Remember all those people who predicted Obamacare would make us a nation of part-timers? http://t.co/IBOlyomtbE
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Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) October 02, 2025Bush inherited 4% unemployment, and doubled it. Obama faced 10% unemployment in his first year—and cut it in half. http://t.co/W032mvCzsY
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Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) October 02, 2025****
proud of @TheDailyShow report on #blacklivesmatter and implicit bias training for police w @DrPhilGoff. Here it is youtube.com/watch?v=3QIWol…
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Baratunde (@baratunde) October 01, 2025Group of black women sue Napa Valley Wine Train for alleged racial discrimination: cbsn.ws/1MKzp1M https://t.co/MmW2cGKuG8
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CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) October 01, 2025****
Michelle Obama's great advice for girls: Don't shy away from being the smartest kid in class nbcnews.com/news/education… http://t.co/LaLP1ddo3d
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Goddard Riverside (@GoddardRiv) October 01, 2025The average college graduate has $28,000 in debt. It's time to change that → HeadsUpAmerica.us/Act #HeadsUpAmerica amp.twimg.com/v/bba215dd-672…
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Alex Wall (@Alex44) October 01, 2025****
Congratulations Dr Smith! Valerie Smith set to become 1st African American to head Swarthmore College delcotimes.com/general-news/2… via @delcotimes
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Alycee (@jazziz2) October 01, 2025.@Nas, Muhammad Ali and Eric Holder received one of Harvard’s most prestigious awards: buff.ly/1O5jMn2 http://t.co/qScKUiul7Z
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The Root (@TheRoot) October 01, 2025****
Damn. Voter Suppression on racist steroids
*Every* county where blacks make up more than 75% of registered voters will see their driver license office closed. twitter.com/splcenter/stat…
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SPLC (@splcenter) September 30, 2025The judge ruled that police violated students’ constitutional rights by using excessive force for minor problems. twitter.com/splcenter/stat…
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SPLC (@splcenter) October 01, 2025****
Shameful: Voter ID and driver's license office closures black-out Alabama's Black Belt al.com/opinion/index.… http://t.co/i0ZpQoLY11
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SPLC (@splcenter) September 30, 2025JUST IN: Lawmakers reach major bipartisan breakthrough in criminal justice reform on.msnbc.com/1FISwtc (AP) http://t.co/mbY6U6bCoc
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(@MSNBC) September 30, 2025****
Negotiations on Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Are Extended, Fueling Hope nyti.ms/1YW4R3D
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NYT National News (@NYTNational) October 03, 2025House supporters of Ex-Im appear to have the votes to force it to the floor via discharge petition. politi.co/1Ob0ONn
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Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 01, 2025****
U.S. auto sales in August reached 10-year high of 18.2 million on.mktw.net/1YRIPPt
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(@MarketWatch) October 01, 2025Jeep sales up FORTY percent in Sept.
"Four-zero."
#Chrysler @CNBC
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Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) October 01, 2025****
Woot!
Just posted: Obama planning to see ‘Hamilton’ again to raise money for Democrats nyti.ms/1Vt4XR7
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Michael Paulson (@MichaelPaulson) October 02, 2025.@billboard calls @HamiltonMusical’s album “2015’s best rap album” #Hamiltunes bit.ly/1Rl8NGe http://t.co/eznJuUPj18
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Playbill (@playbill) October 02, 2025****
Red Sox manager meets President Barack Obama at hotel gym trib.al/bGrGLOY http://t.co/qR9kFJqElX
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Boston.com (@BostonDotCom) September 30, 2025Red Sox manager ends up with President Obama as workout partner in gym at team's hotel. Here's what he asked him: apne.ws/1MEW1AF
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The Associated Press (@AP) September 30, 2025****
October isn't the most consistently positive month. But when it's good, it's very, very good.
(via @RyanDetrick)
http://t.co/31orXlIYBw
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Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) October 03, 2025US construction spending climbed in August to highest level in 7 years, led by housing: apne.ws/1OJjyDQ
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The Associated Press (@AP) October 01, 2025****
Birth control: not just for pregnancy prevention. p.ppfa.org/1dj6HYp via @micnews #BirthControlHelpedMe
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Planned Parenthood (@PPFA) October 01, 2025A conservative journo asked Pelosi abt what constitutes a baby being alive: Pelosi, "I'm a mother of 5, I think I know more abt this than u"
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Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) October 01, 2025****
President Obama's statement on the casualties in Kunduz: http://t.co/EwgNap77O2
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 04, 2025Doctors Without Borders: U.S. kept bombing for half hour after calls saying hospital was hit nyti.ms/1LpVZzt http://t.co/Iyahr0PQBv
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The New York Times (@nytimes) October 03, 2025****
MSF calls Kunduz hospital bombing "a grave violation of International Humanitarian Law": bit.ly/1OP3Cjn http://t.co/gAsX878vPO
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VICE News (@vicenews) October 03, 2025Statement from #SecDef Carter on the Situation in Kunduz 1.usa.gov/1JMfM4D
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Peter Cook (@PentagonPresSec) October 03, 2025****
Horrific journeys of Syrian refugees and migrants, captured by photographer @humansofny. vox.com/2015/10/1/9432… https://t.co/IIJ3jxx6zW
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Vox (@voxdotcom) October 01, 2025Oregon is now the third state to allow recreational pot sales yhoo.it/1MJoTI5 http://t.co/0xUomIDR7O
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Yahoo News (@YahooNews) October 01, 2025****
Researcher Who Discovered Water On Mars Is A Nepalese-American Metalhead colorlines.com/articles/resea… via @Colorlines
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Rebecca Carroll (@rebel19) October 01, 2025Californians say undocumented immigrants should get to stay: poll reut.rs/1YPXYkw
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Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) October 01, 2025****
A top House Republican was accidentally honest about the Benghazi investigation vox.com/2015/9/30/9423… http://t.co/iuEVKfaacL
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Vox (@voxdotcom) September 30, 2025Democrats Call For Immediate End To Benghazi Investigation After McCarthy Admits Fraud - politicususa.com/2015/09/30/dem… #USlatino #UniteBlue
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Brook Bufa (@jupiter896) September 30, 2025****
MABRUK! Flag of Palestine is raised at United Nations for first time.
http://t.co/UPPJKQUnMc
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Negar نگار (@NegarMortazavi) September 30, 2025Putin's Syria intervention isn't grand, brilliant strategy. It's an act of fear. bit.ly/1hbhnKo http://t.co/MWx6aWYKGi
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Vox (@voxdotcom) October 01, 2025****
Hillary Clinton's opposition to the Cadillac Tax is pretty pathetic. Explainer via @CitizenCohn: huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-…
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Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) September 30, 202519 Edward Kennedy interviews were released, reflecting the career of a “master legislator” nyti.ms/1MZJTNF http://t.co/g4U9hRonQc
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The New York Times (@nytimes) September 30, 2025****
Colin Powell: I will 'continue to be a Republican because it annoys them' @CNNPolitics cnn.it/1WyDAlF
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Alycee (@jazziz2) September 30, 2025Even the Israeli army's ex-chief of staff admitted the Iran Deal doesn't "pave the way" for a nuke bit.ly/1VnbOvq @joshtpm
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) September 30, 2025****
*SNORT*
NYTimes: Clinton makes moves to check Biden.
Biden: http://t.co/rwskcht4ex
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Justin Cohen (@juscohen) October 01, 2025Honestly, somebody should just buy this NYT reporter a drink. Am sure he needs it. https://t.co/y5nXE4ULRg
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Annie Linskey (@AnnieLinskey) October 01, 2025
White House.gov
1st!
Howdy Don! The Best Man Won! Good Luck to your NFL football teem!
Don!
Thanks a trazillion Nerdy, I’m now off to sit in a darkened room for six weeks.
Hahahahahahahahahaha….when you talk trash and can’t back it up, you get your ass handed to you. Thems are the rules. Eh, Chips? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Thanks Chips - this is a consolation :-)
Sir Don has done it! :) Congrats on #1.
Howdy! Good Day to all! What a surprise to be Furst!
Hello CarolMae Is that a kitty avatar?
Yes! =^..^=
Gotta go work but wanted to bring this over from the previous thread. Vicki was wondering about Hillary, SNL and the Human Rights Campaign Keynote spot:
I read this a.m. that Hillary Clinton turned down the keynote spot in order to appear on SNL. VP Biden, who is the one who got the ball rolling, even before PBO, with his remarks on Meet the Press in 2012, was second choice. Let that sink in: VP Biden, who has been part the administration that has done more for gay rights than any other, was a sub for the wife of the man who signed DADT and DOMA into law. They created the breakfast speaking spot for her after she turned the keynote spot down.
From the Times article
“The Human Rights Campaign, led by a former aide to President Bill Clinton from Arkansas, Chad Griffin, has deep ties to Mrs. Clinton and had invited her to deliver the keynote address at its gathering Saturday night. But Mrs. Clinton had a scheduling conflict — she was to appear on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” — so the group added a breakfast at which she could speak.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/us/politics/pledging-to-fight-injustices-hillary-clinton-focuses-on-transgender-rights-in-speech.html?_r=0
http://theweek.com/speedreads/580983/clinton-opts-snl-over-lgbt-gala-loses-keynote-speaker-slot-biden
Madame Soph, I believe this is the very NYT article that Vicki posted and we were both speculating that the idea that VP Biden was “second choice” after HRC turned down the slot sounds more like propaganda from the media heads than anything. I find it rather odd that HRC would turn down such a key speaking invite just to be on SNL - which she could go on at any other time.
Rather, I believe that VP Biden was initially selected (despite some dissension and grudging among the HRC stans at that org) to be the keynote speaker, and the HRC people decided to create an impression of her being busy at something else - in this case, the SNL show.
Now it’s called ‘spin’. In the ‘olden days’ we knew it as Lying, hmmm..
Hopefruit, this says it all: “The Human Rights Campaign, led by a former aide to President Bill Clinton from Arkansas, Chad Griggin, has deep ties to Mrs. Clinton”.
I don’t think we have to search more for the explanation as to why Hillary was their first choice to be the keynote speaker.
Unfortunately, the reality is that the Clintons have worked very hard for a couple of decades at making alliances with many many important actors in american politics. Their web of influence is enormous. This is why it will be so difficult to beat Hillary for the nomination, despite her abysmal favorable/unfavorable numbers, despite the fact that her polls on electability in the general elections are going down.
I happen to think that Joe Biden would be a stronger candidate in the general election. But the Clintons won’t back down. It will take absolutely horrible poll numbers against republicans for them to lose the support of the establishment.
I’m not sure Joe will have the stomach to go against her and her whole apparatus of allies.
Hi again, Madame Soph. I find this explanation to be highly unlikely. SNL is on every week and Hillary could have appeared there next week.
VP Biden got the honor. Why would anybody decide to explain that?
Back from working :-)
Hi Vicki, I left this on the previous thread.
This was the season opener for SNL, expecting higher viewership and press than another week. When I saw that the Human Rights Campaign is led by a former aide to Bill Clinton, who’s from Arkansas, it is completely believable to me that he would have wanted Hillary first. It is also believable to me that she would diss the organization to try to up her “cool cred” with an SNL appearance. Don’t you guys remember Bill getting the GLAAD award? This just seems like the same s#!t to me - no need for conspiracy theories.
I actually think the news that Hillary turned the keynote down to go on SNL makes her look bad and is a typical Hillary tone-def misstep.
EXACTLY VC…There’s NO way that HRC would turn down an annual keynote address invite just to be on a 2nd-rate comedy show that airs EVERY WEEK! This is the only HRC dinner before the Dem primaries - why would HRC turn this down? I don’t buy it.
Good to know about this inside connection with the Clintons. Explains a lot.
Oh, and Happy Birthday Sherijr!
Yes, happy birthday, sherijr (one of my first Twitter followers, much appreciated, thank you).
thank you Arapaho :) I didn’t know that, thanks for telling me :)
Sherijr, have a fantastic birthday. Hope all good things come your way!
Sherijr, Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day.
thank you sj, I had a really lovely day w/ my sons & grandkids. Pretty perfect :)
omg Thank YOU! I am reading along in the comments and look at my very surprised face :) :) Thank you for your kindness.
Happy Birthday, sherijr!!! Hope you have a beautiful day!!!!
Howdy NW. Thanks for the new page and tweets! 🍁
Unfortunately it’s no fun to tweet with the new updates. 🎃
Yes, I love fall. Oct. 2 was our forty-fourth Wedding Aniversary. We went out on Oct 1. Of all days to have planned ahead and bought tickets to see Lewis Black in NE WY! Unfortunately we had stupid hecklers in the front row and he got MAD! Needless to say the town with nothing to joke about became a town never to visit.
If it hasn’t been said already, DAMN the NRA!
Congratulations CarolMae on your anniversary. Our 44th was in June. So many of us baby boomers were married in the early 70’s. So sorry to hear about your Lewis Black night. I hate people that like to ruin it for others. Hope you had a great dinner celebration.
Thank you Marilyn. I missed wishing you a happy anniversary or if I did I forgot. 😏 I remember Judith had hers this spring too.
It was a good year!
HaPpY BirThDaY SheRI! 😻
thank you CarolMae :) and happy belated Anniversary.
Thank you.
Have a Happy One!
thank you Pf, off right now to watch grandson’s soccer match :)
good luck
Sherijr, wishing you happiness and love….and lots of grand-kid presents (like a trip to a soccer match)! Many happy returns too!
You could even say the GOP policies and talking points drummed into the unaware public justifies their evil acts.
…at least In their own minds.
From my FB news feed:
So lovely a tribute.
Wow. That is so cool.
Oh wow jazziz2. You know sometimes I fine myself wondering what my people would think, if they could see that the First Lady of the United States is black, that this country who treated them so horrible has a black family in the White House. I just sense I would see alot of tears of joy, pride, unbelief.
What would Melvinia Shields say, what would her mother say, her mother? When someone think that we shouldn’t be proud, they just don’t get it.
Thank you for finding this, Jazziz. Imagine what it would have meant to Melvinia to know what her descendant would become! We have a lot of things to bemoan in our society, but that this is possible is something we can all be proud of.
I believe Ms. Melvinia KNOWS! I happen to believe that the spirits of our ancestors are with us, watching over us.
Love that!
Happy Birthday Sherijr!
thank you Jer :) have a wonderful day yourself `
The warmest, cuddliest, snugglediest, huggiest of haaaaaaaappy birthdays to you {{{{Sherijr}}}}, I hope you have the most splendiferous of days!
These Sanders’ KKKlowns are getting more ridiculous by the minute.
GA everyone.
These Sanders fans are not particularly savvy it seems. PBO redefined the way campaigning is done and everyone is now using it as a template. It therefore stands to reason that with new apps, platforms and sites, campaign reach should have increased and this may be the likely result - not discounting the support.
Sanders himself was on some MSNBC program recently talking about his small donors and grass roots campaign etc . Basically using the same method PBO did when many laughed at him and called him just a community organizer.
They should be thanking PBO for paving the way rather than trying to suggest that one is better than the other because of some unconfirmed crowd size.
hopefruit2, remind that Bernie supporter that Obama won twice. Bernie hasn’t won once and probably won’t win either.
But they can have satisfaction in knowing that Bernie’s crowd in Boston was bigger then Obama crowd.
Excellent point…will definitely be reminding them of that pesky lil’ fact.
Ha Ha! Perfect! They should call it POTUS envy! Unfortunately this has been very common since PBO came into office (and especially because he has done the job so brilliantly.
Have a happy day :-)
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Lovely alice, thank you ! :)
Happy Happy Birthday to you, sherijr!! Hope you’re enjoying your favorite birthday cake and lots of other treats with family and friends!!
Happy Birthday Sherijr.
GA to most people in TODville (still morning on west coast).
Has this been posted? Wouldn’t it be something for @nancypelosi to change her twitter handle to the rightful @SpeakerPelosi?
(The article doesn’t mention Dem strategy, but it’s full-on civil war in the GOP now.)
Here’s a tweet from yesterday:
i love her smile…..i would smile too.. :D
Speaking of winning (see Nancy Pelosi-related comment upthread), as a complement to @nytimes tweet posted by NerdyW on the front page:
Confused about time zones, but think he’s referring to 4pm EDT:
Bella Domenica a tutti!
Bella Domenica a te, BillR! Buona giornata!
PBO’s comment on becoming a single issue voter until we have enough legislators to pass sensible gun regulations helped me with my future Democratic Primary vote. Here is my lineup order for the Primary.
1-Joe Biden (Run Joe Run)
2-Martin O’Malley
3-Hillary Clinton
4-Bernie Sanders
I am not crazy about #3 & 4 candidates but will vote for any Dem over GOP candidate in the General Election.
Stay tuned……
Presser in about 2 hours:
Oh My!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VP Biden said “We have to get some things done before I announce…….”
1) Iran deal—Check
2) Cuban Embassy open—-check
3) Pope’s visit——-check
4) TPP——-check
Were there other things? I feel like I’ve forgotten something. With this Winning Team it is sometimes hard to keep track.
Anyway, the TPP had hit some bumps in the road. If it is done now, this is yet another BFD.
RidenWithBiden
Budget and Raising the Debt Ceiling?
pending now, Nena, but I don’t think part of the after summer calculation.
Astute observation, Vicki!! My fingers are crossed that this has advanced to a very good place.
TY.
GA/GE/GM/GN TODers.
Excellent Newsy Tweets, NW. >-I
Congrats Don on your Solid Au :star:
Dudette, your Niece, wow, what a Force! :) So very happy for her.
Happy Birthday, Sherijr. Many more years, you hear ;)
Congrats to all the Gold :star: winners, 3 posts back.
Thanks, Nena.
Thanks Nena!
I am not in the habit of posting Frank Luntz. I can’t stomach the man.
However, this tweet caught my eye.
Been busy, busy, busy! Happy Birthday, sherijr!!! Many, many more:)
CNN made accommodations for Fiorina. I don’t see why they are keeping Lessig off the debate next week. Most Pollsters are not currently adding his name in the mix. That is wrong.
i always thought this guy was a libertarian, and just trying to split up democratic voters (probably through drones and ed snow job). i don’t really know for sure, but if so, i’m fine with leaving off.
i have grown so weary of this meme…about our democracy…if citizens do not vote and are disengaged…then yes democracy is at risk…but that is up to WE The People….we have the POWER
the doom and gloom from Sanders in which nothing is right…nothing good has happened….that we are going down the toilet…where is hope….where is the confidence that WE The People can make change,,,
all of this is to diminish the work of the President and We The People….
THIS THIS and THIS!
Missed this when it aired…
#BlackLivesMatter had a presence at the Twin Cities Marathon today - lots of pics - check it out
Only 40% of Americans still trust the media. (32% of Republicans, 55% of Democrats)
55% of Dems?
That is twisted.
That was quite a reversal.
Was it not Netanyahu at he UN…….for 44 plus seconds starring down at the UN Delegations?
Oh yeah, he knew that the US Corporate Media would cover his crude remarks Live.
At long last, Netanyahu, has finally realized that President Obama has punked him. He, like so many that have come before him, took his best shot and missed. For the goddamn gazillionth time, when you come at the king you best not miss.
Carson tops Trump in new poll?
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Donald Trump has boasted that he’s “leading every poll and in most cases big.” Not anymore. The latest IBD/TIPP Poll shows him in second place, seven points behind Ben Carson.
The nationwide survey found that 24% of Republicans back Carson, compared with 17% who say they support Trump.
Marco Rubio came in third with 11% and Carly Fiorina fourth at 9%. Jeb Bush, once considered a prohibitive favorite, ranked fifth with just 8% support, which was a point lower than those who say they are still undecided.
Read More At Investor’s Business Daily: http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-polls/100215-773897-donald-trump-trails-ben-carson-in-ibd-tipp-poll.htm#ixzz3ndpLQKky
That poll came out on Friday.
It was supposed to have been the best Pollster in 2004, 2008 and 2012……a month in before the Nov elections respectively.
Frank Luntz was tweeting about it yesterday. He used that poll and some others to graphically show that the trajectory is that Trump is on his way down. Time will tell.
Pitiful poor Donald Trump, excuse me I said that wrong. Rich pitiful Donald Trump. That man has some problems.
i wonder why he did not say this when he was the Fed Chief
His job is not a political position…….
I don’t know if he held this position then…..or perhaps, he expressed them to GW Bush and Paulson. It would have been better had the initial bail out with TARP included well defined punitive measures.
it was my understand that although they were not doing best practices…no law had been broken
Yes. However, the Fed Gov’t bailed them out and the Fed Gov’t has a way of finding ways to make some pay.
The nation was in a tough spot, economically……since We all have 20/20 vision after the fact…….I will leave it there and trust that THEY did the best they could under PRESSURE.
Haven’t read the article; I assume he’s out on a book tour…
Please excuse me for me language, Nena, these fucking guys always grow balls after the fact.
;)
We will never know what he told the Bush regime.
Looks like they hit a big SNAG
From US Trade Rep: #TPP Ministerial News Conference “Delayed Until Further Notice”.
THAT’S RIGHT…THIS IS A SAD AND PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY!
Don’t forget Doc McStuffins, the First Lady will appear on the animated show October 5th at 9am on the Disney Channel.
Sherijr! BALLOONS! ❤️🎂👏🌠
WOW..
Global warming, anyone??
Ok Everyone,
Peanut wants to perform in her school’s talent show. So, I ask her what song she wants to sing, and she goes ‘ that love song.’
I’m like, ‘ um, there are a lot of love songs.’
Peanut: “you know the one - they spell out love in the song. ”
She wants to sing Nat King Cole’s L-O-V-E.
My heart just stopped. I am like, good music is universal.
Who would think that a seven-year-old in 2015, would want to sing Nat King Cole?
Just printed out the lyrics for her to read and memorize.
We spent part of the afternoon, just wandering around youtube. She heard some Jackson 5 (“Michael Jackson sang when he was a kid? He had brothers?”); ABBA (she likes Dancing Queen); YMCA (we were standing in the living room, doing the YMCA together - do you remember being so naive when it first came out and you had no clue that it had anything to do with being gay?); Ella Fitzgerald (I can thank the show A.N.T. Farm for this - they had a ‘back in the day’ episode, and the Black girl played Ella Fitzgerald), and Aretha Franklin (because she sang for Pope Francis-Peanut goes to a Catholic School).
I had a good afternoon with Peanut.
sounds wonderful… smilin
aloha todville!
did you folks read this today? excellent piece, and the accompanying video is superb.
‘ The right will do everything within its considerable power to promote the idea that Bush was sincere, a man of faith and conviction, a wise leader who “won” two wars, a man who defended traditional cultural values, a caring family man. The reality of Bush’s failures will be obscured. The divisiveness, the squashing of dissent, the daily lies, the death toll in Iraq and Afghanistan and New Orleans…all of that will be tossed down the memory hole if progressives don’t push back and push back hard. ‘
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2015_10/georgie_porgie057941.php
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/10/04/president-obama-honors-fallen-firefighters/
Have you all seen this? PFAW,org: Ron Paul in Oath Keepers “documentary” (clip):
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/ron-paul-stars-oath-keepers-militia-film-anti-semitic-filmmaker
academia.edu: Chatpter 20: Oathkeepers, Rea Party Network with Patriots [Militia]
“This chapter examines the networking and messaging of Oath Keepers with others in the Patriot movement and the Tea Party movement. This chapter also demonstrates that the Patriot movement‖ is actually an extension of the Christian Right.
It is another component of the Christian Right by virtue of the similarity of ideas and the organizations that are linked to the Christian Right within the Patriot movement. The main ideas that serve to bind the Christian and the Patriot movements together are opposition to the New World Order and its concomitant Agenda21, according to the movements‘cconspiracy theories. Belief in these twin conspiracy theories act as epistemological markers, if you will, that identify at the individual and organization levels of analysis who belongs and who does not belong in the movements. But, as we shall demonstrate in this chapter, these twin conspiracy theories also allows individuals and organizations to mobilize and act on behalf of oil, gas, coal, mining, timber, and grazing industries to reduce or remove environmental laws that would boost corporate and billionaires‘ profits, and, transfer hundreds of millions of public acres and trillions of dollars of profits to these very same corporations and billionaires. This, then, is the prelude to the Battle of Bunkerville which pitted Cliven Bundy and his Patriot movement allies (and Republican Party and conservative media) against the Bureau of Land Management. While the actual confrontation will be covered in the next two chapters and the deep backgroun which links the American Legislative Exchange Council, the American Lands Council, and the Patriot movement to the Battle of Bunkerville‖ will be covered in Chapter 23, this chapter analyzes how Oath Keepers implemented the Vieira-North-Lind-Paul strategy through networking and synergistic messaging.
The Patriot Movement is Extension of Christian Right Ron Paul‘s post presidential network of organizations, the Campaign for Liberty, the National Precinct Alliance, the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, and Oath Keepers were formed as result of the open and secret portions of the North-Paul strategy. Much of what the Southern Poverty Law Center counted in 2013 as active groups in the ―Patriot movement‖ are, in fact, groups closely linked to Ron Paul and the Christian Right.
Behind the recent surge of nullification bills in state legislatures there is an ongoing battle for the soul of the GOP—and the future of the union itself. The nullification movement’s ideology is rooted in reverence for states’ rights and a theocratic and neo-Confederate interpretation of U.S. history. And Ron Paul, who is often portrayed as a libertarian, is the engine behind the movement.”
https://www.academia.edu/9716371/CHAPTER_20_OATH_KEEPERS_NETWORKS_WITH_TEA_PARTY_AND_PATRIOTS
Political Research Associates: “Behind the recent surge of nullification bills in state legislatures there is an ongoing battle for the soul of the GOP—and the future of the union itself. The nullification movement’s ideology is rooted in reverence for states’ rights and a theocratic and neo-Confederate interpretation of U.S. history. And Ron Paul, who is often portrayed as a libertarian, is the engine behind the movement.”
http://www.politicalresearch.org/2013/11/22/nullification-neo-confederates-and-the-revenge-of-the-old-right/#sthash.ssMhw2NS.dpuf