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WHY? WHEN CHRIST WAS NOT BORN ON DECEMBER 25TH?…IT WAS SEPTEMBER. WHY IS THIS NOT CORRECTED THE WAY IT SHOULD BE?
Sue!!!!
FURST.
Apologize to Sue for your false claim - right now!1!1!
but she is in my spot !!!
You must have been a nightmare in kindergarten.
no kg stuff. straight furst std. 8-)
Your parents probably sent you to school when you were three months old just to get a break from you.
they put up with me till class 5. then they kicked me off to my gramma. that woman was a terrah.
Jebsus. What did your Gramma ever do to deserve that??
fyi, grandkids are a blessing. just ask our donna and jo’b.
Ha. Yes, you little blessing, they are.
Ha! Hey, there, cutie! Just left you a note on the last post, and only then learned you were here. Duh. <3
And I left you a note, you sugar plummy bundle of loveliness :-)
Ha. Almost fell off my chair laughin’. (Doesn’t take much!)
I DON’T CARE WHO IS FIRST…FRANKLY..I ENJOY BEING LAST!..:) I JUST RAN ALL THE WORLDWIDE SLUMS ON MY FACEBOOK…SO THE SELF CONSUMED PIGS CRASHING DOORS FOR BIG SCREENS CAN FEEL THE GENUINE PAIN OF SOMEONE ELSE…GREED DURING THESE HOLIDAYS MAKE ME RATHER NAUSEOUS…I WON’T BE CELEBRATING…TOO MUCH PAIN IN THIS WORLD!
I ACTUALLY FEEL THE PAIN OF EVERYONE ELSE…I DON’T LOOK AT THINGS THE WAY EVERYONE ELSE DOES.
^5!
G’morning, congrats to sue on #1! :)
99ts aka aussie commie is awol. any one seen her?
No, but I got the feeling her big move (to smaller quarters) was imminent, so maybe that’s all it is. We’ll see.
Hey!
It’s GeeeeeeeeeeeeeeBeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! :-)
Hello, Love!
GB! Hope all is going well!
I’m working on it.
How are you? 😊
Good, thanks. Just saw your other note and sent you a big hug, honey bunch!
{{{GoB}}} And a few extra for TG weekend = {{{{{GoB}}}}} <3 <3 to see you!
<3
MiiiiiiiiiiiightyP!!!!
What, Chips, you couldn’t wait until I had made up my face? smh
:-) Did you see my thanks on the last post, had nooooooo clue the Tree was arriving today - thank you, Beautiful!!
:oops: Beautiful, eh? Good recover.
Why do idiots like Snowden insist on likening themselves to Black activists or Black matyrs/civil rights leaders? Don’t they realize that these constant attempts to associate themselves with Black freedom-fighters actually reveals more of their underlying racist motivations for doing what they do?
ugh.
Exactly amk, UGH!
it’s a cheap publicity seeking gimmick. f..k him and his treacherous ilk.
All of what you said.
^5+!
Totally self-centered and completely un-self-aware. This link has some information about narcissistic Personality disorder that is very interesting, once you scroll past the medical gobbledegook at the beginning.
Finally! I get to post. Been trying to log in but WP got me going around and around so feck it. Here goes:
Had my routine check up about 10 days ago. Mixed results as usual. Some areas better, some worse. This time they found a spot
on my skull. The medication I was using did not help a spot on my liver. In fact, it’s gotten much bigger. So, doc is putting me on new medication. Not happy about it, but once again, gotta do what I gotta do. At least it’s not chemo. Yet.
Hope you all had great Thanksgiving.
{{{GB}}} Damn it, it never ends for you, you’ve been through so flippin’ much. Thinking of you, warrior.
Thanks, Chips. Looks like I’ll be one of those patients that have to try a gazillion treatments before one works.
Big hugs to you, GoBrooklyn! You are surrounded by love, here, as you know! Stay strong.
Thank you so much, Jackie. I’m gonna need the hugs.😊😊
{{{ <3 GoB <3 }}}
{{{{ <3 G <3 <3 B <3 }}}}
Sending healing and positive energy your way.
Love, hugs, and prayers for you, GB. You are one of the people I look forward to hearing from in cyberspace, and although I don’t know you in person, I feel that I know your keep-on-keeping-on attitude and it will win through in the end.
{{Gobrooklyn}}, I’ll keep you in my thoughts and prayers. I hope the new medicine works.
Aaaaw, the First Princesses aren’t there! :(
/mumble-grumble/ Why’d they have to grow up so fast? Christmas is really for the ‘little’ ones in my mind. Plus like someone else mentioned above I was looking forward to see their meet-the-tree fashion this year. :( :( :D :D
the ceremony was short and sweet….did not seem the same without Sasha and Malia…i suppose they said…well you got us with the Turkey…smilin
Well, if the young ladies decided to make a choice between the two I’m glad they chose to stand with dad at the turkey pardoning. Their laughter and support certainly added oomph, and fun, to that bit of silliness!
yes it did…i enjoyed it…. smilin
And there you have one of the miracles of the Obamas, singly and as a family - just by being their calm, authentic selves they leave joy in their wake! THANK God for each one of them and for their *teaching* time in the public eye!
indeed
I missed them for sure. :( I hope we get to see them during the other holiday festivities (Christmas tree lighting, Christmas in Washington, etc).
I think /*hope* we will, Hopef, as those are more geared to the entire *family* [O please-o please!]. :D :D We are so pathetic.
Sunny & Bo are with FLOTUS, but not the girls this year. Guess they’re sleeping in today :)
And look how they both sat as soon as FLOTUS told them to!1!1!1! Danny is going to spend the rest of the day watching that video!!!!
LOL - Chips you are baaaaaaaad….poor Danny! But notice how Bo protested a bit at first, but he then complied :)
Yeah but: he only protested for, like, one second - Danny protests for four and a half hours before finally giving in when I offer ham in return for a sit.
Chipsticks, you are going to make Danny watch that video all day. :) Bo did protest at first, but Sunny sat right down Usually it’s the other way.
I seriously am Bella, by the time he’s finished watching it he is going to be SO obedient!!!
Here I sit, well fed yesterday, commenting here to take a break from my Christmas gift list, watching PBS Nova’s “Inside Einstein’s Mind,” and here arrives the Christmas tree at the White House.
Ha. So many choices. Life is good.
GM, JO’B. Here *I* stand (on the treadmill) pretending to do some walking though my fingers are moving more than my feet. :D :D
My Xmas shopping was finished from October (only shopped for four people).
Ha. Life is good! ;) ;)
only shopped for four people
/shrug/ So I didn’t include on the list - sue me!
‘include you’
Sitting or standing, pretending to exercise or not, it is! <3
It *is* kinda funny here, JO’B. Most of the time I’m stopped while I’m typing with the exercise music playing in the background …. then suddenly the music penetrates and I take a few cursory steps for a minute, maybe two, until the typing takes over again. Of course, the big upside is that when I do stop pretending altogether my mind will feel like I’ve done my exercises for this past week. Brilliant, eh? :D :D :D
You are truly a role model. Truly!
*chortle-chortle* I won’t ask for what.
Enjoy your Black Friday! I bet you, Steve, and the gang had a marvelous Thanksgiving. Yes, life’s good. :) :)
It was great, thanks. My son (the real family chef) also participated in some of the preps (my favorite - his homemade whipped cream topping), so that was particularly cool … other than the times he was peering over other people’s shoulders, to make sure they were doing their part of the preps right - Ha! Good thing I’m just the type who brings the bakery-bought pies and sits there looking cute. :)
We are so alike in some areas, you and I. :D :D
Good thing I’m just the type who brings the bakery-bought pies and sits there looking cute [You forgot … ‘and ready with a disclaimer should someone have any criticism about pie taste/flavour/whatever’…as in ‘I didn’t make it’.]
My final trick, if all else fails (see if this sounds familiar, partner in crime) is to take everything as a compliment. Big smile on yer face!
Oh yea! :D :D
[pssst - That one was mastered at work. ;) Other colleagues would get bent out of shape at an upcoming evaluation; me, I’d just remind them that no matter how good you are the person evaluating (often someone who couldn’t do *your* specific job) ALWAYS *had* to find an area for improvement. Heck, the paperwork required it!] ;) :D :D
Back in the mid-70’s (Ha), I once tried to talk my boss out of giving me an outstanding annual performance rating. I said “But I didn’t really have as much work to do this year, so I pretty much just had fun” and he said “Did you do everything we asked you to do, in an outstanding way?” and I said “Well, yes” and he said “Then shut up. And you’ll be getting a cash performance award, too.”
So I shut up and kept the cash.
So I shut up… >smart. :D :D
:roll: Our union eventually bargained away the ‘outstanding’ category, so that was/is no longer a factor.
VC! /smh :D
What you shakin’ your head about, gurl? It’ll only be the truth when I say that I have been doing my exercise to anyone who may ask . :) :) I don’t like to lie.
Of course, I understand, Attorney VC :-)
;) It’s one of the reasons I love words so much! :) :)
How was your dinner, and dinner company?
Company was wonderful. The girls went to pick up the meal - late and in a hurry, rushed back to us with the dinner - except they left…the turkey! :D :D
Fortunately, it was not the sole meat in the dinner, so we munched away until the turkey was delivered. We had a gooooood laugh at the girls playing “adults”.
:D :D Niiice *1st* TG story for their future families!
Oh, those two are like Lucy & Ethel when they get together - anything is bound to happen :D
I AM THANKFUL TO GOD FOR THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE DURING THANKSGIVING AND THE FIRST FAMILY DESPITE THE CRAZY FENCE JUMPER…GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT FENCE EITHER HIGHER OR ELECTRIC….I WOULD KEEP YOUR EYES ON PUTIN AND HIS MISSILES…HIS ALLEGED TARGETS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU!
Well that didn’t take long. The official WH Christmas has arrived.
It’s starting to look alot like Christmas, can’t wait to see the decoration of the Christmas trees at the White House.
It was pretty quick - wasn’t it annieb :-)And the girls were not there this time, just FLOTUS with Bo & Sunny. To my ears, it sounded like FLOTUS was a little stuffy with a cold, tho she sure looked pretty.
GGail we know how teenagers are. Well Mom we went out there with Dad for that turkey pardon thing and we even smile. Do we have to go out there for the tree arrival?
Yup! :D :D
Good Morning, Everyone :)
GOP rider would boost party spending
Mitch McConnell plans to slip campaign cash rider in omnibus spending bill.
11/25/15 05:59 PM EST
Senate Republicans plan to insert a provision into a must-pass government funding bill that would vastly expand the amount of cash that political parties could spend on candidates, multiple sources tell POLITICO.
The provision, which sources say is one of a few campaign-finance related riders being discussed in closed-door negotiations over a $1.15 trillion omnibus spending package, would eliminate caps on the amount of cash that parties may spend in coordination with their candidates.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/congress-campaign-finance-cash-rider-216220#ixzz3shJ158Sz
Why did authorities say Laquan McDonald lunged at Chicago police officers?
November 26
After a Chicago police officer shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald last year, the initial information reported in local media outlets was fairly limited: A teenager armed with a knife he would not drop was shot and killed while approaching or lunging toward officers, police said. That was the story reported by the Chicago Tribune as well as the local NBC, ABC and CBS affiliates.
These outlets cited Pat Camden, who was acting as a spokesman for the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police and offered a description of what officers encountered. Camden told reporters that McDonald had lunged at police with a knife before the gunfire and said the teenager posed “a very serious threat to the officers.�? The police department also released a statement the day after the shooting saying that McDonald “refused to comply with orders to drop the knife and continued to approach the officers.�?
However, graphic video footage of the shooting released on Tuesday evening — several hours after prosecutors said that Officer Jason Van Dyke had been charged with first-degree murder — showed that the teenager was veering away from the officers, and that Van Dyke opened fire within seconds of arriving. An attorney for Van Dyke has said the officer feared for his life and for the lives of the other officers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/11/25/why-did-authorities-say-laquan-mcdonald-lunged-at-chicago-police-officers/?postshare=5681448488924786&tid=ss_tw
We all know there needs to be a prosecution of everyone involved in the cover-up, not to mention the murder. The murder was beyond horrific; the cover-up was egregious. And not just in this case, of course. If not now, when?
You would think by now, that spokespeople for police would be a little more cautious with their lies until it is confirmed that no video exists of the shooting :shock:
Hi, GGail. They just can’t help their cocky selves, because it’s worked so many times in the past.
Hi J’OB! It boggles my mind.
You are armed to the teeth, have the full force of law enforcement behind you and yet if you are still ‘feared for your life’, then you sure are unfit for the job?
bt, did ya any chance introduce unohoo to bo? … he used to be such a good boy. tsk, tsk, tsk.
Bo is getting old and you know how stubborn you old men can get :-)
I bet it’s all sunny’s fault.
Oh, you think Sunny talked Bo into being disobedient? Hahahahaha!
They regurgitate old stories just to have something to say about the First Family. Ugh!
Yes, I was thinking the same thing. The media is obsessed with Malia’s college app process. AP put out a story last night titled: “Malia Obama is applying for college and here’s what’s known about her search.”
I know people are generally interested in the first daughters, and that in part drives the stories, but still! :)
Right. Let’s wait and see what school Malia decides to attend and it will be based on her grades and volunteer work - just like all other applicants.
I enjoyed the story…this has a Philadelphia connection…
Chicago police has arrested a suspect in the murder of the 9 year old boy. That is great news.
Cory Morgan 27 gang member is the name of one of the suspect.
Watching the WH tree delivered is always a highlight of the day after Thanksgiving. Of course, FLOTUS looks gorgeous!
I missed the live event by 20 minutes and can’t find it anywhere online. Drats!
In the video above, move to the 50 minute mark.
go to the video at the top and drag it all the way towards the end around 48 or 49
http://www.instyle.com/news/michelle-obama-medal-of-freedom-ceremony-dress
Hey, thanks annieb for this! I didn’t get to see FLOTUS at the ceremony.The article says her shoes are black, but they don’t look black to me.
Later, guys. Son just called to see if I wanted turkey day leftovers including pie for lunch. And she’s off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now THAT’s an offer you just CANNOT refuse! :) Bye JO’B - enjoy lunch (dessert) with your son!
I did - thanks!
NYPD’s Muslim cops hit back at Trump: We’re serving our city and our country — what have you done?
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/nypds-muslim-cops-hit-back-at-trump-were-serving-our-city-and-our-country-what-have-you-done/
with that, gunnite.
nite amk :-)
These days I get fuzzy-headed if I don’t eat on schedule, so …. c u l8r.
Stupid Reuter’s reporter who suddenly seems to have a problem with our FLOTUS, Sunny and Bo as not being “real.”
HF, this is a typical case of a bored reporter trying to get attention. :)
Clearly…and this is how low she has to stoop to get it.
Oh I replied her tweet
HF, you’re my shero! :-)
This is the kind of willful acceptable Seated Conscious Racist Vile the US News Media has embarked on since Feb 2007 and especially, since Jan 20th, 2009.
Color Blind……oops…..Blinding is a pathological illness.
I would love to ask Robert Rampton did she ask that question when it was Laura Bush standing there?
What is it that she don’t know is real? Just what is she bitching about, she didn’t have to be there.
Somebody wake Chips up from her turkey leftover coma
Hello TOD.
TGIF on a Black Friday ;)
I hope all had a Wonderful Thanksgiving.
Congrats to all the Gold :star: winners since Wed Evening.
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Good afternoon, TOD. Back from my trip to the grocery store. Picked up my year’s supply of paper towels; and a few of their BF grocery specials — only the things I normally use, purchased at their “loss leader” prices. Was disappointed that they didn’t have tenderloins on sale this year, I wanted several for my party… Time to rethink the menu… Ran into a couple of cousins at the store; pleasant surprise as right before going shopping I commented on her FB post that I hoped to see her soon — meaning at here family’s Saturday before Christmas brunch.
Had a wonderful time yesterday at another cousin’s dinner. All of he children, grands, and g-grands were there except one (was his in-laws turn…). Great discussions on family history/genealogy; politics; and economics. I had hoped to go to NY today; friends of my former D-i-L#1 invited my Mom and I to join them for the family Thanksgiving Friday dinner. Would have been a chance to spend time with the grandson. Mine is willing — body said “HELL NO.” As I have tickets for the Soulful Symphony concert in Baltimore tomorrow night, I’m listening to my body…
Off to do some chores…
73 yrs ago…….Jimi Hendrix was born.