Netanyahu warns Congress: Deal will lead to Iranian nuclear bomb

Netanyahu warns Congress: Deal will lead to Iranian nuclear bomb
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tuesday that a proposed agreement between world powers and Iran was "a bad deal" that would not stop Tehran from getting nuclear weapons -- but would rather pave its way to getting lots of them and leave the Jewish State in grave peril.





We conservatives swooned over Netanyahu. Until we realized we now have to go back to our mealy-mouthed candidates for 2016!- Mrs. Betty Bowers

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• General: 8500 IS fighters killed in Iraq so far
• U.S.-led coalition launches 14 air strikes against Islamic State: task force
• As Iraqis advance on Tikrit, threat of car bombs, mines loom
• Turkey Delivers Military Aid to Iraq
• Australia to send 300 extra troops to Iraq on joint training mission with NZ
• Kremlin critic wants international probe into Nemtsov death
• Obama, European leaders to discuss Ukraine, global security

Charlie Daniels is right. The South's gonna do it again. Because one biblically-proportioned ass-kicking just wasn't enough. - Kona Lowell

The exact same guys who said we needed a war with Iraq now said we need one with Iran. At least they have the courtesy to use a new Bush.- LOLGOP




Snowden Must Be Getting Homesick
 Edward Snowden, the fugitive whistleblower who has been given refuge in Russia, is willing to return to the United States if he is given a fair trial, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Republican Shenanigans

• Boehner Makes Republicans 'Tools and Dupes' of Netanyahu's Election Campaign
• Pat Robertson: Smoking pot is ‘slavery to vegetables,’ but God can ‘set you free’
• Report: Witnesses said Jeb Bush lied about Nigeria sales deal

The pressure to lose more wars than your brother must be especially intense for Jeb Bush.- LOLGOP

We live in a world where a few bad Yelp reviews can ruin your business but 8 years of losing wars makes you a foreign policy expert.- LOLGOP

Bent Boehner?
House Speaker John Boehner is expected to move soon -- as early as Tuesday -- to bring up the clean bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for a vote on the House floor, according to two House GOP sources familiar with leadership discussions.






#CPAC, where conservative Christians come once a year to embarrass Jesus.- Kona Lowell

Hillary Used Private Deviously Named Email While Secretary of State
During her four years as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton did not use a State Department email account, opting instead to conduct official business through a personal email account that wasn't then and is not now under the government's control.






Rock The Voter News

• Iran calls Obama's 10-year nuclear demand 'unacceptable' 
• Obama Eyes More Tax Hikes---By Executive Action 
• Pelosi 'Saddened' By 'Condescension' To US By Netanyahu
• Tougher laws a likely legacy of the Disneyland measles outbreak

Presidential Aspirations?
Former Maryland Governor and possible Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley said on Tuesday he will not seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator Barbara Mikulski.




That awkward moment when Republicans question the President's patriotism and then outsource US foreign policy to Benjamin Netanyahu.- Tea Party Cat

I Wonder If There Are Shadows Of Coffins On Dubya's Portrait
Nelson Shanks, who painted a portrait of former President Bill Clinton in 2006, revealed in an interview published Sunday that there's more to the image than meets the eye, including a reference to the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

"The reality is he's probably the most famous liar of all time," Shanks told the Philadelphia Daily News....

"If you take out Saddam…I guarantee it will have enormous, positive reverberations on the region" - that other #BibiSpeech to Congress, 2002 - John Fugelsang




Business/Tech News

• US running out of room to store oil; price collapse next?
• Alibaba shares are at an all-time low — and people are asking questions about fake customers
• Russia troubles hinder Ford, GM efforts to recover in Europe
• Morning briefing: Republican calls UW research on right-to-work 'partisan, garbage'

The GOP wants to repeat every single mistake that led to the Iraq War and the Great Recession. So don't be angry about it or anything.- LOLGOP




Deadly Bacteria Infects Monkeys
How a potentially deadly strain of bacteria escaped from a primate research lab infecting four monkeys is a mystery, government officials said, but they added the incident poses no threat to the public.

If the Pope's against birth control because God commands us to be fruitful and multiply then why's the Pope celibate?- John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• N.J. Mayor decides public can't ask questions at council meetings
• Mystery solved: Source of bad smell in Louisville found
• Woman admits digging up dad's grave in search of 'real will'
• Southern California beach turned white by hail from storm
• Mt. Everest Is Covered In Human Poop, And That's a Problem

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The Blue Grotto in Malta.

Peace.

Snowball's Chance In Hell

Inhofe’s Insane Climate Denial Speech Tells You Everything You Need to Know About the Republican Party Right Now

...Inhofe tried to make the case that global warming is fake because it is currently very cold. This is not even true. (It is unusually cold in the Eastern United States, but the planet on the whole is having an unusually warm year.) 

I always prefer scientists over politicians when it comes to science. But that's just me.

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Boris Nemtsov murder: chief witness 'prevented' from leaving Russia
• Ukraine's military says one Ukrainian serviceman killed in past 24 hours
• Attacks Kill 37 People in and North of Iraq's Capital
• Iraq Begins Offensive to Recapture Tikrit From ISIS
• These Americans return to Iraq as Christian warriors against Islamic State
• N. Korea fires missiles in anger at South-US military drills
• Los Angeles police shoot, kill man on the ground
• City of Cleveland: 12-year-old Tamir Rice caused his own death by failing to ‘avoid injury’

The GOP will worship a leader of a government with universal healthcare and government-funded abortions if he wants to bomb Iran hard enough. - LOLGOP




ISIS Threatens Twitter?
Twitter Inc and U.S. authorities are investigating alleged threats made by Islamic State militants against the social media network's co-founder and other employees, according to media reports.

The last time Netanyahu meddled in American politics like this we got President Romney.- LOLGOP




U.S. Jews Disagree With Netanyahu
Strong Jewish support for an Iran nuclear deal was a surprise finding of a poll of American Jews who voted Tuesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned against any deal that leaves Iran with an enrichment program

I wonder if a bunch of people who still think Saddam was building nukes will be upset to find out Bill O'Reilly lied about another thing.- LOLGOP





Venezuela Says NO To Bush, Cheney & Other GOPers
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced a new mandatory visa requirement for all Americans visiting the country. The leader also called to review and downsize the number of US embassy staff in Caracas....He added that former US President George W. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, and Republican Congress members Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Robert Menendez, and Marco Rubio will be denied visas into the country, labeling Bush and Cheney as “terrorists.”

Republican Shenanigans

• Rand Paul wins CPAC straw poll, Scott Walker close second 
• Ben Carson: Religion is needed to interpret science because ‘maybe it’s just propaganda’
• Republican Congress struggles for stable footing as funding standoff continues
• Fox News doctor: ‘Crack babies’ come from women ‘smoking this whole marijuana business’
• John Oliver: Even a ‘total idiot’ like Donald Trump knows we need to rebuild our infrastructure

'There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning.' - Warren Buffett

Undoing Obamacare
Republican fears are mounting over a Supreme Court case that the party has long hailed as its best chance to undo ObamaCare.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on a GOP-backed case that threatens to erase healthcare subsidies for 8 million people. The vast stakes are raising alarm among Republicans, particularly in the Senate, who increasingly fear a backlash at the polls if their party can’t find a fix.

...and we thank thee, Lord, for the comedic gift of hate-driven Twitter trolls who spell 'Moron' with an 'a.'- John Fugelsang

The difference between your guns and health insurance is someone is actually coming for your health insurance. - LOLGOP

Rock The Voter News

• Obama condemns 'brutal, vicious' Nemtsov killing
• Obama to focus on civil rights struggles past and present 

Marijuana is officially legal in our nation’s capital. Or as President Obama put it, “Clear some space, Michelle. Barry's getting his OWN garden!”- Jimmy Fallon

“It’s like Palm Springs without the riff-raff.” —Robert Mitchum, describing the L.A. county prison farm where he served two months for marijuana possession in 1949.

Same-sex marriage bans went out of fashion quicker than Chris Christie.- LOLGOP

Hillary Clinton is receiving criticism after telling a crowd to “unlock their full potential,” because that line is commonly used by another possible candidate, Carly Fiorina. People said, “You can’t just steal someone’s slogan like that!” And Hillary said, “Yes we can!”- Jimmy Fallon



Business/Tech News

• Oil falls toward $61 on dollar, supply concerns
• Construction picks back up, but it's a different gig now
• Yahoo! celebrates 20th anniversary 
• Michael Jordan joins billionaires' club

Net Neutrality is Big Government Overreach. When Jesus wrote the Constitution, he never intended the government to regulate the internet.- Tea Party Cat




Mainstream Media Ignoring Biggest Trade Agreement Ever!
Adding to the chorus of protest over President Obama’s push for a controversial new trade pact with Asia, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sounded off on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and accused mainstream media of not covering what could be one of the biggest trade agreements in history.

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Odd News

• That stinks: Source of bad smell evades Louisville officials
• New Hampshire lake is Lower 48's only ice runway
• Maine weighs revoking seat belt law days after 75-car pileup
• Vermont town could let those ages 16, 17, vote locally
• Dude, where's my car: NASCAR machine stolen before race

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Lake Pehoe, Patagonia, Chile.

Peace.

Republicans prepare to pass Homeland Security funding

Republicans prepare to pass Homeland Security funding
Hours from a partial agency shutdown, Congress is moving to approve a short-term funding bill for the Homeland Security Department that leaves intact Obama administration immigration policies Republicans vowed to repeal.

The GOP is trying to destroy this country from within. My old moniker for the GOP: Slow motion coup d'etat, is more relevant than ever. :(


UPDATE: GOP didn't pass a bill funding homeland security. They are so useless.





I'm at #CPAC2015 where participants are listening to Republicans tell Obama teleprompter jokes, using teleprompters.- John Fugelsang

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Holder says U.S. malls should 'step up' security
• IS jihadists destroy ancient artefacts in Iraq: video
• Deaths shake Ukraine truce, Poroshenko wary of Russia threat
• Mexico captures Knights Templar drug cartel leader
• 7 fatally shot, gunman dead in southeastern Missouri
• Attackers in Bangladesh hack to death American blogger
• Despite spat with US, Israeli leader fighting Iran nuke deal

“When the conservatives go to run for president, you can’t have people disagreeing with 97% of the world’s scientists, relentlessly, and then claim you want to participate in the most powerful country in the world.” –Bill Nye




Yep. Global Warming Is Worse Than We Thought.
From the ground in this extreme northern part of Antarctica, spectacularly white and blinding ice seems to extend forever. What can't be seen is the battle raging underfoot to re-shape Earth.
Water is eating away at the Antarctic ice, melting it where it hits the oceans. 

John Boehner Tells Press To Kiss Off With Kissy Noises!
The Department of Homeland Security is headed for a shutdown tomorrow night unless Congress acts to fund it. Republicans in the Senate and the House can't seem to get on the same page as to the right strategy to solve the problem. It's deja vu all over again for a Republican congressional leadership...

Republican Shenanigans

• Bibi Netanyahu -- aka 'The Republican Senator From Israel' -- May Have Made A Fatal Political Mistake
• Boehner Reminds Members Again to Dress Appropriately (Video)
• Rand Paul calls out Jeb Bush on marijuana
• Monica Crowley: This is World War III
• Christie At CPAC: We Need To Tell Obama's White House 'To Shut Up'
• Rick Perry tells CPAC: Obama has made the world less safe 
• Uninsured Ex-Sheriff Who Fought O-care Struggles To Pay Medical Bills
• Congressman Tosses Snowball In Senate While Arguing Against Climate Change

O'Reilly's Pants Pulled Down. Again.
Former colleagues of Bill O’Reilly, the Fox News host whose tales of past reporting exploits are facing renewed scrutiny, have disputed his account of surviving a bombardment of bricks and rocks while covering the 1992 riots in Los Angeles.









 If Google auto-complete really reflects popular questions previous users have asked…and when you type, “Is the moon…” it adds, “real…” Then I give up, because that means the most frequent question people ask Google about the moon is, “Is it real?”  Also, if people have really asked, “Is the moon hollow? Is the moon a spaceship? And, is the moon a hologram? Then President Rick Perry, it’s all yours.   Just…Just take over. - Bill Maher

Right Out Of Central Casting
William Temple has a schtick. He goes to conservative events as as Button Gwinnett, a Georgia man who signed the Declaration of Independence. He carries a Gasden flag. (It's been signed by politicians including Ted Cruz and Michele Bachmann.)

“We should at least be honest with our kids and tell them the truth about drug laws in this country: Kids, if you’re going to experiment, make absolutely certain that, beforehand, your parents are white and well-connected.” – Bill Maher





Rock The Voter News

• Obama on pot: decriminalize, don't legalize

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Do, you know that Jeb’s father, the first President Bush, was the last president who didn’t smoke pot? You can see the progression from Clinton copping to it but still needing to say he didn’t inhale, to George W. Bush, not denying it, just saying he wouldn’t answer, to Obama, who said, “Yeah, I smoked weed. I smoked a lot of it, and I looked cool doing it.”  

But, don’t all these guys – Clinton, Jeb, W., Obama – don’t they all owe a debt to the 40,000 unlucky Americans currently in jail for the exact same crime?  - Bill Maher





Sarah Palin Throws Herself & GOP Hopefuls Under The Bus. Why?
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) suggested — perhaps unwittingly — on Thursday that neither she nor any Republican weighing a 2016 presidential campaign is eligible for the position.

People joke about Hilary Clinton's age but she's still younger than the 85yr old Herbert Hoover ideas she'll be running against. - John Fugelsang

“What is behind Giuliana’s comments? Racism. You’re not allowed to say this. We now live in a society where it’s worse to call someone a racist than to be one.” – Fran Lebowitz

Business/Tech News

• Crude Oil at $48
• Antarctica 'Penguin Post Office' Job Attracts Record Number of Applicants
• UAE military buys two Boeing C-17s as part of record IDEX spend
• ‘House of Cards' Gets Pricier for Netflix Fans: Chart
• GOP Considers Plan to Spare Millions from Anti-Obamacare Decision
• Google exec: It's 'irresponsible' of Apple to make everything expensive

“Ben Stein last year during the campaign when it was heating up at the end, said, 
Obama is the most racist president we’ve ever had.'  And I thought, even more than the eleven who actually owned slaves?!” – Bill Maher

Head Transplants?
It's a fascinating concept. You have an otherwise perfectly healthy head on a body that no longer functions. You have, also, an otherwise perfectly healthy donor body. What if you could take the head from its non-functioning body and transplant it onto the healthy body?






"I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.'' --President George W. Bush

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Seriously, if it wasn't for AHNC viewers, I'd starve! 

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Odd News

• The "What Color Is This Goddamn Dress?" Debate Explained By Science
• 2 loose llamas lassoed after running amok near Phoenix
• Cops: Man abandoned backhoe in big hole he dug in rural road
• Fog machine in art installation prompts false fire alarms
• Woman knocked out in Seattle "drive-by egging"

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Florida at night. The Everglades wetland is almost light pollution free. Photo/NASA Expedition 41


Best wishes for a peaceful weekend for everyone around the world.