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Ay yi yi. I couldn't post today, too much going on. My girlfriend is ill, the ride I hitched to the bank took hours longer than expected, you know, life goes on and sometimes rolls over our best intentions.
At least I'm not in Hawaii awaiting not one but two hurricanes. Good luck to my Hawaiian friends.
I will post a new edition tomorrow.
Pura vida.

Peace.

GOP lawmaker calls on Sarah Palin to lead new party to replace Republicans

GOP lawmaker calls on Sarah Palin to lead new party to replace Republicans
A former California lawmaker and executive for the conservative social activist network the Council for National Policy is proposing that the Tea Party and Christian extremists form a third party “to do to the GOP what the GOP did to the Whig Party” — and says that Sarah Palin should be its leader



"This Republican party is just full of children, and someone needs to leave them in a hot car." - Bill Maher

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Saddam's allies moved his corpse, fearful Shi'ite militias would harm it: tribal leader
• Iraq TV: Airstrike kills 60 suspected militants
• Russia calls for humanitarian mission to Ukraine as Poland sounds a warning
• Hagel: Growing threat of Russia invading Ukraine
• Scoring points: Fox reduces general’s murder to ‘a touchdown for the Taliban’ to slam Obama
• Lebanese army surrounds border town, evacuates refugees
• 127 kg of cocaine seized from Spanish naval ship
• Southeast Asia’s top Islamic militant found alive two years after US jubilantly declared his death

Occupied people build tunnels and shoot rockets? Who knew?- AllHatNoCattle

Gaza Truce Holding So Far
A Gaza truce was holding on Wednesday as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives on an enduring end to a war that has devastated the Hamas Islamist- dominated enclave.



Officials from Hamas and Israel have agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire. Of course, we won’t have true peace in the Middle East until there’s a cease-fire that lasts longer than a mattress sale.- Seth Myers

Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian have ended their so-called feud after eight years. Then John Kerry said, “Man, that was rough. Now on to the Middle East.”- Jimmy Fallon



Republican Shenanigans

• GA GOP candidate: 1st Amendment is faith groups’ ‘God-given’ right to take govt money
• Stephen Colbert imagines how much better kids’ books would be with more guns in them
• GOP Senator Pat Roberts defeats Obama’s Tea Party cousin in Kansas
• Right wing discourse on guns is being completely shaped by the gun industry’s desire to sell more guns
• NC city renames street honoring Klansman who flogged people for not attending church
• AZ sheriff Joe Arpaio fuels Tea Party nuttiness with birther ‘citizens grand jury’ fantasy

  "Do you know that these fools actually went ahead this week and voted to sue the President of the United States? ...I doubt anything will really come of this lawsuit. First of all, it's a lawsuit. It involves a subpoena. And try to find a Republican who will be willing to be seen serving a black man." - Bill Maher

George W. Bush Legacy Overly Edited By CIA
The chief author of the Senate’s “torture report” urged President Obama on Tuesday to make more of the document available to the public, over the objections of the CIA. She charged that the intelligence agency’s edits “eliminate or obscure key facts” about controversial interrogation practices during the George W. Bush administration.


THE WAR ON WHITE PEOPLE WILL BEGIN THE GOVERNMENT EITHER TRYING TO GET YOU HEALTH INSURANCE OR EBOLA.- LOLGOP



Rock The Voter News

• Obama welcomes African leaders for unusual dinner
• Clinton trumps Christie for president in New Jersey voter poll
• Hillary Clinton Name-Drops Like a Champ in Surprise 'Colbert Report' Appearance
• UFO Sightings Are More Common Than Voter Fraud

The Russians Arrived. The Russians Arrived.
Russian hackers stole 1.2 billion Internet credentials from major US companies and others around the world in what is likely the biggest data breach ever, security researchers said Tuesday.



Russian gang steals a billion passwords, now knows your pets' names.- LOLGOP

Up In Smoke
U.S. planemaker Boeing has teamed up with South African Airways to develop jet fuel from a tobacco plant as part of efforts to cut carbon emissions and promote green energy in Africa's most advanced economy.

Those people at the CDC are just like climate scientists. Totally compromised by the billions of dollars they accept to work in "science."- LOLGOP

Business/Tech News

• U.S. service sector growth hits 8-1/2 year high in July: ISM survey
• Russian tourists stranded abroad as crisis deepens
• Microsoft's Surface Business Has Lost An Estimated $1.7 Billion Since Debut
• Lawrence O’Donnell: Wall Street figured out that income inequality is bad for Wall Street
• Wildfires force temporary evacuation of alien hunters' search facility

REMINDER: Denying the working poor health insurance does not prevent Ebola.- LOLGOP

Donald Trump Suing His Own Name
 Donald Trump has a message for the two Atlantic City casinos that still bear his name, five years after he gave up anything to do with running them: You're fired.



 Americans must take the rest of the summer to contemplate the fact that we get far less vacation time than any other civilized country. Which is maybe why, on the world "happiness index," we're down at number 17. - Bill Maher

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Odd News

• J.K. Rowling sends note by Albus Dumbledore to Texas girl from slain family
• Commuters Band Together to Rescue Man Trapped Between Train and Platform
• Austrian woman faces fine for nude outings
• New York City subway cars fumigated after bedbug sightings

Time To Deflate Photo

 Xcaret Underground River, Mexico

Peace.

The War on Whites

Republican blasts Dem 'war on whites'
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) on Monday accused Democrats of engaging in a “war on whites” in the current immigration debate.



The War on Whites must be serious. Dick Cheney is already working on his third deferral. - LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Man in Afghan uniform kills U.S. general
• Islamic extremists impose reign of terror on Iraq
• Israeli Troops Exit Gaza as 72-Hour Truce Begins
• Israel declares 'mission accomplished' as troops leave Gaza for cease-fire
• Lady Warsi resigns over UK's 'morally reprehensible' stance on Gaza
• Ukraine Alarmed by Russian Buildup as UN Says People Flee

The War On Children
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske said in an interview broadcast Sunday that the Central American migrants surging across the border from Mexico are "not dangerous individuals."
“These are family members, these are not gang members, these are not dangerous individuals,” Kerlikowske said in the interview, broadcast on ABC’s “This Week.”

Glad to see Dianne Feinstein fighting to ████ the CIA can't ████ or ███ ████ the torture ████ . ████ RT. - LOLGOP



Republican Shenanigans

• GOP Rep: Let's Forget The Lawsuit And Just Impeach Obama Already!
• Fox Host: "This President Is Forcing The Impeachment Issue"
• Fox News hypes fears of Ebola on the ‘Mexico border,’ quietly debunks idea in same report
• Louisiana church posts video of standing ovation for priest after child sex accusations
• Religious scholar Reza Aslan destroys ‘charlatan’ Joel Osteen: Jesus hated wealth
• Arizona brain scientist in Phoenix airport flap says he was making a political statement

The Benghazi Blues
Fox News has gone silent on Benghazi amid reports that the House Intelligence Committee concluded that there was no intentional wrongdoing in the Obama administration's response to the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

This is the scene and line from the film, "The Americanization of Emily"

FYI: If voting didn't matter, Republicans wouldn't mind if black people did it.- LOLGOP





Rand Paul Hears the Word Dreamer And Skedaddles. Rep Steve King Is Just Plain Rude.




The best part of Rand Paul's escape from a DREAMer is how quickly he got his rollerblades on to skate away.- LOLGOP

The environment is everything that isn't me. - Albert Einstein



Rock The Voter News

• Hollywood divided: passions high as actors and celebrities speak out on Gaza
• 'Massive Environmental Disaster' in Canada as Toxic Tailing Pond Floods Waterways
• Climatologist Says Arctic Carbon Release Could Mean “We're F**ked”
• 'Dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico is the size of Connecticut
• Flesh-Eating Bacteria in Gulf of Mexico Kills 10

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead



Whew. Murdoch Loses Bid.
Rupert Murdoch said Tuesday that he had withdrawn his offer to acquire Time Warner, all but admitting defeat in what would have been the biggest media merger in recent history.

Tea Party Patriots Stealing From U.S. Marines. Just In Time For Elections!
A conservative charity group that claimed to be sending care packages to U.S. Marines in Afghanistan has been exposed as a fraudulent operation dedicated to pumping millions of dollars into the accounts of a Tea Party loyalist and his political consulting groups.



For the passionately gullible, the irredeemably stupid, & neo-confederates: Fox News: Open  Border Drives Ebola Concerns. - Gen JC Xtian patriot

TIP: Keep consulting the Quran or Torah. The answer must be in there somewhere. - The Onion

Happy birthday to President Obama. He turned 53, according to his birth certificate. The truth is he's actually 55 years old but Congress blocked his last two birthdays.- Jimmy Kimmel



Business/Tech News

• Oil Rebounds From Six-Month Low on Middle East Tension
• Why an aggressive Russia scares markets so much
• NRA "Lifestyle Magazine" Is Using Apple And Nike To Sell Its Corporate Sponsors' Guns
• Oops: MSNBC reports that Obama backs Africa summit because he’s ‘from Kenya’
• CNN Anchor Lashes Out At Fox: 'You Willfully Ignorant F**ksticks’

Name a Republican policy of the last 20 years that's worked as well as Obamacare -- besides Obamacare.- LOLGOP

Report: Government Believes There's A New Snowden Leaking Nat'l Security Docs
CNN reported Tuesday that anonymous U.S. government officials believe there is a new individual following the lead of Edward Snowden and leaking national security documents.



The annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally starts August 4. But times have changed. Now even biker gangs are into recycling. When the motorcycle rally is over, the gangs go around responsibly collecting trash, bottles, and broken teeth.- Craig Ferguson

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So sorry today's edition was late and a bit scarce of funny but the power was out this morning!

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Odd News

• New York courthouse shuts down after being overrun by horde of fleas
• Archaeologists piece together evidence of bloody apocalypse in 12th century America
• Pennsylvania museum says finds 6,500-year-old skeleton in its cellar
• New Mexico man blames robbery on stomach scratch
• New York driver with snake around her neck crashes into firehouse

Time To Deflate Photo

Grand Prismatic Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Beauty and Peace.