Author: Ezra Grant

I'm just tired of the lies and nonsense coming from the GOP, so this is my little contribution to combat the nonsense!

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Celebrities NBA Sports

Michael Jordon Joins The Billionaire’s Club

MSN reports that Michael Jordan joined the likes of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in the swelling ranks of the world’s billionaires, according to the annual Forbes’ World’s Billionaires List for 2015.

The 29th annual list, released Monday, showed Jordan jumping on board at No. 1,741, well behind Gates, who remained at the top of the list (net worth $79.2 billion), followed by Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu at No. 2 ($77.1 billion) and the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett ($72.7 billion), at No. 3. Microsoft founder Gates has topped the charts for 16 of the past 21 years, Forbes said.

A record 1,826 individuals made the list in 2015, up from 1,645 in 2014, with an average net worth of $3.86 billion, down a smidgen ($60 million) from last year. All told, the lucky few have a total net worth of $7.05 trillion, up from $6.4 trillion last year. The total wealth in the hands of about 1,800 people is roughly equivalent to double the GDP of Germany, Europe’s largest economy. The rising number of billionaires and their expanding assets underscores the growing global wealth gap, which Oxfam sayscould lead to the combined riches of the world’s wealthiest 1 percent overtaking that of the other 99 percent by next year.

A record 197 women made the list in 2015, up from 172 last year. And there were 290 newcomers, like MJ, also a record.

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Benjamin Netanyahu Politics

US and Iran Continue Negotiations Despite Netanyahu’s Political Speech

On the eve of Netanyahu’s divisive and political speech to a joint session of congress, the US and Iran continued their negotiations to derail Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

By the shores of Lake Geneva in the town of Montreux, US Secretary of State John Kerry met with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif as they try to pin down a political framework for a deal to rein in Tehran’s nuclear programme by a March 31 deadline.

US officials said they began their talks at 9:33 am (0833 GMT).

After months of discussions, the two men launched this latest round of talks on Monday, and are due to continue negotiating until Wednesday afternoon, when Kerry will fly to Riyadh to meet King Salman.

Few details of the emerging deal have publicly come to light so far, but aides to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have threatened that may change when the Israeli leader makes a controversial address to the US Congress later Tuesday.

Kerry and his staff have warned Netanyahu against betraying US trust by revealing classified briefings about the course of the negotiations.

Netanyahu’s lobbying trip to Washington is seen as a last-ditch bid to derail one of the last key goals of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy.

But the US insists that a deal forged through diplomacy would be the best way to ensure Iran does not acquire a nuclear bomb.

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Education Featured

Teacher Hangs Herself In Classroom

No,  reports say her students were not in the classroom at the time, but they found her body hanging in the classroom when they reported for class.

Jillian Jacobson, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene at El Dorado High School in Placentia, some 30 miles (50 km) southeast of Los Angeles, said a spokesman.

Students and another teacher got her down to the floor before calling 911, said Placentia police spokesman Eric Point.

“It’s still an ongoing investigation but everything points to suicide… There’s no indication of foul play,” he said.

“From what I gather, she was very popular, well liked by the students and faculty,” he said. “It was definitely a shock to everybody.”

No note was found at the scene, but investigators were continuing to search for clues as to why she would have taken her life, said Point.

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ISIS

The Face of The ISIS Knife Killer Unveiled – PIC

(Reuters) – British television broadcast the first picture of Mohammed Emwazi as a student on Friday, showing the man identified as the Islamic State “Jihadi John” killer with a moustache and goatee beard wearing a large baseball cap.

Sky News broadcast a photograph of the 26-year-old wearing a black cap with a logo that resembled the P from the Pittsburgh Pirates U.S. Major League Baseball team, which it said was stored by the University of Westminster where he studied.

British media had previously only published a picture of Kuwaiti-born Emwazi as a smiling schoolboy.

Two U.S. government sources have told Reuters that Emwazi is Jihadi John, the black-clad militant seen brandishing a knife and speaking with an English accent in videos released by Islamic State (IS).

He appeared on the short videos in which hostages including Americans, Britons and Syrians were decapitated.

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New York Knick Sports

New York Knick Anthony Mason Has Died at 48

Just weeks after New York Knicks star Anthony Mason suffered a massive heart attack, it is now being reported that one of New York’s favorite Knick, has died.

The New York Knicks say Anthony Mason, a rugged power forward who was a defensive force for several NBA teams in the 1990s, has died. He was 48.

Knicks spokesman Jonathan Supranowitz confirmed Mason’s death, which was first reported Saturday by the New York Daily News.

Mason’s career averages — 10.9 points, 8.3 rebounds — don’t tell the full story of his game. A solid, muscular presence down low, Mason was there to play defense, and on coach Pat Riley’s bruising teams, he could shine.

Mason played for New York from 1991-1996, and then for the Charlotte Hornets until 2000. He made his only All-Star team in 2001 as a member of the Miami Heat, after reuniting with Riley.

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Politics

Starbucks CEO Slams Rudy Giuliani for his Dumb Comment about Obama

I feel for Starbucks. I think I’ll go get me a cup. I’m appreciating the coffee even more now that its CEO has taken a stance against Rudy Giuliani’s foolish comment.

The Starbucks (SBUX) CEO called out former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for questioning President Obama’s “love” for his country.

“As an American, I find Rudy Giuliani’s vicious comments about President Obama ‘not loving America’ to be profoundly offensive to both the President and the Office,” Schultz said in a statement.

Giuliani caused a political stir this week with his remarks about Obama at a dinner event featuring Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, in a speech first reported by Politico. He said he didn’t believe Obama “loves America.”

In an interview with CNN on Thursday, Giuliani followed up by saying he believed Obama “was brought up in an atmosphere in which he was taught to be a critic of America.”

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Benjamin Netanyahu Politics

Netanyahu’s Ad Claims America Did Not Want Israel to Exist – AD

If Benjamin Netanyahu feels this way about America,  why is he coming here to address a joint session of congress?

Thanks Republicans! Netanyahu disrespects America,  and you invite him to address a branch of our government.

The black-and-white text reads, “In 1948, Ben-Gurion stood before a fateful moment: The creation of the State of Israel.”

The ad continues: “The U.S. secretary of state firmly objected [the establishment of Israel]. Ben-Gurion — contrary to the State Department’s position — announced the establishment of the state… Would we be here today had Ben-Gurion not done the right thing?”

The clip ends with the slogan “Only Likud. Only Netanyahu.”

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Michelle Obama Politics White House

Watch The First Lady Surprises White House Tour Guests – Video

Joined by President George W. Bush’s daughter Jenna Bush Hager, the First Lady of The United States surprised shocked visitors to the White House with her presence, welcoming them with arms outstretched.

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Featured

Rudy Giuliani’s Ignorance on Full Display on Megyn Kelly’s Show – Video

I watched this clip a few times and saw nothing but a bitter old and ignorant man who, when given a chance to apologize for a dumb statement he made – a statement he knows is not true – chose to double down on his ignorance.

“I’m right about this, I have no doubt about it,” Giuliani said, referring to a previous statement that President Obama doesn’t love America or Americans. “I do not withdraw my words” he said proudly.

“To say that he doesn’t love america, I mean, that he could view foreign policy as a Democrat might view it and through a different lens than you or a Republican might see it, you can understand the differences between you,” Megyn Kelly of Fox News said to Giuliani. She then asked, “but to condemn his patriotism? To question his love of America?”

Another chance for Giuliani to come to terms with how dumb his statement was, but of course, he again doubled down saying he is not questioning Obama’s patriotism, but that he cannot find any instances where the president showed love for the country or where Mr. Obama called out America’s exceptionalism.

Maybe Giuliani hasn’t seen any instances where the president highlighted America’s exceptionalism because Giuliani doesn’t listen to the president. Exactly one month ago in his State of the Union Address, America was on full display throughout the president’s speech. Here is just a small sample of what the president had to say.

“I believe this because over and over in my six years in office, I have seen America at its best. I’ve seen the hopeful faces of young graduates from New York to California, and our newest officers at West Point, Annapolis, Colorado Springs, New London. I’ve mourned with grieving families in Tucson and Newtown, in Boston, in West Texas, and West Virginia. I’ve watched Americans beat back adversity from the Gulf Coast to the Great Plains, from Midwest assembly lines to the Mid-Atlantic seaboard. I’ve seen something like gay marriage go from a wedge issue used to drive us apart to a story of freedom across our country, a civil right now legal in states that seven in 10 Americans call home.

Just about every speech by Mr. Obama highlights America’s exceptionalism. But pointing this out to the likes of Mr. Giuliani would be a waste of time. Sometimes when someone shows their ignorance, you just have to let them wallow in it.

Wallow on Rudy, wallow on…

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Barack Obama Politics

Bill DeBlasio on Rudy Giuliani – His “Political Trick” is “Absolutely Pitiful”

The current mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, called out the ignorant rhetoric of former mayor Rudy Giuliani today, calling Giuliani’s dumb political claim that the President doesn’t love America, “absolutely pitiful.”

“Rudy Giuliani decided to attack the President’s love of his own country, his patriotism, his devotion to the United States of America. It’s absolutely – I think it’s pitiful,” Mayor de Blasio told reporters.

“I find it a cheap political trick for Rudy Giuliani to question the President’s love of the country. That is just – that is stooping very, very low, even for him,” de Blasio said.

De Blasio and other Democrats were responding to the former mayor’s comments on Wednesday night.

“I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that this President loves America,” Giuliani said at a dinner for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who’s considering a run for the White House.

Obama, Giuliani told those gathered at Manhattan’s 21 Club, “doesn’t love you. He doesn’t love me. He wasn’t brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up: To love this country.”

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Politics

Cold Weather – Kentucky Police Issues Arrest Warrant for Frozen’s Queen Elsa – Video

Makes perfect sense to me. Since Queen Elsa came on the scene, the weather has progressively gotten worse. I agree with the Kentucky police here. I think Elsa has something to do with the weather!

In a Facebook post, the Kentucky police wrote, “Suspect is a blonde female last seen wearing a long blue dress and is known to burst into song ‘Let it Go!’ As you can see by the weather she is very dangerous.”

The warrant was covered by the local news.

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George Bush jeb bush Politics

Look, It’s George Bush… Oops, I Mean Jeb

I mean come on! Do you really think that because Jeb went on television and tried his best to throw Georgie under the bus by saying he’s his own man, that he’s really that different to Georgie?

“I recognize that as a result, my views will often be held up in comparison to theirs,” Jeb Bush said, speaking about his father and his infamous brother, Georgie. “But I am my own man.”

If you really think so then just take a quick look at Jeb’s advisors. They’re the same group of misfits that advised Georgie to lie us into a war in Iraq.

The Washington Post said, “the 21 names announced by his campaign-in-waiting as supporters and advisers on foreign policy did not provide much indication of what direction Bush would take.

“The list represents the full spectrum of views within the Republican foreign policy establishment — from relative moderates, including former secretaries of state George P. Shultz and James A. Baker III, to staunch neoconservatives such as Iraq war architect Paul D. Wolfowitz.”

Yea Jeb, you’re not George,  *wink wink*

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