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Archives: December 29, 2014

Seed libraries struggle with state laws limiting exchanges

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 29 December 2014

Fox host speculates metric system endangers airplanes

Bucs Suck for the Duck

As much as I hate the Green Bay Peckers, what Suh did to Rodgers

Doctors threaten national strike in 5 days

National Mythology: The Melting Pot

outstanding statement from Nashville police chief

GO SEAHAWKS!

Toon: Hunger Games

PACKERS!!!

If one crazed murderer can delegitimize a non violent protest

Search and Rescue Operation Resume for Missing AirAsia Jet

Franken takes on Obama

Unforgettable.

Who is behind the policemen turning their backs on the NYC Mayor??

Complete list of groups who stage protests at funerals.

Stormy Monday, 12/29/14

How ALEC helped undermine public unions

How ALEC helped undermine public unions

How ALEC helped undermine public unions

Anti-Govt Hate Groups Are On The Rise Thanks To The NRA: Southern Poverty Law Center

Seth Rogen ‘Thrilled’ by ‘The Interview’s’ $2.8 Million Box Office

"Chickenhawk Nation" The Tragedy of the American Military- by James Fallows

$2.13 an hour means widespread sexual harassment in the restaurant industry

well the worst is over.

One Dead, Hundreds Trapped in Greek Ferry Fire

NYPD chief calls for "a lot less rhetoric and a lot more dialogue" (+video)

Has anyone ever invented anything?

GOP’s New House Majority Whip Was ‘Honored Guest’ At 2002 White Supremacist Convention

..."build the Keystone pipeline. For the gays’ sake."

What is the meaning of the flag drapping the coffin of the Rafael Ramos?

what are your new years resolutions?

Exclusive: Boy's letter to Santa, 'I just wanna be safe,' gets heartfelt response from Obama

ATTN DU does anybody have anything they would like to say to Chuck Todd?

Barbie burns in hell....

President Obama aging only as fast as the rest of us, researcher finds

Military police investigating possible crimes in Gaza war

Bratton’s Unsought Role: Peacemaker Between His Officers and His Boss

If Dems can ONLY win the White House by appeasing Wall Street, is it worth trying to win it at all?

How far will cop unions go to halt reform?

Let that be your last battlefield

Okay, what's your all- time favorite movie? The one you'd take to a desert island.

Okay, what's your all- time favorite movie? The one you'd take to a desert island.

#StandWithDeBlasio

A man of healing, a saga of suffering

Community gathers to remember slain Ariz. police officer

Government of the people, by the people, and for the people

Pope Francis Expected To Instruct One Billion Catholics To Act On Climate Change

Brothers in arms

an anti-Iggy Azalea playlist

World can survive without Israeli innovation

New Home & Hopes: Migrants welcomed in Denmark as birth rates fall

December Photo Contest - Final Poll

Elizabeth Warren Is No 'Populist'

Looks Like Moyers Show Leaving PBS. PBS Still Going Downhill.

December Photo Contest Finals are Up in GD

A friend's perfectly brilliant discussion of the "problem" of Black-on-Black crime

Infant Gorilla Growing Up Thanks to Human Surrogate Moms

Stinkers for your ears: the 14 worst songs of 2014

just saw the same two commercials for mail order brides, or asian/russian dating sites on fox news

Woman Sends Bank Angry Letter After They Bounced Her Check. This Is Gold.

TCM Schedule for Tuesday, December 30: In Memoriam

"The Obama Bounce"

Worse Than The Dictators: Egypt’s Leaders Bring Pillars Of Freedom Crashing Down

Revealed: The Arctic Ocean is releasing large volumes of methane

Iran Supreme Leader Uses Twitter To Blast U.S. And Says #BlackLivesMatter

This Is the Left's Confidential $100 Million Plan to Win Back the States

'If UN Recognizes Palestine, Israel Must Annex in Judea-Samaria'

"Meeting the Tim Pawlenty standard"

Patience.

‘Huge a**hole': People are mad at Jets coach Rex Ryan for wearing a #NYPD hat

Ferguson Officer on Unpaid Leave after Calling Michael Brown Memorial 'A Pile of Trash'

Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Shuts Down Reactor For Second Time This Month

I thought it's a BIG DEAL that the War in Afghanistan is over...

"Protest Is Democracy at Work"

Even RT was embarrassed about this fake news video smearing Ukraine; removed from own website

Berkeley County (SC) Sheriff Wayne DeWitt charged with DUI, leaving scene of wreck

With Memories of a Comic Comrade, Margaret Cho Helps the Homeless

My wife wasn't fond of cops before this past year now she has no respect for them.

I'm going to speculate and predict what happened to Asiana QZ8501.

Oops.

The biggest CIA-drug money scandal you never read

Tibetan blogger arrested in Ngaba

Expansion of Karnes County Immigrant Detention Center Approved on Split Vote

West Wing Week: 12/26/14 or, "The Jazzy, Snazzy Holiday Special"

YOOOHOOO!!! Your Karma bus has arrived! Remember him from January in West Virginia of Elk River

Police unions, organized labor have rarely seen eye to eye

Daily Holidays - December 29

A New Jersey bid to privatize water without public votes

2014 may be the first year ever with no below-zero temps in Anchorage

awkward family photos

Australian plane spots objects in sea in AirAsia search area

Bill de Blasio: Victim of NYPD Abuse

Juan Cole: GOP Figures Used Racist Ape Imagery for Obama Before North Korea Did

When ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Was Accused of Being Communist Propaganda

Saul Landau on the Cuban Revolution and How the U.S. Directly Aided Anti-Castro Militants

Jim Harbaugh, Niners mutually part

China looking at deal with U.S. to recover dirty assets

In U.S.-Cuba prisoner swap, mystery surrounds the unnamed 53

2014: A Look Back

Amid hacking tensions, South Korea proposes resuming talks with North

Greek Parliament vote could bring back euro crisis as elections loom

Gmail blocked in China

In 83 Speeches, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Pushes For Climate Change Action

Populist Warren could rewrite American politics

Who Was the Most Racist Modern President? 5 Surprising Candidates Who Fit the Bill

Let’s All Screw the 1 Percent: The Simple Move Obama Could Make to Strengthen the Rest of Us

How American Corporations and the Super Rich Steal From the Rest of Us

Bill Moyers: It's a Non-Stop Land Grab From the American Indians

The War for the Soul of the Democratic Party

Do you google someone before going out with them?

Shock horror, was Winston Churchill a Secret Muslin?!

Search for missing plane suspended for a second night.

The Truth About Republicans by..George Carlin.

Sorry about this post, but it seems a good choice for a Monday.

In Pennsylvania, Judge Paves Way for Private Takeover of Public School District

Chris Hedges: The Prison State of America

If's not hard to see that people have taken sides on the issue of police brutality...

Brutally Honest Conservative Slogans:

Which State will be the last one to hold out on marriage equality?

José Vs. Joe: Who Gets A Job?

You didn't see that...

It appears cheap oil is here to stay

Meme of the Week – December 29th

The person who sang the disgusting song about Michael Brown was

Rubin Report: Elf on the Shelf's Dirty Secret

Shoutout to our very own Atman and a special dedication...

Monday Toon Roundup

Greece parliament fails to elect president (#3)

White guys shoot up Walmart with BB guns taken into custody by police

The Rich Are Different: More Money, Less Empathy

how do I post a photo from facebook?

Stocks mixed amid China growth hopes, Greece woes

Mr. Giuliani, Shut Your Pie-Hole & Read THIS.

Juan Cole: GOP Figures used racist Ape imagery for Obama before North Korea did

What Literary Character Is Your Mental Twin?

Obama warns GOP he plans to use veto pen: "I'm going to defend gains on health care, environment"

Joan Walsh: "Almost every major urban riot of the 1960s ... was touched off by police misconduct"

Detroit photo timeline that will blow your mind

"A Reassuring Lie"

Let sincere whites go and teach non-violence to white people! " — Malcolm X

Fukushima mothers compile booklet derived from radiation seminars

Search Continues For Second Suspect Who Shot At LAPD Officers In South LA

brave New York city cop criticizes those who turned their back

"Then why the fuck am I still here"

Did Drought and Climate Change Cause Middle Eastern States to Collapse in 2014?

A Short, Hilarious & 'Absolutely Fabulous' Response By A Gay Couple After A Hate Crime

Well, in sickness and in health as they say...

Sexy Rexy has been shown the door.

Stinky tofu maker fined over filth in New Taipei City (Taiwan)

Visiting Japan? Take note of these social rules

The Tragedy of the American Military

Blair High alumnus chosen as Rhodes Scholar

Chris Hedges: The Prison State of America

Where Should the Overtime Salary Threshold Be Set? A Comparison of Four Proposals

Strong earthquake shakes southern Philippines

A couple of Sacks

China restricts access to Gmail

Out of my 22 year military career, I never took another person's life...

Ministry, TEPCO seek to end compensation for Fukushima businesses in Feb. 2016

Lindsey Graham says he is "uniquely qualified to be president!"

UC study: same-sex couples less likely to divorce

Ready4Warren.com Music Video: "Run Liz Run" by Jessie Murphy & Friends - JTMP.org

Stand With Hillary Super PAC Music Video: "Stand With Hillary" - JTMP.org

The Howard Stern Show - Bill Cosby Discussions. 11/19/2014

Down goes the Greek government

Hot cocoa mix can easily be made into chocolate pudding.

Doctor Who delivers the atheist skewed sci-fi horror we all need at Christmas

..."working hard and getting nowhere" -David Cay Johnston

'We are so thankful to god': Man who was supposed to travel on missing AirAsia flight

Revealed: the encryption tools spies can (and can't) crack

Israeli troops kill Palestinian throwing rocks in West Bank: army

Obama warns GOP he plans to use veto pen in 2015

This Modern World: 2014 In Review Part 2

Despite death threats, cartoonists challenge religious hatred and censorship online

Cliffside Park Police Officer Hit By SUV Dies

What deBlasio said. This is "Racist"? How?

Update on Lucky...

Surfer survives shark bite off Central California

Virgin Atlantic VS43 circles over Gatwick Airport as 'landing gear fails {now safely landed}

I Think You Just Disproved Jesus

HuffPost Religion's People Of The Year Are The Religious Leaders Of Ferguson

Stand Back! Let Prayer Take Care Of This!

Florida's Gay Marriage Debacle by TPTB - Summary

Ukraine's Greek Catholic Church looks to boost sway -- by equipping military

China's Xi calls for tighter ideological control in universities

Russian authorities order Siberian television station to go off-air

My "WTF?" of the day...

Mumbai attack leader wins appeal in Pakistani court, paving way for his release

"Slave Patrol" Origins of U.S. Police

Poet Anthony Anaxagorous "I'm Not a Poet and This is Not a Poem"

HuffPost Religion's People Of The Year Are The Religious Leaders Of Ferguson

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Extend Run as Most Admired-Hillary Clinton Room Post.

Funny Chuck Todd won't "bark" at political hacks because they'll never come back.

Rage Against the New Age Machine: Three Days at the Osho International Meditation Resort

Police Chief Tells Pro-Cop Critic To Respect Protesters In Powerful Letter: Talking Points Memo

YIKES!!

Can you spot the blatant racial media bias?

How big a problem is "cultural appropriation" in the United States?

You Know why I hate Bad Cops? Because of Good Cops.

Let’s abandon the Democrats: Stop blaming Fox News and stop hoping Elizabeth Warren will save us

Heh...wow!! (from Twitter)

“God told me to go feed the pigs.”

After a year, journalists jailed in Egypt seek end to ordeal

Sculture from steel

Three ways the GOP will sabotage the government and the economy in 2015

Cultural appropriation, you say? Annie Get Your Gun? Nope...but Annie

I just learned where the CIA got the term "enhanced interrogation."

The Rude Pundit - The Rude Pundit's End-o'-2014 Haiku Spectacular! Featuring Haiku! (Part 1!)

Social Security Trustees 2014 report is disappointing propaganda

Has anybody here ever seen a race card?

Chris Kyle (American sniper) claimed he mass murdered dozens of Americans in New Orleans

“It’s an oxymoron to have a ‘family vacation’ with two teenagers,”

@_FloridaMan put police lights on car so "no one would mess with him"

caption time (chri$ chri$tie)

Ukraine's President to meet Russian, French, German leaders, rules out offensive

WATCH: Vegans: Say NO to Single Issueism | Mickey Z.

Paul Krugman: The Obama Recovery

Obama Warns GOP He Plans To Use Veto Pen In 2015

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Booed at Police Graduation Ceremony

Fox and Friends knows why those planes go missing

Environment Agency: 7,000 properties to be lost to sea (BBC)

NC baby severely burned over 35% of his body

Just saw this on a republican's page on FB

Canadian Oil Surge to U.S. Gulf Puts Mexico on Defensive

U.S. Bond Sentiment Is Worst Since Disastrous ’09

Egypt: Biblical epic 'Exodus' banned over errors

Texans Discover Oil Grows on Olive Trees as Crude Drops

In North Dakota, a Tale of Oil, Corruption and Death

President Obama Has a Curious Definition for the End of War

A Koch hack tells the Pope to 'back off' on climate change

The Trigger | James Howard Kunstler

A New Jersey bid to privatize water without public votes

Oil Falls to 5-Year Low as Supply Glut Seen Lingering

Anti-evolution group sues to block Kansas science standards

Scientists Discover That Drunk Birds Sing Like Drunks

Fox affiliate apologizes for editing protesters chants to say kill a cop

WTF is wrong with the NYPD and their rudeness toward the mayor? There is a lot of similarity

Fight for Our Progressive Vision

My 93 year uncle died a painful death two plus years ago

Netanyahu Fights ‘Bibi Fatigue’ as Young Likud Strays to Rivals

Snap Election Risks Greek Lifeline; Nation's Stocks and Bonds Plunge on Government Defeat

Swedish mosque set ablaze in second suspected arson attack in a week

Wounded Knee (12-29-1890)

It's no "Surrender Dorothy."

Undercover Boss CEO Offers Implants, Fires Girl For Not Wearing Bikini

Top Gear Christmas Special: What really happened in Patagonia?

Hillary Clinton Room Post---Poll: New Yorkers prefer Hillary as New Year’s date

i managed to botch two loaves of quick bread

Rural Arkansans do not trust the Democrats, or Hillary

Inspired by Robin Williams, Margaret Cho is Raising Money for the Homeless

Russians Rage Against America; Enduring Sanctions, Anger Turns to Hate

Bernie Sanders: No senior in America should live in poverty.

Honest NFL Headlines: Week 17

'Free' pot offered by Vancouver medical marijuana dispensary (CBC)

Check out the GOP’s New House Majority Whip....Steve Scalise

Peace Activist Kathy Kelly Heads to Prison for Protesting U.S. Drone War

Same-sex weddings set to begin in Scotland this week

Dear Republicans..picture of one of those sorry ass people on food stamps...

Obama has the worst PR/support staff ever

The best worst president ever

No One is Above the Law: Especially Bad Cops - We Need to Support/Encourage Nobility!

"Silicon Holler" from office of Governor Steve Beshear:

Why Israeli-Palestinian Peace Failed

Question about the Excerpt button:

Facepalm: Top 10 Anti-Feminist Gaffes of 2014

Must-Read Feminist Books of 2014

top ten feminist films of 2014

Pot Pie, Redefined? Chefs Start to Experiment With Cannabis.

Russia Brings Forward Verdict in Trial of Putin Critic Navalny

Newsweek: Study Finds Body Cameras Decrease Police’s Use of Force

Rise of extremist groups shows moderation progressing, says Reza Aslan

TYT: Saudi Arabia Beheads At Shocking Rate & Why We Look The Other Way

Scotland confirms case of Ebola

Can't afford health insurance? Don't blame ACA, blame your governor!

Wounded Knee, 1890 – 1973 in photos

If it wasn't for Medicare, my family would be bankrupt.

altruism is pointless. so are dogs

Police 'killing' triggers online uproar in China

"Elected officials cannot be in charge of how we elect elected officials."

Colombia Senate approves obligatory voting; Peace talks referendum could see premiere

China blocks Gmail at the IP level

Surprise! The two racist Coatesville School officials were corrupt too

Vermont Yankee Ends Operations After 42 Years

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Are the Most-Admired Man and Woman in America

Colombia among Forbes’ 10 ‘coolest places to visit in 2015′

Best Political Cartoons of 2014

OBAMA: Putin's No Genius

Any predictions on what the our scary new house and senate will do first in 2015?

Hello world! I'm new but having fun already....

This Greek Tragedy Could End In Utter Ruin

what's for dinner - monday, dec 29

Che's son to offer motorcycle tours of Cuba on Harleys, $3000 to $4200 (Spanish)

Soldiers Relocate Wedding to Accommodate Obama's Golf Game

No, Argentina's president did not adopt a Jewish child to stop him turning into a werewolf

Whistleblowing officer makes tape of top cop ordering stop-and-frisks of black males

BANKERMAS: Federal Reserve Proposes New Holiday (humor alert)

Cuba nets $765 million reselling oil Venezuela gave to them (Spanish)

Blood on the Tracks in Pullman: Chicagoland's Failed Capitalist Utopia

Ndamukong Suh suspended one game for Aaron Rodgers leg stomp

Selling ‘Peace Groups’ on US-Led Wars

Chile seeks overhaul of Pinochet anti-strike laws

Netherlands: Wilders to be prosecuted for anti-Moroccan remarks

ROFLMAO.. GOP pissed! GQ's 20 craziest politicians of 2014.. Only 3 Dems on the list

NYPD officer rips cops for turning backs on mayor: Parents see black kids ‘killed by police over and

You are here*

Guatemalan Genocide Trial Set to Resume

From Cuba to North Korea: Torture Disappears From the Media

From Cuba to North Korea: Torture Disappears From the Media

The Company that Almost Ruined Cuban Hip Hop is a Profitable Global Operation

The Company that Almost Ruined Cuban Hip Hop is a Profitable Global Operation

House majority whip Scalise acknowledges speaking at white nationalist event in 2002

John Lewis: Seeing Myself Being Portrayed In 'Selma' Is 'Almost Too Much'

So Kyle Orton says he's retired. What new career will he chose?

One step forward, one step back in US-Latin America policy

Sen. Bernie Sanders: "Please join me in vigorously opposing the #TPP trade agreement."

Does America treat Black People fairly?

Jeb Bush Clear Front-Runner In Latest Poll For Republican Presidential Race

What “Free Trade” Has Done to Central America

Obama's Lists: A Dubious History of Targeted Killings in Afghanistan

Legislating, circa 2014

Ecuador to support Venezuela, oppose US sanctions

ISIS Says It Will Conquer Europe, Undertake Religious Cleansing & Kill 200-500 Million Ruthlessly

Steve Scalise office unsure if he spoke to white supremacist group (apparently now he is sure he did

"That was the most stupid fucking thing I've ever heard anyone say."

If HRC is nominated WITHOUT a primary challenge:

Alien hunters spot a 'COFFIN' on Mars

Climate Change Threatens Quechua and Their Crops in Peru’s Andes

Climate Change Threatens Quechua and Their Crops in Peru’s Andes

More racist brutality by NYPD Thugs-in-Blue, for dancing in the street

Peru’s indigenous Uros people turn to solar power

Peru’s indigenous Uros people turn to solar power

California Campus Workers Become First Major Local Union to Endorse BDS Against Israel

Holy Shit: No. 3 House Republican Spoke To White Supremacist Group

Extremists in Dallas created volatile atmosphere before JFK’s 1963 visit

SC Autistic Man Assaulted & Tasered For Walking Down Street While Black

NYC Police are TERRIBLE at their 'Reasonable Suspicion' Skills (Stop and Frisk BS)

Vice News Op-Ed:The Cops Who Turned Their Backs at the NYPD Officer's Funeral Are the Most Threateni

3 NYC fur sellers charged with dousing protesters with bleach

anybody have experience with AMPK Activator or Nicotinamide riboside (NAD+ Cell Regenerator)?

Is anyone else waiting for the next shoe to drop in NYC...?

Cop Kills Purple Heart Recipient, Didn’t Turn on Body Camera

Autopsy Report Shows Man Shot 3 Times by Los Angeles Police

Is anybody else dealing with an endless flu bug...?

Team will be allowed to wear police protest shirts

24,980 homicides in Venezuela for 2014, second globally behind Honduras (Spanish)

Video: Fur vendors arrested for throwing bleach on protesters

The Revenge of the Natives - Book Review

TOON: Boehner's Epiphany

Banjoy, On Appropriation & Americana

Dow Jones Targeting 20,000 In 2015?

The Revenge of the Natives - Book Review

new house whip attended white supremacist meeting

Here's to a great 2015! from Robert Reich and MoveOn.org

Black Lives Matter Must Move Beyond Protests — Or Risk Losing the Fight for Racial Justice

If any graduate at NYPD ceremony booed the Mayor they should be fired.

This Aggies student coach is nuts!

US air strike targets senior Somali militant: Pentagon

Detente with US has Cubans worried about special immigration privileges

Detente with US has Cubans worried about special immigration privileges

Quinn signs 'revenge porn' ban into law

Cycling Advocates Demand Md. Bishop Be Charged In Bicyclist’s Death

UN-Recommended Prosecution of Lawyers Who Cleared US Torture Program Good First Step

I think this police controversy should re-open the discussion on giving military hardware...

Middle Eastern Christians Flee Violence for Ancient Homeland

This guy solved the Wheel of Forturne puzzle with one letter. Can you?

"Why Civil Rights and Gun Rights Are Inseparable"

NYPD supporters fuming at Chipotle over Facebook 'hands up' protest post

Cowboy Pilots To Make Flying Safer

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why his Christmas tweet wasn’t ‘anti-Christian’

Heroine of gay marriage movement feels pride in progress

Papantonio: The Geopolitical Dangers of Falling Oil Prices

New IRS rules crack down on nonprofit hospitals

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Tuesday, 30 December 2014

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