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Jun 2011
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- Operation Crossroads-65 years ago, another nuke ev...
- Rove has 20 million to swiftboat Dems..already.
- Firefox refuses constructive critiques of their pr...
- Bachmann's Corporate Welfare problem.
- Ft Calhoun Nuke Plant berm fails.
- Koch Bros private affair in CO goes public.
- Bank screwups continue to screw with homeowners in...
- Batshit Bachmann - Dismiss her at your own peril.....
- Politifact and Jon Stewart- A match made in heaven...
- Van Jones sends NewsCorp & Beck a cease and desist...
- The Grifter from Alaska quits bus tour.
- Walmart ruling favors The Corporatocracy.
- NYT article shows SCOTUS Justice Thomas has no eth...
- The Seth Walsh Project. Its about friggin time.
- Howard Stern's tool Benjy Bronk
- House Progressive Caucus launches national listeni...
- That was two hours I will never get back....
- 40 years ago today. Ellsberg released the Pentagon...
- Todays number: 895
- Palin's emails to be released this morning. 10am L...
- Eye of Newt knocks Weinergate off the front page.
- ICC believes Gaddafi ordered mass rapes.
- T Paw, King of the GOP Clowns, has his own budget ...
- Steve Clemons goes over to 'the other side'.
- It's the coverup. It's always the friggin coverup....
- Little Anthony and the idiot attached to him.
- Noble Prize winning Economist withdraws year old n...
- Rightwing Nutter-fest: Homosexuals, abortion destr...
- Rep Michael Grimm is a jerkwad for even proposing ...
- Joe Bonamassa- Dust Bowl
- Report shows Tax Cuts and Wars got us into this me...
- This better be worth it: AK to finally release Pal...
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- 2 years ago, a Dr. was murdered for performing a l...
- TrashCan Annie opens her piehole again.
- Gil Scott-Heron passes...
- Memorial Day, The Military and Social Security
- State Judge voids WI anti-union law
- From our Dept of WTF: Rand votes AGAINST Ryan's Bu...
- Eric Cantor, our F*ckwit of the week.
- AP calling NY's 26th District for Hochul...the DEM...
- Hopefully Harold Camping sees this billboard
- MSNBC hires former GOP head Michael Steele
- I hate to whine..but hell... I am gonna let it rip...
- Pelosi has a set of balls..at least on occasion.
- Bush wants to keep a low profile? Jackass Please!
- WI Rethugs ram through another winner. Voter ID bi...
- Obama wants us to cut him some slack...believe me ...
- GOP eats it own Presidential candidate, the one cl...
- GOP loses a few clowns in their circus.
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What I read, blog and otherwise..
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Occupy Wall Street: The Globe and Mail Celebrity Photos Hacked to Hilarious Effect - The captions are funny business. My favorite is the caption for Lauren Conrad: “Lauren Conrad, well-known chronicler of the down and out in Orange County, ...
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Two Wrongs Make A Mystery Cult - William Donohue (The Voice of Tolerance & Respect) appears to be angry because Rick Perry's Bab-tiss friend Robert Jeffress is cutting in on the hate marke...
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The dark world of Greg Iles - Greg Iles’ novels are like cats: each has its own distinct personality. But, Iles, as he describes one of his characters, is “a different breed of cat.” The ...
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Republicans’ Overexposure Problem - Bored-out-of their-minds voters watching endless GOP debates may decide Obama’s no worse, says Matt Latimer.
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Reflections on the Rise and Fall of Empires - September 21, 2010 marked the 2501th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon. Of course, probably every day somewhere in the world people commemorate Marath...
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Herman Cain? Really?HAHAHAHA! - Are you fucking kidding me? Holy shit, the more I hear about this ignorant fuck, the more I laugh hysterically. The last poll says he is a head of Willar...
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Meet The Republican Nominee, Herman Koch-Cain! - *In the bible, Cain killed his brother Abel...think of how mind bending that must be for a young Herman Cain...that is a lot to measure up to, but our very...
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Herman Cain’s Tax on the Poor - Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has been getting lots of attention for his bumper-sticker-sized economic policy, the All Meat Combo Original Ju...
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Occupy Wall Street Launches Operation To Clean Up And Stay In Liberty Plaza - After it was announced that police will clearing Liberty Plaza of the protesters so that the parks owner can clean and do repairs, Occupy Wall Street has m...
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Too Awesome Not to Share - I saw this truck near Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C., where October 2011 Stop the Machine set up an encampment. Pure, unadulterated, 100% natural * awesom...
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Politics and Ideology, Not Country, Once Again Prevails in Congress - In its most current acting out as zombies, the Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to kill President Obama’s Job Plan. They were joined by ...
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Why is David Cameron Still Supporting Liam Fox, Just Like He Supported Rebekah Brooks? - David Cameron’s choice of friends and allies is becoming more suspect by the day. Already having been under attack for his past relationships with now sack...
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Open Thread - enlarge [image: get a job.jpg] Credit: Tumblr h/t Tina; Open thread below....
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Rogues who malign Pakistan - G Parthasarathy has written a prodigious but Pakistanphobic article titled “Rogues who run Pakistan” which was published in Bharati paper Indian Pioneer. P...
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RomneyCare! - Josh Marshall: >Collaborator and Friend | Talking Points Memo: Mother Jones' DC Editor David Corn digs up copy of Mitt Romney embracing Ted Kennedy as his ...
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Tangible Worth - A couple of days ago I tore off a few sharply written words regarding a couple of less than impressive examples of American leadership. Mixed into the ran...
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New Korea, Colombia, And Panama Trade Agreements Advance In Senate And House - This evening, the House of Representatives voted to advance trade agreements with Panama, South Korea, and Colombia. The vote for the Colombian trade agree...
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Video Overnight Thread- Staffordshire U.K. Firefighters: Push the Button - Um, when you think about what this song is really about, it’s kinda weirdly wonderful. Very disappointed in the rhythmically challenged Brits though. Staff...
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Stossel: Stupid on Steroids - John Stossel writes that “Our Government Doesn’t Create Jobs, It Kills Them.” In this column he objects to something the President said recently: “We’re th...
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Big Tobacco Says, “Raise Cain!” - The hits never stop coming with Herman Cain. His “9-9-9″ plan would eviscerate the Federal Government at the same time it finished breaking the backs of po...
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USA! USA! USA! - Wonkette just covered this breaking story of national import, but because I have a tag "the schaden freudes itself", I am compelled to recover it. NASHVIL...
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This is What Democracy Looks Like - Since there's little chance that the man who took me out for drinks Saturday will ever find the blog, I feel I can safely say that he reminded me of a garden...
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Bad Ads, cont. - Those Palin Birth Announcements are so hard to celebrate… until now. (Hat tip: Scissorhead Bruce388)
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Hunger Strike: Federal Receiver Denies Inmates Are Collapsing in Cells - By Erin Sherbert As the prison hunger strike enters its third week, California inmates have reportedly collapsed in their cells from deteriorating health ...
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Take Your Pick. - I think that about sums it up, don't you? I don't do open threads as a rule, but I think it would be okay to consider this an open thread.
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The Rethuglican Duhhh-bate - From Perry Bacon Jr. at POST POLITICS at The Washington Post: New Jersey governor and almost-2012-candidate Chris Christie made headlines with his decision...
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Even a Blind Nut Rightly Clocks a Stopped Squirrel Twice a Day - by Mike Kimel Hi folks. I have to go on a bit of a hiatus. I have some work-related things that need taking care of that will require a lot of time for the...
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Are you old enough to remember when you first heard this? - For most of us of a certain age it was the first time we heard Linda Ronstadt, but not the last.
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Flashback: The Clarence Thomas Confirmation Hearings- Part 2/3 - by Nomad In the first part of this three part series, I took a closer look at the rise of Clarence Thomas, starting from his graduation from Yale to a cir...
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The Scarlett Johansson Hacker Arrested - A man in Jacksonville, FL, was arrested today for hacking into the cell phones of several actresses and posting their nude pictures online. A crime? Yes. I...
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A Spike in the Polls for the President? - President's Approval Rating Soars After Punching Wall Street Banker in Face
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Investigating Iran’s ties to alleged terror plot - Former CIA Director James Woolsey talks about the U.S. relationship with Iran and Saudi Arabia and whether the escalation from the terror plot will reach d...
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Bigots fail in California! Anti-gay referendum doesn't get enough signatures - *All of the religious right's lies and all of the religious right's men won't be able to put gays in the closet again.* From the *San Diego Gay & Lesbian N...
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In case y'all hadn't had enough of me already.... - Lest I forget, my latest column is up at Oregon Sports News. Enjoy the rich, creamy goodness…. ;-)...
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Amish Mob Broke Into Homes And Cut Off Hair And Beards - Five Amish men in Ohio were arrested this week for allegedly breaking into the homes of other Amish men and cutting off their hair and beards....
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Tom Morello to Perform at Occupy Wall Street - Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello has announced plans to perform at the Occupy Wall Street protest at noon tomorrow in Manhattan Morello who h...
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I moved my money out of the big banks over a year ago - it was last year that i decided i had had enough, closed my wells fargo and hsbc accounts and consolidated them into my credit union account... i only wish...
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Iranian Terror Plot: Fake, Fake, Fake - *By Justin Raimondo, ANTIWAR.COM Not even good propaganda * Fake, fake, *fake* – I’m talking about the latest anti-Iranian propagandacoming out of Washing...
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Quote Of The Day - *Image credit: Joel Gehman/Occupy Together* Ian Welsh is often good for a quote of the day, a thought that sums up some subject remarkably well in few wor...
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The Panic Sets In - "If you read the newspapers today, I, for one, am increasingly concerned about the growing mobs occupying Wall Street and the other cities across the count...
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There's no way that this cannot be good..... - ** *Uncommon Brewers: Organic Bacon Brown Ale* * * *Yes, this is a meat beer. The Santa Cruz, Calif., brewery chucks in hunks of applewood-cured pork into t...
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Mitt Romney Doesn’t Have a Friend in the Angel Moroni - On paper at least, Mitt Romney is a perfect candidate. He has the same fidelity to his positions as John McThusela. He's as moderate as Richard Nixon and h...
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30 Day Photography Challenge - From a Distance - I have this friend who says, and rightly so, that Georgia is the Wild West of planning and zoning. I wish I could distance myself from this, but I can't. I...
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SF bankers become first TARP recipients to be charged with fraud - SF bankers become first TARP recipients to be charged with fraud…
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Who Can Pass Up This Story? - As absolutely inevitable as things like this have become: "In what is almost too predictable to be true, the lead sponsor of a Tennessee law allowing handg...
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Open Thread - Wednesday - This is a lot of fun. It starts slowly, but soon builds up.
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Amish mob violence - An Amish mob is accused of breaking into several homes and cutting off the beards and hair of other Amish men. Now, the group is the focus of four police i...
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What This World Needs is a Good Shirley Temple - Hey it worked in the 30′s. Or so they tell me. I have no personal knowledge. I’m not that old. … Continue reading »
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Big Surprise - The Republican’s have filibustered Obama’s jobs bill. Big surprise. Also not surprising is the fact that about two thirds of Americans support the jobs bil...
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Big Surprise - The Republican’s have filibustered Obama’s jobs bill. Big surprise. Also not surprising is the fact that about two thirds of Americans support the jobs bil...
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Sen. Shawn Mitchell defecates on the truth - *** See update below ** (At around 2 p.m., Sen. Mitchell finally issued a half-hearted retraction)* Colorado state Sen. Shawn Mitchell claimed in a Facebook...
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Florida Rep Wants Return to "Old Sparky" and Firing Squad - Upset by problems with lethal injections, a Florida legislator has introduced a bill that would again focus attention on the use of the electric chair in t...
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Project for a new century - [image: Sunset in pumpkins, 2010] Joe Nocera disclaims his columnintroducing the white paper commissioned by the New America Foundation, saying, "it is im...
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Capital One asks to be Too Big To Fail, Occupy movements spotlight disappearing rights - Listen to the new episode of Citizen Radio and subscribe to the free podcast. Jesse Van Tol (@jessevantol) from ncrc.org joins Citizen Radio to talk about ...
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The Romans had nothing on us - I’ve never seen Dancing With The Stars, so this clip flabbergasted me: Jesus Christ. This is an actual thing. A thing in the world, that people do and othe...
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America the Not-So Beautiful - Filed under: Do the Right Thing, Evolution, Homophobia Sucks, Paying Proper Respects, Personally Speaking...., Same Sex America is Still Indeed America, ...
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The Doctors Were Right - When I was discharged from the hospital in August the doctors told me in about three months I would feel better than I had felt in years. Well we’re quickl...
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Outta Here - The sun is just ready to come over the hill and it's a bit past seven. A few things left to load and I'll be driving out of here to the Four Corners area b...
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Fundraiser Day 6: Tom Friedman Likes Big Ideas - Big, dumb ideas. Actually he doesn't "like" them so much as he likes fiddling with them. He likes clacking them around in his hand (and, by proxy, the liv...
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Random Task: Austin Powers Actor Charged With Murder of Cellmate - . Joseph Sun, the actor who played Random Task in the first Austin Powers film, Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, has outdone himself. Serving f...
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As The Cookie Crumbles: obless - Shazama's loosely named "jobs" bill was rejected Tuesday by the GOPhux in the Senate, where the Dims could barely garner 50 (of the 60) votes needed for cl...
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How will the Occupiers react? - Republicans have blocked Obama's jobs plan in the Senate. They voted unanimously against it, using the threat of a filibuster (now utterly routine from the...
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Well, Thank You Boston Mayor Thomas Menino - for making the jobs of Police Officers all over the United States that much harder. Mayor Menino has a flawed concept of liberty and authority. Menino's co...
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Any Fool Can Get into an Ocean but It Takes a Goddess to Get Out of One - But K, I said exasperatedly last night at Thursday Night Pints, moved again to Tuesday cause I'm going to Bamgier Thursday (more about that tomorrow, or no...
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Style Update: Velveteen, macrame, and bare bellies - Haven't done one of these in a while, things are kind of crazy lately and I've been doing a lot of running around. This is what happens when the air is cri...
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quote for the day - *"Pawlenty knows perfectly well what every Liberal has always known: that for decades within the GOP, "Sane" has been a rusting hulk, stripped for parts an...
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October 12 2011: The End of the Eurozone - National Photo Co. Might as well laugh about it?! May 1, 1923 A clown band plays at a children's hospital in the Washington, D.C. area Ilargi: It’s been a wh...
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Birthday Boy - Today is Oliver's birthday. Not the anniversary of Oliver's birthday, but his actual one. Did you feel that planetary wobble? That was our boy. He was suppos...
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The Water - The outdoor wooden chair structure was actually two seats with arm rests, connected in the middle with a built in table. I sat there, as the sun rose over ...
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Just Another Wimpy Synth Band? - It's 5:30 in the morning, and I am working a graveyard shift- I need an excuse to blast some music. In high school, a good friend of mine who was raised on...
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Blogrolling In Our Time - Throw some nice berries on top of that granola and yogurt parfait for Republic of Gilead.
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Senators Levin and Isakson: millionaire surtax vs corporate repatriation subsidy - The PBS News Hour last night interviewed Senators Levin and Isakson on the jobs bill (video and transcript available here). Isakson was first off. He sounded...
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Afghans stage anti-Pakistan protests, threaten to go to China and India for help instead of Pakistan - Afghanistan urges Pakistan to take steps for: The Afghan government needs to see Pakistan make "tangible progress" on pledges to use its influence to ...
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And now for a Dcap moment - A list of republican candidates in photo cartoon fashion for your viewing pleasure. Viewer alert: You may find these images disturbing or offensive sorry bu...
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Republicans block American Jobs Act - Last night the Senate voted on whether or not to bring the American Jobs Act to the floor and begin debate on it, a necessary step to move the bill ahead. ...
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The Bloomberg GOP Debate: Show Me the Money! - For those who have lives and didn’t take the Devil’s bait at bloomberg.com, here are the highlights: Michele Bachmann 1. It wasn’t Wall Street. The Federal...
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We have a winterization committee. ... And we are going to stay until we see real-life, systematic change in how America works." - "Tonight, in the glow of your faces, I see new life coming into this world out of the ashes of a system that has failed all of us."Phil Anderson of Occupy Bo...
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The Best Advice I Will Ever Give - A few years ago I fancied myself a pretty good blogger. But when I stumbled into this community, which I call the Swash Zone Community, with people like ...
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Who'll Be The One To Answer Why? - Derek & The Dominos, Thorn Tree In The Garden, 1970.
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Jobs Bill Vote tonight.. - The Senate will vote tonight on President Obama's jobs bill. Now, we all know the GOP will not vote to put Americans to work, but what about the Democr...
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No Unified Message - The Corporate media would benefit from seeing this cartoon. No Unified Message is a post on The Other 98%
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THE SEVEN BIGGEST ECONOMIC LIES The President’s Jobs Bill... - *THE SEVEN BIGGEST ECONOMIC LIES * The President’s Jobs Bill doesn’t have a chance in Congress — and the Occupiers on Wall Street and elsewhere can’t bec...
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Robert Reich And 7 Big GOP Lies - MoveOn: What If Everyone Saw This Clip Of Robert Reich Exposing 7 GOP Lies?
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Floored and mirrored - Only the floorboards left to do Sent from my iPhone
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injaynesworld we awake "Under The Big Top..." - … where hangovers are discouraged. You don’t want to wake up with your head spinning, look up and see this. I promise you. Even on your average mo...
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Will The U.S. House Side With China On Currency? - If we want to bring jobs and wealth back to the United States for the 99% of us who have been under extreme pressure we’re going to have to do something ab...
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Flash Fiction Friday (Cycle 52) A Special Kind of Hell - *Flash Fiction Friday Cue: Tell the tale of two people pulling up in a car to a remote lake.* *Length: 750 words max* *Genre: open* The cold case file w...
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Family Yard Sale - On the way back from grabbing coffee, I saw a sign that said "Family Yard Sale." You can get great deals on families at those things!
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on meditation and such - Last year I took a course in Buddhism. One of the requirements for class was that we meditate for 20 minutes a day. It turned out to be more difficult than...
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Easy and Kid Friendly Chicken Fingers - This recipe is a very healthy (baked, not fried) version of a kids all time favorite and is a terrific one because it’s easy enough to let the little ones ...
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John Kemper – Misusing Public Resources to Get Into an Office Charged With Protecting Public Resources? - Okay, leave aside the fact that Republican candidate for Kentucky State Auditor John Kemper has filed bankruptcy twice. Leave aside the fact that he’s been...
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Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner — Occupy Wall Street Going To Millionaires Homes - Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner — Occupy Wall Street Going To Millionaires Homes New York’s richest is about to get a visitor or maybe 800, give or take a ...
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The Inquisitor - I wish to tell you about The Inquisitor. I fear I am going to insult your intelligence. I do not wish umbrage on any of my fellow humans, and especially n...
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The War Nerd: The Mayan Caste War–Vivan Los Machetes - Some of the weirdest, longest wars around have been on the other side of the Big River, but for some reason most American war nerds would rather read about...
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Bush v. Gore Redux (With 2 Updates) - In Election Year 2000, Al Gore won the national vote by a plurality of over 2 million votes cast. The Bush campaign won the not so great State of Flori-duh...
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"THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE" - *That was the chant heard most often in today's "Occupy Boston" demonstration.* *I met up with the marchers in Boston's Dewey Square and joined them with m...
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Gee, Y'Think? - ... Right out there for the whole world to see. There was the Clinton Impeachment. Then there was Bush v. Gore. Then there were the battles over judicia...
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Economic injustice - I don't think spelling it out loud will help.... Meanwhile the elite economic royalists are panicking: The way to understand all of this is to realize that...
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Why The 99% Are Pissed Off - source Why do the Sunday media pundits keep saying that the Occupy Wall Street movement lacks focus and coherence? Huh? Fox News called them anarchists...
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The wrong priorities take their toll… - Longtime readers know that I follow Missouri state politics. As a reproductive justice activist, I know which committees in the Missouri House are likely ...
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notes on the week ended Oct 8th - before we even start looking at this months unemployment report, you should review the notes i wrote with last month's report on the methodology [image: P...
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Why #OccupyWallStreet? Four Quick Reasons - You don’t have to agree on the mode of protest to agree about the causes of total suck that got us here. This short video does a special job of pointing ...
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Next Time I'll Be Sure To Ask... - Now firmly in my 50-something years, I'd like to think I've learned a thing or two-- important things-- life lesson kind of things, but at age 53, apparen...
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What’s an appropriate punishment for someone who rapes a toddler? - I’d really like to know what true justice looks like for the monsters who do this: In a [Sierra Leone] rape treatment center, I met a 3-year-old patient na...
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Grotto of the Redemption - This is a *unique place*. It happens to be where I grew up although I define myself as a Rodman boy rather than from West Bend,Iowa. The 7 min video descr...
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Robbed of a Win at the PetSmart Halloween Contest - Isn’t it every dog’s dream to win the Halloween dress-up contest at PetSmart? We may never know for certain. We may also never know for certain whether bei...
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COMENZANDO POR LOS FESTIVALES Y TERMINANDO ... NO, ¡ESTO NO SE TERMINA! - Portal del Comercio tempranito en la mañana Hay mucho que comentar pero desafortunadamente, no me alcanza el tiempo. Sin embargo les presento el calendario...
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week ending Oct 8 - Fed balance sheet grows in latest week (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's balance sheet grew in the latest week as the central bank swelled its holdings ...
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End Corporate Personhood - Take it from a Tennis Ball, we need to end corporate personhood. This could be a tangible demand of the #Occupy movement, that is, amend the constitution t...
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Occupy Wall Street is about Inequality - Duh! - I have been waiting simply to hear a news organization, any news organization, to report on the Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Seattle, Occupy Portland and al...
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Seven Sent - I was recently tagged in a meme by The Jules from the always entertaining blog, The Gravel Farm. If you haven't read The Jules, please go over and peruse ...
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Yessirree Bob! - It sure is one of them kinda days..... why, golly&stuff!.... it must be almost 80! And the leaves are crisp and blowing and making this neato-keen kinda ...
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The Friday Sex Blog [Intelligent Sex] - ¡Hola! Everybody… I'm sorry, I'm sure Steve Jobs was a nice guy and all, but he never did shit for me, and HOW much did he pay in taxes last year? All this ...
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Obama -- The New Reagan Republican - Reagan and Obama are in agreement. Watch the video.
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¡BASTA! Border Activist Summit for Teaching and Action - University of Texas at El Paso will host the ¡BASTA! Border Activist Summit for Teaching and Action on Tuesday, Oct. 11 through Friday, October 14. The sch...
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Barbara & Co. Give Their View On a Recent Controversy and the Use of a Racial Slur - On Monday morning's episode of *The View*, the cast discussed the "Niggerhead" controversy. As you may know, this nickname was painted on a rock at the g...
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The Movies of 2011 - Here’s the list so far. What else do I need to see? 1) Drive 2) Attack the Block 3) Cave of Forgotten Dreams 4) Contagion 5) Source Code 6) X-Men: First Cl...
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Time to fill up congressional voicemail & shut down websites...again. - One of the comments after President Obama's press conference this morning was a rather snarky remark from the consistently snarky reporter, Chuck Todd. He ...
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Sarah Palin Quits Before She Starts! ("Only Dead Fish Go With the Flow, Don't Cha Know.") - I am sorry that *Sarah Palin has decided to not run for president in 2012... * ...At least she still has her *has her job at FOX News* to fall back on!
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Is There Anybody Out There? The Trauma of Thought Broadcasting. - PHOTO CREDIT: "Communication tower" by Wiangya for Free Digital PhotosI hardly ever leave the house--yep, I'm a shut-in, a recluse, a hermit, or whatever the...
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RIP Steve Jobs - My email to remembersteve@apple.com:I don't think it overstates one bit to say that the passing of Steve Jobs is the loss of our Picasso, our Rembrandt, our ...
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R.I.P. Steve Jobs - The End of an Era - I know everyone is probably writing about the death of Steve Jobs, and I didn't expect to be one of them. I have never been an Apple or Macintosh person, a...
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Occupy Wall St. for the Right Leaning Moderate - There are pissed off people camped out on Wall St. and arriving for protests around the country and some confusion as to exactly what these folks are mad ...
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"One more thing..." - Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011
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A Good Wind Is a Horrible Thing to Waste - Today dawned with a downpour. By noon the wet stuff was still falling. In consequential to me because I had already dismissed my mid-week crew for the balanc...
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Oh Happy Day! - The Library of Congress is now on Flickr! Thanks for the tip, The Online Photographer! Filed under: Historical Information, music, Nature, photographs
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Voter Law Requirements - The National Conference of State Legislatures has put up a fantastic web page detailing voter laws for each state. It contains an interactive map, informatio...
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Games People Play... or should! - *[Ticket to Ride... Nordic Countries]* We like to play games in our family. Board games, card games, computer games, it doesn't matter. I've posted a few ...
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America Dollars - [image: America Dollars] In August we spent a couple of days at a stylish seaside lodge near the unremarkable Ghanaian town of Axim. As we were waiting for...
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Managed Democracy in Russia: Unmasking the Magic - Did you follow the events in Libya via the international media, through the imposition of the no-fly zone right to the messy conclusion? How about the freq...
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When All Hope Is Lost, A Saturday Centus - . [image: Jenny Matlock] It's week 74 of Saturday Centus, that brilliantly devised literary meme forged from the fertile imagination of Jenny Matlock at ...
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The day the chirping stopped - Today was Zoey’s last day. The little girl woke up and had lost all nerve connections to her back half. Her legs didn’t work, and her fluffy tail just flop...
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Is Chris Christie's Weight an Issue? - Should he run for president, there are numerous reasons to not support Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey. First and foremost, the man himself has said ...
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Germany Will NEVER Leave the Eurozone—Because It Can’t - There’s No Upside, Only Downside Late last week, there was a spike in random speculation that the German government was preparing to exit the eurozone—and t...
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How To Succeed In Politics Without Really Trying - *HOW TO SUCCEED IN POLITICS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING* *A New Musical* *Act I* J Andrew Boener ("Jab"), a young member of the country club set has a mind for...
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Is the 50 State Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Dead? - It sure looks that way! The California Attorney General has pulled out of the settlement talks and plans to run her own investigation! I wouldn’t be surpri...
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How Anwar al-Awlaki Was Located & Targeted--Al Qaeda Leaks - *US Naval and Djibouti based Reapers and Predators Hunter Killers are also now Flown from New Secret US Bases in Ethiopia and another base has been instal...
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If the Phone Don’t Ring, You’ll Know It’s Me - [image: Of course, I'll ALWAYS take phone calls from half-naked women]As a dashing, handsome, witty, and debonair man-about-town, you might well imagine, D...
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Here I Am - Oh, I know I've been gone for a long time now. I didn't post a single entry for September but I will start October off on the right foot and begin anew. ...
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Maria Teresa Kumar Discusses Alabama’s Immigration Law on MSNBC’s Jansing & Co. - Maria Teresa Kumar makes an appearance on MSNBC’s Jansing & Co. to discuss Alabama’s immigration law. Said Maria Teresa Kumar: “One thing that people don’t...
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By: candideinnc - And to those Democrats that we voted for that could have stopped this from happening--thanks guys! You are really my brave and principled heroes. I guess y...
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Tiffany Alston meet Karma - Tiffany Alston. Wow. You, madam have some balls. You ran for office by supporting gay marriage. So, lots of people believing in and hoping for equality vot...
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Dim Sum Vs. The Flu - When you read this post, you may have a distinct idea as to whether or not I am a good person. It should also be said that your personal thoughts on this p...
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MSM-media: HEADS UP THEIR ASSES - True to their corporate masters, the MSM-media (including the MSNBC lineup) have all been ignoring the successful OCCUPATION OF WALL STREET by American cit...
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Goodbye, R.E.M. - R.E.M. 1980-2011 Legendary alternative rock band *R.E.M.* has announced it is breaking up. In an announcement posted on its website, *R.E.M.* said, *"We wal...
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When I Come Up For Air… - So hey, hi, hello! Where the heck have I been, anyway? Funny you should ask. Mostly I’ve been busy doing stuff like, oh I dunno, marching in parades and st...
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The Golden Rule: Investment Theory of Politics - This is pretty interesting documentary in my view. Take an hour or so to watch it and you will be better off for having done so. Try it on, see if it fits....
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Mars & Venus at the Ballot Box - It occurs to me that the polarization of America's two-party system reminds me of the well-established 'Mars & Venus' series by John Gray. If you have not r...
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2004 Chevrolet SSR For Sale By Owner - Right click pics for full size This truck has 43,000 miles and is in excellent condition. It is the 1SB option pack without chrome wheels. This option...
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Whoa! No post since August 5th? Blame Nora… - *Warning*: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'Array' was given in * /home/content/...
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Change and the American Dream - Let me step back from this praise of immigrants now. Who are the people who come to America, as opposed to the people who stay behind? They are the bold on...
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Beauty Full - The haunting harmonies....(posting mainly so I'll have it in an easily accessed location)
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Chile air crash: 'All 21 on board died instantly - All 21 people on board an aircraft that crashed in the Pacific Ocean on Friday must have died instantly, Chile's defence minister has said. So far only ...
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Oil is resurfing again not far from the location of the BP Macondo Wel - If you think there's nothing going on out there and believe that "they" don't have any knowledge of it, check out this screen grab from just a few minutes ...
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joy diet - I've lost my joy. She ran off a few months (years?) ago and was last seen skipping down the sunny path with my old companions serenity, grace, and gratitud...
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Search for new executive director of Center on Law and Security begins, as Karen Greenberg steps down - Karen Greenberg, executive director of NYU Law’s Center on Law and Security (CLS), announced she is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Greenberg...
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08/09/11: It’s Our Third Wedding Anniversary - This year, my lovely wife has to work — but that doesn’t mean she won’t come home in the morning to my annual cheesy-cool tribute, in which I try to expres...
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Red Town Blues Goes The Way Of The Buffalo/Check Out No Gods, No Masters! - I am sad to announce the end of Red Town Blues. With Virgil's departure I have been thinking quite a bit about the future of this blog. While I have enjo...
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Why Democracy Is Public: The American Dream Beats the Nightmare - By George Lakoff and Glenn W. Smith Democracy, in the American tradition, has been defined by a simple morality: We Americans care about our fellow citizen...
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Glenn Beck Compares Norway Shooting Victims To Hitler Youth - On July 22, Anders Behring Breivik went on a shooting rampage on Norway’s Utoya Island. At the time of this blog post, the most current reported number of ...
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Things are Cookin' in Fairbanks - The Summer Arts Festival is half over and even though we've only been at it a week, I feel like I've done enough work for several months. I'm not burning...
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Eric Cantor (R-VA) Kapo Nazi - Cantor is a Kapo and has always been a Kapo. In fact he’s worse then the Jewish Kapo’s that oversaw the death camps that were mostly Jewish. He supports al...
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Thanks to FDL! - We’re still kicking around the tires a bit, but if you’d like to help us kick those tires, the new home for emptywheel is at emptywheel.net. As I’m leaving...
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Happy Birthday, Daddy-O. - There are two types of people in the world: Those who turn up volume knobs and those who turn them down. This song by Steel Panther, "Asian Hooker", is de...
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It's Time for the FCC to Investigate "Fox News" for False Advertising - Now that Rupert Murdoch's neo Nazi media empire is facing controversy and criminal investigations in Britain, it's time to consider the illegal activities ...
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Under Attack: New York's Middle Class and the Jobs Crisis - The American Dream used to mean that if you put in a hard dayâs work, you could expect good wages, benefits, and a better life for your kids. But the kin...
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Rant.....Kentucky Fried Chicken - My 11 year old grandaughter, Elizabeth, wants her own blog....her mother and I think she's not quiet old enough. The thing is, she does have a lot to sa...
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Puppy Love - Those crazy kids.
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Instant Karma - Seems to be the overwhelming verdict regarding this: ‘Man dies while raping elderly woman.’ Filed under: Crime Tagged: Karma's gonna getcha
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D Students Form Palin PAC - The parking lot at the Wasilla Tastee Freez was abuzz yesterday as a group of Sarah Palin’s former neighbors met to form a new Political Action Committee...
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We have moved!! - New site! New Look! More features with the same excellent writers! Join us at http://www.roundtree7.com Filed under: RoundTree7 Info
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Fun facts about Memorial Day - *Subtitled: Why I Hate the South, Part 37* 1. The first Memorial Day was a gathering of liberated slaves in South Carolina who thought it cruel that the lo...
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Iraq War Logs wins Amnesty Award - The Iraq War Logs picked up the prize in the Digital media category.
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General Annoucement - This will be my last post for awhile. I’m not sure when I’ll be blogging again, or visiting all your wonderful sites again. I will try to keep this blog in...
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Please Stand By... - The switch to WordPress is almost complete and we'll be making the final arrangements over...
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Where you can find me - My blog is now at www.robertreich.org.
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The Death Of Bin Laden: Some Justice, Pragmatism & Caution - Pragmatically speaking the Dalai Lama may be correct in his analysis that Bin Laden”s death was necessary to prevent him from being the catalyst and facili...
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Government shutdown! Crisis! Terror! - Look, Congress--just do something. I don't care what--just anything--whatever. Just stop talking!
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Klexmur Gets Laid - "Sex is natural, sex is good. Not everybody does it, but everybody should." Thanks, George Michael. Good to know.
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Klexmur Gets Laid - "Sex is natural, sex is good. Not everybody does it, but everybody should." Thanks, George Michael. Good to know.
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On Being Powerless: Guest Post from @jillsmo - WI Workers protesting union-stripping and billionaire welfare Welcome, my fellow Politicos! Later this weekend I will be posting - this whole Japan thing is...
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WE ARE FAR TOO TOP-HEAVY! - *"Corporations are NOT people! Money is NOT free speech!" - TomCat, www.politics.plus.org -* *"Advertising is legalized lying." - H.G. Wells -* Big bus...
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bone weary - wishing and hoping eagerly awaiting spring's overdue debut
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Pro-terrorist is dead - Dr. Bernard Nathanson, who produced the right-to-lifist propaganda flick SILENT SCREAM, is dead. Unfortunately, he died in his bed. He was not killed by a ...
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strange picture story? - tell us, what's the story behind those pictures? idea/inspiration: blackberry apps
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Blog correction - Here is the correct link to my new blog http://jersblog.webs.com/apps/blog/
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Ch Ch Ch Changes… - So, I’m starting a new blog: Shameless Domestic Hussy. You can read all about the whys and whatnot over there, but suffice it to say, Southern Female Lawy...
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End Of The Year Humor... - I was scanning the news and came across these articles: Jobs You Can Do From The Beach: Well, I want to know how come "escort service" and or "adult ente...
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4 Reasons Popular Diets Work for Weight Loss - By Heath Jackson [image: Platinum Quality Author] *Heath Jackson* Level: Platinum I write and blog about natural approaches to healthy living including pr...
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A Bittersweet Goodbye Post - So I’ve been dreading this for some time. But this is going to be my last post for FDL, a community I’ve been honored and fucking thrilled to join ever sin...
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Why I am not “committing to vote”. - Anyone reading this will probably know what I am talking about. OFA has sent emails, created Facebook pages and/or groups, and many Democrat loyalists have...
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On Self-Examination - I'm losing it. It's not that I'm less confused, but that I don't feel I have the time to be confused. Like it's a luxury. I still like writing and blogging...
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We've Moved - Please Bookmark Our New Site - After too many issues with Blogger, we've moved to a new site: * * *http://www.leosigh.com* Please bookmark and visit us often!
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Fall - So I was out last night, at a public telescope viewing put on by an astronomy club. And you know what? It was NOT hot and muggy!! The air was cool. Not col...
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Auberge Nicolas Flamel - I am dying to write about our dinner at Auberge Nicolas Flamel, the most sublime place we dined in Paris, but I am taking my time to consider the memories ...
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More than 100 Arrested at White House Demanding End to Mountaintop Removal - Dr. James Hansen, Appalachian residents and retired coal miners arrested calling for abolition of mountaintop mining and immediate veto of Spruce mine proj...
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SYNCHRONICITY AS QUANTA EXPERIMENT - SYNCHRONICITY AS QUANTA EXPERIMENT aMan Bloom, 2010 A. EVOLUTION & ENTROPY. The present Universe is neutral and entropic. B. QUANTA. Phenomena can oc...
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Thanks for listening to The Professional Left! - We are very grateful for your listenership, readership, and moral and financial support. Driftglass and Blue Gal (The Professional Left) are award-winning b...
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Final Blog - As most of you may have already heard, TheMom lost her long health battle on July 3rd. I am sorry I couldn't post any sooner than this but there have been ...
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Multiple Sclerosis Activism Foundation - What happened to us should not happen to anyone in this country of ours, especially to a man with an incurable and debilitating disease. It's why we've st...
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faces at the bottom of the well - FORWARD "faces at the bottom of the well" is a book by derrick bell about racism in america that was published in 1993. I've stolen the title for this post ...
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There’s still time to send in census form - It’s not too late to Be Counted. If you think you haven’t been counted (meaning, you haven’t sent in your form or had a Census worker visit your house), y...
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I’ve Moved - For quite some time I’ve thought about not only adopting a new blog name but also the URL to go with it. Today I finally did it and the new site is called ...
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Quandary - I’m completely horrified by the Gulf oil spill. I’m sickened that we’ve done this to our planet. The frightening news articles, accompanied by the heart-...
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Announcement - So it is with some sadness that I have to announce that I’m going to be leaving True/Slant. Starting in a few days I will be back blogging exclusively at w...
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Teabaggin' Jesus - Hanx to Lesley, posting at TBogg's place See what else Jesus sez...
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AN ANALYSIS OF TRIBALISM INREGARD TO THE CURRENT TENSIONS SOCIALLY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN REASON & REISTANCE - Throughout human history there have been ebbs and flows in an illusory condition known as prosperity. As a historian I take note of the misery that...
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LAST - *CHAT-A-THON* *Friday evening, March 12* [image: Group Hug] *© 2010 HillCountryGal*
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BLOG IS A MESS - UPDATE: WE ARE STILL WORKING ON IT AND IT IS GOING TO KICK ASS WHEN IT’S FINISHED THANKS TO @hdbbstephen. PS: He wrote a fabulous article about commerce on...
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Politics Plus has Moved - Please join me at our new location. http://www.politicsplus.org/blog I’ll leave this site up, because it is where we have been, but I’ll be turning off com...
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Absolutely Amazing! - Watch this flight simulation of US Air Flight 1549 that landed in the Hudson River....Absolutely amazing! Open up to full screen and make sure to watch th...
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Again? - During the campaigns leading to the 2008 elections Barack Obama said that diplomacy should be first. Talking solves problems without violence most of the t...
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This Isn't Working - How to lose all of your readers in three EZ steps: 1. Write a political blog for five years, slowly building up good will amongst other bloggers and...
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Today’s Golden Hairball Award - Religious fucktards are a target you can’t miss. There’s just so many of them, from the Mormons with their magic underwear invading California to take away...
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A Temporary Peace - One of the lessons of Empire is that, for a time, Great Power intervention can perform a pacifying role, dampen down regional security dilemmas and stabili...
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All Aboard the FAIL Train - Serial philanderer who repeatedly exploited 9/11 to consider running for governor of New York. Will once again bet everything on Florida. In related news, ...
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Other Blog Reads that Bloggers dumbass won't let me put in...
Memories....
GOP Pledge To America: It's a joke right?
The rich still bitch about their tax rate, except G Gruener.
Where did this man leave his balls?
How the MSM hosed ACORN and ultimately, we the people.
Witch Hunt the Movie shown in Bakersfield
What does the Iraq War cost American$
The Audacity of an African-American Male
Obama, what he will do and how he will pay for it.
Corruption at the NRCC? You don't say
About those disenfranchised Delegates..
Did you celebrate Colin Powell Day?
If you think the Telco's don't have the Dems in their pockets
Screw the rebates, lets fix our infrastructure
Bush outlines his plan to kick start the economyThe Traditional Media and our election
The Clinton Era..was it really that good for America?
The General Dave LapDog and Pony Show..co-starring Ambassador Crocker
The history of executive officials testifying before Congressional committees
The 4th branch of our Federal Government: Contractors
Lets outsource all our Security needs!!!
















