Midterm election rides wave of anger at incumbents

Midterm election rides wave of anger at incumbents
The costliest midterm election in history draws to a bitter close with control of the Senate tilting toward Republicans even as governors, in red and blue states alike, face a well of anti-incumbent anger from New England to the Rocky Mountains.




Crazy idea here. How about laws that make it harder to shoot people and easier to vote? - LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• ISIS Militants Kill Over 300 Members Of Defiant Iraqi Tribe
• Canada conducts first airstrikes on IS targets in Iraq
• Over 210 killed in fighting over Libya's Benghazi
• Jerusalem on edge in row over contested shrine
• US Navy cancels port calls amid Philippine anger over killing

News Outlets Can't Afford To Cover The News
Cash-strapped news outlets looking to cover President Obama's trip to Asia next month may find it difficult to do so. Not because the trip isn't newsworthy -- it is -- but because there are at least 60,000 dollar-shaped reasons not to.



Why does every election analysis ignore that Republicans have their own propaganda TV network that just spews lies all day and all night?- Dave Johnson Tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• Fox Host: We Need "An Older White Guy Appreciation Day"
• Reince Priebus: 'Very Disappointed' if GOP Doesn't Take Senate
• North Carolina voters report voting machines switching their votes to GOP candidate
• Evangelical college gay rights stand causes uproar
• Conservative Ben Stein Thinks Obama Is America’s ‘Most Racist President’ Ever (VIDEO)
• Nate Silver: 74% Chance Republicans Will Take Senate

Congress has an approval rating below 12% which is why the media keeps reminding you Obama's approval rating is only 42%.-John Fugelsang




GOP Says They'll Go To Work IF They Control Congress!
 Republicans said on Sunday they will break the legislative stalemate that has paralyzed Washington for the past several years if they win control of the Senate in the upcoming congressional elections. 

Rock The Voter News

• DNC Head Predicts Democrats Will Hold Senate
• Midterm Elections: On the ballot in 50 states

So How's Boehner's Lawsuit Against Obama Going?
House Speaker John Boehner’s still-unfiled lawsuit against President Barack Obama for exceeding his constitutional power is in more trouble.
For the second time in two months, a major law firm has ceased work on the lawsuit, sources say.

Computer security experts say that a video released by former CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson appears to show her computer "malfunction[ing]," likely due to a stuck backspace key, not being hacked by government agents as she had suggested.

Remember that voice on AOL that said "you've got mail"? Turns out it was the NSA. - Jokeblogger.com

I Forgot To Mention: A Volcano Blew Its Top Here In Costa Rica
Satellites belonging to the United States space agency, NASA, captured images of a “blanket” of sulfur dioxide over western Costa Rica a day after the Turrialba volcano began erupting last Wednesday.







If you make minimum wage or have a uterus, you should recuse yourself from voting tomorrow since you might be biased towards Democrats.- Top Conservative Cat

Ferguson Police Lied
The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show that local authorities privately acknowledged the purpose was to keep away news helicopters during violent street protests over the shooting of an unarmed black teen by a white police officer.



You can refinance your car. You can refinance your home. So why can’t you refinance your student loans? - Sen. Al Franken Tweet

Business/Tech News

• The Economy Is Still The Biggest Issue For The Voters
• Virgin Galactic mishap likely pilot error as Richard Branson vows to forge ahead
• Oregon's Cheap Legal Weed Could Starve Washington's Market
• Why Taylor Swift's '1989' Could Be The Last Platinum Album Ever

85 people are worth more than half the people on earth but raising the minimum wage will hurt the economy. - LOLGOP

Ebola Scare In My Neck Of The Woods
Costa Rican health authorities were placed on alert over the weekend when authorities arrested 14 illegal immigrants from Somalia in Cañas, Guanacaste, at least one of which complained of Ebola-like symptoms.
Those exhibiting symptoms were taken to the Cañas Comprehensive Healthcare Center where tests confirmed that the symptoms were caused by the influenza virus, not Ebola.




Right now, Turkeys are being advised to get their affairs in order. - Jokeblogger.com

Instead of a napkin, I put a tortilla shell on my lap. Whatever falls I can eat. - Jokeblogger.com

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Odd News

• Ebola-carrying bats may be heroes as well as villains
• Study Suggests Milk May Actually Increase The Risk Of Bone Fracture
• Spanish shepherds guide 2,000 sheep across Madrid
• Michigan couple marries after losing 380 pounds
• Harrison Williams Regrets 'Surfing' Dead Whale, Admits He's An Idiot
• Elusive Fanged Deer Spotted For First Time In 66 Years

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The Northern lights in Norway being celebrated by a lone brave soul.

Peace.

Ebola update: Maine judge orders quarantine for nurse Kaci Hickox

Ebola update: Maine judge orders quarantine for nurse Kaci Hickox
A Maine judge has ordered a quarantine for nurse Kaci Hickox, who defied her Ebola quarantine in a tense standoff with state authorities.




Chances you get Ebola from a nurse: 0/300 million

Chances you'll die by gunshot: 1/10K

This has been today's Worry About the Right Shit- LOLGOP

BREAKING NEWS: Judge's rejection of nurse quarantine 'unfortunate': Maine governor



The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Air strikes hit Kobani as Kurdish peshmerga prepare to enter
• Syrian air strikes kill over 200 civilians in 10 days: monitor
• Members of Congress demand to see Guantánamo detainee force-feeding videos
• Muslim men over 50 pray at Jerusalem's Aqsa mosque amid tight security
• Could gas deal signal Russia - Ukraine detente?

No Kumbaya Moment Reported 
Afghanistan's new president invited the Taliban to join in a peace process backed by the international community on Friday, in an unusual direct reference to the insurgents who have stepped up attacks aimed at bringing down his month-old government.



So we quarantine anyone who helps Ebola patients-- but only if they helped patients in Africa, where we really need them. Just good science.- LOLGOP

I don't want to ban flights from Ebola-stricken countries.  I have family in Texas. - John Fugelsang

No Costumes For You!
While Halloween's popularity outside the United States continues to grow, celebrating the event remains riskier in some places than others. And don't even think about trick-or-treating in Uzbekistan.









Republican Shenanigans

• Sarah Palin Promises to 'Bug the Crap' Out of Her 'Haters'
• Why Republicans Keep Telling Everyone They're Not Scientists
• Keith Ablow, Fox News Doctor, Calls For 'American Jihad'
• Jon Stewart Skewers The Koch Brothers

"I'm not a scientist."
-Republicans

"I'm not a Republican."
- Scientists

-LOLGOP

Policing the Police
Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico will undergo reform and be monitored for use of excessive force under an agreement to be announced Friday between the city and the U.S. Justice Department.

GOP Upset A Senator Put Some South In Their Mouth
Republicans trying to win a competitive Senate seat in Louisiana are professing outrage after Sen. Mary Landrieu, the Democratic incumbent, said race has hurt President Barack Obama in the South.




Rock The Voter News

• Obama fires back at Ebola policy critics: 'We can't hermetically seal ourselves off'
• Obama Seeks to Boost Women's Vote at Rhode Island Rally
• Sandy Activist Whom Christie Told To 'Shut Up' Says He's Not Backing Down

Iranians can vote but have no choices while Americans have choices but don't vote.- John Fugelsang

Teachers Are Angry At Time Magazine Art
Some teachers think that Time Magazine owes them an apology.
The magazine's latest cover story details the efforts of certain Silicon Valley investors to derail teacher tenure practices. Teachers unions, however, are taking particular issue with the story’s associated cover art, a gavel smashing an apple, and text that says, "It's nearly impossible to fire a bad teacher."

If you get a doughnut and a croissant together, it's called a cronut. The Hello Deli next door has its own hybrid called the Eboli. It's half Ebola, half E. coli. - David Letterman

Far Right Evangelicals Fighting Over Halloween
The Christian News Network reports that Kirk Cameron is coming under fire from other evangelical priests for his claim that Halloween is a holiday that Christians should take back from the pagans.



Business/Tech News

• U.S. Gasoline Average Below $3 for First Time Since 2010
• Exxon, Chevron shrug off effect of low oil prices
• Dignity Health to pay $37 million to settle overbilling claims
• Obama to Confer With Fed Chair Yellen on U.S. Economy

If you say you care about the Dow, the deficit, gas prices or inflation, you really have to invent magical reasons to hate Obama.- LOLGOP

Russia Drop Kicks Anheuser-Busch
Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD), the world's largest beer company, reported earnings and sales that badly missed analysts' expectations on Friday.

Russia was one of the biggest drags on the company's profits. Sales in Russia fell 20%, contributing to a sharp decline in its European business, the Belgium-based brewer said.





Former major league player Jose Canseco accidentally shot his finger off while cleaning his gun. On the bright side, he's taken so much human growth hormone that the finger grew right back.- Craig Ferguson

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Thank you Ramesh!

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Odd News

• Drivers scramble for flying cash on Md. highway
• Groom Leaves Bride After Her Wedding Joke
• Man Suspended For Using Robot Voice With Customers
• 'Corpse Bride' Leads To Arrest Of 11 People
• Human Skulls, 'Books On Satan And Witchcraft' Found In Connecticut Dump

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Happy Halloween! Active regions on the sun resemble a jack-o'-lantern in this extreme ultraviolet image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, captured on Oct. 8.

Peace.

U.S. nurse defies Maine's Ebola quarantine, takes bike ride

U.S. nurse defies Maine's Ebola quarantine, takes bike ride
 A nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone but has tested negative for the virus ventured out of her home in Maine and took a bike ride on Thursday, defying a quarantine order and setting up a legal collision



This quarantine freakout is enough to make me wish Republicans actually believe in limited government.- LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Iraqi Kurd Peshmerga Enter Kobani to Aid in Fight Against Islamic State Militants
• Hundreds of Iraqi tribesmen opposed to Islamic State found in mass graves
• Tensions flare as Israeli police kill suspect in Temple Mount shooting
• Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in past 24 hours despite ceasefire: military
• Officials say North Korea to quarantine all arriving foreigners for 21 days over Ebola fears
• China calls on Japan to end jet scrambles

Sweden recognizes Palestinian state, hopes will revive peace process
Sweden joins Malta and Cyprus, as the third European nation officially recognizing a Palestinian state.  The British Parliament also voted to recognize the Palestinian state earlier this month, in a symbolic vote. 

Halloween 2007 Cartoon

BREAKING: Officials say North Korea to quarantine all arriving foreigners for 21 days over Ebola fears.- Tina Dupuy



Ebola Declining In Liberia, In Case Anyone Wants To Know
 Three months after declaring West Africa’s Ebola epidemic a global emergency, the World Health Organization said Wednesday that new infections in Liberia, one of the worst affected countries, appeared to be declining. But the organization also warned against complacency in international efforts to fight the disease.

Republican Shenanigans

• Republican Ballots Lead in Florida Early Voting
• A New Poll Soothes Republican Nerves in Wisconsin
• Pat Robertson shames terminally ill woman planning suicide for promoting liberal 'culture of death'
• Sarah Palin on CNN derision: Liberals 'want to crush us'
• North Dakota Supreme Court upholds restrictions on medication abortion

"Call it Empathy Deficit Disorder. Some Democrats have it,
but the disorder seems especially widespread among Republicans."- Robert Reich

Whitey Tighty Preservation Society
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who recently began floating the idea of running for the presidency, was caught on tape joking about how well white men would do if he won, CNN reported.








No one is more willing to stand up to hero nurses and Sandy victims than Chris Christie, you Similac-sipping beta males.- LOLGOP









If you stinkin liberals keep Chris Christie from running for president comedians will never forgive you.- John Fugelsang



Millennials Have No Memory of GOP Congress
Democrats have lost ground, but millennials view Republicans with even more disapproval. It’s just that, among those feeling empowered to vote, the Republican Party will fare better.

#VoteProChoice because being poor shouldn't mean the cast of Duck Dynasty gets to make your reproductive decisions.- LOLGOP

Rock The Voter News

• Obama administration issues rules to regulate colleges with career-training ...
• President Obama signs $8.7 billion food stamp cut into law
• Hillary Clinton could end up alone in Iowa
• Holder sees Frank Underwood — but thinks Dick Cheney

Complete media saturation, giant headlines, breaking news alerts--all to tell you the risk of you getting Ebola is nearly nonexistent.- Tina Dupuy

I want to thank every adult for respecting my sincerely held religious belief that they must skip Halloween.- LOLGOP

You'll Rip My Jesus Snow Plows From My Cold Dead Hands
Snow plows in Sioux Falls, South Dakota will be keeping their explicitly Christian theme, WRAL reports.

Mayor Mike Huether said that “unless…I get some Supreme Court case that says I have to” remove the explicitly religious messages that are painted on the city’s snow plows, he would not remove them.

We're keeping an eye on this Jesus character to see if he breaks the leper quarantine again.- LOLGOP

Business/Tech News

• These countries are getting killed by cheap oil
• Shell's earnings drop; new chairman picked
• Unemployment claims hold near 14-year lows
• U.S. Economy Up 3.5% in 3rd Quarter, Capping Best 6 Months in Over a Decade

The Great American Foreclosure Nightmare
Many thousands of Americans who lost their homes in the housing bust, but have since begun to rebuild their finances, are suddenly facing a new foreclosure nightmare: debt collectors are chasing them down for the money they still owe by freezing their bank accounts, garnishing their wages and seizing their assets.

For the first half of the Great Recession we only had economic growth because of Congress, now we have it despite Congress.- LOLGOP



Underfunding NASA Consequences
A NASA advisory panel said earlier this year that inadequate funding jeopardized the safety of commercial space cargo shipments, such as the unmanned Orbital Sciences Corp. mission that exploded this week over Virginia.

For Halloween, a woman in Vermont is handing out kale to trick-or-treaters. If you're in Vermont and you want to stop by, look for the house that's been set on fire.- Conan O'Brien

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Odd News

• New clue to the mystery of Amelia Earhart?
• John Denver bust missing after heavy-metal ball
• Man's own dog helps police bust him on drug charge
• Police: Teletubby break-in suspect faces charges
• Was Roswell UFO Crash A Secret Nazi Aircraft?

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Golden Bay, New Zealand.

Peace.