Friday, April 3, 2015

Fights Over 'Religious Freedom' And Gay Rights Are Costing Republicans





Graphic by Rick Wise. Thank you.

Fights Over 'Religious Freedom' And Gay Rights Are Costing Republicans
Following a firestorm of criticism, Republican governors in Indiana and Arkansas signed revised versions of their states' Religious Freedom Restoration bills Thursday night. In Indiana the language was adjusted, and in Arkansas it was significantly scaled back to more closely align with the federal law.




Today is Good Friday, when some pro-death penalty Christians commemorate anti-death penalty Jesus getting the death penalty.- John Fugelsang









Email
Subject: "Open the drawbridge"

Hi Lisa,

I opened this morning’s New York Times to the headline, “Benjamin Netanyahu Says Final Nuclear Deal Must Include Iran’s Recognition of Israel”.

Oh it “must,” must it?  Why, because you say so?

Netanyahu reminds me of the ant with an erection, floating down the river on his back and yelling, “Open the drawbridge!”

My reaction was, “F@#k this guy.  If he wanted recognition included in the deal, he could have and should have raised the issue years ago, not almost-after-the-fact.  And he could have been just a little more solicitous of the President of the United States in the meantime.

Netanyahu demonstrates once again that he is not an honest player and cannot be trusted.  He does not want a deal between the P5+1 and Iran; he wants war with Iran – a war in we will be expected to invest still more blood and treasure in the Middle East.

It astounds me that we can be on the verge of an agreement among the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, Germany, and Iran … and Israel, who is not even a party to the agreement, presumes it can sashay in and blow up the deal.

Sorry, Bibi, you’re too late.  Now it’s time for you to STFD and STFU.  This drawbridge is closed.

Best,
~Rick

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This deal isn't good enough! is a very serious concern from the guys who insist Iran would cheat on any deal.- LOLGOP







Iran Talks End. Iran Celebrates, USA Meh.
By the elation online and in the streets, you'd think Iran had just won the World Cup. But this is bigger.

Iranians erupted in celebration as young people waved flags from their sunroofs, blasted music from stereos and chatted online with the hashtag #IranTalks.
















"Ted Cruz is the Abraham Lincoln of Sarah Palins." -John Fugelsang





Iraq Vet Confronts Karl Rove
An Iraq war veteran confronted former White House advisor Karl Rove during a speaking engagement on Tuesday and demanded he apologize for the war.











GOP solution to the California drought is to give the remaining water to the rich so it will then trickle down to the poor.- Tea Party Cat






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Indiana Is Waving The Flag, Now!
The rainbow flag, a symbol of gay rights, flies prominently on the Visit Indy website and Indiana’s Republican Governor Mike Pence personally phoned the head of a Seattle company that gathers 56,000 gaming nerds in the heartland each year.
These are just some of the signs that Indianapolis, a corn belt city of 850,000 with a $4.4 billion tourism industry, has gone into full-on damage control to make sure its growing convention business is not harmed by a national uproar over a religious bill that Pence signed into law last week.













George Pataki blasts Indiana’s 'Religious Freedom' law, in case the GOP is interested in someone who's electable this century. -John Fugelsang






O'Reilly & Coulter Mad At Christians Not Defending Religious Freedoms
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Thursday brought on conservative pundit Ann Coulter to lament the lack of leadership by Christians in defending the Indiana religious freedom law altered by lawmakers on Thursday.










"During a speech on Friday, Senator Ted Cruz said that if you walk up to someone and say 'Joe Biden,' the person will crack up laughing. Which is the same reaction you get if you say 'President Ted Cruz.'" -Seth Meyers






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"As of this week, the only state that President Obama has not visited while in office is South Dakota. Residents of South Dakota said they're looking forward to President Obama or any black person visiting soon." –Conan O'Brien






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After a deal that could delay war, fate decided to cheer Republicans up with a meh jobs report.- LOLGOP




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Hi, I'm an American who won't ever let my tax $ go to abortion. And now I must go buy some Chinese-made products. -John Fugelsang





Do You Use Firefox?
Mozilla Corp, creator of the popular Firefox web browser, said on Thursday it would follow Google Inc and no longer recognize new certificates of trust issued by a Chinese Internet agency.







It seems the economy has been roughed up by the "denying gay people pizza" sector.- LOLGOP











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Peaceful wishes for a lovely weekend, ya'll.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Obama solves Iran Crisis





World powers, Iran reach framework for nuke deal
 After marathon negotiations, the United States, Iran and five other world powers announced a deal Thursday outlining limits on Iran's nuclear program so it cannot lead to atomic weapons, directing negotiators toward a comprehensive agreement within three months.




#ThingsJesusNeverSaid “Does this belted, burlap gown and sandals work with my blue eyes, white skin and blond hair?” - Mrs. Betty Bowers












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Weird. The guys who think 16 million Americans gaining health insurance is bad don't think a deal that could lead to peace is good.- LOLGOP












My favorite is when Republicans accuse Obama of peacemongering.- LOLGOP






California Is Trying To Ration Water. 
California Gov. Jerry Brown announced a sweeping executive order Wednesday that imposes mandatory water restrictions across the state as California copes with a historic drought and water shortage











Petraeus leaked secrets to a mistress and got zero jail time but Snowden has to spend the rest of his life in a Moscow airport Cinnabon.- John Fugelsang





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GOP Fighting Over Legalized Casinos 
A bill to create two casino gambling "destination resorts" in south Florida divided the Republican-controlled statehouse on Thursday, with the expansion of craps, slot machines and high-stakes gaming opposed by family-oriented tourist attractions












The GOP is always looking for a Reagan, but they’re picking from two George W. Bushes.- LOLGOP





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# of Conservative groups actually forced to disclose donors & lose tax exempt status by Lois Lerner - Zero.  Still.- John Fugelsang






This Is How Low Conservatives Will Go
Michele Bachmann is now a private citizen, not a House lawmaker or presidential candidate, but she has still managed to find her way into the news with a provocative Facebook post likening President Obama to Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz. "With his Iran deal, Barack Obama is for the 300 million souls of the United States what Andreas Lubitz was for the 150 souls on the German Wings flight—a deranged pilot flying his entire nation into the rocks," 








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Castrate Pimps? A GOPer Suggests
A Nevada assemblywoman proposed "chemical castration or straight-up castration" of "pimps" as a solution for sex trafficking, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported on Tuesday.












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A new guide for airport security urges agents to look for whistling, recently shaved beards, and excessive yawning. Which I guess explains why I saw two TSA agents frisking each other.- Seth Myers









Walmart Finds A Way To Pay Lower Wages
Walmart is famous for keeping labor costs down inside its more than 5,000 brick-and-mortar U.S. stores. According to a new report from the AFL-CIO, the world's largest retailer may have found a way to save money on its tech workers in the U.S., too.




Email
Subject: "I can't discuss...

Hi Lisa,

I think I saw this recently on AHNC: Saying I can't discuss climate change because "I'm not a scientist" is like saying I can't discuss Republicans because I'm not an asshole.


Great line!  Funny thing, though: you never hear a Republican say …

“I can’t discuss the economy because I’m not an economist.”

“I can’t discuss war because I’ve never been to war.”

"I can't discuss health care because I'm not a doctor."

“I can’t discuss food stamps because I’ve never been on food stamps.”

“I can’t discuss abortion because I’m not a woman.”

“I can’t discuss gay rights because I’m straight.”


But nooobody can venture an opinion on climate change.  Maybe they should try this line: “I can’t discuss bribery because I’ve never taken money from big corpor … oh wait.”

I’m waiting for Scott Walker to say, “I can’t discuss evolution because I never evolved.”  That will be one of those great days when a politician accidently tells the truth.

I'd like to see them all complete this sentence: "I can't discuss intelligence because ..."

Best wishes as always,
~Rick




Haha, Rick! May I complete the sentence?  "I can't discuss intelligence because Obama and Freedumb!"


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Glider selfie. Just beautiful!

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Indiana Pizzeria Says It Will Deny Service to LGBT People





Indiana Pizzeria Says It Will Deny Service to LGBT People
Catering pizza to your wedding guests might sound unconventional, but it does happen. Oh, does it happen.
But if you're gay and in Indiana, don't call Memories Pizzeria in Walkerton: They won't help you make your wedding memories. The owners of the family-run business say it will refuse to serve slices to gay or lesbian weddings, joining a chorus of those who cite opposition to marriage equality in support of their state's controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act.




Scariest words in the English language: I'm George Bush's son and I have ideas on how to improve the economy. - LOLGOP










The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam






A lot of people were angry at the way Netanyahu won this election. They said it was racist that he said, at the last minute, 'Arab voters are coming out in droves to the polls.' And, I guess that is racist in the strictest sense, he’s bringing race into the equation. But, first of all, like Reagan didn’t win races with racism? Or Nixon? Or Bush? Like, they didn’t play the race card?” – Bill Maher










Republican Governor In Arkansas Won'T Sign Religious Freedom Act. No This Is Not An April Fool's Joke.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) said on Wednesday he would not yet sign a controversial religious freedom act into law, requesting that the state legislature make changes to the bill in the wake of criticism that the legislation could be used to facilitate discrimination against LGBT citizens and other groups.





Easter. An annual reminder that you can't keep a good Social Justice Warrior down.- LOLGOP










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Jeb Bush wants you to know he totally supports Mike Pence's antigay bill that Pence now says needs to be fixed.- John Fugelsang












The Anti-Choice Bullies Are Back
Once again, Arizona finds itself on the frontier of anti-abortion legislation: Late Monday, it became the first state to pass a law requiring doctors who perform drug-induced abortions to tell women that the procedure may be reversible, an assertion that most doctors say is wrong.






"Americans now say they’d be willing to saddle a female president with blame for everything from a stagnant economy to interminable wars in the Middle East."- The Onion












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“40% of homicides go unsolved. You know, it’s not a very good record. And, also, 95% of convictions in America come from plea bargaining, which is often coerced. It’s like we have the worst of both worlds. We don’t convict the guilty enough, and we coerce the innocent too much.” – Bill Maher










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Big Gay is so powerful that it only took them 239 years to get the some of the same rights as straight people in some of the states.- Tea Party Cat





Charged with same crime, Iowa paper shows black suspects’ mug shots but whites get yearbook pics
 Iowa newspaper is accused of pro-white bias after it handled the same alleged crime between two different sets of suspects in radically different ways.












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Google has received a patent for air bags and bumpers for the outside of a car to protect pedestrians. The material has a similar consistency to the memory foam they make beds and pillows out of. So in the future, getting run over is going to be a lot more comfortable.- Jimmy Kimmel













Kansas Is Going To Raise Taxes Because They Lowered Taxes
 Kansas collected $11 million less in taxes than expected this month, and top Republican legislators acknowledged Tuesday that they'll be forced to consider larger tax increases than anticipated to balance the state budget.







“I can’t stay mad at Pope Frank. I just can’t. It’s a funny situation that I like the pope and Mel Gibson doesn’t.” – Bill Maher







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Terry W. Virts ‏@AstroTerry Tweeted from Outer Space:
Looking down into the eye - by far the widest one I’ve seen.  It seemed like a black hole from a Sci-Fi movie #Maysak . Photo taken 5:30am on 4-1-2015

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