Please forgive me for my rant against the Democratic Presidential candidates: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. With all the mountain of evidence that clearly reveal that the Republican party is dysfunctional; and that most of the Republican presidential candidates are all bat-shit crazy, why is Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders running against President Obama? How come Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are not out there vigorously exposing these crazy Republicans who seem intent on destroying our country simply because they hate the Black guy in the White House? I respect all the wise people at TOD who keep reminding us that we must support and show up for the Democrats. At the same time, I am utterly disgusted that our own Democratic presidential candidates are more eager to run against a sitting Democratic President, who by the way has an impressive record of achievements, than they are about vigorously exposing the insane people who are currently dominating the Republican party. The so called mainstream media revels in criticizing PBO for not being able to work with these crazy people in Congress. My question is: How does either Hillary Clinton, or Bernie Sanders, plan to work with these insane Republicans who seem to be incapable of working with each other?
I hope VP Biden decides to run. But as a father who lost a child to brain cancer twenty-three years ago, I perfectly understand what he is going through. On top of that, I am sure the loss of his son resurrected the memory of the loss of his first wife and his first daughter. If VP Biden doesn’t run, I don’t see how I can be enthused about Democratic candidates who are running against, and bad mouthing, one of the best Presidents in my life time. Yes, without fanfare I turned seventy yesterday (10/08). Although I barely remember IKE (Dwight Eisenhower), I’ve consciously known presidents from JFK to BO. And, as far as I am concerned, PBO is the best President in my lifetime. The fact that that we have two supposedly Democratic presidential candidates running against makes me very angry. While I will vote for a Democratic nominee in the general election, I will not donate money or work for a Democratic candidate who is out there disrespecting, attacking or running against President Obama. With all the craziness and dysfunction going on in the Republican party, I don’t get it why Democratic presidential candidates are not focused on exposing that to the American people, but are instead attacking President Obama’s policies that are postively helping millions of Americans.
Thank you Nerdy for a recap of the event. I now can watch it very comfortably in my recliner.
I am enjoying the chaos in the House, brought by none other than the T-baggers that were cultivated by Boehner and others. Yeap, Karma is alive and well.
In the GOP leadership fight, I think Obama should arm the moderate rebels.
— Michael B Dougherty (@michaelbd) October 8, 2025
gfy michael, who doesn’t know wtf the moderate even means. 60 futile repeal obamacare votes with all the thugs voting for them unanimously and this media bastid wants Obama to save their collective racist asses.
There are no moderate rebels. There were all rebels, pure and simple. They were all obstructionists. That’s what they were. As for arming them, POTUS needs not to. Just left them apply Darwin’s theory. Then, maybe, the WH will be able to work with the survivors.
“True or False: Your spiritual beliefs, and the ways in which you choose to demonstrate them through your actions, ultimately affects us all.
It’s true, you know.”
**********
“POWER unites congregations from across the city and intentionally brings people together “across the lines of race, faith, income level and neighborhood” for the purpose of driving an interfaith movement. Their mission is to organize and empower Philadelphians for the purpose of transforming the conditions of neighborhoods, and moving the needle on quality-of-life issues.”
The Interfaith Movement: Motivating Philadelphia to take a unified step toward tolerance http://t.co/XCadDnUYjb via @thephillyvoice
these racist pos won’t even compromise with their own caucus and somehow Obama is supposed to have compromised with these assholes? I want the entire msm to burn in hell. forever.
Former Chicago Public Schools chief to plead guilty to bribery
scheme
Barbara Byrd-Bennett had been the chief executive of Chicago Public Schools less than two months when the man who helped persuade the Emanuel administration to give her the job sent an email allegedly laying out the heart of a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme.
In the December 2012 email, Gary Solomon, the owner of SUPES Academy and a consultant with long ties to the Emanuel administration, assured Byrd-Bennett that trust accounts had been set up in the names of two of her young relatives, each funded with tens of thousands of dollars, federal prosecutors alleged. The cash would be hers once she stepped down from her public post and rejoined his firm.
“It is our assumption that the distribution will serve as a signing bonus upon your return to SUPES,” Solomon wrote, according to prosecutors. “If you only join for the day, you will be the highest paid person on the planet for that day.”
The secret bonus was just one part of a massive scheme outlined in a criminal indictment Thursday charging Byrd-Bennett, 66, with steering no-bid contracts worth more than $23 million to SUPES in return for promises of up to $2.3 million in kickbacks, other perks and a job.
Cool pictures of classrooms from around the world — check them out!
http://www.aworldatschool.org/news/entry/School-classrooms-around-the-world-in-pictures-2340
It’s my birthday today. Sixty seven years ago I was born. On this side of life I am very grateful for education I had, the upbringing I received from my mother and immigrant grandmother, filled with hope, dignity, and integrity. I am grateful for the wonderful spouse and life companion who has walked with me for 42 years, for my daughter who turns 40 next month who cares for the sick as an oncology nurse, and who is married to a wonderful man, mother of three children. I am grateful for the three wonderful grandchildren we have, with whom I spent this day providing day care. I am grateful and blessed by the spiritual path I have consciously journeyed on since the age of 21. And I am grateful for this diverse community drawn together by the powerful and inspiring leadership of a great man, President Barack Obama.
Lovely view of your life Bill - may you have many more wonderful years with all of your family. Grandbabes are the reward for being a wonderful father - long may they bring you joy.
BREAKING NEWS The 2015 Peace #NobelPrize is awarded to the National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia http://t.co/3O9jzwBK08— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 09, 2025
Congrats to the winners! Sounds like a good choice based on the descriptions you posted below. :) Hopefully Kerry and Zharif will be in the running next year.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011. The Quartet was formed in the summer of 2013 when the democratization process was in danger of collapsing as a result of political assassinations and widespread social unrest. It established an alternative, peaceful political process at a time when the country was on the brink of civil war. It was thus instrumental in enabling Tunisia, in the space of a few years, to establish a constitutional system of government guaranteeing fundamental rights for the entire population, irrespective of gender, political conviction or religious belief.
The National Dialogue Quartet has comprised four key organizations in Tunisian civil society: the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT, Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail), the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA, Union Tunisienne de l’Industrie, du Commerce et de l’Artisanat), the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH, La Ligue Tunisienne pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme), and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers (Ordre National des Avocats de Tunisie). These organizations represent different sectors and values in Tunisian society: working life and welfare, principles of the rule of law and human rights. On this basis, the Quartet exercised its role as a mediator and driving force to advance peaceful democratic development in Tunisia with great moral authority. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 is awarded to this Quartet, not to the four individual organizations as such.
The Arab Spring originated in Tunisia in 2010-2011, but quickly spread to a number of countries in North Africa and the Middle East. In many of these countries, the struggle for democracy and fundamental rights has come to a standstill or suffered setbacks. Tunisia, however, has seen a democratic transition based on a vibrant civil society with demands for respect for basic human rights.
yup, kudos to them for encouraging fledgling democracy in that part of the desert. I was there a few years back during ben ali’s regime and found them to be gracious and polite peeps.
Wonderful choice with the added joy of sending the media into a spin cause they had NO idea who this group was & what they did. The bookies probably has a big win - also too.
truth be told, before today I did not know about this organization or its work.
however, this award makes great sense … given the monumental changes that are taking place in this part of the world and the accompanying struggles to keep moving forward
It is the 47th school shooting this year, according to data compiled by Everytown For Gun Safety. It is the third school shooting since the massacre at Umpqua Community College in Oregon last week.
White House.gov
grrrr.
Don’t hate. Appreciate. :-D
On point and magnificent! ;-)
Thanks yardarm!
Aye, aye…Chief Communications Officer. ;-)
Congrats!
Thanks Alycee! :-)
Thanks and well done, Dudette!
Dudette is #1 !!!!
Look at that smile! It lights up the world!
I <3 My President!
Co-sign! Hold him close to your heart tomorrow during his visit in Roseburg.
yet another wiingnutz failure.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/bid-to-repeal-calif-school-vaccination-law-fails-to-get-enough-signatures-to-qualify-for-ballot/
temper, temper.
Guess that means he doesn’t have enough. :-)
just “appear”? another emmessem enabler.
Read the comments from the nutjob in response to this tweet. River of denial runs through him.
Please forgive me for my rant against the Democratic Presidential candidates: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. With all the mountain of evidence that clearly reveal that the Republican party is dysfunctional; and that most of the Republican presidential candidates are all bat-shit crazy, why is Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders running against President Obama? How come Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are not out there vigorously exposing these crazy Republicans who seem intent on destroying our country simply because they hate the Black guy in the White House? I respect all the wise people at TOD who keep reminding us that we must support and show up for the Democrats. At the same time, I am utterly disgusted that our own Democratic presidential candidates are more eager to run against a sitting Democratic President, who by the way has an impressive record of achievements, than they are about vigorously exposing the insane people who are currently dominating the Republican party. The so called mainstream media revels in criticizing PBO for not being able to work with these crazy people in Congress. My question is: How does either Hillary Clinton, or Bernie Sanders, plan to work with these insane Republicans who seem to be incapable of working with each other?
I hope VP Biden decides to run. But as a father who lost a child to brain cancer twenty-three years ago, I perfectly understand what he is going through. On top of that, I am sure the loss of his son resurrected the memory of the loss of his first wife and his first daughter. If VP Biden doesn’t run, I don’t see how I can be enthused about Democratic candidates who are running against, and bad mouthing, one of the best Presidents in my life time. Yes, without fanfare I turned seventy yesterday (10/08). Although I barely remember IKE (Dwight Eisenhower), I’ve consciously known presidents from JFK to BO. And, as far as I am concerned, PBO is the best President in my lifetime. The fact that that we have two supposedly Democratic presidential candidates running against makes me very angry. While I will vote for a Democratic nominee in the general election, I will not donate money or work for a Democratic candidate who is out there disrespecting, attacking or running against President Obama. With all the craziness and dysfunction going on in the Republican party, I don’t get it why Democratic presidential candidates are not focused on exposing that to the American people, but are instead attacking President Obama’s policies that are postively helping millions of Americans.
hi nath. long time, no see. daughter unit finished her thesis yet?
also. too. “advanced” happy b’day wishes :)
Happy belated Birthday Nath.. and I couldn’t agree with you more.
I agree with you so very much, nat. It’s a shame and an outrage.
It’s great to see you and read your wisdom again. And very Happy Belated Birthday wishes to you.
Hi Nath. I agree with every word you’ve said about the Democratic candidates and the state of the 2016 race.
Happy Belated Birthday Nath! Hope it was lovely!
The problem is these schools cut classes needed to graduate and pre-requisites.
LOL.
Well said!
Congrats, Dudette, in your first place win!
Thank you Nerdy for a recap of the event. I now can watch it very comfortably in my recliner.
I am enjoying the chaos in the House, brought by none other than the T-baggers that were cultivated by Boehner and others. Yeap, Karma is alive and well.
:)
Thanks NCLB!
gfy michael, who doesn’t know wtf the moderate even means. 60 futile repeal obamacare votes with all the thugs voting for them unanimously and this media bastid wants Obama to save their collective racist asses.
There are no moderate rebels. There were all rebels, pure and simple. They were all obstructionists. That’s what they were. As for arming them, POTUS needs not to. Just left them apply Darwin’s theory. Then, maybe, the WH will be able to work with the survivors.
Correction: There were only rebels. AND Just let them apply…
Sorry for these silly mistakes.
“True or False: Your spiritual beliefs, and the ways in which you choose to demonstrate them through your actions, ultimately affects us all.
It’s true, you know.”
**********
“POWER unites congregations from across the city and intentionally brings people together “across the lines of race, faith, income level and neighborhood” for the purpose of driving an interfaith movement. Their mission is to organize and empower Philadelphians for the purpose of transforming the conditions of neighborhoods, and moving the needle on quality-of-life issues.”
If there could be a healing session over the T-baggers in Congress, that would help the country.
LOL.
This is brilliant!
Thanks for the laugh.
LOL!
I would be really pissed off if the dem ‘leadership’ decides to bail out this sinking ship of racists.
gopolitico
Wall Street rattled by House GOP bedlam.
gee, why guyz? your hand fed monster is now about to kill you?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34462536
and the msm pundtwits and media hacks got a new tear.
Indeed. The most vocal among the pundits was Morning Joke. It was Obama’s fault all the time.
these racist pos won’t even compromise with their own caucus and somehow Obama is supposed to have compromised with these assholes? I want the entire msm to burn in hell. forever.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-barbara-byrd-bennett-chicago-public-schools-charged-met-20151008-story.html
this will not end well
The Life and Times of Doris Payne is now streaming on Netflix!
Ms. Payne is a con-woman/thief whose ‘career’ has spanned 60 years.
and it’s gonna be a pathetic distress sale too.
Translation: I begged them to let me do it, but they said no effing way.
Cool pictures of classrooms from around the world — check them out!
http://www.aworldatschool.org/news/entry/School-classrooms-around-the-world-in-pictures-2340
The list would be too exhaustive so here’s a compilation of some of the biggies…
Goodnight, TODville. What a wacky day in republican world. Thank God Barack Obama is still President of the United States.
#RunJoeRun
AMEN.
P.S. A couple of funnies, ICYMI:
It’s my birthday today. Sixty seven years ago I was born. On this side of life I am very grateful for education I had, the upbringing I received from my mother and immigrant grandmother, filled with hope, dignity, and integrity. I am grateful for the wonderful spouse and life companion who has walked with me for 42 years, for my daughter who turns 40 next month who cares for the sick as an oncology nurse, and who is married to a wonderful man, mother of three children. I am grateful for the three wonderful grandchildren we have, with whom I spent this day providing day care. I am grateful and blessed by the spiritual path I have consciously journeyed on since the age of 21. And I am grateful for this diverse community drawn together by the powerful and inspiring leadership of a great man, President Barack Obama.
Happy Birthday youngster! :-D
Have a wonderful birthday, Bill!
Happy Birthday Bill…
I am thankful for your wonderful words…
Happy B’day Gramps. Great family.
Lovely view of your life Bill - may you have many more wonderful years with all of your family. Grandbabes are the reward for being a wonderful father - long may they bring you joy.
a belated Happy Birthday!
Hope you have many more and blessings to your family and you. Very thankful for all you do on behalf of the poor and homeless
Happy Birthday, Bill! so many good things to be grateful for:)
Happy Birthday, Bill. Have a terrific day!
Happy Birthday Bill ~ have a wonderful celebration & enjoy your day~
Happy Birthday Bill…we share the best day/date/month of the year!
Birthday Greetings. Have a great day.
Happy Birthday, Bill!!!!!
and the 2015 nobel peace prize goes to ….
….
….
….
….
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The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet.
what ?
Congrats to the winners! Sounds like a good choice based on the descriptions you posted below. :) Hopefully Kerry and Zharif will be in the running next year.
Congratulations on the these winners !
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011. The Quartet was formed in the summer of 2013 when the democratization process was in danger of collapsing as a result of political assassinations and widespread social unrest. It established an alternative, peaceful political process at a time when the country was on the brink of civil war. It was thus instrumental in enabling Tunisia, in the space of a few years, to establish a constitutional system of government guaranteeing fundamental rights for the entire population, irrespective of gender, political conviction or religious belief.
The National Dialogue Quartet has comprised four key organizations in Tunisian civil society: the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT, Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail), the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA, Union Tunisienne de l’Industrie, du Commerce et de l’Artisanat), the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH, La Ligue Tunisienne pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme), and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers (Ordre National des Avocats de Tunisie). These organizations represent different sectors and values in Tunisian society: working life and welfare, principles of the rule of law and human rights. On this basis, the Quartet exercised its role as a mediator and driving force to advance peaceful democratic development in Tunisia with great moral authority. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 is awarded to this Quartet, not to the four individual organizations as such.
The Arab Spring originated in Tunisia in 2010-2011, but quickly spread to a number of countries in North Africa and the Middle East. In many of these countries, the struggle for democracy and fundamental rights has come to a standstill or suffered setbacks. Tunisia, however, has seen a democratic transition based on a vibrant civil society with demands for respect for basic human rights.
Wow….
as know…Democracy is not easy to achieve or maintain or to thrive….
Congrats to Tunisia…
yup, kudos to them for encouraging fledgling democracy in that part of the desert. I was there a few years back during ben ali’s regime and found them to be gracious and polite peeps.
Wonderful choice with the added joy of sending the media into a spin cause they had NO idea who this group was & what they did. The bookies probably has a big win - also too.
truth be told, before today I did not know about this organization or its work.
however, this award makes great sense … given the monumental changes that are taking place in this part of the world and the accompanying struggles to keep moving forward
Good morning TOD…
Good Morning Everyone!
Morning everyone…Happy Friday. Dog refuses to learn to tell time, so here I am….up at 4:00 am this morning!
Oh no! Not good. Day will be long for you. Bless you and drink lots of coffee and love on your kiddos.
:) I’ll tough it out…Friday Night, Sushi Night to look forward to!
:) :)
Well…what was it, a week? There has been a campus shooting at Northern Arizona University this morning.. 1 dead, 3 wounded.
http://www.12news.com/story/news/2015/10/09/shooting-at-nau-campus/73639266/
Anything else new in the world?!?!?!?!?!?!?! :(:(:(
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/10/09/3710949/gunman-opens-fire-at-northern-arizona-university-killing-one-and-wounding-three-others/
It is the 47th school shooting this year, according to data compiled by Everytown For Gun Safety. It is the third school shooting since the massacre at Umpqua Community College in Oregon last week.
This is screwed up.
Mooooooorning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/10/09/early-bird-rise-and-shine-115/
Happy Birthday to Me….Happy Birthday to Me….Happy Birthday to Meeeeeeeeeeee….Happy Birthday to Me!
:0
Have a great day TOD!
Haaaaaaaaappy Birthday MJG!!! Have a lovely day!
Thanks Chips…