Year: 2014

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Mitt Romney Politics

Once Again, Obama Slams Romney on Russia

Mitt Romney seems to have all the answers, except how to win an election or how to accept the reality that he lost and bow out gracefully.

The two-time loser jumped at the opportunity to attack President Obama on his handling of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He actually called the president naive.

Said Romney on a Sunday talk show;

“There’s no question but that the president’s naivete with regards to Russia, and his faulty judgment about Russia’s intentions and objectives, has led to a number of foreign policy challenges that we face.

“And unfortunately, not having anticipated Russia’s intentions, the president wasn’t able to shape the kinds of events that may have been able to prevent the kinds of circumstances that you’re seeing in the Ukraine, as well as the things that you’re seeing in Syria.”

Back in 2012 while he was running his failed campaign for president, Romney called Russia “our number one geopolitical foe.” For that statement, Romney took some well deserved criticisms from the president and he appeared weak on foreign policy like someone with no knowledge of what they speak, almost reminiscent of Sarah Palin.

This was Romney’s chance vindicate himself, to tell everyone that he was correct in calling Russia our number one foe. But again, he got slammed by the President.

“With respect to Romney’s assertion that Russia is our number one geopolitical foe, the truth of the matter is that America has a whole lot of challenges. Russia’s actions are a problem. They don’t pose the number one national security threat to the United States. I continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in Manhattan.”

Time to have a seat Romney, this match was over almost two years ago.

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Healthcare ObamaCare Politics

New Poll – Americans Have Had Enough With Talks Of Repealing Obamacare

The Republicans – like a squeaky, noisy wheel begging for attention – continues their ill-fated push for repealing Obamacare and replacing it with nothing. It’s all they have. The repeal call keeps their base salivating for blood, preferably from that guy in the White House.

But that’s their base. The rest of the country is seeing the importance of everyone having healthcare, and the positive effect healthcare has on the rest of the economy. The rest of the country is beginning to appreciate Obamacare.

Today’s new Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll finds that unfavorable views of the ACA are shrinking.

The new poll finds that in March, 38 percent viewed the law favorably, versus 46 percent who saw it unfavorably. That’s a substantial narrowing from the 34-50 spread during the dark days of January, and a return almost to where opinion was in September (39-43), before the rollout disaster began.

– Support for repeal continues to shrink. Only 18 percent want to repeal the law and not replace it, while all of 11 percent want to repeal and replace it with a GOP alternative — a grand total of 29 percent. Meanwhile, 49 percent want to keep the law and improve it, and another 10 percent want to keep it as is — a total of 59 percent.

Among indys, that keep/improve versus repeal/replace spread is 52-31. Republicans are all alone here, with their spread at 31-58.

That overall keep-versus-repeal spread has improved for the law since February (when it was 56-31), and even more so since December and October, suggesting a clear trend

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Healthcare Obama care Politics

Obama Administration Extends Healthcare Enrollment for a Select Few

With less than a week left for people to sign up for health insurance, the Obama administration said Tuesday that it would allow more time for those who had tried to apply but were blocked by technical problems with the federal exchange.

Several states running their own exchanges, including Maryland, Minnesota and Nevada, have taken similar steps in the last two weeks.

Open enrollment was scheduled to end on Monday for all Americans. The White House had previously insisted that the deadline was firm and would not be extended.

Under the move planned by the administration, some people will be given a special enrollment period, beyond the deadline, if they can show they were not able to enroll because of an error by the federal exchange or by the Department of Health and Human Services. Federal officials allowed a special enrollment period, on a case-by-case basis, for some people who were unable to meet the Dec. 24, 2013, enrollment deadline for coverage starting Jan. 1 of this year.

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Celebrities

Flavor Flav’s Speeding Trial Postponed

Back in January, Flava was hit with a speeding ticket in Long Island as he tried to be on time for his mother’s funeral. But plane tickets are expensive and with the Flavor living in LA, flying back and forth for this case is apparently putting a dent in his wallet.

Police say the rapper and reality star was speeding and driving without a license, a felony, on Jan. 9 on the Meadowbrook Parkway on Long Island. His attorney, Indji Bessim, says the case has been postponed to May 16, reports the AP.

Flav, whose real name is William Drayton, told reporters as he entered a Nassau County courtroom Tuesday that he hoped to resolve the case.

The rapper, who lives in Las Vegas, complained that flights from there to New York were becoming expensive.
At least he will save some money with his felony assault case, which takes place in Vegas. Flav faces that charge and others after allegedly threatening his longtime girlfriend’s teenage son.

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Politics White House

White House Petition to Give Alaska Back to Russia Gains Support

Thanks Sarah Palin! Because if you, Americans, even some in Alaska, have had enough;! I blame you!

A White House petition is gathering thousands of signatures urging the return of Alaska to Russia. The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million.

The “Alaska Back to Russia” petition was created by an unnamed Anchorage resident (S.V.) last week and it has already gotten more than 18,000 signatures. The petition needs 100,000 signers by April 20 to warrant a response from the Obama administration.

The petition reads:

“Groups Siberian russians crossed the Isthmus (now the Bering Strait) 16-10 thousand years ago. Russian began to settle on the Arctic coast, Aleuts inhabited the Aleutian Archipelago. First visited Alaska August 21, 1732, members of the team boat St. Gabriel »under the surveyor Gvozdev and assistant navigator I. Fedorov during the expedition Shestakov and DI Pavlutski 1729-1735 years…Vote for secession of Alaska from the United States and joining Russia.”

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Celebrities News Television

“Scandal” star Columbus Short levels man during a bloody bar fight

 

“Scandal” actor Columbus Short and his wife, Tanee McCall-Short are making headlines again, but this time it’s not for their withdrawn divorce petition.

According to TMZ, the 31-year-old actor was involved in a bar fight that left his opponent hospitalized with a broken nose. The way the story is being told, Short and his alleged victim were at an engagement party at Gabe’s Bar and Grill in Los Angeles when he found himself in a confrontation with another partygoer.

“You might be richer than me but I get my girls to buy me everything I want including your wife,” the other guy reportedly told Short.

An eyewitness claims the comment set Short off and prompted him to sucker punch the man. The witness adds that the blow was so impactful that it rendered the man unconscious for several minutes and left him with a broken nose. Following the alleged assault, Short reportedly left the bar. An ambulance later came and transported the 37-year-old alleged victim to a nearby hospital.

According to reports, the “Cadillac Records” actor is now being investigated for criminal battery. This wouldn’t be the first time Short’s temper has landed him on the wrong side of the law. He was also involved in a March 2010 scuffle at a Los Angeles gym that left his victim with a bloody mouth and missing teeth. Apparently March isn’t  great time of year for him.

We’ll continue to keep you posted as this story develops.

– See more at: http://madamenoire.com/413538/nasty-comment-columbus-shorts-wife-reportedly-triggers-ugly-bar-fight/#sthash.qOhm6RVR.dpuf

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Celebrities

Puffy Says His Name Was Always Puffy, Never Diddy

Where did you get the idea that his name was Diddy, or P Diddy for that matter? It certainly wasn’t from the man whose real name is Sean Combs.

According to the man who runs the Sean John clothing line, he never, ever changed his name. It was always Puffy.

Mr Puffy made that bit of news while promoting his latest single “Big Homie.”

In a tweet on Monday, he said “For the record, I did not change my name. I always have been and always will be PUFF DADDY! 🙂 Be cool Man lol #MMM #BigHomie RT!!!!”

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Education News

Revealed: Extraordinary Collection of Salvaged WWI Photographs

Artefacts: German soldiers sent pictures like this one as postcards from the front line. This man sits next to this ammunition from 1916.

Treasure trove: Pictures like this one show the London Scottish regiment on a troop train before battle at Messines in 1914

Horrifying: This salvaged image shows the terrible conditions from the First World War, where this trench is strewn with bodies and rubbish while servicemen watch on

Remarkable treasure trove: Dustman Bob Smethurst spent 36 years saving World War One pictures thrown away as veterans of the conflict passed away

He believes as soldiers from the conflict grew old and died a lot of their remarkable memorabilia was often thrown out, especially in the 1970s and 1980s.

But over three decades he made it his mission to try and save anything he spotted which otherwise could have been lost forever.

Mr Smethurst, from Sussex, said his collection is not just photographs – it contains medals, letters and even a handkerchief with a bullet hole found in the rubbish.

‘I found the majority of the photographs on the “dust” during the 70s and 80s when those who fought in World War I were probably passing away,’ he said.

‘Probably the boys working today will find them from World War II.

‘In the early days we used to carry the bins on our shoulders. Therefore, when we emptied the bins you used to see the paperwork coming out, and the photographs.

‘You didn’t find them all the time because the only time you were aware of some was when they started to be mashed up.

‘We had relatives that died in both the First and Second World War and of course it means something to keep these memories alive.

Read more: MailOnline

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Celebrities

Judge Joe Brown Thrown in Jail

We are told Brown showed up to Juvenile Court Monday and agreed to represent someone pro bono in a child support case.

Juvenile Court Magistrate Harold Horne denied Brown’s request for the case to be dismissed.

Brown then reportedly lost control and became verbally abusive saying in part, “On what authority do you sit by the way? As a former judge here, we have a rule in the 30th judicial district that says every single magistrate, referee has to be unanimously approved by every circuit, chancery, and criminal court judge. I don’t recall that your name’s ever been submitted sir!”

Horne warned Brown to calm down, but he did not.

Brown was given 24 hours in jail for contempt of court, but that increased to five days when he continued to yell as he was being removed from the courtroom saying, “This is a circus sir. That’s three days. You can do all you want! Four days. You don’t have the jurisdiction. Five days.”

Brown’s television show was cancelled last year and he is now running for Shelby County District Attorney against Amy Weirich.

Update The judge was released after a few hours on his own recognizance.

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Featured News

Mississippi Could Execute an Innocent Woman on Thursday

Although her son eventually confessed to the crime, her execution is scheduled to happen on Thursday.

If Mississippi executes Michelle Byrom, 57, on Thursday, she would be the first woman executed in the state since 1944. A motion to approve that execution date is pending before the Mississippi Supreme Court.

Jackson attorney David Voisin, a consultant for the defense, said the state is moving “to kill a horribly battered and abused woman who did not do what the state said she did.”

In her capital murder trial, her son, Edward Jr., testified against her, saying she hired his friend, Joey Gillis, as a “hit man” to kill his father, Edward Sr., in 1999 for $15,000 — money she would pay from life insurance proceeds.

Jurors never saw the two letters that Junior wrote his mother in which he detailed how he killed his father and never heard from a psychologist who says Junior described killing his father.

Junior, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit capital murder, is now free on earned supervised release.

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Celebrities Music Nick cannon

Nick Cannon Called A ‘Racist’ for Wearing a “White Face”

Nick Cannon is getting some serious flack from Internet users after he tried to pull off a stunt in promoting his new album, “White People Party Music.”

Mr. Mariah Carey has been labelled “racist,” “ignorant” and “hypocritical” for the stunt – which also saw him show off his bizarre new “Connor Smallnut” persona in a series of videos.

Cannon, 33, sent social media sites into meltdown after sharing an Instagram snap of himself Sunday.

“It’s official… I’m White!!! #WHITEPEOPLEPARTYMUSIC #Wppm in stores April 1st!!!!!!Dude Go Get It!!!Join The Party!!!!” he wrote alongside the image.

“#GoodCredit #DogKissing #BeerPong #FarmersMarkets #FistPumping #CreamCheeseEating #RacialDraft “Bro I got drafted!!” he added.

His character, who looks like a skater kid, wore a beanie, wig and false teeth – with a white T-shirt and 80s style jeans completing the trying-to-be satirical outfit.

With some fans criticizing him for the post, Cannon tweeted back: “”Duuuude everybody Chil-lax!!!!” ~ Connor Smallnut’.”

He then added: “It’s funny how people take themselves so seriously. People love drama! We feed off of it. Just relax and have fun!!”

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Featured

Today’s Racism – Donald Rumsfield Compares Obama to “a trained ape”

Guess where this one happened? That’s right, on Fox News.

Bush’s war criminal went to the safe and welcoming confines of Fox to discussed the President’s handling of the war in Afghanistan. You remember that war? Yes, the same one started by the usual players, George Bush, Dick Cheney and Rumsfield himself.

During rambling tirade against Obama’s handling of the Afghanistan war yesterday, Donald Rumsfeld told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren that “a trained ape” could do a better job.

“We have status of forces agreements, probably with 100, 125 countries in the world. This administration, this White House and the State Department have failed to get a status of forces agreement [in Afghanistan.] A trained ape can get a status of forces agreement. It does not take a genius. We have so mismanaged that relationship.”

After Rumsfield made his racist comment, Van Susteren ended the interview with a “thank you sir very mush.”

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