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September 9, 2014

National Geographic has done it again!...



To bad we're screwing the whole world up!!
September 8, 2014

Not even close. Dem Presidents destroy Republicans in jobs and market gains


Jeff Gauvin @JeffersonObama
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Not even close. Dem Presidents destroy Republicans in jobs and market gains.

9:43 AM - 7 Sep 2014


http://theobamadiary.com/
September 8, 2014

Toon: Proverty Wages-Next Exit

September 8, 2014

CNN Begins Coverage of Royal Pregnancy



NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—CNN kicked off its coverage of the latest royal pregnancy on Monday by simulating the journey of Prince William’s sperm to Kate Middleton’s egg.

Holding two plastic models of the Windsors’ reproductive cells, the CNN host Don Lemon offered viewers a dramatic re-creation of the path taken by the royal spermatozoon.

The CNN president Jeff Zucker praised the demonstration, calling it “the perfect way to kick off our twenty-four-hour coverage of this story for the next nine months.”

“This is the most important story of the year, and we plan to throw everything at it,” Zucker said, adding that he was reassigning reporters who are currently working from Ukraine.



More here: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/cnn-begins-coverage-royal-pregnancy



September 8, 2014

Proud to Stand with this Honorable and Brilliant Man, President Barack Obama


Brook Bufa @jupiter896
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Proud to Stand with this Honorable and Brilliant Man, President #BarackObama #POTUSpositive #UniteBlue

2:25 PM - 6 Sep 2014


http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/08/140-characters-of-truth-3/
September 6, 2014

Luckovich toon: Moonlighting

September 6, 2014

Space Shuttle and Space Station Photographed Together


Explanation: How was this picture taken? Usually, pictures of the shuttle, taken from space, are snapped from the space station. Commonly, pictures of the space station are snapped from the shuttle. How, then, can there be a picture of both the shuttle and the station together, taken from space? The answer is that during the Space Shuttle Endeavour's last trip to the International Space Station in 2011 May, a supply ship departed the station with astronauts that captured a series of rare views. The supply ship was the Russian Soyuz TMA-20 which landed in Kazakhstan later that day. The above spectacular image well captures the relative sizes of the station and docked shuttle. Far below, clouds of Earth are seen above a blue sea.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140831.html
September 5, 2014

'The Daily Show' Examines Democrats Who Are 'All About That Base'

The upcoming midterm elections will be vital for Democrats in the Senate – they're in very real danger of losing their side of Congress to Republicans. So, as Jon Stewart and The Daily Show team noted, they're doing their best to pander to their base – by running away from an unpopular president in their party.

But as Stewart noted, the candidates attempting to shut down Obama aren't Republicans. They're Democrats "throwing the president shade." That said, it's not likely to have much of an impact on the man, Stewart guessed.

"You think you're gonna shame Obama by not wanting to be seen with him in public?" he said. "Man has two teenage daughters. I think he's familiar with the concept of being shunned."

However, Obama is the last of some of these candidates' issues. Alison Grimes, running against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, is currently contending with a problematic father. The problem in question? Her father owns a restaurant called Hugh Jass Burgers.

Among some real menu items: "Abby's Hugh Jass," named after his daughter, and "Charlotte's Rack," named after his wife. Among some of Stewart's suggested menu items: "My Goddaughter's Tater Tits" and "Aunt Sophie's Crusty Muffin."

Watch the full clip – including Stewart's takes on other candidates' issues – below.

http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2014/09/the-daily-show-examines-democrats-who-are-all-about-that-base/379686/

September 5, 2014

How Conservatives would handle ISIS.


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How Conservatives would handle #ISIS.

#TCOT #UniteBlue

10:16 PM - 3 Sep 2014


Found on the Obama Diary

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