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Hello?
Congrats 57 :)
Just posted this heads up - bottom of previous thread ….
in ~ 45 min
Hello 57! How are you?
Okay. How are you doing, my friend?
Grateful for everyday I get up and can go about my business, including having some fun.
You are an amazing spirit. I’m privileged to know you.
57!!!!!!!
Yea, me! How’s Danny’s paw?
I thought he was 100% again, but took him out for a walk early this morning and he has a slight limp again. Damn. Can’t get to the vet until Wednesday, so definitely making an appointment if he’s still lame tomorrow. How are your fellas doing?
We’re hanging in there. Lots to sort out, evaluate. Kasper’s special bladder stone-busting (we hope) food won’t be in until Thursday. Nickelby’s still coughing and I need to connect with the vet. Taking Mr. 57 to the orthopedist this afternoon for his severely arthritic knees.
I had to explain to my boss that if the copy machine is broken, it is impossible for me to print stuff. Amongst his sociopathic insanity, he’s also stupid.
Is it weird to want chocolate and rum this early in the morning?
Yikes, that is WAY too many problems for one person!!! You have definitely earned chocolate and rum ….. wait, is that a thing??
Yeah, I’m a tad overwhelmed. No. I want chocolate. I want rum. Two separate things.
So I gave myself the weekend off and worked on a quilt for my goddaughter’s five year old son for Christmas. Little spaceships. So stinkin’ cute, if I do say so myself. Felt great to have cute little fabrics in my hand and Zen out at the sewing machine. But now there’s all the laundry, dirty floors, the usual chaos that I sort through on a weekend. But I soooooo needed to do something for my head and heart or I was going to lose it.
I want a spaceship quilt!1!1! Sounds ridiculously cute - don’t worry about the other stuff, we all get there in the end. Ish.
We found out yesterday that Mr. 57 doesn’t have any cartilage in his knees. None. And that’s the least of the issues we need to explore concerning his health. I feel like those roly poly toys that you knocked down and they popped back up. Just keep punching at me, I’ll just bounce right back.
Is it weird to want chocolate and rum this early in the morning?
After that collection of events - seems about the best option.
If Danny’s foot has something to do with ligaments or tendons, he would need to rest it until it was better. But you need the vet to determine that.
Congrats on your quick steps to the top, 57F.
Nuh Uh, just made it down to $2.89 in The Emerald City.
heh !!! my toon !!! fork out.
Did you draw it? smh
I drawed (yes, I said it) your attention to it ….
Groooooooooooooooooooan!
what? one cent will get you only that much.
You should be grateful you got that much, Mister - next time say: ‘Here’s a toon for free, Petal.’
that reminds me, WHERE ARE MY FLOWAHS?
w/smh
That’s my Nickelby. Or dropping a cicada at my feet if I catch him before he eats it. My Big Hunter.
Oh, okay! That you did.
Need to get to my next meeting, but, meta, this comment is in response to yours in the previous thread re: VP. My take is that he is doing everything he can to keep Ms Hillary off balance while giving her plenty of rope, which she’s been running with full speed ahead in a decidedly incorrect direction, i.e., away from all that PBO (and VP) have accomplished. The more she is on record with her b.s. the better. Those YouTube ads are writing themselves.
Hope everyone has a fine Monday … lots of exciting stuff happening this week …
bbl much, much later today … i.e., late pm PDT :)
You are an eternal optimist, Bobfr!
^5
#copycat
I was simply draw-ing** your attention to it. {** = legitimate word} /smirk/
This is a fantastic Toon.
I <3 it!
I didn’t draw it Nena! ;) ;) :D
;) :)
French rail operator SNCF has been ordered to pay €150m ($170m; £110m) in damages for discriminating against more than 800 Moroccan staff.
The 832 Moroccans, who were hired as private contractors in the 1970s, were denied “railway worker” status and the accordant benefits, a court found.
Nearly all of them were awarded damages by the court, with the settlements ranging between €150,000 and €230,000.
Many of them waited more than a decade for the outcome of the case.
The industrial court, which specialises in workplace conflicts, said that SNCF was guilty of “discrimination in the execution of work contracts” and “in the rights to retirement”.
The plaintiffs argued that their careers had been stunted and they had received lower pensions than their French counterparts.
Even those who later received French nationality and were awarded permanent contracts complained their careers had been deliberately curtailed.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34318252
Obama’s citizenship push stokes conservative fears
The administration is accelerating naturalization for millions of legal residents — many of whom will probably vote Democratic.
By Sarah Wheaton
09/21/15, 05:09 AM EDT
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The Obama administration and its allies are holding scores of events this week as part of a sweeping new initiative to nudge 8.8 million legal residents who are eligible for naturalization to become full-fledged citizens — and therefore, eligible to vote.
The not-so-secret expectation is that most of them would probably register as Democrats, given the demographics heavy on Hispanics and Asians — a fact that has not been lost on many conservatives.
“We’re getting lower-income people who are coming in and taking more services, and they’re drawn to the Democrats,” said Ed Martin, president of the right-wing Eagle Forum, which raised the alarm last year in a report titled “How Mass (Legal) Immigration Dooms a Conservative Republican Party.” “That’s what Obama knows, and that’s what the Democrats know, and that’s what Republicans should know and should be fighting back against it,” Martin said.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/obama-citizenship-immigrants-naturalization-democrats-213810#ixzz3mO3QAQHi
:cool: :cool: As usual, while opponents bluster, make a fuss, and do nothing worthwhile, this President is investigating legitimate pathways AND moving #FORWARD! :D :D :D Keep on moving on, Mr. President!
exactly, VC
paging ramos whasshisname who always whines about PBO.
Anybody here seen my old friend Mrs Ezra Klein-Annie Lowry? Can you tell me where she’s gone?
This was pre-teabaggery time when the GOP let the tea-loose and now can’t put them back into the teabag.
one of the post under one of the toons.
Is the tide turning back for Trump? It was bound to happen soon or later. The earliest candidate to make a splash is seldom the one to make it to shore in the end. It will be interesting to see the final driftwood that washes up.
I hope the tide is not turning back for Trump. I want this loud mouth to remain the front runner long enough for any other less scary GOP candidate to make grounds for the general elections.
Good morning TOD family, Chipsticks, Danny, Nerdy Wonkette, Lurker. So sorr our Dannysticks is limping again. Hope its no more than a few days of resting the leg.
NPR finally did a bit of journalism today now that the Iran Deal is done. They had an Iranian journalist on who gave an amazing history of Irans nuclear start. In 1957 the USA helped them build a nuclear reactor and gave them weapons grade uranium to use nuclear material for peaceful purpose. The Iranian government paid MIT $20 Million to train nuclear scientist. It was a great piece of journalism by msm who usually don’t practice such things. It was so interesting that I sat in the car to listen to the whole show.
Thanks for the heads up. Fascinating discussion ….
Born In The USA: How America Created Iran’s Nuclear Program
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/09/18/440567960/born-in-the-u-s-a-how-america-created-irans-nuclear-program
It’s amazing that the USA began nuclear program in Iran in 1957 through 1970’s when they thought this might not be a good idea.
Hello! Hello! Hello, TOD!
It’s a beautiful day. Sunny. Gorgeous. Blue Sky.
Congrats 57 on your solid Gold :star:
Congrats to past Gold :star: winners 2/3 posts back.
9-21-15
WH Presser with Josh “The Voice” Earnest, coming LIVE ;) at 12:30 PM EDT
Now, back to quickly get caught up on the News of Today :)
I’ve been meaning to say THANK YOU for the reminder about Josh’s dpbs. It’s much appreciated.
:)
Fiorina went to the Mitt Romney Candidate School.
Will remind people that Benen is the one who wrote the Weekly Lies of Willard Romney Column during the 2012 election season.
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Caught in a fib, Fiorina refuses to acknowledge misstep
09/21/15 10:00 AM—UPDATED 09/21/15 11:02 AM
By Steve Benen
At last week’s Republican debate, Carly Fiorina described a Planned Parenthood video showing “a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.’”
There is no such video. It does not exist. This pesky detail has since touched off a striking series of events.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/caught-fib-fiorina-refuses-acknowledge-misstep
This is preposterous!!! :( :( :(
GM/GA DonnaD.
This is why Trump and Sanders have gained traction with Americans.
The blind greed of hedgefund ilk is off the rails:
Yep! I can see that to be true.
Great headline at the LAT:
this is so British
Why, Pf? The article - very brief - does not say.
isn’t she under indictment?
Kane was arraigned last month on multiple charges, including obstructing administration of law or other government function, official oppression, criminal conspiracy, perjury and false swearing – stemming from allegations she leaked classified grand jury information to press.
Great article, Nena. Thanks for sharing.
;)
I still think Jeb is the Establishment Candidate, and he still has over $100 million dollars….so, I don’t count him out, even if he is pitiful.
Correct.
True, but what kind of a father doesn’t know what became of his child since June?
Exactly, that goes for the rest of the family……
who is the PBOs right hand man now?….hmmmm
I think its some guy named Marvin, he’s been with Barack for a while now, even before Reggie.
He is so low key that I can’t see to identify him. Yet, I believe that he’s a very tall guy.
Yes, he’s a tall Caucasian, solid build, brown eyes and dark brown hair.
“can’t see and identify him” around the POTUS.
Marvin Nicholson—very tall and a frequent golfing partner
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…I MISS HIM!!!!!
September is almost over….Do you think he will do it on the day the GOP closes the government down? Maybe it will be my birthday present :) :) :)
Perhaps after the (D) Debate gets fewer than 2 million viewers and the country does the math.
Trump Debate 24 million + 22 million= OMG
bbl
Hate to post this below the Pope. Actually, that’s where The Donald and his comrade the Canadian born Ted Cruz belong.
Ha!
WHAT WE DESERVE!!!!!
Here we go again!
A toddler has just asked Josh if he knew what the Pope will say.
These journalists never disappoint.
When is Bill Plant going to retire?
Not soon enough.
Very smart quote! Also loved the Harriet tubman quote you guys posted from the emmys last night, had not heard that one either.
Question: is the GOP still looking thru their binders full of women to find one for the $10 bill? or did they just give up and admit they wanted to answer that question with Ronald Reagan?
I MISS HER……………………….WHEN OUR PRECIOUS LORD RETURNS…THERE WIILL BE PEACE…TILL THEN…………….NOTTA!
these kind of headlines/stories help to promote the anti-immigrant meme….
Yup.
if an American who happens to be of the Muslim faith can fight and/or die for his country, America, then he and his American born offspring should be able to one day aspire to become President. We have a Constitution that has stood for over 200 years and only the Republicans hate it and want to change it based on things the founders did not want.
it just proves that the constitution means NOTHING to them…
Luvvie has a post up about the Emmy Awards
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Regina, Uzo, Viola and The Blackest Emmy Awards Ever
Awesomely Luvvie — September 21, 2025
I (and countless others) have spent years complaining about the monochrome Emmy Awards (read: my post on 2013 Emmy Awards Embodied TV’s White Problem). It is usually a show that is white people giving other white people every award, and the audience is sprinkled with a few Black and brown faces to keep everyone patting their own backs. Not this year. Well, it’s still a big white scoop with colored sprinkles, except the Black sprinkles walked on stage and got the props they deserve. It was the Blackest Emmy Awards I’ve ever seen, and this is why I have hollered myself hoarse.
My throat is hurting for spending much of the evening screaming like a banshee. Three Black women whose work I LOVE walked away with awards, and I cannot stop being geeked about it. The big winners of the night were: Veep, Game of Thrones and Black women.
http://www.awesomelyluvvie.com/2015/09/regina-uzo-viola-black-2015-emmy-awards.html
TIS’ ABOUT TIME AND LONG OVERDUE!
VP’s full interview
ALL I CAN SAY IS..I AM A REAL HIT ON FACEBOOK THIIS WEEK…LAUGHING GAS PLEASE!
New post
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/09/21/president-obama-changing-the-face-of-government-for-the-better/
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE IN A TOTAL STATE OF DENIAL REGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS, DIGNITY AND CIVILITY…AND I’M CERTAIN THEY THINK GRACE IS A SPRAY FOR THE LAWN!