On This Day: First Lady Michelle Obama greets former Olympic swimmer Summer Sanders, right, and her children, Skye and Spider, following a “Let’s Move! London” event at Winfield House in London, England, July 27, 2012. Sanders is serving as part of the U.S. delegation to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (Official White House Photo by Sonya N. Hebert)
amk, this is a very good article. Hopefully you can turn it in to a FP before you go to sleep today. I loved the pushback about Politico’s narrative for I too believe that Africa is ready for a hand up not a handout.
I am sitting at my desk with a fan blowing on my because the building air conditioning hasn’t kicked in yet!!! My hair will be in a ponytail in a few clicks if conditions don’t improve 😀 😀
Two things:
1. It’s articles like this (written way before he entered politics) that reveal PBO speaks from solidly held values. Makes perfect sense he can hold court in any arena because he ‘knows what he’s talking about’. IMO very few of all the other ‘experienced’ politicians on display have taken the time to know what they are talking about – it’s why IMO they depend so heavily on their advisers.
2. This is the reason why I’m optimistic about the direction he’ll take after 2017. Something in me wishes he’ll take another year or two to (be a public professor of civic duty) ‘move’ more voters towards maturity. Given his great record, I think he’d be the ideal leader to reactivate more of his grassroots followers to move to a higher level of consistent civic involvement.
Whether it’s a revitalization of OFA or a different push altogether, PBO could easily spearhead a movement re voting. Remember he’s done it before, even prior to his successful presidential campaign movement.
“Voting is a time where we all have an equal say – Black or White; rich or poor; man or woman.” ~B.H. Obama
“The biggest problem we have is people giving up their own power…voluntarily not participating” ~Pres Obama >> He’s a problem solver, when all is said and done. 🙂
Hi GGail. Yes, I remembered he passed fairly recently. There are only three living cast members: Marla Gibbs, the actress that played Jenny and the actors who played her brother and the 2nd Lionel. I did not know that Isabel Sanford was 20yrs older than Sherman Helmsley.
Thanks heaps for your posts this morning, CC! I had a hard time last night trying to find info on PBO in Ethiopia – seemed like he had disappeared (or maybe I just didn’t know where to look).
Have yourself a lov-e-ly vacay and be sure you wear your life jacket when sitting at the edge of the beach. 😉 Wouldn’t want DannyO to entice, or pull, you in when you least expect it!
In the meantime add DLC to AIPAC and GOP lobbyists collaborating in the massive effort Against Peace in the ME. 40 Million $$ the last I heard.
What they oppose is especially peace through diplomacy. ” Where’s the money in that?” ask the war profit-making interests.
Saudi oil companies are not very happy about this deal, either.
Unless oil companies hitch their wagons to the Irani oil companies they will be left out in the cold.
VC—-If you go back to the last thread and read my comments on precisely why these 4 senators are spotlighted now, you may find it interesting.
AIPAC and the DLC , not our Judith, have singled them out.
I read it earlier, V, AND I am *not* singling out our Judith. The tweet was my attempt at snark. I was trying to imply that choosing peace over war should be so obvious. This is one of the drawbacks *for me* of the 140 character restriction.
I’m very glad he’s keeping mum because I really don’t want to hear what he has to say. And he also probably has no credible response or alternative to PBO’s deal other than he doing what AIPAC tells him to do so he best just be quiet.
What great photos, LP. I’d love to see this exhibit, but the likelihood of my going to Ethiopia are slim to none. I wonder if they have a artist’s rendering of what “Lucy” looked life in her life?
Off day….basking in U.S. domination of the PanAm games 😀 😀 ….and patiently waiting for 6:00 PM when the top Dual-Threat HS Quarterback in the nation announces what college he will attend….it is 50/50 between Auburn & his hometown school of LSU.
Now I see why WordP delayed your first response, and rightly so – you were displaying poor sportsmanship! FTR ‘domination’ is not a very sportsmanlike word. 😀 😀
Thanks, JackieG, but I can’t hold a candle to Nerdy, Bobfr, Meta, and several more. I do like using Twiiter to jump over the constituent-only firewall of Congressional email.
Times’ Public Editor Margaret Sullivan investigated the “mess” as she called it and reached a verdict much closer to the Democratic version of what happened, though clearly the reporters involved blamed it all on a highly placed source who turned out to be not-so-reliable.
When you add together the lack of accountability that comes with anonymous sources, along with no ability to examine the referral itself, and then mix in the ever-faster pace of competitive reporting for the web, you’ve got a mistake waiting to happen. Or, in this case, several mistakes.
Reporting a less sensational version of the story, with a headline that did not include the word “criminal,” and continuing to develop it the next day would have been a wise play. Better yet: Waiting until the next day to publish anything at all.
Losing the story to another news outlet would have been a far, far better outcome than publishing an unfair story and damaging The Times’s reputation for accuracy.
What’s more, when mistakes inevitably happen, The Times needs to be much more transparent with readers about what is going on. Just revising the story, and figuring out the corrections later, doesn’t cut it.
Yep, that about covers it. There remains, inevitably, the High Politics of how the Times wants itself to be perceived in a political world where objectivity is largely thought to be impossible. Maybe the latest Hillary story’s handling was an honest mistake, or maybe it’s just about competition for a scoop, or maybe at some level—conscious or unconscious, and individual or collective—the Liberal Paper of Record would like a major Democratic scalp to brandish every time—and it probably occurs once a minute—it’s accused of being biased.
I just read the times review – and they are apologising for reporting an incorrect story and about the damage that does to the reputation of the Times – but NO apology to Mrs Clinton for spreading LIES which were picked up by all the media and are now part of RW folk lore – to be repeated ad infinitum until the election and no doubt through the next many years.
Wealth Comes in Many Forms: William Greaves’ USIA Films
Posted on July 14, 2015 by Audrey Amidon
This post was written by Criss Kovac. Criss is the supervisor of the National Archives Motion Picture Preservation Lab.
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William Greaves was a prominent African-American filmmaker and producer from the 1960s through the 2000s. He won an Emmy Award for the groundbreaking TV newsmagazine series Black Journal and is perhaps best known for his films Symbiopsychotaxiplasm (1968) and Ali, the Fighter (1971). Mr. Greaves began as an actor, becoming a member of The Actors Studio in 1948. His career led him everywhere from the National Film Board of Canada, to Africa, to India and around the world. One of the stops along the way was with the United States Information Agency (USIA).
Jeb chimes in on Fuckabee’s comments about the Iran Deal. Says What the Huck was wrong…..but……….
” It is a very bad deal ”
Was this deal distributed to all the candidates ? I doubt that very much so they all need to shut up or disclose how and who gave them all a copy of it. As far as I know, it has NOT been made public.
ll want are pictures of their faces so I can tweet them out. What we want to do is take their livelihood and then their freedom. their behavior meets the standard for a HATE CRIME charge aka domestic terrorism.
WASHINGTON — Picture this: In the early winter of 2008, a presidential candidate decides to upend conventional foreign policy wisdom by arguing that engagement, not confrontation, is the right route with Iran.
This isn’t some rhetorical gaffe. It’s a major policy pronouncement, laid out in a lengthy essay in a prestigious foreign affairs journal to give it gravitas.
But it’s the substance, not the placement, which matters here. In a dramatic and deliberate departure from the Bush administration’s policy of pre-emptive war, the candidate argues specifically for the concept of containment.
The stakes are too high not to, he insists. If “we do not put other options on the table, eventually a military strike will become the only viable one.”
This is no straw-man argument, the candidate assures the reader. There really are only a few paths available. If the U.S. sends military forces into Iran, the real winners will be the Sunni extremists who want regional hegemony. If the U.S. doesn’t engage at all, Iran will try to assert that hegemony itself.
In the middle is where America should be, the candidate says. And containment is the approach that must be taken.
We cannot live with al Qaeda, but we might be able to live with a contained Iran. Iran will not acquire nuclear weapons on my watch. But before I look parents in the eye to explain why I put their son’s or daughter’s life at risk, I want to do everything possible to avoid conflict. We have substantive issues to discuss with Tehran. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, 2008
Smartypants shared a link to a 1988 BHO article ‘Why Organize?’ Go see her very short intro…
What Obama Learned as a Community Organizer
I recently ran across this article that Barack Obama wrote back in 1988 while he was still a community organizer. The closing paragraph speaks not only to what he learned during those years, but it is a great example of why so many people talk about his amazing talent as a writer. Just imagine what it would be like if we had a President who wrote about urban Americans like this 🙂
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O, alright, for those who absolutely cannot themselves locate the link to the article, and to whet your appetites! 😀
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I’ve thought back on that conversation more than once during the time I’ve organized with the Developing Communities Project, based in Chicago’s far south side. Unfortunately, the answers that come to mind haven’t been as simple as her question. Probably the shortest one is this: It needs to be done, and not enough folks are doing it.
The debate as to how black and other dispossessed people can forward their lot in America is not new. From W.E.B. DuBois to Booker T. Washington to Marcus Garvey to Malcolm X to Martin Luther King, this internal debate has raged between integration and nationalism, between accommodation and militancy, between sit-down strikes and boardroom negotiations. The lines between these strategies have never been simply drawn, and the most successful black leadership has recognized the need to bridge these seemingly divergent approaches. During the early years of the Civil Rights movement, many of these issues became submerged in the face of the clear oppression of segregation. The debate was no longer whether to protest, but how militant must that protest be to win full citizenship for blacks.
Twenty years later, [remember BHO wrote this in 1988] the tensions between strategies have reemerged, in part due to the recognition that for all the accomplishments of the 1960s, the majority of blacks continue to suffer from second-class citizenship. Related to this are the failures — real, perceived and fabricated — of the Great Society programs initiated by Lyndon Johnson. Facing these realities, at least three major strands of earlier movements are apparent.
The Iran Deal Verified account
@TheIranDeal
Get the facts on the #IranDeal. Tweet us your questions, and we’ll set the record straight. Tweets may be archived: http://wh.gov/privacy
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FACT SHEET: White House Launches American Business Act on Climate Pledge
Today at the White House, Secretary of State John Kerry and senior White House officials will host 13 of the largest companies from across the American economy who are standing with the Obama Administration to launch the American Business Act on Climate Pledge: Alcoa, Apple, Bank of America, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Cargill, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Google, Microsoft, PepsiCo, UPS, and Walmart. The companies making pledges as part of today’s launch represent more than $1.3 trillion in revenue in 2014 and a combined market capitalization of at least $2.5 trillion.
The impacts of climate change are already being felt worldwide. Nineteen of the 20 hottest years on record occurred in the past two decades. Countries and communities around the world are already being affected by deeper, more persistent droughts, pounded by more severe weather, inundated by bigger storm surges, and imperiled by more frequent and dangerous wildfires. Rising temperatures can lead to more smog, longer allergy seasons, and an increased incidence of extreme-weather-related injuries, all of which imperil public health, particularly for vulnerable populations like children, the elderly, the sick, the poor, and some communities of color. No corner of the planet and no sector of the global economy will remain unaffected by climate change in the years ahead.
Hello TODers. It has taken me until today to be able to write this. Saturday, my precious, beloved husband left this life for a better world. He was at peace and ready to go. My son and I were with him at the end. He had been surrounded by love for weeks, and the day before his going was an unusual and special day with people coming to the house to show their love, which he fully felt. I will write more later when I can. Right now, I want to ask for special prayers, thoughts, and light for my son Steve, who has absolutely collapsed after being such a rock. His father’s death has just devastated him in a way he did not anticipate. I just got off the phone with him, and he needs all the strength from all the people possible.
He has never known life without his dad, and he was a remarkable man. So, I know you’ll remember me, but this time, I really want my son to be the center of your thoughts and prayers. Thank you.
Peace, comfort, love and light to all of you and per your request, most especially for your son. May his sweet memories sustain him and hold him close.
My heart goes out to you and your family, carolyn, especially Steve. He’s been strong for a while and now he is processing the reality of letting go. I send him lots of highest healing and a wish for peace as he goes through these days without his beloved father.
And to you, carolyn, my warmest wishes for this also. Thank you for letting us know. May you cherish the memory of such a good life wit this man. Take good care and please visit us when you can.
The love your family has known and nurtured in each other will sustain you all.
Sending positive, emotional healing energy to you, your family and Steve. In time, Steve (and all of you) will cherish your blessings and memories of his father. Steve is the man he is because of his wonderful parents.
Carolyn, my heart goes out to you and your Son. May your husband rest in peace and may you get strength from the people who love you and wish the best for you both. May God keep you and your Son in his sight. (((hugs)))
Carolyn, I am sorry beyond words that you’ve suffered this devastating loss and my heart goes out to you and your son. I hope that your son eventually finds peace and carries the love and memories of his father with him for the rest of his life. Bless you for providing your husband and partner with so much love in his last days. You are an amazing woman.
Carolyn, my sincere condolences to you and your family. May you be comforted by warm and loving memories. I am lifting you, Steve, and family in prayer.
Carolyn, I am so desperately sorry for your loss, may your beloved husband rest in peace and may you and Steve find the strength to get through these painful days. Endless love to you, look after yourself.
Carolyn you and your son Steve are in my heart and prayers. You seem very close to your family and friends and I hope the good memories will ease the pain you feel at your deer husbands loss. Big Hug.
Dear Carolyn and Steve – so sad to hear that you have lost the Earthly companionship of your beloved husband/father. No amount of anticipatory grieving really prepares one for the reality of so profound a loss. We send our love and support to add to that of your family and nearby friends. It will get less painful but not for a while.
Carolyn, please accept my deepest condolences on your dear husband’s passing. May you and Steve have the strength to keep pressing on at this difficult time. Wishing Steve some measure of peace and comfort in his grief – and hoping that the intense pain will get more manageable as time goes on.
meta, to tell you how bad the right wing racists bigots have gotten, I was reading today were the right wing haters were upset because the First Lady had spoke at the Special Olympics. Alot of racists ugly comments made.
I JUST PLACED THE PRESIDENT’S RESPONSES TO THE OUTPOURING OF ELEPHANT DUNG ON MY RIGHT WING FB…….THAT SHOULD SHIVER SOME TIMBERS!…I LOVE MY PRESIDENT…YOU GO PBO! AS HARD AS HE WORKED ON THIS TRIP FOR THE SAKE OF PEACE AND HUMANITY…I PRAY HIS REWARDS ARE ENDLESS!
Oil hit 47.00 a barrel today which is the big news we aren’t hearing that much about.
South Dakota, scene of a recent boom is closing wells and laying off workers.
If you’re not hearing about the Tar Sands and Keystone , it’s because the expense of getting oil out of the ground there and processing it elsewhere is not attractive at under 75 or 80 dollars per barrel.
This is a seismic shaking of world realities and Naturally, Our Brilliant and Prescient President has positioned America to succeed in the new reality.
TV busy being all about Fuckabee and Drumbp.
Yes. Oil companies and big banks and hedge funds that have full tankers floating all around the world. Wishing and hoping and waiting and conniving for the prices to rise.
Death of African American Teenager Sparks Chicago Race Riot
A white gang looking for African Americans during the Chicago Race Riot of 1919.
Red Summer (1919)
Chicago Race Riot of 1919 was a major racial conflict that started in Chicago Illinois on July 27, 1919 and ended on August 3,1919.
On July 27, 1919, an African American teenager named Eugene Williams was swimming in Lake Michiagn with four friends when they drifted toward the unofficial “whites-only” section of Lake Michigan Beach in Chicago, Illinois. Enraged at the encroachment, a white man on the shore threw stones at the black teenagers and struck Eugene in the head. He lost consciousness and drowned. When police responded, Eugene’s friends identified the assailant but a white police officer refused to arrest him.
News of the racially-charged incident spread quickly. White crowds were misinformed that a black teenager had thrown a rock and caused a white man to drown, while black crowds were misinformed that the police had prevented swimmers from rescuing Eugene before he drowned. Both groups erupted in violence that left an African American man and a police officer shot and many more injured.
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The Obama Diary 
See you all later
bt/ut, fp maerial
http://qz.com/464172/why-africa-loves-obama-and-its-not-why-you-might-think/
Nice little read:) He connects, that’s for sure:)
amk, this is a very good article. Hopefully you can turn it in to a FP before you go to sleep today. I loved the pushback about Politico’s narrative for I too believe that Africa is ready for a hand up not a handout.
‘WC Morning’, Ms GxG! What’s cooking in your corner? 😀
Gooooooooood WC morning VC! The heat index is cooking and it’s only 10:12 a.m. 😯
I looked it up and saw 23°C which likely means you’ll be sitting close to the air conditioner? I figure there’s no need for me to add ‘take it easy’.
I am sitting at my desk with a fan blowing on my because the building air conditioning hasn’t kicked in yet!!! My hair will be in a ponytail in a few clicks if conditions don’t improve 😀 😀
Here’s a tweet to help give this a ‘push’.
BTW, when are you heading out?
Awesome tweet VC 🙂
TY. I usually prefer not to use the title of the article in a tweet; to use instead one of the important statements.
that is a good point…will try to do that
😀 Hi Pf!
😉 Oftentimes I find the title is purely click-bait and doesn’t necessarily give a good idea of what’s being discussed.
yes…i read the article that PBO wrote…..Indeed…We are the Change We Seek!
Two things:
1. It’s articles like this (written way before he entered politics) that reveal PBO speaks from solidly held values. Makes perfect sense he can hold court in any arena because he ‘knows what he’s talking about’. IMO very few of all the other ‘experienced’ politicians on display have taken the time to know what they are talking about – it’s why IMO they depend so heavily on their advisers.
2. This is the reason why I’m optimistic about the direction he’ll take after 2017. Something in me wishes he’ll take another year or two to (be a public professor of civic duty) ‘move’ more voters towards maturity. Given his great record, I think he’d be the ideal leader to reactivate more of his grassroots followers to move to a higher level of consistent civic involvement.
i know he speaks of My Brother’s Keeper…but i wonder what will happen to OFA
Am crossing my fingers, Pf.
Whether it’s a revitalization of OFA or a different push altogether, PBO could easily spearhead a movement re voting. Remember he’s done it before, even prior to his successful presidential campaign movement.
“Voting is a time where we all have an equal say – Black or White; rich or poor; man or woman.” ~B.H. Obama
“The biggest problem we have is people giving up their own power…voluntarily not participating” ~Pres Obama >> He’s a problem solver, when all is said and done. 🙂
furst.
Happy Furst to AMK. I remember that picture. Who would name their kid spider. Fine for a nickname, but not for reals.
Yea, ‘Happy Furst’ to Amk, and see you after you’ve packed, CC!
Monday greetings to everyone else!
Thomas Jefferson?
Yes indeed.
Okay, did you have to look that up? 😀
I did since they didn’t give an answer. 😀
Hi Jojo – happy Monday!
Of course I googled it 🙂
Happy Monday to you too vc!
😀
I wonder why this tweet made me smile.
Her role was to get it passed. But I bet you knew that.
😉 I never *know* anything re HRC.
Well, other than I don’t trust her.
While she was SoS she was all for it……
Good Morning TOD Family.
OT sad news: Sherman Hemsley, Aka George Jefferson has passed away. May he rest in peace.
Indeed, still watch his reruns Be at peace!
Dakota, he passed away July 24, 2012……still may he rest in peace.
Hi jojo. I was just about to post that he died in 2012 too. Didn’t remember the month and date tho
Yes, may he rest in eternal peace
Hi GGail. Yes, I remembered he passed fairly recently. There are only three living cast members: Marla Gibbs, the actress that played Jenny and the actors who played her brother and the 2nd Lionel. I did not know that Isabel Sanford was 20yrs older than Sherman Helmsley.
That’s four…..
Sorry guys. Why does dated info keep popping up all over the place? I’ll have to be even more vigilant about checking.
No problem Dakota, it keeps us on our toes 🙂
Thanks heaps for your posts this morning, CC! I had a hard time last night trying to find info on PBO in Ethiopia – seemed like he had disappeared (or maybe I just didn’t know where to look).
Have yourself a lov-e-ly vacay and be sure you wear your life jacket when sitting at the edge of the beach. 😉 Wouldn’t want DannyO to entice, or pull, you in when you least expect it!
Time will tell.
In the meantime add DLC to AIPAC and GOP lobbyists collaborating in the massive effort Against Peace in the ME. 40 Million $$ the last I heard.
What they oppose is especially peace through diplomacy. ” Where’s the money in that?” ask the war profit-making interests.
Saudi oil companies are not very happy about this deal, either.
Unless oil companies hitch their wagons to the Irani oil companies they will be left out in the cold.
Senator Schumer damn well better support his own President over Netanyahu on the Iran Deal!
VC—-If you go back to the last thread and read my comments on precisely why these 4 senators are spotlighted now, you may find it interesting.
AIPAC and the DLC , not our Judith, have singled them out.
I read it earlier, V, AND I am *not* singling out our Judith. The tweet was my attempt at snark. I was trying to imply that choosing peace over war should be so obvious. This is one of the drawbacks *for me* of the 140 character restriction.
Sorry. I don’t always get the jokes.
What is not a joke is that those who live for profit generally are unimpressed by peace efforts.
NP – {shrug) it didn’t really cover all I wanted it to. On the subject of jokes, I’m one who very, very rarely gets them, so no worries.
I’m very glad he’s keeping mum because I really don’t want to hear what he has to say. And he also probably has no credible response or alternative to PBO’s deal other than he doing what AIPAC tells him to do so he best just be quiet.
He will support it – just doesn’t want to upset the loonies
I remember Lucy from Biology class 🙂
What great photos, LP. I’d love to see this exhibit, but the likelihood of my going to Ethiopia are slim to none. I wonder if they have a artist’s rendering of what “Lucy” looked life in her life?
Here are photos from the exhibit and a rendering http://www.ocregister.com/articles/lucy-496080-human-ethiopia.html
Jackie how was your Doctor appointment today? I hope you had some good news and outcomes.
smh – You, LPlains, have the strangest interests/memories (and research assistant)!
Greetings! I guess no sports (or classes) are currently happening?
Off day….basking in U.S. domination of the PanAm games 😀 😀 ….and patiently waiting for 6:00 PM when the top Dual-Threat HS Quarterback in the nation announces what college he will attend….it is 50/50 between Auburn & his hometown school of LSU.
BTW what are classes 😕
I hate WordPress…..I replied to you 2x but the kraken known as SPAM ate my comment both times…..guess you’ll have to wait….smh
I know exactly what you mean, LPlains. WordP has been trying to tick me off recently with this same approach! 😦
I’m quitting WP for………a few hours. That’s all I can muster 😦
…at least President Obama doesn’t think my *interests* are strange 😎
😯 He brought Lucy to dinner? Barf.
Well, VC, she is our collective “mama,” so I guess she belongs at any gathering of her descendents.
🙂 🙂 This is one of those times I would have said leaving great+grandma at home would be a good idea!
Glad to see you back after your medical visits, JackieG – means one less visit to anticipate.
Now I see why WordP delayed your first response, and rightly so – you were displaying poor sportsmanship! FTR ‘domination’ is not a very sportsmanlike word. 😀 😀
So her dad is the PR flak for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell…lets she hope she has a career after this foray:
Mrs. Trump #4, perhaps?
I pity the fool….I’ve always thought that was the real reason for all beauty pageants…lining up wifey material for the inevitable divorce!
Exactly. I wish he’d just concentrate on that, and leave the rest of us the hell alone!
Hiya LP and thanks for posting this! AG Lynch is not afraid to speak the truth!!!
Late to the @jmartNYT shaming, but here goes:
Judith, thank you for being such a tireless twitter warrior. I truly admire your perseverance.
Thanks, JackieG, but I can’t hold a candle to Nerdy, Bobfr, Meta, and several more. I do like using Twiiter to jump over the constituent-only firewall of Congressional email.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2015_07/the_times_fesses_up_sort_of056780.php
Times’ Public Editor Margaret Sullivan investigated the “mess” as she called it and reached a verdict much closer to the Democratic version of what happened, though clearly the reporters involved blamed it all on a highly placed source who turned out to be not-so-reliable.
When you add together the lack of accountability that comes with anonymous sources, along with no ability to examine the referral itself, and then mix in the ever-faster pace of competitive reporting for the web, you’ve got a mistake waiting to happen. Or, in this case, several mistakes.
Reporting a less sensational version of the story, with a headline that did not include the word “criminal,” and continuing to develop it the next day would have been a wise play. Better yet: Waiting until the next day to publish anything at all.
Losing the story to another news outlet would have been a far, far better outcome than publishing an unfair story and damaging The Times’s reputation for accuracy.
What’s more, when mistakes inevitably happen, The Times needs to be much more transparent with readers about what is going on. Just revising the story, and figuring out the corrections later, doesn’t cut it.
Yep, that about covers it. There remains, inevitably, the High Politics of how the Times wants itself to be perceived in a political world where objectivity is largely thought to be impossible. Maybe the latest Hillary story’s handling was an honest mistake, or maybe it’s just about competition for a scoop, or maybe at some level—conscious or unconscious, and individual or collective—the Liberal Paper of Record would like a major Democratic scalp to brandish every time—and it probably occurs once a minute—it’s accused of being biased.
I just read the times review – and they are apologising for reporting an incorrect story and about the damage that does to the reputation of the Times – but NO apology to Mrs Clinton for spreading LIES which were picked up by all the media and are now part of RW folk lore – to be repeated ad infinitum until the election and no doubt through the next many years.
Morning everyone.
It’s Monday. My wittiness level is very low. Need more water.
Haven’t yet read the article in its entirety but it looks interesting.
Wealth Comes in Many Forms: William Greaves’ USIA Films
Posted on July 14, 2015 by Audrey Amidon
This post was written by Criss Kovac. Criss is the supervisor of the National Archives Motion Picture Preservation Lab.
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William Greaves was a prominent African-American filmmaker and producer from the 1960s through the 2000s. He won an Emmy Award for the groundbreaking TV newsmagazine series Black Journal and is perhaps best known for his films Symbiopsychotaxiplasm (1968) and Ali, the Fighter (1971). Mr. Greaves began as an actor, becoming a member of The Actors Studio in 1948. His career led him everywhere from the National Film Board of Canada, to Africa, to India and around the world. One of the stops along the way was with the United States Information Agency (USIA).
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http://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2015/07/14/wealth-comes-in-many-forms-william-greaves-usia-films/
Wow this is great. The short film was very interesting, I also the US at one time an information agency. I’d love to learn more about their history
You know, I’ve been bouncing around so much I still haven’t watched it yet; 😀 will do so eventually though.
Jeb chimes in on Fuckabee’s comments about the Iran Deal. Says What the Huck was wrong…..but……….
” It is a very bad deal ”
Was this deal distributed to all the candidates ? I doubt that very much so they all need to shut up or disclose how and who gave them all a copy of it. As far as I know, it has NOT been made public.
You’ve taken to call him Fuckabee, too, I see. Suits him to a tee. What a damn piss poor excuse for a human.
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/07/27/3684677/huckabees-controversial-remarks-undercut-former-us-ambassadors-israel/
His website has no phone number…. I wanted to call and ask where he got a copy of the document..
older…but worth a shot
http://runner.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=about_contactus
Ha…. someone picked up the phone and then just hung up. Cowards.!
Did they answer it like it was “official” ??
No….. no one said anything…. just picked up and hung up….
Odd
Probably getting lots of calls,,,,,,
He claims he’s “read it all.” I didn’t even know he could read.
Reading is one thing, but comprehending it quite another.
So very true!
Good Lord help us all. Their headline alone makes me want to give up, too.
Just a kick to the groin…
ll want are pictures of their faces so I can tweet them out. What we want to do is take their livelihood and then their freedom. their behavior meets the standard for a HATE CRIME charge aka domestic terrorism.
WASHINGTON — Picture this: In the early winter of 2008, a presidential candidate decides to upend conventional foreign policy wisdom by arguing that engagement, not confrontation, is the right route with Iran.
This isn’t some rhetorical gaffe. It’s a major policy pronouncement, laid out in a lengthy essay in a prestigious foreign affairs journal to give it gravitas.
But it’s the substance, not the placement, which matters here. In a dramatic and deliberate departure from the Bush administration’s policy of pre-emptive war, the candidate argues specifically for the concept of containment.
The stakes are too high not to, he insists. If “we do not put other options on the table, eventually a military strike will become the only viable one.”
This is no straw-man argument, the candidate assures the reader. There really are only a few paths available. If the U.S. sends military forces into Iran, the real winners will be the Sunni extremists who want regional hegemony. If the U.S. doesn’t engage at all, Iran will try to assert that hegemony itself.
In the middle is where America should be, the candidate says. And containment is the approach that must be taken.
We cannot live with al Qaeda, but we might be able to live with a contained Iran. Iran will not acquire nuclear weapons on my watch. But before I look parents in the eye to explain why I put their son’s or daughter’s life at risk, I want to do everything possible to avoid conflict. We have substantive issues to discuss with Tehran. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, 2008
oopsy
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-huckabee-iran-deal_55b652c5e4b0224d8832d032?7cr3sor
IOKIYAR. SIckness
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/caught-on-tape-woman-smashes-car-window-to-rescue-toddler-trapped-in-hot-car/
Had a good ending, but this could have been horrific and it happens WAAAAAAY too often!
Smartypants shared a link to a 1988 BHO article ‘Why Organize?’ Go see her very short intro…
What Obama Learned as a Community Organizer
I recently ran across this article that Barack Obama wrote back in 1988 while he was still a community organizer. The closing paragraph speaks not only to what he learned during those years, but it is a great example of why so many people talk about his amazing talent as a writer. Just imagine what it would be like if we had a President who wrote about urban Americans like this 🙂
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http://immasmartypants.blogspot.ca/2015/07/what-obama-learned-as-community.html
…, then link to the article. You all know anything BHO writes is worth reading! 😉
O, alright, for those who absolutely cannot themselves locate the link to the article, and to whet your appetites! 😀
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I’ve thought back on that conversation more than once during the time I’ve organized with the Developing Communities Project, based in Chicago’s far south side. Unfortunately, the answers that come to mind haven’t been as simple as her question. Probably the shortest one is this: It needs to be done, and not enough folks are doing it.
The debate as to how black and other dispossessed people can forward their lot in America is not new. From W.E.B. DuBois to Booker T. Washington to Marcus Garvey to Malcolm X to Martin Luther King, this internal debate has raged between integration and nationalism, between accommodation and militancy, between sit-down strikes and boardroom negotiations. The lines between these strategies have never been simply drawn, and the most successful black leadership has recognized the need to bridge these seemingly divergent approaches. During the early years of the Civil Rights movement, many of these issues became submerged in the face of the clear oppression of segregation. The debate was no longer whether to protest, but how militant must that protest be to win full citizenship for blacks.
Twenty years later, [remember BHO wrote this in 1988] the tensions between strategies have reemerged, in part due to the recognition that for all the accomplishments of the 1960s, the majority of blacks continue to suffer from second-class citizenship. Related to this are the failures — real, perceived and fabricated — of the Great Society programs initiated by Lyndon Johnson. Facing these realities, at least three major strands of earlier movements are apparent.
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http://illinoisissues.uis.edu/archives/2008/09/whyorg.html
I may be the “last” to know:
The Iran Deal Verified account
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Tomorriw ? Thanks for the warning.
Exactly!
Santorum agrees with the Huck. Of course his grandfather returned to Italy to fight for Mussolini in WWll. I guess he forgot about that part.
Well I be dam, Santorum agrees with Huckabee. Well why wouldn’t one racists agree with another.
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FACT SHEET: White House Launches American Business Act on Climate Pledge
Today at the White House, Secretary of State John Kerry and senior White House officials will host 13 of the largest companies from across the American economy who are standing with the Obama Administration to launch the American Business Act on Climate Pledge: Alcoa, Apple, Bank of America, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Cargill, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Google, Microsoft, PepsiCo, UPS, and Walmart. The companies making pledges as part of today’s launch represent more than $1.3 trillion in revenue in 2014 and a combined market capitalization of at least $2.5 trillion.
The impacts of climate change are already being felt worldwide. Nineteen of the 20 hottest years on record occurred in the past two decades. Countries and communities around the world are already being affected by deeper, more persistent droughts, pounded by more severe weather, inundated by bigger storm surges, and imperiled by more frequent and dangerous wildfires. Rising temperatures can lead to more smog, longer allergy seasons, and an increased incidence of extreme-weather-related injuries, all of which imperil public health, particularly for vulnerable populations like children, the elderly, the sick, the poor, and some communities of color. No corner of the planet and no sector of the global economy will remain unaffected by climate change in the years ahead.
Hello TODers. It has taken me until today to be able to write this. Saturday, my precious, beloved husband left this life for a better world. He was at peace and ready to go. My son and I were with him at the end. He had been surrounded by love for weeks, and the day before his going was an unusual and special day with people coming to the house to show their love, which he fully felt. I will write more later when I can. Right now, I want to ask for special prayers, thoughts, and light for my son Steve, who has absolutely collapsed after being such a rock. His father’s death has just devastated him in a way he did not anticipate. I just got off the phone with him, and he needs all the strength from all the people possible.
He has never known life without his dad, and he was a remarkable man. So, I know you’ll remember me, but this time, I really want my son to be the center of your thoughts and prayers. Thank you.
{{Carolyn & family}}
Oh, Carolyn, my deepest condolences. I know how much you two were one.
Much love to you, carolyn, and praying for your dear son. God bless your family.
{{{carolyn}}}
My sincerest condolences. You and your family are in my prayers. May your beloved rest in Blessed Peace.
Blessings and prayers for you and Steve Carolyn……
Peace, comfort, love and light to all of you and per your request, most especially for your son. May his sweet memories sustain him and hold him close.
Healing blessings,thoughts, and prayers for your son and you!
My heart goes out to you and your family, carolyn, especially Steve. He’s been strong for a while and now he is processing the reality of letting go. I send him lots of highest healing and a wish for peace as he goes through these days without his beloved father.
And to you, carolyn, my warmest wishes for this also. Thank you for letting us know. May you cherish the memory of such a good life wit this man. Take good care and please visit us when you can.
{{{{ Carolyn and Son }}}}
My deepest sympathy to you all.
May your Husband Rest in Perfect Peace.
The love your family has known and nurtured in each other will sustain you all.
Sending positive, emotional healing energy to you, your family and Steve. In time, Steve (and all of you) will cherish your blessings and memories of his father. Steve is the man he is because of his wonderful parents.
{{{{{{{carolyn and family}}}}}}}}
carolyn, my prayer is for the Lord to wrap both {{{you and Steve}}} in His loving arms to give you strength to grieve and remember your loved one.
Please accept my condolences; will keep you and your son in my prayers.
You and your family have my condolences Carolyn and I will be keeping all of you in my thoughts.
I just said prayers for all of you, Carolyn. Be at peace, as your husband is.
My thoughts are with you in these difficult moments. Sincere condolences.
((((Love and Light)))) Carolyn & Son your TOD family is sending you virtual hugs and prayers.
Sincere condolences, Carolyn and Steve. Hoping Steve will have his memories of love to give him strength.
Oh Carolyn, so sad to hear this news. And yes, prayers for you and Steve.
Oh Carolyn my heart goes out to you. I will keep your son and all of your family in my thoughts and prayers.
Carolyn, my heart goes out to you and your Son. May your husband rest in peace and may you get strength from the people who love you and wish the best for you both. May God keep you and your Son in his sight. (((hugs)))
Condolences and thoughts to you and your son, Carolyn.
Carolyn, I am sorry beyond words that you’ve suffered this devastating loss and my heart goes out to you and your son. I hope that your son eventually finds peace and carries the love and memories of his father with him for the rest of his life. Bless you for providing your husband and partner with so much love in his last days. You are an amazing woman.
{{Carolyn and Son, Steve}}, I’m so sorry for your loss. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. May he RIP.
so very sorry for your loss, carolyn, and will indeed keep your son in my heart.
Carolyn, so very sorry for your loss. You and your son are in my prayers.
Carolyn, my sincere condolences to you and your family. May you be comforted by warm and loving memories. I am lifting you, Steve, and family in prayer.
So sorry for your loss, Carolyn. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Carolyn, I am so desperately sorry for your loss, may your beloved husband rest in peace and may you and Steve find the strength to get through these painful days. Endless love to you, look after yourself.
Blessings carolyn & peace to your son Steve, may he always remember the love of his Dad to help him through the times ahead.
Carolyn you and your son Steve are in my heart and prayers. You seem very close to your family and friends and I hope the good memories will ease the pain you feel at your deer husbands loss. Big Hug.
Dear Carolyn and Steve – so sad to hear that you have lost the Earthly companionship of your beloved husband/father. No amount of anticipatory grieving really prepares one for the reality of so profound a loss. We send our love and support to add to that of your family and nearby friends. It will get less painful but not for a while.
Carolyn,
Prayers to you and your family.
Oh Carolyn, my hugs, thoughts and prayers for you and your son.
Carolyn, please accept my deepest condolences on your dear husband’s passing. May you and Steve have the strength to keep pressing on at this difficult time. Wishing Steve some measure of peace and comfort in his grief – and hoping that the intense pain will get more manageable as time goes on.
My condolences, Carolyn & Steve. May he rest in peace and may your family find the strength in this moment of loss.
My condolences to you, Carolyn and to your son.
De-lurking to extend my deepest condolences to Carolyn and her son. I will keep your family in my prayers.
carolyn, sending warmest wishes and support to you. Bless you and your son..
Just wow! what an achievement
THIS THIS THIS
So true!
And when they say that PBO has ‘divided the country’, this is what is really going on.
🙂 I love the way this presidency has lifted a lot of rocks with roaches hiding underneath.
So sick and so true.
meta, to tell you how bad the right wing racists bigots have gotten, I was reading today were the right wing haters were upset because the First Lady had spoke at the Special Olympics. Alot of racists ugly comments made.
It’s gotten to the point where they’ve all been reduced to tiny wet piles of complete insanity.
“But the story so far has been a remarkable illustration of how little many professional political pundits seem to understand.”
YUP.
TY Nena!!
😉
Thanking the Press??? What is with these fools
And on this note…..See you all later
HAH!!!!…HE LOVES SCIENCE!!!!!
I JUST PLACED THE PRESIDENT’S RESPONSES TO THE OUTPOURING OF ELEPHANT DUNG ON MY RIGHT WING FB…….THAT SHOULD SHIVER SOME TIMBERS!…I LOVE MY PRESIDENT…YOU GO PBO! AS HARD AS HE WORKED ON THIS TRIP FOR THE SAKE OF PEACE AND HUMANITY…I PRAY HIS REWARDS ARE ENDLESS!
Oil hit 47.00 a barrel today which is the big news we aren’t hearing that much about.
South Dakota, scene of a recent boom is closing wells and laying off workers.
If you’re not hearing about the Tar Sands and Keystone , it’s because the expense of getting oil out of the ground there and processing it elsewhere is not attractive at under 75 or 80 dollars per barrel.
This is a seismic shaking of world realities and Naturally, Our Brilliant and Prescient President has positioned America to succeed in the new reality.
TV busy being all about Fuckabee and Drumbp.
I’M ON THE FLOOR…LAUGHING…YOU NEED TO MAKE THE POSTERS FOR THE REPUGS VICKI…THEY’VE FORGOTTEN HOW TO SPELL THE CLOWN CAR NAMES!
However gas prices in CA is still $4…….the oil companies are causing shortages on purpose.
Yes. Oil companies and big banks and hedge funds that have full tankers floating all around the world. Wishing and hoping and waiting and conniving for the prices to rise.
Chat on: http://theobamadiary.com/2015/07/27/chat-on-115/
TODAY – 1919…………JULY 27th, 1919
Death of African American Teenager Sparks Chicago Race Riot
A white gang looking for African Americans during the Chicago Race Riot of 1919.
Red Summer (1919)
Chicago Race Riot of 1919 was a major racial conflict that started in Chicago Illinois on July 27, 1919 and ended on August 3,1919.
On July 27, 1919, an African American teenager named Eugene Williams was swimming in Lake Michiagn with four friends when they drifted toward the unofficial “whites-only” section of Lake Michigan Beach in Chicago, Illinois. Enraged at the encroachment, a white man on the shore threw stones at the black teenagers and struck Eugene in the head. He lost consciousness and drowned. When police responded, Eugene’s friends identified the assailant but a white police officer refused to arrest him.
News of the racially-charged incident spread quickly. White crowds were misinformed that a black teenager had thrown a rock and caused a white man to drown, while black crowds were misinformed that the police had prevented swimmers from rescuing Eugene before he drowned. Both groups erupted in violence that left an African American man and a police officer shot and many more injured.
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http://racialinjustice.eji.org/timeline/
Dear heart they moved on about 15 minutes ago 🙂
😳 O dear!
/perking up/ How are the little princesses? I haven’t seen or heard a word on their progress in aaaaages!
They are doing very well. Talking, Walking and getting into mischief. Those “terrible twos” are right around the corner. 🙂
They have such great personalities. I spoil and send home every weekend.
😎 So now you can have real conversations and koochi-koochie-coo is history! 😀 😀
Well koochie-koochie-coo hasn’t completely disappeared but yeah we are having a real conversation about their ABC’s. 🙂
🙂 🙂