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Archives: December 27, 2009

So I went to see AVATAR tonight - AGAIN!

What a weekend

Catch me if you can: 'Barefoot bandit' eludes US police

Terror alerts issued in Indian cities

Good thing we invaded Iraq

An easy waytp make the HCR Bill better (no cost and easy!)

Simply Put- The "Investigate Rahm" Movement's Sole Purpose Is To Destroy The Obama Adminstration

how will the house and senate bills on HCR be merged? How does that process work?

Could a administrator please contact me and tell me why my topic was removed?

*Sunshine Again!*

*Sunshine Again!*

Essentially Washington to Richmond at a rate of about 12.5 miles a year

Activist who denounced Mexico border killings dies

Dog helps, comforts disabled man

How to Make a 'Hamquist' Sandwich

today is "boxing day" up north. so canadians can legally punch anyone they choose to?

US agrees $6m pay cheques for Fannie and Freddie bosses

US agrees $6m pay cheques for Fannie and Freddie bosses

Few supporters for Neb. drinking liability law

Sunday talk shows

Faux Nutwork is poutraged over the failed Fire in the Hole Pantsbomber "Attack"..

Uh Oh! BREAKING : Obama PDB 12/22/09 "Dumbass determined to set pants afire over Lake Erie"

Obama can influence the Supreme Court?

Focus On the Family Denounces Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill

Jane Hamsher, Rahm Emmanuel & Grover Norquist

Maureen Dowd's column on 12/23

SPECTER Looks To Revive 9/11 SUITS Against Saudis

Jodette's Belly Dancing Academy - Sacramento tradition assisting the needy

A book all young men should read: "The Manipulated Man (1971)"

Investigating the chief of staff *cough-cough*

WaPo - "Weak economy motivates Americans to save more"

New security precautions in the wake of the 12/25 terror attack

After foiled terror plot, hard not to see logic for invading Iraq a second time.

No thanks, I'll take my chances

Charlie Sheen and Wife to Undergo Counseling

Pakistan's Turmoil Endangers Its Archaeological Treasures

Note to moran terrists....

Have we at DU adopted "The Bush Doctrine, Part II"?

Would be Incendiary Terrorist's Father Directly Warned the U.S. Embassy Weeks Ago

DU is a very strange place

Ferry sinks in Philippines; 3 dead, 22 missing

Winter weather disrupts travel in Plains and East

More HCR headaches? States with expanded coverage protest Senate bill

Swiss bank secrecy emerges from 2009 with holes

Conversation: Sacred Stones

veggie seeds and Glen Beck

Washington Post Sunday editorial: Obama admin. redefining human rights

Naga heritage traced back to 50 B.C.

A piece of history resurfaces

What Jane Hamsher really stands for - always aligning with the enemy

Thousands mark tsunami anniversary

Blankets put the fire out. DHS: Passengers must surrender blankets in final hour of flight.

Do you know what this chart means:

Archaeology Magazine's Top 10 Discoveries of 2009

Kouchner warns of Guinea civil war if Camara returns

China sentences five to death over riots

FDA says Nestle drinks not 'medical food'

"Natives are restless as temperatures rise"

NYT Editorial on HCR w/some explanations:

Who's Laughing Now Michael Moore?

Of War, Peace and the Distant Memory of a Christmas Truce

X-Mas Terror Elicits the Expected Response from Greater Wingnuttia

136 Silver Alerts Issued In 1st Year

Prez O in Hawaii

Percy Sutton (Tuskegee Airmen), attorney for Malcolm X, dies at 89

Should we go back to having limits on how many threads one poster can post within a 24 hr period?

List some of the progressives elected via Dean's 50-state strategy

Interesting article on increasing class division

Rendell, Daniels assess economic recovery

DKos, David Waldman: More detail on what's next for health insurance reform

Where Have You Gone Bill Moyers? Bush Institute to Have PBS Show

Why can't the U.S "Give peace a chance"?

Eat Your Vegetables

This Health Care Bill Is A Bailout For the Insurance Companies

Mir Hossein Mousavi's Nephew 'Killed' in Tehran Clashes

King on Face the NATION

I have to say it really makes me sick to see some people turn their backs on our Constitution

Magnus Carlsen: The 19-Year-Old King of Chess

So when do we invade Yemen?

So when do we invade Yemen?

Came back from Mexico yesterday.

Came back from Mexico yesterday.

Just got through airport security

USA to Obama: "I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody:"

Greenpeace hasn't stopped whaling, therefore I won't support them.

$$$$ when they lead with money they don't want to talk about IF it is right

Dec. 28 is deadline for action: Use Clean Air Act to regulate coal-fired power plants

HeadZUP!1 The History Channel running "The French Revolution" at Noon ET!1

X-Mas Terror Elicits the Expected Response from Greater Wingnuttia

X-Mas Terror Elicits the Expected Response from Greater Wingnuttia

Birther (Orly Taitz) Wants Meeting with AUSAs To Bring Case to D.C.

Dec. 28 deadline: Use Clean Air Act to regulate coal-fired power plants (Credo Action petition)

Colorado resort legalises cannabis, but not on the ski slopes

Aww the Rich----Ivana Trump removed from plane by Deputies..

New York Dog Has H1N1

Specter looks to revive 9/11 suits against Saudis

So you can just walk by TSA carrying a common high powered explosive with no problem.

They Say Leftist Don't Fight Back?

The Camera Is Mightier - Check out Andrew Sullivan's blog for best coverage of Iranian protests

Chomsky on US interventions in Latin America (aka, war on democracy)

Should there be a Congressional investigation into Anti-Choicers trying to destabilize the country?

Flying the Predator Drone

The Chinese Inspired by the People of Iran

ACLU obtains more torture documents

If anyone spots a Republican filibuster in 2010 broadcast on C-Span please post a notice on DU

Grandma gave 3-year-old grandson pot cookie

To be a philanthropist, the generally accepted meaning of the word "philanthropist"...

Ivana Trump kicked off plane at PBIA...HA!

Who Will The pukes Run In 2012?

Pastor of End Times Harvest Mission For Christ Church shoots, kills son on Christmas Day

Minn. gets $1.7 million for broadband initiatives

Brothers In Arms.

Senate Democrats to W.H.: Drop cap-and-trade

'US suspects planned to target Chashma nuclear plant'

Eschaton: Voters Have To Like This Thing

Parking Lot Disaster

War - No Nuances

Sign the petition to investigate Rahm Emanuel, if you want to

Dammit! Make everyone fly NAKED!!! Nothing dangerous will get on the plane...

Is Jasper Schiringa (Hero-Holland) gonna get a bill for the emergency treatment of his burns?

Is Jasper Schiringa (Hero-Holland) gonna get a bill for the emergency treatment of his burns?

Is Jasper Schiringa (Hero-Holland) gonna get a bill for the emergency treatment of his burns?

Republicans Blame Death Of Local Child On Liberals

Another the plane failed..

There IS a Way Out of This Hell

Hoekstra Blames Obama for failed terror attack...

Sex intervention combats malaria

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI): ‘Fair’ to hold Obama responsible for terror attack

Iranian protests: why the realitvely low % of women to men?

Ralph Nader rejoins the tea parties

Jim Hightower: New Year's Resolutions To Help Make Corporate Fat Cats & Our Politicians Human Again

After eight years we finally have an adult in the White House.

Maybe this will bring the momentum needed to

Does Anyone Here Watch meet the press any more?

Autumn of the Republic?

Currently flying from Seattle - NYC

Currently flying from Seattle - NYC

Wingnuts and Detroit

Redistricting App for All States--Make Your Own District Maps!

It's obvious that military strikes against the Afghan Taliban won't stop idiots and nuts with bombs

Narayan Dutt Tiwari

Is she losing her mind??

Mr President, Have you no shame?

OpenLeft: What Is conservatism? Conservatives have no idea

OpenLeft: What Is conservatism? Conservatives have no idea

Only hours remain until Fox News replays the colossal meeting of the minds

Bend Over America - "Alien Probe" To Take On A Whole New Connotation

Harry Reid - Extremely effective but extremely low-key.

It's all just too much....taking a mental break from it all. Making my head spin!

NATO Forces Have A Year to Turn Afghan War - Official

NATO Forces Have A Year to Turn Afghan War - Official

New grading system for county teachers - Anyone here ever use AIM or hear of it?

Should Posters in TSA Threads Have To Disclose

"He who angers you conquers you"---Sister Elizabeth Kenny

Pete Sessions To Allen Stanford: 'I Love You'

Schuringa’s business partner suprised what he did -Jasper's not an action man.

2009 Slam/Bam Finalist - Mitch McConnell, Corporate Whore

David Brooks prefers single-payer to status quo

DK - click on this if you care about his views on current issues

Too Funny To Be True

Gingrich: "HCR Will Cut $500-B Out Of Medicare/Caid." What's the truth?

Everyone that is upset with what our President is doing PLEASE TELL HIM.

U.S. Schools' War Against Chocolate Milk

Vote on Judge Thompson nomination (1st US Circuit) postponed

Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China - (a must see)

Someone wants to kill you

Hitmen Assassinate Prominent Woman Activist

Civil War history surfaces with help of Austin archaeology group

I'm curious what DUers who wanted the HCR bill to fail think would happen if it failed.

Senate Democrats to W. H.: Drop Cap-and-Trade

Lieberman: Yemen will be 'tomorrow's war' if preemptive action not taken

So WTF does not letting you get out of seat in last hour of a flight accomplish?

Obama scores well for first year on ethics, say watchdog groups

Behind the Lies About ACORN

Flag this video!

Orangeburg Massacre to be re-enacted

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Another Terrorist Incident - Or A Little Xmas Constipation?

Facebook sets table for tech workers

Anybody paying attention to Iran?

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) told WaPost that he would introduce legislation to reform the filibuster

Dennis Kucinich: US War Presidents ignore Congress & Constitution

The Pious Prairie Dog

POLL: Who Favors the Senate Bill? Who Favors the House Bill?

Any recommendations on PET health insurance?

GOP white supremacist wanted for murder in Texas

GOP white supremacist wanted for murder in Texas

Apparently now we are fringe purists if we stand for the following...

Opinions are like belly buttons: Everyone has one. That is why I don't take opinions seriously

World's fastest train launched in China

The Universe. Learn what the word "Awesome" really means...

Yemen is an Al Qaeda stronghold and a grave threat to national security!

House backers of public insurance option may yield

Is every misanthropist both a misogynist and a hater/basher of male human beings?

I do not want to subjected to any more intrusive delays at airports

Tribes buy back America — acres at a time Purchases to help protect culture, way of life

Lambda Legal on the Obama administration denying court-ordered spousal benefits to lesbian partner

Lambda Legal on the Obama administration denying court-ordered spousal benefits to lesbian partner

Homeless Get (Fake) Designer Shoes For Holidays

My Union & The Health Care Issue.

Where's the Investigate Whitewater and Vince Foster petitions?

Soldiers in Afghanistan Using iPhone App to Kill Taliban Fighters

Hey, it wasnt perfect...lets hand it over to the GOP!

How Democrats Choose Candidates

True Lies: The best recent memoir from Republican Washington is a hoax.

"Why the Left Must Fight for the Public Option" and "Flaws in the Bill"

How do you make a living???

Paul Krugman - "Tidings of Comfort" Praises Progressive Critics Of Health Care Reform AND Passage

Las Vegas teacher disciplined for denying Holocaust

I never really read Jane Hamsher or firedog lake place, but I will say this

" I want to congratulate Sonia Sotomayor"

Sparse shelves greet post-Christmas deal hunters

Iran Website Says Police Refuse Orders to Shoot --PIC of Riot Cop Joining Protesters

BUFFOON WATCH

The Joys of Airstrikes and Anonymity (Greenwald)

I am a Pragmatic Progressive.

Health Care Reform is not a Done Deal. What Can be Done Now?

President Signs Omnibus Bill Including Major Civil Liberties Policy Advances For Washington, D.C.

Mary Matalin just said Bush "inherited" the worst terrorist attack ever

PROGRESSIVE LEVERAGE

Chris Bowers: 3 Reasons Why Progressives Are So Frustrated

CIA Bashes Bush

Can Mitch Daniels walk and chew bubblegum at the same time?

Chris Floyd on Instant Karma: New US War Target (Yemen!) Gets Its Own Terror Icon (Yemen-Trained!)

When we are being "anti-corporatist," what does it mean?

This is why Republicans want to hype the Northwest Airlines incident

How Progressives Can Move Obama to the Left - Cenk Uygar/FDL

Repost: In Silence, Obama & the Supreme Court imperil Human Liberty with a Sentence

Dihydrogen Monoxide found in DC airport causes evacuation; terminal closure (DCA)

Americans sympathize with Avatar protagonists but not Iraqis?!? WTF?

So I'm getting on a plane tomorrow morning. Should I leave my fireworks here?

Is FOX Noise in 24x7 "pants fire" coverage mode, live from Aruba?

What would folks here say if Obama invited Limbaugh to the Whitehouse for a meeting?

Kindle is most gifted Amazon item, ever

When will the Left learn?

I cannot stay in my seat the final hour before a flight lands!

A graph of health care spending . not pretty.

Why do people who are on the fringe consider themselves to be the "base"

Mother Lawrence leaves the mortgage up to God

I think by going against 60% of Democratic voters wishes on HCR

There is more to it than having health insurance. Unnatural Causes: Is inequality making us sick?

2009: The Year Wall Street Bounced Back and Main Street Got Shafted

CNN Breaking - annother issue w/ Detroit-bound jet from Amsterdam...

How will we fare in 2010 elections?

This new movie, It's Complicated, is a spit in the face of the working poor

Eric Sprott: The Fed Is A Ponzi, The Treasury Purchase Data Is A Lie

Tell your personal TSA horror story here...if you have one.

Why should access to health care

how obama can get back in good graces with liberals:

Walmart sued for bathroom surveillance

NHTSA Tracking Braking Loss on Prius Hybrids

DO NOT ABANDON YOUR BASE. Obama will be a one-term president

Counting out his change.

How much is your insurance? [POLL]

One thing I know I won't be doing

Fed chief Bernanke finding it's not easy winning second term

Indian tribes buy back thousands of acres of land

Is Your Kindle Spying On You? (Yes.)

Anybody else see how they made fun of Obama on Dr. Who last night?

Is Obama Setting Himself Up to be a One Term President Like Jimmy Carter?

Slaughterhouse-Five at Forty

See y'all in a month or so...medical update..

mitchie mcconnell never meets with anyone but vetted donors

Crap, is TAPPER taking over This Weak?!1 He's on now, a holiday try-out?

2009’s Top 5 Threats To Science In Medicine

Spent Christmas in Vegas. A few interesting observations and pictures:

Reposting Mari333's OP with graph shown:

Which of these will you miss most?

I am not a Third Way Democrat. I never will be.

9/11 Hero Dies of Cancer on Christmas Day

Let's Keep This Thread Kicked Till We Get REAL Health Care Reform And A Robust Public Option

Let's Keep This Thread Kicked Till We Get REAL Health Care Reform And A Robust Public Option

On Christmas Eve: Massive bailouts to Big Ins/Big Pharma by Senate AND to Freddie/Fannie by WH

On Christmas Eve: Massive bailouts to Big Ins/Big Pharma by Senate AND to Freddie/Fannie by WH

Joining in the holiday DU navel gazing, a few, simple Progressive steps toward Respect and Community

Let's all quote "1984" and show how smart we are.

WH hopes a health care victory will offset setbacks on financial regulation and climate change

Challenge to the health insurance bill supporters. (WARNING: No politics thread)

Urban Meyer stepping down as Florida coach

I'm sorry to beat a dead horse...

*You!* *Will!* *Watch!* *This!*

Helderheid...

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to all my fellow DU'ers..what did you guys

Where's Harvey Dent!

It's time for another exciting round of "What's For Day After Christmas Dinner, DU?" Photo Edition!

Breaking: Nigerian Terror Suspect Also Linked to Long-Running E-mail Scam

Too bad you missed out on the way that I drive it.

good and bad art

Oh heavens!! It appears that a breeze has blown through an open window and scattered my doilies!

a boxing day present for julie newmar fans.....

Hearts, darts, charades, scrabble, dancing, skits, fireworks, food, bonfire

Everglade

Seneca

New to the Visuel Kei scene

Which Sake would you have to try ?

Cheers lightningandsnowj! pics of me right now

Had 2nd round of Chemo Wed. Today I am exhausted

I have just completed arranging all of my doilies so they would not be scattered willy-nilly.

Do I stop drinking or Continue.......

Batman didnt have a good Christmas :(

Ministry..... it is time for Ministry

It's my party,and I'll cry if I want to..

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla... no idea why but here it is all 106minutes

My favorite lolcat

Anyone here ever had to deal with intestinal polyps?

Temorary curtain over vision in one eye? Not asking for medical advice....

A very nice christmas this year!

Tried to get a new account with Photobucket....

My daughter is moving to Brooklyn next month

My favorite thread from 2009 - UFOs are real, and here's the proof! by Call Me Wesley

HeadZUP!1 The History Channel running "The French Revolution" at Noon ET!1

My brother's gift to my family -The Complete National Geographic

My son Mike and me on xmas

Recommending a good movie: "Walkabout" from 1971 with Jenny Aguttar.

OMG, Wyldwolf sighting!!!

Check out my awesomeness.

Paris Hilton Chihuahua Fad Leads to California Shelters Dumping Chihuahuas in Colorado

Next U. of Florida head football coach?

TV series "Men Of A Certain Age" - Smart, funny, good writing, cast - DOOMED?

Small Time Shot Away

Horrible nightmare last night. Dreamed I had to work in a Walmart

Salon's top 10 viral videos of the decade.

Will the explosives-in-underwear terror event inspire naughty undies?

Avatar or Sherlock Holmes?

Jet Lag

Ever hear of the "Seattle Stomp?"

I've been giving my cat a pill twice per day, ask me anything

The stolen child

Parking Lot Disaster

YouTube - New York Dolls, "Looking For A Kiss"

YouTube - Sid Vicious, "My Way"

YouTube - Iron Maiden - "Run to the Hills" (Rock in Rio)

My Family On A Nighttime Sleigh Ride 12-19-09 (Pics & Video)

Avatar has some serious staying power

2010's new blockbuster movie

Steelers! (spoilers if you haven't seen the game)

Please vote on my new submission to FAILBlog.

Ahhhhh...... the family has left, and I am alone for a week's vacation now.

Nielson wants to know what television we watch

Difficult dog question.

Heidi just said to me: "You're so sweet. I just wanna give you a Vulcan love touch!"

Apparently Americgo Vespucci has lost his ever lovin' mind...

Heads up: "The Odd Couple" on TCM now.

Heads up: "The Odd Couple" on TCM now.

I've had an irregular heartbeat all day...

Found a gym today that charges $15 per month

Kindle-shaped book reader machine users, would like feedback

Avatar: behind the scenes

YouTube - Pantera Live @ Ozzfest- "Cowboys from Hell"

YouTube - Judas Priest, "Victim of Changes," Live, from the "Rising in the East" DVD, 2005

The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 12/27/09

I just escaped from GD..

Outer Space Astronauts!

Tonight I became a hypocrite, with a little help from loved ones.

Dog Diary vs Cat Diary

a good set of tweezers is worth its weight in gold

I gave myself a Christmas present of the 50" plasma TV and Blu-Ray player

Picture thread

My God! How do people eat that shit?

Avatar in a sentence. * Possible Spoilers*

Where is SalmonChantedEvening?

Avatar? Fuck yeah! See it on the biggest. 3D-ist, loudest screen you can find in 100 mile radius.

Best Ginger Ale / Ginger Beer?

I made stuffed portabello mushrooms caps last night. Yummy!

What Are Your Top 5 WORST TV Ads of 2009?

A basic fact, The Congress is controlled by the Dems, but the Senate is right of center

which bipartisanship is worse?

Another the plane failed..

US Offical said that Terror suspect "talking a lot"

Your Current Insurance Status + Feelings On The HCR Bill

Why do Conservatiuve Democratic Congresspeople support a mandate but kill public health coverage?

Why do Conservatiuve Democratic Congresspeople support a mandate but kill public health coverage?

Shuster, Cantor and McKeon Give to Romney PAC

What an Asshole...

Lieberman: The United States Must Pre-Emptively Act In Yemen

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Best Present Ever Edition

Obama scores well for first year on ethics, say watchdog groups

Thirty million people will die next year if Obama signs this bill into law

When there was an attack on Bush's watch, Dems gave him more power. The GOP will impeach Obama.

Please email Rep.hoekstra

What should Obama have tackled during his first year INSTEAD of the health insurance debacle?

Mayor Blomberg: When I ask Congress whats in this bill they can't tell me

Oh great...the abstinence kooks are pleading for health care bill funding

What's Done Is Done on HCR

What's Done Is Done on HCR

The Rethug theme in the 2010 elections is we will REPEL THIS BAD BILL

Quick call Obama receives an update

MSM & Peter King beating on Obama for not speaking

Why is the failed terror attempt prompting people to applaud Obama's handling of terrorism?

New TSA rules will be proven unworkable I give it about 5 days!

Since Lieberman wants to pre-emptively attack Yemen, this should be a fitting desktop photo

OBAMA CRANKS UP POPULIST RHETORIC

Shifting The Burden

Photo: protesters in Hawaii

In your opinion, does the HCR bill have some beneficial aspects for poor or middle class Americans?

The Anti-Corporatist Movement

DNC Slams McConnell's Remarks On 'This Week' - "more lies per second than anyone"

I disagree with the belief that it is better to sell out than elect the alternative

Gallup:Congressional Democrats BOUNCE back

NPR: Terrorism Links Uncertain In Airplane Attack

Obama scores well for first year on ethics, say watchdog groups

Pres. Obama's lack of strict Ideology and how it bugs his many idelogical critics

The Agenda Behind Lieberman's Agenda

the teabagger solution: don't abandon/destroy your party... TAKE IT OVER!!!!

Obama’s first year marked by pragmatism

Amazing scenes from Iran

More Christmas Cheer: Obama quietly kills Dawn Johnsen nomination

The Aloha spirit and the Obama daughters (Photo)

I saw a real WTF? bumper sticker yesterday

Islamiana is expanding....

Senate "Moderate" Dems to W.H.: Drop cap-and-trade (Politico)

Why Obama Stays Silent on Foiled Terrorist Attack - Project calm just as Bush projected panic, anger

Generic Drug Manufacturers: Senate health care bill putting enormous drug profits over patients

The only way we get anything is if we work together... Purity tests are for losers

We do not need to fix the filibuster, or "purity tests" we need to restore some Party discipline.

The Obama Administration awards nearly $1.4 billion in homless grant

The Hill: Harken to Reintroduce Bill to Bust Filibusters

The Record Some Would Prefer To Forget

Most of you realize that NO ONE will be talking about HCR before the 2010 election, right?

Yep. An adult in the White House

Black Agenda Report: What Part of “We Need Jobs” Does President Obama Not Get?

Rep. James Clyburn's rebuttal to Peter King's criticism of Obama's (lack of) reaction was perfect:

If Obama is going to force us to buy insurance from the ethically challenged

Who was the most recent liberal/progressive Democratic President of the United States?

Larry King about Terror attack

White House condemns 'suppression' in Iran

Critics don't like the current version of HCR because we believe Reaganism is wrong

The crotch bomber has me thinking

Let's bomb Yemen!!!

Meyer to coach final game at Sugar Bowl

Meyer to coach final game at Sugar Bowl

Pakistan officials: Suspected US missiles kill 3

U.S. Charges Suspect, Eyeing Link to Qaeda in Yemen

Activist who denounced Mexico border killings dies

Venezuelan Seeks to Revive anti-Chavez Movement

Venezuelan discontent over power cuts

Terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab rigged underwear with explosives to bring down Flight 253

Kindle is most gifted Amazon item, ever

Ferry sinks in Philippines; 3 dead, 22 missing

Activist: US missionary crosses border into NKorea

Winter weather disrupts travel in Plains and East

Sparse shelves greet post-Christmas deal hunters

Facebook sets table for tech workers

3 dead, 5 hurt in Beirut blast

Measures that Chavez opponents call undemocratic

Swiss bank secrecy emerges from 2009 with holes

Turkish soldiers held in 'deputy PM assassination plot'

Obamas visit troops at Hawaii base's Christmas feast

Bomber kills 5 at Shiite gathering in Pakistan

Percy Sutton, attorney for Malcolm X, dies at 89

Senate Democrats to W.H.: Drop cap-and-trade

Senate Democrats to W.H.: Drop cap-and-trade

'US suspects planned to target Chashma nuclear plant'

(Iran-update): "Iran protesters killed, including Mousavi's nephew"

At Least 4 Dead as Iranians Fight Police in Streets

Second Incident Aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253

NATO Forces Have A Year to Turn Afghan War - Official

Hitmen Assassinate Prominent Woman Activist

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida coach Urban Meyer will not step down but instead will take an indefinit

(Congressman) Meeks' trip to Venezuela raises some hefty ethics questions

Magma building up in Philippines' Mayon volcano

Indian tribes buy back thousands of acres of land

Nephew of Iranian opposition leader (Mousavi) killed: aide

Obama gave the INTERPOL full diplomatic immunity. Right Wing heads explode

Tribes buy back America — acres at a time Purchases to help protect culture, way of life

Tehran police 'fire tear gas at opposition protesters'

'Disruptive' passenger prompts 2nd alert on Detroit-bound jet

Troops deaths in Afghan war seen rising with surge

First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US

Percy Sutton, attorney for Malcolm X, dies at 89

South African activist and poet Dennis Brutus dies at 85

TSA: 2 Passengers Detained After Flight to Phoenix

Investigators: Northwest Bomb Plot Planned by al Qaeda in Yemen

Colorado resort legalises cannabis, but not on the ski slopes (Breckenridge=Amsterdam of the Rockies

Alleged airline terrorist transferred to prison

D.C. Airport Flooded: Some Gates Closed, Terminal Evacuated

Feds probing many ties of banker Allen Stanford and U.S. Congress

Lieberman: The United States Must Pre-Emptively Act In Yemen

Al Qaeda wing says will avenge Yemen raids: web

Death Toll Rises to 10 as Clashes in Iran Intensify

My girlfriend just dumped me for getting upset...

Feds Missed Red Flags: Terrorist Suspect Was on Nigerian Spam List

Wealthy, quiet, unassuming: the Christmas Day bomb suspect

Dowd: Is There a Real McCain ?

When Mom Is Just Floors Away

Walk Away From the Health Reform Bill

China unveils 'world's fastest train link'

There are 97 EMPTY federal judge seats!

In Yemen, Saudi jets bomb civilian areas

Cell Phones, Dogs, and Prisons: A Better Policy Is Needed

A Dangerous Split - Mark Thoma, Economist's View

President Falls Short

TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

Tom Harkin May Reintroduce Legislation To Kill Filibuster

Michael Phelps driven by desire to prove doubters wrong

The Joys of Airstrikes and Anonymity

Well, That Sure Sucked: Good Riddance To The Devil's Decade

'Sick Nigerian' Incident Leads to Airline Ban on 'Gaseous' Passengers

Cheerleading for Wall Street

Catholic Church Tells Us the Limits of Public Health Discourse

"If you don't have enough evidence to charge someone criminally ... we can make him disappear."

For Obama, No Opportunity Too Big To Blow by Naomi Klein

Nelson's War On Women: Helps GOP Kill Dawn Johnsen Nomination

Saving Mexico

They're Building Nuclear Missile Parts in Woodstock? You Can't Escape America's War Economy

Harvard Swaps Are So Toxic Even Summers Won’t Explain

Another Team Obama Present to Corporate America: Health Reform Bill Favors Big Pharma Over Generics

Robert Reich: 2009: The Year Wall Street Bounced Back and Main Street Got Shafted

ConservaDem Senators Vow to Kill The Bill If It Is Improved.

There IS a Way Out of This Hell

Crooks & Liars - Catholic Hospitals: We're Okay With Health-Care Compromise

Vic Chesnutt - "Everything I say"

Communist Christmas

Gaza aid held-up in Jordan

Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins Of 'Friendster' Civilization

Fox News Omits $1.4 TRILLION in Health Reform Deficit Reduction?

Week In Cartoons 12/26/09

Draft Liberal Communist Hippies

Head stuck up an elephant's um...

Iranian Protesters Attack Police Vehicle

I wish I had stumbled upon this before Xmas

Iranian Protesters Take Over A Police Station And Set It On Fire (Graphic)

The Real State of the Union, Part 3

The Real State of the Union, Part 2

AMERICANS: MUST SEE TIPS FOR SURVIVING OBAMA

Iran 27 Dec 09 Mousavi Nephew Dies in Streets of Tehran

ACLU Christmas Spirit Beats Fox News' Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter?

The Real State of the Union, Part 5

Lessons 2009: Target Women

The government is shutting Fox News up

The Real State of the Union, Part 4

Part 1, The Real State of the Union

Obama's motorcade holds up traffic in Hawaii. I would've been pissed too no matter who it is

A Special Holiday Message From Thom Hartmann

Basij Bikes Set On Fire (Plus Dozens More Raw Videos From The Riots In Iran)

TYT: Crazy Prayers by Right-Wingers to Kill Health Care Reform Caught On Tape

Kucinich: America can no longer afford war-based economy

Grist : The Moral Equivalent of Slavery

The Gazprom Song

When this tree falls, he will feel it (Boston Globe)

Jesse Ventura Examines Global Warming – Huh?

Meyer to coach final game at Sugar Bowl

Meyer stepping down at UF

Meyer to coach final game at Sugar Bowl

I saw that "special" on Tiger Woods on TLC....

This Gater Hater truly wishes Urban Meyer the best regarding his health.

Sorry for the late posting, I forgot to wish everyone a Merry Tebowmas!

Change of mind: Meyer won't quit, will take indefinite leave instead

Haynesworth pouting.

Phins choke big time..

Moore throws 3 TDs, Panthers embarrass Giants 41-9

JonLP24 please pick up the blue courtesy phone

TB: 77 yards punt returner TD

First woman officiates bowl game

The Emerald Bowl, kind of nutty:

URBAN MYER IS DONE AT FLORIDA

My team SUXS but at least it wasn't a blow out!

VIDEO: Chomsky- History of US Rule in LatAm: Resistance to Honduras Coup

Bad decade for U.S. stocks but not world's worst

Private, corporate, 'TRADE SECRET' vote counting hits Brazil!

Meeks' trip to Venezuela raises some hefty ethics questions

Pro-democracy program in Cuba questioned after man detained (WP)

Hitmen Assassinate Prominent Woman Activist

Measures that Chavez opponents call undemocratic

Bolivian president moves to legalize small parcels of coca leaf for nation's farmers

Cuba leads fight against child malnutrition

3 dead, 5 hurt in Beirut blast

Video: Gaza aid held up in Jordal

Gazans suffer, and Israel is not the reason

Crooks are hardly ever smart and usually bad with guns

San Antonio, Texas, One burglar shot 4 times & killed, one wounded

Gun charge nets trick-or-treater killer 16 years

Baltimore, MD. Burglar shot, killed in Park Heights home

Louisville, KY. Burglar killed while attempting entry.

Police: Pa. pastor shoots son during fight

Union, Bellevue continue to negotiate (secret practice of taping employees’ phone calls)

Rahm: Passing Health Care Will Be Just Like Passing NAFTA

had it been stairways... I was ready

I had a couple of stairway photos (from my film days)

maggie catchin the last of the sun's rays

Ice Road

Golden Gate

If lovin my hoodie is wrong

The solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist

Dimon, Blankfein, Mack Among First to Testify at Crisis Panel

Brace For Impact: In 2010, Demand For US Fixed Income Has To Increase Elevenfold... Or Else

“Remember the liquidity pyramid?"

Video: How Globalisation Destroyed Argentine Economy

No sense in relying on feudal capitalism

GD

Sunday Morning Ghost Story. Part I

For all you single ASAH'ers

So..I guess I really am an empath.

Double Whammy: Mercury and Mars Retrograde

Anyone else feeling exhausted?

Protection from negative entities.

Sunday Morning Ghost Story. Part II or The Power of Dreams.

For KoB: A New Orleans Ghost Story

fun with Astrodice

White House Community Jobs Forums

Study blames two genes for aggressive brain cancer

Scientists Find Molecular Switch to Prevent Huntington's Disease in Mice

Growing new teeth from stem cells. 'An astonishing advance'.

Pres. Obama's lack of strict Ideology and how it bugs his many idelogical critics

Yelling Without Leverage Equals Noise

Teachers union files lawsuit over charter takeovers

Whatever happened with this poor kid???

Athiest sign causes uproar at Illinois State Capital building

White House condemns 'suppression' in Iran

Harkin to reintroduce bill to bust filibusters

Obama scores well for first year on ethics, say watchdog groups

I am baking a pie this afternoon: kestrel's Holiday Apple Pie.

Wii-oh!

I'm stuck up here on the ranch and need to make my own enchilada sauce

Anny homebrewers here?

Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act

As bad as GD:P is...GD is even worse

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