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Archives: April 23, 2010

Burqa Ban Bust As Belgium Buckles.*

Michael Moore on Countdown.... The Child Is Scolding....

How come these bastards always get off so easily?

On racism, being non-judgemental, and other wtf's

Michael Moore is on KO with

WI bill targeting businesses that hire illegal immigrants fails to pass

I was at work and kid's ballet- Missed the entire day of wall-to-wall MSM Earth Day coverage

What do you think about corporate donations?

DU Blackberry Apps

In honor of Earth Day, a 2003 article by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Any rumors regarding an extension on the $8,000.00 real estate tax credit?

If you're in favor of ending the "Gun Show Loophole" . . . .

Quick_Rant

HaHaHa the Democratic party Press Conference today

Huge Protests Planned for Showdown on Wall St. and at Banks Across the U.S. to Demand Financial Refo

Center City race has candidate 'outed' as straight

The deal is

It is time to get rid of salaries and pensions for "public servants" ie congress critters

Creating Jobs In Afghanistan....

Keep a close eye on New York Times writer David M. Herszenhorn's articles

Chicken shit makes great fertilizer.

I had a couple of chicken legs for dinner tonight

This would be a really great Country if it weren't for Republicans

Meanwhile, in Somalia....

N.J. watchdog group recommends stricter pay-to-play laws, disclosure of public contracts

Today was the day that shook us to the core.

How You Can Defend Goldman Sachs?

Can I get PayPal to send Skinner a chicken each month for my monthly DU contribution?

Hannity & Haney? Yes!

Pets, parks, Internet - Known Ecological Hazards

Jon Stewart To "Anyone Who Would Threaten Death To Another In the Name Of Religion"

palin, bachmann, chicken lady, incredibly stupid. embarrassment for women. pelosi, boxer, clinton,

Is Lindsey Grahm a broodhen or a gamecock?

I Bet Republicans and Bluedogs Will Oppose Financial Reform Based On Abortion

Mandatory Thursday Malloy Truthseekers check in!!

Should the Hitler Downfall Meme be protected as Fair Use?

LA house approves bill banning insurance companies from paying for elective abortions

Something I've just noticed

Let's do The Chicken Dance.

Matt and Trey release Press Statement

Jon Stewart to Revolutionary Muslim: "Go fuck yourselves"

I'm going to see my doctor next week. How many Chickens

If you know a Republican doctor, do a drive by chicken drop

NYT - Gail Collins - "Dance of the Derivatives" - So, GOP Will Filibuster A Bill They Generally...

Election 2010: Gloves off in second leaders' debate (UK - BBC News)

SEC staffers watched porn as economy crashed

If a chicken needs healthcare, does he bring eggs to the vet or a human?

"Dog leads Alaska State Trooper to fire"

Merkel: Leaving Afghanistan Could Spark 2nd 9/11

Let's play "Laugh at the loser Obama-hating fundie"

Oh crap! My Broncos drafted Tebow!

Laid off again.

How to name a volcano (toon)

Tokophobia - Phobia That I Had Never Heard Of....

Seized: The 2008 landgrab for food and financial security (new enclosures)

Businessweek - "Goldman Sachs Should Cut Losses in SEC Standoff, Lawyers Say"

Why not a National Lottery? It would be voluntary not a "tax" and

BOLIVIA - "Living Well" in Harmony with the Environment

Dems on financial reform bill: 'The games are over' (CNN)

Who knows anything about Politico?

We can't win! We're only pawns in the game!

What's In Eyjafjallajokull's Volcanic Ash Cloud (diagram)

I don't get it.

Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Baptist univ can't keep $11M to open a pharmacy school

Alrighty then, whats up with this chicken shit?

This is great, "What's he doing to help tigers?"

Army agency draws scrutiny for supervision of Blackwater unit in Afghanistan

You CANNOT pay a doctor in fruit...

Have you actually READ that "contract from America" the teabaggers are pushing?

NYPD Confiscated Bikes on Obama Motorcade Route

Taking on Waste Management in Seattle: unfair labor practices

Arizona legislature passes police-state measures against immigrants

The GOP prepares its new healthcare plan:

Lower Merion high school Webcam flap: Report says 56,000 images snapped

SEC Staffers Busy Watching Porn As Economy Imploded

Do you ever get the feeling that you are being played for a fool?

"You cannot have a rational discussion with a man who prefers shooting you over..."

Bangladesh troops guard water supplies

Re: NFL draft. How 'bout them Sooners. nt

Re: NFL draft. How 'bout them Sooners. nt

Sarah Palin's Cat

Chicken came home to roost for GOP candidate Lowden

Tackling oil rig disaster 'number one priority' - Obama (BBC News)

Filing states student broke rules and had no expectation of privacy

You pay so they won't have to: corporate non-taxation

Real women cause earthquakes, By Mark Morford

out of 1,582,264 in my city, NPR reported that 25 teabaggers protested at bob corkers office

sky watchers along the US notthern tier might wanna keep watch tonight

today is scott brown day on m$nbc

Don't Cry for Wall Street-By PAUL KRUGMAN (Yes to a FAT Tax)

surge update: Wave of Bombings Kills Dozens in Iraq

"Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?"

Mr. Fish Diagnoses Earth's Health Problem

Oh boy, this toon is really going to play well

You Can't Do That: Marv Davidov, Nonviolent Revolutionary. event

Military Fired 443 Servicemembers for Being Gay Last Year

Will Fox News ask the Rand Paul campaign to pull its Palin-Fox endorsement ad?

Here is some KY spin on Mitchie, From him in op-ed and the editorial from

VIDEO - Jon Stewart, to "Revolution Muslim," the South Park death threat guys: "GO FUCK YOURSELF."

2 Mines Show How Safety Practices Vary Widely in U.S.

REVEALED: Frank Luntz, GOP Message Maven, Publicly Boasts Wall Street Clients

Obama's stem cell policy, expected to loosen restrictions, has had the opposite effect

Goldman Sachs Comes To Washington

I just woke from the craziest dream ever. It was really nuts.

Obama slams pending Ariz. immigration law

Goldman Sachs Was Both Lloyds Underwriter And Investor, FT Reports

George Soros on derivatives:

Anderson Cooper and Class Solidarity....By Joe Bageant

Study: Better teachers help children read faster

Freeper Fundraiser Update: 3 WEEKS AND THEY ARE AT 32%

Couldn't we bundle the birds together and sell chicken derivatives?

Breaking - bombings in Iraq - at least 58 dead

Does Billy Billings remind you of C Street's The Family?

How do you pay your doctor?

Brewer is just looking for face time for her chuckie.

Arizona Tribe Wins First Case Involving Misuse of DNA in Research

Is there any Dem equivilant to the Tea Party?

Baby sea lion found on roof of four-story building in Newport Beach

Chicken Sue blames Harry Reid for making her look like an idiot

Chicken Sue blames Harry Reid for making her look like an idiot

Palin - wrong again

Chicken Sue blames Harry Reid for making her look like an idiot

Laid off again.

Studies reveal Americans’ declining living standards and increasing anger

LAT - Goodwin Liu comes thru

Could Captain Kirk be new Governor General?

NYT: Nike's Female trouble - Nike is sticking with both Woods and Roethlisberger.

Judge to rule in Lower Merion Web-cam case (Cafiero's home computer)

Crooks & Liars: "In Which Mark Twain Explains Iraq and Afghanistan"

Henry David Thoreau said: (and I'm applying to the baggers)

LOL!!! Breaking: Teabagger to Challenge Alan Grayson

New Home Sales (Is my math correct?)

Subservient Chicken: Will Do Whatever You Tell Him To Do!

I just saw some idiot bashing Parents As Teachers program

18 Veterans Kill Themselves Every Day; 30 Attempt Suicide Daily

FLA GOP Primary: Ex-Past asks "Didn't Crist swing to the right to get the NOM?"

SUE ' Barter With Chickens ' LOWDEN Campaigned Viciously Against The UNIONS

A Full Chicken Costs $7 At The Grocery Store. What Medical Visit/Procedure Costs $7?

Report states there are only 67,000 Tea Party members in US

Naomi Campbell Explodes After ABC News 'Blood Diamond' Questions

Chicken Sue Lowden's record on Health Care for casino employees

What type of Democrat are you??

Eugene Oregon Republican Party Chairman "thankful" that "brave" Talibunny "agreed to come" to town

the oil rig explosion - what can they say now

seriously

Raising Arizona: "Now you take that diaper off your head and you put it back on your sister!"

Friday TOON Roundup part 2

High school students stuck in Paris rack of $50K bill, mostly on choir directors credit card

Friday TOON Roundup part 3

Friday TOON Roundup part 5

"Up to 7,400 barrels of crude oil a day could be spewing into" the Gulf

Alabama speaks English?

Why are republicans calling the finance bill a "bailout"? Because Frank Luntz told them to.

Toyota Recall Update: Ongoing Investigations and Remaining Questions

Jon Stewart Schools the UK on Elections (Video)

Jon Stewart Schools the UK on Elections (Video)

Jon Stewart Schools the UK on Elections (Video)

Jon Stewart Schools the UK on Elections (Video)

British Family request not to be served by Ritz Carlton's “people of color” or staff with accents

Are you ready for some "feeble" reform??

"10 times as many people to hear children's songs about science than there were for Mrs.Teabagger"

Arizona illegal immigration and 'birther' bills show rightward shift in the state

CNN's Jack Cafferty Wins Media Putz Award for . . . .

FYI. A site called spokeo.com promises to deliver sensitive information about YOU (for a price).

Top Economists Send Letter To Senate Leaders Saying Proposed Legislation Won't Stop A Future Crisis

Reverse-engineering artist busts face detection tech

I know someone born in Mexico to American parents, who also has sibling

Target pharmacy won't take livestock for prescriptions

Support the Brown-Kaufman Safe Banking Act

I just received this email

Anybody know what all the new police installations around Union Station DC are about???

Froomkin On Bank Reform Bill, Dodd & Breaking Up The Banks

Bill Moyers: 6 Banks Control 60% of GDP: An Unstoppable Oligarchy?

Deep Well Is Not Spilling Oil, Official Says

The Pukes are making an issue out of the SEC porn surfers

Check out that podium!

Check out that podium!

If congress stifles the derivatives market, what is to stop Americans from trading them in other

Republicans are like Slinkies

Climate-change scientist sues right-wing Canadian newspaper

If God wanted people to be teabaggers, he would have made them white, racist, illiterate morons.

Luke Russert calls N. Carolina barbeque

The World Bank is throwing open all of its data to the public for free.

"If ever you propound an argument

FOX News Lies

Are liberals "handicapped" by logic?

So, what sort of "TV Show" would Sarah Palin actually be suited for?

Sarah Palin and the Pugicorns...Please discuss.

What Kind Of Country Is This! We Allow Someone To Profit Off Sick People! Michael Moore

AU says investigate congressional earmarks for religious schools and ministries

Friday TOON Roundup part 1

Friday TOON Roundup part 4

Maddow: Take 2 Chickens and.....

Friday TOON Roundup part 6

Hugo Boss plant in Ohio will stay open

TPM: Rep. Grijalva's AZ Offices To Close For Weekend After Death Threats

Substance in Breast Milk Kills Cancer Cells, Study Suggests

Air Force Launches Secretive Space Plane; ‘We Don’t Know When It’s Coming Back’

Is Barack Obama using Bill Clinton as the model for his Presidency?

Most Americans confused, misinformed about health care reform.

Nothing to See Here, Folks: Covering Up a Massacre in Afghanistan

Is Fox News succeeding?

Too bad that Native Americans didn't have a tough immigration policy like Arizona...

Complete Coverage of Zero Recruitment Day WITH Photos

Happy Birthday Hubble!!!!!

Miss Me Yet?

OK, this is war. All you Zoners stay put, when the heat usually drove you to calif.

In the tech world, porn quietly leads the way

Does Russell Pearce Carry His Birth Certificate? I asked

Court Slaps Government Over Use Of Torture Evidence

Aryanzona!

Ohio considers using Twitter to announce executions

BWHAHAHA: College Republicans Create ' W ' Day To Honor BUSH

It's not really that important to have strong financial regulations...

"Brave" Sarah Palin to speak in Oregon & "put Eugene on the map"!

The Next Catholic ABUSE Scandal: Crimes Against WOMEN

Please DU this blog and poll at the Orlando Sentinel for Alan Grayson!

Stocks edge higher; Dow set for 8th weekly gain

I think the answer to the WTO is for labor to go international. (Soliciting ideas here)

Tea parties, backing the Arizona immigration bill

Homeless mom of 15 searches for answers

Once Obama extends the Bush taxcuts, the economy will take off...

Massey hires rightwing Texas p.r. firm for post-mine disaster image makeover

Top 5 – Worst living locations to have a federal job

Did Porn Cause the Financial Crisis?

"Should I have posted this?"

the gov of arizona prayed to god to know if she should sign draconian immigration bill

Tennessee GOP State Rep.: Some People Pay For Health Care With Vegetables

It's overkill. I apologize. Bumpersticker now on the tailgate along with a surprise memory

Ohio Republicans Tell Female Representative to Get “Back in the Kitchen”

New US First Strike Weapon to Bomb Anywhere in the World in One Hour

Arizona militia recruiting veterans with ‘kill records’ to patrol border.

New hair style---weight loss---Michael Moore looks great!

CNN's American Morning John Roberts Extreme Makeover.......

Bank lobbyists huddle for another secret meeting with GOP Senators

I want a new constitutional amendment

and I left Mississippi for Arizona to see this?

If the middle class has been deciimated, who's buying all the stuff?

Am I the only that thinks the Immigration debate is a way to get people to work longer for less?

Jan Brewer (R-AZ-Racist): GOD HATES FIGS!!!

Air Force Launches Hypersonic Glider Over Pacific

1/2% interest on savings....

FB Petition to Remove Group Praying for President Obama's Death

Is there any research that verifies the results of Rasmussen polls?

Robert Khuzami is a bad ass, no-nonsense, thorough, award winning Prosecutor

If you were the U.S. Border Fairy, what would you poof into place with your magic wand?

Tea Party run by Mad Hatters!!!! (Let's take back the language.)

Arizona is the new "dixie"

Will the Chambers of Commerce in all states

What you've been waiting for - medical procedure/chicken converter website

Huckabee: New Law Will Open Arizona Up To A ‘Lawsuit Bonanza’

GM commercial touting company success disturbing

Is it 'political SOP' to support the incumbent when that person is up for

PELOSI Is GLORIOUS: 'I love being Speaker of the House-I love it even more with Obama as President'

PELOSI Is GLORIOUS: 'I love being Speaker of the House-I love it even more with Obama as President'

Why say it's "unconstitutionally"

Bill Donohue (The Catholic League) is back with "Blame the Victim"

Canadian Drugs - do you get them, where?

Arizona Illegal, the next mega hit reality show

Glenn Beck: "Someone in the Vatican told me I am to be a warrior against the forces of darkness!"

Sacramento may pay Teach for America 2.7 million to bring them to their city..

This SEC story and Luntz's Finacial Reform talking points are our victory...

Did any of you click on that ad for a book about

Jeff Farias is talking about AZ law now from Phoenix

Jeff Farias is talking about AZ law now from Phoenix

Republicans talk tough on pending Wall St vote

Potentially deadly fungus spreading in U.S. and Canada

'Tea party' activists: Do they hate liberals more than they love liberty?

Do you care about polls?

Did anyone watch Energy Secretary Steven Chu last night on MSNBC?

5 Major Wall St. Problems the Current Bill Won't Fix:

DU this poll. RE: Bush tax cuts. FIXED

At the Doctor's office today.

Icky Thump!

FB page calling to put prayer back in school...

I don't want it to "just not happen again"...

Nazis Were First to Exploit Pedophile Priests to Attack Entire Catholic Church (yup, Nazi card)

BAM! Frank: GOP deregulation, not porn, was SEC’s problem

Dear Arizona? I look Mexican in summer.

5 Republican Seats Democrats Could Win

Obama to visit Midwest next week; tour wind turbine plant

America's Kidnap Capitol - Phoenix, AZ

Health Care Insurance in the United States...

Sarah Palin Defends Claim That Islam Is “Evil And Wicked Religion”

Spycam School's Insurance Company To School: Go Fuck Yourself....

Arizona has now lit the fuse, and an explosion is guaranteed to happen ...

If Barack Obama's personal email had been hacked during the campaign by some punk right winger

Motion to Amend the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United (Corporate personhood)

Don't forget the GOP scum is saying our President is 'illegal' too. Who is next?

If Republicans Say No to Bailouts, Then They Can’t Say No to Breaking Up the Banks - FDL

Hoax ‘Death Calls’ Made to US Families

MSNBC BREAKING NEWS: Arizona governor signs controversial immigration law

Any polling out of nevada since the chicken gaffe?

Any polling out of nevada since the chicken gaffe?

Are we heading back to Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), this time involving the entire world?

This Az Immigration bill can create the biggest Blackmail scam in history

bill to stop shipping wine from winery WHAAA???

Simple response to Arizona: Amnesty. Citizenship, no path toward, no road toward, and NO ENGLISH

Morons With Signs: Teabag-to-English translator requested

College Republicans create ‘W’ Day to honor Bush. (Western Kentucky U)

Stephanie Miller's DUzy

Heard about this on the radio this AM. Scary. British Columbia, Oregon,Washington,California,

Scouts must pay $18.5 million in abuse case

I have a sincere question and welcome all thoughtful replies...

Top 10 Ways to Access Blocked Stuff on The Web

Oklahoma State Senate: You Wimmens Don't Need No Rights

Seattle asks Supreme Court to withdraw state from health care lawsuit

Mexico for dental work? Any information, please.

Do you care about keeping abortions legal?

Utah will use firing squad to execute killer

We're really in nut country now.

Wow... They Really Do NOT Like Democracy... 'Loyalty Oath' Forbids GOP Support For Crist

The chicken jokes are hurting my feelings.

Do chickens have to be alive to be valid payment? Or can we use road kill cash?

Did you just hear Ed? Made a kind of convincing argument to have an amnesty

NCAA Bans Eye Black With Messages

Holy crap. Have you seen this Glenn Beck 9 Principles, 12 values shit?

LOL !!! - SEC: CoxSlackers & BushWackers Fiddled While Wall Street Burned - EmptyWheel

On Monday, every Repub will vote against cloture on financial reform...

British family tells US hotel they 'do not want to deal with black staff'

UK Elections: Rupert Murdoch won't decide this election.

UK Elections: Rupert Murdoch won't decide this election.

Illegal alien wins defamation case for being called a 'criminal' – set back for 1st Amendment

Caption This, LOL... Glenn Beck To Deliver Liberty University's Commencement Address

The thing about the tea party that no one is saying......

Liberalism once meant limited government & liberty of individuals. What does it mean to you today? n

In the matter of 1 week, Republicans across America have pissed off

AZ Gov. Jan Brewer signs an anti-civil rights bill, and then warns law enforcement not to abuse it?

Wes Clark On Blanche Lincoln 'I Think She'll Succeed'

Sue Lowden’s LOWDEN MEDICAL PROCEDURE chicken convertor

scott brown had his truck for five years and has over 200,000 miles on it????

Archie's Riverdale High School gets openly gay student

Is the Gaia Hypothesis Pseudoscience?

My prediction on what the teabags will do on immigration reform.

Parents Angry Over Rapper's Middle School Appearance in GA

SPYCAM UPDATE OF BULLSHIT:

$258M Powerball Winner: "Holy Moses!" - Convenience Store Clerk

Fraternity Kappa Alpha Officially Bans "Old South" and "Dixie" Parties

ANOTHER SPYCAM UPDATE (Good stuff):

No job for years and still looking

Has the US outlived the sea-to-sea, 50 state thingy?

Poll on the front page of Sue Lowden's website re: health care

For a second day in a row, Randi Rhodes is going on about...

Palin Pinnacle of Hypocrisy

What do you think prison should be like for people? Painful, scary, simple incarceration, etc?

Evolution Question

The unshakable truth in Haiti

Dodd About To Snatch Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory On Bank Reform Bill

An arrest has been made in the murder of white supremacist Richard Barrett.

You Can't Show Some Lady's Bod In The Middle Of 'Dancing With The Stars'!

Tonight on Bill Moyers' Journal: Bill Black, the future of Media and Earth Day

Update to the Freeper and KMJ radio attack on WeatherUnderground's Ayers in Fresno, CA

White House to fight to preserve National Day of Prayer

Fungal Disease Spreads Through Pacific Northwest

All Across MN: Protesters Declare Thursday Zero Recruitment Day: Incredible

The Rude Pundit - The Oklahoma Legislature Will Look Inside Your Daughter's Vagina ...

Shocking New Abortion Bills Require Vaginal Probe Ultrasound and Collection of Women's Private Data

Mysterious X-37B unmanned space shuttle launched by U.S. ... and they won't say what it's for Read

Massey Coal: No Time off for Miners to Attend Friends’ Funerals

New Arizona flag under consideration of the Legislature.

Arizona Democrats - this is YOUR chance.

here are loads of drawings of the Prophet Mohammed

Dear Arizona Local Newspaper Editor

Dear Arizona Local Newspaper Editor

Is there sexism in America's medical system?

Jerry's Kid "lavishes praise" on Glenn Beck, who'll deliver Liberty U's Commencement Address

18 veterans commit suicide each day

The Governor of Arizona can kiss my wrinkled old White ass for signing the Nazi immigration law

Billions going to Wall Street from transition to charter schools?

I've been using a bicycle for transportation for most of my adult life

any Word 2007 experts here who can help me with a Spell Check problem?

24 Years Later - The Consequences of Chernobyl -985,000 dead so far

Baseball fans! DEMAND that MLB move the 2011 All-Star Game from Phoenix

Blankenship, Massey deny miners time off for miners to attend funerals

She's 94 and ready to graduate from college

I have non-refundable tickets for my family to travel to Arizona

Are we hypocrites?

Day Of Anti-Gay Truth: 3 Kentucky Girls Charged With Kidnapping & Attempted Murder Of Lesbian

Hey kids, Remember Scott Bloch?

John King on CNN...Arizona Racist Bill is President Obama's fault!

GOP Newsletter Takes SEXIST SWIPE At Betty Sutton (D-OH)

Breakthrough research findings of critical importance to everyone on DU...

Remember Constance McMillen? The lesbian who was denied prom.

Tea Parties, Backing The Arizona Immigration Bill - WaPo

Tea Parties, Backing The Arizona Immigration Bill - WaPo

TOYOTA IS PROMOTING HEAVY

For A Taste Of What's To Come In AZ, Check Out What Is Happening With Cops In CT!

Alan Grayson Discloses That Dodd Bill Covertly Eliminates Legislation Requiring Full Fed Audit

There is no law we can pass that will "fix" illegal immigration

"We are going to get creamed in our district since we need the gay vote."

Summmers Defends the TBTF Banks.

Why don’t Dems speak out like Ron Paul on Iran: A Vote For Sanctions is a Vote For War

Bret Michaels suffers huge brain hemorrhage, rushed to hospital

Tomorrow, 24 April, is 39 years since the Vietnam War Out Now rally in DC

Fuck Arizona. Fuck Their Jaime Crow Law. And Fuck All Who Support Or Enable It.

Did the President lie about DADT in his State of the Union?

My cynical take: GOP pushing immigration into news because financial reform bites their ass too deep

Bailout cost may total just $87 billion

Ready for this week's DU Friday afternoon challenge?

Even a bird brain can smell things out sometimes...

Even a bird brain can smell things out sometimes...

UNSTOPPABLE OLIGARCHY- 6 Banks Control 60% Of Gross National Product: By Bill Moyers

E-cigarettes

Maybe I'm crazy. Am I the only one on all if DU who thinks that illegal immigration is a bad thing?

"The Good Ol' Days"

U.S. military suffers major defeat in Korengal Valley, forced to retreat

I cannot live in a country that makes racism into law.

April 26 is now Boobquake Day

LA Times: Opening our eyes to the plight of the homeless

Sen. Levin says White House and DOD don't want him to act on DADT this year

Yay! Wal-Mart loses bid to enlarge their icky presence in my town!

RPOF to release only 3 years of AmEx statements (2007-2009); Rubio used card from 2005-2008

Do The Right Thing

OH-13: Ohio Republicans want women "back in the kitchen"

sarah palin flew all the way to knoxville, tn. to put a 22 yr. old in prison for hacking emails

We're in a National Crisis, and No National Leader will Admit It. This is not going to go away.

Cenk Uygur: Where Are The Tea Party Protests About Wall Street?

How to name a volcano

A sing-along for the Lounge, with Eliza Geirsdottir Newman!

The weather here in Fargo has been so nice that it's starting to scare me.

Crap, it's 9:00 already. Crap, it's the 22nd already. Crap, it's April already.

Rachel's shoes are illegal-ish.(and darn cute!)

Overtime tonight. Pittsburg Penguins vs. the Ottawa SENATORS!! If the sens loose

Phoenix solution to the Arizona immigration bill found!

This webpage is strangely addicting.

textsfromlastnight.com

I have 3 movies to rec on Netflix, watched them today on instant view.

Never mind. Deleted.

Is Ron Artest trying to get in touch

What's your guilty

Coyotespaw's Drunken Poetry Corner...

Laid off again.

If they want to use "Is this the face of a killer?" as a tag line, they shouldn't cast Pacino as

Just installed Scentsy and I can smell it from here.

I just watched Avatar

What my cat really wants

Ridley Scott Reveals 'Alien' Prequel Details

Woohoo!

Ah, to be in Pittsburgh!

I Wish The UNREC Button Required Some Explanation...

Generic chicken thread with bizarre subtexts and obscure allusions

"Bob is not authentic at all. He's a plagiarist, and his name and voice are fake."

In order to join an adult conversation, my 2 yr old niece says, "Or"

And before that...?

If Pokemon were real, which one would you most want as a pet?

HUMMINGBIRD busy again!

Check out the trailer for "Beyond the Lighted Stage."

I am completely unmotivated today...

GPS owners. A few questions

Anyone miss the days when they had heavy metal/rock music on the radio?

Can you visualize? That is, do you have a mind's eye?

FAU WKU Rain Delay Theatre

BEAKING!! There is another chicken thread in GD!!

Ok. I'm outa here! Gotta board my plane in a few minutes to head

Just discovered the band Engineers. Excellent newer group.

For those of you who have successfully changed careers how do you do it?

Thank you all so much. I just got home from seeing my dad for the last time and trying

I just baked a lemon cake for my 15 year old daughter's birthday!

Some people just have the word "Stupid" tattooed on their foreheads...

I move that we progressives form our own state. After all, Canada

You liked Raptor Jesus? Well here is his buddy Raptor Mohammed!

Terrible confession, decades late. I really REALLY liked The Bugles' Yes album, "Drama"

On-ear (not in- ear buds) stereo headphones with mic for iphone

Tell me about getting into grad school - I'm getting my Poli-Sci degree in December, and want more!

Y'know the Brits look at us and look at MJ's Thriller...

Awkward Boners.com

Life's An Ocean (live)

HOW do you make a 3-D render look like this??

"McCarr just misses the NYO high kick record"

I got a question about the ignore feature

The Seahorses - Do it Yourself - WOW!

When did kids getting together start being called a "play date"?

OH! mY! gawd!!!!

Best "separated at birth" from totallylookslike.com:

Cows Gone Wild

Bret Michaels rushed to ICU with brain hemorrhage.

Horizon Air's Clark and Lewis ads

Do you keep a history of the threads that you have rec'd?

E R T I O A S H L C N . spacebar ... and you?

I'd get married again if I could have this cake.

Why do I feel bad?

DU women: what do you look for when dating, besides iphones?

Anyone just watch the Project Runway finale? **(POSSIBLE SPOILERS INSIDE!)**

Mad Men Don Draper Barbie Doll -

Baby moose playing with the sprinkler. ENJOY!

Survey: Women more likely to date men with iPhones.

wwwwaaaaaaahhhhh

Fight Club

PHOTOS: You stay classy, Snooki.

Someone I Know has ingested Coca Wine, Kratom, 420 and Alcohol. Ask that person ANYTHING!

"Winged Migration". What a beautiful film.

I had a KFC Double Down for dinner and I LIKED IT! Two...

WHY When there are eight empty stalls do you come sit in the one next to ME?!

Have you ever noticed that there's an electrical charge in your iPhone ear buds?

I live in a highrise. The elevators are broken.

Have you seen the Plastic Bag movie? It's absolutely brilliant!

Bret Michaels in hospital for brain hemorrhage

Business Email Etiquette Rant

my DH is hilarious...

Of all the Thompson gunners, which one was the best?

Poor Oregon - DU Front Page

I think we have beaten the chicken jokes to death. Good lord !

Weekend Music - More music from geezers-you kids won't like this shit - stay away...

TV cabling question: wire for underground cable (RG-6, 11 or 60)?

Apparently, my ancestor on my mom's side was a close friend and advisor to Henry Clay

Are there any other women

Ian Brown/John Squire, Paul McCartney/John Lennon, Roger Waters/David Gilmour...

Your ancestry

Army disinvites Franklin Graham to Prayer Day

Blagojevich Judge Calls Emergency Meeting

In your opinion, what movie really nails The Human Condition?

Greek debt crisis gets worse as EU revises figures

Senate scrambles to unite on finance reform bill

Goldman Sachs may not be the only firm in SEC cross hairs

Barter Protest At Sue Lowden's Headquarters

Mysterious X-37B unmanned space shuttle launched by U.S. ... and they won't say what it's for Read

Durham DUers - I am now a Durham-ite!

Report: Health overhaul will increase nation's tab

Raters had qualms over deals by Goldman, others

Greece to activate EU-IMF loans

Bush special counsel Bloch to plead guilty to withholding evidence from probe

Democrats plan to introduce bill to blunt ruling on political spending

GOP Senate hopeful in Fla. is the Teflon candidate

SEC and Pornography: Workers Spent Hours on Porn Sites Instead of Stopping Fraud

NATO says 2 US soldiers killed in Afghan firefight

British family tells US hotel they 'do not want to deal with black staff'

Poll says Obama, Dalai Lama world's most popular

(Developing) Countries urge rich to avoid protectionism

Kyrgyzstan's ousted president vows not to return

Charges dropped against driver who made deer-killing video

Iraq closes secret prison, arrests 3 officers

GOP leaders renew attacks on White House over auto industry rescue

Airline passenger taken off plane; called 'security risk'

Kyrgyz air base linked to U.S. tolerance of corrupt government

Wave of Bombings Kills Dozens in Iraq

US Indicts 11 Suspected Pirates in Norfolk, Va.

Obama: U.S. 'a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws'

Budget crisis puts LA court system at risk (17 courts closed, 50 more to close soon)

Tweeting considered to announce Ohio executions

Britain to pay compensation to former 9/11 suspect

NATO seals Afghan handover plan

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Friday April 23

RNC Spending Questions Go Beyond Recent Headlines

Democrats plan to introduce bill to blunt ruling on political spending

Senate approves bill to skip pay raise for Congress in 2011

Full face transplant 'a success'

Whitney Harris, the Last Nuremberg Prosecutor, Dies

Revolution Islam, Website Of Group That Threatened Comedy Central, Is Hacked

Cheney: Cursing at Leahy 'sort of the best thing I ever did'

Seven Pakistani soldiers killed in militant ambush

GOP Asks High Court to Undo 'Soft Money' Ban

Feds Take Over Giannoulias Family's Broadway Bank

Obama: Arizona's immigration bill could 'undermine basic notions of fairness'

Ex-Officer in Bicyclist-Shoving Case Says He Was Trying to Avoid Collision

Storms threaten to push Gulf oil spill towards shore

Tea Party Holds Rally to Keep Corker from Bending on Financial Reform

New-home sales see biggest jump in 47 years

Military's health care costs booming

Belgium's Catholic bishop of Bruges quits over abuse

CenturyTel to buy Qwest in $10.6B stock swap

Mattel Gets Pass On Independent Toy Safety Checks

Potentially deadly fungus spreading in U.S. and Canada

Some truckers plan boycott over Arizona immigration law

Biden tells fund-raiser crowd that economy will soon be creating up to 500,000 jobs a month

Sarah Palin tells court that email hacker disrupted campaign and personal life

'South Park' producers say network cut fear speech

Two NATO Troops, 5 Afghans Killed In Night Raid

BNP call for end to immigration from Muslim nations

(Western Kentucky University ) ‘W’ Day supports Bush

California utility plows ahead with midsize solar

Scouts Ordered to pay 18.5 million in Abuse Case

Senate approves bill to skip pay raise for Congress in 2011

Passenger held after trying to open plane’s door

Coast Guard: No oil leaking from sunken rig

U.S. tells insurer (Wellpoint): Quit dropping cancer patients

Michaels in Critical Condition With Hemorrhage

Media flipped key findings of (Pot) legalization poll-Actually Shows Majority Support For Reforms

At least 61 dead in Iraq bombings

Hugo Boss to Keep Ohio Plant Open (succumbing to an aggressive union-led campaign & Danny Glover)

18 veterans commit suicide each day

Colleague Disputes Case Against Anthrax Suspect

SEC staffers watched porn as economy crashed

Arizona Governor Signs Controversial Immigration Bill

GOP ramps up attacks on SEC over porn surfing

Utah Set to Execute Convicted Killer Ronnie Lee Gardner by Firing Squad

Court Martial Charges Brought Against Birther Army Doc

Judge gunned down in Colombia

Hostettler Disappoints With Poor 1st Q Fundraising Showing

Norton Shakes Up Struggling Campaign

Republicans block debate on financial regulations bill. So much for "moving forward" in a

I sure do hope Teabaggers are watching tonite's Comedy Central with

Fowl Math For A Chicken-Based Health Care Economy

"NATO Chief: Afghans Begin Control This Year"

Too bad Ted Kaufmann isn't running for Senate in Delaware

****Heads Up: POTUS Speaks at Naturalization Ceremony for Active Duty Service Members, Live! ****

C-Span LIVE: Sen Levin holding financial crisis hearing. Senator Kaufman now speaking.

POTUS on the AZ Racial Profiling Bill

Mixed review for new health care law says covering more still comes with greater costs

The Repubs would really, really, really like to kill financial reform...

Nate Silver: "GOP close to maxing out gains." (in Congressional take-over momentum)

Robert Kuttner: Financial Reform at a Crossroads

Fed makes big profit from bailout...

Special thanks to my fellow DU'rs and Jefferson Dem in particular (I hope positive call outs are OK)

Chuck Schumer needs to be impeached. He's suppose to be a US senator not an Israeli dbl agent

Senator Scott Brown not running for president.

Plum Line: Obama Blasts Arizona Illegal Immigration Effort

Huffpo's Ryan Grim: Senate Test Vote Shows Broad Support for Breaking Up Banks

delete

2010 Census response rate surprisingly close to 2000 rate

NYT Editorial: Blanche Lincoln's bill wouldn't ban the Goldman Sachs deal being investigated by SEC

Any suggestions?

Anyone have any info on the HHS report about healthcare costing way more than anyone thought?

Yeah, this about sums it up...

Political Junkies: Bill Halter and Blanche Lincoln Debate Tonight on C-Span at 8PM ET

The Year of the Chicken

"Dodd to tweak Wall St. reform bill."

Gallup daily: Obama Approval: 49% Disapprove 43%

Fiiiiiiigaro! Figaro Figaro Figaro - Fiiiiiigaro!

When the GOP says 50% of Americans don't pay taxes they're talking about their nominee for Governor

Darrell Issa Goes On A Quest To Find An Obama Scandal

Porn: Is this Goldman Sach's revenge?

Rep. Kendrick Meek signs on to Fair Elections Now Act! House now has 147 cosponsors!

DSCC Digging Through Rossi Records

Couldn't Obama ignore any law that Arizona passes?

New International Poll: Obama most popular world leader

I'll say it. You may not like it. Obama should pardon Col. Lakin.

White House Versus Wellpoint

Why the Secretary of State's "Personal Beliefs" Defy Logic

Time: Haley Barbours' Republican Governors Pay Homeage to Guy Fawkes in 'Remember November' video

Today's Gallup Tracking Poll-50% approval, 42% disapproval

Kerry: Three Big Oil Companies Likely to Back Climate Bill (Strips EPA's authority to regulate CO2)

Breaking (in 2011) Obama arrested in AZ!

Why don't we attack states' rights more forcefully?

"The Midterms Don't Matter"

New-home sales see biggest jump in 47 years

I worked for this President / Vice President/ and Congress to be elected.

"While Obama Took On Lobbyists, The gop Fed Them"

My experience with a birther...

ex-Geico announcer makes a video of teabaggers

Guatemala Hands Over Key File In Army Genocide Case

Joe Biden's oddly awesome "View" appearance

It's Brilliant, We Love It - Now GO HOME!

Million-Fan Anti-Obama Page Doesn't Break Facebook Rules

"Greatest vice president ever"

"Obama Hasn't Changed, but Where's the Country That Elected Him?"

Gibbs: accident doesn't change position on drilling

President Obama Tells Wall Street to Back Reform

President Obama on 40th Anniversary of Earth Day

WORK FREE

Thom Hartmann - I'm Dizzy - Do The Republican always say Start Over?

Rachel Maddow: Obama on Financial Reform - 'That's the Truth, End of Story'

Countdown: Michael Moore on Wall St Fraud - 'But Who Are We? We're Just The People Who Said No WMD'

Want to know why Republicans won't cooperate with Dems? (Old video)

Sen. Franken Questions How School Environments Impact LGBT Students

Young Turks: Crazy 'I Object' Video

Chicken Sue

Grannies For Peace Take on Knollwood Mall's recruiting Center

Kirk's Standard

BANK LOBBYISTS Huddle For Another SECRET Meeting With GOP Senators

NMCU Bugs: Norwegian motorcycle safety ad

Tea Party ABC's

UK election debate: Leaders of main parties hold second debate

A Tale of Two Coal Mines: How One Followed The Rules, And The Other One Didn't.

GetEQUAL activists on Hill detained after disrupting hearing, demanding swift ENDA vote

Grandma's Peace Brigade tries to shut down recruitment at Knollwood Mall

Them's Fighting Words

FBI HELLLOOOO!

Will ratings agencies be held accountable?

Thom Hartmann - Can I see your papers...Please?

Al Jazeera English: Multiple bombings kill many in Iraq

Rachel Maddow- Steele admits GOP southern strategy

Obama slams Arizona immigration bill as misguided attempt to undermine basic notions of fairness

Free Markets over here? Yeah, right..ha ha ha

Thom Hartmann - Freedom Works Bullied, GEICO Voice-Over Actor fired

Armed Militia Forming At Border

Spain performs full face transplant

"The Truth Behind The UK General Election" & Why Murdoch's Son Stormed Into The Independent's Office

TYT: Obama Bows Down On Bailout Fund

Countdown: Michael Moore on Wellpoint - 'This is One of the Sickest Stories...'

Hitler reacts to the Hitler parodies being removed from YouTube

Conservatives on reform: "Slow Down", "Start Over"

Raw Video: Dog Leads Police to Fire

TYT: Glenn Beck Hates Education?

Young Turks: Dad Denies Paralyzed Mom Right To See Triplets & He Wants Financial Support!!!

TYT: Unschooling Vs. Homeschooling Vs. Formal Education

93 Year Old Involved In Shake Down Over Applesauce By TSA

Histrionic Teabagger wants to close the Communist VA!

David Cameron presents a new Vision for Britain

Great Nutty Interview with God Hates Fags Shirley Phelps-Roper

Sue Lowden's Chicken-Bartering Health Plan Endorsed by Theodoric of York

US military jets to test biofuels on Earth Day

LA Tines: Goodwin Liu comes through

Stop the attacks on public education

Poll shows Americans want better ties with Cuba

Land Deals, Private Jets and the Appalachian Trail

The Homeowners Whose Loss Was Paulson’s $1 Billion in Gain in Goldman deal

Where Are the Tea Party Protests About Wall Street?

Naomi Klein: A New Climate Movement in Bolivia

The Next Catholic Scandal

David Sirota: Bill Clinton's contrition contribution

Videos of Small Animals Being Crushed by Women in High Heels Are Protected Free Speech?

Schumer and Durbin: Roommates to rivals?

Is the U.S. at the Mercy of an Unstoppable Oligarchy?

New York Times Calls for Economic Shock Doctrine in Afghanistan

The Other Reason for Cutting Franklin Graham from Pentagon Event

Beginning of the end for Afghan war?

Conservative faction at MSNBC continues to attack Olbermann and Maddow

Convicted Former Argentine President Sentenced to 25 Years

1,500 lobbyists swarmed the Agriculture Committee to try to stop tougher derivatives regulation

Don't Cry for Wall Street

William Greider: Larry Summers is "Professor Pants-on-Fire "

The Lowden Plan Medical-Chicken Calculator

Supreme Court to Take First Look at Monsanto Genetically Modified Crops

PBS ombudsman: Ignoring single payer was a mistake

Chuck Schumer Unloads on Obama

Ending the Slavery Blame-Game

A new direction after Stern? (SEIU)

Weekend Economists' Hostile Takeover of "Car Talk" April 23-25, 2010

Five Reasons Why American Conservatives Should be Worried about Nick Clegg

The Coffee Party Heats Up

Vichy America

Climate change = more violence?

Dead cat walking: As Florida panther habitat shrinks, extinction fears rise

In honor of Earth Day - When wind power went head to head with coal and won. As told by NYT

Denis Hayes: Earth Day and new nuclear reactors don’t mix - Let’s not be duped again.

Hey, what was all that stuff about how great the record of the offshore oil drilling has been?

Drumbeat: April 23, 2010

Peak oil notes - Apr 22

ODAC Newsletter - Apr 23

National Research Council - Pace Of Ocean Acidification "Unprecedented" In Past 800,000 Years

The Japan Times: Going Green With Nuclear Power

AFP - Bangladesh Govt. Posts Soldiers To Guard Public Water Pumps In Dhaka As Shortage Worsens

Pressure-cooking (micro)algae into a better biofuel

'Nuclear tribunal' proposed at international summit

18 minutes film 'Plastic Bag' a viral hit on the Web

Canada's New Mobile Carbon Capture Unit - Reducing Emissions or Preserving Industry?

Chernobyl Day Commemoration - South Africa

Climate bill calls for 12 nuclear plants

Caltech-Led Team Designs Novel Negative-Index Metamaterial that Responds to Visible Light

India Tornado Leaves Nearly 1 Million Homeless After Ripping Through Impoverished Villages - Reuters

National Academies: CO2 Emissions Causing Ocean Acidification to Progress at Unprecedented Rate

Electric Prices in Europe come DOWN thanks to burgeoning Wind Power supply

McCarthyism and Climate Change

Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp chooses site for first UAE nuclear power station

Carbon Capture and Storage: Energy Costs Revisited

Wind Power 39% growth in 2009. At that rate of growth Wind will surpass Nuclear in 7.5 years.

Dhani Jones will tackle duathlon during weekend visit to Richmond

Oh crap! My Broncos drafted Tebow!

Lest we forget, Timmeh Teblow did a Super Bowl ad for a hate group.

An interesting factoid to come out of the Pirates loss this afternoon...

Gloat-Free Baseball Scores (Thursday, April 22)

OK. That does it!! I now hate the Natinals and Chess.

Re: NFL draft. How 'bout them Sooners. nt

TEBOW IS A FUCKING BRONCO!!1!!

Saint Timmy to Broncos!

The Marlins are going to force the first postponement tonight.

Go figure. Out of 32 GM's in the NFL, one of them isn't as smart as the average DU'er...

The 49ers select USC's Taylor Mays..

Who says St. Tim won't become a back or tight end?

China Offers Largest Credit to Venezuela

James Suggett takes on the New York Slimes's 'Judith Miller' for Venezuela, Simon Romero!

Elian Gonzalez saga still vivid for many, 10 years later - CNN!

Peru to buy eight Russian helicopters

Norway's Oil/Gas Survey for Honduras Report

Venezuela, Broke?

Venezuela, Cuba sign oil exploration treaty

Venezuela raids cocaine labs on Colombia border

For Obama, wind shifts on Cuba

x-post from Eds & Other Articles: Stop the attacks on public education

Mockus: I am tough on the FARC and prudent with Venezuela Spanish

Evo Morales and the beautiful game

Wanted: World Referendum, Climate Justice Tribunal (the referenDUMB is proposed)

Naomi Klein: A New Climate Movement in Bolivia

Guatemala Hands Over Key File In Army Genocide Case

Colombian human rights lawyers investigating La Macarena mass grave in Brussels to call for stop to

Cuba For a Fair International Order

Judge gunned down in Colombia

Honduran Misrecognition

Another Silva: A celebrated environmentalist pitches for the presidency

The US threat to Latin America

Human rights hypocrisy and Cuba

President Evo Morales Dancing with the People on Earth Day at PWCCC

Poll shows Americans want better ties with Cuba

Today in Labor History Apr 23 Cesar Chavez dies

YOU helped save hundreds of workers' jobs in Ohio

Students tried to push lesbian classmate off cliff

Abuse allegations make case of elderly gay couple murky

Teenage Girls Try to Push Lesbian Peer Off Cliff to Her Death

Catholic League: “Not all gay sex is abusive”

Maggie Gallagher is resigning to spend more time hating her own family.

Hamas is accused of being moderate

Netanyahu ready to agree to Palestinian state within temporary borders

Gaza extremists urge Al-Qaida to target Yemen Jews

No Resolution Reached on ASUC Senate Divestment Bill

A spa for Samaria

A tale of two Palestinian authorities

Alan Dershowitz Is Wrong

Yasher Koah, Judge Goldstone

Misguided idealism of Georgetown, Divest!

While Dersh Lies About J St, Schumer Bashes Obama

U.S. Jewish magazine honors Goldstone for 'upholding Jewish values'

Schumer: Obama's 'counter-productive' Israel policy 'has to stop'

Obama on Israel: ‘No Wedge Will Be Driven Between Us’

Leftists to Elie Wiesel: Occupied Jerusalem can't be holy

Real gun control...

Effect of Brady Campaign boycott....sales increase 7% at Starbucks

Robbers Run When Citizen Shoots Back

If you're in favor of ending the "Gun Show Loophole" . . . .

Some bad news today for me.

Random Wildflowers (pic heavy)

If I ever again win a contest

New lens!

Come into my web

Moooore flowers

I feel that a tasteful frame like this should be permitted in contests

A bit unkempt in Charleston, S.C. ...

interloper

X-37B military spaceplane launches from Cape Canaveral (BBC)

Volcanic Ash Tints Northern Lights.

Mexico to create its first space center on Yucatan Peninsula

Simply Awe Inspiring Hubble Pic

This week's Starcodes - Heather Roan Robbins

The Psychic Guild's Chat room open until 11 pm est....

Lighter fare: Natural deodorants that work.

One reason I prefer i-ching over tarot

Did any of you click on that ad for a book about

Deadly New Fungus Emerging in Oregon Expected to Spread

Images of Suicidal Thoughts

CDO Market – Rife With Collusion and Manipulation?

E-mails From Mordor

In Light Of The SEC's Pornography Fetish Revelations...

The Real State of the Housing Market

Lehman's Liar's Loans and Other Cons

Heard the one about Goldman Sachs and the volcano?

Will Goldman Sachs prove greed is God?

The key to economic recovery is boosting global demand

From a TIME magazine article in 1933 at introduction of FDIC and deposit insurance:

Tokophobia - Phobia That I Had Never Heard Of....

When You Lie Down with Dogs, Keep the Anti-Itch Powder Handy

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