The Russian Bear

Putin a threat to Baltic states, Western officials say
Senior Western officials accused Russia on Thursday of redrawing the map of Europe by force and posing a threat to the Baltic states





President Obama has appointed a new head of the Secret Service. The new Secret Service director was so excited that he jumped over the White House fence for joy. - Conan O'Brien

Obama's Approval Rating: Meh
Americans' growing optimism about the nation's economy has not boosted President Barack Obama's approval ratings, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. The President's ratings for handling the economy have held steady, and the share who approve of his efforts to help the middle class has risen slightly, but more continue to disapprove than approve of his work on the nation's economic problems.

Good to see that after 7 years, the GOP is back to the "Obama is a double-secret Muslim" campaign that won them the 2008 election.- LOLGOP

Conservatives: Say No To Jeb
A leading conservative group with a far-reaching presence in social media is looking to raise fresh doubts about the potential presidential candidacy of Jeb Bush





Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.
Fool me 3 times, Bush family dynasty. - Erik Wolfson

Jeb Bush asserts that he's 'his own man' which means as president he'd appoint a totally different set of his dad's friends than W did.- John Fugelsang

Giuliani Loves Teabonics
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani says he believes President Barack Obama does not love the United States — or the people in it.

“I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president loves America,” Giuliani said Wednesday during a private group dinner in Manhattan...

I think Rudy Giuliani may love America. He just isn't "in love" with America. You know. Like his first couple of wives.- LOLGOP

'Superbug' Outbreak at California Hospital, More Than 160 Exposed
A potentially deadly "superbug" resistant to antibiotics has infected seven patients, including two who died, and more than 160 others were exposed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center through contaminated medical instruments, the hospital revealed.

Walmart Raises Pay For Half Million Employees
Walmart will pay current employees at least $10 an hour within the next year, the company announced Thursday.

The nation's largest private sector employer said 500,000 full-time and part-time associates at Walmart U.S. stores and Sam's Clubs will receive pay raises in April that will take them to at least $9 an hour, which will be $1.75 an hour above the current federal minimum wage.





11.4 million people got health insurance through http://healthcare.gov , but I'm sure they won't mind when the GOP repeals Obamacare.- Tea Party Cat

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Isla del Coco was the island in the movie, Jurassic Park. It is about 380 miles SW of Costa Rica. It is a national park.

Peace.

More Measles Reported In U.S.

More measles cases tied to Disneyland, Illinois day care
The number of U.S. measles cases this year has risen to 141, with most of the new illnesses tied to outbreaks at Disneyland in California and an Illinois day care center.

Twenty new cases were added Tuesday to the tally by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 10 in California from the Disneyland outbreak, 8 from the suburban Chicago outbreak at a day care center, and two unrelated cases in Nevada.



"Rand Paul and Chris Christie both said vaccinations should be a choice, not a government mandate. Because when have Republicans ever told people what they could do with their own bodies?" –Bill Maher

The Department of Homeland Security runs out of funds in 11 days, but at least Republicans aren't letting it cut short their 15-day vacation. - Tea Party Cat




Whitey Wannabe Disses Black Prez
Conservative activist and convicted felon Dinesh D'Souza on Wednesday raised the bar for his incomprehensible Twitter feed, tweeting a photo of President Obama with the message, "YOU CAN TAKE THE BOY OUT OF THE GHETTO."

BREAKING: No plagues of homosexuals falling from the sky since gay marriage allowed in Alabama.- Tea Party Cat






GOP Still Messing With Iran: From Iran/Contra to GOP/Israel 
 Mistrust between the Obama administration and Benjamin Netanyahu has widened even further in recent days because of U.S. suspicion that the Israeli prime minister has authorized leaks of details about the U.S. nuclear talks with Iran.

Goldilocks Bush:

My dad invaded Iraq too little.

My brother did it too much.

I'll invade Iraq just right! - LOLGOP

Republican Bra Holster Tragedy
Law enforcement officials in Michigan said that they learned this week that an elected Republican official who had recently shot herself to death had been adjusting her bra holster when the accident occurred.






A recent poll shows that New Jersey residents feel Hillary Clinton has the "right look" to be president, while Chris Christie does not. Then today, Christie was spotted at JCPenney, trying on pantsuits.- Seth Myers

From Imaginary Birth Certificates To Imaginary Hand Signals
President Barack Obama has moved beyond the “terrorist fist jab” with another hand gesture that conservatives believe proves he is, in fact, a Muslim.

Writing for The American Thinker website, the blogger and Islamophobic author F.W. Burleigh closely examines a photograph of Obama taken in August during a meeting with African dignitaries.






"Is President Obama a Muslim?  A lot has been written about this."

--American Thinker (not the best-named outfit) - Zandar Tweet

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This should be me, to keep me from using my left arm. Habits are hard to break.

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Don't try this at home.

Peace.

White House to appeal ruling blocking Obama's immigrant protections

White House to appeal ruling blocking Obama's immigrant protections
The Obama administration on Tuesday said it would appeal a move by a federal judge in Texas that temporarily stopped the president’s executive actions on immigration, an anticipated judicial roadblock that was greeted with partisan reactions.




Obama Signs Executive Order Removing Texas from Nation. - Andy Borowitz

BREAKING: House GOP passes bill removing Presidents Day as a national holiday because Obama. - Tea Party Cat




Our Founding Fathers Had It Right: SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
Roy Moore, the conservative chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court, said Sunday that if the U.S. Supreme Court decides that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, he would defy the ruling because it would alter God’s “organic law.”

P.T. Barnum Said There Was A Sucker Born Every Minute
New report says conservative chumps sent $50 million to right-wing ‘scam’ groups like SarahPAC




New poll finds Republicans will be blamed if Republicans shut down the Department of Homeland Security.- LOLGOP

D*I*C*K
Mississippi lawmaker says calling blacks violent and lazy isn’t racist, it’s just ‘a way of talking’



GOP hates activist judges -- except when they deport grandmas or take insurance from diabetics or baptize corporations with ultrasound wands. - LOLGOP

NSA Versus Russia?
Russia-based security firm Kaspersky on Monday released a report about a mysterious and sophisticated malware distributor, dubbed Equation group, which might be linked to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).




I told facebook my concerns about lack of privacy and they said they already knew how I felt about it.- John Fugelsang

President Hillary Clinton & The Stock Market
President Bill Clinton brought Wall Street arguably its best bull market ever. There's historical precedent to believe Hillary -- or any Democrat in the White House -- could deliver even more good times to investors.

NOTICE:
Getting old is really getting old. I somehow injured my upper left arm and am typing with my right hand, so today's edition is a bit short.

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I think this was one of the funniest movies I had ever seen, SOME LIKE IT HOT, with Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. I wish there were more movies like that today instead of all the flash and bang movies.

Peace.