The Week In Toons

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3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286 Happy Pi Day! wh.gov/iDFzd http://t.co/AbTlNxVJNi

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The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 14, 2015

A million arm curls ✓ Calls with world leaders ✓ All in a day's work. Watch VP Biden respond to @FLOTUS: vine.co/v/O9TEhID2O2U #GimmeFive

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Vice President Biden (@VP) March 13, 2015

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The NYPD has been editing the Wikipedia pages of the people they've killed, like Garner and Diallo. Wow. capitalnewyork.com/article/city-h…

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deray mckesson (@deray) March 13, 2015

Rewriting history won't save the NYPD on.tnr.com/1MAYDNz by @JamilSmith

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The New Republic (@tnr) March 14, 2015

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Five #Ferguson residents file affidavit seeking to recall Mayor James Knowles: abcn.ws/1Ffj2Hx

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ABC News (@ABC) March 14, 2015

Campaign underway to oust Ferguson mayor u.afp.com/jpJ by @romacpher

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Agence France-Presse (@AFP) March 14, 2015

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"I'm not racist but" - White people proverbs

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zellie (@zellieimani) March 12, 2015

@zellieimani @XineLively It's code for "here comes some racism"

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Kristy (@codemonkey37) March 12, 2015

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@codemonkey37 @zellieimani Absolutely. My husband used to carpool w/ a guy who said, "I ain't racist or nuthin but..." Just stop right there

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Christine Lively (@XineLively) March 12, 2015

I'm glad those two #Ferguson cops weren't refused medical care, handcuffed, & left to bleed out like so many victims of police violence.

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Jesse Benn (@JesseBenn) March 12, 2015

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EricFive’s on point commentary about cops in Ferguson

No one knows who shot those cops, all we have is speculation and attempts to deflect blame from the epidemic of cops killing unarmed Black males. The “tension” between cops and minority communities is a decades old problem (police as occupying force instead of public servants). The recent spike in police killings of unarmed Black males is a symptom of the larger issue of White racial anxiety which is reaching dangerous levels. The cop in Atlanta who murdered the unarmed, naked veteran who had mental problems should open up a lot of eyes to what is going on, i.e., Black lives don’t matter to these folks. Being Black is becoming a capital offense in this country. How the response to an obviously mental ill naked man is to use deadly force (not a baton, not a taser, not calling for backup) tells me that they are looking for an excuse to murder Black people (more restrain is shown toward a fucking alligator walking through a golf course than a Black man walking down the street). By the “logic” displayed by the Atlanta cop, the proper police response to a Black man threatening to jump from a rooftop would be to call in the snipers to shoot the man. There will never be any semblance of “equality” in this country until a Black life is deemed by society to be of equal value to a White life. This has never been the case in this country and it most certainly is not the case today. All of this racial shit stems from the mental gymnastics that the institution of slavery required of a White society that had/has an almost pathological need to see itself as “good people” no matter what horrible shit they did. You cannot enslave folks you view as your equals. You cannot enslave a race of people you view as human and still see yourself as “good person”. Instead, to maintain a positive self image, the slaveholder has to convince both himself (and the slave) that the slave is “inferior” and DESERVES the horrible treatment he/she is forced to endure. That the slave is not HUMAN. This inability to see Black people as fellow human beings, the inability to understand the grief of a Black parent mourning for a child needlessly killed by the police is the same strain of racist/White supremacy that allowed for the enslavement of Black people in the “land of the free”.

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I was startled to learn this week that rap music causes racism. I had no idea so many grandparents were into hip-hop.

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Bearded Stoner (@beardedstoner) March 12, 2015

A headline so perfect it requires no article. http://t.co/ItI3DTnGtf

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TOMAS RIOS (@TheTomasRios) March 13, 2015

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Kerry weighs in on Iran nuclear deal, Israeli elections reuters.com/news/video?vid…

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Dan Williams (@DanWilliams) March 14, 2015

Kerry Promises Decisions Soon on Iran Deal and Restoration of Military Aid to Egypt nyti.ms/1DjFgco

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The New York Times (@nytimes) March 14, 2015

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when you get arrested and you know you aint do nothin wrong and the cops are on your last good nerve http://t.co/npnMwbYuy9

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Tracy Clayton (@brokeymcpoverty) March 13, 2015

And the media continues 2b abusive 2 Black People by interviewing Gulliani & asking The Brown family for statements on police shootings....

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Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) March 13, 2015

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Chat On

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(I think the gremlins set in with the comments in the last post, so here’s a new one – chat on, catch ya later!)

Chat Away

A man gestures ‘I love you’ in sign language as President Obama replies with the sign for ‘thank you’ as he greeted a crowd on arrival in Phoenix yesterday.

Rise and Shine

On This Day: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama await the arrival of Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom and Samantha Cameron for a State Dinner at the White House, March 14, 2012

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Today

The President attends the annual Gridiron Club Dinner in DC

(Not sure of the time, and per Count Knoller’s whining, don’t think there’s live coverage)

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On This Day

President Obam, First Lady Michelle Obama, PM David Cameron and his wife Samantha Cameron greet the crowd on the White House South Lawn after a formal arrival ceremony for the British prime minister, March 14, 2012

President Obama and PM Cameron walk together as they begin a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, March 14, 2012

President Obama walks PM Cameron to his motorcade following their meetings at the White House, March 14, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

PM David Cameron and Samantha Cameron arrive at the White House for a State Dinner in their honor, March 14, 2012

The White House is seen through the window of a tent on the South Lawn during the State Dinner in honor of PM David Cameron and Samantha Cameron, March 14, 2012. The interior of the tent is reflected in the window (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, along with PM Cameron and Samantha Cameron, talk with guests during the State Dinner on the South Lawn of the White House, March 14, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visit with PM Cameron and Samantha Cameron during a State Dinner reception on the Truman Balcony of the White House, March 14, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning!

Early Bird Chat

On This Day: President Obama listens as Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom offers a toast during the State Dinner on the South Lawn of the White House, March 14, 2012. Samantha Cameron is seated at right (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning!