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Archives: June 21, 2015

Honduran Army Seizes Hospitals, Drugs Amid Social Security Scandal By Aditya Tejas

Poppy Harlow on CNN is very hard to take seriously

‘The Caravan of the Mutilated’ Shows What People Risk When They Come To America

*Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on C-SPAN now.

Branding

P-R-O-J-E-C-T-I-O-N

Biotech firm creates fake rhino horn to reduce poaching

Dylann Roof may have been radicalized by the website of a group associated with southern GOP politic

Interval day on the new bike

Charleston Shooter’s Alleged Manifesto Reveals Hate Group (CCC) Helped to Radicalize Him Online

Clinton calls for new gun control laws, outflanking Sanders

Clinton seizes the center on race and guns in wake of GOP's silence

Charleston

Ecuador's Correa Calls For Defence of Democracy Against Threat

NYT 2009 American workers are overpaid. Gap must close. Happening now. Thanks, Obama.

The fight for water rights in Kenya

Meet the brave woman who convicted Guatemala’s former dictator of brutal war crimes

Cast out and abandoned

Attack Gave Chinese Hackers Privileged Access to U.S. Systems

In Europe, fewer mass killings due to culture not guns

Charleston is such a cool city...

Saturday, June 27 Is ‘Burn The Confederate Flag Day’ – Won’t You Join Us?

The true "heritage" of the Dixie Swastika:

To pre-shrink or not to pre-shrink.

El Salvador’s Gang Violence: The Continuation of Civil War by Other Means

Trident whistleblower: the MoD are brainwashing public over nuclear safety

Ann Coulter Thinks Donald Trump Is GOP Presidential 'Best Bet', Bill Maher Panel Erupts

Toby Keith and NRA: What they say about the Charleston shooting

North Carolina family reunited with dog missing for 6 years

This'll outrage you: Glenn Beck held a rally for white people at a Charleston Confederate Memorial.

Very thankful Bernie has been against this policy all along. Doesn't have to backtrack.

Putin: Russian pipeline project to help Greece pay its debt

bernie will be on stage in denver soon! updated with a few more pics and videos

Clinton calls for new gun control laws, outflanking Sanders - MSNBC

We need to make contact with isolated Amazon tribes, say academics

I want y'all to know that since The Horned Frogs were eliminated from the CWS last night...

Life in the snow forests: 100-year-old photographs reunited with communities

Abortion advocates slam Gov. Scott Walker in primary states with new ad

Back to The West Wing.

Baboons Make Democratic Decisions, Study Finds

If I were God

Race -- the power of an illusion

Chimpanzees ‘get’ tools; bonobos not so much

Injured man seeks help from police gets shot in head and handcuffed instead

Ramayana is real, say experts

Charleston Shooting: Speaking the Unspeakable, Thinking the Unthinkable

On a lighter note - Charleston Mayor Joe Riley is very visible

The Scientific Theories Behind 9 of the Biggest Mysteries in Music

Monkeys used in medical research 'kept in neglectful conditions,' say activists

Early humans had to become more feminine before they could dominate the planet

Bernie Sanders: "It is time to end the politics of division in this country"

State Power and the Execution of the Rosenbergs

Evolution of Prejudice: Scientists see the beginnings of racism in monkeys

What passed, what failed...a I've pasted a few that I think are interesting...

East Texas firefighter terminated after comment praising Charleston murders

Hillary Clinton: America’s struggle with racism is ‘far from finished’

Communism

Videos of Hillary speaking about gun violence and racism at the Mayor's Conference today

Bolivia Strikes Big Oil - Morales

What do you think would happen if Elizabeth Warren now decided to run?

I saw Amy Goodman speak today.

Police officer wounds 4-year-old girl while trying to shoot her dog

Law Decriminalizes School Truancy

2 Yrs Ago, USSC Said There Isn’t Enough Racism In America To Justify The Voting Rights Act

Should market whistleblowers get a bounty?

Cop scared of dog accidentally shoots 4 year old Columbus Ohio

Washington in Wonderland: Down the Iraqi Rabbit Hole (Again)

The Confederate Flag

Charleston

Since Trump Made His Announcement Has He Done Anything.....

Finally a news anchor to trust.

Speed the 150-year-old tortoise dies at San Diego Zoo

Our Phone Calls And E-mails Are Being Monitored By The NSA ....

Mali's Tuareg-led rebels sign landmark peace deal

American Family Assn Director Sandy Rios: President Obama 'Enjoyed' Charleston Shooting

Crossed Line

WikiLeaks reveals Saudi intrigue and unpaid limo bills

Killer's crusade for white America defies logic

All we need is votes

Breaking the ply barrier

Node down?

Fried food, soda back in Texas schools (local control is THE answer)

Some pics from Denver: John Frank, The official crowd est. for Sanders event: 4,800 to 5,000

To my dad for Fathers day

Westboro Baptist Church To Spread Their Hate At The Funerals Of Charleston Shooting Victims

WaPo: Bernie Sanders packs thousands into a Denver gymnasium

Inside D.C.’s first cat cafe, where you can cuddle by the hour

Man Toting Shotgun Opens Fire on Block Party, at Least 7, Including 2-Year-Old, Hurt

Withdrawn

Cincinnati man calls 911 on self, kills responding officer

"African Americans for Bernie Sanders 2016" -DONATION ALERT

Sanders delivers blistering condemnation of business, billionaires

New flotilla heads for Gaza in bid to break blockade

Hemp – The Demonization and Media Murder of the Wonder Plant Read more at http://endthelie.com/2011/

10 people shot, 1 dead, at Detroit block party

Do you support allowing firearms in checked baggage on Amtrak trains?

I sense something; a presence I've not felt since...A tremor in the Force

LAPD handcuff unarmed man whose brains they just blew out (Warning: Disturbing)

Does anyone know about organizing for Bernie Sanders in Southern California?

Sixfold increase in US earthquakes may be caused by injection wells, say scientists

Charleston: AME church to be open for Sunday services

Thousands attend anti-austerity demonstrations in UK

Iraq war was mistake, Lord Falconer says

Boy gives birthday to kids of fallen officer for Father's Day

As Democrats, we are idiots to NOT rally around O'Malley

bernie was awesome tonight

I got your back cha.

O'Malley says he won't be deterred from criticizing Clinton.

this is what the crowd was like tonight

O'Malley says he won't be deterred from criticizing Clinton.

I don't think I have ever loved my cat more than now.

Question about Madigan:

O'Malley makes a pitch to younger voters.

1920s Albania forum game

My photo and video from the Bernie Sanders event in Denver tonight.

10 shot, 1 fatally, at block party in Detroit

Special 'Anne Frank's Holocaust' to Premiere Sunday, June 21 on National Geographic Channel

Bush, Sanders and the long, slow death of the GOP

Daily Holidays - June 21

Happy Father's Day!

After Layoffs of 175 Workers, J.Crew Exec Instagrams His Night Celebrating, Making Hunger Games Joke

FBI Agent: The CIA Could Have Stopped 9/11

must see FAT CAT ART -- historic art re-interpreted w/ tabby

WikiLeaks Begins Releasing Leaked Saudi Arabia Cables

My Return Trip to Bermuda

After anti-Mexican comments, Reynosa artisan creates Donald Trump pinata

OK, My latest PAC shirts- Get 'em while you can!

The top Mexico vs. Donald Trump memes you need to know

I love my Galaxy Note 4 - but

The Death of Climate Denialism

The Yes Men’s Latest Stunt: Helping Activists Around the County Pull Off Their Own Pranks

YouTube Video of Bernie Sanders in Denver last night

Bernie Sanders Town Hall Meeting in Denver, CO 6.20.15

In North Richland Hills, a Tea Party’s manners are questioned after insulting Muslim woman employee

Saudi Arabia warns citizens against sharing "faked" documents after Wikileaks release

Senator Zaffirini breaks record

Ex-Mexican Governor Charged In Texas Money-Laundering Case

Downtown Waco insulated from financial woes of ex-developer involved with Joplin and Amarillo

Downtown Waco insulated from financial woes of ex-developer involved with Joplin and Amarillo

So...apparently DISH added Weather Nation

Ultron Funk - Avengers Age of Ultron Song Parody

El Paso Chihuahuas' Gyorko caps rally with game winner

In 2003, Rep. Sanders voted to protect "lawful commerce in arms":

Dedham Selectman arrested at pipeline construction site

Few details on Boston 2024 plans for Olympic referendum

15th Hampton Beach sand sculpting competition wraps up

Pols & Politics: Baker flips position on tracks to Gillette

Outrage vs. Tradition, Wrapped in a High-Flying Flag of Dixie

Obama: US gun violence 33 times that of Israel

What It's Like To Be Black And Live Under A White Neighbor's Confederate Flag

Blessings of the SOLSTICE to all people of conscience, wherever you may be!

Unraveling the threads of hatred, sewn into a Confederate icon

Southern Baptist’s Russell Moore: It’s time to take down the Confederate flag

Italian prosecutors seek Bank of China indictment over money laundering scheme

South Korea announces three new MERS cases

Exactly why is Donald Trump running for President?

France: Corsicans object to children singing Lennon’s ’Imagine’ in Arabic

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Catanooga Choo-Choo Edition

America's drone policy is all exceptions and no rules

Follow the money: inside the world's tax havens

Some people should not try to play soccer...

Evidence may lead to new probe in 1961 death of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld

Greek prime minister prepares last-ditch offer to avoid default on debts

Alabama auditor Jim Zeigler has a message for churchgoers: Bring your gun

Who knew that the low-riding pants craze among the youth might just be the death of humanity?

Happy Father's Day, Everyone

Child poverty rise across Britain ‘halts progress made since 1990s’

It’s Not About Mental Illness: The Big Lie That Always Follows Mass Shootings By White Males

UK: War veterans call for rethink on recruitment of 16-year-olds

Charlotte Church's incredible speech for 250,000 campaigners- Anti-austerity Protest-UK

White America’s racial illiteracy: Why our national conversation is poisoned from the start

Confederate terrorism

Hillary Clinton Makes Strong Plea For Gun Control

One in every 122 people is displaced by war, violence and persecution, says UN

These graphics show just how much of an insane outlier the US is on guns

Pentagon chief to push U.S. allies to ditch 'Cold War playbook'

Israel poised to intervene in Syria to save Druze

Yoga fans around world take to their mats for first International Yoga Day

Welcome to the PEACE and BLISS - NAMASTE WORLD! - WORLD YOGA DAY June 21, 2015 (fab photos)

Sixth mass extinction is here — with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to:

Curious how it feels to have all these white people using "POC this" "POC that"

Carolina Panthers Donate $100,000 To Charleston Shooting Victims (YOU CAN DONATE TOO)

Link To Donate Funds To Mother Emanuel Hope Fund (Via City Of Charleston)

All 50 US states fail to meet global police use of force standards, report finds

Happy Father's Day!

WONDERFUL! This is what happened when Australia introduced tight gun controls

Another "get ready" thread: Get ready, USA!

UP with Steve is all repub this morning. Had to turn him off. Nothing about Bernie

Border policeman seriously hurt in stabbing outside Jerusalem’s Old City

The End-of-Life Ridiculousness

Primal Scream Thread

"...this is what today is about not that racist terrorist..."

Artur Davis: Why labeling the Charleston shooter's views matters

Dog Abandoned in Man's Backyard With Heartbreaking Note

Is the US a developed nation?

Why the US military opposed new combat roles in Iraq

VIDEO: That Time the US Army Tried to Drill Its Soldiers While They Tripped Out on LSD

Starting sweet potatoes

NBC/WSJ poll shows main concern wealthy individuals and corporations who have too much influence.

No matter who ends up in the WH from the Democratic Party,

I am reminded that the flag of controversy in South Carolina is not even

Falling in Love with the Earth: Francis' Faithful Ecology

Southern Baptists Are Like Jews During WWII? Ronnie Floyd Makes a Ridiculous Analogy

Treason charges against Dylann Roof?

Beautiful service at Emanuel AME in Charleston! Playing now.

Groundbreaking partnership announced between SpaceX, AltaSea

Ol' Dixie! . . . Please come CAPTION former Dukes of Hazard star Ben Jones!!!

Chinese woman pays to rescue 100 dogs from meat festival: report

Father stories (aka: What did you learn from your father and/or as a father)

"Are the many deviations from the real issue of the SC attack a form of mental illness?" - BOOM!

Court Reinstates Case Against Former Attorney General, FBI Director and INS Commissioner

Thor (Chris Hemsworth) joins Ghostbusters cast - as the receptionist!

Bernie Sanders Wows Hollywood Progressives at Two L.A. Fundraisers

Is America ready for a Democratic Socialist??

Illinois town honors union coal miners killed in 1922 massacre, forgotten in unmarked graves

Illinois town honors union coal miners killed in 1922 massacre, forgotten in unmarked graves

Illinois town honors union coal miners killed in 1922 massacre, forgotten in unmarked graves

Ted Cruz Cracks Joke About Gun Control Days After Shooting in Charleston Church ..Huff Post

Sanders delivers blistering condemnation on business, billionaires

GE Union Contracts Set to Expire at Midnight Sunday

26 Nov 1980 John & Yoko's last walk together - in #StrawberryFields, Central Park NYC

Darn you, Autocorrect!

Today's Google Doodle: Happy Dad's Day! (cute!)

This OP is for those of us who, for whatever reason, had to father ourselves or

Please Stop Being a Good White Person (TM)

Australian does stand-up on American gun culture

Sanders brushes aside abortion "Lets have our differences " - what the fuck?

She's Running For Congress! She's Emulating Bernie by Refusing to Take Corporate $$. Can We Help?

A Father's Day message from Robert Reich

Huckabee: SC has female Indian governor, so the confederate flag is okeydokey.

Happy Fathers Day!

"Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"

What's the word on The Magistrate?

Happy Father's Day!

Tucker Carlson: Obama’s Secret Service detail should lose guns first if he wants gun control

Philae probe still talking to Earth from surface of comet....

Perry says he meant to say ‘incident’ not ‘accident’

A new campaign finance idea - I like it.

Why do little girls still like tea sets when the art of tea parties is mostly

A new campaign finance idea - I like it.

Pot politics fracture the GOP

Thanks to government regulation, I just got a 50% boost in internet speed

Texas volunteer firefighter fired after posting Dylann Roof ‘needs to be praised for the good deed

Does anyone in...

Ted Cruzs' Dominionist father fires up campaign rhetoric

50 states - 50 failures

The time has come for Republicans to denounce their hate peddlers or be stained by them.

Amazing grace of the people of Charleston: Streets fall silent as massacre church bells toll

Is there anything imaginable that would get Republicans to change on gun control?

JAWS in theaters 2 days only!

Catch

Virginia man threatens black church one day after Charleston massacre: ‘I’m gonna kill all you’

Follow link to see beautiful picture by 7-year-old girl from Charleston

1st service held at black church since 9 slayings

How will Bernie Sanders improve the economy beyond government programs?

Solstice at 16:38 UTC on June 21, 2015 | EarthSky

Watching solstices and equinoxes from space Jun 20, 2015 by EarthSky in Videos »

Wife of Israeli Interior Minister makes racist tweet

US Catholics ready to follow Pope's 'marching orders' on climate change

Neoliberals’ pity party: Why an emboldened liberalism has corporate Dems running scared

It is time to add social media to background checks for gun purchases. nt

Elizabeth Warren: “I need you to make a phone call.”

The adjective test:

I really hope those Supremes are watching Charleston

Thoughts regarding "middle America"

Front page of the Charleston Post and Courier today:

Rick Perry: Inequality is not a problem because

Stop showing his smarmy face EVERYWHERE!

Don't mess with Mama Bunnies.

The WaPo Jumps the Shark on Climate Change Reporting

Biggest threat to Bernie OR Hillary

Children With Autism Are Making Tremendous Strides With Their Pet Dogs…YAY!

Opposition to the TPP spans the entire Democratic base

Everytown for gun safety hosts new web site

Gabby Giffords response

The oldest male victim slaughtered by the racist terrorist was a Vietnam veteran

Red State, Blue State: Kansas & Washington

You want evidence that Chuck Todd at NBC is a blithering idiot?

Aftermath of Alaska's wildfires

Engineers have designed high heels that you can actually walk in

5 most appaling conservative reactions to Charleston shooting

Alex Witt on MSNBC just now...

On point, thanks very much! It takes an outsider to see inside.

Happy Solstice!!!

The Atlantic: The Secret History of Guns

Drawing a line between Paul Hawken and the Pope

House GOP hypocritically tight-fisted w/ Blumenthal transcript

What are you reading the week of Sunday, June 21, 2015?

The revelation of Risotto Style Pasta.

Black Churches A Target Because Of Being Pro Civil Rights And A Threat To Of New Movement..

Bernie Sanders Enthusiasm Gap

Italian prosecutors seek to indict Bank of China, 297 people

Orwell, Huxley and America’s Plunge into Authoritarianism

Texas may be tea party heaven, but activists aren't happy

Snakebites:  How To Avoid Them And Treat Them

Fox News In Shock For Causing Hate And Division

Strawberry pickers strain to see fruits of their labor, even after strike

Strawberry pickers strain to see fruits of their labor, even after strike

In my lifetime African-American children have been blown up and African-American adults shot down.

Strawberry pickers strain to see fruits of their labor, even after strike

Bernie Sander's Msg Correct. But It Is Labeled As UnAmerican & Too Marxist For US.

For today: A celebration of world Africaness

I am not for Hillary

The town meeting in Denver was well organized as

On Al Jazeera America tomorrow night

Blood lust in response to shooting

Too Big To Fail -- Too Crooked To Trust

Republicans take a pass on Confederate flag

Standing still

X-post from GD. "It is time to add social media to background checks for gun purchases. nt"

5 fm RWWatch: Coulter the misogynist; God's a terrorist; Pope's the antiChrist; usual fetish f/gays

Five Reasons the (Sunday Times') MI6 Story is a Lie

Huckabee: Confederate flag-waving South Carolina can’t be racist because it has an ‘Indian’ governor

US Catholics ready to follow Pope's 'marching orders' on climate change (The Guardian)

Chuck Todd - supporting the racists

Bernie on Sunday morning TV?

Wife of Israel's interior minister tweets, and deletes, racist joke about President Obama

Bernie Sanders is not liberal enough

Fight racist fire with literal fire: Burn Confederate flags

Paris and all of France will be singin' and dancin' all night long...

Jeb bush Reminds Conservatives That He 'Stood' With Terri Schiavo / he's still using her.

The Guardian: 11 myths about the future of gun control, debunked after the Charleston shooting

Dear NRA

View from Bernie Sanders' Denver stage. LOOK AT THAT CROWD!! There are THOUSANDS!!

High Summer on the Rebound

Weekend Toon Roundup- Charleston

Alex Jules, Curator for the Graffiti Wall discusses the Confederate Flag

Our Real Challenge for 2016

If FOX News Existed In 1963 ...

Hello Vermonters!

A 2O YEAR OLD BERNIE SANDERS....

A 20 YEAR OLD Bernie Sanders...

The Council Of Conservative Citizens And The Politicians Who Pander to Them

Ted Cruz: 'Gun control means hitting what you aim at'

Naked man runs through Walmart, pours milk on self (not Florida)

Visiting a Gentleman with Alzheimer’s Disease

When Bernie met Hillary

ORGANIZE (Check out this cool meme)

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

Religion In The Comics - 031

Social change and religion in the 21st century.

BERNIE ON Immigration

Bernie on Immigration

How much did Big Oil pay trying to influence CA politics in 10 years? A ton. Like, whoa.....

Saudi Arabia warns citizens about 'fake' information after Wikileaks release 60,000 secret documents

This Year Is Headed for the Hottest on Record, by a Long Shot

Book review: 'Don't Wait for the Next War,' by Gen. (Ret.) Wesley Clark

Who appointed David Brooks to replace William Bennett as America's moral scold?

MSNBC is feeling scorched! OwOwOw

MSNBC is feeling scorched! OwOwOw

Pope Slams ‘Great Powers’ Over Mass Deaths in 20th Century

Extraordinary Turnout in Denver

HAPPY FATHERS DAY

Confederate Statue Vandalized With Graffiti In Charleston As Emanuel AME Church Reopens

"Awkward" for the Republican candidates?

Why is that the media usually ends their mini coverage of

Was the talk about raising wages postponed to July?

Presidential Candidates tell stories of their fathers, from the stump

"Hater"

South Africa’s de Klerk: Israel not an apartheid state

Bernie Sanders strives to sell his message to Latino voters in Nevada

This week...

Sensationalistic Burning of the Confederate Flag is Not the Answer

Van Jones was fantastic on CNN just now. He said there

Woman founds Friends for Life, to help lonely elderly

THIS would be one awesome picture....

Why do people gather at Stonehenge in England on the solstice?

The racist hashtag that's been trending high on twitter.

Jackie Mason: today gays are the persecutors

The Pope on animal protection

Earth’s core contains lots of sulphur

Fresh out of Biden jokes, loathsome prick Ted Cruz is tone deaf to current events in SC, too

NATIONAL: CLINTON HOLDS STEADY IN DEM RACE *HILLARY GROUP*

Gimme Shelter

Monsanto fires back @ Neil Young

New look into death of Dag Hammarskjöld

Was the Charleston massacre actually the assassination of a State Senator?

A few instances if T-shirts were real...

First Lady wishes Obama Happy Father's Day with throwback pic

Happy Summer Solstice!

It's probably more worth while talking about racism than about gun control post Charleston.

Expert Predicts Satan Will Visit Oregon When Marijuana Becomes Legal In July

What gives me hope, and what doesn't.

Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers condemnation of business in Colorado speech

TCM Schedule for Tuesday, June 23: TCM Guest Programmer: Edgar Wright

Van Jones has been excellent on the Emanuel nine

TCM Schedule for Wednesday, June 24: Star of the Month: Pin-Up Girls

The point

D.C. cardinal destroys...Limbaugh...: America’s ‘blessing’ is freedom to rant without ‘facts'

Pups 7.5 weeks

One of our very own DU members made it into the Boston globe!

Will Bernie Sanders cause Hillary Clinton to go "too far left" ?

Confederate Flag History 101

What's for Dinner, Sun., June 21, 2015

Will Hillary Clinton cause Bernie Sanders to go "too far right"?

Hillary Clinton’s Family Values

Phil Austin, dies at 74; voice of Firesign Theatre's Nick Danger

Something else in SC that needs to come down...Ben Tillman statue.

'Bernie Sanders Draws More Supporters Than Every Republican Candidate'!

Definite: Tsipras announces the change of Greece's strategic dogma

Poles aren't only places rapidly losing ice.

Why Traumatic Head Injuries Are an Urgent Feminist Issue

Never stop trying to make a better world.

Chuck Todd Addresses Racist Charleston Shooting w/Segment About Black Murderers

Which isn't among new Mekong species...?

Overflow crowd at reopened AME church in Charleston

I know this isn't about me, it's my brother… May I ask???

Guess what Obama, Oprah, have in common w/ kangaroos...

NRA Starts Up Their Shit About What Would Be Even Greater Injustice

Nashville restaurant removes Confederate flag artwork

Second GOP lawmaker calls for removing Confederate flag from S.C. State House

For anyone who's interested, here's the start of the So. Cal. "Lake Fire" last week.

Priced Out

More Alaska fires

Charleston Confederate Statue Spray-Painted With 'Black Lives Matter'

Benghazi investigation spends fortune to harass Hillary

Innovative Organization Turns African Poachers Into Sustainable Farmers

Bernie takes down Donald Trump!

TOON: Introducung The Donald

I wasn't sure where to put this article

Is this poll lying?

MSNBC host goes berserk when ex-Cheney aide says it’s too soon to talk about guns

SC convention calendar URL--Who can pressure SC to bring Confederate swastika DOWN?

Week in crazy: no church-state sep; yogurt's turning kids into sinners

Why Are Persons Unknown More Likely to Be Called ‘Terrorist’ Than a Known White Supremacist?

Let's just get it out in the open - who supports right to carry firearms into a church?

Pennsylvania Bill Could Change Selection for Non-Incumbent Appellate Judges

Comments on this post?

Sometimes even the best groups shouldn't try a cover song...

Step 1: ban the manufacture of handguns

The anti-Monsanto hysterics are out in force...

Domiionist Cruz's Bill Attempts to Strip Courts of Jurisdiction in Same-Sex Marriage Cases

Rachel Dolezal Scandal Exposes Fractured Family

Just got back from Mark Knopfler. Don't ask me anything. I'll tell you.

On Confederate flag, southern white Christians do some soul searching

One Moment More

want to get rid of handguns???

So today I learned a lot...

Nashville restaurant removes Confederate flag artwork

Charleston mayor calls for Confederate flag to be retired, put ‘into a museum’

What if Rory wins?

Attack at EmmanuelAME church was on 193rd Anniversary of 1822 Slave Revolt

Second GOP lawmaker calls for removing Confederate flag from S.C. State House

If Bernie Sanders were to get elected President in 2016, any chance Howard Dean replaces Sanders in

Republicans Tread Carefully in Criticism of Confederate Flag

Squirrel at Phillies Game

This RFK speech seems more appropriate and needed than ever.

Our black ring-tail squirrel and his/her pal.

Was Dylann Roof involved with a hate group?

Gun control will end up just like the drug war, almost exclusively aimed at minorities and the poor

Shooting reignites Confederate flag debate

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 22 June 2015

#WeWillShootBack wants black people to arm themselves in self-defense

Maybe I've missed it, but why haven't we heard more about Roof's family?

HRC ROOM: If All the Republican Presidential Candidates Had Donald Trump’s Hair

List of monuments and memorials of the Confederate States of America

This was left in my mailbox today...

Protesters Block Rightwing Brazilian Senators From Visiting Leopoldo Lopez

Charleston shooting victim Clementa Pinckney’s chilling speech about Walter Scott

Elon Musk has done more concrete things to combat global warming than anyone: Ashlee Vance, Biograph

Happy Faters Day, longest Day of the year, and start of Summer...on a Sunday no less!!!

Why in the world would anyone associate that confederate rag with racism?

A song for Bernie

Roberta Flack- Killing me softly - live in the studio

Orwell, Huxley and America’s Plunge into Authoritarianism

Campesino Leader Assassinated in Carabobo State, Authorities Blame Landowners

Crews recover body of father who jumped into Missouri River to rescue children (updated)

Hair show stuns in Ivory Coast

Tom the Dancing Bug Toon: Attention, Subjects of the Global Corporatocracy

So, we wage war on other countries for no reason and are suprised when our kids are murderers?

Alex Witt rips Ron Christie for saying no gun control talk while people 'mourn'

Report: Many Mississippi politicians tied to group that radicalized Dylann Roof

lichtman's keys -- 2016 presidential prediction

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