11:0 EDT: The First Lady honors the 2015 class of the National Student Poets Program (NSPP), the nation’s highest honor for youth poets.
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Danny-walking time, so an early heads-up. See ya later!
FURST, HA.
Thanks for highlighting the National Student Poets Program. Incredibly beautiful! Congrats again, AMK!
Me? Third? Fourth?
Me too, just wanted to try for first 🙂 Hi AMK, thanks for all of your great cartoons etc.
Chips and Danny, have a great walk!
O.k. off to work…
and this fucker is a teacher.
Good morning, TOD.
just imagine if you will what would happen if armed Muslims descended upon a church….
why is this OK…
These are not activists…THEY ARE TERRORISTS!!!
Yes they are! The FBI and Homeland security need the ability to monitor what these hate groups say online and on their phones, in my opinion.
THIS IS A SICK SOCIETY WE LIVE IN AND THIS IS WHY I WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT PBO……………….PEOPLE ARE TAKING UP ARMS AND MANY OUT THERE WANT PBO GONE……………..THE REPUBLICANS AND MEDIA ARE AS ALWAYS STIRRIING UP THE HATE POT! AS SOON AS I FEEL BETTER…AM GOING TO GO AND KICK SOME HOOSIER HIDES! I CAN’T STAND THESE SLANDEROUS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS!…IS CSPAN 3 RUNNING PBO TONITE AT 8?????????????????
Love the look on the young gentleman’s face behind the gate. He looks like, “I wish you would.”
I think the entire story about this is so sad. One of the scariest possible deaths to me is to drown at sea. I think about all those crew members, being at the mercy of Mother Nature.
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El Faro crew member sent final email to mother
Oct 8th 2015 6:52AM
A crew member of the El Faro container ship that went missing last week sent her mother one final, heartbreaking email.
34-year-old Danielle Randolph was the second mate of the ship. Before she and 33 other crew members got caught in Hurricane Joaquin last week, she was able to email her mother Laurie one last time saying, “We are heading straight into it, Category 3, last we checked. Winds are super bad. Love to everyone.”
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/10/08/el-faro-crew-member-sent-final-email-to-mother/21246579/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D1756806625
Heartwrenching, just horrible. May they rest in peace.
I predict this for the TPP as well!
I hope so! So disgusted with Hillary for coming out against it before she has even read the official agreement.
Good morning and happy Thursday TOD 🙂 Update for those concerned about my cat bitten finger- was healing nicely UNTIL I slammed it in the back door this morning :(. Had a birthday and now I’m falling apart. Cat however is coming along nicely, recovering from her premature birthing.. will take a good while to fatten her up though. She’s resting most of the time- still not allowing her around my other critters- that too will take a while.
Wishing all of you a lovely day~
Thank You Sherijr for the update. had been thinking about your “finger” glad it is healing. IEP
aww thank you Inga 🙂
Hello sherijr so glad your finger is healing. I am a cat lover and rescuer too. I told the lady I help trap and release cats/kittens about your story of taking in the mama cat. I hope she recovers and you are able to get her spayed, shots, and able to mingle with your other kitties. I know it will take a while but you rescued her and she will show her appreciation. I just trapped three kittens to be spayed/neutered and have about four more. You are an angel, get well soon.
wow you’re pretty awesome yourself, thank you jo-jo for looking after those babies!
She is doing okay, she bit me because I was holding her while letting my giant dog come through her ‘space’ to get out the back door… she panicked when she saw him, so I deserved that little chomp ;). I will get her spayed and shots as soon as she;’s deemed healthy. I’m a maniac about spaying / neutering. She’ll be a house cat like my other three… so far she is not thrilled when she’s spied them from the doorway. We are keeping her isolated until she’s healthy/ flea free and they’ve all had time to sniff one another thru the door; etc.
I was feeding a feral kitten and when she got about four months I trapped her and got her spayed. When I was feeding her after awhile she let me touch her through the fence. When I brought her home she was ok so I thought I could socialize her and get her a forever home. She was too feral for someone else so I kept her but she was isolated from my other cats because she wanted to fight with them. The all of a sudden she got so sick that I had to put her down. She was a beautiful maine coon looking cat I called Holly. I hope it works out with you and mama kitty becoming part of the family.
oh I’m so sorry about the kitty jo-jo, that is heartbreaking, I know.
I hope she works out too. My other 3 are great buds w/ each other.. so it would be nice if she fits w/ them. time will tell.
compared to these crazy coots, that north korean seems sane.
The days when all were able to enter the church through an open front door appear to have gone. Our refuge from the world.
On that cheery note – gnite TOD – may the GOP pretenders excel in their stupid.
um, mass shooters don’t care if they live or die, and probably want to die while doing it. most commit suicide on the scene, so this message might actually encourage more. my god, these modern republicans are i think clinically insane. for real. yet “the news” keeps promoting them as rational people worth voting for.
the peak CD will never be achieved.
Apparently, John Kaschich said that one solution is automatic death penalty for mass shooters. He’s either disingenuous or stupid.
IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..HAS HIS UNDERWEAR ON BACKWARDS…………………………!!!!!!
Disgraceful for an Episcopal Church.
I would never attend a church where there are congregants who are armed….who’s to say they are not crazy? The next mass killing is someone at church who wants to kill the pastor for messing around with his wife.
LOL.
I am having a not so good day but I can always count on you to post something that will put a smile on my face. 😆
Don’t ever stop being YOU!!!!
:). Hope your day gets better.
http://www.pressherald.com/2015/10/08/liberal-watchdog-group-requests-investigation-of-poliquin-for-ethics-violation/
A groups with ties to the Democratic National Committee is alleging that U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin and 22 other Republican congressmen violated congressional ethics laws when they signed an agreement with a national Republican committee in exchange for financial support during the 2016 election.
Under the so-called “Patriot Program,” Poliquin and the other congressmen promised to share the “political justification” for their legislative priorities, as well as their campaign strategy, with the National Republican Campaign Committee.
IOKIYAR
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That’s what I thought when he first said that….I bet he would grab the person next to him in class (male or female doesn’t matter to this coward) and use them as a human shield to get him out of the building, not to help anyone else but himself.
Ben the Badass
I so want donald dreck to win their primaries. These nutters are batshit
crazyinsane. At least, he is a racist buffoon.Good morning TOD folks. Great tweets here this morning.
Michelle Obama is a beautiful soul. I could listen to her all day.
Ben Carson is the perfect embodiment of #WhitePrivilege wearing #BlackFace ….
Hope everyone at TOD has a fine day …. bb this evening ….
#LetsRollJoe
And do you really believe he said it that calmly? Carson was probably curled up in the fetal position blubbering like a baby when he said it.
I would LOVE to hear from others who were there at the time (if his story is true).
I would love to hear the “REAL” story about having a gun held on him. I wish the employees would come forward and spill their guts on how dumbfounded they were to hear a customer say that and now know it was Presidential candidate Ben Carson who was too important and rich to be robbed or die.
Now House Republicans face three more weeks of the intrigue, infighting and disarray that have consumed them in the two weeks since Boehner announced he would be resigning at the end of October. And many of the more establishment-aligned lawmakers are voicing fears about chaos on Oct. 29 if McCarthy can’t get 218 votes.
I heard that if he does not get the votes, Boner has to stay speaker….that would me a black eye for the GOP. Exactly what the Bonehead was trying to prevent.
The only thing msm is talking about is the 140K jobs in September and how it’s a huge drop. Funny they never talked about the over 200K jobs in the last five years….
Good Morning Everybody.
Jeb! Bush: ‘I don’t support reauthorizing’ the Voting Rights Act
In a forum sponsored by The Des Moines Register, Jeb! Bush was asked where he stands on the Voting Rights Act and whether it should be reauthorized. His answer, in essence, is no.
I think if it’s to reauthorize it to continue to provide regulations on top of states as though we were living in 1960, ’cause those were basically when many of those were put in place, I don’t think we should do that. There’s been dramatic improvement in, um, in access to voting. Exponentially better improvement. I don’t think there’s a role for the federal government to play in most places. There could be some, but in most places…. They did have a constructive role in the 60s. I don’t support reauthorizing it.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/08/1429309/-Jeb-Bush-I-don-t-support-reauthorizing-the-Voting-Rights-Act
Disgusting P.O.S !
And to think I read comments from Dems that say they won’t vote in next years election for one reason or the other. This right here is more than enough reason to GOTV for any Dem with all the vigor and enthusiasm one can muster up.
Reg speaker election, how does it work?
Whoever gets a majority wins? Or 50%+1 is needed?
218 votes are needed to win.
Bummer. Thanks.
Just saw one of the France train attack heros was stabbed multiple times in an attack in California. MSM News says it happened in Sacramento last night and he is in stable condition. It was Spencer Stone the 23 yr old airman. They are looking for a suspect.
Distressed to hear that bad news.
SC TODers, BE SAFE
BREAKING NEWS: Kevin McCarthy has dropped out of the race for the speakership.
Rachel Maddow did such a fine job highlighting his imperfections!
Good grief! We are doomed.
That is not good.
They will likely keep peeling off the moderately crazy until they reach the totally insane.
WHOA!!!!!!!! Anxious for details. Eating their own or sounds that way. hahaha
wow…
Ha….Ha…. Ha….
I guess he means Nancy Pelosi .
Darrell Issa Live
http://www.c-span.org/video/?328564-101/house-republicans-news-conference-speaker-nominee-selection&live
McCarthy couldn’t get 218 votes but will remember the leader until another fool can be elected.
ALERT. CORRECTION: “will remain”
The nuts from the Tea Party caucus don’t have the votes, and the less insane republicans don’t want the job. The GOP is in total disarray. It’s awful that this party has so much power.
Indulge me for posting so many tweets. Their message is so on point!
Keep posting No Child. I love your tweets. 🙂
Thanks, COS.
Anyone can be made speaker, the person does not have to be a member of HOR’s…..
cspan is taking caller comments.
Wow..
Rachel Maddow’s exposé on McCarthy was superb. I was thinking that, perhaps, he could speak in sign language to avoid the regular and stupid gaffes he makes. However, his downfall may be on account of his honesty about the Benghazi attack machine under the disguise of a Committee.
Last night Stephen Colbert did a segment on McCarthy and his use of language which employs English sounding words but is definitely not any language the rest of us can understand.
I believe McCarthy is from Hungria.
Definitely, that monumental “gaffe” destroyed his candidacy.
That pic’s barbaric. Eek. Poor Nancy!
Let’s get ready for the Prince now.
I forgot about this other prince!
Paul Ryan does not want to run the insane asylum.
He said he didn’t want the job. Will they beg him to accept ? The pressure will be enormous.
Smart man.
Such a tough guy genius, Putin
I can’t wait to hear what Iranian officials have to say about this.
from the article:
The decision put the House of Representatives into a state of disarray just days from the first and most serious of a series of fiscal deadlines.
The Treasury Department has said it will exhaust its authority to borrow money to fund the government on Nov. 5. If Congress does not raise or suspend the government’s statutory borrowing limit, the government would default on its debt days later, risking economic chaos, soaring interest rates and plunging stock prices.
Then, on Dec. 11, a stopgap spending bill expires. Without congressional action, much of the government will shut down.
Keeping tab on the 1-20-2009 gang of fools.
Meanwhile…
None of those RWNJs can put a sentence together. And I laugh.
Oh that’s easy….they answer to the tea party nut jobs of their wing and the lobbyists that fund them.
A true follow-on to his “untrustable.” Chris Matthews (whom I don’t quote often, don’t even know if I’ve got this right) just said about the RW: “If you have a political resume, it’s a rap sheet.” Now, I believe he meant the new RW doesn’t want any old RW to rule, but it speaks for the whole crowd, IMO.
LOL LOL LOL
LOL in reaction to “ununitable”
I’m not able to laugh. Because I’m scared moderate republicans will now totally surrender to the extremists. They have demonstrated more than once that they put party before sanity.
couldn’t help it: laughed out loud when i heard reports of gop congress critters crying about the election for speaker
Me, too. Think I may have done a little happy dance.
Weren’t they all cheering and jumping for joy when Bonehead resigned? Now they got what they wanted and are crying. That’s like when Bonehead let them shut the government down they were surprised, scared, and didn’t think it would actually happen until PBO did not fall on his knees begging them to fund the government and give them what they wanted.
Crying??? hard to believe
That was the claim!
What worries me is what stunt will they pull on Tuesday to draw attention to themselves and away from (D) debate.
They may not be that smart. There’s that.
I think Chris Matthews just said Chaffetz is “the son of Kitty Dukakis’ first husband.”
Where am I? Looneyville or the bright and shiny TODville!!! I pick the latter.
Also, Jason Chaffetz’s father is Jewish. I forget what his mother is.
Jason is a Mormon. And this has nothing to do with anything.
Got it! 🙂
I heard that too on NPR yesterday.
Happy Birthday Jackie 4 Obama!!!!
Chat away
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/10/08/chat-away-685/
I’m late to the party! Happy Libra Birthday, Jackie4Obama!
10-08-15
WH Presser with Josh “The Voice” Earnest LIVE and already deep in progress.
Hello TOD.
Too busy today, congrats to all the Gold ⭐ winners since last night.
Now, back to quickly catching up from last night.