On This Day: First Lady Michelle Obama greets former White House staffer Franny Starkey and her daughter Willa prior to an event at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver in Denver, Colo., Aug. 11, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Sonya N. Hebert)
Chips, I wasn’t able to decipher the above code, and I’m dying of curiosity here. Can you please tell me in English quickly? Slip me a picture if you’re too shy to name him. When you start asking ‘Which young man?’ when I thought there was only DannyO, you can’t expect my ears, and eyes, not to perk up. Give me a break (for some BREAKING NEWS); I promise to keep it quiet between us. ;);)
Hello, Roberta! Pleased to sidle in with you and Chips in the picture. FTR, I wasn’t ‘furst’ - that word’s meaning is too all-over-the-place for me, so I’m valiantly trying to “take ‘fiiiirst’ back”. ;)
Good morning, Chips, I’m so glad to be back after 72 hours of total immersion in Elmo, Curious George and two-year old adorableness. I am now so far behind, there’s no hope of catching up, so I’m just going forward.
Yep, there’s a lot to be said for adorableness, plus I learned that it’s possible to drink a glass of water with a fork-if you don’t care how long it takes and how much lands on your lap. That way you can combine dining and bathing and save time.
Morning, JackieG! So, nice to see you are still standing - you favourite, Grandma Jackie, you! Does this mean you, as well as Grandpa G, are going to be sleeping most of today? Wise decision to go forward, before even thinking of catching up. The last couple of days have been difficult ‘valley’ days so going back would depress you for sure!
As pooped as Pop Pop and I are, there’s no rest for the weary, since I have a mammogram scheduled for today. You are so right about the last few days. Took a quick peek and wanted to crawl back under the covers.. The world has gone nuts!!!
‘The world has gone nuts!!!’
Fortunately, we have TOD, where we can gather and cry, support each other, plan, and step back into the fray with a focus and with renewed hope. There’s work to be done.
GM Jackie, kissed your comments this weekend too. But glad you were able to spend time with family an adorables. I am assuming those are Grandchildren right? One of the ladies in our building babysits her Great Grandson and is he a joy. Get to play with him a little when she has him outside. Kind a miss those little ones, my grandbabies are too old to cuddle anymore. :)
Roberta, it’s our one and only grandbaby. Both our children are in their 40’s. Our daughter doesn’t think she can safely manage another child and our son isn’t interested. You were fortunate to have your grandchildren when you were younger. It’s hard bending over and carrying a young one at our age.
Good Morning my Chips and TOD family. A lovely Monday to all. Chips, have not heard from my grandson lately. Granny needs a hug.
{{{{{{{{Danny, granny loves you}}}}}}}} Be nice to mommy today.
Jackiegrumbacher, welcome back. Keep those moments with the precious two-year old close and dear to your heart. So happy for you.
A very Happy Birthday to our beautiful Donna Dem. May your day be one of beautiful times with family and friends. The twins are such a sweet gift already. Enjoy your special day, Donna. {{{{{{{{{{{Lots of delicious cake and ice cream.}}}}}}}}}}}}}HZ
Crazy HAPPY birthday to you, DonnaDem!! I know this year will bring even more joy to you and your family. Take it easy today and enjoy PBO’s cupcakes. And that smile, who can resist??!! Hugs, girl!!
Donna, I hope this is an absolutely fabulous birthday for you. If you need to work this Monday morning, let the whole day fly by and include lots of treats from your co-workers. Hope you’ve got special plans for tonight. And have you gotten extra special butterfly kisses from your little sweetheart twin sisters yet? Nothing like a cuddle from a little one to make all right with the world. Bless you and may your day be filled with magic.
Oh yes, I can see the deliciousness. Donna, have a beautiful day. With that gorgeous smile from our wonderful President, you have to have a great birthday. Celebrate girl. HZ
This cartoon fit my time teaching between 1968 and 2001. I hear from former teacher compatriots that it is even worse today. I saw a difference between when I started teaching in both support of the teacher and parental expectations of their children. I think the biggest switch came in the late 70s upon seeing more blended families and more two parents in the work force. Suddenly the teachers were expected to tend to all of the educational needs of the kids instead of partnering with the parents. I also noticed a difference between the East Coast and West Coast.
I’ve spent this early morning catching up on the weekend events. My heart is heavy reading about the “murder” of Michael Brown and the way the police and the press reacted to it. I pray that his family can find some way to get through this nightmare. May he R.I.P.
I hope our President and his family has a wonderful, fun-filled and restful vacation.
I am grateful that I am alive to see the good and the bad of this world as I celebrate the 59th anniversary of my birth today. Blessings to you all and have a slice of my BD cake and a scoop of ice cream with me today.
Na, he’s probably after cake, betcha it’s the lady cat demanding strippers. Although, sometimes you have to be careful about what you’re asking for:
I’ve got the cake but you’ll need to check with Chips as to when the strippers will arrive. But I’ll tell you now that I would prefer male strippers at my partyyyyyyy :shock:
Just saw this quote on Facebook: “Never give up for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.” Harriet B. Stowe. We all need to try to focus on that and keep HOPE alive.
Happy Birthday Donna Dem. I am grateful for all your posts. I love to see your grand baby twins. Your beautiful babies help us remember why we are working for a better world. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy your day, celebrate your life and share the details.
That interview that HRC did yesterday seemed to have brought out a lot of bad feelings. Even people who used to be supportive of her on Twitter are now angry. People may criticize PBO on Twitter, but deep down they support him and they don’t want other Dems opposing his policies. I think both HRC and the media underestimate how much people support PBO…
Hf, just reading about that interview makes me feel sick to my stomach. Saw a comment on TPV that electing HRC would guarantee a Repub in 2020 because she would start a war and then get blamed for it by the very people she hoped to please. UGH! I hope Biden/McNally come roaring out to overtake her in the primary.
Is she had any integrity (who am I kidding), she should have resigned if she had policy differences with PBO. Her triangulation drips through out the interview.
Hillary is all about Hillary. She showed a total lack of any loyalty, She could have explained the difficult issues involved when making foreign policy decisions. She really showed her true self. This is a Big Clinton weakness they came become self absorbed.
Good. This is the way to go about the ISIS problem. The Kurds are valiant fighters-they’re just less well armed than ISIS. With good equipment, they will beat ISIS back and recapture their cities. No need whatsoever for US troops. The Iraqis, on the other hand, have proven to be feckless fighters, so all the weapons we left them are wasted on them.
Joe Madison is furious with the people who are doing the looting. He is right-Takes focus away from shooting, investigation, etc. All negative and gives the media lots of juicy talking points and stories. Mike Brown is essentially forgotten about.
Yes…and they all fall into a sterotype that should not be. This should be all about finding justice for this young man’s murder, not filling your pockets with stuff. Seriously, if people want to be taken seriously, they need to behave seriously. Poor parents of Michael Brown having to see this shameful behavior….
as i said last night…gonna keep my eyes on the prize…
No amount of looting can detract from the police shooting an unarmed Black teen TEN times and then allowing his body to just lay there on the ground…letting the life force drain out of his body…..NO amount of looting can detract from the BS press conference that the PD delivered…..
I will say that if instead of the sham of the press conference by the police that hinted of a coverup….the PD had taken the cops off the street pending the investigation …that there would have been no looting….there would still have been anger and protesters but not the unleashing of the anger….in the way that it happened…
The manner in which some news media cover African-Americans is horrible and nauseating. Thank goodness my local news didn’t do that. They covered Michael Brown’s shooting, murder at the hands of cops, the vigil, the demands for answers, and AG Holder directing the Civil Rights division at the DOJ to monitor the case.
I bet you’ll find out eventually that the riot and looting wasn’t by those demanding justice for another murdered unarmed black teenager. It’s like when national news said the Black people at a vigil were screaming “kill the police!” when they were actually chanting “No more cop killers. Justice for Michael Brown.”
Some in the news media like to portray black people as violent animals so that it can stoke white fear (which is always at DEFCON 1) and justify the murder of black people in white people’s eyes.
As a privileged white guy, my opinion has less import than that of those who have suffered under the decade, nay centuries, of intolerance, bigotry, prejudice, violence, etc. that so many have experienced. I remember vividly the riots of the 60’s, specially in the days after the assassination of MLK Jr. Living in an almost all white suburb of Milwaukee I watched what was happening with some trepidation, but with a different perspective than many of my white friends.
I stepped back enough to ask myself, if I was in their shoes what would I do. And my answer was quite simply, I would probably have joined in.
The same thing applies here. But I also wonder, what would have happened differently if the police acknowledged immediately that they were culpable and that the officers involved would punished appropriately, maybe even charged with murder, even second degree. And if that were the standard response to situations like this.
What would happen differently if it was known that there would be no tolerance anywhere of these kind of actions, even those actions of abuse of power that don’t result in death.
It is not just this isolated incident that resulted in whatever rioting may have occured. It is the pattern that results in frustration which can find its way to bursts of violent response.
Actually, to some degree, as incident piles up after incident, that there is more rioting. If the situation were the reverse, and there was a pattern of black police officers killing white youth or men, without cause, do you really think some of these armed militia groups wouldn’t be doing something.
To be honest, I look at the somewhat reserved response and think to myself, the discipline I am seeing is remarkable. And yet, it is somewhat like what I see in Gaza.
A violent response just legitimizes the Israeli (not all but enough) view that the Palestinians are animals. No response gives Israel permission to continue what they have been doing, building what amounts to an apartheid state.
The comparison isn’t exact, but it raises the question of what it will take for white society, specially as illustrated in the institutions of power like the police departments, to change?
The same thing applies here. But I also wonder, what would have happened differently if the police acknowledged immediately that they were culpable and that the officers involved would punished appropriately, maybe even charged with murder, even second degree. And if that were the standard response to situations like this.
Good morning, TOD! Been out of loop this weekend (house concert, tax reports (wish it was mine, all mine…)); seems I’ve missed a lot! Dashing out the door to bank (got to write check to school district :-( ) Heartbroken about Mike Brown. Twitter link to the below article is broke. This is worth a look:
White House.gov
GM
…at least, I’m hoping it will be ‘good’ despite all that’s happening!
Moooooooorning VC!
Hi, lovey! :) How are you,…..and the young man living with you?
:-) Which young man?
Ooooo! Is there something I should know, CC? /You can whisper - I won’t tell anyone …else/
Quick, just give me the highlights! I promise I won’t even tell DannyO.
:lol:
Chips, I wasn’t able to decipher the above code, and I’m dying of curiosity here. Can you please tell me in English quickly? Slip me a picture if you’re too shy to name him. When you start asking ‘Which young man?’ when I thought there was only DannyO, you can’t expect my ears, and eyes, not to perk up. Give me a break (for some BREAKING NEWS); I promise to keep it quiet between us. ;) ;)
OMG! VC! As if I’d cheat on Danny!
The politically correct public answer!
I’ve thought and thought for hour(s), but cannot figure out the code. Going forward, I’ll keep my eyes and ears open, for sure.
VC you got here early. GM @ congrats on Furst young lady 😊
Hello, Roberta! Pleased to sidle in with you and Chips in the picture. FTR, I wasn’t ‘furst’ - that word’s meaning is too all-over-the-place for me, so I’m valiantly trying to “take ‘fiiiirst’ back”. ;)
Have a great Monday, Roberta!
GM
Good morning, Chips, I’m so glad to be back after 72 hours of total immersion in Elmo, Curious George and two-year old adorableness. I am now so far behind, there’s no hope of catching up, so I’m just going forward.
Morning Jackie!! Aw, nothing beats two-year old adorableness!!
Yep, there’s a lot to be said for adorableness, plus I learned that it’s possible to drink a glass of water with a fork-if you don’t care how long it takes and how much lands on your lap. That way you can combine dining and bathing and save time.
Howling!! That sounds like a magic trick, Jackie!
Hi VC and Roberta, so good to see you’re still punching in early. Missed you all.
Morning, JackieG! So, nice to see you are still standing - you favourite, Grandma Jackie, you! Does this mean you, as well as Grandpa G, are going to be sleeping most of today? Wise decision to go forward, before even thinking of catching up. The last couple of days have been difficult ‘valley’ days so going back would depress you for sure!
As pooped as Pop Pop and I are, there’s no rest for the weary, since I have a mammogram scheduled for today. You are so right about the last few days. Took a quick peek and wanted to crawl back under the covers.. The world has gone nuts!!!
Hope the mammogram brings good, positive results!
‘The world has gone nuts!!!’
Fortunately, we have TOD, where we can gather and cry, support each other, plan, and step back into the fray with a focus and with renewed hope. There’s work to be done.
GM Jackie, kissed your comments this weekend too. But glad you were able to spend time with family an adorables. I am assuming those are Grandchildren right? One of the ladies in our building babysits her Great Grandson and is he a joy. Get to play with him a little when she has him outside. Kind a miss those little ones, my grandbabies are too old to cuddle anymore. :)
Roberta, it’s our one and only grandbaby. Both our children are in their 40’s. Our daughter doesn’t think she can safely manage another child and our son isn’t interested. You were fortunate to have your grandchildren when you were younger. It’s hard bending over and carrying a young one at our age.
G’morning Chps & TOD! Happy Monday everyone :)
Goooooood mooooooorning Hopefruit!
Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family. I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Monday morning. Congrats VC, on being first this morning.
Thank God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America.
Moooooooorning RanMan!!
Morning RanMan, and TY.
Yes, we all need to continue to ‘Thank God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America.’
Amen, VC. We need to repeat that every morning and several times during the day.
Good Morning my Chips and TOD family. A lovely Monday to all. Chips, have not heard from my grandson lately. Granny needs a hug.
{{{{{{{{Danny, granny loves you}}}}}}}} Be nice to mommy today.
Jackiegrumbacher, welcome back. Keep those moments with the precious two-year old close and dear to your heart. So happy for you.
A very Happy Birthday to our beautiful Donna Dem. May your day be one of beautiful times with family and friends. The twins are such a sweet gift already. Enjoy your special day, Donna. {{{{{{{{{{{Lots of delicious cake and ice cream.}}}}}}}}}}}}}HZ
Good morning our beloved HZ! Yikes, Donna’s birthday —-> cake baking time!!
Have a completely blissful day Donna!!!!
Happy B-Day Donna Dem!!!
Thanks rikyrah!!!
Happy Birthday Donna dem 4 Obama. Hope your day is glorious, no workie today”
Happy Happy Donna…..Enjoy your day…
found this adorable Happy Video….
i hope it makes you smile….
Happy Birthday Donna!!!
Crazy HAPPY birthday to you, DonnaDem!! I know this year will bring even more joy to you and your family. Take it easy today and enjoy PBO’s cupcakes. And that smile, who can resist??!! Hugs, girl!!
Happy Birthday, dear Donna Dem! I hope the afterglow of a lovely family weekend carries right into your birthday and beyond. You’re a gem!
I can smell the deliciousness coming from the kitchen already, Chips. Love you beautiful angel. HZ
Ah {{HZ}}, luckily for Donna I cheated and used PBO’s cupcakes - I didn’t want her day ruined :-)
Yipee….No sideways running off the plate cake for me this year. ;)
I get cupcakes, I get cupcakes….Yummy for my Tummy!!!
Thank You Ms. Chips!!!
Donna, I hope this is an absolutely fabulous birthday for you. If you need to work this Monday morning, let the whole day fly by and include lots of treats from your co-workers. Hope you’ve got special plans for tonight. And have you gotten extra special butterfly kisses from your little sweetheart twin sisters yet? Nothing like a cuddle from a little one to make all right with the world. Bless you and may your day be filled with magic.
Oh yes, I can see the deliciousness. Donna, have a beautiful day. With that gorgeous smile from our wonderful President, you have to have a great birthday. Celebrate girl. HZ
Thanks HZ, I’m gonna celebrate like it’s 1999!!!!
You are welcome my love. Take it away!!!!! Enjoy every moment of it, Donna.HZ
Party like its 1999
Good morning everyone! Congrats vc on top spot this am.
Congrats VC!!
Happy Monday TODers!!
Heeeeeeeya Chips!!
Helloooooooooo Africa, happy Monday!!!
Donna’s Day. Happy Birthday!!! Best wishes and many, many more to come.
You can’t just sidle in here with a tweet without saying “moooooorning TOD petals!”
Do it.
moooooorning TOD petals
My eyes!!!!! :lol:
Morning Cherub!
psst, don’t tell unohoo.
Red white and blue. The funnest things you do…Amk Amk, this is YOU!! :) :)
But … I thought wimmin liked colors???
Yes we do.
So I did.
Ouch! That will surely wake anyone up.
Thanks AMK. I’m definitely awake now.
This is all too true; the sub-text of my 30 year teaching career.
GM TOD ohana.
This cartoon fit my time teaching between 1968 and 2001. I hear from former teacher compatriots that it is even worse today. I saw a difference between when I started teaching in both support of the teacher and parental expectations of their children. I think the biggest switch came in the late 70s upon seeing more blended families and more two parents in the work force. Suddenly the teachers were expected to tend to all of the educational needs of the kids instead of partnering with the parents. I also noticed a difference between the East Coast and West Coast.
Good Morning TOD
Thanks Chips, HZ, Africa and my TOD family!
I’ve spent this early morning catching up on the weekend events. My heart is heavy reading about the “murder” of Michael Brown and the way the police and the press reacted to it. I pray that his family can find some way to get through this nightmare. May he R.I.P.
I hope our President and his family has a wonderful, fun-filled and restful vacation.
I am grateful that I am alive to see the good and the bad of this world as I celebrate the 59th anniversary of my birth today. Blessings to you all and have a slice of my BD cake and a scoop of ice cream with me today.
Have a great O’Day everyone!!!
Happy Birthday, dd. Hope your day is filled with sunshine, joy, peace, hope and many blessings!!!! :)
Thanks so much tnmtngirl!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONNA!!! :) Hope the rest of your day (and birthday week) goes swimmingly well!
Thanks for the ice cream and cake!
Thanks neighbor. I intend to enjoy every moment of this day!!!!
yeah, where are they, donna?
The sideways hat leaves me in tears EVERY time!
He is the one who is asking where are the strippers.
Na, he’s probably after cake, betcha it’s the lady cat demanding strippers. Although, sometimes you have to be careful about what you’re asking for:
Check out the Big Hair ) ;) :)
Donna, that man bottom right, with the delightful hair and beard ….. I would give anything to unsee him!
You read my mind, except perhaps for the bottom left part. Oh, who am I kidding. They’re all pretty freakish.
OMG!! How do I unsee this??????
Yikes!!! My eyes! You need to issue a warming when you do this, Chips.
guess anything goes now, eh?
Huh? You posted a funny male stripper gif, I posted a funny male stripper pic! It’s 1-1 :-)
I’ve got the cake but you’ll need to check with Chips as to when the strippers will arrive. But I’ll tell you now that I would prefer male strippers at my partyyyyyyy :shock:
You got it.
Now, where are mine?
Happy Birthday Donna!!!
Happy Bday DonnaDem! Have a sweet and superlative day!
You still a young Lady, enjoy. Oooh! to be your age again. :)
Good morning Donna and Happy Birthday. Hope your day is filled with joy and lots of cake and treats.
From my Twitter TL, I see that Charles Blow shares same birth date with Donna. He turns 44 today.
Well Happy Birthday to Charles today!!!
Just saw this quote on Facebook: “Never give up for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.” Harriet B. Stowe. We all need to try to focus on that and keep HOPE alive.
Great quote. Thanks, TM.
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks & TOD family.
Good moooooorning GGail!!
Goood morning Chips! :-)
Good north west coast morning, peeps.
Happy Birthday Donna Dem. I am grateful for all your posts. I love to see your grand baby twins. Your beautiful babies help us remember why we are working for a better world. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy your day, celebrate your life and share the details.
That interview that HRC did yesterday seemed to have brought out a lot of bad feelings. Even people who used to be supportive of her on Twitter are now angry. People may criticize PBO on Twitter, but deep down they support him and they don’t want other Dems opposing his policies. I think both HRC and the media underestimate how much people support PBO…
She really stepped in it. So predictable.
Hf, just reading about that interview makes me feel sick to my stomach. Saw a comment on TPV that electing HRC would guarantee a Repub in 2020 because she would start a war and then get blamed for it by the very people she hoped to please. UGH! I hope Biden/McNally come roaring out to overtake her in the primary.
Is she had any integrity (who am I kidding), she should have resigned if she had policy differences with PBO. Her triangulation drips through out the interview.
Hillary is all about Hillary. She showed a total lack of any loyalty, She could have explained the difficult issues involved when making foreign policy decisions. She really showed her true self. This is a Big Clinton weakness they came become self absorbed.
Good morning BFF and TOD.
Good. This is the way to go about the ISIS problem. The Kurds are valiant fighters-they’re just less well armed than ISIS. With good equipment, they will beat ISIS back and recapture their cities. No need whatsoever for US troops. The Iraqis, on the other hand, have proven to be feckless fighters, so all the weapons we left them are wasted on them.
Morning everyone:) Happy Birthday, Donna:) Many, many more! Where’s the strippers amk ordered for you? Cupcakes sure looked delish….especially considering the delivery guy:)
Morning MUST READ>>>>>
http://thedailybanter.com/2014/08/obama-democrats-generally-fact-based-reason-based-gop-denies-science/
YES WE CAN
The story about the black boy who was killed in StL has made it to my local news…because of riot & looting that broke out last night. SMH!
Joe Madison is furious with the people who are doing the looting. He is right-Takes focus away from shooting, investigation, etc. All negative and gives the media lots of juicy talking points and stories. Mike Brown is essentially forgotten about.
Yes…and they all fall into a sterotype that should not be. This should be all about finding justice for this young man’s murder, not filling your pockets with stuff. Seriously, if people want to be taken seriously, they need to behave seriously. Poor parents of Michael Brown having to see this shameful behavior….
gm TN…
as i said last night…gonna keep my eyes on the prize…
No amount of looting can detract from the police shooting an unarmed Black teen TEN times and then allowing his body to just lay there on the ground…letting the life force drain out of his body…..NO amount of looting can detract from the BS press conference that the PD delivered…..
I will say that if instead of the sham of the press conference by the police that hinted of a coverup….the PD had taken the cops off the street pending the investigation …that there would have been no looting….there would still have been anger and protesters but not the unleashing of the anger….in the way that it happened…
The manner in which some news media cover African-Americans is horrible and nauseating. Thank goodness my local news didn’t do that. They covered Michael Brown’s shooting, murder at the hands of cops, the vigil, the demands for answers, and AG Holder directing the Civil Rights division at the DOJ to monitor the case.
I bet you’ll find out eventually that the riot and looting wasn’t by those demanding justice for another murdered unarmed black teenager. It’s like when national news said the Black people at a vigil were screaming “kill the police!” when they were actually chanting “No more cop killers. Justice for Michael Brown.”
Some in the news media like to portray black people as violent animals so that it can stoke white fear (which is always at DEFCON 1) and justify the murder of black people in white people’s eyes.
Yep. Agree. Again, it’s the stupid f****** media.
As a privileged white guy, my opinion has less import than that of those who have suffered under the decade, nay centuries, of intolerance, bigotry, prejudice, violence, etc. that so many have experienced. I remember vividly the riots of the 60’s, specially in the days after the assassination of MLK Jr. Living in an almost all white suburb of Milwaukee I watched what was happening with some trepidation, but with a different perspective than many of my white friends.
I stepped back enough to ask myself, if I was in their shoes what would I do. And my answer was quite simply, I would probably have joined in.
The same thing applies here. But I also wonder, what would have happened differently if the police acknowledged immediately that they were culpable and that the officers involved would punished appropriately, maybe even charged with murder, even second degree. And if that were the standard response to situations like this.
What would happen differently if it was known that there would be no tolerance anywhere of these kind of actions, even those actions of abuse of power that don’t result in death.
It is not just this isolated incident that resulted in whatever rioting may have occured. It is the pattern that results in frustration which can find its way to bursts of violent response.
Actually, to some degree, as incident piles up after incident, that there is more rioting. If the situation were the reverse, and there was a pattern of black police officers killing white youth or men, without cause, do you really think some of these armed militia groups wouldn’t be doing something.
To be honest, I look at the somewhat reserved response and think to myself, the discipline I am seeing is remarkable. And yet, it is somewhat like what I see in Gaza.
A violent response just legitimizes the Israeli (not all but enough) view that the Palestinians are animals. No response gives Israel permission to continue what they have been doing, building what amounts to an apartheid state.
The comparison isn’t exact, but it raises the question of what it will take for white society, specially as illustrated in the institutions of power like the police departments, to change?
I really don’t know.
The same thing applies here. But I also wonder, what would have happened differently if the police acknowledged immediately that they were culpable and that the officers involved would punished appropriately, maybe even charged with murder, even second degree. And if that were the standard response to situations like this.
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THISSSSSSS!!!!
Another example of Upchuck just being his ignorant self…this guy actually gets PAID to know stuff that he still doesn’t know!
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/08/if-chuck-todd-had-paid-attention-hed-know
Good morning, TOD! Been out of loop this weekend (house concert, tax reports (wish it was mine, all mine…)); seems I’ve missed a lot! Dashing out the door to bank (got to write check to school district :-( ) Heartbroken about Mike Brown. Twitter link to the below article is broke. This is worth a look:
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/the_grapevine/2014/08/_iftheygunnedmedown_shows_how_black_people_are_portrayed_in_mainstream_media.html
As I run out the door, also wanted to leave a positive story:
GM all from rainy Chicago land. We need it, but then so do so many other parts of the country.
Good morning Japa!
Iraq president calls for new PM.
Iraq’s president has asked Deputy Parliament Speaker Haider al-Abadi to form a new government, officials say.
Mr Abadi has been nominated as prime minister by Shia parties, instead of the incumbent Nouri Maliki.
But Mr Maliki has made it clear he wants to stand for a third term, and earlier said he intends to take the president to court.
Meanwhile the jihadist insurgency in the north of Iraq continues to cause international concern.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28739975
Maliki is more interested in saving his ass than he is in saving his country, sad to say he might lose both.
Goooood mooorrinnginngngg, TODville.
Rise and Shine - And Chat Away
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/08/11/rise-and-shine-and-chat-away-7/