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Trump: I can’t wash my hair properly because of water regs
Trump: I can’t wash my hair properly because of water regs
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says water regulations are making it difficult for him to keep his famed mane clean.
Asked about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Waters of the United States” rule at a campaign event in Aiken, S.C., on Saturday, Trump said it significantly impairs his ability to rinse, lather and repeat.
“I’ll give you one regulation,” Trump said. “So I build, and I build a lot of stuff. And I go into areas where they have tremendous water. … And you have sinks where the water doesn’t come out.
“You have showers where I can’t wash my hair properly,” he added. “It’s a disaster.
More disaster:
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/263048-trump-i-cant-wash-my-hair-properly-because-of-water-regs
Mainstream media subverts, ignores, & embellishes current events to better represent own interests.
Here’s what the corporate media won’t tell you. Almost all news consumed through TV comes through just five major television networks, and all of these networks are owned by the super rich or big business.NBC is owned by General Electric. GE is the nation’s largest corporation and recorded profits of over 3.2 billion dollars selling weapons to the U.S military.
CBS is owned by billionaire Sumner Redstone, who holds a net-worth of 6.2 billion dollars and endorsed George W. Bush in the 2004 election.
ABC is owned by Disney, who’s CEO Bob Iger was awarded a 13.5 million dollar bonus in 2010 while ordinary workers were in the midst of recession era lay offs.
Fox is owned by vocal billionaire conservative Rupert Murdoch, who used his vast media holdings in the U.K to decisively influence voters against progressives by mounting a full on media campaign to discredit the Labour Party.
Finally, CNN is owned by Time Warner, the third largest entertainment corporation in the world. Their CEO Jeffrey Bewkes is a former employee of CitiBank, and is currently worth over 100 million dollars.
The millionaires and billionaires that manage these companies do not strive to represent the interests of the average American. They’re in no rush to cover stories on income inequality, labor unions or any type of social activism. It’s likely that you haven’t even heard of half these people. Good. They want to keep it that way.
http://youngchangebestchange.org/2015/12/14/what-the-corporate-media-doesnt-want-you-to-know/
"Kick his ass!" "Shoot him!" "Bitch!" "Sieg Heil!"
Now.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/12/15/1460338/-Nazism-and-a-hate-crime-aka-a-Donald-Trump-rally
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-las-vegas-rally_566f9151e4b0e292150f05fe
As one man was dragged away, Trump supporters variously yelled, "Shoot him!" "Kick his ass," and "Light the motherf----r on fire!"
A large middle aged man shouted, "Sieg heil!" — a Nazi Germany-era salute — as the protester was taken away.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-audience-member-yells-nazi-salute-protester-removed-las-vegas-n480056?cid=sm_tw&hootPostID=7a318bc3ef884531da10a0f13be16607
Donald Trump Rally Turns Ugly: 'Light That Motherf**ker On Fire!'
A Las Vegas rally for Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump turned ugly Monday night, the eve of a Republican presidential debate, after multiple protesters interrupted the candidate's speech.
According to reporters at the event, held at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino, protesters clashed with security guards as they were escorted from the room. Some of the protesters appeared to be Black Lives Matter activists and gun control supporters.
At one point, as security guards attempted to remove a black man from the rally, an attendee said, “Light that motherfucker on fire!”
MORE:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-las-vegas-rally_566f9151e4b0e292150f05fe
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Things shouted as Black Lives Matter protestor dragged away at Trump rally:
"Kick his ass!"
"Shoot him!"
"Bitch!"
"Sieg Heil!"
https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/676611394549121024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-audience-member-yells-nazi-salute-protester-removed-las-vegas-n480056?cid=sm_tw&hootPostID=7a318bc3ef884531da10a0f13be16607
It gets worse: Trump supporter yells ‘Sieg heil!’ as protester violently dragged out of Vegas rally
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/it-gets-worse-trump-supporter-yells-sieg-heil-as-protester-violently-dragged-out-of-vegas-rally/
Trump Audience Member Yells Nazi Salute as Protester Removed From Las Vegas Rally
MSNBC: “Some Donald Trump supporters attending the Republican presidential candidate’s rally in Las Vegas on the eve of the next GOP debate treated protesters with unusual hatred Monday night. Trump was interrupted several times by Black Lives Matter protesters, prompting a furious reaction from the crowd. Some screamed, pointed, and at one point shoved a heckler as hotel security swooped in to remove them. As one man was dragged away, Trump supporters variously yelled, ‘Shoot him!’ ‘Kick his ass,’ and ‘Light the motherf—-r on fire!’ A large middle aged man shouted, ‘Sieg heil!’ — a Nazi Germany-era salute — as the protester was taken
away.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-audience-member-yells-nazi-salute-protester-removed-las-vegas-n480056?cid=sm_tw&hootPostID=7a318bc3ef884531da10a0f13be16607
been updating all day, cuz......
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kp
Trump's doc made no "reference to candidate's medical deferment for bone spurs...during Vietnam War
Trump's doc made no "reference to the candidate's medical deferment for bone spurs ... during the Vietnam War." http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/donald-trumps-medical-records-216747#ixzz3uKvudUKH …
https://twitter.com/TimothyNoah1/status/676528540754558976
http://bigstory.ap.org/712700b08bef4d179fca4de9f2b8c085
http://www.vox.com/2015/12/14/10122890/donald-trump-health-records
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/questions-linger-about-trumps-draft-deferments-during-vietnam-war/2015/07/21/257677bc-2fdd-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html
“I don’t see much difference between Bernie and Hillary,” a friend said this morning over breakfast.
“Wrong,” said my other friend, also at breakfast. She then went through the list:
"Bernie wants to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Hillary wants to raise it to $12 an hour.
Bernie wants a single-payer health insurance system. Hillary wants to strengthen Obamacare.
Bernie wants all public higher education to be tuition free. Hillary wants community colleges to be tuition free.
Bernie wants to bust up the biggest banks. Hillary wants to make it more expensive for banks to be very big.
Bernie wants to resurrect the Glass-Staegall Act that separated commercial from investment banking before Bill Clinton joined Republicans in repealing it. Hillary doesn’t think it’s necessary to go that far.
Bernie wants to tax speculative trading on Wall Street. Hillary doesn’t think that’s necessary, either.
Bernie wants to expand Social Security by raising the cap on income subject to the Social Security payroll tax. Hillary wants to protect Social Security as is.
Bernie wants to allow states to legalize marijuana. Hillary wants to put marijuana on a lower drug enforcement classification but doesn’t want it legalized.
Bernie isn’t taking money from corporate PACs or Super PACs. Hillary is."
“See?” she said. “The difference is huge. Bernie is leading a movement for fundamental change. That’s why he’s generating so much enthusiasm, and why he’ll win the primaries.”
“Wrong” he said. “Bernie's too radical. He doesn’t stand a chance.”
https://www.facebook.com/RBReich/posts/1117292274950034
Nation’s Oppressed Christians Huddle Underground To Light Single Shriveled Christmas Shrub
The gathered Christians listen to Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s “Carol Of The Bells” at low volume for fear that someone on the surface might hear.
UNDISCLOSED LOCATION—Persecuted and driven into hiding because of their beliefs, the nation’s oppressed Christians reportedly huddled in a secret underground bunker late Wednesday night to decorate and light a single withered Christmas shrub.
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“I just want to make sure my kids know what Christmas is really about,” she continued, adjusting the plush reindeer antlers atop her head and switching on her glowing Rudolph nose.
After the Christmas shrub was lit, the Christians were reportedly grateful to partake in other sacred traditions without fear of interference or abuse, such as the reading of the 2005 storybook classic The Elf On The Shelf and the viewing of grainy VHS copies of A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Santa Clause, and other beloved films that had been passed down through the generations.
Sources confirmed that as the evening drew to a close, all of their wrapping paper, Christmas cards, and fabric Santa hats were burned in trash cans to erase any evidence of the shunned celebration. The wary Christians then reportedly removed all incriminating green-and-red items from their persons and dispersed in small groups so as not to attract attention from federal authorities.
“Make sure your little ones destroy their stockings before you leave and empty their pockets of any trinkets or bells—they mustn’t have anything on them that jingles,” one man was overheard saying tearfully to a friend before embracing him and slipping off into the night. “I’ll see you again next December, God willing. Stay safe out there.”
MORE:
http://www.theonion.com/article/nations-oppressed-christians-huddle-underground-li-52019
In one ear, out the other.
What makes this interview of Rep. Steve King (R-IA) by MSNBC's Chris Hayes so fascinating is King's complete compartmentalization of his beliefs and his obvious bigotry. Steve King believes Muslims are violent and bad; Steve King believes Christians like himself are peaceful and good. There's no bit of reality you can throw at him that will shake these beliefs. You could put him in the center of a Planned Parenthood during a shooting or task him with evacuating the crowd after the Atlanta Olympics bombing and you wouldn't get any different response.
He is the perfect example of this new flavor of conservative that deems material fact to be entirely irrelevant to the ideology. Whether a particular videotape is true or false is unimportant; it is only valued on whether it furthers the desired message. If the collective evidence gathered from the entire rational world proves that the sitting president is indeed an American citizen, it is evidence only of the depth of the conspiratorial attempt to cover up the still-held belief that he is not. Rep. Steve King has the mind of a not very bright dog. He knows what he knows, and to hell with the rest of it.
Steve King has declared that Muslims are bad and a threat. Christians are not. And so, according to Rep. Steve King, that is that.
KING: I don't think that he's following Jesus' teachings --
HAYES: But who are you to say? He says he's a Christian.
KING: That's what he says, all right. But that's not Jesus' teachings. Jesus didn’t teach people to kill.
HAYES: But you’re doing the exact same thing that every Muslim I’ve seen on air says do in the wake of what happened in San Bernardino. They say they weren’t following actual Islam. Islam does not preach hatred and violence and destruction, right?
I mean, why is this any different? You understandably as a Christian are someone of the faith, right? You look at what happened at Planned Parenthood, you said that's not the faith that I believe in. Millions and billions --
KING: What Planned Parenthood is doing is not the faith that I believe in, but Jesus never ordered anyone to be killed and he never raised his hand to injure anyone specifically. But Mohammed did, and there is a big difference in this. And so they’re carrying on the traditions that are centuries old --
OMG, more:
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep.-steve-king-on-islamophobia-583276099760
Bill Murray defends Muslims against bigotry: ‘There is a phobia about what Muslims are like"
Reflecting on the U.S., Murray admitted that it is a complicated situation.
“It is not difficult to be proud to be American,” he says. “Do I have self-respect as an American? Yes. Do I respect everything I do? No. Do I respect my country? Yes, I do. Do I respect my people? I do. Do I respect everything my country does? No. Not every country is perfect. We are an economic engine. There are people with money that just want to make more money. You have got them here. You have them there. The pursuit of money is complicated.”
Murray then turned to attitudes against Muslims in the U.S. that have taken an ugly turn as GOP candidates have demagogued them while maneuvering for the the 2016 presidential nomination.
“There is a phobia about what Muslims are like,” he continues. “I have known about two-dozen. I went to school in Paris with Muslims. Most were from Iran. I found them much to be like friends back home. I was raised as a Catholic. It was always Catholics against Jews. I’m in Hollywood. There are lots of nutty Jews and lots of nutty Catholics. Muslims are just as goofy, too. It is what makes the garden beautiful: Not every flower is the same.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/bill-murray-defends-muslims-against-rising-tide-of-bigotry-in-us-there-is-a-phobia-about-what-muslims-are-like/
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