CNBC, Oil Speculation and a Factor of 1000
How much can a media outlet simply fuck up a story? How about this:Go to CNBC.com and find the story about President Obama's plan to rein in speculation in the oil commodity market. According to...
View ArticleJoe Ricketts: The Man Who Really Wants to Damn America
I just don't know where to start with this.Back in 2008 we were all treated to the lunacy of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. He said some pretty stupid things, even if they weren't his words, they shouldn't...
View ArticleSan Antonio, TX Mayor Julian Castro is the DNC Keynoter
While we all thought it was Elizabeth Warren who would be the keynoter, it turns out she is being given a prime time speaking slot; the actual Keynote Address will be Julian Castro, the mayor of San...
View ArticleThe Romney Overseas Trip: The Economist Magazine Version
The Economist Magazine just Tweeted this: It's cute, and very much to the point. Too bad that Polish flag had such good aim.
View ArticleGet Ready: Insane Anti-Obama movie about to premiere
So I'm sitting a little while ago with my coffee and flipping though the NY Times. Ah, just another summer morning. And then I see this full page ad for a movie. Oh shit, here we go...Well, up to the...
View ArticleSome thoughts about a GOP America
Okay, so Paul Ryan is the GOP VP candidate. That is a good thing since it puts his budget and ideas as the absolute centerpiece of the entire GOP campaign- from the White House on down.So, I've been...
View ArticleTake a Joke? Mr. President, here's a $100
My answer to Mitt Romney's insane remark today was very simple.I went to the Obama2012 website and just sent them $100.Next month, I'll do the same. In October, again.If you can afford to do the same-...
View ArticleKos... Delete my F***in' American Gov't textbook!
So I sit down this morning to start writing up homework assignments for my American Government class. I'm using a text book that we got last year at my school but never used- for reasons I can never...
View ArticleUS Oil Production: Move over Saudi Arabia
Well, we all know that Barack Obama has ceased all domestic oil production. I'm pretty sure that is what the Right Wing Noise Machine wants their audience to hear. The truth is quite different and...
View ArticleTime for MANRA
MANRA? you say. What's MANRA?Well, I tell you in a minute.Like pretty much everyone, except lunatic conservatives, we're all numb from today's events in Newton, CT. As a teacher myself it scares the...
View ArticlePunishing Syria... This isn't 2003.
I'll keep this relatively short.Watch this BBC report: (A warning, it isn't pretty.)Syria crisis: Incendiary bomb victims 'like the walking dead'That is what the Syrian government is doing to its...
View ArticleSen Schumer Ripping Cruz a New One
I'll make this fast..But just now, Sen. Schumer, speaking after Sens. Reid and Durbin, just tore Cruz a new asshole and the same for the Speaker.The money quote- "Speaker Boehner has become a puppet...
View ArticleAnother Obamacare sob story?
I don't know if this is another "Bette in Spokane" or if this woman truly had her health insurance messed up by the Affordable Care Act, but it deserves a look.This story comes via the Staten Island...
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And of course, The Donald....
I won't say a word. I'll let America's loudest asshole and hair speak for itself.(I know the tweet at the bottom has nothing to do with Ebola, but just another lie from our resident blowhard.)
View ArticleThe Chip on Staten Islanders' shoulders... miserable transportation
Okay, I know Staten Island is not an independent city, but if we were, we’d be a bit bigger than Sacramento, California (#35) and a little smaller than Fresno (#34). Hell, the entire state Wyoming...
View ArticleTraveling Across America with the President-- Caption Needed
arcGIS is pretty much the most used GIS (geographic information system) software used in the world.They have been posting websites called StoryMaps, and one of them maps out 50 photos taken of the...
View ArticleCircular Firing Squad Forming? On our side!?
Once again, we have a presidential election looming and as I read diary after diary here, I see signs of Democratic circular firing squad. The alignment is simple- every other person in the circle is...
View ArticleAnother Private Visit the Pope Had in the US
Oh Kim Davis isn't going to like this one....Here's the link to the BBC story (WITH VIDEO)...Pope Francis met gay couple at Vatican embassy in USNo need for me to tell what happened, the Beeb and video...
View ArticleCan someone answer this question?....
Whenever I hear a Republican, and some Democrats talk about Hillary Clinton, one of the first disparaging things they say about her is that she is a liar. A congenital liar. A pathological liar.I ask...
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