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Sunday Open Thread: P.O.U. Sunday Jazz Brunch

May 6, 2012 by 119 Comments

GOOD MORNING P.O.U.!

As you enjoy your Sunday breakfast/brunch, enjoy these musical selections from Poncho Sanchez’s Afro-Cuban Fantasy album:

“Morning”

 

“Darn That Dream” featuring Dianne Reeves (Special Dedication to Genevieve Cook)

 

“Afro-Cuban Fantasy”

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  • vulcan_girl

    Good morning, POU!

    • GreenLadyHere

      GOOD SUNDAY MORNTIN’ – -vulcan_girl ***BIG HUG*** :>)

      Good 2 C U. :>) Have a good day. :>)

    • dannie22

      Good morning Vulcan, pou!!!

    • rikyrah

      Good Morning, Everyone :)

  • crazycanuck

    Good Morning everyone. Another beautiful moon last night. We should have those every night, Just gorgeous. Hey Vulcan girl.

  • GreenLadyHere
  • GreenLadyHere

    GOOD SUNDAY MORNTIN’ -SEPIA. ***BIG HUG*** :>)

    GR8 MUSIC! :>) Especially the DEDICATION[ DREAM ON! -HAH!!] – - -LOL.

    Good 2 C U. Have a BLESSED DAY- – Sepia. :>)- –

  • GreenLadyHere

    – - – -STILL EXCITED ABOUT he -”DYNAMIC DUO” -as THEY SHOWED THEIR -CAMPAIGN STRENGTH!! :>) THEY R soooo INSPIRING!! -

    ——WE R SOOOO — IN IT!! :>) – -Movin’ –FORWARD!! 2 – —- -4! MORE! YEARS!! – -Woo! Hoo!! :>)

    ——-BLESS U —–MR. PRESIDENT annnd FIRST LADY!!♥ —-

    • caribbeanobserver

      Pleasant Good Morning to the POU family and Ms Green. As the Grenadian Maurice Bishop’s ever famous quote stated for his people
      Forward Ever, Backward Never!

      • GreenLadyHere

        Good SUNDAY MORNTIN’ – -caribbeanobserver. ***BIG HUG*** :>)

        THANK U – - -4 THAT QUOTE! – :>)

        -SUCH – - CONFIRMATION of the POWER annnd INSPIRATION of his NEW “campaign phrase.” :>)

        – —-Forward Ever, Backward Never! — -INDEED. :>)

        – - – -“Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ’round” – — -

        Sooo good 2 C U – -caribbeanobserver. :>) B BLESSED. :>)

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – - – -IN OTHER NEWS – —-

    – -Mayweather wins unanimous decision over Cotto – - -

    – - – –In what he described as one of his toughest fights — three weeks before he heads to jail —Floyd Mayweather held off a game Miguel Cotto and came away with Cotto’s WBA light middleweight title in an exciting action fight that had the raucous crowd of 16,047 standing throughout much of the fight Saturday night at the MGM Grand.

    – - – - -SKIP – - – -

    The three judges at ringside scored the fight unanimously for Mayweather, 117-111 twice and 118-110. Their scores were not indicative of how close and how action-packed the fight really was.
    THERE IS MORE.

    – - – —CONGRATULATIONS! :>) – —

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – - – –THIS STOOPIDITY!! – - – -

    – — -First-Grader Suspended for Singing ‘I’m Sexy and I Know It’ – - –

    — —-FIRST – —the DISCIPLINE CODE does NOT support the suspension – –based on – -INTENT.

    – - SECONDLY: – — Need 2 KNOW iff Colorado’s CODE has the provision: – - -This CODE does NOT APPLY 2 students in GRADES K – –3rd. This is what the Cali CODE STATES. So this would B a NON-ISSUE HERE.

    – - -THIRDLY: Iff he is a SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT: – - — The Public Law 94-142 – Education of All Handicapped Children Act – - -
    [now called Individuals with Disabilities Education Act because it makes a nice acronym - "IDEA" *] – - – - -has measures that REQUIRE that OTHER PROCEDURES B PUT INTO PLACE B4 a SUSPENSION can take place!!

    – - –2 the FAMILY: — -GET an ATTORNEY!! – - -BLESS U – -”little one”. :>) – - – -annnd BEST WISHES. :>)

    • crazycanuck

      Just a tad extreme.

      • GreenLadyHere

        U betcha – -crazycanuck. :>) — Annnd —-hopefully, ILLEGAL. :>)

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – — - –COMEDIC TRUTH! – — LOL – - -

    – –MISSION ACCOMPLISHED – - -V- – -NO MISSION PLANS! LOL! – -

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – - — -HAH! – -teh WILLARD! – - –U SPOKE TRUTH!! – —

    – - — Hispanic voters hold key to 2012 map – - -

    —–At a private fundraising reception in Palm Beach recently, Mitt Romney was overheard acknowledging his weakness among Hispanic voters. If it’s not turned around, he said, “It spells doom for us.” — -

    Take a look at the electoral map, and you’ll see why.

    President Barack Obama starts the general election with a sizable electoral vote lead over Romney, looking strong in states totaling 247, while Romney has a strong edge in states totaling 191. It takes 270 to win.

    And if Romney can’t narrow Obama’s considerable lead among Latino voters, key battlegrounds including Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado and Florida could be out of reach for the Republican nominee. Even reliably Republican Arizona could wind up in play, and Obama already has five campaign offices there.

    – - —–SKIP – — -

    – - -An April Pew Research Center poll found the president leading Romney among Hispanics 67 percent to 27 percent. That’s similar to the 67 percent to 31 percent margin among Hispanic voters that helped Obama handily beat John McCain four years ago.
    THERE IS MORE.

    – - – –YES! WE! CAN!! – - – –4! MORE! YEARS!! – - -

    • Aquagranny911

      GLH, if peoples mood & the conversations I heard yesterday at Cinco De Mayo are any indication I have a message for the Mittster: “Esta Volviendose Loco” if he thinks he can “win” the Latino vote.

      The only worries I have are about voter suppression & getting people out to vote as if our lives depended on it because they do. I made an impromptu speech at the park on this very subject yesterday. It was well received.

      • GreenLadyHere

        HEEY Aquagranny911. ***BIG HUG*** :>)

        – - – -THIS – –>I made an impromptu speech at the park on this very subject yesterday. It was well received.

        Good on U. :>)

        I mus share that I had a similar experience yesterday –at my church. I’m the VOTER REGISTRATION CHAIR. LOL

        I was only posta hand ou the “forms”. :>)

        I TRIED. – - -BUT – - –I “COULDN’T HOLD MY PEACE!!” – -

        -Wenta – - -PREACHIN’. – - -I even tried 2 STOP annnd the

        people kept SAYIN’ NO! GO ‘HEAD annnnd TELL US!! LOL.

        15 minutes L8R. – - – -I said AMEN. – — “TOOK UP a COLLECTION” – - – -annnd left LOL

        Sooo ***fist bump**** – –PREACHA!!! LOL

        Good 2 C U. —Aquagranny911. :>)

        • Aquagranny911

          FIST BUMP!!! & BIG HUGS!!!

          I started talking to some people & more gathered to listen. Next thing I know, my nephew lifted me up on a picnic table. He didn’t say “Preach” but he did say: “Don’t stop Tia, keep talking, people are listening”

          More gathered around & I said my piece about our Prez being the best & only hope for us, about how voting was a sacred right and a duty & that everyone should get our people to the polls…no excuse for not voting…no whining & no sitting this one out!!!

          I was on fire! People listened. Some guy told me after that I should volunteer for OFA. I proudly told him I already did!

          FIST BUMP! We will TELL IT! I’m not stopping.

          • GreenLadyHere

            LOL – - – -Aquagranny911 – - – - -

            – - -THIS — -Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; [Psalm 107: – - – - –AMEN!! :>)

            – - -WE SAYIN’ – - -HUH! LOL :>)

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – —BATTLEGROUND STATES – –Under the microscope – - –

    – –9 Swing States, Critical to Presidential Race, Are Mixed Lot – - -

    — – - - – - – -SKIP — -Always a NEGATIVE SLANT. —

    ——With just over six months until Election Day, an analysis of the emerging electoral map by The New York Times found that the outcome would most likely be determined by how well President Obama and Mitt Romney perform in nine tossup states.

    – -All nine voted for Mr. Obama in 2008, only to see Republicans make big gains since then.

    Now, with many of those states transformed economically and politically by the recession, they are perhaps even less predictable than they were in past close elections. The disparity in their circumstances highlights the challenges that both the Obama and the Romney campaigns face in framing arguments that will resonate across the country.

    The nine — Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin — offer both parties reasons for hope, and concern. It is no coincidence that Mr. Obama chose two of them, Ohio and Virginia, to hold his first official re-election rallies on Saturday.
    THERE IS MORE.

    – —FRAMING ARGUMENTS: – – –WHAT CAN — teh WILLARD possibly “frame.” – —HE has NO SUCCESSES. He has NO VIABLE PLANS! – –

    I KNOW – - — He’s’ WYT!! — –***sigh***

    WE will KEEP movin’ – -FORWARD on MR. PRESIDENT’S PAST – - -PRESENT – -annnd – –FUTURE – –SUCCESSES!! :>) Woo! Hoo! :>)

  • Miranda

    That pesky twitter….not that it matters to the right wing and their sychophants (Chuck Todd, Nora O’Donnell)

    http://twitpic.com/9hsdi5

    • GreenLadyHere

      GOOD SUNDAY MORNTIN’ miranda — -**BIG HUG*** :>)

      – - -LOL. – - -Per the REQUEST.—-POINTING annnd LAUGHING—at -teh WILLARD’s LIE!! LOL

      - —–U CALLED! —IT!. LOL.—-HISTORICAL —REVISIONISTS- -
      Oooo-kaaaay —LIARS!! LOL.

      ——Good 2 C U—miranda. :>) B BLESSED. :>)

    • http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/ Sepia

      Add Jake Tapper to the list, too. He repeated the right wing talking point that 14k people showing up to the OH rally meant lack of enthusiasm. When POU called him out, he tweeted this, then blocked us:

      Jake Tapper‏@jaketapper

      @PragObots the Obama campaign talked a lot about crowd sizes in 08…axe got to make his response about romney’s

      WTF? First off, this is 2012, not 2008. Second, a campaign telling the media how many people showed up to their event is NOT the same as a so-called journalist telling David Axelrod that only 14,000 people showing up equates to lack of enthusiasm for the campaign.

    • rikyrah

      go you twitter folks..

      stay in that azz!!

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – — NOT 2 give him more power than he — -THINKS that he ahs – - – -BUT – —HE’S GOT 2 GO!!! —–>

    – — Americans Take Action To End Rush Limbaugh’s Radio Reign Of Hate —

    – - – - -To have intense aversion for, or extreme hostility toward, a group or person is uniquely human and undoubtedly the impetus for myriad atrocities on the human race. Since the election of Barack Obama as the first African American President, the level of hate inherent in a specific segment of the population has elevated to such a high degree that one begins to question what kind of country America is becoming that blatant enmity supersedes civility as a matter of course. With so much animosity permeating society, the last thing America needs is institutionalized promotion of hatred and yet, conservative talking heads have incorporated it as their modus operandi to instigate hostility toward liberal ideology by impugning the character of women, minorities, and especially Democrats. Intelligent discourse and appealing to intellect is not within radio host and conservative icon Rush Limbaugh’s purview, so he resorts to hateful rhetoric and ad hominem attacks to inspire his audience to action, and after his recent attack on law student Sandra Fluke, decent Americans are taking action to bring an end to Limbaugh’s reign as the king of hate and vitriol.

    Limbaugh’s radio program has been on the air since 1988 and the format has remained unchanged since its inception, and so has his vitriolic rants and attacks on everything not originating from conservative ideology. However, after nearly a quarter century, decent Americans have said enough and, like their grassroots activism against ALEC and Komen for the Cure, have mobilized in a concerted effort to encourage radio stations that carry his program, advertisers, and sponsors that affiliating with hate is not conducive to good business practices or

    –STOP RUSH PROJECT!! – - -

  • GreenLadyHere

    THIS was billed as – - -BREAKING NEWS. – - – -

    – - —-BREAKING: Joe Biden Endorses Same-Sex Marriage — -

    – — Vice President Joe Biden has endorsed same-sex marriage, becoming the highest ranking American official to back marriage for gay and lesbian people. His comments signify a split within the Obama administration and may pave the way for President Obama — who says he supports civil unions and is still evolving on the matter — to also embrace equality.

    Biden made his remarks during an appearance on Meet the Press, telling host David Gregory that he is “absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women.” He added, however, that “the President sets the policy” and did not say if he would support marriage in a second term. Biden credited the change-of-heart to the show Will & Grace, which aired on NBC from 1998 to 2006 and featured numerous gay characters:

    – ——-SKIP – - –

    — — – - – Update

    The campaign is trying to walk back Biden’s remarks:

    — – – - -Update

    Politico notes that a Biden spokesperson has issued this statement: The Vice President “was saying what the President has said previously-that committed and loving same-sex couples deserve the same rights and protections enjoyed by all Americans, and that we oppose any effort to rollback those rights.”
    THERE IS MORE.

    — – -***BLINK***

    • http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/ Sepia

      And the usual suspects are losing their isht about Biden’s comment.

      • GreenLadyHere

        Sepia – - — I KNOW –RIGHT. geesh.

        WONDER how LONG it’s gon take B4 – - – -MR. PRESIDENT will B “triangulated” into this. – -

        NEVAMIND. – - – -Already DONE!! :>) WHEW LAWD!! – -

        STAND STRONG – - -MR. PRESIDENT. :>)

    • rikyrah

      I’m gonna be like a little kid..

      ” AND?”

      Joe can’t have his own opinions?

      W-T-F?

      he’s a grown-assed man…yeah, he can have his own opinions.

      • GreenLadyHere

        HEEY rikyrah. ***BIG HUG** :>)

        – - — -***fist bump**** – –AND? LOL

        Some people have the NEED 2 CONTROL the MESSAGE annnnd the MESSENGER. – —-***shakin’ my head****

        – –Good 2 C U. :>)

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – - —***sigh*** – - -SAD that he hasta RESPOND 2 the – — HATAS!! – — THAT’ ALL THEY R! — -

    – — -Obama not ‘spiking the ball’ on bin Laden, aide says — –

    —- — -President Barack Obama’s campaign strategist, David Axelrod, says the president “hasn’t been spiking the ball” in releasing a campaign advertisement casting him as a decisive leader with the courage to pursue and kill Osama bin Laden, despite such a mission’s inherent risks.

    “This was the one-year anniversary. It’s part of his record. And it’s certainly a legitimate part of his record to talk about,” Axelrod told Jake Tapper Sunday on ABC’s This Week program.

    “Look,” Axelrod continued, “the president in the last campaign said that he would go wherever he had to, to hit high-value al Qaeda targets, including Osama bin Laden. One of the first things he did when he got here into the presidency was order the CIA to make this a top priority. That’s one of the reasons – that’s the main reason why we were able to be in a position to find bin Laden.
    THERE IS MORE.

    -REPEAT:- – - - And it’s certainly a legitimate part of his record to talk about,

    – - – JAKE – — – -That’s twice 2-day!! — – – -HOLD the HATERATION — in CHECK!! – — -geesh!!

    – — – -”OSAMA BIN LADEN is DEAD. GENERAL MOTORS is ALIVE!! – —FOCUS!! PEOPLE!!

    — [Sorry. Gotta "bounce" - - -MISSIN' U/CARRYIN'U --In MY ♥. BACK as soon as. :>)]

  • rikyrah

    Desperate Fools

    by BooMan
    Sat May 5th, 2012 at 10:43:12 PM EST

    I just picked a random box score from last season’s Ohio State basketball season. Well, it wasn’t that random. I chose the Michigan game because I figured that was definitely sold-out. Apparently, 18,451 people can watch a basketball game at Ohio State’s Schottenstein Center. But, the thing about basketball games is that there is a court in the middle of the stadium with baskets and benches and a table for scorekeepers and there are cheerleaders. Those people aren’t counted in the official attendance and there’s only ten players and a couple of refs on the court instead of a thousand people or more crammed into folding chairs. That’s why there were several thousand empty seats in the upper decks for Obama’s rally today. Where would you rather sit? On the floor, or behind the stage in the nosebleeds? I swear they are so desperate to try to diminish Obama’s advantage in charisma that they’ll grasp at any straw.

    As for the Richmond appearance, the Washington Post reports that 8,000 people showed up. When Old Dominion played at Virginia Commonwealth University this past season, 7,617 fans attended. Maybe the jackasses at Gateway Pundit will call me when Mitt Romney can outdraw a college basketball game.

    Here’s a Mitt Romney “rally” from last week: (below the fold, because it starts on its own):

    See the difference?

    http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/5/5/224312/3769

  • rikyrah

    found this over at TOD:

    hopefruit2
    May 6, 2012 at 9:00 am

    UT you are so right about this. Romney is hoping that the media/Koch/Big Oil will elect him into office. That may have worked fine in the primaries when his opponents were a bunch of weak-ass loser clowns. But with a master campaigner like Barack Obama who also has an excellent record to run on, and a feckless media that is increasingly being seen for what it is, Romney’s campaign will need to do a LOT more than simply follow PBO around and try to control the media narrative with a whole lot of FOOLISHNESS.

    Barack Obama is in a league of his own as a campaigner and he campaigns very differently from how he governs because his campaign does not have to rely on Republicans in congress or backstabbing Democrats. Furthermore, the American people largely can relate to President Obama and are more than willing to do the necessary work of registering voters, knocking on doors, making phone calls, tweeting, facebooking, etc..

  • rikyrah

    What Everyone Should Know About The Secretive Group Trying To Swift Boat Barack Obama

    By Judd Legum and Adam Peck on May 6, 2012 at 11:22 am

    A secretive right-wing group, Veterans For A Strong America, is attempting to do to President Obama what the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth did to Sen. John Kerry. And they aren’t shy about it. The group’s leader and sole employee, Joel Arends, told Mother Jones, “Yes, it’s the swift boating of the president.”

    Arends said his goal is to take “what’s percieved to be [Obama's] greatest strength” — the successful raid on Osama Bin Laden’s Pakistani compound — and make it “his greatest weekend.” The effort started this week with a web video attacking Obama for taking too much credit.

    In an interview with ThinkProgress, Arends refused to discuss any information regarding how the group was financed or its leadership. Arends also declined to provide legal forms he claims to have filed with the IRS. A representative from the IRS told ThinkProgress that the agency does not have any forms from Arends’ group on file.

    Here’s what we do know about Arends and Veterans For A Strong America:


    1. In four days, the first ad by Veterans For A Strong America garnered almost 1 million view on Youtube. It has also been played frequently on TV News. [YouTube, 5/1/12]

    2. Veterans For A Strong America is seeking to recruit Navy SEALS to attack Obama. “In the wake of a warm conservative reception for a web video trashing the president for ‘spiking the football’ on the anniversary of Osama Bin Laden’s death, the conservative group Veterans for a Strong America plans to gather Navy SEALs and Special Forces operators to criticize the White House during the 2012 campaign.” [BuzzFeed, 5/3/12]

    3. Arends also tried to Swift Boat Obama in 2008. Arends, under the auspices of a similar group called “Vets for Freedom,” ran an ad accusing Obama of refusing to meet with wounded soldiers from Illinois. [NPR, 7/5/08]

    4. Arends worked as a consultant for the Koch Brothers’ Americans for Properity. “Though he doesn’t list it on his public resume, around 2006 Arends went to work for Craig Dewey, the state director of Americans for Prosperity, an advocacy outfit that’s Astroturfed everything from the tea party and the Wisconsin union fight to public-school segregation.” The Koch Brothers and their allies have pledged to spend $100 million to defeat Obama. [Mother Jones, 5/4/12; HuffingtonPost, 2/3/12]

    5. In 2008, Arends — posing as a “journalist” — organized and participated in a taxpayer subsidized propaganda trip to Iraq. “American taxpayers are paying for politically slanted, pro-McCain, anti-Obama ‘reporters’ embedded with U.S. troops in Iraq. Vets for Freedom – a pro-war organization that buys attack ads against Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama – assembled a team of eight military veterans with dubious journalistic credentials to report ‘objectively’ on what is occurring in Iraq…Joel Arends, another “reporter,” is VFF’s executive director and was on McCain’s campaign payroll between March 2007 and February 2008.” [Charleston Gazette, 8/28/08]

    6. Arends is coordinating with key Islamophobic figures on the far-right. He regularly appears at events with anti-Islam conspiracy theorist Frank Gaffney, who has been condemned by mainstream conservatives for his intolerant views. He is also alligned with William “Jerry” Boykin, who was found to have violated Pentagon rules by expressing his anti-Muslim views in an official capacity. [ThinkProgress, 2/12/12; For The Common Defense; New York Times, 3/4/05]

    7. Arends helped promote a documentary advocating war with Iran. Arends appeared on a panel in South Dakoa promoting the documentary Iranium, which strongly suggests beginning a war with Iran, in March 2011. [Flier; ThinkProgress, 11/3/11]

    8. Veterans for A Strong American is fully endorsed by Karl Rove. The man known as “Bush’s Brain” tweeted his support of their first web ad. [Twitter, 5/3/12]

    http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/05/06/478820/obama-swift-boat-veterans-for-a-strong-america/

  • rikyrah

    When Mitt Romney Fired a Gay Staffer, 2004 Edition

    —By Tim Murphy
    | Fri May. 4, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

    Richard Grenell, Mitt Romney’s newly christened foreign policy spokesman, stepped down from the campaign on Tuesday. Grenell, who is gay, had come under fire from social conservative activists who viewed his hiring as a slap in the face. Although a Romney spokesman claimed the campaign had wanted Grenell to stay on, Romney staffers had already begun to shut him out before his resignation, counseling the gay foreign policy spokesman to stay silent during a recent campaign press call on foreign policy.

    The episode is reminiscent of a controversy that occurred when Romney was governor of Massachusetts: The 2004 dismissal of Ardith Wieworka, longtime head of the state’s Office of Child Care Services, who alleged that she had been terminated because of her decision to marry her partner.

    In May of that year, the same month same-sex marriage was legalized in the Bay State, the Northeastern University press office published a story announcing that Wieworka intended to marry her longtime partner, Carol Lyons, who worked at the school as the dean of career services.

    The next month, Romney traveled to Washington, DC, to testify in support of a federal constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. “Marriage is…a fundamental and universal social institution that bears a real and substantial relation to the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare of all the people of Massachusetts,” he told the Senate Judiciary Committee.

    Two weeks later, the Boston Globe reported that Ronald Preston, Romney’s state health and human services commissioner, asked Wieworka to resign.

    A veteran of three previous Republican administrations, Wieworka was at a loss about why she was fired. (She declined to comment for this story.) She told the Boston Globe later that month that, absent any clear motive, she suspected her ouster may have been a result of marriage:


    Earlier this week, Wieworka strongly suggested that her firing was connected to her recent marriage to her lesbian partner. She said yesterday that she was not saying that was the reason, but that she wanted to raise the question in the absence of other credible explanations.

    “When you accuse someone of something, you’ve reached a conclusion,” Wieworka said yesterday. “I want to look into the motivation.”

    http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/05/mitt-romney-fire-gay-staffer-ardith-wieworka

  • rikyrah

    Sunday, May 6, 2012
    Media: “This is a close race, dammit!”

    We’ve known for a while now that when it comes to the media, they benefit greatly when the public thinks a presidential election is close. Not only does it swell their coffers with expensive campaign ads, it gets people to tune in to their shouting matches…which are paid for by campaign ads.

    I was reminded of that once again this morning when I took a look at the New York Times electoral map. Contrary to what we see at Huffington Post and right-leaning Real Clear Politics, they’ve found a way to suggest a basic tie with Obama at 217 and Romney at 206.

    The clue as to how they manage to pull that off is up at the top of the page where they say, “A New York Times assessment of how states may vote, based on polling, previous election results and the political geography in each state.”

    As we’ll see, that last one about political geography gives them all the legwork they need to basically “make shit up” in order to reach their narrative of choice…a close race.

    The most obvious cases of making shit up include how they’ve assigned the states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and North Carolina.

    If you take their first two measures of polling and previous election results, it makes zero sense to suggest that Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are toss-ups. In both those states polling averages show an Obama lead of about 8. And neither one has gone for a Republican candidate in recent memory.

    On the other hand, they suggest that North Carolina leans Romney. You’d think that the fact that Obama won that state in 2008 and poll averages give him a very slight lead of about 2% would make it the perfect candidate for toss-up.

    But as long as the New York Times can throw in their idea of how political geography flies in the face of actual data – they can call it however they like. In so doing, they distort the current reality of a strong Obama lead in the electoral college and can try to convince us this race is close right now.

    Caveat: I’m not saying this race is over. As I’ve written often, six months is a long time and many things can change between now and election day. I’m merely suggesting that when it comes to reporting current reality, we’re not getting it from the New York Times.

    Posted by Smartypants at 11:07 AM

    http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2012/05/media-this-is-close-race-dammit.html

  • lamh35

    DAMNNNNNN!!! The Avengers estimated to make 200.3 Million dollars by the end of the weekend for the biggest opening weekend EVER in North America!!!! Its on tap to make 1 billion probably by the end of the month. Ya’ll need to see this movie, it’s that good.

    http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/05/06/box-office-report-avengers/

    • Rhoda

      I saw it last night and was surprised by Scarlet Johannsen, she didn’t impress me in I2. But Whedon gave her a lot to work with and she was great, I haven’t liked her since He’s Just Not Into You.

      The movie was funny too. If you liked this, checkout Firefly. Another great Whedon show.

      • Aquagranny911

        Joss Whedon is amazing! I loved “Firefly” & cried when it got cancelled. We bought the series DVD & the movie when it came out.

        Some of my family are seeing The Avengers today but Hubby & I will probably wait for the DVD because he hates going to the movies.

        • rikyrah

          I dunno AG..

          I think Avengers is a movie that should be seen on the big screen.

          Maybe you and hubby can catch a matinee?

          • Aquagranny911

            Maybe I will go by myself or take a friend. Hubby needs pee breaks which is why he doesn’t like long movies when you can’t push the pause button, lol.

            My brother & grandkiddos were raving about this movie when they got back a little while ago.

        • lamh35

          Agree with rikyrah, Avengers like Mission Impossible NEEDS to be seen on big screen. Catch the matinee showing and you can avoid crowds and teenagers

      • rikyrah

        Will forever be a Whedon fan because of Buffy. It was one of the best written shows ever done….

    • rikyrah

      I just didn’t have the heart to face the first weekend crowds. I’ll go see it next weekend

    • Admiral_Komack

      Somewhere, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is laughing :-)

  • Aquagranny911

    Love the music! It’s keeping right in my mood of day after Cinco De Mayo celebrations. We had a great time yesterday. I actually ended up giving an impromptu speech at the park supporting our Prez & GOTV. Lots of people listened & applauded. A man came up to me after & said I should volunteer for OFA. I smiled & said I already do!

    Today, I’ve been catching up on PBO’s doings from yesterday. It was a great kick off to the campaign. His speeches were way better than mine, lol. The enthusiasm & love from the crowds was so inspiring.

  • lamh35

    OT guys, but I just had to share this news.

    So okay, I have 2 jobs currently both in Microbiology, one FT, one PRN. My FT job is at THE major public hospital in DFW and I’ve had it for almost 7 years. My current job has become almost a struggle to get up and go to in the morning. It’s a least a 20-30 minute drive, I’m trained on every “bench” in the lab, but I never get to do more than 1 a month (I swear on some “benches”, I haven’t worked in over a YEAR!) and aside from some of my co-workers (including my LGBFF, that’s Latino Gay BFF, and some of the older ladies who remind me of my mom and aunt), I really dread going to work. My PRN job is at a private hospital (i.e. rich folk ya’ll), is a smaller group of people (In Micro alone, there is only 2 FT employees and one of those included the supervisors), and there is a better chance of being on a different bench if not daily, then weekly. Also, the pace is alot less hectic, the people are alot more nicer (although I doubt I’ll be as friendly as I am with some of the people at my FT JOB) and the hospital environment is way cooler and calmer than my FT.

    So anyway, I only work 2 weekends a month at my PRN. I’ve been there for a year and it was time for my evaluation. I went to the Lab Mgr office (who is way nicer than my FT Mgr who is basically a bitch to work with) and she went over my evaluation (which was STELLAR of course). At the end, she asked if I had any goals for the next year and i told her some BS about learning to do more of the “bench” work here than I do now and then…she dropped this big idea in my lap.

    Basically, she asked me if I would consider a position in Micro working on/off (7 days or 4 days, 10hr or 12hr, whichever I prefer, she basically said I could think about what my “dream schedule” would be and that they would be negotiable). So she all but basically offered me this position, even though she is aware that I have been thinking about moving back to NOLA. She said if I didn’t really have a timeframe for moving back to NOLA (which I don’t, it’s been hard finding position in Micro that pay well, I’m basically waiting til they re-build the medical center which won’t happend until least 2013!), then I could work the on/off schedule IN MICRO and still have PTO and that way I have at least 3 days/7days of free time and of course I could use it to go home to NOLA practically ANY TIME I WANT!!! So I’d be able to still make the money that I’m currently making here in DFW and still be able to go home to NOLA more often!!!!

    It’s almost perfect!!!! I told her that since I would be working next weekend, I would like to take this week and think about it and I would have a decision by the end of the week!

    OMG, ya’ll, I am smiling and a bit too happy right now, because if I can get this to work out, it is literally THE BEST OF BOTH worlds. I love the life I have here in DFW (friends and what not) but I really miss not being able to see my family more often, and with this possible soilution, it just seems like to sweet a deal. So I’m on little high right now and I need to settle down and think about this but…It’s amazing how God can just make a way right

    • rikyrah

      lamh,

      this sounds wonderful, and I hope that it all works out for you.

    • vulcan_girl

      I’ve always believed that there are time when you get the job you need, and it’s not always the job you want!

    • Aquagranny911

      I left you a message on the other thread with the usual “Granny advice” & also my very best wishes for your success in this.

    • Rhoda

      Congrats!!!!!!

      I’m so glad it’s working out for you.

    • dannie22

      Congratulations lamh!!

    • http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/ Sepia

      Congrats, Lamh! I’m happy everything is working out for you! :-)

    • GreenLadyHere

      HEEY lamh35. ***BIG HUG**** :>)

      – —I am soooo – –HAPPY 4 U. :>)

      – -THIS – - – ->.It’s amazing how God can just make a way right

      – –“The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow” – - – -Seeeee . . . . :>)

      CONTINUIN’ 2 PRAY 4 U — -your family. :>) BLESS U lamh35. :>)

  • rikyrah

    Robert De Niro Eviscerates the Right’s MSM Lap Dogs Who Bash Obama

    Leaning forward in his director’s chair in the World Center Hotel with the rebuilding of the One World Trade Center in the background, Robert De Niro knocked down the Right wing, mainstream media framing of liberals thrown at him by David Gregory on Meet the Press, and he did it with a sardonic look of ease that said “I’m two steps ahead of you, Gregory.”

    When asked the negative question, “Are you as inspired and hopeful and satisfied with what he’s done as president as he stands for re-election?“ De Niro pointed out that it’s very easy to criticize people, but he thinks Obama has done a good job.

    David Gregory: So much is in a political context right now because of campaign, whether it’s Osama bin Laden or the war in Afghanistan. You’re somebody who cares a lot about politics but hasn’t been involved until 2008 when you talked about your inspiration and support for President Obama. Are you as inspired and hopeful and satisfied with what he’s done as president as he stands for re-election?

    Robert De Niro: It’s very easy to criticize people. (Pause for irony.)

    I think he’s done a good job. He’s done other things that maybe he should have been stronger about, people will complain. (Pause for mainstream media to catch its breath and regroup- liberals are not supposed to come out and say “he’s done a good job”. But at least De Niro put the qualifier on it.)

    De Niro continued: It’s not easy to be President of the United States, and he — that was pointed out in the “New York Times” in the last Sunday week in review by Peter Bergen about all the things he did as far as bin Laden and other things that he stepped up being a liberal president, supposedly, that were effective.

    (Oh, no you didn’t Robert! You did not just own national security for a Democrat on MTP! Not allowed!)

    De Niro softly reminded Gregory of the risks Obama took: Not always — you know, there’s all the negative side of that, but he took the chance to do it, and he did it ultimately with bin Laden.

    Gregory was perhaps stunned into silence, so De Niro went on: I give him credit (small dig here—I give him credit, why don’t you?) and I hope he does – I know he’ll do better in the next four years when he doesn’t have to worry about being elected or not.

    I swear I saw David Gregory’s face freeze to avoid an involuntary twitch of shock when De Niro pointed out Obama’s accomplishments, specifically calling out the killing of bin Laden. Gregory was thinking that surely all liberals got the message that it was “unseemly” to take credit for that. Hush up, you Democrats. Show a little respect for the Real Patriots – you know, the ones who never even looked for bin Laden but now want the credit. The ones who never served and whose children never served. Those patriots.

    That pop you just heard was about 4 different right wing frames of Democrats exploding at once.

    http://www.politicususa.com/robert-de-niro-eviscerates-the-rights-msm-lap-dogs-who-bash-obama.html

    • http://winthemarket.com/the-spontaneous-healing-plan/ woody45

      I don’t know if he was so much leaning forward as he was just slouching uncontrollably.

  • rikyrah

    Just finished watching POTUS in Ohio…

    he was ON FIRE…

    he truly is an absolutely fabulous candidate.

    he rocks….

    and Willard is so lacking….(yes, I’m being generous)

  • Miranda

    LMAO

    Ron Paul supporters capture majority of Nevada’s national delegates

    Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul captured the majority of Nevada’s national delegates early Sunday, overwhelming likely nominee Mitt Romney with an organized contingent who easily took control of the state convention.

    Paul’s supporters won 22 of the 25 national delegate slots up for election at the state convention in Sparks on Saturday. Romney won three.

    more here
    http://m.lvsun.com/news/2012/may/06/ron-paul-supporters-capture-majority-nevadas-natio/

  • Miranda

    White privilege at its finest…heifer attacks black studies programs because her lily white ass just doesn’t have a clue.

    this is what she wrote
    http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/the-most-persuasive-case-for-eliminating-black-studies-just-read-the-dissertations/46346

    I saw the link from this column:
    http://www.theroot.com/views/black-studies-critic?page=0,1

    • rikyrah

      she doesn’t get it, and then resents what SHE doesn’t understand..

      um..ok

    • GOVCHRIS1988

      Is this really new to us? This is another case of insular white world syndrome. Where I don’t get it and am not about to “think” to get it.

  • Admiral_Komack

    Francois Hollande – New French President

    Francois Hollande, the former leader of France’s Socialist Party, has been elected president of France, defeating incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. 

    Despite being one of France’s best known politicians, the 57-year-old Hollande has never held a position in the national government. 

    http://m.voanews.com/english/Francois-Hollande—New-French-President-150360765.html

  • Miranda

    Another one bites the dust

    Airstrike kills senior al-Qaida leader in Yemen

    SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An airstrike Sunday killed a top al-Qaida leader on the FBI’s most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, Yemeni officials said. The airstrike resembled earlier U.S. drone attacks, but the U.S. did not immediately confirm it.

    Fahd al-Quso was hit by a missile as he stepped out of his vehicle, along with another al-Qaida operative in the southern Shabwa province, Yemeni military officials said. They were speaking on condition of anonymity in accordance with military regulations.

    The airstrike came as the U.S. and Yemen cooperate in a battle against al-Qaida in southern Yemen.

    more here
    http://news.yahoo.com/airstrike-kills-senior-al-qaida-leader-yemen-185236164.html

    • rikyrah

      cue up Another one bites the dust…

      Jackal Reporter: Mr. President, the GOP has accused you of being an appeaser.

      POTUS: Ask Osama Bin Laden if I’m an appeaser. Go ask Al-Qaida. Whoever’s left.

    • http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/ Sepia

      Fahd al-Quso was hit by a missile as he stepped out of his vehicle, along with another al-Qaida operative in the southern Shabwa province, Yemeni military officials said.

      “Just Stay In Your Car!!” – Reginald Denning and Rodney King
      http://www.hulu.com/watch/5032/in-living-color-rodney-and-reginald

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – — -SAD ENTERTAINMENT NEWS – —-

    – - – - -TV’s ‘Goober’ George Lindsey Dead at 83 – — -

    —– -Actor May 06 (TheWrap.com) – and comedian George Lindsey — Goober on TV’s “Andy Griffith Show” — died early Sunday morning after an extended illness, his family announced.

    He was 83 years old.

    Lindsey auditioned for the role of Gomer Pyle, but fellow actor and Alabama native Jim Nabors ended up with the part. When Nabors got his own show later, Lindsey was approached about resuming his role of Goober, which he did for the next five years

    SAD. I watch all these shows. – - – -:>)

    – - – — – -Andy Griffith Show: Barney & Goober – - –

    – - -RIHEP – –annnd THANK U 4 your HUMOR. :>) – - GEORGE LINDSEY. – - –

    – - – -CONDOLENCES 2 – - -FAMILY/FRIENDS/FANS. – -AMEN. -

    • http://winthemarket.com/the-spontaneous-healing-plan/ woody45

      GLH. I love that scene!! Pipe down this ain’t a ballgame. LOL. Thanks for this

      • GreenLadyHere

        HEEY woody45. ***BIG HUG*** :>)

        – –LOL. – - – -I KNOW – -HUH!? – - -My pleasure. :>) – -

        THEY had “wacked” lines – - -BUT – - -they were funny. :>)

        Good 2 C U. woody45. :>)

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – - – -Wooops! – - –He’s OUT! – - – -AU revoir! — – -People R – — -EXHAUSTED! :>) – -

    – - -France election 2012: Nicolas Sarkozy booted out of office having exhausted France – - -

    – - – -Nicolas Sarkozy who rode to office five years ago promising a historic “rupture” was on Sunday night booted out of office having exhausted his nation.

    – - – -The “Sarko show”, a five-year rollercoaster ride of political and private highs and lows frequently rendered France open-mouthed in disbelief or wonder.

    The French took a risk in electing a high-wire, hardline interior minister with a refreshingly pro-market approach.

    He was on the back foot from the start after spending an ill-advised electoral soirée in Le Fouquet’s, the Champs-Elysées bar.

    More eyebrows were raised when the “bling bling president” jetted off in aviator shades to a billionaire friend’s luxury yacht, cancelling plans to spend a couple of days meditating in a monastery.

    Used to an aloof leader, the French quickly realised they were in for front line politics after Mr Sarkozy dubbed his bit-part prime minister a mere “collaborator”. — -
    THERE IS MORE.

  • Miranda

    SMH…..this trifling mofo right chea……..Tacky Tavis on “This Week” with that sniveling Jake Tapper:

    7) SMILEY: .. For a person who talked about nonviolence, who the president quotes often, Dr. King once said that war is the enemy of the poor. And I just hate seeing the president play into the hands of the right by running around bragging about having to off Osama bin Laden. It’s not — I don’t think it’s presidential. I think it’s bad strategy, with his playing into their hands. But more importantly for me, it’s antithetical to the person he says is one of his great heroes.
    http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/sunday-sound-heard-on-this-week/

    • rikyrah

      I’m going to go take my chicken and rice casserole, and my peach cobbler, and I’m going to the bad lounge.

      better to stuff my mouth than to say what I really think about Travis..

      um..ok…a little bit…

      FUCK YOU, TRAVIS.

      there…the rest is worse, so I’ll be chilling in the bad lounge, waiting for Once Upon A Time to come on.

      • Aquagranny911

        OH MAN! I’ll say FU to Travis too if I can go to the bad lounge with you for some of that peach cobbler. I hope you share.

      • Admiral_Komack

        The trifling, sniviling, wanna-be-relevant, fish-eyed fool can kiss my ass, him and his significant other, Corney-Ass-West.

        • isonprize

          See, Admiral, I was trying not to go there. That’s why I recommended therapy.

    • http://winthemarket.com/the-spontaneous-healing-plan/ woody45

      Of course it’s not Presidential. Now as I point out in my soon to be released new book, “Tomming For Dollars” the key to being Presidential is to fold like a cheap tent from Sunny Surplus whenever Republicans tell you to. (Sigh) I’s sho miss me sum Bill Klintun.

    • http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/ Sepia

      And Dr. King wouldn’t have taken money from Wells Fargo, Exxon Mobile, Nationwide, Walmart, McDonald’s..etc.

      • rikyrah

        kapow!!

    • isonprize

      Lawd Hab Mercy, Travesty. Please, please, PLEASE SIT YO ASS DOWN.

      You don’t think it’s presidential? Nobody gives a shit what you think. You don’t know what MLK would have done in that situation, as MLK was NOT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!

      Tavis, really, you are not as important as you think you are. Yes, I believe in freedom of speech. You are exercising your right to look, act and sound like an egomaniacal fool. It’s not a good look. We are on to your mess.

      How much does your soul cost? How much does, let’s see, Wells Fargo? Walmart? _____fill-in-the-blank corporate sponsor pay you? How much are you worth? Or is your ego so massive that you just don’t see how petty, jealous, lame you sound?

      Would you rather Willard Mitt Romney be President? That way you could get back to your old hustle. Then you could pimp your “connection” to the black community like you used to in the good ol’ Clinton days?

      President Obama doesn’t need your hustle. He goes DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE. He doesn’t need your poverty tour, he doesn’t need your “state of the black union” panel discussion.

      You, on the other hand, need to find a new hustle. This one is old, tired and played out. Therapy is expensive, but you can afford it.

  • Miranda

    no Spike…just……no

    http://twitpic.com/9i7n0g

    • rikyrah

      BWA HA HA HA

    • http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/ Sepia

      *dead* at “Black Quaker Oats man”!

    • GreenLadyHere

      miranda – - – -BWAHAHA – — -THAT PIC APPEARED -

      -WHEN Igoogled — –> – -THIS: – -image of the new black quaker oats man – —

      I KID U NOT!! LOL. – - – —BEYOND FUNNY!! :>)

      Thanks 4 da –LAFF!! :>)

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – — -AXELROD 2 – —- teh WILLARD – –SHUT-UP — PHOOL!! – -

    – - –China syndrome – - -

    – - -In discussing the human rights situation in China involving dissident Chen Guangcheng, Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod blasted likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney for his remarks about the situation. Speaking to Jake Tapper on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, Axelrod said:

    “What’s shameful is when presidential candidates are so craven to score political points that they speak irresponsibly on half information at a time when the president is trying — and the administration is trying to resolve a situation that is very, very sensitive and very difficult. We want to help Mr. Chen achieve his goal, which is to come here, and we want to do it in accordance with our values, and we want to be successful in doing that. And we’re making some progress in that regard. But it doesn’t help to have candidates blunderbussing around, trying to score political points, when we’re in the middle of that process.”

    – - – — –LOL – - - blunderbussing around, – - – -LOL. – - -

    WHEW LAWD!! – — -He is sooo – - UNQUALIFIED!! – –Annnnd he

    PROVES IT ——-ERRY TIME he OPENS HIS MOUTH!! –geesh!

  • rikyrah

    Black Women and Fat
    By ALICE RANDALL
    Published: May 5, 2012

    FOUR out of five black women are seriously overweight. One out of four middle-aged black women has diabetes. With $174 billion a year spent on diabetes-related illness in America and obesity quickly overtaking smoking as a cause of cancer deaths, it is past time to try something new.

    What we need is a body-culture revolution in black America. Why? Because too many experts who are involved in the discussion of obesity don’t understand something crucial about black women and fat: many black women are fat because we want to be.

    The black poet Lucille Clifton’s 1987 poem “Homage to My Hips” begins with the boast, “These hips are big hips.” She establishes big black hips as something a woman would want to have and a man would desire. She wasn’t the first or the only one to reflect this community knowledge. Twenty years before, in 1967, Joe Tex, a black Texan, dominated the radio airwaves across black America with a song he wrote and recorded, “Skinny Legs and All.” One of his lines haunts me to this day: “some man, somewhere who’ll take you baby, skinny legs and all.” For me, it still seems almost an impossibility.

    Chemically, in its ability to promote disease, black fat may be the same as white fat. Culturally it is not.

    more here
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/opinion/sunday/why-black-women-are-fat.html?src=me&ref=general

    • itgurl_29

      Michelle Obama has inspired my auntie, who has been overweight her entire adult life, to start eating right and exercising. She’s down to a size 14. She hasn’t been that small since high school.

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – - — CHRIS HAYES – - —-**shakin’ my head** – -

    – - —UNEASE”???? – - -PUH-LEEZE!!! – - – -***tsk*** ****eye roll****

    – —–MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Describes His ‘Unease’ With Celebrating Osama Bin Laden Killing – -

    – - — -On Saturday’s Up with Chris Hayes, eponymous host Chris Hayes discussed the “parfait of frustration” at this week’s discussion of the “politicization” of the Osama bin Laden killing. While he and his panel made proper mockery of Republican outrage (you only do a victory dance when you haven’t won, duh.), Hayes expressed a difficult-to-articulate “unease” with celebrating the terrorist leader’s killing, one which he eventually articulated very well. – -

    - – - – -SKIP – - – -

    But Hayes also expressed some “unease” with “parading around the violence…in which the violence that is executed becomes an argument in one’s favor.”

    My initial reaction was an eyerolling contempt similar to the one I had when Michael Moore gave his scattershot, knee-jerk opinions about the raid, but less violent. I suppose that’s my “parfait of frustration,” the liberal tendency to complicate even the simplest things, like the unquestionable good that is a pushing-up-seaweed Osama bin Laden. Hayes’ difficulty in explaining himself also contributed to a sense that this was just, as he called it, “squishy liberal…quasi-pacif(ism).”
    THERE IS MORE.

    He L8R “cleaned it up” – – -BUT – —–GET a “SPINE” – - -geesh!!

    • Admiral_Komack

      Gee, he’s so emo-tional.
      What a clown.

      • GreenLadyHere

        HEEY Admiral — -***BIG HUG*** :>)

        – - –I KNOW – HUH!! ? ? – —-Sometimes I think that he SOUNDS like rachel – –when I’m NOT watchin’ the TV. geesh! –

        Good 2 C U – - -Admiral. :>)

    • GOVCHRIS1988

      He needs to have a seat. THIS is exactly why people have thought for the last thirty to forty years why inept Republicans have just owned foreign policy. These people run all around thinking their shit doesn’t stink. That they are so got-damn enlightened and that anyone who boasts that a man who was behind one of the most horrific attacks on American soil is some uncaring brute who doesn’t like peace. I’m gonna let you know, I’m glad that muthafucka is dead, and I’m glad the “American” citizen who went to their side, training and encouraging those muthafuckas is dead. These people don’t know what peace is. Peace is not just laying down your arms and turning the other cheek. Peace is about making sure that people who want to fuck with you can be knocked the hell back. These people wanted to fuck with us. They wanted a confrontation, and now I’m supposed to just not talk about it or hide my glee. I’m not apologizing for celebrating his death, and neither are lot of people. I thank God that President Obama had both the testicular fortitude and intelligence to end that nightmare.

      • Ebogan63

        Tell it, GovChris!!
        I keep on sayin’ the president took a solemn oath to defend the constitution and this country against all enemies foreign and domestic. Fuck Chris Hayes and his stereotypical leftist bullshit! I am for gettin’ every last one of the MF’s that was responsible for attacking this country with airplanes into skyscrapers

      • isonprize

        GovChris!!! SAY IT!!

        I’m glad that muthafucka is dead, and I’m glad the “American” citizen who went to their side, training and encouraging those muthafuckas is dead. These people don’t know what peace is. Peace is not just laying down your arms and turning the other cheek. Peace is about making sure that people who want to fuck with you can be knocked the hell back.

        Comment of the week, week, week!!!

      • GreenLadyHere

        HEEY GOVCHRIS1988. ***BIG HUG*** :>)

        – –***MEGA – -fist bump*** – -

        – — -ALL! – –OF! – - – -THIS!! – –:>)

        -ESPECIALLY -THIS – - –I’m not apologizing for celebrating his death, and neither are lot of people. I thank God that President Obama had both the testicular fortitude and intelligence to end that nightmare. – - -LUV IT!!

        – — -***SPIKES BALL in the END ZONE!!!*** –HAH! – –

        Goo 2 C U. :>)

    • dannie22

      Chris, go sit in an empty stadium with mitt romney

  • crazycanuck

    Wow, lot to read today. Hey rikyrah did you read the comments of that thinkprogress piece you posted? I saw this in the comments

    Veterans For A Strong America.
    P.O. Box 1246
    Sioux Falls, SD 57101-1246.

    Americans for Prosperity.
    PO BOX 1246.
    SIOUX FALLS, SD 57101-124

    interesting isn’t it?

    Also,no I missed this week POI, I’m trying to get a synopsis now online, so I’ll know what is going on next week.

    • Miranda

      They have the same address because they’re the same damn people masquerading as different groups. All in the same bed. Incestuous mofos.

    • rikyrah

      no shock in the least, CC.

      of course, they’re the same damn folks.

  • dannie22

    Hello everyone!! I just got back from seeing Alvin Ailey and they were fantastic!! Ive seen them before but they never cease to amaze me!! If they are in your town, you should definitely see them!! Go on the night “Home” is the opening piece. Home was a hip hop inspired dance that was fierce!

  • crazycanuck

    So Romney went to a basketball game today

    Andrew Kaczynski ‏ @BuzzFeedAndrew
    Mitt Romney was at the Celtics game today. One of the owners Stephen Pagliuca is a friend and former colleague from Bain.

    He tries so hard, you almost feel sorry for him lol

    • Miranda
      • Alma98

        LOL!

    • Miranda

      Ed Espinoza ‏ @EdEspinoza

      Charles Barkley, just now, seeing Mitt Romney at the Celtics game: “he seem like a nice guy, but this fall, you goin’ down, bro.”

      • crazycanuck

        Ha!, I wanna see pics

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – - –[This is a few day old. Hope it's NOT a dup. - It's sooo POSITIVE. :>)]

    – -Oregon Announces Plans To Lead On Implementing Key ACA Reforms – -

    – - – -In order to combat an impending budgetary crisis related to spending on Medicaid, Oregon will take the lead on implementing a model that the Affordable Care Act has invested in at the Federal level. Yesterday, the Gov. John Kitzhaber (D-OR) and the Obama Administration announced a Federal-State Partnership for a coordinated care initiative that is projected to save $11 billion dollars in Medicaid spending over the next decade. These savings offer reason to celebrate, given the burden rising health care costs have placed on the economy. But perhaps more important than the savings alone is the way that they will be achieved: by investing in increased quality of patient care.

    Effectively implementing this reform will require a fundamental shift in the way we pay for care, which Kitzhaber has explicitly proposed to his legislature. A cornerstone of the coordinated care effort is a change in the way that the doctors are paid for their services, away from the current fee-for-service system that incentivizes quantity and towards an integrated payment system that incentivizes quality. The concept is simple: If we want a doctor’s goal to be controlling diabetes, then we should pay her for controlling diabetes, not the number of tests she runs or medications she prescribes. We should pay her to collaborate with her peers and to communicate with her patients to track improvement, not to sign a higher volume of referrals and prescription slips./i>
    THERE IS MORE.

    CONGRATULATIONS 2 -Gov. John Kitzhaber (D-OR) – -annnnd the people who will B HELPED by this PROGRAM. :>)

    – — -THANK U MR. PRESIDENT –4 ACA!! :>) – - -BLESS U. :>)

  • lamh35

    Mitt Romney at the Celtics game. Could this dude be anymore obvious. This is like Single White Female. Next thing you know Romney gonna be getting a new “tanner” face!

    From Charles Barkley mouth to God’s ears.

    Charles Barkley, just now, seeing Mitt Romney at the Celtics game: “he seem like a nice guy, but this fall, you goin’ down, bro.”

    https:/twitter.com?tw_e=details&tw_i=199272880926765057&tw_p=tweetembed#!/EdEspinoza/statu ses/199272880926765057

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – - – - – OUR – - -”INTERNATIONAL” PRESIDENT :>) – —

    – - – -Obama congratulates new French president – - -

    – — – President Obama on Sunday congratulated President-elect François Hollande shortly after he was elected France’s new leader.

    Obama also plans on welcoming Hollande during both the Group of 8 summit and NATO summit in Chicago later in May, according to the White House.

    In a phone conversation, Obama suggested that he and Hollande meet in person ahead of the summits.

    Hollande, a member of France’s Socialist Party, was elected with roughly 51 percent of the vote on Sunday.

    He is the first Socialist president since 1995. Hollande succeeds President Nicolas Sarkozy, a member of the center-right Union for a Popular Movement party. Sarkozy reportedly had about 49 percent of the vote.

    Hollande’s election could signal new diplomatic challenges for the Obama administration.
    THERE IS MORE.

    MUST WATCH. . . in light of that LAST STATEMENT.

  • lamh35

    I”m off to bed. Back to my day job tomorrow. BTW, I reviewed and compared the benefits, I’ve come up with 4 big questions that I need answering (pay rate, benefits eligible, hours per pay period, estimated time when position would start) and I’ve had some sense knocked into my head by my gramdmother. So I’m gonna go for it. Sending my supe a letter tonight for her to read tmrw. And get the ball rolling in this.

    Good night guys!

  • GreenLadyHere

    HEEY dannie22 – —***BIG HUG*** :>)

    LOL. Annnnd he will have PLENTY MORE as we move toward NOV. – –4 REAL!! LOL.

    THANK U 4 SRIN’ your ALVIN AILEY – –EXPERIENCE. IT musta been “heavenly.” – –WOW&1/2!! :>)

    Good 2 C U – -dannie22. :>)

  • GreenLadyHere

    HEEY dannie22 – —***BIG HUG*** :>)

    LOL. Annnnd he will have PLENTY MORE as we move toward NOV. – –4 REAL!! LOL.

    THANK U 4 SRIN’ your ALVIN AILEY – –EXPERIENCE. IT musta been “heavenly.” – –WOW&1/2!! :>)

    Good 2 C U – -dannie22. :>)

  • GreenLadyHere

    HEEY dannie22 – —***BIG HUG*** :>)

    LOL. Annnnd he will have PLENTY MORE as we move toward NOV. – –4 REAL!! LOL.

    THANK U 4 SRIN’ your ALVIN AILEY – –EXPERIENCE. IT musta been “heavenly.” – –WOW&1/2!! :>)

    Good 2 C U – -dannie22. :>)

  • GreenLadyHere

    HEEY dannie22 – —***BIG HUG*** :>)

    LOL. Annnnd he will have PLENTY MORE as we move toward NOV. – –4 REAL!! LOL.

    THANK U 4 SRIN’ your ALVIN AILEY – –EXPERIENCE. IT musta been “heavenly.” – –WOW&1/2!! :>)

    Good 2 C U – -dannie22. :>)

  • GreenLadyHere

    dup

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – - –OH! FER HEAVEN’S SAKE!! – - –geesh!!! – —

    – - – -Wingnut OpEd: Why Is President Obama Silent On Beastie Boy Death? – –

    – - – — —The major part of his round up? This could not be loopier if he was wearing a banana split on his head.

    Now, half-white Barack Obama (exactly my age) didn’t say a word, even though he was talking to college kids that day, but make no mistake, MCA was no JayZ or Kanye West. This guy was the real deal, groundbreaker, up from his bootstraps, Brooklyn boy made good. Funny the “coolest president ever” doesn’t say a word about the passing of MCA. Weird and kinda sad, actually.
    – - – - -SKIP – - –

    – — -Huh, wha? I am also exactly as old as PBO and I never listened to the Beastie Boys. Checking their wiki, I would have been 25 or so when “Fight for Your Right” came out, and I remember it and it was fine, but I wasn’t buying the album. (Yes, still album those days kids. CD’s were out but considered a blip.) Is PBO supposed to speak out when any half black/half white whateverthehellyouwant to call it person dies? God lord almighty, they have let their hatred go straight into straightjackets and mouth guard mode.

    – - -THIS: – -God lord almighty, they have let their hatred go straight into straightjackets and mouth guard.

    — TRUTH!! – —- So SAD!!

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – — – -UPDATE on – - THIS PHOOL!! – - – -

    – - -UPDATE: School Board Member Will Not Be Fired For Calling Trayvon a “F**got” — -

    – - – - -In a recorded call that was nothing short of career suicide, Skyy Fisher, a Compton Unified school board member called 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen killed by George Zimmerman on February 26 in Sanford, Florida, a “faggot black dude” and school Superintendent Karen Frison a “bitch,” reports the Huffington Post.

    – - – -SKIP – - -

    – - -In an update to this story, the Weekly reports that because the school board is technically the superintendent’s boss, Fisher can not be fired. Enough signatures would have to be collected by the public for a recall election.

    In the wake of controversy, the school board has accepted Fishers request for a three-month leave of absence so that he can focus on his “health and personal well-being.” – -

    –He needsta FOCUS on — -THIS!! –

    -3 months is NOT ENFF 2 CURE his SICKNESS! -geeesh!!