I am suffering from heat exhaustion. My gringo body can't handle this heat. My doctor suggested that I either get air conditioning or move to the high mountains where it is cooler year round. Yeah, sure. :(
Please check back as I will post as soon as I feel better.
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Monday, May 5, 2014
Friday, May 2, 2014
Boehner calls for select committee on Benghazi; Kerry subpoenaed
Boehner calls for select committee on Benghazi; Kerry subpoenaed
Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said Friday that he would form a House select committee to investigate the September 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya.
I wonder how much money Republicans have spent investigating Hillary Clinton for the past three decades? 30 million, 50 million, 100 million? So far, no bang for OUR bucks.
"The Republicans in Congress voted no on the minimum wage. Wow, that's not the Republicans I know. I think they're confused. We're supposed to apply the economic sanctions to the Russians." –David Letterman
The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam
- Minnesota teen's alleged plot to bomb and open fire at school foiled
- Suicide Attack Kills 5 Police Officers in Iraq
- Iraq: Al-Maliki calls vote 'slap' to terrorism
- Hundreds feared dead, thousands trapped under Afghan landslide
"Yesterday Russia's deputy prime minister said the White House should revise its sanctions or else his country won't help NASA. And this is true, astronauts will have to start using a trampoline to get to space." –Jimmy Fallon
Obama and Merkel versus Putin
President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday ratcheted up the threat of economic backlash against Russia, saying they are preparing broader sanctions if Moscow continues to stoke violence in eastern Ukraine in the run-up to elections later this month.
Republican Shenanigans
- Dick Cheney just can't help himself
- Republican Senators Promise To Work Five Whole Days A Week If Elected
- Republican Legislator Pens Fantastically Crude, Obsessive Op-Ed About Anal Sex
- Christie or Bush? Key Republican donors question who to support in 2016 ...
I think Republicans may really in a position to win the votes of Americans who think #Benghazi is bigger tragedy than Iraq or 9/11.- LOLGOP
Obummercare Is Back!
A new report this morning confirms that Republicans intend to use upcoming confirmation hearings for Obama’s HHS nominee to breathe new life into political attacks on Obamacare in advance of the 2014 elections.
Democrats should absolutely relish this development.
If Obama gets anyone else health insurance or creates any more jobs the House GOP will be forced to reveal he was born on grassy knoll.- LOLGOP
Certainly your predominately African-American "militia" is permitted to set up checkpoints anywhere it likes in Nevada, no?- LOLGOP
Rock The Voter News
- Virginia's Governor Is Considering Expanding Medicaid Without Republicans
- Worse than AIDS: Antibiotic resistance the next world health crisis, experts say
Too Much South In Your Mouth Is Deadly
People in the southeastern United States have a much greater risk of dying early from any of the nation's five leading causes of death, federal health officials reported Thursday.
BTW: It's time to start calling the Great Recession the Bush Recession because they're actually thinking of running another one. -- LOLGOP
Business News
- US to create gasoline stockpile in Northeast in case of storms
- US job growth jumps, but shrinking labor force a blemish
- Rupert Murdoch's spring romance: News Corp. buys Harlequin books
No Need To Worry About Mount St. Helens. Fingers crossed.
Magma levels are slowly rebuilding inside Mount St. Helens, a volcano in Washington state that erupted in 1980 and killed 57 people, although there was no sign of an impending eruption, U.S. scientists said.
FUN FAX: The only jobs we haven't recovered from the Bush recession are gubbermint jobs. - LOLGOP
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Odd News
- Woman gives birth aboard plane on Spanish island
- Walking with dinosaurs in Turkmenistan's 'Jurassic Park'
- Whale washes up in New Jersey, gets graffiti tag
- Family reunited with dog that went missing 18 months ago during Hurricane Sandy
- Mother accuses funeral director of holding baby’s remains for ransom
- Hundreds of birds flew into a woman’s home
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Would you take a chance on this swing in Casa Del Arbol, Baños, Ecuador?
I hope you all have a peaceful weekend.
Thursday, May 1, 2014
U.S. military sexual assault reports jumped 50 percent last year
U.S. military sexual assault reports jumped 50 percent last year
Reported sexual assaults in the U.S. military jumped 50 percent last year amid a high-profile crackdown on the problem, the Pentagon said on Thursday, a spike officials hailed as a sign victims are increasingly confident the crime will be prosecuted.
“Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.”
― Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam
- Dem Congresswoman: Iraq ‘Perhaps the Most Catastrophic War of the 20th Century’
- Martin McGuinness: "Gerry Adams' arrest is an attempt to influence elections"
- Malaysia reveals how long lost jetliner went unnoticed
- Ukraine renews military draft as unrest intensifies
The GOP. More concerned with who pays for their insurance than who'd pay for the Iraq War. - LOLGOP
55 Universities Not Protecting Women From Rape
Federal investigators are checking whether 55 colleges and universities illegally handled sexual violence and harassment complaints, the U.S. Department of Education said Thursday.
Someone who doesn't want to associate with black people owning an NBA franchise is like a vegan buying a steakhouse.- Jimmy Kimmel
Republican Shenanigans
- Pat Robertson: Don’t try to prove God exists to atheist ‘swine’ on Facebook and Twitter
- A busy Santorum courts Republican establishment
- Oklahoma Prison Chief Calls for Execution Review
- General: Military should've tried to rescue Benghazi Americans
Christian Historian: Women Should Not Vote
A so-called “historian” who Glenn Beck hired to teach at his online university insisted this week that women had originally been denied the right to vote “to keep the family together,” and for the good of “the entire culture and society.”
Rock The Voter News
- Rape crisis center scolds Texas judge after she sentences rapist to work with victims there
- KKK neighborhood watch proposal makes Pennsylvania townsfolk uneasy
In the middle of his second term, President Obama's approval rating once again has dropped. Obama's approval rating is so low that today Hillary Clinton said, "I'll take it from here." - David Letterman
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After FOUR AMERICANS DIED in Benghazi, Obama should've resigned, just like Reagan did after 241 Americans died in Beruit.- Top Conservative Cate tweet
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Business News
- Microsoft backs down, will fix Internet Explorer vulnerability—even on Windows XP
- Maggots found in Whole Foods meat case, health officials say they’re not moving fast enough to fix the problem
- Town lifts decades-old arcade game ban
A New York man is being sued for a quarter of a million dollars after his ex-girlfriend claimed he harassed her with nearly a hundred emails. If 100 emails are worth a quarter of a million dollars, that means Crate & Barrel owes me $256 billion.- Seth Myers
Justice and Money
Reports that Credit Suisse (CS) and BNP Paribas (BNPQY) may be hit with criminal charges stunned Wall Street Wednesday as it potentially marks a dramatic shift in how Federal prosecutors look at the financial services industry.
Since the 2008 crisis and up to and including JPMorgan's (JPM) settlement for enabling Bernie Madoff earlier this year, U.S. regulators have typically sought to settle cases of alleged misdeeds rather than pursue criminal charges. Typically, the big banks pay a fine without having to admit to any wrongdoing and no senior executives have suffered anything more than, perhaps, deferred bonuses.
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Odd News
- Florida woman suffers from burns after making margaritas
- Woman takes $10K necklace in for repairs, says jewelry store gave her a $50 knockoff back
- 62 NJ students arrested after sticky, messy senior prank goes bad
- No pictures! Squirrel pulls a Baldwin on selfie-taking teen
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Peace.
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