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Ted Cruz-Donald Trump fight boils over in Indiana

Ted Cruz-Donald Trump fight boils over in Indiana
Ted Cruz couldn't take it anymore. After weeks of personal attacks from Donald Trump, including fresh insinuations that his father was associated with Lee Harvey Oswald, Cruz boiled over Tuesday.



Sure, he's been racist, sexist, xenophobic & a pathological liar - but I didn't really resent Donald Trump until he made me defend Ted Cruz. - John Fugelsang

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• "We are sending to war the most proficient and lethal killers in our nation’s history."
• "Enemy fire" kills US troop in northern Iraq
• Iraq holding hundreds of detainees in 'inhumane conditions': Amnesty
• Rebel rockets kill 19 in Aleppo, hit hospital: monitor
• Singapore detains 8 Bangladeshis suspected of IS group links

ISIS is to Islam what Nazis were to Christianity.  
Except nobody ever demanded all Christians apologize for Nazis.- John Fugelsang

Climate Change Refugees
Temperature and sea level aren't the only things expected to rise as a result of climate change. As heat becomes more extreme in some parts of the world, scientists expect a significant rise in the number of climate refugees.



May is finally here! Yep, it’s that special time of the year when the Earth puts the weather on "Random Shuffle."- Jimmy Fallon

Republican Shenanigans

• NBC Poll: GOP Support For Trump Jumps 6 Points In One Week To Reach New High
• Trump: "I'd have to think about" nominating Cruz for Supreme Court 
• Once a Clinton stronghold, Appalachia now Trump country
• Tabloid says it has proof: Ted Cruz’s father is mystery man in Lee Harvey Oswald photo
• Trump accuses Cruz's dad of hanging out with JFK's killer before assassination
• Bill O’Reilly On Fox Staffer’s WH Dinner Brawl: ‘Far Left Zealot’ Provoked Him!

If you could find a more vile adult than Ted Cruz or Donald Trump, he would probably be winning the GOP primary.- LOLGOP




Republicans Never Learn. Hillary Eats Scandals For Breakfast.
Republican Congressman Darrell Issa, the former chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee, was asked on Sunday about Bill Clinton’s recent dismissal  by Bill Clinton of the FBI investigation into his wife’s private e-mail server as a “game.”  Congressman Issa told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo not only that he believes the FBI will likely have to extend its investigation well past the November election.

When Americans lowered their standards far enough to eat at food courts and wear pajamas to the airport it was only a matter of time before Donald Trump as President seemed like an okay idea - Andy Borowitz

Rock The Voter News

• Resettling the First American ‘Climate Refugees’
• Hoarse but Energetic, Bernie Sanders Presses for Votes in Indiana
• Clinton backs Manchin plan to tax opioids

Lead Pipes And Crime
Last year I wrote about a paper that looked at the relationship between childhood lead poisoning and violent crime rates in a whole new way. James Feigenbaum and Christopher Muller compared cities from the early 20th century that installed lead water pipes with those that installed iron pipes, and found that cities with lead pipes had higher homicide rates. 

At a Ted Cruz rally, a young boy yelled "you suck" at Ted Cruz. In other words, there is hope for America’s future after all. - Conan O'Brien

Biz/Tech News

• U.S. Auto Sales Push Records as Consumers Defy Global Slump
• Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $55 mln in talc-powder trial
• McDonald's testing garlic fries in San Francisco area

Now that weed is starting to become legal in more and more places, big companies have started to take notice. In fact, Walgreens just published an article about the possible health benefits of medical marijuana. While CVS said it's just excited to watch stoners try and use its self-checkout machines.- Jimmy Fallon

Washington Is Not Responding To One Of Its Territories
Puerto Rico's Government Development Bank, the main funding source for the U.S. commonwealth's public agencies, said it reached a tentative restructuring deal with some major creditors hours after declaring it would skip a $422 million debt payment...As a U.S. territory, Puerto Rico cannot file for bankruptcy protection. It has been pleading for Washington to offer it a lifeline.

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Odd News

• Astronomers discover new Earth-like planets
• Research shows in-flight air rage is a result of onboard class differences
• Remains of Captain Cook's ship likely off Rhode Island coast
• Man dressed as Jesus arrested after refusing to leave Apple Store
• Italian court: homeless man stealing hot dogs did no crime
• Soccer-Leicester's "magic" hailed globally as the party goes on

Time To Deflate Photo

Antarctica from Space by NASA.

Peace.

MY VP picks for Hillary and Bernie

White House Defends Wilmore Dropping The N-Word At Correspondents' Dinner
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest defended comedian Larry Wilmore on Monday after the…


I don't mean to bring everybody down, but even if Trump loses, all the people who voted for him will still be here.- Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• CIA marks 5th anniversary of bin Laden’s death by ‘live-tweeting’ raid that killed him
• The Giant Al Qaeda Defeat That No One’s Talking About
• U.S. tells Pakistan it will have to fund F-16s itself
• Obama won’t apologize for Hiroshima during trip to Japan

The World Loves Obama. Putin, Not So Much.
Russia in 2014 earned the lowest approval ratings globally for the eighth consecutive year and posted the highest disapproval ratings it has received to date. U.S. leadership received the highest approval rating in the world, with the median 45% approval topping ratings of the leadership of the European Union, Germany, Russia and China -- as it has most years since 2009.

"Donald Trump is now making fun of what he calls John Kasich's 'disgusting' table manners. As an example, Trump named Kasich's gross habit of having dinner with a wife who's about his own age." –Conan O'Brien



Republican Shenanigans

• Donald Trump tweets the support of 'Bobby Night' has been 'so amazing'
• Trump flops in Arizona delegate fight
• Inside Cruz’s camp, confidence crumbles
• Ted Cruz Tells Young Protester That He Deserves a Spanking
• Sam Brownback gutted Kansas: How America's worst governor and an ultra-conservative ideology wrecked an entire state
• Fox News host Andrea Tantaros quietly pulled from daytime show over contract "issues"
• The Republican party's internal monologue has degenerated into babbling nonsense

"Why bring race into this?"—Ancient White Proverb


GOP Senator's Tactics Backfiring
Democrats are preparing another round of attacks against Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, releasing new poll numbers that show the veteran Iowa senator’s favorability ratings are tumbling as he plays a key role in blocking Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

BREAKING: Texas GOP passes law to charge women with murder if they ovulate but don’t get pregnant. -Tea Party Cat

This'll be the ultimate GOP Convention.   Eastwood can speak to an empty chair and Trump's BFF Bobby Night can throw it.- John Fugelsang



Rock The Voter News

• Obama's top 10 jokes at the correspondents' dinner
• Sanders: 'It will be a contested convention'
• Clinton responds to Obama's 'Aunt Hillary' joke

Sorry, no time to confirm a new Supreme Court justice. Congress is too busy voting to designate bison as the national mammal.- Tea Party Cat


The Benghazi Witch Hunt Continues
At some point over the next few months, the House Select Committee on Benghazi will release its final report and we’ll finally get to see what committee chair Trey Gowdy and his pals have been up to these past two years.

Biz/Tech News

• Crude Oil 44.88
• Colo. Supreme Court rules against cities' fracking bans
• Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants to use the minimum wage hike to steal California businesses
• Gene therapy reverses sight loss and is long-lasting

Trump is showing that many Republicans never feared fascism. They feared not having their own fascist.- LOLGOP

The Supremes Say OK To $15 An Hour
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge by business groups to Seattle's law raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour, a move echoed by other locales, in a case focusing on how the ordinance affected local franchises like McDonald's.


A woman is suing Starbucks for putting too much ice in their drinks, according to People With Too Much F**king Time On Their Hands Magazine.- Andy Borowitz

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Odd News

• Game of bones: first Europeans’ shifting fortunes found in DNA
• Ready, Steady, Mow! British lawnmower racing season gets under way
• No-selfie zone: Not OK in voting booth, West Virginia says
• 1 million goldfish dive into Tempe Town Lake near Phoenix
• Bear found in Colorado apartment more scared than scary

Time To Deflate Photo

Lofoten, Norway.

Peace.