In school, I learned how to speak up for myself. #62MillionGirls don't have that chance. 62MillionGirls.com -mo http://t.co/lVVkv7vcDD
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) September 26, 2025I'm grateful for the teachers who helped spark my sense of curiosity. The #62MillionGirls who aren't in school should have that same chance.
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President Obama (@POTUS) September 26, 2025****
#62MillionGirls do not have access to education. Share a photo & what you learned in school: 62milliongirls.com
amp.twimg.com/v/4b423c89-675…
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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) September 27, 2025#62MillionGirls #InSchoolILearned to use my math & science skills to solve problems in my career as an engineer! http://t.co/oQcaq5XO0b
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Courtney Ruby (@RubyDiamond10) September 27, 2025****
In school I was given a gift. Now I give that gift to kids in Padhar, India. Let's give that gift to #62milliongirls. http://t.co/Jy0hvsIlwi
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Krista Givens (@ksgivensandPo) September 27, 2025"In school I learned to treat EVERYONE with respect, courtesy, & common understanding."-Amb. Lenhardt #62MillionGirls http://t.co/jbhDVjLTHb
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(@USAID) September 26, 2025****
In school, we learned about engineering, teamwork, and leadership. #62milliongirls don't have that chance. #omgrobots http://t.co/4KWirqn2H8
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FIRST Firebirds 433 (@firebirds433) September 27, 2025In school I learned how to use my voice to make a difference in my community. #62milliongirls deserve this too. http://t.co/MhPdoFPnxw
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Anna Korman (@annakorm) September 27, 2025****
In school I learned that hard work is indeed rewarding. #62MillionGirls http://t.co/gO8Jo2izD9
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Janell Lockett (@AyoJanell) September 27, 2025At school I found my superpower-I learned to read! #62MillionGirls deserve that chance, too http://t.co/HYlkQYiIv9
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Stephanie Rakes (@rakes1998) September 26, 2025****
In school I learned individuals must make the change they seek. #62MillionGirls shld have chance to draw own lessons http://t.co/7l1zmzJBpr
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Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower) September 26, 2025In school I learned to cherish education, what it means for success in life #62MillionGirls don't have that chance JG http://t.co/oqetE861ba
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Julia Gillard (@JuliaGillard) September 26, 2025
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Great post.
Excellent post! :-D
:)
Congrats on 1st COS :)
BRAVA NW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:)
:)
Nerdy, you are amazing! You have superpowers, no doubt about it! :-)
Awww…thanks, Dudette. :)
This is an excellent selection of tweets - thanks so much Nerdy! :)
:)
Saw her dancing earlier. Made me smile! :-)
I love Kerry Washington; she’s a fine actress and a beautiful woman. But does anyone else think she looks painfully thin in that picture? I was just watching Psych and she was in an episode. I thought she was healthier then than she does in this picture. I worry for some of these people that seem as though they’re starving themselves.
LOLz!!!!
[Gasp!] :shock: Oh no, you didn’t? :shock: :-D
:D :D :D :D :D
See that right there? uh huh yes he did. We know he did.
Sounded right to me…….Better than a naughty mat I bet! ;-)
ohhhh myyyy goodness
Lordt. DED. :D :D :D :D
meta, OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
More like ‘throw your hands in the air if you have a heart & a conscience’ ……….
Yo, Guiliana, what’s good?
hahahaha
Waiting for Hillary’s tweet…
HAHAHAHAhaha! Yes….
LOL! :-)
1.9 Trillion $ is quite a lot of money, but the fact is that the 80 folk who control that amount of wealth would be much safer and happier if they did something they truly can’t afford not to do - donate 5% of it to the goals of @GlobalCitizens.
So, why not explain that to them in terms they can understand?
#LetsRollJoe … I have no doubt that much of his Presidency is going to be about explaining the peril of income inequality to those who have the most to lose.
bbl ….
before I depart to prep super ….
bye for now ….
Darn you, meta!!! I was pushing away from the computer to begin preparing summer and your RT of VP Biden’s totally provocative tweet appeared - to which I had to respond :)
Now, as I hit ‘post comment’ I’m closing my eyes and heading to the kitchen :D :D
#SorryNotSorry
hahahahahahaha :D
I know you can “take it,” Bob, so I’ll just add that you must have been hungry, because you accidentally wrote you needed to prepare “summer.”
The rest of us are workin’ on fall. (And I really don’t want to go through this summer again! Ha.)
I apologize in advance for this comment. :)
No apology required :D :D :D :D :D
EDDIE VEDDERRRRRRRRRRRRR
The Global Citizen event is all about poverty and helping others. I wonder why BS or EW did not make a video?
thought it was intersting they were not there. Where was O’Malley and Hillary?
Very telling isn’t it.
Beyonce vetoed it? ;-)
Funny, Dudette. :)
He really surprised me in his opening statement. Did not know that he was so religious.
For Bob
Sorry, wrong link. Meant to post this!
What a finale!!!!!!
Eddie Vedder and Beyonce ( with choice words and video from Nelson Mandela) singing Bob Marley’s Redemption Day.
A powerful antidote to gloom & doom dispensed by too many these days.
First campaign event for our next President.
Haven’t seen that yet. I’m watching online and Eddie is singing “Imagine” in honor of John Lennon.
Ah, here she is. Wow.
Chills!
Keep on rockin’ in the free world!!!
Funny to see the Science Guy rocking out on stage!!
:-D Dang, I wish I was fast enough to have grabbed a shot of that! #NerdsRule :-D
In heaven, the angels asked God where he would spend his next holiday.
God said, “Definitely not on Earth. Last time I went there, I left a girl pregnant and those people haven’t stopped talking about it since!”
and I am outta here.
LOL! :-)
Great concert! Good to see so many engaged young people. I hope every last one of those goals are met.
Here’s the website for anybody who wants to learn more and get involved:
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/
The Global Goals
http://www.globalgoals.org/
Is VP Biden going to see the Pope off tomorrow in Philly?
Yes he is.
// SUNDAY, SEPT. 27 AT 7:00 P.M.
Visit with organizers, volunteers and benefactors of the World Meeting of Families
Location: Philadelphia International Airport
Approximately 500 people will bid Pope Francis farewell as he heads back to the Vatican. Vice President Biden and his family will lead the ceremony before His Holiness boards his return flight //
http://abcnews.go.com/US/fullpage/pope-francis-itinerary-schedule-dc-york-philadelphia-interactive-32734575
Oh this is just so wonderful :) tears..
Bubba is running his mouth - AGAIN.
hillary - stfu, bill, just stfu.
Sometimes I get the feeling that Bill does not really want HRC to be President - he sabotages her in different ways…
No no… Bill wants his wife to be elected president, so he can be president again by proxy.
I saw a poll the other day that indicated that a lot of people want to see more of Bill in her campaign. To me, that just says she’s flailing. Anyway, I guess this is his idea of getting involved. They just can’t help themselves.
We have now reached the victimization portion of the program.
And here comes one of HRC stans to explain what Bubba really meant - which is crap.
LOLz. What is he, 12?
Jesus, the lengths people go to defend the Clintons, it’s incredible.
Inorite? Just plain ridiculous!
hahahahahah…Romnesiaaa,,,,,
Right ONNN HF,,,We will NOT let them rewrite history…
{{{ yardarm }}}
:-D https://twitter.com/JibranMalek/status/647892370793623552
Okay, let’s try this again.
Interview with Bobby Hill, soloist, Keystone State Boy & Girls Choir.
That boy has an angelic voice.
Oh my goodness, this child’s voice is from the heavens!
Chills. Angelic voice. It was a complete privilege listening to that. Absolutely heavenly saprano voice. Unfortunately when he hits puberty he’ll loose it. :(
beautiful doll
Of COURSE, somebody who ain’t gettin’ enough attention gotta throw shade…
The above was in response to this shit [sigh!]
btw
Oh yeh, well…
‘sup?
Um no. Nope, nuh uh. Not sleeping in there!
I watched Stephen Colbert’s show today from last night and heard Kerry Washington talking about her new movie on Anita Hill. Did anyone see it? I heard her talking about the VP’s role in the hearing. She didn’t sound very positive, so I looked it up. I remember watching snipets of that hearing when I was young, thinking how wrong it was that nobody believed Anita Hill. It bothered me as a young woman. Do you think it will hurt the VP if he runs. I realize they’re going to drag all kinds of things out about him. The media, I’m sure, will have a field day. I expect it. Is this something that could really hurt him? He’s the one who made the Violence Against Women Act in the senate. Is this something he learned from that experience? What do you think?
It will be difficult. I remember having the same feelings when the Anita Hill hearings went on. However, one thing Joe Biden doesn’t do is run from tough issues. If he runs, he’ll have address that, and anything else that comes up. He’ll do it in the way only he can. No person, and most certainly, no candidate is perfect. What’s important is how one deals with mistakes and setbacks and how one rises to occasions that offer the chance for redemption.
Remember how the Rev. Wright situation was supposed to doom then-Senator Obama’s campaign? Remember how his response, that amazing speech, ended up being one of his most shining moments? Joe Biden is a kindred spirit. He’ll deal with whatever they throw at him with candor, humility and grace. Of this you can be sure.
^^^ THIS.
I agree Dudette. It is how one deals with mistakes and setbacks. Being President brings a lot of situations like that. Oh yes, I remember the Rev. Wright situation, and our President handled it beautifully.
Hi Sherry, here’s my two cents on this:
Seems to me that all the “dirt” on Joe Biden are things that happened decades ago…but the man has been serving in the current administration for the last 7 years - meaning that if PBO were suddenly unable to fulfill his role as President, Joe Biden would be US President. And CLEARLY, America had no problem electing Barack Obama for TWO TERMS - with Joe Biden as the next in line. Which implies that America has no problem with Joe Biden being President - Anita Hill or not.
Period.
I agree HF. Also, like I said the VP brought up the Violence Against Women Bill. He obviously learned from that situation.
I’m 65 and watched all the hearings at the time and read all the newspaper and journal articles at the time. Now I’m gonna speak a really hard truth right now. I fell in love with then Sen Joe Biden, chair of the Sen Judiciary, as a result of how he handled a complex social issue in a public forum. My thinking at the time was that no matter how much I hated what Clarence Thomas was alleged to have done, I wanted the committee to either confirm or not confirm based on his judicial or public policy record. What made the allegation even more horrific was the fact that this DARK SKIN well-educated black man was being villified as a sexual predator, a fake narrative that has led to the lynching of many many black men in America’s very recent past. At the time, me and other black folk were puzzled and angered that a black woman was being used to advance such a narrative. We wanted to know why she was coming forward now. How her story reached the ears of the judiciary committee, and why she agreed to go public against a black man using such a familiar and often deadly narrative. As chair, then Sen Joe Biden attempted to neutralize this narrative by demonstrating to the all white male committee that they too had done similar things if not worse and no one had done to them what was now being done to Clarence Thomas. People also forget that Anita Hill worked for Clarence Thomas over a 10 year period, which included following him to another state. This one detail puzzled many people even though Anita tried to explain her decision to follow him as consistent with her career goals. She felt she had to put up with his crap because there were not many doors open for black people in general, much less at that level.
Now just think for a moment what would have happened if Clarence Thomas had not been confirmed. What would have been the impact on other AA men at the same level or trying to pierce the color barrier to power. What would have been the impact on black men in general. Then Sen. Joe Biden was considering these larger question when he moved the committee forward to confirm Thomas. It was extremely courageous of him to have done what he did. I will stand up and defend VP Biden’s senate record especially as regards the Thomas hearings with my last breath because sometimes you have to do the hard thing. This is why I love VP Biden so much. He, like PBO can get the hard things done.
Thanks for your view Idon. It was very interesting hearing your perspective. Wise words.
I swear that’s me. I tease about that man at the gas station, but if I had a flame thrower in my house when one of these big-ass prehistoric-sized spiders we have in Georgia came at me, my shit would be burned to the ground.
I happened to wake up in the middle of the night years ago. Flipped on the lamp and one of those suckers was sliding down from the light fixture above my bed just inches from my face. I believe I screamed loud enough to wake the devil and people 3 states away. Then went on a rampage trying to find that bitch, cuz I know I would never sleep again until it Dead, Dead, Double-Dam Dead! As My President once said “I got the sucker!”
[I’m shuddering now, just thinking of it!]
Ukee Washington’s interview w/Bobby Hill. (CBS-Philly)
That fine young man was more astute than the CNN “news” readers I saw interview him earlier, not to mention his singing gifts. One of the highlights of the evening!
Yeh right, like that cat wouldn’t try to eat that thing at first sight!
Deeply profound
Alright buster, how about a new thread before you pack it in. This one is getting too chunky.
Grandma Moses over here cannot tell a lie. I’ve never heard of Eddie Vedder. Have I? :)
He’s lead singer of Pearl Jam. Might not be your style of music. :-D
Yeah - I’ve heard of Pearl Jam (via my son’s tastes!), but wouldn’t know the names of the singers if you held me hostage until I told ya! Thanks.
Here’s the YouTube link to the full 4 hours of the Global Citizens celebration ….
good night TOD …
#LetsRollJoe
Interesting
I’m off to La-La-Land! Toodle-ooo! :-D
Morning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/09/27/early-bird-chat-567/