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Archives: December 28, 2017

My dream 2020 Democratic Presidential ticket is....

Geezer joke:

Am I the only one who noticed that Norman Lear

"Lost" on Netflix

538: Our Way-Too-Early 2020 Democratic Primary Draft

Yes, Yes we do....

2017: The Whitest Year Ever

Debate rages in the GOP over ObamaCare repeal

Trumps Tweets About FBI Could Be Witness Intimidation, Former White House Lawyers Say

Barack Obama Reflects on Leaving the Presidency

Trump blames Sessions for Moore.

why does the democratic party need ONE leader?

Jewish journalist who sought to combat bigoted troll imposters...

"...he has been one of the most effective and accomplished Presidents in his first year in office."

Star Wars The Last Jedi discussion (spoilers inside, you've been warned)

I find it amusing that the Alt Right is all butt hurt over the new Star Wars movies.

Florida Man Accused Of Calling 911 To Gripe About Small Clams

King County says homeowners cant prepay property taxes to avoid big 2018 hit

Seattle homebuyers will be among those hit hardest by lower mortgage interest deduction cap

All eyes on Sen. Hatch as he weighs reelection bid

Staffer changed byline to Gayzalez with FAGGOAT tag fired

Are you a good person? How can you tell?

"What the Democratic Party needs is blah blah blah"

Question about T-Bills

Sanders Rips 'Desperate' Right-Wingers for Taking His Tax Bill Comments 'Completely Out of Context'

Grand Canyon zip lines set for January

Get any great surprise books for Christmas?

See brightest star Sirius at midnight on New Year's Eve.

Connie Schultz: Treading Gently Into This New Year

Conservatives oppose anything for the people...!

Mandatory Wednesday Mike Malloy Truthseeker thread! The Grinch!

GOP Might As Well Cut Off Social Security/Medicare And Get It Over With.

Joy is hosting Rachel's program tonight n/t

With the heavy snow storms across the country

Are DU theists guilty of intolerance?

Went and saw "Darkest Hour" this afternoon

-10 here and going lower

Watching Joy Reid: How is Guccifer 2.0 connected to Roger Stone?

This:

Did you know McGahn had Russian ties?

Since I have started being a regular small donor

Woman accused of ruining $300K worth of art on date with Houston attorney

HOPPIN JOHN: GOOD LUCK FOOD AT NEW YEAR

You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch - Esthero & Noise Club (Official Video)

Haha...Binomo!!

IT Seems To Me A Dunderheaded Move

Cold Weather, Hot Cocktails

US less respected worldwide at end of 2017: poll

OK, so I went over our projected 2017 return and plugged the number for 2018

Likely Scenario for Democrats in the 2018 US Senate, US House, and Governors race.

Dem Rep.: "Appropriate" To Keep Talking Trump Impeachment

Disabled people/special needs parents need to unite in 2018

Calif. Days Away From Legal Weed

Get THIS: chicken pot pie without the baking!1 ***UPDATE/outcome in Post #12***

What IS the State vs. Fed law with legalized recreational pot in our state

Cold Weather, Hot Cocktails

Hi, old-timer DUers! Am I the only one here who vaguely remembers

McClatchy: Jailed Russian says he hacked DNC on Kremlins orders and can prove it

TCM Schedule for Sunday December 31 - New Year's Eve Thin Man Marathon

TCM Schedule for Monday January 1 - Stylish Capers

Mueller probe expanding to RNC:

So recipes and TCM movie schedule?

Stone Cold stuns Trump

Bad Lip Reading at it again...Warning, Trump content...

Jen Kirkman, the comedian, seriously explains why we shouldn't and can't "just move on."

Trump INTERNATIONAL MOBSTER Don't Let Your Kids Listen Biggest Liar Ever

H-1B visa regime is likely to get tougher as Department of Homeland security mulls stricter restrict

No links no hashtags

The Con Party Of Law And Order Has Lost All Respect From America..

Fears of another Fukushima as Tepco plans to restart world's biggest nuclear plant

Trump's legal team readies to attack Flynn's credibility.

Limericking for Hillary

Don't shoot the press: Argentine photojournalists protest in front of Congress

Don't shoot the press: Argentine photojournalists protest in front of Congress

So, Christmas was a downer

Remember The Shit Obama Took For The Beer Summit?

Goodwill to All Men, unless they call themselves Evangelicals.

Well Roy Moores campaign has filed an official complaint;requests to delay certification

Sanders fiercely defends Mueller, warns of constitutional crisis.

Jailed Russian says he hacked DNC on Kremlin's orders and can prove it

"Fawlty Towers: I know nothing"

Devin Nunes Latest Scam, Explained

What Is To Keep The Election Fraud Commission From Giving Voter Inforomation To The Russians?

Well, this is interesting abt Paul Ryan...

Dave Chappelle To Trump Supporters: He's Fighting For Me, Not You - The Beat With Ari Melber - MSNBC

MSNBC could replace Brian Williams with Ali Velshi and I'd be a very happy person.

The Daily Show: Cable News's Best Moments of 2017

Luna is not a lap cat...

Roy Moore files complaint to delay election certification

Beatles Thread

I find it both smooth and relaxing...

Oh boy! -15F this morning in rural western Michigan.

Kitten doesn't know it's impossible:

More Than 4 In 5 Enrolled In Obamacare Are In Trump states

Mueller had better drop the hammer soon because

Federal Judge Blocks Arizona Law Banning Mexican-American Studies

Trump Boasts He's Signed More Laws Than Any President Since Truman. He's Actually Signed the Least.

New in 2018: Forever GI Bill changes take effect

New in 2018: More sleep for surface sailors?

Afghanistan suicide attack: Dozens killed in Kabul

Military orders troops to use gender-neutral language

Evangelical Christians 'uncritical' in support for Trump, senior bishop says

THIS

Who are hollow Earthers? These conspiracy theorists think aliens and Nazis live inside Earth's core

Republicans trying to woo Democratic votes for GOP speaker with plum committee assignments

Devin Nunes subpoenas John McCain associate over Trump-Russia dossier: report

The GOP's Newest Nazi Candidate Just Doubled Down on His Antisemitism

New York's combative attorney general reached a major milestone...

Leaving for Benning 1/2/2018

I'm to the fucking point where I'm way beyond pissed.

This is Donald

What is your favourite poem????

I want this

This too , relatable

LA-Tokyo flight turns back after passenger 'boards with wrong ticket'

Trump Infrastructure Plan Will Be Privatized & Toll System.

Introverts

Pennsylvania Proud!

Roy Moore files lawsuit to block Alabama Senate result

Roy Moore files election suit citing suspicions about high turnout in majority black district

Federal judge blocks Arizona from banning Mexican American studies classes

A CPA / former corporate tax director breaks down the new tax law

Survey asks men if they have sexually harassed in the past year.

There's a "Loners" group?

FL 2017: Emotional support squirrels, a lawyers flaming pants and other weird news

Tallying the Damage of Trump's Presidency in 2017

Shale Gas Was Going To Make Them Rich; Then The Checks Arrived

Let's talk about crowd size

This Is The Time Of Year That Your Local TV News & Newspapers.....

I always loved Give em Hell Harry Reid

With Lake Mead At 38% Of Capacity, Still No Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan

"I built a bot to expose bigots. Then Twitter suspended it and kept the bots"

Just now on CNN: AL SOS gives a simple "No" on validity of Cowboy Roy's claim.

Minnesotans Dont Think Franken Should Resign; Franken Remains Popular, Especially With Women

Billy Graham's Granddaughter Slams 'Hypocritical' Evangelicals, Franklin Graham for Praising Trump

War between Trump, media set to intensify

Corps Of Engineers Plan To Protect Norfolk From Sea Level Rise; $1.8 Billion w/o Naval Base

Trump touts reports on ISIS, MS-13 in tweets

Word of the day - Trumpery

Top Alabama election official: Jones will be certified winner of Senate race

The body's own bathroom scales: New understanding of obesity

Moore says he took polygraph after election to confirm accusations were false

The Indianapolis Star 'Mike Pence on Most Admired List'

Minnesotans Dont Think Al Franken Should Resign; support is particularly high among women.

The boog the chocolate lab and nana

Vanity Fair Regrets Video Telling Hillary Clinton To Take Up Knitting, Drop Politics

Survey asks men if they have sexually harassed in the past year.

Building a mutually beneficial relationship between China and Japan

Thursday Toon Roundup 1 - Indict the Bastard

Thursday Toon Roundup 2 - The Rest

Roy Moore's voter fraud 'expert' is a notorious crank who says he 'mathematically proved' plot...

I'm going to the memorial service this afternoon for someone I've known since Kindergarten.

We should be outraged by this GOP suggestion to 'purge' the FBI

Saw Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.....

Howard Dean: 'My Generation Needs to Get the Hell Out of Politics'

Nichelle Nichols, turning 85 today and still busy acting, talks about life after 'Star Trek'

Puerto Rico Is 'Broken' 100 Days After Hurricane Maria And Trump Is No Help, Locals Say

Wrong forum. Sorry

Guess what Donald Trump is doing today (no fair peeking...)

Bad News: Many Christians Take the Lord's Name in Vain

House Intel Dem: 'Hard to say' how close Russia probe is to ending

CNN: Trump: I signed more legislation than anybody (This is not true)

For my 7000th post I would like to say how much I am looking forward to President Tom Steyer

DId I hear something about Roy Moore and Sue?

Lesbian family viciously slaughtered in their own home at Christmas

The Administration Claims Crime Is on the Rise. So Why Did the FBI Delete Key Crime Data?

Just in time for New Years: Homemade Eggnog!

"Some Freaks." Offbeat little indie film.

That's called losing an election, dude.

China: US should curb demand for opioids, not blame China

You can't make this s--t up. Former DU member says Roy Moore was robbed.

VIDEO: UN envoy Nikki Haley gets prank called by Russian comedians

Chill post - What is the one thing you do every year between post-Christmas and the New Year

Rev. Billy Graham's Granddaughter Blasts Her Uncle And Evangelical Supporters of Trump

Another traitor to moral consciousness. . . Please come CAPTION Fox's Ed Henry

MSNBC Tops CNN in Full-Year Viewership for First Time Since 2012 (The Wrap)

Trump builds his 2018 political message by rebranding Obama's economic legacy

Trump Is Privately Bragging To His Rich Friends That His Tax Cut Just Made Them A Lot Richer

Breitbart facilitated persecution of credible childhood assault victim for purely political purposes

Trump's tweets central to legal cases on dossier, travel ban and more

After one year, is America adapting to the "new politics" of Donald Trump?

Eh, if you've seen one fountain, you've pretty much seen them all ...

Does anyone know if Home Equity Loan/HELOC interest is deductible next year?

The miracle of neuroscience

Why the "dossier" was important?

Would you believe Trump if he said Flynn was a liar ?

Tallying the Damage of Trump's Presidency in 2017

Why They Mattered. Remembering 30 politicos who died in 2017.

Trump Gloats: Vanity Fair 'Begging for Forgiveness' After Mocking Hillary With New Year's Resolution

Know what I did?

Not asking for medical diagnosis but I have a question regarding lithium

Ann Coulter is pandering to the racist tinfoil-hat crowd now...

Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #3 in D Minor, Op. 30

"Dr" Phil is a fake, a fraud.

Static Cat caught in a shaft of sunlight

How the banks won over Washington again

Imagine the outrage if President Hillary Clinton pondered a FBI-purge...

Could you please add GGJohn to the Memorium list.

Donald J Trump State Park...

My good friend and Army buddy, GGJohn, has passed from cancer.

6 in 10 Utahns support Medicaid expansion effort

The Oatmeal - The Backfire Effect

Tallying the Damage of Trump's Presidency in 2017

Can anyone tell me why my printer is printing everything in yellow?

Founding fathers were wrong

'Unclear, unfunny, delete': editor's notes on Milo Yiannopoulos book revealed

Poppy Harlow shoots down GOP's Tom Cole after he says election hacking happened 'since the 1790s'

Emilio Gutierrez Soto and the Fight to Protect Journalists

I'm making chili in a dutch oven over a camp fire and one important thing hit me ....

U.N. human rights experts appalled by pardon of Peru's Fujimori

World's most expensive---

Game of Thrones, Inca Style

More Than Food Stamps Must Go. Here Is A GOP/Ryan List.

Eric Garner's daughter Erica declared brain dead with no chance of recovery

A detailed Windows Resource Monitor guide

Trump asks supporters to help award 'Fake News' trophy

Bringing Tano Peoples Back Into History

Bringing Tano Peoples Back Into History

Argentina Dirty War: Killer Etchecolatz gets house arrest

Dems counter argument to the tax bill: Raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Oh how I love THIS Luckovich Toon!

Newly Unveiled 16th-Century Map Shows a World Filled with Centaurs and Unicorns

Saw "Darkest Hour" and "Dunkirk" back to back and it was an enlightening experience.

My vote for Northern Virginia story of the year.

I watched The Indian Detective last evening...

New California law allows beer sellers to pay for drunken peoples taxi home

Why hasn't Trump offered pardon to Flynn yet??

Do you think the Republican senate will call Truth Is All to testify about election fraud

Washington DC restaurant accused of dress-code racism changes no sneakers policy

A recent poll by PPP shows that MN voters did not want Franken to resign from the US Senate 50-42.

I came upon a person who had just been stabbed

This is crazy. They are talking about Truth Is All on CNN

Has Russia Raided the Congressional Skeleton Closet?

I found someone worse than Carl Rove!

Thirty thousand applicants, one flagship: Inside admissions at U-Md.

In California, a former Vietnamese refugee becomes a bishop

Kornaki has become too animated in his presentations for me to

New song "One Woman" launched to celebrate International Women's Day 2013 (March 8th)

New song "One Woman" launched to celebrate International Women's Day 2013 (March 8th)

Ha ha ha, sludge headline trying to compare the greatest POTUS to slimeball

Maybe, Roy Moore Should "Take Up Knitting"

Need help identifying a plant.

"Secrets of Spanish Florida"

Roy Moore's campaign against the political establishment reaches its natural conclusion

"Secrets of Spanish Florida"

Moulton, Kennedy offer Democrats two paths for the future

Sitting at the car repair shop.

Pups 4.5 weeks

This Land Is Your Land - Sarah Lee Guthrie at the Women's March On Washington

This Land Is Your Land - Sarah Lee Guthrie at the Women's March On Washington

Binge Worthy: Pleasantly Surprised Edition

All you need to about New Years Eve in one graphic

Trump's tweets central to legal cases on dossier, travel ban and more

Scoop: White House reshuffle expected in new year

Trump 'very disappointed' in China over alleged oil supplies to North Korea

The Brooklyn Historical Society presents: "45 Years after "Roe v Wade""

Protests spread in poor neighborhoods in Venezuela. No food. No medicine. No gasoline. No currency

Chinese ships secretly giving oil to North Korea: reports

"Songs of the Suffragettes", Elisabeth Knight (1958)

Private prison investors set for giant windfall from Trump tax bill

"Songs of the Suffragettes", Elisabeth Knight (1958)

One Cartoonist's Perspective on 2017

Let me understand this. In 8 years the republican tax plan expires. In that time the deficit will

Ann Coulter Pens New Racist Screed, Just in Time for Kwanzaa

Maduro blames... Portugal (!) for no Christmas hams!

Just had a right-winger, a banker, in my office this morning

Russian Hacker Says He Left Fingerprints On His DNC Hack In Bid To Bolster His Story Putin Ordered..

Donald Trump took office at the beginning of 2017, and this chart tells two sides of that story

Worried Mom Calls Police on Missing Son and Finds Out He Was Planning Christmas Surprise

Help me out with something I've seen circulating on FB, please.

Today in 1832 -- Famously bigoted John C. Calhoun, first Vice President to resign.

Moore camp warns of consequences if Jones is certified as Alabama winner

Subsidy-free offshore wind farm will move ahead in the Netherlands

Hillary Clinton just retweeted this.

The left's mistake

Woody Kaine, son of Sen. Tim Kaine, gets probation, fine for role in protest at Minn. Trump rally

Alabama judge rejects Roy Moore's attempt to stop the state from making his defeat official in Alaba

US House Delegations going from Republican Majority to Democratic Majority.

The Latest: Judge rejects Moore's attempt to finalize vote

I want this!

Who owns this discussion group?

Lao Tzu:

The most jaw-dropping headline of the day

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

Judge DENIES Roy Moores motion to certify Doug Jones

City councilman takes a knee during pledge of allegiance..".

My good friend and Army buddy, GGJohn, has passed from cancer.

52% of American adults do not have any investments in stock

LIVE: Alabama state officials certify Democrat Doug Jones' election victory.

Drumpf & his goons say it's okay for nursing homes to abuse or neglect their patients

George Weah set to win Liberia presidency

NFL cancels Sunday Night Football

"Our security guard told him to give it to the National Enquirer"

New Book Answers 'Does It Fart?'

Above the Law-For Republicans, All Black Vote Is Fraud

What the hell were they thinking?

BTRTN: Can The Dems Take The House in 2018? An Analytic Look

BTRTN: Can The Dems Take The House in 2018? An Analytic Look

BREAKING: Doug Jones has been Certified!

BTRTN: Can The Dems Take The House in 2018? An Analytic Look

Just because you read it on a t-shirt, that doesn't mean it's true

IRS says many who prepaid property taxes may still face cap on deductions

Alabama certifies Jones Senate victory

"Yes, the state of Alabama really issued this car tag."

Aides Wrestle Drill From Trump's Hands

Notice for This Week's Bulletin:

2017: The Year in Trump ---- Toons by Maki Naro and Andy Warner

Omarosa Reportedly To Expose Donald & Melania In Tell-All

Falcon Heavy raised on pad 39A for first time

Sky Ranger

Doug Jones certified as winner of Alabama special election

I just got an email from Trump/Pence that said:

"Snotty and condescending." WA Post's energetic slap down of sexist, anti-HRC Vanity Fair video

Ugh! Had to come home sick...

Syrian Kurds hold top French jihadist Thomas Barnouin

Johnny Manziel may be bound for the Canadian Football League

Is it a Windows 10 problem or new laptop?

Large swaths of the republican party are using kgb tactics and its scary

Here's the real basis for @realDonaldTrump's feud with Anna Wintour:

I'm just the messenger...

Republicans' failure on health care is even greater than they realize

The last Tavernburger: How hangouts have served Seattle

Rick Gates wants to be excused from house arrest to attend New Years Eve Party

Prepaying Your Property Taxes? I.R.S. Cautions It Might Not Pay Off

Nobody hated Milo Yiannopoulos's book more than Milo's editor hated Milo's book

Braunschweiger: Blessing or Abomination?

Old Time Bible Crusades - Great Fun Outings for Teenagers

Shuttle van crashes into downtown Seattle building; at least 4 injured

Trump White House Saw Record Number of First-Year Staff Departures

Only one church answers Tacoma's call for help with homeless crisis

Just played "What do you meme?" over Christmas with my daughter and 3 granddaughters.

Fugelsang takes on illiterate Trump

Songs With Dream(s) In The Title?

Being an atheist shows you that every minute is sacred

Retired Prosecutor Explains How Trump's Ignorance is Putting Americans in Real Danger.

Addressing the Flammability of Lithium Batteries Using Polystyrene Ionogels.

Have an existing home equity loan? You won't be deducting the interest anymore.

trump* intern flashes 'alt-right' symbol... during group photo with the president

How Long Before The GOP Physically Locks Out Dems From Congress?.

MSNBC reporter at tax office: People with wheelchairs and crutches are rushing to avoid Trump's tax

Court upholds $135K fine against Sweet Cakes owners

Today's.....'What are you doing Cat...?!'

Dean Says Older Dems to Get the Hell Out of the Way

Black-Eyed Peas With Ham Hock and Collards

Why are all these Florida Republicans attacking Bob Mueller?

Almost Everything Is Wrong With the New Tax Law - Part I

A classic Kids in the Hall: My Pen

So much...losing.

POLL: Mark Cuban could beat Trump in 2020 in Texas

Almost Everything Is Wrong With the New Tax Law - Part II

Almost Everything Is Wrong With the New Tax Law - Part III

We Cannot Wait Until 2020. Just Hope Trump Crashes Physically Way Before Then.

The TSA is now waiting until 2020 before it forces some Americans to use a passport to fly

Poll: 71% of Democratic Minnesotans Don't Think Franken Should Resign

Al.com & Roy Moore cross posted to Alabama group

Al.com & Roy Moore cross posted to Editorial group

Wrong forum again...Damn!@

I Really Wonder If Our Soldiers Are Serving Or Dying In Vain With This Crowd In Office.

Couple Locked Daughter in Room For 15 Years Until She Died.

Reagan and Trump, Alike in Their Flippancy - a WSJ letter

De Blasio to be sworn in for second term by Bernie Sanders

Interesting. On a Facebook page devoted to Physician Assistants,

Revisited article about "data laundering" in the Trump-Russia conspiracy:

Suggestion for a new book in the New Testament

Can you say, Screw You Wisconsin??

Trump's approach to diplomacy isn't new - it's undisciplined, uneducated, unpredictable, random.

Trump's website is coded to serve up the following message in the event of an internal server error:

Guidelines for news-watching and staying sane in 2018 - By Jennifer Rubin

Romanian hackers took over D.C. surveillance cameras just before presidential inauguration

As Trump roles out his infrastrucuture plan, here's what China did...this month

Socialized medicine coming to America courtesy of the Republicans

Robert Reich deconstructs the danger of Trump as a metastasizing cancer

Poll: Half of Minnesotans Don't Think Franken Should Go Through With Resignation

Gee, it worked in SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT...

Andrew Cuomo is waging an all-out assault on the GOP tax law

ANA flight's mid-air U-turn could result in criminal charges

The last five ALBUMS you purchased or streamed. Not cherry-picked songs, full albums?

John Dean: Too many Republicans are way beyond vicious they are evil.

Do The Morbidly Rich Have Complete Economic Control Yet?

Is there an ongoing criminal investigation on who hacked DU and shut us down

Tom Steyer Has Too Much Money

Remember when Trump was in Scotland right after the Brexit vote?

Meet Posh George: The Shady Money Man Tangled Up With Brexit, Russia, and Trump

Rachel Maddow closes 2017 by beating the pants off Sean Hannity

In all of the name of what is good and right in this world...

Apple announces plan to replace old iPhone batteries for only $29.00.

Anybody know what happened to BrentWil?

Alabama Certifies Jones Win, Brushing Aside Challenge From Roy Moore

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Friday, 29 December 2017

MN Prosecutor Needs More Time To Figure Way To Clear Cop Who Shot Australian Lady

You can't make this shit up.

Interior announcement that Rosebud mine expansion has been approved wasn't true

Trump, The Insurgent, Breaks With 70 Years Of American Foreign Policy

Chechnyas first openly gay man forced to apologise on national TV

Quiet jockeying for McCain seat angers Republicans

Moore refuses to concede after Jones certified winner

Randy Bryce for Congress - It Takes a Lot to Do a Little

Russian pranksters claim to have tricked Nikki Haley into defending the sovereignty of a fake nation

What's for Dinner, Thurs., Dec. 28, 2017

My computer monitor's background has gone yellow.

Mueller investigating Russian interference in to the 2016 elections coordinated with Paul Ryan's PAC

Freepers in meltdown over Moore's loss...

Scott Dworkin just tweeted that some big news about the Trump cabal is coming out around 8pm

Nuclear Sphere: Weird Globe Could Revolutionize Fusion Energy

Brazil's top court suspends parts of President Temer's Christmas pardons

Weather folks are saying to expect -4 in New York on New Years Eve

I came home and my dog was panicky.

If you want a happy: I just spent a few hours streaming Sammy Davis Jr. youtubes: Adorable.

GM wins ruling that could narrow ignition switch litigation

So when Ryan, Trump and the rest are shown to be absolute fucking traitors

New tax bill socks it to cops/firemen

VW to try to block emissions audit in constitutional court

Trump Schedules Annual Physical Exam For Jan. 12, Doctor To Release Summary

TPM Marshall "The Political Consequences of the End of SALT Deductions"

Gold Water Gate Rules

Saudi-led airstrikes kill 68 civilians in one day of Yemen's 'absurd' war

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