From the bottom of my heart, I thank you, Nerdy Wonka, for sharing the “Picture Of the Day” of a brilliant black woman and a brilliant black man. To be perfectly honest, I didn’t think I would live long enough to witness an African American President and two African American Attorney Generals of the United States. President Obama, Attorney General Lynch and former Attorney General Holder, have truly let their “little lights” shine all over the world despite the ugliness they’ve been subjected to.
Dear Bob, I really see no difference between extremist right wing Christian fundamentalists and extremist right wing Muslim fundamentalists. Their shared MO is all about hate, intolerance violence, death and destruction.
Could not agree with you more, nath. No matter the ‘belief system’ (aka ‘religion’) when it is used for hate, oppression, death and profit, it is the ultimate in human evil.
Yes, indeed, Bob. Kevin Phillips, the reformed promoter of Richard Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” wrote an excellent book about fundamentalist Muslims, Christians, Jews and Hindus. They were all about exterminating people who did not share their beliefs.
South Africa’s ‘brazen cover-up’ of Zuma’s home upgrade.
The offence itself was bad enough - an orgy of overspending by obsequious officials and conniving contractors who managed to spend 246m rand ($21.7m, £14.3m) of public money lavishly upgrading South African President Jacob’s Zuma’s private homestead, Nkandla.
That is nearly 10 times what taxpayers spent on Nelson Mandela’s two homes, and 20 times what it cost to secure Thabo Mbeki’s house.
…
Instead Mr Zuma and his supporters have sought to undermine the credibility of South Africa’s public protector - whose exhaustively forensic report recommended that he repay some of the money - and have ridiculed the opposition for seeking to turn Nkandla into a presidency-defining scandal about accountability and corruption.
Now the police minister - a man whose career is, of course, entirely dependent on Mr Zuma’s goodwill - has produced his own report, which spells out, in inadvertently comic detail, how conveniently the mosaic-inlayed swimming pool can double as an essential source of water for fighting fires.
And they have tried - ever so hard - for over six years to find something, anything that might cast a bad light on the President’s family values. PBO has shown the GOP what love of family really means, why family is important and how one should be relating to family. What an EPIC GOP fail.
Good Friday evening everyone:) Finished up with school today:) Last day. Happy! Will take me awhile to get used to not having to hustle oout the door everyday….to have time to myself will be blissful:)
Just under the Patriot Act alone, this guy should have been arrested.
What’s the difference with those two who were killed just weeks ago in TX and their gun totting Terrorists?
The only thing I can think is that there must be something in the Constitution we never heard of, called Freedom to be Assholes. Because some people sure do take advantage of that.
“Somebody explain to me why these assholes can’t be brought up on charges of terrorism?”
The only explanation I can think of, Dudette, is that they are protected by “White Privilege.” The same with the police who gun down unarmed black people.
Great, great tweet, JOB! I am so sick of these so called progressive Democrats who never miss an opportunity to blame PRESIDENT Obama for all the ugliness in this country. Max Blumenthal is an idiot!
Pierce - as usual - finds an interesting take on the Hastert story
“The story is so damned bizarre that you almost forget to ask yourself how Hastert could have become wealthy enough in public service to be able to afford to be shaken down for that amount of money.”
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a35332/denny-hasterts-fall/
NW, this is for you, to get you through the rain/floods, etc. I’m so, so behind in catching up with all posts. Thank you so much, especially with what you were/are going through weather-wise, and yet you kept your delicious sense of humor. Oh Bless!
White House.gov
Magical, historic picture, for sure!! TY NW!!
And, then there’s this ….
Way to go Bob!
:)
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold :star: for Doc ;)
FURST.
nope :D :D :D
How’s your Saturday morning, amk ….
busy day starts in an hour.
Hope some of the ‘busy’ includes some fun!!
didn’t happen, sorry dood.
*Chills*
From the bottom of my heart, I thank you, Nerdy Wonka, for sharing the “Picture Of the Day” of a brilliant black woman and a brilliant black man. To be perfectly honest, I didn’t think I would live long enough to witness an African American President and two African American Attorney Generals of the United States. President Obama, Attorney General Lynch and former Attorney General Holder, have truly let their “little lights” shine all over the world despite the ugliness they’ve been subjected to.
YESSSSSSS
Bravo, Nath! :)
It Twitter is any metric of the situation, the white, gun totting thugs in Phoenix are definitely losing …
Dear Bob, I really see no difference between extremist right wing Christian fundamentalists and extremist right wing Muslim fundamentalists. Their shared MO is all about hate, intolerance violence, death and destruction.
Could not agree with you more, nath. No matter the ‘belief system’ (aka ‘religion’) when it is used for hate, oppression, death and profit, it is the ultimate in human evil.
Yes, indeed, Bob. Kevin Phillips, the reformed promoter of Richard Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” wrote an excellent book about fundamentalist Muslims, Christians, Jews and Hindus. They were all about exterminating people who did not share their beliefs.
Those fools in PHx mouth off on the Constitution and Never have understood it or Never have read the darn piece of Document.
South Africa’s ‘brazen cover-up’ of Zuma’s home upgrade.
The offence itself was bad enough - an orgy of overspending by obsequious officials and conniving contractors who managed to spend 246m rand ($21.7m, £14.3m) of public money lavishly upgrading South African President Jacob’s Zuma’s private homestead, Nkandla.
That is nearly 10 times what taxpayers spent on Nelson Mandela’s two homes, and 20 times what it cost to secure Thabo Mbeki’s house.
…
Instead Mr Zuma and his supporters have sought to undermine the credibility of South Africa’s public protector - whose exhaustively forensic report recommended that he repay some of the money - and have ridiculed the opposition for seeking to turn Nkandla into a presidency-defining scandal about accountability and corruption.
Now the police minister - a man whose career is, of course, entirely dependent on Mr Zuma’s goodwill - has produced his own report, which spells out, in inadvertently comic detail, how conveniently the mosaic-inlayed swimming pool can double as an essential source of water for fighting fires.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32929411
bbl … time to prep some sup :)
Hope all TODers have a fine weekend ….
#FORWARD Together
Good evening Nerdy, Chips & TOD! Congrats Bob on #1 :)
Congrats amk on FURST.
Thanks Nerdy for a wonderful post to close out the week!
:)
Goodness gracious! This was a busy four-day week, and I haven’t had a chance to check in for more than five minutes. Seems like a lot has happened!
Evenin’, theo! And I know that feeling!
Hey, Jacq!
Hey Theo! inorite!
I stopped even trying to keep up/catch up anymore. It’s impossible. These days I just jump in the water and ride the wave. :-)
I’ll follow your lead, Dudette! Good to see you!
GOP, you keep using that,,,.
And they have tried - ever so hard - for over six years to find something, anything that might cast a bad light on the President’s family values. PBO has shown the GOP what love of family really means, why family is important and how one should be relating to family. What an EPIC GOP fail.
Yikes indeed, JO’B!
Perfect. This guy got it in one.
Yeah, they’re all jerks.
Good Friday evening everyone:) Finished up with school today:) Last day. Happy! Will take me awhile to get used to not having to hustle oout the door everyday….to have time to myself will be blissful:)
Pour yourself a sip of something nice, DF!
your pick.
Way to go, df!
You have earned, in the most honorable way, every single nanosecond of bliss you have these next many weeks, df. Thank you!!!
Somebody explain to me why these assholes can’t be brought up on charges of terrorism?
keyboard klukking kommandos
Looks more like ISIS than the Klan..although they are of the same cloth…
Just under the Patriot Act alone, this guy should have been arrested.
What’s the difference with those two who were killed just weeks ago in TX and their gun totting Terrorists?
The only thing I can think is that there must be something in the Constitution we never heard of, called Freedom to be Assholes. Because some people sure do take advantage of that.
“Somebody explain to me why these assholes can’t be brought up on charges of terrorism?”
The only explanation I can think of, Dudette, is that they are protected by “White Privilege.” The same with the police who gun down unarmed black people.
i agree…these are the domestic terrorists that Janet Napolitano spoke about…but they are not view that way because of white privilege and racism
Silk Road drug website founder Ross Ulbricht jailed.
The founder of online illegal drug marketplace “The Silk Road”, Ross Ulbricht, has been sentenced to life in prison.
Prosecutors say that his dark web site sold more than $200m (£131m) worth of drugs anonymously.
He was found guilty of charges including conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, money laundering and computer hacking.
The site was shut down in 2013 after police arrested Ulbricht.
In February he was was convicted by a federal court in New York of operating the site for nearly three years from 2011.
Users used the online currency Bitcoin to purchase drugs such as heroin, cocaine and LSD.
The untraceable deals earned him at least $18m.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32941060
all that bitcoin bs.
I really could walk up to some of these fools and slap ’em silly. And then slap ’em again.
Great, great tweet, JOB! I am so sick of these so called progressive Democrats who never miss an opportunity to blame PRESIDENT Obama for all the ugliness in this country. Max Blumenthal is an idiot!
Do they not hear themselves, nath? Over and over … it’s so very annoying!
President Obama needs to be selected for sainthood (Ha!) in 2017! I’ll start that ball rolling!
America loving Max moved to the UK years ago.
Come on home and say that Max, you coward.
I think this guy is Sidney Blumenthal’s son. I’ll stop there.
Sweet dreams, everybody! I’m outta here!
good night TOD ………
#TrustBarack
Here you go:
thank you!
You’re so welcome, Susanne!
One more:
Pierce - as usual - finds an interesting take on the Hastert story
“The story is so damned bizarre that you almost forget to ask yourself how Hastert could have become wealthy enough in public service to be able to afford to be shaken down for that amount of money.”
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a35332/denny-hasterts-fall/
So where did the money come from?
NW, this is for you, to get you through the rain/floods, etc. I’m so, so behind in catching up with all posts. Thank you so much, especially with what you were/are going through weather-wise, and yet you kept your delicious sense of humor. Oh Bless!
Thanks, Gazelle.
Morning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/05/30/early-bird-rise-and-shine-59/