Thursday, January 29, 2015

Cuban president wants Guantanamo Bay back







Cuban president wants Guantanamo Bay back
Cuban President Raul Castro demanded on Wednesday that the United States return the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, lift the half-century trade embargo on Cuba and compensate his country for damages before the two nations re-establish normal relations.



Intelligence reports reveal the Sarah Palin Channel used as torture device at Guantanamo. 









The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam



"I was thinking of making a Muslim porn site: Sharia Raw." - Geoff Nineman Tweet



Cuban Political Prisoners Group Speaks Up
 A local Cuban political prisoners group is set to gather along with other exile organizations just one day after Cuba’s leader Raul Castro had some major demands for the U.S. in order to normalize relations.









REMINDER: George W. Bush gave his “axis of evil” speech 13 years ago today.










Republican Shenanigans



America Likes Obamacare: Take Note GOP
Americans want Congress to fix a potential Obamacare gap by a remarkable 64-27 percent margin if the Supreme Court invalidates subsidies in three dozen states, according to a new poll released Wednesday.




Now that Ted Cruz is running the NASA committee they've reopened the Challenger investigation and determined it was, in fact, Obama's fault.- John Fugelsang









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Clinton And Romney To Lunch Together 
Former Republican nominee Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann are set to have lunch beside Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, Friday at an event that could be awkward given some unkind words Romney had about Clinton's mother, Hillary, at an event this week.



Michelle Obama didn't wear a headscarf in Saudi Arabia and now people in Saudi Arabia know she has hair. HAIR!!! - Tea Party Cat









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President Obama is in the Middle East. He met the new king of Saudi Arabia. Obama also met Saudi Arabia's first lady, the second lady, third lady, and fourth lady.- Conan O'Brien




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The Koch Brothers literally have $41 billion each and think the minimum wage is too damn high.- John Fugelsang








Today's GOP. Because why regulate dirty fossil fuels when Jesus will be back soon anyway?- The Daily Edge Tweet




GOP To Neuter The EPA
Even when Democrats controlled the Senate, Republicans found ways to put limits on the Environmental Protection Agency.

As the Center for Public Integrity reported last week, Republicans used the appropriations process to make it harder for the EPA to evaluate the dangers posed by toxic chemicals. Without the science, the EPA cannot enact new regulations to protect the public.








On eBay, a group of four Super Bowl tickets is going for $51,000. Although to be fair, that price includes a full-body rubdown from stadium security.- Jimmy Kimmel





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Thank you Ramesh for thinking of me!


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Norway Northern Lights.


Peace.

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Hillary Clinton agrees to testify on Benghazi, panel’s ranking Dem says





Hillary Clinton agrees to testify on Benghazi, panel’s ranking Dem says
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has agreed to testify before the House Select Committee investigating the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, CNN reports.



"In my White House, we will know who wears the pantsuits."- Hillary Clinton 2008








The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam



Welcome to Vietnam, Pvts Cheney, Bush, Romney and Limbaugh.  #UnlikelyLinesFromAWarMovie - John Fugelsang Tweet




Pro-Vietnam War parade in New York City by Mary Ellen Mark, 1968.





Islamaphobia On Increase Due To Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper, the film covering the life of an American Navy SEAL with the most confirmed “kills” during the course of his duty, has led to an increase in threats against Muslims in the US since its release, an Arab-American civil rights group has claimed.




Rick Perry doesn't trust Texas' criminal justice system? He probably should have let us know that when he was busy executing 250+ people.- LOLGOP









Republican Shenanigans




The difference between weather and climate is conservatives care about the weather.- LOLGOP










Flag Hags
Bill Maher wondered when Confederate “flag-hags” would give up a divisive symbol many consider to be racist and possibly treasonous.













I enjoy watching Republicans trying to reject Palin, Trump and Huckabee, when all three are polling ahead of Marco Rubio and Scott Walker.- LOLGOP





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Numbers show successes in the War on Poverty, but many Republicans still think we aren't killing the poor fast enough.- Republican God




Michelle Obama Didn't Wear Ugly Clothes In Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stepped off Air Force One at the VIP airport terminal in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to meet with new King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud. They met the king and other regional officials to pay their respects following the passing of King Abdullah. While officials planned to discuss the Syrian civil war, the political situation in Yemen, and the campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq, one thing in particular made the headlines.

The first lady’s attire.










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'Climate Change' is a sick conspiracy by the world scientific community to convince people pollution is bad. - John Fugelsang







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Obama Allows Offshore Drilling In Atlantic
The Obama administration on Tuesday outlined a politically fraught plan for allowing oil and gas drilling offshore along parts of the Atlantic coast while imposing new restrictions on environmentally fragile waters off northern Alaska.





Dear Republicans, how about regulating Wall Street instead of vaginas? - Snarky Pundit Tweet













Scarborough's 'Liberal' Co-Host Becomes A Sudden Koch Bros. Convert 
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough hasn't been shy about his support for the industrial billionaire conservatives Charles and David Koch, but it took a weekend in Palm Springs for his liberal co-host Mika Brzezinski to see the light.










'Dasani' is Italian for 'Coke just sold you tap water.' - John Fugelsang







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This is a half selfie I took yesterday in Santa Cruz, Costa Rica. The parrot would say Hello and How are You in Spanish.

Peace.

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

I will be back with a new edition on Wednesday, January 28, 2015.

What a day I had. Good news but it took the whole day to find out.

Thank you for stopping by.


This is how I felt at the end of the day!
Peace.