BREAKING: Government Shutdown Adverted (For 6 Months)!

Gambled his political future to the tone of extremism. 

The Senate passed a bipartisan budget bill and debt ceiling increase.

The House of Representatives controlled by the Republicans finally gave up their useless fight over Obamacare. This has sparked a feud within the party itself. The House will finally pass a clean resolution to fund the thousands of workers off the job. This will also prevent a spark of a global recession.

For nearly 20 days, government workers were furloughed and some were even working without getting paid.

Those off the job will be compensated for time missed.

The debt ceiling will be raised for a moment.

Now six months from now, we'll be back in the same mess we've gotten in. But this time, the Republicans can't stop Obamacare. And this time Republicans will have to pick their fights carefully. Because if they try this stunt again, they're going to lose everything.

Boehner and the tea party were finally forced to release their grip Wednesday by a bipartisan coalition in the U.S. Senate that said enough is enough, and the looming deadline of potential default starting Thursday.

“The House has fought with everything it has to convince the president of the United States to engage in bipartisan negotiations aimed at addressing our country's debt and providing fairness for the American people under ObamaCare," Boehner said after he finally waved the white flag. "That fight will continue. But blocking the bipartisan agreement reached today by the members of the Senate will not be a tactic for us."

All that Republicans got for the bruising battle was a fig leaf provision on Obamacare and record low approval ratings.

The bill agreed upon by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will fund the government through Jan. 15 and extend the $16.7 trillion debt ceiling through Feb. 7. It also includes back pay for unpaid and furloughed federal workers and an agreement that both chambers would open a budget conference committee for the first time in years.

The lone change to Obamacare was minimal, and Democrats said they liked it. It involves putting tighter restrictions on income verification standards for people receiving subsidies in the Affordable Care Act's new insurance marketplaces. It was a far cry from defunding or delaying the law, as many Republicans conceded the strategy to focus the fight on Obamacare had been wrong from the start.

Republicans did notch a significant victory in the final deal. It funds the government until mid-January at the sequestration levels specified by the 2011 Budget Control Act that ended the last debt showdown. But Republicans had won that concession from Democrats weeks before the House set out on its doomed effort to strangle Obamacare.

"The sad truth is, we ended up where we started," said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). "We achieved our goal, but at a cost. It never should have been this way."

Cruz grabbed one final moment in the spotlight, railing on the Senate floor against letting the Treasury Department pay the debts Congress has run up and putting federal workers back on the job.

"This is a terrible deal," Cruz said. "This deal embodies everything about the Washington establishment that frustrates the American people."

But even as Cruz spoke, he conceded defeat by accurately predicting the bill would pass "by a big margin," and accused his Senate colleagues of abandoning House Republicans in the fight against Obamacare.

"I ask you to imagine a world in which Senate Republicans united to support House Republicans," Cruz said. "It is heartbreaking to the American people that Senate Republicans divided as they did and decided to direct their criticism, direct their attention, direct their cannon fire at House Republicans and at those standing with the American people.

"They became the Air Force bombing our own troops -- bombing House Republicans, bombing conservatives," Cruz said.

The 18 senators who voted against the final deal are all idiots: Republicans Tom Coburn (Okla.), John Cornyn (Texas), Mike Crapo (Idaho), Ted Cruz (Texas), Mike Enzi (Wyo.), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), Dean Heller (Nev.), Ron Johnson (Wis.), Mike Lee (Utah), Rand Paul (Ky.), Pat Roberts (Kansas), Jim Risch (Idaho), Marco Rubio (Fla.), Tim Scott (S.C.), Jeff Sessions (Ala.), Richard Shelby (Ala.), Pat Toomey (Pa.), David Vitter (La.).

President Barack Obama said he would sign the measure "immediately."

"We'll begin reopening our government immediately and we can begin to lift this cloud of uncertainty and unease from our businesses and the American people," Obama said in a brief speech at the White House.

The standoff began over the summer, when tea party Republicans, led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), demanded that the House of Representatives lock government funding in a chokehold unless Democrats and Obama defunded the Affordable Care Act.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said no, at first. But but he later gave in, ignoring the advice of other Republicans, from Mitt Romney to John McCain (Ariz.) and Tom Coburn (Okla.).

Here's pictures that explain the whole fiasco and the lead up to passing a law.

There's A Phone Number For The Healthcare Law, You Idiots! By The Way, We're In A Government Shutdown, Too!

Jan Crawford of CBS News interviews controversial Stallmigo, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Turdporter trying to use GOP talking points to discredit the healthcare law. Tell her to butt dial 1-800-312-2596 if she has trouble on the computer trying to sign up.

Waking up to CBS This Morning and I got the opportunity to hear the news agitators talk about the "rocky start" to the Affordable Healthcare Act's website. We hear millions (or thousands) of people trying to access the website and they're having problems. We even hear talk from President Barack Obama's former press secretary and campaign adviser Robert Gibbs tells Obama News that people should be "fired" for the rollout.

Yeah, I can say this clearly that turdporter Jan Crawford of CBS News is a god awful.

She's doing the Republicans a favor by reporting on the minor glitches over at Healthcare.gov. Giving the notion that the whole law is screwed up and the president overplayed his hand.

One thing in particular is the system server crashing or continuous mentions of "PLEASE TRY AGAIN LATER" on the website.

That's common when you're also in a "GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN". Obviously every government website is down.

But also there's a phone number 1-800-318-2596. It's toll free and you can call it. Depending on call volumes, you should be able to have a live operator to help you sign up for affordable healthcare.

Understand, that computer users may have some form of frustration with the website. It's perfectly fine.

Here's a scenario. If you have rolled out a website and it has frequent glitches, do you just shutdown the website or work on making improvements to it?

Apple, Inc. has the most glitches on their software. I own a iPod (4th Generation Touch). Do you know how many times I've had my apps crash or be updated?

Do I think the iPod Touch is a great product? Yeah.

Do I understand that the iPods, iPads, and iPhone have problems? Yeah.

That's the same way I feel about the Affordable Healthcare Act (Obamacare).

It's a great product. It has problems. They will fix them.

Anything that's part of the United States government is slower and it's nearly down.

So hence forth, a stupid Republican talking point.

The government website for the Affordable Healthcare Act is down. We can scream that the whole law is bad and we can win elections.

You got to be the most gullible person on the planet to not use other methods to access a product.

I mean you can get mailer. You can call a phone number.

Are you vulnerable without a computer?

It's funny that Republicans failed in stopping this. They wanted to defund, delay, repeal, legally challenge, filibuster and now intentionally taking the country to the brink of an economic disaster because of a law.

Why?

They hate the president and his policies. And of course, they're not satisfied with his race. Either way, it's not helping them with the general public.

People who run these websites are government workers too. So with this government shutdown, government workers who work in the domestic sector are furloughed or placed on leave.

Congress is messing with people's lives. The media elite are enabling them by putting on more Republicans who bolster concerns without solutions. And of course, we the gullible audience believes them.

Digital Hate: Billboard Calls Obama Hitler!

Peek a boo, I impeach you!

Fort Wayne, Indiana is a city in the northeast quadrant of the state. The population is 224,000 people and somewhere in that city lies a downright ignorant ass human pile of excrement who believes the twice elected first Black president is Adolf Hitler and he should be impeached.

WANE TV reports that an embarrassment has plagued their city. A person with a digital billboard has the president with a little mustache and the words of impeachment.

Adorned with a picture of Obama, complete with Hitler's signature mustache, the billboard -- reportedly located at the Cornerstone Plaza in Kendallville. The town is located about 30 miles from Fort Wayne.

The Cornerstone Plaza sign located on U.S. 6 in Kendallville showed the images. The sign caused much controversy in the city.

"The first thing I thought of with that little mustache of Hitler, I didn't like it," said Billy Wright, of Kendallville.

Charlotte Wright lives in Fort Wayne. She said she heard about the sign by watching NewsChannel 15. She shared the story on Facebook and said Facebook users were outraged by the electronic sign.

"It's too bad because it does mark the businesses and the town," she said.

Kendallville Mayor Suzanne Handshoe was made aware of the sign by the town's newspaper. She said she's been iinundated with endless phone calls and messages about the sign. She said this is not the picture she wants painted about her town, and was glad it has been removed.

"All the hard work that we put forward as a community to change our image, to be a positive, growing community, and then a sign like this appears. It just undoes everything we've been doing," said Mayor Handshoe.

The sign was made possible by the LaRouchePac. LaRouchePac is a political action committee created by Lyndon LaRouche. He has run for president multiple times but served jail time in 1988 for mail fraud.


Group members tell NewsChannel 15 they were in Kendallville over the weekend talking about the process of impreaching President Obama and what their group is about.

"There to stir the pot and let people know that there's a political fight that's going on, that's going on in D.C. and extends out to the regions of the country," said Bill Roberts of the LaRouchePac.

Our news partners at KPC News reports the sign was taken down Tuesday because it was up longer than it should have been.

Cory Booker: U.S. Senator!

Good looking out. President Barack Obama hopes Cory Booker wins this U.S. Special Election.

The New Jersey special election is going to be held on Wednesday and it's going to be a clear landslide if you can motivate citizens to vote for the Democratic nominee Cory Booker.

The vacancy resulted from the death of five-term Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg on June 3, 2013.

In the interim, the seat is held by Republican Senator Jeffrey Chiesa, who was appointed on June 6, 2013 by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to serve until the elected winner can be sworn in.

At the time of his appointment, Chiesa, then New Jersey's Attorney General, announced that he would not be a candidate in the special election.

Booker is the current mayor of Newark, New Jersey and he's a sure favorite to win this. But Republicans hope for an opportunity. The Republican nominee Steve Lonegan is using every trick out of the Tea Party playbook to label the two term mayor as "NIGGER".

Getting an endorsement from the Stallmigos, Palin Da Ass and That Guy Who Helped Obama Win isn't beneficial to the former Bogota mayor.

Cory Booker and Steve Lonegan fight for an open U.S. Senate seat.

The desperation is in the air over at the Lonegan campaign headquarters. The birther craze now is spreading into this race.

Some conservative activists are now questioning Booker's home residency as a last ditch attempt to paint the mayor as "untruthful." Then of course, they're talking about urban crime in the city of Newark. It's the last attempt of NIGGERIZATION of Booker (via President Barack Obama).

Most polls say that Booker will win this.

But it's up to the good people of New Jersey to make it happen.

VOTE!

HELP ELECT CORY BOOKER TO THE U.S. SENATE!

Eminem Returns To The Mic!

Eminem releases Marshall Mathers LP 2 in the fourth quarter.

The famous, controversial and yet very reclusive rapper Eminem will emerge again to release a highly anticipated album around November.

Heading back into the studio with his mentor Dr. Dre, the famous entertainer will release the Marshall Mathers LP 2. His album will feature his darker style of rapping. It will feature production from Dr. Dre, NoID, Symbolyc One (S1) and Rick Rubin. The only features include Fun frontman Nate Ruess, pop singer Rihanna, label mate Kendrick Lamar, his affiliated artist Skylar Gary.

This album first single Bezerk was release in August and getting radio play. The two most recent singles Survival and Rap God are out as well.

Eminem has an unique rap style. It's considered dark, edgy and named several MCs who influenced his rapping style. First and foremost is his mentor, Dr. Dre, whose thick, muscular, terror- and paranoia-evoking loops have seen reincarnations in the work of Eminem.

Other influences have included Esham, Kool G Rap, Masta Ace, Big Daddy Kane, Newcleus, Ice-T, Mantronix, Melle Mel (specifically the track "The Message"), LL Cool J,  Beastie Boys, Run–D.M.C., Rakim, and Boogie Down Productions.

A brief summary of The Marshall Mathers LP.

The Marshall Mathers LP sold more than 1.76 million copies in the US in the first week alone, becoming the fastest-selling studio album by any solo artist in American music history. In 2001, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and was nominated for Album of the Year. The album was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2011 for shipping 10 million copies in the United States.

Since its release in 2000, the album sold 10,598,000 copies in the US and more than 21 million copies worldwide.

The Marshall Mathers LP has been ranked as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time by Rolling Stone, Time, and XXL.

Rolling Stone placed the album at number 7 on its list of the best albums of the 2000s.

The rapper also has a parenthood moment. ABC News reports that Eminem was reportedly on hand to see his daughter crowned homecoming queen of her Michigan high school last Friday.

Hailie Scott, 17, the rapper’s only biological child with ex-wife Kimberly Scott, was voted homecoming queen of Chippewa Valley High School. Tyler Knepp, a self-described nerd who loves “Star Trek,” was named homecoming king.

According to the local newspaper The Macomb Daily, Eminem watched the proceedings from a classroom inside the high school.

“Hailie came out with her mother Kim (Scott) when she was introduced with all the other kids but her father watched from inside the school because he didn't want to cause a scene — he wanted Hailie to have her own moment,” one parent, who asked not to be identified, told the paper.

Another parent said Eminem was beaming when his daughter’s name was called.

“He opened the door and looked out like — ‘That’s my daughter!’ He just looked like a proud father,” the parent, who also declined to be identified, said.

Eminem has been vocal about his love for his daughter, even including her voice on his 2002 track “My Dad’s Gone Crazy.”

Parents of students who are friends with Scott described her as smart, athletic and caring.

“I think all of the kids in the district have shown respect to their family and just let her live a normal life here out of the spotlight,” one parent, who asked not to be identified, told The Macomb Daily.

Eminem will turn 41 years old on October 17.

Obamacare Is "Slavery!" It's Got Me Ribbed, Says Conservative Restaurant Owner!

Arkansas is a state that President Barack Obama has very low job approval. A state he barely campaigned in during his 2008 and 2012 run. A state that elected Republicans overwhelmingly this time around. Some say that the Democrats of the South aren't like the ones of the North.

The Northern Democrats were too liberal in the eyes of Southern Democrats. Southern Democrats are at best an equal to the Republican Party. Because they can elect a representative who's a Democrat but vote for a president that's a Republican.

Even a former state first lady such as Hillary Clinton would not move the needle if she would run for president. Arkansas is a Republican hold.

Now some of the state's residents are pretty dumb (if not extremist) in their thinking of President Barack Obama.

A controversial sign outside of Rogers, Arkansas restaurant has the people talking.

I know there's probably thousands if not millions of Americans who hate the healthcare law.

I understand the need for protest, but this is an example of the misinformation being spread by the agitators of the conservative media. This is practically an example of bad comparison.

Wonder why Obamacare is Slavery?

Johnny Howard who owns the Smokin' Joe's Ribhouse put up a sign saying that "[Obamacare] is America's Punishment For The Slavery Years."

I guess he's a fan of a former neurosurgeon who just recently got hired to Loserville. And how ironic, this former neurosurgeon had spoke at the far right Value Voters Summit about how the Affordable Healthcare Law is slavery.


This new face to the Black Right is Dr. Benjamin Carson. He's generated buzz this year by insulting the president during a National Prayer's Breakfast in February 2013.

Howard apologized for the sign and said he did not intend for it to offend people.

"I didn't intend for it to be racist-oriented at all," Howard said.

Yeah, invoke a horrible event in American history such as slavery and I guess he wants us to chuckle at it.

Now if it wasn't for those rascally liberals who sit in their underwear trying to stifle the "freedom" to be the condescending bigot that most figured you out to be, none of this would of happened!

States that the president rarely (if ever) visits are Idaho, Wyoming, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Alaska, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama.

These states are solid red and even the Democrats are not favoring the president.

It's almost hard for the president to win the approval of the residents of these states. They are considered a lost for President Barack Obama in the campaign to inform about the healthcare law.

Blogger Biologist Danielle Lee An 'Urban Whore' By Biology Online

I'm a scientist and I'm being treated like trash by people from Biology Online.

Is this how women of Color scientists are treated?

This is an example of why women and People of Color aren't into science.  I'd love to become a scientist since I was 8 years old, but social studies, culture, reading, English, Spanish, library science, art, and history are my loves.  I still love science, but I'm despair by the racism/sexism that goes on in that field.  Here's a sad article regarding how the scientific community treats Black women such as Ms. Danielle Lee.  Danielle Lee is a scientist/scientist blogger from Oklahoma, one of the most misogynistic states in America today.  Here's the Huffington Post article on the Sista:

After turning down an offer to contribute for free to a science website, biologist Danielle Lee was allegedly called an "urban whore" by one of the site's editors.

It all started when Biology-Online offered Lee, who's doing her post-doctoral research at Oklahoma State University, the chance to be a guest blogger. The editor, whose name appears to be Ofek, said the opportunity would provide her with a great deal of "exposure," boasting that the site has 1.6 million visitors a month.

On Thursday, Lee politely declined the offer, according to screengrabs posted on IsisTheScientist, a blog. But the Biology-Online editor who made her the offer became upset and apparently responded by asking: "Because we don't pay for blog entries? Are you an urban scientist or an urban whore?"

The next day, an indignant Lee wrote about the incident on her Scientific American blog, "The Urban Scientist," saying the name-calling was dismissive, and the idea of being paid in exposure, rather than actual U.S. currency, is "wrong-headed."

From the piece re-posted on IsisTheScientist:

This is work. I am a professional. Professionals get paid. End of story. Even if I decide to do it pro bono (because I support your mission or I know you, whatevs) – it is still worth something. I’m simply choosing to waive that fee.

But here's where things get even crazier. Later that day, Scientific American (which apparently had listed Biology-Online as a partner until recently) deleted Lee's blog. The URL now leads to an error message.

The following day, Scientific American Editor-in-Chief Mariette DiChristina gave a cursory explanation on Twitter:

But after Lee's story was picked up by numerous blogs and news sites over the weekend, DiChristina wrote a longer explanation for having pulled the post, saying: 

Unfortunately, we could not quickly verify the facts of [Lee's] blog post and consequently for legal reasons we had to remove the post. Although we regret that this was necessary, a publisher must be able to protect its interests and Scientific American bloggers are informed that we may remove their blog posts at any time when they agree to blog for us.

Biology-Online did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Huffington Post.

WATCH: Biologist and blogger Danielle Lee responds to being called "an urban whore" after declining to write for Biology-Online.

(hat tip Wired)

The CRUZADE Of A Stallmigo...

Stallmigo Ted Cruz, U.S. senator from Texas endorses right wing groups.

Again, the Stallmigos are pushing their demands at the whims of government shutdown and a possible global destruction.

GOP Sundays offer another dose of Republican points and the denial of reality. The establishment were making the rounds on the programs and pushing this ridiculous narrative that the president is "unwilling" to work with them on a compromise.

Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) is one of the most moderate legislators in the U.S. Senate. Her proposal would require a temporary debt ceiling increase, an opening of the federal government, and a repeal on the medical device tax. The president rejected the proposal because it would advocate more gridlock once the deadline occurs.

What the president wants is a clean budget resolution and a no strings attached debt ceiling increase.

The Republicans want concessions. They want spending cuts. BIG SPENDING CUTS.

They want to repeal the healthcare law. Even though its a law and they've wasted too much time on this, they won't admit defeat, the Republicans continue on this onward path to their political destruction.

Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC), Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Senator Bob Crocker (R-TN), Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) are the usual suspects on GOP Sundays.

They were worried about the impact of the political party itself. The Republicans  fear that they could piss off their constituents if they take aim at Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) or give the president a win.

Sometimes, I wish the Democrats would get their message out there more. It's been swept through the Republican talking points of a perceived "liberal media bias."

Republicans could lose the House of Representatives. The CRUZade by the controversial senator has jeopardized the opportunities of Republicans to pick up seats in politically conservative states where a Democrat is in danger of losing.

SAFE SEATS FOR REPUBLICANS

IDAHO, GEORGIA, NEBRASKA, MISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE, OKLAHOMA, WYOMING, TEXAS, SOUTH CAROLINA (REPUBLICAN TIM SCOTT), ALABAMA, AND KANSAS.

NOW I ESTIMATE THAT U.S. SENATE SEATS GAINS BY REPUBLICANS IS LIKELY 3.

ALASKA - DEMOCRAT MARK BEGICH
SOUTH DAKOTA - DEMOCRAT TIM JOHNSON 
MONTANA - DEMOCRAT MAX BAUCUS

LIKELY REPUBLICAN

SOUTH CAROLINA - REPUBLICAN LINDSAY GRAHAM
KENTUCKY - REPUBLICAN MITCH MCCONNELL

TOSS UP

WEST VIRGINIA - DEMOCRAT JAY ROCKAFELLER
NORTH CAROLINA - DEMOCRAT KAY HAGAN
LOUISIANA - DEMOCRAT MARY LANDRIEU

DEMOCRAT GAINS IS LIKELY 1.

MAINE - REPUBLICAN SUSAN COLLINS 

SAFE DEMOCRAT

MICHIGAN, ARKANSAS, VIRGINIA, ILLINOIS, DELAWARE, MINNESOTA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, HAWAII, RHODE ISLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.

LIKELY DEMOCRAT

NEW JERSEY - OPEN
IOWA - DEMOCRAT  TOM HARKIN
OREGON - DEMOCRAT JEFF MERKLEY

DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS RUNNING FOR THE SEAT.
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS RUNNING FOR THE SEAT.
DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS WHO ARE RETIRING MEMBERS OF THE U.S. SENATE.
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WHO ARE RETIRING MEMBERS OF THE U.S. SENATE.
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WHO MAY RUN BUT ARE UNDECLARED OR LIKELY RETIRING.

Things could happen during these three days of rapid fire. Will we see a compromise or a default?

This "Million" Veterans March Was The Rally Of Old White Bigots!

In a sea of White faces, a few Republican politicos and a washed up politico march upon Washington demanding the president open up veteran memorials. 

Hundreds of right wing bigots flock upon Washington to protest the government. Who they go after is the reason why I post this. These veterans expressed their desire to send this NIGGER back to Kenya (Africa).

You know you're desperate when you're trying to stay in the limelight. Well a former Alaskan governor joins a controversial senator to rally the good folks of Right Wing America to stand up and fight against the anti-American Muslim terrorist in the White House. 

They even broke the barriers from a war memorial and dragged them down Pennsylvania Avenue. 

By them throwing them at the whims of the White House, it drove the U.S. Secret Service and DC police to stop them from causing a riot. And of course, you hear chants of "brown shirts" and "Kenyan behavior".

The flag of the Confederacy.

They don't understand that throwing things near the White House could land you in the iron college.

Larry Klayman tells an audience of angry the first Black president to stop reading the Q'uran.

“I call upon all of you to wage a second American nonviolent revolution, to use civil disobedience, and to demand that this president leave town, to get up, to put the Q'uran down, to get up off his knees, and to figuratively come out with his hands up,” he said.

Klayman is the co-executive of Freedom Watch, a right wing group that has ties to the militia movement. 

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) makes one last attempt to rile up the bigots. He warns that if they give in to the Republican establishment, the Tea Party is finished. 

“This is the people’s memorial,” Cruz said. “Let me ask a simple question. Why is the federal government spending money to erect barricades to keep veterans out of this memorial? Our veterans should be above politics. Enough games.”

Of course, Palin Da Ass makes her appearance at the rally with nothing but hatred of Obama.

For what reason should we impeach President Barack Obama?

“You look around though and you see these barricades and you have to ask yourself, is this any way that a commander in chief would show his respect, his gratitude to our military?” Palin Da Ass asked. “This is a matter of shutdown priorities.

You know the Confederacy lost the battle over hundred years ago! But those "freedom lovers" would continue raising that flag. They've raised the flag around the White House, giving the left another reason to say that the Republican Party is catering to the racial extremists.

Some protesters were calling for the president to be impeached!

How come it's always the ones who can't finish a complete sentence whenever they make an insult towards the president?

This Million Veterans March happened today in Washington, DC. The protesters were upset over the government shutdown. But they primary blame goes to President Barack Obama for the shutdown of national parks and veteran memorials.

Obama Meets Malala!

President Barack Obama meets with Malala Yousafzai. The young girl became an international figure in the women's rights movement. She was a survivor of a gun shooting at point blank range. In the picture is First Lady Michelle Obama and the president's oldest daughter Malia.

Pakistani girl who was shot at point blank range by terrorists meets President Barack Obama.

Malala Yousafzai, the 16 year old girl who sparked international praise for women's rights in her country is one of the world's most influential figures. The remnants of Taliban has taken over tribal regions in Northwest Pakistan. They've put a hit on her because she stood up to them. She wanted to learn and excel in society.

Islamic conservatives aren't hip to that one. So they decided that a bullet is the only way to shut her up!

They would ambush a school bus. They would shot her at point blank range in the head. They would shot two of her friends before fleeing. The young girl was injured around her left side. The injury partially grazed her skull and bounced off her head. While barely breathing, the young girl fought through surgery to make a full recovery.

British doctors and millions of supporters contributed to her recovery. And now as a victim of gun violence, she been a leading advocate for women's rights and gun control.

Malala Yousafzai (Pashto: ملاله یوسفزۍ‎ [mə ˈlaː lə . ju səf ˈzəj]; Urdu: ملالہ یوسف زئی‎ Malālah Yūsafzay, born 12 July 1997) is a Pakistani school pupil and education activist from the town of Mingora in the Swat District of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

She is known for her activism for rights to education and for women, especially in the Swat Valley, where the Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. In early 2009, at the age of 11–12, Yousafzai wrote a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC detailing her life under Taliban rule, their attempts to take control of the valley, and her views on promoting education for girls.

The following summer, a New York Times documentary was filmed about her life as the Pakistani military intervened in the region, culminating in the Second Battle of Swat. Yousafzai rose in prominence, giving interviews in print and on television, and she was nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize by South African activist Desmond Tutu.

Many observers believed that she would be a participant for the Nobel Peace Prize.

The prize went to The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

That didn't disappoint the viberent young girl.

Yousafzai spoke at the UN to call for worldwide access to education, and in September 2013 she officially opened the Library of Birmingham. Yousafzai is the recipient of the Sakharov Prize for 2013.

She kind of endorsed Hillary Clinton, if she should run for president in 2016.

EBT Cards Are Down And Conservatives Rejoice!

EBT cards are down in several states. I am guessing conservatives are rejoicing over that one!

Yeah, I know that conservatives believe that those on food stamps and welfare are the reasons for America's turmoils. I can't fault them for believing in the poor being "moochers" and "Obama's people!"

They're entitled to be condescending. I mean that type of stuff right there is a reason for why President Barack Obama won reelection. The middle and lower class believe that the safety net is there to keep them from robbing and looting. Cause if you have to steal to keep food on the table, you probably would. Trust me, if the opportunities were given, the poor would steal from a grocery store if they couldn't have access to the safety nets. Believe me, you never know what happens until you become one of them!

If you're disabled, I guess that you better get better. Because you're going to need a job as well. If you're in need of a firearm, get one because you're going to need it.

In the minds of the racist right, some are fixated on those "gubmint" leeches taking out of their hardworking pockets. They don't see that less than 10% of the federal funds go to food stamps. Most of the federal funds go to either infrastructure and federal agencies.

Republican lawmakers from state and federal levels are diligently pushing legislation that cuts food stamps and unemployment benefits to the bare bone. Some states believe that you're entitled to less than $100 for a family of four. Some believe that you have to have a drug test to get student loans, food stamps, welfare, farm aid, disaster relief and unemployment benefits.

With the rising costs of electricity, heat, food, gas, rent, necessities such as toilet paper are going up, more people are using safety nets. The more things that go up, the likelihood that many would resort to safety nets and food banks for assistance.

Conservatives are rejoicing over the nationwide glitches in the EBT program. Xerox technical services are down and many Americans can't use the EBT (electronic balance transfer) card at local stores.

Coming from ReallyGhetto.com. Assuming its a racially insensitive website.

So with this government shutdown affecting 800,000 government workers, with some getting no pay for work, I would imagine that some will apply for a "safety net' if the inept Congress can't pass a budget.

The Republicans tried to pass a bill in the House of Representatives to shed off over $40 billion in the SNAP program. The Democratic-controlled Senate and the president told the Republicans don't even try it.

But they did it anyway. This budget deal proposed by Republicans include cuts to the healthcare law, cuts to safety nets and a strong pullback on regulations (in regards to the environment).

The Associated Press reports that 17 states were affected by this problem and they're trying to fix it as quickly as possible. For conservatives, they rather see it down indefinitely.

People in Ohio, Michigan and 15 other states found themselves unable to use their food stamp debit-style cards on Saturday, after a routine check by vendor Xerox Corp. resulted in a system failure.

The electronic benefits system experienced a temporary shutdown during a routine test of Xerox back-up systems, company spokeswoman Jennifer Wasmer said Saturday.

"While the system is now up and running, beneficiaries in the 17 affected states continue to experience connectivity issues to access their benefits. Technical staff is addressing the issue and expect the system to be restored soon," Wasmer said in an emailed statement. "Beneficiaries requiring access to their benefits can work with their local retailers who can activate an emergency voucher system where available. We appreciate our clients' patience while we work through this outage as quickly as possible."

U.S. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Courtney Rowe underscored that the outage is not related to the government shutdown.

Shoppers left carts of groceries behind at a packed Market Basket grocery store in Biddeford, Maine, because they couldn't get their benefits, said fellow shopper Barbara Colman, of Saco, Maine. The manager put up a sign saying the EBT system was not in use. Colman, who receives the benefits, called an 800 telephone line for the program and it said the system was down due to maintenance, she said.

"That's a problem. There's a lot of families who are not going to be able to feed children because the system is being maintenanced," Colman said. "No one should put maintenance in during the daytime."

She planned to reach out to local officials.

"I'm trying to reach out to everybody because I'm not thinking of me an adult who can figure out things. I'm thinking of the simpler person in the world who is sitting there trying to just do basic shopping to feed their kids. You don't want children going hungry tonight because of stupidity," she said.

This photo circulates around white extremist websites.

Ohio's cash and food assistance card payment systems went down at 11 a.m., said Benjamin Johnson, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Ohio's cash system has been fixed, however he said that its electronic benefits transfer card system is still down. Johnson said Xerox is notifying retailers to revert to the manual system, meaning SNAP customers can spend up to $50 until the system is back online. SNAP recipients should call the 800 number on the back of their card, and Xerox will guide them through the purchase process.

Illinois residents began reporting problems with their cards — known as LINK in that state — on Saturday morning, said Januari Smith, spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Human Services.

Smith said that typically when the cards aren't working retailers can call a backup phone number to find out how much money a customer has available in their account. But that information also was unavailable because of the outage, so customers weren't able to use their cards.

"It really is a bad situation but they are working to get it fixed as soon as possible," Smith said. "We hope it will be back up later today."

In Clarksdale, Miss. — one of the poorest parts of one of the poorest states in the nation — cashier Eliza Shook said dozens of customers at Corner Grocery had to put back groceries when the cards failed Saturday because they couldn't afford to pay for the food. After several hours, she put a sign on the front door to tell people about the problem.

"It's been terrible," Shook said in a phone interview. "It's just been some angry folks. That's what a lot of folks depend on."

Mississippi Department of Human Services director Rickey Berry confirmed that Xerox, the state's EBT vendor, had computer problems. He said he had been told by midafternoon that the problems were being fixed.

"I know there are a lot of mad people," Berry said.

Sheree Powell, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, started receiving calls around 11:30 a.m. about problems with the state's card systems. More than 600,000 Oklahomans receive SNAP benefits, and money is dispersed to the cards on the first, fifth and 10th days of every month, so the disruption came at what is typically a high-use time for the cards.

Plenty of experiences at a Walmart. The people of Walmart website is a popular blog that takes shots at the company and the insane things some do while shopping at the retail giant.

Oklahoma also runs a separate debit card system for other state benefits like unemployment payments. Those cards can be used at ATMs to withdraw cash. Powell said Xerox administers both the EBT and debit card systems, and they both were down initially.

Like Ohio's Johnson, Powell said that Oklahoma's cash debit card system has since been restored, but the EBT cards for the SNAP program were still down. Powell said Oklahoma's Xerox representative told them that the problems stemmed from a power failure at a data center, and power had been restored quickly.

"It just takes a while to reboot these systems," she said, adding that she did not know where the data center was located.

Powell said that some grocery store cashiers had been speculating that the federal government's shutdown caused the problem, but state officials have been assured that that is not the case.

"We are hopeful it will be up this afternoon but we were not given a specific time frame," she said.

David Akerly, a spokesman for Michigan's Department of Human Services, also confirmed that residents in his state have reported problems using their cards.

Colman said the store manager promised her that he would honor the day's store flyer discounts next week.

Before I go, do you know a friend or family member using an EBT card?

Do you believe the poor take advantage of the safety nets?

Do you support intrusive laws such as drug tests in order to receive a safety net?

Isn't what you do at home a "private matter!" See I thought libertarians and conservatives were all about limited government intrusion on what you do at home.

I guess it only applies to them and not the rest!

Here's an Ohio man ranting sarcastically about the situation. Not understand the plight of the poor, the needy and the disabled. Just ranting because he has a camera and a whole lot of bigots that agree with him. As usual, he'll speak a good game but still get the whole scenario wrong!

Ohio Mom In The Iron College Loses A Relative!

County lockup picture of victim in Ohio murder.

I've talked about the three former friends that I've associated with back some time ago. One in particular is this man named Charles Barrett. He was my best friend for over ten years. Somehow we saw things differently in the later years, so we move on.

I keep a small circle of friends for a reason. I don't trust that many and those who have associated with me in the past have taken too much gratuity. I am at the point of just living the reminder of my days as a pariah.

Not saying that I will associate with friends or family, but I prefer people who can be reliable. Not users and losers. This young man and about six others I've known are the perfect example of why it's best to keep your distance.

They need me more than I need them.

Anyway, in Dayton, Ohio, a woman named Michelle Mooty was sentenced to 15 years in the iron college for being an negligent mother. Her former boyfriend (and father of her child) Joe Watson, murder her son Levi Barrett.

Levi is the son of Charles Barrett. He had two children with Michelle Mooty and one from another woman.

Her family is probably huge and today I am guessing that another member of the Mooty family paid the price.

I've seen the victim on occasions by the highway overpass always soliciting for money and food. He was a perennial resident in the county lock up for drug and panhandling charges. It was probably only but two weeks ago, I've seen this guy around the area.

Daniel Mooty, 51 years old was screaming for help in a Dayton neighborhood saying that someone is out to get him. He was yelling so loud a woman was awaken to the noise. So she dials 9-1-1 and the police were quickly dispatched there.

Curtis Gray, the accused murderer.

Mooty was just released from county lockup for drug and soliciting charges. Known to have a spontaneous outburst in front of business, I guess he must have pissed off the accused murderer.

A young man who had a relatively low criminal history now may face life in the iron college for the death of the man.

The Dayton Daily News reports that the homeless man was stabbed to death behind a vacant home in Dayton’s Twin Towers neighborhood Thursday morning and police said they don’t yet know what the motive behind the crime was.

Curtis Gray, 27, was arrested at the scene on Quitman Street moments after officers responded to a 911 call about a man screaming for help.

Dayton Police Sgt. Richard Blommel said the first officers on the scene at about 1 a.m. saw Gray standing over the body of Daniel E. Mooty and chased him a short distance before taking him into custody.

Gray reportedly dropped a knife, which was collected as evidence.

“We haven’t determined any motive and he’s not talking to us,” Blommel said of their interrogation of Gray.

Gray, of Dayton, is being held in the Montgomery County Jail on suspicion of murder. Prosecutors had not approved official charges against him as of Thursday evening.

Neighbors reported seeing one man chasing another then one woman heard shouting.

“I didn’t really see anything. I could hear a gentleman screaming,” said Christy Collins. “He kept screaming, ‘somebody help me, call the police, he’s killing me’.” She reported that the man’s screams stopped before police arrived.

Blommel said some of the other houses on the block are vacant and Collins was the only person who called 911.

When officers arrived Mooty, 51, was deceased. He suffered multiple stab wounds.

Gray has previously been booked into the Montgomery County Jail on traffic offenses, according to court records, but Blommel said he didn’t know of any violent history. According to a police report he is employed at Thai 9 restaurant.

Mooty, who police confirmed was currently homeless, had felony convictions for breaking and entering, forgery and drug possession dating back to 1999.

Blommel said detectives have not determined how or if the two men knew each other prior to Thursday’s incident.

Of course, we don't know what happened until the local press confirms they had some type of issue.

Was the incident sparked by an altercation (sparked by words)? Did the victim know his attacker? Was there a relationship between the two?

We won't know until they determine that the suspect confirms his actions.

Anyways we here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Daniel Mooty and of course the family of Levi Barrett.