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Again?
Congrats on #1 :)
Congrats, Vicki! You rock!
I am on a roll today, evidently.
LL, I really enjoyed the Paul Robeson selections a few days ago. “Danny Boy” had me in tears, not that tears are necessarily the appropriate reaction. Now I will enjoy “let My People Go.” Enjoy? not exactly the right word either.
POTUS about to return home.
On an Osprey?
Really?
Not the most relaxing vacation, but i hope the Obama family had some good times.
Are FLOTUS and the girls returning with him?
Doesn’t that tweet just give you the impression that PBO was away for 2 WHOLE weeks? (There’s probably no way Mark could say it better in 140 characters.)
Yeah, was he too lazy to tweet the whole story?
I don’t believe Mark ever tweets the whole story when it comes to PBO, and I don’t think that omission has much to do with his laziness.
I shall have a proper night owl music chat for after this one has hit 100-ish.
Apologies LL, I saw your Chat Away in drafts and presumed you had created it today, didn’t realize it was an old one!
No worries, Madam! You shall enjoy what I’m working on now.
Is it related to a Dutch Revolution?
Ma’am, if van Gaal had been in charge in the 16th Century, the Dutch would still be Catholic.
:shock:
Your face goes :shock:, but your heart goes :(
LL, I’m looking forward to a Night Owl featuring Alice Cooper…doesn’t have to be this week or next week. Whenever you decide is fine with me.
Thanks! :)
Not sure, but I think he’s a GOPer.
OOOOooooops…..
That.Changes.Every.Thing.Then.
It’s Da blacks I tells ya… :)
Was this really a poll? Please tell me this was not asked on his show?
Jovie, please hand deliver Steve Kornhacki a special telegram from me. The telegram says that Kornhacki and MSNBC can both GO TO HELL!
“To get a sense of the fracture that cuts this city in two, drive along Delmar Boulevard, a major four-lane road that runs east to west. Hit the brakes when you see an Aldi grocery store and put your finger on the blinker. Decide which world to enter. In the blocks to the immediate south: Tudor homes, wine bars, a racquet club, a furniture store selling sofas for $6,000. The neighborhood, according to U.S. Census data, is 70 percent white.
In the blocks to the immediate north: knocked-over street signs, collapsing houses, fluttering trash, tree-bare streets with weeds blooming from the sidewalk. The neighborhood is 99 percent black.
The geography of almost every U.S. city reveals at least some degree of segregation, but in St. Louis, the break between races — and privilege — is particularly drastic, so defined that those on both sides speak often about a precise boundary. The Delmar Divide, they call it, and it stands as a symbol of the disconnect that for years has bred grievances and frustrations, emotions that exploded into public view on the streets of the majority-black suburb of Ferguson after a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teenager. Ferguson is north of Delmar; the suburb of Crestwood, where the officer lives, is south.
Even the way people perceive the Aug. 9 shooting and the street protests that have followed is influenced by geography. “I’m one of those people that feels sorry for the officer,” said Paul Ruppel, 41, a white business owner who lives just to the south of the divide. “For the most part, I believe the police of St. Louis are doing a great job.” Said Alvonia Crayton, an African American woman who lives just to the north of Delmar: “My reaction is, what took them so long? Michael Brown was basically the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
St. Louis’s geographic divide stems from a legacy of segregation — legal and illegal — and more recent economic stratification that has had the effect of reinforcing racial separation. Even now, some tony suburbs maintain large-lot single-family zoning, essentially closing the door to lower-earners who might want to subdivide a property. St. Louis, its urban center hollowed out, has had far less of the gentrification that has transformed other Rust Belt cities, including Chicago and Pittsburgh. Look at a map of St. Louis, color-coded by race, and majority-African American communities sit almost exclusively to the north — that is, above Delmar…..continued
This is set to air during the MTV awards several times tonight:
Wow! Whenever I start to lament the amount of suckage that occurs in the State of Georgia, Texas steps up to try and toss us out of the mud pool.
I just can’t believe he can’t have a simple vacation without crisis after crisis.
And then to be vilified for playing golf a few times is just too much.
Nice!
Hey, you! Thx for your note.
Saw your response, sugar. Glad to hear it!
My sister-in-law’s sister lives in Yountville and works for a big winery in Napa. Just heard her house suffered a crack in the foundation and lots of broken glass. The winery has a lot of wine bottles destroyed and the gift shop was a mess with wine, olive oil and vinegars all smashed on the floor. They had quite a mess to clean up!
Glad she’s okay, but the crack in the foundation is definitely not a good thing! And I did see some of the damage to the wineries on the teevee. Eek.
But think of all the oil we’ll have!!111!!1!111!
It’s happening already……After all, we live in a “throw away” society. If you can’t ride in it, drink it, or use it to send text messages what good is it.
26,954,713
This is why I love people.
gaal’s goal = one point.
Mission Accomplished
And a good morning to you too :roll:
didja know this?
Amk? You are, well, weird!!!!!
:lol: That’s me, bottom left.
amk, are you OK?
WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.
https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/503671292650721280
Invoking God does not explain ANYTHING but thanks for the headphone tip.
Which I’ll never use because it looks like rocket science.
why do you think created rocket science? ha.
Speak for yourself, Meta; I’m not here for unowho2, who I’m beginning to realize has collection-itis! I’m gobsmacked that someone actually recorded a 5-step plan to prepare headphones for transporting - and that unowho2 would find it!!!
(Was he ever, Meta?)
There was a time……well, nah.
:lol: See? The woman won!
but who made her do it? ha.
But, but, but if you use it as a coaster you can’t use it as a lid to recover your unfinished drink. yuk!
Crap, I’ve gotta go back to work tomorrow, don’t I?
Attention TOD netizens: LL has officially shaved his head!
Normally, I just buzz it very short. But I bought a balder razor from Norelco, and used it this afternoon. My head is now smooth as one of amk’s pug’s bottom.
and peeps call me weird.
You’re not bald.
I blame the wifey unit.
OK, what’s going on here? What are you people drinking?
Manhattans. Next question?
Ok, fine.
BTW, did you feel the quake?
Yes, it woke me right up at 3:20am. A big roll.
LL is now bald. I think Obama needs to come out and make some kind of statement…time to reassure the American people.
Dear, I’ve been bald for 20 years. I just finally found the proper razor to shave completely bald without undue pain.
Ah…well Obama at least needs to come out and say that.
LOL!
WHERE IS OBAMA?1!1?1!! :lol:
I’m so outraged! My disappointment is ballooning right now..
HE NEVER STANDS UP FOR US.
He’s too busy golfing!
Communist Socialist!
Islamist Kenyan-Hawaiian!
Lazy tyrrany!!
And he has military folks hold umbrellas for him! And he likes to use the word “folks”! Sinner!
Peeps are correct! There’s no law that two TOD villagers can’t be called weird.
THIS
Hope they choke on their own bile.
Defending the indefensible takes its toll.
RIP
The man just oozed charisma. First movie I saw him in was “The Great Escape” - he chewed up the screen. Couldn’t take my eyes off him. Loved him in every performance I saw - including Jurassic Park.
Thank you Dudette - I encountered Richard A some years ago - he lived not far from where we were in London & joined the crowd on the green at the local fair - think he was giving out some prizes or some such thing. A most English event!
Cool!
That’s why I’ll stick to listening to the ’70s oldie-goldies on my lil’ victrola, while everyone else watches #VMA on their 80″ HDTV.
It sounds like the VMAs have become a Disney breeding ground.
VMAs are on tonight. So music… some
Best Male Performance - Ed Sheeran, Sing
Just scarfed down leftover pollo asado and various grilled veggies. I need a belly rub.
Sorry. I have to wash my car.
Common is on the VMA stage talking about Ferguson.
Asks for a moment of silence for Mike Brown and for peace in the world.
I rest my case. ciao. daughter unit arriving in 60, 59, 58 …. min.
:-) See ya Mister!!
OOOOOooo, fun. Enjoy and don’t be mean to her!
PBO speaking out on others’ issues, but not ours! I’m going to be on MSNBC tomorrow expressing my outrage.
Touchdown! And all’s right with the world! Thank you, JER.
Sam Smith - I’ve Told You Now
He didn’t sing this on stage tonight (he sang “Stay With Me”); I just like this one.
Okay, I more than like it… I’ve had it on repeat for like a week now. :-D
More music. And by more music, I mean stuff which won’t make you commit hara kiri. http://theobamadiary.com/2014/08/24/night-owl-chat-lila-downs/
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