Thursday, June 23, 2016

Law Enforcement "overreach" in Cleveland?

FBI AND POLICE ARE KNOCKING ON ACTIVISTS’ DOORS AHEAD OF REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, including the FBI, have been knocking on the doors of activists and community organizers in Cleveland, Ohio, asking about their plans for the Republican National Convention in July.


Republicans hate publicity stunts so much that they're about to nominate one for president.- LOLGOP






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Donald Trump wants to consider racial profiling. I hope he doesn’t mean cracking down on white rapists, white gunmen, and white CEOs.- Tea Party Cat





Well, Of Course Rumsfeld Endorsed Trumpkins
Donald Trump on Thursday welcomed an endorsement from Donald Rumsfeld, despite previously criticizing the handling of the Iraq War.
Rumsfeld was secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush administration during the start of the Iraq War.



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I love that Trump has everyone sign non-disclosure agreements then spends his entire life humiliating himself in public.- LOLGOP





Moderate Republican. That's like a serial killer who murdered 5 people, not 15.  - Kona Lowell



Abracadabra: Trump Turns Arizona Blue
A new poll shows Hillary Clinton running ahead of Donald Trump in Arizona, where a Democratic presidential candidate has carried the state only once in the last 64 years.





Trump accepts endorsement from Troy Newman, an anti abortion extremist so dangerous he was banned from entering the country of Australia.- Lizz Winstead

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More Lies From The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
The author of a new tell-all book about Hillary Clinton could never have seen any of what he claims — he was too low-ranking — say several high-level members of Secret Service presidential details, including the president of the Association of Former Agents of the United States Secret Service.




From a Republican colleague of mine as he walked off the floor: "We're going to have a drink and a cigar. Enjoy your protest."  Really.  -  Rep.  Ted Deutch



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If you are THAT repulsed by illegal immigration perhaps you should turn your home over to a Cherokee.- John Fugelsang






SCOTUS Tells POTUS No On Immigration
The Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday morning effectively blocking President Barack Obama‘s 2015 executive actions to unilaterally grant quasi-legal status to millions of illegal immigrants.



Poor people in the south have to drive hundreds of miles for basic health care but a background check on a gun is too great an indignity.- LOLGOP


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Anti-Trump Republicans have reportedly been re-energized by reports that Donald Trump's campaign is having financial problems that could lead to an alternative GOP nominee. "Awesome," said Jeb Bush, before slipping on a banana peel and falling into a manhole.- Seth Myers


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Hillary gave this speech about Trump yesterday and said, quote, "He's written a lot of books about business, but they all seem to end at Chapter 11." Then Bernie Sanders said, "Even I felt that burn!"- Jimmy Fallon





The Trumps Must Love Courtrooms 
Fashion entrepreneur and shoe designer Ivanka Trump is being called out as a thief by high-end Italian footwear company Aquazzura. The footwear brand filed suit against Trump for allegedly stealing at least three of its designs and using them in her own, eponymous shoe line, the Huffington Post reports. Also named in the suit is Marc Fisher, the manufacturer Trump collaborates with, as well as two other companies. The suit accuses the companies of “repeated infringement” and “deceptive trade practices.”



Karl Marx said 'religion is the opium of the people' but he never had access to 500 cable channels and porn-on-demand. - John Fugelsang







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Chañaral de Aceituno - Región de Atacama, Chile. Chilly is right! Brrr.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Let's step back in history...

The Founding Fathers and Islam
Library Papers Show Early Tolerance for Muslim Faith
With more than 55 million items, the Library's Manuscript Division contains the papers of 23 presidents, from George Washington to Calvin Coolidge. In this article, Manuscript Division Chief James Hutson draws upon the papers of Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other primary documents to discuss the relationship of Islam to the new nation.


Trump is arguing that if you're not one of the people he wants to ban, deport or strip of reproductive rights or insurance, he's for you. - LOLGOP






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If you told me Obama was gonna take your guns away, before you tell me Hillary is going to take your guns, you have to admit you were wrong. - Bill Maher






NRA + $ = GOP Congress
Senate Republicans are expected to bring a bipartisan gun control bill to a vote this week despite opposition to the measure from the National Rifle Association and other conservative groups.
The measure, spearheaded by centrist GOP Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), would block people on two terrorist watchlists from buying guns.


A new poll came out and it claims that 25 percent of voters remain undecided. Apparently, they’re undecided on whether to move to Canada or Mexico.- Conan O'Brien





Republican Shenanigans


Trump looks terrible for his emotional age. - Sarah Silverman




GOP To Replace LeBron James Image For Convention 
The pride of Cleveland, a massive, iconic image of the LeBron James – newly updated to tout the city bringing home the NBA Championship – won't last long, with the Republican National Convention coming to town July 18.


Sources say LeBron James might skip the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. You know Rio is in bad shape when you’d rather spend the summer in Cleveland.- Conan O'Brien






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Viva La Escocia!
At least two Mexican flags have popped up near one of Donald Trump’s golf courses in Scotland, a few days before a scheduled visit by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Two residents in Aberdeenshire say they raised the flags "in sign of solidarity with the people of Mexico."





Congrats to Chelsea Clinton, who welcomed her second child over the weekend. After the birth, Bill brought flowers, while Hillary brought a focus group to help name the baby.- Jimmy Fallon



Democrats Hold Sit In!
Rebellious Democrats disrupted the House's legislative work on Wednesday, staging a sit-in on the House floor and refusing to leave until they secured a vote on gun control measures. Exasperated Republicans were forced to recess while cutting off the C-SPAN cameras that showed the protest.






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"He's Mitt Romney but bad at his job." - Hillary Clinton






Rubio Is Giving Florida A Second Chance To Kick Him In The A**
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will reverse course and run for reelection this year, he announced Wednesday.


We are in the midst of a hell-like heat wave on the West Coast. The temperature hit 112 in Beverly Hills yesterday. That's dangerous. Many residents of Beverly Hills are made of materials that melt at temperatures like that.- Jimmy Kimmel

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Sneaky GOP Fails
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted down a Republican-backed proposal to expand the Federal Bureau of Investigation's secretive surveillance powers after the mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub last week.





This was a little controversial: Pope Francis recently said that the majority of modern Catholic marriages are worthless because couples don’t always mean it when they say they’ll love each other forever. And that’s the last time Pope Francis was ever asked to give a best man speech.- Jimmy Fallon




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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this image of the larger of Mars' two moons, Phobos, from a distance of about 6,800 km (about 4,200 miles).
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

'Merica OR...

Senate Republicans block four gun measures proposed after Orlando attack
The U.S. Senate on Monday rejected four measures restricting guns after last week’s mass shooting in an Orlando nightclub, although lawmakers were still trying to forge a compromise that could keep firearms away from people on terrorism watch lists.


America; where the Planned Parenthood shooter is too insane to stand trial for murder but not too insane to legally buy semi automatics. - John Fugelsang





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The Iraq civil war could have been avoided if Bush Sr had pulled GW Bush aside & had that little talk about sects. - John Fugelsang




Refugee Plight
UNHCR warns of Iraq funding crunch as thousands flee Falluja. US$17. 5 million is urgently needed to meet the immediate needs of more than 85,000 people who have fled the embattled city in the past month.


Republican Shenanigans


Stephen Colbert ridicules Corey Lewandowski: 'Someone was managing Trump's campaign?'







Trump doesn't want to release his tax returns because then we'll learn that he doesn't even self-fund his weave. - LOLGOP



More Disarray In The Trumpkin Kamp
An adviser to Donald Trump resigned on Monday after taking to Twitter to celebrate news that campaign manager Corey Lewandowski had left the campaign.
Michael Caputo, who worked in the Trump campaign’s communications department, tweeted this morning that “the witch is dead” after news broke that the Trump campaign and Lewandowski had parted ways.



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Let Them Eat Cake Sugar!
Tea Party Maine Gov. Paul LePage...Bangor Daily News reports that LePage is now threatening to completely eliminate Maine’s entire food stamp program unless the United States Department of Agriculture allows the state to restrict food stamps from being used to buy sugary foods and drinks.





The most ominous result of Trump's campaign having no money is that now he will have to rely on his charm. - Andy Borowitz




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Florida Isn't Completely Crazy
Hillary Clinton has pulled out to an 8-point lead over Donald Trump in Florida and is even with the businessman in Ohio, according to swing-state polls released Tuesday.
Clinton leads Trump, 47 to 39, percent in Florida, the largest of the presidential swing states...





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New Study Finds Americans Need 6 Hours Of Sleep At Work. - The Onion





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Trump is promising trillions in tax breaks to the richest people in America and they still won't fund him. That's some brand.- LOLGOP




California's Last Nuclear Power Plant
A utility company and environmental groups have reached an agreement that will close California's last nuclear power plant, ending the state's nuclear power era.



"Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.” - Greta Garbo, 1929







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The Cordillera Huayhuash is said to be the world's most beautiful trek.

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