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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Indiana Backtracks On Religious Freedom Law

Mike Pence: 'Was I expecting this kind of backlash? Heavens no.'
Gov. Mike Pence pledged Tuesday to "fix" Indiana's controversial religious freedom law to clarify that it does not allow discrimination against gays and lesbians.

The fact that Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz are supporting Indiana's anti-gay law shows that the Republicans are serious about losing the 2016 election.- Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

Hillary Should Just Get A Room At The U.S. House Of Representatives
A U.S. House panel is seeking an interview with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her use of private email and a personal computer server while at the State Department, the committee said in a letter to her lawyer released on Tuesday.

Crazy idea here, Indiana GOP. How about a law that protect people who actually suffer discrimination?- LOLGOP

Republican Shenanigans

Yee Haw. Texas One Ups Indiana!
A Texas mother said a store clerk scolded her after she let her 5-year-old daughter try on a boys suit for Easter.
Jennifer Giordano said she went Saturday with her “tomboy” daughter Maddie to Denison’s art walk, and the pair stopped into Martha’s Miniatures to shop for a holiday outfit, reported KTEN-TV.

The same people who mock trigger warnings and safe spaces live in constant fear of gay cakes.- LOLGOP

"Under God" Insertion Origin
The words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and the phrase "In God we trust" on the back of a dollar bill haven't been there as long as most Americans might think. Those references were inserted in the 1950s during the Eisenhower administration, the same decade that the National Prayer Breakfast was launched

This Hillary Clinton scandal has to do with emails. All I get are emails for Canadian Viagra. - David Letterman

Governor Chris Christie defended his stance against legalizing marijuana, saying that any tax revenue generated from pot sales would be blood money. Then businessmen in New Jersey said, "Yeah, and we can't have that sort of thing here in New Jersey."- Jimmy Fallon

Rock The Voter News

GOP Delusional Truth Twisting. Wow.
A top Republican in the House says praise on her Facebook page for ObamaCare is mainly for parts of the law that have bipartisan support.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers's (R-Wash.) Facebook page has received enormous attention, after her plea for negative stories about the law drew comments from people applauding the law.

The ex-governor of Maryland, Martin O'Malley, said the presidency of the United States is not some crown to be passed between two families. Jeb Bush said that's true. It should really just belong to one family.- Conan O'Brien

Business/Tech News

Ever notice how the ppl who complain that the poor rip us off for millions don't mind when the rich rip us off for billions? - John Fugelsang

Scantily clad booth babes at tech trade shows get wardrobe check
RSA Conference follows other associations in writing new dress codes for its exhibitors.

And that means no more tube tops, minidresses or bodysuits for women -- or men -- staffing their booths.

Another Media Merger
Cablevision, the parent company of New York’s Newsday daily newspaper, is considering making a $1 offer for the New York Daily News.

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Monday, March 30, 2015

Indiana backlash: Opposition to anti-gay law grows

Indiana backlash: Opposition to anti-gay law grows
Add Angie's List to the roster of companies and business interests taking a stand against Indiana's new anti-gay law.
CEO Bill Oesterle announced Saturday that the company had put its proposed campus expansion project in Indianapolis "on hold" following the passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Being gay is not a sin. If you think it is take it up with the manufacturer.- John Fugelsang

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

Obama desperate for peace deal, say guys desperate for a war larger than Iraq and Afghanistan combined.- LOLGOP

National Security Agency Has Security That Worked!
A shooting reportedly left one dead at National Security Agency headquarters on Monday morning after a driver of a vehicle apparently tried to ram through an entrance gate there.

Silly gay people think they can pay for stuff like they're people.- LOLGOP

It's going to be funny when the same state passes both a "religious freedom" law and a sharia law ban. - Josh Greenman

Republican Shenanigans

When a retired union worker living on a pension and SS says he hates Democrats and loves Ted Cruz, do not facepalm yourself unconscious.- Kona Lowell

Indiana Anti-Gay Bill Backlash
In a classic case of “unintended consequences,” the recently signed Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in Indiana may have opened the door for the establishment of the First Church of Cannabis in the Hoosier State.

I can't discuss climate change because "I'm not a scientist" is like saying I can't discuss Republicans because I'm not an asshole.- Kona Lowell

Rock The Voter News

Florida is considering legalizing silencers so you can stand your ground without all the hoopla.- Jokeblogger.com

Effects Of The Bush War Tax Cuts
The U.S. economy has recovered the 8.7 million jobs lost during the Great Recession and its unemployment rate is now the lowest it's been in almost six years. But David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, author and visiting lecturer at Syracuse University's law school and business school, says the economy would be a lot stronger if not for the Bush tax cuts.

Yeah, the president will meet with Pope Francis at the White House in September. The two will meet for about an hour or so, and then the Pope will spend the rest of the day hearing confessions from Secret Service agents.- Jimmy Fallon

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The Antichrist came to my party this weekend and turned all the wine into water. Hate that guy.- John Fugelsang

The 2nd Amendment gives the right to bear arms and be a total dick about it.- Tea Party Cat

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New Daily Show Host Chosen
It’s official: Comedy Central has announced that Trevor Noah will succeed Jon Stewart as the next host of “The Daily Show.”

Business/Tech News

Mike Pence should be grateful there isn’t a law prohibiting ‘serving fake Christian bigots’. - John Fugelsang

Americans Are Pinching Their Pennies
Consumer spending is often called an engine of the United States economy. That engine may be about to blow a gasket. Consumers are sitting on their wallets.

FL woman shot her washer /w an AR-15. Seeing she meant business, the dryer surrendered her other sock. - JokeBlogger.com

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Friday, March 27, 2015

Senate passes Republican budget with deep safety net cuts

Senate passes Republican budget with deep safety net cuts
The Senate passed a Republican-authored budget plan early on Friday that seeks $5.1 trillion in domestic spending cuts over 10 years while boosting military funding.
The 52-46 vote on the non-binding budget resolution put Congress on a path to complete its first full budget in six years. It came at the end of a marathon 18-hour session that saw approval of dozens of amendments ranging from Iran sanctions to carbon emissions and immigration policies.

Looking for the guys who say America is a Christian nation? They're gutting food aid to the poor to fund tax-free inheritances for the rich.- LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

Mike Pence should be glad Indiana businesses can't refuse service to bigoted and revoltingly fake Christians.- John Fugelsang

Europe Tightening Cockpit Rules
Europe's aviation safety agency will recommend Friday that airlines across the continent always have two people in the cockpit of a flying aircraft, according to Scandinavian authorities.

Republicans want to eliminate any taxes the kids of the richest .01% pay on inheritances because that's how much they care about deficits.- LOLGOP

Republican Shenanigans

After years of bashing Obamacare, tea party candidate Ted Cruz just signed up for it. And next week he plans to get gay married at Planned Parenthood.- Conan O'Brien

Magical Abortion Reversal In Arizona!
Doctors in Arizona might soon be required to tell women that abortions can be "reversed." As the Washington Post reports, the Arizona legislature just passed a bill that is the latest in state-based attempts to ban women from using their own health insurance to pay for abortion. What makes this bill especially Orwellian is this attempt to force doctors to put the stamp of medical authority on the fantastical belief that women en masse are regretting their abortions hours after getting them and are miraculously getting them reversed through heroic interventions by Christian doctors.

Cruz Supporters Go Crazy On Republican Critic
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) said Friday that supporters of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) had inundated his office with "vulgar, rabid and adolescent-type phone calls" ever since he criticized the presidential candidate earlier this week, the Washington Post reported.

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Indiana Anti-Gay Religious Freedumb Bill
Indiana Governor Mike Pence on Thursday signed into law a controversial religious freedom bill that could allow businesses and individuals to deny services to gays, in a move that prompted protests from some business leaders.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, and it's those who watch Fox News.- Kona Lowell

Mercedes Pick-Up Truck? For Rich Rednecks?
The German luxury brand says that it plans to enter the market by 2017 and that its first pick-up will take styling cues from its SUV range and comfort cues from its existing executive sedans

This current bumper crop of candidates thrives on fleecing believers with the promise of a Conservative Christian Garden of Eden. Act now. Space is limited. - Tina Dupuy

Business/Tech News

Kraft Foods and Heinz will merge to create the fifth largest food and beverage company in the world. The merger will combine brands like Kraft Mac & Cheese, Heinz ketchup, Oscar Mayer wieners, and Philadelphia cream cheese. Or as stoners put it, "Already did that, bro.”- Jimmy Fallon

Shovel Ready Jobs Still In Limbo
It was another clear reminder of just how far apart the two parties are on any number of issues – including how to finance infrastructure spending.
Senate Republicans defeated a Democratic amendment to the proposed 2016 budget on Tuesday. It was aimed at kick-starting negotiations between the White House and Congress over a new multi-year program for funding highway, bridge and other infrastructure projects.