fusion surgery.

"Torture Is Good & We Are Awesome" So Sayeth Brennan, Cheney, Hayden & FOX Hosts....

Christmas season TV nostalgia. Lots of YouTube links. Enjoy!

Joe Biden to Attend Funeral for Slain NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos

Honda recalls 1,252 Crosstours over side air bags

'Toon: Kim Jong Un

Dow 18,000...A Good Thing for Many

Promiscuous Teological Intuitions

Another shooting near Ferguson and more protests

bah humbug

Olympus might have a game changer: Sensor Shift technology.

Omaha World-Herald editorial: Mayor, unions do good work on pensions

Teacher Wins $150,000 Prize — And Donates It All To Her School

HuffPost Duped By Phony Witness To Police Shooting Near St. Louis

Hamas chief rebuffs Assad accusation of siding with his opponents

Iran: A Humiliating Defeat

The Rebel Jesus

Sadly, We Learned Nothing From The Christmas Truce

What is the point of protests?

Five Reasons Why 2014 was a Game Changer in Palestine | Ramzy Baroud

I went to a funeral this week that featured a sermon that I thought was totally inappropriate.

Happy Solstice, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, and Christmas. Happy HOLIDAYS !

Side effects from oral chemo?

US stocks open higher in abbreviated trading day

Democrats create an ALEC-killer

Federal Court Agrees: Women Can’t Be Forced to Have an Ultrasound Before an Abortion

Jury Gives Pot Dealer 9-Year Prison Term

Jury Gives Pot Dealer 9-Year Prison Term

Google alert: Internet giant alerts FBI to Colorado threat against police

Get Ready Now for the Fast-Track Fight

Triumph of the Shills ("The Interview" to be released after all)

Bill Bailey on UKIP...

Sow justice, reap peace-No justice, no peace Michael Franti

American Airlines says 'strong' profit to allow bigger wage hikes

Obama Hires Former Keystone XL Lobbyist as Senate Liaison Because It's 'In the Public Interest'

Pickles and electricity

Ukraine Briefly Cuts Power to Crimea Amid Dispute With Russia Over NATO

Police Officer Who Shot Man in Missouri Did Not Have Body Cam Activated

I hope you all enjoy this very special thread ...

Any bill collectors here? Or know someone who knows the field?

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

Police Officer in recent SL shooting was given body cam and decided not to wear it

1073!

Iraq reality show 'In the Grip of the Law' brings ISIS terrorists face-to-face with their victims

It's really hard to take criticism of Obama here seriously

Dear Santa

Federal Judge Dismisses Arpaio's Lawsuit Against Obama

Evil torturers catch a break: How America got distracted from a national travesty (Salon)

Meet the America-Hating, Assad-Loving Journalist Who Just Came Back From the Islamic State

The Middle East's fear of atheism

A DU thread from 2004 about George Herbert Walker Bush.

Rosetta captures steep one kilometre cliffs and boulder-strewn terrains

w00t! My mother-in-law got me this guitar for Christmas (pics)

David Cay Johnston

Living under ISIL rule as a religious minority

Sony Says It Will Stream 'The Interview' Starting Today

Egg on Right Wing: Turns out it was Putin playing with marbles as Obama played chess (VIDEO)

Japanese prime minister says he wants to resolve territorial dispute with Russia

Darren Wilson Prosecutor Admits Witnesses Lied Under Oath to Help Wilson

Continue Cuban Embargo Because Communism!

Stop the presses! No Catholic debate on Cuba deal!

'The Interview' To Be Available For Online Rental Starting Today

U.S. prepares to ramp up transfers from Guantanamo

Pluto is a planet again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"The Interview" video-on-demand available now...

Ring of Fire: What Can You Get When You Buy A Politician?

This is not good.

For Christian DUers at Christmas - "One Solitary Life"

The War on Zombie Christmas...

Don't be a d*ck!

"Sorry for your loss. We know how you feel."

Coming our way soon,

Panda drama at the National zoo!!!

Sony to show 'The Interview' on Youtube, other Internet channels

Link hoping led me to Aj-Jazeera and Bush's apparent hatred for them is fascinating

Too many officers are putting on a badge and strapping on a gun...

Ever wonder how big an eagle talon is?

1:17 PM CST Berkeley Mayor Speaking on CNN

Bernie Sanders: That's just greed....

Bernie Sanders: The USPS is one of our most popular and important government agencies....

Why the Grinch Stole Christmas

Fellow Travelers: A Musical Mind Excursion

The 40-Year Slump (if you have ever read a post about the middle class wages read this!!!)

what's for dinner - christmas eve edition

Michael Sam the NFL's First Openly Gay Player: 'I'm Just The Only One Who's Open'

A Christmas tradition: Battles over Christmas displays

Campfires of Hope

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all Floridians!

When the Guns Went Silent.

Forty Year Slump (on US wages needs attention in GD and a favor please)

Forty Year Slump (on US wages needs attention in GD and a favor please)

'Atmospheric Rivers' to Soak California as Climate Warms

The Shop around the Corner, at 4 on TCM,

My trip to the doktor(the horror, the horror)

Applications for US jobless aid fall to 7-week low

TYT: Russia's Online Troll Army Is Huge, Hilarious & Everywhere Posting RT videos, Putin apologia

Every Movie Theater Showing The Interview on Christmas Day and After

It's Christmas Eve. Time for a little Christmas Cheer from Cheech and Chong.

Eastern Ukraine: Humanitarian disaster looms as food aid blocked

How the GOP and corporate media conspired to win the last election?

TYT: 'Occupy Pedophilia' Terrorizes Gays In Putin's Homophobic Regime in Russia: Warning, disturbing

could use some help iding a page from a book

2014 most memberable moments..

Dog With Bent Legs And Curved Spine From Awful Living Conditions Gets A New Beginning

The Most Radioactive Places on Earth

Longueuil 'Santa cops' dole out $100 bills to unsuspecting motorists

Florida woman in ‘Catholic Warrior’ t-shirt destroys Satanic Temple’s holiday display

Unions make push to recruit protected immigrants

Black Cops Balance Duties With Understanding of Racism

Aircraft emergency slide question

Army General to Determine Whether Bowe Bergdahl Will Face Charges

The King and Savior draws near, O come let us adore him.

A little Xmas tune: Fleas on My Dog...

Watch Greta Van Plastic Surgery give bush a BJ as he talks about dad and Jeb

"No Democrats Don't Need a Tea Party" (U.S. News and World Report)

My secret sin

The Daily Beast: No, North Korea Didn't Hack Sony

Another Black 18-Year-Old Has Been Killed by Police 2 Miles From Ferguson

Pizza in JAPAN

If no one criticized the police, they would do a much better job at protecting our communities...

Is There A New Life For Cuba's Classic Cars?

Just Streamed "The Interview".............

Virgin births are no longer rare. They happen everywhere.

Our cat, Smokey, will be spending Christmas in the hospital.

Weekend Economists Silent Night Christmas Eve 2014

Last-minute gift idea: 'Miami Vice' Ferrari on eBay for $1.75 million

Jumping the Thin Blue Line: Police, Death and Justice

"Merry December" by Mike and the Mikettes: an original music video

CDC reports potential Ebola exposure in Atlanta lab

Kitteh vs watermelon

The Old Lady in the Window | Philip A. Farruggio

Merry Christmas to all the Sports Groupies!

Putin orders vodka price cap as Russia’s economic crisis escalates

2fer: An ATA question from "Nameless". & I missed the Gripes holiday, here're mine.

All About My Spurs - Sonya Hamill

Is anyone familiar with Roberts Rules of Order?

The Atheist in Miracle on 34th Street

The Magic Of Christmas Eve Goes Beyond Religion

Troubled Iowa insurer CoOportunity Health may be liquidated

Dick Cavett Talks About Nixon and his New Book

If Teddy Roosevelt were alive today...

"happy holidays" outrage

The Government Problem (Robert Reich)

Native American Man Who Attended Anti-Police Brutality Rally Is Killed By Police Next Day

Christmas Falls to 5th Most Wonderful Time of the Year — Survey

Screw "The Interview," I got the movie *I* wanted for Christmas today!

Funny, not one comment on FB about this thought....

Gingerbread housing market expected to crumble

Remembering when Russia TV ran that photoshopped image to blame their MH17 shootdown on Ukraine

Three Macro

Campus eviction notices are fake, but their anti-Semitism is real, experts say

When I alert on something it is usually

Ohio: Zombie Nativity Scene Must Go

US offers $5M reward for al Qaeda leader released from Gitmo

This is my first Christmas without my beloved.

U.S. retailers likely to just meet holiday sales forecasts: experts

Brazil's 'chainsaw queen' appointed new agriculture minister

Brazil's 'chainsaw queen' appointed new agriculture minister

Protests erupt in Nicaragua over interoceanic canal

Cop Shoots His Own Tire

C'mon you know you want to know - Where's Santa!?!?

Just a couple Christmas slaps at the pretentious hypocrites known as the "GOP"

Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory"

Outgoing Republican WI State Senator Rips GOP: ‘How Much Pain Do We Have to Dish Out?’

Dylan Thomas - A Child's Christmas In Wales

the Stupidest Anti-Science Bullshit of 2014

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