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Happy Thursday All!
Haaaaaaaaappy Thursday, Mary!
Good moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooorning Chips, TODers, and all the ships at sea! An unusual Michigan upset for gold by an outsider! ;) Must be something in the water!
ahem …
furst.
make her move.
mean, mean, mean.
You may have noticed I’ve just discovered the easy way to post gifs on twitter.
:D
gm Mary - congrats on 1st - and the gifs :)
yer mean.
lol.
Morning all. Did not watch the Dem debate last night, but the reports of a the video showing Bernie praising Castro is a stunner. This will not go down well for Latinos, nor will his support of Minutemen along the border. It’s no wonder Republicans have been pushing Bernie.
And it’s amazing that Sanders supporters do not see this as an impediment. They think the American public will totally understand that that was then and this is now But Clinton was a Goldwater Girl when she was seventeen.
Exactly, Mary. Clinton could use a ‘but,’ instead of an ‘and,’ and be widely criticized, but Sanders can say and do anything and all is forgiven by the media and his followers. The double standard is sickening. We are watching sexism on a national scale right before our eyes and, in my opinion, Hillary is rising to the occasion and confronting it brilliantly.
Just as candidate Obama faced every negative vilifying strategy these last eight years (if you count the campaign in 2008), Hillary Clinton has been doing the same. Some day I would like to see her brush off her shoulder the way Obama did to symbolize that concept. Brush it off and keep on going. When the general election campaign starts we can have her back and work to turn out the vote. That’s exactly what the President will be doing.
Yes she is. She has really come into her own.
Yup.. well this info has been out there for some time. At last the media is doing a little vetting. The video you can find on the net. It’s been no secret.
Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Thursday morning. Congrats Maryl1, on being first this morning.
To all, I hope that your, affable, cordial, and suave persona is on full display today. <3 <3 <3
Thank God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America. ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆
Look at that happy baby,basking in the glow of his president!
Morning everyone…Happy Thursday:) Was back there reading what I missed last night….
Snake walk: The slippery physics of slithering
Why is a team of physicists playing with snakes in a custom-built sand pit? Because, I am told, the way they move is a marvel. (The snakes, not the physicists.)
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35563941
The physicists are welcome to it. Must make interesting dinner table conversation.
over snake curry?
Aargh! Please tell me there is no such thing.
I believe they are delish dishes in east asia. heh, once you cook ’em….
Nope. Never. Nada. Ain’t gonna happen. Feel the same way about eating bugs.
Probably tastes like chicken! :D
Call your Senators. AGAIN!
Democrats need to repeat this poll every single day until Republicans do their dang job.
Ruling everything by polls is ridiculous. Either we follow our Constitution or we start over. The President SHALL name a Supreme Court Justice with the advice and consent of the Senate. Nothing is there about the President having no power his last year in office or whether the other party wants to wait till they have the power to get their own choice through.
Migrant crisis: Merkel condemns closure of Balkan route.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has blamed European nations for “unilaterally” shutting the Balkan route for migrants.
She said this had put Greece in a “very difficult situation” and such decisions should be taken by the whole of the EU.
Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, and non-EU members Serbia and Macedonia have all acted to stem the migrant flow.
The EU and Turkey, from where migrants reach Greece, have set out a plan to ease the crisis.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35772206
Merkel = 2016 Nobel
Good Thursday Morning TODVille.
Like some of you reported, I bailed out of the debate last night. I can’t stand for these primaries to be over so that efforts can be concentrated on taking down Il Douche or whatever Proxy the Drunk GOP put out.
I’m also looking for November when we can all vote against Trump or Cruz.
#burn :D :D :D
Maybe he wasn’t referring to his height.
Try to act surprised. This would be Trump World everyday…
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/09/breitbart-rolls-over-after-reporter-grabbed-by-trump-aide.html?via=mobile&source=twitter
Breitbart Rolls Over After Reporter ‘Grabbed’ by Trump Aide
A day after its political reporter was manhandled by the candidate’s campaign manager in front of witnesses, the Trump-friendly news outlet has offered only the mildest of rebukes.
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump and his outsider juggernaut seem to be doing much more than reinventing the rules of politics and terrifying the Washington establishment.
The reality television billionaire might also be laying the groundwork for a not-so-brave new world in which a campaign manager can assault a female journalist, while her news organization—in this case the famously Trump-friendly Breitbart News—responds with a mild rebuke in a vague statement perceived by some to be designed to protect the perpetrator.
That’s about right.
This made me crack up! Delicious.
:) Good way to start the day….people need to realize there is no there, there. In either sense:) Dickless wonders…….
In the year we are going to have our first female president, you have to wonder at the phallic direction the GOP candidates are taking. Are they really that insecure? Absolutely. That’s another plus for being a Democrat. You don’t have to participate in this freak out.
The European Central Bank has cut its benchmark interest rate to 0% from 0.05% as part of a package of measures intended to boost the flagging eurozone economy.
The ECB will also expand its quantitative easing programme from €60bn to €80bn a month.
The scheme will now include the purchase of corporate bonds as well as government debt.
The bank has also decided to further cut the bank deposit rate.
It now stands at minus 0.4%, down from minus 0.3%, meaning that banks must pay more to deposit funds with the ECB.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35774629
So eventually money will be stored under the bed - I will never understand the 0% interest brigade. Failed economics. Too many countries stuck in stagnation for years & years - Japan is the best example.
yup, the whole lot of economic theories seem to be disasters.
Monetary theory - as I’ve understood it - was the RW answer to Keynes - biggest fail ever - has many links to trickle down.
9:0 AM EST: President Obama and the First Lady Welcome Prime Minister Trudeau and Mrs. Grégoire Trudeau to the White House
Thanks Chips! Streaming has begun. :)
Oh Canada!!
Hey! Thanks, Obamacare!
http://crooksandliars.com/2016/03/unplanned-pregnancies-lowest-30-years
http://on.msnbc.com/1nz2HIr
I was trying to post a gem from The Morning Joke comparing the Democratic debates to the clown show (his own words) on the Republican side.
So suddenly MJ has given up on the Trump love - if we acted like these pundits we would be unemployed.
His candid outburst was a public display of embarrassment many on the right feel but won’t say openly. I enjoyed every moment of it.
MJ is never candid - his outbursts are well planned. As for embarrassment - having supported the rise of Trump - I doubt they have any idea of such.
All is which is no reason why you shouldn’t enjoy that they are facing the reality of nominating a disgusting person as their candidate & they cannot stop it happening.
I couldn’t care less about the well being or the fall of the GOP insofar that it doesn’t take down the country in its descent to The Hades.
These creepy belly crawlers need to stick together! Ewwww!
http://juanitajean.com/a-lesser-known-bush/
This is a very interesting story. It’s actually a critical thinking exercise. Neil Bush describes sexual encounters with “women” on trips to Thailand and Hong Kong. Female? probably. Women? very unlikely
The irony.
http://www.juancole.com/2016/03/netanyahu-gop-policy-in-tatters-he-snubs-white-house-invitation.html
Well I guess it’s time for Netanyahu to go. He’s done nothing but harm US-Israel relations.
G’morning Chips & TOD!!! Congrats Maryl1 on #1 and Happy Thursday everyone :)
Good Morning Chips and TOD.
Thanks again, Obama!
Shouldn’t the police have gotten the man who threw the punch. I mean it was not necessary for him to throw that punch, the police were handling things. But that supporter got off free and that isn’t right.
The well’s about to run dry…and folks are starting to miss the clean pure water from that well because they realize that the best among the roster of 2016 candidates is muddy water!
Good morning, TODers!! The event is now live streaming!
https://www.whitehouse.gov/live
Good Morning, Everyone :)
Heads up
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/03/10/a-white-house-welcome-for-the-trudeaus/
Good morning TOD :)
More in the category of “news you’ll never learn from US corporate media” ….
I so love my POTUS and his wife!
I love Mr. Trudeau’s shoes’ color, too.