Make sure to visit Google today and have fun with the amazing interactive Hip Hop doodle!
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Google: 44th Anniversary of the Birth of Hip Hop
On August 11, 1973, an 18-year-old, Jamaican-American DJ who went by the name of Kool Herc threw a back-to-school jam at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, New York. During his set, he decided to do something different. Instead of playing the songs in full, he played only their instrumental sections, or “breaks” – sections where he noticed the crowd went wild. During these “breaks” his friend Coke La Rock hyped up the crowd with a microphone. And with that, Hip Hop was born.
Today, we celebrate the 44th anniversary of that very moment with a first-of-its-kind Doodle featuring a custom logo graphic by famed graffiti artist Cey Adams, interactive turntables on which users can mix samples from legendary tracks, and a serving of Hip Hop history – with an emphasis on its founding pioneers. What’s more, the whole experience is narrated by Hip Hop icon Fab 5 Freddy, former host of “Yo! MTV Raps.”
More here
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The Obama Diary 
Good morning TOD folks! Thanks for the reminder and history Nerdy.
“One King’s dream, he was able to Barack us.”; love this line from Common’s rap/hip-hop poem. The Obama White House was a boon to the arts. The diversity of the acts that performed there, the insistence that young people be included in forums with artists from every genre and every ethnicity gave inspiration to thousands and showed that country is we not all made up of cultural snobs or philistines.
Morning everyone:) I think I need some more coffee in order for that hip hop Google to sound good:) SO fun! Harder than it looks:) Happy Anniversary Hip Hop:)
SO tired of all the “winning”. Congress needs to get the madman out of there before he blows up the world.
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/stepped-up-rhetoric-on-north-korea-wipes-trillion-off-world/article_62cad803-bf38-5ddc-8e20-9d4e3235e772.html
LONDON • The damage inflicted on world stocks this week by the escalating war of words over North Korea topped $1 trillion on Friday, as investors again took cover in the yen, the Swiss franc, gold and government bonds.
With the tense mood pushing European shares down for a third day and Wall Street set to fall again, global stocks were on course for their worst week since Donald Trump won November’s U.S. presidential election.
Now installed in the White House, Trump issued a new warning to Pyongyang on Friday, tweeting: “Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely.”
SO much “winning”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kevincollier/four-top-cybersecurity-officials-are-leaving-us-government?utm_term=.vao8Dp83O#.sfWVDdVW6
Four senior cybersecurity officials are stepping down from their US government positions, raising concerns that an exodus of top leaders may make the federal government more vulnerable to hacking.
Two of those resigning – Sean Kelley, the chief information security officer for the Environmental Protection Agency, and Richard Staropoli, the chief information officer for the Department of Homeland Security – had been in their jobs for just a few months.
The other two, Rob Foster, the Navy’s chief information officer, and Dave DeVries, the director of information security and privacy at the Office of Personnel Management, are departing agencies for which computer security is a top priority. DeVries assumed his job shortly after the OPM suffered the largest known cyberattack in federal government history, and Foster had served in similar positions at the Department of Health and Human Services and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Ann Dunkin, the CIO of the EPA under President Barack Obama who was asked to leave by Trump’s transition team and now holds the same title for Santa Clara County, California, told BuzzFeed News that four executives leaving in such a short time raised red flags.
“There appears to be a concerted effort to remove the career CIOs who were there during the Obama administration,” Dunkin said. “During the last week we’ve seen four go? That smells.”
I don’t care what anyone thinks about TS, I have no opinion of her musically, but as a woman, I understand this kick ass answer. Good for her.
“I couldn’t in good conscience send Department of Justice lawyers in to defend the Executive Order that I did not believe was grounded in truth.” – Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates
I like her. I like her A LOT!
same here….she is methodical…professional…on point
Yes, and she has a way of speaking that just makes me want to listen to her all the time. Soft, but commanding and assured. Just admire the heck out of her.
I will continue to say this..
1. Pence is up to his eyeballs in the Flynn mess
2. The thought that Dolt45 will go down WITHOUT dragging PENCE with him?
Delusional on Pence’s part. Dolt45 will NEVER take one for the team. And, if he’s going down..EVERYBODY IS.
Is Mike Pence the “Deep State” That Trump Fears?
The vice president is clearly planning for a post-Trump presidency. But is he also trying to accelerate Trump’s demise?
BY BRIAN BEUTLER
August 10, 2017
https://newrepublic.com/article/144278/mike-pence-deep-state-trump-fears
i agree…Interesting that Trump has no words for Pence..
Nailed it.
APPROPRIATELY..ON MY FB………..
corrupt cowards gonna be corrupt cowards.
Maddow makes a good point about this….how come no more corroboration on this NK story?
All this bullshyt from an agency that was dismissed just a few years ago.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/10/17
Trump North Korea frenzy curiously timed
Rachel Maddow explains why this week’s frantic bellicosity from Donald Trump toward North Korea does not seem to have had a distinct trigger.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/10/17
Trump team message on North Korea muddled, chaotic
Rachel Maddow shows the contrasting messaging from different members of the Trump team in how they’re speaking about the potential threat from North Korea.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/10/17
Trump incoherence on N Korea risks dangerous miscommunication
Sue Mi Terry, former NSC senior analyst on North Korea, talks with Rachel Maddow about the intelligence on North Korea’s military capability and why it is dangerous that the Trump administration is not able to deliver a clear policy message on North Korea.
Good Morning Everybody.
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/10/17
Manafort changes legal team as investigation intensifies
Rachel Maddow reports on former Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort changing his legal team and adding a lawyer whose areas of specialty paint a stark picture of Manafort’s legal concerns.
Prosecutors taking close look at Manafort financial records
Greg Farrell, investigative reporter for Bloomberg News, talks with Rachel Maddow about Trump-Russia investigators looking into former Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s financial records and what that might mean to the investigation broadly
THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O’DONNELL 8/10/17
Lawrence: Trump’s ultimate act of appeasement of Putin
It took Donald Trump nearly two weeks to speak about Putin’s order to expel 755 Americans from the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Instead of condemning the act, Trump thanked Putin for helping “cut our payroll” and again criticized the special counsel’s investigation.
I look forward to the day when I can open the newsfeeds and Twitter without thoughts of “what fresh hell is this” each day. ‘Locked and loaded”?! a tired line from 80’s and 90’s action movies. Stupid, dangerous tweet from a CIC of a nuclear country, made without any consultation, knowledge, or any other type of awareness of what these careless worlds can do to world markets, peace an prosperity world-wide. This admin. and the hapless GOP government that allow this danger to go on have evolved into a terrorist organization that is a threat to the world. What more must this fool do before he is removed? I hope and pray that it will be before bodies are piled up, our water and air befouled, and the crashing of world economies. If we do not take care of this, I do not blame other countries for whatever steps they may wound up taking to stop this catastrophe before it consumes them.
Gatekeeper to the swamps
How long would a potential jail sentence would she have to face in order to make her cooperate
The homegrown demagogue is using the nuclear issue to play an evil game with the world. I am going to focus my energy on other things
Let’s Hope that Mueller uncovers it…and that the GOP Controlled Congress has the courage to do something about it
This is what/who we are as liberals and progressives; the heart of the Democratic party is made up of those who believe these things and we should always hold our heads up and fight the good fight. The other side has nothing that will make our country better.
This is right on point
We are all in that “hell in the hallway,” but we are moving toward that door that leads us out of it into the new and better day.
Chris Hayes…and his fellow pundits may be having this kind of moment….but they have yet come to terms with how big a role they played in electing Donald Trump….How they still parrot the lies without pushback…
but let’s think a moment..what it would take to have invoke the 25th Amendment….we are talking about an overthrow…of the Presidency…by the cabinet….how would that happen exactly….
Yep, all of them, all of them built this, from their thinking that the birther issue was funny to Hillary’s emails to Benghazi. All of them had a hand in this madness.
TELL IT, DON.
sorry for the double posting….
Hey, y’all. Propane Jane liked one of my tweets! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 Almost immediately. It’s now had close to 20 likes. 🙂
Shelia, I agree with what you said about none of them accepting the part they played in t’s election. I am going to use my Resist bot for all my reps. You all own him and get rid of him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What? Food & Water?
Good morning, good people. Another terrifying day in the United States of America.
I just hope the rest of P5 don’t chicken out because of this chickenshit.
GM TOD. Really like Stephen King. Just started watching his new series “Mr. Mercedes” on Audience TV.
wow
The National Museum of African American History and Culture…is such a light…i have been there twice already …taking more members of my family to the museum in October….
Hi Sheila, love that space. Going there w/ friends & fam tomorrow. 3rd visit! ❤ Then again in November! Lovely addiction😯😜
Indeed. It is special .I feel as if I have come home.
TGIF 🙂
Hello beloved, TODbots.
Congrats, Vetivera on your au ⭐ Frust 😉
Thanks, NW for this post.
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Good NEws
This segment of @Lawrence about removing Trump via the 25th Amendment is worth watching, although we have heard
this many times before. Something needs to happen. We CANNOT endure the Trump ignorance and threats much longer.
My reply o his tweet below.
He is only saying this was sarcastic because a lot of folks are pushing back.
Putin expelled diplomats, approx 700 of them people who have dedicated their lives in service to the country Trump is now responsible for not to mention the sacrifice their families make. Included in that our Russians who serve on our behalf and who are not liked by Putin. This is nothing to joke about and it is a blatant display of appeasement.
Wasn’t that the phrase Sarah Palin used before the supermarket shooting that injured Gabby Gifford?
Those who can, please make some of the Pics more user friendly from the HuffPost Piece below. I would’ve had I known how. So sorry.
Schools Are Humiliating Kids Who Don’t Have Lunch Money as a Cruel Lesson in Social Class | Alternet https://t.co/H9WQETBMoL
— Dorothy Li Calzi (@Dorofcalif) August 11, 2017
This is typical of the GOP tactics. In NC a Dem won the Gov seat. The GOP controlled State Chambers are making laws to deny him his legal powers. Just like GOP in Congress did to Pres Obama from Day one…..Unprecedented Obstructionism, Filibusters at record high, Denying Recess appointments, Refusing for ACA to take hold, suppression of Votes at record high, Debt Ceiling…by shutting down Gov’t, disrespect at record level & shouting “You Lie” at an address by POTUS44 to Congress.
This didn’t start today. It’s been going on since 1968……starting with the Southern Strategy to buying up 40%+ of the News Media Via Cultish Propaganda Echo Chamber in dumbing down American Citizenry.
The extreme right is making the country over into their dark vision from appointment to appointment.
All of this shows you that the GOP knows how to get rid of 45 if they really wanted to. I never bought this pretend hand-wringing and statements of concern.
GM/GA TODville.
Pete Souza agrees w/ the tweet amk posted above:
Twitter won’t shut down FUBAR’s Twitter account, but FUBAR is incapable of considering the consequences of his actions — he wants what he wants, and he wants it now.
What’s terrifying is that Guam is a US territory, the same status of Hawaii’s when Dec 7, “the day that will live in infamy” happened, and we all know what happened after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. 😦
Here’s a map to give you a sense of Guam’s strategic location in the South Pacific:
Link to Guardian article with details about Guam.
Finally, here’s Der Spiegel’s cover this week:
No German-to-English translation needed:
Saw it yesterday, but felt a tad shy posting here.
Thanks for your bravery 😉
GA Nena.
You’re right, the Der Spiegel cover could be considered in poor taste, but it’s indicative of how the world views FUBAR — I’m sure most of world just cannot believe what has happened here.
This was the tweet I responded to w/ the map of Guam…
Really at a loss for words — most Americans agree with this Aussie, but apparently FUBAR could launch a land war in Asia (or worse), and the GOP in Congress will continue to vote for selling off the valuable pieces of this country to the oil barons and military contractors, removing every safety and environmental standard they can, and confirm judges who make sure that as many women as possible are oppressed as much as possible.
😦
This WON”T STOP until the GOP is SUED for MONETARY DAMAGES!
https://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/11/dear-michelle-count-me/
Worth reading.
Nope.
Uh huh
No way, muthaphucka.
That vote is going to be tied around your neck like an anvil.
Christina WilkieVerified account @ christinawilkie 24h24 hours ago
Ivanka Trump leading the US del. to Global Entrepreneurship Summit is an insult to entrepreneurs. She’s worked for her dad her whole life.
Bobby GhoshVerified account @ ghoshworld 14h14 hours ago
India diplomat tells me: “We regard @ IvankaTrump the way we do half-wit Saudi princes. It’s in our national interest to flatter them.”
The diplomat added: “Yes, it is a shame that the US should be compared to a kingdom. But that is America’s shame, not Modi’s, or India’s.”Bobby Ghosh added,
$1.2B for those who are MLB fans.
Wishing DONNADEM a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY today!!
Have a wonderful day, DonnaDem!! Hope all is well.
Aww, Happy and Blessed Birthday, DD. Wishes for many more!
‘I second that emotion’, DD. Hope your day is filled with love and hope. 🙂
Hi Meta, (in the midst of all the Idiot’s missteps) how’s ya doin’?
Hey, buddy. I’m OK, I guess. Feel like I’m in a bad nightmare most days. Hope you had a lovely trip.
{{{Meta}}} Sadly, I do understand the ‘bad nightmare’ feeling. Hang tough though, ’cause there’s got to be a silver lining somewhere down the road.
Yes, my trip was great and somewhat of an eye-opener, AND I’m still so very tired that all I’ve been doing since my return is laze around. Apart from being on the go almost every day, being away from home for so long was more tiring that I could have envisioned!
Happy Birthday, Baby O’Donna!!!! And many more!
Happy Birthday DonnaDem, wishing you all the very best!
DD4O!! 💐🍾👏🏼🎂🍦 Wishing you a lovely birthday celebration! ❤️
So as the dam idiot is about to get us into a war with North Korea, he is not ruling out us getting into a war with Venezuela. I can not believe this dam idiot. Excuse my language.
So cool!!
That is funny as hell! PBO is still a super competitive trash-talker, still winning.
But here come the Bernie Bros and sisters to the Republicans’ rescue: They’re sowing division in the Democratic Party and attempting to enact a purge of the ideologically impure — just the sort of thing that made the Republican Party the ungovernable mess it is today.
Can’t get pass the sign in. Any other place to read this?
if only ….
I am trying to brace myself of what Maddow just ended her show with => the possibility that West Virginia’s Democratic Senator Joe Manchin is being considered for a position in the homegrown demagogues cabinet (specifically, the energy);
I hope that either it is not true or that someone manages to talk him out of it.
but if it happens then ….. first, there goes Obamacare a that is largely responsible for me being alive and not bankrupt …. let us see how this pans out;
He might as well take the cabinet position, he’s already fucked the people of West Virginia any which a person can get fucked.
Holy crap! And the FACE he made as he did that!! He’s a real POS!
Nice news …. Urban Dictionary has published my 2nd submission … infirmicide ….
In 2011 they published newstainer ….
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Newstainer
Goodnight TOD ….
Awesome
Thank you Sheila and hope you have a fun weekend …
Good morning.
I came across this, and thought this is too funny to not share 🙂
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Donald Trump went to London and met with the Queen.
“Your Queenship, “ he asked her. “I am finding things way more difficult than I could have imagined. May I ask you – how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give me?”
“Well,” replied Her Majesty, “the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people.”
Trump frowned.
“But how do you know the people around you are really intelligent?” he asked.
“Oh, that’s easy” the Queen replied. “You just ask them to answer an intelligent riddle”.
She pushed a button on her intercom. “Please send Theresa May in here.”
The Prime Minister walked into the room.
“You called for me, Your Majesty?”
“Answer me this, if you would, Theresa. “ the Queen said. “Your mother and father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your sister. Who is it?”
Without pausing for even a second, Theresa May answered, “That would be me.”
“Yes! Very good,” said the Queen.
Trump went back home, returned to the White House and the very next day called for Mike Pence to come and see him.
Pence duly trotted in to the Oval Office
“Mike, answer this for me,’ said the Don. “Your mother and your father have a child. It’s not your brother and it’s not your sister. Who is it?”
“I’m not sure,” said Pence. “Let me get back to you on that one.
Pence went panicking off to his advisers and asked everyone, but none of them could give him an answer.
The next night, as it happened, Pence ran in to Hillary Clinton in a restaurant. By now, desperate for an answer to give to his tyrannical boss, he approached her – much to her surprise.
“Hillary, I know we haven’t always seen eye to eye but I would really appreciate it if you could answer this riddle for me
“Sure, Mike “Hillary said. “I’m not one to hold a grudge. What is it?”
“Thanks, said Pence,” It’s this. Your mother and father have a child and it’s not your brother or your sister. Who is it?”
Hillary answered right back, “That’s easy, it’s me!”
Pence smiled, “Thanks!”
Pence then went back to speak with Trump. “Say, boss, I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It’s Hillary Clinton.”
Trump got up, stomped over to Pence, and angrily yelled at him. “No, you idiot! It’s Theresa May!”
… AND THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS PRECISELY WHAT’S GOING ON AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
thanks, Jey, for that early morning chuckle. 🙂 🙂
Best explanation I’ve seen:) Thanks, Jey! Morning everyone. We made it to Saturday.
Barely, at this point we’re day to day.
We really are. My fingers hit the keyboard this morning, and literally BY THEMSELVES, typed “Iodine tablets”. No lie. Then my mind IMMEDIATELY went to the lengths of terrifying idiocy America is allowing this POS to go to……and compared it to the constant complaints PBO had to endure….I about got whiplash just sitting at the computer this morning.
I used to jest about apartheid amurkkka.
Not any more.
Good morning, TODville.
We will all march on, together.
Good morning everyone!
have a great day.
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/
Holy shit. Don’t they all look so oppressed?
NCLB, can you imagine that in 2017 we have a class of privileged people marching with torches still not happen with a system that will forgive any sin that they might commit? Words escape me, I really don’t know what to say. It seems as though something has happened in this country that has unleashed something dark and sinister.
Don,
…and that something is Donald Trump and the new crop of GOP.
Before this era, people will hide their racist tendencies and would be ashamed of them. Now, they are emboldened and want to display them because it has become fashionable and accepted.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2017/08/12/playing-golf-with-potus/