July 18, 2014

NBC News Reverses Decision on Gaza Correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin - Will Send Him Back

https://mobile.twitter.com/wjcarter/status/490274721603543040

@wjcarter
NBC News reverses decision on Gaza correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin--will send him back into Gaza as soon as possible
7:19pm - 18 Jul 14

@AymanM: Thanks for all the support. Im returning to #Gaza to report. Proud of NBC's continued commitment to cover the #Palestinian side of the story

http://www.nbcumv.com/nbc-news-statement-ayman-mohyeldin-back-gaza?network=33130

News July 18, 2014
NBC News statement: Ayman Mohyeldin back to Gaza

Statement from an NBC News spokesperson:

"Ayman Mohyeldin has done extraordinary reporting throughout the escalation of the conflict in Gaza, filing 25+ reports over the past 17 days, including his invaluable and well-documented contribution to the story on the deaths of the four Palestinian children on Wednesday. As with any news team in conflict zones, deployments are constantly reassessed. We've carefully considered our deployment decisions and we will be sending Ayman back to Gaza over the weekend. We look forward to his contributions in the coming days."

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July 15, 2014

SLOWPOKE TOON: Krap-Mart's Big Box of Poverty

DAILY KOS LINK: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/15/1314040/-Cartoon-Big-box-o-poverty

July 14, 2014

Politico Cuts Live Feed as Protester with Handcuffs Tries to Arrest Dick Cheney

Source: Raw Story

By David Edwards
Monday, July 14, 2014 13:19 EDT

Politico’s live stream of an interview with Dick Cheney and his family cut to black on Monday just as a protester with handcuffs accused the former vice president of being a war criminal.

Host Mike Allen began the “Politico Playbook” event by asking Dick Cheney, his wife Lynne, and his daughter Liz if they talked about politics at home.

After Lynne Cheney took a jab at Hillary Clinton by saying that she was not “dead broke” when her husband was nominated for vice president in 2000, Liz Cheney complimented her parents for involving their children in politics from an early age.

About that time, someone in the audience began to yell that Dick Cheney was a “war criminal,” which caused Lynne Cheney to chuckle.

“Four more years! Four more years!” Liz Cheney shouted.


Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/14/politico-cuts-live-feed-as-protester-with-handcuffs-tries-to-arrest-dick-cheney/

July 14, 2014

TOM TOMORROW: The Very Naughty Whistleblower

DAILY KOS LINK: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/14/1313290/-Cartoon-The-very-naughty-nbsp-whistleblower

July 14, 2014

New Cagle Cartoon on GOP Reaction to U.S. Border Refugee Crisis

July 12, 2014

Man Arrested in Utah Bomb Plot Wanted Anti-Gov't Uprising

Source: CBS News

Man arrested in Utah bomb plot wanted anti-gov't uprising

AP
Jul 11, 2014 9:23 PM EDT

TREMONTON, Utah - Authorities have arrested a 47-year-old Utah man they say wanted to kill police officers and blow up a police department with the hope it would cause an uprising against the government.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Utah said in a statement late Friday that FBI agents and police in Tremonton arrested John Huggins on Thursday.

FBI Special Agent Steven Cadiz says in court documents that Huggins built an improvised explosive device and possessed explosive materials and instructions for making bombs.

U.S. Attorney's Office spokeswoman Melodie Rydalch says Huggins appeared on a charge of possessing an unregistered destructive device Friday afternoon and will remain in custody until a hearing Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-arrested-in-utah-bomb-plot-planned-to-incite-uprising-against-govt/

July 7, 2014

Former World Bank Economist Ghani Wins Afghanistan Presidential Vote: Preliminary Result

Source: Reuters

@Reuters: Former World Bank economist Ghani wins #Afghanistan presidential vote: preliminary result http://t.co/wtvHMTHDor/s/aoyi http://t.co/mkQpcIVVnt/s/jUwM

Afghanistan's Ghani wins presidential vote: preliminary result

Mon Jul 7, 2014 10:31am EDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's election officials declared on Monday that former World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani won last month's second round of a presidential election with 56.44 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results.

His rival Abdullah Abdullah came second with 43.56 percent of the vote, the Independent Election Commission said.

Read more: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0FC0EN20140707

July 7, 2014

TOM TOMORROW: Corporations Are Religious People

DAILY KOS LINK: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/07/1311462/-Cartoon-Corporations-are-religious-nbsp-people

July 5, 2014

Merrill Markoe Tweet: "Well, I guess its time to sit the dogs down and explain...

why we have a holiday that apparently is about bombs dropping on dogs. #again"

July 5, 2014

"1776" (The Movie) - The Signing of the Declaration