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French president condemns “cruel and cowardly” murder of tourist Herve Gourdel by Algerian militants http://bbc.in/1wLzWrm
Good afternoon TOD!
Every time I hear this man speak my heart bursts with pride for all the people that stood in long lines, walked miles in all kinds of weather, traveled to Washington, D.C. on crowed buses, trains, cars, come here daily to this blog to “chose hope over fear” by voting for him twice.
Thank you one and all. My life has purpose and meaning. I wake up anticipating a new day and what it might bring instead of dread and pull the covers back over my head, I take brisk walks, smile and say good morning to strangers i may never see again in life.
I feel what we human beings were created for and that is LOVE.
Than you, Mr. President for standing up for strong for all human beings.
Those of us who still choose good over evil appreciate your good will and hope for this world, its environment.
For all the people who still and always will believe in HOPE we applaud you for speaking up for those who will not, who refuse to and those who know that is all we have everyday we wake up. We are grateful for your caring and peaceful heart.
May God bless you and your family always .
TY, Judth.
Heart-to-Heart……
Scripture says, “Try the Spirit by the Spirit”.
President Obama has a righteous Spirit. It shows in his walk, talk and his life.
“While Democrats in Congress have been trying to make a campaign issue about corporate tax inversions, and the administration has begun to take action, former President Bill Clinton is defending them:
“Like it or not, this inversion, this is their money,” Mr. Clinton said in an interview during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York.
When asked whether inversions — the practice of American companies acquiring a small overseas rival and reincorporating abroad to lower their tax bills — are unpatriotic, as many critics say, Mr. Clinton said that publicly traded companies, in particular, “feel duty bound to pay the lowest taxes they can pay.”
amk, I’d just read a post earlier today about Hillary talking about equality in the work force, taxation to make better a wide variety of concerns. And then Bill does what Bill does best: take action before thinking of the consequences.
He fought impeachment in the morning, and spent his afternoons with Gingrich and Phil Gramm, plotting to destroy financial regulations going back to the New Deal. It was that bill that directly led to the destruction of our economy in 2008, but no one blames him. It is breathtaking what that weasel has gotten away with.
I want the WH to stay in Democratic hands, but then I flash on seeing that miserable shit back in the WH and I just cringe.
You and I are on the same page re: WJC and Glass-Steagall repeal.
FDR would be turning in his grave, rest his Soul.
WJC epitomizes hubris, and his ego equals any other historic megalomaniac.
Before the CODE-pink PUMAs came on scene, my primary objection to HRC as President was the thought (agree > shudder) of WJC rattling around the WH.
I quickly snapped out of shuddering to being terrified of the unleashing of the Tundra Twit.
The polls were in PBO’s favor in Nov 2008, during the US’s economic freefall — but it didn’t stop me from waking up several times in the middle of the night mortified of that possibility.
I distinctly remember: before McCain pulled his stunt about “suspending” his campaign to go to DC to fix the economy, EVERYONE was terrified. PBO and other Dem’s laid out the conditions for the bailout, and they had some meat to them. Then McCain came blustering back to DC and emboldened the a**holes, the deal fell apart, and the banks got away with economic murder. I also remember McCain sitting in a meeting, silent, because he is truly a stupid man. Terrifying, to be sure.
My feelings exactly 57! Not to mention DADT, DOMA, and the list goes on. I joke (not really) that the first 4 years of PBO’s presidency were spent undoing what BILL had done, not Bush. Can’t stand the man, and never could. He is so much the typical politician he makes me shudder.
Oh, I usually go through the entire litany of damage done by Bill Clinton, but I didn’t need to preach to the choir.
But while we’re at it, let us not forget the deregulation of the telecom industry, turning the entire media over to Clinton’s (apparent) enemies. The reason this POTUS can give a generation-leading speech at the U.N. and not have it televised on ANY major news network: Bill Clinton!
but what is NOT being said…is that the rich have special rules that ensure that they have special rates…rules made into laws by the Congress…it did not happen by accident…it is deliberate…riggin the game…so to speak is not Fair to the Working people of America
In one sense he is totally correct. Corporations , by law, have to make as much as they can for their stockholders, so long as they practice within the limits of the law. And our current laws allow this type of crap to continue.
One not-so-little nitpick: The opening sentence in that WaPo article makes it seem as though it was the administration that mismanaged funds and resources. This is a long-standing settlement that goes back 50 years ago….But as usual, it’s THIS administration cleaning up other people’s messes….
Agree, 57! However, it’s worth noting that the UK has reportedly been shipping necessary armaments to its fighter/bomber groups located in the ME in preparation for attacks. UK doesn’t quite have the logistical system that the US does. Not an excuse for PM Cameron’s big talk first, action maybe later - ‘style.’ Just wanted you to know.
It is also my understanding that he has no authority to act given his Parliament’s rejection of Syrian airstrikes last year. Not an excuse, but PBO at least has something he can use to justify his actions.
That’s correct, Foxfire. Also, it wasn’t until his meeting today with the Iraqi President that he received an official request to participate in airstrikes in Iraq.
I have a feeling Cameron didn’t want to get the slamming Tony Blair did in being called “Bush’s Poodle.” He had to put space and time between PBO and him. But, he is almost doing an FDR…..getting supplies and armaments in place for the battle, which he knows he will enter.
Nope. Blair had Majority in the Parliament.
Cameron is there for the Liberal Lib, I think that is their name……made is PM-ship possible. So he had to go to the Parliament. Last year, they said: No.
Funny, Nena, I remember the president getting re-elected in the last 40 months, so it must have been at that ..ah hem… 44 percent approval rating. And I wonder what state is going to see the name Barack Obama on the ballot this November?
This may sound awful, but I think if he were a white male, his approval would be ten points higher. I honestly believe he suffers in the ratings from prejudice. They should add ten points to get what his approval rating is. I sometimes wonder at the prejudice of the pollsters.
Carolyn you have a point - an excellent point. I have long suspected that PBO’s true approval rating is at least 10 pts higher than what the polling indicates. And I think the seemingly lowered rating stems from prejudice both on the part of the pollsters (the kinds of questions they ask, the timing and lead, push polls that coincide with forced media narratives, etc), and the not-so-random sample of respondents that they select. I would wager that his *true* approval rating is in the low 50s, commensurate with his 2012 election numbers.
The media unwittingly gave this *secret* away when they said in 2012 (not realizing at the time what it meant) that if everyone who was eligible to vote, voted, PBO would win by a blowout margin. This is exactly the case with the polling - only one set of people are polled. And it’s a non-random sample that skews white, conservative, and yes - racist (regardless of political ID).
Chips, please know that I love your creative art, those slim and slick characters that can raise their hands/arms, dance and tease us just by the stroke of your electronic pen. Perhaps others are jealous of such a talent (or new acquired skills). But I am not.
Interview: ‘Black-Ish’ Creator Kenya Barris Talks Blackness in the Age of Obama and in the Shadow of Cosby (Premieres Tonight)
By Jai Tiggett | Shadow and ActSeptember 24, 2014 at 2:17PM
Leading up to the series premiere, show creator Kenya Barris made time to talk with Shadow And Act about ‘Black-ish’ and what he hopes to achieve with it.
Premiering tonight on ABC, “Black-ish” follows Andre Johnson, a successful advertising executive, husband, and father trying to establish a sense of cultural identity for his family in the age of Obama and post-racial dogma.
The series is loosely based on the life of show creator Kenya Barris, who leads a team of black executive producers including Larry Wilmore, Brian Dobbins, and Helen Sugland, as well as Anthony Anderson and Laurence Fishburne, who also star.
Leading up to the series premiere, Barris made time to talk with Shadow And Act about the show and what he hopes to achieve with it.
About the series title, “Black-ish”:
I looked at my kids and realized that they’re growing up in a much different way than I did. I’m from Inglewood; my kids are not. And my understanding of what it was to be black growing up is not the world that they’re living in. They have a filtered version of that; it’s a little black-ish. They’ve taken a lot of different things from what Americana has become.
And at the same time I looked around at everyone else who was in an additive way a little black-ish. I say it in the pilot – Kim Kardashian, Justin Timberlake, everyone else who – it used to be called “co-opting,” but now it’s “an homage.” And it’s people sort of finally giving us credit for our contribution to the Zeitgeist of the world today. So I felt like the younger generation is living in this homogenized world that we’ve never really seen before, which is capped off by our President who is black and mixed race. I could have called it “The Johnsons,” or “Keeping it Real” or “The Burbs,” but I felt like I wanted to say something about this world.
Watch Courtney B. Vance, Gloria Reuben &
Stephen King ‘Find Their Roots’ (Full Premiere Episode Now Online)
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and ActSeptember 24, 2014 at 1:08PM
Last night, the season premiere of the popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” hosted by Dr. Henry Lewis Gates, Jr., aired on the network, starting at 8pm. The emotional genealogical exploration, during which Courtney B. Vance, Gloria Reuben and Stephen King, searched for clues about their biological parents, delivered as you’d expect, is now available online for you to watch, courtesy of PBS, if you missed yesterday’s broadcast.
Looking further out, every Tuesday from here-on, a new group of guests will discover their diverse histories, including actresses Angela Bassett and Khandi Alexander, actor Ben Affleck, journalist Anderson Cooper, tennis great Billie Jean King, and rapper Nas to name a few.
Watch the full episode of last night’s season premiere, featuring Courtney B. Vance, Gloria Reuben and Stephen King, below:
White House.gov
Hello.
Afternoon No Child!!
Good Afternoon Chips!
Wow! How is that for a first place?
Good Afternoon TODville.
Thank you Chips for the new post.
you are in my spot.
jeebus, look what you have started, bt.
I <3 PBO & TOD. Back after work
BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking · 6m
French president condemns “cruel and cowardly” murder of tourist Herve Gourdel by Algerian militants http://bbc.in/1wLzWrm
Has vc learned the open secret that you can post pics here directly here yet? If not, don’t tell her.
She managed a big smilie face the other day, I nearly fell off my chair - but whether that was a one-off fluke, we’ll wait and see :-)
shshsh.
How do I do it?!?!
A few hints: Kasper. Man cave - a unique creation.
right click on the image, copy image location (it must be jpeg/gif or some such image file) and paste here.
100 bucks please.
Put it on my tab.
tab sez overlimit. can’t do it.
Re-check your damn math.
engineers = masters of math.
:lol:
10 important things Obama said at the United Nations.
http://www.rediff.com/news/report/ten-important-things-obama-said-at-the-united-nations/20140924.htm
This is from amk land.
Cool - thanks for posting this, AMK!
my pleasure, JF.
Good afternoon TOD!
Every time I hear this man speak my heart bursts with pride for all the people that stood in long lines, walked miles in all kinds of weather, traveled to Washington, D.C. on crowed buses, trains, cars, come here daily to this blog to “chose hope over fear” by voting for him twice.
Thank you one and all. My life has purpose and meaning. I wake up anticipating a new day and what it might bring instead of dread and pull the covers back over my head, I take brisk walks, smile and say good morning to strangers i may never see again in life.
I feel what we human beings were created for and that is LOVE.
Than you, Mr. President for standing up for strong for all human beings.
Those of us who still choose good over evil appreciate your good will and hope for this world, its environment.
For all the people who still and always will believe in HOPE we applaud you for speaking up for those who will not, who refuse to and those who know that is all we have everyday we wake up. We are grateful for your caring and peaceful heart.
May God bless you and your family always .
LDS - thanks for saying so well what we all feel!
TY, Judth.
Heart-to-Heart……
Scripture says, “Try the Spirit by the Spirit”.
President Obama has a righteous Spirit. It shows in his walk, talk and his life.
Well, well, well,…….Good for UAE.
Yep. Here she is, Nena, on her way to her ‘office’ :)
A Tip off my Hat to her…..
A Glass of Dom Perignon to Sisterhood everywhere >-I ;) And for Mariyam al Dassouri, a Glass of Clear H2O >-I
How cool is this???? US needs to catch up on female roles in the military! Thanks for sharing this Bob!
Thanks for Posting the UN speech, Chips.
NCLB has the Gold Medal ;)
A pleasure, Nena! Thank you.
I really want Bill Clinton to STFU:
“While Democrats in Congress have been trying to make a campaign issue about corporate tax inversions, and the administration has begun to take action, former President Bill Clinton is defending them:
“Like it or not, this inversion, this is their money,” Mr. Clinton said in an interview during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York.
When asked whether inversions — the practice of American companies acquiring a small overseas rival and reincorporating abroad to lower their tax bills — are unpatriotic, as many critics say, Mr. Clinton said that publicly traded companies, in particular, “feel duty bound to pay the lowest taxes they can pay.”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/23/1331953/-Bill-Clinton-Defends-Corpororate-Tax-Inversions-at-CGI
Go Hillary…. What ?
amk, I’d just read a post earlier today about Hillary talking about equality in the work force, taxation to make better a wide variety of concerns. And then Bill does what Bill does best: take action before thinking of the consequences.
well, it’s a two-fer package. Unless, hillz sez FU to bill and divorces him.
hey, he quipped on the tee vee the other day that he’s running for President, but you’ll technically have to vote for his wife.
Jackass.
try asshole. what a narcissistic punk.
He fought impeachment in the morning, and spent his afternoons with Gingrich and Phil Gramm, plotting to destroy financial regulations going back to the New Deal. It was that bill that directly led to the destruction of our economy in 2008, but no one blames him. It is breathtaking what that weasel has gotten away with.
I want the WH to stay in Democratic hands, but then I flash on seeing that miserable shit back in the WH and I just cringe.
hobson’s choice. mebbe hobson was an effing dem?
Agree 100%, 57F.
You and I are on the same page re: WJC and Glass-Steagall repeal.
FDR would be turning in his grave, rest his Soul.
WJC epitomizes hubris, and his ego equals any other historic megalomaniac.
Before the CODE-pink PUMAs came on scene, my primary objection to HRC as President was the thought (agree > shudder) of WJC rattling around the WH.
I quickly snapped out of shuddering to being terrified of the unleashing of the Tundra Twit.
The polls were in PBO’s favor in Nov 2008, during the US’s economic freefall — but it didn’t stop me from waking up several times in the middle of the night mortified of that possibility.
I distinctly remember: before McCain pulled his stunt about “suspending” his campaign to go to DC to fix the economy, EVERYONE was terrified. PBO and other Dem’s laid out the conditions for the bailout, and they had some meat to them. Then McCain came blustering back to DC and emboldened the a**holes, the deal fell apart, and the banks got away with economic murder. I also remember McCain sitting in a meeting, silent, because he is truly a stupid man. Terrifying, to be sure.
My feelings exactly 57! Not to mention DADT, DOMA, and the list goes on. I joke (not really) that the first 4 years of PBO’s presidency were spent undoing what BILL had done, not Bush. Can’t stand the man, and never could. He is so much the typical politician he makes me shudder.
Oh, I usually go through the entire litany of damage done by Bill Clinton, but I didn’t need to preach to the choir.
But while we’re at it, let us not forget the deregulation of the telecom industry, turning the entire media over to Clinton’s (apparent) enemies. The reason this POTUS can give a generation-leading speech at the U.N. and not have it televised on ANY major news network: Bill Clinton!
yeah - GO AWAY, already. These people sicken me. (not you, amk)
He is ONLY making it harder for HRC…….Keep yapping Bubba.
but what is NOT being said…is that the rich have special rules that ensure that they have special rates…rules made into laws by the Congress…it did not happen by accident…it is deliberate…riggin the game…so to speak is not Fair to the Working people of America
In one sense he is totally correct. Corporations , by law, have to make as much as they can for their stockholders, so long as they practice within the limits of the law. And our current laws allow this type of crap to continue.
But this is the point that i am trying to make…these laws were passed by our Congress to favor the rich…it is NOT coincidence….
Exactly!
Thank You….for being there.
We Earthlings are NOT alone in this Universe.
Sweet.
H2O
Okay…….
following in this traditions…..reparations for African Americans can not be far off…
He walks the walk….that’s OUR President.
One not-so-little nitpick: The opening sentence in that WaPo article makes it seem as though it was the administration that mismanaged funds and resources. This is a long-standing settlement that goes back 50 years ago….But as usual, it’s THIS administration cleaning up other people’s messes….
fiiiinally.
I’d rather have a POTUS who talks softly but takes necessary action, than a blowhard who does nothing.
Agree, 57! However, it’s worth noting that the UK has reportedly been shipping necessary armaments to its fighter/bomber groups located in the ME in preparation for attacks. UK doesn’t quite have the logistical system that the US does. Not an excuse for PM Cameron’s big talk first, action maybe later - ‘style.’ Just wanted you to know.
Had meant to include this link ….
Fair enough. Thanks for the info as always, Bobfr.
It is also my understanding that he has no authority to act given his Parliament’s rejection of Syrian airstrikes last year. Not an excuse, but PBO at least has something he can use to justify his actions.
That’s correct, Foxfire. Also, it wasn’t until his meeting today with the Iraqi President that he received an official request to participate in airstrikes in Iraq.
Okay, he’s a tad less of a blowhard than I originally thought. I gratefully accept the information I find here at TOD.
Indeed ….
Thanks Doc…..was about to post these. :) Thank goodness, I did Refresh……this Time ;)
:)
I have a feeling Cameron didn’t want to get the slamming Tony Blair did in being called “Bush’s Poodle.” He had to put space and time between PBO and him. But, he is almost doing an FDR…..getting supplies and armaments in place for the battle, which he knows he will enter.
Nope. Blair had Majority in the Parliament.
Cameron is there for the Liberal Lib, I think that is their name……made is PM-ship possible. So he had to go to the Parliament. Last year, they said: No.
Now, they will say: Yes!
Made His….oops.
Funny, Nena, I remember the president getting re-elected in the last 40 months, so it must have been at that ..ah hem… 44 percent approval rating. And I wonder what state is going to see the name Barack Obama on the ballot this November?
But Jackie…..with the chattering Class in DC/NY…..it’s a severe case of ODS. Narrative of their own making reigns supreme.
This may sound awful, but I think if he were a white male, his approval would be ten points higher. I honestly believe he suffers in the ratings from prejudice. They should add ten points to get what his approval rating is. I sometimes wonder at the prejudice of the pollsters.
Carolyn you have a point - an excellent point. I have long suspected that PBO’s true approval rating is at least 10 pts higher than what the polling indicates. And I think the seemingly lowered rating stems from prejudice both on the part of the pollsters (the kinds of questions they ask, the timing and lead, push polls that coincide with forced media narratives, etc), and the not-so-random sample of respondents that they select. I would wager that his *true* approval rating is in the low 50s, commensurate with his 2012 election numbers.
The media unwittingly gave this *secret* away when they said in 2012 (not realizing at the time what it meant) that if everyone who was eligible to vote, voted, PBO would win by a blowout margin. This is exactly the case with the polling - only one set of people are polled. And it’s a non-random sample that skews white, conservative, and yes - racist (regardless of political ID).
LIVE NOW: President Obama - http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Thank you JER. Caught it on time.
http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Wrong link.
One of those Two Men is Not Like the other…..
When PBO speaks…..Like it or Not…..DC/NY Pundits and their GOP haters……The World pays Attention.
Thanks Doc…..you made my Day this Wednesday…..cloudy day.
But Marsha Blackburn sez…
gunnite toddys. don’t let bt play with
matchsticks.Rest well, amk :)
I see you. Night Mister!
Chips, please know that I love your creative art, those slim and slick characters that can raise their hands/arms, dance and tease us just by the stroke of your electronic pen. Perhaps others are jealous of such a talent (or new acquired skills). But I am not.
Jealousy, that’s EXACTLY what it is, No Child!! :-)
I am going to be sick.
Chips! That is so gross. Hahahahahahhahahah
It’s COMPLETELY japa’s fault elo, he provoked me!1!1! :lol:
Good night!
Interview: ‘Black-Ish’ Creator Kenya Barris Talks Blackness in the Age of Obama and in the Shadow of Cosby (Premieres Tonight)
By Jai Tiggett | Shadow and ActSeptember 24, 2014 at 2:17PM
Leading up to the series premiere, show creator Kenya Barris made time to talk with Shadow And Act about ‘Black-ish’ and what he hopes to achieve with it.
Premiering tonight on ABC, “Black-ish” follows Andre Johnson, a successful advertising executive, husband, and father trying to establish a sense of cultural identity for his family in the age of Obama and post-racial dogma.
The series is loosely based on the life of show creator Kenya Barris, who leads a team of black executive producers including Larry Wilmore, Brian Dobbins, and Helen Sugland, as well as Anthony Anderson and Laurence Fishburne, who also star.
Leading up to the series premiere, Barris made time to talk with Shadow And Act about the show and what he hopes to achieve with it.
About the series title, “Black-ish”:
I looked at my kids and realized that they’re growing up in a much different way than I did. I’m from Inglewood; my kids are not. And my understanding of what it was to be black growing up is not the world that they’re living in. They have a filtered version of that; it’s a little black-ish. They’ve taken a lot of different things from what Americana has become.
And at the same time I looked around at everyone else who was in an additive way a little black-ish. I say it in the pilot – Kim Kardashian, Justin Timberlake, everyone else who – it used to be called “co-opting,” but now it’s “an homage.” And it’s people sort of finally giving us credit for our contribution to the Zeitgeist of the world today. So I felt like the younger generation is living in this homogenized world that we’ve never really seen before, which is capped off by our President who is black and mixed race. I could have called it “The Johnsons,” or “Keeping it Real” or “The Burbs,” but I felt like I wanted to say something about this world.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/interview-black-ish-creator-kenya-barris-talks-blackness-in-the-age-of-obama-and-the-shadow-of-cosby-premieres-tonight-20140924
Watch Courtney B. Vance, Gloria Reuben &
Stephen King ‘Find Their Roots’ (Full Premiere Episode Now Online)
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and ActSeptember 24, 2014 at 1:08PM
Last night, the season premiere of the popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” hosted by Dr. Henry Lewis Gates, Jr., aired on the network, starting at 8pm. The emotional genealogical exploration, during which Courtney B. Vance, Gloria Reuben and Stephen King, searched for clues about their biological parents, delivered as you’d expect, is now available online for you to watch, courtesy of PBS, if you missed yesterday’s broadcast.
Looking further out, every Tuesday from here-on, a new group of guests will discover their diverse histories, including actresses Angela Bassett and Khandi Alexander, actor Ben Affleck, journalist Anderson Cooper, tennis great Billie Jean King, and rapper Nas to name a few.
Watch the full episode of last night’s season premiere, featuring Courtney B. Vance, Gloria Reuben and Stephen King, below:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/watch-courtney-b-vance-gloria-reuben-stephen-kind-find-their-roots-full-premiere-episode-now-online-20140924
I love that show…
Anderson Cooper does not know his roots ? That seems odd.
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/24/president-obama-at-the-un-coming-up/
Private laywers at work begging the scenes.