The Rams announced on Thursday that they had signed all 11 players selected by the team in the 2014 NFL draft, including Sam. A first-team All-American defensive lineman from the University of Missouri, Sam signed a four-year, $2.65 million contract, with $46,000 of it guaranteed, reported Mike Garafolo of FOX Sports. All of the Rams’ rookie signees went through some financial education before signing their deals.
Grateful, humbled, and motivated after officially signing with all my Rams rookie brothers. Let's do this!! #RamUp http://t.co/quFCf01tJw— Michael Sam (@MichaelSamNFL) June 12, 2025
Indeed. I’ve been bounced off the internet so many times today I’m starting to take it personally! Of course I missed PBO’s speech after setting up a ‘house party’ with offspring to listen together since they never had an invited speaker yesterday. In fact, I’m not sure how long I’ll even be allowed on THIS time, so if I disappear again, that will be it.
Thus, you are experiencing the conditions known by astrologers as “Mercury Retrograde”, all manner of communications seem to go through at least moments of utter, unexplainable turmoil, transportation runs amok, planes and trains off schedule, telephone and other media of communication become unpredictable. All this seems to be true, and MP has been observing since 1968, so. Not much to be done, just stay calm. Breathe, and remember This, Too, Shall Pass! (cycle ends on July 1.) hang in there, VC!
I’m back again! Hmmm. Seems like I’m allowed one entry before I get the problem connecting to server message. when I try to dialogue.
JULY 1st!!! Honey that’s TWO entire weeks away!!!! I can’t hang in THAT long without going crazy!
Phone company very helpfully told me that I’m not over my ‘limit’ in GB usage. These things happen sometimes. Why don’t I unplug the modem, wait a few minutes then try again. Am I too far away from the modem, yak-yak-yakity-yak. Nothing I’ve tried, including the suggested unplugging, has worked for longer than it takes me to sign back on and send another message!
This had better pass quickly! Oh, and by the way, since I had phone company on line AND they suggested a better ‘deal’ than I now have, I’ll be getting a more modern modem - therefore faster they claim- and about 20 more GBs for about $5 less than my current plan. We won’t mention that according to their files on average I wasn’t even using all the basic GBs that I have, not to mention the 40 extra usage ones I had been paying for monthly! If you ask me, all corporate people are crooks. There, I feel better!
Decent AP reporting on PBO’s grad speech. Also notes that he—-I’m assuming he and FL—-will spend the rest of the weekend on vacay at the Rancho Mirage home of their WH decorator friend and his partner, the ambassador to Spain. I’m wondering if that is the same house referenced in the first post today re. speculation that the Obamas may be interested in purchasing for post-presidency. Likely as not a false rumor but I even checked it out—because—-Obama-spectacular views, too contemporary for my taste but no one’s asking for my approval—-looks like it could be a secure location, a little bit lonely looking.
At University of California, Irvine, Obama says climate change deniers are ignoring science http://t.co/2AIVUJZzrt pic.twitter.com/n4sTY3X8sN
Oh, dotster, can you give a link to Michael Smith’s Rancho Mirage home? He’s one of my favorite designers, though I don’t think I’ve seen him do mid-century. I would KILL (well, in a nice way :-)) to see what he did for the First Family in the White House. I’m also having a fine time imagining how lovely he’s surely making their stay this weekend. Can you imagine hanging out poolside Palm Springs style with PBO and Michelle?! Ah, to dream…
I don’t know, it ‘looks good’ but raises several questions in my mind. Forgetting that I couldn’t afford it, it really doesn’t grab me by the throat, too… stilted? Also with all that space they could only manage 3 bedrooms - 8 garages but 3 bedrooms? Plus, given the recent mudslides, you wouldn’t catch me even visiting on a property so surrounded by mountains! It’s great that humans mostly have different tastes, etc. To each his own, indeed.
[I know everyone else was too polite to mention, but looks like the dress is on top of the head of the guy to the left in the photo. Oops. I’ll be “good.”]
Found this interesting for a bunch of reasons. First—intrigued because of the much more attractive destination in Nevada than the Bundy ranch. Love that the ex-wife of T Boone Pickens rescued the 600 Mustangs which were set for slaughter and they get to run free and have lives they were meant to have. And—-she’s 60 something? And the spelling of what I always thought was teepee is tipi in this article. And too bad that the exorbitant cost to experience this eliminates most people—-$1000/night for a “tipi” with no electricity and no indoor facilities seems a tad steep. Cottages also available for $1500/night—-think that might get you a lamp and a toilet.
Nevada's newest tourist attraction: An eco-resort where luxury travelers share the land with wild horses http://t.co/viST1vz8Z9
Impacts from proof-of-citizenship voting case extend beyond Kansas, Arizona borders: http://t.co/RVWCoVvqtr
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) June 14, 2025
Throughout the History of the United State….blk folks and others who have felt disenfranchised have sought redress from the Federal Government…if this ruling is allowed to stand…what does that say about the VRA?? will it become null and void…will we have any redress re: Voter Suppression
Hey Bob, did you get a chance to read StoneKettle Nation’s article on the Iraq war…fabulous IMHO A good response to what the repubs are going to say tomorrow on the Sunday shows to some easily influenced people
10. This adorbs antique cabinet photo of three African-American girls, taken in Kansas (1910s). #Bims10Things http://t.co/yeLDjzzKaT— Bim Adewunmi (@bimadew) June 13, 2025
The bat poop Gov of PA, Colbert or whatever his last name is…… he is now asking POTUS to help end the Transit strike? Funny the guy that spouts Sate’s right is now saying what exactly? Hey, mister, just quit like the half-term Gov from AK……Ms Palin.
Isn’t the Gov, The Executive in PA? Isn’t it part of his job? What is PA paying him for? He’s a goner come Nov 2014.
It’s Corbett, Nena, and he’s so incompetent he doesn’t know he’s doing or what he stands for. We are working very hard to ensure that his days in that office are very, very limited.
Thanks Jackie. I knew I had his name wrong, but was too lazy to look Corbett up. Then in my haste, I did a Nena and spelled STATE as Sate. I don’t have thick fingers. I wear glasses and I have long finger nails. Facts and yes….. ;) ….lame excuses for my never ending typos.
I don’t know if anyone here is following the Twitter TL from someone posting under this name @jenanmoussa;
bio says she is a “roving reporter for Arabic Al Aan TV from Dubai”;
confession: I have never watched this media outlet before so I do not know the political slant of the outlet or the credibility of this particular reporter. so please do your independent evaluation of her credibility;
her account sent out a photo of what she claims is a mass execution of Iraqi soldiers by ISIS;
Warning : exercise caution because of the nature of the reporting means that this is a gruesome photo;
if this is what ISIS is doing on the ground in Iraq, then it the ordinary people are facing some very dark days ahead;
the ISIS’ presence is going to bring news reports which will test the conscience of people who believe in a common humanity for all
that is the core problem => many groups determined to inflict maximum damage on each other and with the many using their religious belief as a public justification for political goals, personal enrichment and stroking people to despise all kinds of diversity;
Frankly this is evidence, not of religion as a basis for murder, but of likely psychotic disorder, delusions, probably with command hallucinations. Late adolescent onset of Schizophrenia, Paranoid type.
It’s amazing isn’t it, Jovie, that they continually interview powerless, discredited people from the Bush administration, but fail to get the real scoop from those currently working on the problem. Who do they think cares what these hasbeens have to say.
This is a piece by Fareed Zakaria. He has a good clear description of the conflict and makes no bones about why there is a problem. And the problem is not President Obama. He cites facts.
Who lost Iraq? The Iraqis did with an assist from George W. Bush. Sunni-Shiite divide, explained. http://t.co/AvcHyN1FV2 #Iraq #UniteBlue
— ThisMagicalEarth (@MagicalEarth) June 14, 2025
….how did Maliki come to be prime minister of Iraq? He was the product of a series of momentous decisions made by the Bush administration. Having invaded Iraq with a small force — what the expertTom Ricks called “the worst war plan in American history” — the administration needed to find local allies. It quickly decided to destroy Iraq’s Sunni ruling establishment and empower the hard-line Shiite religious parties that had opposed Saddam Hussein. This meant that a structure of Sunni power that had been in the area for centuries collapsed. These moves — to disband the army, dismantle the bureaucracy and purge Sunnis in general — might have been more consequential than the invasion itself…..
….But let’s remember why this [US] force is not there. Maliki refused to provide the guarantees that every other country in the world that hosts U.S. forces offers. Some commentators have blamed the Obama administration for negotiating badly or halfheartedly and perhaps this is true. But here’s what a senior Iraqi politician told me in the days when the U.S. withdrawal was being discussed: “It will not happen. Maliki cannot allow American troops to stay on. Iran has made very clear to Maliki that its No. 1 demand is that there be no American troops remaining in Iraq. And Maliki owes them.” ….
“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is urging President Barack Obama to assist Iraq’s beleaguered government to repel Islamic militants.” The problem for Mitch McConnell is that like most Americans (and me) he has no idea which “Islamic militants” he is talking about. McConnell speaks of “gains made in Iraq by American soldiers” - he really is off his meds.
Meanwhile
“Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, who is challenging McConnell in the November election, said she would not support sending U.S. troops back to Iraq. Grimes said the United States should play a supportive role by providing useful intelligence.”
Suddenly “providing intelligence” is not such an illegal disgusting thing to do.
I will never understand why some people (usually, but not always, men) want to use military strength to impose their will on others. Given the attachment to guns by so many on the right of US politics, perhaps I should not be surprised that they continually see military options as the solution to all world problems.
For people like McCain - I do think it is now more than $ Layla - they want to force the world into “doing it their way” - and the world doesn’t want to go there. Other than our completely out of touch PM, there have been no world leaders pledging to march into Iraq behind the US - even in 2003 - there were few - and those few are gone. The original invasion related to $ and oil - but to do it again - the mind boggles.
99ts, McCain is insane, obvious to all. He just wants war, does not matter where it is…The others, the repubs and the MIC want money, lots of money. They use ideology to do so.
I hate the heading and the tweet. THIS is what should be in both
“Obama granted Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s request to create a presidential emergency board to mediate the dispute between the Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and its engineers and electricians unions.”
Corbett asked for help - yet the heading “Obama order forces Phila. rail workers back on job”
Sometimes I so wish PBO would tell the state governors to sort out their own messes - to come back when the workers are granted a living wage - probably why I am not the one in charge!
All we fought for in Iraq is on the cusp of vanishing.
That’s what Mitt Romney says.
We fought for. We fought for. We.
Oh, so it’s we now, is it, Mitt?
We.
I must have missed you over there, but it was a busy place. We. The guy who helped set up “pro-draft” rallies and yet somehow managed to avoid service in Vietnam is upset about losing what “we” fought for? We. “
I don’t recall Mitt Romney fighting for nothing, not in Iraq or Vietnam. We were told America was going to invade Iraq because they had WMDs……A Big Fat Lie.
This article has destroyed me. I was going to finish the evening with a simple cup of tea, but having read this, decided a glass of wine would be more beneficial. My father was a Naval Intelligence Officer, in the OSS, in WWll. Of course, he never told us kids what it was like, or what he saw and knew, but I’d wager he would agree in total with this article. God rest his Soul, he’s been gone nearly 18 years, and I miss him every, single day. He would have loved Barack Obama. Amen.
Hi MP - my dad served in WWII - and as many rarely spoke of his service - but in the last few weeks of his life opened up about the fact that he spent 4 years being scared witless - 99% of the time. He always said there were no heroes - only fools who knew know better - the rest of them did all they could to get out alive.
So when folks like Romney want to send our youth to fight their wars - I think of the ruined youth of my Dad and my granddad and the millions of others who were and are forced to be old before their time - and I think of those “fools” or heroes who gave their lives - and I join you in your glass of wine.
This could have impact on other rural areas. MT has an odd system where early voting ballots are issued by a statewide computer system with a sequential number, meaning only one center. Their compromise is to close the one office two days a week and have satellite offices those days in remote areas. It’s a start and will help impoverished people who would have to drive as much as a 100 miles round trip to vote.
MT Indian voting lawsuit settled out of court. Satellite offices will be open in remote reservations. http://t.co/37C3tusMnH #VotingRights
— ThisMagicalEarth (@MagicalEarth) June 14, 2025
….Montana Sen. John Walsh on June 25 will chair a Senate Rules Committee hearing examining the hurdles voters in rural areas face due to long distances to polls, lack of easy access to mail voting and the lack of infrastructure. The committee will also hear about ways states have tried to make voting easier for people….
Citing the deteriorating situation in the war-torn nation, Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) on Saturday called for Congress to convene an emergency blame game on Iraq.
“This is a dire crisis,” McCain said. “It’s time to roll up our sleeves and do some serious finger-pointing.”
McCain said that he hoped Congress would act swiftly to assign blame to a long list of culprits he identified, including President Obama, the Joint Chiefs, the media, and everyone who did not vote for him in the 2008 election.
A good luck message from the Australian prime minister to the national soccer team at the World Cup was somewhat undermined when Tony Abbott got the Socceroos’ captain’s name wrong.
Wearing a team scarf draped over his suit, Abbott greeted skipper Mile Jedinak as “Mike” in a video posted online before the Ange Postecoglou-coached Socceroos’ Group B opener against Chile on Friday.
“Ange, Mike and the Socceroos, in this World Cup you have the opportunity to make the world game our national game,” Abbott said.
“Throughout this cup we’ll burn the midnight oil as you take the field in our name.”
The video was hastily taken down but not quick enough for it to appear on major news and social media websites.
Australia lost the Chile match 3-1 in Cuiaba.
The gaffe follows the conservative prime minister’s mispronunciation of Canada, as “Canadia”, earlier this week while on an official visit to the country.
White House.gov
:star:
<3
:bear:
Woot!! Neena we are a team. Congrats on 1st
Ahhhh….CONGRATS on 1st Nena20409!
You have been giving out the gold and today you are GOLD! wtg
Hope you’re having an AWESOME Saturday,ENJOY!!!!
Roberta and myself got the Au :star: :)
WAY TO GO YOU TWO!
CELEBRATION TIME!!!
Belated congrats Nena! I’m on a World Cup-watching marathon, I’m goggle-eyed!
:)
I am watching too.
Now 1-1 for Italy and UK.
Hi Cips
Minnesota has the Twin Cities. So here at TOD ;) Twin :star: :star: :?:
Missed it but I know I will get to see it here later. Chips is tops!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/14/michael-sam-rams-contract_n_5494975.html#comments
The Rams announced on Thursday that they had signed all 11 players selected by the team in the 2014 NFL draft, including Sam. A first-team All-American defensive lineman from the University of Missouri, Sam signed a four-year, $2.65 million contract, with $46,000 of it guaranteed, reported Mike Garafolo of FOX Sports. All of the Rams’ rookie signees went through some financial education before signing their deals.
Good for Michael Sam, the football player.
Maybe they will stop focusing on the fact that he is gay and focus on if he is a good NFL football player.
^^ THIS!
What a day!
Indeed. I’ve been bounced off the internet so many times today I’m starting to take it personally! Of course I missed PBO’s speech after setting up a ‘house party’ with offspring to listen together since they never had an invited speaker yesterday. In fact, I’m not sure how long I’ll even be allowed on THIS time, so if I disappear again, that will be it.
Thus, you are experiencing the conditions known by astrologers as “Mercury Retrograde”, all manner of communications seem to go through at least moments of utter, unexplainable turmoil, transportation runs amok, planes and trains off schedule, telephone and other media of communication become unpredictable. All this seems to be true, and MP has been observing since 1968, so. Not much to be done, just stay calm. Breathe, and remember This, Too, Shall Pass! (cycle ends on July 1.) hang in there, VC!
I’m back again! Hmmm. Seems like I’m allowed one entry before I get the problem connecting to server message. when I try to dialogue.
JULY 1st!!! Honey that’s TWO entire weeks away!!!! I can’t hang in THAT long without going crazy!
Phone company very helpfully told me that I’m not over my ‘limit’ in GB usage. These things happen sometimes. Why don’t I unplug the modem, wait a few minutes then try again. Am I too far away from the modem, yak-yak-yakity-yak. Nothing I’ve tried, including the suggested unplugging, has worked for longer than it takes me to sign back on and send another message!
This had better pass quickly! Oh, and by the way, since I had phone company on line AND they suggested a better ‘deal’ than I now have, I’ll be getting a more modern modem - therefore faster they claim- and about 20 more GBs for about $5 less than my current plan. We won’t mention that according to their files on average I wasn’t even using all the basic GBs that I have, not to mention the 40 extra usage ones I had been paying for monthly! If you ask me, all corporate people are crooks. There, I feel better!
Sasha probably is at summer camp. Just me guessing, I have no reliable source
thanks for this tidbit;
funny, but I was just going to comment on whether the First Couple had plans to spend this Father’s Day without the two First Daughters
I’m glad the president will have one of his daughter’s with him. That’s going to make the day very special to him.
Decent AP reporting on PBO’s grad speech. Also notes that he—-I’m assuming he and FL—-will spend the rest of the weekend on vacay at the Rancho Mirage home of their WH decorator friend and his partner, the ambassador to Spain. I’m wondering if that is the same house referenced in the first post today re. speculation that the Obamas may be interested in purchasing for post-presidency. Likely as not a false rumor but I even checked it out—because—-Obama-spectacular views, too contemporary for my taste but no one’s asking for my approval—-looks like it could be a secure location, a little bit lonely looking.
Oh, dotster, can you give a link to Michael Smith’s Rancho Mirage home? He’s one of my favorite designers, though I don’t think I’ve seen him do mid-century. I would KILL (well, in a nice way :-)) to see what he did for the First Family in the White House. I’m also having a fine time imagining how lovely he’s surely making their stay this weekend. Can you imagine hanging out poolside Palm Springs style with PBO and Michelle?! Ah, to dream…
http://designfile.architecturaldigest.com/photo/contemporary-pool-michael-s-smith-inc-marmol-radziner-rancho-mirage-california-201004
thank you, layla!
Hesitating to even post this link —because all speculation—and probably false—-this is what I found from the earlier Desert Sun info…..
http://newstreamsproductions.blogspot.com/2011/05/thunderbird-heights-estate-for-sale.html
thanks, dotster!
I don’t know, it ‘looks good’ but raises several questions in my mind. Forgetting that I couldn’t afford it, it really doesn’t grab me by the throat, too… stilted? Also with all that space they could only manage 3 bedrooms - 8 garages but 3 bedrooms? Plus, given the recent mudslides, you wouldn’t catch me even visiting on a property so surrounded by mountains! It’s great that humans mostly have different tastes, etc. To each his own, indeed.
Thanks JER! Now “The Bear’ will be loose…..
<3 :bear:
I remember reading that whole strip. Linus’ fears and anxiety about getting the card and walking into the library. Schultz was amazing.
But…but…but, did he sign it out?
I was Linus. Sans the anxiety part. Still remember that giddy day.
Hold on, First Lady, hold on. ;)
FLOTUS is going to have to hire someone to check the weather, and let her know if it windy or not. I’ll take the job.
[I know everyone else was too polite to mention, but looks like the dress is on top of the head of the guy to the left in the photo. Oops. I’ll be “good.”]
Party time!!!!!!!!
Found this interesting for a bunch of reasons. First—intrigued because of the much more attractive destination in Nevada than the Bundy ranch. Love that the ex-wife of T Boone Pickens rescued the 600 Mustangs which were set for slaughter and they get to run free and have lives they were meant to have. And—-she’s 60 something? And the spelling of what I always thought was teepee is tipi in this article. And too bad that the exorbitant cost to experience this eliminates most people—-$1000/night for a “tipi” with no electricity and no indoor facilities seems a tad steep. Cottages also available for $1500/night—-think that might get you a lamp and a toilet.
Let’s see the NY Times find a way to blame President Obama in 6…5..4…3..2..1…
All kinds of Obama/Ca. visit here
http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/2014/06/14/president-obama-michelle-air-force-one-coachella-valley-los-angeles/10519283/
Dotster, you are providing a cornucopia of information about the president’s trip. Thanks for all the updates.
http://www.iflscience.com/environment/huge-underground-ocean-discovered-towards-earths-core
Throughout the History of the United State….blk folks and others who have felt disenfranchised have sought redress from the Federal Government…if this ruling is allowed to stand…what does that say about the VRA?? will it become null and void…will we have any redress re: Voter Suppression
Warning, the video is very clever but it is harsh ….
Hey Bob, did you get a chance to read StoneKettle Nation’s article on the Iraq war…fabulous IMHO A good response to what the repubs are going to say tomorrow on the Sunday shows to some easily influenced people
Yes, Layla. Excellent as always.
Hmm?
The bat poop Gov of PA, Colbert or whatever his last name is…… he is now asking POTUS to help end the Transit strike? Funny the guy that spouts Sate’s right is now saying what exactly? Hey, mister, just quit like the half-term Gov from AK……Ms Palin.
Isn’t the Gov, The Executive in PA? Isn’t it part of his job? What is PA paying him for? He’s a goner come Nov 2014.
Just like the FL Gov did some time ago….
It’s Corbett, Nena, and he’s so incompetent he doesn’t know he’s doing or what he stands for. We are working very hard to ensure that his days in that office are very, very limited.
Thanks Jackie. I knew I had his name wrong, but was too lazy to look Corbett up. Then in my haste, I did a Nena and spelled STATE as Sate. I don’t have thick fingers. I wear glasses and I have long finger nails. Facts and yes….. ;) ….lame excuses for my never ending typos.
I don’t know if anyone here is following the Twitter TL from someone posting under this name @jenanmoussa;
bio says she is a “roving reporter for Arabic Al Aan TV from Dubai”;
confession: I have never watched this media outlet before so I do not know the political slant of the outlet or the credibility of this particular reporter. so please do your independent evaluation of her credibility;
her account sent out a photo of what she claims is a mass execution of Iraqi soldiers by ISIS;
Warning : exercise caution because of the nature of the reporting means that this is a gruesome photo;
if this is what ISIS is doing on the ground in Iraq, then it the ordinary people are facing some very dark days ahead;
the ISIS’ presence is going to bring news reports which will test the conscience of people who believe in a common humanity for all
I’ve been seeing my Tweeps retweeting her. Expect Iraq to be flooded by Iranian fighters now.
BUT:
that is the core problem => many groups determined to inflict maximum damage on each other and with the many using their religious belief as a public justification for political goals, personal enrichment and stroking people to despise all kinds of diversity;
what a waste of so many lives!
Ahem.
You see? F-18s. I told you? :)
Jovie i saw that on the Nightly new about the carrier.
Religion again, taken to extreme, as is so often the case.
Who gave him the right to kill sinners? Jesus never went around killing sinners, he tried to save sinners.
Frankly this is evidence, not of religion as a basis for murder, but of likely psychotic disorder, delusions, probably with command hallucinations. Late adolescent onset of Schizophrenia, Paranoid type.
Hmm?
Interesting his Mormon Religious Fanaticism was NEVER brought up in the National News Media.
Why doesn’t the media interview this administration?
All these ‘formers’ can STFU! This administration WILL NOT inform the media of all of the steps they are taking, just the bare minimum
It’s amazing isn’t it, Jovie, that they continually interview powerless, discredited people from the Bush administration, but fail to get the real scoop from those currently working on the problem. Who do they think cares what these hasbeens have to say.
This is a piece by Fareed Zakaria. He has a good clear description of the conflict and makes no bones about why there is a problem. And the problem is not President Obama. He cites facts.
….how did Maliki come to be prime minister of Iraq? He was the product of a series of momentous decisions made by the Bush administration. Having invaded Iraq with a small force — what the expertTom Ricks called “the worst war plan in American history” — the administration needed to find local allies. It quickly decided to destroy Iraq’s Sunni ruling establishment and empower the hard-line Shiite religious parties that had opposed Saddam Hussein. This meant that a structure of Sunni power that had been in the area for centuries collapsed. These moves — to disband the army, dismantle the bureaucracy and purge Sunnis in general — might have been more consequential than the invasion itself…..
….But let’s remember why this [US] force is not there. Maliki refused to provide the guarantees that every other country in the world that hosts U.S. forces offers. Some commentators have blamed the Obama administration for negotiating badly or halfheartedly and perhaps this is true. But here’s what a senior Iraqi politician told me in the days when the U.S. withdrawal was being discussed: “It will not happen. Maliki cannot allow American troops to stay on. Iran has made very clear to Maliki that its No. 1 demand is that there be no American troops remaining in Iraq. And Maliki owes them.” ….
And then we have
“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is urging President Barack Obama to assist Iraq’s beleaguered government to repel Islamic militants.” The problem for Mitch McConnell is that like most Americans (and me) he has no idea which “Islamic militants” he is talking about. McConnell speaks of “gains made in Iraq by American soldiers” - he really is off his meds.
http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/4b71f95149e845719873645abdaefd9a/KY-Kentucky-Senate-Iraq
Meanwhile
“Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, who is challenging McConnell in the November election, said she would not support sending U.S. troops back to Iraq. Grimes said the United States should play a supportive role by providing useful intelligence.”
Suddenly “providing intelligence” is not such an illegal disgusting thing to do.
I will never understand why some people (usually, but not always, men) want to use military strength to impose their will on others. Given the attachment to guns by so many on the right of US politics, perhaps I should not be surprised that they continually see military options as the solution to all world problems.
$
For people like McCain - I do think it is now more than $ Layla - they want to force the world into “doing it their way” - and the world doesn’t want to go there. Other than our completely out of touch PM, there have been no world leaders pledging to march into Iraq behind the US - even in 2003 - there were few - and those few are gone. The original invasion related to $ and oil - but to do it again - the mind boggles.
99ts, McCain is insane, obvious to all. He just wants war, does not matter where it is…The others, the repubs and the MIC want money, lots of money. They use ideology to do so.
A complaint about limited providers in networks is being addressed naturally as ObamaCare is proving a success to insurers
I hate the heading and the tweet. THIS is what should be in both
“Obama granted Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s request to create a presidential emergency board to mediate the dispute between the Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and its engineers and electricians unions.”
Corbett asked for help - yet the heading “Obama order forces Phila. rail workers back on job”
Sometimes I so wish PBO would tell the state governors to sort out their own messes - to come back when the workers are granted a living wage - probably why I am not the one in charge!
The difference is PBO pays no attention to all the noise
You Mr Bob always make me happy!
http://www.stonekettle.com/2014/06/absolutely-nothing.html
“All we fought for in Iraq.
All we fought for in Iraq is on the cusp of vanishing.
That’s what Mitt Romney says.
We fought for. We fought for. We.
Oh, so it’s we now, is it, Mitt?
We.
I must have missed you over there, but it was a busy place. We. The guy who helped set up “pro-draft” rallies and yet somehow managed to avoid service in Vietnam is upset about losing what “we” fought for? We. “
I don’t recall Mitt Romney fighting for nothing, not in Iraq or Vietnam. We were told America was going to invade Iraq because they had WMDs……A Big Fat Lie.
Jim Wright’s brilliant and righteous article needs to be shared widely! Thank you so much, 99ts, for sharing it with us.
Roberta first mentioned it on the last thread - I am usually a little late finding Jim’s new posts - but he surely is a living treasure
This article has destroyed me. I was going to finish the evening with a simple cup of tea, but having read this, decided a glass of wine would be more beneficial. My father was a Naval Intelligence Officer, in the OSS, in WWll. Of course, he never told us kids what it was like, or what he saw and knew, but I’d wager he would agree in total with this article. God rest his Soul, he’s been gone nearly 18 years, and I miss him every, single day. He would have loved Barack Obama. Amen.
Hi MP - my dad served in WWII - and as many rarely spoke of his service - but in the last few weeks of his life opened up about the fact that he spent 4 years being scared witless - 99% of the time. He always said there were no heroes - only fools who knew know better - the rest of them did all they could to get out alive.
So when folks like Romney want to send our youth to fight their wars - I think of the ruined youth of my Dad and my granddad and the millions of others who were and are forced to be old before their time - and I think of those “fools” or heroes who gave their lives - and I join you in your glass of wine.
<3 {{ 99ts }}. Thank you. Cheers.
This could have impact on other rural areas. MT has an odd system where early voting ballots are issued by a statewide computer system with a sequential number, meaning only one center. Their compromise is to close the one office two days a week and have satellite offices those days in remote areas. It’s a start and will help impoverished people who would have to drive as much as a 100 miles round trip to vote.
….Montana Sen. John Walsh on June 25 will chair a Senate Rules Committee hearing examining the hurdles voters in rural areas face due to long distances to polls, lack of easy access to mail voting and the lack of infrastructure. The committee will also hear about ways states have tried to make voting easier for people….
The new axis of evil
Well, the venue fits.
Pretty much… http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2014/06/mccain-calls-for-emergency-blame-game-on-iraq.html
Citing the deteriorating situation in the war-torn nation, Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) on Saturday called for Congress to convene an emergency blame game on Iraq.
“This is a dire crisis,” McCain said. “It’s time to roll up our sleeves and do some serious finger-pointing.”
McCain said that he hoped Congress would act swiftly to assign blame to a long list of culprits he identified, including President Obama, the Joint Chiefs, the media, and everyone who did not vote for him in the 2008 election.
( satire alert! It’s Borowitz:)
Ha! But it reads so real
The beauty of it!
hehehehehe - just too true
When you look up shameless hack in the dictionary….you SHOULD see her staring back at you! Evil, shameless Bitch.
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2014/06/13/3448726/brewer-pac-solicits-donations-border-crisis/
Yes, but then we’d have to actually LOOK at her. Eek.
Trust the man u boy to drop the ball.
99ts - you’re right, you’ve got your own dumbya.
A good luck message from the Australian prime minister to the national soccer team at the World Cup was somewhat undermined when Tony Abbott got the Socceroos’ captain’s name wrong.
Wearing a team scarf draped over his suit, Abbott greeted skipper Mile Jedinak as “Mike” in a video posted online before the Ange Postecoglou-coached Socceroos’ Group B opener against Chile on Friday.
“Ange, Mike and the Socceroos, in this World Cup you have the opportunity to make the world game our national game,” Abbott said.
“Throughout this cup we’ll burn the midnight oil as you take the field in our name.”
The video was hastily taken down but not quick enough for it to appear on major news and social media websites.
Australia lost the Chile match 3-1 in Cuiaba.
The gaffe follows the conservative prime minister’s mispronunciation of Canada, as “Canadia”, earlier this week while on an official visit to the country.
http://www.rediff.com/sports/slide-show/slide-show-1-football-world-cup-sidelights-australia-pm-scores-own-goal-abbott-tim-cahill-mile-jedinak-brazl-fifa/20140614.htm
Canadia…we laughed and laughed……
crazy canooks.
That’s Canacks…
I could say “I told you so” - but he demonstrates it everywhere everytime - and his advisors are obviously no better - sigh
Nerdy’s new post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/06/14/laugh-the-day-away/