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Reagan's '80s
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The Literate Electorate
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Hot Congressional Race In Utah? Don't Write It Off Yet - *Ben McAdams visits Mia Love's office* Utah has 4 congressional districts-- all very red. But it would be easy as pie to create a Democratic district. Righ...
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News That Will Drive You To Drink - Happy Hour News Briefs “We are witnesses to the most ruthless attack on a president & the people who voted for him…in American history.” –@DLoesch #NRA pic...1 hour ago
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Ep 411 The Professional Left Podcast - Middle Child is learning to drive! Here's video proof... Donate at our website proleftpod.com or at the paypal button below to enter the RESIST bracel...
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Professional Left Podcast #411 - *"**Hell is empty and all the devils are here."* -- Bill Shakespeare, *writer* Don't forget to visit our new website -- http://www.proleftpod.com -- for ...
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New Podcast - Episode 24 of The Josh Marshall Show (*sub req*): I talk to author Frank Foer about his new book “World Without Mind”, how big tech is changing the natur...5 hours ago
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Is the San Diego Mayor’s Office Boycotting Ocean Beach? - Is there a boycott going on by the San Diego Mayor's Office in attending Ocean Beach community meetings? For at least the last six months, the leaders of ...5 hours ago
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Welcome to The Greybar Hotel, Assholes - Three men were charged with attempted homicide after they argued with a group of people protesting a white nationalist’s speech in Gainesville, Fla., and...6 hours ago
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Pizza Di Nonna, Grimsby, ON - I was heading home from a conference in Niagara Falls, ON, and stopped at Pizza Di Nonna for lunch (a colleague had recommended it if I was ever in the are...
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A Slice of Time - It was a fortuitous tweak of timing that landed us at Francisco’s restaurant Saturday night: A baseball card show that had me in Milwaukee. A phone call ...11 hours ago
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down and out on a friday night - target to raise its minimum wage to $15 by the end of 2020 what the democrats must do climate change is already happening in the high mountains of asia h...16 hours ago
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UNSETTLED SCORES - Trump flails wildly at James Comey (whom he fired over five months ago), the FBI, and other imagined enemies http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/18/trump...
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Defending the indefensible. - [image: Image result for gen john kelly images] - *“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own li...22 hours ago
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The Pence Dilemma - Dump Trump for Dense Pence `*We need to face a few uncomfortable facts here, folks. Good news/bad news: * *Donald Trump is not going to serve out a full, ...
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Read DEA Chief’s Critical Memo Admonishing Trump For Endorsing Police Misconduct - Former DEA Chief Chuck Rosenberg resigned on October 1 but not before castigating President Donald Trump in an internal memo. The post Read DEA Chief’s C...1 day ago
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Dispatches From The Crust - I recently mentioned that I have moments of doubt while writing. Not many, and not often, but more often than I used to. Some of the stuff I've learned has...
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Holy Guacamole, Callista! - If we accept the notion that we should have relations with the Holy See, shouldn't we AT LEAST nominate an ambassador who is not a living repudiation of th...3 days ago
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Grand Theft Auto 5 Patch, Money Hacks and Other Hacks - Grand Theft Auto 5 Patch, Money Hacks and Other Hacks Rockstar Games has recently debuted a new patch for GTA 4. According to the latest GTA Base update on...3 days ago
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Donald Trump Forges an Alliance with Christian Fascists at the Values Voters Summit - Over the weekend, thousands of conservative evangelical Christians gathered in Washington for the annual Values Voter Summit. That label leads to a natural...4 days ago
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September's retail sales, consumer prices and producer price index; August's business inventories and job openings - the key reports released this past week were Retail Sales for September and Business Sales and Inventories for August from the Census Bureau, and the Sept...5 days ago
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DJT Ran For The Presidency To Prevent HRC From Starting WWIII, Something He Discovered Would Happen After Traveling To The Near Future In Nikola Tesla's Time Machine - Note that this is a real "conspiracy theory" that also involves Mike Pence clones from the distant future, an Egyptian god and the use of magic (by DJT f...
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at home with Crow - When I brought Crow and his friend their afternoon tea I heard them discussing one of those irritations of modern life that drive me crazy too. Why is it...
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The President’s Cup Runneth Over - President and fulltime game show host, Donald J. TRump, was spotted while not tweeting on Sunday as he prepared to award some losers in striped shirts, T...2 weeks ago
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Katy Perry - Staples Center concert tiickets half price on Goldstar - *STRIKE WHILE THE IRON'S HOT* LOS ANGELES, get them while they last! Half price Katy Perry concert tix on Goldstar! Not sure what I get for new signup, bu...3 weeks ago
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If You Are Anywhere Near The Path Of Hurricane Irma, Get Out Now - Someone I know has relatives on the Virgin Islands that they have been worried sick about. For good reason. They finally got a call out on a satellite pho...1 month ago
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The Latest @ProLeftPodcast from The Cornfield Resistance - HOLIDAY CONTEST: "The Twelve Weeks of Thanksgiving You Back!" *The Feel Better Department of* *The Cornfield Resistance* is celebrating the end of this *a...
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Entertainment for you! - What you need is a good song and soft-shoe. The sand is on me.
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Wash, Rinse, Repeat - Republican, Modus Operandi They Lie, They Cheat An endless cycle Wash, Rinse, Repeat Pick any notion Watch their retreat Ask them a question Wash, Rinse, Re...3 months ago
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Border Patrol Raids Humanitarian Aid Camp in Targeted Attack - Border Patrol agent interrupts humanitarian assistance of migrants provided by No More Deaths. Thursday, June 15th, 6:00 pm, Arivaca, Arizona: As tempera...
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Endangered Creature, Shemdangered Creature - Kill it. I am trying to think of a more moronic motto than the one that Xyzal uses. Maybe "Our Name Wins at Scrabble"? At least this thing can be taken to ...
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Life Story - Some people front-load their condition in life The what could have been’s the almosts The man who reaches across to me on the train needs connection with m...7 months ago
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Your Sex Pot Handbook - Sex Pots… And Pans The single girl’s to hooking her man-through cooking Howard 1970 Ladies! Are you worried about snagging that man? Today’s post features ...8 months ago
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Completed Transition and Export to Wordpress. - I've finally completed exporting this blog to Wordpress. The new location is undergroundunbeliever.wordpress.com My email will be changing shortly to an en...8 months ago
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#NotMyPresident - Lets fix this??? #NotMyPresident The electoral college does not vote until December 19th. We have 40 days. What does this mean? Right now, the presidential ...11 months ago
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Well, we're really screwed now... - The results are in. Now we have four years of this: And in case you thought it'd be okay, that their policies will affect someone else:
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Yeah, Screw This Shit - I'm done. Had enough. Mercy. Uncle. No mas. Screw this. Later. Most of my real friends are in hell or headed that way anyhow. A man can only take so much, ...
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Being Right and Wrong at the Same Time - The nation is emotionally raw today. Murders do that to people, especially when people choose up sides like a nightmarish game of dodgeball Continue reading →1 year ago
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Bagaimana kucing peliharaan sendiri - Baru-baru ini, keturunan anjing telah menjadi topik yang populer. I think it's super manis untuk berpikir tentang bagaimana kemitraan kami menyebabkan ...
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Hold the mustard! - Show me a sane man and I will cure him. ~Carl Jung Show me a cured man and I will show you a ham. ~okjimm Show me a cured man a...
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"The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer" has taken on a whole new meaning. - Oh look, I'm back, but no one reads my blog anymore so 'oh well.' Hey, there has been an extraordinary primary process in AmerryKKKa these past few months t...1 year ago
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THE GRAND “GOODBYE” THAT CLARA OSWALD DESERVES. - THE GRAND “GOODBYE” THAT CLARA OSWALD DESERVES. Let’s discuss the real reason why “Face The Raven” was a heartbreaker. The episode wasn’t just sad because ...1 year ago
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Career Advice - Pursuing a career is significant investment of time and money, so really investigate whether this is what you want to do. Research the career to ensure it ...
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April 14, 2015 - Let me tell you about my week... Directing 2 plays for Elementary schools in Dunlap (performances this week, neither is ready). I was given one month of 1 ...2 years ago
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My Wife Wrote a Guest Post (Spoiler Alert: She Loves Me Too) - Ever since Oren started blogging he has asked me to write a guest post. I would be venting or kvelling about one thing or another and he always, under his ...
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Losing It - I've been losing words Old lover Why am I standing in the kitchen Lost Bad habits, good health Trying to gain weight Wanting loss to matter I cancel ancient ...2 years ago
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Weeping While Congress Sleeps - Fifteen years ago in Denver, I was working on a research project for a reporter when a city editor came running in and yelled, "Stop what you're doing." Wi...
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Oct. 24th Radical Movie Night - "30 Frames a Second: The WTO in Seattle" - October 24th Radical Movie NightSeptember's debut of the Las Vegas Radical Movie Night went well enough that we will now be doing two showings per month. ...
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Meow Mix - I don't even think I'm going to apologize for blogging, for being away or for existing, for a change. Obscurity= anonymity I always sometimes say. I jus...
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Acrylic Nail Supplies - Acrylic Nail Kits Wholesale#Acrylic Nail Kits Nails schoolAcrylic nails suppliesAcrylic nails suppliesImproving the Beauty of Nails with Acrylic Nails Supp...
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WTF? - Ok so besides the FBI,CIA,NSA, DHS, we now have armed agencies including but not limited to IRS,NOAA, yep the weather people,of Course Border patrol howeve...3 years ago
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If you haven't heard this you Gotta listen. - Sorry about the ad. But awesome song,written by one of us! Hat tip to the Ghost,somewhere in southern Ind among other places. China III3 years ago
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An incredible thing is happening right now in protest of FCC plans to break the internet - A little bit of background: To cut a very long and technical story short, every time you connect to Netflix, YouTube, or your high bandwidth website of cho...3 years ago
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Cruelty, malice, and their far-reaching consequences - Someone once encountered and captured a relatively tame and docile forest animal. The person was, however, very sadistic. Despite initial kindness to win...3 years ago
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THE FLIGHT FROM DALLAS - From noon to dusk on November 22, 1963, history went dark, locked inside the closed and crowded cabin of Air Force One. Fifty years later, what happened af...3 years ago
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Holding Time.... - Taking a moment to really see the world....the Leaves changing...the crisp autumn sky...the blues...the wispy clouds...Yesterday part of my day was spent ...
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UGH. - *One Reason I Haven't Posted Much This Year* Yep. Just the thought of Senator Ted Cruz(R-TX)makes me feel like comedian Lewis Black just before his head ex...
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If The Right Wants To Legislate Video Games, They Might Ought To Consider "Freedom of Speech" - After Newtown, like after any great tragedy where lives are lost in a mass-shooting, you automatically know that the Modern American Right will blam...4 years ago
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NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre Provides His Solution For American Gun Violence - [image: NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre Provides His Solution For American Gun Violence]4 years ago
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This blog is not currently active. - It was used for many years but I now blog at leftwingnutjob.net. Check it out. But this one is only a warehouse for old posts.4 years ago
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Everythings Coming Up Roses! - From the Desk of Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan’s Big Chief in Charge of Bragging, Boasting, & Corporate Victimization: Hey, kids! Well, our policies may be hurtin...5 years ago
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A Very Telling Quote - McDonough manages to say *exactly* what is wrong with Big Food, Big Pharma, Big Medicine in America in 81 words. Good job! So here's where I get radical. ...5 years ago
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Racism I Found Today: Non-Black Version of “The Talk” - I’m late hearing about this terrible and blatantly racist article. It’s written as a response to recent articles about “the talk” that black parents have ...5 years ago
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Great Depression II - From a N.Y. Times commenter: I'm... an independent who could not bring myself to vote for any of these republican candidates. In fact, I believe they would...5 years ago
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Come On Over to Our New Pad, MOMocrats.com - Hi! If you've come to us from the Washington Post article that mentions PunditMom (yay! also a MOMocrat and running the 2012 election coverage at iVillage)...5 years ago
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Maher: Indicative of an Asshole in Real Time. - Update: Thanks to reader @ribletsonthepan for tracking down the clip in question. I’ll try and find a more stable version, given that it may not remain on ...5 years ago
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Yeah, I am back again. But this may be the only one for a while. - Reading blogs today I found a reference to a blog post at DailyKos from 2005. Now I normally don't read much at the big orange anymore because I just can't...6 years ago
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Writing Tools: Idiots Who Think They're Great Because Other Idiots Respond to Them - I write for my local Patch*, a fun diversion that also pays a bit of extra pocket money so I can get my eyebrows threaded and keep Dilf in bon bons**. Fo...
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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 ...6 years ago
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Now don't you wait or hesitate - Who is the best male Rock'n'Roll singer working today? Probably a stupid question; there are many fine ones. But I think a case can be made for this guy:
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Jane Harmon to step down - Jane Harmon leaving Congress to become the next President of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. I'm sort of surprised, but it's quite a ...6 years ago
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Want What - A new poem.... Want What Sometimes I just want to separate Jump out This skin Evaporate Into thin air Into ether Into another body Who's happier than me So...
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Millionaire Matchmaker’s Patti Stanger should be a spokeswoman for damaged Black hair - I enjoy the Millionaire Matchmaker as much as the next couch potato, but there’s something about Patti Stanger’s “tough love” critiquing that irks the hell...6 years ago
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Blankie release party Oct 1st! - Join us to celebrate the launch of Blankie™! a new designer blind box series by design company Aarting. We’ll be hosting the official release party which...
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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 ...7 years ago
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In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher'. - I left the democratic party today and registered in the Oregon Progessive Party. I encourage anyone in the state to also join the OPP. They need to get o...
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Odds & Ends Sunday - It's time to cook up a storm and restock the freezer with my homemade TV dinners...First thing this AM I made a tamale pie from a new recipe ...turned out ...7 years ago
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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...7 years ago
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"I'll Take the Dreaded Opera Category for $500 Alex" - Turandot [The Village] must be satisfied by being begged for marriage and having her pre-requisite riddles answered and never challenged or rebuked. She’...7 years ago
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Blog is Dead. Long Live Blog. - Well, my inner defeatist has triumphed over my better intentions. Considering I have nothing to add in terms of half-enlightened commentary to this ongoing...7 years ago
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UFC 98 Happening This Very May 23rd - ...And oh what an event it threatens to be. Tapped for May 23rd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena (you can catch it on PPV starting 10 PM Eastern), this even...8 years ago
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Happy Birthday, BAC! - Darlings, it's BAC's birthday! I almost forgot, but Dr. Zaius reminded me. You simply must *go and wish her a happy birthday!*
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Sometimes There Are No Words - One of my favorite bloggers and frequent commenters has suffered a terrible loss. Fair and balanced commentary from a modest and reasonable conservative.8 years ago
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Good Reading and Good Blogs
- Al Jazeera
- All Africa
- all kinds of stuff (JohnK.)
- AlterNet
- AP/Reuters Photo Wire
- Beta News
- Bitter Lemons (Israel - Palestine)
- Bloomberg News
- Canadian Alternative
- Common Dreams
- Crooks and Liars
- CTV News (Canada)
- Daily Kos
- Democratic Underground
- Glen Greenwald (The Salon)
- Guerrilla News Network
- Haaretz (Israel)
- Inside Iraq
- Inter Press Service
- International Herald Tribune
- Iraq Blog Count
- Meet in the Lobby
- MSNBC First Read
- New York Times Politics Page
- Political Animal (Kevin Drum)
- political zazen
- Real Clear Politics
- Reuters Iraq Summary
- Roll Call
- Samachar (India)
- Slashdot
- Some Historical Perspective
- Ted Rall online (Comics)
- The Daily Dish (Andrew Sullivan)
- The Daily Voice
- The Nation
- The Onion
- The Smirking Chimp (Matt Taibbi)
- Truth Out
- U.K. Independent
- U.N. News Center
- U.S. News and World Report
- Village Voice
- Voice of America
Get off the couch
- An Enduring Legacy
- Any Soldier
- Boycott O'Reilly
- Bring Back Arrested Development
- College Dems
- End Animal Cruelty
- End the Death Penalty
- Foundation for Middle East Peace
- New Israel Fund
- No War in Iran
- NORML (Reform Pot Laws)
- Not Your Soldier
- P.I.R.G.
- Peace Now
- Picken's Plan
- Save Africa's Children
- Save the Whales--but Kill the Seals
- Save Tibet
- Students for Sensible Drug Policy
- The Climate Project
- The Color of Change
- The Green Foundation
- United for Peace
- We Can Solve It
- Why Tuesday
- Working for Change
Stuff We've Been Digging...
- 2008 Election Videos
- A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America -- Sen. Webb
- Aarting Designer Toy Competition
- Blackwater
- Body of War
- Fire Breathing Liberal (Rep. Wexler)
- Generation Kill
- The Great American Hypocrites
- The Great Derangement
- The Shock Doctrine
- Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed: A Judicial Indictment Of War On Drugs
* Another Victim of the Drug War *
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