President Obama's speech at Selma, Alabama, made me proud to be an American.
Thank you, President Obama.
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Saturday, March 7, 2015
Friday, March 6, 2015
GOP Freshman: Our Way Or The Highway
GOP’s freshmen vow to keep pushing ultra-conservative agenda: ‘We own both houses’
Representative Tom Cole, an Oklahoma moderate close to Boehner, said the new conservatives should read the Constitution and realize “we don’t get to make the Senate do what we want.”
One snowball disproved climate change but 60 months of positive jobs growth proves we should take away people's health insurance.- LOLGOP
The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam
- Top Qaeda leader, commanders reported killed in Syria
- Saudi king aims for new Sunni bloc vs Iran and Islamic State
- Security questioned in probe of attack on US envoy to Seoul
- U.S. not decided yet on Ukraine national guard training: official
Asked if his knife attack on US Ambassador Lippert had links to North Korea, Kim Ki-Jong said "no, nonsense" while grimacing in wheelchair. - Ivan Watson - CNN
ISIS Destroying Ancient History
Iraqi forces pressed their offensive against the Islamic State group Friday, expecting to reach the outskirts of the militant-held city of Tikrit, a day after the extremists reportedly "bulldozed" a famed archaeological site in the area.
Republican Shenanigans
- Scarborough: Why Doesn’t Clinton Just Say ‘I Screwed Up’?
- DOJ report on Ferguson reads like the description of a totalitarian police state
- Hypocrisy not the issue in Palin comments on Clinton email scandal
- Arkansas Republican dodges blame for giving adopted daughters to rapist: I’m a victim here
- Conservative columnist can’t mourn Nimoy’s death because Spock reminds him of Obama
"Another scandal for Hillary Clinton — they're saying she used a private email address when she was secretary of state, which means the government couldn't archive and preserve her emails. Then Obama said, 'Don't worry, we saw them. We see everyone's emails.'" –Jimmy Fallon
Reports say Jeb Bush is seeking the right campaign slogan but let's not all suggest 'Fool me 3 times' at once.- John Fugelsang
New Jersey Lets Exxon Off The Hook
A long-fought legal battle to recover $8.9 billion in damages from Exxon Mobil Corporation for the contamination and loss of use of more than 1,500 acres of wetlands, marshes, meadows and waters in northern New Jersey has been quietly settled by the state for around $250 million.
"Alaska officially legalized marijuana for recreational use. I think they did this years ago. That's how the Palin kids ended up with those names, right?" –Jimmy Kimmel
If this Hillary email thing goes on a few more weeks, some people who hadn't set their opinion about her a decade ago may hear about it.- LOLGOP
Rock The Voter News
- Review of Hillary Clinton emails to take months: official
- Approval rating of Pope Francis continues to grow in US
Ferguson Blacks Have A Right To Be Scared
This week, the Department of Justice released a scathing report on the Ferguson Police Department, finding not only a preponderance of racially-charged emails but also systematic discrimination against African-Americans, who received more than 90% of the city’s arrests, citations and jaywalking tickets, despite making up just 67% of the population.
Bureau of Labor Statistics announced unemployment down to 5.5%, though Sen. Inhofe says this snowball that proves those numbers are a hoax.- Tea Party Cat
When the Texas attorney general opened an investigation into Google’s alleged anticompetitive practices in 2010, the Web behemoth turned to an unlikely ally for help: tea party hero Ted Cruz.
Looks like we found the 90s economy on Hillary's email servers.- LOLGOP
Business/Tech News
- Oil steady above $60 as dollar balances supply concerns
- Freight train carrying crude oil derails near Illinois city
- U.S. adds surprisingly strong 295,000 jobs, but wage growth slows
- Weather-battered U.S. consumers skip mall, order in and head south
- Mandarin Oriental says hotels in US, Europe hacked
I'm sure Obamacare will start destroying jobs right around the time the Bush tax breaks start to work.- LOLGOP
U.S. Demand For Commercial Vans?
Mercedes-Benz said today it plans to spend $500 million to build a new plant in Charleston, S.C., so it can assemble its next-generation Sprinter commercial van there, providing more evidence that the commercial van segment in the U.S. is continuing to get more competitive.
If you’re not outraged by something on the internet, wait five minutes. - JokeBlogger.com
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Odd News
- Boy, 11, punished for dressing as '50 Shades' Christian Grey
- Florida man to be sentenced for helping baseball star Puig flee Cuba
- Disc-Shaped UFO Flies Behind Argentina TV News Live Broadcast
- Remains of ancient civilization uncovered in Honduran jungle
- Ringling Bros. Circus To Phase Out Elephant Acts
- Man Can't Sue Applebee's For Getting Burned While Praying Over Fajitas
Time To Deflate Photo
Medieval towers in the French countryside.
Best wishes for a peaceful weekend.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Hillary's Email "Scandal"
To someone who has watched many “scandals” that were expected to ruin Hillary Rodham Clinton evaporate into the Washington mist — even after a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist predicted she would end up in prison! – the current furor over her email habits hardly seems earth shaking.
If only the case for the Iraq War were treated with as much skepticism as the Clinton emails.- LOLGOP
The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam
We're going to need a Bush to solve our not-enough-U.S.-troops-in-Iraq & too-many-people-with-health-insurance problems.- LOLGOP
Iran Responds To Netanyahu
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said Israel creates the "greatest danger" in the region, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against a nuclear deal with the Islamic republic.
Your media will cover Petraeus avoiding jail time for giving CIA secrets to a mistress after some scandalous outrage over Hillary's emails.- John Fugelsang
Republican Shenanigans
Alabamy Says NO To Gay Marriage, But You Can Marry Your Cousin!
The Alabama Supreme Court has made itself an outlier in the judicial march legalizing same-sex marriages in the United States, drawing rebukes from gay rights advocates and evoking comparisons to Alabama's defiance of federal authorities during the civil rights movement.
The guys who live in fear of the postman coming for their guns can't imagine that a police department could be biased against black people.- LOLGOP
Rock The Voter News
It's 2015 and the only place we don't have cameras is where we actually need them -- in the Supreme Court.- LOLGOP
Back To Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly's false claim that he witnessed the brutal 1980 murders of four American women in El Salvador -- and his excuse, after his lie was exposed, that he meant he saw photos of their bodies -- is drawing harsh criticism from journalists who covered the story and lawyers who worked with the nuns' families to bring justice in the case.
Actually, seeing ads on facebook for something I just looked at on Amazon is a bit closer to 'creepy' than 'convenient.' - John Fugelsang
In Ferguson, people live in genuine fear of government but conservatives are worried about real tyranny like people getting health insurance. - LOLGOP
Pentagon To Focus On Hack-Proofing Weapons
Cyber attacks on U.S. weapons programs and manufacturers are a "pervasive" problem that requires greater attention, the top U.S. arms buyer said Thursday, saying that he would add cybersecurity to the Pentagon's guidelines for buying weapons.
Business/Tech News
In 1992, then-Veep Dan Quayle said being gay is a choice. No wonder the GOP doesn't believe in evolution.- Tina Dupuy
Words Do Have An Effect
The biggest exchange-traded fund tracking Russian stocks dropped the most in a week after President Barack Obama said the U.S. will extend some sanctions linked to the Ukraine conflict and as oil prices declined.
Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes. Now you're a mile away and you have their shoes. Life is good. - Jeff Tiedrich Tweet
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Odd News
Time To Deflate Photo
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. See, winter can be beautiful!
Peace.
- Attack on US ambassador to South Korea spotlights pro-North radicalism
- U.S. warns about American youths seeking Islamic State connection
- British teacher jailed for trying to join Islamic State in Syria
- Police arrest suspected German IS member at Duesseldorf airport
- Australia bans travel to Iraqi city of Mosul under new law
- Ukraine crisis prompts EU to shake up stance on neighbors
- At least two protesters arrested in Ferguson hours after U.S. report
We're going to need a Bush to solve our not-enough-U.S.-troops-in-Iraq & too-many-people-with-health-insurance problems.- LOLGOP
Iran Responds To Netanyahu
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said Israel creates the "greatest danger" in the region, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against a nuclear deal with the Islamic republic.
Your media will cover Petraeus avoiding jail time for giving CIA secrets to a mistress after some scandalous outrage over Hillary's emails.- John Fugelsang
Republican Shenanigans
- Republicans subpoena Clinton emails
- Senate fails to pass bill to override Obama's Keystone XL pipeline veto
- Texas GOPer says Jesus wants legal pot: ‘Everything God made is good, including marijuana’
- Ben Carson gives up on gay marriage: ‘I’m not going to really talk about that issue anymore’
- Kansas Secretary of State warns Obama might ban criminal charges for black suspects
- Angry conservative wishes beheading on Oregon city official who opposes ‘In God We Trust’ display
Alabamy Says NO To Gay Marriage, But You Can Marry Your Cousin!
The Alabama Supreme Court has made itself an outlier in the judicial march legalizing same-sex marriages in the United States, drawing rebukes from gay rights advocates and evoking comparisons to Alabama's defiance of federal authorities during the civil rights movement.
The guys who live in fear of the postman coming for their guns can't imagine that a police department could be biased against black people.- LOLGOP
Rock The Voter News
- Obama counsel not aware of Clinton's email practice
- Justice Department: No Darren Wilson charges
- Second Los Angeles hospital identifies 'superbug' infections
It's 2015 and the only place we don't have cameras is where we actually need them -- in the Supreme Court.- LOLGOP
Back To Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly's false claim that he witnessed the brutal 1980 murders of four American women in El Salvador -- and his excuse, after his lie was exposed, that he meant he saw photos of their bodies -- is drawing harsh criticism from journalists who covered the story and lawyers who worked with the nuns' families to bring justice in the case.
Actually, seeing ads on facebook for something I just looked at on Amazon is a bit closer to 'creepy' than 'convenient.' - John Fugelsang
In Ferguson, people live in genuine fear of government but conservatives are worried about real tyranny like people getting health insurance. - LOLGOP
Pentagon To Focus On Hack-Proofing Weapons
Cyber attacks on U.S. weapons programs and manufacturers are a "pervasive" problem that requires greater attention, the top U.S. arms buyer said Thursday, saying that he would add cybersecurity to the Pentagon's guidelines for buying weapons.
Business/Tech News
- Exxon CEO: Get used to lower oil prices
- Mark Cuban: This tech bubble is ‘far worse’ than back in 2000
- U.S. dollar hits 11-year high against euro
- The biggest private equity firm in the world thinks Europe will never grow
- Senate votes to kill a labor board rule that unions backed
In 1992, then-Veep Dan Quayle said being gay is a choice. No wonder the GOP doesn't believe in evolution.- Tina Dupuy
Words Do Have An Effect
The biggest exchange-traded fund tracking Russian stocks dropped the most in a week after President Barack Obama said the U.S. will extend some sanctions linked to the Ukraine conflict and as oil prices declined.
Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes. Now you're a mile away and you have their shoes. Life is good. - Jeff Tiedrich Tweet
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Odd News
- French tomb sheds light on Iron Age European trade
- Here's What 5,000 Australians Throwing 300,000 Tomatoes Looks Like
- Earn $97,000 A Year As Seattle 'Bathroom Czar'
- Man accused of buying auto insurance from scene of car wreck
- Faucet theft from German spy building causes water leak
Time To Deflate Photo
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. See, winter can be beautiful!
Peace.
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