Labor Day is about honoring folks like Maurice Harris—a devoted husband and father of five, who has spent his career working in the trades in Chicago. He'll soon help build our Obama Presidential Center. Here’s his incredible story: https://t.co/ibiXpJpT5K
I get stronger each day though there are lingering affects. Still tire easily. Still have night sweats that interrupt my sleep. Last two days, had to keep using my emergency inhaler even though 02 levels are great. Kept taking deep breaths every few minutes. The inhaler helped!
Taking our granddaughter to our neighborhood pool this afternoon. She is excited and ready!
Imagine the irony of antivaxxers protesting outside hospitals while health workers struggle to save the lives of antivaxxers inside. pic.twitter.com/dQO08kA66p
Why do the police always seem not to know what to do if white folks are the ones protesting…now just imagine their stance if this black folks protesting
We have an election in 2 weeks. A group of protesters have been following Trudeau around … today some of them even threw stones at him while he was getting in his bus.
Polls apparently are showing that the Conservatives are leading… which is a shame. The left is split here … liberals and the NDP… vote split gives the Tories a win. Very stupid but here we are (always have been).
The leader for the Tories has been flip flopping saying he will reverse assault rifle (??) ban which the Liberals currently have in place.
I think the protesters are being paid to protest. Why would anyone be stupid enough to protest at hospitals?
And at campaign stops — targeting only Trudeau.
there is only one party trying to stop gun violence, listening to science on the pandemic, trying to raise the minimum wage and help workers, fighting for the constitutional rights of women, and gives respect to people of all races and religions. It ain't the GOP. Vote Blue.
"I don’t know of anything in the history of Black people in this country in which I’ve read some account in which it ended with, “and then they gave up.” That’s just not what we do. I know we work for the future of our children and our grandchildren and their children." pic.twitter.com/4gAoLPUiaR
I think that Americans do know what is needed…but i do not know if white America is willing to sacrifice..to give up their privilege…or are courageous enough to do what is needed to save our democracy and bring about A More Perfect Union…
Sadly Sheila, too many of the “good white folks” would rather not have to face this “constant” reminder. It’s easier for them to escape to a cabin or lake and relax. They fail to realize that we Black folks can NEVER take a day off to just “forget”. And that if they would help us, we could bend this arc of justice a little bit more and quicker. The small bright light shining in the distance is the younger generation that is coming of Voting age. They are actively engaged. So, let’s keep hope alive 💖
Frank Schaeffer on The ReidOut
“MSNBC’s Joy Reid on One-on-One interview with Pastor Frank Schaeffer on the Texas abortion law
and how Schaeffer analyzes how the US Evangelicals are the American Taliban
and his explanation how the Christian Right was never a religious movement.”
Includes:
“Wherever you touch it, the evangelical movement is no longer the one that my dad and I tried to
talk into radicalism. And sadly were too successful in doing back in the `70s.
Today and I want to say this again, there is no evangelical political movement.
There is a new American Taliban, and their goal is theocracy.
Which means to take our religious beliefs, which for them are Old Testament law, not Christianity,
and force secular Americans, non-evangelical Americans, progressive Americans, women,
people of color into that box.”
Part of my speech at Nephew’s wedding, poetry part. It’s life, Auntie’s love for couple. Hope okay to drop this here & share the love, & quirky roadmap of love & life!😘
*UNCONDITIONAL ROADMAP*
*(copyright)*
Your toes and feet will dip into water
And touch pebbles,
Smoothed by histories of ocean waves.
Pebbles will dance to your toes and feet.
Feel the magic of those pebbles,
And orchestrate your dance.
Always.
Your legs will climb mountains and rocks.
They are love’s reminders,
Blessed by those who have thrown
Colorful petals along your paths.
And as you climb,
Bless those in your follow.
Always.
Your arms will wade across
Rivers and Oceans,
Yet always towards each other.
Laugh at the nonsensical ripples,
Appreciating the humor of all.
Always.
Pebbles, Mountains, Rocks, Rivers and Oceans.
Embrace all the journeys.
All are a beautiful roadmap of love and life.
Unconditional Roadmap.
Always.
Keep travelling together.
Hold each other close,
With grace,
And care,
And love.
Unconditionally.
Always.
MT, when they asked me to speak at their wedding back in January, I was so touched. Nephew is my late brother’s son. Knew he’d be sorely missed. So worked it, until the Celebrant wanted all in advance! Sent it to her, & she was blown away. I was supposed to be first speaker, she changed program so that my speech would end the service. Didn’t know that until I got there, to venue! My friends in our Chips land gave thumbs up. 😇
BTW, fell in love w/ Chips land. Beautiful folks, real & humorous, tight families, gorgeous part of land I was visiting. Hard to leave. Amazing hiking areas, & then pubs in every village! 😂 🍻 (You might have to go beyond one village to find a grocery store, but there’s a pub in every village! 😜) But most of all were the lovely folks I met along the way! Yup I was an honorary villager! 😇😂 I could easily hang out there again. Again, hard to leave. My friends in Chips land totally spoiled me! 😘💞
Indeed, MT! My TOD Fam is my every day joy & safe place from MSM stoopid noise! Y’all keep me sane.
I’m always never satisfied w/ my poetry/prose. I nit-pick every word, turn of phrase, etc. Am working on a collection of my poems, prose (some have been published), life’s observations, etc. Funny, quirky, yet thru eyes of love of all we really see.
I’ll definitely let you know my working title for collection of Poetry/prose soon. My idea is so funny, yet real! Finessing poem, whereby title connects. Collection of poems span a few intimate observations thru decades. Thru many continents. 💞
Felt him there every step, made sure I got there too! He would’ve had a great laugh at my ending of speech! He loved humor, naughty! Yup, so I quoted a line from Maya Angelou, Phenomenal Woman:
Auntie’s unnecessary advice to newlyweds: Always remember to dance together “Like you’ve got diamonds at the meeting of your thighs!” 😜 (Auntie had to say the naughty!) And the place fell out laughing! They never saw that one coming! 😂😜
Thanks so much, Dudette! My nephew was so nervous that I wouldn’t get there (COVID restrictions & all). Told him no worries, I’ll get there any which way (trains, planes, boats, even sang Oletta Adams song 💃😂)!
When I finally got to venue hotel & we all met at Pub next door (of course it’s a pub 😇), he gave me biggest hug & gave me a pinch to make sure I was for real, not some kinda techie magic! 😂😂 Auntie doesn’t have that techie, wish I did, tho! 😘💞
It appears that Massoud has successfully inspired a popular revolt among Afghans. Pretty much every province in central Afghanistan is seeing protests now against the Taliban.
.I am soooooo ANGRY about this…HOW DARE THEY…HOW DARE THEY….who are they to question the grief of the President…perhaps they have never had a loss so deep…This is the height of their privilege…
Would the 81 million who voted for Joe Biden please show up at the 2022 midterms? And if you can bring a few million friends, that would be helpful. We might just save our democracy.
BREAKING: Larry Elder called for SLAVE OWNERS to get reparations in newly unearthed footage by @RzstProgramming. Share this everywhere and remember to VOTE NO on the recall! pic.twitter.com/mdyH68jc8m
“Merrick Garland just announced that the DOJ will investigate and prosecute anyone who interferes with women seeking reproductive health services, or who damages facilities that provide it.
Reason and justification combined with Democratic patriotism
Would the 81 million who voted for Joe Biden please show up at the 2022 midterms? And if you can bring a few million friends, that would be helpful. We might just save our democracy.
Especially those new friends & family of the OVER 600,000 people who died of #COVID19 thanks to Trump & GOP. If each of them have at least 10 adults who loved them, that’s 6 million new blue votes unless they don’t blame GOP. #VoteBlue2022 please! Our lives depend on it! 🙏🏽❤️
Also remember to vote for all Dems. Congressman and Senators not just your buddies on the Town Board. We'd have more Congress Reps and Senators if people had voted for more than Biden.
Barr didn’t want you to see the Mueller Report. Republicans don’t want you to see their January 6 phone records. Trump doesn’t want you to see his taxes. Arizona republicans don’t want you to see their communications with cyber ninjas. I could go on and on here.
This loathsome person was the architect of the Trump policies that ripped nursing infants and terrified, helpless children from their mother’s arms for the supposed crime of migrating while brown. Monsters who separate families don’t get to pretend to care about children. https://t.co/cufwortyfN
my favorite interview with michael k. williams was on latifah's show (they've been friends since they were 17) and he discussed how janet jackson's "rhythm nation" video made him get into showbiz, then latifah pulled a clip from his days as a backup dancer pic.twitter.com/fwvmJaJcSQ
My baby point blank asked a man getting into an elevator after us “Why aren’t you wearing a mask?” He said sorry and got out of the elevator. That’s MY GIRL!!!💪💪💪😆😆😆😷😷😷 pic.twitter.com/hfHMT4JMzc
— Dr. Meadow Maze Good, DO, FACOG 🥼🥋🐊🇺🇸 (@MeadowGood) September 6, 2021
LOVE this. Good for her. This could very well be my granddaughter…..and she has had COVID. Still wears her mask every day and thinks everyone should wear a mask all the time. She is quite vocal about it.
Here's a fact: There have been ZERO consequences to Republican politicians who were responsible for inciting January 6 so they are going to do it all over again on September 18.
Thousands of Trump Supporters Answered Bannon’s Call to Seize GOP at Local Level
“One of the loudest voices urging Donald Trump’s supporters to push for overturning the presidential election results was Steve Bannon. “We’re on the point of attack,” Bannon, a former Trump adviser and far-right nationalist, pledged on his popular podcast on Jan. 5. “All hell will break loose tomorrow.” The next morning, as thousands massed on the National Mall for a rally that turned into an attack on the Capitol, Bannon fired up his listeners: “It’s them against us. Who can impose their will on the other side?”
When the insurrection failed,
Bannon continued his campaign for his former boss by other means. On his “War Room” podcast, which has tens of millions of downloads, Bannon said President Trump lost because the Republican Party sold him out. “This is your call to action,” Bannon said in February, a few weeks after Trump had pardoned him of federal fraud charges.”
“Precinct officers are the worker bees of political parties, typically responsible for routine tasks like making phone calls or knocking on doors. But collectively, they can influence how elections are run. In some states, they have a say in choosing poll workers, and in others they help pick members of boards that oversee elections.
After Bannon’s endorsement, the “precinct strategy” rocketed across far-right media.”
I was crying when I dropped my parents off at the airport and I told them I would miss them a lot and my mom was like “can you please stop sobbing people are gonna think we’re human trafficking you”
YIIPPEE!!!!! Keep it that way. Keep checking those antibodies. I wonder what mine are. Covid breakthrough and an infusion of Regeneron. I can’t have the booster (Pfizer) until at least 90 days from when I got the infusion. We are very grateful that my husband got his booster last week. (Moderna)
Besides the fatigue, I am finding a number of after affects. The night sweats, UGH! Really disturbs my sleep. Sometimes bad, sometimes minor, but it still wakes me. I never really lost taste or smell, but there’s some foods and drinks that don’t taste “right.” One that is confounding is my left eye. Much of the time, it feels like I either have a stye or am getting one. I keep putting my stye medicine on it and taking a Tylenol. Both help some, but not totally. Of course, no way to know how long any of these will last. I just hope all my strength has returned by early Nov. when my knee surgery is rescheduled. (Should be there right now.)
“President Biden traveled to Louisiana (on Friday) to tour the damage left behind by Hurricane Ida.
Nearly a million people are still without power and the heat index just topped 100 degrees.
The President met with local leaders and emergency officials. And at a round table with Governor John Bel Edwards, he reiterated the need to address the climate crisis.” (Chris Hayes)
President Joe Biden:
“We have a significant piece of legislation, both the Infrastructure Bill and a Budget Reconciliation Bill,
that calls for significant investment in being able to deal with what is about to come. In other words for example, when you guys are putting back up those high-tension wires again and that’s working, you’re not going to put up the same exact system. You guys are going to have to build it better. And it’s resiliency.”
Hayes:
“Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia penned an op-ed in the “Wall Street Journal” yesterday
of all places, calling for a PAUSE to the $3.5 trillion framework which he voted to pass just 3 weeks ago or at least ‘continue ahead’.
Greg Sargent writing in WaPo
says Manchin’s move could have dire long-term consequences
especially if it is not resolved before the November Climate Conference in Scotland.
Quoting a foreign affairs expert,
Sargent warns that a lack of commitment to the bill’s clean energy standard would send a signal to the world
the U.S. isn’t taking this seriously. And would embolden other nations to choose not to engage.
Eric Klinenberg, Prof of Sociology, NYU:
“who has written extensively about the climate crisis is currently leading a major research project on climate change and the future of cities” speaking to Chris Hayes.
Klinenberg:
“We have to look granularly now, but we also have to start to look at the big picture.
This is a once in a lifetime moment we are in right now to turn things around.
I heard Senator Manchin say, ‘Congress needs to take a pause this week’. But I don’t know how your week was. In New York City it didn’t sure didn’t feel like climate change took a pause.
In the United States it doesn’t feel like the health crisis has taken a pause. Now is our time to act.”
Klinenberg:
“There’s so many disasters that have been invisible.
We haven’t recognized them.
In some cases they don’t have spectacular imagery.
So people die in heat waves not just because it’s very hot, but also because we have a lot of very poor and very old, and very isolated people, who tend to suffer invisibly every day.
And they’re at risk when a heat wave comes around.
Why did so many people die in New York City?
Why did people drown to death in these floods? (40+ people).
Well it’s partly because we have tens of thousands of people in New York City who live in effectively basement apartments. We call them ‘garden apartments’ euphemistically .
It’s a story about social class and social protection.
It has become a line in progressive circles that climate change is a social justice issue. I think that’s absolutely right. But we need to show the substance of that. We can’t just deal with climate as a weather problem. It’s connected to the everyday inequalities that organize American life. And Chris I think that’s why it’s so important that we own up to this moment with a policy agenda.
You know when I hear some members of Congress say ‘Let’s slow down and put the brakes on infrastructure’ (I hear them saying) ‘Let’s get through this one particular crisis we’re having this month and do everything we can to get back to the status quo. Let’s conserve the order of things now’.
I think there’s another big rising part of America:
I think it’s the majority saying “We have seen enough”.
When we launched the #ObamaScholars program three years ago, we hoped to equip the next generation of leaders with the tools and skills they could use to change their communities for the better. To our newest Scholars—congratulations! We can’t wait to see the good you’ll do. https://t.co/1OpJ7s8cYz
The pandemic has devastated communities everywhere. But the young leaders in our newest class of @ObamaFoundation Scholars studying at @UChicago and @Columbia give me hope for a better future. Congratulations, Scholars! https://t.co/QWpgaxfwvg
Michael K. Williams, Omar From ‘The Wire,’ Is Dead at 54
“Mr. Williams, who also starred in “Boardwalk Empire” and “Lovecraft Country,” was best known for his role as Omar Little in the David Simon HBO series.”
“In 2008, he had a moment of clarity at a presidential rally for Barack Obama in Pennsylvania.
With Mr. Williams in the crowd with his mother, Mr. Obama remarked that “The Wire” was the best show on television and that Omar Little was his favorite character.
They met afterward, but Mr. Williams, who was high, could barely speak. “Hearing my name come out of his mouth woke me up,” Mr. Williams told The New York Times in 2017.
“I realized that my work could actually make a difference.”
I don’t know what happened on that set, but I am thinking about the cast and crew on Lovecraft Country. Also, how deeply work affects artists as humans. The levels of depth MKW gave us came at a cost. pic.twitter.com/4CgxnZKzbz
Michael has found peace. He was a GIANT of a man! Only my faith sustains me in times like these. And Michael LOVED the Lord. I sent him our Scriptures every day and he responded every day. JESUS!!! You will be remembered for being an amazing, kind man. I love you, my brother. pic.twitter.com/wDYYi1y9uQ
Beautiful. Wendell gave Michael a bouquet of flowers right there 💖💔👏🏾🙏🏾
Michael K. Williams came and did what he was appointed to do on Earth. He has now received his Heavenly reward. Rest in peace, my brother.
Texas abortion ban should wake Democrats up:
A dystopian hellscape awaits without filibuster reform.
“Republicans understand that being openly anti-abortion is bad politics. That’s why both Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh pretended, during their confirmation hearings, that they had no intention of overturning Roe — and why shifty Republican politicians like Sen. Susan Collins of Maine pretended to believe them. And it’s why GOP pundits have resorted to gaslighting the public about this decision.”
Thrilled to hear “that the DOJ will investigate and prosecute anyone
who interferes with women seeking reproductive health services,
or who damages facilities that provide it.”
–thx AG Garland.
imo, trouble is gop has on the brassy criminal skates, taking advantage every minute of our sweet faith
in the snailing cogs of the U.S. legal system. What we need is wildfire action that halts and reverses those countless trump moves towards a mafia state…that fit so well with gop plans.
BREAKING: Today, we are suing Texas to block their new voter suppression law. Not only are we filing suit to protect the right to vote for people of color, and the additional 250k young Latino Tejanos who will reach voting age in 2022, but to protect every Texan’s right to vote. pic.twitter.com/oaG3yAU4tf
The new anti-voter law that TX Gov. Greg Abbott signed today will: ❌ban drive-thru/24-hour voting ❌limit early voting hours ❌criminalize distribution of vote-by-mail applications ❌allow partisan poll watchers unprecedented access to polling places.
Thank you @POTUS for visiting New Jersey to see Tropical Storm Ida devastation firsthand. We have families to help get back into their homes, businesses to help get back on their feet, and roads to repair. We’re grateful for the President’s full support in these efforts. pic.twitter.com/0AgB9Y4NYc
.@AthenaCNN on Joe Biden in New Jersey with @GovMurphy today to survey Ida damage: "We've heard them talk about equitable relief and needing to rebuild in a smart way. Not just put things back to how they were but build them back in a way that makes them more resilient." pic.twitter.com/NAoQjvh4zx
Y’all do realize that Kamala Harris is the 1st at EVERY DAMN THING 😳 I see why y’all hating so hard…. it’s called jealousy.
1st Black/Woman DA of San Francisco 1st Black/Woman AG of California 1st Black Woman Senator California 1st Black/Woman Vice President pic.twitter.com/7Wi2pSBLl3
On Sunday, @POTUS approved Major Disaster Declarations in NY and NJ, making federal aid available to support Ida recovery efforts including: -Temporary housing & home repairs -Low-cost loans to cover uninsured losses -Repair/replacement of damaged facilities
Today, President Biden is visiting New York and New Jersey to see the damage from Ida firsthand and speak with local officials about our continued support in this recovery.https://t.co/59M4jW7j6P
Prof Deonandan was asked by a student journalist what he would say to the 20% of polled uOttawa students who complain that our campus's vaccine requirements are an "infringement on their rights of free movement." His response: pic.twitter.com/6l0BiXawoS
On the contrary. Mandating vaccination is part of what MADE America the place it is today, i.e. relatively free of the diseases that plagued humankind for most of our species history
If it wasn't for vaccines, it's likely you wouldn't have lived long enough to complain https://t.co/gBVdF1HvBM
In a statement, former Trump adviser Jason Miller says that after attending the CPAC Brasil conference, his ‘traveling party was questioned for three hours at the airport in Brasilia’ before being ‘eventually released to fly back to the United States’
A Biden Apologist…hmmm…I will say this… what ever Pres Biden does…It will never be enough…soon enough…etc…to so-called progressives…and you know…they made these same statements about Pres Obama…so…i'm gonna #KeepOnKeepinON
— Pretty Foot💃🏾 is vaxxed and wears a mask😷 (@PrettyFootWoman) September 7, 2021
Mexico's Supreme Court rules that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, a major victory for women's health advocates in the majority Roman Catholic nation https://t.co/xjwHD9ALoY
BREAKING: Mexico's Supreme Court voted unanimously that punishing women for abortion is unconstitutional.
4 of Mexico's 32 federal entities have already legalized abortion, and the court's decision creates a pathway to nationwide decriminalization. pic.twitter.com/geqo2tQzQb
We’re facing an all-out assault on our democracy. We need to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to protect the sacred right to vote.
This framing is so disappointing. “Red & blue states moving in opposite directions.” “Some tightening…some loosening.” No. The story is the passage of voter suppression laws which are fundamentally anti-democratic. Obscuring the threat in both-sidism is part of how we got here. https://t.co/qmDrhzJmNK
19yo Leylah Fernandez backs up her wins over Osaka and Kerber and beats the 5th seed and Olympic medalist Elina Svitolina 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5) to reach the semifinals at the #USOpen. What a story. pic.twitter.com/79BQwSGQnx
She said @POTUS promised to help the couple and had somebody who worked for @fema trade numbers with them to help them start the arduous process of applying for aid.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Good morning, TOD. Thanks for new post, NW. 💙
I get stronger each day though there are lingering affects. Still tire easily. Still have night sweats that interrupt my sleep. Last two days, had to keep using my emergency inhaler even though 02 levels are great. Kept taking deep breaths every few minutes. The inhaler helped!
Taking our granddaughter to our neighborhood pool this afternoon. She is excited and ready!
Yes. You. Can!
🕊🙏🏼🗝🕯💕🙏🏼🕊
Keep taking care of yourself. We’re all rootin’ for you.
Happy for you all, especially the small ‘un. 👍
Glad you’re feeling better! ❤️
{{{💗Y’all💗}}}
https://www.stonekettle.com/2019/09/labor-day-2019
Weird, this didn’t seem to work..
Trying again, a worthy read to share
https://www.stonekettle.com/2019/09/labor-day-2019.html?m=1
What are they protesting….
Why do the police always seem not to know what to do if white folks are the ones protesting…now just imagine their stance if this black folks protesting
I know, right!!!!????
We have an election in 2 weeks. A group of protesters have been following Trudeau around … today some of them even threw stones at him while he was getting in his bus.
Polls apparently are showing that the Conservatives are leading… which is a shame. The left is split here … liberals and the NDP… vote split gives the Tories a win. Very stupid but here we are (always have been).
The leader for the Tories has been flip flopping saying he will reverse assault rifle (??) ban which the Liberals currently have in place.
I think the protesters are being paid to protest. Why would anyone be stupid enough to protest at hospitals?
And at campaign stops — targeting only Trudeau.
Trudeau’s own goal by calling elections two years too soon. What was he thinking?
HBO docuseries “Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union.”
August 21
(https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-08-03/review-obama-in-pursuit-of-a-more-perfect-union)
I think that Americans do know what is needed…but i do not know if white America is willing to sacrifice..to give up their privilege…or are courageous enough to do what is needed to save our democracy and bring about A More Perfect Union…
Sadly Sheila, too many of the “good white folks” would rather not have to face this “constant” reminder. It’s easier for them to escape to a cabin or lake and relax. They fail to realize that we Black folks can NEVER take a day off to just “forget”. And that if they would help us, we could bend this arc of justice a little bit more and quicker. The small bright light shining in the distance is the younger generation that is coming of Voting age. They are actively engaged. So, let’s keep hope alive 💖
Frank Schaeffer on The ReidOut
“MSNBC’s Joy Reid on One-on-One interview with Pastor Frank Schaeffer on the Texas abortion law
and how Schaeffer analyzes how the US Evangelicals are the American Taliban
and his explanation how the Christian Right was never a religious movement.”
–imo the important interview not to miss.
Includes:
“Wherever you touch it, the evangelical movement is no longer the one that my dad and I tried to
talk into radicalism. And sadly were too successful in doing back in the `70s.
Today and I want to say this again, there is no evangelical political movement.
There is a new American Taliban, and their goal is theocracy.
Which means to take our religious beliefs, which for them are Old Testament law, not Christianity,
and force secular Americans, non-evangelical Americans, progressive Americans, women,
people of color into that box.”
Simple, no vax, no bed.
Part of my speech at Nephew’s wedding, poetry part. It’s life, Auntie’s love for couple. Hope okay to drop this here & share the love, & quirky roadmap of love & life!😘
*UNCONDITIONAL ROADMAP*
*(copyright)*
Your toes and feet will dip into water
And touch pebbles,
Smoothed by histories of ocean waves.
Pebbles will dance to your toes and feet.
Feel the magic of those pebbles,
And orchestrate your dance.
Always.
Your legs will climb mountains and rocks.
They are love’s reminders,
Blessed by those who have thrown
Colorful petals along your paths.
And as you climb,
Bless those in your follow.
Always.
Your arms will wade across
Rivers and Oceans,
Yet always towards each other.
Laugh at the nonsensical ripples,
Appreciating the humor of all.
Always.
Pebbles, Mountains, Rocks, Rivers and Oceans.
Embrace all the journeys.
All are a beautiful roadmap of love and life.
Unconditional Roadmap.
Always.
Keep travelling together.
Hold each other close,
With grace,
And care,
And love.
Unconditionally.
Always.
Beautiful, Gazelle. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you SJ. Much love! 💞 Let’s now make those “pebbles” dance to our tunes! 😇🎉👊
That is so beautiful. What a gift you gave to them.
MT, when they asked me to speak at their wedding back in January, I was so touched. Nephew is my late brother’s son. Knew he’d be sorely missed. So worked it, until the Celebrant wanted all in advance! Sent it to her, & she was blown away. I was supposed to be first speaker, she changed program so that my speech would end the service. Didn’t know that until I got there, to venue! My friends in our Chips land gave thumbs up. 😇
BTW, fell in love w/ Chips land. Beautiful folks, real & humorous, tight families, gorgeous part of land I was visiting. Hard to leave. Amazing hiking areas, & then pubs in every village! 😂 🍻 (You might have to go beyond one village to find a grocery store, but there’s a pub in every village! 😜) But most of all were the lovely folks I met along the way! Yup I was an honorary villager! 😇😂 I could easily hang out there again. Again, hard to leave. My friends in Chips land totally spoiled me! 😘💞
Gazelle, this is such a special place! All of our TODders have a caring for all people.
You need to write more for us. You have a very special gift.
Indeed, MT! My TOD Fam is my every day joy & safe place from MSM stoopid noise! Y’all keep me sane.
I’m always never satisfied w/ my poetry/prose. I nit-pick every word, turn of phrase, etc. Am working on a collection of my poems, prose (some have been published), life’s observations, etc. Funny, quirky, yet thru eyes of love of all we really see.
I’ll definitely let you know my working title for collection of Poetry/prose soon. My idea is so funny, yet real! Finessing poem, whereby title connects. Collection of poems span a few intimate observations thru decades. Thru many continents. 💞
Perfect, Gazelle, uplifting and a truly memorable time for all your family..
No doubt your brother was looking on from a higher place, smiling and wrapping you all in love..
🕊💕🕯🗝🕯💕🕊
Felt him there every step, made sure I got there too! He would’ve had a great laugh at my ending of speech! He loved humor, naughty! Yup, so I quoted a line from Maya Angelou, Phenomenal Woman:
Auntie’s unnecessary advice to newlyweds: Always remember to dance together “Like you’ve got diamonds at the meeting of your thighs!” 😜 (Auntie had to say the naughty!) And the place fell out laughing! They never saw that one coming! 😂😜
Lol! How adorable, what a memorable time for all your family! Bravo! 🕊💕🕯🗝🥂🗝🕯💕🕊
This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing this. Blessings to the new couple and to their amazing Auntie! ❤️
Thanks so much, Dudette! My nephew was so nervous that I wouldn’t get there (COVID restrictions & all). Told him no worries, I’ll get there any which way (trains, planes, boats, even sang Oletta Adams song 💃😂)!
When I finally got to venue hotel & we all met at Pub next door (of course it’s a pub 😇), he gave me biggest hug & gave me a pinch to make sure I was for real, not some kinda techie magic! 😂😂 Auntie doesn’t have that techie, wish I did, tho! 😘💞
He is an inspiration.
yup. the corrupt msm desperately wants the corrupt traitorous thug back in power.
.I am soooooo ANGRY about this…HOW DARE THEY…HOW DARE THEY….who are they to question the grief of the President…perhaps they have never had a loss so deep…This is the height of their privilege…
whingynuts
THIS!
racism trumps all.
Reason and justification combined with Democratic patriotism
why is this natzi even being covered?
yup.
💔🙏🏾
A big thanks to Dr Fauci for staying true to his calling!
LOVE this. Good for her. This could very well be my granddaughter…..and she has had COVID. Still wears her mask every day and thinks everyone should wear a mask all the time. She is quite vocal about it.
Thousands of Trump Supporters Answered Bannon’s Call to Seize GOP at Local Level
“One of the loudest voices urging Donald Trump’s supporters to push for overturning the presidential election results was Steve Bannon. “We’re on the point of attack,” Bannon, a former Trump adviser and far-right nationalist, pledged on his popular podcast on Jan. 5. “All hell will break loose tomorrow.” The next morning, as thousands massed on the National Mall for a rally that turned into an attack on the Capitol, Bannon fired up his listeners: “It’s them against us. Who can impose their will on the other side?”
When the insurrection failed,
Bannon continued his campaign for his former boss by other means. On his “War Room” podcast, which has tens of millions of downloads, Bannon said President Trump lost because the Republican Party sold him out. “This is your call to action,” Bannon said in February, a few weeks after Trump had pardoned him of federal fraud charges.”
“Precinct officers are the worker bees of political parties, typically responsible for routine tasks like making phone calls or knocking on doors. But collectively, they can influence how elections are run. In some states, they have a say in choosing poll workers, and in others they help pick members of boards that oversee elections.
After Bannon’s endorsement, the “precinct strategy” rocketed across far-right media.”
More: (https://truthout.org/articles/thousands-of-trump-supporters-answered-bannons-call-to-seize-gop-at-local-level/)
—-cold truth happening now.
I diid covid antibody test today which was 163 U/ml. Anything greater than 0.8 is good. So my double dose vaccine still works after 5 months.
YIIPPEE!!!!! Keep it that way. Keep checking those antibodies. I wonder what mine are. Covid breakthrough and an infusion of Regeneron. I can’t have the booster (Pfizer) until at least 90 days from when I got the infusion. We are very grateful that my husband got his booster last week. (Moderna)
Besides the fatigue, I am finding a number of after affects. The night sweats, UGH! Really disturbs my sleep. Sometimes bad, sometimes minor, but it still wakes me. I never really lost taste or smell, but there’s some foods and drinks that don’t taste “right.” One that is confounding is my left eye. Much of the time, it feels like I either have a stye or am getting one. I keep putting my stye medicine on it and taking a Tylenol. Both help some, but not totally. Of course, no way to know how long any of these will last. I just hope all my strength has returned by early Nov. when my knee surgery is rescheduled. (Should be there right now.)
great news amk, and thank you.
Good West Coast morning Nerdy & TOD family. 🙋🏾♀️🥰
“President Biden traveled to Louisiana (on Friday) to tour the damage left behind by Hurricane Ida.
Nearly a million people are still without power and the heat index just topped 100 degrees.
The President met with local leaders and emergency officials. And at a round table with Governor John Bel Edwards, he reiterated the need to address the climate crisis.” (Chris Hayes)
President Joe Biden:
“We have a significant piece of legislation, both the Infrastructure Bill and a Budget Reconciliation Bill,
that calls for significant investment in being able to deal with what is about to come. In other words for example, when you guys are putting back up those high-tension wires again and that’s working, you’re not going to put up the same exact system. You guys are going to have to build it better. And it’s resiliency.”
Hayes:
“Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia penned an op-ed in the “Wall Street Journal” yesterday
of all places, calling for a PAUSE to the $3.5 trillion framework which he voted to pass just 3 weeks ago or at least ‘continue ahead’.
Greg Sargent writing in WaPo
says Manchin’s move could have dire long-term consequences
especially if it is not resolved before the November Climate Conference in Scotland.
Quoting a foreign affairs expert,
Sargent warns that a lack of commitment to the bill’s clean energy standard would send a signal to the world
the U.S. isn’t taking this seriously. And would embolden other nations to choose not to engage.
Sargent here: “Opinion: Joe Manchin’s new threat to destroy Biden’s agenda is worse than it seems”
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/03/manchin-oped-threat-biden-reconciliation-bill/
Eric Klinenberg, Prof of Sociology, NYU:
“who has written extensively about the climate crisis is currently leading a major research project on climate change and the future of cities” speaking to Chris Hayes.
Klinenberg:
“We have to look granularly now, but we also have to start to look at the big picture.
This is a once in a lifetime moment we are in right now to turn things around.
I heard Senator Manchin say, ‘Congress needs to take a pause this week’. But I don’t know how your week was. In New York City it didn’t sure didn’t feel like climate change took a pause.
In the United States it doesn’t feel like the health crisis has taken a pause. Now is our time to act.”
Klinenberg:
“There’s so many disasters that have been invisible.
We haven’t recognized them.
In some cases they don’t have spectacular imagery.
So people die in heat waves not just because it’s very hot, but also because we have a lot of very poor and very old, and very isolated people, who tend to suffer invisibly every day.
And they’re at risk when a heat wave comes around.
Why did so many people die in New York City?
Why did people drown to death in these floods? (40+ people).
Well it’s partly because we have tens of thousands of people in New York City who live in effectively basement apartments. We call them ‘garden apartments’ euphemistically .
It’s a story about social class and social protection.
It has become a line in progressive circles that climate change is a social justice issue. I think that’s absolutely right. But we need to show the substance of that. We can’t just deal with climate as a weather problem. It’s connected to the everyday inequalities that organize American life. And Chris I think that’s why it’s so important that we own up to this moment with a policy agenda.
You know when I hear some members of Congress say ‘Let’s slow down and put the brakes on infrastructure’ (I hear them saying) ‘Let’s get through this one particular crisis we’re having this month and do everything we can to get back to the status quo. Let’s conserve the order of things now’.
I think there’s another big rising part of America:
I think it’s the majority saying “We have seen enough”.
wow Dudette!!!
https://www.obama.org/scholars/
—stunning scholars from everywhere.
Michael K. Williams, Omar From ‘The Wire,’ Is Dead at 54
“Mr. Williams, who also starred in “Boardwalk Empire” and “Lovecraft Country,” was best known for his role as Omar Little in the David Simon HBO series.”
“In 2008, he had a moment of clarity at a presidential rally for Barack Obama in Pennsylvania.
With Mr. Williams in the crowd with his mother, Mr. Obama remarked that “The Wire” was the best show on television and that Omar Little was his favorite character.
They met afterward, but Mr. Williams, who was high, could barely speak. “Hearing my name come out of his mouth woke me up,” Mr. Williams told The New York Times in 2017.
“I realized that my work could actually make a difference.”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/arts/michael-k-williams-dead.html)
—–thinking of a big, big fan of Mr. Williams in U.K. where subtitles are used for The Wire.
He had major talent
Rest in power Michael K. Williams 🙏🏾😔🕊
Beautiful. Wendell gave Michael a bouquet of flowers right there 💖💔👏🏾🙏🏾
Michael K. Williams came and did what he was appointed to do on Earth. He has now received his Heavenly reward. Rest in peace, my brother.
“Biden visits Union Hall to mark Labor Day”
(https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/570986-biden-visits-union-hall-to-mark-labor-day)
“Portland, Oregon To Vote on Emergency Resolution
Banning Trade with Texas
in Response to Abortion Law”
(https://www.politicususa.com/2021/09/07/portland-oregon-to-vote-on-emergency-resolution-banning-trade-with-texas-in-response-to-abortion-law.html)
“Fauci Slams DeSantis for Being “Completely Incorrect” About Vaccines”
(politicus.usa)
Lauren Boebert To Be Moved To Democratic District In Proposed Colorado Map
(https://www.politicususa.com/2021/09/05/lauren-boebert-to-be-moved-to-democratic-district-in-proposed-colorado-map.html)
—-yesss please.
Texas abortion ban should wake Democrats up:
A dystopian hellscape awaits without filibuster reform.
“Republicans understand that being openly anti-abortion is bad politics. That’s why both Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh pretended, during their confirmation hearings, that they had no intention of overturning Roe — and why shifty Republican politicians like Sen. Susan Collins of Maine pretended to believe them. And it’s why GOP pundits have resorted to gaslighting the public about this decision.”
(https://www.salon.com/2021/09/03/texas-abortion-ban-should-wake-democrats-up-a-dystopian-hellscape-awaits-without-filibuster-reform/)
“Texas Governor Signs Sweeping Law Restricting Voting Rights
“Gov. Greg Abbott signed GOP-led legislation in Texas that bans 24-hour and drive-through voting, creates harsher voter ID requirements for mail-in voting, and more.”
(https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-governor-abbott-signs-voting-law_n_612ea5c5e4b05f53eda0b3ed)
Thrilled to hear “that the DOJ will investigate and prosecute anyone
who interferes with women seeking reproductive health services,
or who damages facilities that provide it.”
–thx AG Garland.
imo, trouble is gop has on the brassy criminal skates, taking advantage every minute of our sweet faith
in the snailing cogs of the U.S. legal system. What we need is wildfire action that halts and reverses those countless trump moves towards a mafia state…that fit so well with gop plans.
❤️🙏🏾❤️
OHHHHHHH MYYYYYY😏😏
In a statement, former Trump adviser Jason Miller says that after attending the CPAC Brasil conference, his ‘traveling party was questioned for three hours at the airport in Brasilia’ before being ‘eventually released to fly back to the United States’
Love that tweet!
Politicians respond to pressure…doesn’t mean we don’t support Joe.
–I’m with him 350%.
#KeepOnKeepinOn
VP votes NO
💃🏾🙋🏾♀️💖👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Mexico Supreme Court protects women’s rights
Thread – Brazil’s Bolsonsaro emulates Trump
YES!
LIVE NOW:
New post.
New tennis star on this rise! 🎾
Way to go Leylah Fernandez!
Go girl! Routing for you! 💞