President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced plans to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba and ease economic restrictions on the nation, an historic shift he called the end of an "outdated approach" to U.S.-Cuban relations.
Cuba gives conservatives another excellent chance to be furious about something most people will just see as progress.- LOLGOP
The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam
Prisoner Swap With Cuba
Cuba has released American aid worker Alan Gross after five years in prison, a U.S. official said on Wednesday amid reports of a prisoner exchange that heralds a major overhaul of U.S. policy toward Cuba.
We can have relations with China, Russia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain... But Cuba is just too scary for us?- LOLGOP
Most Americans Are Pro-Torture! OMG.
A majority of Americans believe that the harsh interrogation tactics detailed in last week's Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA's handling of prisoners after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were warranted, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds.
"My brother kept us safe." - Jeb Bush, who still hasn't been told about 9/11, anthrax, invading Iraq or a Wall St crash.
Republican Shenanigans
After hearing Jeb Bush was running for president, Justice Scalia promised him a victory. A 5-4 victory. -Top Conservative Cat
Obama Throws Monkey Wrench Into GOP Presidential Hopefuls
Leading Republicans reacted with outrage Wednesday over the Obama administration’s move to normalize relations with Cuba, with some casting it as appeasement and the product of blackmail by the communist Castro government.
Rock The Voter News
Cuba gives conservatives another excellent chance to be furious about something most people will just see as progress.- LOLGOP
Strange But True
A Texas plumber says he has no idea how his old company truck ended up in a jihadi photo from the front lines of the war in Syria produced by the militant group ISIS.
If corporations really are people then polygamy is already legal.- John Fugelsang
Business/Tech News
Since Reaganomics took hold in 1980, most of our economic growth has gone to the richest Americans. which was exactly the point of Reaganomics. It was called Trickle Down but it should be known as Sucking Up.- eclectablog.com/
NY Says NO To Fracking
New York governor Andrew Cuomo's administration said on Wednesday it will ban hydraulic fracturing in the state after a long-awaited report concluded that the oil and gas production process poses health risks.
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Odd News
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Kayangan Lake, Philippines. I want to dive in there right now!
Peace.
- Iraq seeks one-year deferral on Gulf War reparations
- Afghan spy chief laments intelligence vacuum as foreign troops leave
- Russians flock to stores to pre-empt price rises
- Rage, tears and broken childhoods as Pakistan reels from massacre
Prisoner Swap With Cuba
Cuba has released American aid worker Alan Gross after five years in prison, a U.S. official said on Wednesday amid reports of a prisoner exchange that heralds a major overhaul of U.S. policy toward Cuba.
We can have relations with China, Russia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain... But Cuba is just too scary for us?- LOLGOP
Most Americans Are Pro-Torture! OMG.
A majority of Americans believe that the harsh interrogation tactics detailed in last week's Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA's handling of prisoners after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were warranted, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds.
"My brother kept us safe." - Jeb Bush, who still hasn't been told about 9/11, anthrax, invading Iraq or a Wall St crash.
Republican Shenanigans
- Fox News editor on Cuba: Obama in ‘Honey Boo Boo phase in which he does what he wants’
- GOP lawmaker: Women need man’s permission for abortion unless they can prove ‘legitimate rape’
- What? Pat Robertson predicts gays will go extinct ‘because they don’t reproduce’
- Texas GOP congressman who owns ‘blow-me.org’ website accused of sexual harassment
After hearing Jeb Bush was running for president, Justice Scalia promised him a victory. A 5-4 victory. -Top Conservative Cat
Obama Throws Monkey Wrench Into GOP Presidential Hopefuls
Leading Republicans reacted with outrage Wednesday over the Obama administration’s move to normalize relations with Cuba, with some casting it as appeasement and the product of blackmail by the communist Castro government.
Rock The Voter News
- Obama signs $1.1 trillion government spending bill
- Obama: As a black man he's been mistaken for valet
- Pope Francis praises US and Cuba for normalizing diplomatic relations
Cuba gives conservatives another excellent chance to be furious about something most people will just see as progress.- LOLGOP
Strange But True
A Texas plumber says he has no idea how his old company truck ended up in a jihadi photo from the front lines of the war in Syria produced by the militant group ISIS.
If corporations really are people then polygamy is already legal.- John Fugelsang
Business/Tech News
- Stocks soar as Fed vows patience, oil prices climb
- McDonald's Japan rations fries as U.S. West Coast port dispute drags on
- France wants ban on new cannabis-extract "e-joint"
- Ruble Soars With Russian Stocks on Central Bank Stability Steps
- U.S.-Cuba deal caps cigar imports at $100, bans resale; tourism still off-limits
Since Reaganomics took hold in 1980, most of our economic growth has gone to the richest Americans. which was exactly the point of Reaganomics. It was called Trickle Down but it should be known as Sucking Up.- eclectablog.com/
NY Says NO To Fracking
New York governor Andrew Cuomo's administration said on Wednesday it will ban hydraulic fracturing in the state after a long-awaited report concluded that the oil and gas production process poses health risks.
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Odd News
- Man Falls Off Sixty-Foot Cliff, Comes Away Unharmed
- NASA Can See Your Christmas Lights... From Space!
- Did Google Earth Spot A Sea Monster In New Zealand?
- Poisonous Zamboni Sends 81 To Area Hospitals
- Over 20,000 bras recalled in Japan due to injury fears
Time To Deflate Photo
Kayangan Lake, Philippines. I want to dive in there right now!
Peace.
