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May 5, 2014

Amber Alert Issued For Missing US Foreign Policy




By G-Had | November 19, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington-area police have issued an Amber Alert and are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing 238-year old foreign policy for the United States. The foreign policy was described as wholly consistent with our national security interests, while also balancing the needs for human rights, labor, business and the environment. It answers to the Obama Doctrine, the Bush Doctrine, the Clinton Doctrine, the Powell Doctrine, the Weinberger Doctrine, and the Domino Theory.

When last seen it was speaking softly and carrying a big stick. Police are looking for a suspect, described by witnesses as a well-dressed middle-aged bald man who spoke with a Russian accent. The man was seen getting into a stretch limousine in downtown Washington with the foreign policy early on Monday.

Some law enforcement officials were confused on how to proceed. “We can’t get it back because we don’t negotiate with kidnappers and terrorists,” said FBI Director James Comey, before correcting himself. “Wait, maybe we do … or do we? Dammit! We need it back right now!”

“We believe with high confidence that the kidnappers of the foreign policy will demand a hefty ransom,” said D.C. Chief of Police Cathy Lanier, who has taken the lead on the investigation. “This will likely include demands of overseas military bases, nuclear missile silos, and even possible Tomahawk missile launches against random countries in the Middle East.”

Lanier has dismissed suggestions by the Department of Homeland Security that the foreign policy may have kidnapped itself, although she couldn’t completely rule it out. She mentioned that the foreign policy did seem to regularly go missing in times of personal crisis, such as an unexplained eight-year disappearance from 2001 to 2009 which it later blamed on “terrorists.”

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- It should be clear that foreign policy hasn't been kidnapped but rather, she ran away. She realized she was going insane. She had to be. She had begun bringing ''freedom and democracy'' to people with drones, but she could help herself. Others were controlling her. Pushing her buttons.

Today she exists anonymously in a little village in the Bordeaux region, working the grapes and tending the fields. Now she makes decisions and selects her picks. The next leaders, the next generation who will take over: The All Star Game.

To hell with war.....
May 5, 2014

Lewis Black: Congress vs Colonoscopies



The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Published on May 3, 2014

Comedian Lewis Black performs jokes about Congress' approval rating and colonoscopies.


- Black/Biden 2016!



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May 4, 2014

Sober driver arrested for OWI when deputy crashes into her car



- If our ''elected leaders'' can't stop the Blue Gang, who can? And if they can't stop them, what do we need them for?
May 3, 2014

Wisconsin Democrat Yells At GOP While Dressed As Confederate Soldier. As You Do.



WONKETTE
1:57 pm May 3, 2014
by Doktor Zoom


We have to say that this cosplay display by Wisconsin state Rep. Brett Hulsey (D-Awesomesauce), a replacement for the stunt where he promised to hand out KKK hoods at the state Republican Party convention this weekend, is very, very, insensitive and unkind in its implication that GOP policies are motivated by racism. Look, just because a few of Scott Walker’s aides have been fired for sending racist emails, and the R’s have done everything they can to kill Medicaid expansion and stuff, doesn’t mean that it’s fair to suggest that Wisconsin Republicans are racist. Besides, neither was the Confederacy.

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- Progressives: ''Proving once again that it's not the size of your sash, but all in how you hang it......''
May 2, 2014

The luckiest unlucky man to ever live (Frane Selak)



- To the families of all the other victims, he's a Jonah. If you see the man, run in the opposite direction!
May 1, 2014

Germany blocks Edward Snowden from testifying in person in NSA inquiry

Source: The Guardian

Officials say a personal invitation for US whistleblower to attend hearing would put 'grave strain' on US-German relations

Philip Oltermann in Berlin
theguardian.com, Thursday 1 May 2014 06.32 EDT


The German government has blocked Edward Snowden from giving personal evidence in front of a parliamentary inquiry into NSA surveillance, it has emerged hours before Angela Merkel travels to Washington for a meeting with Barack Obama.

In a letter to members of a parliamentary committee obtained by Süddeutsche Zeitung, government officials say a personal invitation for the US whistleblower would "run counter to the political interests of the Federal Republic", and "put a grave and permanent strain" on US-German relations.

Opposition party members in the committee from the Left and Green party had for weeks insisted that the former NSA employee was a key witness and therefore would need to appear in person, not least because of concerns that Russia otherwise could influence his testimony.

However, the ruling Christian Democratic and Social Democratic parties, said that a written questionnaire would suffice. The disagreement led to the resignation of the CDU head of the committee this month.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/01/germany-edward-snowden-nsa-inquiry



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