'It has been a good day': Obama applauds his own 'smart' diplomacy with Iran claiming the country will NEVER get a nuclear bomb

Make sure you copy this and put it in a safe place. I bet the house he'll live to regret this statement. But with his track record when Iran test fires their first nuke he'll blame the sitting president ("it didn't happen on my watch") unless it's a Democrat, then he'll go to his reliable stand in Bush. 

(Interesting... during press conferences with Josh Earnest reporters repeatedly asked, Why couldn't the WH secure the release of the prisoner/hostages after lifting sanctions and giving Iran $150 billion? Earnest stumbled with remarks like, "it wasn't in the cards" downplaying its significance right and left. But now that they're released it's a "Diplomatic Breakthrough")

WASHINGTON -

President Obama addressed the nation Sunday, saying Iran has been prevented from obtaining a nuclear weapon. 

"Iran will not get its hands on a nuclear bomb. The region, the United States and the world will be more secure," Obama said.

Obama spoke from the White House on Sunday, one day after the United Nations certified that Iran had curbed its nuclear program as promised.

The certification triggered the reversal of billions of dollars of international economic sanctions.

Iran also released four Iranian-Americans for seven Iranians in U.S. prisons as part of a prisoner swap. A fifth American detained in Iran was also sent home to the U.S.

In the rare Sunday address, President Obama said the Iran nuclear deal paved the way for the release of other  diplomatic breakthroughs, including the release of several Americans held  prisoner in Iran and a longstanding dispute between the two countries in international court.

"This is a good day, because once against we're seeing what's possible with strong American diplomacy," Mr. Obama said. "As I said in my State of the Union address, ensuring the security of the United States and the security of our people demands a smart, patient and disciplined approach to the world."

There have been several major developments in the U.S.-Iran relationship over the weekend. On Saturday, the U.S. and Iran announced that four Americans detained in Iran would be released from prison and the U.S. would pardon or drop charges against seven Iranians accused or convicted of violating U.S. sanctions. 

Mr. Obama on Sunday called it a "reciprocal humanitarian gesture."

"These individuals were not charged with terrorism or any violent offenses," the president said. "They are civilians and their release is a one-time gesture to Iran given the unique opportunity offered by this moment and the larger circumstances at play. And it reflects our willingness to engage with Iran to advance our mutual interests, even as we ensure the national security of the United States."

Iran has also promised to cooperate with the U.S. to locate Robert Levinson, the ex-CIA contractor who disappeared in Iran in 2007. The U.S. will drop Interpol "red notices," which amount to arrest warrants, on 14 Iranian fugitives.

"We will never forget about Bob. Each and every day, and especially today, our hearts are with the Levinson family and we will not rest until their family is whole again," Mr. Obama said.

Separate from the deal on prisoners, the U.S. and European Union lifted economic sanctions on Iran after the head of the U.N. nuclear agency affirmed that Iran was in compliance with the landmark nuclear deal reached with six world powers.

'It has been a good day': Obama applauds his own 'smart' diplomacy with Iran claiming the country will NEVER get a nuclear bomb

Oscars 2016: Al Sharpton criticizes lack of diversity, urges boycott

Check out this asshole!

http://www.people.com/article/oscars-2016-chris-rock-white-bet-awards

No Oscar for blacks...Wrong.
BET awards just fine. 


Coming to a town near you.

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The Rev. Al Sharpton sharply criticized the Affirmative Action Awards, I mean the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, on Friday for the lack of diversity among this year’s Oscar nominees, and the Los Angeles chapter of his National Action Network is calling for a boycott of the upcoming awards show.

“Hollywood is like the Rocky Mountains, the higher up you get the whiter it gets,” Sharpton said in a statement, “and this year’s Academy Awards will be yet another Rocky Mountain Oscars. Yet again, deserving black actors and directors were ignored by the academy — which reinforces the fact that there are few if any blacks with real power in Hollywood. Being left out of awards consideration is about more than just recognition for a job well done; winning an Oscar has long-lasting cultural and economic impacts. Nominations should be based on race, not performance."

A possible reason:

OSCAR SHOCKER 2013! 9 Year Old Black Girl Nominated For Best Actress

How do you pronounce Quvenzhane' Wallis? 

(Pretty little girl  but her name required a tutorial before the nomination)

Video 205

After addressing the Academy the head of MSNBC weighed in saying his "network is being race hustled" after cutting Al's show (PoliticsNation) from five days a week down to one on Sunday morning at 8:00 am. "According to the Neilsen ratings besides Tawana Brawley and Keith Olbermann, only five other people watch the show. And he still can't read a teleprompter." He added, "We didn't want to get embroiled in a lawsuit if we fired him. We held out hope the IRS would have arrested him by now but nothing ever happened. Probably because of his connections to the WH."

For the second year in a row, all 20 acting nominees are white. In the directing category, there is only one person of color (Alejandro G. Iñárritu) and no women. And for best picture, no films with predominantly black casts (such as Creed or Straight Outta Compton) are in the running.

Taking umbrage over Sharpton's comment, John Riggins Hall of Fame running back tweeted: "The pot calling the kettle black. I don't think it's fair. Why are the top ten running backs of all time black? So what if they got more yardage than me!" 

In response, NAN L.A. is urging a nationwide “TV tune-out” of the Oscars show, which is to air Feb. 28.

“The lack of African Americans and women excluded from the major categories of Oscar nominees is appalling,” said Najee Ali, NAN L.A.’s political director, in a statement.

Sharpton’s statement added that NAN is convening a Hollywood summit next month “to bring light to those studios and others in the film industry who aren’t living up to their obligations. We will not sit idly by and allow our community to be disregarded. A black person is deserving of an Oscar. Obviously, Hollywood is unaware of Affirmative Action.”

The Academy did not immediately respond to request for comment. However, in an attempt to defuse the situation the head of the NCAA named Cardale Jones the most articulate quarterback in all of college football. Meanwhile, MSNBC moved PoliticsNation to 3:00 am. Sunday.

Oscars 2016: Al Sharpton criticizes lack of diversity, urges boycott

Iran reportedly frees 4 U.S. prisoners, including Jason Rezaian, in swap

Finally

Very happy with this latest development. 

But it does bring this to mind. As it turned out this was basically another hostage situation with Iran winning again. Who has better negotiation skills Iran or the U.S.? Giving them $150 billion wasn't enough! We had to throw in six Iranian-Americans held on charges related to sanctions.

 They can read us like a book thanks to the guy who authored:

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Iran has freed four prisoners from the United States, including Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, Iran's semi-official FARS news agency reported Saturday, quoting Tehran's prosecutor.

According to FARS, it has freed Rezaian, Marine veteran Amir Hekmati and Christian pastor Saeed Abedini, who had been held on various charges. The news agency did not name the fourth person released.

The release is part of a prisoner swap deal in which the United States reportedly freed six Iranian-Am ericans held on charges related to sanctions against Iran, FARS said.

Iran reportedly frees 4 U.S. prisoners, including Jason Rezaian, in swap

The kiss of death

Lindsey Graham endorses Jeb Bush for president

His favorite drink is an Almond Schnapps

The South Carolina senator's support is a major get for Bush's flailing campaign.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday endorsed Jeb Bush for president, a major get for the former Florida governor who has struggled to gain traction in the contest. 

"Honored to have @GrahamBlog on our team. A proven leader with a clear understanding of the national security threats we face," Bush tweeted on Friday morning. Later when approached by reporters he added, "If only we could get Jim Gilmore to get out of the race and endorse me it would send my campaign over the top." 

The GOP field had been scrambling to secure the support of Graham and his backers, all four of them, since the hawkish South Carolina senator, an influential foreign policy voice, dropped out of the race last month. The former governor is looking to make South Carolina, along with New Hampshire, a key state in his push for the Republican nomination.

But there are questions about how much of an impact the endorsement will have on Bush's political fortunes at this point since he and Grahamnesty both support open borders. With his long family history in politics and a deep reservoir of campaign cash, Bush began the primary race as the frontrunner but has fallen into the middle of the GOP pack, far behind poll leaders Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. With just over two weeks until the Iowa caucuses, though, Bush's advisers hope that Graham's endorsement will give him a shot of momentum. One of Bush's top advisors stated, "We have the momentum now. Our staff is putting in calls to Pataki, Walker, and Rick Perry as I speak." He lamented, "If only Arlen was alive."  

After Graham's withdrawal in late December, Bush moved quickly to snap up his supporters, including David H. Wilkins, who chaired Graham's finance team, and some of the co-chairs of Graham's state finance operation — Eddie Floyd, Anita Zucker and Bob Royall. Bush's quick action saved all four from the application desk at Walmart. Graham at the time said he wasn't ready to endorse and was instead focused on the coming holidays drinking plenty of Almond Schnapps with his best friend John McCain to discuss importing more illegals into the United States. Lieberman was supposed to join them but was busy at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a new PP abortion clinic.

Graham waged a longshot bid for the nomination, presenting himself as a strong foreign policy leader. But he barely registered at the polls, despite delivering memorable zingers during the undercard debates. To ISIS in a show of strength he said, "They're ready to die. Bring on the virgins." Not realizing he would be one of the 72.

When he exited the race, he touted his influence on pushing his hawkish stance. “I got into this race to put forward a plan to win a war that we cannot afford to lose and to turn back the tide of isolationism that was rising in our party. I believe we made enormous progress in this effort," Graham said at the time. On Russian President Vladimir Putin he said, "I'm not afraid of a guy running around on a horse without a shirt." Probably because he's got a guy running around the house without pants.

The endorsement will come on the heels of the sixth GOP debate in South Carolina that was dominated by the feuding between Trump and Cruz. Bush attempted to put the fight to Trump, following his chiding of the real estate mogul as a “chaos candidate”. "Don't be concerned with me just keep attacking Marco in your ads keeping you firmly entrenched in 5th place". Trump responded. Bush and Carson learned the lesson of debating skills during the last primetime showdown, as the two poll leaders brawled with each other.

Bruce Haynes, president of Purple Strategies, on Friday, expressed doubt that Graham's endorsement would reverberate, noting the breakdown in hierarchical politics in South Carolina. "The latest trends in South Carolina suggest it won't mean much," Haynes tweeted. Trump also fired off a tweet, "Getting an endorsement from Lindsey Graham is like getting the thumbs up sign from Charlie Sheen after dating your daughter."

He said that in the current climate, the more valuable endorsement would be from political figures who have risen from the grassroots, including Sen. Tim Scott, Rep. Trey Gowdy, and Gov. Nikki Haley. While Gowdy has thrown his support behind Rubio, Scott and Haley remain uncommitted, although Haley couldn't resist stabbing Trump in the back then wiping the blood off with the confederate flag after the SOTU. Scott is expected to announce an endorsement in the coming weeks hoping of becoming Carson's VP giving new meaning to the phrase... hope springs eternal.

The kiss of death

This piece disgusts me in more ways then one

Planned Parenthood files federal lawsuit over undercover videos

We have all seen the despicable videos on TV and I have posted a few on THR. For someone to believe they're talking about something other than selling baby parts would have to be out of their mind. The callousness of the "sale" bartering about their organs as if they were strolling through the mall window shopping for jeans and sweaters is what struck me.

The second thing that pisses me off is the House and Senate. After all the hoopla with the videos plastered all over TV and the internet, Republicans coming forward, some Democrats, denouncing PP with cries to defund them and what was the end result? They funded PP. I can't stand Democrats but one thing I have to say their party delivers for their constituents. They delivered Obamacare, the stimulus bill, same-sex marriage. Republicans took over the House in 2010 the Senate in 2014. What they deliver to their constituents could be summed up in two words.

Jack Shit.

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Planned Parenthood filed a federal court lawsuit Thursday alleging extensive criminal misconduct by the anti-abortion activists who produced undercover videos targeting the handling of fetal tissue at some Planned Parenthood clinics.

"The people behind this fraud lied and broke the law in order to spread malicious lies about Planned Parenthood," said Dawn Laguens, the organization's executive vice president. "This lawsuit exposes the elaborate, illegal conspiracy designed to block women's access to safe and legal abortion."

The anti-abortion activists, who named their group the Center for Medical Progress, began releasing a series of covertly recorded videos in July alleging that Planned Parenthood sold fetal tissue to researchers for a profit in violation of federal law.

Planned Parenthood has denied any wrongdoing, saying a handful of its clinics provided fetal tissue for research while receiving only permissible reimbursement for costs. The lawsuit says the videos were the result of numerous illegalities, including making recordings without consent, registering false identities with state agencies and violating non-disclosure agreements.

The civil lawsuit was filed on Thursday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. It seeks compensatory and punitive damages, as well as legal fees. A Planned Parenthood lawyer, Beth Parker, declined to estimate how much money would be sought, but it said the amount would include extra money spent since the videos' release on additional security for Planned Parenthood clinics.

David Daleiden, a founder of the Center for Medical Progress who oversaw the video operation, said he looked forward to confronting Planned Parenthood officials in court.

"My response is: Game on," he said in an email. "I look forward to deposing all the CEOs, medical directors, and their co-conspirators who participated in Planned Parenthood's illegal baby body parts racket."

(I'd pay to watch this)

The lawsuit alleges that Daleiden and several collaborators, including longtime anti-abortion activist Troy Newman, "engaged in a complex criminal enterprise to defraud Planned Parenthood." The suit contends that the Center for Medical Progress violated the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organization Act (known as the RICO Act), engaging in wire fraud, mail fraud, invasion of privacy, illegal secret recording and trespassing.

According to the suit, Daleiden, Newman, and other defendants used aliases, obtained fake government IDs and formed a fake tissue procurement company, Biomax, in order to gain access to private medical conferences and health care centers, and to tape private professional conversations of medical providers.

The videos provoked an outcry from the anti-abortion movement and prompted numerous investigations of Planned Parenthood by Republican-led committees in Congress and by GOP-led state governments. Thus far, none of the investigations has turned up wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood in regard to fetal tissue research, but Republicans in Congress and in several states are seeking to cut off government funding to the organization.

The videos created a "poisonous environment" in which Planned Parenthood staffers were targeted with hate mail and death threats, said Parker, the organization's lawyer. She cited the attack in November on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado in which three people were killed; the man arrested in the shooting depicted himself in court as a "warrior for the babies."

This piece disgusts me in more ways then one