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Today, the most recognisable, feted, popular man on Planet Earth will bestride the White House like a colossus. He'll pose for some photos in the Oval Office and probably crack a lame joke that leaves America's toughest political journalists guffawing sycophantic gales of fake laughter. When he departs, President Obama will shake his hand and feel very grateful that he was able to bask, albeit briefly, in the reflected glow of his guest's beloved VIP wattage. Tonight, the same celebrity icon will take his beautiful, equally famous wife to a basketball game in Brooklyn; the public will go crazy, while...

(Reuters) - Moves by some U.S. states to legalize marijuana are not in line with international drugs conventions, the U.N. anti-narcotics chief said on Wednesday, adding he would discuss the issue in Washington next week. Residents of Oregon, Alaska, and the U.S. capital voted this month to allow the use of marijuana, boosting the legalization movement as cannabis usage is increasingly recognized by the American mainstream. "I don't see how (the new laws) can be compatible with existing conventions," Yury Fedotov, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), told reporters. Asked whether there was anything...

When Obama was a Senator he voted "Present" instead fo having to take a stand on any bills that might come back to bite him... When he became president and and the House was lost tot he democrats in 2010 Harry Reid acted his "Blocker" to keep any bills that came passed from the house from advancing through the senate onto his desk so he didn't have to actually take a stand on any bills passed through the Republican House... Well now that Harry Reid is Gonzo, what is Obama to do, he will now have to to at least...

The way a person's brain responds to a single disgusting image is enough to reliably predict whether he or she identifies politically as liberal or conservative. As we approach Election Day, the researchers say that the findings reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on October 30 come as a reminder of something we all know but probably don't always do: "Think, don't just react." P. Read Montague of Virginia Tech says he was initially inspired by evidence showing that an individual's political affiliation is almost as heritable as height. Montague and his colleagues also recognized that those political...

One weird thing I noticed about the election this year is there seem to be an inordinate amount of canvassing going on in neighborhoods. I thinkt he Democrat party is doing this inordinate amount of canvassing in order to say that they "Got out the vote" while they stuff the Ballot boxes for their people. A lot of people expect a Republican Landslide, but I doubt that will happen, I think the amount of voter fraud this year on behalf of the Democrats will be INSANE! Just look at LaRaza sending out info on pollistations that don't take ID, or...

A few days ago I had to endure the Dementor's Lair known as the DMV office. So as I approched the door to this house of line waiting horror there was this college age liberal hippie type girl with a clip board asking people if they are registered to vote. She approached me and asked me if I am regiostered to vote. (I am registered already). So i decided to get snarky.. In my Best Deadpan Tone i said the following: "I Don't Vote, Because there is no option on the Ballot for "None of the Above" ". As I...

Went down the street to grab a bite to eat and watched the monitor, it was nothing but CNN talking about that dead female college student... Wow, and here I thought that was FOX News job..... Just an odd observation...

So at what level/number of ebola cases in the USA should people consider self quarantining themsevles in order to either avoid getting infected or in order to wait out a few weeks in case you may have picked it up to prevent spreading it. Here is what I have a framework: 1. 1,000 cases in the United States with 0 in your own state. 2. 500 cases in the United States with 1 or more in your home state. 3. 250 cases in the United States with 1 or more in your home city/town. 4. 10 cases in the united...

I was watching Ted Cruz ar the Values Summit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvL4sV_oTlQ He was heckled several times by RINO/DNC plants inthe audience and handled them with class and even turned it around on the dummies.

So Jeb, the Jeb man, the Jeb Meister said that if Republicans take control of the Senate they should pass (Sh)amnesty. You know because it is an act of LOVE and all to trespass and waht not. But isn't this discriminatory? Not against Illegal Aiens, er, I mean Undocumented Immigrants, err... United States Citizens in "spirit"..... But isn't it Discriminatory against HATE? If Trespassing is an act of LOVE (as the Jebster sez) and it is legalized, then what about acts of HATE? We HAVE to be morally Reativistic here because the MEDIA DEMANDS us to be so, or they...

I am starting this thread to get suggestions on what items would be useful to have at one's house and at the ready for the following scenario.Initial Conditions: 1. Ebola has started to ravage the United States and many people are already infected with it, many of whom don't even realize yet that they are infected. 2. The the emergency rooms and hospitals are already filled up to the brim with fresh Ebola cases making hospitals a dangerous place to be if you don't already have Ebola and useless in terms of actually helping you any way if you do....

I had a weird dream last night / this morning. I woke up but not to my alarm clock but to the sun comming into my room. I got out of bed and walked over to what time it was and the clock was dead so I figured there was a power outage. So I went over to my cell phone and it was dead as well. I walked over to the kitchen to get a glass of water and the water wasn't flowing then I remember feeling a real sense of panic realizing what had happened. Then I woke...

From another thread I found this on You Tube talking about the Bubba effect... this is from 2009 and while some predictions are wrong, some are so spot on it is eerie... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU8LeVmdCBk Go to the 3:00 minute mark....

Okay, So I know of a few people who are shall we say very Lower middle class who used to be Mid-Middle class until recently due to the wonderful economy as of late. I know they are wanting to prep, but are unable to make ends meet and I have been rotating out my own personal prepping stock to just keep them fed day to day. (don't worry I am not giving them expired food, just food that is nearing expiration). The question recently arose about if they should get an EBT card and use it to buy their own...

Do the Colleges have anything to gain over Legalizing of lawbreaking aliens? Answer: Yes they do. Why is this? Well the answer is quite simple, if you take away the conventional entry level jobs away from the Youth in High School and College you make the supposed "need for college" almost mandatory. In the conventional sense a young adult growing up would have at least a summer job even in high school. Now some people would think this job would be useless in havin a career as a lawyer or doctor later on in life, however they would be wrong....

I was in another thread and somehow my brain decided to come up with a new apt term to describe liberal control freak policies... The 3lbs of grey matter between my ears came up with the term "Feel Good Fascism". I think it encapsulates their ideology quite well. Fat People are bad and drink too much soda, so ban people from buying soda = Feel Good Fascism. Poor People Exist, so you Steal using government power to give help to people who are unable to or unwilling to work = Feel Good Fascism. Liberal policies have two components, One is...

Here is their address: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America 1615 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20062-2000 Here is their phone number: Main Number: 202-659-6000 Customer Service: 1-800-638-6582 Maybe Obama can take his Phone and call them up and ask for the 3.7 Billion dollars needed for the Dreamers... He can even lend his pen to the Chamber Cronies so they can write the check for him too... https://www.uschamber.com/immigration Screw the Chamber of Cronies, they wanted this so damned bad let them pay for the mess they along with Obama helped to create.

Ever wake up somedays and wonder why you work and put in the effort for others to leech off your hard work, especially those who are not even citizens. Ever just think about just throwing your arms up in the air and saying to hell with it and quitting your job or shutting down your business and becomming a deadbeat like the other people that some of your hard earned tax money goes to. Ever just wonder if we will never wake up again as country if you keep working hard to prop stuff up. Realizing that the only way...

This year I am so tempted to fly the Yellow, Green and Black Rattlesnake Flag instead of the Red White and Blue, or at the very least fly both and put the Rattle Snake below Old Glory. But I am still trying to decide on it.... In some ways I feel like raising the Red White and Blue is akin to pretending that nothing is wrong in this country and there are a lot of things that are going wrong right now. In some ways it makes me feel like I am surrending to the normalcy bias. I could always...

"White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday that women should make personal health decisions for themselves. Earnest said the White House is looking into how many women could be affected by the decision. He said Congress should take action to assist women affected by the decision." Ok, Well here’s an idea for Obama.... Maybe you could use your damned pen and phone to order the FDA to make Birth Control pills OTC (over the Counter) that way the price of the birth control pills would be the same price of an aspirin or any other over the counter pain pill....