Quit picking on Obama……
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Obama: "The economy, by every metric, is better than when I came into office."
Politifact: Mostly False
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...-obama-tells-jon-stewart-economy-every-metri/
Politifact: Mostly False
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...-obama-tells-jon-stewart-economy-every-metri/
Barack Obama's 54th birthday celebration starts early with golf outing, retreat
Darlene Superville, The Associated Press
First posted: Saturday, August 01, 2015 03:19 PM EDT
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama got a head start on turning a year older.
Obama turns 54 on Tuesday.
In what's become a birthday tradition, the president started celebrating on Saturday by taking a trio of friends from his Hawaii childhood for a golf outing at Andrews Air Force Base.
Afterward, the group headed to the secluded Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains for the night.
The White House said the other members of Obama's foursome are his longtime friends Mike Ramos, Bobby Titcomb and Greg Orme. Several White House aides were also seen dressed for a round of golf.
Obama planned to return to the White House on Sunday afternoon.
Barack Obama's 54th birthday celebration starts early with golf outing, retreat
Darlene Superville, The Associated Press
First posted: Saturday, August 01, 2015 03:19 PM EDT
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama got a head start on turning a year older.
Obama turns 54 on Tuesday.
In what's become a birthday tradition, the president started celebrating on Saturday by taking a trio of friends from his Hawaii childhood for a golf outing at Andrews Air Force Base.
Afterward, the group headed to the secluded Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains for the night.
The White House said the other members of Obama's foursome are his longtime friends Mike Ramos, Bobby Titcomb and Greg Orme. Several White House aides were also seen dressed for a round of golf.
Obama planned to return to the White House on Sunday afternoon.
Barack Obama's 54th birthday celebration starts early with golf outing, retreat
Noah Wehrman @NoahWehrman Adoring Crowds Welcome First Family As They Enter Martha's Vineyard For Vacation:
heh
Yeah, it's probably time to give the Republicans a crack at it, as long as it's not Donald!
Why this Colorado creek suddenly looks like a million gallons of filthy yellow mustard
By Greg Kendall-Ball August 7
A cleanup team attempting to secure waste from a Colorado mine, instead released a million gallons of polluted water into a nearby creek Thursday.
Workers using heavy machinery near the entrance of the Gold King Mine north of Durango were supposed to treat the waste water to reduce pollution flowing from the mine, according to the Associate Press. Witnesses said a bulwark at the mine broke and sent a torrent of the “filthiest yellow mustard water you’ve ever seen” coursing through Cement Creek, which feeds into the Animas River (which then flows into the San Juan and Colorado rivers).
Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the spill posed no threat to drinking water, but were testing the plume of acidic sludge to see what exactly it contained. Peter Butler, with the Animas River Stakeholders Group said that previous mine contamination had included iron, aluminum, cadmium, zinc and copper.
The acidic sludge of heavy metals and soil could irritate skin, said David Ostrander, director of EPA’s emergency response program in Denver. Local health officials in Durango encouraged rafters and others to avoid the water, and advised that dogs and livestock should be kept out of the river. “Any kind of recreational activity on the river needs to be suspended,” said Butch Knowlton, the La Plata County director of emergency preparedness.
Jerry McBride, photography editor at The Durango Herald, spent several hours Thursday documenting the scene along the Animas River as the plume moved downriver.
Why this Colorado creek suddenly looks like a million gallons of filthy yellow mustard - The Washington Post
Well, the good news is that the victims of heavy metal poisoning will have Obamacare to take good care of them.
Well, at least Obama has sharp, professional people working for him. . .
White House staffer accused of taking officer’s gun, firing it during dispute
By Lyhn Bui,http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/lynh-bui August 10
A White House staffer has been placed on leave after she was accused of taking the gun of an off-duty U.S. Capitol Police officer and firing it at him during a domestic dispute.
Barvetta Singletary, 37, has been charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault and reckless endangerment in connection with the incident Friday, Prince George’s County police said Monday.
The incident began Friday morning at Singletary’s home in Upper Marlboro, Md., after she and the officer argued, according to police charging documents. Singletary asked the officer about another woman he was dating and left her house to search his Cadillac Escalade for his cellphones, the documents state.
When she found the officer’s phones, she also retrieved his service weapon in his bag and demanded that he give her the passwords to his phones, charging documents state.
The officer ran back to the house, and Singletary followed, later pointing the gun at him, police said.
“You taught me how to use this; don’t think I won’t use it,” police said Singletary told the officer. “Your phone is more important than me holding this gun on you?”
Singletary then fired at the officer and missed, the documents state.
The officer eventually fled, and “the defendant was observed wiping the gun down with a towel,” according to charging documents.
Prince George’s police were called to the scene after the officer called 911.
No one was injured during the altercation, police said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...f9d-11e5-bfe3-ff1d8549bfd2_story.html?hpid=z3
By Greg Kendall-Ball August 7
A cleanup team attempting to secure waste from a Colorado mine, instead released a million gallons of polluted water into a nearby creek Thursday.
Workers using heavy machinery near the entrance of the Gold King Mine north of Durango were supposed to treat the waste water to reduce pollution flowing from the mine, according to the Associate Press. Witnesses said a bulwark at the mine broke and sent a torrent of the “filthiest yellow mustard water you’ve ever seen” coursing through Cement Creek, which feeds into the Animas River (which then flows into the San Juan and Colorado rivers).
Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the spill posed no threat to drinking water, but were testing the plume of acidic sludge to see what exactly it contained. Peter Butler, with the Animas River Stakeholders Group said that previous mine contamination had included iron, aluminum, cadmium, zinc and copper.
The acidic sludge of heavy metals and soil could irritate skin, said David Ostrander, director of EPA’s emergency response program in Denver. Local health officials in Durango encouraged rafters and others to avoid the water, and advised that dogs and livestock should be kept out of the river. “Any kind of recreational activity on the river needs to be suspended,” said Butch Knowlton, the La Plata County director of emergency preparedness.
Jerry McBride, photography editor at The Durango Herald, spent several hours Thursday documenting the scene along the Animas River as the plume moved downriver.
Why this Colorado creek suddenly looks like a million gallons of filthy yellow mustard - The Washington Post
Well, the good news is that the victims of heavy metal poisoning will have Obamacare to take good care of them.
Well, at least Obama has sharp, professional people working for him. . .
White House staffer accused of taking officer’s gun, firing it during dispute
By Lyhn Bui,http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/lynh-bui August 10
A White House staffer has been placed on leave after she was accused of taking the gun of an off-duty U.S. Capitol Police officer and firing it at him during a domestic dispute.
Barvetta Singletary, 37, has been charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault and reckless endangerment in connection with the incident Friday, Prince George’s County police said Monday.
The incident began Friday morning at Singletary’s home in Upper Marlboro, Md., after she and the officer argued, according to police charging documents. Singletary asked the officer about another woman he was dating and left her house to search his Cadillac Escalade for his cellphones, the documents state.
When she found the officer’s phones, she also retrieved his service weapon in his bag and demanded that he give her the passwords to his phones, charging documents state.
The officer ran back to the house, and Singletary followed, later pointing the gun at him, police said.
“You taught me how to use this; don’t think I won’t use it,” police said Singletary told the officer. “Your phone is more important than me holding this gun on you?”
Singletary then fired at the officer and missed, the documents state.
The officer eventually fled, and “the defendant was observed wiping the gun down with a towel,” according to charging documents.
Prince George’s police were called to the scene after the officer called 911.
No one was injured during the altercation, police said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...f9d-11e5-bfe3-ff1d8549bfd2_story.html?hpid=z3
Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the spill posed no threat to drinking water, but were testing the plume of acidic sludge to see what exactly it contained.
Drink up!
Thanks EPA!
Drink up!
Thanks EPA!
Keeping us safe from EEE-vil corporations.
I challenge the "officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" to prove it by chugging a twelve-ounce glass of this. . . water.
I challenge the "officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" to prove it by chugging a twelve-ounce glass of this. . . water.
Well, if they just ignore the kids having convulsions in the corner, they should be OK.Fall is around the corner... maybe they won't notice.
The old way wasn't working. Which doesn't mean any change is good. Only change that improves outcomes is good.