Big US, Canadian shopping malls: Next terrorist target?

Big US, Canadian shopping malls: Next terrorist target?
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says he’s “confident” that big shopping malls will enhance security measures in the wake of new threats of attack by Al Shabab, an Al Qaeda-linked extremist group based in Somalia.




The fact that American Sniper didn't win Best Picture means Obama is a puppet master & Hollywood dances to his Kenyan tune!- Rob Delaney

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Iraqi minister chides U.S. over Mosul assault timing
• French aircraft carrier deploys against IS fighters in Iraq
• High-level U.S. and Iran nuclear talks resume
• Russia's military budget may shrink 10 percent in 2015 - Rostec
• Zionism debate at heart of bitter Israeli vote
• Turkish troops enter Syria to relocate historic tomb

Jeb Bush gave a speech yesterday. He had a pretty rough time. He accidentally said that ISIS has 200,000 men instead of 20,000, and then he mispronounced the name of the terrorist group Boko Haram. So if history has taught us anything, Jeb is well on his way to winning the White House.- Jimmy Fallon

Bankers Rob Themselves 
Staff at a branch of Afghanistan's central bank in southern Kandahar province may have got away with as much as 81 million Afghanis ($1.4 million) when they robbed their own bank and ran, an official said on Saturday.




I trust Jeb Bush's opinions on foreign policy.

- guy who said the Iraq War would pay for itself

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A News org that keeps telling you it's balanced is like a guy who keeps telling you he's straight.- John Fugelsang




Republican Shenanigans

• Darrell Issa: ‘We should thank’ Giuliani for making us safer by saying Obama doesn’t love America
• Bill Kristol tells incredulous congressman that ‘Iraq was safe and peaceful’ when Bush left office
• Tucker Carlson is pretty blasé about his employees wanting to kill Jews, so it’s cool
• ‘Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas’ sweeps the anti-Oscar Razzie awards
• O’Reilly mocked on Facebook by former colleague for covering war from ‘expense account zone’

Right Wing Christianity - still America's leading manufacturer of atheists.- John Fugelsang



Giuliani Comments Meet Bipartisan Pushback
Politicians of both parties used Sunday talk-show appearances to condemn former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's remark last week that he didn't think President Barack Obama loved America.

Bill O'Reilly's War On Bill O'Reilly
On Sunday, a former CBS correspondent spoke to CNN's Reliable Sources to refute Bill O'Reilly's claims he reported in a "war zone" during the Falklands war–the subject of a Mother Jones investigation published last Thursday. CNN's Brian Stelter also reported that he has talked to several other former CBS News journalists who disputed O'Reilly's account. 








A big difference between Bill O'Reilly and a real journalist is that Bill O'Reilly trusts Bill O'Reilly as a source.- LOLGOP

Rock The Voter News

• Obama open to changes to military authority against IS 
• Obama calls for tighter rules on retirement account brokers 
• Obama begins sales pitch on trade to wary U.S. public 

Gallup, the polling company, released its annual well-being index where they rank the health and happiness of residents of each of the 50 states. Alaska finished first and Hawaii was No. 2. It's interesting that the top two happiest states are the ones that are farthest away from the rest of us. - Jimmy Kimmel

A doctor refused to care for a gay couple's baby, but that's Christian because the baby chose gay parents, right?- Tea Party Cat

GOP STRATEGY: Destroy The Country From Within!
The Obama administration is warning states that the possible shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security would harm the nation's ability to counter the extremist appeal of the Islamic State group within the U.S. and help communities struggling with an onslaught of winter snowstorms.

When Republicans are running against "the media," it's code for, "They're telling the truth about us again."- LOLGOP

The Frozen, Freeze Travel Website
A New York tourism office's suggestion that potential visitors should go to the Florida Keys instead has ended up crashing its website.





Business/Tech News

• Russia Seeks Shariah Banking Funds to Counter Sanctions
• 1 in 3 Americans on verge of financial ruin
• Oakland dockworkers join others back in operation
• One-day tickets at Walt Disney World crack the $100 barrier

Photoshop is turning 25 this week. Well actually, it’s turning 38 but it looks 25.- Seth Myers

GOP Governors Want To Shut Down DHS
Several Republican governors are urging GOP congressional leaders to stand firm next week in opposing legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security if it doesn't also overturn President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration.





The Oscars are when the most popular people on Earth have a popularity contest.- John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• India insists: Obama's tree is not dead
• Helicopter being towed by truck tumbles into freeway traffic
• Overly tight cheap underpants force Canada MP out of his seat
• Carnegie Mellon University wrongly tells 800 applicants they got in
• Police: Man unhappy with $50 haircut flew into rage at salon

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Briksdalsbreen Glacier, Norway. What? No whitewater rafters?

Peace.

Kim Jong-un has a new haircut and of course it's epic

Kim Jong-un has a new haircut and of course it's epic
North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has debuted his latest haircut — and it's a resplendent wedge of ludicrous joy, with a pair of dinky eyebrows to match.

The Dear Leader chose a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea on Wednesday to show off his new cut, a vertiginous tower of hair that fans out dramatically over his round face. Shaved sides and two hyphen-sized mini-brows complete Kim's look.




It's obscene to think Bill O'Reilly is lying. This is a man who took shrapnel in the fiercest fighting of the War on Christmas.- Hett Jerr

Bill O'Reilly Lied About War?

Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly is facing scrutiny over his own war reports by Mother Jones. The allegations follow the top cable news host criticizing NBC Brian Williams over his tall tales on his program.









Sickening to see these cowards questioning Bill O'Reilly combat experience. WHERE WERE YOU DURING THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS 2007, LIBTURD? - LOLGOP

Only in America can having a bad president for a father & a really bad president for a brother qualify you to be president.- John Fugelsang





JEB: Education Governor? NOT!
Here we go again with Jeb Bush’s charade as the “education governor” outlined in Helen Aguirre Ferré’s Jan. 4 column, Smart conservatism is at the core.

He wants everyone to think he was great for Florida’s education system when the facts, as I recall them, are much different.

Giuliani is going through all the stages of being an Internet racist. Next comes him explaining Dr. King would be mad Obama is so liberal.- LOLGOP





Elitist Critics Want A President With A College Degree. Snobs.
The Republican governor is dismissing "elitist" critics who say his lack of a college degree could work against him should he run for president.

You can't say you love America unless you're literally fracking it right now.- LOLGOP




Exxon Mobil Refinery Failed Inspection 8 Times
The Exxon Mobil Corp refinery in Torrance, California, that was hit by an explosion this week was cited in November for eight serious violations following state inspections last year, according to documents released on Thursday.

Wal-Mart boosts minimum wage to $9/hr. Unfortunately, also boosting an hour to 120 minutes.- The Daily Show

Kansas War On Women
A national group's push to redefine and outlaw a procedure commonly used in second trimester abortions as "dismemberment" advanced Friday in Kansas, with the state Senate's agreement to ban the practice.







Obama: 'At every step...we were told by our good friends the Republicans our actions would...destroy the country'

New Confederates: Locked And Loaded
After years of rhetoric threatening violence, the neo-Confederate League of the South (LOS) is training a uniformed, paramilitary unit tasked with advancing a second southern secession by any means necessary, Hatewatch has learned.

America believes in the separation of mosque and state but church and state makes for quite a yummy Reese’s Cup.- John Fugelsang

Kanye said that he's the next Mandela. In that case can we put him in prison for the next 30 years?- JokeBlogger.com

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Yesterday, President Obama announced three new national monuments, including the gorgeous Browns Canyon National Monument pictured here. Located in Colorado, Browns Canyon will protect a stunning section of Colorado’s upper Arkansas River Valley, which features rugged granite cliffs, colorful rock outcroppings and mountain vistas that are home to a diversity of plants and wildlife.

The other new national monuments are Pullman National Monument in Illinois -- a location iconic for its history of labor unrest and civil rights advances -- and Honouliuli National Monument in Hawaii -- the site of an internment camp where Japanese American citizens, resident immigrants and prisoners of war were held captive during World War II. Since taking office, President Obama has protected more than 260 million acres of public lands and waters -- more than any other President -- helping to ensure that our public lands preserve all of America’s history. - U.S. Department of the Interior

Peace and I hope to be back Monday with a normal edition.

The Russian Bear

Putin a threat to Baltic states, Western officials say
Senior Western officials accused Russia on Thursday of redrawing the map of Europe by force and posing a threat to the Baltic states





President Obama has appointed a new head of the Secret Service. The new Secret Service director was so excited that he jumped over the White House fence for joy. - Conan O'Brien

Obama's Approval Rating: Meh
Americans' growing optimism about the nation's economy has not boosted President Barack Obama's approval ratings, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. The President's ratings for handling the economy have held steady, and the share who approve of his efforts to help the middle class has risen slightly, but more continue to disapprove than approve of his work on the nation's economic problems.

Good to see that after 7 years, the GOP is back to the "Obama is a double-secret Muslim" campaign that won them the 2008 election.- LOLGOP

Conservatives: Say No To Jeb
A leading conservative group with a far-reaching presence in social media is looking to raise fresh doubts about the potential presidential candidacy of Jeb Bush





Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.
Fool me 3 times, Bush family dynasty. - Erik Wolfson

Jeb Bush asserts that he's 'his own man' which means as president he'd appoint a totally different set of his dad's friends than W did.- John Fugelsang

Giuliani Loves Teabonics
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani says he believes President Barack Obama does not love the United States — or the people in it.

“I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president loves America,” Giuliani said Wednesday during a private group dinner in Manhattan...

I think Rudy Giuliani may love America. He just isn't "in love" with America. You know. Like his first couple of wives.- LOLGOP

'Superbug' Outbreak at California Hospital, More Than 160 Exposed
A potentially deadly "superbug" resistant to antibiotics has infected seven patients, including two who died, and more than 160 others were exposed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center through contaminated medical instruments, the hospital revealed.

Walmart Raises Pay For Half Million Employees
Walmart will pay current employees at least $10 an hour within the next year, the company announced Thursday.

The nation's largest private sector employer said 500,000 full-time and part-time associates at Walmart U.S. stores and Sam's Clubs will receive pay raises in April that will take them to at least $9 an hour, which will be $1.75 an hour above the current federal minimum wage.





11.4 million people got health insurance through http://healthcare.gov , but I'm sure they won't mind when the GOP repeals Obamacare.- Tea Party Cat

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Isla del Coco was the island in the movie, Jurassic Park. It is about 380 miles SW of Costa Rica. It is a national park.

Peace.