Obama: Isolating Cuba hasn't worked

Obama: Isolating Cuba hasn't worked

President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced plans to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba and ease economic restrictions on the nation, an historic shift he called the end of an "outdated approach" to U.S.-Cuban relations.

Cuba gives conservatives another excellent chance to be furious about something most people will just see as progress.- LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Iraq seeks one-year deferral on Gulf War reparations
• Afghan spy chief laments intelligence vacuum as foreign troops leave
• Russians flock to stores to pre-empt price rises
• Rage, tears and broken childhoods as Pakistan reels from massacre

Prisoner Swap With Cuba
Cuba has released American aid worker Alan Gross after five years in prison, a U.S. official said on Wednesday amid reports of a prisoner exchange that heralds a major overhaul of U.S. policy toward Cuba.




We can have relations with China, Russia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain... But Cuba is just too scary for us?- LOLGOP

Most Americans Are Pro-Torture! OMG.
A majority of Americans believe that the harsh interrogation tactics detailed in last week's Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the CIA's handling of prisoners after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were warranted, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds.

"My brother kept us safe." - Jeb Bush, who still hasn't been told about 9/11, anthrax, invading Iraq or a Wall St crash.

Republican Shenanigans

• Fox News editor on Cuba: Obama in ‘Honey Boo Boo phase in which he does what he wants’
• GOP lawmaker: Women need man’s permission for abortion unless they can prove ‘legitimate rape’
• What? Pat Robertson predicts gays will go extinct ‘because they don’t reproduce’
• Texas GOP congressman who owns ‘blow-me.org’ website accused of sexual harassment

After hearing Jeb Bush was running for president, Justice Scalia promised him a victory. A 5-4 victory. -Top Conservative Cat


Obama Throws Monkey Wrench Into GOP Presidential Hopefuls
Leading Republicans reacted with outrage Wednesday over the Obama administration’s move to normalize relations with Cuba, with some casting it as appeasement and the product of blackmail by the communist Castro government.

Rock The Voter News

• Obama signs $1.1 trillion government spending bill
• Obama: As a black man he's been mistaken for valet
• Pope Francis praises US and Cuba for normalizing diplomatic relations

Cuba gives conservatives another excellent chance to be furious about something most people will just see as progress.- LOLGOP

Strange But True
A Texas plumber says he has no idea how his old company truck ended up in a jihadi photo from the front lines of the war in Syria produced by the militant group ISIS.

If corporations really are people then polygamy is already legal.- John Fugelsang

Business/Tech News

• Stocks soar as Fed vows patience, oil prices climb
• McDonald's Japan rations fries as U.S. West Coast port dispute drags on
• France wants ban on new cannabis-extract "e-joint"
• Ruble Soars With Russian Stocks on Central Bank Stability Steps
• U.S.-Cuba deal caps cigar imports at $100, bans resale; tourism still off-limits

Since Reaganomics took hold in 1980, most of our economic growth has gone to the richest Americans. which was exactly the point of Reaganomics. It was called Trickle Down but it should be known as Sucking Up.- eclectablog.com/

NY Says NO To Fracking
New York governor Andrew Cuomo's administration said on Wednesday it will ban hydraulic fracturing in the state after a long-awaited report concluded that the oil and gas production process poses health risks.

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Odd News

• Man Falls Off Sixty-Foot Cliff, Comes Away Unharmed
• NASA Can See Your Christmas Lights... From Space!
• Did Google Earth Spot A Sea Monster In New Zealand?
• Poisonous Zamboni Sends 81 To Area Hospitals
• Over 20,000 bras recalled in Japan due to injury fears

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Kayangan Lake, Philippines. I want to dive in there right now!


Peace.

Jeb Bush Announces That He's Thinking About Running For President

Jeb Bush Will 'Actively Explore the Possibility of Running for President'
Jeb Bush announced this morning that he will "actively explore the possibility of running for president of the United States."

The former Florida governor, 61, said he made the decision over the Thanksgiving holiday in consultation with his family.

When has one of George H.W. Bush's kids trying to redeem their dad's legacy ever gone wrong?- LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Taliban storm Pakistani school, killing 126
• Taliban fighters mount offensive near Afghan border with Pakistan
• Suspect in six Pennsylvania killings is target of manhunt
• Protesters chain themselves to Oakland police station doors
• California policeman who threatened protesters on Twitter put on leave

That awkward moment when Cheney says "we needed to torture to stop another 9/11" and Obama stopped torture and another 9/11 didn't happen.- Top Conservative Cat

Remember Ebola, The Disease Republicans Were Obsessed With Before The Election?
 Sierra Leone is planning a house-to-house search for hidden Ebola cases in the capital and surrounding areas, which currently account for more than half of the country's new infections.








"After more than 13 years, our combat mission in Afghanistan will be over. This month, America’s war in Afghanistan will come to a responsible end." —President Obama to our troops at Fort Dix

Sorry, Fox News, but comparing Elizabeth Warren to Ted Cruz is like comparing an intelligent human being to Ted Cruz.- Andy Borowitz




Republican Shenanigans

• Kevin Yoder MIA After Tucking Wall Street Bailout Into Government Spending Bill
• Florida asks Supreme Court to block gay marriage
• Republicans Are Mad At Ted Cruz For Doing Democrats A Big Favor
• Texas Weighs Allowing Open Carry Of Handguns

Jeb Bush: America's economy is almost recovered enough for another Bush to ruin it.- LOLGOP

We Should Be Afraid Of Dick Cheney!
Jon Stewart came away from The Daily Show on Monday with a greater appreciation for former Vice President Dick Cheney’s boss after watching Cheney’s interview with NBC host Chuck Todd.

“George W. Bush, thank you for not dying while you were in office,” Stewart said to the former president.





“Oh, it doesn’t matter who wins.” Well, in Florida the Democrat lost the race for governor by 66,000 votes. And if he’d won, 700,000 poor Floridians would have gotten health insurance under the Obamacare Medicaid expansion that Republican governors block. So, it would have mattered to them.  - Bill Maher

The last time the GOP won without a Bush on the ticket we got a Nixon. Before Nixon, Hoover. So you can see why they don't buy evolution.- LOLGOP




Rock The Voter News

• Obama's Pick For Surgeon General Prevails Over NRA
• Warren: I'm Not Running For President. 'Want Me To Put An Exclamation Point At The End?'

During his weekly address, Pope Francis assured the crowd that all animals go to heaven. Then cats said, “Have you met us?”- Jimmy Fallon

NYC Police Attempt At Public Relations
New York's police union is showing its displeasure with Mayor Bill de Blasio and the head of the city council by starting a campaign to keep the two politicians away from funerals of fallen officers.

The Justice Department ruled that Native American tribes are allowed to grow and sell marijuana on reservations. This decision was hailed as a victory by Native American leader Giggling Eagle.- Conan O'Brien

What Was Greenpeace Thinking?
Members of the environmental activist group Greenpeace face criminal and civil charges in Peru for leaving their own footprints on one of the country’s historical monuments while calling for lower carbon footprints...

Business/Tech News

• Newtown victims' families sue maker of gun used in 2012 attack
• Longshore union, shippers see slow progress in U.S. West Coast port talks
• Tennessee lab says eight workers exposed to radiation, no health threat
• Florida State University offers certificate program in drone operations

President Mitt McCain has halted all work on renewable energy, but we have built a one-trillion-dollar, coal-powered, electrified fence on the border to keep out the one Mexican who still wants to get here.- Bill Maher

What Is Congress Smoking?
Congress dealt a historic blow to the United States' decades-long war on drugs Saturday with the passage of the federal spending bill, which contains protections for medical marijuana and industrial hemp operations in states where they are legal.

The spending bill includes an amendment that prohibits the Department of Justice from using funds to go after state-legal medical cannabis programs. 





Homeland Security Czar Ted Cruz  has deported all 12 million illegals. So, now we have no fruit.  - Bill Maher

Lou Reed, Mick Jagger and David Bowie hanging out at Café Royale, 1973




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Odd News

• Hawaii Lava On Course To Hit Gas Station, Shopping Center By Christmas
• Los Angeles porn actors must wear condoms, appeals court rules
• Robot flies to Germany as airline passenger from Los Angeles
• Residents hope Rudolph thieves caught red-handed
• Merriam-Webster Names 'Culture' The 2014 Word Of The Year

Time To Deflate Photo

Maintenance on the Eiffel Tower, 1937.


Peace.

Cheney on Interrogation Tactics: 'I Would Do It Again in a Minute'

Cheney on Interrogation Tactics: 'I Would Do It Again in a Minute'

Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday continued his fierce defense of harsh CIA interrogation tactics used in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, saying flatly that he "would do it again in a minute."

Good news, America. Our ex-vice president would anally rape people again. Now back to Republicans ranting about the rule of law.- LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Gunfire And Blasts As Sydney Cafe Stormed
• Higher prices, shortages create pressure for IS
• Mideast peace push at UN puts US in tough spot
• Israeli PM rejects Palestinian UN bid as he meets Kerry
• Russia threatens response if US sets new sanctions over Ukraine
• Cal cop investigated for threatening tweets: ‘I will use my God given and law appointed duty to kill you’
• ‘Goddamned Nazi Stormtrooper’: Texas cop Tasers 76-year-old man with expired inspection

It was immoral and it didn't work and I'd do it again.
Dick Cheney on torture and the GOP on another Bush. - LOLGOP

Christian Terrorists In Ohio
A newly launched mentoring program funded with taxpayer dollars requires Ohio school districts to partner with a faith-based organization and a business in order to have access to the money...




BREAKING: Infamous torture mastermind and war criminal found hiding in Crawford, Texas, painting portraits of world leaders and dogs.- Top Conservative Cat

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




Republican Shenanigans

• Torture in a Dick Cheney Minute
• Republican hopefuls honing attacks against Clinton
• Ted Cruz Gave Obama An Early Christmas Gift Over The Weekend
• David Koch claims he is not evil, is wrong
• Pro-gun nuts mark Sandy Hook by blaming mass shooting on gun laws

Republicans are still hoping Obama nominates a Surgeon General who doesn't believe it's possible to die of a gunshot.- LOLGOP

Lone Republican Stalling Veteran's Suicide Prevention Bill, And He's A Doctor!
An effort to get a veterans suicide-prevention bill passed in the final days of the 113th Congress faces one remaining hurdle: an anonymous hold.

I guess you have to be a Bush to see a report detailing your brother's war crimes as a great chance to launch your presidential campaign.- LOLGOP



Rock The Voter News

• Six ways Democrats lose out in the 2015 spending bill
• Tax extenders expected to win U.S. Senate approval within days

So you're okay with torture, against Medicaid expansion and think America is a Christian nation. Got it.- LOLGOP

Arizona Anti-Abortionists Lose This Round Of Never Ending Laws Against Women
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked Arizona from enforcing a state law that restricts access to abortion-inducing drugs by prohibiting off-label uses of RU-486, the so-called "abortion pill."

Why don't you ladies sit back and let the guys who think torture is okay deal with the fact that most rapes go unreported?- LOLGOP

Business/Tech News

• Carl Icahn says oil’s woes may be proof of a junk-bond bubble
• Cramer: Worldwide recession, except in US
• Uber Charged $100 Minimum Fare To Flee Sydney Hostage Crisis Area
• CNN host slams gun control because Americans need assault rifles to stop Sydney-style standoff

I don't trust the government to do anything except torture anyone it's scared of. - LOLGOP

China Doesn't Like The House of Representatives Either.
China is unhappy with the U.S. spending bill passed by the House of Representatives last week, saying it contains discriminatory clauses that violate the rules of fair trade and "send the wrong signal".




None of the bs has changed from yesterday, but you ARE one day closer to death. Happy Monday! =) - The GoodGodAbove Tweet

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All Hat No Cattle Is 14 years & 1 Day Old, Today!

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Odd News

• Cleveland baby born at 10:11, 12/13/14
• What would happen if the Yellowstone supervolcano actually erupted?
• New Jersey college buys Atlantic City casino for dorm, branch campus
• Buildings evacuated after marriage proposal flop
• South Dakota pulls driving campaign over innuendo

Time To Deflate Photo

The clouded leopard is a cat found from the Himalayan foothills through mainland Southeast Asia into China, and has been classified as vulnerable in 2008.

Peace.