****
Watch FLOTUS and SLOTUS May 4th on The Night Shift
143 Responses to “Changing The Conversation On Mental Health”
Comments are currently closed.
White House.gov
- Follow Along: Our 2015 Back-to-School Tour
- New Tools to Help Students Make Informed Decisions About Higher Education
- Arrival of the Holy See: His Holiness Pope Francis Makes His First Trip to the United States
- Weekly Address: A New College Scorecard
- West Wing Week: 09/11/2025 or, “Heads Up America�?
WH Tumblr
- CHALLENGE: “FAFSA�? might be hard to say, but it can...
- “In remembrance of the innocent victims who lost their...
- letterstopresidentobama: “When he is redeployed, this is one...
- Question: What is it about the Iran nuclear deal that keeps them from getting nuclear...
- “For every young person willing to work hard, I want two...
The People’s View
- Open thread - Today's GOP Liberal Librarian
- The President holds a townhall with servicemembers Liberal Librarian
- Toontastic Weekend Liberal Librarian
- Open thread - VP Biden on Colbert Liberal Librarian
- >> House GOP's Latest Plan To Stop Obama's Iran Deal: Sue Him! @TPM http://t.co/eLr4cIqO6J— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 10, 2025 C [�]">Open thread - Done and dusted Liberal Librarian
Smartypants
- A Tale of Two Primaries
- The New York Times Blows It...Again
- Democrats and Black Voters
- In the Era of Big Data, GOP Prefers to Keep Us in the Dark
- Rumors vs Facts on Hillary Clinton's Email
A Writing Corner (LL)
- #Pixels: A sign of the Apocalypse?
- Annals in “WTH Were You Thinking??�? – Potty Training
- For the young lady and her love of Seamus Heaney
- On compassion
- A Mass for the Dead
Greg Sargent
- Happy Hour Roundup
- Republicans think Donald Trump is trustworthy, empathetic, and well suited to presidency
- Scott Walker’s race to the bottom
- Morning Plum: GOP presidential candidates are well to the right of their hero Ronald Reagan
- Sunday Open Thread
Steve Benen
- Monday's Mini-Report, 9.14.15
- Justice Department: Clinton's email practices were permissible
- Kentucky's Kim Davis, back at work
- Automatic voter registration advances in key state
- Monday's Campaign Round-Up, 9.14.15
WH Flickr
|
Hello NW
Congrats GGail!!
Thanks Allison :-)
GGaaaaaaaaaaaaaail!!!
Thanks a trazillion Nerdy!
Chiiiiiiiiips my love <3
Did your ‘i’ key get stuck? :-)
It’s from all of the coffee you’ve caused me to spill on my letters over the years :D :D
Oh yeah, blame me!1!1!1! :-)
Ain’t that what I’m suppose to do….blame the ones you love? <3
No! Well, yeah actually :-)
:D
Congrats Gail :)
TY Chips for the clips - our First Lady and Dr Biden are beyond all words!!!!
Thanks Bob! :-)
Sorry, NW!!! Don’t know why I typed Chips while looking at “Nerdy Wonka” at the byline …. definitely need some food and rest!! …. bbl ….
Bob, I am perfectly happy to accept your thanks :-)
No doubt :D :D :D :D
“our First Lady and Dr Biden are beyond all words!!!!”
Yes, indeed, Bob. I can’t remember, in my lifetime, any of the previous FLOTUS and SLOTUS who worked so cooperatively to improve the lives of Americans, but especially the lives of veterans and military families.
Hello, GGail. Congratulations on first.
Thanks NW!
Hello everyone!!
So this is the OFA poster that they are selling
https://donate.barackobama.com/OFA-Champion-Poster
Hello NW!
Hello GGail, Allison! Congrats on your timely entries.
Hello everyone!
VC!!!
So, your Offspring/my nephew is home? I received a warm hello email this morning from him. Gave me my “smile for the day” :-)
Yes, he’s arrived safely! Year 1 is done. ..oh, and he really likes it ‘out there’. :) :)
Now, that’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout! He likes it ‘out there’ :D
Apparently they have a better, and cheaper, bus system and he likes the area where he lives, so it won’t surprise me if he tries to extend his time out there. Time will tell.
That seems so quick, eh?
It does, MP - these universities have these really short ‘year’ in my opinion! :grin: But he did enjoy his year, so that counts for something.
That counts for a lot - especially considering all that he accomplished musically in this first year!
In truth I like most what he accomplished language-wise….*that* I can understand. ;) ;)
<3
Hello, VC.
;) For some reason, NerdyW, it always makes me grin when you see me. :D Hope all is well with you.
I’ve been able to watch a couple of episodes of Night Shift and I think it’s a good series overall.
Thanks for posting these NW
You’re welcome, GGail. :)
😊
With so much powerful stuff all over, this seems a bit light - but I just learned my very talented nephew (Katisse) in LA is the featured flute soloist in the new Minions movie. He was the soloist in the original Anchorman, but not Anchorman 2.
Ah wow MightyP, that is outstanding news! Congratulations to your nephew - and his Aunt!
Congrats to you nephew (and family, of course)! :D :D
Ahhhh, MP, that’s wonderful news. Congratulations to your nephew!!!
Fantastic. He must be very, very talented.
Thanks very much, we are kinda used to his talent, he toured for years with Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp, has played a number of times at The Kennedy Center, and last year at Madison Square Gardens. Katisse.com
Damn it, look at the beautiful child
I can’t imagine what his parents must be going through. There is so much hope and possibility in that sweet face. To think that all that potential was destroyed in one hateful act by a murderous policeman. What have we become as a country when this kind of destruction is not only possible, but commonplace.
It’s heartbreaking Jackie, especially when we see images of these young men as children and all the innocence and hope and confidence and optimism about the future.
He beautiful with his beautiful eyes. When I saw the picture of him as an adult it took me a minute because he looks so much like Sidney Poitier as a young man. So very very sad that he’s gone.
Dear JackieG,
Wishing you happiness, good health, and tons of love on this your birth day, and every day!
Thank you, VC. That’s really sweet.
YW, JG - I figured you were out celebrating! :)
BTW, I’ve been meaning to ask - have you continued using your Xmas present - ;) - from your son and are you now an expert?
The Former Owner of the Clippers, that Racist Billionaire said that in Israel, Black People were treated poorly.
I have heard this for years. It was crystallized by example on how Netanyahu was treating president Obama. Google makes it possible to learn these facts.
Cop Who Arrested Freddie Gray Had Guns Confiscated Over Mental Health
BALTIMORE (AP) — The highest-ranking Baltimore police officer in the arrest that led to Freddie Gray’s death was hospitalized in April 2012 over mental health concerns for an unknown duration and had his guns confiscated by local sheriff’s deputies, according to records from the sheriff’s office and court obtained by The Associated Press.
Lt. Brian Rice, who initially pursued Gray on a Baltimore street when Gray fled after Rice made eye contact April 12, declared three years ago that he “could not continue to go on like this” and threatened to commit an act that was censored in the public version of a report obtained by the AP from the Carroll County, Maryland, Sheriff’s Office. Rice lived in the county, about 35 miles northwest of Baltimore. At the time, deputies were responding to a request to check on his welfare by a fellow Baltimore police officer who is the mother of Rice’s son.
Deputies reported that Rice appeared “normal and soft spoken” and said he had been seeking “sympathy and attention.” But citing “credible information,” the deputies confiscated both his official and personal guns, called his commanding officer and transported Rice to the Carroll Hospital Center. The weapons included his .40-caliber police pistol, a 9 mm handgun, an AK-47-style rifle, a .22-caliber rifle and two shotguns.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/baltimore-police-officer-arrested-freddie-gray-menta-health-concerns
no comment
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/biden
Bringing this over from the end of last:
Public Defender, Marci Tarrant Johnson, writes about the deplorable conditions facing those being held by BPD…
Americ 2015….UNBELIEVABLE! The head of the police and the mayor need to go. This is shocking.
‘Knowing all of this, I was still not prepared for what I saw when I arrived. The small concrete booking cells were filled with hundreds of people, most with more than ten people per cell. Three of us were sent to the women’s side where there were up to 15 women per holding cell. Most of them had been there since Monday afternoon/evening. With the exception of 3 or 4 women, the women who weren’t there for Monday’s round-ups were there for freaking curfew violations. Many had not seen a doctor or received required medication. Many had not been able to reach a family member by phone. But here is the WORST thing. Not only had these women been held for two days and two nights without any sort of formal booking, BUT ALMOST NONE OF THEM HAD ACTUALLY BEEN CHARGED WITH ANYTHING. They were brought to CBIF via paddy wagons (most without seat belts, btw-a real shocker after all that’s happened), and taken to holding cells without ever being charged with an actual crime. No offense reports. No statements of probable cause. A few women had a vague idea what they might be charged with, some because of what they had actually been involved in, and some because of what the officer said, but quite a few had no idea why they were even there. Incidentally, I interviewed no one whose potential charges would have been more serious than petty theft, and most seemed to be disorderly conduct or failure to obey, charges which would usually result in an immediate recog/release.
The holding cells are approximately 10×10 (some slightly larger), with one open sink and toilet. The women were instructed that the water was “bad” and that they shouldn’t drink it. There are no beds-just a concrete cube. No blankets or pillows. The cells were designed to hold people for a few hours, not a few days. In the one cell which housed 15 women, there wasn’t even enough room for them all to lay down at the same time. Three times a day, the guards brought each woman 4 slices of bread, a slice of american cheese and a small bag of cookies. They sometimes got juice, but water was scarce, as the CO’s had to wheel a water cooler through every so often (the regular water being “broken”.)
My fellow attorneys and I all separately heard the same sickening story over and over. None of the women really wanted to eat 4 slices of bread 3 times a day, so they were saving slices of bread TO USE AS PILLOWS. Let me say that again. THEY WERE ALL USING BREAD AS PILLOWS SO THAT THEY WOULDN’T HAVE TO LAY THEIR HEADS ON THE FILTHY CONCRETE FLOOR.”
unbelievable….what they do
Lots of lessons in this one …. and not just for athletes ….
http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-huskies/husky-steeplechasers-viral-video-proves-race-isnt-over-until-its-over/
You’re thinking of Hillary, Bob, aren’t ya? :-)
A couple of years ago a clip of a goalkeeper celebrating stopping a penalty shot went viral. Yes, he stopped it, but he didn’t pick up the ball, and it wound up rolling into the open goal as he pranced about.
Leave David de Gea alone!1!1!1! :-)
Ah, you have come to acceptance, Grasshopper.
;)
O Duck got quacked :D :D
Never count your Ducks before they hatch :D
His Duck got cooked :D
:D
Go. The. Huskies.
YUP :)
McGrumpy is way past his “Good by date…”
If AZ electorates were to re-elect McCain in 2016, shame on them.
He’s pulled the wool over the eyes of AZ for far, far too long! Say Republican and veteran in the same sentence here and you might as well be Jesus himself…except he wouldn’t have screwed over people the way this charlatan has.
Congrats GGail on your Gold Medal.
Good Evening TOD.
Evening Nena!
Hey :cool: Lady Chips ;)
Thanks Nena😊
I never shop at “Whole Paycheck”
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2449065-carmelo-anthony-marches-in-baltimore-during-freddie-gray-protests
Professional athletes have the platform to make a statement if they so choose and stand up for what they believe. That’s why New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony has taken part in the Freddie Gray protests in Baltimore.
On Thursday, Anthony—who spent part of his childhood in Baltimore—marched in the streets with the other protesters.
This whole media narrative is very interesting. Of course, it all works in favor of the cops, who will claim Mr. Gray was just fine when he was put in the van and the only thing they did wrong was not belt him in. Saw an interview today with a forensic pathologist from John Hopkins who disagrees. He stated that he believed it is most likely the injury to the vertebrae occurred from the officer kneeling on his neck during the take down, which was exacerbated by not being belted in the van. Of course, this would explain Mr. Gray’s screams of pain while he was being loaded into the van. But the officers would much prefer he was solely injured in the van which reduces their culpability. Disgusting.
The Cops are lying and the 98% of the TV/Cable Presenters are eager to believe them……The Narrative the Media Portrays must be maintained at all costs.
Kudos to the Lady Pint Reporter who has been tweeting The Truth. The Cops know that saturating misinformation is to their benefit for acquittal.
I have worked in a Spine Institute and that struck me as the most likely scenarios. He is not using his legs and is screaming in pain when dragged to the van. To crush the larynx and fracture 3 vertebrae and tear the cord there must have been direct compressive force such as an obese cop kneeling on his neck while he was being handcuffed.
That is what I keep saying. He was injured before he got in the van based on video and eye witness account.
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/59391067383218585
Big news!!
Generic “sources” from CBS Chicago:
Way to go Chicago!!!!
As it should be. Chicago is his home town. PBO spent 2 year in NYC while he was attending Columbia.
Good to see you again, Dudette!
his home town is Hawaii….
but it seems right because he began his forays into community organizing in Chicago…but i do not like how city council had to strong arm their way into getting the land needed to build the building…
Ok, not strictly true that it is his hometown, but he worked in Chicago, met his wife and her family there and represented Illinois at the state and national level. The Obamas own a home in Chicago.
Reading this article…explains why blk folks keep getting murdered at the hands of the police…other than blk folks and some concerned whites…it is not an issue for America..THEY JUST DON’T CARE…
This too! :-)
Purple and Red…..my favorite colors.
FLOTUS looks nice in that purple dress.
Flotus looks hot in that purple dress. Gosh she is fabulous.
Good Gawd, she’s stunning.
A big step toward the realization of the President’s Library. I have no doubt it will be the first of its kind, innovative and inclusive.
And if you need any further hint as to what kind of place it will be:
Wow, good chance for me to return to Chicago for a visit. I lived there for 5 years.
Fox and TeaNN……Typical.
Speak the truth, Joe.
It’s going to be so much fun having him as President …..
He’s making the case for the Iran deal and he’s doing a superb job.
YES WE CAN!!
Yes We Can ….. In_Deed!!
Over the past three months, he has been at the fore front of every major issue, many of which will matter well after 2016. None of this is an accident.
Rahul Gandhi is trending on Twitter. Will be interested in amk’s insights ….
Change CAN happen…
Have POTUS and FLOTUS made any announcement about where the library will be?
First Lady Michelle Obama chats with Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City at a dedication ceremony for the Whitney Museum of American Art’s new building in the Meatpacking District in Manhattan. Getty Images
And, he RT’d FM Zarif’s exceptional take down of #TehranTom ….
It certainly is…
The word here in Chicago is that it will be at the University of Chicago with the possibility of a satellite location in Hawaii. This really was the only possible scenario. The Illinois General Assembly just passed a law so that an organization called Friends of the Park couldn’t sue because the museum will be built on park land. This was the assurance that PBO needed to move forward. There will be an announcement May 11th. The south side is thrilled!
May the 11th. Waiting to hear the news.
Good evening Chips & TOD! Thanks Nerdy for this great post :) Just catching up with everything…
Be TheChange You Want to See
Chat away
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/04/30/chat-away-572/
Lest we forget…