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Archives: May 8, 2015

Killed by police facts:

Students At Texas Christian University Make 'Faithfully Gay' Doc About Religion, LGBT Rights: VIDEO

South Carolina and North Carolina residents - Looks like this will be a tropical storm overnight

Sun Country Airlines Threatens Shut Down

The Salem Mass Press Conference

I'm having Moe's 'Original' barbecued ribs tonight and you aren't.

Have you heard about that Bernie guy?

The Woman at the Window

So the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard is running for president.

It’s Hillary Clinton’s Election to Lose

This is FUCKING BULLSHIT.

"Probably the hardest decision I've ever had to make."

OK,Chris Hayes, enough is enough.

I don't mind these 'what's the best' or 'number one' threads TOO much,

Clinton supporters use the Citizens United defense on behalf of their candidate.

Oops!!!Protest planned to oust Cameron should Tories try to occupy Downing Street

Leading scientists accused of offering false hope on climate

Punched, Groped, Beer Thrown in My Face: Being a Woman at a Concert Can Be Terrifying

Got the new soil test results today -- a mini-crisis

After heavy storms, forecasters predict more to come

Chris Christie defends Tom Brady

Chris Christie defends Tom Brady

Bring on the Class War: Bernie Sanders Dreams of a Revolution in 2016

Mr.Children Music Video

Britain's Most Disgusting Food: Meat

If not for Mike Huckabee...Carol Sue would be with us

Mandatory Thursday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! . . . and Water is Wet & a new Kittehs gif

Meet Mike Huckabee’s rapey 2016 running mate who will keep him from being president forever

British political question:

Iowans - please sign Senator Bolkcom's petition for medical cannabis

FBI Admits to Using High-Tech Spy Planes to Monitor Freddie Gray Protests

Turn Rachel on now talking to an FEC officer...

Did you feel it? North Texas records 4.0 magnitude earthquake, no injuries

LATEST FORECAST: 90 PERCENT CHANCE OF CYCLONE FORMATION

I just got my grades in for this last class

America's corporate criminals are the envy of the world...

Alex Rodriguez hits HR No. 661, moves into 4th place on career list

How bad is tonight's result for the Labour Party?

Today in Herstory: Mass Meeting Held to Edit the US Constitution to Give Women the Vote

Today in Herstory: Mass Meeting Held to Edit the US Constitution to Give Women the Vote

Murder and Suicide are bad, but even people who desire an to end it can see problems in policy

Judges to review arrests by California officers in racist texts scandal

House OKs Bill That Restricts Police Crossing Town Borders

BUZZFLASH PUBLISHER:Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Rise of the Underground Press

Breaking: Justice Department to Launch Federal Investigation of Baltimore Police

Sen. Sanders' "Too Big To Fail" Bill Isn't a Serious Proposal

Cartoons about the Texas invasion.

Time to pull tax exempt status from Religious institutes.

Former paramilitary leader to testify against brother of Colombia’s ex-president

I've got to confess, I'm a person that sees both sides of an issue, and when it comes to Bernie...

Defense worker charge cards used for $1 million in casinos bills: audit

Germany to Pull Back on Helping U.S. Gather Intelligence

De Blasio tells Rolling Stone New Yorkers don't appreciate him

US Begins Training of 'Moderate' Syrian Rebels to Fight ISIS

Corrupt police unions oppose Andrew Cuomo's judicial reforms.

7 may 1915: How The Sinking Of The Lusitania Heralded An Entirely New Kind Of War

It's starting to sink in for Pats fan...like a bad hangover.

German arms maker Heckler & Koch 'illegally exported' rifles to Mexico

Iowa GOP Aims To Scale Back Sideshow At 2016 Straw Poll, Cutting Cost For White House Hopefuls

Police officer responding to home invasion shoots homeowner

Baltimore unrest: 49 children were arrested and detained during protests

Scottish National Party set for landslide in U.K. election

Trade Fight Heats Up As Obama, Reid Battle For Votes

Dumb Criminals: Lawn Mower Theif Drives New Mower Off Store Lot, Goes 10 Miles Before Getting Caught

CLIMATE CHANGE: Which Makes More Sense?

What did Hillary think after Senator Byrd gave this speech?

Wisconsin may ban abortions after 20 weeks

Dear Tea-Partiers:

Israel’s New Justice Minister Considers All Palestinians To Be ‘The Enemy’

One of the best protest signs I have ever seen.

Queens Pizzeria Owners Charged in Cocaine Smuggling Operation

Crime in Mexico, Central America joins war in driving people from their homes

Greece defies euro zone on pension, labor reform

Crime in Mexico, Central America joins war in driving people from their homes

So I got a call from our pals at the DSCC tonight

There’s a Reason Gay Marriage Is Winning, While Abortion Rights Are Losing

There’s a Reason Gay Marriage Is Winning, While Abortion Rights Are Losing

The sex-for-food scandal in Central African Republic

There’s a Reason Gay Marriage Is Winning, While Abortion Rights Are Losing

Time to talk "Caveman" to our dogs

Let's go, point by point, how Pam Geller's "exhibit" was NOT the same as Charlie Hebdo.

Water around white dwarf raises prospects of water-rich planets

WP: One of Jeb Bush’s top advisers on Israel: George W. Bush (OMG)

Knives Out For Miliband As Labour Hopes Dashed

Look, Pamela Geller is in the same category as the KKK, Westboro Baptist, neo-Nazis, etc.

Predictions thread for the soon-to-be-coming Labour leadership campaign

The West Wing on the Democratic Primary Process

An important message for my fellow Texans

We are missing the elephant in the room in the debate about Pamela Geller

A couple petitions

Helpers ferry residents, their belongings to higher ground as the Big Blue River sweeps through NE

Sanders supporters need to get back to reality

Really? A Baltimore police brutality discussion by... Mark Shields and David Brooks?

George Galloway likely to lose seat in Parliament.

Rogers proposes CMP take control of old Army pistols

A British Tory is nothing like an American conservative......

AP: Obama's Nike stop puts focus on outsourcing, labor standards (TPP)

AP: Obama's Nike stop puts focus on outsourcing, labor standards (TPP)

AP: Obama's Nike stop puts focus on outsourcing, labor standards (TPP)

Vermont Republican senator to face sexual assault charges

Clinton's staff has "extremely close" ties to Obama's.

How hard can it be? Simply avoid mockery of any religion

London Mayor Boris Johnson elected to Parliament

We Were Lied To About 9/11 - Episode 27 - Abby Martin

This Progressive Liberal needs your vote now! ALMOST THERE!

Camp cooking - Need a few suggestions

The NRA is having a Mother's Day drawing, and the prize is despicable

Senior AQAP leader Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi killed

SANDERS 16 not business as usual cards

Bay Bridge news gets worse: Tower rod fails key test

Gun control "advocates" overlooking the IWR?

Tory majority plausible

Inida's Privileged Defend Hit and Run Driver, Attack Poor for Sleeping on Streets

Paul Krugman is wrong about capitalism

Just curious, only Hilary running for the Democrats?

Read an Eyewitness Account of the German Surrender in World War II

The Atlantic: "Don't Underestimate Bernie Sanders"

My condolences to any Labour supporters posting here tonight.

Striking Lyondell Houston refinery workers OK new contract: union

Clinton Supporters, You Have GOT To Check Out This Thread

TCM Schedule for Friday, May 8, 2015 -- Friday Night Spotlight - Orson Welles

TCM Schedule for Saturday, May 9, 2015 -- The Essentials: Irene Dunne

My rant to those on Facebook reguarding flag walking/burning - AUDIO WARNING- Turn it down.

The Nation: If You’re Wondering If Hillary Is Turning Populist, Just Ask Her Banker Friends

Clash of the Tiny

Video shows white officer kicking black man in face

Sun Country Airlines Threatens Shut Down

America’s richest congressman says poor in the US are ‘envy of the world’

We Are Eating Fracking & Drilling Waste

Support for Amarillo council candidate Burkett wavers after racist posts surface on Facebook

There should be an IQ test

Safety risk of shrinking airline seats questioned

Russia's Progress cargo spacecraft burns up over Pacific

Sanders correctly predicted ISIS in 2002 in his opposition to the Iraq War

Did you know Bernie Sanders has a YouTube channel? He has 30,000 subscribers and updates daily

James Fallows Talks With Martin O'Malley: Reform, or Pitchforks (also early oppsition to Iraq war)

James Fallows Discussion With Martin O'Malley: Reform, or Pitchforks? (Video)

Scotland has had it with Labour (and the centrist Liberal Dems)

Feds failed to keep tabs on $3B in aid doled out to charter schools. 3 billion?

Juan Gonzalez: Feds did not keep track of over 3 billion going to charter schools.

Social policy matters: millionaire pays for childcare, tuition, everyone benefits

Official: UN Planning To Act On Its Own Against Congo Rebels

Panola County official under scrutiny after social media post

Oil in North Dakota derailment was treated to cut volatility

Leaning tower of Belton

Senate Votes to Increase Funding for ‘Godless,’ ‘Socialistic’ Pre-K

OAS Anti-Drug Policy Has Failed, Says A University Of Panama Report

Chile’s Shocking DIY Abortion Ad Campaign

Does anyone here have experience with the EnChroma glasses for color blindness?

Election of Luis Almagro as New OAS Secretary General Represents “Declining US Influence in Latin Am

Venezuela Investigates Drug Companies for Corruption

Pamela Geller now has bulletproof vest, but no regrets about anti-Islam art show

House raises $664M; members say it will save higher ed; probably 'the single largest tax hike day'

Video Shows White Officer Kicking Black Man in Face

Chris Christie Is Facing Yet Another Investigation

Is There a Mole at The Washington Post?

New Mexico’s commuter rail line faces financial burdens

All the good things that cannabis has done for the US of A

Plea hearing for NY man accused of kidnapping 2 Amish girls

NC soldier charged with stealing 2 dogs, cutting throats

Daily Holidays - May 8

TYT: Court Rules Cell Phone Data Isn’t Yours

One in Four Local Banks Has Vanished Since 2008. Why We Should Treat It as a National Crisis

Rape of Uruguayan girl, 11, sparks abortion debate

Snowden Docs: NSA Tech Lets Government Generate Transcripts of Private Calls

Chicago to Pay $415,000 to Woman Who Reported Police Raped Her in 2011

New study gives more evidence of Obamacare gains for millions

More Than 60 Small Eruptions At Nicaragua's Concepcion Volcano

Hillary’s Plan to Win Big Everywhere - HRC group

"Official SC Law Enforcement Hurricane Instructions” (Posted before but warnings are important)

Switzerland's Syngenta rejects Monsanto takeover offer

China excavating at tomb to reveal more Terra Cotta Warriors

Well. That's a kick in the guts isn't it

Obama to Visit Nike to Promote Free Trade Deal

San Diego Union Tribune sold to Los Angeles Times

Tell Congress: Oppose the USA FREEDOM Act, which would reauthorize the PATRIOT Act.

Dave Johnson: Obama to Visit Nike to Promote TPP. Wait, Nike? Really?

Fuck

Those dumb@$$e$ at D.A.R.E. got caught with their snark meters down.

Pakistani Taliban claim downing helicopter, say PM was target

Voters surrender to their inner bastard

Mark The Artist Taxi Driver Sums Up What Just Happened In The UK...

New Balance: ‘It’s literally us against every other athletic shoe manufacturer in the world’

New Revenue Numbers Reveal Absurdity of Walker Turning Down Enhanced BadgerCare $$

Apple still on top as U.S. corporate cash holdings reach $1.73 trillion

Latino activists press Hillary Clinton on major Pacific trade pact

Gov Scott Walker's Limits on food stamp choices would cost #Wisconsin taxpayers millions of dollars!

Farage Loses: UKIP Westminster Bid Fails (UK Election)

Elizabeth Warren says an Obama plan is about to weaken Wall Street regulation

We Shall Overcome singer Guy Carawan dies at 87

Whole Foods launching stores aimed at millennials

Guy Carawan(In Memoriam)

Fall 2015 ABC TV shows...

People, this is not satire, McD's is bring back the "Hamburglar..."

Wow. Unfriend button may be working overtime on Facebook....

Good Morning and welcome to the new DU coffee shop....

Kerry In Paris This Morning To Pay Tribute To WWII' s End.

Conservative Group Hits Rand Paul on Obamacare (warning: National Review)

Australian Federal Police launch raids in Melbourne

UK General Election: Nick Clegg resigns after massive Lib Dem losses

Friday Toon Roundup 1:Texas!

MICHIGAN Lawmakers may have to meet this summer if there's no solution for roads

Friday Toon Roundup 2: NSA

Friday Toon Roundup 3: Deflated

People asked if Governor Snyder would make a good president

Friday Toon Roundup 4: The Rest

Testing 123---Testing 123---Joey can you see me?

Clinton's long history as a warhawk

A once-in-a-thousand-years rain: Up to 11 inches swamp a swath of southeast Nebraska

Hard Times, Come Again No More

Hard Times, Come Again No More

Killing of cougar in Omaha deemed right call because of 'huge public safety risk'

Poetry Data Project

Edward Snowden is a hero. Crimes by our government against us

UK General Election: Ed Miliband quits as Labour leader

BP strike seen as victory for future generations

The Rude Pundit - Family Research Council: Pray That God Smites Anyone Who Wants to Gay Marry

BP strike seen as victory for future generations

BP strike seen as victory for future generations

Losing my religion

US Senate passes bill to review Iran nuclear deal

"Why are you beating that guy?" (toon)

Photoshop Fun

Senate Takes Aim at Public Labor Groups

Texas Republican: Rape victims shouldn’t receive abortion coverage because their claims aren’t “meas

Fuck

Sobriety checkpoints set up along racial lines in Chicago

The (my) Final Word On "Deflategate"

Panic in the War Room?

Morning Joe panel is beating up Paul Krugman today...

Middle-Schoolers take a stand for equality:

Labour election results: Ed Miliband resigns as leader

Payroll employment rises by 223,000 in April; jobless rate essentially unchanged (5.4%)

One of the roots of why black people run from the police

California senators approve ban on grand jury investigations into police deaths

Just a few gifs

Idiot Texas Rep Calls For Department Of Clinton Investigatin’, To Investigate The Clintons

America is about to make a horrible mistake all over again

Are British pollsters useless?

Perfect Nails, Poisoned Workers

I need a watering can, and suggestions.

Washington Journal Now: Schweizer peddles his opinion book of Clinton lies.

GOP Presidential Debates to Ban Evolution, Climate Change, Age of the Earth

For N.H. Democrats, Bernie Sanders’ Candidacy Isn’t About A Victory, ‘It’s About A Choice’

Candidate Mike Huckabee Connects Native Americans With Jihadists During Speech; DNC Responds

Why you can't expect HRC to oppose the tpa/tpp: Money

PA. Bar Association Evaluations of Candidates for PA. Supreme Court - 3 seats open this year

Texas (cartoon)

The Clintons and Their Banker Friends: The Wall Street Connection (1992 to 2016)

Towards the ultimate model of water: The Quantum Drude

For N.H. Democrats, Bernie Sanders’ Candidacy Isn’t About A Victory, ‘It’s About A Choice’

Louisiana Lawmaker Tries And Fails To Explain How ‘Religious Freedom’ Bill Doesn’t Discriminate

An Interfaith Vision For The Future Of Faith

NC cop gets burned by free starbucks coffee and sues ...

Fairy tulip - my mother used to like what she called "fairy tulips"

Chemo brain wierdness - I have a lot of trouble typing these days,

Woman Sues Verizon, Claims Bad Service Gave Her a Heart Attack

The War On Drugs Is Over (If You Want It)

And Climate Change doesn't exist.... May 8 2015

If we had a functional "news" media, they'd just state the obvious...

Small talk and a picture: How Bernie Sanders 'bought' BernieSanders.com

Guy who owned BernieSanders.com gave it to Bernie for free.

As Carbon Pollution Hits Record Level, Senator Inhofe Says Climate Change Is Greening the Planet

Wisconsin may ban abortions after 20 weeks

Paul Krugman- Triumph of the Unthinking

Blind woman "sees" image of her ultrasound

George Galloway crashes out of Commons in humiliating defeat

NOORY doesn't acknowledge Art BELL in the sign-off anymore

Jethro Tull, Minstrel in the Gallery 1975.

Bernie Sanders campaign is a barometer for the future of the Democratic Party.

Bernie Sanders to Host Budget Town Hall in Charlottesville

Based on the dangers of GMOs discussed at DU, I see an opportunity:

Two Moons & Long March Traverses Leo

LGBT Is the Real Moral Majority - By Michael Tomasky

US created 223,000 jobs in April, unemployment rate falls to a seven year low!

No easy wins for women in discrimination lawsuits

Volunteer autism registry meant to improve relations with police

Add a PledgeHillary Twibbon to your twitter profile:

Bernie Sanders' Poll Numbers have been steadily rising since January

Fox Pups Playing with Dog's Ball

Money from millionaires, billionaires and corporations is the single biggest threat

One of Jeb Bush’s top advisers on Israel: George W. Bush

Take a look at this.

So what kind of bigotry does the RCC embolden?

The Bennett-Bibi era of ‘no solution’

Hillary Clinton Plans Extremely Gory Beating, Republican Warns

Alan Grayson's ex-lobbyist girlfriend may seek his House seat

Forever has been cancelled by ABC

Juan Williams: Pam Geller is no better than your average self-promoting pyromaniac

hello

Madrid Spoiler

Ladies and Gentlemen: I present to you Jeb Bush's foreign-policy advisor on Israel.

Making a Jet Go-Kart Part 2 - Controls/Fuel

BEGIN Japanology Taiko

Bernie Sanders' platform in an easy to digest format. These are all mainstream ideas.

Warmongers get schooled: How GOP hawks lost their chance to scuttle an Iran deal

Man loses leg to flesh-eating bacteria after swimming in Florida

Subtropical Storm Ana Drifting in Atlantic Off US Coast

Jeb Bush’s terrifying W. strategy: How he’s sucking up to extremist billionaires—with the help of th

It's getting real hard to tell just who destroyed the economy...

Too bad, Mike Huckabee — Americans would rather have a gay president than a Christian evangelical

Bernie Sanders to Obama on Nike trip: Just Don’t Do It!

Rachel Maddow - Big money politics runs amok with FEC in gridlock

TX GOP'er: Rape victims shouldn’t receive abortion coverage because their claims aren’t “measurable"

Top 6 The Worst Natural Disasters in History

The funy things that are said by Darrell Issa - Americas Poor are envy of the world

An American Doctor Cured of Ebola Finds the Disease in His Eye

Potsdam Giants

Anyone else having problems w/ Rec button?

BEGIN Japanology Geiko and Maiko

Does the money Hillary raises from corporate donors revert to another candidate if she loses?

The Clintons and Their Banker Friends: The Wall Street Connection (1992 to 2016)

I'm amazed that we have so little understanding of the process of government. The

Photos of Ireland in the 1930s: The past is a foreign country

ISIS activity prompts threat level increase at bases

Maryland cuts tolls on Bay Bridge, ICC and other roadways

Rain!

UK DUers: Miliband=Dukakis a reasonable parallel?

Marco Rubio’s Hispanic debacle: How Hillary Clinton just made life hell for the GOP’s “transformatio

25 Surprising Things You Might Not Know About Earth's Oceans

Too much of this: Palm Springs principal arrested in car with student, marijuana

BEGIN Japanology: Geiko and Maiko

email from Elizabeth Warren: I agree with Hillary Clinton

excellent forum for tech support and computer stuff

Articles with facts about elite connections & 1% working together screwing us over, now 'off topic'

Fox News Gives Clinton Cash $107 Million Of Free Publicity

How To Watch Today's World War II Flyover Over the Mall

How To Watch Today's World War II Flyover Over the Mall

What's your favorite "Big" movie?

Geert Wilders, the champion of ‘free speech’, wants to ban the Koran in Holland

Muppets return to TV in mockumentary series

Smart, Nice and Sassy: ‘Good Girl’ Role Models Make Boring Heroes

BEGIN Japanology Festivials

Murkowski unveils energy package with several bills targeting Alaska development

(Many) Whites think blacks are lazy, poor and violent. But that's not what the statistics say.

Unattended Kenai Peninsula debris burn sparks season's first significant wildfire

Homophobia meets populism: Is there an upside to Huckabee’s “backside” politics? - By Joan Walsh

hey redqueen...

Anybody near Clarksdale? My friend is running for the state House.

Nebraska lady's suit against all LGBT people thrown out of court

100 years of extinction

FYI: Flyover of Military Aircraft Live at 12:10pm est

Why is the President even going near Nike?

President Woodrow Wilson ignores petition by Ho Chi Minh for help in creating Vietnam....

i'm just tired. sick and tired.

California advances bill banning 'Redskins' name for high school mascots

Pic Of The Moment: Jeb Bush Says Is His "Most Influential Adviser" On Foreign Policy Is...

Utah students demand evidence from professor after he signs absurd letter in same-sex marriage case

When Illness Makes a Spouse a Stranger (can we talk?)

Five Calla Lily shots, available light, extension tubes.

I just smacked OnPoint via twitter and got a stunningly bad series of responses. They were covering

Candidate ran as proud Loony. No, really.

Doesn't "jade" often have erotic connotations in Chinese ?

East Bay residents to get steady diet of foul water

World bank, IMF & Federal Reserve cause extreme poverty

"Endtimes" preachers find *PROOF!* that Obama is a demonic precursor to the Antichrist...

John Oliver Destroys Bud Lights' Subliminal Remove No Campaign

Old sexy Lucille Ball clip

"And by the way, if you think for a second I wouldn’t have chastised you if you had committed these

Dog protects crash victim from coyotes and shock for 40 hours until help arrives

Nike Says It Will Create 10,000 U.S. Jobs If Trade Deal Passes

Stoners show they can be jocks at the 420 Games

RW Evangelicals Won't Be Satisfied Until Women Are In Jail For Miscarriage, Abortion Or Illicit Sex.

No Child Under 5 Should Expect To Die

Ham and Water product??!!

Russia To Sign $25 Bn Deal To Boost China Lending To Its Companies

Chris Christie's signature law called unconstitutional in court ... by Christie administration

Saudi-led forces will target Yemen's Saada, ask residents to leave

‘Put on your raping shoes and find this b*tch': Abby Martin is the latest target of crazed Chris Kyl

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

First There is a Mountain

5/8/15 This week in crazy: never forget Sosom & Gomorrah; global warming good f/ lawn

Scientists Crack A 50-Year-Old Mystery About The Measles Vaccine

There Are No Abortion Cakes

There Are No Abortion Cakes

There Are No Abortion Cakes

Venezuela bikers reportedly being killed for scarce motorcycle parts

Politico admits media is 'primed to take down Hillary Clinton'-HRC Room

Late Night Roundup: Political ‘Friends With Benefactors’

Red or Blue? Did a Republican or Democrat say this?

TOKYO LOVE STORY

Anti-Intellectualism and the "Dumbing Down" of America

The Rude Pundit - The Neverending Abortion War: To Anti-Choicers, Women Are So Dumb

Revolutionary Students Demonstrate Against Venezuela’s Strict Anti-Abortion Laws

Police Officer Charged With 21 Counts of Sexual Assault On a Child, Still On Payroll

Netflixs power in Washington is growing as it becomes a bigger threat to traditional television.

How mothers set children’s spiritual compass and why it matters

L.A. Rents Are So High the School District Is Building Apartments for Teachers

Finally finishing grieving process (perhaps)

Chelsea Manning writes bill limiting government ability to use Espionage Act against whistleblowers

Liberation theology’s founder basks in a belated rehabilitation under Pope Francis

10 days old

Meet Mhairi Black, Britain's youngest MP for 350 years, and a SNP firebrand

Lacey's kittens: three weeks old

Atheists agree with Fox News Megyn Kelly on free speech

Subconscious Racism: blacks are lazy, poor and violent, ergo: inferior.

La La La Love Song

Crowds protesting change to state's no-fault insurance

Cat fails Olympic try-outs

Four Arrested after Yanomami Activist Beaten to Death by Venezuelan Police

The Geysers of Enceladus May be an Illusion : Discovery News

Why Is Lincoln Chafee Running?

Daydreaming?

Romney Will Host Candidate Retreat

"---36% of voters are turkeys with a penchant for stuffing sage and onions

Things that aren't going to happen in the U.S.

Scottish Nationalists Rejoice in Big British Election Win

Report released after SC white deputy shoots black homeowner

Jammed Paper Shredder

Karl Rove Waves White Flag on Obamacare

Series of small East Bay quakes signals rising stress on faults

PTSD speeds aging; virtual reality game aids vets (video)

Huckabee the Huckster

Illinois Supreme Court Rejects Lawmakers’ Pension Overhaul

A New Look at Works Banned by the Catholic Church

Morning Plum: Why Obama is pitching trade deal at Nike

5.4% unemployment lowest in 7 yrs. 223K job gains last month. BIN LADEN dead.

Was There A Fire On The Set Of The Late Late Show With James Cordon Last Night?.....

5/8/15: top five most popular posts on RightWingWatch.org this week

Members that comment about FOX

F O R E V E R

Four Dead After Small Plane Crashes Onto Atlanta Highway

Teen Samantha Jenkins Died From 'Too Much Chewing Gum'

Life under Isis

Takashi Sorimachi - Poison (live)

Howling in Donetsk

Education Industrial Complex Billionaires Come Out For Hillary

Do Something, Anything: Naming and Shaming in Yarmouk

Ukraine: Coup, Couth, and Consequences

Watch octopus squeeze through tiny hole | Earth | EarthSky

Did you know we actually LOST 252,000 full time jobs in April?

Alligator blamed for fatal I-10 wreck in eastern New Orleans

Jeb Bush is on track to raise $100 million in May alone for his Super PAC

Israeli soldier: We bombed civilian targets in Gaza for entertainment

Tenants Triumph Over Google Attorney

This about sums it up.

B'z: Kon'ya Tsuki no Mieru Oka

Sometimes, unfair political systems are salvific

sekai wa sore wo ai to yobun daze BY SamboMaster.

‘We’re Going to Be Out of Water’: Navajo Nation Dying of Thirst

Bullying’s cost: Transgender Racine student commits suicide

Podemos and the ‘Democratic Revolution’ in Spain

Lopsided star explosion holds the key to other supernova mysteries

The hairy past: Tail hair as an indicator of behavior, ecology in horses

Wind Power Without The Mills

What's for Dinner, Friday, May 8

Mike Huckabee Attempts to Scare Iowa Voters Without Being Scary

Antioxidant effects of coffee by-products 500 times greater than vitamin C

Ad on DU asks people to "endorse Pat Toomey"

Bennie K

Fog catchers!

BENNIE K

Obama becomes 1 of only 4 presidents to visit all 50 states.

GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES SHOULD LOVE BERNIE SANDERS...I THINK

Bernie Sanders on the confirmation of John Brennan as CIA director

the UK Vote: Is the EU doomed?

Inspectors find undeclared sarin, VX gas traces in Syria

A comic strip for us!

I been wondering about something--

If World War One Was A Bar Fight

Ian Welsh: "Want to win from the left? Be left-wing."

The Trans-Pacific Partnership will lead to a global race to the bottom

Obama: Fellow Democrats "whoopin" on my free trade push

My elderly parents are Bernie backers.

Keith Olbermann Wants Tom Brady Suspended For A Year For Deflategate

On second thought . . . .

Google Flights, another way to save money

David Cameron and Conservatives Get Majority in British Election

Home Made Kazoku

A cautionary word to Sanders supporters..

Joe Inoue - CLOSER

Colbert's Colbert Super PAC 2 (a nice overview)

U.S. economy adds 223,000 jobs in April; unemployment falls to 5.4 percent

Seder: Texans Think America Wants To Go To War With Them

NY Times Already Ignoring Bernie Sanders

True Story: ISIS Opens Hotel, Guests Face Beheading for Breaking Rules

The Over/Under is at 3 1/2

An open letter to Pamela Geller

Pretty damn coincidental if you ask me.

Ben Carson: Minimum Wage Should 'Probably' Be Higher

Christie, Conservative Radio Host In Yelling Match Over Social Security

SMU’s Bush Presidential Library evacuated for an hour Friday following bomb threat

Smack talk in the Sports Forum has always been the best.

Ben & Jerry's: New Texas flavors, truck tour has 'absolutely nothing to do' with Blue Bell

US may consider repatriation of FARC leader: McCain

Next head of 'Civil Administration' said Palestinians are sub-human

De Blasio’s National “Contract With America” Strategy Leaks

Anyone have any experience with the use of medical marijuana (where legal) with pets?

Harper unapologetic about government’s efforts to keep Khadr in prison

Man commits suicide after authorities seize dog for being a 'illegal breed'

Geller gets paid pretty well to demonize Muslims. I’m talking to the tune of $200,000 a year.

70th anniversary of VE Day looking back in pictures..

Ted Cruz's Father Suggests He'll Die Fighting Same-Sex Marriage, Which Will 'Destroy America': VIDEO

Conservatives insist billboards against same-sex marriage have nothing to do with ‘the gay community

Dallas Wants JFK Conspiracy Theorist to Remove "Grassy Knoll" Sign From Grassy Knoll

Martin O'Malley addresses the National Press Club 2005:

Mistrial Declared in 1979 Case of Missing NYC Boy Etan Patz

Obama says 'dearest friends are wrong' when it comes to trade

Rangel loses court appeal of 2010 censure

A 20-year-old Scottish student has become the youngest UK MP since 1667

I paged through the new issue of TIME magazine today looking for Bernie. Guess what?

Up, up and away: how the Guachimontones travelling balloon is elevating Mexico's design scene

Up, up and away: how the Guachimontones travelling balloon is elevating Mexico's design scene

Jeb Bush Supported Evangelical Anti-Gay Group With Taxpayer Money

GOP Immigration Plan: Make the U.S. Unlivable

Jesus Jumped-Up Great Googly-Moogly Sarsaparilla CHRIST

Foreign Policy: Who Will Win the U.S. Trade Game?

Father: Bullet pierced wall, killed 6-year-old in another room

What will President Obama do after he is out of office ?

Panama top court judge to be probed on corruption, abuse accusations

Nun, 85, has nuclear plant sabotage conviction overturned

O'Malley appearance at International Conference of Mayors, October 2005:

Why is UKIP's vote share up so much in Wales?

"disco dancing" survey, for light-hearted fun only

Megachurch pastor rejects his father’s bigotry: Jesus would want you to bake a gay wedding cake

Are you a PRACTICAL Democrat? Take the 2-item test.

A High School Fricking Principal caught with a student! Ugg! I should say Charter School Principal.

Politics of Freddie Gray incident spills into case of officer who slit dog's throat

O'malley at 2012 Democratic National Convention Youtube video:

21CT drops lawsuit against fired lobbyist James Frinzi (HHSC contracting scandal)

The socialist revolt that America forgot: A history lesson for Bernie Sanders

I'm starting to think Life In Prison for the crime of Rape!

Nun’s sabotage conviction scrapped

Hegar asks Big Three to prioritize things other than tax cuts

O'Malley can totally tussle with the GOP:

Nation's Wealthiest Congressman: Poor Americans Are ‘Envy Of The World’

New York: Start-up aims to enable use of hydrogen cars on Ithaca roads

Kitten picture for joey:

Carson Warns 'More Groups' Will Want Marriage Equality If Gays Get It

Chilean judge orders detentions in priest's disappearance

Top DC-Anti-Islam Group: Texas Takeover Hype Distracting From Sharia Law Threat

Rick Scott, We Have No Words For You

Chilean judge orders detentions in priest's disappearance

San Francisco Police Under Investigation for Blatantly Racist Text Messages

The Treachery of Images: This is Not a Pipe by Rene Magritte

About that "victim blaming" schtick, Ms. Geller......

I find I have little sympathy for States that elected crap RW Governors.

What am I missing?

Florida governor used mother's death to execute Medicaid ruse – report

Found these cool edible space pops.

Landmark Loving (v. Virginia) Supreme Court Case to be made into a film

Court: Border search of businessman's laptop 'unreasonable'

Arkansas pastor’s wife turns him in after finding ‘tens of thousands’ of child porn files

who was a bigger threat to National Security, GW Bush or Saddam Hussein?

On The Ed Show - How Does One Interpret The Polling Going On At The Bottom Of The Screen?....

Why ESPN Fired Bill Simmons

OK, graphics nerds.

Oklahoma sheriff defends 'patronage' jobs he gave friends

Florida doctor tied to NJ Sen. Menendez to remain jailed

America’s Top 10 Corporate Tax Avoiders

Huckabee's 'hucksterism' problem won't go away

California senators approve ban on grand jury investigations into police deaths

America’s Top 10 Corporate Tax Avoiders

IF GAY MARRIAGE LOSES SUPREME COURT LOSES

Hours after damning audit, Scott Walker calls off WEDC-WHEDA merger

Bernie challenges Hillary to say where she stands on the TPP?

Light plane crashes on I 285 in Atlanta. 4 dead

Every word I have heard from Bernie Sanders

George Clooney Will Do Anything He Can to Help Make Hillary President

Republican war on reproductive rights seen in DC bill

Sen. Bernie Sanders, 1989 and 2015:

TALKING POINTS 101: Free Trade

Geez I got a lot of right wing and fundie friends on Facebook, I got a lot if gay friends to.

Bernie Sanders: This is what oligarchy looks like....

TALKING POINTS 101: Socialism

In Case You Missed It: Republicans opposed to standardized drug testing.

The RICH are stealing our money, NOT the poor, the elderly, the disabled...

How many homeopaths does it take to change a lightbulb?

Man who used Facebook to lure teen to death gets 60 years

TALKING POINTS 101: Fast-Track Authority

Opinion: Press freedom is declining in the US http://alj.am/1dDJZeo

TALKING POINTS 101: Anti-Union Arguments

In First, State To Ban Subminimum Wage

TALKING POINTS 101: NAFTA

A few pictures from our visit to the Norton Simon Museum today:

TALKING POINTS 101: Third Way Democrats

if you're poor in america, ask darrell issa. you're the envy of the world.

Echoes of Baltimore on the streets of Jerusalem

The last time Geller and Gaffney got together

When the ‘refrigerator capital of the world’ lost its refrigerator plant

Northern Ireland: school workers' strike planned

Harry Reid Blasts Mitch McConnell For Trying To Force The Senate To Extend Illegal NSA Spying

Sodom and Gomorrah, Nebraska Style

Baltimore cop in Gray case should have been kicked off the force...

we might have had to endure rain and snow, but it was still a nice mountain drive

With Koch Funding, Kansas Republicans Pass Nation’s First Abortion Procedure Ban

Being gay is not “a behavior”

With Koch Funding, Kansas Republicans Pass Nation’s First Abortion Procedure Ban

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY HILLARY

we hit rain and snow, but that's crossing the colorado rockies in may

Palin Supports Black Pastor, Calls For Re-Introducing Slavery On Voluntary Basis

Megachurch pastor rejects his father’s bigotry: Jesus would want you to bake a gay wedding cake

My governor is Rick Rat Bastard Criminal Scott. Don't tell me I deserve to suffer....

Why Hillary Clinton’s Democratic Opponents Only Throw Softballs

Discrimination against students of color rampant in Louisiana school district

BALTIMORE Charged cops: Remove her!!!

Kaepernick expressed support Friday afternoon for Tom Brady

Longtime SF code offender the Academy of Art University may finally be brought to heel

No. 3 pick Dante Fowler suffers season-ending injury at first practice

Angry parents vow to take down school board over debate concerning gender identity

David Cameron's victory speech - a translation

Do you support freedom of speech despite intent like the ACLU or are you a closet Geller fan?

Please forgive my simpleminded question

Freddie Gray case: Defense attorneys call for prosecutor to be dismissed

Jacobin Magazine: The End of Labour

Is our voters learning?

Brunch with Bernie: May 8, 2015

Today's Featured article on Wikipedia:

Wales: veterinarian helps zoo critters with toothaches

Pakistan helicopter crash kills foreign envoys

Dad confesses to murdering family on Facebook to save daughter from migraines

S.F. protesters make their case (loudly) in the halls of power

Case against alleged killer of Etan Patz ends in mistrial

Veterans and Public Lands

President Obama on TPP

Theists agree with Fox News Bill O'Reilly and Franklin Graham on Pam Geller.

Vintage WWII plane makes emergency landing at D.C. airport.

Ben Carson Hired a Magic-Loving, Castle-Owning, Crisis-Management "Fireman" to Plot His 2016 Bid

Heh! Chris Christie expresses support for Tom Brady!!

210 Zappos employees take buyouts after CEO ultimatum to embrace self-management or leave

Noam Chomsky and Glenn Greenwald "How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful"

Six same-sex couples offered 'do-over' marriage licenses

Laser bird (video)

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