A Tweet Or Two

Extremely significant development: Arab nations tell Kerry they're willing to carry out airstrikes against ISIS: nytimes.com/2014/09/15/wor…

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Mark Landler (@MarkLandler) September 14, 2014

Arab Nations Offer to Conduct Airstrikes Against ISIS, U.S. Official Says nyti.ms/1nVa2Mu

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The New York Times (@nytimes) September 14, 2014

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Democrats' path to keeping their Senate majority is looking easier nyti.ms/1AHpNwm http://t.co/eYo285rPKV

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The New York Times (@nytimes) September 14, 2014

The U.S., an outlier on maternity leave. Map version. MT @conradhackett: http://t.co/x9jNk48EUk

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David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) September 14, 2014

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When African-Americans point out to white society that cops are not there to “protect and serve” them and white society is all “huh?,” this is a perfect example

The LAPD mistook a black woman kissing her white husband for a prostitute. In America. In 2014 bit.ly/XflhIz http://t.co/p6JtY69pPn

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Jared Keller (@jaredbkeller) September 14, 2014

LAPD confuses black actress kissing white husband for a prostitute mic.cm/1uN7pAo http://t.co/0r0LPLUlku

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Mic (@micnews) September 14, 2014

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Boy, that gay football player has really ruined the NFL this year.

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CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) September 12, 2014

Oh, you want us to declare war on a whole religion, people who think gay people having wedding cakes threatens your religious freedom?

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  (@LOLGOP) September 14, 2014

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Black woman forced to resign because of her posts and support about #Ferguson blackgirlnerds.com/racial-discrim… #p2 #UniteBlue

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  (@GrooveSDC) September 14, 2014

To Republicans, poverty is a life choice — like being gay or menstruating. eclectablog.com/2014/09/utahs-…

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  (@LOLGOP) September 14, 2014

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For those who don’t know, this is in reference to Adrian Peterson

Sometimes I want to hit my kids but then I remember I'm 6'3" & 225 lbs & then I don't.

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rob delaney (@robdelaney) September 13, 2014

Racism lives in dreams too

Perhaps some dreams shouldn't be caught http://t.co/UaF4W7RaDU

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Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) September 13, 2014

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Yes. Richard Dawkins is a jerk

I don’t need femsins jails are BURSTING AT THE SEAMS with men who are there based on false accusations of rape http://t.co/wuKy9ere0Q

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WomanAgainstFeminism (@NoToFeminism) September 13, 2014

"My big concern is that too many men are being falsely accused of rape." - a guy who just told you everything you need to know about him

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  (@LOLGOP) September 13, 2014

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"A few miles from the street where Michael Brown died is the grave of Dred Scott..." bigstory.ap.org/article/new-fo… http://t.co/gDiuai3LQJ

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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) September 13, 2014

Happy 20th bday, Violence Against Women Act. Here are all the lawmakers who voted against you last year! bit.ly/1rcCwHV

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jennifer bendery (@jbendery) September 13, 2014

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"I beat my dog with a belt." "You monster!" "I beat my child with a belt." "Well you have to have discipline."

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Gyno-Star (@GynoStar) September 13, 2014

Mark Sanford is burning a CD for everybody that explains his breakup and you have to listen to the songs in order to get all the meaning.

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  (@pourmecoffee) September 14, 2014

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In my mind, the electronic Cotton Eye Joe was playing during the Palin bar brawl. That's the way I prefer to imagine it.

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  (@pourmecoffee) September 13, 2014

We get it birds. The weather is changing. You don't hear us whining about our problems to you.

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  (@pourmecoffee) September 14, 2014

Shame on ABC and CNN for exploiting Foley tragedy

This past week saw American corporate media at one of its criminally shameful worst. And there is gross competition for how low they can go. Brian Ross of ABC news led the pack in exploiting the grief of James Foley’s family to push utterly offensive nonsense that the White House was derelict in pursuing efforts to rescue James Foley from the grip of the Islamic State in Syria and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL/IS). At the heart of this spurious attack is the media’s sensational headline that Foley’s mother claims that the Obama administration threatened them with prosecution if they paid ransom money to the militants to secure their son’s release.

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Bam! That framing was all that was needed to shift focus away from the heinous actions of the militants, to the virulent and cynically profitable blame-Obama-for-any-and-all-horror-that-happens-in-the-world syndrome in our political zeitgeist. And like clockwork, the rest of the media, politicians, and many commentators were baited and hooked by this media scam, including, I’m sorry to say, the Foley family itself.

Rise and Shine – and Chat On

Randomness

MooooOOOOoooorning again – chat on!

Early Bird Chat

On This Day: President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk in the West Garden Room of the White House, prior to an event with the 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams on the South Lawn, Sept. 14, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning – Happy Sunday!