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Marvel's new Thor will be a woman
Post Date: 2014-07-17 01:03:31 by A K A Stone
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This morning on ABC's The View Marvel announced that Thor, Marvel's God of Thunder, will be a woman in the comics. The news is a major shift in Marvel's continuity, since Thor is one of the oldest superheroes in the Marvel universe. The new storyline will launch this October, penned by series writer Jason Aaron. Whoopi Goldberg, The View's moderator, didn't mince words when she talked about the announcement. The character is a god — not a goddess — and will wield Mjolnir (and even the god's name) just like her predecessor, who was deemed unworthy of its power. It's currently unclear who exactly is filling the role of Thor going forward, as the ...
Marvel is replacing Steve Rogers with the new, black Captain America
Post Date: 2014-07-17 00:55:17 by A K A Stone
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Marvel is making big changes this year. In a special announcement made on the Colbert Report this evening, the comics giant will this fall have Steve Rogers pass his star-spangled shield on to Sam Wilson, making Wilson (otherwise known as the Falcon) the first black Captain America. This shift comes only a day after Marvel revealed plans to give the role of yet another founding Avenger, Thor, to a woman this fall, and follows with Marvel's overall push for more diversity in its biggest titles. That Colbert got to announce the change is altogether fitting; Cap's shield has been on display on the show since early 2007, ever since Marvel "bequeathed" the shield to the host ...
Hey Dayton Did You Know Your City Leaders Have Sold You Out You Are Being Invaded By Muslim Turks
Post Date: 2014-07-17 00:19:55 by A K A Stone
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Dayton puts out the welcome mats In old North Dayton, It’s easy to spot the newcomers. Over the past few years, about 3,000 Turkish refugees have settled here and set about rebuilding this blighted neighborhood. Decaying houses with weed-choked lawns are giving way to tidy dwellings with colorful paint jobs. As his minivan winds through the streets, businessman Islom Shakhbandarov points out the white picket fences the Turks favor–a sign that they have achieved the American Dream. “This,” he says from the front seat, “is the Ellis Island of our region.” More Murdoch’s Bid for Time Warner May Signal a Coming CrashChina’s Economy Continues to Defy ...
Water Wheel Picks Up Trash in Baltimore's Waterways
Post Date: 2014-07-14 21:53:35 by A K A Stone
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The GOP self-destruction is complete: millennials officially hate conservatives
Post Date: 2014-07-14 12:23:14 by Jameson
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Conservatives are stuck in a perpetual outrage loop. The reappearance of Todd Akin, the horror-movie villain immortality of Sarah Palin, the unseemly celebration of the Hobby Lobby decision – these all speak to a chorus of "la-la-la-can't-hear-you" loud enough to drown out the voice of an entire generation. Late last week, the Reason Foundation released the results of a poll about that generation, the millennials; its signature finding was the confirmation of a mass abandonment of social conservatism and the GOP. This comes at a time when the conservative movement is increasingly synonymous with mean-spirited, prank-like and combative activism and self-important grand ...
Robin from the Peoples Scrotum wants to suck off Obama. These Blacks Know Better
Post Date: 2014-07-13 09:43:00 by A K A Stone
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Poster Comment:
Gag and choke Robin. You stupid cunt.
Piece of Shit Obama is turning blacks agains him. They hate him call him worst president ever
Post Date: 2014-07-13 09:41:36 by A K A Stone
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Eric Cantor Is Out of the Hoise
Post Date: 2014-06-11 10:27:26 by We The People
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Donald Sterling vows fight, says he has offers of $2.5B
Post Date: 2014-05-28 07:30:32 by A K A Stone
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Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling says the NBA is unfairly singling him out and slamming him with "draconian" punishment, all prompted by the leak of a private conversation he claims was illegally recorded. Sterling's attorney, Max Blecher, told USA TODAY Sports late Tuesday that Sterling is not interested in selling the Clippers, contrary to a statement made Tuesday by his wife's attorney. Shelly Sterling's attorney, Pierce O'Donnell, said Donald Sterling authorized Shelly Sterling in writing to sell the team, including his 50-percent stake. In a scathing 32-page response sent to the league Tuesday and obtained by USA TODAY Sports, Donald Sterling ...
Wargaming the opening blows of civil war in Connecticut. The lessons of Waco and the phrase that the smartest state cops in CT are most afraid of
Post Date: 2014-04-04 09:14:20 by Excalibur
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Wargaming the opening blows of civil war in Connecticut. The lessons of Waco and the phrase that the smartest state cops in CT are most afraid of. Dan Zimmerman at The Truth About Guns asks Could Connecticut Gun Laws Spark Another Waco? There’s been a lot of discussion among members of the Armed Intelligentsia lately about how Connecticut’s finest might proceed if they decide to confiscate unregistered guns from the state’s 100,000 or more newly-minted felons. The level of concern is evidenced by daily long comment threads, speculative posts by people who are not members of law enforcement, and even a couple of contributed opinions from the LEO community. The rational ...
Court rules lesbian chef is owed $1.6M after boss prayed to 'cure her of her sexuality'
Post Date: 2014-04-01 23:50:40 by A K A Stone
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March 31 (UPI) -- A New York appeals court has affirmed a lower court’s 2012 ruling that a lesbian chef is owed $1.6 million for being forced to attend weekly prayer meetings where her boss would regularly warn that "gay people" were "going to go to hell." Mirella Salemi sued Gloria's Tribeca Inc., Gloria's Tribecamex and principal owner Edward Globokar for violations of the New York City Human Rights Law after a string of incidents that occurred between 2004 and 2007. Gloria's Tribeca is a Mexican restaurant. Salemi was awarded $400,000 in compensatory damages and $1.2 million in punitive damages in what her lawyer, Derek Smith, called "the ...
Rand Paul And Berkeley: Libertarian And Liberal Hotbed Find Common Cause Opposing NSA
Post Date: 2014-03-15 19:05:11 by Brian S
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Ronald Reagan famously described the University of California at Berkeley as “a haven for communist sympathisers”. Another rightwing politician – who styles himself as Reagan’s intellectual successor – will stand at a lectern this week at the Bay Area campus to decry the excesses of government surveillance. Rand Paul, 51-year-old senator and standard bearer of the right, can expect an enthusiastic reception from his young leftwing audience on Wednesday. The rise of Paul and his libertarian brand of politics, one of the few intellectual movements with appeal across the spectrum, is turning old political assumptions on their head. Paul, the son of libertarian guru ...
Hillary Clinton Calls Putin 'A Tough Guy With Thin Skin'
Post Date: 2014-03-05 20:38:19 by A K A Stone
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "tough guy with a thin skin" and said he is "squandering the potential" of Russia with his aggressive posture in Ukraine. "I know we are dealing with a tough guy with a thin skin," she said during a speech at UCLA, citing her experiences with Putin during her time at the State Department. "I know that his political vision is of a greater Russia," she added. "I said when I was still secretary that his goal is to re-Sovietize Russia’s periphery, but in the process he is squandering the potential of such a great nation, the nation of Russia, and ...
Young Girl Draws Interesting Portrait of Mom at Work
Post Date: 2014-03-03 09:37:45 by A K A Stone
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After a long winter like we’ve had, everything starts to look funny and this photo by a grammar school student is no different. Check out this drawing below, it will definitely give you something to laugh at, even with all the snow this season. Pole Dancing Gotta love this one….makes you chuckle… First Grade Drawing – PRICELESS! A first grade girl handed in the drawing below for her homework assignment. Listener Submission The teacher graded it and the child took it home. She returned to school the next day with the following note: Dear Ms. Davis, I want to be perfectly clear on my child’s homework illustration. It is NOT of me on a dance pole on a stage in ...
71% Of Obama Voters "Regret" His Re-Election
Post Date: 2014-02-18 19:56:26 by socalv8
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Over 7 in 10 Obama voters, and 55% of Democrats, regret voting for President Obama's reelection in 2012, according to a new Economist/YouGov.com poll. As The Washington Examiner reports, the poll was conducted to test the media hype about a comeback by 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. While the poll found voters still uninspired by Romney, they are also deeply dissatisfied with Obama (though given the choice of Obama versus Romney, Obama supporters said they would stick with their guy, 79% to 10% for Romney) giving Obama, as The Examiner notes, very early lame duck status before the midterm elections. Via The Washington Examiner, The poll asked those who voted for ...
Calling Your Sin The New Black
Post Date: 2014-02-17 10:16:25 by A K A Stone
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How Big Data Could Help the U.S. Predict the Next Snowden
Post Date: 2014-02-13 22:25:40 by A K A Stone
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National Intelligence Director James Clapper, at Tuesday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, asserted (again) that malevolent insiders with access to top secret material, like Edward Snowden, constituted a top threat to our nation’s national security. The lawmakers agreed and pressed Clapper to explain how he was changing the practices within his office and across the intelligence community to prevent another Snowden-scale data breach. One key step that Clapper outlined: our nation’s top intelligence folks will become subject to much more surveillance in the future. Clapper said he wanted to put more intelligence community communication into a single, massive ...
Oops: Thousands of Connecticutans are now criminals in possession of unregistered “assault” weapons
Post Date: 2014-02-13 22:20:13 by A K A Stone
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Well. That didn’t go according to plan, did it? Via the Hartford Courant: Everyone knew there would be some gun owners flouting the law that legislators hurriedly passed last April, requiring residents to register all military-style rifles with state police by Dec. 31. … By the end of 2013, state police had received 47,916 applications for assault weapons certificates, Lt. Paul Vance said. An additional 2,100 that were incomplete could still come in. That 50,000 figure could be as little as 15 percent of the rifles classified as assault weapons owned by Connecticut residents, according to estimates by people in the industry, including the Newtown-based National Shooting Sports ...
The Privileged People
Post Date: 2014-02-12 07:45:35 by A K A Stone
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Politicians say, "We're all equal," and pretend that they represent everyone. But, in fact, they constantly pick winners and losers. America is now like the place described in George Orwell's book "Animal Farm": "All animals are equal," but some are "more equal than others." "Animal Farm" was about Communism, but today the allegory applies to our bloated democracy, too. During the "fiscal cliff" negotiations that Congress and the media made sound so tough -- as if every last penny were pinched -- Congress still managed to slip in plenty of special deals for cronies. --NASCAR got $70 million for new racetracks. --Algae ...
Shirley Temple Black, iconic child star, dies at 85
Post Date: 2014-02-11 07:25:43 by A K A Stone
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Shirley Temple Black, who as the most popular child movie star of all time lifted a filmgoing nation’s spirits during the Depression and then grew up to be a diplomat, has died. She was 85. Black died late Monday at her home in Woodside, Calif., according to publicist Cheryl J. Kagan. No cause was given. From 1935 through 1938, the curly-haired moppet billed as Shirley Temple was the top box-office draw in the nation. She saved what became 20th Century Fox studios from bankruptcy and made more than 40 movies before she turned 12. Hollywood recognized the enchanting, dimpled scene-stealer’s importance to the industry with a “special award” – a miniature Oscar ...
Great Lakes Ice Cover Spreading Rapidly; See Which Lake Set A New Record
Post Date: 2014-02-08 18:47:28 by Brian S
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Ice continued to build this past week on the Great Lakes due to the cold air and temperatures staying below freezing, and Lake Superior's new record shows it. The lake is 92 percent frozen, toppling a 20-year-old record of 91 percent set on Feb. 5, 1994. That statistic helped total Great Lakes ice cover soar, and we can expect to see more form in coming days. The air temperatures this past week averaged around five degrees below normal for the Great Lakes area. This amount of deviation from normal means it was a fairly cold week. As of February 5, 2014, the entire Great Lakes system is now reportedly covered 77 percent with ice, according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research ...
‘Kerry has declared a war on God,’ write hard-line rabbis in letter
Post Date: 2014-02-07 21:20:54 by A K A Stone
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A group of hard-line nationalist rabbis wrote in an open to letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry that through his current mediation efforts between Israel and Palestinian negotiators he had declared war against God. The rabbis warned that the secretary must cease such activities, to avoid divine punishment. The letter was sent by the Committee to Save the Land and People of Israel – an activist group opposed to any political accords with the Palestinians involving territorial concessions – founded by Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo, who also founded the far-right Our Land of Israel party. “Your incessant efforts to expropriate integral parts of our Holy Land and hand them ...
AT&T Patent Mocks Net Neutrality, Wants to Charge Extra for Certain Data
Post Date: 2014-02-06 20:23:17 by A K A Stone
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It's been less than a month since a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. delivered a devastating blow to the FCC's net neutrality rules, and despite AT&T's reassurances that it would remain committed to an open Internet, a new patent suggests otherwise. The patent, which is innocently named "Prevention of Bandwidth Abuse of a Communications System," details how AT&T wants to monitor the type of data its users consume and penalizes them with increased fees based on their usage. AT&T as Judge and Executioner In the patent, AT&T describes a credits system it would use to monitor bandwidth. "The user is provided an initial number of credits. As ...
Rebel Conservatives Lead Way in G.O.P. Fund-Raising
Post Date: 2014-02-01 09:12:27 by buckeroo
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Insurgent conservative organizations raised more money last year than the leading Republican establishment outside groups, whose bulging bank accounts and ties to major donors have been their most potent advantage in the struggle over the G.O.P.'s future, according to interviews with officials and new campaign filings. The shift in fortunes could have an enormous impact in 2014, as warring Republican factions prepare to square off in a series of Senate and House primaries around the country and Republican leaders seek to rein in activists who they believe have fractured and endangered the party with policies that alienate independent-leaning voters. Emboldened by activists’ fury ...
‘Face the Nation’ Edits Out Senator Cruz Condemning Obama’s ‘Abuse of Power'
Post Date: 2014-01-27 10:54:15 by A K A Stone
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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) appeared on CBS Face the Nation on Sunday morning and was met with a barrage of questions from host Bob Schieffer about his involvement in the government shutdown. Apart from being the victim of Schieffer’s accusations that the Tea Party senator was to blame for the shutdown, it also appears that Mr. Cruz was the victim of editing by CBS. Based on video from Senator Cruz’s YouTube page and what aired on today’s Face the Nation broadcast, the senator’s comments surrounding President Obama’s “abuse of power” were edited from the program. Instead what aired was a segment that ignored many of the senator’s complaints directed at ...
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