Scott Walker Prematurely Ejacutweets

Twitter misfire puts Walker into 2016 presidential race prematurely
 A technical glitch put Republican Scott Walker into the 2016 presidential race prematurely on Friday, days ahead of his official announcement speech.




Scott Walker. The boring Donald Trump.- LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Israeli defense chief: Iran deal makes us rely on ourselves
• 3 Chinese Uighurs get 6 years over terrorism in Indonesia
• India, Pakistan to join China, Russia in security group
• Mexico drug lord Joaquin Guzman used tunnel for prison break

It was a good week to be called stupid by people who think liberals fought for segregation and the Confederate Flag.- John Fugelsang

Trumps' Foreign Policy
Republican presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump on Friday reportedly told an audience of Hollywood conservatives that the U.S. "should have invaded Mexico" instead of Iraq.




Trump presidency, Day 1: 11,500,000 illegal immigrants walk home to Mexico, stopping only to build giant wall to keep them from returning.- Tea Party Cat

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump calls FBI over threats from Mexican drug cartel: ‘I’m gonna make you swallow your b*tch words’
• Mogul v. Mogul: Murdoch Takes Trump To Task Over Immigrant Comments
• ‘Backlash is beginning': Miles-long convoy of Confederate flag supporters rally in Florida
• Fox & Friends rips ‘Mockingbird’ sequel as ‘revisionist fiction’ for making white hero into a racist
• Carl Hiaasen: There will never be a President Trump

Every time there's another mass shooting and we still don't talk about guns Satan hi-fives Wayne LaPierre.- John Fugelsang

Another Premature Ejacutweet
Former George W. Bush speechwriter turned Atlantic magazine senior editor David Frum tweeted over the weekend that Serena Williams might be taking steroids. Moments later, he deleted the tweets and claimed they were part of a private conversation and not intended for public consumption.








Hillary Clinton Suspended 3 Weeks By FEC For Spitting On Volunteer. - The Onion

Hillary on Jeb's comments on longer work hours: "He must not have met many American workers. They don't need a lecture, they need a raise."




Rock The Voter News

• Obama to become first sitting president to visit a prison
• Obama says US must step up care for aging Americans
• NAACP votes to end boycott of South Carolina over Confederate flag
• ‘Jesus was a socialist’: Bernie Sanders excites previously unmotivated Alabama voters

I'm Half-Southern & Half-Brooklyn, so Mom called us 'y'all' and Dad called us 'Rat Bastards.'- Johm Fugelsang

Obama Pulls An End Around Religious Objection
The Obama administration on Friday issued its final rules for employers who morally object to covering birth control in their health insurance plans. The accommodation ensures that all employed women, unless they work for a place of worship, will still have their birth control covered at no cost to them, even if their employers refuse to cover it.

GOP elites are going to find out that the only way to get rid of Donald Trump is to be a woman who turns 40.- LOLGOP




Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Continues...
Indefatigable Obama critic Orly Taitz saw a Texas judge throw out multiple claims the lawyer cum dentist filed against President Barack Obama in a 35-page decision issued last week, reports the Valley Morning Star.

Business/Tech News

• Dow jumps 200 points into black for the year as Street cheers Greece deal
• Planemakers poised for Iranian buying spree if nuclear deal reached
• Bernie Sanders: The Cable Bill Is Too Damn High
• Hillary Clinton to Propose Incentives for Corporate Profit Sharing
• 10 Cities With The Widest Gap Between The Rich And Poor

W Bush lied us into a war that made Cheney's co $39.5 bil - but Bush speaks to vets wounded in that war and only gets paid a measly $100k.- John Fugelsang

Tico Backhands Trump
While the fallout, and attention, from billionaire Donald Trump’s derogatory statements about Mexican immigrants continues, one Tico living in the United States is giving Trump the proverbial finger — in liquid form.




Poor people of Greece. In the U.S. you have to elect Scott Walker three times to get this screwed.- LOLGOP

Anthony Bourdain on when people catch him at KFC: "It's like being recognized leaving a porn shop."

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Odd News

• John Oliver finds 10 clips of Whoopi Goldberg defending famous rapists and other horrible things
• Fan offers $1 million reward for Judy Garland's stolen ruby slippers
• Cambodia uses 'life-saving' rats to sniff out deadly landmines
• 'Finding Bigfoot' Team Still Can't Find Bigfoot
• Playing the Lower Keys: Concert piped underwater in Florida

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Painters on Brooklyn Bridge, c. 1914-1918.

Peace.

South Carolina Takes Down Confederate Flag

Confederate flag has arrived at museum
Officials with the museum that will house the Confederate battle flag that flew on South Carolina’s Statehouse grounds for years confirm that the banner has been received.




Take that Confederate flag down and put the Voting Rights Act back up, y'all.  - LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Iran lashes out as nuclear talks enter 14th day
• Islamic State fighters attack troops in Iraq's Anbar province
• Pope Francis: 'genocide' against Christians in Middle East
• Russia's Putin upbeat on Ukraine crisis solution

Kim Jong-Jeb, "the smart Kim." - Jeff Tiedrich

More Flag News: Putin Makes His Own
Make no bones about it — Vladmir Putin‘s Russia does not like the gays. From the country’s vehement anti-LGBT laws, to its hilariously awful response to Apple CEO Tim Cook‘s coming out, Russia does not support the LGBT community one bit






South Carolina, stop congratulating yourself for finally taking down the ConfederateFlag. It took you 150 years. You don't get a cookie.- Jeff Tiedrich

Republican Shenanigans

• ‘It’s a sad day in Dixie’: Twitter racists sink into depression spiral after South Carolina removes flag
• Conservatives Cry Foul As Cruz’s Book Doesn’t Make NYT Bestseller List
• Can't Stop, Won't Stop: Maine's LePage Holds Onto 51 More Bills In Veto Fight 
• Kentucky Governor & County Clerk In Standoff Over Same-Sex Marriage
• Hillary Clinton 'can't be trusted,' says Jeb Bush

"Presidential hopeful Donald Trump said yesterday that he has better hair than Senator Marco Rubio – a claim that was recently disproven by wind." –Seth Meyers

I'm guessing this is the saddest day in Charlie Daniels' life.- Kona Lowell

White Detroit Rapper Defends Confederate Flag
Rock musician Kid Rock, who often uses the Confederate flag as a prop in his performances, defiantly responded to recent criticisms of its use in a quote given to Fox News.
“Please tell the people who are protesting to kiss my ass,” the statement read in its entirety (which Fox News’ Megyn Kelly appropriately watered down for television Thursday night).

More Republican Butthurt Coming Soon!
As Republicans face a withering blowback for embracing the display of Confederate flags on National Parks and federal cemeteries, Democrats are looking to capitalize on the misfire and draw attention to Republican reluctance to let go of the Confederate flag.

Rock The Voter News

• Obama Creates Three National Monuments
• Obama wants solar for poor people 
• SC raised Confederate flag in 1961 to insult nine black protesters — and took it down to honor nine slain

Trump's Obsession With Obama's Birth Continues
Donald Trump says he’s still not convinced President Obama was born in America, but that he’s not interested in rehashing the issue.
"I don't know. I really don't know," the 2016 Republican presidential candidate told CNN when asked on Thursday. "I don't know why he wouldn't release his records."

It's Past Due To Increase Funding For Background Checks
The white gunman who massacred nine black churchgoers last month in Charleston, South Carolina was only able to purchase the gun he used in the shooting because of an "error" in the background check system, the FBI said Friday.

The Confederacy shall not rise again. Flag is down. You lost. Again.- Warren Holstein Tweet




Business/Tech News

• Stocks, euro jump on Greek bid to set debt deal
• OPM Director Katherine Archuleta resigns in wake of massive data breach
• NAACP: Will look at ending S.C. boycott over flag
• The Latest: Greek official says proposal has better terms

Jeb Bush wants you to work more hours and retire at 69. Paul Ryan wants to take away Social Security. No wonder the GOP wants to stop you from voting. - The Daily Edge

I Wonder If Rand Paul Uses An AQUA BUDDHA 
Less than a month after holding a fundraiser on the sidelines of a Colorado marijuana conference, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is joining the fight to give America’s growing legal marijuana industry access to banking services.












Huggies now offers a diaper called "Little Swimmers;" which i believe are what actually cause the babies in the 1st place.- John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• Here's What Happens When You Strap A GoPro On A Sea Turtle
• 10-foot alligator captured near downtown Fort Worth
• Heroic Canadian Punches Cougar In The Face After It Grabs His Adorable Dog
• Forrest Gump-inspired runner trying to cross U.S. in 100 days
• Are McDonald's Minion Toys Saying 'What The F**k'?

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Deep in the northeastern region of one of the wettest places on Earth, the Khasi tribe in India, fashions 100 foot living bridges out of rubber fig roots. It takes more than a decade for one structure to be completed but, once finished the resulting crossing is both beautiful and functional.

Best wishes for a beautiful and peaceful weekend, y'all.

George W. Bush charged $100K for speech at wounded veterans event

George W. Bush charged $100K for speech at wounded veterans event
Former President George W. Bush billed a charity for wounded military veterans $100,000 in speaking fees three years ago, a new report says.
Bush charged Texas-based Helping a Hero that amount in 2012, according to ABC News.
The organization also provided Bush with private jet travel to Houston at a cost of $20,000...




George W. Bush should be paying every veteran's charity to give a speech.

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• ISIS leader in Afghanistan killed in airstrike
• Obama puts Iran deal odds at 'less than 50-50'
• Number of Syrian refugees tops four million: UN
• US says only 60 Syrians being trained to fight IS
• US House approves closer military ties with Jordan

Who Hacked The Stock Exchange?
International hacking group Anonymous wished Wall Street ill the night before the New York Stock Exchange temporarily suspended trading on all securities.











Retrumplican Party: "Obama would not have won without blacks, Hispanics, gays or Jews." Democrats: "Or as we like to call them: Americans" - The Daily Edge

Republican Shenanigans

• All GOP presidential hopefuls decline speaking invite to America’s largest annual gathering of Latino leaders
• Of course! ‘Fox & Friends’ finds a way to blame Obama for Ariana Grande’s unpatriotic donut licking
• We've Met the Doofus. And He is Jeb
• RNC Chair Priebus On S.C.: 'I'm Glad The Flag Is Coming Down'
• Trump Denies RNC Chair Told Him To Tone It Down: He Said I Was 'Doing Well' 
• Racists cry bitter tears on Nikki Haley’s Facebook page after SC votes to take down Confederate flag

Jeb doesn't want you to have "free stuff" like debt-free college. That's for guys who earn it by picking rich dads.- LOLGOP




Jeb Really Is The Dumb One
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Wednesday that in order to grow the economy “people should work longer hours” -- a comment that the Bush campaign argues was a reference to underemployed part-time workers but which Democrats are already using to attack him.

Glad we got rid of one flag, but there are still three hundred million guns. - Andy Borowitz





House To Undo Confederate Flag Restrictions They Just Passed?
The House on Thursday will vote on a Republican amendment to a spending bill that would undo new restrictions members approved only this week on the display of the Confederate flag on federal land.

Donald Trump hasn't said anything idiotic today. I hope he's okay.- Andy Borowitz

I Don't Know Who Is Dumber, Jeb Or Huckabee? Tough One!
“Basically, there really is no such thing as — I need to be careful about saying this, because people will really get upset — there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian,” Huckabee said at the 2008 campaign stop while speaking to two Orthodox men. “There’s not.”

Rock The Voter News

• Obama program shielding 5 million from deportation headed back to court
• Obama Pressured to Take Back Bill Cosby's Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Attorney General Lynch Announces Federal Marriage Benefits Available to Same-Sex Couples Nationwide
• White House Spokesman Tears Into House GOP Over Confederate Flag
• Hillary Clinton’s Economic Agenda Aims at a Party Moving Left
• Bernie Sanders’ Plan To Make Solar Power More Accessible

Hillary, Bernie And ------> Martin
As they vie to emerge as the progressive alternative to Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley are racing to stake out territory to Clinton's political left.

In an effort to cut costs, Koch brothers announced plans to build a breeding farm for birthing & training future conservative politicians.- GOP Science Committee Tweet

America is an unforgiving place. You say one horrible, offensive, unforgivable thing and suddenly you're the frontrunner for GOP nomination.- LOLGOP




Business/Tech News

• Falling Oil Prices Renew Junk Bond ETF Default Fears 
• Senate bill would require Facebook and Twitter to ‘proactively monitor’ and report ‘terrorist activity’
• Greece needs debt haircut but we can't help: Germany's Schaeuble
• American Toyota exec released from custody in Japan

Know all those cute quirky ads for insurance?  That's the money you spent on premiums coming back to mock you.- John Fugelsang

Exxon Knew About Climate Change In 1981
ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest oil company, knew as early as 1981 of climate change – seven years before it became a public issue, according to a newly discovered email from one of the firm’s own scientists. Despite this the firm spent millions over the next 27 years to promote climate denial.




Remember, religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich, but nevermind. - The GoodGodAbove

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Odd News

• Top Tibetan monk faces India money-laundering charges
• Vet finds 62 hair bands, 8 pairs of underwear inside dog
• Error in golden ratio at exhibit? Museum now says it's right
• Time Warner Cable owes $229,500 to woman it would not stop calling
• SEE IT: Giant snow pile still remains in Boston following record winter accumulation

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Preacher’s Pulpit Rock – Preikestolen is One of the Most Visited Natural Tourist Attractions in Norway.

Peace.