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MMA legend Randy Couture flips the script in his 80’s workout routine for Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical” on this week’s “Lip Sync Battle.”
Tune in Thursday, February 18 @10p/9c on Spike TV to see how this all “works out.”
Well, you knew this was coming.
Folks across the Tea People population theorize that President Obama had Justice Antonin Scalia killed so that Obama could make one more SCOTUS nomination before leaving office.
Because folks don’t die at the age of 79, don’t you know?
Back here in Reality, the coroner in very Red Texas ruled the cause of Scalia’s death was from heart attack.
Watch one of the conspiracy theory folks explain the “murder” of Scalia.
President Barack Obama tweeted out the above image with the following Valentine’s Day message: “No matter who you are or whom you love, celebrate #Valentines Day with pride. #LoveIsLove”
THAT is my president.
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This Republican debate was one of the nastiest.Posted by POLITICO on Saturday, February 13, 2016
At last night’s GOP debate, Sen. Ted Cruz asserted that presidents shouldn’t appoint Supreme Court justices in the final year of their terms.
Moderator John Dickerson asked Cruz if he would follow the same restriction should he be elected. What followed was a bit of confusion on Cruz’s part and then a crowd booing when facts were introduced.
From Vox:
“Where do you set that date if you’re president?” Dickerson asked. “Does does it begin in election year, in December, November, September? And once you set the date, when you’re president, will you abide by that date?”
Cruz argued that there were “80 years of precedent” of not confirming Supreme Court justices in an election year. In fact, Justice Anthony Kennedy was confirmed in an election year by a Democratic Congress. Dickerson tried to fact-check Cruz in real time, and the audience was not having it.
“Kennedy was confirmed in ’88,” Dickerson said.
“In ’87,” Cruz said. (Kennedy was nominated in 1987 and confirmed in 1988.)
“That’s the question, is it appointing or confirming?”
“In this case it’s both. If I could finish–” Cruz started.
“I want to get the facts straight for the audience,” Dickerson said. The audience promptly booed. “But I apologize.”
From Raw Story:
On Meet the Press, Rubio again insisted that there should be no nominations from a “president nearing the last few months of his administration.”
“Do presidential terms end after three years?” NBC host Chuck Todd shot back at the candidate.
“There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating,” Rubio said. “You basically say, at this point, with a few months left in your term, no accountability from the ballot box on the appointment you’re going to make — on a lifetime appointment.”
“Eleven months!” Todd interrupted.
Republicans keep saying there’s an 80 year precedent of not confirming justices in a president’s last year, which is false. Justice Anthony Kennedy was confirmed in February of President Reagan’s final year in office.
Honey Maid urges everyone to celebrate a different kind of love on Love Day. #thisiswholesome
From Slate:
The spot, titled “Love Day” and crafted by agency Droga5, sidesteps the typical V-Day focus on couples and instead askes that viewers “think of love differently.” What follows is a series of moving snapshots of familial acceptance. A gay son comes out to his mother, who immediately wraps him in a hug: “You gay? It’s OK, hun! I knew you were. I knew you were, hun.” A pair of non-biological brothers assert their fraternity. A young transgender man thanks his mother for her understanding. A man given up for adoption thanks his birth parents for their choice. And a lesbian asks her grandmother if she’s “OK.” “Nothing would stop me from loving you my dear,” the grandmother replies.
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We need a president who is ready to handle every part of the job from day one.
Posted by Hillary Clinton on Saturday, February 13, 2016
Happy Valentine’s Day from photographer Michael Stokes.
Here’s hoping Cupid’s aim finds you today! (click image to enlarge).
United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has passed away at the age of 79 in San Antonio, Texas.
From the New York Post:
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Antonin Scalia was found dead Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, federal officials said.
Scalia, 79, was a guest at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south of Marfa. MySanAntonio.com said he died of apparent natural causes.
Scalia arrived at the ranch on Friday and attended a private party with about 40 people, the website of the San Antonio Express News said. When he did not appear for breakfast, a person associated with the ranch went to his room and found a body.
A federal official who asked not to be named told the San Antonio Express News paper there was no evidence of foul play and it appeared that Scalia died of natural causes.
Scalia was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan.
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at age 79. Here's a look at the justice's life — http://cnn.it/1mzdvWsPosted by CNN Politics on Saturday, February 13, 2016