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  Scalia’s son, Paul, works for crazy Catholic group that “cures” gays. Big wonder the elder Scalia is such an anti-gay nut.
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Help bring this POW home. Can you imagine the horror he lives every day?: May 4, 2011: New video footage of Bowe has surfaced on a jihadist web forum. Bowe can be seen briefly (see photo above) in the video and then is blindfolded and led away by a senior official in the Haqqani network identified as Mullah Sangin Zadrain. January 14, 2012: Lots of stories in the news recently regarding the possible release of POW Bowe Bergdahl! Could it be true? The taliban recently opened up an office in Qatar; which is reportedly to be used to negotiate with the United States. I'm exicted at the prospect of Bowe's almost 2 1/2 year ordeal coming to an end. The deal appears to be 'tentative' at best right now, but the U.S. may swap up to 5 Taliban fighters currently being held at GITMO. It appears that we are going around the Afghans in these negotiations which also leads me to believe that this is the beginning of what will become out withdrawl from Afghanistan! Wouldn't it be great if Sergeant Bergdahl is home in time to march in the next hometown Memorial Day parade in Sun Valley!!! March, 2012: Talks between the U.S Government and the Taliban have broken down and negotiations for a end of the war in Afghanistan and for Prisoner of War Bowe Bergdahl are frozen. It had been rumored that the U.S. had been willing to trade five captured Taliban commanders for Bowe. Will Bowe ever get home? 2 Dec, 2012: Another Thanksgiving holiday has come and gone and Bowe still is not back home with his family in Idaho. How many Talibani prisoners has the United States released since Bowe was first captured? How many more will be released while Bowe languishes in some dank, cold, god-forsaken cave in Afghanistan? Monday at 11:49pm · Like
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SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE ARE NOT 'ENTITLEMENTS'; WE PAY FOR THEM. GOP, KEEP YOUR MITTS OFF!
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Hi John, Created this video this year after rediscovering the whole album on YouTube. Was 17 when Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was released. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spsM0Gq2zL8
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no one earning $250+ /year will go to bed hungry or homeless when the bush era tax cuts expire on 1 jan. '13
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  Poll: Obama has large mandate to raise taxes on the rich. Americans want tax increases for the Republican protected class and it's not even close.
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  The Swedish Yule Goat, it burns! (video). Sweden's famous Christmas Yule Goat was set aflame again this year in a tradition that annoys the local cops.
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  Sarah Palin’s son to divorce after 18-month marriage. Has 1 y.o. kid. You do the math.. I can see a train wreck from my kitchen.
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  Hallefreakinglujah, FCC ban on loud TV commercials started last night. My PTSD and I thank you.
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  It’s okay to be extreme in the Senate, but only if you’re a Republican. In the last Congress, 9 GOP senators were more conservative than socialist Senator Bernie Sanders was liberal.
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  Are banks “too big to prosecute?”. Rich white guys don't often go to prison. And when they do, it's usually the lower rung employees, not the CEOs.
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  Are banks "too big to prosecute?"
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  Bird uses piece of bread as bait to catch fish (video). An astonishing nature video. It's hard to discount the intelligence necessary to pull this off.
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  AP violates own ban on using word “homophobia”. A good ban is hard to find.
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  Stephen Colbert takes on “ex-gay” therapy (video). Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert does a segment on people who think they can pray away the gay.
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  Smugglers using cannons to shoot marijuana over US border. Brings news meaning to the phrase "getting high."
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  Jimmy Carter: Legalize marijuana. Rather than clamp down on marijuana, how about the DOJ go after the real harmful dopes on Wall Street?
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  Daily Beast to Scalia: “Do you sodomize your wife?”. The actual headline of a Daily Beast story today about Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's anti-gay animus.
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  Daily Beast to Scalia: "Do you sodomize your wife?"
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  GOP demands tax cuts for rich be made permanent in fiscal cliff talks. New poll shows even Republicans hate most of the GOP positions in the fiscal cliff talks.
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  GOP demands tax cuts for rich be made permanent in fiscal cliff talks
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  Obama finally admits cuts to Medicare, Social Security are on the table. Obama: "We need to strengthen Social Security, we need to strengthen Medicare for future generations."
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  Obama admits cuts to Medicare, Social Security are on the table
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  Poll: GOP voters against proposed GOP fiscal cliff cuts. You'd think that would make the fiscal cliff talks a piece of cake for Democrats. Think again.
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  Poll: GOP voters against proposed GOP fiscal cliff cuts
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  GOP agrees to raise taxes, challenges Obama to cut social programs. Two news stories leave us certain that the Obama-Boehner cat food-for-taxes deal is still on the table.
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  GOP agrees to raise taxes, challenges Obama to cut social programs
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  Carney shuts down WH press conference after being asked about Prop 8 case. Chorus grows louder for Obama administration to weigh in on Prop 8 case before Supreme Court.
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  Carney shuts down WH press conference after being asked about Prop 8 case
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  Amazing Race winners, Josh & Brent, talk to me about competing and winning as a gay couple. "We didn't really think about 'the kiss.' What else would you do after you won a freakin' million dollars?!"
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  Amazing Race winners, Josh & Brent, talk to me about competing and winning as a gay couple
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  Exploding Christmas tree as art on the National Mall. Ah, smells like Christmas.
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  Exploding Christmas tree as art on the National Mall
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  Starbucks agrees to pay $32m in UK taxes. Is it too little too late?. Papa John's isn't the only company watching its bad behavior backfire on its brand.
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  Starbucks agrees to pay $32m in UK taxes. Is it too little too late?
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  Beyond Fox News: The GOP is realizing it needs to talk to the rest of the media too. If the GOP ever wants to reach Latinos and women, among others, it needs to move beyond the Fox News bubble.
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  Beyond Fox News: The GOP is realizing it needs to talk to the rest of the media too
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  Soledad O’Brien pins GOP’s Sessions over fiscal cliff proposal to cut food stamps to kids. Soledad O'Brien was not amused that Mr. Sessions plans on taking food out of the mouths of starving children.
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  Soledad O’Brien pins down GOP’s Sessions over heartless fiscal cliff proposal to cut food stamps to...
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  Sup. Ct. Justice Roberts did pro bono work for gays in landmark case. Might Justice Roberts turn out to the be the swing vote in favor of gay rights in upcoming Prop 8, DOMA cases?
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  Sup. Ct. Justice Roberts did pro bono work for gays in landmark case
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  ‎5 year old boy picks out pink shoes for 1st day of pre-school. His mom tries to explain that these are "girls" shoes, but he responds: "Ninjas can wear pink shoes too."
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  5 year old boy picks out pink shoes for 1st day of pre-school
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  Scalia equates being gay with murder. Scalia once famously complained that if sodomy is legal, then states couldn't regulate masturbation either.
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  Scalia equates homosexuality and murder
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  Politico confirms Obama’s fiscal cliff frame: “Let’s each kill one of our own”. "Democrats would win on taxes. Republicans would win on entitlements."
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  Politico confirms Obama’s fiscal cliff frame: “Let’s each kill one of our own”
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  Let’s push the climate change deniers off a fiscal cliff. How long are we going to continue ignoring the cause of these problems, while throwing billions at the symptoms?
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  Let’s push the climate change deniers off a fiscal cliff
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  Santa can dance. Street-corner Santa clearly isn't worried about the fiscal cliff.
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  Santa can dance
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  Would you spend $40 a pound for a killer cup of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee?. I taste-tested some and found it quite a nice coffee, and great for gifts, but probably too steep for my wages.
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  Would you spend $40 a pound for a killer cup of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee?
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  Poll: Stephen Colbert is South Carolinia’s favorite for new US Senator. PPP Polling: "Stephen Colbert tops the wish list of who South Carolina voters would like to see join that body."
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  Poll: Stephen Colbert is South Carolinia’s favorite for new US Senator
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  Aussie Police warn use of iPhone map could be “life threatening”. In my case, Apple's iPhone map app puts my Washington, DC condo in the ocean off of Antarctica. (It isn't.)
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  Aussie Police warn use of iPhone map could be “life threatening”
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  Gay couple wins Amazing Race, big prime-time smooch, Gmail crashes. Okay, maybe we're not responsible for Gmail, but here's a neat video of the gay couple winning the Amazing Race.
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  Gay couple wins Amazing Race, big prime-time smooch, Gmail crashes
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  Cheesy French 60s videos are the bomb. Zizi Jeanmaire - Mon Truc En Plumes. She sings in French and dances with feathers. What's not to love?
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  Cheesy French 60s videos are the bomb
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  Lead gay marriage group urge’s Obama to weigh in on Prop 8 case before Supreme Court. Far too often the Department of Justice seems to be the impediment to justice. And that needs to change.
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  GOP Sen. Coburn: Medicare, Social Security “are things we don’t absolutely need”. If we don't "need" Medicare, then why do we "need" Congress' cushy health plan that's subsidized by taxpayers?
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  GOP Sen. Coburn: Medicare, Social Security “are things we don’t absolutely need”
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  Obama’s fiscal cliff deal: “Dear John, let’s each kill one of our own”. Ezra Klein detailed a two-part deal offered by Obama. If that's close to right, it will be a Grand Betrayal.
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  Obama’s fiscal cliff deal: “Dear John, let’s each kill one of our own”
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  It’s immoral to cut Medicare to pay for George Bush’s lies. It's pretty ballsy of Republicans to ask us to give up two years of Medicare coverage to pay for their lies.
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  It’s immoral to cut Medicare to pay for George Bush’s lies
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  Son surprises mom with a huge snow, um, “member” in her front yard (video). His mom was a surprisingly good sport about it. I think mine would have killed me.
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  Son surprises mom with a huge snow, um, “member” in her front yard (video)
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  George Will: “Quite literally, the opposition to gay marriage is dying. It’s old people.”. George Will's quick take on the Supreme Court decision to hear two gay marriage cases about DOMA and Prop 8.
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  George Will: “Quite literally, the opposition to gay marriage is dying. It’s old people.”
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  Pigeon-hunting catfish of the Tarn River. While not as dramatic as the killer whales of Patagonia, the killer catfish of the Tarn are dangerous.
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  Pigeon-hunting catfish of the Tarn River
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  Obama to accept unlimited corporate money for inauguration. Those donors, such as Wall Street CEOs, are actively lobbying to gut the social system.
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  Obama to accept unlimited corporate money for inauguration
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  Ted Olson urges Obama to file brief for Prop 8, DOMA cases at Supreme Court. White House and Justice Department give weak non-answers when asked whether they'll file briefs on Prop 8, DOMA.
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  Ted Olson urges Obama to file brief for Prop 8, DOMA cases at Supreme Court
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  Tracy Chapman – Revolution. A live performance by Tracy Chapman plus an introduction to canelé of Bordeaux inside.
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  Gore to Obama on climate change: Talk is cheap, it’s time to act. It's not just the "fiscal cliff" that may feature a Democratic failure to act, it's climate change too.
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  Gore to Obama on climate change: Talk is cheap, it’s time to act
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  These dogs (and cat) wish you a very Merry Christmas (video). This grew on me as the video went on. It ended up making me laugh, hope it does the same for you.
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  These dogs (and cat) wish you a very Merry Christmas (video)
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  Funny Chinese Christmas video. A cute Christmas video from 7-UP in China, from 2010.
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  Funny Chinese Christmas video
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  Marco Rubio: Earth is 4.5bn years old, but schools have right to teach 6,000 years if they want. So Marco Rubio is saying he's basically bi on the truth.
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  Marco Rubio: Earth is 4.5bn years old, but schools have right to teach 6,000 years if they want
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  Tax gambling on Wall Street to avoid fiscal cliff. To avoid the fiscal cliff, tax capital gains at 99% for stock held less than one day.
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  Tax gambling on Wall Street to avoid fiscal cliff
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  Why do Democrats always ask for small items when negotiating?. What would a large Democratic "ask" look like in the "fiscal cliff" negotiations?
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  Why do Democrats always ask for small items when negotiating?
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  The Doors – When the Music’s Over, Live 1968. A great live performance by The Doors.
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  The Doors – When the Music’s Over, Live 1968
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  Jazz legend Dave Brubeck dead at 91. I grew up hearing Dave Brubeck at home. He was certainly one of the greats in modern American music.
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  Jazz legend Dave Brubeck dead at 91
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  Will Catholic Conference, Knights of Columbus, renounce racist donor?. 3rd biggest individual donor to MD anti-gay campaign is member of racist, secessionist confederate hate group.
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  Will Catholic Conference, Knights of Columbus, renounce racist donor?
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  Krugman, Klein: Dems will cave on Medicare, raise age 2 years, raise taxes only slightly. If this is the deal, Krugman says there will be "hell to pay."
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  Krugman, Klein: Dems will cave on Medicare, raise age 2 years, raise taxes only slightly
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  Supreme Court to review Prop 8 and DOMA cases. The Supreme Court has agreed to take to up a DOMA case and the Prop 8 case. Arguments are expected in March, with a decision in June (probably). From today’s Supreme Court order: 12-144 HOLLINGSWORTH, DENNIS, ET AL. V. PERRY, KRISTIN M., ET AL. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. In addition [...]
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  Supreme Court to review Prop 8 and DOMA cases
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  Dick Armey, Jerry Falwell, and the for-profit crisis-lords of the GOP. If you can earn $8m by losing, who wouldn't a piece of Dick Armey's action?
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  Dick Armey, Jerry Falwell, and the for-profit crisis-lords of the GOP
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  Marijuana now legal in Washington State, Colorado next – will the feds clamp down?. White House and Justice Department considering legal action against the two states.
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  Marijuana now legal in Washington State, Colorado next
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  LA Mayor Villaraigosa joins corporatist “Fix the Debt” board; petition wants him to quit. Antonio Villaraigosa is a corporate shill. Learn how to stop him, and stop the fiscal crossroads showdown.
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  LA Mayor Villaraigosa joins corporatist “Fix the Debt” board; petition wants him to quit
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  White House Christmas Party, a peak inside. I attended the White House Christmas Party the other night, and wanted to give you a peak at what it was like.
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  White House Christmas Party, a peak inside
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  Happy Christmas, by John Lennon (video). I just finished a long post for the 7am hour, so am leaving you with John Lennon’s song, Happy Christmas.
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Scalia’s son, Paul, works for crazy Catholic group that “cures” gays. Big wonder the elder Scalia is such an anti-gay nut. .

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SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE ARE NOT 'ENTITLEMENTS'; WE PAY FOR THEM. GOP, KEEP YOUR MITTS OFF!

Tony Tyner

Hi John, Created this video this year after rediscovering the whole album on YouTube. Was 17 when Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was released. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spsM0Gq2zL8

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Poll: Obama has large mandate to raise taxes on the rich. Americans want tax increases for the Republican protected class and it's not even close. .

The Swedish Yule Goat, it burns! (video). Sweden's famous Christmas Yule Goat was set aflame again this year in a tradition that annoys the local cops. .

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Bird uses piece of bread as bait to catch fish (video). An astonishing nature video. It's hard to discount the intelligence necessary to pull this off. .

AP violates own ban on using word “homophobia”. A good ban is hard to find. .

Stephen Colbert takes on “ex-gay” therapy (video). Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert does a segment on people who think they can pray away the gay. .

Smugglers using cannons to shoot marijuana over US border. Brings news meaning to the phrase "getting high." .

Jimmy Carter: Legalize marijuana. Rather than clamp down on marijuana, how about the DOJ go after the real harmful dopes on Wall Street? .

Daily Beast to Scalia: “Do you sodomize your wife?”. The actual headline of a Daily Beast story today about Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's anti-gay animus. .

GOP demands tax cuts for rich be made permanent in fiscal cliff talks. New poll shows even Republicans hate most of the GOP positions in the fiscal cliff talks. .

Obama finally admits cuts to Medicare, Social Security are on the table. Obama: "We need to strengthen Social Security, we need to strengthen Medicare for future generations." .

Poll: GOP voters against proposed GOP fiscal cliff cuts. You'd think that would make the fiscal cliff talks a piece of cake for Democrats. Think again. .

GOP agrees to raise taxes, challenges Obama to cut social programs. Two news stories leave us certain that the Obama-Boehner cat food-for-taxes deal is still on the table. .

Carney shuts down WH press conference after being asked about Prop 8 case. Chorus grows louder for Obama administration to weigh in on Prop 8 case before Supreme Court. .

Amazing Race winners, Josh & Brent, talk to me about competing and winning as a gay couple. "We didn't really think about 'the kiss.' What else would you do after you won a freakin' million dollars?!" .

Exploding Christmas tree as art on the National Mall. Ah, smells like Christmas. .

Starbucks agrees to pay $32m in UK taxes. Is it too little too late?. Papa John's isn't the only company watching its bad behavior backfire on its brand. .

Beyond Fox News: The GOP is realizing it needs to talk to the rest of the media too. If the GOP ever wants to reach Latinos and women, among others, it needs to move beyond the Fox News bubble. .

Soledad O’Brien pins GOP’s Sessions over fiscal cliff proposal to cut food stamps to kids. Soledad O'Brien was not amused that Mr. Sessions plans on taking food out of the mouths of starving children. .

Sup. Ct. Justice Roberts did pro bono work for gays in landmark case. Might Justice Roberts turn out to the be the swing vote in favor of gay rights in upcoming Prop 8, DOMA cases? .

‎5 year old boy picks out pink shoes for 1st day of pre-school. His mom tries to explain that these are "girls" shoes, but he responds: "Ninjas can wear pink shoes too." .

Scalia equates being gay with murder. Scalia once famously complained that if sodomy is legal, then states couldn't regulate masturbation either. .

Politico confirms Obama’s fiscal cliff frame: “Let’s each kill one of our own”. "Democrats would win on taxes. Republicans would win on entitlements." .

Let’s push the climate change deniers off a fiscal cliff. How long are we going to continue ignoring the cause of these problems, while throwing billions at the symptoms? .

Santa can dance. Street-corner Santa clearly isn't worried about the fiscal cliff. .

Would you spend $40 a pound for a killer cup of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee?. I taste-tested some and found it quite a nice coffee, and great for gifts, but probably too steep for my wages. .

Poll: Stephen Colbert is South Carolinia’s favorite for new US Senator. PPP Polling: "Stephen Colbert tops the wish list of who South Carolina voters would like to see join that body." .

Aussie Police warn use of iPhone map could be “life threatening”. In my case, Apple's iPhone map app puts my Washington, DC condo in the ocean off of Antarctica. (It isn't.) .

Gay couple wins Amazing Race, big prime-time smooch, Gmail crashes. Okay, maybe we're not responsible for Gmail, but here's a neat video of the gay couple winning the Amazing Race. .

Cheesy French 60s videos are the bomb. Zizi Jeanmaire - Mon Truc En Plumes. She sings in French and dances with feathers. What's not to love? .

Lead gay marriage group urge’s Obama to weigh in on Prop 8 case before Supreme Court. Far too often the Department of Justice seems to be the impediment to justice. And that needs to change. .

GOP Sen. Coburn: Medicare, Social Security “are things we don’t absolutely need”. If we don't "need" Medicare, then why do we "need" Congress' cushy health plan that's subsidized by taxpayers? .

Obama’s fiscal cliff deal: “Dear John, let’s each kill one of our own”. Ezra Klein detailed a two-part deal offered by Obama. If that's close to right, it will be a Grand Betrayal. .

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George Will: “Quite literally, the opposition to gay marriage is dying. It’s old people.”. George Will's quick take on the Supreme Court decision to hear two gay marriage cases about DOMA and Prop 8. .

Pigeon-hunting catfish of the Tarn River. While not as dramatic as the killer whales of Patagonia, the killer catfish of the Tarn are dangerous. .

Obama to accept unlimited corporate money for inauguration. Those donors, such as Wall Street CEOs, are actively lobbying to gut the social system. .

Ted Olson urges Obama to file brief for Prop 8, DOMA cases at Supreme Court. White House and Justice Department give weak non-answers when asked whether they'll file briefs on Prop 8, DOMA. .

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These dogs (and cat) wish you a very Merry Christmas (video). This grew on me as the video went on. It ended up making me laugh, hope it does the same for you. .

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5,933 likes · 291 talking about this

Scalia’s son, Paul, works for crazy Catholic group that “cures” gays. Big wonder the elder Scalia is such an anti-gay nut.
.

Poll: Obama has large mandate to raise taxes on the rich. Americans want tax increases for the Republican protected class and it's not even close.
.

The Swedish Yule Goat, it burns! (video). Sweden's famous Christmas Yule Goat was set aflame again this year in a tradition that annoys the local cops.
.

Sarah Palin’s son to divorce after 18-month marriage. Has 1 y.o. kid. You do the math.. I can see a train wreck from my kitchen.
.

Hallefreakinglujah, FCC ban on loud TV commercials started last night. My PTSD and I thank you.
.

It’s okay to be extreme in the Senate, but only if you’re a Republican. In the last Congress, 9 GOP senators were more conservative than socialist Senator Bernie Sanders was liberal.
.

Are banks “too big to prosecute?”. Rich white guys don't often go to prison. And when they do, it's usually the lower rung employees, not the CEOs.
.

Bird uses piece of bread as bait to catch fish (video). An astonishing nature video. It's hard to discount the intelligence necessary to pull this off.
.

AP violates own ban on using word “homophobia”. A good ban is hard to find.
.

Stephen Colbert takes on “ex-gay” therapy (video). Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert does a segment on people who think they can pray away the gay.
.

Smugglers using cannons to shoot marijuana over US border. Brings news meaning to the phrase "getting high."
.

Jimmy Carter: Legalize marijuana. Rather than clamp down on marijuana, how about the DOJ go after the real harmful dopes on Wall Street?
.

Daily Beast to Scalia: “Do you sodomize your wife?”. The actual headline of a Daily Beast story today about Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's anti-gay animus.
.

GOP demands tax cuts for rich be made permanent in fiscal cliff talks. New poll shows even Republicans hate most of the GOP positions in the fiscal cliff talks.
.

Obama finally admits cuts to Medicare, Social Security are on the table. Obama: "We need to strengthen Social Security, we need to strengthen Medicare for future generations."
.

Poll: GOP voters against proposed GOP fiscal cliff cuts. You'd think that would make the fiscal cliff talks a piece of cake for Democrats. Think again.
.

GOP agrees to raise taxes, challenges Obama to cut social programs. Two news stories leave us certain that the Obama-Boehner cat food-for-taxes deal is still on the table.
.

Carney shuts down WH press conference after being asked about Prop 8 case. Chorus grows louder for Obama administration to weigh in on Prop 8 case before Supreme Court.
.

Amazing Race winners, Josh & Brent, talk to me about competing and winning as a gay couple. "We didn't really think about 'the kiss.' What else would you do after you won a freakin' million dollars?!"
.

Exploding Christmas tree as art on the National Mall. Ah, smells like Christmas.
.

Starbucks agrees to pay $32m in UK taxes. Is it too little too late?. Papa John's isn't the only company watching its bad behavior backfire on its brand.
.

Beyond Fox News: The GOP is realizing it needs to talk to the rest of the media too. If the GOP ever wants to reach Latinos and women, among others, it needs to move beyond the Fox News bubble.
.

Soledad O’Brien pins GOP’s Sessions over fiscal cliff proposal to cut food stamps to kids. Soledad O'Brien was not amused that Mr. Sessions plans on taking food out of the mouths of starving children.
.

Sup. Ct. Justice Roberts did pro bono work for gays in landmark case. Might Justice Roberts turn out to the be the swing vote in favor of gay rights in upcoming Prop 8, DOMA cases?
.

‎5 year old boy picks out pink shoes for 1st day of pre-school. His mom tries to explain that these are "girls" shoes, but he responds: "Ninjas can wear pink shoes too."
.

Scalia equates being gay with murder. Scalia once famously complained that if sodomy is legal, then states couldn't regulate masturbation either.
.

Politico confirms Obama’s fiscal cliff frame: “Let’s each kill one of our own”. "Democrats would win on taxes. Republicans would win on entitlements."
.

Let’s push the climate change deniers off a fiscal cliff. How long are we going to continue ignoring the cause of these problems, while throwing billions at the symptoms?
.

Santa can dance. Street-corner Santa clearly isn't worried about the fiscal cliff.
.

Would you spend $40 a pound for a killer cup of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee?. I taste-tested some and found it quite a nice coffee, and great for gifts, but probably too steep for my wages.
.

Poll: Stephen Colbert is South Carolinia’s favorite for new US Senator. PPP Polling: "Stephen Colbert tops the wish list of who South Carolina voters would like to see join that body."
.

Aussie Police warn use of iPhone map could be “life threatening”. In my case, Apple's iPhone map app puts my Washington, DC condo in the ocean off of Antarctica. (It isn't.)
.

Gay couple wins Amazing Race, big prime-time smooch, Gmail crashes. Okay, maybe we're not responsible for Gmail, but here's a neat video of the gay couple winning the Amazing Race.
.

Cheesy French 60s videos are the bomb. Zizi Jeanmaire - Mon Truc En Plumes. She sings in French and dances with feathers. What's not to love?
.

Lead gay marriage group urge’s Obama to weigh in on Prop 8 case before Supreme Court. Far too often the Department of Justice seems to be the impediment to justice. And that needs to change.
.

GOP Sen. Coburn: Medicare, Social Security “are things we don’t absolutely need”. If we don't "need" Medicare, then why do we "need" Congress' cushy health plan that's subsidized by taxpayers?
.

Obama’s fiscal cliff deal: “Dear John, let’s each kill one of our own”. Ezra Klein detailed a two-part deal offered by Obama. If that's close to right, it will be a Grand Betrayal.
.

It’s immoral to cut Medicare to pay for George Bush’s lies. It's pretty ballsy of Republicans to ask us to give up two years of Medicare coverage to pay for their lies.
.

Son surprises mom with a huge snow, um, “member” in her front yard (video). His mom was a surprisingly good sport about it. I think mine would have killed me.
.

George Will: “Quite literally, the opposition to gay marriage is dying. It’s old people.”. George Will's quick take on the Supreme Court decision to hear two gay marriage cases about DOMA and Prop 8.
.

Pigeon-hunting catfish of the Tarn River. While not as dramatic as the killer whales of Patagonia, the killer catfish of the Tarn are dangerous.
.

Obama to accept unlimited corporate money for inauguration. Those donors, such as Wall Street CEOs, are actively lobbying to gut the social system.
.

Ted Olson urges Obama to file brief for Prop 8, DOMA cases at Supreme Court. White House and Justice Department give weak non-answers when asked whether they'll file briefs on Prop 8, DOMA.
.

Tracy Chapman – Revolution. A live performance by Tracy Chapman plus an introduction to canelé of Bordeaux inside.
.

Gore to Obama on climate change: Talk is cheap, it’s time to act. It's not just the "fiscal cliff" that may feature a Democratic failure to act, it's climate change too.
.

These dogs (and cat) wish you a very Merry Christmas (video). This grew on me as the video went on. It ended up making me laugh, hope it does the same for you.
.