Sunrise 2014

After scouring Google Images and Flickr for photos of the sun rising on January 1, 2014, I finally found some in the news.  There are some lovely shots posted on Flickr, but all are designated "All rights reserved."  To see them search for "2014 sunrise."

From NBC News' photoblog here's  "Beautiful view of Tokyo's first sunrise of 2014:"

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Tokyo sunrise 2014, NBC News

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And from CCTV (China Central Television) this is a shot taken at the Great Wall, "First sunrise of 2014 at Great Wall pass:"

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Great Wall Pass sunrise 2014, CCTV/CNTV

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For some stunning shots of New Year's fireworks around the world, try MSN's slideshow of "New Year's celebrations."

Wishing y'all the very best of years.

-- Marge

Cartoons: Boehner and fellow Republicans

A recent poll, sponsored by NBC and the Wall Street Journal, places House Speaker "John Boehner's Favorability Rating Just Above George Zimmerman's, Edward Snowden's" according to a report by Ariel Edwards-Levy in the Huffington Post.  According to NBC New's First Read the poll shows "Faith in DC hits a low; 83 percent disapprove of Congress."

According to Michael Grunwald, writing for Time Magazine, Republicans have become the "The Party of No."

Since it's hard to take such childishness seriously (even though what's done in the Capitol can be serious business), let's have a laugh on it.  What else is there to do?

From the Times-Tribune by John Cole, "Adult Supervision:"
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From Stuart Carlson's website, "On Immigration:"
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From The Week/cartoons by Mike Keefe, "John Boehner's Sob Story:"
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Also from The Week by Mike Luckovich, "A Grand Old Accusation:"
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Found in the Boston Globe archives by Mike Luckovich, "Herding Cats:"
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One last note: on July 17 the Washington Post reported "House to vote, yet again, on repealing Obamacare."  This will be the 38th vote.

-- Marge