I heard on the radio that she was giving major hints yesterday that she would be running for re-election.
This bothers me no end. She’s 84 years old now and doesn’t have the dignity to pass the torch to a(nother) 21st century California Senator.
She’s far too old to do this (IMHO), and it seems spiteful that she won’t graceful allow Kamala Harris to be the senior Senator from California in 2019.
She and McCain are like two peas in a pod in the way they think, IMHO.
Not looking forward to next year, which will bring Bernie(Russia)-bots out in droves… as if things weren’t bad enough already. 😦
So true about the Bernie Bots. The emos will be out in force. UGH UGH UGH.
I’ve certainly had my issues with DiFi but I still have memories of when she took over when our mayor and Harvey Milk were assassinated. She’s a beast on guns, one of my highest priorities, but I agree, time for her to pass the torch – that recent crap about Trump was disgusting – as long as we can get a real Democrat to run.
It’s clear that Dianne Feinstein is no Nancy Pelosi. She’s beholden to the defense industry, and is too often critical of her fellow Dems.
Gender has nothing to do with my resentment of Feinstein for not stepping aside and allowing a true rising star, Kamala Harris, to get the recognition she (Kamala) deserves.
Unlike Pelosi, I’m not impressed with Feinstein — in fact I’m often gobsmacked at what comes out of her mouth.
But my biggest fear is the chaos that will result in (already wacky) California next year — people here represent a true spectrum of views in the US, with more than our share of loud, obnoxious, entitled crazies, and the Dem primary will bring out the worst, I’m afraid.
Not my intent to inadvertently compare Feinstein with #SpeakerForLife Pelosi, the most capable manager of a House caucus that I can recall.
The California elections are going to confusing for voters between 2018-2020 (and beyond?). Driven by a new law enacted late last year, “counties in Southern California and across the state are in various stages of responding to the Voter’s Choice Act and the new way of voting as they prepare for the 2018 and 2020 elections.”
i understand that you were not comparing Feinstein with Pelosi..it was not my intent to imply that …i just got into an “animated” discussion with a fellow dem who wanted the so called old guard to step aside….hence my comments….given the chaos that you fear in the Cali Primaries…would it not be beneficial for the so called old guard to remain in place at this time….one of my fears is that DEMs have not learned their lesson about coming out to vote in the primary….i do expect an assault on our elections again…but i do believe that this time we will have our eyes open…i worry about more voter suppression…but i do believe that we once again we are working on this as well…I am focused on my community to register and bring out more voters….Forward
Have to say I am more anxious than usual today (which is saying a lot, we’re all suffering from PTTS (post traumatic trump syndrome) — always on edge.
Got virtually no sleep last night, the Santa Anas (devil winds) are blowing more fiercely now than they have for a long time, and virtually the entire state of California is on fire. (An exaggeration, but the potential is there when the humidity is less than 10% [weather.com says it’s 8% where I am] and the hot, dry winds are blowing at 30 mph, with gusts that far exceed that.)
I don’t know how Meta is keeping it together… here’s what’s happening where the sister of an in-law was evacuated at 3am this morning. 😦
As bad as FUBAR is (and if you saw my posts here last night, I’m terrified at the thought of the war(s) FUBAR wants to launch), president Pence would truly irreparably doom this country.
He’s in bed with Putin (who like him better than FUBAR, I think), was installed as VP by Manafort and has some of the deepest ties to Koch Brothers in the GOP. His regime would truly be “one nation under Koch” for USA — and the fat cats will get wealthier and healthier at the expense of everyone else.
This article talks about the GOP dream team of Pence-Greitens (young Missouri Governor, born in 1974) and Pence’s ties to Russia:
“Pence’s pick as VP was engineered by Paul Manafort. The two had daily phone calls during transition.
Donald Trump initially wanted New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to serve as his Vice President but Campaign Manager Paul Manafort had a different idea. On July 12 last year, Manafort concocted a tall tale about mechanical problems with Trump’s plane to force the then presumptive nominee to overnight in Indianapolis and meet Indiana Governor Mike Pence for breakfast the next morning.
‘What had previously been reported as a “lucky break” by the New York Times was actually a swift political maneuver devised by the now fired campaign manager. Set on changing Trump’s mind,’ CBS News reported.”
Oh, how I wish Chris Rock had performed at one of the WHCDs while PBO was still in office! I suspect that I would be just as eloquent when speaking to any of PBO’s family under the same circumstances. 🙂 Well, I could probably manage small talk with Bo & Sunny. 🙂
Huge congratulations to your daughter!! She is focused and exceptional young lady. She continues to amaze. Thanks a lot to you parents and family for supporting her. The sky is the limit for her
Thanks guyz. I was nagging her to take these tough international exams just to see where she stands. She took the exam just to stop me from doing that.
The pass rates for non-limeys are around only 45 to 47% and especially, in her subject of nephrology, it’s only about 38%.
😳 Just reread this and it sure doesn’t sound like I meant it to sound. (I only meant for you to not interfere in her next steps, not for you to be quiet about them.) Grrrr.
This is such great news AMK! You must and should be so proud of her. I hope she puts that brilliant brain of hers to great use. Am pretty sure with your influence she will rule the world!
Decades of greed, white privilege on steroids, racism and misogyny have brought us to this shameful moment. Those who made this possible should bear the shame to their graves and beyond. The few who repent must show their remorse by doing everything they can for the rest of their lives to correct the wrongs that have perpetrated upon so many.
As if this country hasn’t been through enough natural disasters in the past 6 weeks — today heralds the return of Santa Ana winds to SoCal — 20mph hour winds now, gusts are more than that, and our humidity is in the teens. IOW, perfect conditions for hugely devastating fires (which also prompt arsonists to set fires — I’m hoping that CHP or fire departments have stationed personnel south of US highway 101 in the Malibu hills — I’ve mentioned before that it only takes a few hours for wildfires to make it to the Pacific Ocean [about 10 miles away] under these conditions).
CBS radio news just called the Napa fire a “once in a lifetime fire.”
So, so scary, and when the Santa Anas blow, the fires burn everything in their path, very quickly. 😦
Here’s what NWS reported at midnight:
#GOES16 satellite now detecting 4 wildfires in the North Bay. 3 fires are near the Sonoma/Napa County line while the forth fire (called the "Atlas Fire") burns to the NE of the City of Napa. Red Flag Warning remains in effect for strong and dry north winds. #cawx#atlasfirepic.twitter.com/DYf8tIlY3I
My sister-in-law’s sister lives on the Silverado Trail and they were evacuated this morning at 3am.
I got an SF emergency text alert early this AM to close windows and get pets inside. There were ashes on my window sill. The smell and smoke here is very, very heavy. This is terrifying.
Wow, simply awful for everyone between Santa Rosa and the ocean — I know what it’s like to have ashes falling from the sky and to have most of the sky obliterated by smoke.
Haven’t seen much yet, but what I’ve heard on the radio, this is the most devastating fire that we’ve had in years. 😦
Meta and Arapaho, this is horrifying! Nothing scares me more than fire. Hope the winds die down soon and they get these fires under control. Of course, don’t expect any help from the WH on this or any other natural disaster.
Thank you, FFTx. Our governor has declared a state of emergency but I don’t expect Trump to respond in kind. He’d rather score points with his base than help anyone.
The winds have died down quite a bit. I just came back from a walk and the haze is starting to clear and the smell has lifted. I just hope we get a lot of fog tonight to help cleanse the air.
EPA chief says administration will roll back Obama-era clean power plan, which aimed to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants https://t.co/GQAKUGZjUypic.twitter.com/Ie88VxklOm
Please let it be true, please please please, and on a personal note I hope the pee take is true. I just want to see the evangelicals that back Trump try and work around some guy getting pissed on.
Sorry to disappoint you Don, but can’t imagine they will care one wit. They got their guy and are sticking with him. The only thing I care about at this point are actual crimes that may subject him to impeachment.
For example, here’s one thing I find very hard to believe:
Trump & Pence will be removed from office before Halloween for treason & constructive levying of war by attacking, with Putin, our election. https://t.co/C09jrrKDMS
hmm I have him blocked… don’t know why. Either he was attached to someone else’s tweet that I blocked (if that’s possible) or he tweeted something dishonest about Pres Obama. Those are the only reasons I block- or rightwingers when they attack me.
Horrifying historic hurricanes, flooding, drought, wildfires but @GOP Trump Pruitt hellbent on destroying us all for $. DERELICTION OF DUTY. https://t.co/aD2GjJNQBy
I don’t think Weinstein is a Dems problem, he’s just another creep that took advantage of women. To be honest, up until a few days ago I never heard Weinstein had any problems. I mean I’ve heard of the guy but I didn’t know he was this kind of a monster.
In high school I was in the marching band, my mom wouldn’t let me play football. I tried out for the team and quickly learned that football wasn’t my thing. Anyway we had a girl that tried out for drum major, some of the guys were like no-way. I really didn’t care who was the drum major. Now that I look back on it, it took a lot of courage for her to actually try out, she in fact was a trailblazer.
Basically Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys is telling his players that as black men they are not allowed to protest police brutality. And that they will be benched if they protest by kneeling. My wife and I provide for our family by working, so I will never tell a person what to do when it comes to providing for their family. But I’ll be damned if I let someone as a condition of employment tell me how I should go about protesting an injustice that is taking place in my community that effects people that look like me. In the history of America, she has never found a protest by black men and black women to be acceptable, no matter how benign that protest might be. Our very existence annoys the hell out of you, if that is the case well then you never should have kidnapped use from Africa and bought us here. But since we are here we are never going to bend our backs just so you can feel good about yourselves.
As an African American this issue goes beyond healthcare, voting, or any other thing that effects Americans. This is about the right to protest an injustice that happens to black people. What is it to have the right to vote if you can use your power to legally brutalize me and the people that have the same color skin as I do? You can give me all the healthcare in the world, but it means nothing if my basic rights offend you.
Here’s a little secret America, Obamacare is very important to us, but it means nothing to us if we can’t send our children outside to play and not having to worry about them coming back home alive. Obamacare means nothing to my wife if I can’t survive being pulled over by the police. Don’t think for one second that black people will give up their lives to save Obamacare, black people will give up their lives to save their children. You can get rid of Obamacare if you want to, black people live survive the ending of Obamacare, we’ve survived much worst.
Hey Don, not had time to process but want to respond fast quick. Can see why you’d put immediate survival over long term future survival.
The Daddy Knows Best con doesn’t give the Dicktraitor the right to suddenly make kneeling for the anthem a Law. Bringing politics into sports has been a long game + plugging the Anthem for a lot of reasons. But No it is not law. Though there might be pretense about it.
The prowess of African Americans in sports make it all possible for the money-makers and entertainers. And our incredible players have Huge, Huge power. So let’s see it in right NOW in action with a big FU to the boys on the right.
Well he’s a vocal supporter of Putin’s BFF. And if I recall correctly (?) he only knelt with them before the anthem started and then they all stood up for it. In any case, just a b.s. act on his part. Probably had no damn clue himself why he was kneeling.
Miami Dolphins & Dallas Cowboys have over 50% of their Players…..are Black Men. NFL is Union based. Where is the Union on this? And these Players & including the NC Panthers must Unify & Kneel or whatever in Unison. United, They Stand. Divided, these Dastard Bigoted owners win.
Don’t we have someone here who lives in Santa Rosa? My mom called and she & my sister may get evacuated from SR due to a major fire. Have we heard from our Santa Rosa resident today?
Ivanka Trump can’t be to happy about the comments made by Melania about her mother. For what it’s worth, Ivana Trump may as well be the first lady. Melania is only a prop with nice, suits and shoes. She is an enabler and a gold digger married to a sexual predator.
5 years ago, I was shot in an attempt to stop me from speaking out for girls' education. Today, I attend my first lectures at Oxford. pic.twitter.com/sXGnpU1KWQ
She’s remarried! How the hell are you First Lady when the person you divorced has been married multiple times? There is no such thing as First-Divorced-Wife-OTUS
If I were Melania I’d be carefully about talking out of school about Ivana, Ivana is old school. It’s like one of the hot young dancers from the Bada Bing trying to tell Carmela how to handle her business. Carmela knows how to handle business.
Russian intelligence-made election social media targetted US military & vets w/ads for Trump. FSB weaponized their "patriotism." It worked. https://t.co/CU5yNNS4wL
For some odd reason none of these Facebook ads or Twitter ads worked to trick black women into voting for Trump, because over 90% of black women voted for Hillary. Furthermore, the only group of people to faithfully and consistently vote Democratic is black women.
Just incidentally, I seem to recall reading a statistic (possibly here at TOD) in the past year that mentioned that in the US, one of the fastest growing demographic groups is that of college-educated African American women.
Having said that, as I’ve ranted before, I’m a young at heart 50 year old white woman, high school educated, miles and miles from middle class, lost my job of over 24 years due to corporate greed, and I’m exposed to the exact same toxic, lying media and torrent of bull$hit from US cable television (even though I live in Canada) as well as twitter and facebook bots, and I would never vote for the likes of Trump, or vote third party either. And even my 80+ year old father and stepmom, who have pretty much the same background, though even less education than I, would also never even consider Trump.
There is a lot of very decent people whose generous hearts would never allow themselves to be manipulated by forces lying to them that diversity is the problem & “the others” caused the current national problem. Thanks a lot to you and your family for being part of that generous & very decent people
Thanks Linda, it just exasperates me how the media bleats on about all the disenfranchised voters being so susceptible to these Russian propaganda campaigns. People would truly have to be dumb as dirt to believe the stories and narratives that were being pushed.
And if people truly are that stupid (and racist) it disturbs me to think that there are so many of them out there, and that a lot of them are probably heavily armed as well. Sigh. Hurry up, Mueller.
Exactly, Don. If you were raised by wise Black women, like I was, you would know that they seem have extraordinarily powers of recognizing and filtering out foolishness.
Yep, Corker spent a lifetime of playing footsies under the table with racist and malcontents and reprobates. And now Trump is being mean to him, he created the environment that made Trump President. So dry your eyes Corker and don’t let’em get you down.
This is the shit I’m talking about, suspended for trying to start a fucking boycott. Not for trying to start a riot, but trying to start a boycott to defend black men that are protesting against injustice.
Yet everyday, this fake Christian and fake patriot, lies his ass of for a draft dodger who attacked Gold Star families & called POWs losers https://t.co/Ms1yftAIW5
Sheila, we need to find a way to rally in support of Jemele Hill. For me, I will try to find out who are the advertisers when the Cowboys are playing and boycott them. I am not, and never have been, a fan of the Dallas Cowboys, but I wish all the fans of the Dallas Cowboys, who believe in JUSTICE and FREE SPEECH, and especially African American fans, would boycott the Cowboys. We must not allow Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and Jerry Jones, to treat Black football players as plantation slaves who must do whatever Massa says they must do.
DHS on Jones Act: "We believe that extending the waiver is unnecessary to support the humanitarian relief efforts on the island." https://t.co/qOdD7ezhLt
JUST IN: Weinstein's desperate email to Hwood CEOs, moguls hours before his firing. Read to me by a disgusted (male) recipient pic.twitter.com/wQA64WcKf7
Kuttner needs to STFU and mind his own damn business. PBO did his 8yrs and tried to tell people over and over and over again NOT to vote for the Toddler and anyone who voted for PBO but chose to “try someone different”, didn’t vote, or couldn’t make up their minds and left it blank, got this mess. DON’T GO, LETS BLAME OBAMA BECAUSE HE COULD GIVE A “F”.
Aiyeeee……The brilliant Barack Obama worked 24/7 for you when he was President. You know he’ll do what he can, when he can, how he can. Though Mr. Kuttner, you might never not nohow get to know about it.
Kuttner would have to have been asleep, or simply not paying attention (like too many others) or he’d know that PBO *is* continuing to act presidentially, and is doing everything he can everywhere he goes to try and maintain decent relations or restore already damaged relations with (former?) allies, even though none of that is his responsibility anymore. Never mind the countless foundation projects and other initiatives that he’s been working on all along. PBO doesn’t need to be told how to best use his own time. Ugh.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
good morning to all!
AH! That was a treat:)
Ok then
GM DF.
I heard on the radio that she was giving major hints yesterday that she would be running for re-election.
This bothers me no end. She’s 84 years old now and doesn’t have the dignity to pass the torch to a(nother) 21st century California Senator.
She’s far too old to do this (IMHO), and it seems spiteful that she won’t graceful allow Kamala Harris to be the senior Senator from California in 2019.
She and McCain are like two peas in a pod in the way they think, IMHO.
Not looking forward to next year, which will bring Bernie(Russia)-bots out in droves… as if things weren’t bad enough already. 😦
Agreed. Totally
So true about the Bernie Bots. The emos will be out in force. UGH UGH UGH.
I’ve certainly had my issues with DiFi but I still have memories of when she took over when our mayor and Harvey Milk were assassinated. She’s a beast on guns, one of my highest priorities, but I agree, time for her to pass the torch – that recent crap about Trump was disgusting – as long as we can get a real Democrat to run.
this is the same rational given to why Pelosi should step down…and i wonder why it is only the women who are targeted as too old to run…
GA Sheila.
It’s clear that Dianne Feinstein is no Nancy Pelosi. She’s beholden to the defense industry, and is too often critical of her fellow Dems.
Gender has nothing to do with my resentment of Feinstein for not stepping aside and allowing a true rising star, Kamala Harris, to get the recognition she (Kamala) deserves.
Unlike Pelosi, I’m not impressed with Feinstein — in fact I’m often gobsmacked at what comes out of her mouth.
But my biggest fear is the chaos that will result in (already wacky) California next year — people here represent a true spectrum of views in the US, with more than our share of loud, obnoxious, entitled crazies, and the Dem primary will bring out the worst, I’m afraid.
Not my intent to inadvertently compare Feinstein with #SpeakerForLife Pelosi, the most capable manager of a House caucus that I can recall.
The California elections are going to confusing for voters between 2018-2020 (and beyond?). Driven by a new law enacted late last year, “counties in Southern California and across the state are in various stages of responding to the Voter’s Choice Act and the new way of voting as they prepare for the 2018 and 2020 elections.”
i understand that you were not comparing Feinstein with Pelosi..it was not my intent to imply that …i just got into an “animated” discussion with a fellow dem who wanted the so called old guard to step aside….hence my comments….given the chaos that you fear in the Cali Primaries…would it not be beneficial for the so called old guard to remain in place at this time….one of my fears is that DEMs have not learned their lesson about coming out to vote in the primary….i do expect an assault on our elections again…but i do believe that this time we will have our eyes open…i worry about more voter suppression…but i do believe that we once again we are working on this as well…I am focused on my community to register and bring out more voters….Forward
Excellent point, as always, Sheila.
Have to say I am more anxious than usual today (which is saying a lot, we’re all suffering from PTTS (post traumatic trump syndrome) — always on edge.
Got virtually no sleep last night, the Santa Anas (devil winds) are blowing more fiercely now than they have for a long time, and virtually the entire state of California is on fire. (An exaggeration, but the potential is there when the humidity is less than 10% [weather.com says it’s 8% where I am] and the hot, dry winds are blowing at 30 mph, with gusts that far exceed that.)
I don’t know how Meta is keeping it together… here’s what’s happening where the sister of an in-law was evacuated at 3am this morning. 😦
I know that trump did not declare Calif a state of emergency…has that changed…
Good limericks here:) For all occasions and people!
As bad as FUBAR is (and if you saw my posts here last night, I’m terrified at the thought of the war(s) FUBAR wants to launch), president Pence would truly irreparably doom this country.
He’s in bed with Putin (who like him better than FUBAR, I think), was installed as VP by Manafort and has some of the deepest ties to Koch Brothers in the GOP. His regime would truly be “one nation under Koch” for USA — and the fat cats will get wealthier and healthier at the expense of everyone else.
This article talks about the GOP dream team of Pence-Greitens (young Missouri Governor, born in 1974) and Pence’s ties to Russia:
“Pence’s pick as VP was engineered by Paul Manafort. The two had daily phone calls during transition.
Donald Trump initially wanted New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to serve as his Vice President but Campaign Manager Paul Manafort had a different idea. On July 12 last year, Manafort concocted a tall tale about mechanical problems with Trump’s plane to force the then presumptive nominee to overnight in Indianapolis and meet Indiana Governor Mike Pence for breakfast the next morning.
‘What had previously been reported as a “lucky break” by the New York Times was actually a swift political maneuver devised by the now fired campaign manager. Set on changing Trump’s mind,’ CBS News reported.”
They’ve always been there but are now further coalesced by Trump.
Just to continue the laughs, here’s another hilarious take from Chris Rock!
Oh, how I wish Chris Rock had performed at one of the WHCDs while PBO was still in office! I suspect that I would be just as eloquent when speaking to any of PBO’s family under the same circumstances. 🙂 Well, I could probably manage small talk with Bo & Sunny. 🙂
Just got the great news.
DU has passed her furst ever international level medical exam (MRCP, UK) with multidisciplinary (15 subjects fergodsake) questions.
In her favorite subject of nephrology, she scored a perfect 100%. 🙂
Wow, what a great champion you’ve raised, most likely due to your wife, no doubt. HUGE CONGRATS!!
Holy Moly! Congratulations 🎈
Huge congratulations to your daughter!! She is focused and exceptional young lady. She continues to amaze. Thanks a lot to you parents and family for supporting her. The sky is the limit for her
Congrats, AMK! What a powerhouse!
Thanks guyz. I was nagging her to take these tough international exams just to see where she stands. She took the exam just to stop me from doing that.
The pass rates for non-limeys are around only 45 to 47% and especially, in her subject of nephrology, it’s only about 38%.
https://www.mrcpuk.org/mrcpuk-examinations/results/exam-pass-rates
From now on, I will just stfu.
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But she still has two more parts of the exam to complete. wwwhhhat? jus’ sayin’.
Congrats to her and to you for encouraging her to go beyond what she thought she needed to do. We need Wonder Women for the 21st century.
“Awesome work, DU. Congratulations!”
Pass it on, Ole guy, BEFORE you ‘just stfu’ re her next steps.
😳 Just reread this and it sure doesn’t sound like I meant it to sound. (I only meant for you to not interfere in her next steps, not for you to be quiet about them.) Grrrr.
Thanks for making me look up nephrology. I should know this because me mother suffers from anemia.
AMK, kudos to your brilliant daughter!
Very well done!! Congratulations! Let the women rule the world! 👏🏼🕯🙏🏻❤️
WOWWWWWWWW…Congratsss to you and your daughter!!!!
This is such great news AMK! You must and should be so proud of her. I hope she puts that brilliant brain of hers to great use. Am pretty sure with your influence she will rule the world!
Congrats to your daughter and your family. What an amazing and brilliant daughter! You’ve every right to be a proud Papa!
Thank you toddys. I will pass it on to the DU.
GM TODville.
In keeping with this thread’s theme, more humor:
Decades of greed, white privilege on steroids, racism and misogyny have brought us to this shameful moment. Those who made this possible should bear the shame to their graves and beyond. The few who repent must show their remorse by doing everything they can for the rest of their lives to correct the wrongs that have perpetrated upon so many.
*check littleguy hasn’t soiled himself again
Very bad wildfires up north. Smell of fire here in SF is so strong, it scared me when I first woke up.
GM Meta.
As if this country hasn’t been through enough natural disasters in the past 6 weeks — today heralds the return of Santa Ana winds to SoCal — 20mph hour winds now, gusts are more than that, and our humidity is in the teens. IOW, perfect conditions for hugely devastating fires (which also prompt arsonists to set fires — I’m hoping that CHP or fire departments have stationed personnel south of US highway 101 in the Malibu hills — I’ve mentioned before that it only takes a few hours for wildfires to make it to the Pacific Ocean [about 10 miles away] under these conditions).
CBS radio news just called the Napa fire a “once in a lifetime fire.”
So, so scary, and when the Santa Anas blow, the fires burn everything in their path, very quickly. 😦
Here’s what NWS reported at midnight:
Radio also mentioned that a PGA tournament is scheduled for this week at the Silverado Country Club 😦 :
Hopefully the winds will calm down soon.
My sister-in-law’s sister lives on the Silverado Trail and they were evacuated this morning at 3am.
I got an SF emergency text alert early this AM to close windows and get pets inside. There were ashes on my window sill. The smell and smoke here is very, very heavy. This is terrifying.
Wow, simply awful for everyone between Santa Rosa and the ocean — I know what it’s like to have ashes falling from the sky and to have most of the sky obliterated by smoke.
Haven’t seen much yet, but what I’ve heard on the radio, this is the most devastating fire that we’ve had in years. 😦
Praying for everyone’s safety.
Meta and Arapaho, this is horrifying! Nothing scares me more than fire. Hope the winds die down soon and they get these fires under control. Of course, don’t expect any help from the WH on this or any other natural disaster.
Thank you, FFTx. Our governor has declared a state of emergency but I don’t expect Trump to respond in kind. He’d rather score points with his base than help anyone.
The winds have died down quite a bit. I just came back from a walk and the haze is starting to clear and the smell has lifted. I just hope we get a lot of fog tonight to help cleanse the air.
🙏🏻
Thank you very much, dear one.
Be safe up there meta. We have a breeze now, but I expect it to be stronger this evening.
TYVM and right back at you.
DiFi is running again. It will be interesting to see who challenges her.
Replied to DF upthread with my thoughts (not good)…
I am on Team DiFi.
I would also like to see Diane, Nancy, John Conyers and others in their age bracket to be publically grooming future Senators.
Wow
This man is evil. The proper title for him should be: Chief of Environmental Destruction Agency.
Do not know how to link, but check Puesto Loco Twitter. Wow. Let it be true
Please let it be true, please please please, and on a personal note I hope the pee take is true. I just want to see the evangelicals that back Trump try and work around some guy getting pissed on.
Sorry to disappoint you Don, but can’t imagine they will care one wit. They got their guy and are sticking with him. The only thing I care about at this point are actual crimes that may subject him to impeachment.
Sorry to be a bummer, but I put Puesto Loco in the same category as Louise Mensch. Constant wild speculation from “sources” that never pans out.
For example, here’s one thing I find very hard to believe:
hmm I have him blocked… don’t know why. Either he was attached to someone else’s tweet that I blocked (if that’s possible) or he tweeted something dishonest about Pres Obama. Those are the only reasons I block- or rightwingers when they attack me.
As Pruitt does more of his dirty work….
LOL.
I don’t think Weinstein is a Dems problem, he’s just another creep that took advantage of women. To be honest, up until a few days ago I never heard Weinstein had any problems. I mean I’ve heard of the guy but I didn’t know he was this kind of a monster.
Yep, she was preggers by one when he was grabbing women by their VJJ’s
In high school I was in the marching band, my mom wouldn’t let me play football. I tried out for the team and quickly learned that football wasn’t my thing. Anyway we had a girl that tried out for drum major, some of the guys were like no-way. I really didn’t care who was the drum major. Now that I look back on it, it took a lot of courage for her to actually try out, she in fact was a trailblazer.
Yup! Tell it Tally!!!
Basically Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys is telling his players that as black men they are not allowed to protest police brutality. And that they will be benched if they protest by kneeling. My wife and I provide for our family by working, so I will never tell a person what to do when it comes to providing for their family. But I’ll be damned if I let someone as a condition of employment tell me how I should go about protesting an injustice that is taking place in my community that effects people that look like me. In the history of America, she has never found a protest by black men and black women to be acceptable, no matter how benign that protest might be. Our very existence annoys the hell out of you, if that is the case well then you never should have kidnapped use from Africa and bought us here. But since we are here we are never going to bend our backs just so you can feel good about yourselves.
As an African American this issue goes beyond healthcare, voting, or any other thing that effects Americans. This is about the right to protest an injustice that happens to black people. What is it to have the right to vote if you can use your power to legally brutalize me and the people that have the same color skin as I do? You can give me all the healthcare in the world, but it means nothing if my basic rights offend you.
Here’s a little secret America, Obamacare is very important to us, but it means nothing to us if we can’t send our children outside to play and not having to worry about them coming back home alive. Obamacare means nothing to my wife if I can’t survive being pulled over by the police. Don’t think for one second that black people will give up their lives to save Obamacare, black people will give up their lives to save their children. You can get rid of Obamacare if you want to, black people live survive the ending of Obamacare, we’ve survived much worst.
Hey Don, not had time to process but want to respond fast quick. Can see why you’d put immediate survival over long term future survival.
The Daddy Knows Best con doesn’t give the Dicktraitor the right to suddenly make kneeling for the anthem a Law. Bringing politics into sports has been a long game + plugging the Anthem for a lot of reasons. But No it is not law. Though there might be pretense about it.
The prowess of African Americans in sports make it all possible for the money-makers and entertainers. And our incredible players have Huge, Huge power. So let’s see it in right NOW in action with a big FU to the boys on the right.
-clearly one can sit, stand, lie down, absent or be in the bathroom for the playing of the national anthem.
I’d SO love for the whole team to kneel in solidarity just as a big F/U to Jones. Seriously, make him put his money where his mouth is.
I concur fully.
He knelt WITH them last week. WTAF happened to him? Was he threatened by Putin FFS???
Well he’s a vocal supporter of Putin’s BFF. And if I recall correctly (?) he only knelt with them before the anthem started and then they all stood up for it. In any case, just a b.s. act on his part. Probably had no damn clue himself why he was kneeling.
I am with you 100!
Miami Dolphins & Dallas Cowboys have over 50% of their Players…..are Black Men. NFL is Union based. Where is the Union on this? And these Players & including the NC Panthers must Unify & Kneel or whatever in Unison. United, They Stand. Divided, these Dastard Bigoted owners win.
NFL tests players for Drugs, but Never their Coaches? Yup.
PREACH Don PREACH brother!
Hello TODbots on a Chilly Cloudy Monday Afternoon.
Thanks, NW.
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Don’t we have someone here who lives in Santa Rosa? My mom called and she & my sister may get evacuated from SR due to a major fire. Have we heard from our Santa Rosa resident today?
Calgon Take these Dotards away!
They are both being bitchy over that horrendous creep! Can you believe this crap?
Soon coming at a Station near You: Housewives of the White House, the DC version?
Ivanka Trump can’t be to happy about the comments made by Melania about her mother. For what it’s worth, Ivana Trump may as well be the first lady. Melania is only a prop with nice, suits and shoes. She is an enabler and a gold digger married to a sexual predator.
I just CANNOT
She’s remarried! How the hell are you First Lady when the person you divorced has been married multiple times? There is no such thing as First-Divorced-Wife-OTUS
Trash all of them..
If I were Melania I’d be carefully about talking out of school about Ivana, Ivana is old school. It’s like one of the hot young dancers from the Bada Bing trying to tell Carmela how to handle her business. Carmela knows how to handle business.
LOLz.
😂
For some odd reason none of these Facebook ads or Twitter ads worked to trick black women into voting for Trump, because over 90% of black women voted for Hillary. Furthermore, the only group of people to faithfully and consistently vote Democratic is black women.
Just incidentally, I seem to recall reading a statistic (possibly here at TOD) in the past year that mentioned that in the US, one of the fastest growing demographic groups is that of college-educated African American women.
Having said that, as I’ve ranted before, I’m a young at heart 50 year old white woman, high school educated, miles and miles from middle class, lost my job of over 24 years due to corporate greed, and I’m exposed to the exact same toxic, lying media and torrent of bull$hit from US cable television (even though I live in Canada) as well as twitter and facebook bots, and I would never vote for the likes of Trump, or vote third party either. And even my 80+ year old father and stepmom, who have pretty much the same background, though even less education than I, would also never even consider Trump.
There is a lot of very decent people whose generous hearts would never allow themselves to be manipulated by forces lying to them that diversity is the problem & “the others” caused the current national problem. Thanks a lot to you and your family for being part of that generous & very decent people
Thanks Linda, it just exasperates me how the media bleats on about all the disenfranchised voters being so susceptible to these Russian propaganda campaigns. People would truly have to be dumb as dirt to believe the stories and narratives that were being pushed.
And if people truly are that stupid (and racist) it disturbs me to think that there are so many of them out there, and that a lot of them are probably heavily armed as well. Sigh. Hurry up, Mueller.
Exactly, Don. If you were raised by wise Black women, like I was, you would know that they seem have extraordinarily powers of recognizing and filtering out foolishness.
EXCELLENT questions:
Yep, Corker spent a lifetime of playing footsies under the table with racist and malcontents and reprobates. And now Trump is being mean to him, he created the environment that made Trump President. So dry your eyes Corker and don’t let’em get you down.
She called for the boycott of The Dallas Cowboys? That is the Crime?
This is the shit I’m talking about, suspended for trying to start a fucking boycott. Not for trying to start a riot, but trying to start a boycott to defend black men that are protesting against injustice.
I’m seeing Trumpaloons tweeting about leaving CA to burn. Oh, really?
Jemele Hill was suspended
Sheila, we need to find a way to rally in support of Jemele Hill. For me, I will try to find out who are the advertisers when the Cowboys are playing and boycott them. I am not, and never have been, a fan of the Dallas Cowboys, but I wish all the fans of the Dallas Cowboys, who believe in JUSTICE and FREE SPEECH, and especially African American fans, would boycott the Cowboys. We must not allow Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and Jerry Jones, to treat Black football players as plantation slaves who must do whatever Massa says they must do.
when will blk people get reparations
THIS x1000000000000
I mean, this is just horrendously egregious.
Be careful out there:
Oh, nooooooo
these folks
Kuttner needs to STFU and mind his own damn business. PBO did his 8yrs and tried to tell people over and over and over again NOT to vote for the Toddler and anyone who voted for PBO but chose to “try someone different”, didn’t vote, or couldn’t make up their minds and left it blank, got this mess. DON’T GO, LETS BLAME OBAMA BECAUSE HE COULD GIVE A “F”.
THIS!!!!
Aiyeeee……The brilliant Barack Obama worked 24/7 for you when he was President. You know he’ll do what he can, when he can, how he can. Though Mr. Kuttner, you might never not nohow get to know about it.
Kuttner would have to have been asleep, or simply not paying attention (like too many others) or he’d know that PBO *is* continuing to act presidentially, and is doing everything he can everywhere he goes to try and maintain decent relations or restore already damaged relations with (former?) allies, even though none of that is his responsibility anymore. Never mind the countless foundation projects and other initiatives that he’s been working on all along. PBO doesn’t need to be told how to best use his own time. Ugh.
This guy deserves all the flaming he’s getting on Twitter.
Is he kidding? PBO never stopped warning people to NOT let the GOP ‘have the keys back’.
If the country is collectively too racist, ignorant, and apathetic not to heed that, that is not his problem.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2017/10/09/fafsa-up-next/
Propane Jane..is not taking prisoners…Oooooooooooo