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As someone that has watched the movie Wall Street I and Wall Street II: Money Never Sleeps, numerous times, I am positive that this Wall Street setback will be but a distant memory. As look forward to the upcoming Football season lets us despair not, for the sweet smell of a freshly cut end zone in just over the horizon
Pure poetry, Don. Pure poetry. :)
Thank you, Jacqueline, these days I seldom have the time to write. I long for the days of being able to sit in the back yard and write about whatever popped into my mind.
Please find a pleasant afternoon to do just that, Don, and please share it with us, if you want. I would personally love that!!!
Standing O
Congrats Don! I agree too. Sells offs are always followed by buy ins. It’s the nature of the beast.
I’m just so glad to have something else to read about for a few minutes other than what the bloviator said or did.
Way to start a post Don! Number 1!
Good morning TOD. Congrats on furst Don. I agree with you. I have followed the market for many years and it is not anything unusual, and certainly not like 2008.
Josh Earnest just now at the WHDB sounding very bullish on VP Biden. Just a couple things he said:
President Obama stands by his assertion that choosing Joe Biden as his VP is the best decision he’s ever made.
VP Biden, having won a 2 times - no one has a better idea of how to run a successful national campaign
That first sentence, meta, was a shot across the bow. Damn right he’s bullish, VP Biden is a person of character.
I hope we can find some video of this because I loved Josh’s whole demeanor as he volleyed these questions from Major Garrett with glee.
I love President Obama. I love Vice President Biden.
That is all for now. :)
Me too JO’B!!!
I thought you did, too, Dakota!
I SUPER-DOOPER THIS!!!
me too jacquelineoboomer.
Praying for President Jimmy Carter. The toon is correct…he’s a man of humility, courage, grace and dignity.
Congrats Don on your Gold :star:
The Voice said this…….and he also said Complimentary things about HRC.
Reuters is willfully showcasing Their Narrative to cause problems for HRC
The WHPC are still peppering The Voice on HRC, VP Biden…..their desperation to Divide and Conquer.
The Voice is One Tough, Stable, Spokesman.
Bravo, Mr Earnest.
It is looking more like VP Biden wants to run for the Presidency. It looks like he will…….a change from my analysis over the years…….Dems are about to be more divided now……that is Not going to be good for the party in 2016.
I am hoping that the rancorous underline built in Bidenism, Clintonism and Bernism are intellectually conducted or the GOP wins in 2016.
My Biggest FEAR.
It’s a primary election, Nena. This is the democratic process at work. And remember, we had a very rigorous division in 2008 and we still won BIG.
Yes in did it is the Primary. It is also The Dem HISTORY at work here……1968…….1972…..1980…..2000…..those where primary contested elections. Now in 2008…..it almost went that way too. Remember the PUMAs and how that almost went off the rails? I see Tribal Clickism at work here……..Bernites, Clintonites and Bidenites………It Scars me. Dems would rather argue to be proven RIGHT than to coalesce and Win…….The History of the Democrats are numerous to deny. To use just one antidote, the 2008 election is not satisfactory to my taste.
Competition, if conducted with docorum, is a good thing for democracy
Yes, if conducted with intellectual decorum……..but the Bleeding hearts……We on the Left……have Our tortured history…..1968….1972….1980…..and 2000……..GOPers won or was appointed to govern.
Finally got around to reading the article, from a previous post, on what young feminists think of Hillary Clinton, http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/2016-hillary-clinton-feminists-20150515 The author interviewed 47 young 20 somethings about their views on feminism and on Hillary Clinton. I found this sentence, along with quite a few others, to be quite enlightening:
“A vote for Clinton, many said, would be a vote by default, because no other viable progressive alternatives—female or male—are in the offing.”
I will be waiting with much anticipation for VP Biden’s announcement. I think he could pick up the young people’s vote, yes? :-)
Isn’t the National Journal a RW rag? they may have cherrypicked their “feminists”. That’s not to say there aren’t a lot of issues surrounding Hillary.
Jebbie better be careful for Colbert is one Smart Guy.
Didn’t the Republicans criticize President Obama for appearing on those shows?
Jeb was already on the Tonight show,
Chips, did I imagine it or did I really type a comment that has become lost in space??? I feel as if I typed it for the R&S Post, let’s see, I was here at my desk, which means…
Help….Me….
Are you OK dear? Did you not get enough sleep last night? You were up waaaay past your bedtime. Go to bed early tonight girl :) :) :)
I feel for this guy.
The Blaze, Brietbiert, etc are racist websites prompted up by GOP Money Donors.
he looks biracial to me. What the fuck is the matter with these right winging republican sites?
they want to try and discredit the positive work that he does.
yes, he’s Black.
it’s obvious that he’s Black.
If I were him, I would keep it moving and not respond. They aren’t worth the energy.
I did not detect any air of neutrality in Josh’s statements today:
In other words: WOOOOT!!
Meta do you know if this was before or after their lunch?
During.
TY 😊
I wouldn’t consider Biden an heir. This would indicate he didn’t earn the spot himself or was somewhat entitled. I disagree.
VPOTUS is quite capable of leading this country. He is a good man with a good heart and he has the experience to make a difference. He earned it.
Congrats, Don! This Carter toon is lovely, so thanks for posting it, Chips. Are you back in this time zone now? What does Dannystix get for his birthday?
New York white supremacist was convicted by a federal jury on Friday of plotting to use a remote-controlled radiation device he called “Hiroshima on a light switch” to harm Muslims and President Barack Obama.
After less than three hours of deliberation in US district court in Albany, New York, the jury unanimously found Glendon Scott Crawford guilty of all three charges against him.
Crawford, 51, wearing a gray suit and eyeglasses, showed no emotion as judge Gary Sharpe read the verdict.
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These are the citizens of the USA. Some of them at least!
The Dick Cheney is going to give a major speech on Iran? Folks it is not a freaking joke. The US News Media will no freaking doubt accommodate this war criminal in the Iraq war. SHAME!
This week….10th year of Katrina.
Give Me Strength! Sigh :shock:
Donald Trump is a rich racists, sexists loud mouth bully And his supporters is too.
And that Trump spokesman looks just like a skinhead.
in other words he’s the perfect republican candidate for the presidency.
Jeff, he sure is.
Palin Part II.
I hope we only get the positive of exposing much of the GOP agenda through his candidacy, and the sane part of the electorate gets off their collective asses and makes sure he never sees the WH.
Happy Birthday Danny! We here are meowing you the Happy Birthday song “Meow-meow-meow-meow-meow-meow…” >^..^^..^<
Hope your Mom got you one of these (in a bigger size, of course!)
Also, a very happy Birthday to COS!
Since Jim Henson was also born Sep 24, Kermit will sing you the official song:
It’s COS’ birthday? Oh my!
Happy Birthday, sweet COS!
Black women ‘humiliated’ after getting kicked off Napa Valley Wine Train
4:03 pm, Sunday, August 23, 2025
What started as a joyous ride through wine county Saturday afternoon turned into a “humiliating” experience for 11 African American women, who said they were booted off the Napa Valley Wine Train for laughing and talking too loud.
Accounts and pictures of the episode have been spreading across social media, spawning the hashtag #LaughingWhileBlack while the women involved have questioned whether they would have been treated differently if they were not African American.
“It was humiliating. I’m really offended to be quite honest,” said 47-year-old Lisa Johnson, who was among Saturday’s group. “I felt like it was a racist attack on us. I feel like we were being singled out.”
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Black-women-humiliated-after-getting-kicked-6460912.php
Excellent, toon. Thank you, rikyrah. Must tweet.
So to the core of Reagan. I read Rachel Maddow’s book that sheds such a bright light on Saint-Reagan. I mean if only people would search for the truth rather than swim in partisan politics, particularly when it comes to President Reagan. Yet again it was another era. Now we have Teabaggers and Trump devotees.
So true. Reagan really was horrible, which is why the GOP has worked so hard to make him a saint. They are trying to do that for GW Bush too.
Excellent!
Oh this is good. Can we have it in a tweet format for retweeting?
Well, I just received a long email from Debbie Stabenow supporting the agreement. I would have been really shocked if she hadn’t, however.
Just called the Tacoma office of Senator Murray and left a message urging her to support the Iran peace agreement. I do not know whether they will call me but left a number just in case.
Happy B day COS and Dannystix. Sending virtual liver treats to Danny (love the pictures) from Roxy and the Diva. COS sending balloons and best wishes.
Thanks, Laurie!
the above is from the lurker know as otter 44. had a big oops.
Shhhhh if you don’t tell we won’t tell :) :) :)
meta—-Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren, Jeanne Shaheen, Claire McCaskill all standing with PBO/Biden. All of whom are known Clinton supporters, although to varying degrees.
Did you really not get my reference to Biden boat already sailing?
VPOTUS Biden is going to run and he is going to win.
Vicki, I though Claire McCaskill just recently came out for Hillary. Am I mistaken?
thought
Claire has been a loud Hillary supporter for at least the last 6 months or a year.
I hope you’re right Vicki! I would work just as hard for Biden as I did for our President
Hahaha! Lame duck this!
Direct article
http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/08/president-obama-anti-lame-duck
I rarely care for his movies, but I like what he had to say here:
“Quentin Tarantino really likes President Obama:
You supported Obama. How do you think he’s done?
I think he’s fantastic. He’s my favorite president, hands down, of my lifetime. He’s been awesome this past year. Especially the rapid, one-after-another-after-another-after-another aspect of it. It’s almost like take no prisoners. His he-doesn’t-give-a-shit attitude has just been so cool. Everyone always talks about these lame-duck presidents. I’ve never seen anybody end with this kind of ending. All the people who supported him along the way that questioned this or that and the other? All of their questions are being answered now…”
“… In no particular order, here’s a baker’s dozen list of his major actions in the nine months since the 2014 midterm elections:
Normalized relations with Cuba.
Signed a climate deal with China.
Issued new EPA ozone rules.
Successfully argued in favor of same-sex marriage before the Supreme Court.
Put in place economic sanctions on Russia that have Vladimir Putin reeling.
Pressured the FCC to approve net neutrality rules.
Issued new EPA coal regulations.
Issued an executive order on immigration.
Got fast-track authority for TPP and seems poised to pass it.
Signed a nuclear deal with Iran and appears on track to get it passed.
Won yet another Supreme Court case keeping Obamacare intact.
Issued new rules that increase the number of “managers” who qualify for overtime pay.
Presided over the birth of twin giant panda babies at Washington DC’s National Zoo.”
I had to laugh at the last one!
Yeh, I thought that was cute too! 😊
Woooooot!
Oh Lord, it’s going down. Oh yes.
New post: http://theobamadiary.com/2015/08/24/the-financial-meltdown-in-a-few-easy-steps/
That is local time.
Dear TOD - It’s gonna happen!!
#LetsRollJoe
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