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Archives: February 26, 2015

Disabled Teens Learn How To Ski

He's Baaack? Todd Akin Considering Running For Senate Again —Seriously

Getting More Sun Could Help Ward Off Diabetes

ISIS burns Mosul library

The front line of climate change: Alaska village must relocate as Arctic sea ice thins

I sure will be glad when the Bill-O scandal is done.

After release from Detroit Lions, what's next for Reggie Bush?

Publishers say they stand by Fox's Bill O'Reilly

Chipotle workers are trained to give you smaller portions of these 7 ingredients

Holy Shite - Madonna falls at the Brit awards

THIS guy is in charge of science in the House?

Follow the money on Wisconsin's Right to Work

HILLARY CLINTON: FIGHTING FOR AMERICA’S WORKERS

Barack Obama: The Man of Zen

Hi! A belated Thank You for the hearts!!

"But this isn't ABOUT Snowden!" Part 48,173...

Alabama Judge, Ordered to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage, Denies Second-Parent Adoption

Arkansas Town Defies State Ban, Protects LGBT Citizens

Alaskan *crab-boat-turned-strip-club* in deep doo-doo for dumping human waste

O'Reilly Falafel Suit Turns Five... Ten.

Rabbi who presided over samesex wedding leads Texas House in prayer

Dem bill would withhold lawmaker pay if DHS shuts down

Obama turns up heat on Republicans for stalled immigration reforms

Giant 8ft 9in catfish weighing 19 stone caught in Italy

Man taking photos of Tennessee ice storm finds missing woman alive, frozen to ground

North Carolina Senate passes opt-out measure for officials opposed to gay marriage

Puppy Rescued From a Burning Dumpster is Making a Stellar Recovery (PHOTOS)

Front-runner in Ward 4 Democratic primary and Chair of the Ward 4 Democrats is a former Republican

Life or death for convicted killer Jodi Arias? Jury deliberates

“Right to work” sounds like a good idea...

Hungarian village for rent, comes with deputy mayor's post

Sen. Sanders: Pope Francis

Scottish man finds lost Sherlock Holmes story from 1904 in attic

Financial Times: What next for Greece?

Tables turning on majority-white voter populations

MH370 search finds man made objects, none from jet

Sanctioned North Korea shipping firm still active, renamed ships - U.N. panel

Morgan Stanley in $2.6 Billion Mortgage Settlement

U.S. refinery strike continues with no steps toward settlement

Every time a politician says 'we have to strengthen the border,' they're omitting a telling word -

Christie and Walker Take Different Paths on Union Issues

Christie and Walker Take Different Paths on Union Issues

Christie and Walker Take Different Paths on Union Issues

DAMN!! looks like Big Ed should have kept his radio show

Repubs disown Sarah Palin.

LIAR: Another Fabrication: O'Reilly NEVER Witnessed The Murder Of Nuns In El Salvador

Rahm-Rauner ties likely to survive Chicago mayor's re-election battle

ALECExposed

Astronomers find a shockingly ancient black hole the size of 12 billion suns

MoJo: GOP Congressman to DC Mayor: "You Can Go to Prison" for Legalizing Marijuana"

Yes folks, the Cook County, Illinois Sheriff's Department wants you to know, they're the Grim Reaper

Police officers fired 17 times at unarmed Mexican man shot dead in Washington

Green Bay Packers and Right to Work

Fox News has some hard choices to make. Bwahahaha!!!!

In Ferguson

The Bob Newhart of parrots.

Alberta's unions stand with #WIUnion workers photo

Documents show how Russia's troll army hit America

I'm watching President Obama's Townhall Meeting ...

Mandatory Wednesday Malloy Truthseeker Check In!! Church Night Throw Back!! Best of

A Look Inside the Terrible Manual Cops Use to Teach 'Rape Prevention'

Just wanted to say hi to everybody for a moment.

WINTER CONTEST BEGINS SUNDAY

New study claims that drummers are more intelligent than everyone...

NHLPA statement on Wisconsin Right To Work

Trail cam turns Texas bobcats into Facebook stars

President Obama criticized Republicans for "trying to hold hostage" Department of Homeland Security

Obama says he would veto stand-alone immigration repeal

Charlotte, NC: three dead, suspect may be connected to fourth murder

Judge orders Oracle to keep hosting Oregon's Medicaid system

Dollars for Jesus

GOP lawmaker sues Hawaii to reveal the sex-ed surveys of 11-year-old students

Avoid Mexico during spring break, Texas Department of Public Safety advises

Binyamin Netanyahu turns down invitation to meet Democrats on US trip

David CORN with Rachel *now* about O'LOOFAH - I ain't doing the thread tonight n/t

The Port Authority and United have received subpoenas from U.S. investigators

Now, as the self-appointed "Let's Push Immigration Reform" strategist ...

Working America: Union job opening in Washington DC

OPED by William R. Polk - Foreign Policy expert who worked under JFK

Pope Francis Takes a Big Step Backwards, Compares Trans People to Nuclear Weapons

Salon.com: Rahm Emanuel’s “huge embarrassment”: What it means for liberals — and America

Uber versus the yellow cab style taxi

NFL Players' Association release statement on WI RTW

Salon.com: “Moments that will be awkward”: Right-wing lunatics gun for Jeb at nutty confab

SC Senate passes gun ban for domestic violence offenders

So there's a Dez Bryant Video

CEO sells programs to predict crime while battling own cases

L.A. Times: Hillary Clinton's Identity Crisis

Next on Maddow - Fox responds to O'R threatening Corn

N. Korea's Nuclear Stockpile Could Expand To 100 Weapons: U.S. Expert

What's Next for the Keystone Pipeline

Are you as offended as I am by Bill O'Reilly's fatwa on David Corn?

Texas Independence Day to be celebrated Saturday, Sunday

Raymondville prison uprising to be probed

GREAT news!!! (Moved here from GD)

The Omaha zoo's new baby penguins are so cute you're going to lose your mind

China issues 20 “illegal activities related to the independence of Tibet”

Syria's Assad Meets With 4 French Lawmakers in Damascus

Steven Dusterwald on the duty of engineers to speak out about 9/11

A Look Inside the Terrible Manual Cops Use to Teach 'Rape Prevention' (x post)

3 sentenced in racial beatings that led to black man's death

Cities Shut Down in Snowy South, Bitter Cold Ahead for Northern U.S.

L.A. Times: Hillary Clinton's Identity Crisis

Arkansas panel rejects 'conscience-protection' measure regarding religious freedom

IBM Offers To Move Laid Off Workers To India

Quit Whining! If you think the DU is hard on Hillary, wait until the primary debates start.....

The vote tomorrow for AG has nothing to do with Eric Holder. It is a blatant vote to exclude a black

SpaceX launches from Texas site confirmed

I will give FAUX NEWS and Bill O'Reilly credit for one thing.

Bad Weather Delays US Woman's Execution

Could the Steelers Lose Players to the Titans Because of LeBeau?

Labor History in 2:00 February 25

Todd Akin Is Considering Another Senate Run

NFL Competition Committee to discuss instant replay, defensive pass interference

How to treat a knuckle dragging open carry extremist

Russia and Abu Dhabi in talks to build major airport in Cuba

My neighbor died today.

Barbara Boxer smacks down the filthy irresponsible right wing

Drones cost $28,000 for one arrest

Summit participants say 53-year-old Cuba trade ban hurtful

Just WHO Is The Real Thug Here?

I guess I'm alone for Hillary.

Bernie Sanders: Companies that have received billions...

Snowden: Spy Agencies ‘Screwed All of Us’ in Hacking Crypto Keys

Orange Crushed: John Boehner Melts Down After President Obama Vetoes Keystone XL

What the heck is going on?

Homeowners hearing strange sounds during frigid cold weather

International Space Station astronaut finds water pooling in helmet after spacewalk of over six hour

Ukrainian POWs dig out bodies of comrades killed at airport

What happens when you tax the rich and raise the minimum wage? Meet one of USA's best economies...

Art trail raises funds to help zebras

Abused, imprisoned Vietnamese slave away in UK's cannabis farms - TRFN

I don't know who this dog is, or why he is banned from this park...

No apologies from me, I can't imagine a more vomit inducing nominee for the Democratic Party

Cracks Starting to Appear in Public Pensions’ Armor.

Venezuela to ask HSBC to name officials with Swiss bank accounts

Donna Campbell Struggles to Defend Pointless Alamo Bill

Speed, apathy mute protests vs. Wisconsin right-to-work bill

David Barton Lies That Lawsuit Which Did Not Take Place Proves He Doesn’t Lie

Bear Extraordinaire

NATO commander warns about deteriorating situation in Ukraine

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign:

Let's groove to a popular 1950s tune

Venezuela seeks annulment of Exxon award at World Bank tribunal

AP: Trayvon Martin's mother says killer got away with murder

Another reason to use USPS over UPS. Customer service actually told me a bald faces lie

6 inches of snow here

Argentina Congress OKs deal with China on satellite station

question on posting videos

screw it--i found the video on youtube: ULTIMATE DOG TEASE

distrurbing thought about the veep race

In 2013, measles killed more kids than car accidents or AIDS

Out of Africa on TCM now.

More than 100 animals rescued from overcrowded Mexico zoo

More than 100 animals rescued from overcrowded Mexico zoo

Any fans of "House Of Cards" here?

A thread for going back to Tennessee by

OMG...what the hell is wrong with these people...

US boost for Cuban cigar festival

PART 2: Fictitious Gouge Launches Design Flaw Myth and Collapse Initiation Fantasy

These 2 Charts From Comcast Show Why Net Neutrality Is Vital

teddy bear talking porcupine -- i love his voice

You Hate "Right To Work" Laws More Than You Know.

Duers used to do this ALL the time, back in the day. Please kick !

Iran makes a huge show of blowing up 'US aircraft carrier' in explosive TV spectacle

Help stop corrupt city officials and Stop Slumlords in Fresno, CA

Need info please. Does anyone know Family of Origin therapy?

Federal Gov's Proposed 5-Year Offshore Drilling Plan

say hello to new members posting for the first time

wow. just wow.

and for good measure ... sending this one out for Patricia Arquette and me too

S. Dakota Republican accuses Common Core of contributing to Native American deaths

Black History Month Labor Profiles: A. Philip Randolph

DC Now Giggly Over Nothing

Abid Naseer New York trial shown Bin Laden documents

Progressives in Fresno need your help (signatures) in stopping Slumlords in Fresno,CA

Jeb Bush Says Family Legacy Wouldn’t Affect War Decisions

The Truth: According to Ellen Degeneres...

Tiller - Tiller - Baby Killer

Why does legislation have to name each group to end discrimination?

Album to raise funds for Manchester Dogs Home

Can you be more obvious? Gotta get ROI...governorships are expensive!

President Obama at town hall: "I’m not just going to stand still over the next two years."

(LONG) Want to share a college paper my son posted on Marriage rights

The one person you must never, ever listen to - Mark Morford

TEPCO Admits Delaying Report Of Major Radiation Leak Into The Pacific Ocean For 10 Months

Talk Toughens as U.S.-Israel Relations Fray

WARNING GRAPHIC!!!! In the poorest parts of Africa people are infected with a flea that becomes

no power. anyone else?

A giant art installation targets predator drone operators in Pakistan

Winnie, Bear Extraordinaire, for our grands!

Winnie, Bear Extraordinaire

Proof that Bill O'Reilly was at the Battle Of The Little Bighorn?

China drops leading technology brands for state purchases.. thanks NSA

Daily Holidays - February 26

'Wind is a finite resource...'

Missouri legislators vote to lower workers’ wages

‘Come on and take a free ride,’ says Rauner

Missouri legislators vote to lower workers’ wages

Portland’s New Pipes Harvest Power From Drinking Water

USA: Workers fight back against giant oil companies

''You can go to prison for this. We’re not playing a little game here.”

Ukraine: Time to Step Back from the Brink

50 Fox News lies in 6 seconds. (Tap the screen to pause)

Paying the price of a failed Libya

Packers Support Unions In Wisconsin .

Truth in Media: The Origin of ISIS

Our legal system is not a justice system. — A Request from Cory Booker

Fix needed for pasting URLs.

Ruby and Oswald..... this photoshop of history is just so wrong

The Trans-Pacific Partnership clause everyone should oppose.. By Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren- The Trans-Pacific Partnership clause everyone should oppose

GOP anti-vaxxer now chair of House science and tech subcomittee

SPIEGEL Interview with Naomi Klein: 'The Economic System We Have Created Global Warming'

Whistleblowers: Veterans cheated out of benefits

The girl who gets gifts from birds

SPIEGEL Interview with Naomi Klein: 'The Economic System We Have Created Global Warming'

Homeless man helps push cars up snowy hill, wins Internet

Year of the Sheep, Century of the Dragon?

Yarn Bombing Movement Spreads to Share Scarves, Hats in Public Places

I can't even watch "Way Too Early" anymore since Scar is doing it. He is so sarcastic and just

Netanyahu Admits Sabotage of Iran Talks His Primary MissionNetanyahu Admits Sabotage of Iran Talks H

IS militant 'Jihadi John' named as Mohammed Emwazi from London

British MP: Opposition to astrology is driven by superstition, ignorance and prejudice

IS militant 'Jihadi John' named as Mohammed Emwazi from London

The 8th Duke of Bridgewater

Widely used food additives promotes colitis, obesity and metabolic syndrome, shows study of emulsifi

Right to Work is Wrong for Wisconsin: The Wreck of the Walker Fitzgerald (pic report from 2/25/15)

Ukraine Says Truce Is Taking Hold as Lavrov Sees Progress

Photo of the Day

Said on the TeeVee

What Climate Deniers Learned from Big Tobacco

The Progressive: Black girls matter, too

Dunkin’ Donuts apologises over Liverpool crest row

The Progressive: Scott Walker: Big, Bold, and Wrong

Ancient Pharaoh Brutally Killed in Battle, Analysis Shows

I swore off GD until after the primary,

February 26, 2015 - Clinton Is In Sweet Corn In Iowa Dem Caucus, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds

New IS video shows militants smashing ancient Iraq artifacts

Huge New Holes In Siberia Have Scientists Calling For Urgent Investigation Of The Mysterious Craters

This weekend's entertainment: CPAC - How crazy will the candidates sound?: 8 Things to Watch

Poll finds huge lead for Clinton in Iowa

Can we just post here the things Bill O'Reilly has said that we know are 100% accurate

Survivor Worlds Apart- Episode 1 discussion thread

Trump says he is serious about 2016 bid, is hiring staff and delaying TV gig

Islamic State terrorist “Jihadi John” identified as British man Mohammed Emwazi

Racism affects black girls as much as boys. So why are girls being ignored?

I need some help finding a case

One Wisconsin Now Research Reveals Gov. Walker Campaign Co-Chair as Major Financier of Propaganda Ca

Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)

One Wisconsin Now Research Reveals Gov. Walker Campaign Co-Chair as Major Financier of Propaganda Ca

Norsemen transformed international culture, manufacturing, tech and trade during Viking Era

Oil up near $62 after Saudi comments on demand

George W. Bush - September 17, 2001: "Islam is Peace" Says President

What percentage of "very liberal" voters have an unfavorable view of Hillary Clinton?

'It's the right thing to do' — Clergy members promise to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies

Governor 1% aka Scotty Walker basks

A bionic hand for $34,000 (surgery included)

Thursday Toon Roundup 1- Stupid Crooks

Cop-Bashing, Gay-Hating Westboro Church Begged Feds for Protection

Anyone really into weather forecast sites?

"Build an economy on crapshoots; a chute of crap, you'll receive."

Thursday Toon Roundup 2- Terror at the Mall

Thursday TOON Roundup 3- O'Liely and Mr. Terror

Place-based Foods of Appalachia

Thursday TOON Roundup 4- The Rest

First Direct Observation of Carbon Dioxide’s Increasing Greenhouse Effect at the Earth’s Surface

Right-to-work bill passes Wisconsin Senate on way to desk of Scott Walker

Flashback: Poll: 70% believe Saddam, 9-11 link

This Is What Republican Control Of Congress Looks Like

Don't forget about Bill O's try out w/the NY Mets

Learning by eye: silicon micro-funnels increase the efficiency of solar cells

Ben Carson Tells CPAC Crowd: We Need To 'Get Rid Of The IRS'

S Africa spied on Russia for satellite project details - Al Jazeera English

First human head transplant could happen in two years

WATCH LIVE: GOP Heavyweights Speak At CPAC 2015

47% of BASE see Hillary as UNFAVORABLE!

Media outlets identify 'Jihadi John'

"apparently Russia is in such danger that its own security forces are not enough to prevent a coup"

Poll: Big Lead for Hillary Clinton in Iowa

Himalayan ice shows chemicals ban is working

Barbara Boxer Delivers The Most Crushing Blow To The GOP Ever

Yemen's X president.. the one we backed...amassed up to $60bn'

Married TV presenter takes mystery blonde stranger to sauna - then wakes up without his testicles

Why Republicans Don't Think Obama is Christian

Cheap solar cells made from shrimp shells

When Your Religion Makes You Too Uncool to Work at Abercrombie

Kerry's Clean Hit - By Josh Marshall

Iconoclasm and book-burning and the Abrahamic faiths go hand-in-hand

Warming Up the World of Superconductors

I'm VERY LIBERAL... I listen to NPR!!

Alabama facing Budget Crisis too!

Tennessee Rep. Butt (R, naturally) Says We Need an NAAWP

China bans ivory imports for 1 year to protect elephants

Youtube is only 10 years old

Texas lawmakers celebrate 10 years of anti-LGBT bigotry with cake

CPAC= Crazy Plethora of Asswipes Convention. Evidence?

Proof Positive that the Republican “War on Terror” was all Bulls***:

Walmart Comes Out Against Anti-LGBT Bill, Huff Post:

Why Moscow's anti-Maidan protesters are putting on an elaborate pretence--The Guardian

(Toyota funded study) Electric-car driving range and emissions depend on where you live

Georgia GOPer who defended state sodomy ban: Anti-LGBT legislation is just “an excuse to discriminat

Rachel Maddow - Bill O'Reilly reporter threats indefensible

My old friends - the cedar waxwings - have returned

I'll believe it when I see it - By Elizabeth Warren

Democrat proposes carbon cash: $1,000 for every American

Kerry blasts Venezuela's 'egregious behavior'

Argentina Congress votes to dissolve intelligence agency (BBC)

'Unique' Roman tombstone found in Cirencester (BBC)

Killer frog disease: Chytrid fungus hits Madagascar (BBC)

Applications for US jobless aid rise to 313,000

Home Sweet Dumpster: How to Transform a Trash Bin Into a Sustainable Living Space

The annals of “I’m not anti-vaccine,” part 13: Nobody wants to admit to being “antivaccine”

The Last Word - Rice: Netanyahu's speech is ‘destructive’

The Siberian crater saga is more widespread — and scarier — than anyone thought

Strange light patches on dwarf planet Ceres have scientists perplexed

Are you ready for Ambulance Drones?

Rand Paul ripped Jeb Bush a new face on weed

North Korea reflagging ships to evade sanctions - UN (BBC)

Time with family

Pepe Mujica fears a coup could take place in Venezuela soon... from the left

Health groups call for gun-control measures

Before you believe the results of the next poll/survey, watch this:

Well, Stalin's May Day Parade...I mean the CPAC convention is off to a rousing start...

Cuba says fast track to restoring ties 'depends on U.S.'

New MacDonald

Stairways to ...

How Stephen Hawking, diagnosed with ALS decades ago, is still alive

Pic Of The Moment: CPAC Attendees Line Up To Take Picture With Cardboard Cutout Of Rand Paul

2 nights straight above zero

Fallout in Gaza - Must Watch

OMG. ISIS thugs take a hammer to civilisation: Priceless famous 3,000-year-old artworks smashed

Prescott Bush was a Nazi-whore, but his father Samuel was worse (WWI)

FBI Director: ISIS In All 50 States

Some of you folks here make the GOP look better with how they treat women!!!

Nato defence spending falls

British DJ Jimmy Savile raped and abused at least 60 people in hospital

You can't get there from here

Unemployment Insurance History Of The World

CNN trotted out Benard Kerik this morning as an expert

The ISIS War Authorization: A Blank Check

Today in Herstory: Suffrage Hikers Hold Meetings As They Continue Their March to DC

TYT: Reddit Officially Bans All Involuntary Porn

Winter Storm Watch for the Los Angeles/Ventura/Santa Barbara counties.

Leslie Knope’s 7 Greatest Feminist Achievements

The 14 most amazing bodies of water on our planet

"What if Following Jesus isn’t Primarily about Beliefs or Actions?"

Orders for US durable goods up 2.8 percent in January

TYT: America Has Lost It's Mind On The Issue Of Gun Control. FINAL JUDGMENT

Guatemalan rappers promote Mayan language, stories to youth

Lower gasoline prices dampen U.S. consumer inflation

The Externality Trap, or, How Progress Commits Suicide | John Michael Greer

"The Great Man" (1956)

Anyone else have a workplace like this?

Love this seating design

The Draft Warren movement: Crashing the gate of the 2016 election

Federal Court Approves Settlement Requiring Mich. City To Give Atheists Access To City Hall

Ann Coulter knows who the *REAL* terrorists are!

This is one of the reasons I picked out Raven, my new little black kitty.

The paradox of a government that cavalierly kills people but prevents assisted suicide

Wall St. holds near unchanged mark after data flurry

what's for dinner - thursday, feb 26

A (sad) tale of two polls. Actually, of one poll.

Careless Proposal: Kan. Legislator’s Bill Would Grant Special Privileges To Religious Foster Familie

Machinists Union leader alludes to general strike at Wisconsin Capitol rally

Inside The Conservative Campaign To Stop Cops From Enforcing Federal Gun Laws

Your HR Department Hates You: How Corporate Overseers Exploit Workers

*UPDATE* - Vote on Net Neutrality/Open Internet Rules - The Ayes Have It!

Is US Aggression Against Venezuela like Russian Aggression Against Ukraine?

Ambush, not battle in Wisconsin over right to work

TYT: O'Reilly's Lee Harvey Oswald Lie Proves His Lying Goes Back Decades

States Are Blocking Local Regulations, Often at Industry's Behest

How Wall Street's Greedy Tentacles Sank Into Schools, Trapping Them in Massive Debts

Sorry Doxie lovers, you are off the top 10 list!

My God.. Sportscaster in Texas? Amazing!

It’s now legal to toke up in the nation’s capital

What's The Latest In Funding DHS?.....

Anybody heard of the "junior peace man salute"?

Activist: ISIS Now Holds 262 Christians Hostages In Syria

jon stewart takes down faux news

Jeb Bush Joins A Cast of Cowardly Politicians to Use "Mistakes Were Made"—A Best Hits List

Ukraine, Rebels Start Pulling Back Heavy Weapons in the East

TYT: The Obama-Hate Bubble Is FULL Of Stunning Beliefs

It's time we stopped it.....

Insight: West's Offer To Rebuild Ukraine Faces Reality Check

Is DU Edging Toward A More Science Based Understanding Of GMOs?

Florida Tribe Threatens Rick Scott: Let Us Build A Casino Or We Start Growing Pot

Policeman performs exorcism on raging drunk man before arresting him

Senate panel OK's Obama attorney general pick

48 Photos That Are An Optical Illusion

WTF Eventbrite and your "I'm not home rob me" emails?

Landmark net neutrality rules win FCC approval in party-line 3-2 vote

Not Satire, Just Stupid: Colorado’s ‘Pot Pregnancies’ Birthing New Generation of Crack Babies

TYT: Bill O'Reilly Is A Pompous, Lying Ass. Final Judgment

Medical examiner under scrutiny after findings overturned in New River cases

Walker to punt his way across Germany, France, Spain, and Israel

New York City Surrounded by Ice Floes

China Submarines Outnumber U.S. Fleet: U.S. Admiral

Today in Republican science....

Seeking To Cool Tension With Israel, US Sending National Security Adviser, UN Envoy To AIPAC

Poaching Survivor Delivers Baby Rhino

Nobody's governor but theirs...

"Hero of 9/11".....my ass

TYT: Climate Change Denial Is Real & Man-made, Here's Undeniable Proof

"We prefer serious questions" -- the backstage Oscar transcript for the "CitizenFour" team

The graying of President Obama's hair, in one chart

Update about elderly man tasered by FHP. He was Baker-Acted for signs of mental illness.

Kerry Asks Congress for Fatter Propaganda Budget

It is time to introduce my newest kitty.

It is a great feeling when officials actuially see the light and do the right thing (Net Neutrality)

Yay! Net Neutrality Prevails In Historic FCC Vote/Huffpost

Drivers: When you're turning thru a crosswalk with an active walk signal (and green light)

They Baker-Acted the elderly man who was tasered FHP.

My Grandfather used to say

TYT: Secret CIA Black Sites In American Heartland For 'Disappearing' Citizens

Amnesty Int'l: NGO branded as 'foreign agent' after reporting on Russian military action in Ukraine

Chuy needs to grab this story and run with it - not hide behind "not available for comments" line.

A Few Modest Suggestions for Making DU's Presidential OPs More Friendly to Women

Gestapo' tactics at US police 'black site' ring alarm from Chicago to Washington

Amazon Hires Former White House Spokesman Carney

One day away from DHS shutdown, Boehner cracks a joke and blows kisses at reporters

FCC passes Net Neutrality Rules

Thread to post some other things that Bill O'Reilly didn't actually do.

The quintessential "nice guy" I worked with over a decade ago just PMed me on Facebook to say:

Can we have a rational discussion on the Clinton v. Sanders issue?

Should you wrap a paw that has a hotspot on it between the pads

Adrian Peterson reinstated & Jameis Winston continues to top NFL Draft boards

Why the Public Has Every Right to Know if Scott Walker Believes in Evolution

House Republicans Slip Anti-Abortion Language Into Education Bill

Liberals and Conservatives Both Resist Science, But Differently

I am amazed by how many people are opposed to net neutrality.

Hi folks, I'm the guy who actually released the terrorist who now leads ISIS...

Netanyahu becomes political player, so Kerry treats him like one

The freezing homeless child.....(social experiment)...

Cops return 10-year old girl to abusers, after threatening her. (Video posted)

special edition video game includes a Zombie Shelter

Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media ('sock puppet' software)

Georgia Bans the Box!

Florida Town Outlaws Giving Food To The Homeless - Michelle Chen Discusses

Don’t Fall for Walker’s “Right to Work” Distraction

“I like skinny white chicks”: Kid Rock explains why he doesn’t like Beyonce in utterly demented Roll

Chicago's Black Site Detainees Speak Out

Tools to fight the anti net neutrality myths out there

Jon Stewart takes on Fox in a "Lie Off"

"Surprise! ALEC Scholar Says ALEC Right to Work Will Boost WI Economy"

GREENWALD: WHY DOES FBI MANUFACTURE ITS OWN PLOTS IF TERRORISM & ISIS ARE SUCH GRAVE THREATS?

Judge Rafecas dismisses AMIA cover-up charge against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Until today, I never actually realized how badly John Boehner ...

Judge Rafecas dismisses AMIA cover-up charge against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Report: Josh Hamilton confesses relapse to MLB officials

John Boehner's drinking problem

Stephen Curry’s good deeds earn him visit with President Obama

Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich dead, reportedly of self-inflicted gunshot

Israel reportedly planning 48,000 new homes in West Bank

If the GOP listens to this writer, we could be in trouble. Your thoughts on this op-ed?

Change of Heart: How the 'Mother of School Choice' Came to Reject School Vouchers

The Retreat from Universalism: How Identity Politics and Old Time Religion Corrode...

Missouri Auditor and governor candidate Tom Schweich has died

Papantonio: Captive FDA Is Costing People Their Lives

California researcher accidentally discovered solution for color blindness

Legal Petition Urges Gov. Brown to Impose Emergency Fracking Moratorium After Oil Waste Illegally

Recommendations for a new small, four door cat?

What will it take for Glenn Greenwald to hold Islamic extremists responsible for terrorism?

Isis in Syria: Aided by US air strikes, Kurds cut terrorists' supply line linking Syria and Iraq

Jeb Bush Campaign’s Demand for Fidelity Ruffles Some Republicans.

I Still Haven't Gotten The Answers To My Questions About ISIS.......

Christie At CPAC: We Need To Tell Obama's White House 'To Shut Up'

Llamas Loose Live!

Why Reading and Writing on Paper Beat Digital Screens For Boosting Your Brain

Child poverty at devastating levels in US cities and states

Ted Cruz At CPAC: I Am Trying To Be Uber, But For Politics

Banksy highlights Gaza plight with mock tourism video

On net neutrality the corporate sellout President strikes again!

Dem Congressman: Tea Partiers Want US To Return To Racial Segregation

Our biggest problem is what happens if Hillary doesn't or can't run.

Another Take on the Kitz/Hayes Debacle: How dirty media brought down Oregon’s clean-energy governor

As long as the Government has guns so should the people.

Will Derrick Rose's Injury Lead Chicago Bulls Back to Nate Robinson?

WHY DOES THE FBI HAVE TO MANUFACTURE ITS OWN PLOTS IF TERRORISM AND ISIS ARE SUCH GRAVE THREATS?

Verizon butthurt over #NetNeutrality

Conservatives Try And Fail Again To Offer New Alternative To Obamacare

Collector car owners experience daylight Police nightmare

House GOP Stands Defiant Against Senate Plan To Avoid DHS Shutdown

LOL must see Rep. Keith Ellison dancing :Excited about @FCC's decision on Net Neutrality

FCC Chair Tom Wheeler on Open Internet Rules

Bill O'Reilly: I Said I Saw Nuns Being Shot Because I Saw Photos Of It

Ernest Hemmings, 1926-2015

Christie: We Need To Tell The White House It’s Time To Shut Up!!!!

The biggest challenge to faith based authoritarianism - rejection of religious literalism.

In the 2016 Democratic Primary, do you intend to vote for someone who represents your values?

So Scott Walker is leading the GOP pack

Nearly Frozen Waves Captured On Camera By Nantucket Photographer

It's Been A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week For Ted Cruz

American Family Association proclaims the Carolinas a safe, queer-free zone

Want To See Child Poverty Watch Charlie Chaplain's - "The Kid".

Find And Watch Charlie Chaplain's Modern Times or Watch The Film "Metropolis".

Whoever Put Up These Hysterical Flyers Is A Brilliant Mastermind

New film gives chilling account of sexual assault on college campuses

Verizon issues furious response to FCC, in Morse code, dated 1934

Young Lesbian Couple Beaten, Left For Dead In Homophobic Hate Crime

Google Plans New Headquarters, and a City Fears Being Overrun

10th Amendment debate -- to repeal or not?

Talk-show diplomacy? Conan O'Brien visits Cuba for a special edition

I guess snow can be kind of pretty

"Conservative street artist" slams another street artist at CPAC...

"Reverend" Manning shoots off his big bazoo, again...

Christian Hate Group Creates Bogus 'Bigotry Map' of 'Anti-Christian' Organizations

Morning Plum: A Court decision gutting ACA could be a lot worse than you think

Good News For MSNBC: Rachel Maddow Has The Most Watched Non-Fox News Show

what a sweetheart

Fully Autonomous Cars: When & How?

Who Bankrolls the Islamic State? Private Donors in Gulf Oil States Cited as Key to ISIS Success...

West Virginia Republicans Want To Throw People In Jail For Helping Uninsured Get Obamacare

Who Bankrolls the Islamic State? Private Donors in Gulf Oil States Cited as Key to ISIS Success...

On this date (2/26) Tower Comsn released finding that St Ronnie & cronies (handlers?) were guilty...

Hillary Clinton lends support to the FCC's net neutrality plan days before vote

'Jihadi John' named as London man

Who's Behind the Secretive Group Bashing Elizabeth Warren's Favorite Agency?

Liberals Hijack #CPACQ, Conservatives Have Public “I’m Melting!” Moment

Senate is discussing TPP

Tennessee Black Caucus seeks apology from GOP lawmaker

This Will Be the World's Largest Plane

Ex-House Candidate Will Take Top Role in Likely Clinton Campaign

Didn't they just have CPAC recently?

The Government’s Loss at the Supreme Court Today May Signal a More Important Win Down the Road

Explosions in Nigerian towns in north kill at least 34

U.S. Government Combating Wildlife Trafficking

Here’s How Well a Call to Embrace Atheists Went Over at CPAC

Transgender Kids Are Not Confused Or Pretending, Study Finds

Americans Favor Legalizing Pot and Criminalizing Congress

Texas secessionists can’t understand why cops raided their revolution-plotting party

Cuomo Will Become First U.S. Governor to Visit Cuba

Charles P Pierce- Watching Scotty Blow, Cont'd: The Gotcha Problem

Cuomo Will Become First U.S. Governor to Visit Cuba

Summit on gender wage gap at NYU

Summit on gender wage gap at NYU

Here’s a Map of How Much You’d Have to Make To Be Among the 1% in Your State

Borowitz: Americans Favor Legalizing Pot and Criminalizing Congress

New Yorkers return stolen church paintings to Bolivia

John Fugelsang tweet - LMAO

Pap and Seder: Rudy Giuliani’s Long Overdue Kick Out The Door

From torture to terrorism: How DEA case led to extraordinary rendition

From torture to terrorism: How DEA case led to extraordinary rendition

US just paraded troops along Russian border apparently to send a message to the Kremlin

Giancarlo Stanton will wear a custom helmet to protect his face

Even more photos (and a video) of the Omaha zoo's baby penguins

Sen. Inhofe (R-Okla.) hurls snowball on Senate floor in effort to disprove global warming

Couple married 67 years dies holding hands (moved from LBN)

David Corn Will Finally Discuss O’Reilly Accusations on MSNBC Tonight (Mediaite)

Cat plays dead to avoid going for a walk

Assailants hack to death writer Avijit Roy, wife injured

Video shows San Francisco officer striking homeless man with baton

Video shows San Francisco officer striking homeless man with baton (xpost from GD)

Buffalo Creek Disaster February 26, 1972

NYT: Wisconsin, Workers and the 2016 Election

The purr-fect way to relax

Mexican women with mental health problems pressured into sterilisation

Mexican women with mental health problems pressured into sterilisation

New fosters - it's been a while

My Oma. [Updated April 11, 2015] My Oma has left us.

Nebraska judge agrees to halt condemnations for Keystone XL

Oakland (MI) guard drops defender with a dazzling crossover

Russia, Greek Cyprus Sign Military Deal On Use Of Mediterranean Ports

Walker at CPAC

BREAKING: @GovWalker Remarks at CPAC 2-26-15

Murders, threats and duopoly: the state of press freedom in Mexico

Thom Hartmann: BUSTED...Koch Brothers caught funding climate deniers

do you rinse off cans before you open them?

Thom Hartmann: Today's Supreme Court Has Turned its Guns On "We the People"

Shocked politicans and rights groups demand investigation of Chicago Police after Guardian article

Listening to the idiot at CPAC right now, Palin

Argentinian ex-spy accused of tax fraud as allegations swirl in Fernández scandal

A Discussion of Race at City Hall, San Diego PD Releases Stop Data for 2014

The 'Oh Really?' Factor

Lawmakers demand swastikas be removed from California house

The very image of an ignorant denier:

Navigating a 'Crooked Room': Reflections From Black Women on Their Experiences in Progressive Spaces

CSPAN: Scott Walker on ISIS

The FCC’s net neutrality ruling is awesome because…

Diplomacy can't stop wars without military power. by Wes Clark

Walker compares Wisconsin protesters to ISIS at CPAC

Video from CPAC: Walker gets an ear full from a worker in PUBLIC!!!!

Do you have a job? Are you a worker? Are you a middle-class schlub?

Does anyone use CREDO for phone service?

Ukraine begins artillery withdrawal, recognizing truce is holding

What Is Independent Underground News and Talk: The Real, True 'Underground' Difference

Jon Stewart: Rep. Aaron Schock would ‘make an awesome Travel Channel host’

Labor History in 2:00 2-26-15 (CORRECTED)

Is Walker REALLY A Serious Contender For The Repug Nomination For President?.....

Inhofe "proves" Global warming is not real

House of Cards season 3, here it comes.

North Carolina Wants Feds to End Red Wolf Rewilding Program

Who is up for a Hindu or Buddhist temple visit?

Restaurant Gives Totally Unwanted Twist To Mexican Cuisine

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Friday, 27 February 2015

Llamas Lead Authorities On Chase Through Arizona Streets, Capture America’s Heart

"Citizens of London", a history/'expose' set in London in WW II that you should read.

Scalise to EPA chief: ‘snow blizzards’ contradict climate science

Conservative Provocateur James O'Keefe: Where's My Polk Award?

Shame on House Republicans (story and graphic!!!)

Authorities Demolish Capitol Building That Was Site Of Gruesome 113th Congressional Session

UPDATED: Walker: If I Can Take On Union Protesters, I Can Take On ISIL (VIDEO)

Perry attorneys ask Texas appeals court to toss felony case

Facebook Adds New Feature For Suicide Prevention

Video Shows Police Brutally Beat Terminally Ill Man in Front of His Two Young Children

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