Friday, June 20, 2014

U.S. House backs limits on Obama's authority






U.S. House backs limits on Obama's authority
The Republican-led House on Friday overwhelmingly approved a $570 billion defense bill that halts any Guantanamo transfers for a year in the furor over the American-for-Taliban swap and pulls back government spying.




Iraqi sectarian violence - 11 years later and we're still paying because George Bush didn't understand Shiite. - John Fugelsang








The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam




Iraq civil war could have been avoided if Karl Rove had just pulled George Bush aside & had that little talk about sects.- John Fugelsang








We Need A War On Stupidity
As many as 75 scientists and staff in U.S. government laboratories in Atlanta may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria after researchers failed to follow safety procedures, prompting an investigation by federal authorities.



Fox News pointing out that someone was wrong about the Iraq War is like the Home Shopping Network dissing your cubic zirconia.- LOLGOP






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Replacing Eric Cantor with Kevin McCarthy is like replacing Jay Leno with Jay Leno.- LOLGOP







Boehner Wants Troops On The Mexican Border 
The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives President Barack Obama on Friday to send troops to the Mexican border to help deal with the surge of unaccompanied minors from Central America, calling it a "national security and humanitarian crisis."



Hey STOP comparing DICK CHENEY to DARTH VADER!  Darth Vader never repeatedly dodged military service in wars he supported.- John Fugelsang








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Hillary Super PAC On The Move
A pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC is stepping up its involvement in key presidential primary states – but swear they are primarily focused on 2014.

Ready for Hillary, the group that is urging the former secretary of state to run for president in 2016, has donated $10,000 to the New Hampshire Democratic Party. The donation is the max the group can give to the party given their current FEC standing.




Walking to Walmart & thinking of how our taxes pay SNAP benefits of their underpaid workforce - prices so nice you pay for 'em twice.- John Fugelsang








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"Last night Hillary Clinton said she won't support legalizing recreational marijuana until we see how it goes in Colorado. Officials in Colorado couldn't respond because they were too busy swimming in a pool of money." –Jimmy Fallon








George Will blames outage over him writing that being a rape victim is a "coveted status" people seek on the Internet. 

I blame "reading." - LOLGOP





Someone Is Trying To Help The Middle Class
An impassioned Sen. Elizabeth Warren appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball and made a strong case for fighting to rebuild the middle class through investments in jobs and infrastructure while at times butting heads with host Chris Matthews over the Democratic Party’s efforts.






Stock Market Is Soaring. Why Aren't Jobs?
U.S. stocks rose on Friday, with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 hitting records while extending a five-session climb that has both benchmarks on track for weekly gains.



"Some Northern California counties want to form a separate state. They smoke a lot of weed up there. What would you call a state based on marijuana? Toke-lahoma.Flori-duh. How about Spliffs-consin? Dela-weed. New Hemp-shire." –Craig Ferguson







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Libo, Guizhou, China.

Best wishes for a peaceful weekend.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Ghost of Iraq haunts Condoleezza Rice portrait unveiling







Ghost of Iraq haunts Condoleezza Rice portrait unveiling
Iraq was the ghost in the room Wednesday as Condoleezza Rice returned to the State Department to reflect on her time as the top US diplomat saying history would be the judge.




But I am envious of Liz Cheney. My dad never let me warmonger with him :( . -LOLGOP



Condi Rice said in that CNN interview, "We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud."



 "Condoleeza Rice! Sounds like some kind of Mexican food!" - Chris Rock.




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This morning the Pentagon announced that the United States has captured a leader responsible for the Benghazi attacks. Republicans were ecstatic and said, "So, they finally got Hillary?"- Conan O'Brien








China and Iraq
 China said on Thursday it was preparing to help evacuate a small number of people working for Chinese companies in Iraq, and repeated an offer to help Iraq fight terrorism though it declined to say if it would provide military support.




If you love soccer, you have to wait four years for a World Cup. It's like making an appointment with a VA doctor.- David Letterman







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Untaxed Crusaders Courted By GOP
 Some of the Republican Party's most ambitious leaders are courting religious conservatives as evangelical Christians claim new momentum in their fight for the GOP's soul.









The Liz & Dick Tag Team
Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed yesterday standing against President Obama‘s foreign policy, and now they have a YouTube video out announcing a new group, Alliance for a Strong America, with the express purpose of standing against Obama’s foreign policy.



After Dick Cheney critiques Obama's foreign policy, Newt Gingrich will tell us what's wrong with the president's marriage.- LOLGOP



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In a new interview, Hillary Clinton said the Bible is the most influential book she's ever read. Some people think she might be pandering to Southern Christian voters. Then Hillary said, "Oh come on y'all — little ol' me?" -Jimmy Fallon








Wisconsin Gov. Scot Walker Is In Deep Doo-Doo
Prosecutors believe Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, illegally coordinated fundraising with conservative groups as part of a nationwide "criminal scheme" to violate election laws, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.



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Protesters at the World Cup got into trouble for burning American flags. It's a shame because children in China worked very hard to make those flags.- Conan O'Brien







Does This Supreme Court Ruling Let Snowden Off?
The First Amendment protects public employees from job retaliation when they are called to testify in court about official corruption, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.








It's Icelandic Independence Day. Happy Independence Day, Iceland, or as it will be known in 50 years — Waterland.- Craig Ferguson






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Lenticular Cloud over Klyuchevskaya Sopka Mountain, Russia by Denis Budkov: Klyuchevskaya Sopka is a stratovolcano, the highest active volcano of Eurasia.

Peace.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Hillary Clinton: We can’t let gun-loving minority ‘terrorize’ the rest of the country




Hillary Clinton: We can’t let gun-loving minority ‘terrorize’ the rest of the country

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered an apparent rebuke to conservative gun advocates during an appearance on CNN on Tuesday, saying she would support a ban on assault weapons.

“We cannot let a minority of people — and that’s what it is, a minority of people — hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people,”...




HOW DARE YOU INTERVIEW HILLARY WITHOUT ARRESTING HER. I JUST ERASED ALL MY FOX NATION COMMENTS AND CANCELED MY INTERNET. - LOLGOP






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REMINDER: The problem isn't just that the media still interviews the Iraq War maniac squad. These guys STILL define the GOP foreign policy.- LOLGOP








WWF: Cheney Tag Team

Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz penned an acerbic op-ed on Tuesday accusing President Obama of “abandoning” Iraq and putting Americans at greater risk of terrorist attacks from al Qaeda.




"Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many."
- Dick Cheney, not talking about himself








Iraqi Troops Left To Fend For Themselves
The Iraqi soldiers tell of how they can hardly live with the shame of their rout under the onslaught of the Islamic militants. Their commanders disappeared. Pleas for more ammunition went unanswered. Troops ran from post to post only to find them already taken by gunmen, forcing them to flee.






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Imagine being in a political party where everyone is afraid to tell Dick Cheney to shut up.- LOLGOP






Government Axes Washington R*dskin's Trademark
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled the Washington Redskins’ trademark registration because the NFL team’s name is “disparaging to Native Americans.”



Are Republicans angrier that we brought the last prisoner from Afghanistan home or that the Benghazi guy was arrested?- LOLGOP







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The War On The US Gubmint
A 60-year-old California man calling himself a “sovereign citizen” was accused of shooting Bureau of Land Management agent and a California Highway Patrol officer...









You guys hired a squirrel to try to make the Democrats look bad in 2016. But we just put a camera on Rick Perry.- LOLGOP



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Whether they're in office or not, Republicans are better at creating scandals than jobs.- LOLGOP




Finally, Miami Exiles Want An Open Policy With Cuba


Cuban exile Joe Arriola at one time would never have dreamed of returning to his homeland while it was under communist rule...Arriola, 67, said a week-long trip to the island last year had opened his eyes to what he now believes is a failed U.S. policy of trying to isolate Cuba










Alex Trebek has broken a world record for game-show hosts, after hosting 6,829 shows in his career. When asked how he's made it through so many shows, Trebek said, “What is Scotch?”- Jimmy Fallon








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Tibetan Bridge In Claviere, Piedmont, Italy.

Peace.