I am getting old. A party I attended yesterday really tuckered me out.

So today's edition will be the party I attended.

Yesterday, it was my friend, Yvonne's 80th birthday. There was a surprise party for her.
Below is the moment she realized it was a surprise party.

Somebody has already made fun of my chicken legs. So go right ahead and laugh.

Angele held the party at her new home and job. She and her husband Jose are renovating and managing a lovely resort.

There are several rentals on the property. This is the common area.

Angele created a lovely spread. She  an served an appetizer of homemade tortilla chips, fried cheese, with salsa and guacamole dips.

Angele, Yvonne and Judy, who took  all these  beautiful pictures except this one.

One of the dishes was pineapple rice and shrimp.

The next dish was a creamy cheese, crab and shrimp fare served on a huge shell.

Then the sun started to set.

There were four expats at Yvonne's party...Yvonne, who is Swiss, Judy is from Iowa, Angele is from Quebec and me, from Florida.

Below is when Angele handed me a lovely tribute she had written to Yvonne because she was too emotional to read it.

Just last week, Yvonne and I got stuck on our way to Playas del Coco. Yvonne is quite the adventurous woman. We never made it to Coco.

Pura vida. Here's hoping we're all living life this well at 80.

So, tomorrow I will be back with a fresh edition of AHNC.

Thank you for stopping by!

Peace.

A lot of Republicans who want to be president got their picture taken with a child molester

A lot of Republicans who want to be president got their picture taken with a child molester
The Republican Party is currently firming up plans for their 2016 Presidential debates; attempting to figure out how to fit possibly 70 candidates onto one stage in a way that it doesn’t make them look like a gospel choir — only all white.



Another self-righteous Christian is discovered to be a deviant. Molesting kids is ok, but god forbid a loving gay couple marry.

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Obama tells people of Israel: 'America has its back'
• Iran warns Israel of Hezbollah rockets if attacked
• Syrian rebels 'seize hospital holding 150 soldiers'
• Suicide bomber kills 21 at Saudi Shi'ite mosque, Islamic State claims attack
• Fiercely critical of NSA, Germany now answering for its own spy practices
• Peace activists and Gloria Steinem ready to cross Korea DMZ

The GOP has decided that their best hope is to run against George W. Bush's war and George W. Bush's economy with George W. Bush's brother.- LOLGOP

So How's Afghanistan Doing?
The Afghan government has enlisted hundreds of militia fighters controlled by local commanders to battle Taliban militants near the northern city of Kunduz, officials said, underlining how the armed forces are struggling to tackle the insurgency alone.




Republican Shenanigans

• Southern Republican Leadership Conference kicks off with big names, big crowds
• Huckabee Goes To Bat For Josh Duggar Amid Molestation Allegations
• Fox Panelist: Young Women Journalists Are ‘F**king Morons’
• Santorum Trashes Poll Requirement For First 2016 GOP Debate 

"Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker.” 
— Proverbs 14:31

Creepy TV Christians Cancelled
“19 Kids and Counting” is down for the count.
The network’s reported decision to take the show off the air comes after a public outcry over Josh Duggar’s admission that he molested several young girls, including possibly his sisters, when he was a teenager.





Chelsea Clinton has written a children's book titled “It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going.” It’s a great book to read to your workaholic toddler.- Seth Myers

Rock The Voter News

• @POTUS, Obama's Twitter Debut, Faces Racist Backlash 
• Obama to issue flurry of energy regulations this summer

Obama Still Hasn’t Figured Out How To Adjust Height Of Oval Office Desk Chair - The Onion

Bernie Sanders made around $2,000 last year for two speeches and a TV appearance, compared to the $25 million the Clintons made. Making him the first person in history to run for president just because he really needs the money.- Jimmy Fallon

California Environmental Groups Pissed!
This week's oil spill in California has become a springboard for environmental groups to attack the oil industry, with calls ranging from a ban on fracking in the Golden State to a halt to drilling in the far-flung Arctic.




House Science Committee Questions Whether Oil Spills are Man-made. - Andy Borowitz

Business/Tech News

• US Rig Count Is Slowing Down and Crude Oil Prices Are Rising 
• US Coast Guard Responds to Oil Platform Fire in Gulf of Mexico
• Wal-Mart U.S. asks meat suppliers to reduce antibiotic use
• Russia threatens block on Google, Twitter, Facebook
• Tuk-tuk taxi maker aims to make inroads in US

David Letterman gone. Yet one more guy who lost his job because of Obama’s failed economic policies!- Tea Party Cat

California Oil Spill Update
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a corrective action order to Allied All American Pipeline over the pipeline rupture leading to this week's oil spill near Santa Barbara, California, federal safety officials said on Friday.




At least now when Republicans talk about Keystone as their jobs plan, we'll know what they mean: Oil spill clean-up. - LOLGOP

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Odd News

• Florida mother agrees to son's circumcision after jail time: media
• New Zealand glacier body identified after 42 years
• Eiffel Tower reopens after staff walk out over pickpockets
• Feds Bust 2 DEA Agents For Running Strip Club On The Side
• Cuba, U.S. wrestlers tussle in Times Square

Time To Deflate Photo

Baby Amazon Milk Frog.

Peace.

Report: NSA hijacked app stores to hack phones

Report: NSA hijacked app stores to hack phones
The National Security Agency planned to infiltrate the Google and Samsung app stores to plant spying software on smartphones, according to new documents published from files leaked by Edward Snowden.




George Stephanopoulos donating money to the Clinton Foundation is proof that Hillary had Vincent Foster killed.- Jeff Tiedrich

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Thousands of flags to fill Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day
• Gaddafi's home town falls to Islamic State in anarchic Libya
• U.S. says South China Sea reclamations stoke instability
• 'Poisoned' Russian whistleblower was fatalistic over death threats

I would laugh at George Bush, but I see dead people. Thousands of them.- Kona Lowell

Cotton Defends Iraq War
In an interview published on Thursday, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) declined to say whether he would have authorized the Iraq invasion given what he knows now and instead defended former President George W. Bush's decision.
"We should not be ashamed of the war we conducted in Iraq,"

Jeb:"Not a shred of evidence" anyone's civil liberties were violated by the Patriot Act. Also dismisses link between alcohol & alcoholism. - Lizz Winstead





Republican Shenanigans

• Study: Lawmakers Assume Voters Are Way More Conservative Than They Are
• Paid late, some ex-staffers of White House hopeful Fiorina won't sign on again
• Huckabee becomes latest Republican to skip Iowa straw poll
• Jeb Bush says climate is changing but human role is 'convoluted'
• Perry On Texas Takeover: If I Were President, Attitudes Would Change
• Gun Group Whose Leader Was Linked To White Supremacists To Host Ted Cruz

Former Carly Fiorina staffer: I'd rather go to Iraq than join her campaign for Prez

Not All Republicans Jumped On The Texas Invasion Train
House Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCaul (R-TX) isn't indulging in conspiracy theories that the federal government is trying to conduct a military takeover of Texas through a training exercise.





They think being gay is a choice, but wrecking the climate is something you're born to do.- LOLGOP

Conservatives willing to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill if she is willing to produce valid photo ID. –LOLGOP




Rock The Voter News

• Obama, Clinton, Bush Celebrate Letterman’s Last Show
• Michelle Obama welcomes POTUS to Twitter with workout video

Rand Paul filibustering Patriot Act on grounds that government should only spy on liberals and foreigners, not neo-Confederate militias.- Tea Party Cat





Meanwhile, In Texas
A North Texas city that a few months ago was in a drought so severe that it had to recycle sewage water for drinking ordered residents on Thursday to evacuate certain areas due to flooding.

Trading Places
President Barack Obama's trade agenda cleared a key Senate hurdle and advanced toward likely passage on Thursday despite the strong opposition of most Democrats.

Chrysler just announced that it plans to offer free college tuition to thousands of employees at dealerships across the country. Chrysler says it’s just a small way of making up for the PT Cruiser.- Jimmy Fallon





Business/Tech News

• Around-the-clock cleanup effort under way on oil-fouled California beach
• Texas blocks direct Tesla sales; Texas pol thinks company is run by ‘Mr. Tesla’
• Failed launches cast shadow over Russian space program
• Whites moving to Detroit, city that epitomized white flight

Jobless claims average lowest since 2000, lowest per capita of all time, which I'm sure GOP candidates will point out. - LOLGOP





California Water Rights Update
 California farmers who hold rights to water that date back as far as the Gold Rush are bracing for their first state-ordered conservation in decades, as a record drought prompts some of the deepest cuts yet in the country's most productive agricultural state.

According to a new poll, one third of Americans believe animals deserve the same rights as people. The other two thirds have cats.- Seth Myers

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Odd News

• Luxury hotel in Saudi Arabia to become world's largest hotel
• China jails 'Fast & Furious' Lamborghini, Ferrari drivers
• Bowwow wow! Dog domestication much older than previously known
• Man in scuba gear gets warning after causing restaurant stir
• 'Top 10' new species includes cartwheeling spider, 'chicken from hell'

Time To Deflate Photo

Taiwan Blue Magpies.

Peace.