Republicans ramp up effort to block Gitmo transfers to their states

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Republicans ramp up effort to block Gitmo transfers to their states
Republican state leaders and lawmakers are pushing back against the Pentagon's potential plans to relocate Guantanamo Bay detainees at prisons in their states.
"Simply put, we do not want them in our states," reads a letter from Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley sent Tuesday to Defense Secretary Ash Carter.



Before there were internet comment sections, racists had to be in rooms together.- LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Aid-starved Syria refugees desert Mideast for Europe
• The Latest: UN: 100 migrants rescued off Libya; 200 missing
• Stench of death as Austria finds truck loaded with migrant bodies
• Australian visa check operation dumped after community outrage

U.S. gun violence "dwarfs any deaths that happen through terrorism." - President Barack Obama

South  Korean President Soars In Poll
Beset by crisis, scandal and a sluggish economy in the first half of her single five-year term, South Korean President Park Geun-hye's approval rating soared in a poll released on Friday after a pact with North Korea brought back the rivals from the brink of conflict.




Republican Shenanigans

• Trump says he's proud he booted Univision's Ramos from event
• Univision CEO attacks Trump for ‘complete disregard’ for Hispanics
• Trump dumps insults on questioners, insists on control
• Planned Parenthood report says fetal tissue videos were distorted
• George Zimmerman: Virginia shootings are a ‘hate crime’ by black ‘pansy’ — and Obama’s an ‘ignorant baboon’

At a press conference yesterday, Donald Trump kicked out a Latino reporter but the man returned a few minutes later. Yeah, so already Trump's deportation plan isn't working.- Conan O'Brien

The Trump Surge Continues
Washington (AFP) - Billionaire Donald Trump extended his lead yet again atop the Republican presidential field, with front-running Democrat Hillary Clinton slipping and Vice President Joe Biden faring better than her against Republicans, poll results revealed Thursday.

How to be accused of 'wanting to ban guns' 1) Tweet support for popular gun safety reforms to save American lives.  2) Now wait for trolls.- John Fugelsang

TEA PARTY stands for "Total Economic Amnesia Permits Additional Republican Trickle-down, Y'all."- John Fugelsang



Rock The Voter News

• Obama to people of New Orleans: You inspire me, and America 
• On women's health, Clinton compares Republicans to 'terrorist groups' 
• Sanders to tell DNC that 'establishment politics won't do it' 
• Democratic Party lags in money before presidential year

Prosperity Gospel Preacher = God wants you to ignore Jesus and be rich so send me money now.- John Fugelsang

Sarah Palin Says ESPN Believes In Terrorists. Yes, She Said That.
Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin tore into ESPN on Thursday night on Facebook for their suspension of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, saying the sports network "buys into the propaganda of ISIS and other terror organizations."




Obama marks 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and 6th anniversary of Fox News viewers blaming him for the response to it. - The Daily Edge

Business/Tech News

• Oil steadies after strong gains as equities rally
• China's Stock Rout to Resume as Intervention Ends, Says BofA
• While Many Panicked, Japanese Day Trader Made $34 Million
• StarKist settles canned tuna lawsuit; consumers can get $25 or $50 in fish
• Billionaire hedge fund manager Dan Loeb had an Ashley Madison account

I love God. He's a builder. Made the world in 6 days. That's YUUUUUUUGE. I would have used more marble. But He did a nice job. #TrumpBible - Donald Drumpf Tweet

Apple Joins The Military Industrial Complex
The Pentagon is teaming up with Apple, Boeing, Harvard and others to develop high-tech sensory gear flexible enough to be worn by people or molded onto the outside of a jet.




FDA just approved a pill to increase women's sexual desire. It turns men into shoes.- Tina Dupuy

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I was without Internet yesterday, well except for an hour or so. Sigh. It finally came back up this morning and I quickly put this issue together.

Best wishes for a lovely weekend.

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Odd News

• Air guitarists duke it out at Finland world championships
• Police confront North Dakota students armed with telescope
• List limits booze sales for Illinois city's habitual drunks
• Sinkhole in China swallows 5 people
• Comment Card Scolds National Park For Failing To Train Bears Better

Time To Deflate Photo

Central America as seen from space. Photo/NASA

Peace.

Made America Great Again

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Trump vows never to eat Oreos again, citing move to Mexico
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump repeated his claim Tuesday evening that he would stop eating Oreos, citing the cookie maker's decision to close a plant in Chicago and move it to Mexico.



#BadNames4Schools Republican Science Academy. - Kona Lowell

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Alleged Suspect Tweets Videos Of Shooting During Local Newscast
• U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan, Taliban grab district
• Terror group member pleads guilty to holding 3 US hostages
• Muslims not doing 'enough' to fight IS: Jordan's Queen Rania
• Migrants may be answer to Serbian depopulation: government official

Good thing the guys who are trying to stop women from getting Pap smears won't do anything about gun violence.- LOLGOP

Mass Messenger Murders
WDBJ-TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward died shortly after on-air interview; gunman posted chilling first-person video of shooting online




86 Americans are shot to death by a gun each day.
0 die of gay marriage, voting without an ID or access to birth control. - LOLGOP

Republican Shenanigans

• GOP 'loyalty oath' aimed at Donald Trump could backfire
• Lindsey Graham: If Trump Is Nominee, 'That's The End Of The Republican Party'
• During Presser, Donald Trump Says Fox News "Treats Me Terribly"
• Bobby Jindal: No, I'm Not An 'Anchor Baby'
• Christie Hammers Jeb Bush: Don't Speak Spanish And Then Criticize Asians 
• CNN Contributor Highlights Roger Ailes' Double Standard When It Comes To Sexist Attacks On Female Journalists
• GOP pollster’s legs ‘shaking’ after Trump focus group

Trump Needs A Latino Outreach Program
At a press event in Iowa Tuesday, Donald Trump had Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos removed by security after the Trump critic challenged the GOP front-runner for his positions on immigration.
"Sit down, go back to Univision," Trump said, before Ramos was removed.

Weird. Trump has his worst problems with a female reporter and a Latino reporter. Maybe he really is a Republican.- LOLGOP

It's come out that Donald Trump's grandfather owned a brothel. When reached for comment Trump said, screwing people for money is a long family tradition.- Conan O'Brien

Weird. Some conservatives seem offended on behalf of gun violence.- LOLGOP




Rock The Voter News

• Obama tries to allay Japanese concerns over spying
• Hillary Clinton on Virginia journalist shooting: 'We must act to stop gun violence'
• Second straight poll shows Bernie Sanders leading in New Hampshire

Women Only Subways?
A candidate for the British Parliament is calling for evening subway trains on the London Tube to be limited to women passengers only to cut back on sexual harassment complaints. 




Never underestimate the number of older men just waiting for a perfect chance to tell a darker skinned US citizen, "Get out of my country!"- LOLGOP

Business/Tech News

• US stocks end sharply higher after afternoon surge
• How companies make millions off lead-poisoned, poor blacks
• Man admits forcing immigrant teenagers into egg farm work
• Saudi Arabia Breaks Gulf Silence on Dollar Peg

Bill Gates alone, lost $3.2 billion on the stock market yesterday. To put that in perspective, that's like a regular person losing a dollar in a vending machine.- Jimmy Kimmel

The Navy Is Going Solar In California
In the largest renewable energy purchase by the US government to date, the Navy is buying solar energy to partially power 14 training centers and bases in California.




The CEO of Starbucks sent the message to Starbucks employees yesterday, instructing them to be sensitive to customers who might be feeling stressed out about the market. I like that the place that charges $5 for a cup of coffee is concerned about our finances.- Jimmy Kimmel

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Odd News

• The Internet Now Sees A 'Stars Wars' Ship On Mars
• Meet The 'Porn-Sniffing' Dog Who Busted Jared Fogle For Child Porn
• California man bitten by rattlesnake he picked up for photo: local media
• Colorado police chief helps deliver own daughter on off-ramp
• Man arrested after firing fake gun outside Tombstone saloon
• Florida Man Breaks Into School So He Can Call Grandma

Time To Deflate Photo

The Village is Santa Maddalena Di Funes in Isarco Valley SudTirol Nord Italy in front of the Dolomites.


Peace.

White House Warns Congress After Stock Market Nose Dive

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Amid market turmoil, WH warns against a 'self-inflicted wound'
A White House spokesman on Monday sought to soothe public fears amid dramatic volatility in U.S. stock markets, while delivering a warning to Congress to avoid a "self-inflicted wound."




Weather tip - if Donald Trump is wearing the baseball cap it means it's slightly windy outside.- John Fugelsang

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Mideast leaders flood to Moscow for Syrian talks, aerospace salon
• IS destruction of ancient Syrian temple erases rich history
• Merkel to Visit Refugee Shelter Attacked by Neo-Nazi Mob
• Surprise apology by North Korea as historic talks end fruitfully

22 million emails deleted by the Bush/Cheney White House.  Now please forget you read this and be outraged at Hillary Clinton. - your media.- John Fugelsang

Israel Denied Entry Into U.S. Visa Waiver Program
Last year, some members of Congress attempted to pass legislation that would admit Israel into the U.S. Visa Waiver Program. The State Department pushed back, noting that because of Israel’s long history of discrimination against Americans of Arab descent, they do not meet the program's key requirement of reciprocity. 



Birther movement is "politer way of saying the n-word" - Ken Burns, Documentarian

Republican Shenanigans

• Woman Sees Trump's Face In Her Tub Of Butter
• Supreme Court Steps In To Keep Ex-Guv McDonnell Out Of Prison For Now
• Political Flyer Circulated In Detroit Suburb: 'Let's Get The Blacks Out' 
• Michigan Tea Partiers caught in affair plot also misused taxpayer money
• Trump tells O’Reilly: US has ‘no choice’ but to deport undocumented parents raising kids born here

Ted Cruz just said liberal people are persecuting Christian people by not letting them persecute lgbt people.- John Fugelsang

Jeb! Alienates Latinos AND Asians In One Felled Swoop!
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush attempted to clarify his remarks about "anchor babies" during a stop near the U.S. border with Mexico on Monday, saying Asian immigrants are really more of the problem.




Donald Trump had an interview with CNN in the lobby of the Trump Tower Hotel this week, and apparently someone yelled, "You'll never win the Latino vote." And then immediately, Trump had the guy deported over to La Quinta Hotel.- Jimmy Fallon

Arrest Hillary Clinton for using her private email while working at State just like Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell did.- John Fugelsang





Rock The Voter News

• Obama gives Joe Biden 'blessing' for 2016 bid 
• Bernie Sanders blasts ‘unfettered free trade’ as stock market reels and investors panic
• Why Bernie Sanders won’t take the gloves off against Hillary
• Lawyer for Huma Abedin, a Hillary Clinton Aide, Strikes Back at Accuser

Mittens Considering A Run, Again? Or Not?
Colorful former Trump adviser Roger Stone thinks 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney is thinking about getting back in the presidential race. Stone tweeted his suspicion, and told CNN he had heard that Romney was considering a run from his sources.

There's no border wall Donald Trump can build that's big enough to hide America's giant 'Help Wanted' sign.- John Fugelsang

Republicans don't always like celebrities but when they do the celebrities tend have said awful things about minorities. Total coincidence.- LOLGOP

GOP Worried Trump Is Not Talking In Code
Republicans are increasingly worried that Donald Trump’s candidacy will hurt the party’s quest to maintain the Senate majority in 2016.
The real estate mogul’s controversial comments on immigration could cause a trickle-down effect and haunt Republican Senate candidates, party strategists say. 




Scott Walker says Obama should teach the Chinese a lesson by canceling their state visit. Historians take note, this is the first time Walker has shown support for teaching.- Andy Borowitz

Business/Tech News

• Global stocks, oil, dollar extend gains after China cuts rates
• Beijing cuts interest rates as world markets rebound, Shanghai slumps
• 31 years ago, Warren Buffett revealed the secret to investing and correctly predicted nobody would listen
• US home rents rose in July as ownership market cooled

What could possibly make Americans believe that a Bush brother doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt.- LOLGOP

Bush Mocks Trump's Wall
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush once seemed a natural to navigate the political minefields of the immigration issue, given his marriage to a Mexican-born American, his vast experience in Central America and his fluency in Spanish. 




I want to publish a photography book of very recently born babies and call it 'Not Cute Yet.'- John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• Enough to make Mona Lisa smile: Taiwan boy falls through Italian masterpiece
• Texas couple rushes marriage vows to beat the stork
• Geese, their waste, invade Pennsylvania football field
• Ball State freshman wins free tuition with half-court shot
• McDonald's Server's "Porcelain Doll" Look Has Diners Lovin' It
• Porn Star Kayla Kupcakes Flashes Judge In Florida Courtroom

Time To Deflate Photo

I took this photo about 6am this morning. A cloud of mist was settling in the valley below.

Peace.