Monday, March 16, 2015

Evangelicals Aim to Mobilize an Army for Republicans in 2016





Evangelicals Aim to Mobilize an Army for Republicans in 2016
One afternoon last week, David Lane watched from the sidelines as a roomful of Iowa evangelical pastors applauded a defense of religious liberty by Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. That night, he gazed out from the stage as the pastors surrounded Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana in a prayer circle.

For Mr. Lane, a onetime Bible salesman and self-described former “wild man,” ....





Under Tom Cotton's plan, we invade Iran, and then peace trickles down to the rest of the Middle East, just like when Bush invaded Iraq.- Tea Party Cat









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Before the Ides of March, Caesar was an emperor.  Now he's a salad.  Beware. - John Fugelsang












Delusional Conservatives On The March
Conservatives are outraged that First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a celebration of Nowruz, the Persian new year, at the White House — despite the fact that it was the George H.W. Bush White House that introduced the tradition of presidential Nowruz greetings in 1992.






Gee, if Obama loves Iran so much, why doesn't he just secretly sell arms to them? You know, like Reagan did.- Jeff Tiedrich tweet









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"There are more words in the tax code than there are in the bible." -Ted Cruz, history's worst legal scholar. - Tina Dupuy Tweet





Fire & Brimstone Speech Terrifies Child
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was forced to pause a speech in New Hampshire on Sunday after he reportedly terrified a little girl by shouting that her “world is on fire.”

While speaking at an event sponsored by the Strafford County Republican Committee, Cruz warned that there was an “urgency to politics today that is unlike anything any of us have ever seen.”






Every time Jon Voigt goes on FOX I have to go re-watch 'Deliverance' and root for the hillbillies.- John Fugelsang








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I've got a Muslim Cousin, a Jewish Sister-in-Law, an Atheist Brother & an ex-Nun Mother.  I don't get to hate anybody.- John Fugelsang










Pharrell May Have To Sell His Hats
Marvin Gaye's kids say they are considering filing another lawsuit against Pharrell Williams for copyright infringement. This time Gaye's kids say they are taking aim at the Pharrell's song "Happy," claiming it has a striking resemblance to Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar."












President Obama is here tonight to promote a project he's been working on called the United States. There is controversy surrounding Obama's appearance on the show. This morning I got a letter from 47 Republicans telling me not to sign any deals with him.- Jimmy Kimmel








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Want To Hunt Asteroids?
"Asteroid hunters." It sounds like some Hollywood blockbuster / straight-to-DVD "classic" that already exists, but now you, yes you, can be one... from your PC. NASA has launched a desktop app that recruits civilians to help identify asteroids from telescope photography, helped by a special asteroid algorithm. Scientists announced the desktop app at SXSW during in a panel discussion where they elaborated on how muggles citizen scientists were helping their efforts to identify and tag asteroids. The app is another collaboration between NASA and Planetary Resources. (It's apparently all under a Space Act agreement, which is the coolest act we've heard of in a while.)









I always liked Mitt Romney. He looks like the salesman who follows you around at Brooks Brothers. - David Letterman









St. Patrick's day! When a guy takes a break from peeing in a Coors can to complain how letting gay people in a parade offends his morality.- LOLGOP









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Friday, March 13, 2015

Fallout Seen Worldwide From Republicans' Letter to Iran






The fallout from the open letter sent by 47 Republican senators to Iran’s leaders reverberated worldwide Wednesday from Washington to Tehran.




What's the difference between Republicans and Iranian hardliners? Beards. - Kona Lowell








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Letting Republicans run things is like giving a flamethrower to a toddler. Horrifying, and not going to end well.- Jeff Tiedrich tweet




Mr. Maduro Is Coming To Washington?
Ridiculing the U.S. qualification of Venezuela as a security threat, President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday he may travel to Washington to challenge American counterpart Barack Obama.








Ferguson Is Calm After Police Shot
Protesters called for calm but vowed to keep pushing for change in Ferguson a day after the shooting of two officers in front of the city's police department heightened tensions in the St. Louis suburb.













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Quinnipiac poll: 23% trust FOX News.  59% trust other sources.  Ergo, trolls tell me FOX is our most trusted news source.- John Fugelsang







Crazed Christians Want Another Crusade
The Rev. Franklin Graham on Wednesday hypothesized that President Obama's hesitancy to fight the Islamic State terror group was because Obama's mother "must have been a Muslim."










Lowest approval rating
GW Bush 22%
Nixon 24
Carter 28
HW Bush 29
Reagan 35
Clinton 38
Obama 41



I mean Jeb's brother lost the election but somehow the state Jeb was governor of swung the presidency to W. Not like that's any big deal.- LOLGOP








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Jeb Bush release *all* his emails? It's not like he was involved in a voter purge and a legal battle that gave his brother the presidency?- LOLGOP









Texas Wants No Cop Filmed
A bill introduced to the Texas House of Representatives would make it illegal for private citizens to record police within 25 feet.




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President Obama's trying to work out a nuclear deal with Iran, and the Republicans are steamed. They got together and sent Iran a letter about the nuclear deal. They said if this doesn't work, by God, they're going to send Seth Rogen and James Franco. - David Letterman




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GOP Footshooting Injuries Increase
Evidence that ongoing negotiations with Iran to limit its development of fissile nuclear material were damaged by the decision by 47 Republican Senators to sign on to a letter drafted by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) continued to mount Thursday. Key leaders in Germany and the United Kingdom said the letter, warning the leaders of Iran that Congressional Republicans would not recognize the validity of the deal after President Obama leaves office, had made negotiations more difficult. 




Of course #GOPWantsWar. If defense contractors were lining your pockets, you'd want war, too.- Jeff Tiedrich tweet








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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Ferguson: 2 police officers shot after chief resigns





Ferguson: 2 police officers shot after chief resigns
The overnight shootings of two police officers in Ferguson was an "ambush," St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told reporters Thursday morning, saying the gunshots were directed at the police.




I hope authorities in Ferguson prosecute the shooter to the full extent of the law. It would be a nice change of pace.- Frank Coniff Tweet










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OMG they just found an unauthorized letter on Hillary's hard drive to the Islamist dictators of Iran - oh wait, that wasn't Hillary.- John Fugelsang








The Secret Service Or Keystone Kops?
 President Barack Obama has been briefed on an incident in which two Secret Service officers are alleged to have driven a government-issued car into White House barricades last week after a party, a White House official said on Thursday.











"Jeb Bush is getting his presidential campaign in gear. Last week he said he supports a path to citizenship for immigrants. He said, 'I believe in an America where hard work and dedication can lead to any job that your brother and dad once had.'" –Conan O'Brien









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Asking why the first black president why he hasn't fixed racism is like asking Jackie Robinson why he didn't invent baseball. - LOLGOP








Cruz Contradicts Himself On Death Penalty
Cruz the Politician Champions the Death Penalty. Cruz the Private Lawyer Did Something Else.
In the case of a man wrongfully sentenced to death, Ted Cruz once argued the criminal-justice system couldn't be trusted regarding capital punishment.










"Hillary Clinton used a private email account to conduct official state business. Experts say that if this violates any federal rules, then she . . . will still be president." –Jimmy Fallon




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Black people to blame for white people's racism, say white people.- LOLGOP




I'd Love To See These Guys Doing The Perp Walk
A petition on whitehouse.gov calling for charges to be filed against the 47 senators who sent an open letter to the leaders of Iran, possibly in violation of the Logan Act, has collected more than 165,000 signatures in less than two days.






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Democrats stuck with most vetted candidate in American history who leads every Republican frontrunner, laments press.- LOLGOP









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Any deal on Iran depends on sanctions, which depend on allies, which depend on us negotiating in good faith, which the GOP says we aren't.- LOLGOP








You'll never win the lottery, but you could enjoy a lucrative career as an oil industry-funded climate science skeptic!- John Fugelsang







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