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Archives: December 28, 2014

Hackers release thousands of Amazon, Wal-Mart, X-Box and Play Station passwords; credit card data le

Xbox Live is down again on Saturday

Look! Comet Lovejoy

Does Anybody Know the Name of This

It's not easy Being Green. But we all better do it in 2015.

Keith Olbermann : I'd like to congratulate NYP Union chief Lynch for proving - at Ramos funeral -

Venezuela's milk shortage closes famous ice cream shop

NSA releases Boxing Day report -- Boxing Day is the day after Christmas. St. Stephens Day.

Epic floods in Malaysia and Thailand

Did the emergence of Elvis Presley in the 1950s help or hinder progress of African

The more I read about the Mayor the more I like him

Bullying the Mayor while the world watches? Young black men and boys don’t stand a chance...

Right-of-centre ideology has lost us the war in Afghanistan and much more besides

Straight into Compton: house prices soar as murderous gangs reach truce

Meet Chris

Very good bowl games today....

Neiel Israel - "When a Black Man Walks"

In the Crosshairs: Chris Kyle, a decorated sniper, tried to help a troubled veteran, tragic

"Too Cute" is on Animal Planet!

'Dr. Who: Jenna Coleman staying in series'

Documentary on Frank Olsen "Suicide", MK Ultra, and early CIA torture

Amy Speace | Haven't Learned A Thing

Panama Canal Workers Continue Labor Strike

Don't forget that Bill de Blasio's wife is African American

*Justice Elena Kagan on C-SPAN.

Reflecting back on The Good Wife, early in the season,

No, it's not black americans that are most likely to be killed by police.

Koterba toon: Best of Dec 27, 2000 ECONOMY!!!

US-Cuba relations: Pope Francis proves his mettle in international diplomacy

Alabama Gave This Killer a Second Chance.

Governors veto bill to reform Port Authority

Arizona police officer, suspect killed in shooting

Nothing New: The Last Time A NYC Mayor Tried To Rein In NYPD, Cops Rioted

Death penalty states unmoved by botched execution

That Debt From 1720? Britain’s Payment Is Coming

Speech of Eugen Drewermann at Bellevue Palace Berlin, Dec. 13th, 2014

gratuitous kitteh pic - playing with my new camera edition (adding another one)

NY POLICE UNION LEADER PAT FUCKING LYNCH..

A really cool pic I found in my old family album

Maybe a few people here should read this. The Geneva Conventions

He has NOTHING to apologize for, NO ONE to apologize to ... this is a good man

Cross post

Funeral for slain Tarpon Springs officer

Spense Havlick: Guatemala, the ripples of poverty

okay, wow...what is this?

Russia Today (RT) "journalist" wanker Peter Lavelle goes full Putin explainer. What a joke is RT

SMOKEY IS HOME!

America’s war to start all wars: How the invasion of Panama birthed the quagmire in Iraq

America’s war to start all wars: How the invasion of Panama birthed the quagmire in Iraq

WaPo Reporter accused of misquoting officer about the memorial, officer placed on unpaid leave

Dumb Criminals: DVD Of "Let's Be Cops" Found Inside Vehicle Of Arrested Police Impersonator

Snow, ice sweep Europe, stranding drivers

Unearthing the Truth: Mexican State Violence Beyond Ayotzinapa

Unearthing the Truth: Mexican State Violence Beyond Ayotzinapa

Too Big to Tax: Settlements Are Tax Write-Offs for Banks

The most fun you'll have at any holiday meal! 13 dogs and a cat at the dinner table! (Ed. to add vid

Busy week at the mall

Hatriot Mail: Christmas Edition

After Year Of Atheism, Former Pastor: 'I Don't Think God Exists'

My MacBook won't turn off

After Year Of Atheism, Former Pastor: 'I Don't Think God Exists'

Thom Hartmann: Why We Need to Stop Worshiping Cops

Yep, cops were shot and killed but no one turned their backs - the media? Just another news story...

Thom Hartmann: How the New Economic Boom Left Behind the Poor & Middle Class

Watching "Grand Budapest Hotel".

Marta and I might write a kids book about our Christmas visitors

Air Asia flight bound for Singapore lost contact with air traffic: Report

Speaking of Tasteless Acts, This One Is For The Ages

Still support police "unions"?

About the National University Holiday Bowl

AP: Dog not gone: Rescue in the Columbia Gorge

Ferguson PIO placed on unpaid leave after referring to Mike Brown memorial as ‘trash’

Now will people believe me when I say we live in a de facto police state?

China to list legal places of worship, 'root out' illegal: Xinhua

Air Asia Flight missing. CNN. Vibes to all.

Oil Jobs Squeezed as Prices Plummet

Syria 'ready to participate' in Moscow peace talks

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Pushes Priorities in Congress

Patrick Lynch's Greatest Hits!

Now me, I am only human, and when I see cops turning their back to the duly elected DEMOCRATIC

About the actions of the NYPD

Sony Admits PlayStation Taken Down by Cyberattack

Arima Onsen Gekkoen Yugetsusanso (Ryokan)

Arima Onsen Gekkoen Yugetsusanso (Ryokan)

End the war on heroin and cocaine NOW!

The Empire is Crumbling, That is Why it Needs War

Egypt prepares to destroy 1,200 homes for Rafah border zone

Mayor de Blasio tries to appease Authoritarian, Bullying NYPD. This is what he got in return:

I wouldn't say the Koch brothers are rich...

Robin Williams Speaks to Congress on Homelessness, 1990

China Central Television reporting plane wreckage seen in Indonesia- not confirmed as AirAsia

Former IMF Chief Economist: Break Up Citigroup

Protestors in NYC turn backs on police at precinct

Globalization Is All About Sequestering Resources For The Super Rich.

NYPD psychologist is accused of shooting her husband in the head to avoid a messy divorce

In house safe or safety deposit box

Just finished "Night Film"

Caroline Glick says there were no Palestinian refugees

I wish our cable news channels would understand that the rest of the world doesn't always

Paper carving

The Fox News Double Standard

Best News Bloopers 2014

“Most people confuse arithmetic with math...” link 'fixed.'

Israeli forces shoot 5-year-old Palestinian boy in the face in East Jerusalem

Arbitrator orders Warren to reinstate cop fired for cutting off woman's hair weave during arrest

Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell’s downfall is wife’s fault, daughter says

Hundreds trapped as ferry burns in heavy seas off Greece

Critical decisions after 9/11 led to slow, steady decline in quality for Secret Service

Regarding Race and Ethnicity in the USA

Daily Holidays - December 28

Here's another NYPD cop "turning"!

TAXES can work wonders!

Unarmed Man Is Charged With Wounding Bystanders Shot by Police Near Times Square

"Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence.

NYC cops are largely as racist as the KKK. they hate Deblasio because he has a black wife

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Long Winter's Nap Edition

As Medicaid Rolls Swell, Cuts in Payments to Doctors Threaten Access to Care

Another aircraft has disappeared with 162 people-AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501

Iranian military tests suicide drone

The Cato Institute: National Police Misconduct Reporting Project

What are you reading the week of Sunday, December 28, 2014?

You can count them one by one, it could be your son.

A hint to newbies from a relative newbie re a "DU reality"

Holiday week shootings add to troubling trend of drive-bys

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Overtown resident hopes for change after Christmas Day shooting

Missing AirAsia Jet with 162 People on Board

Hundreds trapped as ferry burns in heavy seas off Greece

5 Absurd Right-Wing Moments this Week: Sarah Palin Hawks Christmas Book in a Negligee

Does anyone have a link to the three white cops holding signs in support of the protesters?

Hey, Nebraska, On Marijuana, Colorado's Not the Problem. You Are.

The Triumph of Core American Values in the Epic Battle for a Grocery Store Chain

Republicans hate Unions because they protect the bad apples. Except when police do it.

The U.S. Is the Richest Country as Well as the Most Unequal: 8 Consequences of American Greed

Why is Alex( Twit)Witt on my TV instead of Steve Kornacki

Police protesters turn backs on NYPD, copying cops' message to mayor

One Brave Cop

What do the NYPD and the Westboro Baptist Church have in common?

The Blind Date

Hamas prevents Gaza children from touring Israel on trip meant to foster peace

Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish Gunman Who Shot Pope John Paul II, Lays Flowers On Saint's Tomb

Could people in this group pls tell how you feel about white people posting here?

Broad Coalition Of American Jews Seeks To Break Israel's Chief Rabbinate Monopoly

Sunday's Doonesbury- Sexual Violence

Mr. Fish Toon- In The Beginning

Elizabeth Warren: can this scourge of Wall Street make it to the White House?

Republicans Are Blocking Ratification of Even the Most Reasonable International Treaties

Since CNN has disappeared its discussion into another black hole marathon of single issue coverage..

selling war to peacemakers

Ukip MP Douglas Carswell calls on his party to be 'inclusive' and stop making racist remarks about

A Red State Police Chief Addresses Protests - With Brilliance

SHOULD the homeless have a voice? would you give them one?

American Baptists to celebrate 'Covenants of Action'

Armed group robs 300 tourists at beach Venezuela (Spanish)

GUTSY!!! - Forced to choose sides, this single black officer DIDN'T turn his back to De Blasio.

Please help me shred the RW claim that Rudy Giuliani solved the crime problem in NYC.

Looking back on the economic collapse

America's 20 Craziest Politicians

Applying the anti-vaccine mentality to car seats...

Chuk Tod: The surge in political satire/comedy is making Americans more cynical

Study: Killing wolves for eating livestock increases the number that get eaten the following year

Mormon Allies Promise LGBT Christians: You Can Sit With Me At Church

FRONTLINE: Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA (January 6th)

re: the NYPD back turners -

Boxing Day brawl breaks out in Georgian parliament

Today is the Commemoration of the Holy Innocents.

Small number of dumb-asses fault "Dr. Who" for being "too gay"

WV State BOE Member Demands And Gets Mushy Science Standards On Climate - More "Debate" Needed

Couple has funny response after vandals carve the f-word into their door

I just realized...only one week left until Downton Abbey is back!

Francis To Publish Major Encylical On Climate, Environment In 400,000 Parishes Worldwide

List of groups who stage protests at funerals:

GQ's 20 Craziest Politicians. 17 Rethugs. 5 from TX, 2 1/2 MDs, 1 from FL.

Chris Hedges and Rev. David Bullock: Christmas Charity and Revolution

I wish I'd thought of this analogy at the time re: "Mosque at Ground Zero" hysteria

Nature Geoscience: Pacific Trade Winds Can Rapidly Move Stored Ocean Heat To Atmosphere

Hell awaits you if you disregard the pope's edict on Climate Change

The ‘unverifiable’ legacy of Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in American history

Rudy Giuiani on "Face The Nation" Today

Glaciers Have The Wrong Business Model!

Tasmania's giant ash trees may be the world's tallest

North Korean Internet Outage Due To Leader Using Landline

"Every time you buy a book at BetterWorldBooks.com, we donate a book to someone in need."

The historicity of Jesus and the Rank-Raglan hero-type.

Did the FBI Put Millions of Lives at Risk? - FBI May Have Misled President About Sony Hack

Supreme Court Rules Police Can Violate 4th Amendment.....

Alfie Kohn's very angry rant about ed reform. Says Obama has intensified what Bush began.

Transfer speculation

Egypt: Biblical epic 'Exodus' banned over errors

Tampa Bay Times: ‘Modern-day Anita Bryant’ Pam Bondi (Attorney General) is Florida’s Loser of 2014

Today marks the probable end of a memorable span for the 49ers ...

Bernie Sanders: As we reflect in the new year...

Seed libraries struggle with state laws limiting exchanges (DUer on the lam now?)

About that movie, The Interview...

‘Harry Potter’ Actor David Ryall Dead; Daughter Asks Fans To Remember Wide Career

Is the new House majority whip a pal of white supremacists?

Chuck Todd Defends Not Challenging Republican Lies On Meet The Press

Not that you'd see it on Fox...

We need to argue climate change differently ... the impact on children and grandchildren

Bird Flu Return: Hong Kong Confirms First Deadly Case of Winter

LGBT Rights Groups and Corporate Monsters

An independent progressive movement?

Activism is a Job! | Mickey Z.

Oregon: dog okay after slip and fall on hillside trail

Sen. Franken opposes Treasury Department nominee Antonio Weiss

CNN/ORC Poll: Bush surges to 2016 GOP frontrunner

Did Chuck Todd slip up? Speaks truth that Americans must understand when watching 'the news' (VIDEO)

Blind judge making history on Michigan's top court

Atheists should join Pope in the battle against funeral face

Poll: Omaha bucks state’s prevailing sentiment on same-sex marriage

Abducted, Beaten, Beheaded—Journalists Lived Dangerously in 2014

Poll: Omaha bucks state’s prevailing sentiment on same-sex marriage

These Religious Architecture Award Winners Evoke The Sacred In Unconventional Ways

Algeria calls for OPEC to cut production

Alfie Kohn's righteous anger.

New York City's police unions need to get a grip

Toon: CIA torture

“A great day for all of the Catholic Church”: First Maronite Catholic ordination in Pacific NW

Editorial: A giant, secretive merger

Toon: T & Obama

US And NATO Formally End War In Afghanistan

Merry Christmas Best Of The Trews: Russell Brand The Trews

Wikihistory by Desmond Warzel

Giuliani: Mayor De Blasio Brought Cop Disrespect 'On Himself' By Speaking About Biracial Son

Boxing Day Best Of: Russell Brand The Trews

De Blasio has nothing to be ashamed of.

So, Are some Malaysian pilots stealing planes?

Rudy Giuliani calls on Bill de Blasio to apologize to cops

Should plural marriage (more than one partner) be legalized?

"Is it safe, is it not safe?' Fox host speculates metric system endangers airplanes

What's for Dinner, Sun., Dec., 28, 2014

i just want to thank my pets for getting me through an awful year.

Thieves fry Kenya's power grid for fast food

ING Bank staff demand job safety post merger, to strike on January 7

Can Iceland become the 'Switzerland of data'?

Obama Sends Cuban Cigars To Republican Leaders For Christmas

Colombia: The End Game (Part One)

On FB--reposted by a friend.

Detroit News Nolan Finley Disingenuous Attempt to Connect with 'Black People' is Downright Insulting

Our new kittehs!

Who's More Dangerous, Me Or Fox News? Russell Brand The Trews

Cyber-attacks on South Korean nuclear power operator continue

FCC Ignored Hundreds of Thousands of Net Neutrality Comments

Toon: Bush brothers

The Police are not your friends

Before The Internet, Librarians Would 'Answer Everything' — And Still Do

'hey andy, you ever watch the Sopranos?'

AP: Farmers Brace for Labor Shortage Under New Policy

Corporate Personhood

The Weekly Bug: Good Cops, Bad Cops and ugly U.S.

NYPD Chief Bratton defends Mayor de Blasio and criticizes officers’ funeral protest

Iranian senior commander killed in Iraq

Are You There God? It’s Nicolas Cage and the Year in Cinematically-Pimped Religion

Torture, American-style

Vatican frees ***** who ***** *****, forbids her to ever to return to Holy See territory

As a group host

Indecent proposition from New London police chief was 'chilling' says victim

Be aware, we all have a big target on our back - be prepared to be alerted on

Making of a Shade

Boko Haram militants stage attacks in northern Cameroon

Search to Resume Monday for Missing AirAsia Jet

Vatican Frees Ukrainian Femen Activist Who Bared Breasts In St. Peter's Square On Christmas

CNN Breaking News!

FLORIDA: Dozens Of Major Corporations File Brief In Support Of Marriage Plaintiffs

does anyone make a low sodium pizza?

War with Isis: The West needs more than a White Knight

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

Bolivia expecting to achieve food sovereignty

The CIA Didn't Just Torture

I stand with Mayor Bill de Blasio!

Uruguay flooding after worst storm in 50 years

A good friend is dying, and I can see it happening.

How long do you think is too long for a sermon?-Interfaith Post

Nearly 200,000 pounds of chorizo sold at H-E-B recalled

Congratulations to Jason Garrett, his coaching staff, Tony Romo, and the rest of the Cowboys roster

Poll finds Clinton up 57 points on Warren-Hillary Clinton Room Post

Toon: Black Lives Matter

Is there a bigger WHINER in the NFL than Phillip Rivers??? He always is pissed off. nt

Reports: Johnny Manziel Party Led To Josh Gordon Suspension

Sony says PlayStation still has problems, gradually coming back online

Water Source for Almonds in California May Run Dry (NYTimes)

Sony hacking: Natalie Portman reluctantly embroiled in lengthy email exchange about anti-Semitism an

TYT: Darrell Issa Report on the IRS Reveals Surprising Results

44-17 !!!

TYT: D.A. McCulloch Knowingly Put a Liar on the Stand

TV shows gone too soon

Bolivia’s ‘black king’ defies slavery’s legacy

Anti-Arab Group Poses Legal, Political Dilemma For Israel

TYT: Michael Grimm Convicted But Still In Congress

Doctors remove 80 teeth from boy's jaw

American travelers ready to cruise into Cuba

Obama: Longest war in US history is ending

It's official..we ended the war in Afghanistan. Well, except for..........

I was always taught to treat cops like wild animals...

The Victory of ‘Perception Management’

The US Shameful War Against Palestine

GOP Puts Up A Bigger Tent For Minority Challenge

Corporate Predators Want Compensation for Lost Cuban Assets They Stole

Libya FM: Extremists Seek To Capture Oil Resources

Egypt's Freedom Of Repression

Archae

New York Times: Enemy of Truth

Howard Stern Vs. Pat Robertson

Michael Nugent vs. PZ Myers

I survived my in laws

China's Russia Bailout Is An Ominous Sign For The Future

Rivals in military religious freedom dispute say rule is unclear

Bill de Blasio, stiff-spined liberal that takes no crap (Daily Kos)

Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito

Who the hell are you and why are you here?

Why I was arrested in Milwaukee’s central city

One Brave Officer Did Not Turn His Back On The Mayor --->

Slinky springs from one of the greatest accidents ever

‘Superbugs’ Kill India’s Babies and Pose an Overseas Threat

here's the beef.....Mayor Bill de Blasio vs. NYPD

We are making mayhem in Russia, and reality is almost the opposite of what is being described in MSM

Malaria killing thousands more than Ebola in West Africa

The American Public Gets Distracted From Torture

Chris Hedges and Rev. David Bullock: Christmas Charity and Revolution

North Side blaze kills 5, injures 10 (in San Antonio apartment building for seniors)

Japan: wedding for one?

An independent progressive movement?

Order of Canada: 95 new recipients

Does anyone have advice on a vacuum you love?

Seahawks!!!

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