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June 28, 2016
Bernie is on Andrea Mitchell now n/t
June 28, 2016
There's going to be a bloodbath in Cleveland
It will be the battle of ReTHUG nutters.
I'm stocking up on snacks
June 28, 2016
So one channel is advertising
Viagra single packs. I switch - another is advertising Chantix. This is followed by an ad from the lawyers suing the makers of Invokana which said station advertised earlier.
The corporate media is one big Marketing firm for big pharma - it's for profit business with not one iota of responsibility
June 28, 2016
Prediction- Wendy Davis will be Governor of Texas one of these days
She whipped their sorry asses.
She also showed Dems how to deal with them.
That was a major victory today.
June 27, 2016
Psssssssssssssssssst Thank you Iceland
for sending England packing from the Euro Cup 2-1
That was a stunning upset
June 27, 2016
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The Democrats, like previous congressional investigations, fault weak security at the U.S. facility in Benghazi, and military resources that were not in a position to respond quickly enough to save lives.
Clinton, they concluded, did not personally deny requests for increased security at the vulnerable compound and claims of an order that the military "stand down" in its rescue attempts are unsubstantiated, the Democrats said.
A large part of the report attacks the Republicans for using the investigation as a political attack on Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. Gowdy and the GOP have denied it was politically motivated, and instead is meant to be the final fact-based account of the circumstances before, during and after the attacks.
The Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attacks in Benghazi killed four Americans. Unsatisfied with previous congressional investigations, the House created a special investigative committee in May 2014. Despite a cordial beginning, the investigation became starkly partisan.
Democrats make several recommendations, including that the State Department coordinate with the Defense Department and intelligence agencies to "assess the willingness and capacity of host governments to defend U.S. diplomatic facilities within their borders" and if the host government is unwilling, the "sufficient diplomatic security or military forces must be available to defend or evacuate the facility," the report states.
Howdy-Gowdy!!!! House Democrats release their own Benghazi report
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/27/democrats-say-no-blame-clinton-benghazi/86425430/<snip>
The Democrats, like previous congressional investigations, fault weak security at the U.S. facility in Benghazi, and military resources that were not in a position to respond quickly enough to save lives.
Clinton, they concluded, did not personally deny requests for increased security at the vulnerable compound and claims of an order that the military "stand down" in its rescue attempts are unsubstantiated, the Democrats said.
A large part of the report attacks the Republicans for using the investigation as a political attack on Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. Gowdy and the GOP have denied it was politically motivated, and instead is meant to be the final fact-based account of the circumstances before, during and after the attacks.
The Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attacks in Benghazi killed four Americans. Unsatisfied with previous congressional investigations, the House created a special investigative committee in May 2014. Despite a cordial beginning, the investigation became starkly partisan.
Democrats make several recommendations, including that the State Department coordinate with the Defense Department and intelligence agencies to "assess the willingness and capacity of host governments to defend U.S. diplomatic facilities within their borders" and if the host government is unwilling, the "sufficient diplomatic security or military forces must be available to defend or evacuate the facility," the report states.
June 25, 2016
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lorna-luft-over-the-rainbow_us_576dffa3e4b017b379f616e8
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Lorna Luft surprised fans at a Wednesday concert in New York with her first-ever live performance of Over the Rainbow, a song made famous by her mother, Judy Garland.
The singer-actress, 63, told the crowd at Feinsteins/54 Below that shed never performed the song not because it was too hard for me emotionally, but because I always felt you cant improve on perfection.
Pointing to the June 12 mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Luft added, I thought to myself, if Im ever going to sing this, now is the time. (Dont miss the incredible performance in the video above)
Lufts decision to introduce the Wizard of Oz classic into her concert repertoire had personal significance, too, as June 22 marked the 47th anniversary of Garlands death at the age of 47.
You've got to see this -Judy Garland’s Daughter Honors Orlando With ‘Over The Rainbow’
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lorna-luft-over-the-rainbow_us_576dffa3e4b017b379f616e8
<snip>
Lorna Luft surprised fans at a Wednesday concert in New York with her first-ever live performance of Over the Rainbow, a song made famous by her mother, Judy Garland.
The singer-actress, 63, told the crowd at Feinsteins/54 Below that shed never performed the song not because it was too hard for me emotionally, but because I always felt you cant improve on perfection.
Pointing to the June 12 mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Luft added, I thought to myself, if Im ever going to sing this, now is the time. (Dont miss the incredible performance in the video above)
Lufts decision to introduce the Wizard of Oz classic into her concert repertoire had personal significance, too, as June 22 marked the 47th anniversary of Garlands death at the age of 47.
June 25, 2016
I'm waiting to hear how many of my colleagues pension portfolios
crashed and burned with Brexit.
We made a really good decision last year when I decided to retire.
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