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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Politics

Jon Stewart Calls Bullpuckie On Chris Christie’s BridgeGate Report – Video

The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart took apart New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for exonerating himself in the Bridgegate scandal, at the taxpayers’ expense, no less. After getting in a few shots at the media for their ridiculous claims that Christie’s “got his mojo back,” Stewart and his cohort, Samantha Bee slammed Christie and his fellow Republicans for heading to Las Vegas to kiss billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson’s ring.

Adelson wasn’t too happy with Christie for daring to use the words “occupied territory” during his speech at the event, which made Stewart wonder aloud how this happened.

STEWART: This is crazy. If Sheldon Adelson doesn’t approve of a term as widely accepted as occupied territories, what does he think is an acceptable term for that area? […]

When did the guy who makes Donald Trump’s hair look natural get veto power over every word Republicans say about Israel?

Video

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Politics wealth inequality wealthy

Gap Between The Rich And Poor Now Same As in 1920s

Yet, Republicans and the rich are trying to extend that gap even more by implementing laws that will take from the poor and middle class, and give to the rich.

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Politics shooting White House

Man Who Shot at White House Gets 25 Years in Prison

For all you do, this prison term’s for you.

An Idaho man who fired an assault rifle at the White House in 2011 was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison.

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 23, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, received the sentence from U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer in Washington Monday afternoon. He was arrested shortly after the November 11, 2011 attack and indicted on charges including attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama.

Obama and first lady Michelle Obama were not at home at the time the shots were fired from the vicinity of Constitution Avenue that night. However, bullets believed to be from the attack struck the White House, with one lodging in a window on the south side of the White House.

Ortega-Hernandez pled guilty last year to reduced charges of damaging a dwelling and using a firearm in a crime of violence. In addition, he conceded his acts amounted to a terrorist attack

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News Politics

OkCupid is Blocking Firefox Users Because Firefox President Is Anti-Gay

Users of Firefox browsers tying to access the popular match making website are greeted with this message.

Hello there, Mozilla Firefox user. Pardon this interruption of your OkCupid experience.

Mozilla’s new CEO, Brendan Eich, is an opponent of equal rights for gay couples. We would therefore prefer that our users not use Mozilla software to access OkCupid.

Politics is normally not the business of a website, and we all know there’s a lot more wrong with the world than misguided CEOs. So you might wonder why we’re asserting ourselves today. This is why: we’ve devoted the last ten years to bringing people—all people—together. If individuals like Mr. Eich had their way, then roughly 8% of the relationships we’ve worked so hard to bring about would be illegal. Equality for gay relationships is personally important to many of us here at OkCupid. But it’s professionally important to the entire company. OkCupid is for creating love. Those who seek to deny love and instead enforce misery, shame, and frustration are our enemies, and we wish them nothing but failure.

If you want to keep using Firefox, the link at the bottom will take you through to the site.

However, we urge you to consider different software for accessing OkCupid.

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Dick Cheney Politics

Students At American University Walk Out on Dick Cheney – Calls Him “War Criminal” – Video

During a speech at American University, former vice president Dick Cheney was met by a group of protesting students, calling him a “war criminal” as they turned their backs and stormed out.

A video has emerged from the March 27 event, showing students walking out on Cheney. One can be heard yelling, “Walk out on war criminals!” The speech was hosted by The Kennedy Political Union. The school’s newspaper, The Eagle, reported that Cheney denied that his actions while in office amounted to war crimes.

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ObamaCare Politics

Ted Cruz’s Crazy Teabag Followers Not So Crazy After all

Ted Cruz thought he’ll gin up some of the Tea-nut crazies on his Facebook page by stroking their Obamacare fears in the former of a question –  are they better off now under Obamacare.

He did not get the answers he was looking for.

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Featured

Man Allowed Hyena to Eat his Genitals Because He Thought It Would Make Him Rich

Mr Zulu

The things some people would do to become rich. Correct that, cause I really don’t think anyone else would do what Mr Zulu from Malawi did.

According to Mr. Zulu, a bush doctor told him that allowing animals to eat parts of his body would make him rich. This is a true story folks, stop laughing.

Mr. Zulu told The Times of Zambia; ‘I met some business persons who told me the best way to become rich was to sacrifice parts of my body.’

Mr Zulu said that the witch doctor did not make it clear that his body parts would be ‘lost’.

Yet despite the horrific ordeal, Mr Zulu admitted he was still hopeful of becoming rich.

‘Even if I have lost some important parts of my body, I still want to get rich,’ he said.

The Malawi man has been living and working in Zambia for the past four months.

Chipata Hospital described the man’s condition as stable and said that he had been brought to the hospital by police officers.

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Healthcare ObamaCare Politics

Obamacare Could Hit 7 Million Sign-Ups Today

With Republicans still maintaining that Obamacare is doomed to fail, Forbes magazine reports that enrollment may actually hit 7 million before the day ends.

While not saying that enrollment will definitely reach that mark before the deadline, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which is the agency that oversees the roll out, seem pretty optimistic. They said on Sunday that with brisk traffic on the website and call center, along with the surge in applications in the past few weeks, the projection seems promising.

In an update issued Sunday afternoon, the agency said that the website had been holding up well to the heavy traffic, handling 8.7 million visits in the last week.

“The site continues to perform well under the largest sustained period of volume to date with average response times less than 400 milliseconds and an error rate of 0.5%,” the report said.

In spite of the rocky beginnings for the website, which proved to be far from ready when it was launched on October 1st of last year, it now appears that the original projection of 7 million sign ups may be reached.  A recent report by the CBO found that there is already a sufficient number of enrollees to make the system an actuarial viability.

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Featured News

Man Jumps Over White House Fence – Is Immediately Arrested

The Secret Service says a man has been arrested after he climbed over a fence at the White House.

Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary says the man climbed over the fence around 4 p.m. Sunday and was immediately arrested. The White House briefly went into lockdown after the incident, which is standard procedure.

The Secret Service did not immediately release the identity of the man, and Leary said charges were pending.

Obama returned to Washington on Saturday after a weeklong trip abroad.

Bystanders who were at the scene took to social media to describe the incident.

‘Just saw a guy jump the white house fence and get attacked…’ one wrote.

‘I just watched a guy jump the fence on to the presidents lawn. That’s right the White House!! #DCtrip #Tripmade,’ another wrote.

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Politics Republican voter suppression

Republicans Ramp Up Their Voter Suppression Efforts

The New York Times is reporting that pivotal swing states under Republican control are embracing significant new electoral restrictions on registering and voting that go beyond the voter identification requirements that have caused fierce partisan brawls. The bills, laws and administrative rules — some of them tried before — shake up fundamental components of state election systems, including the days and times polls are open and the locations where people vote.

In all, nine states have passed measures making it harder to vote since the beginning of 2013. Most have to do with voter ID laws. Other states are considering mandating proof of citizenship, like a birth certificate or a passport, after a federal court judge recently upheld such laws passed in Arizona and Kansas. Because many poor people do not have either and because documents can take time and money to obtain, Democrats say the ruling makes it far more difficult for people to register.

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News

Nissan Recall – 990,000 Airbags Need Fixing

Nissan is recalling 2013 and 2014 model-year Leaf electric cars to fix an airbag sensor software issue.

The recall will correct faulty software in approximately 29,165 Leafs that controls the front-passenger seat Occupant Classification System (OCS), which senses weight to determine if a person is sitting in the seat.

The OCS is used in the Leaf and most other production cars to prevent airbag deployment when the passenger seat is unoccupied, or when an underweight individual is sitting in it.

In the affected vehicles, the system may read the seat as empty even if it is occupied as an adult. If this happens, the passenger front airbag will be deactivated and will not deploy in a crash.

Nissan dealers will reprogram the OCS software free of charge. This is expected to begin in mid-April, but owners will be notified of the exact date

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Bridget Kelly News Politics

Bridget Kelly Responds to “Sexist Remarks” in Christie’s Bridge Gate Report

The lady at the center of the BridgeGate scandal is no longer staying quite. In a statement issued by her lawyers, Bridget Kelly slammed the assertions made by Christie’s lawyers that she closed the lanes on the George Washington Bridge last September because of a failed relationship she had with Bill Stepien.

The response.

Having reviewed the report of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, as well as listened to the comments of Randy Mastro, Esq., we note that by Mr. Mastro’s own admission, he did not have access to all information. Of course, without reviewing all pertinent evidence, any conclusions that are to be drawn are by definition incomplete. The report’s venomous, gratuitous, and inappropriate sexist remarks concerning Ms. Kelly have no place in what is alleged to be a professional and independent report.

There appear to be two distinct versions of the George Washington Bridge lane closings. On the one hand, Mr. Wildstein, through his counsel, has taken one clear position. On the other hand, Mr. Mastro has staked a different view. Thus, Ms. Kelly’s evidence could be critical to verifying either of the two competing versions of events. A preemptive strike to isolate Ms. Kelly and impugn her credibility is not surprising. Despite Mr. Mastro’s editorialized comments to the contrary, Ms. Kelly is not a liar. She is a single mother of four children who was deeply devoted and committed to her job at the Office of the Governor. She worked tirelessly to pursue the goals of the Office during her tenure.

The only credible investigation into the lane closings is being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. If Ms. Kelly were provided with the appropriate procedural safeguards, she will be fully cooperative and provide truthful and complete answers to any questions asked of her by the appropriate law enforcement authorities.

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