Happy Sunday, Everyone! Hope you’re having a Blessed day.
Tonight the Golden Globe Awards show will be aired on CBS. In honor of film, here are two of my all time favorite foreign films. You’ll never regret seeing them, I GUARANTEE.
The Intouchables Official Trailer -2012
After the Wedding (Denmark, 2006) – Trailer
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/desegregation-aid-end-arkansas-schools-21505368
Tina Fey & Amy Poehler called the win it at the beginning of the show last night. Kudos to 12 Years a Slave. Interesting how the MCs mentioned the win right out of the gate, that none of the actors got awards, and Steve McQueen won as bests director, and closed out the show.
What? I didn’t catch the very beginning. I missed that.
sorry, it was the The Butler.
Thank you, Lord! 12 Years A Slave! Best Motion Picture!
Congrats, Steve McQueen!
Downton Abbey..
My poor Anna :(
I know. BATES.is.not.stupid. He’ll figure out she was raped, and I pitty that evil fool who did it.
LMBAO Go Emma! I missed this. Must have been switched to Downtown Abbey or fallen off to sleep. Loveing her dress too.
https://twitter.com/tomandlorenzo/status/422501442822230016
https://twitter.com/ShelbyWCHS/status/422482480512659456/photo/1
If you’ve been waiting to find out when you can buy “Best Man Holiday” on home video, we’ve got good news for ya.
The hit flick will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on February 11. “Best Man Holiday is also being offered up in a Blu-Ray combo pack with DVD and Digital HD with Ultraviolet.
And as a bonus, fans who purchase the film on Blu-Ray will get an exclusive alternate ending!
http://www.eurweb.com/2014/01/eur-bits-jesse-williams-wife-welcome-baby-girl-best-man-holiday-coming-to-dvd-blu-ray/?utm_source=contactology&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EUR%20news%3A%20Cissy%20Houston%20Reportedly%20Very%20Angry%20Over%20Bobbi%20Kristina%E2%80%99s%20Marriage
Cissy Houston Reportedly Very Angry Over Bobbi Kristina’s Marriage
January 12, 2014
*After the news of Bobbi Kristina and Nick Gordon‘s marriage had made the headlines, the bride said Grandma Cissy Houston gave them their blessing.
When we first heard that we though two things: either Cissy finally stopped objecting and and went along with the program or somebody is telling a big fib.
Well, now we know it’s the latter. When TMZ came across Bobbi K and Nick the day after they announced their wedding, they said Cissy was down with it.
The couple also claimed they attended a Sweet 16 soiree and that’s where Cissy gave her thumbs up.
Houston family snitches, err, sources, say they were at the same party and neither BK nor Nick ever asked Cissy for her approval, reports TMZ.
In fact it’s just the opposite the sources says. Houston was highly upset when she found out the two tied the knot last week, but realized there’s nothing she could do it about it.
http://www.eurweb.com/2014/01/cissy-houston-reportedly-very-angry-over-bobbi-kristinas-marriage/?utm_source=contactology&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EUR%20news%3A%20Cissy%20Houston%20Reportedly%20Very%20Angry%20Over%20Bobbi%20Kristina%E2%80%99s%20Marriage
These are the 15 Democratic saboteurs and chickenhawks attempting to undermine President Obama and Secretary Kerry’s diplomacy efforts regarding Iran. Email and call them. Over and over. Publish these names on other blogs. They are trying to push us to a war with Iran at the behest of Israeli conservatives. They are NOT working in the best interest of America.
Sen. Robert Menendez
Sen. Mark Begich
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Sen. Cory Booker
Sen. Ben Cardin
Sen. Bob Casey
Sen. Chris Coons
Sen. Joe Donnelly
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Sen. Kay Hagan
Sen. Mary Landrieu
Sen. Joe Manchin
Sen. Mark Pryor
Sen. Charles Schumer
Sen. Mark Warner
Important new developments in New Jersey’s ‘bridgegate’ scandal
Steve Kornacki shares new information about why the “bridgegate” scandal in New Jersey is much bigger than a traffic jam. He explains how the political and economic ramifications of a massive redevelopment project in Fort Lee could have been related to the George Washington Bridge closures.
http://www.msnbc.com/up/watch/important-new-developments-in-bridgegate-114674243672
Bureau of Prison’s Universal Children’s Day – December 06, 2013
This past weekend, the Bureau of Prisons held its first ever
Universal Children’s Day, a visiting event for inmates and their
families.[….] With more than 123,000 federal inmates who have children under the age of twenty-one, BOP is committed to giving inmates opportunities to enhance their relationship with their children and their role as parents. There is no substitute for looking your children in the eye and letting them know you care about them. I was pleased by the large number of children that were able to visit with their incarcerated parents.
Nearly 8,500 children visited more than 4,000 federal inmates during this special weekend. Our institutions across the country collaborated with their local communities to make the event a tremendous success and many featured activities such as storytelling, face painting, parenting workshops, family worship services and holiday-themed arts and crafts.[….] For some inmates this was the first time they read a book to their child or drew a picture together. My hope is that this is just the beginning, for many mothers and fathers, of a sustained journey back into the lives of their children and their roles as parents.[…]
http://blogs.justice.gov/main/archives/3480
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RT @kasie: President Obama message to Congress on Iran deal: “I will veto any legislation enacting new sanctions during the negotiation.”
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If every $1 spent on Meals on Wheels saves $50 in #Medicare costs, what kind of idiot would cut Meals on Wheels? On yeah. Paul Ryan.
9:35 AM – 12 Jan 2014
Tea Party Seeks To Replace House Leader Eric Cantor With Even More Extreme Candidate
Author: Stephen D. Foster Jr. January 11, 2014 1:46 am
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is often seen as the real hand of power among House Republicans in Congress. If it’s a choice between Cantor and Speaker John Boehner, the Tea Party caucus would rather follow Cantor. That may be true in the House, but the Tea Party itself would love nothing more than to replace Eric Cantor in 2014.
The Tea Party intends to challenge Eric Cantor in a primary with their strongest candidate yet.
Apparently, Eric Cantor isn’t an insane enough of a conservative for the Tea Party. That why they intend to run a candidate against him in a primary this year in Virginia. David Brat, an economics professor at Randolph-Macon College, seeks to unseat the long-time Virginia congressman.
“I want to be Eric Cantor’s term-limit,” Brat told the National Review. Adding weight to his candidacy, Brat has been meeting with some “big as they get” right-wing groups about supporting his campaign financially. If he manages to get such funding, Brat could be the biggest threat to Cantor’s career yet. “I think it’s safe to say it will definitely rattle some cages when it comes out,” Brat says of the potential donors. But why do the Tea Party and David Brat want to kick Cantor out of the House?
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/01/11/tea-party-wants-help-democrats-win-challenging-eric-cantor-republican-primary/
What is so stupid is that so many of them are just so stupid (tea partiers). They need to come at least to the present and give thought to the future. Just wow!
Report: Iran says all sides agree to nuclear deal
By NASSER KARIMI — Jan. 12, 2014 11:29 AM EST
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran and six world powers have agreed on how to implement a nuclear deal struck in November, with its terms starting
from Jan. 20, the Islamic Republic’s official state news agency reported Sunday.
…Under the November agreement, Iran agreed to limit its uranium
enrichment to 5 percent — the grade commonly used to power reactors. The deal also commits Iran to stop producing 20 percent enriched uranium — which is only a technical step away from weapons-grade material — and to neutralize its 20 percent stockpile.
In exchange, economic sanctions Iran faces would be eased for a
period of six months. During that time, the world powers — Britain,
China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States — would continue negotiations with Iran on a permanent deal.
http://linkis.com/bigstory.ap.org/arti/wjzs4
When people say there would be no difference between a President Obama and a President Clinton, I bring up the following:
1. There would be NO ACA under President Clinton.
2. We would have gone into Libya under President Clinton.
3. We would have gone into Syria under President Clinton.
4. Osama Bin Laden would still be chilling in Pakistan.
5. We’d be on our way to war with Iran under President Clinton.
No difference my ass.
http://youtu.be/4Ddak2aDcfY
http://youtu.be/l9uEq9Sjefg
Fantastic!
Thanks for this, rikyrah!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4qQWPX3oaNU
Fascinating!
I can only imagine what he could have done in this day and age!
Yes, so fascinating, vitaminlover.
Horace King was an architectural genius!
It is nice to see black intelligence in action back in the day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Hb33QR_ZyC8
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20140112/articles/401121002#gsc.tab=0
You can see their work at this link:http://mkbrownearts.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/winton-and-rosa-eugene/
There are also 14 images of their work at this link:
http://craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/rosa-winton-eugene-marriage-making
http://flavorwire.com/432872/12-television-writers-of-color-you-should-know/
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/political/businessman-walt-douglas-economic-development-advice-to-mayor-duggan
Tim Wise answering
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/apollo-theater-longer-launchpad-article-1.1569922
http://www.tmponline.org/2013/05/03/white-supremacy-studies/
Perhaps some of you reading here would like to add to this list. I would appreciate being given more examples.
Also, let’s think of everyday idioms in use that are racist or would be considered racist if used when talking with a non-White person.
I remember, when I was young and was whining out some excuse for not wanting to do something, that my mom would basically discredit my whining excuse, by saying “you poor dear” or “you poor thing”. In that context, as a child I never thought of “poor” as meaning economic status. For me, when my mom said it to me, it just had the meaning of “Give up. Now go do what I asked you to do.” It was equivalent to when people use the gesture of playing the sad violin.
But, don’t you think that saying “you poor dear” or “you poor thing” can be taken negatively by a receiver of those words?
So, if this use of the phrase “poor dear” or “poor thing”happened to be used toward a person of any race who was impoverished, it would be very offensive to the receiver.
Good Morning, Everyone.
Wishing all of you a wonderful morning :)
Ametia, thanks for posting trailers of two of your favorite movies! I am going to find the movies and watch them.
YVW, Yahtc. Let me know what you think, ok.
Good Morning, Ametia, Yahtc & everyone!
Happy Sunday!
Good MOrning, Everyone :)