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Archives: May 19, 2015

Dave. Feb 1, 1982.

Shrewwwd.........

O'Reilly's doing his show tonight

NYT: Bernie Sanders Wants to Be President, but He’s Already Facebook Royalty

We'll be sweating tonight. The AC died.

The Latest on Waco Shooting: Warning on Biker Gang Violence

How many of the guns used in the Texas gang war were legal?

The president of our HOA is now flying two flags

Media (and Police) Double Standard On Wide Display In Waco

20% of Africans Live in Post-Conflict Fragile States

Bristol Palin And Fiancé Abruptly Call Off Wedding

U.S. workers miss billions in retirement matches: study

Pups 20 days old

Tips on Photographing Hand-Held with Telephoto Lenses

Some reactions to The Presidents twitter...warning language.

Much thanks to you guys. Our blanket project made the district's newsletter. You all ROCK

Mandatory Monday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Potpourri! & a Puppy gif

Trident submarine whistleblower to turn himself in to police

Bill Oreilly and Fox's control of social media (Twitter)

Wendell Potter: Insurers’ High-Deductible Plans Leave Many Without Needed Care

Will One Female Jounro at Fox News stand up to Bill Oreilly

Police want bikers off streets after deadly Texas shooting

Rachel - It was the Bush administration that made the case for war in IRAQ

Please don't drunkenly chase the bears, Massachusetts police urge

U.S. Hosts Arms Bazaar at White House Arab Summit

Here is an OP about Bernie in GD that everyone here should see and enjoy

Bernie on PBS NewsHour tonight!

Today in Herstory: Jacqueline Cochran Breaks Boundaries in Aviation (18 may 1953)

Republican governor in Maryland won't give funding to education

Saying no to equality for NC women (or most anywhere in the US)

Stephen Colbert warns graduates: Fight racism and climate change or prepare to live in a “Mad Max”-s

The ACLU Takes on Gender Discrimination in Hollywood

Company that sold belongings of deployed U.S. Navy sailors reaches settlement

Fourteen charged with smuggling drugs through U.S. airports

Tourist taking picture tumbles into Yellowstone park canyon.

PBS News Hour: Bernie Sanders on taxes, trade agreements and Islamic State

Deflategate v. Domestic Violence: The NFL Fumbles (Again!)

Deflategate v. Domestic Violence: The NFL Fumbles (Again!)

In NC and Missouri, Parents Criticize LGBT-Themed Material

Deflategate v. Domestic Violence: The NFL Fumbles (Again!)

I'm hopelessly in love with Shina Ringo.

In Arkansas, Hillary Clinton's Legacy Remains Potent

Flood, mudslide sweep away homes in Colombia, killing 58

Cruz warns of ‘mandatory’ same-sex marriage

Conservationists decry U.S. plan to retool endangered species rules

The Police Sex-Discrimination Case We Should Be Talking About

Transgender Woman Stabbed To Death In Philadelphia

The Police Sex-Discrimination Case We Should Be Talking About

Feds Project Lake Mead Below Drought Trigger Point In 2017

Argentine court eases child abuser's punishment, blaming six-year-old

The Police Sex-Discrimination Case We Should Be Talking About

Iran-Backed Shiite Militias Mobilize To Retake Iraq's Ramadi

Venezuelan Officials Suspected of Turning Country into Global Cocaine Hub

....if you put it THAT way...

Bill O'Reilly: Domestic abuse allegation '100% false'

The meaning of social justice unionism

The meaning of social justice unionism

Drought face-lift: California paints lawns green

AFL-CIO president: Bad trade deal is worse than no deal

Waco police: Some bikers may have been shot by officers

White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite 'has killed 400 people in reign of terror against the west'

Phucking Phillies Phan >>

House Committee Bars Publication of Reports by Congressional Research Service

If you put the tv on real quick - Warren

10-11:30 PM ET Tonight: PBS INDEPENDENT LENS, "1971", Anti-Vietnam War Activists FBI Break In

My experiences with Windows 10

Oil & Gas Drilling and Fracking are Destroying our Landscape

From The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said

Politics - a Dirty Game That is Getting Dirtier.

Tulsa Woman Accused Of Attacking Dead Body Wears Disguise To Court

May 18, 1928 founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World

May 18, 1928 founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World

May 18, 1928 founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World

Watching Scotty Blow, Cont'd: The Supreme Court Declines To Help

(repost) Standing On Sacred Ground - a film

Space Station Could Get Laser Cannon to Destroy Orbital Debris

Lawrence O'Donnell airs clip of Elizabeth Warren nailing it on GOP field (link added)

Jeb Bush to Gay Customers: "Fuck You"

1971

Need to check links for Bernie as none would work for me.

Do you like the idea of international organizations being able to overrule our own laws?

What if a teacher just refused to buy classroom supplies with their own money?

Martin O'Malley's Social Justice Religious Background

State Department won't release Hillary Clinton's emails until January 2016

So O'Reilly, Limbaugh, et al. are not journalists so don't have to be hounded out

To one MRA, “lying” about MRAs boycotting Mad Max: Fury Road is worse than denying the holocaust

Clinton Friend’s Memos on Libya Draw Scrutiny to Politics and Business

Arizona caps welfare benefits, will drop over 1,600 families from rolls

10-11:30 PM ET Tonight: PBS Independent Lens, "1971", anti-Vietman War FBI Break in Media, PA

have asked about deleting my account some months ago

EmpowerTexans Has No Business Running Texas

Just got through watching World War II and the Nazi-reminds me why I hate this country

Petitions ask, should north of England join Scotland or become separate country?

Music to run from the cops by

focus stacked flowers

Democrats call for federal investigation into questionable WEDC loan deal

Tom Hanks on Letterman

Hillary Clinton Campaign Begins Drafting Policy Solutions To Heroin Epidemic

Tennessee governor signs law setting 48-hour abortion wait period

Cannabinoid medicinal chart

Family Raising Funds For Injured Cat After San Antonio Animal Care Services Misidentified Feline

U.S. Fears Shi'ite Militias Could Worsen Iraqi Sectarian Fires

The Big Picture: Tame Wall Street

Bernie's doing an AMA on Reddit tomorrow (5/19) at 4pm est

Boy shoots through window, kills friend trying to wake him

Question: Fruit reduction - necessary to add sugar?

Raul Midon - Sunshine, When You're With Me I Can Fly

Strength through discipline! Strength through community! Strength through action!

Scientists examine why men even exist

Sumo Fans

San Diego Storage Company Agrees to Pay $170,000 to Settle Justice Department Allegations

I'm having a brain cramp - where are the Jury rules

Afghan police jailed over Farkhunda mob death

Van students return to school after a week off due to tornado

Judges: State botched fraud case, must pay $400K in fees

"Faulty intelligence" is accepted as the norm

Slain housekeeper planned to join kids in El Salvador after years of support

House OKs cannabis oil in victory for marijuana advocates (tx)

Daily Holidays - May 19

From Batsuits to Magic Carpets, Pentagon shows off new toys

Why Welfare Capitalism Beats Socialism

Social Justice vs Economic Justice: the two candidate's platforms

Archaeologists Seek to Unveil Mysteries of Peru's Mochica Culture

Archaeologists Seek to Unveil Mysteries of Peru's Mochica Culture

Florida college sued over forced vaginal exams

Guatemalan woman, son die after being pulled from Yuma canal

North American Unions Support Striking Peruvian Miners

A Bleak Symbolic Defeat

'NO on Fast Track' protest Tuesday during John Kerry's TPP sales event at Boeing

Small Brown Bottle

San Francisco police immune from lawsuit over woman's shooting

Native Americans protest South High's refusal to let student wear eagle plumes, beads on graduation

Senator READS the TPP and Exposes Its Contents

Native Americans protest South High's refusal to let student wear eagle plumes, beads on graduation

In Tel Aviv, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales likes Israel but stays neutral

So, the WTO just killed USA's Country of Origin labels on meat... Claimed it violates trade pact

Why Are We in the Middle East?

The American-Made Child Army in Africa

The Feminazis have won. Do not get duped into watching Mad Max: Feminist Road.

Watch: Bernie Sanders Schools Alan Greenspan On How He Created the Bush Recession

Attention the handful of UJ3RK5 Gang of Four fans out there.

Attention the handful of UJ3RK5 Gang of Four fans out there.

Saudi Arabia Asking Pakistan for Nuclear Weapons, US Sources Say

Canada Just Threw A Grenade Into Elizabeth Warren's Trade Fight With Obama

Can Agroecology Save Us From "Scorched-Earth" Agriculture?

City of Angels ready to carry torch if Boston 2024 bid falters

Iraq and Vietnam

‘God Is Not Here,’ by Bill Russell Edmonds

Martin O"Malley meets the moderates.

ILO: Only one in four workers has a stable job

Oh hell no! Millions of spiders just rained from the sky in Australia

Climate change: Americans crowding into future heatwave zones

Thistle

UK inflation turns negative for first time since 1960

I’ve Read Obama’s Secret Trade Deal. Elizabeth Warren Is Right to Be Concerned.

National Geographic: Science Seeks to Unlock Marijuana’s Secrets

Slowpoke Toon: Great Hall of Iraq Whoppers

Fossil fuels subsidised by $10m a minute, says IMF

West Virginia man, 94, graduates from college: 'I've waited a long time for this'

Grindr Screenshots Reveal Antigay Pastor Is A Top Who Likes To Cuddle

Why do Republicans really oppose infrastructure spending?

Secret files reveal police feared that Trekkies could turn on society

Bosses Are Turning Poverty-Wage Workers Into ‘Managers’-and Barring Them From OT in the Process

Trident whistleblower William McNeilly in military custody

NY: MTA Bus Ridership Plummeting, Statistics Show

Entire GOP Running For President. How Many Will Get In? Flash Mob!

UK inflation turns negative for first time since 1960 - live updates

Sotomayor, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito, and Roberts join to give me thousands of dollars!!!!

Tues. May 19, 2015 EDUCATION DAY OF ACTION: Contact the JFC to support funding for public schoosl!

12 worst ideas religion has unleashed on the world:

Lawrence O'Donnell ignored Bernie's candidacy - Bernie Group

TPP: U.S. wants AU to lower standards on health of imported U.S. beef

If you discover an environmental disaster in Wyoming-You MUST keep it to yourself.

OMG: Jeb Bush: A ‘tolerant country’ should allow discrimination based upon ‘religious beliefs’

State Auditor Rebecca Otto calls privatization bill a 'backstabbing'

LOL: Bill Clinton - Tweets - Barack Obama

does anyone here use salon pas for osteoarthritic pain?

Northern Ireland bakers guilty of discrimination over gay marriage cake

Documents: The TPP is a "Living Agreement". In other words, it can change

W didn't know what a sovereign nation is, does the DU?

You remember no drama Obama? This isn't him

Waiting For The 405

Slashed Australian Renewable Energy Target = $6 Billion Slashed From Investment

James Fallows: How Fox News Is (Still) Hurting the Republicans

The war promoters in the Bush Administration gave us the present foreign policy framework.

Eugene Robinson - Obama Drills A Hole In What There Is Of His Climate Policy

TPP

Hilarious Twitter exchange between Bill and Barack.

Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR) Goes Ahead To Acquire Bright House

Freedumb For Texans, Who Will Now Enjoy Benefits Of Zero Local Regulation Of Fracking

How Heroin Made Its Way From Rural Mexico To Small-Town America

TAIBBI: Forget What We Know Now: We Knew Then the Iraq War Was a Joke

How the Bandidos became one of the world’s most feared biker gangs

Rachel Maddow - Sexting, sex crimes, and 'damned' lies: political resignation watch

Bandidos v. Cossacks: Was the Texas biker brawl over territory?

Clinton takes another swipe at hedge fund managers for earnings

Tuesday Afternoon...took a new job and hasn't been back...

America is VERY sick (warning-offensive imagery & words)

Tuesday Toon Roundup 1: Debaters and fools

Newspaper Gives Honest Answer to Question, "Why do you support such a liberal agenda?"

So, let me get this right! The greatest problems this country faces are Same Sex Marriage and Iraq,

Tuesday Toon Roundup 2: The Rest

The staggering diversity of pastors’ facial hair, in one graphic

Iraq War Supporters Run For The Hills (TPM)

Iraq War Supporters Run For The Hills

The Republican field is a clown car

Church of Scientology owes City of Toronto over $100k in property taxes

Jeff Sessions Reveals Specifics of TPP

a strict time-out for brawling.

What happened to Saddam's Sunni Army that was disbanded by the Americans??

Venezuela's Inflation Rate Is 200% and Credit Card Companies Are Cashing In

Tea Party Texan takes on Washington (E-I Bank)

No S#!t Shirlock!" -‘Extreme’ Exposure to Secondhand Cannabis Smoke Causes Mild Intoxication

Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1%

I've passed my Statistics class!

Trident whistleblower William McNeilly hands himself in

The mystery of India’s rapid drift | EarthSky

USS Constitution Warship Moves to Dry Dock for Restoration

This cartoon sums it up

Stanford scientists discover how microbes acquire electricity in making methane

Pope Francis to bishops: Stop ordering faithful around

How Atheists Are Turning ‘Religious Freedom’ Laws Against Religion

There is PLENTY of Money for Amtrak. Teapubbies Need to Stop Stealing it, That’s All.

Hillary Clinton Room-A bit of Meta and a warning for Hillary supporters on DU.

Does anyone else get lectured by Republicans at the polls?

Tom Brady now as trustworthy as Bill O'Reilly

Jeb Bush Accidentally Made a Brilliant Argument Against Anti-Gay “Religious Liberty” Laws

Letterman's Great Moments in Presidential Speeches

House liberals play hard-to-get with Hillary Clinton

Origin of Antarctica’s eerie Blood Falls

The Untold Story of ILM, a Titan That Forever Changed Film

WTF? Marlins name GM Dan Jennings as new manager (never played or managed pro ball) ...

Iraqi Armed Forces = South Vietnamese Armed Forces post 1973

People supporting the TPP are willing to throw everything out the window

Facing $1 billion deficit, Arizona sharply limits welfare

49ers DE Justin Smith retires

Planetary Society to test LightSail May 20

Next time someone cites "Natural News," think of this...

Solutions for stress eating?

Suspended MSUM wrestler to get 4 months for dorm rape

NYT Op-Ed: William Daley's (former Obama Chief of Staff) towering pile of pro-tpp shit

Supporting TPP is written into the latest (2012) Democratic Party Platform:

Drought Inspires Creative Suggestions To Address Water Shortage

Rachel Maddow - Iraq war lies ignored in Republican campaign coverage

Will she put a stick in their eye?

Women turned away from Cannes for wearing flats

Behind bars, on the ballot; ex-mayor wins Venezuela primary

Final Moments Of Army Sgt. James Brown's Life Captured In GRAPHIC Jail Video

The truth about giant tortoises (BBC)

Highway trust fund & Obama's budget - popvox

Tech giants don’t want Obama to give police access to encrypted phone data

george w. bush: Its Cool to be Stupid

A message from the Queen

Jesus is coming back — so Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling doesn’t matter

Fla. rep on estranged wife: 'Gold diggers gotta dig'

Obama joins Twitter. Racism quickly follows.

Do you occasionally dream of an ex..and in the dream, you think, oh, no, I'm back with him/her...

A Blast from the Past! (or a Pabst with a Blast!) . . . Please come CAPTION W, ca. 2003

UT Student Invents A Trombone That Shoots Frickin’ Flames Out Of It

It's the Final Act for Larsen B Ice Shelf, NASA Finds

Public education supporters slam Cuomo's tax credit proposal

Long lost Egyptian tomb found

Housing Starts in U.S. Surge to Seven-Year High as Weather Warms

Albany County won’t lift ban on expanding crude oil operations

Million strong bat colony gets close up by kayak

What DU has taught me about religion.

10 Best Feminist Comedies on Netflix

Attention Journalists: You're NOT An Indispensable Part Of The Presidential Campaign

Half Of Cop-Killers In 2013 Were Prohibited From Having A Gun... But Got One Anyway

Rick Santorum’s claim that he’s responsible for the ‘crushing sanctions’ on Iran

sprite season begins

The "Greatest Country in the World" ?

Twitter, Bristol Palin, and the future of the world...

These Are Not The Questions Or Answers They Want

Judge orders 'rolling' release of Clinton's State Department emails

Murderer on the loose in northern Colorado.

Rep. Alan Grayson On Estranged Wife: ‘Gold Diggers Gotta Dig’

America's biggest ranch, which is larger than New York City, goes on sale for $713 million in Texas

Screw waiting for the 'press' - This is where pressure to respond to the issues should come from

Luckovich: GOP Presidential Debate

Students Allege Florida College Forced Them Undergo Vaginal Probes

While our politicians duck for cover, i can't help but think of the tragedy of lives

Petition:Tuition should be free at public colleges. Today I will be introducing a bill in the Senate

Not the Onion, sadly...

Clinton on Social Security and raising taxes in 2008

Flint man accused of waterboarding 5-year-old charged with child abuse

How will the GOP rewrite the forum for debates????

Has SurvivorMan Lost His Damn Mind?

Free college tuition for all! says presidential candidate Bernie Sanders

Cheney weighs in....."Dammit! Duh!"

Remember what it was like to have a Republican in the White House...

"Brooks has helped engineer an entirely fraudulent ... cartoon version of our nation's recent past"

Did anyone else notice that...

Men’s rights ‘spokesman’ says ‘Mad Max’ boycott was totally not official — now he wants an apology

May I advocate for a more advanced and granular thread trash feature?

New Zealand is way ahead of us...WAY ahead!

FRONTLINE: How George W. Bush and Dick Cheney brought torture to America

The Plundering of a Nation by a Beloved Company

The Plundering of a Nation by a Beloved Company

Martin O'Malley, May 30th at 10am on Federal Hill in Baltimore, MD

Gov. Nikki Haley (SC) is having an arena-sized prayer rally in June

Graham's America: "I'm not going to call a judge, I'm going to call a drone and we will kill you"

Trade Rules Create Obstacle Course for a Better Food System

Trade Rules Create Obstacle Course for a Better Food System

How America Overdosed on Drug Courts

OPS reverses decision: South student can wear feather on graduation cap to honor Native American ...

Hillary and Watergate (RW claim she was fired by a 'lifelong Democrat' etc...

OPS reverses decision: South student can wear feather on graduation cap to honor Native American ...

Was students' police brutality art inappropriate for school show?

Bernie Sanders is unleashing a plan to make prescription drugs cheaper

Pic Of The Moment: How To Be A Pro-Life Republican

Before you tweet at @POTUS, remember the White House archives everything

A fairly ok overview of Bernie's positions:

Chris Christie ‘Explains’ His Low Presidential Polling: People ‘Want Me To Stay’

Andrea Mitchell "No credible candidate to challenge Hillary"

Jeb Bush was one of the founding members of PNAC, Project for the New American Century

Warren Blasts Obama On Trade Enforcement

David Brooks’ sickening Iraq apologia: How the New York Times hack just rewrote history

Jeb Bush Says His Brother Was Misled Into War By Faulty Intelligence. That's NOT What Happened.

Dear God, Is Literally Every Member of the Republican Party Running for President?

Can anyone out there tell me about any experience you may have had with

If Hillary didn't use her email for classified information, why a year for State to release?

One victory at a time over in LBN

John Nichols: Russ Feingold is running to restore our economic well-being Read more: http://host.ma

Oh Yea!!! This will help Obama with his TPP Problem..

The case for why it's Hillary's race to lose - HILLARY GROUP POST

Disney World to riders: No selfie sticks

Could what happened in Waco...

Walker Tells Republican Lawmakers His Lack of College Diploma Could Be Political Asset

Engelhardt - Writing History Before It Happens

National GOP Poll shows Rubio in top spot, undeclared Walker in 2nd

Sanders Shames CEOs Lecturing 'America' on the Economy

Sorry, Duplicate. Salvadorans Warn Canadians about World Bank’s Kangaroo Court

The Iraq War was NOT a mistake.

My 22 year old son on Bernie versus HRC

POTUS sets Guinness World Record

Robert Kraft-Patriots won't appeal ruling

RESET THE CLOCK!

NCAA Baseball Rankings - USA Today Coaches' Poll

Breaking News: Hillary takes reporters' questions

Sign on as a Citizen Co-Sponsor to Bernie's Bill to Break Up the Banks

Papantonio: Tax Loopholes Are Killing People

Israel and Hamas Reportedly Conducting Secret Face-to-Face Talks

Q. Given the situation in Iraq, do you think we’re better off without Saddam Hussein in power?

U.S. Congress mulls days-long extension of surveillance plan

What's for Dinner, Tues., May 19, 2015

If you even THINK about joining Al Qaeda, Lindsey Graham will KILL you.

Records indicate Scott Walker was copied on letter promising loan to donor

You knew it was coming!

The lyrics of recent No. 1 singles average at a third grade reading level

How Did the Month of May Get Its Name?

U.S. charges six Chinese nationals with economic espionage

Cats are as affectionate as dogs, says science. We're just misunderstanding their purrs, blank faces

Walmart's Leaked Anti-Union Training Video

MOST AGREE THE TIME FOR LEGALIZING MARIJUANA HAS COME

The Truth Behind 5 Common Myths About Cats

Remember in 2009-10 when Obama was being accused of plotting to invade Iran?

Equities gain, euro tumbles as ECB hints at faster debt purchases

Cheney's Halliburton Ties - Nobody gave a damn back in 2003

Attorney General to Use Bank Settlement Cash to House Homeless

Toon: Wisconsin's Malice

Civil War Rages On for Black America

Civil War Rages On for Black America

Bill de Blasio has reached a cde Blasio Reaches Contract Agreement With Sanitation Workers

Charles Pierce Asks GOP Candidates: "Are You Smarter Than A Bush Brother?"

Experts doubt FARC is giving military training to Mexican cartels

De Blasio Cuts Contract Deal With NYCHA Teamsters Union for Raises, Cost Cuts

Is the Egyptian state using sexual torture against women?

Is the Egyptian state using sexual torture against women?

Hypothetically - If For Some Reason Due To Some Scandal Hillary Gets Knocked Off As The Democratic..

a question about the Capital Gains Tax....is it fair?

Non Texsequitor - non sequitor in the Loon Star State

Ugh. Off-Books Clinton Libya Adviser Had Business Interest in Libyan Regime Change

U.S. Loses WTO Meat Labeling Case--U.S. Consumers to Lose "Country of Origin" disclosure labels

Mr. Pierce Mercilessly Takes Down Mr. Brooks (et al): How Humility Insists On Deceit

Hillary Clinton’s Hypocrisy

Happy 90th birthday, Malcolm X. His words on police violence.

35 colorized pics of the battle of Normandy

Most Americans Support Body Cameras on Elected Officials

Egypt: Rape And Sexual Violence Perpetrated By Security Forces 'Surges' Under El-Sisi's Regime...

Substitute Teacher Caught on Video Beating Middle-Schoolers With Belt

Your tax dollars at work.

Pete Townshend turns 70 today

Hillary Clinton Answers Questions on Iraq, Emails, the Foundation and Wealth

Grace Jones turns 67 today

Bernie Sanders puts forth a bill to make 4 yr public college tuition free, pay for it with a modest

This teacher never expected this explanation of child birth from a little girl in her class.

Hillary Clinton Speaks Out in Iowa on TPP: "I’ve been for trade deals, I’ve been against them"

I want to know where the leaders of the white community are

To Fight Bee Decline, Obama Proposes More Land to Feed Bees

Iowa Spent $50 Million to Lure IBM. Then the Firings Started

Obama just unveiled a big new plan to save the honeybees

MSNBC POLL concerning today's "Finally Gotcha" Hillary Email News

Merkel Gives Greece 12 Days to Reach Financing Accord

Rumor: Windows 10 To Be Offered To Windows XP Users For $39

Obama administration moves to expand overtime pay

No Charges For Pastor Who Raped Mentally Disabled Woman, Thanks To Louisiana Law

A 2.0 student can know more than a 4.0 student.

New York Stock Exchange Launches Bitcoin Price Index

Papantonio: The Public Hates The SCOTUS

The U.S. Needs the Iceland Option

State employees screwed by Scott Walker again- health care costs to double

Are Blueprints For 3D-Printed Guns Protected Speech?

No wonder most 80's music sucked. It mostly sounded alike!

Did George Stephanopoulos 'Lie' About $75,000 Donation to Clinton Foundation?

Woman Figures Out How to Use 'Religious Freedom' Law in Epic Way

Ooops! Three Arrested Bikers Released by Mistake

In case you didn't yet know Cheney was recklessly incompetent: Cheney Thought Al Qaeda Was Bluffing.

Senator Sessions (R-AL) rips the lid off TPP

Teacher: I Was Fired for Publicly Shaming Bully

Chris Christie - delusional or spinning?

Takata Air Bag Recall Doubles to Nearly 34 Million

Hillary Clinton in Iowa: I Want To Be A Small Business President

Baby gorilla makes debut at zoo in Australia

Lalo Alcaraz on Operation Jade Helm

Pups 21 days old

This week in Detroit in the top 35, 1966. Percy Sledge, Stones, Sinatra, James Brown and more.

So My Favorite Wingnut sends me an email captioned

A proven approach to helping the ultra-poor

The key to ending Colombia's seven-decade civil war could be the US

here's a question the Lounge can probably really help with

Saudi Arabia advertises for eight new executioners as beheading rate soars

Iraqi Army 'Abandoned Tanks, Artillery And Humvees' To Isil In Fall Of Ramadi

Nazis Triumph Over Communists in Ukraine

Knowing what we've known all along...

In "Hard Choices", HRC ENDORSED the TPP. So we actually do know her position

Knowing what we've known all along...

Top Democrat sounds ‘alarm bells’ over Obama rhetoric on Islamic State

Texas police seek gang truce, end of bloodshed after deadly brawl

Los Angeles Expected to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour

Knowing what we know, do we know what we know?

One of our candidates keeps talking about having "serious conversations"

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka rips Oregon Democrats for support of Pacific Rim trade deal

Must read: Shell Oil’s Cold Calculations for a Warming World..

New York Magazine: Was the Iraq War a Crime or a Mistake? Yes.

Dead Nation Walking | James Howard Kunstler

Documentary vs Mockumentary

Metaphor For Sexism? Cannes Film Festival Event Won't Admit Women Wearing Flat Shoes

Teen given gun shoots and kills friend knocking at his window

The ‘Splainer: Who are the Rohingyas and why are they fleeing Myanmar?

Another great Jim Carrey clip....

Most Bikeable Cities of 2015

Bernie: If Teddy Roosevelt were alive today he'd tell us to "break them up."

Get ready for silly season because there’s no stopping it

Industry Groups & Republicans Cheer Obama's Endangered Species Act Overhaul

Los Angeles Raises Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour

5 ways churches inflicted pain on themselves

The Positive Side Of Radiation Caused By Fracking

America's Views Align Surprisingly Well With Those of "Socialist" Bernie Sanders

Papantonio: Time’s Up, Holder – Where Are The Prosecutions?

The 85-Year-Old Nun Who Went to Prison for Embarrassing the Feds Is Finally Free

Cancer charities bilked donors out of $187 million, government says

It's A Great Time To Be Graduating From A Mainline, Progressive, Christian, Divinity School

How can a Canadian Mining company sue El Salvador for $301 million dollars?

In a Middle East racked by turmoil Iranians have fallen in love with stability

I just want to see Ramsay Bolton die a gruesome death involving much suffering

Hospital bills too high? One benefits firm has new strategy: Don't pay

O'Reilly's Continues Gett'n Off 'Scot Free', Including Sexual Harassment.

GOP fumbles latest attack on Hillary Clinton's email use-HRC ROOM

Peruvian discovery may hold ‘hidden pool’ of rare earths

Peruvian discovery may hold ‘hidden pool’ of rare earths

Fox News' Attacks On Clinton Foundation Ensnare Own Anchor-HRC ROOM

Colombian marines train El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras river forces

Boston Invokes the Death Penalty | Mickey Z.

HRC is running a smart campaign

I am Senator Bernie Sanders, Democratic candidate for President of the United States - AMA

Hey jebya! How's that trying to out guess dubya working out for you?

A traitor to human consciousness! . . . Please come CAPTION Rush Limbaugh!!!

The Survival of the Species: From Indigenous Struggle to Ecosocialism

The Survival of the Species: From Indigenous Struggle to Ecosocialism

Yahoo News: McDonald's Destroyed the Gut Bacteria of a College Kid in 10 Days

I like Hillary and I like Bernie.

Experts Predict Firearms Deaths Will Surpass Vehicle Deaths

Opposition Primaries Plagued by High Abstention as Party Elites Sow Divisions

Bottom Up or bottoms up.

This Dutch nursing home has found a brilliant way to help college students save money

HRC took 6 questions from the press today

Yes, we can have wind energy without decapitating birds.

Governments Giving Fossil Fuel Companies $10 Million a Minute: IMF

"Trade" deals and "intellectual property"

Israel court approves Bedouin land confiscation, HRW condemns

Top New Hampshire Republicans Call on G.O.P. Congressman to Quit

The Governor is out to destroy this state.

Why the U.S. Spent Billions on an Army that Conscripted Child Soldiers

Newport Folk Festival

Bobby Jindal plans to issue an executive order enforcing intent of religious freedom bill

Wolf Blitzer "So you want to raise taxes?" Bernie Sanders: "On the very wealthy? Absolutely"

Boehner Calls on President Obama to 'Start Over' on ISIS War Authorization

Ireland: journalist gets letter: God gave you cancer because you're gay

Texas hunter bags his rhino on controversial hunt in Namibia

Bill O'Reilly's daughter says he choked and dragged ex-wife down stairs

Silicon Valley paid HRC to tell them...

John Fugelsang: Jesus and George Soros...

The Orioles brought some friends with them including a Lark Bunting (updated)

The Orioles brought some friends with them including a Lark Bunting (update)

Bernie: When millions of people stand up and fight...they win....

ISIS' Takeover Of Ramadi Is A Significant Blow For Coalition Forces

(HRC) is as liberal as Elizabeth Warren and barely more moderate than Bernie Sanders.

Pizza saves life of 82 year old woman. Kudos to Susan Guy!

Some questions and answers from Bernie's reddit AMA thread- good stuff

8-10 PM ET Tonight: PBS, THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY, Part 3. The Fire of Life (1910-1919)

Dog found in dead owner's embrace gets a new family

Arizona racial profiling case to cost taxpayers $45 million

Call goes out for boycott of Driscoll

Venezuelan Officials Suspected of Turning Country into Global Cocaine Hub

Los Angeles Expected to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour (xpost from GD)

Limited medical marijuana bill clears Texas Legislature

Limited medical marijuana bill clears Texas Legislature

Disabled activists blockade Gov. Abbott’s office

@POTUS: The First Tweet

Supreme Court Punts On Special Ed, ADA Cases

8-10 PM ET, Tonight: PBS, THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY, Part 3. The Fire of Life (1910-1919)

Papantonio: What’s Obama Hiding In TPP?

Lets be completely honest here, Obama's foreign policy in the middle east has failed.

Unions urge Amtrak to put 2nd crew member in locomotives.

Hoodie

Top Dem Blasts Iraq's ISIS Strategy As Baghdad's U.S.-Friendly Leader Struggles

US ‘accepts’ Colombia’s decision to halt aerial glyphosate spraying

Fox News says President Obama is disarming the nation's cops

Philadelphia Amtrak Crash: Conductor Felt 'Sudden Surge,' Lawyer Says

Bernie can't win because he isn't pretty?

Ultra Spiritual Exclusive Interview on Religion & Science - with JP Sears

Tucson-Statewide budget cuts are forcing eight local libraries to close their doors on Sundays.

John Fugelsang: Where are the white leaders decrying this white-on-white violence?

Stop calling Bernie's bill to fund college for all American kids

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Anti-Obamacare Republican renounces ‘pigheaded’ GOP — and he wants you to know why

Hatton Garden safe deposit raid: police arrest nine suspects aged 48 - 76

Papantonio: The Daily Caller — Tucker Carlson’s High School Rag

The Clintons STILL aren't corrupt...

*PSA* Attention shoppers: S'mores will be in a store near you this Friday.

Godfather Christie wants us to feel the fear and panic of the 9/11 era forever.

Sanders Open to Legalizing Marijuana?

Simon Pegg says superhero movies are making people 'dumb'

HRC ROOM- (HRC) is as liberal as Elizabeth Warren and barely more moderate than Bernie Sanders.

May preliminary polls are up

Saddest songs ever?....I'll start,

Bernie Sanders hints at support for legalized pot

A long time ago...in a Galaxy far far away...I bought a print from this artist in a gallery

Letterman's leaving? Personally, I never 'got' this guy. I couldn't care less.

When we discuss our two candidates

Bernie Sanders cannot make it through an interview without being grilled about Hillary Clinton

I will NEVER get over the fact that I have to be so guarded as to what

Sandy Rios: Waco Biker Gangs Could Be 'Retrained' To Fight Islamists, Drug Cartels

Tweety is having a blast tearing Cheeeeeeeeney et al a new one

Reagan & Dubya = The Founding Fathers

Utah high school decides not to include special needs students in yearbook

Walmart in LBN

Walmart in LBN

Fear and loathing and the DLC/ThirdWay/NewDemocrat chimera

Anyone else seeing their posts not kick up or disappear?

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Wednesday, 20 May 2015

The High Frequency Trading tax (HFT)

Carmelo Anthony is afraid of 'a cat,' and potentially multiple cats

Owners vote to move extra point try to 15-yard line

Celebrate the 120th anniversary of Austin’s moonlight towers

Israel begins separating Palestinian bus travel in West Bank

Wis GOP is selling very funny mugs of Walker!

The Most Unusual Deaths By State, In One Map

Senate approves $3 billion package of university construction bonds

Deputies Apologize for Leaving Starter Pistol at Elementary School.

"In God We Trust" A simplistic and probably meaningless protest.

Union organizers set to try again in S.C., this time with list of Boeing workers

Emotional and Empathetic Adorable Toddler

US regulator orders PayPal to pay $25 million in refunds, fines

too much time on someones hands, anyone claim this ?

NFL players union asks Roger Goodell to recuse himself from Tom Brady's appeal

Los Angeles Votes To Raise Minimum Wage To $15

MoveOn's response to petition to back Bernie Sanders:

What Will Republicans Do With So Many Candidates?

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