I knew coming here would make me feel better. After a few minutes on DU, I was seriously thinking of getting a razor blade out. My god, so many of those people posting there can be so vindictive. Thanks to all my fellow TODers for some sanity and common sense!
Come to the Barack Obama Group sometime when you’re on DU.. and say “Hi”.. we’d love to see you. I have a lot of DU on Ignore because it’s such a snake pit. A lot of them are vicious libertarians … they take their cue from nasty greenwald.
But, there are still some great Pres Obama supporters still there… but, thank goodness for TOD!
But Rep. Moore took issue with Secretary Anderson’s data and her description of TANF as a success in Wisconsin.
“Yes, the rolls did fall by 93 percent, because they just threw people off,” said Moore. “Many of the [people who left] did not find jobs. I tried to require that they do data and statistics — which they didn’t want to do — because they didn’t want to confirm that.”
Moore also noted that because the creation of TANF in 1996 made cash assistance much harder to obtain, the number of people living on $2 a day or less — the definition of poverty in developing nations, according to the World Bank — has doubled in the U.S.
Got back too late to comment on the last thread, but wanted to add two points, one about the implementation of Obama Care and one about voting. Back in the mid 30’s when the Social Security Act was first passed, my father, in his prime working years, objected strongly to it and somehow managed to convince his employer not to deduct SS payments from his paycheck (don’t ask me how–I wasn’t born yet). There were a lot of people who felt as he did and there were mini-rebellions throughout the country from people who regarded SS as welfare. Well, my father died as a very young man of 43, leaving a wife and three young girls and absolutely nothing put away for our maintenance. We got by, obviously, through a lot of hard work on all our parts, especially my mother. But my father’s rejection of SS cost us and brought us many years of hardship. There will be many pockets of rebellion, outrage and outright refusal to participate in ObamaCare by many Republicans ,along with many ignorant and ill-informed people, but it won’t take too many years for even the dimmest wit to see who’s is actually being hurt by their refusal to participate. It won’t happen overnight, but they’ll see it eventually, particularly if we are all calm and relentless in explaining the benefits.
As for voting, I think we need to dispel the myth that emoprogs kept Dem voters home in 2014 because, frankly, they don’t have that much power. Democrats, in general, rarely roust themselves for mid-term elections unless a perfect storm of circumstances have brought them to the point where they’re mad as hell want to do something. In 2010, Dems were tired, worn out by their exertions in 2008. I talked to many people that fall and they were all suffering from election fatigue, figuring they had done their part in electing the president and that was all you should expect of them. At the same time the Koch inspired Tea Party was working itself into a frenzy and stirring up animosity and outrageous levels of bigotry at every level. As a result, they managed to make their own core groups mad as hell and wanting to do something and they then steered them to the voting booths.
The bottom line is this. In presidential voting years, Democrats will fall in love and they will work from their heart for a candidate they care about. In mid-terms, Democrats have to work out of anger–outrage at what their reps in Congress are doing, disgust at their governors, contempt for their state reps, etc. When stirred, they rise up and they start marching to the polls to vote. We saw it happen in 2006 and our job is to make it happen again. We’ve got a year and a few months to start ginning up outrage and the material we have to work with is vast. The Republicans stink at governing and they’re pissing people off right and left. People will loll around giving politicians the benefit of the doubt, until they start making their lives hard and taking things away from them and that’s exactly what’s been happening in Republican-led states across the country. Right now the anger among Dems is simmering just below the surface. Our mission, the president’s mission, the OFA’s mission and the mission of every person who cares about our nation’s future is to bring that simmer to a raging boil in 2014.
I can remember working on the Virginia Governors race in 2009 (the year after PBO won) and handing out campaign leaflets at a metro station and a young man told me he didn’t need it because he had voted for “Obama” last year. I explained to him that this was for the Governors race and he told me no he didn’t vote in “those” elections. It took me 20 minutes to convince him of the importance of EVERY election. There was very little excitement on our part for the 2010 elections regardless of what the professional left and emoprogs were doing and saying. I cannot tell you how many people that I blogged with at the old OFA site in 2010 that admitted that although they vote in every general election they had never voted in an off year election. Sigh!!!!
We had this same discussion at one of our earlier OFA meetings this year and basically came to the same conclusion. PBO is the Dems/Libs inspiration and without him on the top of the ticket we will have to use all the issues that the Republicans are throwing at us to inspire our side to the polls. This is another reason why I want there to be a big turnout in DC for the March on the 24th because this is going to be a kickoff of sorts for the elections next year. There will be a strong emphasis on voter registration and voting rights laws. If people are inspired to come out and be engaged then I feel we have a legitimate shot at bringing about real change at the polls next year.
My SO just recently had conversation with one of daughters who expressed the feeling her vote doesn’t count! She got a lecture regarding the importance of every vote counts even if outcome isn’t one you voted for. She is now enlightened.
Sorry that you lost your father at such a shockingly young age. Can only imagine how your family coped, kudos to you, your siblings and your mother.
The MSM will no doubt take the month of August off, so take these stories with a grain of salt… they may be waking up to the truth that the GOP is coming apart at the seams (h/t “Best Of My Love, Eagles” LOL).
This tweet has been out for 9hrs now, yet not a single MSM outlet has retweeted it. But when the Hill deliberately tweeted the lie about Harry Reid’s interview, it didn’t take the outlets more than 10 minutes to spread the lie – KNOWING fully well it was not accurate.
1) Response to her question at the top of the previous thread re: Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Ben Smith likes to stir things up (Chips hasn’t forgiven him for going after the Jeremiah Wright “story” in 2008); I’m disappointed in @evanmcan because he’s a former TPMer, didn’t think of him as a RW shill.
For SecDef Hagel fans and LP at the Vegas craps tables (joke).
It’s hard to feel good about much in the Mid East (so much misery and suffering), and no one here likes guns, but if you’re SecDef, issues surrounding guns will be on your plate.
“Amid crises in North Korea, Syria, and Egypt, and fights among his top brass over an ever-shrinking piece of budgetary pie, Hagel has kept his eye on the prize: using the arms deal to rebuild a relationship with Israel that has foundered over the years.”
snip/
“when Hagel does get it across, the Obama White House will have fresh leverage in a region that’s once again engulfed in turmoil. Exactly how much leverage is unclear; Hagel is also seen as the singular channel to Egyptian General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi — who took over in Cairo despite Washington’s wishes, and whose troops have begun massacring its enemies in the streets.”
Repealicans nightmare is getting worse, first PBO elected for second term, best pres ever, gets to take credit for all he has accomplished, and I feel in my old bones there is finally change happening that he wanted. People are becoming more educated to what he has accomplished because they are feeling the results of it. ‘Obamacare’, the ACA is impacting many in a positive way. Thanks to sites like TOD the real facts are spread far and wide. Women are being recognized and appointed to positions of impacting our country. Intelligent women just go about their business of getting things done without grandstanding like the low intelligent ones. When his second term is over, darn, PBO will have changed this country forever, will never be ruled again by the bullies.
If you re-boot and it continues, take it to a certified repair shop – don’t attempt anything else. AND, be sure you have a complete backup of your hard drive on some other hard drive.
I’ve been around computers a looong time, and the two I use regularly are both Windows ancient laptops, but they’re not USA brands (Fujitsu and Toshiba).
I accidentally spilled some water on the Fujitsu a couple of years ago, and then it wouldn’t turn on. I figured it was dead, so set it aside; about a month later when I thought I’d see how much it would cost to fix, it turned on as if nothing had happened, and has been fine ever since. 😉
Water is fine for keyboards (after they dry). When I spilt a cup of coffee on my keyboard – my husband put it under the tap for 5 minutes – any liquid other than water is not friendly to keyboards.
Way to go Bob! We must consistently put pressure on the supposedly sane and responsible Republicans to do the right thing on behalf of the American people.
So I’m watching “Circle of Friends”. So it’s about this girl Benny and her 2 friends as they go off to college and fall in love and such. So one of Benny’s girlfriends, gets pregnant by some rich dude who was like “bye trick, get rid of it” and she’s all “I’m Catholic, so I can’t do that”…rich dude like “sucks to be you”. And now this witch hitting up and sexing up her friends’s BF to fake paternity. Now the BF was drunk and thinks he’s the father of this trick’s baby. So now Benny’s all heartbroken. Now,I madder at that heffa for going after her friend’s BF than I am at old dude the BF. That witch knew what she was doing, and she trapped him while she knew was drinking…bitch..
Late to Roberta in MN, also late to Mela in Texas (@bluemoontexas), whose Twitter account has been suspended.
Unfortunately, no one can view her Twitter timeline when her account is suspended.
I don’t understand Twitter at all.
How could @bluemoontexas be suspended and yet the vile unspeakable @breakobama still exists? (Chips tweeted a few of his death threats last week, and every other word in his timeline is the N word).
Free speech is one thing, but repetitive slurs for the sake of slurs is tiresome and unproductive. Why aren’t death threats enough to get you suspended in Twitter?
It does look like Twitter is doing something about it though:
Hi Arapahoe. I know! I’ve seen some truly vile tweets yet I’m suspended and my tweeting is never rude or disrespectful to anyone. I think that the report abuse thing got another twitter user suspended last night because some kid posted an unauthorized picture of a woman breast feeding. The suspended tweeter asked him to remove the pic and tried to educate him about the benefits of breast feeding. He was bragging about getting her suspended until a few of us stepped up and brought it to twitters attention. You should have seen his homepage! It was filled with disgusting, racist and ignorant stuff.
It’s probably some rightwing trolling. They used the hashtag uhhhm #TGDN (I think, can’t remember now what it stands for. Then they search that #hashtag and mass report “abuse” to Twitter.
I wont even touch twitter. I cant stand it as it drives me nuts with it’s annoying one liners. You can’t have an intellectual conversation with it because how short each tweet is.
I engage only to offer my two cents to some MSMer who is not being objective (I’m never rude or use foul language) and with those who I “know” on Twitter, either because of shared info or from here at TOD.
I’ve made the mistake of engaging with trolls once or twice. Believe me, it’s not worth it.
I use Twitter primarily for info; to keep up to date on goings on (self-service, unlike TV or radio).
It’s also great to use to bookmark sites for retrieval between computers (I’m on older Windows, no auto-synching in my world).
It’s been good for me as I tend to be a bit wordy. Twitter has helped me avoid excessive detail. I’ve enjoyed many pleasant interactions and have met democrats near me through twitter. It’s not for everyone though.
Damn. This is a hard one…what to watch. Sleepless in Seattle, the original Parent Trap, or the updated version of Hairspray!!!! Well I don’t have Hairspray on DVD, but I do have the others…but I can’t NOT watch Sleepless in Seatlle can I????
Damn Sleepless in Seattle is actually a horrible movie to watch in your single and alone (DON’T PITY ME….LOL.). First of all he’s all he knew his wife was the one because when he first saw/touched her it was “like magic” …whatever. Second, what’s this love at first sight mess…unrealistic! Give me one REAL example of a REAL love at first sight couple…I dare ya. Third, ain’t nothing wrong with being alone at Christmas, who wants all them screaming ankle-biters around anyway..
Damn Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan and Nora Ephron…ugh.. Anyhoo back to watching Sleepless in Seattle…lol
Damn Sleepless in Seattle! Horrible film to watch if you are Single and Alone…ok, back to watching…lol http://t.co/J9uIAB1P2O— Nelly B (@psddluva4evah) August 03, 2013
BTW guys, feel free to ignore my frivolity…lol. Lately I”ve used my weekends to completely brush my shoulders from the political grind, so basically no big political things until Monday. Keeps me sane…lol
Yes, I read about that overseasgrannny. A lot of folks on twitter warned that a report abuse button could potentially be harmful as it could be used to suspend someone who merely disagrees. I don’t know if that’s what happened to me or if it is as UT and Dudette said. Either way, it sucks. I’m seriously having twitter withdrawals and missing conversing with my tweeps 😦
If those kind of threats don’t prove that r pe is a crime of violence and aggression and not of sexual desire then I don’t know what will. Really disgusting.
QuikTrip, Trader Joe’s, and Costco operate on a different model, Ton says. “They start with the mentality of seeing employees as assets to be maximized,” she says. As a result, their stores boast better operational efficiency and customer service, and those result in better sales. [… ]
Have been away since yesterday afternoon and had no internet connection for much of the time. Have a story to share, but will do it later. Here’s a hint: Sigh!………………:(
Bravissimo! Would y’all think I’m a dork if I told you I was in tears and clapping by the end of that? There’s always great stuff on Smartypants’ site.
This was absolutely excellent!
He said it all and so eloquently.
It made me think about how in the ’70’s the Hippies were labeled because of the way they dressed, long hair, refused to bathe and they were blamed for everything under the sun. They were somebody’s children.
Smell a cantaloupe. If it smells like cantaloupe buy it, if not walk away. Same with many fruits. Yes, I’m the crazy woman standing in produce smelling everything.
Saved and will print charts. Of course, I had to view videos on sidebar — I now know how to tell if an avocado is ripe and an easy way to hull a strawberry… Thanks for posting.
Hello TODers!
I hope everyone is having a fun day.
Well, let me say that this has been a beautiful, wonderful, positive day for me.
I was so upset that the repealicans voted to repeal Obamacare the 40th time and walked off into the sun set for a month vacation. I could not sleep.
I woke up bright and early starting my walk to take the stress off and before I knew it I was in B&N. I politely bought all of the books(4) of them on the shelf. Entitled, “ObamaCare” Survival Guide by Nick J.Tate. He dedicates the book to the American People.
I plan to give these as gifts to my sister, niece and a friend who will be traveling on the bus with me August 24th to the March On Washington.
Before leaving B&N, I promptly told the young man at the register to order more. His reply was that automatically happens.
The point is: They are going to keep repealing this law because that is all they have. They have made up their minds to hate this man and there is nothing we can do. They don’t even care anymore that we know. Their hearts are set and that is a dangerous place to be.
So fighting this battle from a victorious position I am determined to :
Be strong!
We are not here to play, to dream,to drift;
We have hard work to do, and loads to lift.
Shun not the struggle; face it.
It’s God’s gift.
Be strong!
Say not the days are evil——Who’s to blame?
Or fold your hands, as in defeat—O shame!
Stand up, speak out,and bravely,
In God’s name.
Be strong!
It matters not how deep entrenched the wrong,
How hard the battle goes,the day how long,
Faint not, fight on!
Tomorrow comes the song.
By Maltbie D. Babcock
Also, I signed up to volunteer to elect Bill Thompson for Mayor in New York.
He was cheated the last time he ran due to Bloomberg’s money. Christine Gillibrand is Bloomberg’s protégée.
We do not need her to give them ideas Billary is a guarantee winner. I will not vote for her. VP Biden deserves and has earned my vote.
I love RC deWinter’s tweets! Thank you so much, desertflower, for sharing them. You are so incredible when it comes sharing some of the most informative and very relevant news.
From A Citizen @CuestionMarque 22h
“Republican Darrell Issa who made his fortune in car alarms has himself transformed into a loud, repetitive, annoying device.” – Bill Maher
Retweeted by RC deWinter
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Hi df – its 10.50am in my world – I’m doing the laundry in between reading TOD. Middle of the mildest winter for years – its 15C outside – I’ll have to go get a translation (I think most of the world except the US has gone metric) – that’s 59F – colder than it has been recently.
59? I won’t see that until January….maybe:) I’m going back and forth doing things around the house…laundry would be one! Wiping and yard stuff …so damn hot out that I really don’t want to go do outside things. I have to get up at 5am and go out then, before the sun comes up, if I want to work in the yard….come on, October! Don’t even want to go in the pool…the temp in there is 92 degrees….I picture myself in there and someone throwing in the potatoes and carrots:)
DF, you needed to be in San Diego! Our temperature was in the low to mid 70’s. Really great weather to go for walks or runs (well I can’t run that well these days until I lose this weight, but there were so many young people running and bicycling today). I am absolutely convinced that San Diego has the best weather in the entire U.S.
Agree with McCain 100%. We don’t need more armed civilians strung across our southern border from Corpus Christi to San Diego. I’ve mentioned before that a (short-term) next door neighbor worked for the Border Patrol when I was growing up. The border towns won’t be happy with hordes of armed vigilantes released in the midst.
John McCain has recently been acting as a responsible and sane person who is not beholden to the idiocy of his fellow GOP-teabag right wingers. I think he has probably decided not to run for re-election in 2016. So this is all about reclaiming his legacy as a maverick. In any case, lets hope he keeps this up.
Anniebella, here are my top five 2016 Presidential choices:
#1. VP Joe Biden; #2.Gov. Martim O’Malley; # 3. Sec. Kathleen Sebelius; #4.Sec. Hillary Clinton; #5. Sec. Janet Napolitano. I will, of course, vote for any nominee of the Democratic Party in the general election..
This is SO amazing! This is the behind the scenes of Sting’s 60th birthday (60!) at the Beacon Theatre in NYC…which is what Robert Downey was singing at… Enjoy!
TY for your very sweet words. But we got many music lovers amongst us, who share all kinds of terrific stuff — including you! 🙂
Everyone brings something great to the table. It’s one of the many reasons why I love TOD so much!
The Obama Diary 
First?
Congrats 57 on #1! 🙂
Something tells me that when God sent out that tweet (1st one above) he was thinking of Chuck Todd!
I knew coming here would make me feel better. After a few minutes on DU, I was seriously thinking of getting a razor blade out. My god, so many of those people posting there can be so vindictive. Thanks to all my fellow TODers for some sanity and common sense!
Hi Jennifer,
Come to the Barack Obama Group sometime when you’re on DU.. and say “Hi”.. we’d love to see you. I have a lot of DU on Ignore because it’s such a snake pit. A lot of them are vicious libertarians … they take their cue from nasty greenwald.
But, there are still some great Pres Obama supporters still there… but, thank goodness for TOD!
But Rep. Moore took issue with Secretary Anderson’s data and her description of TANF as a success in Wisconsin.
“Yes, the rolls did fall by 93 percent, because they just threw people off,” said Moore. “Many of the [people who left] did not find jobs. I tried to require that they do data and statistics — which they didn’t want to do — because they didn’t want to confirm that.”
Moore also noted that because the creation of TANF in 1996 made cash assistance much harder to obtain, the number of people living on $2 a day or less — the definition of poverty in developing nations, according to the World Bank — has doubled in the U.S.
Got back too late to comment on the last thread, but wanted to add two points, one about the implementation of Obama Care and one about voting. Back in the mid 30’s when the Social Security Act was first passed, my father, in his prime working years, objected strongly to it and somehow managed to convince his employer not to deduct SS payments from his paycheck (don’t ask me how–I wasn’t born yet). There were a lot of people who felt as he did and there were mini-rebellions throughout the country from people who regarded SS as welfare. Well, my father died as a very young man of 43, leaving a wife and three young girls and absolutely nothing put away for our maintenance. We got by, obviously, through a lot of hard work on all our parts, especially my mother. But my father’s rejection of SS cost us and brought us many years of hardship. There will be many pockets of rebellion, outrage and outright refusal to participate in ObamaCare by many Republicans ,along with many ignorant and ill-informed people, but it won’t take too many years for even the dimmest wit to see who’s is actually being hurt by their refusal to participate. It won’t happen overnight, but they’ll see it eventually, particularly if we are all calm and relentless in explaining the benefits.
As for voting, I think we need to dispel the myth that emoprogs kept Dem voters home in 2014 because, frankly, they don’t have that much power. Democrats, in general, rarely roust themselves for mid-term elections unless a perfect storm of circumstances have brought them to the point where they’re mad as hell want to do something. In 2010, Dems were tired, worn out by their exertions in 2008. I talked to many people that fall and they were all suffering from election fatigue, figuring they had done their part in electing the president and that was all you should expect of them. At the same time the Koch inspired Tea Party was working itself into a frenzy and stirring up animosity and outrageous levels of bigotry at every level. As a result, they managed to make their own core groups mad as hell and wanting to do something and they then steered them to the voting booths.
The bottom line is this. In presidential voting years, Democrats will fall in love and they will work from their heart for a candidate they care about. In mid-terms, Democrats have to work out of anger–outrage at what their reps in Congress are doing, disgust at their governors, contempt for their state reps, etc. When stirred, they rise up and they start marching to the polls to vote. We saw it happen in 2006 and our job is to make it happen again. We’ve got a year and a few months to start ginning up outrage and the material we have to work with is vast. The Republicans stink at governing and they’re pissing people off right and left. People will loll around giving politicians the benefit of the doubt, until they start making their lives hard and taking things away from them and that’s exactly what’s been happening in Republican-led states across the country. Right now the anger among Dems is simmering just below the surface. Our mission, the president’s mission, the OFA’s mission and the mission of every person who cares about our nation’s future is to bring that simmer to a raging boil in 2014.
Excellent comment Jackie!!!!
I can remember working on the Virginia Governors race in 2009 (the year after PBO won) and handing out campaign leaflets at a metro station and a young man told me he didn’t need it because he had voted for “Obama” last year. I explained to him that this was for the Governors race and he told me no he didn’t vote in “those” elections. It took me 20 minutes to convince him of the importance of EVERY election. There was very little excitement on our part for the 2010 elections regardless of what the professional left and emoprogs were doing and saying. I cannot tell you how many people that I blogged with at the old OFA site in 2010 that admitted that although they vote in every general election they had never voted in an off year election. Sigh!!!!
We had this same discussion at one of our earlier OFA meetings this year and basically came to the same conclusion. PBO is the Dems/Libs inspiration and without him on the top of the ticket we will have to use all the issues that the Republicans are throwing at us to inspire our side to the polls. This is another reason why I want there to be a big turnout in DC for the March on the 24th because this is going to be a kickoff of sorts for the elections next year. There will be a strong emphasis on voter registration and voting rights laws. If people are inspired to come out and be engaged then I feel we have a legitimate shot at bringing about real change at the polls next year.
My SO just recently had conversation with one of daughters who expressed the feeling her vote doesn’t count! She got a lecture regarding the importance of every vote counts even if outcome isn’t one you voted for. She is now enlightened.
Sorry that you lost your father at such a shockingly young age. Can only imagine how your family coped, kudos to you, your siblings and your mother.
The MSM will no doubt take the month of August off, so take these stories with a grain of salt… they may be waking up to the truth that the GOP is coming apart at the seams (h/t “Best Of My Love, Eagles” LOL).
Oh, here’s another one from AP today:
This tweet has been out for 9hrs now, yet not a single MSM outlet has retweeted it. But when the Hill deliberately tweeted the lie about Harry Reid’s interview, it didn’t take the outlets more than 10 minutes to spread the lie – KNOWING fully well it was not accurate.
Lol!
Most people in the media, about 75% are Republicans.
Yes indeed.
A couple of things for Roberta in MN.
1) Response to her question at the top of the previous thread re: Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Ben Smith likes to stir things up (Chips hasn’t forgiven him for going after the Jeremiah Wright “story” in 2008); I’m disappointed in @evanmcan because he’s a former TPMer, didn’t think of him as a RW shill.
2) Article about disappearing frogs in the North Woods:
For SecDef Hagel fans and LP at the Vegas craps tables (joke).
It’s hard to feel good about much in the Mid East (so much misery and suffering), and no one here likes guns, but if you’re SecDef, issues surrounding guns will be on your plate.
“Amid crises in North Korea, Syria, and Egypt, and fights among his top brass over an ever-shrinking piece of budgetary pie, Hagel has kept his eye on the prize: using the arms deal to rebuild a relationship with Israel that has foundered over the years.”
snip/
“when Hagel does get it across, the Obama White House will have fresh leverage in a region that’s once again engulfed in turmoil. Exactly how much leverage is unclear; Hagel is also seen as the singular channel to Egyptian General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi — who took over in Cairo despite Washington’s wishes, and whose troops have begun massacring its enemies in the streets.”
Repealicans nightmare is getting worse, first PBO elected for second term, best pres ever, gets to take credit for all he has accomplished, and I feel in my old bones there is finally change happening that he wanted. People are becoming more educated to what he has accomplished because they are feeling the results of it. ‘Obamacare’, the ACA is impacting many in a positive way. Thanks to sites like TOD the real facts are spread far and wide. Women are being recognized and appointed to positions of impacting our country. Intelligent women just go about their business of getting things done without grandstanding like the low intelligent ones. When his second term is over, darn, PBO will have changed this country forever, will never be ruled again by the bullies.
Good Saturday afternoon peeps.
Ok, I may have been an 11 year old girl in 87, but I can’t b the only 1 who luved @johnmalkovich in Making Mr Right
Any puter genius around for this—-suddenly all the keys in botto_ row—-won’t type—–just b and n——-dell laptop
If you re-boot and it continues, take it to a certified repair shop – don’t attempt anything else. AND, be sure you have a complete backup of your hard drive on some other hard drive.
Wow, that sounds like an odd problem.
I’ve been around computers a looong time, and the two I use regularly are both Windows ancient laptops, but they’re not USA brands (Fujitsu and Toshiba).
I accidentally spilled some water on the Fujitsu a couple of years ago, and then it wouldn’t turn on. I figured it was dead, so set it aside; about a month later when I thought I’d see how much it would cost to fix, it turned on as if nothing had happened, and has been fine ever since. 😉
Water is fine for keyboards (after they dry). When I spilt a cup of coffee on my keyboard – my husband put it under the tap for 5 minutes – any liquid other than water is not friendly to keyboards.
Lets’ #DriveTheDivide ….
… relentlessly.
Yes We Can
Way to go Bob! We must consistently put pressure on the supposedly sane and responsible Republicans to do the right thing on behalf of the American people.
OMG! I’m watching Circle of Friends w/@driverminnie & @Alancumming and just now realizing Colin Firth was in it 2. hated his character.
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1673396505
So I’m watching “Circle of Friends”. So it’s about this girl Benny and her 2 friends as they go off to college and fall in love and such. So one of Benny’s girlfriends, gets pregnant by some rich dude who was like “bye trick, get rid of it” and she’s all “I’m Catholic, so I can’t do that”…rich dude like “sucks to be you”. And now this witch hitting up and sexing up her friends’s BF to fake paternity. Now the BF was drunk and thinks he’s the father of this trick’s baby. So now Benny’s all heartbroken. Now,I madder at that heffa for going after her friend’s BF than I am at old dude the BF. That witch knew what she was doing, and she trapped him while she knew was drinking…bitch..
Damn!
It’s a good movie BTW. I highly recommend it.
Love that movie! Haven’t seen it in years. Charming characters.
Oh Alcee, that is wonderful. I hope it gets shared far an wide. Very inspiring to see our youth so involved.
Late to Roberta in MN, also late to Mela in Texas (@bluemoontexas), whose Twitter account has been suspended.
Unfortunately, no one can view her Twitter timeline when her account is suspended.
I don’t understand Twitter at all.
How could @bluemoontexas be suspended and yet the vile unspeakable @breakobama still exists? (Chips tweeted a few of his death threats last week, and every other word in his timeline is the N word).
Free speech is one thing, but repetitive slurs for the sake of slurs is tiresome and unproductive. Why aren’t death threats enough to get you suspended in Twitter?
It does look like Twitter is doing something about it though:
Hi Arapahoe. I know! I’ve seen some truly vile tweets yet I’m suspended and my tweeting is never rude or disrespectful to anyone. I think that the report abuse thing got another twitter user suspended last night because some kid posted an unauthorized picture of a woman breast feeding. The suspended tweeter asked him to remove the pic and tried to educate him about the benefits of breast feeding. He was bragging about getting her suspended until a few of us stepped up and brought it to twitters attention. You should have seen his homepage! It was filled with disgusting, racist and ignorant stuff.
UTA is always right (how does she do it?).
It’s probably some rightwing trolling. They used the hashtag uhhhm #TGDN (I think, can’t remember now what it stands for. Then they search that #hashtag and mass report “abuse” to Twitter.
Has Twitter responded to you?
Not since the initial reply to my inquiry. Been suspended for 9 hours and the withdrawal is becoming unbearable 😦
I wont even touch twitter. I cant stand it as it drives me nuts with it’s annoying one liners. You can’t have an intellectual conversation with it because how short each tweet is.
Too bad you’re not on twitter.
I engage only to offer my two cents to some MSMer who is not being objective (I’m never rude or use foul language) and with those who I “know” on Twitter, either because of shared info or from here at TOD.
I’ve made the mistake of engaging with trolls once or twice. Believe me, it’s not worth it.
I use Twitter primarily for info; to keep up to date on goings on (self-service, unlike TV or radio).
It’s also great to use to bookmark sites for retrieval between computers (I’m on older Windows, no auto-synching in my world).
It’s been good for me as I tend to be a bit wordy. Twitter has helped me avoid excessive detail. I’ve enjoyed many pleasant interactions and have met democrats near me through twitter. It’s not for everyone though.
Damn. This is a hard one…what to watch. Sleepless in Seattle, the original Parent Trap, or the updated version of Hairspray!!!! Well I don’t have Hairspray on DVD, but I do have the others…but I can’t NOT watch Sleepless in Seatlle can I????
Damn Sleepless in Seattle is actually a horrible movie to watch in your single and alone (DON’T PITY ME….LOL.). First of all he’s all he knew his wife was the one because when he first saw/touched her it was “like magic” …whatever. Second, what’s this love at first sight mess…unrealistic! Give me one REAL example of a REAL love at first sight couple…I dare ya. Third, ain’t nothing wrong with being alone at Christmas, who wants all them screaming ankle-biters around anyway..
Damn Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan and Nora Ephron…ugh.. Anyhoo back to watching Sleepless in Seattle…lol
BTW guys, feel free to ignore my frivolity…lol. Lately I”ve used my weekends to completely brush my shoulders from the political grind, so basically no big political things until Monday. Keeps me sane…lol
Tried to post a reply about the Twitter problem and can’t post so let’s try just posting this and see what happens.
That worked. The main Twitter problem involved r-pe threats and so the report abuse which may not solve the problem.
Yes, I read about that overseasgrannny. A lot of folks on twitter warned that a report abuse button could potentially be harmful as it could be used to suspend someone who merely disagrees. I don’t know if that’s what happened to me or if it is as UT and Dudette said. Either way, it sucks. I’m seriously having twitter withdrawals and missing conversing with my tweeps 😦
If those kind of threats don’t prove that r pe is a crime of violence and aggression and not of sexual desire then I don’t know what will. Really disgusting.
Perfectly said Mela – men are threatened with death – women are threatened with rape – everything to do with violence, control and hate.
QuikTrip, Trader Joe’s, and Costco operate on a different model, Ton says. “They start with the mentality of seeing employees as assets to be maximized,” she says. As a result, their stores boast better operational efficiency and customer service, and those result in better sales. [… ]
I truly love Trader Joe’s! Quality healthy food combined with excellent service.
Me too!!!!
Have been away since yesterday afternoon and had no internet connection for much of the time. Have a story to share, but will do it later. Here’s a hint: Sigh!………………:(
Good to hear from you, tnmtngirl! I hope you are well and finding strength to cope with your recent loss.
thumbs up!
HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius has, without fanfare, done a superb job!
saw this on Smartypants site…
BRAVO!!!
Smooth broke that down really perfectly! Excellent. thanks, prettyfoot:) Yes…Don was a condescending douche.
he has a way of breaking things down….I like how he dealt with the issue of racism…
Bravissimo! Would y’all think I’m a dork if I told you I was in tears and clapping by the end of that? There’s always great stuff on Smartypants’ site.
This was absolutely excellent!
He said it all and so eloquently.
It made me think about how in the ’70’s the Hippies were labeled because of the way they dressed, long hair, refused to bathe and they were blamed for everything under the sun. They were somebody’s children.
Speaking of which, a friend’s method works everytime to select ripe Honeydew melons. Shake the melon — if you hear the seeds rattle around, it’s ripe.
Only type of melon it works for, unfortunately. 😦
Smell a cantaloupe. If it smells like cantaloupe buy it, if not walk away. Same with many fruits. Yes, I’m the crazy woman standing in produce smelling everything.
hahahaha…I cannot pick a melon …hahaha
Saved and will print charts. Of course, I had to view videos on sidebar — I now know how to tell if an avocado is ripe and an easy way to hull a strawberry… Thanks for posting.
smiling!
wonder how Chips is doing with the wilderness….and the cow pies…..and the rain…. hi, Chips, if you’re peeking:)
Is she on way to see me? 😉
OOOO, I don’t know:) It’s a secret where she goes…but they have cows…and rain. That much I know
Sounds like WY. 🙂 This spring anyway.
Add this to the funnies:)
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I could become a polygamist for this man…..truly:)
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/george-clooney-hedge-fund-honcho-daniel-loeb-stop-161611465.html
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Not kidding, girl. SOOOO not kidding:)
Did y’all see this?
I respect the opinions of people who speak and who have lived in the Arab world a lot more than the MSM US and Brit (Blame the drones!) press.
Two primary factors for terror alert:
1) Holy Ramadan day (see prior examples in article)
2) The prison escape that Lib_Lib mentioned a day or two ago
Hello TODers!
I hope everyone is having a fun day.
Well, let me say that this has been a beautiful, wonderful, positive day for me.
I was so upset that the repealicans voted to repeal Obamacare the 40th time and walked off into the sun set for a month vacation. I could not sleep.
I woke up bright and early starting my walk to take the stress off and before I knew it I was in B&N. I politely bought all of the books(4) of them on the shelf. Entitled, “ObamaCare” Survival Guide by Nick J.Tate. He dedicates the book to the American People.
I plan to give these as gifts to my sister, niece and a friend who will be traveling on the bus with me August 24th to the March On Washington.
Before leaving B&N, I promptly told the young man at the register to order more. His reply was that automatically happens.
The point is: They are going to keep repealing this law because that is all they have. They have made up their minds to hate this man and there is nothing we can do. They don’t even care anymore that we know. Their hearts are set and that is a dangerous place to be.
So fighting this battle from a victorious position I am determined to :
Be strong!
We are not here to play, to dream,to drift;
We have hard work to do, and loads to lift.
Shun not the struggle; face it.
It’s God’s gift.
Be strong!
Say not the days are evil——Who’s to blame?
Or fold your hands, as in defeat—O shame!
Stand up, speak out,and bravely,
In God’s name.
Be strong!
It matters not how deep entrenched the wrong,
How hard the battle goes,the day how long,
Faint not, fight on!
Tomorrow comes the song.
By Maltbie D. Babcock
Also, I signed up to volunteer to elect Bill Thompson for Mayor in New York.
He was cheated the last time he ran due to Bloomberg’s money. Christine Gillibrand is Bloomberg’s protégée.
We do not need her to give them ideas Billary is a guarantee winner. I will not vote for her. VP Biden deserves and has earned my vote.
Well done LDS!! You are a rock!!
I second this! Standing ovation for you, LDS!
Pretty much! But for SOME REASON, they think they are self sufficient and NOT taking from the govt:) We need to change that conversation!
Finally some one tweeted the TRUTH!
ZERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOP= Give Zero to People Party
I love RC deWinter’s tweets! Thank you so much, desertflower, for sharing them. You are so incredible when it comes sharing some of the most informative and very relevant news.
From A Citizen @CuestionMarque 22h
“Republican Darrell Issa who made his fortune in car alarms has himself transformed into a loud, repetitive, annoying device.” – Bill Maher
Retweeted by RC deWinter
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If only the world could be ruled by women……
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/opinion/the-girls-of-summer.html?smid=tw-share
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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At least the Capitol building must smell pretty good because this gop Congress probably can’t even pass gas
df, That’s Funny…Funny…Funny
Where is everyone??? It’s 106 degrees outside right now…am I the only one stuck in the house on the computer???
Hi desertflower, how are you ? You are not the only one on the computer!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, anniebella!!! Someone is here with me, I’m so happy!! I’ve been occupying myself with music…..
Hi df – its 10.50am in my world – I’m doing the laundry in between reading TOD. Middle of the mildest winter for years – its 15C outside – I’ll have to go get a translation (I think most of the world except the US has gone metric) – that’s 59F – colder than it has been recently.
59? I won’t see that until January….maybe:) I’m going back and forth doing things around the house…laundry would be one! Wiping and yard stuff …so damn hot out that I really don’t want to go do outside things. I have to get up at 5am and go out then, before the sun comes up, if I want to work in the yard….come on, October! Don’t even want to go in the pool…the temp in there is 92 degrees….I picture myself in there and someone throwing in the potatoes and carrots:)
LOL – that’s one big vegetable cookout – Mrs O. would be proud of you 🙂 🙂
DF, you needed to be in San Diego! Our temperature was in the low to mid 70’s. Really great weather to go for walks or runs (well I can’t run that well these days until I lose this weight, but there were so many young people running and bicycling today). I am absolutely convinced that San Diego has the best weather in the entire U.S.
I think the GOP civil war is working; McCain has decided to throw #Palin and the tea party under the bus.
Agree with McCain 100%. We don’t need more armed civilians strung across our southern border from Corpus Christi to San Diego. I’ve mentioned before that a (short-term) next door neighbor worked for the Border Patrol when I was growing up. The border towns won’t be happy with hordes of armed vigilantes released in the midst.
John McCain has recently been acting as a responsible and sane person who is not beholden to the idiocy of his fellow GOP-teabag right wingers. I think he has probably decided not to run for re-election in 2016. So this is all about reclaiming his legacy as a maverick. In any case, lets hope he keeps this up.
well then! I’m gonna have to party by myself:) Not immune from that!
Listen to Robert Downey, Jr with Sting….pretty damn good:)
Here you go, friend …. two of my favorites ….
And, then there’s this incredibly special moment ….
Love them both:) Seeing Sting is on my bucket list…I’ve seen Springsteen. AWESOME…as if I needed to even SAY that! Thanks, Bob!
THANK YOU BOBFR….two of my favs!!
I like Omalley, he’s who I will vote for in the Primary.
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I like him too. I really hope he runs
What about Hillary? Just messing guys, vote for who ever you like.
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Anniebella, here are my top five 2016 Presidential choices:
#1. VP Joe Biden; #2.Gov. Martim O’Malley; # 3. Sec. Kathleen Sebelius; #4.Sec. Hillary Clinton; #5. Sec. Janet Napolitano. I will, of course, vote for any nominee of the Democratic Party in the general election..
This is SO amazing! This is the behind the scenes of Sting’s 60th birthday (60!) at the Beacon Theatre in NYC…which is what Robert Downey was singing at… Enjoy!
Oooooo… jackpot! Thank you df!!
Trying to give you a run for the money:) Never happen, but I’ll keep pushing! You are the bestest TOD DJ. No question.
TY for your very sweet words. But we got many music lovers amongst us, who share all kinds of terrific stuff — including you! 🙂
Everyone brings something great to the table. It’s one of the many reasons why I love TOD so much!
One more:) Can you tell I love him? LOVE HIM! Such a musical genius.
Musical genius and still damn sexy!
Sweet Jesus. I can’t help myself….
Evening all, ecletic mix tidbits of today. Something for everyone. thanks to everyone who contributes and keeps us all entertained and informed.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/08/03/the-genius-that-is-team-obama-ll/