May 23, 2013

Sunday Open Thread: Relax with Grover Washington Jr. & Friends

September 23, 2012 by 98 Comments

Good Morning! Here’s to a wonderful relaxing Sunday.

Enjoy the sounds of Grover Washington Jr. and his collaborations with legendary vocalists:

Miss Patti on “The Best Is Yet To Come”

Bill Withers on “Just The Two Of Us”

Phyllis Hyman on “Sacred Kind of Love”

Jean Carne on “The Look of Love”

I would be remiss to leave out Mister Magic, Grover’s centerpiece!

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  • GreenLadyHere
  • GreenLadyHere

    miranda – — -NOT 2 WORRY MR. PRESIDENT. U GOT IT – -
    - -4! – –MORE! – - – -YEARS! - — -Woo! Hoo! – —

    – - –Obama: It takes more than 1 term to fix economy – –

    – - –President Barack Obama says change takes more than one term in the White House, more than one president and more than one party.

    His message to thousands of cheering supporters at a rally in Milwaukee was a rebuke to rival Mitt Romney, who claims Obama’s policies have failed to turn the economy around.

    The crowd of about 18,000 in a steady drizzle was the largest yet of Obama’s reelection campaign. It was Obama’s first appearance in Wisconsin since February.
    THERE IS MORE. – –

  • GreenLadyHere

    miranda – - – –MORE SUPPORT – - 4 MR. PRESIDENT! – – –Woo! Hoo! – – –:>) – - – -

    – - -Alfre Woodard Shares Why She Supports President Obama – OFA Nevada – –

    – - – –Get involved in Nevada: http://OFA.BO/dZtYoy

    Alfre Woodard shares why she supports President Obama and what he’s done for women—like passing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act and signing the Affrordable Care Act.

    – –MR. PRESIDENT: – - -WE GOT YOUR BACK!! :>) – - -

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

    Mornin’ POU!

    Check out this pic of FLOTUS and Rev. Al: http://twitter.com/rachelnoerd/status/249866090157584384/photo/1

    • conlakappa

      Great photo!

      The Rev. Al was in D.C. on Friday as well and stood with faith leaders in Maryland in support of same-sex marriage. Black pastors + cool with gay marriage surely means it’ll get as much coverage as the “teh blacks hatez teh gayz” coverage that I read on the regular, amirite? Yeah, totally rhetorical question. It was on the third page of the Metro section of yesterday’s paper. So not even in the religion section but the page adjacent. It didn’t even have a photo of the event–I just saw one in an e-mail from The Rev. Al about it.

    • Miranda

      I love this Pic!

      *can someone tweet this to Tavis..teeheehee*

  • GreenLadyHere

    miranda – - -HAH! — -That MINI-REVELATION [2011 Tax Returns] – — -RAISED MORE QUESTIONS – – –than IT ANSWERED!! – — LOL – - -

    – —-Picture of the Day: The 47% Want to See Your Tax Returns! – –

    – - -AX’ THESE 47%ers!! – —-HAH!

    NOW 4 REAL—SHOW US YER – - -TAX RETURNS!!! – -

  • GreenLadyHere

    miranda – — –THIS is CONTROVERSIAL- – -

    – –State Department: CNN ‘indefensible’ on late ambassador Christopher Stevens’s diary — -

    – –The State Department – in a harsh, detailed statement – is accusing CNN of an “indefensible” invasion of the privacy of Christopher Stevens, the late U.S. ambassador to Libya, after finding his seven-page journal in the consulate where he was killed.

    CNN fired back by saying that the State Department may be “attacking the messenger” because of “questions about why the State Department didn’t do more to protect Ambassador Stevens.”

    CNN.com reported on Saturday: “Four days after he was killed, CNN found a journal belonging to late U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens. The journal was found on the floor of the largely unsecured consulate compound where he was fatally wounded. CNN notified Stevens’ family about the journal within hours after it was discovered and at the family’s request provided it to them via a third party. The journal consists of just seven pages of handwriting in a hard-bound book.”

    It turns out that the late ambassador’s writings were the genesis of a reporting by CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Wednesday night on his program, “Anderson Cooper 360°”: “A source familiar with Ambassador Stevens’ thinking says that in the months before his death, he talked about being worried about what he called the never-ending security threats specifically in Benghazi. This source telling us that the ambassador specifically mentioned the rise in Islamic extremism, the growing Al Qaeda presence in Libya, and said he was on an Al Qaeda hit list.”

    Hmmm – –AC360!! – -Wonder ifff he told where he got his information from??
    SLEAZE!!

    • crazycanuck

      That was just so vile

    • GN

      I don’t blame them for being pissed. I feel so bad for his family, this is very disrespectful.

  • GreenLadyHere

    Gotta “bounce” – —MISSIN’ U/CARRYIN’ U – –IN MY ♥. —:>)

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

    Via satellite from East Hampton, Romney economic advisor, Emil Henry, tells Chris Hayes, “I will triple down” on Romney’s 47% comments (at the 9:20 mark): http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46979738/vp/49137723#49137723

    • Miranda

      I saw a few minutes of this asshole. I hope he keeps being a surrogate for Romney, put him all over every talk show. He exemplifies the complete assholeness so well there is no way any ad or Obama surrogate can make it clearer.

  • conlakappa

    Charlie Osgood didn’t say what the letters were but I’m watching CBS Sunday Morning and there were enough letters about Juifcymoufded Tavis’s recent poverty piece for Osgood to say that Juicy is one of many people who speak on the show and that what Juicy said was his opinion and meant to spur thought, which it clearly did. Translation: he’s on his own and direct your ire towards him, please.

  • creolechild

    Good morning POU!

    Hey White Guys

    H/T Tim Wise

  • creolechild

    We should all be preparing ourselves to keep working after the election is over

    An awful lot of people have opined about what they think might happen in a second Obama administration. As was the case in 2008, I fear that too many are not listening to the man himself because he’s broadcasting what to expect loud and clear. So let’s take a listen and see what he’s been saying[....]

    “I do think I’m going to need to bring in the voices of the American people much more systematically, much more regularly. Finding the right mechanisms to do that is something that we’re going to spend a lot of time thinking about. Obviously, the Internet and the digital age helps.”[....]

    “The one thing I feel very strongly about, as I travel around the country, is that as anxious as people feel about the recession we’ve just gone through and the challenges that we’re getting from around the world, Americans are really tough, resilient and decent, and they’ve got good instincts. The more they are actively participating in this process, the better off we’re going to be.” [....]

    Read more: http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/

    H/T Smartypants

    • goldenstar

      Thank you, creolechild.

      PBO is indeed broadcasting that we must keep the momentum going. We are the change and must understand this fundamental point. Our relationships with other volunteers, friends, family, and others are necessary for us, as Americans, to participate in this democracy together.

      • creolechild

        You’re welcome, goldenstar! (:

  • creolechild

    Exclusive: U.S. mortgage task force to act soon

    The mortgage task force formed by President Barack Obama to probe misconduct that contributed to the financial crisis will soon take legal action, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Thursday. Schneiderman, a co-chair of the task force, would not say whether cases would be brought against individuals or financial institutions. He also would not comment on whether criminal charges would be filed.

    But he said his office would take action and that he expected his federal counterparts on the task force to do so as well. “We’ll see actions being taken sooner rather than later,” said Schneiderman, speaking in an interview at his office in New York.[....]

    Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/21/us-mortgages-taskforce-idUSBRE88J1HT20120921

    H/T Karen Karen Freifeld

  • creolechild

    This was a hard article to read but I’m glad these issues are finally being addressed and measures are being enacted to protect the children and women of this tribe.

    A Tribe’s Epidemic of Child Sex Abuse, Minimized for Years[

    ....] Federal officials are now moving to take over the tribe’s social service programs, according to members of the tribe, government officials and documents. The action comes after years of failure by government and tribal law enforcement officials to conduct proper investigations of dozens of cases of child sexual abuse, including rape.[....]

    Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/us/us-steps-in-as-child-sex-abuse-pervades-sioux-tribe.html?pagewanted=all&_moc.semityn.www

    H/T Timothy Williams

    • dannie22

      that article was heartbreaking

    • annvic

      ….I don’t even know what to say.

  • creolechild

    Obama Nominee Would Be First Black Woman To Join Washington DC Trial Court In 30 Years |

    Over half of Washington, DC’s residents are black, yet an African-American woman has not served on the federal trial court that presides over the District of Columbia since 2003, when former Chief Judge Norma Holloway Johnson stepped down from the federal bench. Yesterday, President Obama took the first step towards rectifying this by nominating Sentencing Commission member Ketanji Brown Jackson to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. If confirmed, Jackson will be the first black woman to join this court in over thirty years, when Judge Johnson took the bench. President Clinton also nominated a black woman, Rhonda Fields, to the same court, but she was not confirmed by the GOP-controlled Senate.

    http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/09/21/890011/obama-nominee-would-be-first-black-woman-to-join-washington-dc-trial-court-in-30-years/

    H/T Ian Millhiser

    • malletgirl02

      DC is over half black, and has of yet to have a black woman judge? that is very sad.

      • conlakappa

        That blurb says black female federal judge would be named for the first time in 30 years. There have been others apparently but the last one stepped down 9 years ago, so she served for 20ish years. There are district black female judges.

  • lamh35

    WTF?? He says that Romney shouldn’t just continue to run on the last four years, because…

    “@thinkprogress: Bill Kristol: Obama has turned around the financial meltdown “pretty well” http://t.co/dNSuHwT7

    umm wasn’t that Romney’s whole rationale for running??? what the hell is he supposed to run in then???

    I’m pessimistic by nature but I am really beginning to believe these GOP. run amuck stories

    • gc

      The Borg was deactivated, and they know longer are a monolithic monstrosity speaking with one voice. At this point they are worse than the scattershot Dems ever were. KARMA, bitches!

    • Miranda

      Chile…..put some buttery cream sauce all over Romney…he is so done. Serve him up with some good cheesy biscuits and enjoy!

      • conlakappa

        Not even with Huck-and-buck’s mouth. That meat looks rancid and I know for sure that it’s bitter, no matter how spoon fed it was!

      • Aquagranny911

        No Thanks! I value my health & digestive system & I do believe my family still needs me a while longer.

  • creolechild

    WHOOT!

    Pennsylvania Democrats use loophole to beat Voter Suppression Law

    [....] According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Montgomery and Alleghany Counties used a loophole in the law that allows Colleges and Nursing homes to issue voter ID’s to anyone who resides in their counties. It also appears that other counties are seriously considering adopting the same approach.[....] Of course, the Pennsylvania’s Department of State’s spokesman Ron Ruman opposes this approach. “It’s clearly contrary to the intent of the law,” said spokesman Ron Ruman.[....]

    Even though it does defy the political intent of Metcalf’s bill; Ron Ruman did acknowledge that it’s legal according to the Chester County’s Daily Local News. “We believe its legal, but we don’t believe it’s appropriate,”

    Read more: http://www.politicususa.com/pennsylvania-democrats-loophole-beat-voter-id-intended-47-voting.html

    H/T Adalia Woodbury

    • Miranda

      HA!

  • annvic

    I tell you, more Democrats need to take a page from the Kasim Reed book “You Done Got Me Confused With The Next Man” and start reading these Republicans on the roundtable shows. He held it down on the Meet The Press.

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

      WORD! I loved how Mayor Reed checked Bay Buchanan and Joe Scarborough. They tried to interrupt him, but he was not having it.

      Cory Booker should take notes.

      • itgurl_29

        My local news is showing a football game! I hate that I’m missing Mayor Reed on MTP.

        • goldenstar

          It replays on NBC very early morning like 3am, also several re-broadcasts on MSNBC and sometimes, CNBC.

      • annvic

        I was *done* when he told Bay’s loony ass “Excuse me, you had your turn to speak, it’s mine now” and kept going. I love how he doesn’t let anybody speak over him. Joe looked shook at one point.

        • itgurl_29

          I gotta see that!

        • conlakappa

          Aw, and if Bay’s pulled-and-botoxed-to-a-faretheewell face could actually move, I’m sure she’d have demonstrated disapproval!

          • annvic

            Bay was actually acting kind of animated and unstable this morning. I guess having to fool herself into believing Mitt is a viable candidate is messing with her mind.

          • conlakappa

            She can usually move her hands and shoulders but the headmeat is fro’.

          • annvic

            Lol

    • Miranda

      Kasim Reed does NOT suffer fools!!! Love him!

      • annvic

        Me too. He never stuttered or waivered in his support of the President and his policies; he and Debbie need to hold mandatory workshops for the other Democratic surrogates.

        • qosine

          And for supporters for GOTV.

      • BoomerGal

        I don’t know how he does it, cause I’d have slapped the hell outta most of em.

        • Aquagranny911

          Me too!!! But I have no real self control when I get pissed off.

    • Aquagranny911

      I’m going to look up the clip for this. I don’t watch these shows but I’m seeing a lot of people talking this up. It’s long past time for some good Dem smacking down of these goatfiggers.

    • qosine

      He sure didn’t let those blowhards interrupt him!

      Oops – already said below.

    • BoomerGal

      Yeah he did! BRAVO!!

    • GN

      Yes, he’s been ethering people left and right.

  • GN

    The Best is Yet to Come is one of my favorite songs of all time; terrific selections as always!

    • Aquagranny911

      Ditto but I also totally ♥ “The look of Love” Hubby & I have danced to that song & it never fails to make me misty eyed.

  • gc

    Mea culpa I know the “style” of TOD drives me crazy, but I rec looking at the photos and vids. My eyes seem to have sprung a leak. I keep muttering, “OMG…” over and over. I want their SS contingent quadrupled. American needs these people.

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

    Republican Staffers Charged With 36 Counts of Election Fraud

    It turns out that the Republican Party’s obsession with voter fraud may be yet another case of projection. Four former staffers for resigned House Rep. Thaddeus McCotter have been charged with 36 counts of misdemeanor and felony election fraud. Yesterday one of those staffers, Lorianne O’Brady, pled not guilty to five misdemeanor counts of submitting fraudulent signatures on a ballot petition. O’Brady is the last of the four staffers to be arraigned; the other three, Don Yowchuang, Mary Melissa Turnbull, and Paul Seewald, were arraigned on similar charges on August 10th.

    So what happened? It all started last May, when the Michigan Congressman announced that he was considering running for the Republican nomination for president. McCotter, who had served in the US House of Representatives for nine years, officially announced his candidacy in July of 2011, but was unsuccessful due to his relatively unknown status. In September of 2011, McCotter officially withdrew from the race and endorsed Mitt Romney.

    …

    And this is the truth about so many Republican policies: rules and regulations are put in place to scapegoat people who aren’t causing problems. In Florida, drug testing welfare recipients showed that less than 3% of those receiving welfare were using drugs illegally, while that discriminatory testing cost the state nearly $120,000. Mitt Romney has evoked the “47% of people pay no income tax,” conveniently ignoring that collecting income tax from all of those households would bring in less than than the president’s Buffett Rule which would slightly raise taxes for the country’s wealthiest. Reagan’s racist welfare queen myth still looms large in the conservative narrative, despite the fact that the Bush-era bailout for corrupt and irresponsible banks cost far more than years of welfare programs.

    MORE: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021396896

    • GN

      Modern GOP=projection, never fails. Whatever they are on a baseless crusade against, is what they’re secretly doing.

  • dannie22

    http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/trumancivilrights/documents/pdfs/6-12.pdf#zoom=300 I thought these 2 letters to President Truman were interesting. The 1st is against integration, the 2nd is pro. h/t african burial ground on twitter

    http://ht.ly/dVbaU

  • creolechild

    Chicago Aims to Eliminate Pedestrian Fatalities Within 10 Years

    Good cities are built for walking, which is perhaps why Chicago has unveiled an ambitious plan to put pedestrians first. The capital of the midwest aims to eliminate pedestrian fatalities and drastically reduce injuries over the next ten years. How? Brand new expansive crosswalks, pedestrian islands, better urban design, and stricter traffic law enforcement.

    The Chicago Tribune reports: The Chicago Department of Transportation’s pedestrian plan has more than 250 recommendations for long-term and short-term improvements, some of which were installed during this year’s road construction season. The priorities, as defined by CDOT with input from the public, include improving safety for children and seniors around schools and parks, improving access to transit, safer crossings at intersections and increasing space for pedestrians.[....]

    Read more: http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/chicago-aims-eliminate-pedestrian-fatalities-within-10-years.html

    H/T Brian Merchant

    • Aquagranny911

      I love this idea. I’m a great fan of walking. One of the things I really enjoy when visiting Colorado is that it is so easy to walk around cities like Golden, Boulder, old town Arvada & even parts of Denver without taking your life in your hands.

      • malletgirl02

        Walkable cities is also a health cities. The most walkable cities in America have the lowest obesity rates.

    • goldenstar

      I love this idea, too. Chicago drivers act like they own the terrain. They. do. not. Cities are made of drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, skate boarders, and others. There needs to be real enforcement of laws protecting all of us from two tons of moving steel.

  • creolechild

    EPA’s New E-Waste Program Has Good Points, But Still Fails In One Major Area September 21, 2012

    Yesterday, the EPA announced a new program that aims to tackle the growing e-waste problem in the country. The “Sustainable Materials Management Electronic Challenge” encourages electronics companies to take back or recycle more of their products through certified recyclers. There are lots of good points to this new program. It’s a volunteer program where companies can join at three different levels: bronze, silver or gold.[....]

    Several major companies have already signed on like Best Buy, Dell, LG Electronics USA, Samsung North America, Sharp and Sprint. Those are the good parts, but one major flaw is the lack attention to the practice of exporting e-waste to developing countries.[....]

    Read more: http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/epas-new-e-waste-program-has-good-points-still-fails-one-major-area.html

    H/T Megan Treacy

  • Alma98

    Good Sunday afternoon my P.O.U. peeps. Did you all see the videos of the Milwaukee rally at TOD? We did it the damn thing and turned out big for PBO, we’re going to have to be super diligent come Nov. Because I bet repubs seeing how large the crowd was is going to pulling all kinds of isht. As you can see I’m still hyped up from yesterday lol.

    • Aquagranny911

      I saw the clips & pics. Did you get to go yourself? I read that there was over 18,000 people there. That is just great. Go WI!!!

      • Alma98

        No, I was hurting so bad from squatting for 6hrs scrapping up old wood floors. My thighs and butt hurt so bad I can’t stand for ten minutes let alone hours in a line.But a lot of my family did go and they’re still hyped up. My niece woke up and started calling everybody telling us about her experience lol.

        • Aquagranny911

          I can understand her joy & enthusiasm. I was just over the moon my own self to see the Prez. He is amazing in person. My cousin got some pics off her cell phone when he was in Golden CO. I’m going to try & figure out how to post them here if I can.

          Granny’s advice: Take a good long soak in a hot tub with a cup of Epsom salts added. That really does help to take the ache from strained & sore muscles.

    • nathkatun7

      Alma, that was quite an impressive turn-out in Milwaukee. You guys did a wonderful job.

  • Miranda

    More than 1,000 pastors plan to challenge IRS by endorsing presidential candidate

    More than 1,000 pastors plan to openly defy the IRS by telling their congregation on October 7 to vote for a particular presidential candidate, according to Fox News.

    The annual event, dubbed “Pulpit Freedom Sunday,” has been organized by the conservative Christian group Alliance Defending Freedom. The pastors participating in the event plan to preach about the election, endorse a candidate, and send video of their sermon to the IRS.

    “The purpose is to make sure that the pastor — and not the IRS — decides what is said from the pulpit,” Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel for the group, told FoxNews.com. “It is a head-on constitutional challenge.”

    more here
    http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/23/more-than-1000-pastors-plan-to-challenge-irs-by-endorsing-presidential-candidate/

    • Aquagranny911

      FIG THESE GOATFIGGERS!!! I wanted to use stronger words but it is Sunday. “Separation of Church & State…” Do they even get that concept? This country was founded on the freedom to practice one’s own religious beliefs not the right to take over & control the government.

      I’m trying so hard not to hate these sorry pieces of mutant human DNA.

      • BoomerGal

        I gave up in 2008.

    • nathkatun7

      The IRS should reply to these arrogant pastors by immediately revoking their churches’ tax exempt status. Let the pastors and their ignorant and hateful congregations be the ones to go to court to argue a constitutional question.

  • Miranda

    That there are columns like this being written is just sad and hysterical.

    Why Is Romney Such a Loser? Seven Theories

    It’s a serious question. On the basis of fundamentals, the race should be a squeaker. The Yale economist Ray Fair’s prediction model, which ignores the opinion polls and just looks at economic factors, currently puts Obama’s share of the popular vote at 49.5 per cent, implying that Romney would almost certainly get a narrow majority in the electoral college and win the election. Because the margin of error in Fair’s forecasting equation is three per cent, he isn’t really predicting a Romney victory; he’s just saying that the race should be close, really close. As of today, it isn’t.

    Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2012/09/why-is-romney-such-a-loser.html#ixzz27JhUIum7

    • Ebogan63

      Because he’s a crappy candidate, end of.All of that other isht is mere window dressing. Being an incumbent has built in advantages, none of which the media is willing to honor to a black president.

      • jziglar

        I know these people forget that you can’t use models based on generic situations or candidates. Obama is one of the best politicians in the country who has a winning message. FDR won re-election with high unemployment, and Reagan won with 7 % + unemployment and high interest rates. Both in landslides so the media needs to drop the narrative.

        • malletgirl02

          Regarding FDR it was not only high unemployement, but he got reelected the Great Depressiion was still going on.

  • Miranda

    I Was a Welfare Mother

    I WAS a welfare mother, “dependent upon government,” as Mitt Romney so bluntly put it in a video that has gone viral. “My job is not to worry about those people,” he said. “I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” But for me, applying for government benefits was exactly that — a way of taking responsibility for myself and my son during a difficult time in our lives. Those resources kept us going for four years. Anyone waiting for me to apologize shouldn’t hold his breath.

    more here
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/opinion/sunday/taking-responsibility-on-welfare.html?pagewanted=all

  • Aquagranny911

    Okay POU, I’m going to have to do some serious prying of my Sis out of Raul Grijalva’s campaign office next week. He’s her Rep & she’s friends with his wife but that’s not the only reason she hangs there. I had to shame the little brat this morning because one of the reasons she likes working for him is because of the FOOD! His volunteers lay out the food for the workers like you would not believe!

    This brings me to my point…For those of you who, for whatever reason, can’t phone bank, canvass or whatever could you drop off some food even once in a while to your local campaign offices? You could make it yourself if you have the time or pick up something & take it there. You just can’t imagine how much the volunteers appreciate this. An army marches on its belly & our good volunteers need the fuel to keep up the good work.

    Just my two pesos…

    • goldenstar

      You are correct! Part of our leadership team is a hospitality committee that deals with food, supplies, utensils, and recycling. This is only part of how we see our work and the importance of volunteers and their well-being.

      • Aquagranny911

        Excellent! Everyone can do something to help. I’ve heard people say they were not comfortable with phone banking or canvassing so I tell them: “We could use you in the office but if you can’t do that then see what food or other supplies you could contribute.”

        We have a guy who drops off a case of water bottles every week. We really appreciate that. In our hot dry climate we make sure every volunteer has water when they leave.

  • Miranda

    *DEAD*

    Introducing G.O.B., The First Tampons Designed By The Men Of The GOP

    Ladies know that, when it comes time to choose a feminine hygiene product, we should trust the experts who know our complicated masses of tubes and lumps best — the gentlemen of the Republican party.

    As the commercial below shows, G.O.B. tampons are designed to fit comfortably into a woman’s rectum, expanding to fill our fallopian tubes and boobies. Simply insert the tampon with its sleek metal applicator to enjoy a full year of comfort and cleanliness.

    If you’re Akin, you’ll know it’s working.
    http://www.mediaite.com/tv/introducing-g-o-b-the-first-tampons-designed-by-the-men-of-the-gop/

    • Alma98

      OMG! LOL!

    • Aquagranny911

      Too much! Way, way, back I took a class on women’s issues & our Prof gave a hand out of an article entitled: “If Men Menstruated…” It was hilarious & true. I might still have it. If I can find the source I will try and post it here.

    • AxelFoley

      What in the world?

  • Miranda

    Well he certainly did become “one” with the tiger…SMH

    Bronx Zoo mauling: Man wanted to be ‘one with the tiger’
    excerpt:
    Based on Villalobos’ statements to investigators and what they’ve seen on his Facebook page it appears he was obsessed with the tigers and just wanted to be with them, police said.

    According to police spokesman Paul Browne, Villalobos told NYPD detectives that his leap was definitely not a suicide attempt, but a desire to be “one with the tiger.”
    http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/22/14035351-bronx-zoo-mauling-man-wanted-to-be-one-with-the-tiger?lite

    • GN

      I don’t even like animals, but they better not put that tiger (who was minding her or his business when this jackass fell from the clouds) to sleep or in any way harm the tiger due to the actions of this idiot. Don’t know why, but stories like this piss me off so much.

      • Aquagranny911

        They do me too but I understand that the tiger was not blamed & that while he did bite the guy a bit he did not rip his throat & kill him which he could have easily done before the zoo keepers intervened. Most of the guy’s more serious injuries were sustained in the fall.

        I wonder if this estupido nut case wanted suicide by tiger. I like animals of all kinds but I have great respect for the wild ones & also understand the limits of ones we think we have domesticated.

      • Miranda

        “fell from the clouds”

        OK…this has me rolling____________________the tiger was like “whoa!! my prayers have been answered!”

  • Miranda
    • Alma98

      Love it! hahahaha!

  • Aquagranny911

    Dang! I just read one of Miranda’s comments that makes me hungry for biscuits & gravy. I’m trying to watch my diet but I walked a lot yesterday so….

    • Alma98

      LOL!

  • Miranda

    Mormon writer says he faces excommunication for criticizing Romney

    The managing editor of MormonThink.com, an online magazine that challenges Mormon teachings, said he faces excommunication because of his writings – including some critical of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon.

    David Twede, 47, has been summoned to appear before the disciplinary council of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Orlando on Sept. 30, when he could face “disfellowshipment or excommunication,” according to a letter he posted on his blog.

    The letter stated that Twede was “reported to have been in apostasy,” an offense in which a member attempts to lead people away from church teachings.

    more here
    http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/09/21/mormon-writer-says-he-faces-excommunication-criticizing-romney#.UF1BJVgF9g0.twitter

  • rikyrah

    September 23, 2012

    Mitt Romney: impossibly screwed

    He has to come across as a sincere, transparent, credible leader. But he shouldn’t reinvent himself.
    –Steve Deace, “an influential Iowa-based conservative radio host”

    There’s a ream of these impossible tips in the Hill piece. Try being sincere, Mitt; seem transparent, Mr. Romney; just conjure up some credibility like you’re ordering pie, Governor. Be the opposite of who you are but for heaven’s sake don’t reinvent yourself.

    And while you’re at it, dear leader–and this advice is even more mind-blowingly asinine than the above–”offer calm clarity about what a Romney administration would do.”

    Yeah. Nice touch. Be calm, Governor Romney, as you clearly project trillions in additional debt and vividly pledge the impoverishment of seniors and graphically promise more endless global wars.

    You see, Governor, many voters will viscerally, violently disagree with you, but gee won’t they admire your political honesty?

    The realpolitik of it is a simple, deafening, resoundingly conspicuous No

    http://pmcarpenter.blogs.com/p_m_carpenters_commentary/2012/09/mitt-romney-impossibly-screwed.html

  • rikyrah

    September 22, 2012

    Romney’s uncomprehending ’60 Minutes’ interview, and my uncomprehension

    Last night I was rereading some of H.S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72, because I was suddenly, inexplicably gripped by a need to sort out the McGovern staff’s baroque parliamentary maneuverings with respect to seating South Carolina’s delegation at the Democratic convention–a cat-and-mouse complexity which I never understood the first time I read (and reread) Thompson’s account years ago, and this morning, I still don’t understand it.

    At any rate, as I was unsuccessfully plumbing this apparently abiding mystery I ran across one of the many unrelated quotes that Thompson peppers his monograph with, this one, from Saul Alinsky: “Don’t worry, boys, we’ll weather this storm of approval and come out as hated as ever.”

    Thus intruded a searching recollection. Mitt Romney is as hated as ever, true enough, but has he ever experienced a storm of approval? Of any severity? About anything? Even his own nominating conventioneers seemed leery and quietly skeptical of the man. Romney may be the GOP’s McGovern–or Goldwater–in terms of electoral outcome, but both McGovern and Goldwater were adored by their bases, their bases loved them, their guys fought the good fight and they lost with honor, on principle.

    http://pmcarpenter.blogs.com/p_m_carpenters_commentary/2012/09/romneys-uncomprehending-60-minutes-interview-and-my-uncomprehension.html

  • rikyrah

    found this comment at pm carpenters:


    Here is what Romney doesn’t get. Obama has slit the throat of Reaganism. He is getting away with it because he is calling it by its proper name, trickle down economic, because no smart politician would openly attack anything named “Reagan”. Even so, Obama has slit the throat of Reaganism, in the prison yard, in front of everyone – and he is getting away with it.

    Romney and all the GOP politicos can do nothing but wave the bloody shirt, but there is no magic in the bloody shirt.

    The only mistake Romney made related to the video was assuming no rich person in the room would tape what they tell each other in private, all day every day. In my discussions with conservative acquaintances who do not know I am a librul, they were unanimous in being glad that Romney told the truth. They are convinced that the truth of Reaganism revealed and unleashed will win this election.

    Reaganism is dead, and Obama killed it.

    The upcoming debates will mirror Achilles dragging Hector’s dead body behind his chariot as he circles the imprenatrable walls of Troy.

    Posted by: Robert Lipscomb | September 22, 2012 at 09:20 AM

  • Miranda

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    Poll: Romney up 100% – 0% among Ann Romney, no one else.

  • Miranda

    Afternoon thread is up!

  • Aquagranny911

    Can you believe this! Of course you can!

    I just read this latest piece of Miss Ann caca printed in the Daily Beast…..

    “We call the rope line now the advice line,” she said, laughing, explaining that “everyone cares and everyone wants to help and everyone wants to just give their piece—a little piece of advice—so I feel like my best advice is just to bring peace and calm to him and just trust in him and just say, ‘I know you can do it,’ but not to give him any advice because it gets too overwhelming.”