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kpete's JournalPretty much sums up 2014 for me.
The one male question, shouted at the very end: "Are you going to smoke a Cuban cigar?"
Ed Henry prepares for the President's next presser
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Notably, all the reporters Obama called on today were women, which was really outrageous considering that there have only been 4,529 (or so) press conferences in which all the reporters the president called on were men. There was one as yet unidentified male reporter who managed to shout, “Any new year’s resolutions?”, while another shouted, “Are you going to smoke a Cuban cigar, Mr. President?” as he was leaving. Sadly, America did not get answers to these vital questions.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/12/19/happy-hour-roundup-507/
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2014/12/19/3605918/obama-women-presser/
via:
https://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/546058742383775744
This Just Pisses Me Off: GOP lawmaker proposes Obamacare replacement: Rely on Jesus for health care
The former Navy chaplain was commenting on a Fox News poll that showed 58 percent of respondents wanted to repeal Obamacare, reported Right Wing Watch.
“We ought to look to the Lord for our health care,” Klingenschmitt said during his PIJN News program.
“He said, ‘If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you,’” he continued, quoting Exodus 15.
“Isn’t that inspiring? I personally prefer to look to almighty God as my healer and not to the government as a substitute god or substitute healer,” Klingenschmitt added, before praying. “Father in Heaven, we turn away from the idolatry that so many have in their hearts, that they think government is a better healer than Jesus. But, Jesus, we know you are the healer.”
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more nonsense:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/gop-lawmaker-proposes-obamacare-replacement-rely-on-jesus-for-health-care/
PO’d kangaroo takes down drone (seriously)
A drone was checking out some kanagaroos in Australia,
until the kangaroo — baby kanga in tow — finally got supremely ticked off and took the drone out.
http://americablog.com/2014/12/pod-kangaroo-takes-drone-seriously.html
Case Filed in European Court Against Bush-Era Torture
Case Filed in European Court Against Bush-Era Torture
The European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) files case against Bush Administration officials for running a state organized program of torture authorized at the highest levels, says Michael Ratner, chair of ECCHR - December 19, 2014
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Fallout continues from the Senate CIA torture report and the unwillingness of the Obama administration to hold anyone accountable for their torturing. On Wednesday, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights filed a criminal complaint in Germany against former CIA had George Tenet, former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and other members of the Bush administration for their roles in torture.
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PERIES: Michael, since President Obama is not bringing about charges and the Senate Intelligence Committee did not recommend charging the torturers, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights decided that they needed to take some action. Tell us more.
RATNER: You know, the torture report which came out, and, of course, a lot of evidence we had before, really screamed that people have to be investigated and prosecuted for torture. It's completely clear. The Obama administration is not really doing anything. Obama has said, let's look forward, not backward, etc. I think we all know that story. This country isn't about to do a thing.
But it's a very different situation in Europe. For a number of years, we've tried to bring cases in Europe, but now, in light of the torture report, I think we have a much, much better chance. And already the fact that we've brought some cases are having a major effect, which is one of the effects we want, on people from the CIA.
I understand from a lawyer I work with, Scott Horton, who is also a columnist at Harper's, that over 100 CIA agents have already been warned by the lawyers for the agency that they should not leave the United States, certainly not go to Europe, because they could be arrested and prosecuted for torture. That's already pretty remarkable considering how reluctant this country has been to hold accountable its own torturers.
MORE HERE:
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=12862
Obama is Finally Free
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“Obama’s turnaround in recent weeks – he’s seized the offensive with a series of controversial executive actions and challenges to leaders in his own party on the budget — can be attributed to a fundamental change in his political mindset, according to current and former aides. He’s gone from thinking of himself as a sitting (lame) duck, they tell me, to a president diving headlong into what amounts to a final campaign – this one to preserve his legacy, add policy points to the scoreboard, and – last but definitely not least – to inflict the same kind of punishment on his newly empowered Republican enemies, who delighted in tormenting him when he was on top.”
http://politicalwire.com/2014/12/20/obama-is-finally-free/
Obama Praises LeBron James For Wearing 'I Can't Breathe' Protest Shirt
President Barack Obama applauded basketball star LeBron James for wearing an "I Can't Breathe" protest T-shirt before a game last week.
"You know, I think LeBron did the right thing," Obama told People magazine in an interview published Friday. "We forget the role that Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe and Bill Russell played in raising consciousness."
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But the President told People that he'd like to see more athletes speak out on social and other issues the way James did.
"We went through a long stretch there where [with] well-paid athletes the notion was: just be quiet and get your endorsements and don't make waves," he said. "LeBron is an example of a young man who has, in his own way and in a respectful way, tried to say, 'I'm part of this society, too' and focus attention."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obama-praises-lebron-james-i-cant-breathe-protest-shirt
If Torture Was Categorically Wrong When Hitler Did It, Then Why Is the CIA Excused When They Do It?
We knew it was wrong when Hitler did it—but when Dick Cheney committed the same heinous crimes—it’s excused by the corporate network media pundits.................
I would like to ask the corporate network media defenders of the Bush-Cheney administration if they believe that the techniques of torture committed by the S.S. paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler should be discussed as a “controversial” and “debatable” issue? That is to say, if Hitler defended his S.S. torture operations in the name of “national security” would that make torture under Nazi Germany justifiable? If the answer is “no” then when the CIA commits the same heinous crimes of torture, why is that up for debate? If they agree that it is plainly wrong when Hitler did it—then why is it excusable when the CIA does it?
Ironically, we were told by the Bush administration that Saddam Hussein “had to go” because he “tortured his people.” Once again, I must raise the question: if the US media condemned Saddam Hussein for torturing or executing those whom he believed were traitors, if it was wrong when Saddam Hussein did it, then why is it acceptable when the CIA does the exact same thing? And if that’s the standard-justification that the Bush administration used to hang Saddam Hussein, then the same standard should also be used for every member of the Bush administration and the CIA torturers as well as the lawyers who attempted to make the gruesome act of torture—legal.
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We knew it was wrong when Hitler did it. Categorically wrong. There was no debate about it. It was wrong. Period. It was so wrong that it led to the signing of the Geneva Conventions that made it exceedingly clear to world leaders that the brutal, insane practice of torture is illegal, immoral and a crime against humanity.
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It was wrong when the Romans did it, it was wrong when the Church did it, it was wrong when the Nazis did it and it is wrong when the CIA does it.
MORE:
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/if-torture-was-categorically-wrong-when-hitler-did-it-then-why-is-the-cia-excused-when-they-do-it
Dog Shoots Man
Dog Shoots Man: Accidental Shooting Injures Man
Date Posted: December 18, 2014
SHERIDAN — The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has released its findings on the shooting of a man Monday on Murphy Gulch Road.
Sheriff Steve Kozisek said Richard L. Fipps, 46, of Sheridan had driven to Murphy Gulch Road with two employees to move a vehicle that had become stuck. Fipps was standing beside his truck as chains were being removed from the front of it when he was shot.
Kozisek said Fipps told a dog in the front seat of the truck to get into the back seat. Among other personal items laying on the back seat was a .300 Winchester Magnum with the safety apparently turned off. The dog managed to discharge the weapon, which fired through the cab of the truck.
The round struck Fipps in the left arm, traveled past his back and clipped his right sleeve without touching his right arm.
- See more at: http://thesheridanpress.com/?p=29004#sthash.yEvJquVd.dpuf
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