Every day is #LoveYourPetDay. http://t.co/yxrIDz3gU6
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 20, 2025Puppy love. #LoveYourPetDay http://t.co/cFBJ3m1agn
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) February 20, 2025****
Best buds. #LoveYourPetDay http://t.co/BvD1WTW8Y8
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 20, 2025The U.S. economy has grown faster when the President of the United States is a Democrat rather than a Republican. princeton.edu/~mwatson/paper…
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(@LOLGOP) February 20, 2025****
VP Biden strongly condemns the offensive by Russia-backed separatists in the Ukrainian town of Debaltseve. whitehouse.gov/the-press-offi…
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Vice President Biden (@VP) February 20, 2025Portland raises minimum wage for city workers to $15 thkpr.gs/3625092
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 20, 2025****
Our education continues :)
#BlackHistoryMonth: Ruby Bridges was the 1st black child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the South http://t.co/JZg6CYqk2U
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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) February 18, 2025#BlackHistoryMonth: Madam Walker invented hair-straightening formula & the hot comb, and was the 1st self-made female millionaire in America
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Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) February 20, 2025****
whoever decided to have a photo booth at essence's 2015 black women in hollywood event is such a kind, generous human http://t.co/KF7f4VYgaS
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Hannah Giorgis (@ethiopienne) February 20, 2025Jerry Lawson, a self-taught engineer, gave us video game cartridges engt.co/1zU62Ap http://t.co/mMgYcr6fto
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Engadget (@engadget) February 20, 2025****
Honoring the strength and power of Black women everywhere #BlackHistoryMonth huff.to/187F571 http://t.co/sSctXcqRZV
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HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) February 20, 2025Nelson Mandela spent how many years behind bars resisting apartheid in South Africa? #BlackHistoryMonth #AfAmEdChat http://t.co/3zzyZJ87BS
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White House Af-Am Ed (@AfAmEducation) February 20, 2025****
Pres. Obama to host town hall on #immigration on Feb. 25 with @jdbalart. on.msnbc.com/1zTfvb5 #ObamaTownHall http://t.co/DbSQ6U98J1
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Voto Latino (@votolatino) February 20, 2025White House extending 2015 Obamacare enrollment for those who owe penalty for being uninsured in 2014. cnnmon.ie/1DArPon
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CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) February 20, 2025****
This is the horror that occurs when you don’t view people as human beings because of the color of their skin
James Jameson once bought a 10-year-old slave girl for six handkerchiefs so he could sketch cannibals eating her. modernnotion.com/james-jameson-…
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Saeed Jones (@theferocity) February 16, 2025****
James Jameson, heir to the Jameson Irish Whiskey company, once bought a 10-year-old slave girl for six handkerchiefs because he wanted to sketch the event as cannibals killed, mutilated, and finally, ate her According to a report from The New York Times, Jameson had a fascination with cannibalism and wanted to experience the act firsthand. Jameson was on a trip in Africa in 1890 when an opportunity to fulfill his sick fantasy presented itself because he and his translator happened upon a cannibalistic tribe. Jameson consulted the tribe’s chiefs who told him if he wanted to witness the event, he’d have to buy a slave girl to be killed. Jameson returned a few minutes later with a 10-year-old girl he bought from a nearby slave trader for six handkerchiefs. The translator then approached the chiefs and said, “This is a present from a white man who desires to see her eaten.” According to an eye witness report of the scene, the cannibals tied the girl to a tree and stabbed her twice in the belly. The natives then cut pieces off of her body as Jameson sat sketching in his notebook. Jameson and his translator then made their way to chief’s hut where Jameson finished his sketches in watercolor.
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The same holds true once again
America's Forgotten Mass Lynching: When 237 People Were Murdered In Arkansas thebea.st/1FRPXAC http://t.co/iGbncGnahV
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The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 16, 2025****
In 1919, in the wake of World War I, black sharecroppers unionized in Arkansas, unleashing a wave of white vigilantism and mass murder that left 237 people dead. The visits began in the fall of 1918, just as World War I ended. At his office in Little Rock, Arkansas, attorney Ulysses S. Bratton listened as African American sharecroppers from the Delta told stories of theft, exploitation, and endless debt. A man named Carter had tended 90 acres of cotton, only to have his landlord seize the entire crop and his possessions. From the town of Ratio, in Phillips County, Arkansas, a black farmer reported that a plantation manager refused to give sharecroppers an itemized account for their crop. Another sharecropper told of a landlord trying “to starve the people into selling the cotton at his own price. They ain’t allowing us down there room to move our feet except to go to the field.” No one could know it at the time, but within a year these inauspicious meetings would lead to one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history. Initiated by whites, the violence—by any measure, a massacre—claimed the lives of 237 African Americans, according to a just released report from the Equal Justice Initiative. The death toll was unusually high, but the use of racial violence to subjugate blacks during this time was not uncommon. As the Equal Justice Initiative observes, “Racial terror lynching was a tool used to enforce Jim Crow laws and racial segregation—a tactic for maintaining racial control by victimizing the entire African American community, not merely punishment of an alleged perpetrator for a crime.” This was certainly true of the massacre in Phillips County, Arkansas.
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Justice Department to seek emergency stay to allow immigration action reut.rs/1Eep37b
Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 20, 2025
An arrest has been made in last month's Colorado NAACP bombing. thebea.st/1EdQ4b1 http://t.co/F7n9o2j0Mp
The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 20, 2025
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World Health Organization approves 15-minute test for detecting Ebola bit.ly/1AYNTqB
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 20, 2025UN team investigates Saudi surge in cases of deadly MERS virus reut.rs/1Gd36Vk
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Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) February 20, 2025****
My column today on guns and "reasonable-person" tests, two terrible ideas for addressing rape on college campuses. on.tnr.com/1BqyTD0
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 20, 2025Bills to legalize recreational marijuana introduced in House: ow.ly/JpJJk http://t.co/GI4ZWUl2AN
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The Hill (@thehill) February 20, 2025****
#BREAKING Dow, S&P 500 hit records after Greece earns bailout extension
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Agence France-Presse (@AFP) February 20, 2025Moody's downgrades Russia sovereign debt to junk » cnb.cx/1Ln2iQC http://t.co/XCkcyLqNKr
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(@CNBC) February 20, 2025****
.@AlfreWoodard hosts Oscar's sistahs soiree variety.com/2015/scene/awa… http://t.co/uMjdAFK2vV
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(@Variety) February 20, 2025Teaching Ferguson: How colleges are incorporating race cases in the classroom wapo.st/1vl7gZY
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Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 20, 2025****
Rudy during meltdown: "This isn’t racism. This is socialism or possibly anti-colonialism.” nyti.ms/1FAuUFs
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Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 20, 2025The most EPIC take down of Rudy. EVER. m.nydailynews.com/wayne-barrett-…
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Goldie Taylor © (@goldietaylor) February 20, 2025****
Read @jbouie's fascinating look at the assertion by Rudy Giuliani that President Obama doesn't love America. slate.me/1BvcgNM
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 20, 2025White House spokesman: "I feel sorry for Rudy Giuliani" huff.to/188FlSY http://t.co/1W13r1Tf2P
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HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) February 20, 2025****
Our first-ever Chief Data Scientist wrote a memo to Americans on unleashing the power of data. Read it on @Medium → WhiteHouse/unleashing-the-power-of-data-to-serve-the-american-people-198534d009a2"> medium.com@WhiteHouse/un…
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Kori Schulman (@ks44) February 20, 2025If you’ve recently bought a Lenovo Windows laptop, READ THIS. Preferably, on a different computer. slate.com/articles/techn…
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Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) February 20, 2025****
Amidst all the noise, a very smart take from Fareed Zakaria washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-l…
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Ben Rhodes (@rhodes44) February 20, 2025Legal move limits AG Ken Paxton's options to void Travis County same-sex marriage: statesman.com/news/news/lega… #ssm #gaymarriage
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Chuck Lindell (@chucklindell) February 20, 2025****
“American Sniper” is not a war movie: It’s a revisionist western about "frontier masculinity" slnm.us/XwbZPeC
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Salon.com (@Salon) February 20, 2025Britain says Libya needs unity government before arms embargo change reut.rs/1EbHysT
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Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 20, 2025****
That no Republican of any stature feels compelled or feels the need to forcefully condemn Giuliani is disgraceful. wapo.st/1w5EGN2
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Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) February 20, 2025How can America tolerate Rudy Giuliani when he says moronic and offensive things like this? politico.com/story/2015/02/… http://t.co/8JYMpNxf6O
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Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 19, 2025****
Obama’s Economic Report Focuses on Income Inequality nyti.ms/1Ebrrvz
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NYT First Draft (@nytpolitics) February 20, 2025Bill O'Reilly's Falkland Island war story is being called into question: mm4a.org/1BrVAHd http://t.co/BTKeKHdkUD
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Media Matters (@mmfa) February 19, 2025****
*GROWL* Comic books come to life
There is only one true King. #unitetheseven http://t.co/RDFG8jbuI6
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(@ZackSnyder) February 20, 2025I hope you enjoy my new book "Rudy Giuliani is an Asshole and Other Things We've Known For 20 Years"
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billy eichner (@billyeichner) February 20, 2025****
Never change, Canada
Canadian politician says tight, cheap underwear caused him to miss anti-terror vote: apne.ws/1GcFtfA
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The Associated Press (@AP) February 20, 2025Fifty shades of grey is romantic only because the guy is a billionaire. If he was living in a trailer it would be a Criminal minds episode.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (@IostinheII) February 20, 2025****
Relationship status: I shout "PIZZA'S HERE" so the delivery guy doesn't think I'm eating two pizzas by myself.
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Slightly funny Jew (@Dani_Feld) August 29, 2025put a wig on the dog and frightened the crap out of the postman. http://t.co/CkReJX0jfU
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Steve Joy (@AnnoyedWasp) February 16, 2025
Bigggg! Thank you Nerdy
It’s Vetivera!
Congratulations on first.
Thanks Nerdy. Your tweet choices are always informative.
Congrats on first, Vetivera! :-)
Thanks Dudette😊
Congrats vetivera!
Thank you for another excellent roundup of important (and funny) tweets, NW. Especially want to thank you for bringing forward yet more information that supports the need for a massive effort to teach the truth about America’s history.
You’re welcome, Bob.
15,728 trabillion thank yous, another BRILLIANT round-up of the day!
I never read that Jameson story before, good God almighty.
GAWD, all these tweets are incredibly informative but that one in particular is hugely gross and depressing. I mean, WTFH.
The thoughts of this even being done to an animal would push me over the edge, but a 10-year-old child? And it was 1890 - not friggin’ 1590. Jesus.
Well, I hope every whiskey drinker out there pays attention because that kind of sickness is beyond comprehension.
As an heir to the family business he was probably one of those repulsive creatures who swanned around Africa with his slaves, raping and hunting. What a truly horrific breed of people.
Two questions : (1) who is going to drive putin out of Ukraine? (2) how do Chancellor Merkel & President Hollande feel about being publicly made to look like fools by insisting on a push for a ceasefire that putin had no plans of honoring?
Don’t know why this comment ended up here - thought WP had “eaten” it
Thanks, Chiparoo.
Yeah, the Jameson story left me horrified.
Twitter Hour!
:)
JEEEEEEEZUS. He went there with that truth!
He really did - LOVE him!!!!
A DEMOCRAT from Tennessee!
Yep!
Good one. The whole thing STINKS.
While I was being a bum on Hilton Head Island last Friday, my sister attended this event, got to shake President Carter’s hand and got him to sign her copy of his book.
I’m a useless (and jealous) slug :-(
:-) You are perfectly entitled to feel jealous Dame Delicious, I wouldn’t speak to my sister for a month!!
I’m thinking about doing just that, right after I steal the book. :-)
:lol: Perfect!
In fact, I’m gonna snatch it right outta that heifer’s hand! Yeh, that’s it! I’m going over there right now!
Where are my damn car key? [walks off muttering and cussing…] :mad:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: You’re scaring me!!!!!!
Well, I guess I can snatch the book some other day. I just called to tell her I was coming over and she said “Oh good, I can give you the money I owe you!”
[She knows I’m mad at her. Better not be playin’!] Love that gal! :-)
You’re a complete and total and utter hoot!!!
:-D :-D :-D
Her introduction was so fabulous and inspirational. This issue is her PASSION.
NASCAR suspended Kurt Busch indefinitely Friday after a judge said the former champion almost surely choked and beat a former girlfriend last fall and there was a “substantial likelihood” of more domestic violence from him in the future.
http://news.yahoo.com/nascar-suspends-driver-kurt-busch-just-daytona-500-231159793-spt.html;_ylt=AwrBT9Lb1udU4BYA_kql87UF;_ylu=X3oDMTEyYTlnNGYzBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDUTFNQzFfMQRzZWMDc2M-
What a scumbag.
Weird how I haven’t seen this talked about much on TV as with the NFL case. One would hope the media would cover this domestic violence case and put a laser focused spotlight on how far the sports industry needs to go.
“Weird how I haven’t seen this talked about much on TV as with the NFL case”
I read nothing about this before now Nerdy, nothing! I’m sure it was getting plenty of attention in some quarters, but damn right it wasn’t getting wall-to-wall national media coverage.
Some of the comments are telling - they’re more pissed off that he won’t be able to race, and SHE could have avoided the situation, and SHE’S a gold digger, so on. Poor NASCAR fans. Not.
How much Media Coverage would this get?
Weeks on Cable?
Poster “Boy” for Domestic Violence?
Kurt Busch is the scrum of NASCAR.
Dear Nerdy - I need a smile and that last tweet did it :) :)
Huh, you’re obviously not a postlady.
At the minute I don’t feel very human - let alone a postperson
Oh crikey mikey, what’s up 99ts?
Just family things - and incessant rain - when I think of what PBO puts up with and forges onwards - I feel bad for feeling bad & then I think of the snow and ice and feel bad for feeling bad about rain
Why don’t GOPers ever think about other folks when they moan and groan about their sh!t? Must be a democrat thing to realise others have much more to carry than you do.
May I be so forward as to offer you a sizeable hug?
brought a tear to my eye - you are much loved
Oh, you lovely person - you get an even more sizeable (possibly breath-stopping) hug for that :-) Tomorrow will be better, trust me! Well, maybe.
:)
So sad & true:
…and yet someone who has no skin in the game felt compelled to say this:
“As an American, I find Rudy Giuliani’s vicious comments about President Obama ‘not loving America’ to be profoundly offensive to both the President and the Office,” Schultz said in a statement…..He called Giuliani’s remarks “yet another example of the extreme rhetoric that continues to divide our country rather than uniting us in common purpose.”
#sorrynotsorry
Two questions : (1) who is going to drive putin out of Ukraine? (2) how do Chancellor Merkel & President Hollande feel about being publicly made to look like fools by insisting on a push for a ceasefire that putin had no plans of honoring?
Some random stuff:
Julianna seemed objective while at Bloomberg, but she is vying to be the new Sheryl Atkinson
She does a story on a glitch tonight, but neither her or CBS mentioned the 11.4 million sign-ups through the marketplace at any time this wee
Wow LP, that top one is amazing, first woman mayor in its 1250-year history!
As for the last one, I’m going to scream. Gonna check her out.
I already threw my shoes at the T.V. set earlier…. I have a story about the ACA I’m going to try to put together this weekend which is why this pissed me off bigtime!!
My browser keeps crashing when I try to post a comment (3x was the charm)….I don’t know if it is Chrome or WordPress :(
Oh flip - happens me all the time with Safari on the iPad, but Chrome too?????? Weep!
Our breathtaking Sequoias!!
<3 _^..^_ <3
This person is once again UNDERESTIMATING the importance of the man himself - Barack Obama. He is claiming that all Mitt needed to win 2012 was a “boots on the ground” operation similar that of PBO.
The truth is, Romney had superior funding, and an entire RW AND “left” corporate media slavishly devoted to him and giving a pass on virtually every issue. Mitt Romney maxed out on the racist vote, the “I-don’t want-to-be-racist- but-i’m-still-not-voting-for-the-Black-guy” vote, and the 1% vote.
Thank goodness, he happened to be running against Barack Obama.
GEEZE
With the stench of his brother still fresh in the air and minds Jebby has a whole lot to overcome. Who the hell is going to follow him like people followed PBO when all they do is lie, lie, lie and lie some more. Who the hell wants to go back to more wars and losing their wealth? Who the hell wants America to be like Texas? There is only ONE candidate like Barack H. Obama and unfortunately he can’t run again.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the way FLOTUS put Boehner on blast.
LOL. Love that ‘look’.
Says it all!
Fire Blazing in a 79 story building in Dubai.
No one died. I wonder if it will collapse eventually?
Good Luck People.
Cha-ching!!!
Yeh Baybeeee! :-D
:lol: The drinks are on YOU!
Not drinks, pizza! :-D
Nerdy, you educated me today.
I had NO idea of the Jameson story.
Reading the story I felt a level of horror and disgust. And this happened in 1890, when, supposedly, slavery had been eliminated. Of course, even today we have stories of slavery still existing in the West, so it shouldn’t be surprising that Jameson could indulge his sick mania for a price.
Until we all see each other as precious beings, stories like this will continue. At times I despair. But hope is more rewarding.
You’re welcome, LL.
Yup. The 1890 date makes it even more horrific.
If you saw this Jameson story in a horror movie, you would think it was a disgusting, over-the-top figment of the writer’s imagination. That it happened to a living human being is beyond imagining. Jamison himself doesn’t even qualify as a human being. He was a fiend without a soul or a heart. I hope he had a miserable life.
Awesome Tweets, NW.
Thank you.
Congrats Vetivera for your Gold :star:
You’re welcome, Nena.
Ok, WHAT THE FUCK happened to the Limeys yesterday? That was a shambolic performance.
they may have ‘produced’ cricket but it hasn’t produced them a single world cup in 10 editions so far. their best bet was kevin pietersen but oh, he couldn’t get along with the dumped captain alistair cook and their stupid coach, so he had to be dumped.
When I tuned in after work, I was in shock. As in Brazil losing to Germany 7-0 shock.
It was a supposed to be a 50 overs a side match and the entire match got over in under 48 overs. newzies didn’t had to break a sweat.
Holy FUCK! Pak is down 4 wickets already!!!
yup. a new record methinks.
Not as bad as Wirral, though
stop making stuff up.
-> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/news/10791347/Wirral-Cricket-Club-3-all-out-in-freak-performance.html
yeah, like I would believe anything that comes out of telegraph.
-> http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/27177518
it’s all a brit conspiracy to make wirral look bad.
Go Hobson.
The scoreboard is a hoot:
Not to be parochial ….. reminder: the Ireesh beat the Windies.
pshaw, the limeys still need to lurn on how to put up a score board from us.
All the info you need in one simple scoreboard.
Seriously, beebs needs to learn how to put up a scoreboard.
also. too. y’day was #murderousassault. black caps beat them black and blue.
‘A Very Serious Argument To Say That Ireland Are Europe’s Best Cricket Team Right Now’
http://balls.ie/cricket/227014-europes-best-cricket-team-right-now/
:cool:
The Ireesh better than the English at cricket. Queen Victoria weeps.
are the dutch still playing cricket? we already know that limeys don’t.
My day today: Fucking with my tablet; fucking with my wifi; fucking with chores. Day off my ASS.
It’s just a day, dood.
granny hillary schtick?
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-31541469
smh
^5 Lady Chips……Thank you.
Wow, this is huge. Sec Perez mediated a settlement!
I loved Secretarys Perez and Pritzker’s leverage, when he set a Friday deadline:
“either you work this out by the end of the week, or we’ll resume next week in DC (paraphrased)”
Also, the US needs to rethink how much its daily economy is tied to China.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/20/business/for-lunar-new-year-port-dispute-hampers-festivities.html?ref=todayspaper
From the article:
“The National Retail Federation warns that a full strike or lockout at the West Coast ports costs the United States economy $2.1 billion a day in higher transport costs and missed sales. A similar, 10-day shutdown of West Coast ports in 2002 cost the economy about $1 billion a day.”
Wonderful Meta.
Lovely.
Wow.
wets indies score 310. are pakis screwed?
Stopped raining - possibly might get some play at the gabba - but they’ll need spiked shoes with a waterlogged ground! Are they allowed in cricket?
nope, da pitch is the ultimate scared ground on the
earthentire universe.:) they could bring on the helicopters to dry it out!
with crazy aussies, who knows?
They don’t like giving up the points!
well, their points just got washed away. Go rains.
Ava Duvernay, the amazing director of the wonderful Selma, favorited another one of my tweets.
*RUNS AROUND SCREAMING*
Too cool for words, NW.
Share with us, won’t you?
The local @knx1070 news radio station hosted a panel discussion today on the Academy called “Fade to White.” They asked for a representative from the Academy, but were declined.
TOD and twitter are much more informative on this (and many other) subject(s).
There was some discussion about last year, but they failed to mention that most of the the Academy recognizes POC — are slaves, hired help (Gone with the Wind, Driving Miss Daisy, etc.), not for roles in which POC are on equal footing with the roles recognized for whites. They did make the point that the boxoffice revenue excuse (e.g., Sony) is baloney — that POC often enhance overseas revenue.
*flappy hands*
question: why is the west wing shown under foxcrime?
paks perfect start - 1 for 2 in 1.
In_Deed
wow, 1-3 for now. limeys can take heart now.
jeebus, 1-4 now.
News you won’t find anywhere on US media but you will find at TOD ….
“Sources close to the government have said that the Taliban for the first time have shown a green signal to enter into peace negotiations with the Afghan government.
The group would possibly attend talks without any conditions, the sources said, adding the parleys would begin likely in three weeks.
It comes as these days President Ashraf Ghani continues his consultations regarding the peace talks with the religious scholars, civil society groups and the High Peace Council (HPC).
HPC members, however, insists the reconciliation body would play a key role in these talks, hoping constructive outcomes of the negotiations.”
“Rula Ghani talked with Fortune’s Nina Easton at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Wednesday night.
The discovery of heroes is rarely linear or obvious. They usually sneak up on you. Afghanistan’s new first lady, Rula Ghani, is that kind of woman.
In an interview at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Wednesday night, this unassuming former stay-at-home mom courageously issued a series of “dares.”
She dared Islamic fundamentalists to reach back in their own history to recall the role of strong, influential women. And she made those remarks even though, as a Lebanese-born Christian, she suffered vicious media attacks from Afghan conservatives during her husband’s presidential campaign.”
Total: 3-4 (5) | Curr. RR: 0.60 | Req. RR: 6.84
sez it all. They are so screwed.
How’s stat?
Lowest total at fall of fourth wicket in ODIs:
1 - Pakistan today
4 - Canada v Zimbabwe, Port-of-Spain, 2006
Statement by NSC Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan on National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice’s Meeting with Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed al-Dayri
National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice met today at the White House with Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed al-Dayri. Ambassador Rice expressed the United States’ condolences for the horrific attacks and resulting deaths today in eastern Libya and all those who have been killed by terrorist groups in Libya. She reiterated strong U.S. support for the mediation efforts led by U.N. Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bernardino Leon and for a political resolution to the ongoing conflict in Libya. She urged the swift formation of a national unity government that can partner with the international community to fight terrorist groups and conclude Libya’s transition process, including the completion of a new constitution and holding elections for a new government under that constitution.
Statement by NSC Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan on National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice’s Meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura
National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice met today with the United Nations’ Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura. Mr. de Mistura updated Ambassador Rice on his efforts to achieve a freeze in Aleppo and expanded on his February 17 briefing to the UN Security Council. Ambassador Rice emphasized the United States’ support for a political solution to Syria’s civil war and for measures that would reduce the suffering of the Syrian people.
Ambassador Rice thanked Mr. de Mistura for the renewed energy he has brought to international efforts to bring an end to the war in Syria and discussed measures that the United States and other partners could take to support his efforts.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/02/20/friday-calls-for-lol/
Bill O’Reilly Responds. We Annotate.
The Fox News host still hasn’t gotten back to us, but here’s his monologue—factchecked.
—By David Corn
| Fri Feb. 20, 2015 8:02 PM EST
“On Thursday, Mother Jones published an article by Daniel Schulman and me documenting how Fox News host Bill O’Reilly has mischaracterized his wartime reporting experience. It noted that he has repeatedly stated that during his short stint as a CBS correspondent in the 1980s, he was in the “war zone” during the Falklands war between the United Kingdom and Argentina in 1982. He once claimed he had heroically rescued his cameraman in “a war zone in Argentina, in the Falklands,” while being chased by army soldiers. Yet no American journalist reached the war zone in the Falkland Islands during this conflict. O’Reilly and his colleagues covered the war from Buenos Aires, which was 1,200 miles from the fighting.
O’Reilly responded to the story by launching a slew of personal invective. He did not respond to the details of the story. Instead, he called me a “liar,” a “left-wing assassin,” and a “despicable guttersnipe.” He said that I deserve “to be in the kill zone.” (You can read one of my responses here.) And in his show-opening “Talking Points memo” monologue on Friday evening, he continued the name-calling.
In a way, it’s impossible to win a debate with O’Reilly because he is not bound by reality.”
More at the link:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/02/david-corn-response-oreilly-falklands
Great tweets Nerdy. It is so nice to know that no matter how long our day is, we can always come here and get everything we missed.
Nerdy W., thanks so much for all that you give to us. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{ Loving hugs to my Chips and all of her wonderful and gifted team.}}}}}}}}}}}}}HZ