Exactly. The notion that the huge number of gun violence in America is a cause of mental illness is such nonsense and further stigmatizes those with mental illnesses who wake up everyday and contribute to society
We should really ask every other country on earth how they all eliminated mental illness, since that's the source of all gun massacres.
More on that another time, JF, will there be a chance for a cup of tea when you come up – soon? (Doesn’t sound as if Mr & Mrs Bobfr will be able to fit it in, but they should know they are welcome!!)
We will be up in the next month or so to help Erika move into her new place, but she is going to the Greek Island of Lesbos on a medical team helping the refugees. Schedule uncertain. Will keep you posted!
Chipsticks, sent you a screen cap from The Other 98%, very appropriate to the discussion about guns and abortion. I can’t post it here in the .png format. ❤
This is the single issue candidate reference that PBO made, if I am reading this correctly.
VP Joe Biden—all in for sensible gun legislation. We at least will have a possibility of sanity.
The other (D) candidates–not so much.
VP Biden was TERRIFIC. I love his honesty and his passion. No focus groups for this guy. He speaks straight from his heart.
And I do believe the crowd noticed that, too.
Good evening…..have been out of town for a few days visiting my son and his family. Had a wonderful and busy time. Last night I felt like I was part of “Friday Night Lights” as I went to a TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMNG FOOTBALL GAME!!! never been to one before, never will go again, but it was worth it (the first half only) because my grandson is in the marching band, and it was a thrill to see him. Two big suburban Dallas schools played each other…..pretty well matched. The competition was in the half time show. the other team had the better girls’ drill team, and the lesser band; we had the lesser girls’ drill team, but the MUCH BETTER band! Football, marching bands and girls’ drill teams (think Dallas Cowboys) are very big in Texas. In fact, the whole idea and form of the girls’ drill team originated in Texas. The parking lot was jammed, we spent at least twenty minutes just driving through canyons created by cars looking for a place, then someone pulled out of a spot, and we pulled in. As soon as the band left the field, we left. However, we found out this morning that our team won.
Then, this morning I went to my six year old granddaughter’s soccer game at 8 a.m. Yes, they start that early and go all day. My nine year old grandson has signed up for a rollerblade hockey team…..just like ice hockey, but of course, no ice in Texas. Texas, is indeed, in many ways a whole other country. But, my son and family live there, so I will be there frequently…..more so now that I am alone.
When I got into the car with my friend who picked me up, she said, “You look happy.” No one’s been able to say that to me for months…..probably over a year. This weekend was good for my heart and soul. I’ll be going again for Thanksgiving.
Carolyn, there’s nothing like the love of family and the joy of grandchildren to lighten the soul. I’m very glad that you had this chance to feel hope again and am very happy that you’re returning at Thanksgiving.
Ok. TOD folks, I’m gonna say, based on POTUS not so flattering comment yesterday about Clinton – and her bs comments on Obamacare, that VP Joe Biden is going to run. Just throwing out some speculation for some conversation lol!
see the fucker in front? he is apparently the bully who has to have everything. I distract him by throwing the peanuts down the stairs and then feed the others from my hand.
Geez, AMK, these creatures are ENORMOUS! I can’t imagine what it would be like to have them lurking outside my window everyday. Aren’t they a public health risk?
No, they aren’t. (at least no one has died so far that I know of)
Every year, we trap them and then take them to a mini-forest about 60 klicks away. But somehow, within weeks, we get another gaggle…. I smell a conspiracy…. I blame Obama.
After an unexpected smash hit of a first season, Sleepy Hollowstumbled in its second, focusing too much on Katrina (Katia Winter) and Henry (John Noble) while the rest of its diverse ensemble waited in purgatory — sometimes literally. But it’s not too late for TV’s only apocalyptic time travel procedural to find its way out of the woods and back onto the highway — to the tune of “Sympathy for the Devil” — and after Thursday’s solid return, it looks like the show is on the right path. Here’s why the season 3 premiere has us fist-bumping again:
1. Those pilot callbacks
Series star Tom Mison (Ichabod Crane) says that he wouldn’t necessarily call this a reboot to season 1, and it isn’t. Sleepy doesn’t need to start over entirely. But the echoes of the pilot in Thursday’s episode did send a message that the show is getting back to basics — with a few new twists to honor the characters’ growth. The season 3 premiere found Abbie (Nicole Beharie) bailing Crane out of custody again and taking him to a crime scene uninvited. It also found her doubting every word out of his mouth, but not because she still has questions about the whole apocalypse thing. She just thinks they took care of it already. There’s also the small matter of the fact that Abbie’s mentors keep losing their heads — though this boss worked for the Bureau. Moving on up.
It’s too scary for me to watch, but I’m very happy for Ms. Beharie that Sleepy Hollow appears to be doing better this season. She’s a great actress and she deserves a long and fruitful career.
I’m just bummed she’s only got time to compete in maybe two more events before then end of the year, then she’s being deployed to Iraq for a year! Ugh! She just got back from Korea in August, now this! [Sigh!]
We will keep Light and Love all around her while she is deployed. I imagine in real live 3 dimension she is one dynamite woman!! A photo says a lot, but being near someone, hearing their voice, watching them move, and how the brain works, she must be fascinating! Bless her, she is amazing to be in the armed forces. A force for good, I reckon! ❤
“The celebration inside the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal ceremony was tempered by some harsh truths: The fight for African-American equality is not over, there is more work to be done, and everyone is implicated.
On the heels of a bruising year that saw the deaths of Freddie Gray and Sandra Bland while in police custody, and the mass killings at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research on Wednesday afternoon honored seven luminaries whose pivotal social and cultural contributions follow in Du Bois’ footsteps and “represent both the triumphs of the work that has been done and the vastness of the work that needs to be done,” said Harvard’s Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his opening remarks.
“Indeed, ladies and gentlemen,” Gates added, “black lives matter.”
The honorees were varied and accomplished. They included recent U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Children’s Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman, businesswoman Mellody Hobson, journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault, hip-hop artist Nasir “Nas” Jones, and photographer Carrie Mae Weems. But one, receiving his award in absentia, floated, you might say, like a butterfly: the legendary boxer and activist Muhammad Ali…”
Carolyn, beautiful to hear of your heart being filled with so much joy from your visit with your family. Keep it open to those beautiful and joyful moment to keep your healing being fulfill. Lots of loving hugs to you, Carolyn.HZ
Bush the father, Bush the son, and Bush the dumb low-energy faker younger brother. All born with a silver foot in their mouth, as Ann Richards used to say. I’m so done with them. Jeb’s a waste of a good spotlight.
And goodnight, TODville! Keep smilin’!
@politico@PaladinCornelia@JebBush Yeah, we call them "Bushisms Part III" in my neck of the woods. It's like the holy trinity of dumb.
{{{Dudette}}} Sweet dreams of nieces and trophies and cool music(once you sign off). You are a gift…to us here, and to your niece and nephew! I have been playing computer solitaire, but I’m heading off to bed now.
The Obama Diary 
❤
Well, well. Look at this ⭐ 😉 🐻
Congrats MP 🙂
Outstanding selection, NW. Thank you!!!
Good night TOD ………
You’re welcome, Bob.
Congratulations on your win. MP! Hope the noise above you has improved and you are feeling well.
More on that another time, JF, will there be a chance for a cup of tea when you come up – soon? (Doesn’t sound as if Mr & Mrs Bobfr will be able to fit it in, but they should know they are welcome!!)
We will be up in the next month or so to help Erika move into her new place, but she is going to the Greek Island of Lesbos on a medical team helping the refugees. Schedule uncertain. Will keep you posted!
NerdyWonka! I swear I felt you hit that post button, or something rolled over Seattle just now! ❤ Love you, gurl!
Brilliant tweets Nerdy, the week perfectly captured – thank you Legend.
Chipsticks, sent you a screen cap from The Other 98%, very appropriate to the discussion about guns and abortion. I can’t post it here in the .png format. ❤
You’re welcome, Chips.
“There’s homophobes still left, most of them are running for President, I think.” Joe speaks the truth:)
He’s talking like a candidate…with passion and conviction now…
I’mma ready to ride the love wave that’s a comin’, when and if: #ridinwithbiden
Nice!
Joe is talking about gun violence now…..
HUGE CHEERS for Joe….
This is the single issue candidate reference that PBO made, if I am reading this correctly.
VP Joe Biden—all in for sensible gun legislation. We at least will have a possibility of sanity.
The other (D) candidates–not so much.
VP Biden’s honesty and trustworthiness matches PBO. I don’t have to wonder what he will do.
VP Biden was TERRIFIC. I love his honesty and his passion. No focus groups for this guy. He speaks straight from his heart.
And I do believe the crowd noticed that, too.
BRAVO!!!!
Can’t believe I missed him!
That’s one of the things I love about VP Biden. The sense that his words are never “poll-tested” – he tells it like it damn well is…
Good evening…..have been out of town for a few days visiting my son and his family. Had a wonderful and busy time. Last night I felt like I was part of “Friday Night Lights” as I went to a TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMNG FOOTBALL GAME!!! never been to one before, never will go again, but it was worth it (the first half only) because my grandson is in the marching band, and it was a thrill to see him. Two big suburban Dallas schools played each other…..pretty well matched. The competition was in the half time show. the other team had the better girls’ drill team, and the lesser band; we had the lesser girls’ drill team, but the MUCH BETTER band! Football, marching bands and girls’ drill teams (think Dallas Cowboys) are very big in Texas. In fact, the whole idea and form of the girls’ drill team originated in Texas. The parking lot was jammed, we spent at least twenty minutes just driving through canyons created by cars looking for a place, then someone pulled out of a spot, and we pulled in. As soon as the band left the field, we left. However, we found out this morning that our team won.
Then, this morning I went to my six year old granddaughter’s soccer game at 8 a.m. Yes, they start that early and go all day. My nine year old grandson has signed up for a rollerblade hockey team…..just like ice hockey, but of course, no ice in Texas. Texas, is indeed, in many ways a whole other country. But, my son and family live there, so I will be there frequently…..more so now that I am alone.
When I got into the car with my friend who picked me up, she said, “You look happy.” No one’s been able to say that to me for months…..probably over a year. This weekend was good for my heart and soul. I’ll be going again for Thanksgiving.
carolyn! I am so glad to see that you are finding some sunshine in your life again.
Wonderful, carolyn. Being around your family and enjoying their activities together – it all sounds like a very good balm for your soul.
{{{carolyn}}} Such wonderful news
Carolyn, there’s nothing like the love of family and the joy of grandchildren to lighten the soul. I’m very glad that you had this chance to feel hope again and am very happy that you’re returning at Thanksgiving.
So glad you enjoyed your trip, carolyn, and were surrounded by family. Especially those grandchildren!
Carolyn, keep letting happiness and new exposure enter this new phase of your life. I’m happy for you 💕
We can feel your joy in being with precious family, Carolyn. Wishing you much more of it!
{{{ Carolyn }}}
Love and happiness… that’s the answer! Glad your heart is being fed well with both. 🙂
Great tweets, the first being the best.
Thanks for the excellent tweet post, Nerdy!!!
Ok. TOD folks, I’m gonna say, based on POTUS not so flattering comment yesterday about Clinton – and her bs comments on Obamacare, that VP Joe Biden is going to run. Just throwing out some speculation for some conversation lol!
From your lips to VP Joe’s ears. I hope and pray that he runs–his country needs him.
my monkeys for the morning peanuts.
see the fucker in front? he is apparently the bully who has to have everything. I distract him by throwing the peanuts down the stairs and then feed the others from my hand.
I thought you were blaming other family members for feeding them. The truth comes out!
YOU LIE !!!
Oui. My eyes deceive me.:)
ha! ha! forus50 got you good!
do you know if the monkeys are each other’s blood relatives?
It’s a gaggle (?). who knows what happens in a gaggle when we are not looking.
Geez, AMK, these creatures are ENORMOUS! I can’t imagine what it would be like to have them lurking outside my window everyday. Aren’t they a public health risk?
No, they aren’t.
and
No, they aren’t. (at least no one has died so far that I know of)
Every year, we trap them and then take them to a mini-forest about 60 klicks away. But somehow, within weeks, we get another gaggle…. I smell a conspiracy…. I blame Obama.
Huh. And I thought the squirrels in my backyard were kind of a nuisance! 😉
you want ’em? I can fedex ’em, all prepaid.
No. No really, you keep them. If the squirrels and the monkeys got together in my backyard there’s no telling what kind of shenanigans would ensue! 😀
He hasn’t done one in awhile but here is a collection of soundcloud pieces called Being Biden:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/being-biden
West Coasters: Right now PBS is replaying In Performance at the WH celebrating the work of Burt Bacharach.
OMG, I forgot how good this is. Amazing music and performances. I see Stevie Wonder in the audience……
6 reasons Sleepy Hollow is looking up
BY KELLY CONNOLLY •
Sleepy Hollow
Posted October 2 2015 — 2:25 PM EDT
After an unexpected smash hit of a first season, Sleepy Hollowstumbled in its second, focusing too much on Katrina (Katia Winter) and Henry (John Noble) while the rest of its diverse ensemble waited in purgatory — sometimes literally. But it’s not too late for TV’s only apocalyptic time travel procedural to find its way out of the woods and back onto the highway — to the tune of “Sympathy for the Devil” — and after Thursday’s solid return, it looks like the show is on the right path. Here’s why the season 3 premiere has us fist-bumping again:
1. Those pilot callbacks
Series star Tom Mison (Ichabod Crane) says that he wouldn’t necessarily call this a reboot to season 1, and it isn’t. Sleepy doesn’t need to start over entirely. But the echoes of the pilot in Thursday’s episode did send a message that the show is getting back to basics — with a few new twists to honor the characters’ growth. The season 3 premiere found Abbie (Nicole Beharie) bailing Crane out of custody again and taking him to a crime scene uninvited. It also found her doubting every word out of his mouth, but not because she still has questions about the whole apocalypse thing. She just thinks they took care of it already. There’s also the small matter of the fact that Abbie’s mentors keep losing their heads — though this boss worked for the Bureau. Moving on up.
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/02/sleepy-hollow-season-3-premiere-six-reasons-optimistic
It’s too scary for me to watch, but I’m very happy for Ms. Beharie that Sleepy Hollow appears to be doing better this season. She’s a great actress and she deserves a long and fruitful career.
egg.sack.lee
wimminz/smh
Woooot! My baby won her category! 😄💆🏽👏🏾🙌🏾
Wow, Dudette, she’s gorgeous! How old is she?
That right there is my strong & powerful, 26 yr old, badass, United States Army Sergeant niece! Squeeeeeee!
sergeant at 26 ? cool.
Badass! 💪🏾
Wonderful! And gorgeous!
Yep, both of those! 😀
Congratulations to your niece, Dudette. She’s beautiful.
😀
She’s beautiful! Congratulations to her!
Yes she is – inside and out! 😄
oh my goodness she is so beautiful, Congratulations Auntie and Niece !
LOL! Auntie didn’t do a thing but love her! 😆
WHOA!!
😄😄😄
Cool, Dudette!!
Wowzers!!
She is amazing, Dudette!
That, she is, mtm! 😀
Whoa, Dudette, she IS gorgeous!
Coolest, baddest chick in the building! 🙂
I’m just bummed she’s only got time to compete in maybe two more events before then end of the year, then she’s being deployed to Iraq for a year! Ugh! She just got back from Korea in August, now this! [Sigh!]
We will keep Light and Love all around her while she is deployed. I imagine in real live 3 dimension she is one dynamite woman!! A photo says a lot, but being near someone, hearing their voice, watching them move, and how the brain works, she must be fascinating! Bless her, she is amazing to be in the armed forces. A force for good, I reckon! ❤
Thanks MP! She light’s up every room she walks in. Truly a really special person. I adore her and I’m so proud of her! 😀
Thank her for her service. We will keep her in our thoughts and prayers when she is deployed. You all must be so proud of her.
congratulations Dudette! You’re not proud at all of your brilliant Niece are you? 🙂 (I have two nephews that bust my buttons!)
Bravo
on the Oregon shootings…
LOL. The best moment is when the kid has one last look for more pillows before taking ‘the plunge’.
😀
Loooooveeee it!!
I’m in!
I’ve been in for a while, they are not super active yet, but it’s coming!
Ready for this!!
your media malfeasance today, courtesy your fucking gopolitico
Nothing presidential here. #yawn
tweet of the day.
Yes, good one, but that first one=BEST one yet! So simple, you know, the KISS method.
agreed.
It is. I think this is a FINE IDEA!
Yes! This is the one I sent to Chipsticks. This should be the law.
ICYMI:
Yet, a few years ago, they gave Billy boy an award.
Ugh.
In other words, Dems want “Obama’s third term.”
Nitey nite, y’all. Back is fried, must rest. Sweet dreams all around. #ridinwithbiden ❤
G’nite Might P. Sleep tite, and don’t let Jeb Bush bite!
“The celebration inside the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal ceremony was tempered by some harsh truths: The fight for African-American equality is not over, there is more work to be done, and everyone is implicated.
On the heels of a bruising year that saw the deaths of Freddie Gray and Sandra Bland while in police custody, and the mass killings at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research on Wednesday afternoon honored seven luminaries whose pivotal social and cultural contributions follow in Du Bois’ footsteps and “represent both the triumphs of the work that has been done and the vastness of the work that needs to be done,” said Harvard’s Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his opening remarks.
“Indeed, ladies and gentlemen,” Gates added, “black lives matter.”
The honorees were varied and accomplished. They included recent U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Children’s Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman, businesswoman Mellody Hobson, journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault, hip-hop artist Nasir “Nas” Jones, and photographer Carrie Mae Weems. But one, receiving his award in absentia, floated, you might say, like a butterfly: the legendary boxer and activist Muhammad Ali…”
Yo, could one of you BTs open another thread? I wanna post some anniversary music for the Prez and Missus. 😀
Well…
Oh come on…
If I could start a new thread for you, I would, Dudette! In the meantime, just saw this and you’re making me laugh big time!
😀 😀 😀
LOLOLOLzzzzz!!
Carolyn, beautiful to hear of your heart being filled with so much joy from your visit with your family. Keep it open to those beautiful and joyful moment to keep your healing being fulfill. Lots of loving hugs to you, Carolyn.HZ
Two more hours of their anniversary on the West Coast!
Alright I give up. The mood is gone. I’m exhausted. No one cares.
Bush the father, Bush the son, and Bush the dumb low-energy faker younger brother. All born with a silver foot in their mouth, as Ann Richards used to say. I’m so done with them. Jeb’s a waste of a good spotlight.
And goodnight, TODville! Keep smilin’!
‘Night J’OB!
‘Night, Dudette!
Eh, screw it. I’ll play some stuff. But then I’m outta here.
{{{Dudette}}} Sweet dreams of nieces and trophies and cool music(once you sign off). You are a gift…to us here, and to your niece and nephew! I have been playing computer solitaire, but I’m heading off to bed now.
Thanks Dear! Love ya! {{{ vcprezofan2 }}}
Are you heading to bed now, you designated music owl, or are you planning to stay here hooting and hollering?
I’m rolling out! Catch ya on the flip flop! 🙂
Okay. I’ll walk out with you.
Okay, that’ll do it for me. Here’s the quintessential Always and Forever. 😀
Happy Anniversary POTUS and FLOTUS!
G’Night / G’Morning Everyone!
VALIANT effort, Dudette! And very much appreciated.
Wow Dudette – we have seen her on TOD before – just getting better and better
And that was meant for the tweet of your niece – WP – sigh
Morning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/10/04/early-bird-chat-569/