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151113 – Paris is Attacked

November 13, 2015 by roofingbird

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Update: the Death Tones were in Paris and scheduled to play in that concert hall on Saturday.

Correction: the Band was from Palm Desert CA:

Eagles of Death Metal

Their schedule was widely available online.

At least 60 people killed, bombing at the Stade de France with 80 thousand fans, a resturant and a concert hall where a Def Metal concert was just finishing and hostages were taken. If you aren’t watching you should be:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34814203

Though there are reports that the gunmen yelled this is for Syria, there is no claim of responsibility yet. However, a CIA rep mentions Yemen and ISIS as possible culprits.

Attacks in Paris (If you are there.)
Emergency number: 0800 40 60 05 For any information listen to 107.1 FM

Shelter inside.

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151110 – 4th Republican Debates

November 10, 2015 by roofingbird

Update, Update: Below find the uppercard debate transcript:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/10/well-be-annotating-the-gop-debate-here/

Update; Below find the undercard debate transcript:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/10/transcript-fox-business-undercard-gop-debate/

If you can’t find it on your free TV, try this:

http://www.foxbusiness.com/live-coverage/fox-business-network-wall-street-journal-gop-debates

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151028 – 3rd Republican Debate

October 28, 2015 by roofingbird

Update. Utube purported to post the full debate. It it not. If you want to send your cookies to uTube and bear the inserted adds for a portion of the debate wander on over there.

Update. What do you know! WaPo posted a transcript:

The third Republican debate transcript, annotated – The Washington Post

We are at the point in the presidential election process where I point out  how our rights and obligations as voters are obliterated by corporations and their political party’s shenanigans, who require that we hook into their matrix, pay them a ridiculous monthly sum under a year long contract, to observe and evaluate presidential political debates.

If I can find a transcript afterwards I will post it. however, with the lock CNBC has on this fiasco, I’m not hopeful.

In case you missed my viewpoint from earlier posts, it’s that debates should be hosted by the League of Women Voters, or the like, on CSPAN, for free. CSPAN should be paid for by the Government, rather than as a tax deduction for corporate media. It should be on free TV, and freely available on the web.

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151022 – HRC Testimony Before the House Select Committee

October 22, 2015 by roofingbird

Below find the Transcript of the Benghazi hearing:

Full text: Clinton testifies before House committee on Benghazi – The Washington Pos

The darn thing ran just under eleven hours, with breaks. It was pretty ridiculous. To suggest that there was new information is spurious thinking. Except for Tammy Duckworth, no one had reasonable questions. Elijah Cummings was a great  defender and Adam Schiff presented wonderful data on how often questions on things like emails and Sidney Blumenthal were asked, versus items that related to Benghazi. The whole hearing reeked of Tea Party bile, and is still spewing all over the blog links on the House Website, members of which are found here:

Republicans
Trey Gowdy, Chairman (SC-04)
Susan Brooks (IN-05)
Jim Jordan (OH-04)
Mike Pompeo (KS-04)
Martha Roby (AL-02)
Peter Roskam (IL-06)
Lynn Westmoreland (GA-03)

Democrats
Elijah Cummings, Ranking Member (MD-07)
Adam Smith (WA-09)
Adam Schiff (CA-28)
Linda Sanchez (CA-38)
Tammy Duckworth (IL-08)

Secretary Clinton was  amazing. There could be no better recommendation for President than  her outlasting the over ten hours of “in your face” partisan assholery, I witnessed, on the live video today.

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151016 – National Feral Cat Day

October 16, 2015 by roofingbird

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Are your cats neutered yet? Why the heck not? It is possible and pretty easy to maintain a feral cat population. Alley Cat Allies has this to say about our cat population:

Feral Cat Facts

  • Cats have lived alongside humans for more than 10,000 years. They are part of the natural landscape. Feral cats are the same species as pet cats. Feral cats, also called community or outdoor cats, live in groups called colonies and can thrive in every landscape. They are just as healthy as pet cats, but they are not socialized to humans and are therefore unadoptable.
  • Trap-Neuter-Return—a humane approach to managing and caring for community cats—is the only effective method of stabilizing cat colonies. In the last decade, the number of local governments with official policies endorsing TNR has increased tenfold, with hundreds of cities and towns successfully carrying out TNR programs.
  • However, in the majority of cities, cats are still caught and brought to animal pounds and shelters where they are killed. The shelter system is the number one cause of death for cats in the United States. About 70% of cats who enter shelters are killed there, including virtually 100% of feral cats. That’s why it’s so important for people like you to join us for National Feral Cat Day®, and every day, to help change society and create compassionate communities for cats.

Adams Co. Pet Rescue (WA)

Solano Feral Cat TNR task Force (Solano Co. CA)

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151014 – Oct 13, The Las Vegas Democratic Debate

October 14, 2015 by roofingbird

Below find the transcript for the first 2015 Democratic debate:

The Democratic presidential candidates met in Las Vegas for a primetime debate on CNN.

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151001-Breitbart’s Latest Rumor Push

October 1, 2015 by roofingbird

151002 – Update: Predictable and a disgusting example of the “Vast Right Wing Conspiracy” alive and well.  There are now 446,000 Google hits on this garbage.

154 google hits at last count with these words:

“Obama White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett threw Hillary Clinton under the bus Wednesday at the Washington Ideas Forum, where she told interviewer Andrea Mitchell that the White House gave Clinton guidance forbidding her from using private email.”

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/30/valerie-jarrett-throws-hillary-bus-email-scandal/

Not True. My interpretation is that Jarrett said there was guidance to turn over emails from personal servers, and that’s what Clinton is doing.

Here is the interview. You decide:

http://library.fora.tv/2015/09/30/valerie_jarrett_with_andrea_mitchell

PS: When I watched it, the sound and visual were not synced.

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150929 – Pink Out Day Congressional Madness

September 29, 2015 by roofingbird

Here are the Oversight and Reform Hearing uTubes and documents. I hope they are complete, you never know with uTube:

Planned Parenthood’s Taxpayer Funding

All together, the uTubes are a few hours of listening and watching. The first part of Part 3 with Congressman Clay discusses how PP standards have been within the law and that the MO. investigation found no wrongdoing.

Yes, Planned Parenthood could probably survive without Federal Funds, but we all know this is about whether or not women, men and families would receive Medicaid service on the reduced funds.

Rep. Jackson Lee from Texas, spoke very well to the issue of mixing apples and potatoes, when it came to the loss of medical access versus abortion, and the overturning of the unconstitutional Texas Law. 25% of Texan women lost access, especially in rural areas, after July 2013.

David Daleiden, who was responsible for the edited PP videos, has been ordered to turn over the complete and raw videos for his PP sting.   According to Rep. Lee,  Daleiden may plead the 5th over his unwarranted (illegal) investigation, which was determined to provide no evidentiary basis against PP.

The House has been very busy making up new bills (See H.R.3495.)regarding women’s health care. centered around the idea that one way to reduce the impact of aPlanned Parenthood is to allow the states more latitude in determining whether they should allow federal funds to be spent on abortion providers. To be clear, federal funds already are not spent on abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, or to save the live of the mother. (Keep in mind  one point of attack has been to require proof meaning a trial or confession-something that could culminate after the birth. )

GovTrack.Us indicates that 49 abortion referenced bills have been introduced, referred to committee, and/or passed by the House THIS year. See: Abortion. That list doesn’t include H.R.3495 or H. Res. 444.

These current bills are specifically an attempt to eliminate the use of Medicaid funds by those folks who have no other way to pay for the range of health services, that PP provides. if you take Medicaid from Planned Parenthood, you prevent people on Medicaid from utilizing their range of services at 700 locations around the country. This is the worst kind of classist, sexist, racist evil.

HRC put out a “Briefing” today that includes a list of Republican candiates’ statements on Planned Parenthood:

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/p/briefing/statements/2015/09/29/gop-ppfa/

http://www.occupydemocrats.com/victory-judge-rules-utah-republicans-can’t-block-funding-for-planned-parenthood/

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150927 – Banned Books Week Sept 27-Oct 3

September 27, 2015 by roofingbird

This week acknowledges the continuing struggle in the US to provide reading freedom, which various booksellers, along with the American Library Association, promote.

Check out the link of 197 challenged books that Powell’s has provided, some recently: Powell’s Banned Book List.

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National Voter Registration Day

September 22, 2015 by roofingbird

Did you register yet? If not, go HERE for information.

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