Back to normal, DF - Danny had his ear check-up on Saturday and it’s healing well, although he had an exchange with a cat in the waiting room that threatened to turn ugly. :-) Newbie, meanwhile, is back with his sheep, the woman texted me to say it was like he was never away, he was bossing them around a mountain all day, evidently happy to be freed from my garden!
That’s a very positive way of looking at his mangled ear! No pics of Newbie, them being farmers I don’t think they’re in to taking snaps of their animals :-(
I told the woman who adopted Newbie for a week about Danny’s ear, so she arrived yesterday with a cuddly Zebra for him. You can guess how long it lasted :???: Morning HF!
Ha!! You know, I actually wrote “a couple rubber chickens” at first and then replaced it with “a reward” because I didn’t want to start any trouble this early morning… :):) ROTFL…
I bump in to an old fella (not literally) most days I’m walking Danny and he’s endlessly amused by me being dragged face furst down the road. I said to him yesterday ‘I should get a prize for the worst trained Labrador on earth’, and he said ‘you should’. I was deeply offended, he was meant to say, ‘ah no pet, he’s fine’.
Now I feel sorry for the sheep, being bossed around all day and nipped on the bottom. There’s always some poor thing that lands on the bottom of the pecking order. Glad that Danny has regained his princely role in his own castle.
Exactly Jackie - I had NO idea sheepdogs using nipping to control the sheep, nature is horribly cruel! Danny’s just relieved he’s no longer the nipping target (me too!).
Iran elections: Reformists make gains in Assembly of Experts.
Moderates and reformists have dealt another blow to Iran’s hardliners, winning all but one of the seats for Tehran in the Assembly of Experts.
President Hassan Rouhani and his allies won 15 out of the capital’s 16 seats on the clerical body, which may choose the country’s next supreme leader.
Two leading hardline clerics, assembly chairman Mohammad Yazdi and Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, lost their seats.
The only hardliner to make the cut in Friday’s polls was Ahmad Jannati.
The vote for the 88-member Assembly of Experts was held on the same day as the country’s parliamentary elections, in which moderates and reformists won all 30 of Tehran’s seats.
In the long run that may prove the more important shift of power as the Supreme Leader is the power base in Iran and has control of the Revolutionary Guard. Khameini has cancer will may not live long.
I WATCHED THE PERFORMANCE BY LADY GAGA AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL…I PRAY ALL OF THE SURVIVORS WILL LEARN THAT IF YOU WALK WITH CHRIST…HE WILL LIFT YOU ABOVE THESE TRAGEDIES AND YOU WON’T LOOK BACK…I HAVE BEEN THERE…BUT CHRIST HAS TAKEN ME OUT OF ALL OF THE DARK CORNERS IN MY LIFE…THERE IS JOY AND PEACE THAT CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY.
Morning. This is a busy Monday for me with lots of meetings with Latinos colleagues to plan our outreach. I’m so hoping the nomination is wrapped up this month so the pressure is off PA in late April. The friend who worked so hard to get signatures so she could be on the ballot as a Hillary delegate got double the amount she needed. But since the delegates are proportioned by the percentage of the vote the candidate gets, her chances will be diminished if Bernie does well. Whoever came up with this delegate selection process must have been a disciple of Rube Goldberg.
hey Jackie….i called Toomey’s Philadelphia office this morning…i spoke to Nick…a pleasant gentleman re: the letter that Toomey signed re: filling the SCOTUS vacancy…he gave me the talking point that we should wait till the next election…Toomey’s term is also up in 2016…i asked him was Toomey taking that same position regarding his won job….
i told him that the letter was an act of arrogance and defiance…and that the constitution is clear…if he does not like the nominee…he can vote down…but to not participate in the process was shirking his responsibility and unacceptable…
i also sent an email…in which i outlined the path that Toomey should take….
i then left the info on my FB page…encouraging others to do the same….
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he is leaving the ruling party because it is “seen as supporting corruption”.
Mr Mahathir said he was “embarrassed” to be associated with the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) because of its support for current PM Najib Razak.
The former leader has been one of the fiercest critics of Mr Najib, who has been plagued by corruption allegations.
Mr Najib denies the allegations and has been officially cleared.
Mr Najib was accused of taking $681m (£479m) from a state investment fund into his personal bank account.
However, the attorney-general’s office cleared him in January, saying the money was a personal donation from the Saudi royal family.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35684537
This is a bfd in m’sia. The man is a god to most m’sians.
Rubio, For seven years you were a party who refused to condemn racists comments, racists name calling of this President and his family. And it was coming from tea party Republicans
I’m in a daze GGail, having snoozed through the whole season watching them being awful, that’s two games in a row where I was happy-dancin’ around the room. Wackily beautiful, the kids are awesome!!!
Ready or not, the Republican circus gets a new clown
02/29/16 08:40 AM
By Steve Benen
One of the more compelling concerns among Republicans worried about Donald Trump has to do with maturity: the New York developer just doesn’t have the temperament of an American president. Whatever his talents, Trump’s skill set doesn’t include displaying dignity and grace.
It was a little unsettling, then, to see what’s become of Marco Rubio’s pitch on the eve of Super Tuesday. NBC News reported overnight:
In response to the property mogul calling him “little Rubio,�? Rubio conceded that Trump was taller than him. However, the Florida senator suggested Trump had small hands for his height.
“And you know what they say about guys with small hands,�? Rubio said with a smile, prompting stunned laughter from the crowd. After a brief pause he added: “You can’t trust ‘em!�? The crowd responded with applause.
Congratulations, Republicans. We’ve reached the point in the race for the GOP nomination in which the establishment favorite appears to be telling jokes about the size of his rival’s penis.
I think the myth of the refined party of Lincoln, upstanding, values voters, church going, honest, self reliant, and classy is being blown apart. Then there stands President Obama the epitome of all of those things with the sense of humor, the compassion, the intellect, the work ethic and absolutely beautiful inside and out as a contrast to the GOP reality. President Obama possesses every good quality and it just makes you want to uplift those things among us as a national community. For every ounce of disrespect the President has been shown he has refused to return in kind. He has made jokes about the reactionary response and hatred with good humor, kind of like a late night comedian reading mean tweets they have gotten. He has taken the heat for all of us that want better things for our nation. Thanks, Obama.
Hmmm….So Iran is trying to move away from hard-liner extremism, while certain segments of the US are trying to move towards it….I look forward to hearing the US media punditry on this. Paging the NY Times…
GM!
Moooooooooooooooorning DF!!! :-)
Morning to you, love:) House all back to normal now? Danny’s ear healing alright? Little working dog took Danny for a sheep…
Back to normal, DF - Danny had his ear check-up on Saturday and it’s healing well, although he had an exchange with a cat in the waiting room that threatened to turn ugly. :-) Newbie, meanwhile, is back with his sheep, the woman texted me to say it was like he was never away, he was bossing them around a mountain all day, evidently happy to be freed from my garden!
Wonderful news:) More than a little glad about this turnout…Have a blissful day!
Have a highly delightful day yerself!!! :-)
Glad for all concerned! Have a great day Chips!
Thank you Betsy, have a lovely day yourself!
pics or it dint happen.
His patched-up ear :-)
No, the other boy. Need proof of life. #moidonttrusttyrants.
As for unohoo’s ear cut, heh, he has an identifying ‘birthmark’ now, in case he ever gets lost.
That’s a very positive way of looking at his mangled ear! No pics of Newbie, them being farmers I don’t think they’re in to taking snaps of their animals :-(
Well, ask them to take a few then and send them here. Until then, …. #suspicions
They’re farmers, they’d laugh at me, ‘eejit of a city girl’!!
so?
Little sweetness:)
Awww…poor Danny. Glad to see that he’s on the mend once again! He deserves a reward :) :)
I told the woman who adopted Newbie for a week about Danny’s ear, so she arrived yesterday with a cuddly Zebra for him. You can guess how long it lasted :???: Morning HF!
Ha!! You know, I actually wrote “a couple rubber chickens” at first and then replaced it with “a reward” because I didn’t want to start any trouble this early morning… :) :) ROTFL…
:-) He rubber chicken-ed the zebra
Oh dear…yup, he certainly did. ROTFL…
well, send it back to her. #servesherright. cuddly zebra, pshaw.
She obviously has civilized dogs who appreciated their pressies.
fiiiinally. some admission of guilt.
I bump in to an old fella (not literally) most days I’m walking Danny and he’s endlessly amused by me being dragged face furst down the road. I said to him yesterday ‘I should get a prize for the worst trained Labrador on earth’, and he said ‘you should’. I was deeply offended, he was meant to say, ‘ah no pet, he’s fine’.
If you were being dragged face furst down the road, I don’t see you could not have not literally bumped into the old guy.
Danny is so beautiful
If he wasn’t busy digging up daffodils at the moment, he’d say: “I no.”
😄😄
Now I feel sorry for the sheep, being bossed around all day and nipped on the bottom. There’s always some poor thing that lands on the bottom of the pecking order. Glad that Danny has regained his princely role in his own castle.
Exactly Jackie - I had NO idea sheepdogs using nipping to control the sheep, nature is horribly cruel! Danny’s just relieved he’s no longer the nipping target (me too!).
Such a happy ending. I only wish Danny’s ear had not been in the crossfire.
He’ll be fine 57, thankfully he’s not scratching it so it should heal well.
GM desertflower. How is school going? We finish our 2nd Trimester this Friday at my middle school. One trimester to go!
Iran elections: Reformists make gains in Assembly of Experts.
Moderates and reformists have dealt another blow to Iran’s hardliners, winning all but one of the seats for Tehran in the Assembly of Experts.
President Hassan Rouhani and his allies won 15 out of the capital’s 16 seats on the clerical body, which may choose the country’s next supreme leader.
Two leading hardline clerics, assembly chairman Mohammad Yazdi and Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, lost their seats.
The only hardliner to make the cut in Friday’s polls was Ahmad Jannati.
The vote for the 88-member Assembly of Experts was held on the same day as the country’s parliamentary elections, in which moderates and reformists won all 30 of Tehran’s seats.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35684776
The Iranian people did well. Now it’s up to the rest of us to follow their example.
In the long run that may prove the more important shift of power as the Supreme Leader is the power base in Iran and has control of the Revolutionary Guard. Khameini has cancer will may not live long.
I should also say that the Assembly of Experts determines who may run in the next parliamentary elections, so the reformists will have a full slate.
yup, the wheels of power base are turning.
Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Monday morning. Congrats df, on being first this morning.
To all, I hope that you are enthusiastic, excited, and stimulated by the start of this new today. <3 <3 <3
Thank God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America. �?�?� �?�?� �?�?�
INDEED…………I LOVE OUR ENERGIZER PRESIDENT!..<3
I WATCHED THE PERFORMANCE BY LADY GAGA AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL…I PRAY ALL OF THE SURVIVORS WILL LEARN THAT IF YOU WALK WITH CHRIST…HE WILL LIFT YOU ABOVE THESE TRAGEDIES AND YOU WON’T LOOK BACK…I HAVE BEEN THERE…BUT CHRIST HAS TAKEN ME OUT OF ALL OF THE DARK CORNERS IN MY LIFE…THERE IS JOY AND PEACE THAT CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY.
Sue, I hope you’re feeling well this morning. When do you move?
HOPE EVERYONE HAS A BEAUTIFULLY BLESSED DAY TODAY…MOVING AGENDA IS PROGRESSING!…WON’T BE ONLINE MUCH THIS WEEK!
Morning. This is a busy Monday for me with lots of meetings with Latinos colleagues to plan our outreach. I’m so hoping the nomination is wrapped up this month so the pressure is off PA in late April. The friend who worked so hard to get signatures so she could be on the ballot as a Hillary delegate got double the amount she needed. But since the delegates are proportioned by the percentage of the vote the candidate gets, her chances will be diminished if Bernie does well. Whoever came up with this delegate selection process must have been a disciple of Rube Goldberg.
hey Jackie….i called Toomey’s Philadelphia office this morning…i spoke to Nick…a pleasant gentleman re: the letter that Toomey signed re: filling the SCOTUS vacancy…he gave me the talking point that we should wait till the next election…Toomey’s term is also up in 2016…i asked him was Toomey taking that same position regarding his won job….
i told him that the letter was an act of arrogance and defiance…and that the constitution is clear…if he does not like the nominee…he can vote down…but to not participate in the process was shirking his responsibility and unacceptable…
i also sent an email…in which i outlined the path that Toomey should take….
i then left the info on my FB page…encouraging others to do the same….
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he is leaving the ruling party because it is “seen as supporting corruption”.
Mr Mahathir said he was “embarrassed” to be associated with the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) because of its support for current PM Najib Razak.
The former leader has been one of the fiercest critics of Mr Najib, who has been plagued by corruption allegations.
Mr Najib denies the allegations and has been officially cleared.
Mr Najib was accused of taking $681m (£479m) from a state investment fund into his personal bank account.
However, the attorney-general’s office cleared him in January, saying the money was a personal donation from the Saudi royal family.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35684537
This is a bfd in m’sia. The man is a god to most m’sians.
I guess they’ll excuse this, too?
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/31/politics/trump-mob-mafia/index.html
http://www.nationalmemo.com/21-questions-for-donald-trump/
Gee, any one of these would be EXCELLENT questions for a REAL JOURNALIST to ask DT….the world would LOVE to know the answers!
Good morning, TOD! Last day of vacation — flying home tonight. Can’t wait to catch up…
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Donald Trump (HBO) 393,777 views
Thank you for posting. What a treasure!
Wow!!!! Great John Oliver piece…..
John Oliver…words fail me! He’s got guts!
G’morning Chips, TOD, lurkers, everyone :) Happy Leap Day and congrats df on #1! :)
should have married the wifey unit on this day. sigh….
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yuz, my wallet sez the same thing too.
Charles Pierce.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a42523/why-is-trump-successful/
Rubio, For seven years you were a party who refused to condemn racists comments, racists name calling of this President and his family. And it was coming from tea party Republicans
Good Morning, Everyone :)
To my Chicago, Suburban Cook County, and heck ALL OF ILLINOIS folks!!
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In Chicago, there is an Early Voting site in EVERY WARD, plus 69 W. Washington St., Pedway.
In Suburban Cook County, there are 42 Early Voting Sites, plus 69 W. Washington St., Pedway.
IF you live in Chicago, you can walk into ANY Early Voting Site and vote.
IF you live in Suburban Cook County, you can walk into ANY Early Voting Site and vote.
Not registered to vote?
DOES.NOT.MATTER.
You can do Grace Period Registration, where you register and vote at the same time.
For info on Early Voting in Chicago:
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Waiting for the US media comment on this…
The performance with VP Biden’s introduction
The performance on its own
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-gagas-oscars-performance-til-870679
Thanks a gazillion Nerdy - and for the fantabulous posts yesterday! �?��?
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks & TOD family.
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A haaaaaaaaaaaappy Rashford morning to ya, GGail!!!!!! ⚽�?⚽�?⚽�?⚽�?⚽�?⚽�?⚽�?⚽�?⚽�?
Yesterday was a nail biter, but we WON!!!
I’m in a daze GGail, having snoozed through the whole season watching them being awful, that’s two games in a row where I was happy-dancin’ around the room. Wackily beautiful, the kids are awesome!!!
And a much needed burst of energy too.
I was dancing also, but those extra 5 minutes gave me heart palpitations 😄
Presidential buns a-leaping (cheecky, I know)
Haha…you naughty gal GGail! Paging Captain Yardarm… :)
*YOU* posted it HF 😄😄😄😄😄
I’m already on my Naughty Mat! :)
this place has gone to dawgs, I tellz ya.
Ready or not, the Republican circus gets a new clown
02/29/16 08:40 AM
By Steve Benen
One of the more compelling concerns among Republicans worried about Donald Trump has to do with maturity: the New York developer just doesn’t have the temperament of an American president. Whatever his talents, Trump’s skill set doesn’t include displaying dignity and grace.
It was a little unsettling, then, to see what’s become of Marco Rubio’s pitch on the eve of Super Tuesday. NBC News reported overnight:
In response to the property mogul calling him “little Rubio,�? Rubio conceded that Trump was taller than him. However, the Florida senator suggested Trump had small hands for his height.
“And you know what they say about guys with small hands,�? Rubio said with a smile, prompting stunned laughter from the crowd. After a brief pause he added: “You can’t trust ‘em!�? The crowd responded with applause.
Congratulations, Republicans. We’ve reached the point in the race for the GOP nomination in which the establishment favorite appears to be telling jokes about the size of his rival’s penis.
I think the myth of the refined party of Lincoln, upstanding, values voters, church going, honest, self reliant, and classy is being blown apart. Then there stands President Obama the epitome of all of those things with the sense of humor, the compassion, the intellect, the work ethic and absolutely beautiful inside and out as a contrast to the GOP reality. President Obama possesses every good quality and it just makes you want to uplift those things among us as a national community. For every ounce of disrespect the President has been shown he has refused to return in kind. He has made jokes about the reactionary response and hatred with good humor, kind of like a late night comedian reading mean tweets they have gotten. He has taken the heat for all of us that want better things for our nation. Thanks, Obama.
Wholeheartedly agree.
Good morning TOD :)
Hmmm….So Iran is trying to move away from hard-liner extremism, while certain segments of the US are trying to move towards it….I look forward to hearing the US media punditry on this. Paging the NY Times…
<3
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Chat away
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/29/chat-away-780/