Over two months after Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast, residents are still waiting for Congress to do its job and approve the funding needed to rebuild.
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!
What does Wayne LaPierre have to say about this?
A mother of three who became a voice of the gun-rights movement when she openly carried a loaded pistol to her daughter’s soccer game was fatally shot along with her husband, a parole officer and former prison guard, in an apparent murder-suicide at their home.
Autopsies were planned Friday for Meleanie Hain, 31, and Scott Hain, 33, who were pronounced dead shortly after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at their brick home in this small city about 80 miles west of Philadelphia.
r/t Alan
So you’re working at a fast food restaurant. You’re taking orders from the drive thru window when this car pulls up. You grab the food that was ordered, turned to the driver to hand them the food and behold… no one’s in the car.
It’s a brilliant plan that was effortlessly pulled off by Rahat The Magician Prankster. Get ready for The Invisible Drive-Thru.
A communication professor known for conspiracy theories has stirred controversy at Florida Atlantic University with claims that last month’s Newtown, Conn., school shootings did not happen as reported — or may not have happened at all.
Moreover, James Tracy asserts in radio interviews and on his memoryholeblog.com. that trained “crisis actors” may have been employed by the Obama administration in an effort to shape public opinion in favor of the event’s true purpose: gun control.
“As documents relating to the Sandy Hook shooting continue to be assessed and interpreted by independent researchers, there is a growing awareness that the media coverage of the massacre of 26 children and adults was intended primarily for public consumption to further larger political ends,” writes Tracy, a tenured associate professor of media history at FAU and a former union leader.
In another post, he says, “While it sounds like an outrageous claim, one is left to inquire whether the Sandy Hook shooting ever took place — at least in the way law enforcement authorities and the nation’s news media have described.”
FAU is distancing itself from Tracy’s views.
r/t Sun Sentinel
Views of the Tea Party movement are at their lowest point ever, with voters for the first time evenly divided when asked to match the views of the average Tea Party member against those of the average member of Congress. Only eight percent (8%) now say they are members of the Tea Party, down from a high of 24% in April 2010 just after passage of the national health care law.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 30% of Likely U.S. Voters now have a favorable opinion of the Tea Party. Half (49%) of voters have an unfavorable view of the movement. Twenty-one percent (21%) are undecided.
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If AIG decides to join the complaint, which seeks $25 billion in damages, it would pit the company against the government that rescued it in 2008 from collapsing under the weight huge losses on mortgage-backed securities and other toxic assets
AIG said that its directors will take up the matter on Wednesday and expects they will have a decision by the end of the month.
Starr International Co. Inc., the investment firm of former AIG CEO Maurice Greenberg, filed the lawsuit in November 2011 on behalf of the firm and AIG shareholders.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, asserts that the government didn’t provide shareholders fair compensation when it took a nearly 80 percent stake in the insurer as part of its bailout. As a result, the government violated the Constitution, Starr claims.
AIG said that, by law, its board must consider three options: take over the lawsuit and pursue the claims on its own; attempt to prevent the claims from being pursued by Starr; or, allow Starr to continue to pursue the complaint on AIG’s behalf.
r/t AP
A few days ago, photos were released on the internet showing Justin Bieber smoking what appears to be weed. So Bieber’s fans, trying to show their displeasure in Bieber’s cannabis-loving ways, resorted to cutting themselves hoping that Bieber would see or maybe feel their pain and leave the weed alone.
There is even a hashtag on Twitter (#Cut4Bieber).
As fans started tweeting pictures of themselves being cut, Miley Cirus headed to twitter trying to convince fans that this is not the way to go. “Don’t blame this on Justin, it’s his life no one else’s!” she initially wrote. “So stop with this #Cut4Bieber self harming is serious.”
And Michael Jackson‘s daughter Paris Jackson, also tried putting a stop to the madness. She tweeted;
can we PLEASE stop this #cut4bieber epidemic!! seriously!! it’s hurting way to many people and this whole thing (cont) tl.gd/kl1o2k
— Paris Jacksoη (@ParisJackson) January 8, 2013
No word from Bieber on whether he will satisfy his fans’ demand.
Looking for something to remember the second failed Mitt Romney presidential campaign? No? Well I don’t blame you, and you’re not alone. Apparently no one wants this sign from the campaign… although it’s being given away for FREE on Craigslist.
Thinking he could have had a reasonable discussion or debate with a gun fanatic, CNN’s Piers Morgan got the man who started the “Deport Piers Morgan” petition on the White House website, to agree to come to his show. The goal was to present the two sides of the debate on gun control, but Morgan got more than he bargained for after he asked the first question, “why do you want to deport me?”
The man’s name is Alex Jones, and responding to Morgan’s question, Mr. Jones began by explaining that the purpose of the Second Amendment to the Constitution is not for gun owners to “go duck hunting,” but rather to protect Americans from “tyrannical governments and street thugs.”
That was the only question Mr. Morgan got to ask, as Mr. Jones went on a shouting match with himself, claiming that the reason the government is “trying to take our guns” is to achieve “world tyranny.”
Showing a few pieces of paper that he called ” FBI Crime Statistics,” Mr. Jones’ voice began to rise when he spoke about other leaders who “took the guns.” As his shouting continue, Jones came to his climax when he proclaimed;
“Hitler took the guns Stalin took the guns, Mao took the guns, Fidel Castro took the guns, Hugo Chavez took the guns, and I’m here to tell you, 1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms! Doesn’t matter how many lemmings you get out there on the street, begging for ’em to have their guns taken. We will not relinquish them. Do you understand?! That’s why you’re going to fail, and the establishment knows, no matter how much propaganda, the republic will rise again!”
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After the commercial break, the crazy continued. Morgan tried to lay down some ground rules – I ask the questions, you answer. But his first question after the break sent Jones back on his trip.
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Despite it’s huge success, not everyone is mesmerized with the iPhone 5, the smartphone which has revolutionized the tech industry and made Apple the company it is today. Unfortunately Apple has inspired their competitors to create a range of similar products, some of which have become successful.
Interesting enough, the Apple iPhone has garnered the “best smartphone” title for the last five years. Although the sixth generation Apple phone still made Consumer Reports’ top smartphone list, it was still ranked as the lowest of the top smartphones.
Consumer Reports has yet to share the numbers behind their findings, users can read the full report in the February issue of Consumer Reports magazine.
The iPhone 5 ranks in the bottom of the top three smartphones for AT&T and Sprint, but it’s not even listed in the top three for Verizon. It received a total score of 77 for AT&T and 75 for Sprint. The other smartphones that made the list were; LG Optimus G (number 1 for AT&T and Sprint), Samsung Galaxy S III (number 1 for T Mobile, number 2 for AT&T and Sprint, number 3 for Verizon),and HTC One S (number 2 for T Mobile).
h/t ValueWalk
This is no joke. With all that has happened recently involving gun violence, conservatives have set aside January 19th to celebrate their guns!
Don’t have plans next Saturday? Well now you do, because January 19 is officially the first annual “Gun Appreciation Day”. Survivalists and serial killers and whoever else owns guns are encouraged to “go to your local gun store, gun range or gun show” and appreciate your gun the best way you know how.
The push for Gun Appreciation Day is similar to Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day and other similar “counter-protests” staged by conservative groups recently. A spokesman for the Second Amendment Foundation does a fantastic job of sounding both paranoid and mildly threatening speaking with The Washington Post about the motivation for the frightful festivities:
“We need to ban politicians who assault our rights, not firearms that are used thousands of times a day to protect lives and property from criminal attack,” said Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation.
In addition to guns, “patriots” are encouraged to bring their American flags, Constitution and a “‘Hands off my Guns’ sign.” Phrasing like this is one of the most common tricks in the conservatives’ wheelhouse: changing a debate from liberals vs. conservatives to traitors vs. patriots.
More than 23 people are killed by guns each day in the United States. In a way, someone out there is appreciating their gun, every single day of the year.
h/t Gawker
In a recent appearance on the Jimmy Fallon Show, Bill Cosby revealed why he’s not necessarily fond of South Philly. He also composed a rap for people over 50, because they cannot understand today’s music.
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