All Hat No Cattle

Friday, June 26, 2015

The Supreme's have another #1 Hit!

It's Legal! Supreme Court Issues Historic Civil Rights Ruling Clearing the Way for Gay Marriage
In a historic ruling, the Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Constitution guarantees the right of same-sex couples to marry, invalidating gay marriage bans nationwide.

"Today we can say in no uncertain terms that we've made our union a little more perfect." - President Barack Obama

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

"Let's work together for the American people," the President said. "But today, my message is, 'We won, bitchaz.'- Andy Borowitz

Boehner's Mealy Mouthed Reaction
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said Friday in a statement that while “all human beings are created equal by God” he was disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize gay marriage in all 50 states.

"When all Americans are treated as equal, we are all more free." —President Obama

Republican Shenanigans

Conservatism - n. the art of making white men the victim of everything, even slavery. - LOLGOP

Alabama County Is Taking Their Ball And Going Home
Pike County officials haven't issued marriage licenses in months, and today Probate Judge Wes Allen announced that his office is now permanently out of the marriage business.

Cheney blaming Obama for ISIS is like John Wilkes Booth blaming Lincoln for missing the 2nd act of the play.- John Fugelsang

Rock The Voter News

Trump Won't Release His Birth Certificate. Really.
The Republican presidential candidate had called Barack Obama the country’s ‘least transparent president’ for refusing to release the same documentation.

Yesterday Donald Trump said if he's elected president he would rarely leave the White House to take vacations because there's so much work to do. Donald Trump is the only man who can say he's going to spend four years in a mansion and make it sound like a sacrifice. - Jimmy Fallon

Obama Declares National Day of Gloating. - Andy Borowitz

Business/Tech News

Mitt Romney uses same offshore tax havens as criminals and terrorists. But he says that's OK, because he's not technically breaking the law.- The Daily Edge

Finally. Ya'll Come And Visit!
The Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT) confirmed the opening of a new route to Costa Rica from Boston and a seasonal flight from St. Louis, Missouri. Both will arrive at Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport in Liberia, the capital of the northwestern province of Guanacaste.

'Kanye West isn't a musician & Donald Trump is an imbecile'. - David Crosby, musician

I just love this video! Kick off your weekend!

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Odd News

Time To Deflate Photo

I could easily live there. I love water. :)

Peace.

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Supreme Court upholds ObamaCare subsidies

Supreme Court upholds ObamaCare subsidies
The Supreme Court has upheld a key provision of ObamaCare, affirming that 6.4 million people can continue to receive subsidies that allow them to purchase healthcare plans.
The 6-3 decision authored by Chief Justice John Roberts is a huge victory for President Obama; it ensures that consumers purchasing health insurance on the federal exchange in roughly 34 states will continue to be able to do so.

Right now Scalia, Thomas and Alito are in the #SCOTUS cloak room furiously trying to scrape FDR's face off a dime.- John Fugelsang

I did two top stories today because of the breaking news about Obamacare. Sorry for the delay!

The White Man's Flag
This is the national flag of the Confederacy as it existed from the Spring of 1863 until just weeks before the end of the war in 1865. Note that this flag was adopted not long after the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Why was it called the "White Man's Flag"?

The Supreme Court ruled Obamacare is legal. All Confederate flags will be flown at half-mast.- Warren Holstein

Click photo for larger version.

Color lithograph from 1896 showing four versions of the flag of the Confederate States of America. Standing at the center are Stonewall Jackson, P. G. T. Beauregard, and Robert E. Lee, surrounded by bust portraits of Jefferson Davis and Confederate Army officers. Clockwise from upper-left corner: Gen. Braxton Bragg, Gen. P. T. Beauregard, Jefferson Davis, Alexander H. Stephens, Lt. Gen. T.J. Jackson, Gen S. Price, Lt. Gen Polk, Lt. Gen Hardee, Gen J.E.B. Stuart, Gen J.E. Johnston, Lt. Gen Kirby Smith, John H. Morgan, Albert Sidney Johnston, Gen. Wade Hampton, Gen John B. Gordon, Lt. Gen Longstreet, Gen A.P. Hill, Gen Hood.

The GOP doesn't want you to have Obamacare, Medicare or Social Security. But they will defend keeping that Confederate flag up.- LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

The Flag War Continues, 154 Years And Counting
The sole black member of Mississippi's congressional delegation introduced a bill on Wednesday to remove the state’s flag emblazoned with the Confederate image from the halls of Congress.

If you're furious about the #SCOTUS decision go watch 'It's a Wonderful Life' and root for Mr. Potter.- John Fugelsang

Republican Shenanigans

Now Republicans can focus on immediate stuff like making sure your boss' boss' boss' kids never have to pay taxes.- LOLGOP

National Park Service Says No To Confederate Stuff
America’s national parks are no longer selling Confederate battle flags in their bookstores and gift shops.
The National Park Service (NPS) announced on Thursday that the historic emblem will no longer be available as a memento for visitors to the parks system.

Bobby Jindal announced today that he hates govt so much he's officially seeking a larger paycheck from it. - John Fugelsang

What Will The Conservative Backlash Be?
Conservatives were left baffled after Chief Justice John Roberts saved Obamacare three years ago. On Thursday, as the George W. Bush appointee again helped President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievement avoid a potentially devastating blow, they felt betrayed.

Rock The Voter News

Ay Yi Yi, Hillary Must Be Thinking
Hedge-fund billionaire Daniel Loeb — one of the biggest and most feared investors on Wall Street and a vocal backer of same-sex marriage — posted a joke speculating about Hillary Clinton’s sexuality on his personal Facebook page.

So heartwarming to see Republicans consoling themselves over the bad news that thousands of people won't go bankrupt if they get sick.- LOLGOP

Remember when Republicans got so mad at Obamacare that they nominated the guy who created it to be president?- LOLGOP

Female Democrat Disses Male Liberal
Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) unloaded on her Senate colleague Bernie Sanders on Thursday, saying the Vermont independent is far too liberal to make it to the White House.

Business/Tech News

Your theory about "low-information voters" is interesting, guy in a political party with Trump as a frontrunner. - LOLGOP

Google To Bring Alabama Into 21st Century!
Out with the 20th century, in with the 21st.
That's what Google is doing in northwest Alabama -- building a new data center on the site of an old coal-fired power plant.

In Nepal, they're having a festival that honours dogs for their special friendship with humans. Someone tell China.- Ricky Gervais

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Odd News

Time To Deflate Photo

Hamersley Gorge in western Australia.

Peace.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

A real pearl clutcher

White Americans Are Biggest Terror Threat in U.S.: Study
The New America Foundation found that twice as many people have died in attacks by right-wing groups in America than by Muslim extremists since 9/11.

I bet that 3% of climate scientists thinks racism isn't man made.- LOLGOP

Is Reagan kissing or wiping his mouth with that flag?

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

With Greece on the brink of defaulting on its bailouts, it's rumored that it may consider asking Vladimir Putin for a loan. Even the Devil said, “Don't do it! Don't mess with that guy.”- Jimmy Fallon

Some Pakistani Muslims Given Permission To Eat Food During Ramadan So They Won't Die Of Heat Stroke
A senior Islamic cleric has issued a rare fatwa allowing some Muslims to eat in daytime hours during Ramadan to give them respite from Pakistan's record-breaking heat wave which has killed 750 people.

When you say Democrats were racist 50 years ago for backing things you support now, you're not making as good a point as you think you are.- LOLGOP

Republican Shenanigans

Bill Kristol who is defending the confederate flag, is Jewish, born in New York, and Harvard educated. In other words, the Confederates would have shot him without hesitation.

Tonight we discuss why people think America is racist on The Angry White Guy Yelling At Minorities Hour. - LOLGOP

Man Shows Red Neck To CNN Crew
A CNN report on Confederate flags took a turn when a worker at a Confederate merchandise store went on a profane tirade against the CNN crew.

Rock The Voter News

Mass Murderer Was Hungry. Cops Went To Burger King.
...In Shelby, the FBI handled Roof’s initial questioning, Ledford said. Shelby police’s lone conversation with the mass-murder suspect was about food. Earlier in the day, Roof had bought water and chips at a south Charlotte gas station. Now he was hungry. Police bought him food from a nearby Burger King...

The Confederate flag may go. Our broken background check system and 32,000 gun deaths a year will stay.- LOLGOP

Crispy Caribbean
The worst drought in five years is creeping across the Caribbean, prompting officials around the region to brace for a bone dry summer.

From Puerto Rico to Cuba to the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia, crops are withering, reservoirs are drying up and cattle are dying while forecasters worry that the situation could only grow worse in the coming months.

Business/Tech News

NASCAR released a statement today calling for the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina capitol. Released a statement? They should have sent a pit crew. That thing would be down in under nine seconds.- Seth Myers

Putin Supports Texas Secession. Don't Mess With Putin.
With the old Confederate battle flag very much in the news as a result of the horrific racist shooting in Charleston, S.C. last week, politicians across party lines are rushing to consign the symbol of Southern secessionism to museums, rather than to state capitols in former Confederate states.

But support for the secessionist cause still remains strong in…the Kremlin.

Scientists believe the first modern Europeans mated with Neanderthals. This is the oldest evidence yet of beer goggles.- Conan O'Brien