++The Norse apocalypse is an epic battle among the Gods--Thor,Loki,Odin,Freyr,and Hermoor. Odin gets killed and creation ends. The good news is that life will begin again with two humans.
++Since this blog started, the end of the world has come two times--maybe three is the charm.
++General Boynkin says the apocalypse will come with Jesus returning carrying an AR-15. Jesus is the one behind the Second Amendment.
++It's not only General Boynkin who thinks this. Tom Delay says we have all lost our way because we forgot God created the constitution and as a consequence the Bill of Rights.
++It's not been a good day for Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, the head of the Sinaloa drug king. He was arrested yesterday.
++President Yanukovich vamoosed after signing an agreement with the opposition in the Ukraine. No one knows where he is.
++President Madura hopes to hang on in Venezuela by challenging President Obama to a debate. But the base of the Chavez Revolution,the urban poor has now joined with the students in demanding the government quit.
++Rex Tillerson, the CEO of ExxonMobil, thinks the end is near. He is suing against fracking because a water tower would spoil his view.
++Boardwalk Empire continues in New Jersey. Chris Christie has been using the governor's residence as the venue to entertain the big money people of the GOP. Naturally state funds were used to refurbish the old home.
++PTA Chairman Samson has been retroactively recusing himself from decisions that benefited his legal clients. The Newark Star-Ledger have called for him to resign.
++Governor Walker of Wisconsin has been caught out with the release of over 20,000 e-mails in the John Doe 1 investigation. It seems the Milwaukee Counter employees were working on his campaign while on the public payroll. Despite aides going to jail, the DA said he didn't have enough to bring charges against Walker. The mantra for GOP 2016 presidential candidates will be "If the glove don't fit, you must acquit."
++President Obama urged Democrats to run hard in state races in 2014. Democrats are aiming at the governor races in Florida,Ohio,Maine,Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to set the table for 2016.
++Hillary Clinton has sunk to a 59% approval rating. Rinse Penis at the RNC claims that all the Clinton era so-called scandals will be fair game. Car Thief Darryl Issa weighed in this week by saying that Hillary Clinton gave an order to Leon Panetta for troops to stand down from rescuing the ambassador and the Special Forces from Benghazi. Of course,none of this is true. John McCain said this week that if the election were held today Hillary would win.
++Steven King said it really was "literally true" that the Dream Kids were drug mules with calves the shape of cantaloupes.
++Anti-gay legislation has broken out around the nation. Arizona passed a bill that would allow people to discriminate against gays in any walk of life. This was passed under the rubric of Religious Freedom.
++Ted Nugent and Texas GOP candidate Abbott got into problems with calling" Obama a mongrel". Yesterday's Ted's wife tweeted how wonderful it was to meet 4 adult children from Ted's former affairs. No one asked whether there were any mixed races among the brood.
++President Obama is awarding two dozen Medals of Honor to people who were discriminated against--Jews,Blacks, Hispanics. The Medals of Honor cover actions in WWII,the Korean War, Vietnam, and Iraq. One of the awardees is Lenny Kravitz' grandfather,who fought in WWII.
++Pat Buchanan urges the GOP to model their immigration policies after the far-right parties in Europe. He even provides the service of listing each of the parties to inspire the House.
++With that,I am reading a superb book,The Pope and Mussolini,the Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe, by David Kertzer (Random House ,2014). It should be a cautionary tale of the threat posed by a Christianist, Corporate alliance here in the States. Needless to say, Pope Pius XI was against liberal democracy and formed a strategic alliance with Mussolini at the expense of Catholic parties. It is also useful as a history of the anti-semiticism of the Catholic Church and its real world consequences.
++Baseball great Sandy Koufax was hit by a fastball in batting practice at the Dodgers spring training. Rumors are he is OK but we still have to wait whether he can pitch again.
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