After hearing the news on NBC’s The Today Show, Lupita Nyong’o replied, “It was exciting and just a major, major compliment. And especially, I was happy for all the girls who would see me on [it] and feel a little more seen.”
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With all the sensational news hunters in the media today, this little bit of actual news may have slipped by the rader. It’s a fact, not a lie so no one is shouting it from the hilltops. No cattle or guns are involved so this story is, for the most part, swept under the rug.
But did you know that under this president the national deficit has been cut to $492 billion this year?
Bloomberg News reports – The U.S. government’s deficit will fall to $492 billion this year, according to the Congressional Budget Office, a steeper drop than originally predicted from $680 billion in fiscal year 2013.
“This will be the fifth consecutive year in which the deficit has declined as a share of GDP since peaking at 9.8 percent in 2009,” CBO said in a report released today. The 2.8 figure as a percentage of gross domestic product is lower than the 3.1 percent average of the last 40 years, CBO said.
Now back to the real news – Cattle and guns.
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Oh look! They’re wasting water! Oh yea, Rihanna is topless. In other words, she’s only wearing panties.
But look, they’re wasting water!
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China Builds World’s Fastest Elevator
The elevator will be placed in The Guangzhou CTF Finance Center, which is currently being constructed and due for completion in 2016.
The elevator will travel 95 floors in 43 seconds, roughly two and a half floors per second.
Yes, we have the technology and the knowhow to lead the way in this field, but Congressional Republicans and… FREEDOM!
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Whatever you do, do not put your arm around a police dog to take a selfie with it. Doing so is apparently an act of aggression, and a Georgia Deputy from Murray County, Deputy Greg Morrison found out the hard way.
“It’s an act of aggression to them whenever you do that,’ Major Greg Fowler told the Dalton Daily Citizen, referring to Morrison’s ill advised decision to wrap an arm around the dog.
‘The canine just responded by what was presented to him based on his training.’
The dog went straight for Morrison’s chin and bit hard.
The deputy was left with a slashed lip and chin after a handler ordered him to back off the the dog quickly complied.
Morrison was rushed to an area hospital where he eventually received stitches.
‘They had to do quite a bit of stitching in the lip area where (it had been opened up) in a pretty good gash,’ Fowler said.
‘We’re praying for the deputy and everything to be fine with him. He’s recuperating well, and we’re sorry for the incident, but you train animals, you train them to do certain things, and you don’t deviate from the training.’
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Triplets Malik, Khalil and Ahmad Jones. (Photo courtesy of NBC Washington)
Malik, Ahmad and Khalil Jones are triplets who attend Georgetown Day School in Washington D.C., and they have each earned major achievements in both academics and athletics.
The brothers, who all have a 3.7 GPA, have earned acceptance into some of the nation’s most prestigious schools and only have a few weeks to make their final decision.
The impressive trio credits their success to the discipline and work ethic instilled in them from their parents and the tough competition they have among each other.
“You can’t let the other person be better than you, because you don’t want to be the worst one right?” Khalil jokingly told NBC Washington. “So, it’s kind of like we’re always pushing each other.”
Their strong bond has encouraged the three young men to work hard and in turn, they have collectively accomplished great feats. Now, they have narrowed down their school choices but remain undecided between two Ivy League institutions: Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania.
Either way, the Jones’ brothers are definitely on a road to much success.
Malik said, “If one of them can accomplish something, then without a doubt, I can definitely do it, too.”
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Michigan brought Affirmative Action to the Supreme Court and today, Michigan won!
That’s right, Michigan instituted a ban on Affirmative action and took their fight to keep that ban all the way to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court voted today and in a 6-2 decision, it agreed that Michigan should be allowed to bypass Affirmative action in the state. The ban was originally voted on and approved by the people of the state.
In her 58 page dissent, Justice Sonya Sotomayor pointed out that the decision could harm minorities and have already caused reduced enrollment in Michigan’s Colleges and Universities and Fox’s Napolitano agreed. But it’s the way he agreed that’s making news.
In his happy response to the Supreme Court upholding Michigan’s ban, the Fox host stated that although minorities could be harmed, it’s okay if the people of the state decide to harm do the harming.
The elites that run university systems think they know better than the voters do. And often these university systems – even in states that have a conservative electorate – decide that they want to tinker with the law on their own.”
Now the electorate knows that once it puts a clause in the constitution forbidding the government from making a decision based on race – you know, that thing that the Civil War was supposed to have resolved – that even the elites in the public universities would have to comply with it.”
Napolitano also addressed Sotomayor’s concern that the decision would “harm minorities” because black and Latino enrollment was already dropping at the University of Michigan.
“That’s the beauty of this decision today. It really lets the voters go either way. It doesn’t say the voters must, it says the voters may. But if the voters do prohibit the government in their states from taking race into account for say, college and law school admissions, the government in that state must comply.”
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Louie Gohmert is a nut! A very nutty nut. And that’s the only reason he was elected to Congress, because his base – The Teaparty – loves nutty nuts!
Gohmert has said and done some nutty things too, and right up there with the rest of them is his nutty call to Congress to arrest the Attorney General, Eric Holder.
In an interview on Friday with the Family Research Council’s Washington Watch, Gohmert, the brainchild of the Republican party called for Holder’s arrest.
“When you have someone like an attorney general who is in contempt of Congress, what can we do? Someone in contempt of Congress comes waltzing into the House chamber and he’s in contempt of Congress as found by the Congress, what can be done? I was told that actually you can pass a resolution directing the sergeant at arms to detain anyone who is in contempt of Congress until such time as they comply with the requirement that put him in contempt. In this case, they didn’t provide information from the Justice Department, they had it, they refused to provide it, we found him in contempt.”
It remains to be seen if Congressional Republicans will heed Gohmert call. After all, they are a leaderless group and anyone with something to say, no matter how nutty, gets airtime. Watch this space.
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Cliven Bundy has refused to pay fines to the federal government totalling $1 million dollars. Usually, this would be an out cry to the so-called “Patriots” over at Fox News and the posse that supports them.
But since the the federal government is now managed by a Democrat in the White House named Barack Obama, Fox is now the head cheerleader as their posse take up arms to defend Bundy’s apparent right to cheat, you know, FREEDOM!
Jon Stewart – the media voice of reason from Comedy Central – found this position from the “patriots” perplexing, and took on one of the leading pom pom wavers at Fox – Sean Hannity.
“It seems like something about this Bundy feller is blinding Hannity to all the things that would normally drive Hannity mad with rage,” Stewart said. “Is it the hat?”
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A year ago, terrorists thought they would break our spirits by attacking one of the staples of American life – the Boston Marathon. A year later, an American by the name of Meb Keflezighi did something no other American has done since 1983. Meb won today’s Boston Marathon.
As he crossed the finish line, Meb gestured to the sky as if remembering those who died from the attacks. Watch the video of him crossing the finish line below.
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On Monday, the New York Knicks under the guidance of Phil Jackson fired head coach Mike Woodson and the entire coaching staff.
Here’s the announcement:
New York Knickerbockers President Phil Jackson announced today that the team’s coaching staff have been relieved of their duties, effective immediately.
“I have a tremendous amount of respect for Mike Woodson and his entire staff,” Jackson said. “The coaches and players on this team had an extremely difficult 2013-14 season, and blame should not be put on one individual. But the time has come for change throughout the franchise as we start the journey to assess and build this team for next season and beyond.
“Everyone in this franchise owes a great deal of gratitude to what Mike and his staff have done. We wish him the best.”
In parts of three seasons with the Knicks, Woodson compiled an overall record of 109-79 (.580) that included two consecutive NBA Playoff appearances and an Atlantic Division title – the team’s first in 19 years. On Mar. 19, 2014, he became just the seventh coach in franchise history to reach the century mark in victories. Initially named Knicks interim head coach with 24 games remaining in the 2011-12 season, Woodson completed his ninth season at the helm of an NBA franchise, posting a record of 315-365.
The search for a new coaching staff will begin immediately.
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This is the news the far right-wing nuts are interested in and it is why they diligently tune into Fox. Where else would you hear stuff like Chelsea Clinton’s pregnancy is a political ploy for the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign?
On Sunday, Fox talking head Laura Ashburn, speaking to Fox’s Howard Kurtz, explained that being cynical about Chelsea’s pregnancy is a good thing because… Hillary!
“You’ve been in this town for how many years, and you don’t have a cynical bone in your body?” Ashburn said to Kurtz. “I think a lot of reporters think maybe this was planned.”
She later continued;
“We do have to realize that this is Hillary Clinton, she’s most likely running for president. It hasn’t been good for her. A lot of people say she’s too old. And so, there is coverage.”
Roll the video tape please.
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