Night Owl chat – Random music night

After another subpar day on the third rock from the Sun, it’s time to hit “shuffle”.

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John Lennon – Working Class Hero

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Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer

Jobs For Veterans. Thanks, President Obama

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PBS: White House Announces Plan To Train 50,000 People, Including Veterans, To Install Solar Panels

The U.S. is planning to train veterans to become solar panel installers in the next six years. The jobs training program is among a host of initiatives the White House says will cut carbon dioxide emissions by more than 300 million tons through 2030, plus save billions of dollars on energy bills for homeowners and businesses. It will launch this fall at one or more military bases and train a total of at least 50,000, including veterans.

White House announces plan to train 50,000 people, including veterans, to install solar panels pbs.org/newshour/rundo… http://t.co/ULBw3uDNtQ

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Maggie Jordan (@MaggieJordanACN) September 27, 2014

The Agriculture Department will also spend nearly $70 million to fund 540 solar and renewable energy projects, focused on rural and farming areas. And the Energy Department will propose stricter efficiency standards for commercial air conditioners, a move the department said could cut emissions more than any other efficiency standard it has issued to date.

More here

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A Tweet Or Two

@BarackObama is leading by example. Do your part & vote early. Then help someone else #Vote4Dems this Nov. #GOTV http://t.co/8oCS2rej9t

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Donna NoShock (@NoShock) October 22, 2014

oh look, the Dow's up 750 pts in six days. but no, that's not "news" like when it down last week. #narratives

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Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 22, 2014

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Very candid, very cynical. Christie: GOP candidates need to win so they control "voting mechanisms" northjersey.com/news/christie-…

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Ari Melber (@AriMelber) October 22, 2014

#rallywomen #Vote4Dems #ShutTheRepublicansDown http://t.co/LBGQ7VPfXL

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Donna NoShock (@NoShock) October 22, 2014

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Mi mama y mi abuela voted! We are on TeamWendy & know she is the right leader 4 all Texans #MyTexasVotes #TeamWendy http://t.co/vkJlpDsF6P

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Mónica Merino (@mmerino626) October 22, 2014

After push to mobilize new voters, turnout Surges in Texas on.msnbc.com/1orc90t We Will #StopTheGOP! #UniteBlue http://t.co/vMxqjIX1JM

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Turn Texas Blue (@UniteBlueTX) October 21, 2014

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Republican Justice Scalia Insisted On Death Penalty For Inmate Now Exonerated By DNA Evidence talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/antonin-sca… http://t.co/OEnygHMlEb

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The Baxter Bean (@TheBaxterBean) October 22, 2014

Maybe Krauthammer owes the president an apology? on.msnbc.com/1rpEFKu http://t.co/PbcTNCPlPe

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Steve Benen (@stevebenen) October 21, 2014

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In new @AlisonForKY ad, audio of Mitch McConnell promising top donors he'll squash minimum wage debate: washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-lin…

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Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 22, 2014

AP stands by Obamacare story, Gov. John Kasich's team says audio proves he was taken out of context cleveland.com/open/index.ssf…

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  (@LOLGOP) October 22, 2014

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Rand Paul: If You Wash Pop Rocks Down With Soda, Ebola Appears In Your Mirror

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Jeb Lund (@Mobute) October 22, 2014

Rand Paul: I once almost got Ebola from a toilet seat. Only shouting "Social Security is a Ponzi scheme" a thousand times saved me.

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  (@LOLGOP) October 22, 2014

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Hey if the wingnuts want to lock themselves up in isolation wards over the chance they could get Ebola, who am I to stop them?

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kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) October 17, 2014

"You can catch it at a cocktail party and it gives you nausea, vomiting and diarrhea." Rand Paul's Ebola sounds a lot like libertarianism.

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  (@LOLGOP) October 22, 2014

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Adding $5 gas to the list of Obama disasters that never materialized. aol.it/1z44Ksj

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Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) October 13, 2014

One more U.S. Ebola diagnosis and cable news will just be split screens of anchors screaming in terror while experts tell them to calm down.

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Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) October 16, 2014

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Yes: no gun seizures, no stock market crash, no sharia law, no soaring premiums, no rolling blackouts, no going-Galt epidemic. What else?

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Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) October 13, 2014

Fox News: Young women shouldn't vote. They lack "life experience." Young women: Fox News shouldn't broadcast. It lacks "a conscience."

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Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) October 22, 2014

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hilarious how @DLoesch studiously avoids showing her followers the quotes she made up twitter.com/DLoesch/status… http://t.co/fyacdraKo5

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Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 22, 2014

Me: Where's the... Whole Foods Clerk: Kale? Me: No, I need some... Whole Foods Clerk: Kale? Me: No, I want.. Whole Foods Clerk: Kale?

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Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) October 21, 2014

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"I see here you spent a day tweeting opinions about Renee Zellweger's face. Tell me a little bit about that." -- God, deciding your fate

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  (@pourmecoffee) October 22, 2014

NBC cameraman cleared of Ebola and Dallas nurse upgraded to good condition. Maybe come out of your bunker and sell some of your gold ingots.

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  (@pourmecoffee) October 21, 2014

Chat Away

Rise and Shine

President Barack Obama hugs First Lady Michelle Obama following the third presidential debate with Gov. Mitt Romney, at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., Oct. 22, 2012

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Today (all times EDT)

1:0: White House Press Briefing

3:0: The President meets with Ebola Response Coordinator Ron Klain and members of his team

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Air Force One, Chicago, Oct 20, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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A Stunning Ad From @Woods4Congress: ‘James Woods Exploits the Gun Show Loophole’ http://t.co/0zYH0TwKyz http://t.co/xtVIuncM73

— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) October 22, 2014

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On This Day

President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have lunch in the Oval Office Dining Room of the White House, Oct. 22, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama peers out a window with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs in the Doheny Memorial Library to scope out the crowd size at a rally at the University of Southern California Alumni Park in Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 22, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama waits backstage before a rally at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 22, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama jokes with Robert Gibbs and David Plouffe backstage prior to the start of the third presidential debate with GOP candidate Mitt Romney, at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., Oct. 22, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

Vice President Joe Biden and his daughter Ashley Biden watch the third presidential debate from a hotel room in Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 22, 2012. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)

President Obama hugs First Lady Michelle Obama following the third presidential debate with Gov. Mitt Romney, at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., Oct. 22, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning!

Early Bird Chat

On This Day: Senator Barack Obama shares a fist bump with Ethan Gibbs, the five year-old son of campaign communication director Robert Gibbs, upon disembarking from his campaign plane at Dulles airport in Chantilly, Virgina, on October 22, 2008

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MoooOOOooorning – Happy Wednesday!