I needed a sick day.
I slept most of the day. :(
I hope I'm not getting the flu.

Best wishes to all.

Sony hack: Attack threat leads Sony to cancel 'The Interview' release

Sony hack: Attack threat leads Sony to cancel 'The Interview' release

When those who hacked Sony Pictures Entertainment then threatened a 9/11-type attack if 'The Interview' was released, major theater groups said they wouldn't show the film. Sony then canceled its Christmas Day release.

So effective immediately Hollywood will pitch all movie ideas to Kim Jong-Un! Sad.- justirish tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnap over 100 women, children in Nigeria
• Putin says deal on Iran's nuclear program 'very close'
• Israel won't accept 'unilateral' Palestine bid: Netanyahu
• Cuban President Castro praises Obama and new U.S. policy: 'We need to learn to live together'
• Cubans cheer historic renewal of US relations

That awkward moment when Republicans are defending torture, and then start complaining about Cuba's human rights violations.- Top Conservative Cat

You Don't See This In The USA
Australians are showing solidarity with Muslims on Twitter, using the hashtag #illridewithyou in a preemptive bid to curb Islamophobia after a gunman demanded hostages inside a Sydney café display an Islamic flag.





BREAKING: Sony canceled the Christmas release of "The Interview". Lindsey Graham outraged, demands Obama invade North Korea immediately.- Top Conservative Cat

Meanwhile, Back To The USA Torturing People
A Top al Qaeda expert who remains in a senior position at the CIA was a key architect of the agency's defense of its detention and "enhanced interrogation" program for suspected terrorists, developing oft-repeated talking points that misrepresented and overstated its effectiveness, according to the Senate Intelligence Committee's report released last week.




I'll believe there's a War on Christmas when I see footage of Dick Cheney rectally feeding Santa Claus.- Rob Delaney tweet

WHY IS CUOMO BANNING FRACKING??? He’s denying New Yorkers the joy of flaming tap water!- LOLGOP

Republican Shenanigans

• George Zimmerman tells pro-gun radio show: Get insurance before you kill someone in self-defense
• Black pastor slams Hasselbeck’s willful race ignorance: ‘Someone white would make that argument’
• Jon Stewart and ‘Daily Show’ tear into Hannity and Fox for calling ex-NBA owner Jay-Z a ‘former crack dealer’
• Bill O’Reilly accuses actor Samuel L. Jackson of trying to ‘diminish’ U.S. with protest song
• Indiana church that fired gay choir director closing after attendance withers away

Well, I think every member of Congress deserves credit for the release of Alan Gross. If they impeached Obama, it never would've happened.- Top Conservative Cat

I would canvass door to door for Jeb Bush if his campaign slogan was 'Fool Me Three Times.'- John Fugelsang




Rock The Voter News

• 'Nuclear Option' Helps Obama Reshape The Courts For A Generation
• Obama On Sony Hack: Don't Be Afraid To Go To The Movies

GOP: Obama is a weak ruthless dictator who hates free markets so much that he's trying to bring them to Cuba.- LOLGOP

Just When You Thought Fox Couldn't Go Any Lower. They Do.
Bill O'Reilly advised black Americans to wear t-shirts that say "Don't Get Pregnant At 14" and "Don't Abandon Your Children" during a segment with Martin Luther King Jr.'s son on Wednesday night.





The Cuban embargo would have started working suddenly in its 56th year, just like the Bush tax breaks.- LOLGOP

Despite Russia's move to raise interest rates this week, the value of the ruble has continued to crash. Russia's economy is so bad, Edward Snowden had to put government secrets on Craigslist.- Jimmy Fallon










Business/Tech News

• Ohio police use pepper spray on crowd lined up for Air Jordans
• North Korea-Linked Sony Hack May Be Most Damaging Ever
• World's most expensive spice could give Afghanistan an economic lifeline
• Pentagon's floating missile defense future: a pair of billion-dollar blimps

Sony Cancels Theatrical Release for ‘The Interview’ thereby guaranteeing blockbuster opening day sales whenever they want.- John Fugelsang

George W Bush's Old Company Loses Lawsuit
December 17th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) After more than nine years, the Administrative Disputes Tribunal has dismissed a lawsuit against Costa Rica brought by Texas oil firm, Harken Energy.

The company, which at the time was closely linked to former U.S. president, George W. Bush, had obtained a 1998 concession to search for crude off Costa Rica’s coast by purchasing the assets of a little known Louisiana-based company named MKJ Xploration....




That awkward moment when Obama forces Republicans to argue AGAINST Wall Street fat cats smoking Cuban cigars... - Top Conservative Cat

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Odd News

• Canadian driver jailed for deaths caused by stopping for ducks
• Canada man finds woman for free trip around world
• Misspelled sign may have cost high school principal her job
• Texas TV station says meteorologist shot, suspect at large
• Dog Shoots Man

Time To Deflate Photo

Rising more than 3,000 feet above Yosemite Valley's floor, El Capitan is a favorite for experienced rock climbers.

Peace.

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

Time To Deflate Photo

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


Peace.