Monday, May 12, 2014

Rand Paul to GOP: Our party's gone crazy and we're offending people






Rand Paul to GOP: Our party's gone crazy and we're offending people

Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., is attempting to dial back Republican rhetoric surrounding voter ID laws, telling the New York Times the GOP needs to avoid further alienating minorities.
"Everybody's gone completely crazy on this voter ID thing," Paul said



Rand Paul can try to be Bill Clinton all he wants but he’ll never be president - LOLGOP








The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam




Republicans have hit just the right note by mocking people's concern for 200 kidnapped girls. Who will ever question their compassion now?- LOLGOP





War On The Environment

Two teams of scientists say the long-feared collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has begun, kicking off what's likely to be a centuries-long process that could raise sea levels by as much as 15 feet.



Republican Shenanigans




Sandy Hook Denier Confronts Mother Of Victim

A vinyl peace sign installed at a playground in Mystic, Connecticut, dedicated to a victim of the Sandy Hook shooting was stolen last week by a man claiming that the Newtown massacre never happened.

After stealing the 50-pound sign from the Grace McDonnell playground, the man called McDonnell’s mother saying he did it because he believes the shooting at the school was a hoax, according to CBS2.

According to the mother, Lynn McDonnell, the man told her that her daughter “never existed.”






Inserting Foot Past Mouth, Into Throat

Banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling says Magic Johnson isn't a good role model for the children of Los Angeles, making the comment to CNN in the same interview where he also asks for forgiveness for the racist comments he made in leaked audio recordings that surfaced last month.



If the polls keep looking this bad for the GOP, the may even have to drop the Benghazi charade and run an actual campaign.- LOLGOP







Get Out The Vote, Kentucky!

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his Democratic challenger, Alison Lundergan Grimes, are in a virtual tie in NBC News/Marist's May survey.



In a biography Michael Jordan said that as a kid, he saw so much racism that he began to hate, quote, “all white people.” Jordan said he only started to feel compassion for white people after watching them play basketball. - Conan O'Brien








Florida Reports Deadly MERS Virus

U.S. health officials said on Monday a second case of MERS, a deadly virus first discovered in the Middle East in 2012, has been found in the state of Florida.


Young women are having more sex and fewer abortions -- which is another reason the right hates Obamacare. - LOLGOP



              



CONSERVATIVES FEAR GAY KISS WILL FORCE THEM TO EXPLAIN THEIR HOMOPHOBIA TO THEIR SMARTER, MORE TOLERANT KIDS. - LOLGOP



Rock The Voter News








When Republicans care about the 16 Americans dying a day because they reject Medicaid expansion, they can play the "4 dead Americans" card.- LOLGOP



What Tin Foil Hats Think: Masonic Lodge Reopens

The Washington Monument is reopening Monday, spiffy and safe after repairs from earthquake damage. But if the wait is too long for the elevator ride to the top, D.C. has other attractions that might suffice.


Business News









Sony has invented a new kind of cassette tape that could store 47 million songs. They estimate that they’ll be ready to demonstrate the new cassette for the public sometime in the year 2267 when it finishes rewinding. - Seth Myers




Wall Street Surges: Socialist Marxist Communist Kenyan President Thrilled

 U.S. stocks rallied on Monday, with cyclical names driving the Dow to its second all-time high in as many sessions as the S&P 500 moved within striking distance of its own record







A town in Texas just announced a controversial plan to recycle toilet water and use it for drinking water. Dogs said, “How are you only thinking of this now?” - Jimmy Fallon





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Peace.