US government data breach could hit 4 million people

US government data breach could hit 4 million people
The FBI is reportedly investigating a major cybersecurity breach of a government agency, which has potentially compromised the personal data of 4 million current and former government employees.





"This cyber world is sort of the Wild Wild West," - President Barack Obama

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Tariq Aziz, top aide to Saddam Hussein, dies in hospital
• Iran rejects limited international access to military sites: agency
• The Latest on Rohingya: UN estimates 3,000 still adrift
• Pakistan court frees eight men charged with attack on schoolgirl Malala
• Texas man sentenced to prison for trying to join Islamic State

Hi, we're the NRA. We spend millions to make it easier for criminals and deranged people to get guns. Which is why you should arm yourself.- John Fugelsang

Aiming For Obama?
Gun lobbyist Larry Pratt has proposed a Second Amendment solution for lawmakers with whom he disagrees, and now he wants gun owners to train their sights on President Barack Obama.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. The War on Women is God's way of teaching us the names of Republican governors.- LOLGOP

Republican Shenanigans

• In Touch Hits Back at Duggars: Releasing Records Was Legal, and BTW, You Lied a Lot
• The View Rips Duggars: When Will You Show Same Forgiveness to Others?
• Palin Unloads on 'Intolerant Left,' Turns Duggar Story into Rant Against Lena Dunham
• Tom Coburn Hates All Y'all 2016 GOP Presidential Candidates (Except Maybe Rubio)
• Dana Perino Bashes NYT for Giving Space to ‘Traitor’ Snowden; Greenwald Fires Back
• Archdiocese charged with 'failing to protect' clergy abuse victims
• Jon Stewart Celebrates Perry’s 2016 Run: ‘Prayer Really Does Work!’

Rick Perry is so pro-life that he once briefly delayed an execution to deny one million Texans health insurance. - LOLGOP

Justice Scalia Delivers Graduation Speech, Includes Creationism
Justice Antonin Scalia spoke on Thursday at his granddaughter’s graduation from a Catholic high school in Bethesda, Maryland. During the speech, however, the sitting Supreme Court justice offered a subtle nod to young earth creationism, the belief that that the earth was created by God and is only several thousand years-old.




Dear Senator Cruz, speaking of jokes, you do realize we're laughing at you, not with you, right?- Kona Lowell

Rick Perry is counting on the USA being ready to elect a C-Student Texas Gov who loves Jesus and executing people. Again. - John Fugelsang





Rock The Voter News

• Clinton: GOP trying to make it difficult for people to vote
• Baseball-sized hail, floods, and tornadoes rock US Central Plains

Caitlyn Jenner should run for president as a Republican. 100,000 times better than anyone currently running.- The Good God Above Tweet

NRA Attacks Survivors Of Virginia Tech Shooting
An article in the National Rifle Association's (NRA) "official journal" attacked survivors of the 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech for using the tragedy to advocate for stronger gun laws.







Rick Perry hopeful his campaign will appeal to Millennials who don't plan to have kids before the Rapture. - The Daily Edge

I'm afraid if I step away from my computer there will be 10 more GOP presidential candidates before I get back. - Tina Dupuy




Hillary Comes Out Swinging
For the first time since hitting the campaign trail two months ago, Hillary Clinton took on her Republican rivals by name, calling out four presidential contenders as she spoke authoritatively about restoring voting rights and asked rhetorically, “What part of Democracy are they afraid of?”

Business/Tech News

• Oil down as dollar rises, OPEC leaves output target unchanged 
• Slovak makers of flying car press on after crash
• Walmart board chair Rob Walton steps down, hands off to Greg Penner
• More Bad News For Rush Limbaugh

I'm in LA. People here DRIVE to taco trucks.- Tina Dupuy

My, My, My, The Media Writes Misleading Headlines About Fracking? I'm SHOCKED!
Following the publication of this post, The Washington Times changed its headline from "EPA: Fracking doesn't harm drinking water" to "EPA finds fracking poses no direct threat to drinking water." However, the New York Post published an article on June 5 adopting The Washington Times' original language, headlined, "Fracking doesn't harm drinking water: EPA."






A new British survey has revealed that 9 out of 10 people like chocolate. The tenth lies. - Robert Paul

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Odd News

• 160 climbers stranded on Mt. Kinabalu after quake
• Police: Man baked potato, raked leaves during break-in
• Plumber wants to keep working after $136 million jackpot
• FINALLY! A Knife That Toasts Bread As It Slices
• World's First Skull-Cap Transplant Helps Man Fight Cancer

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The Bridge Of Immortals, Mount Tai, China.

Peace.

Laura Ingraham: Expanding Early Voting Helps Democrats Get "Lazy People" To The Polls

Laura Ingraham: Expanding Early Voting Helps Democrats Get "Lazy People" To The Polls
Ingraham: "They Can Stand On The Street Corner Screaming About How The Police Are Racist For Hour Upon Hour, But They Can't Get To The Polls On Election Day."




Today is the 96th anniversary of Congress passing 19th amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote. Laura Ingraham gives a bad name to blonde women.

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Islamic State mounts suicide attacks around Syria's Hasaka city: official
• Ukraine's Poroshenko warns of Russian invasion threat after fighting surge
• Kim Jong-un watches with glee during underwater ballistic missile test
• Israel bombs Gaza sites after rocket attack claimed by Islamic State sympathizer
• Mike Huckabee says Israeli occupation made life great for Palestinians: Now they have sidewalks

Oddly, George W. Bush is still polling poorly with Iraqi children who got their arms and legs blown off.- Jeff Tiedrich

Al-Qaeda and IS R Enemies
The chief of Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate described the rival Islamic State group's self-proclaimed caliphate as "illegitimate", in a wide-ranging television interview aired on Wednesday.

I don't mind my tax $ paying for civilian-killing drone bombs; just don't let my tax $ pay for condoms, cos I'm Christian.- John Fugelsang






Republican Shenanigans

• House rejects easing Cuba travel restrictions
• Lindsey Graham: If You're Worn Out By War, 'Don't Vote for Me'
• Say Goodbye To The Most Outrageous GOP Candidate Of 2016
• GOPer: Wis. Bill Ensures Docs Aren’t Doing Abortions ‘Just To Kill Child’
• Abortion Bill Backed By Walker Would Let Fathers Sue For Emotional 'Distress'
• Duggar Endorsements Disappear From Huckabee's Campaign Site 
• Fox News fans defend Duggars the only way they know how — by blaming Bill Clinton and black people

If you didn't know your son was molesting four of your daughters, you may not be in the best position to tell us what God is thinking.- LOLGOP

Twitter Erupts Over Duggar Interview
Twitter erupted in a din of unified rage on Wednesday night in reaction to Megyn Kelly’s televised interview with members of the Duggar family on Fox News.
During the interview with Kelly, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar admitted they knew their son Josh Duggar had molested several of their daughters, but described Josh’s actions as “inappropriate touching” and “nothing like rape.”







Seriously, imagine the right-wing furor if it came out that Michael Brown or Trayvon Martin molested their sisters.- Jeff Tiedrich

I Doubt The Biden Family Cares About Cruz's Apology Or Wants It 
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) apologized late Wednesday for making a joke about Vice President Joe Biden as he prepares to bury his son Beau, who died of brain cancer.





Letting politicians who hate government run the government is like letting Michael Vick run PETA.- John Fugelsang

Rick Perry announcing his 2016 presidential campaign is like Gigli II aiming for a Best Picture Oscar.- LOLGOP




Rock The Voter News

• In Presidential Bid, Lincoln Chafee Calls For Metric System 
• Michelle Obama Highlights Pollinators During Garden Harvest

Lincoln Chafee observes the excitement generated by George Pataki's campaign and thinks "I want a piece of that!"- Jeff Tiedrich




The House Slaps Obama's Executive Action On Immigration
The House on Wednesday endorsed a proposal to block the Obama administration from further pursuing its legal defense of the president’s executive actions to shield illegal immigrants from deportation.

Republicans: "I'm not a scientist."

The Pope: "Actually, I am." - LOLGOP

Remember The Recent California Pipeline Spill?
An oil pipeline that ruptured and spilled an estimated 383,000 litres (101,000 gallons) of crude near Santa Barbara in May had been allowed to corrode to a tiny fraction of its original thickness, federal regulators have said.






According to a new poll, the number of Americans who trust Hillary is dropping. Specifically into a hole that Hillary covered with leaves.- Jimmy Fallon

Business/Tech News

• Oil down 3 percent despite U.S. stockpile drop; pre-OPEC mood glum
• Venezuela seeks allies outside OPEC to steady oil prices
• Report: LNG could challenge oil as transport fuel
• US unemployment aid applications drop to 276,000
• United Airlines apologizes to Muslim chaplain for soda incident
• Pink Slips at Disney. But First, Training Foreign Replacements.

Europe Delays Polluters From Cleaning Up 
The European Union may have to offer its heaviest polluting industries another ten years of free carbon credits to prevent them from leaving the region to do business elsewhere, EU regulators have suggested in a report seen by Reuters.



Most of the folks currently blaming the federal govt for everything previously spent 8 years not blaming it for anything.- John Fugelsang

Cats. Because why should conditional love only come from family?- John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• Cops Use DNA Analysis to Prove Chili's Waiter Spit in Customer's Drink
• Snakes in walls: Realtor accused of selling infested home
• Nancy Grace Really Wants Brian Stelter to Tell Her If Caitlyn Jenner Still Has a Penis
• Ex-FBI agent charged with using drug money for plastic surgery, Vegas spree
• Miss Piggy to be honored with feminist award at Brooklyn Museum
• Out of sight, out of mind? 60-foot screen blocks out home

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If Saturn were as close to the Earth as the Moon is this is how it would look.


Peace.

More Americans hold favorable view of George W. Bush than Barack Obama

More Americans hold favorable view of George W. Bush than Barack Obama
More Americans have a favorable view of former President George W. Bush than of President Barack Obama, a new CNN/ORC poll finds.





Officials near Dallas are reporting that torrential rain and recent flooding has started driving snakes to attack people. Wow, Texans don’t just read the Bible, they’re living it.- Seth Myers

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• U.S., allies launch 18 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq: military
• More than 10,000 jihadists killed since coalition raids: US
• Mothers call on children who've joined IS to come home
• Bangladesh academics get death threats from extremist group
• Philippine leader likens China to Nazi Germany
• Georgia man wandered around Atlanta airport with a loaded AR-15 because ‘something might happen’

Jeb Bush is less popular than George W. Bush and Jeb hasn't even invaded Iraq or wrecked our economy yet.- LOLGOP

Meanwhile, Back In The USSR Ukraine
Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists on Wednesday fought their first serious battles in months and Ukraine's defense minister said an attempt by rebels to take the eastern town of Maryinka had been thwarted.





Imagine sperm under a microscope all trying to get at one egg - that's the 2016 GOP field and evangelical voters. - Tina Dupuy

Republican Shenanigans

• Ted Cruz Does JFK Impression And Argues He’d Be A Republican Today
• Megyn Kelly Questions Obama’s Support for Police: ‘Often Couched with Criticism’
• Ron Paul: Why do Republicans ‘roll over’ for Fox?
• Fox Brings On Gun Extremist Larry Pratt To Defend Vince Vaughn
• Sheriff's Report: One Of Josh Duggar's Alleged Victims Was 5-Year-Old Girl
• Hastert questions consume Capitol

Republicans upset they have to deny fake news stories instead of confirming real stories like a GOP frontrunner defending a child molester.- LOLGOP

Bernie Is Not Afraid Of The GOP
Senator Bernie Sanders is trying to push for debates between the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates now, because, he says, the GOP is “getting away with murder” and they need to be called out on that.





They tell me U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders can't win b/c America won't vote for a Socialist Jew. I tell them America already celebrates a Socialist Jew every Dec 25.- John Fugelsang

Rock The Voter News

• Obama signs new curbs on NSA surveillance into law
• Is Hillary Clinton in Trouble?

Lindsey Graham: "I don't use email."
Jeb Bush: "I don't use science."
Sarah Palin: "I don't use English."
- The Daily Edge

GOP Wants To Make It Easier For Yahoos To Get Guns
Lawmakers are bracing for a showdown on Capitol Hill over gun provisions in a bill to fund the Justice Department (DOJ).
House Republicans are seeking to roll back a number of controversial gun regulations from the Obama administration, but not without a fight from Democrats.

If the Republican debates were held tomorrow, they'd be hilarious.- LOLGOP

Gay Marriage Now In Costa Rica
A Costa Rican judge has granted the first openly gay common-law marriage in Central America, said Francisco Madrigal, political affairs director for the Center for Research and Promotion of Human Rights in Central America (CIPAC).





Business/Tech News

• BP CEO: Shale gas 'very painful' for much of world
• Costa Rica lawmaker to promote bill improving sex workers’ rights
• Oklahoma Is Latest State To Prevent Local Fracking Bans 
• Boeing starts building first 737 MAX jet on schedule

The more twang a politicians voice has, the more they believe Jesus rode a dinosaur. - JokeBlogger.com




Meanwhile In The UK
A Chinese company has been selected to help build the world's first artificial tidal lagoon to generate clean electricity for British homes, the company behind the project said Wednesday.

Officials from the soccer organization FIFA, which decides which cities get to host the World Cup, are accused of accepting bribes when making their decision. Of course the toughest part for the soccer officials was taking bribes without using their hands.- Jimmy Fallon

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Odd News

• Prosecutor: NYPD Cop Used Dead Man’s Credit Card to Buy Diamond Ring
• New Chinese restaurant's name: I Don't Know
• New Hampshire governor blocks baby pictures on beer bottles
• Man's red underwear leads to burglary arrest
• Godzilla Is Now Officially A Resident Of Japan
• Pot Use May Protect Against Parasitic Worms: Study

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Fly Geyser is a man-made small geothermal geyser located in Washoe County, Nevada. It was accidentally created by well drilling in 1964 exploring for sources of geothermal energy.

Peace.