Tuesday, May 27, 2014

How News Works.








Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade: ‘Respect’ your wife when she is wrong by calling her ‘baby doll’


Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on Monday advised viewers to show “respect” by challenging their wives to an argument, while calling them “baby doll.”

During a segment about author Richard Greenberg’s recent column on raising children, Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy distilled the tips down to the phrase: “Happy wife, happy life.”




In the United States, Democrats get their news from a comedian, Jon Stewart. Republicans get their news from the comedians at Fox News. - All Hat No Cattle








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China's War On Terror

China is continuing what it terms its war on terror in the far west province of Xinjiang, detaining five people and seizing 1.8 tons of bomb-making material.






It’s Fleet Week, when New York City plays host to the crews of three U.S. Navy ships and two Coast Guard clippers. But don’t worry, the Coast Guard clippers are NOT owned by Donald Sterling. - Seth Myers



Guess Who Said: "Your Dead Kid Don't Trump My Constitutional Rights.!" Hint...Wears Plunger On Head

Samuel Wurzelbacher gave his condolences this week to the families of the victims of the mass shooting near the University of California, Santa Barbara. But no tragedy is going to stop "Joe The Plumber" from defending the Second Amendment..."But: As harsh as this sounds – your dead kids don’t trump my Constitutional rights.".



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Call me crazy, but I hope someday women have more rights than guns do. - Josh Gondalman tweet



Republicans Are Pissing Off Veterans! Who Is Left To Vote For Them?

Major veterans’ groups this Memorial Day weekend harshly criticized the top Republican on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee after he charged that the leaders of the service organizations are too cozy with embattled VA Secretary Eric Shinseki and won’t call for him to resign despite allegations of mismanagement and wrongdoing in his department.







Ignoring Donald Trump is the right stand and I'll do so as soon as he stops finishing higher than Marco Rubio in 2016 GOP primary polls.- LOLGOP




Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas)



Texas Tea Drinkers

 Texas conservatives are hoping to win two major Republican run-off elections on Tuesday, for lieutenant governor and attorney general, underscoring the Tea Party’s enduring influence in the state.



Misogyny denial is amazing. Even a 140-page manifesto can't cure it. - LOLGOP



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Hillary Releases Excerpts Of Her Upcoming Memoir

Hillary Clinton reflects on her long life in politics and her "unexpected" partnership with President Barack Obama in excerpts released Tuesday of her upcoming memoir.



I mean, when you hear the "Duck Dynasty" guy going off on homosexuality, like he did again this week, why even listen? What do you think he was going to say, the Tonys are nothing without Neil Patrick Harris? Folks, we had a televised celebrated interracial gay kiss during the NFL Draft. The culture war is over, and we won.- Bill Maher








No Shoes, No Shirt, Guns, No Service

This is the kind of thing gun rights activists in Texas apparently don't want to see anymore. A pair of videos uploaded to YouTube earlier this month show groups of people with semiautomatic rifles being refused service at Chili's and Sonic locations.



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Next up on Fox News: Is the White House Science Fair an attempt to brainwash America's youth into climate science? - TeaPartyCat Tweet



The Military Industrial Complex Marches On, By Providing Iron Man Suits

Move over, Tony Stark — the military could soon have its own "Iron Man" suit, a robotic exoskeleton designed to augment human abilities on the battlefield.

A prototype of the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS, will be available later this month





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Each morning I read the obituaries and if my name is not listed, I read the comics.



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A false color image of a micro crack in steel viewed through an electron microscope. 

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Monday, May 26, 2014

Memorial Day 2014








Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan for Memorial Day

President Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday for an ­unannounced visit to mark ­Memorial Day with U.S. troops, now in the final months of America’s longest war, and to begin final discussions over the size of the U.S. force that will remain beyond the end of the year.




"Let us never forget their service and always be worthy of the sacrifices made in our name." —President Obama








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Humbled and awed at the sacrifices our armed forces and their families have made for our freedom and safety.- LOLGOP



Another Mass Murder

Just before he began he began randomly shooting his classmates in Isla Vista on Friday evening, Elliot Rodger forwarded a few dozen people his 141-page manifesto detailing his "twisted world" and plans for a "day of retribution" near UCSB. Among the recipients were Rodger's parents, who then raced toward Santa Barbara in a futile effort to stop their son from following through on his rampage.








If 3 men a day were killed by a partner or an ex, if women were the leading cause of injury to men, the news would talk about nothing else.- LOLGOP









The GOP. From Neo-Conservative to Neo-Confederate in two failed elections. - LOLGOP




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Americans who earn under $10 million/year pay a HIGHER tax rate than those who earn over $10 million & actual adult Republicans defend this.- LOLGOP







They Used To Wear Hoods, Now They Wear Robes

A Mississippi judge was accused of striking a mentally disabled black man and yelling, “Run, n-gger, run.”

The family of 20-year-old Eric Rivers filed a complaint against Madison County Justice Court Judge Bill Weisenberger in connection with the May 8 incident at the Canton Flea Market, reported the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.









Clearly a graduate of the GOP School of Community Relations

Nebraska mayor challenges atheists over faith-based event: ‘Take me to f-cking court — I don’t care’
An atheist group said a Nebraska mayor rudely dismissed their concerns over a possible church-state violation.

Omaha Atheists expressed their concern over a “Faith and Freedom” Memorial Day event Sunday that was sponsored by the city of La Vista, Neb







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"Impeach Obama! Treason!" Posted By Every Internet Troll Everywhere 

The CIA’s top officer in Kabul was exposed Saturday by the White House when his name was inadvertently included on a list provided to news organizations of senior U.S. officials participating in President Obama’s surprise visit with U.S. troops.



Astonishing:  White House mistakenly identifies CIA chief in Afghanistan. - Valerie Plame Wilson Tweet







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Our New Stealth Jet Can’t Land

There are big air shows in the UK this summer. The British public may be a little disappointed, however. The F-35B Joint Strike Fighter—the stealth jet that’s supposed to be able to take off and land vertically, like a helicopter—will be on display for the first time outside the U.S. But it won’t emulate the vertical landings that the Harrier family has made routine since the Beatles were playing dodgy nightclubs in Hamburg.



Republicans are going to completely blow 2016 if they don't hold their convention in #BENGHAZI.- LOLGOP








A new study found that legalizing marijuana in Colorado has created more than 10,000 jobs. And that's just selling lava lamps at Spencer's Gifts.- Jimmy Fallon






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Friday, May 23, 2014

Tennessee brings back electric chair







Tennessee brings back electric chair

Tennessee has decided how it will respond to a nationwide scarcity of lethal injection drugs for death-row inmates: with the electric chair.


“If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow”. ~ Steve Allen quotes (American Comic, Actor, Composer and Writer, 1921-2000)






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REPUBLICANS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THAT THE PEOPLE THEY SEND TO WAR EVENTUALLY NEED HEALTH CARE. - LOLGOP








The US Navy Believes In Climate Change

Sea level rise impacting naval bases. Climate change altering natural disaster response. Drought influenced by climate change in the Middle East and Africa leading to conflicts over food and water — as in, for instance, Syria.



Republicans who are complaining about the "quality" of care we give to prisoners at Gitmo also don't want to close Gitmo.- LOLGOP




Seems to me that there are more school shootings, because there are more guns available.



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OSHA/Obama Basher's Business Has Horrific Accident

During the 2012 presidential campaign, Wisconsin businessman Lance Johnson said President Barack Obama's workplace safety inspectors were burdening him and killing jobs with too much red tape.

"I've never been audited by more government agencies in my life than I have under Obama," Johnson, president of Johnson Brass & Machine Foundry Inc., in Saukville, Wisconsin, told The Wall Street Journal in a Nov. 2, 2012, campaign story.

On Monday, Johnson's foundry was the site of a horrifying industrial accident.




Scandals uncovered by the GOP: Some terrorist attacks can't be stopped, veterans need more health care & Tea Partiers try to avoid tax laws.- LOLGOP






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Tennessee approved the use of the electric chair again, with the added provision that none of the electricity be generated by wind or solar. - Tea Party Cat



Well, If Joe Scarborough Hasn't Heard Racist Statements About Obamacare, Then It Must Be True!

Joe Scarborough said Friday that he doesn't understand what evidence Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) has to back up his claim that opposition to President Barack Obama's signature health care law is driven by his race. "I must say, I have been behind closed doors with thousands of conservatives through the years. I have never once heard one of them say in the deep south or in the northeast or in South Boston, 'Boy, I really hate Obamacare because that black president'






GOP Wants Unlimited Supply of Lipstick For Their Pigs

The Republican National Committee on Friday sued the Federal Election Commission in an effort to raise unlimited cash like super PACs do.




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Blessed are the conservatives, for they may select their own facts.
--Book of Murdoch, 7:14 - Tea Party Cat



UN Jumps All Over Vatican Torture
A United Nations committee concluded Friday that the Vatican has effective worldwide control over bishops and priests who must comply with a U.N. anti-torture treaty, a finding that could expose the Catholic Church to new lawsuits by victims of clerical sex abuse.





"The U.S. Cardinals said they are going to develop a code of ethics to help them deal with the sexual scandal. Wait a minute, I thought their already was a code of ethics, it's called the Bible." —Jay Leno







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Donald Sterling had one pump fake left in him

Donald Sterling has signed the Los Angeles Clippers over to his wife Shelly, a source close to the team confirmed today to ABC News.

Shelly Sterling, who previously shared ownership of the beleaguered NBA franchise with Donald, is now in talks with the NBA over selling the team, the source said.







The best part of the Kimye wedding is the $ saved by serving all that food from Kim's last wedding that's still fresh.- John Fugelsang






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Huaya Picchu which offers an extrordinary view of Machu Picchu, Peru.

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