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Report: Global Biodiversity Down 30 Percent in 40 Years
The world’s biodiversity is down 30 percent since the 1970s, according to a new report, with tropical species taking the biggest hit. And if humanity continues as it has been, the picture could get bleaker.
Humanity is outstripping the Earth’s resources by 50 percent — essentially using the resources of one and a half Earths every year, according to the 2012 Living Planet Report, produced by conservation agency the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
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You know who the real J.P. Morgan is, right? He’s Captain Morgan’s drunk brother who’s bad with money.- Jay Leno
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“The head of the RNC Reince Priebus attacked Democrats today for worshipping Hollywood movie stars. And then he went outside and turned on the lights on the big 50-foot statue of Ronald Reagan.” –Bill Maher
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The World-Is-a-Safer-Place-Without Saddam
- Australia pledges $300 million to Afghan forces
- Syria attack kills 21; rebels say protect U.N. monitors
- Egypt group documents 841 deaths in 2011 uprising
- Israeli group wins terror suit against Syria, Iran
- Secret Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater’s Founder
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“In an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, President Obama said, ‘It is important for me to affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.’ OK buddy, we get it, you’re not a Muslim.” –Seth Meyers
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Earplugs Won’t Work, Protesters: Check Out This Graphic
Chicago police, who have a reputation for dealing toughly with protesters, will be prepared for the worst with new riot gear, including “sound cannon”, if demonstrators at the NATO summit get out of line this weekend.
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Republican Shenanigans
- Romney Reduces Bush Down to Obama ‘Predecessor’
- Paul supporters to be ‘respectful’ at convention
- Chris Christie jokes about Mitt Romney asking him to be his running mate
- Legion of Christ Rocked By More Sex Charges
- Jindal On Obama’s Experience: He ‘Never Ran a Lemonade Stand’
- Karl Rove-linked group launches $25 million ad campaign attacking Obama
- McCain adviser who vetted Palin weighs in on VP process
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“New Rule: The columnist for the right-wing Washington Times who suggested this week that Obama is a racist for not mentioning the death of one of the Beastie Boys because he was white, must be promoted to Fox News. That is such a spectacular piece of hackery I can’t believe Sean Hannity didn’t think of it first. It should win a reverse Pulitzer. You, sir, deserve the right-wing trifecta: a gig on Fox, an AM radio show, and a deal for a shi**y book called ‘Scum: How Liberals Something, Something, Ruined America, Blah, Blah, Flag, Kickass, Jesus.’” –Bill Maher
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The War on Women Continues…
A popular new piece of abortion legislation may eventually end up in front of the Supreme Court as federal courts have disagreed over whether it violates the Constitution.
The law—versions of which have passed in Oklahoma, North Carolina and Texas—mandates that before a woman is allowed to obtain an abortion, doctors must give her an ultrasound, describe the procedure out loud and display the images for her.
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“Antediluvian bigot Billy Graham took out full-page ads supporting (the gay marriage ban) in 14 North Carolina newspapers. I was shocked. North Carolina has 14 newspapers?” –Bill Maher
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Rock the Voter
- Obama campaign raises $43.6 million in April
- Obama would veto House domestic violence bill: White House
- Medical marijuana supporter wins Oregon AG primary
- Chris Matthews bombs on ‘Jeopardy!’
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“This week President Obama was finally outed as a Democrat.” –Seth Meyers
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Conflict of Interest?
Maybe it’s a case of putting your mouth where your money is.
President Barack Obama praised JP Morgan Chase in an interview recorded Monday as “one of the best managed banks there is” and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, as “one of the smartest bankers we got.” On Tuesday, the White House made public financial disclosure forms showing the president and First Lady Michelle Obama had between $500,001 and $1,000,000 in a “JP Morgan Chase Private Client Asset Management Checking Account.”
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Business News
- Oil falls to 6-month low near $92 on US supplies
- ND becomes nation’s second-leading oil producer
- Shareholders sue JPMorgan Chase over trading loss
- US housing starts rose to 717,000 in April
- US factory output rose in April on stronger autos
- Facebook boosts IPO size by 25 percent, could top $16 billion
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JPMorgan lost $2 billion in bad trades. They made bad investments — for example, those gay wedding chapels in North Carolina. What were they thinking? – David Letterman
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Virgin Airlines Stopping Service to Obama’s Birthplace
British airline Virgin Atlantic plans to withdraw flights between Nairobi and London by September due to low passenger numbers, high fuel costs, and increasing aviation taxes in Britain.
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Mitt Romney once lost $2 billion. Then he found it in another pair of pants. – David Letterman
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Odd News
- Sugar can make you dumb, US scientists warn
- 103-year-old man to be buried in coffin made from tree he fought for decades to protect
- Teachers dance behind students in prank …
- Easter Island statues have full bodies and contain ancient petroglyphs
- Sunday solar eclipse visible from national parks
People visit a structure by Tomas Saraceno called “Cloud City” during a media preview on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Monday, May 14, 2012. The maker of Cloud City, Argentine artist Tomas Saraceno, wants to provoke the feeling of being in a cloud floating in the middle of several realities. Photo/Seth Wenig
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