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  • 5 DAYS!!!!!! (GETTING CLOSER!)

    01/15/2017 2:35:52 AM PST · by Lazamataz · 87 replies
    1/15/2017 | By Laz A. Mataz
    It is 5 days, 6 hours, 29 minutes, 24 seconds until the stuttering enemy-agent Muslim-excusing prancing pusillanimous embarrassing lawless defiling vote-faking unctuous careless warmongering hypocritical sniveling whining overreaching disreputable sulking treacherous squandering odious disgusting backstabbing election-corrupting robbery-inclined formulaic plundering indolent callous violence-agitating motherless-punk puerile intruding sickening wicked sullen wretched venal psychopathic grifting peculiar furious (and fast) gratuitously-opining lame-duck faithless charlatan spying-for-enemies shallow fake irrational mumbling imbecile dejected slothful acrimonious demanding trivial putz juvenile delinquent odiferous malicious reptilian detestable conniving Marxism-loving peevish America-surrendering sly villainous undignified shameful touchy unwelcome exhausting abominable indecisive moronical stomach-turning depressed meddling corrupt predatory impoverishing personal-history-concealing dangerous...
  • Rosie O'Donnell Supports 'Martial Law' to Delay Trump's Inauguration

    01/15/2017 1:07:14 AM PST · by lexb123 · 25 replies
    Fox News ^ | January 12, 2017
    Martial law occurs when the military steps in to control the government. According to Rosie O'Donnell, martial law is the only chance to stop the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. ROSIE ✔ @Rosie I FULLY SUPPORT IMPOSING MARTIAL LAW - DELAYING THE INAUGURATION - UNTIL TRUMP IS "CLEARED" OF ALL CHARGES https://twitter.com/MasterMarquette/status/819386479587643392 …
  • VANITY: Why do the losers keep trying to tell the winners how to run the country? Please explain...

    01/14/2017 10:46:19 PM PST · by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin · 56 replies
    15 January 2017 | Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin
    Would someone please help me understand why the losers keep trying to tell the winners how to run things? I didn't think life ran that way. If a man applies for the job and he is one of three applicants and does NOT get the job, he does not have the authority to ask for anything to be done from that position. If two military units go to battle, the losers do not tell the winners how they want to be treated. If two football teams play a game and one side wins, the losers do not have the authority...
  • I'm fighting prejudice, says transgender man who's four months PREGNANT

    01/14/2017 9:15:14 PM PST · by Lorianne · 52 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | 13 January 2017 | Paul Bracchi
    It is now almost impossible for Mrs Edgeworth to look at the pictures of Paige as a little girl without feeling tearful. Paige will soon be 21. But she has changed her name by deed poll to Hayden Cross and has been living legally as a man for the past three years after starting gender reassignment on the NHS, a process which has left Hayden with a deeper voice and facial hair. It has also bitterly divided his family and left him estranged from those who love him. Mrs Edgeworth told the Mail poignantly: ‘She’s asked me to call her...
  • California's bullet train hurtling toward multibillion-dollar overrun, federal report warns

    01/14/2017 9:14:10 PM PST · by Brad from Tennessee · 7 replies
    Los Angeles Times ^ | January 13, 2017 | By Ralph Vartabedian
    California’s bullet train could cost taxpayers 50% more than estimated — as much as $3.6 billion more. And that’s just for the first 118 miles through the Central Valley, which was supposed to be the easiest part of the route between Los Angeles and San Francisco. A confidential Federal Railroad Administration risk analysis, obtained by The Times, projects that building bridges, viaducts, trenches and track from Merced to Shafter, just north of Bakersfield, could cost $9.5 billion to $10 billion, compared with the original budget of $6.4 billion. The federal document outlines far-reaching management problems: significant delays in environmental planning,...
  • Japanese mini-rocket launch fails

    01/14/2017 9:12:16 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 8 replies
    CNN ^ | Updated 11:32 PM ET, Sat January 14, 2017 | James Griffiths and Yoko Wakatsuki,
    Japan's attempt to launch one of the smallest-ever rockets into space has ended in failure. The 9.5-meter (32-foot) rocket lifted off around 8:30 a.m. local time Sunday from the Uchinoura Space Center in southwestern Japan, according to state broadcaster NHK. The rocket was carrying a micro-satellite that is 35 centimeters (13 inches) tall and weighs 3 kg (6.6 lbs.). However, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), communication systems malfunctioned after the rocket launched, causing the ignition of the second booster to be terminated. The rocket fell into the sea southeast of Uchinoura. The launch, which was delayed from...
  • Wartime singer Dame Vera Lynn: Reaching 100th birthday incredible adventure

    01/14/2017 9:11:32 PM PST · by gasport · 44 replies
    Express & Star ^ | January 13, 2017
    Renowned wartime singer Dame Vera Lynn has described reaching her 100th birthday as "an incredible adventure of song, dance and friendship".
  • Guitarist who avoided Buddy Holly plane crash dies at 85 (Tommy Allsup)

    01/14/2017 8:34:44 PM PST · by lowbridge · 9 replies
    Fox news ^ | January 13, 2017
    Tommy Allsup, a guitarist best known for losing a coin toss that kept him off a plane that later crashed and killed rock `n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson, has died. He was 85. -snip Tommy Allsup was part of Holly's band when the Lubbock, Texas, singer died in the Feb. 3, 1959, plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. Allsup flipped a coin to see who between him and Valens would get a seat on the plane and who would have to take the bus to the next stop on the tour.
  • Human Rights Watch Labels U.S. a 'Human Rights Abuser' Because of Trump

    01/14/2017 8:24:50 PM PST · by MtnClimber · 22 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 14 Jan, 2017 | Rick Moran
    Human Rights Watch has taken Trump derangement syndrome to new heights with the release of its annual report that lists the United States of America as a human rights abuser on par with China, Egypt, and Syria. Their reason? Donald Trump's rhetoric during the recent presidential campaign. Trump has yet to take office and the Soros-funded HRW is already condemning the U.S. for policies that have yet to be enacted. The Daily Caller: As The New York Times notes, the designation of the U.S. as a major human rights abuser marks a first for HRW in the 27 years it...
  • What If China's Money Stream Stops Flowing to Hollywood?

    01/14/2017 8:16:49 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 19 replies
    The Hollywood Reporter ^ | 2017-01-13 | Patrick Brzeski
    Beijing begins monitoring "irrational" investments in entertainment companies (even while Alibaba pledges $7.2 billion) as one deal falls apart and all eyes focus on Trump. Chinese companies poured record amounts of capital into Hollywood in 2016 — a trend eagerly embraced by the U.S. film industry. Among the deals: Dalian Wanda Group acquired Legendary Entertainment for $3.5 billion and Dick Clark Productions for $1 billion; Alibaba made a major investment in Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment; and Beijing-based Perfect World Pictures put $500 million into 50 films from Universal. But tighter regulatory scrutiny and rising protectionism in the U.S. and China...
  • [Vanity] I want to destroy National Review. William F Buckley must be rolling in his grave.

    01/14/2017 8:05:23 PM PST · by Delacon · 46 replies
    I often thought they could teach me something. they are so clueless and marginalized. They hate it. Bye bye Nation Review.
  • APNewsBreak: Ringling Bros. circus to close after 146 years

    01/14/2017 7:44:36 PM PST · by Hillarys Gate Cult · 121 replies
    AP ^ | 14 Jan 2017 | AP
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  • First female ringmaster takes reins at Ringling Bros. circus

    01/14/2017 7:36:38 PM PST · by Morgana · 15 replies
    abc13.com ^ | January 14, 2017 | abc
    ORLANDO, FL (KTRK) -- For the first time in history, a female ringmaster is running the show at Ringling Bros. It took the circus 146 years and a nationwide search, but the opportunity to perform as the first female ringmaster seemingly fell into Kristen Michelle Wilson's lap. "I said, 'I have to throw my hat in the ring when opportunity like this comes along.' You go for it!" Wilson told WKMG-TV. Wilson plays the role so naturally that the fact that she is woman doesn't even come to mind. "This is not a gender-specific role. This is all about being...
  • Most evil TV children?

    01/14/2017 7:29:29 PM PST · by MNDude · 72 replies
    Whether Nelli Olsen, Lucy Van or Damien, nothing adds great drama to a movie or program like an evil child. In you opinion, who are the three most evil children from movies or TV?
  • Why Trump’s Inauguration Day will be better without celebs

    01/14/2017 7:29:07 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 21 replies
    New York Post ^ | 2017-01-14 | Salena Zito and Dana Schuster
    There will be no Beyoncé wiggling on stage. Bruce Springsteen, Ariana Grande, John Legend and Elton John aren’t going to be there either. In fact, pretty much every A-lister from the Hollywood and entertainment world has decided to skip Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday. And whether or not Trump himself is wrestling with that public rejection, the people who voted for him are not. The “blue-collar billionaire” will have a day that’s more befitting of the working-class base that put him in the White House: one without fanfare or celebrities or fancy couture (although his wife, Melania, will most certainly...
  • 'There are SWASTIKAS on the bottom!' Boot brand is forced to recall footwear after customers complai

    01/14/2017 7:25:25 PM PST · by EveningStar · 80 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | January 10, 2017 | Miranda Bryan
    Full title: 'There are SWASTIKAS on the bottom!' Boot brand is forced to recall footwear after customers complain the soles are covered with inappropriate symbols A shoe manufacturer has said it will recall one of its boots after customers complained that the sole was decorated with swastikas. The issue emerged after a customer told of his shock after receiving his new boots and shared an image of the underside of his boot - which appeared to feature swastikas - online. Makers of the Polar Fox boot, which is still on sale on Amazon for $38.99, claim they were unaware of...
  • THE THORIUM PROBLEM - Manufacturing & energy sector hobbled by thorium

    John Kutsch of Thorium Energy Alliance and Jim Kennedy of ThREE Consulting review the hazards maintaining U.S. current thorium policy. Heavy Rare Earth Element mining is impeded. Energy sector innovation is stifled. Thorium is less dangerous, less radioactive, and less easily metabolized than many elements we are exposed to on a daily basis. Current regulation assists China's capture of high-tech manufacturing sector. Current regulation protects incumbent U.S. [light] rare earth producers who DISPOSE of thorium and valuable heavy rare earths in tailing ponds. Current regulation does NOT facilitate growth of U.S. economy. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle recognize...
  • When He Goes Low, They Go … Where? The Left Mulls How to Resist Trump

    01/14/2017 6:54:36 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 32 replies
    <p>PHOENIX — As the candidates for chairman of the Democratic National Committee gathered here for a forum on Saturday, they wrestled with a vexing question: how to confront the asymmetrical political warfare of President-elect Donald J. Trump.</p> <p>Be strategic, the candidates advised, and do not take him up on every feud.</p>
  • Twitter Savages Actress Zoe Saldana for Saying Hollywood Bullied Donald Trump

    01/14/2017 6:47:09 PM PST · by drewh · 33 replies
    The Inquisitor ^ | 1 hour ago | Page Mackinley
    Actress Zoe Saldana was dragged on Twitter late Friday into Saturday morning after it was revealed she believes Donald Trump was bullied by Hollywood. In a break with most opinions expressed in traditionally liberal Hollywood, the sci-fi thespian criticized the acting world for inadvertently generating sympathy and support for the president-elect by coming out so strongly against him. Saldana, who starred in Star Trek, Avatar, and Guardians of the Galaxy, doesnÂ’t call herself a Trump supporter. However, the 38-year-old says she thinks the Hollywood elite helped the billionaire become an underdog to middle America during the race for the White...
  • 10 Rules for Radicals of the Right

    01/14/2017 6:34:57 PM PST · by unlearner · 18 replies
    WND ^ | 1/13/2017 | Scott Lively
    In 1971 Marxist strategist Saul D. Alinsky published his infamous handbook for “community organizers,” titled “Rules for Radicals,” which ever since has been the essential resource for left-wing agitators, including the Clintons and Obama. Alinsky dedicated his “Rules for Radicals” to “the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom – Lucifer” [the entity also known as Satan, the Father of Lies and Enslaver of Mankind]. As we conservative populists begin to reclaim our nation from Alinsky’s anti-American Bolsheviks, we need a resource for pro-American...