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Sunday, February 14, 2016
Friday, February 12, 2016
Trump Quotes!
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WashPo Fact Checker Awards Four Pinocchios to Trump’s Wall Estimate
Washington Post has looked into the details of Donald Trump‘s grand proposal to build a border wall — and found his promises regarding the project’s cost “highly dubious.”
"Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders won their respective party primaries. It was a great night for loud men with crazy hair." –Jimmy Kimmel
The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam
- Syria humanitarian task force meets in Geneva
- Iraqi PM says has won back half of ISIS-held territories
- Three Iraqi presidential guards kidnapped near northern town: sources
- Four UN peacekeepers among 7 troops killed in Mali attacks
- North Korea halts probe into fate of kidnapped Japanese
- US-Mexican drug sting signals a shift in relationship
- 'We will kill you': Ahead of Pope's visit, Mexico gang violence targets priests
- Pat Robertson: Women in combat are 'masochistic' sexual deviants acting out 'Fifty Shades of Grey'
- Militants warn authorities about booby traps left behind at Oregon reserve
Weird. I don't remember any Republican candidates fighting over who loved George W. Bush more in 2008. Wonder why. - LOLGOP
AHNC FLASHBACK
Iraqi Refugees In Finland Are Fleeing Back To Iraq
Thousands of Iraqi refugees who arrived in Finland last year have decided to cancel their asylum applications and to return home voluntarily, citing family issues and disappointment with life in the frosty Nordic
"Is it possible for a man to be sadder than Jeb Bush? We are a week away from Jeb Bush walking on stage at the debate just wearing sweatpants, eating cereal directly out of the box, and just going, 'Oh, what's the point.'" –James Corden
Republican Shenanigans
- Cruz campaign yanks anti-Rubio ad after viewers spot adult film actress
- Jewish group rips Ted Cruz after endorsement by 'abhorrent' anti-Semitic preacher
- Jeb Bush On His Foreign Policy Chops: Florida National Guard Ran Abu Ghraib Prison
- Miss. Republican wants to let creationist and climate skeptic teachers push their views in class
- Texas attorney general could be disbarred for telling clerks to violate US Constitution
- 'Fox and Friends' found a black person to compare Clinton and Sanders to ‘grand wizards of the KKK’
When Trump is president, you'll hear people saying "Why is there no White History Month?" ALL YEAR LONG. - LOLGOP
Trump Inspired?
A representative for Purdue Students for Life apologized for the campus crusade against abortion that included writing on sidewalks with chalk and pasting flyers on poles claiming abortion makes black children an “endangered race.”
"The beauty of me is that I'm very rich." –GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump
More Trump Inspiration?
Texas A&M University is conducting an investigation after a group of students visiting campus from an inner-city Dallas high school were harassed Tuesday with racial slurs and a demand to “go back where you came from.”
I like it when obese, beer-soaked, cheese-sweat-stained males make fun of Hillary Clinton's looks. - John Fugelsang
"America has been told for years to pick the sensible candidate, the responsible one, a buddy, a pal, great on paper. 'You will grow to love them.' But now it is getting swept off its feet by a couple of bad boys from the wrong side of the polls." –Stephen Colbert
Rock The Voter News
- Obama’s budget request comes amid sexual assault investigation backlog
- Has the Democratic Race Become a Referendum on Bernie Sanders, Not Hillary Clinton?
"One candidate who did not do so well last night is the winner of the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton." –Stephen Colbert
Mailbox
In all fairness, one reason FOX doesn't call Raphael Edward Cruz, "Eduardo
Raphael Cruz," is because his name really is Raphael Edward Cruz. I
know... they also don't call him "Raphael," nor did they call Romney by his
first name, Willard. What do you expect, anyway? FOX tries very hard not
to eat their own young.
Regards,
Jon
lol...all I expect from FoxNews is _______________. Fill in the blank with any nasty expletive.
Thanks for writing.
"According to a new report, the number of babies named 'Hillary' has decreased 90 percent since Bill Clinton was president. And, this is interesting, there has never been a baby named Bernie." –Seth Meyers
Business/Tech News
- Stocks rally to end rough week, oil surges 12%
- Japanese stocks are getting destroyed
- ‘F*ck you!’: Indiana workers react with outrage after being told their jobs are moving to Mexico
- 'Star Wars' Producers Charged Over Harrison Ford Accident
"I saw that the unemployment rate in the U.S. just fell below 5 percent, which is the lowest it's been in eight years. When asked for comment on the number of unemployed Americans, Obama said, 'Uh ... I can't wait to be one of them!'" –Jimmy Fallon
Tomorrow Night, Trump, Cruz and Jeb!
Nearly all the U.S. Republican presidential candidates will take the stage at CBS News’ televised debate on Saturday, with Donald Trump flanked by rivals Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush, the network said.
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Thursday, February 11, 2016
Cliven Bundy Arrested
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Rancher and right-wing tax-dodging darling Cliven Bundy arrested in Oregon
Cliven Bundy, the scofflaw Nevada rancher whose dispute over grazing fees led to a 2014 armed showdown with the federal government, was arrested late Wednesday in Oregon as he went to lend support to armed militants holed up at a wildlife preserve.
Breaking: Cliven Bundy arrested; tells law enforcement officials they can take his cowboy hat when they pry it from his cold, dead head. - OhNoSheTwitnt
The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam
- Last Oregon holdout David Fry surrenders peacefully after threatening suicide or war
- FBI surrounds remaining Malheur insurgents as occupiers panic on live feed
- U.S. tells allies campaign to defeat Islamic State must be accelerated
- U.S. says Russian reports of U.S. strikes in Aleppo are a fabrication
- Russia has made 'quite specific' proposal on Syria ceasefire: Lavrov
- Czechs propose to send pilot trainers to Iraq
- North Korea says South's pulling out of industrial zone 'declaration of war'
Some Call It Treason
An Iranian official said "Republican rivals of the current US administration" attempted to stall last month's Iranian-U.S. prisoner swap until the eve of the U.S. presidential election..."In the course of the talks for exchanging prisoners, the Republican rivals of the current US administration who claim to be humanitarians and advocates of human rights sent a message telling us not to release these people [American prisoners] and continue this process [of talks] until the eve of US presidential elections...
Fox News slammed Beyoncé’s Super Bowl halftime performance because her backup dancers were dressed like Black Panthers, and now some Fox viewers are calling for a boycott of Beyoncé. So it looks like old white guys won’t be buying Beyoncé albums anymore. - Conan O'Brien
Republican Shenanigans
- Trump’s Shocking Suggestion for What to Do About North Korea’s Kim Jong-un
- Donald Trump Retweets ‘WhiteGenocideTM’ Account—Again
- Ohio Gov. Kasich set to sign anti-Planned Parenthood bill based on debunked activist videos
- Pat Robertson: Women in combat are sexual deviants acting out ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
I'm sure the right would be totally cool with Obama retweeting a black version of a neo-nazi, if that even exists. - LOLGOP
War On Women Continues
A Utah committee of all-male lawmakers has voted to keep the sales tax on tampons and other feminine hygiene products despite an international push to remove it.
Going into New Hampshire, Jeb Bush was polling at 5th place. Not among the candidates, among the members of the Bush family. - Conan O'Brien
Hispanic Celebs Respond To GOP
More than 20 Hispanic celebrities — including “Law & Order’s” Benjamin Bratt, comedian George Lopez and “Avatar” actress Zoe Saldana — are slamming the entire GOP presidential field for “capitalizing on negative stereotypes and inaccurate information about our community.”
A Trump speech wouldn't be so bad if we were the only country that knew English. - Tina Dupuy
Ferguson, Missouri Still Doesn't Get It
The US Department of Justice is suing the city of Ferguson, Mo., over the City Council's resistance to absorb the costs associated with federally structured reforms of the city's justice system.
Rock The Voter News
- Congressional Black Caucus PAC endorses Hillary Clinton before South Carolina primary
- Bernie Sanders' brother gets frontline role with UK Greens
- John Lewis On Sanders' Civil Rights Record: 'I Never Saw Him'
The More The Merrier?
Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb, who dropped his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in October, may renew his effort to win the U.S. presidency, a CBS affiliate in Texas reported on Thursday.
Jeb Bush Assures Pipe-Wielding Thugs He’ll Have The Delegates He Promised Them By Next Week. - The Onion
Business/Tech News
- Dow briefly plunges 300 as Europe, oil weigh
- Fed's Yellen sticks to her guns as global market rout worsens
- McCain presses U.S. Air Force, Pentagon over Russian engines
- Scientists detect gravitational waves, space-time ripples that Einstein predicted 100 years ago
Carly Fiorina drops out of Presidential race, extending her unbeaten record of losing investors' money whatever it is she's doing. - The Daily Edge
Oil, Oil Everywhere And All The Stocks Did Shrink
Oil tumbled to lowest level in more than 12 years as crude stockpiles at the delivery point for New York futures expanded to a record.
I watched local news & saw poor ppl busted for illegal mood-altering drugs, followed by commercials for the legal ones. - John Fugelsang
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