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Thank you, Chips! Hello TOD Family!
Congrats Allison on furst. Good morning Chips. I miss this site on the weekends and at night lately because I have no internet. Hopefully, this Sunday, things will be better. I can hardly function without you all!
TY Jackie!
Allison! Hellooooooooo everyone!
helloooooooooooooooo Ms Chips….
Hellooooooooooooooooooo Prettyfoot! :-)
:)
{{{ VPB }}} <3
Hey, Markie, if VP Biden was in another camera shot, then, technically, he was in a camera shot, eh? #Bozo
And good afternoon, Chips and TOD, you sweet, smart people!
Time change isn’t affecting me, at all - awoke at 7:58 am, thinking it was 10-ish - shudders!!!!!! :)
He wants to be President Obama Sooooo Bad :) :lol: :)
:)
Hello TOD. Note how intent she was in eyeing PBO….she wouldn’t take her eyes off of him, and she looks so pleasant. Just too cute !!
Wow didn’t realize the lil’ guy dressed as Pope was actually a lil’ gal! :) :) Makes the costume even more creative!
The President departs for Newark, NJ. Click here ► ► http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
GGail don’t click on the colorful button, click on the link.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
:-D
:)
JER <3<3<3<3
Well shoot! I’m trying and failing at even a simple <3
Bo is so Cool
During election year(s), Iowans get so spoiled with all the candidates roaming our state. Fortunately, not too many GOP venture here to Johnson County. Anyhoo – tomorrow afternoon, Hillary will be holding a town hall meeting in our town, at the park only 3 blocks from our house. I have to work, but Mr. Muscatinegal has nothing better to do and it’s going to be 71 (in November, in Iowa!) – so he’s going to check it out. I told him to watch for “famous” TV journalists, etc. I fondly remember back in late December 2007, Senator Obama had a rally at the junior high school 2 blocks from our house – so we went over and got to experience pre-POTUS BO. That was fabulous. I wish BO could run again…
Iran nuclear deal: Centrifuge decommissioning ‘begins’
Iran has begun to decommission uranium enrichment centrifuges in order to fulfil the nuclear deal struck with six world powers in July, its nuclear chief has announced during a visit to Japan.
Ali Akbar Salehi said initial work to reduce the number of centrifuges had started, but would take some time.
Iran insists that its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34703490
chicken dead yet?
If it’s Danny’s chicken you’re asking about: seriously deceased.
Nooooooooooo!!!!! :lol:
That’s a motivator - for sure!
gunnite.
As a veteran of many “first dates” in my life, a good restaurant and a big tip for the waiter gets the ladies every time.
^5
That is, if neither of you has fear of heights and she’s 100% sure you’re not a date rapist.
This is, in a way, the genius of the Black Lives Matter movement, and what sets it apart from previous movements with worthy causes, like Occupy Wall Street: its pragmatism and political savvy.
This movement doesn’t try to overthrow faulty systems as much as seek systemic reform. It’s not a black nationalist organization as much as it is a civil rights and equal justice organization. Its path to the elimination of oppression is the healing of the system, not the hobbling of it.
Indeed, the movement’s policy platform, which it calls Campaign Zero, is a 10-point plan to make policing and the criminal justice system more fair to all citizens.
In other words, we cannot address our girls’ education crisis until we address the broader cultural beliefs and practices that can help cause and perpetuate this crisis. And that is precisely the message I intend to deliver this week when I travel to the Middle East…I’ll be urging countries around the world to both make new investments in girls’ education and challenge laws and practices that silence, demean, and brutalize women—from female genital mutilation and cutting, to forced child marriage, to laws that allow marital rape and disadvantage women in the workplace.
Pf, our FLOTUS is taking on one tough assignment. She’s confronting places where the ingrained misogyny has been the cultural norm for so long that the resistance to change will be intense. I so admire her bravery.
i know…BRAVO for the Courage and Conviction of our FLOTUS….i wonder what the so-called Feminists have to say about this…they are so critical of FLOTUS…but not too many have taken on this challenge….this is indeed a heavy lift…
But while these investments are absolutely necessary to solve our girls’ education problem, they are simply not sufficient. Scholarships, bathrooms, and safe transportation will only go so far if societies still view menstruation as shameful and shun menstruating girls. Or if they fail to punish rapists and reject survivors of rape as “damaged goods.” Or if they provide few opportunities for women to join the workforce and support their families, so that it’s simply not financially viable for parents struggling with poverty to send their daughters to school.
:shock:
This KKK list is kinda underwhelming, where’s the pop and the sizzle? Its missing the “oh shit” factor.
:-D
Anonymous Begins Publishing Ku Klux Klan Member Details Online
By David Gilbert @daithaigilbert [email protected] on November 02 2015 7:02 AM EST
UPDATE: 11:50 p.m. EDT — Following the publication of email addresses and phone numbers reportedly belonging to members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) another post on text-sharing site Pastebin is claiming to name nine politicians who are members of the KKK. The list of four senators and five city mayors is completely unverified and the official Operation KKK Twitter account has distanced itself from the listing saying: “We won’t release names without due diligence. We discourage the circulation of disinformation and will not promote an unverifiable list of politicians.” However the original tweet has since been deleted by the group.
The listing names the politicians, their spouses and the local chapter of the KKK to which they are purported to belong. The person who posted the information said they redacted the politicians’s home addresses to prevent anyone taking action directly against them.
http://www.ibtimes.com/anonymous-begins-publishing-ku-klux-klan-member-details-online-2164710
The DNC is in talks with Telemondo to take the slot the RNC cancelled.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/11/02/republican-tantrum-backfires-democrats-gop-presidential-debate-slot.html
Hello TOD.
Sunny. It will get to 65F today…..69F tomorrow……MN is one Weather Freak State ;)
Congrats to all the Gold :star: winners starting with Allison on this post and to all the Au :star: winners many posts back…..Congrats ;)
I remember this too.
Hmm?
He raised Over a Million Bucks……Now what?
Who the fuck is this Lessig guy?
Better read it before the website is gone. :-)
https://lessig2016.us/meet-lessig/
Maybe I’ll take a look at him.
libertarian posing a democrat to try and split up some votes. failed miserably of course.
1001% True :lol: :roll: :lol: :roll:
Poor Chris Christie, can’t sit in the owners suits at footballs games anymore, and is at the bottom of any poll past, present, and future. The only thing this guy has to wait for is to see if he gets indicted or not.
Hey, mean ol’ Chris Christie, you failin’ man
Only known for your involvement in a traffic jam
You wanted out of Jersey but no can do
Go back and live with dolts who’d actually vote for you!
We know that Christie is attacking POTUS because his poll numbers are so low. By attacking POTUS he think he can get some attention from the Obama haters. Poor pitiful Christie.
The people in New Jersey don’t want Christie either.
:D :D :D :D “near asterisks”
Every so often here at TOD……someone posts a Link where some Bloke from the 2015 Presidential Primary Race is compared to then Sen Obama or Pres Obama in 2008 and 2012 respectively.
Please Pay them Zero attention.
The US and World Economy crumbled in 2007/2008……..Yet Sen Obama broke Records in small donors.
In 2015………………….just last week……a poll came out Illustrating Factually that in every Demographics, Americans say emphatically that they are Better Off Today than they were in 2009.
So Bernie, Ben, etc can’t claim Record number of Small Donors when the Economic Climate in 2007/2008 and in 2015 are incomparable.
& Bernie is building on the infrastructure created by PBO. Can’t even give credit for that, can he?
UH UH UH
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Jury Awards Ex-Employee Of Roscoe’s Chicken N’ Waffles $1.6M In Race Discrimination Suit
September 9, 2025 11:28 PM
NGLEWOOD (CBSLA.com) — A jury has awarded a former employee of Roscoe’s House of Chicken ‘n Waffles more than $1 million in damages after he sued the popular restaurant chain alleging racial discrimination and wrongful termination.
Daniel Beasley, a black man, filed a racial discrimination and wrongful-termination suit against the soul food chain that’s popular with celebrities, including Snoop Dogg and Larry King.
“It’s owned by an African American owner, but he gives full authority to the Hispanics to run it,” Beasley said.
According to Beasley’s lawsuit, managers at the restaurant on Pico Boulevard harassed him for being black and gave preferential treatment to Latino employees, including better schedules.
The grandfather from Compton says he complained to human resources and the company’s owner, but nothing was done.
He was later fired for what he says was retaliation.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/09/09/jury-awards-ex-roscoes-chicken-n-waffles-employee-1-6m-in-race-discrimination-suit/
It’s a sad truth about the makeup of the employees in a lot of our black restaurants. When it happened to our local Louisiana Creole restaurant, Harold & Bells, I thought the restaurant had been sold and nobody informed us black folks in the community.
There’s a RC&W in Pasadena and the last time I went there with my mom three years ago the people greeting us, seating us, in the kitchen, and bussing tables were Hispanic. The waitresses were AA but it was dirty even after the Sunday busy time. The quality of the food was not that great in my opinion. I have no desire to ever go back there again although I know it made it’s name as a AA owned soul food restaurant now who knows what it is today. I am sad to hear this but if they lose their appeal I can see this as the demise of this restaurant.
But what about all the smug Volkswagen owners, what recourse do they have?
Squeeeeeeeeeeee! [albeit, long-term squee!] :-D :-D :-D
Oh boy, I can’t wait. We have been binge watching on one of our providers all the old Star Trek series. I am so ready for this.
mg omg omg omg omg!!!
I know, right? :-D :-D :-D
http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/world/image/15054784/?ref_id=15054658
Some pictures of our lovely FLOTUS arriving in Qatar.
TY Bella!
Thanks Bella! Tweeted it!
You guys are welcome.
She looks wonderful, as usual. Thanks, Bella.
Thanks Annieb :-)
FLOTUS looks so pretty
PRAYERS UP FOR FLOTUS FOR A SAFE TRIP…I’M NOT CRAZY ABOUT THE AREA! I DID NOT LIKE THIS IDEA…CALL ME GRUMPY CAT!
Only god knows what type of experiments taking place up there.
Simply awesome..has there ever been a time when NASA was more engaging…i LOVE it
I am happy to report that HuffPost has PBO’s prisoner initiative front-paged and highlighted. Smiling photo as well.
The endless ignoring and dissing of PBO has been driving me crazy.
and then there is this…..dammit…give credit to our beloved POTUS….
DEAR VICKI…WHEN HAS THAT TREATMENT OF OUR PRESIDENT EVER CHANGED? OUR FALLEN SOCIETYY DOESN’T KNOW OR ACCEPT THE BEST IN PRESDENTS WHEN THEY SEE ONE…UNFORTUNATELY..’THAT ONE’ WASN’T THE RIGHT COLOR FOR THEM…AS FOR THE OTHERS…THEY ARE JEALOUS BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE WHAT HE HAS!..THEY BROKE THE MOLD…HOW OFTEN DO I HAVE TO REPEAT ‘THAT ONE’ FOR ‘THAT ONE?’
Thanks JER! :-)
I’m having a hard time keeping up today, so thanks for providing something for us slow pokes :-)
https://twitter.com/PIX11News
Thanks PBO!
Montana just received approval to expand Medicaid. 30 States so far
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/montana-medicaid-expansion
Great news, Linda. So we still have 20 states living in the dark ages.
This is great. The ordinary people of Montana worked so hard to get this passed. We had several Repubs who agreed, it was the Tea Party that has kept it smaller.
Really good news!
GORGEOUS…I HOPE THEY QUADRUPLED THE GUARD…NOT A GREAT PLACE FOR A LADY………………..
qatar is not the backward saudi arabia. women driving, voting, standing in elections are all normal. I have dealt with both and the saudis are arrogant pos.
It seems they are also going broke - so in the end - everyone gets what they deserve
Heads up
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/11/02/president-speaks-on-re-entry-process-of-formerly-incarcerated-individuals/
The GOPers in Clownish Idiocy Proceeds
I dunno why the networks don’t say “We’re having an RNC debate at this place and time. The American people will hear from whichever candidates show up.”