"I will not rest until my granddaughters have every single right my son & my grandsons have." -VP #WomensEqualityDay pic.twitter.com/QyLQojYpTd
— VP Biden (Archived) (@VP44) August 26, 2014
RT if you agree: It's time to ensure #EqualPay for women → http://t.co/Gl6KNF4mnc #WomensEqualityDay pic.twitter.com/LBld03iKOX
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) August 26, 2014
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BREAKING: Egyptian state media announces a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel to halt seven-week Gaza war: http://t.co/uBmnRt3M16
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 26, 2014
Israel has agreed to Egyptian proposal for ceasefire that will be unlimited in time.
— Aaron Sagui (@aasagui) August 26, 2014
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BREAKING: Israeli official confirms Israel's acceptance of Egyptian-brokered cease-fire in Gaza war.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 26, 2014
CEASEFIRE IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED IN #GAZA
— Mohammed Omer ALMOGHAYER د. محمد المغير (@Mogaza) August 26, 2014
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.@BarackObama signing executive orders on military/#veterans #suicide prevention & health care http://t.co/20hD6myyc4 #ThankYouMrPresident
— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) August 26, 2014
The oldest National Parks service ranger is 92-years-old. And a total badass. http://t.co/Xrymbv5mbT pic.twitter.com/uNrlhptJ4A
— sideshow (@sideshow) August 25, 2014
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.@emilykassie with some gripping photos from #MikeBrown’s burial service: http://t.co/NAphQcjV2t pic.twitter.com/1DSiVBmqwC
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 25, 2014
At least 300 people marched in #Ferguson, marking 2 weeks since #MikeBrown shooting. pic.twitter.com/i3FyYqYNZJ
— Robert Cohen (@kodacohen) August 23, 2014
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White Privilege is actually my favorite show on the Fox Business Channel.
— L O L G O P (@LOLGOP) August 26, 2014
https://twitter.com/HenryADecker/status/504262960832073728
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How am I supposed to explain gay marriage to my husband, Fabrizio?
— Trevor S (@trevso_electric) August 26, 2014
I avoid taxes, buy elections and want to pick women's birth control coverage.
— L O L G O P (@LOLGOP) August 26, 2014
Am I technically a registered Republican or a corporation?
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#MikeBrown's alma mater, Normandy High, leaves the field as victors in its first game of the season, 21-8. pic.twitter.com/uWIJ3LlEbK
— Joel D. Anderson 🆓 (@byjoelanderson) August 23, 2014
Every police officer learns day one "Never level your weapon unless you are going to fire". This is illegal pic.twitter.com/KPCkjTgoPD
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) August 23, 2014
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Damn pic.twitter.com/ytXJcJ9ROt
— The Bible Lied (@antibible_t) August 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/503226472216403968
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Solidarity to #Ferguson from the entire Orientation class of Nova Southeastern University #handsup 🙌 pic.twitter.com/6INCFZ5HTX
— Dream Defenders (@Dreamdefenders) August 23, 2014
The parents of #TrayvonMartin and #JordanDavis speak at the United Nations: http://t.co/cUQpq2tv9K pic.twitter.com/ztBnB2acwT
— The Root (@TheRoot) August 23, 2014
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Skewers High Court For Forsaking Fight Against 'Real Racial Problem' http://t.co/1IHRW2N4cT via @HuffPostPol
— Nelson (@Yardarm756DD) August 22, 2014
#Ferguson pic.twitter.com/zA41737wyt
— Jamie (@DemInPGH) August 22, 2014
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As you panic looking for a job, & your employment benefits were cut off, take comfort knowing congress cleared 350K to sue the president.
— Lizz "Insufferable Wench" Winstead (@lizzwinstead) August 26, 2014
https://twitter.com/MikeOatway1/status/504242360725676033
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#BlackLivesMatter #Ferguson #MikeBrown #JohnCrawford pic.twitter.com/oE5XFJiDyu
— 🥢🥡Lumpia (@_AsianDope_) August 21, 2014
The Obama Diary 
Wasn’t someone—okay, me—saying “Wait until August for the polls to turn”?
*FOX* poll last week had D +7….not a peep on the mass hysteria front
Same pollster has Michelle Nunn up by 7 pts in GA.
Congrats on your gold!
But but little Nate told us that the GOP wave is thus upon us!
I say “feh” on little Nate—one of my least favorite children’s series—and stick with Big Sam Wang. (tee hee)
GE TOD….
Perhaps you’ve heard that today is National Dog Day. According to the website devoted to the occasion, it was founded in 2004 to honor dogs for “their endearing patience, unquestioning loyalty, for their work protecting our streets, homes and families.” The holiday sparked the hash tag #NationalDogDay, in which Twitter users posted photographs of their favorite dogs. And that quickly turned to veterans and U.S. service members sharing pictures of military working dogs and other canines they encountered while deployed….continued
Here we go good people of USA!
I’ve been contributing regular small amounts (all the way from Illinois) to ol’ Charlie. He simply MUST oust Rick “The Alien” Scott this year, just in case I move back to Florida – plus some of my grands are still there! Plus Rick Scott is a total nutjob.
Didn’t mean to write that, as though it were “all about me.” Although it is. Sorry, world!
1st!
Ok, so not first. Nevermind then, good night all.
And, boom.
Who would have thought…..kinda feel bad for the start-up
Good Evening TODVIlle!
Last month, an American media executive arrived in Doha with a retired FBI agent known for his extensive contacts within the government of Qatar. The two men had come to meet with Ghanim Khalifa al-Kubaisi, the chief of Qatar’s intelligence service, and to discuss the whereabouts of an American journalist, Peter Theo Curtis, who had been missing in Syria for nearly two years. After the pair had waited for hours at the St. Regis Hotel in Doha, Kubaisi appeared with a small entourage. He had some good news. “We’re trying to find him,” Kubaisi told the visitors…..
…Although Obama administration officials noted that Curtis was released following a “direct request” by his family for Qatari assistance, in fact the tiny Persian Gulf nation had been working on the case for months at the request of the Obama administration. Qatar, whose relationships with Islamist groups has at times been publicly questioned by the administration, has privately become the go-to U.S. partner for indirect communications with those groups. They include Hamas, at war with Israel in the Gaza Strip for the past month, and Jabhat al-Nusra, the group that held Curtis, which the United States has designated a foreign terrorist organization and a “wholly owned subsidiary” of al-Qaeda. Beyond the Middle East, Qatar facilitated peace talks between the United States and the Taliban in Afghanistan that ended without success last year. This spring, it helped arrange the exchange of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the only U.S. service member held by the Afghan militants, for five Taliban detainees held in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The five currently reside in Qatar…..
….At 9:04 a.m. Saturday, Bradley received a text from Kubaisi: “Done,” with a thumbs-up emoji. Then, at 11:42 a.m., Bradley received another text from the intelligence chief: “now Peter in safe hands.” Curtis was taken to the Golan Heights in Syria and later to Israel, where FBI agents from the bureau’s Washington Field Office were waiting for him. Nancy Curtis got the news almost immediately, with a call from one of the FBI agents who was involved in the case. She told Curtis her son was in “good shape but very emotional.” On Sunday, Curtis spoke to her son while he was at a hotel in Tel Aviv. She said in an interview that her son was “beyond elated.” “Mom, they’re treating me so well,” he told her. “I am in a fantastic hotel. I can have a beer. There are women here.” Curtis said she can’t wait for him to get home. “I am going to confiscate his passport,” she said.
Mo. Gov. Nixon expected to announce Wed. that he is naming former St. Louis police chief, Dan Isom, an African American, to his cabinet as director of public safety.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/former-st-louis-police-chief-getting-spot-in-nixon-s/article_b298dc12-9e6c-586c-bc85-3c180d3e429b.html
hello dotster…
just keep in mind he named Capt Johnson early on…..but then he had NO power to control the Ferguson Police Force….it will take more than on black face on his cabinet.. to turn that culture around…and I would be most interested in knowing …what exactly are his duties and responsibilities…and how much staff and power he will indeed have…
stilllll….if they want to change the culture in Ferguson…they could start by arresting Darren Wilson…they called for a grand jury…but they do not need a grand jury to arrest him…see the twitter storify by Reign of April
I’m sorry that link is broken…….
this is the link that works….
https://storify.com/ReignOfApril/a-grand-jury-primer
Just to tease you all, the menu for tonight:
Baby back ribs, dry rubbed with Magic Stuff, baked in the oven
Brussel sprouts, sauteed in olive oil, with garlic and bacon
I am hungry now! That is not fair.
Baghdad Bob is back, and I don’t mean you, Bobfr.
Isn’t that something about Kevin Miner, not a shot fired at him. If he was a black man he would have been shot dead. Say again how race has nothing to do with it.
What exactly has Bernie Sanders actually accomplished in Congress in all his time there?
I am watching Gov. O’Malley quietly organizing and sending his people to states to help them with this election. Does this sound familiar? Wasn’t this the game plan of a certain little known Illinois State and then U.S. Senator before 2007? This kind of on the ground organizing is the best way to win primaries…..Stay out of the national news, make no book tours, but work, work, work.
Yes! He’s making all the right smart moves, building a grassroots coalition and helping where he can. He’s flying under the radar now but I expect that will not hinder him in any way.
Amennn
Once the midterms are over, I’m ready for O’Malley!!
Think Bilary will suggest he dropout and be Hil’s VP? Remember that *ish? LOL…
A small laugh break:
Governor – GOP Primary
5077 of 5804 Precincts Reporting – 87%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Scott, Rick (i) GOP 812,042 88%
Cuevas-Neunder, Elizabeth GOP 97,887 11%
Adeshina, Yinka GOP 16,403 2%
Governor – Dem Primary
5077 of 5804 Precincts Reporting – 87%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Crist, Charlie Dem 595,594 74%
Rich, Nan Dem 206,786 26%
So a corrupt rethug gets more votes than the two dem candidates combined?
Will the left ever learn the power of voting?
Wow, that is SO depressing. UGH.
Does FL have “open” or “closed” primaries?
Replicators. We are in freaking Star Trek territory now.
It isn’t that expensive and it would help a great deal in curtailing homelessness, should We The People put our minds to it.
Oh, as a futurist geek, I’m all for it. I think what’s flying completely under the radar is that the technology which is being developed at this minute threatens to completely upend capitalist economics, when we move from an economics of scarcity to one of abundance.
Many people don’t even need abundance – they’d settle for just enough.
Heh heh heh! 😀
Rachel Maddow doing a segment on the case of the
Suicide by gunshot while handcuffed behind his back in Louisiana
(not that the LA shooting story isn’t important)
But she’s not covering the primaries? Hmm…..
What a contrast from 2010. What a difference four years makes…I wonder what changed…
this seriously questions the validity of autopsies and points to the fact that some who do these sorts of things are politically motivated.
Americans not as Fatuous as the Unison DC/NY ditto talking heads think We The People are? 😉
just like Corny and Tavis are poverty pimps, the media are stupidity pimps. But folks no longer accept being pimped.
LL, I love the epithet used to describe my two best friends, Corny and Tavis. Ha!
“Ironically, Alexandr’s page also displays the underlying reasons for Russian anti-western conspiracy theories that seek to find enemies in the rest of the world. It is the only explanation for the poor state of affairs and grim reality that Russia offers for its citizens.”
It’s all the same, no matter where you look on the planet – the wealthy few (oligarchs, plutocrats, whatever other fancy term for ‘Slave Master’ you want to select from the lexicon) – manipulate the poor in spirit, in education with fear and hate to only one end, the further enrichment and empowerment of the Slave Master.
Have absolutely no idea how this comment landed here …. WP is such a FAIL!!!!
I swear I do believe the President’s hair has turned gray because of all the STUPID he has to deal with hourly. And really, I love it when the President “plays golf.” There’s no one in the world who can match PBO when it comes to “playing golf.” Even old wingnut and dumbass bibi had to FINALLY put his club down when he tried to go a couple of “rounds” with the master’s master, President Barack Obama.
Excellent Tweets. Miner and Brown Tweet about #Ferguson is telling and so blatant.
The lying Bishop Willard Mitterrand Romney has finally 😆 🙄 😆 came close to shading his lying ways on 2016……..Please proceed, Governor.
The devil made me do it…
Hahahahahahahahaha. Thanks for the laughs, Mitt.
Mitt Romney 2016……:) I don’t know whether to laugh or cry 😦
🙂 or 😦
Losers just love ❤ to lose. It's what they do best.
How did PBO’s sppech to the bets go y’day? Did they even appreciate what he and flotus have done for them? Or were they just morose at the kenyan usurper?
speech to the vets …. sheesh. coffee hasn’t kicked in yet.
I just figured your IPad changed what you typed. Mine is always doing that.
Scattered applause, pretty muted. But he gave a great speech and I think they appreciate the new initiatives.
Guess they deserve only their dumbyas and the darths, who will gladly see them die. Pathetic.
I kept thinking along those lines as I watched. He is the best CIC and they can’t see it. Really absurd.
state deadlines to register are coming closer and closer;
I don’t know how we can focus on these deadlines;
because at the end of the day, GOTV actions are undermined if the people are not registered to vote or in some states, if there is even a minor discrepancy in their voter information ;
Where is the DNC on this? Maybe I’m missing it, but I’m not really seeing any efforts on this front.
Good evening, TOD. I’ve had a busy, busy day. Have managed to quickly lurk/scroll through most of the threads. The short period of time I was home last afternoon, I listened to PO’s speech today to the American Legion. As usual, he was magnificant. The audience–not so much. I keep hoping that it was the placement of the microphones in regards to the applause that could be heard. I’m probably clutching at straws. Just hurts me so much that he goes to those gatherings and speaks from the heart — and anyone would have to be an evil person and filled with hate — to not know that he was speaking from his heart and he gets treated like that. Tepid, shall we say. SIGH and SMH.
Mention earlier, friends of mine are at the convention.
The important thing is that PBO went to the American Legion convention, and he made important announcements. I don’t want to insult anyone, but my dad, my husband and my son are all vets. Not one of them belonged or belongs to the American Legion. Look at the age, color and gender of the audience. They are dying off, and the Legion is diminishing in size and influence. They know it…..to me they are like boys who still want to play war, and wear their little overseas caps and talk about their exploits. Even in OKC their posts are dying out and closing. I’m sure several score of them were convinced by the President, even if the applause was not raucous. He just keeps going and going and going.
Good points, Carolyn. As I said, HE was stellar! as always. So proud of him. Love that mam.
*man*. Time for me to say g’night.
Same here…..Dad, Uncles, brothers, Hubby all vets…none were ever members of the American Legion that never welcomed POC no matter how or where they served.
http://www.serpo.org Anyone here familiar with this? Feedback would be appreciated and welcomed.
On another smaller political note: today was the runoff primary day in Ok. Everyone I voted for won. Of course, it was the Demo primary, but still my candidates won, and they are the stronger against the Repubs. My good friend, who is a long time political observer and writer in the state, thinks these particular people have a good chance of winning, particularly the candidate for State Supt of Public Ed and the Cong. Rep candidate. Also, a graduate of the college where I teach, won a run off for the State Senate, and will be the Senator, because there was no Repub opponent. He is a very liberal Democrat, running in the right district. His father is the former dean, so many people were surprised that he is a Demo. He is quite concerned with social justice issues.
Now we have to get Democrats out to vote in the general. The Repub woman elected as State Supt of Educ in 2010 has been such a disaster, that I don’t think the people will elect another Republican. She had been a dentist, without one year of working in the Ed field. The Demo candidate has spent at least 28 years in public ed, with 22 as a superintendent. His Demo opponent was CEO of the charter school where my daughter taught for three years. Really awful.
People in Oklahoma really pay attention in Sept and Oct. The State Fair is in Sept, so a lot of politicking and registration takes place then.
“Of course, it was the Demo primary, but still my candidates won, and they are the stronger against the Repubs.”
FANTASTIC news, Carolyn!!!
Had to do this before departing!
Yes We Must
Just in case the TOD link doesn’t align with your comment, Carolyn, due to WP and browser weirdness …
https://twitter.com/Our4thEstate/status/504498259365081089‘
good night folk
Okay folks, time to wind down. See everyone in the morning.
For those who like the show True Detective ….& if you watched the Emmys last night 😀
I feel like President Obama looks like the Dodge Ram symbol & Paul Ryan w/ Wendy’s pigtails didn’t work for me either(need to step up their photoshop game)
One of the reasons I don’t buy e-books. If I like a book well enough to part with my hard earned $$$$, you best believe I want a permanent copy!
I had never thought about it Alycee – but at the minute I’m not really concerned. i use the kindle for convenience & most of what I read, the family would probably give away if in printed book format.
The article, I did find interesting – especially when talking about setting up a trust to own things such as kindle/itunes account. They made this comment – “tech companies could easily shut down the scheme by stipulating that an account holder must be “human” rather than a trust.” I’d like to see that go to the supreme court – given they have ruled that “corporations are people” .
This is the type involvement I’ve been waiting for … Go, Bill!
IMO, Ms Sasha Obama will emerge as a transformational force for an equitable America & for humanity.
Good night TOD.
#OWNthe114th …. the quality of your life and of humanity’s depend on that outcome.
Yes We Must
To fully understand what was happening in Ferguson you may want to follow the work of Michelle Alexander and Khalil G. Muhammad.
As examples you’ll find these two fact-based presentations instructive, if not very troubling, about the state of affairs. Worth full views.
Michelle Alexander lecture at the University of Chicago, 2013:
Khalil Gibran Muhammad talk with Bill Moyers, 2012:
http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-confronting-the-contradictions-of-america%E2%80%99s-past/
Chips, Nerdy, if possible please re-post the above for TOD’ers in your new post. Will be offline most of tomorrow. Off to bed!
Morning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/08/27/early-bird-chat-338/