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OMG! Did DWS endorse the Iran Deal?
Thanks LP for the great Toons!
Here I am and how are you?
Hi VC! Great, but late, how are you?
I’m good, both physically and …. angelically. :D
Congrats, Carol! VC, always the bridesmaid…never the bride..JK-TY ladies :)
Thanks LP.
:shock: I just noticed your ‘never the bride’ comment! The nerve of you - did you propose? I’m not like Chips, you know, who proposes even while she’s shopping for wedding dresses! I’m waiting till I see the gem, check its authenticity, then decide if you are trainable - truth is all that sportifying would have to go first ……as a sign of good faith. Also, too, what’s wrong with being always the bridesmaid? If you ask me it shows you are quick enough to know how to dance through hoops!
YES, Carol! Congrats on first!
Thanks Judith!
Lots of ‘toon choices here, LPlains - thanks.
‘On a recent Tuesday night, a raucous, cheerful party took over the NoMad Bar in Manhattan, as the twenty-eight-year-old jazz pianist Jon Batiste, who was recently named the bandleader for Stephen Colbert’s revamped version of the “Late Show,” performed with a roving gang of about a dozen musicians in the normally chichi and impeccable space. Batiste played a piano in front of the bar, except for the songs when he took up a melodica and danced his way through the audience. (A Pied Piper, one fan called him.) The packed-in crowd, half of it doubled over the second-floor railing to see what was going on below, jostled and shifted as new instruments appeared unexpectedly—trombone and tuba players emerging down on the ground level, up on the balcony, and sometimes on the bar itself, which had been miked so that the musicians could stomp along to their solos. Servers squeezed through with trays of free drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Bros in button-ups and long-legged ladies in cocktail dresses were nodding and dancing and clapping along to an unlikely mix: a “Billie Jean” cover with wailing sax solos, a hard-driving version of Muddy Waters’ “Forty Days and Forty Nights,” a Cole Porter ballad, the nursery song “If You’re Happy and You Know It.” Keeping the music tight amid the mayhem was “like running with weights on,” Batiste said later…Batiste had just finished studying at Juilliard at the time. While there, he’d become close to Wynton Marsalis, whose patronage is often a ticket to the top in the world of straitlaced jazz. Batiste was already playing at mainstream jazz venues, but performing on the trains was a way to break out of the strictures of the jazz establishment and bring the music to people who would never buy a forty-five-dollar ticket to the Blue Note.
And it was a way to bring the people to the music; if you’re a young guy who really wants to play Cole Porter but also really wants fans who are your own age, hopping on a train and throwing in a few Katy Perry covers might be your best bet…It is likely that these gonzo proclivities will serve him well, working with Colbert. The late-night talk show is a persistently fenced-in format (as Emily Nussbaum and others have observed), but it seems just possible that Colbert, with his deep and fearless weirdness, could be the guy to find an open range there. “Stephen Colbert is an improviser, so you never know what he’s about to do,” Batiste said. “It could be funny one night, and another night it could be just something weird, esoteric—almost performance art.” Batiste, meanwhile, has the task of taking up the well-worn baton of Paul Shaffer, the archetypal late-night sidekick and straight man, another role that seems as if its boundaries could be tested. (Jimmy Fallon bringing the Roots to “Late Night” was hailed as an innovation, a big-name band expanding the role of music on the talk show, but they also have the vortex of Fallon’s cutesiness to contend with.) “I think there’s going to be another side of me that’s on the air,” Batiste said. A side, one presumes, that doesn’t make it to TED. “I’m not sure I totally know what you’re talking about,” I prompted him. “That’s all right,” he replied….continued”
This will be great. Colbert must start this week. I’ll have to set my DVR.
Wow….a picture is worth a 1000 words……
Awesome array….
most interesting is the one where Football pushes Trump to the side!
Nilithiel, if you’re reading, this is for you.
Watching Euronews at the moment, and I’m just gobsmacked by how many refugees Germany is taking in. As the report stated, Germany is greeting the refugees “with open arms”. And it’s all the more remarkable because Germany, like most of Europe, is developing anti-immigrant, virulently racist groups. So Merkel is to be doubly commended for what she’s doing. This is definitely Germany learning from its past and vowing to not repeat those terrible mistakes. I know most Germans aren’t much for “I’m proud to be German”, but in your reaction to the refugee crisis, you should be very proud.
Hi ll! Did you enjoy the Mormon wedding? When and where are you and the misses get hitched? 😎
Did not go to the Mormon wedding as I, of course, had awful insomnia and driving 140 miles round trip in that condition didn’t appeal to me.
As far as me and the missus: I think we’ve agreed to get hitched up in Santa Barbara at the Hall of Records, have a long weekend, and then next spring have a shindig for friends and family. We’re aiming for November on her birthday weekend.
Great on your wedding idea! Sorry about your insomnia. Do you use a cpap now?
I had dropped the cpap for a while. Started using it again last week.
It’s hard at first but I’ve had it for about 8 years and wouldn’t stop.
that sounds fabulous - your wedding plans.
Yeah, we don’t want to bankrupt ourselves with a wedding. And we’re going to have the reception at the Cuban club where my aunt and uncle are poobahs, which means we can get it for free.
Perfect, JER!!!
Congrats on 1st CarolMae :)
Outstanding & extensive set of toons, LP! Thank you!!!
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…..:)
Thanks Jer. I didn’t know that. I realize the Mayflower Pilgrims aren’t looked at favorably anymore but I can’t deny my Ancestry or my husband and children’s.
Terrific set of toons! Thanks, LP!
Toons have a way of speaking more clearly to me than words. Everyone here knows I’m not a Word person. 😉
Great toons, LP.
Let’s go, Serena! Let’s go, Serena!!!!!
Thanks for all the great toons, LP!
LP, I love your selection of toons-they speak so much truth. We just waved goodbye to our grandchild, daughter and SIL and I’m feeling a little bereft. It actually took four grown adults to keep up with one three year old this weekend and I’ve gained new respect for parents of all toddlers.
I see you had forgotten about your first time around as it was so long ago and you were far more agile. :D
VC, far more agile is an understatement. I also think we tend to block out the fatigue from the past and remember just the good stuff. Then it all comes back in a rush when you’re completely pooped out and the little one is just getting started.
No question we put a lid on the ‘bad’ stuff, JackieG, which usually seems so interminable while in progress, and remember the good. As it should be! :)
Afternoon All!
It’s Venus vs. Serena in the quarterfinals! OMG! I love them both so much! I really hate when they have to play each other, especially if it’s not a final.
I KNOWWWW
Serena won. I’m with you Dakota, I don’t like to see them play each other, unless it’s the finals. It’s not easy for them to play one another.
But I’m glad to see Serena move forward.
Especially this particular match. I’m torn between wanting to see Serena make history and Venus taking another GS. Serena seems to have straightens herself out and Venus is playing great. Both are deserving.
I like Venus, but I’m going with Serena all the way.
BernieSanders makes these kinds of statements all the time…but he does not offer concrete ways that We the People can combat it…or suggest that we can defeat it…
just one of the reasons why i do not believe his candidacy is legit
Bernie is a fire thrower - nothing more! I don’t believe he ha a record of one fire he has put out, or helped to put out in all his years in national office. He rants and raves about legit issues I admit, but who wants a president who always sees fire and never has any practical control methods for combatting that fire?
^10!
^10
I would love to see in writing, a list of his actual accomplishments, i.e. bills that he actuallysponsored and became law.
So would I, COS.
indeed
It is a very short list, COS.
One.
Your comment reminded me of a mini ‘analysis’ on Bernie Sanders that passed by in the village here early in August. I haven’t heard a whiff that much has changed with Bernie since then, though I’d suspect the silence may suggest something has. Someone who knows him better than you or I also says he hasn’t done much over his years in office.
Great toon choices.
This is how the President handled it…
Hay haters, this is how a true President handled it.
Sheer brilliance in achievements and in expressing them in a clear, emotional and hard-hitting way. Thanks for reminding me of this piece, pf.
I think one of the reasons I’m so attached to VP Biden is the hell they went through together and how they both came out so strong to the absolute benefit of the entire nation. They both continue to rise above every single day.
This is brilliant. Thanks for bringing it here, Prettyfoot.
:)
Oooo, this is exactly the remedy the doctor ordered for this evening! THANK you, Pharmacist Prettyf!
Oh, prettyfoot, thanks for posting this! Loved it then, and love it even more now. Barack Obama is a wonder!
I would really love to know how the decision to limit debate came about and who made the decision. I have my own ideas but I’d really like to know the truth. Because it’s a very dumb idea and will only hurt the candidates and the party going forward.
the DNC seems to be unable to carry on….the President had his own structure when he ran in 2012…he could not count on the DNC….i think about how spectacular the 2012 DEM Convention…i sigh …about what is coming…i do not know what role the president will play after the candidate if chosen
Given that the ONLY democratic news seems to relate to emails - the DNC seems to be giving the election to the GOP as they did in 2014. No news certainly isn’t good news. Cannot imagine how GOTV will work in this atmosphere.
Lots of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan updates in the sidebar ….
bbl …
Slice of life: I was in a cab this afternoon and my driver was Asian. We got to talking about all kinds of stuff and then at one point he revealed to me that he was Vietnamese and his whole family was stuck on a boat in the late 70s for 7 days trying to get out of Viet Nam and to the U.S. He talked about what a great country the United States is and we both acknowledged that PBO is trying to make it even better. He asked a bunch of questions about Obamacare. And then we talked about the Syrians who are trying to escape and he nodded his head and then he fell silent the rest of the way. We got to my house and thanked me profusely until I got to my front door.
Immigrants make this country what it is. To want to pretend otherwise is a great failing of people who have never experienced what it means to appreciate and to aspire. I don’t want them anywhere near my government.
Lovely story, meta. And, I agree with you 100%!
People are good ….
Oh, wonderful!!!! TYVM.
THIS!!!!!
Hear hear!
So Sarah Palin want people to speak American. I better learn how to do that now.
going thru the archives…listening to the President running for office..
thinking about the comments VP Biden…he does not sound like he wants to BE President…that is it not in his gut…
I know! I watched him when he was talking in Atlanta, and he really doesn’t seem that he or his family are ready to fully devote themselves to running for the presidency and he won’t run unless he has full heart in it. I hope I’m wrong and will wait until he says so, but it’s looking like he’s not going to run, unless something changes his mind very quickly.
I kinda disagree. I absolutely believe VP Biden wants to BE president. The question now before him is, does he have the physical and emotional stamina to run a robust campaign to win the presidency given his grieving process. Both are very profound experiences requiring tremendous energy. Time will tell whether one can serve the other.
I am a little behind on the threads. Meta, what is this poll being touted by all of the news reports, where HRC is behind Trump? Is it a reputable poll or just one of those outlier kind of polls?
Well, there have been a couple of them. One of them is Survey USA from Friday. Then I think there is an NBC/Marist poll that came out today. I’ve also been away for a couple of days so don’t have all the exact particulars but I would recommend that we watch over the course of the next 2 - 3 weeks to see if this is a trending pattern over time rather than a one-off.
Thanks Meta.
i know meta…i suppose i am just preparing myself
been n the archives of the President’s speeches….his words are so profund…and prophetic….
the candidates of now…pale in comparison….
his last speech from Iowa..in 2012..
OMG, such an absolutely amazing moment in our history: the grace and love he shows to FLOTUS, his voice hoarse from months of campaigning straining to make it to the finish line, his tears as he reflects the very early days of his campaign and those who stood by him and then all his reflections of what has been achieved, TOGETHER. Absolutely riveting. There will never ever be another one like President Obama, past or future.
It’s none of my business, but I wonder what POTUS and FLOTUS said to one another as they hug and kiss.
Amused by the pop-up ad for Obama 2012, You bet I WAS IN!
THE THEFT OF A BLACK BAPTIST CHURCH IN GENTRIFIED RIP CITY: AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT (PART 1 OF 5)
By Daniel Forbes
August 31, 2025
Swindled Church Nets White Baptists Big Bucks
PORTLAND, OREGON — There are ways to sell a church property legally, procedures dictated by state law and church bylaws. Typically, they require a formal vote by the congregation.
A phone call is not one of them. A simple call from a newly installed white trustee of an inner Northeast Portland, Oregon African-American church does not suffice. A call to the white secretary of a local affiliate of the giant Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) doesn’t hold water, either. And finally, a phone call to transfer ownership of a church adds insult to injury when the church’s founding pastor–Rev. Percy N. Manuel, an African-American whose indomitable will kept Mt. Zion Baptist Church afloat for 17 years–is barely cold in the ground.
Yet Sharon Stone, the new trustee who’d seized Mt. Zion’s frayed reins with a sure grip, phoned Lila O’Banion, the secretary of the Interstate Baptist Association (IBA), a 70-church, metro-Portland affiliate of the SBC. “I called Lila and said Percy wanted it to go to Interstate, and Lila took care of it from there,” said Stone.
Stone added, “I let Lila know—Lila took care of it.” She continued, “I let Lila know that Percy wanted to protect the church and have IBA own it. Lila said she’d take care of it.”
http://atticusreview.org/the-theft-of-a-black-baptist-church-in-rip-city-an-investigative-report-part-1-of-5/
U oh - will have to read that 5-part report.
Current mood:
great toons.
Cool!
Good morning amk :)
Any word from your potential birtcertland client?
GM Bob. Not yet
Fingers crossed, still :)
Crucial transportation technology ….
Hi all
Hi, Jojo. I think everyone has gone to bed early. I’ve been playing solitaire - not very successfully I might add.
I’m around, vc:) In and out…so much to do today…trying to get it all done now so that I can have an actual day to relax tomorrow:) Just want to relax and lay around…maybe go in the pool..read a book…sounds blissful:)
Yes it sounds like a blissful plan, Desertf. Hope you accomplish all you set out to.
Me too! Thanks, vc:) Hope you have a relaxing day even though you don’t celebrate Labor Day there…or do you?
Yes we do. It’s the ‘official’ ending of summer vacation for our school kids. Traditionally schools reopen on the Tuesday after Labour Day.
Enjoy:)
Another great piece from Nancy T…
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2015/09/tough-talk-tough.html
The rest of us need to remember that tough talk =/= tough. The reality is that tough talk divorced from knowledge means you do dumb things…like start dumb wars that diminish our standing in the world - not to mention their cost in lives and money. By doing things like going after Osama bin Laden and raising global sanctions on Iran that brought them to the negotiating table, President Obama has demonstrated that knowledge + toughness is what is required.
Yes, I read it earlier.
Since I had a rough night last night, and since I seem to be dozing off at the controls I’m going to head on out the door. Blessings everyone; Good night!
LP - The last image was haunting, of course, but thanks so much for this post! Well done!
Sadly so very true ….
good night TOD and Happy Labor Day!
Wouldn’t you think Rich Thompson would know the answer to his own question. Only traitors like Edward Snowden want to go to Russia.
But for whatever reason, bella, traitors continue to escape to Russia. It must be the vodka.
GOOD MORNING TOD FAMILY AND HAPPY LABOR DAY TO ALL OF YOU…ENJOYED THE WALK DOWN THE ENERGIIZER’S MEMORY LANE…I WOULD LOVE TO JUST ASSUME THAT HE’S RUNNING AGAIN!…WILL TRY TO VISIT AGAIN BEFORE I LEAVE TODAY….RIGHT NOW GOING BACK TO BED TO SEE IF I CAN CATCH SOME MORE ‘Z’ TIME!
So while increasing the minimum wage is indeed a critical step in the fight against poverty, it is just one piece of a much larger, broken system in the low-wage sector.
That’s why the Schedules That Work Act — introduced last month by Representatives George Miller (D-CA) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), along with Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) — is so critical. It would allow every worker to have a say in their schedules — whether someone is experiencing erratic shifts, or too many hours, or needs a schedule accommodation in order to meet an obligation. By giving workers the right to request a predictable or flexible schedule, this legislation would increase job quality in our country.
Morning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/09/07/early-bird-rise-and-shine-96/