Wednesday, May 20, 2015

North Korea says it can miniaturize nuclear weapons





North Korea says it can miniaturize nuclear weapons
North Korea said Wednesday that it has the ability to miniaturize nuclear weapons, a key step toward building nuclear missiles.




Next time our leaders talk of bringing peace and civilization to some savage foreign country, let us remember that we have biker gangs.- Andy Borowitz











The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam




We should remember the core problem with the Iraq War was Bush's intelligence.- Tina Dupuy






The Iraq War Messengers
As likely Republican candidates for president continue to struggle with the legacy of the Iraq War, and specifically with the question of whether they would have authorized a similar invasion if they had been president at the time, it's important to remember the media's role in the foreign policy failure. At a time of heightened patriotic fervor, the national press played a crucial role in helping to sell President George W. Bush's war to the public in 2003. 













Bobby Jindal issues Executive Order to protect the Biblical definition of marriage as between a man and a woman made from one of his ribs. - The Daily Edge




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So when do Republicans start saying the trillion-dollar tax cut that created no jobs was based on bad intelligence?- LOLGOP










Great. Another Pipeline Broken.
A broken pipeline spilled 21,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean before it was shut off Tuesday, creating a slick stretching about 4 miles along the central California coastline, the U.S. Coast Guard said.







#BristolPalin's wedding has been canceled. The families will instead gather for a pro-life BBQ. BYOB (Bring your own bandages).- Kona Lowell











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Study: Direct Strike from Giant Asteroid Less Devastating Than Third Bush Presidency.- Andy Borowitz










Red State Abolishes Death Penalty. Yes, You Read That Correctly.
Nebraska lawmakers gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill abolishing the death penalty that would make it the first conservative state to do so since 1973 if the measure becomes law.






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Hoping to quell the controversy over e-mails missing from her private account, the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday released twenty thousand spam e-mails she received from Old Navy.- Andy Borowitz











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BREAKING: All businesses in Los Angeles flee the city after minimum wage raised to $15. Unemployment rate rises to 100%.- Tea Party Cat





U.S. Justice Dept. Fines Banks
Six of the world’s biggest banks will pay $5.8 billion and five of them agreed to plead guilty to charges tied to a currency-rigging probe as they seek to wind down almost half a decade of enforcement actions.












Every time the TSA man completes the patdown I whisper "text you later."-  John Fugelsang








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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

The Patriot Act Effect





Republicans are at war with each other over the Patriot Act
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is digging in hard behind his insistence that we must extend NSA bulk metadata surveillance for ever…and ever…and ever…and ever — or at least until 2020. But now McConnell is running into opposition from multiple quarters: From a left-right alliance in the Senate that is determined to end bulk surveillance, and now, from House Republicans, too.




Weird. We survived for 225 years without the PATRIOT Act.- LOLGOP











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You know a Bush brother is losing it on Iraq when he starts talking about how scary same-sex marriage is.- LOLGOP










Jeb Blames Obama 
During a tough campaign week focused on the Iraq War, former Gov. Jeb Bush shifted blame for problems there to President Barack Obama, saying that Obama’s actions helped hand the country over to Islamic State.





Watching the Republicans defend the Iraq War is almost as good as watching them actually fight one.- Kona Lowell











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Turns our the Mark of the Beast in Revelation was health insurance and bakin' gay weddin' cakes.  Who knew? - TeaPartyPain Tweet












Imagine: A Highly Educated Country
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wants to take from the rich in order to make public college tuition-free for everyone else.

On Tuesday, the Vermont senator will hold a press conference in the nation's capital at which he will introduce a plan to use a so-called Robin Hood tax on stock transactions to fund tuition at four-year public colleges and universities. 





Unsuccessful presidential candidates should be forced to spend the next four years in a minimum wage job. As a society we need a deterrent like this.- Andy Borowitz











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It's just a shame @POTUS joined Twitter too late to live-tweet the Romney-Holyfield fight. - The Daily Edge











The Zimmerman Saga Continues
The Florida man charged with shooting George Zimmerman had a “fixation” with his target and recently spent time in a mental institution, police said.







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Amtrak's Locomotive Engineers Want Second Engineer At Controls
The union for Amtrak's locomotive engineers on Tuesday urged the railroad to put a second engineer at the controls of trains on the busy Northeast Corridor, where a derailment killed eight people and injured more than 200 others.













I just want to make sure that you're in a straight marriage, which has a 50% shot of ending in infidelity and divorce, because I have morals.- LOLGOP





Big Government Haters Under Big Government's Thumb
Texas lawmakers have made it clear you don’t mess with Texas when it comes to extracting fossil fuels. Even if you’re a Texan.
On Monday, Texas governor Greg Abbott signed legislation that prohibits cities across Texas from banning hydraulic fracturing from their home turf. 









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Jesus disdained wealth, said help the poor, chased capitalists from the Temple & was obviously funded by George Soros.- John Fugelsang











Spy War Update
The U.S government charged three Chinese professors and three other Chinese nationals with economic espionage and stealing trade secrets from two companies that develop technology often used in military technologies, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday.




We had rain this morning and thunderstorms last night. That doesn't happen much here in L.A. You could hear people screaming. We are so scared of rain here, you would think it had gluten in it.- Jimmy Kimmel










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Death Valley National Park- California. Photography by Ghenadie Shatov
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Monday, May 18, 2015

Lindsey Graham: 'I am running because the world is falling apart





Lindsey Graham: 'I am running because the world is falling apart
Lindsey Graham says he is running for president.
While the Republican senator will make his official announcement June 1 in his hometown of Central, South Carolina, he made his intentions clear during an interview on “CBS This Morning” Monday.



Lindsey Graham's jokes are hard to discern from his actual beliefs , which are jokes.- LOLGOP










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9 gang members dead in Waco shootout. But don't worry, none were wearing hoodies.- Kona Lowell









Lindsey Graham Would Drone Potential ISIS Recruits In USA
At the Lincoln Day Dinner dinner in Des Moines Saturday night, Senator and probable 2016 candidate Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said he would have no problem droning potential ISIS recruits, and was so excited to do so he reckoned he might could skip the whole due process part.





The fear that America will invade and give people health insurance is very real in Texas.- LOLGOP











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"9 killed in Waco biker gang shootout - where are the white leaders decrying this white-on-white violence?"- John Fugelsang







Racism Is Alive And Well In Bama!
A prominent attorney and former lawmaker in Alabama is receiving death threats after removing confederate flags from city property last week, 








Knowing what we know now, Jeb Bush says he also would've ignored intelligence that Osama Bin Laden was planning to attack the US.- Tea Party Cat












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Donald Trump would never invade a country, unless it's to find a younger wife.- LOLGOP




Karl Rove Is Alive And Kicking
Fox News contributor Karl Rove awkwardly tried to evade his history of failing to disclose his financial and political interests in the 2014 Senate races he repeatedly discussed on Fox News Sunday, calling himself a pundit, "not a journalist."










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Business owners have the right to choose whether to serve a gay couple, but women don’t have the right to choose what’s in their uterus. - Tea Party Cat









The Only Upside Of Global Warming Is That Deodorant Manufacturing Will Increase 
The combination of global warming and shifting population means that by mid-century, there will be a huge increase in the number of Americans sweating through days that are extremely hot, a new study says.














Bill Clinton has been paid millions to speak. I'm guessing George Bush has been paid millions not to. - Kona Lowell





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Amtrak Can Only Be Sued For $200 Million
For the first time, Amtrak could face a $200 million payout to train crash victims — the limit set by Congress. But that may be too low to cover the costs of the eight lives lost and more than 200 people injured in last week's derailment in Philadelphia.











Knowing what they know now, would other networks have followed suit so quickly when George Bush's cousin at Fox News claimed he won Florida?- The Daily Edge










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Circus Tree: Six individual sycamore trees were shaped, bent, and braided to form this masterpiece.

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