Honda hits 50—mpg, that is—on new Accord Hybrid

Honda hits 50—mpg, that is—on new Accord Hybrid: "In the battle for bragging rights in the high-mileage category, Honda has landed a solid blow against the competition, with its 2014 Accord Hybrid delivering an EPA-certified rating of 50 mpg in city driving.

That's a full three miles per gallon better than the previous king-of-the-fuel-economy-hill, the 47 mpg Ford Fusion Hybrid. The Toyota Camry Hybrid comes in at 43 and the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid at 40."

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Top House Republican Rewrites History, Claims Reagan Stood Up To Chemical Weapons Use | ThinkProgress

Say What!!

Top House Republican Rewrites History, Claims Reagan Stood Up To Chemical Weapons Use | ThinkProgress:

ROS-LEHTINEN: It is against the norms of international standards and to let something like this go unanswered, I think will weaken our resolve. I — I know that President Reagan would have never let this happen. He would stand up to this. And President Obama — the only reason he is consulting with Congress, he wants to blame somebody for his lack of resolve. We have to think like President Reagan would do and he would say chemical use is unacceptable.

What Ros-Lehtinen seems oddly unaware of, however, is that Ronald Reagan did exactly the opposite. For the majority of the 1980s, Iraq under Sadaam Hussein was locked in combat with the Islamic Republic of Iran in a war that killed more than 1,000,000 people on both sides. The United States explicitly backed the secular Hussein over the Ayatollah Khomeini’s government in Tehran, still smarting from the embassy hostage crisis that had only ended when Reagan took office. That backing not only included the shipment of tons of weapons to support Baghdad, but also looking the other way when Iraq unleashed its chemical weapons stockpiles — including sarin and mustard gas — against Iranian civilians and soldiers alike.

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Iraq Hawks’ Flip-Flop - The Daily Beast

Iraq Hawks’ Flip-Flop - The Daily Beast: "Iraq Hawks’ Flip-Flop"

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Sheldon Adelson: I Stand With President Obama on Bombing Syria

What??

One-Issue voters!

Adelson New Obama Ally as Jewish Groups Back Syria Strike - Bloomberg: "Rabbis’ Briefing
Obama made the same argument Aug. 30 on a 30-minute conference call with 1,000 rabbis. Obama conducts such a call annually. This time, at the White House’s request, Syria was the topic of the first question, asked by Rabbi Gerald Skolnik of the Forest Hills Jewish Center in Queens, president of the Rabbinical Assembly, the association of Conservative rabbis."

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Longtime Texas Minister of Former President George W. Bush, Rev. Mark Craig, Retires - Urban Christian News

Longtime Texas Minister of Former President George W. Bush, Rev. Mark Craig, Retires - Urban Christian News: "Kirbyjon H. Caldwell"

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Conservative activists heckle Marco Rubio over immigration stance - The Washington Post

Well, that love affair didn't last long!

Here's the deal: Rubio will say something (eat meat for the conservatives - Liberals want your guns; Taxes, taxes, taxes, Our socialist friends on the democrat party) and conservatives will fall in lust with him again.  Wash, rinse, repeat!

Conservative activists heckle Marco Rubio over immigration stance - The Washington Post: "en. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) came face-to-face Friday with how his support for a bipartisan immigration deal has hurt his standing with the GOP’s tea party wing, facing loud hecklers during a speech to a group of influential conservative activists.

Rubio’s address at the opening session of the “Defending the American Dream Summit,” sponsored by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, was punctuated repeatedly by calls of “No amnesty!” from attendees scattered throughout the audience of about 1,000 people."

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McCain playing poker on his iPhone

J. McCain playing poker on his iPhone during the Syria Hearings!

McCain playing poker on his iPhone: "As the hearing continues, our ace photographer Melina Mara reports she spotted Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) “passing the time by playing poker on his iPhone during the hearing.”"

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Husband Of Gay Service Member Booed At GOP Debate Now Has His Military Spouse ID Card

Husband Of Gay Service Member Booed At GOP Debate Now Has His Military Spouse ID Card:

 Major Stephen Snyder-Hill found himself at the center of the national debate over the end of “don’t ask, don’t tell” when he was booed by audience members at a a September 2011 Republican presidential debate when he asked about the change that allows him now to serve his country and talk openly about his husband, Joshua.

Two years later, in a sign of the changed landscape for same-sex couples, Stephen and Joshua Snyder-Hill went to the Defense Supply Center, Columbus, or DSCC, in Ohio on Tuesday — where Joshua became “official,” as Stephen put it, and received his spousal military ID card on the first day the cards were available to same-sex spouses.

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1-Year-Old Boy Is Fatally Shot in Brooklyn - NYTimes.com

1-Year-Old Boy Is Fatally Shot in Brooklyn - NYTimes.com: "A 1-year-old boy died on Sunday night after being shot in the head on a Brooklyn street, the police said.

The shooting occurred on the corner of Livonia Avenue and Bristol Street in the Marcus Garvey Village project in Brownsville about 7 p.m. The boy, Antiq Hennis, was hit in the left side of the head and pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center."

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Gov. McDonnell described as aware of gifts from Virginia businessman - The Washington Post

Gov. McDonnell described as aware of gifts from Virginia businessman - The Washington Post: "Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell was aware of gifts and financial help provided by a wealthy Richmond area businessman during the same months the governor and his wife took steps to help his company, according to people familiar with documents and interviews gathered by federal investigators.

For example, McDonnell (R) was present at a charity auction in 2011 when the chief executive of Star Scientific, which makes a dietary supplement, successfully bid on a fashion tour of New York for the governor’s wife in front of a crowd of onlookers, witnesses said."

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