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Megadeth’s Mustaine Thinks Obama ‘Staged’ the Aurora Massacre
We haven’t even finished our coffee this morning and stupid has already found its way into the news cycle by way of Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine who told concert-goers in Singapore that the mass murders in Aurora, Colorado and at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin were actually part of President Barack Obama’s plan to ramp up support for a gun ban.
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“Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential pick, Paul Ryan, criticized President Obama for not doing enough to create jobs. In response, Obama said, ‘Didn’t you just get a new job?’” –Jimmy Fallon
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The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
- 11 killed as Black Hawk downed in Afghanistan: NATO
- Iraq blasts, shootings kill 21, wound scores
- Over 40 killed in Syria’s Azaz airstrike: watchdog
- Syria rebels ‘to turn to Qaeda if West fails them’
- 20 Shiites pulled off Pakistan bus and shot dead: officials
- Taliban kill 1 in attack on Pakistani air base
- Japan to deport pro-China island activists: reports
- D.C. shooting suspect carrying Chick-fil-A sandwiches, FBI says
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Not Ready For Prime Time
The Air Force says an unmanned experimental aircraft suffered a control failure during an attempt to fly at six times the speed of sound.
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“North Korea could test a nuclear missile in two weeks. North Korea says this launch will go much better than previous ones because they got twice as much Diet Coke and Mentos.” –Jimmy Fallon
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Republican Shenanigans
- Jan Brewer Bars IDs, Benefits for Undocumented Immigrants in Arizona
- Romney: I never paid less than 13 percent in taxes
- Romney-Ryan: Our Medicare plans are ‘close to identical’
- Iowa caterer for Obama visit wears pro-Romney shirt
- Silversun Pickups object to Romney’s use of song
- Kentucky’s GOP lawmakers question standards for teaching evolution in schools
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Song Premiere: Devo, ‘Don’t Roof Rack Me, Bro! (Seamus Unleashed)’
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McCain Wants Hillary for VP
Although he predicted it would not happen, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Wednesday it would be “wise” for President Obama to take Vice President Joe Biden off the Democratic presidential ticket and replace him with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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“Paul Ryan likes to hunt and we all know that a vice president who hunts is always a good choice.” –David Letterman
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Rock-the-Voter News
- Obama blasts ‘dishonest’ Romney-Ryan attacks over Medicare
- Obama buys beers for 10 Iowans, snubs Romney supporter
- Obama defends Biden on ‘chains’ remark
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McCain is Getting Kinda Embarassing
The White House scoffed Thursday at Republican Senator John McCain’s suggestion that President Barack Obama replace Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton, mocking the Arizona lawmaker’s pick of Sarah Palin as his running mate four years ago.
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Republicans like Paul Ryan because they say he’s a fiscal conservative, and that’s a perfect balance for Romney who’s a guy that has an elevator for his Cadillacs.- David Letterman
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Business/Tech News
- Oil rises for 3rd straight day, around $95
- Ford Europe Sales Fall as Economy Struggles
- Indian carmaker Maruti fires 500 workers over riot
- Clean Energy: Obama Says It’s the Future, Ryan Calls It a Fad
- Facebook stock hits new low after freeing new shares
- Ex-Football Coach Accused of Ponzi Scheme
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Ecuador Pisses Off the Brits
Ecuador has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Thursday, a day after the British government threatened to storm the Ecuadorean embassy in London to arrest the former hacker.
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The U.S. military is sending surveillance blimps to monitor the U.S. border with Mexico. It’s a great plan until everyone looks up and sees the blimps.- Jimmy Fallon
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Legal Defense and Food Fundraiser
5 days until court
Offline donation: Lisa Casey ~ PO Box 88 ~ Ashford, AL 36312
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Odd News
- Photos: Thousands mark the anniversary of Elvis’ death
- New Jersey school kids who were forced to eat off floor win $500,000 settlement
- One of every 100 U.S. whites has celiac disease
- Inmate mails own severed finger to French minister
- Driver swerves to avoid moose, hits bear instead
- LA restaurant offers discount to phone-free diners
- Man fires insect repellent in Oregon robbery
- South Africa goes big on birth control for elephants
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Time To Deflate Photo
Manipulating photos in a pre-digital world
New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will hold its first major exhibition devoted to the history of doctored photographs, from hand-painted daguerreotypes and altered salt prints of the 1840s to the pre-digital dreamscapes of the late twentieth century. Featuring some 200 photographs, the exhibition will including major artists such as Gustave Le Gray, Henry Peach Robinson, Edward Steichen, and John Baldessari. “Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop” will run from Oct. 11, 2012 – Jan. 27, 2013.
‘Man on Rooftop with Eleven Men in Formation on His Shoulders’. ca. 1930 Unknown Artist
(Photo courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Peace.
OMG, Lisa, Ryan thinks green energy is a fad??? every time you think the rethugs can’t get any stupider, they go and prove you wrong. These are the same idiots who say fighting climate change will hurt the economy. I guess all the storm damage, floods, and drought we’re having are great for the economy, huh?
hugs,
Kathy