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Mooooooooorning Dame Delicious!!!
My Queeeeeeen! A thousand sun could not outshine your countenance! I bow humbled before you! š
:lol: I get that kind of greeting wherever I go!! :lol:
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WTD, Dudette! What a great toon, Chips. Shows why the GOP will lie, cheat, and possibly steal votes to win. They are desperate.
Hiya Judith! š
Love that toon!
Itās my toon !!!
And one of your absolute best.
Thaaank you. See bt?
:lol: Well then, thank you Mister!!
Pro tip: You need to start signing them better so we know theyāre yours. š
Credit where credit is due. Thanks, AMK. You find fantastic political toons for us!
I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR OUR PATIENT AND DIPLOMATIC ENERGIZER PRESIDENT!…YES..ITāS ANOTHER DAY IN THE POPSICLE PALACE FOR ME…BLANKETS ON WINDOWS AND LAYERED SLIPPERS!..LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!..BRRRRRRRRRRR!
OH NO…UGLY FACE MADE IT AND MY COMMENT WAS BURIED….NOW THATāS A FACE THAT WOULD MAKE YOU WANT TO ESCAPE FROM BEHIND BARS!
A MAN WHO LOOKS LIKE THIS…HAS STARCH IN HIS SHORTS AND THE BOX IS EMPTY!
I DO BELIEVE MY COMMENT WENT TO OUTER SPACE..MAYBE KELLY HAS IT UP THERE SOMEWHERE!
:lol: I found it in space, Sue, and brought it back down to earth!!
OH VERY COOL…HOPE YOU ALL SAVED THOSE WASILLA CARTOONS BECAUSE I AM BETTING THERE IS A RERUN TODAY WITH THE DONALDāS ‘STUPIDITYā COMMENTARY!…THIS WILL PUT THE HORSE ON THE SADDLE…MY OH MY WHAT A CRAZY RIDE!
Sueee,,,,
i bet you could have made a living doing limericks….you are great at it
THANK YOU PRETTYFOOT…I WORKED THE NEWS FOR YEARS AND HAD A HUMOR COLUMN MOSTLY DEALING WITH POLITICS..GOT ALOT OF THREATS…LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL…NOTHING HAS CHANGED THERE.
wow…that is great…
BBL…MY MAID DIDNāT SHOW UP AND SOMEBODY HAS TO WASH ALL THE CAT DISHES!..IāM ELECTED…BBL………………….
Todayās Iowa Caucus history note: in 1976, the winner on the Democratic side was: Uncommitted with 37.2%! The second place finisher, Jimmy Carter with 27.6%, went on to fare better in the later primaries.
If youāre thinking itās a pretty strange system weāve got here in Iowa, you would be correct! And only 13 days, 08 hours and 58 minutes until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses finally start. :-)
Gāday mates.
Ahoy Sailor! š
From the <3
Thanks Yardarm, you gave me a reason for my smile to return. A heathen here at work tried to steal my smile :-)
Hi Sailor - have you been away or do I just “pass by in the night”? Blessings
I have to haul me vessel into dry dock from time-to-time and clean the barnacles off me hull. ;-)
:-) Great to see ya, Shipmate!
Glad to be seen Admiral(as I dip my colors).
Howās your health Shipmate, I know you had some problems recently?
:) glad you drop by during the process
Thanks, Yardarm! Donāt we all remember Inauguration Day 2009 like it was yesterday? Bliss!
Sure do. I cried like a baby too.
I CRY WHEN I SEE THIS…WANT IT ALL TO START OVER…DONāT TELL MICHELLE..IāLL GET BROCOLLI STICKS WHERE I DONāT WANT THEM!
WTF!
A double WTF, Dudette. Hello, my dear Dudette. HZ
ALL of humanity needs to end racism and the other ‘ismsā but it does not belong on Barack Obamaās shoulders alone. Especially when the RWNJ-Hateful-so-called Fifth Estate promotes it on a daily basis. What do you want him to do, get rid of the first amendment? These people are so stupid I wouldnāt click on it to read it because they are the main problem.
All humanity need to end racism, starting with the white man.
Just as it is encumbent on those who perpetuate and enable rape culture to work to end that, itās on the shoulders of those who harbor and act on bigoted feelings to fix/end racism - not the victims of their actions.
Hi jojo, The title of the article is stupidity enough for me to stay the hell away from it.
IGNORANCE IS THEIR FALSE BLISS JOJO!
ITāS A WHITE PROBLEM…NOT THIS PRESIDENTāS PROBLEM!…AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE IMPORTED TO CLEAN YOUR WHITE TOILETS GOT IT???
GM/GA TODville.
Last month I saw a tweet that linked to a behind-paywall @WSJ article that said (something to the effect of) Frank Luntz GOP focus group motivated by revenge — I Googled a link to a site that provides copies behind-paywall articles, but the article never said (and apparently Luntz didnāt probe for) what GOP voters are seeking revenge against.
Of course we know (“Obummer”) but white MSM are too cowardly to call a spade a spade.
ABSOLUTELY….CORRECT………………………..WELL DONE!
Sounds like someone we all know, eh?
I LOVE THIS……………HOWEVER I WAS NEVER BORN TO PEACE…YOU BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO IT BECAUSE THE UGLY NEVER ENDS!
This is messed up.
:(…NO COMMENT NEEDED HERE!
Does that mean 53% know the term lengths of congress and 60% knows congress has the power to declare war. Thatās pretty good these days since only 30% of them vote anyway.
That is really pathetic!
Scary is the term….the basic problem is lack of education which is the basis for most of Americaās problems.
True
No wonder Donal Trump is so popular.
School desegregation in Little Rock — so last century
How often does SCOTUS review executive actions? I would assume this is a rare event - and only done when a non white person is in the white house?
Did we miss a greeting ceremony?
I donāt think they do an official greeting ceremony unless itās an official state dinner or visit.
Ah! So that answers my next question. Dang, I was looking forward to seeing POTUS and FLOTUS all dolled up. š
I hear you!!
I saw this drawing of President Obama and it is just awesome.
i thought so
That is AWESOME. I saw it coming to life with each series of strokes!
Thanks PF for sharing :-)
THANKS PRETTYFOOT…AMAZING!
Iām just awestruck at how people can do these ultra-realistic paintings. Halfway through the video, I though “hey, it looks great, all done.” I could see that painting selling as is just fine. But then they keep going, adding more detail and contouring. [How they see the different colors and shadows to do that is beyond amazing to me.] Next thing you know, “Voila!” It looks practically like a photograph. Incredible!
i know…it is fascinating…
Anyone else having trouble playing Facebook vids on an iPad? Iām not on Facebook and donāt plan to be. Not sure if that has anything to do with the problem. Canāt seem to ever get these to play. YouTubes and other video content plays perfectly fine. Iāll double check if they play on my Macbook, but Iām pretty sure itās just on the iPad.
THIS ONE I LIKE…IT CATCHES HIS COMPASSION…………………….
:bear: <3 Thank you, pf. Very inspiring to view. And to share!
Hahaha Hey Dudette, I love that appropriate reaction gif. ššššāš
from the article:
But if the federal government alone administers a single-payer system, it needs to finance it all on its own, and this is where Bernieās gamble is both a regressive flat tax disaster and woefully inadequate. Letās dive in.
This is a must-read.
I have been self-employed for 35 years. The loss of deduction of health care costs is a major concern. I am not one to ever defend employers ( you should have seen the sociopathic contortions my boss went through to avoid giving anything to anyone in ACA, although it did not apply to me because Iām a private contractor), but the loss of tax deduction is a serious burden.
Ezra Klein said in his critique of the plan that there is a point where the burdens to business can affect the workers and the economy, and this plan goes over that line.
Something that occurred to me: other countries have struggled mightily over universal health care, looking for many different approaches to balance the health of their citizens and economic issues. A hybrid system appears to be the most workable, and probably the most flexible. Bernieās plan, even with its good intentions to provide universal health care, sacrifices pragmatic approaches for ideological purity.
Iām still looking at all of it. Bottom line: PBO & Dems were accused of forcing “socialized medicine” on Americans when it wasnāt even remotely true. They are going to accept actual socialized medicine, a one-size-fits all? Never gonna happen.
One of the great results of ACA was that it freed individuals to pursue self-employment and start-up businesses. Trust me, a health care deduction is immensely important to staying afloat. Bernieās plan eliminates that, and replaces it with effectively an 8.2% flat tax increase (including employer and employee). The self-employed are on the hook for the full 8.2%.
ernieās plan, even with its good intentions to provide universal health care, sacrifices pragmatic approaches for ideological purity.
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i am not sure that he has good intentions…i think that this is driven by ego,,,
but i agree.
Iām beginning to have my doubts, too, pf. He is astonishingly rigid and the campaign reflects a nastiness that has to be rooted in the candidate. He is notorious for being as grouchy as he seems and very dismissive and mean to actual people. Explain to me how, after bitching ad nauseum about ACA, that he doesnāt have a competent staff and a plan that doesnāt have these holes in it?
because he truly has no idea how to bring about the Change he seeks
He really thinks he just has to decree it. Sigh.
one of the comments from the blog sums it up for me…
LuluForever ā¢ 4 hours ago
Seems like pure arrogance on the part of BS to not take whatās WORKING WELL right now with the Obamacare and build on it — find a way to make all the states accept the Medicaid expansion, have a viable public option, etc. Itās been through the courts, and challenged by Congress, and Obamacare has survived (so far). How arrogant to risk losing it all.
AUSTRALIA NEEDS TO BE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE THEY ARE ‘COOKINā OVER THERE…LOTS OF DRY LAND AND SKIN CANCER. REMINDS ME OF HENERSON,NEVADA WHERE MY BROTHER IS…CANāT GO OUTSIDE AFTER NOON…TOO DARNED HOT…ITāS LIKE LIVING IN A BOX!
So many good news this morning!
Thank you for posting, Dudette.
Good Afternoon TODVille!
<3
Hey MP!
:)
h/t Allison ….
My fellow white folk need to get a clue ….
A WHITE FOLK TASK INDEED….YOU GO BOB…SO TIRED OF THE WHITES TRYING TO DENY RESPONSIBILITY!
Thatās actually quite well done :)
But, I canāt bring myself to RT the dude ….
Thanks Dudette …
I struggled with it too Bob.
A bit of the kind of news no US #NEWSTAINER provides ….
Diplomacy has consequences …..
THESE TOONS ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY….GOING TO PUT ME ON THE FLOOR!
HAH…A CHURCH CONGREGATION GATHERING IN THE MIDWEST…BRING YOUR LEATHER!
This bastard delivers his state of the state address tonight. They ought to escort him out in handcuffs and leg irons.
Especially since he removed duly elected people to put these āemergency managersā in to “save money” instead of raising taxes to pay for these short falls in the budget. Now they want ALL of America to pay for his B.S. mistakes. He should be impeached and imprisoned. The whole state needs to remove all the GOP and get rid of the power a single Governor can have to remove mayors and other people with NO oversight.
Absolutely! Rod Blagoyevich is doing 14 years in prison (and deservedly so) for trying to sell a Senate seat, while this MF poisons 100,000 people, leaving some with irreversible brain damager and heās still walking around like la-dee-da!
I donāt believe the 14 years was deserved - they are both fools but one of them harmed only himself.
President Barack Obama during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Hello TODable TOD community on a Tuesday, bitterly minus-sub-degree In MN. Dry. Crisp. Cold ;) Day!
Congrats Dudette on your Sole Au :star:
Congrats to Gold :star: winners since last night.
LIVE, already in Progress. WH Presser with Josh “The Voice” Earnest.
Thanks Nena!
LIVE NOW: News Conference To Announce 2 New Class-Action Lawsuits in Ongoing Flint, Michigan Water Crisis - http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=2
I wanna see criminal charges! Lawsuits would just result in the taxpayers having to pay for Gov and Emergency Manager fuckups.
can we sue elected officials…
Would criminal charges have to be pursued by the AG….
Great Toon up Thread!
So itās PBOās Life mission to solve Racism? Sheesh, and once again, those who caused, started and are still deed seeded well versed in Racism are Not the asked to Stop what they have created for over 300 yrs?
The Magic and the Magician in Pigmentation while BLACK is truly an Illusion seen though the Prism of White Order?
hmmmmmm
RIP Glen. His illness is why The Eagles decided to postpone accepting their Kennedy Center Honors Award. So sad.
One of my Favs!
RIP, Glenn Frey.
So many, say Goodbye these days.
Chat on
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/01/19/pbo-meets-99ts-pm/
THIS………………IS A HUNK OF AWESOME CHOCOLATTA!……………………….SMILING NOW!!!!
THERE IS A STATION IN MICHIGAN WITH GAS FOR .47!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seems there are only 2 solutions for Flint - rebuild the water supply from the ground up
Rehouse everyone elsewhere
Both will cost billions. No doubt the Governor has a third option - watch the town die out.
As the debate over tighter controls on firearms purchases rages in Washington, Las Vegas is gearing up for the biggest gun show of the year.
Regardless of where you stand on them, guns are big business in America. The firearms and ammunition industries took in a combined $6.6 billion in 2014, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms industry and host of the show.
Asked on “Morning Joe” whether any candidate had met his criteria, Gates said, “I donāt see any.ā
It would have to include Bob Gates, too, because if he does not think PBO is a good leader…NO a GREAT LEADER, then he is just full of it.
He is full of it, jojo. Selling books. HZ
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