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The Department of Interior’s blog [1] stated Thursday that the biggest threat to seven of the most iconic landmarks in the United States is climate change. “Climate change is the biggest threat to our national parks,” the blog stated. “It’s not just a future threat -- we’re seeing the impacts right now at national parks and other public lands across the country. “We must #ActOnClimate to ensure that current and future generations can enjoy America’s most treasured places,” the blog stated. “If we don’t, we will have to say goodbye to these iconic views.” Here are the seven places the...

The phrase “basement dweller” exploded on social media Saturday after hacked audio appeared online of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaking to donors about Bernie Sanders’ supporters. The notion that Clinton would dismiss the idealism of her former rival’s fans and millennial voters as lazy, misinformed youngsters who haven’t moved out of their parents’ homes conformed with many perceptions of the Democratic candidate as an out-of-touch elitist. The words “basement dweller,” which she never actually said, started to trend alongside “basket of deplorables,” which she did say to denigrate large swaths of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s supporters.

The first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was a major event and with that, there is pressure to appear to be informed. So we went out on the street during the afternoon before the debate and asked people what they thought of the debate 'last night.' The debate hadn't even occurred yet, but that did not stop them in this special debate edition of #LieWitnessNews.

Never before has a presidential election seen a greater contrast in the attitudes of the major candidates towards climate change. Hillary Clinton told delegates at July’s Democratic National Convention that man-made climate change is “an urgent threat and a defining challenge of our time.” Yet Donald Trump calls Clinton’s approach an "extreme, reckless anti-energy agenda," and he told Fox News on July 26 that man-made climate change "could have a minor impact, but nothing, nothing [comparable] to what they're talking about." To determine which position is most reasonable, and what -- if any -- climate change mitigation policy is needed,...

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy is famous for his "You Might Be a Redneck If..." For those of you in the outback who haven't heard Foxworthy's famous routine, here's a sample. You Might Be a Redneck If... 1. You think "loading the dishwasher" means getting your wife drunk. 2. You ever cut your grass and found a car. 3. You own a home that is mobile and five cars that aren't. There are literally hundreds of these gems out there, and the list is growing as his fans add their own lines. Jeff's success was due to his ability to capitalize on...

Heading into the weekend, how about a real rib-tickler to go along with that half-price Happy Hour beverage? On today’s With All Due Respect, guest host Donny Deutsch actually said of Hillary Clinton “she does not lie.” Hope you didn’t spit out that drink! As soon as “does not lie” left Donny’s mouth, he had to start semi-backtracking: “well, we’ve seen instances as far as the email where she was not forthcoming and she actually did lie, but on a day-to-day basis as part of her campaign DNA it’s not in there.” How ironic of Deutsch to claim that lying...

The Justice Department has granted Cheryl Mills, a former chief of staff for Hillary Clinton, a limited immunity deal in the FBI's investigation into the use of the former secretary of state's private email server, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee said on Friday. Chafffetz told the Associated Press that Mills allowed the FBI to access her laptop in the agency's now-closed investigation into Clinton's use of the private email server on the condition that findings couldn't be used against her. Two other staffers, John Bentel, then-director of the State Department's Office of Information Resources Management, and Clinton aide...

Absolutely unbelievable. Three person attack team against Trump: Judith Miller, Greg Jarrett, Lynn Sweet. Judy Miller says objective reporters all agree that Matt Lauer was rude to Hillary and not rude to Trump. She says regarding complaints about unfair coverage, Hillary has a legitimate reason to complain, but Trump does not. Lynn Sweet states Trump has benefited from months of favorable coverage by the media. I had to laugh. She ripped Trump for not holding press conferences.... Then Gregg Jarrett chimed in to agree. He complained that Trump will attack you if you're not cheering for him.

The US has reached the preliminary conclusion that Russian warplanes bombed an aid convoy and warehouse belonging to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, two US officials told CNN. "All the evidence we have points to that conclusion," one of the officials said. The White House, meanwhile, said that Russia holds responsibility for the strike regardless of whether it was their planes that attacked.

The Hillary Clinton campaign moved Saturday to further distance itself from the re-ignited controversy about President Obama’s birthplace and long-time Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal, saying neither Clinton nor the 2008 campaign “ever” questioned the president’s citizenship....former McClatchy D.C. bureau chief James Asher tweeted that Blumenthal “told me in person” that Obama was born in Kenya. (emphasis added by Soflofreeper)

See link for numbers... Guess all of that Trump-bashing is continuing to work well for them. I love seeing them circle the toilet bowl. They just don't get it...

In a highly unusual move, Rep. Jason Chaffetz served a subpoena to an FBI official for all documents the bureau has gathered during the course of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server in the middle of a committee hearing. The nearly unprecedented action reflects a growing frustration by the Oversight Committee with the FBI over what they see as a lack of cooperation in investigating the decision made by Director Comey in not indicting Clinton.

What is mycoplasma infection? Mycoplasma infection is respiratory illness caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a microscopic organism related to bacteria. Who gets mycoplasma infection? Anyone can get the disease, but it most often affects older children and young adults. When do mycoplasma infections occur? Mycoplasma infections occur sporadically throughout the year. Widespread community outbreaks can also occur. Mycoplasma infection is most common in late summer and fall. How is mycoplasma spread? Mycoplasma is spread through contact with droplets from the nose and throat of infected people especially when they cough and sneeze. Transmission is thought to require prolonged close contact with...

Clinton and his wife started shipping White House furniture to the Clintons' newly purchased home in New York more than a year ago, despite questions at the time by the White House chief usher about whether they were entitled to remove the items. The day before the items were shipped out, chief usher Gary Walters said he questioned whether the Clintons should be taking the furnishings because he believed they were government property donated as part of a White House redecoration project in 1993, during Clinton's first year in office. But Walters was told by the White House counsel's office...

Some Republicans have presented the embattled Clinton Foundation as serving one purpose: "lining the pockets of Bill and Hillary Clinton," as GOP Chair Reince Priebus put it.Responding to such criticisms, Democratic pundit Hilary Rosen said the Clintons "take no personal benefit" from the foundation. She also pointed out the legitimate charitable work the foundation carries out, such as its programs addressing AIDS in Africa and storm recovery in Haiti. "The Clinton Foundation is a charity where President and Secretary Clinton and their daughter, they take no salary, they get no money from it, they take no personal benefit from it,"...

Contradicting Trump, Mexican president says he made it clear Mexico will not pay for a border wall

PROFILE By Carol D. Leonnig and Amy Goldstein Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, March 7, 2007 A federal jury convicted I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby yesterday of lying about his role in the leak of an undercover CIA officer's identity, culminating a four-year legal saga that transfixed official Washington and revealed the inner workings of the White House and the media. After 10 days of deliberations, the 11 jurors found Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff guilty of four felony counts of making false statements to the FBI, lying to a grand jury and obstructing a probe into the leak...

Some, like former Republican primary candidate Newt Gingrich, have assailed the mainstream media in the past for their decidedly left-leaning bias, but no other presidential candidate has really taken the media to task like Donald Trump. From personally insulting certain journalists to revoking major media outlets' press credentials to calling reporters "liars," Trump has stood up for himself in a way no other Republican really ever has. Has Trump, through his words and deeds, at times given media fodder for its negative press? Yes. But more often than not mainstream media have acted beyond the pale in their utter disregard...

During the live broadcast of the NBC Nightly News, the network aired a report from Morgan Radford that detailed the shooting death of Nykea Aldridge, first cousin of NBA superstar Dwyane Wade, in Chicago. Radford’s report painted a grim picture of the gun violence epidemic in the windy city. Aldridge was shot in the head while walking her baby in a stroller after registering her children at school. Radford described the event as one that “is all too common,” adding another child to the “hundreds of children, who [have] become casualties of Chicago’s violence.” Radford also explained that nearly half...

Persecution on a wide scale basis is knocking at the doorstep of every true believer, and the frequency and intensity of the knocking has exponentially increased. Just 8 years ago, no one was confused about which bathroom to use...and now, you can be expelled from West Virginia University for not properly using the correct invented pronoun to address anyone who is in a state of "transition" (read: Confusion). There has been a swing in the societal pendulum from common sense to delusion, and the argument can be made that the momentum has significantly increased over the course of the past...