Happy Saturday, Everyone! Hope you’re enjoying your weekend with family and friends.
Hat tip Rikyrah
President Obama & First Lady Michelle Obama in Parade Magazine
Happy Saturday, Everyone! Hope you’re enjoying your weekend with family and friends.
Hat tip Rikyrah
President Obama & First Lady Michelle Obama in Parade Magazine
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When is our First Family going to do a new Presidential Family Portrait?
just finished the new About Last Night.
I liked it.
Just got through watching this movie
An old article about Malia and tennis…I had never seen it. I’m shocked at the number of pictures
Her parents WILL be proud! Malia Obama continues the First Family’s love for sport as she plays tennis with high school friends
By Lydia Warren
Published: 12:13 EST, 10 October 2012 | Updated: 17:02 EST, 10 October 2012
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2215706/Malia-Obama-plays-tennis-high-school-friends.html#ixzz35Jed5pUb
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Malia’s coming into her own.
Check your e-mail, please. Thanks!
LOL Love it!
OMG Too cute! BWA HA HA HA
https://twitter.com/EarthBeauties/status/479360433413836800/photo/1
https://twitter.com/SamPattillo/status/480411297335345152
please tell me this was a Halloween photo.
My Brotherās Keeper: Stop Writing Letters, Just Do the Work
Your Take: Dillard Universityās president talks about what should be done to focus on both black boys and girls without waiting for the presidentās initiative.
By: Walter M. Kimbrough
Posted: June 21 2014 3:00 AM
Over the past few days my Twitter feed has buzzed about the letter signed by 1,000 women and girls urging President Barack Obama to broaden his My Brotherās Keeper initiative. The letter and subsequent commentaries attack the president, accusing him of any number of sins for not including women and girls in this program. Yes, the issues facing women and girls of color are significant, and while ignored in research and programming as the letter states, they do deserve attention and focus.
And thatās my problem with the letter. In short, would this letter have been written if this initiative had never been announced? I mean, the hash tag #WhyWeCantWait is problematic because people have been waiting for years. When it comes to waiting, #YesWeCan! And did.
There wasnāt even a sense of urgency to ask for inclusion. This letter comes almost four months after My Brotherās Keeper was announced, and weeks after 200 men wrote to support inclusion of women and girls.
Black folks even waited to complain.
Simply stated, many are mad that the first black president has not been our messiah, righting every structural wrong in six years. Hosanna in 2008. Crucify him today.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2014/06/my_brother_s_keeper_stop_writing_letters_and_do_the_work.html
Greg Sargent ā @ThePlumLineGS
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Oy. Apparently Green Lanternite @hardball_chris has never heard of this phenomenon known as “divided government” http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/chris-matthews-elizabeth-warren-testy-liberal-priorities-108112.html ā¦
10:11 AM – 21 Jun 2014
https://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/480401768829190144/photo/1
https://twitter.com/sonamie/status/480399211888787456/photo/1
http://youtu.be/eMtlDyKzDHc
BWA HA HA HA I don’t care for him. Something doesn’t set right with him, just me though.
Oil Odyssey Offers Glimpse of Kurdish Independence in Iraq
By Selcan Hacaoglu, Jack Fairweather and Nayla Razzouk Jun 19, 2014 1:02 PM CT
A tanker containing a million barrels of crude oil is floating around the Mediterranean, and any buyer will be helping Iraqās Kurds to win greater independence.
The oil aboard is available at half-price, an official involved in the trade told Bloomberg, an assertion denied by the Kurdish administration. It’s at the center of a fight over ownership between the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, which pumped and shipped the crude from its territory in northern Iraq, and the central government in Baghdad, which claims the rights to all oil revenue.
Kurdish Peshmerga armed forces took control of northern Iraqās key oil hub, Kirkuk, after militant Islamists routed the Baghdad governmentās army last week. The oil dispute has raised the possibility of the Kurdish region achieving financial self-sufficiency to go with the expanding territory.
āIf that tanker docks, Iraqās Kurdistan Regional Government will take an important step toward independence,ā Nihat Ali Ozcan, an analyst at the Economic Policy Research Foundation in Ankara, said by phone on June 13.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-18/half-price-kurdish-oil-threatens-iraq-breakup-with-turkish-help.html
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/480175136763428865/photo/1
Hey Chicas
A wonderful fellow blogger, Rippa, has some serious eye problems & need help. He’s going blind & needs surgery. Please help him out and donate. If you don’t have a lot, donate what you can. If you can’t give, share this link with others so they may give. God bless Rippa to receive the much needed finances to have this surgery. We need his voice!
Click on the link below and you’ll see how to donate & who has donated to this worthy cause.
http://www.gofundme.com/ajvlds
PS: I had a brother who went blind at 6 years old. I so wanted him to be able to see but he never did.
Thanks for the heads up and the link, SG2.
thank you for the link, SG2
You’re welcome, ladies. Rippa has little girls. He has to see them as they play in the park.
Done.
But why in America would someone be allowed to go blind because they hadn’t money to put up front for surgery to save their sight? This is just wrong.
Greed. If you have a serious illness and no money or insurance…you die.
@Liza
I have a soft heart for the blind or people facing blindness. My brother never complained about his blindness and he never allowed a disability to stop him. I would drive up to read his mail for him and then take him shopping. We’d go down each aisle and I’d tell him what I saw and he’d buy it if he wanted. The best brother a sis could have. He died in 2002.
Your brother was lucky to have you too, SG2.
I read Rippa’s page on gofundme and it sounds as though he has glaucoma related to diabetes. He needs surgery right away in one eye or the optic nerve will be damaged. The other eye is almost blind, 90% vision gone. It seems to me that anyone with this condition should qualify for immediate attention regardless of ability to pay. THAT is what is wrong with this country, among many other things that always return to greed, as you say.
I had some recent eye problems myself, and I am very distressed about a person not being able to receive treatment. I am okay, my problem is resolving itself, and no surgery was needed, but I definitely needed to see a doctor. I cannot imagine having a much worse condition and being denied treatment until I could pay up front. This is so wrong.
I’m sorry this is happening. What in the hell is STILL wrong in the United States that hospitals are asking for cash up front before they will perform operations? Why no “insurance” that will cover this? If I had the money, I’d pay for your operation myself.
posted by Francis L Holland 2 hours ago
He reached his goal, so maybe this is enough money for the surgery to relieve the pressure in his eye. I certainly hope so.
I suspect there are many diabetics out there having problems with their eyes because they were/are uninsured and couldn’t properly manage their diabetes. It is truly apalling when such preventable disabilities like this occur that are so severe.
Thank God for good people stepping forward to help him. Diabetes and Glaucoma don’t care who it affects. I have seen folks limbs cut off, lose their eyesight or die. The illness can be a monster if not treated and will kill you.
It is a terrible disease. My brother died from heart failure related to diabetes in 2003. They were getting close to amputating his leg, but he died before that happened.
Just recently I contacted a woman I used to work with. She developed diabetes with kidney disease about 15 years ago. She’s on dialysis and can’t walk anymore because her neuropathy is so bad, and her eyesight isn’t good enough to drive.
People don’t realize how devastating this disease can be.
But I hope things work out for this young man. These stories really show how our health care “system” has gone so far off the rails we will be years getting it fixed. And the GOP keeps obstructing, making it even longer. But no GOP congressperson is in danger of losing his eyesight because of not having access to treatment, so for them it isn’t an issue.
Only part of a Commencement Speech by FLOTUS:
read the entire thing here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/06/19/remarks-first-lady-dc-cap-graduation-celebration
Had to say AMEN to this letter
http://www.tickld.com/funny/t/815753
I’m tired of black people making excuses for these athletes. In the 60’s black people didn’t have ISH. They continued to march until blisters formed on their feet. They got right back up and continued the struggle for their equal rights.
If Civil Rights leaders/supporters would have accepted whites saying ‘It’s just not the time’ black people would STILL be at the back of the bus. Imagine if an NFL team had a name slurring AA’s?
Robert Griffin III on Redskins name issue: ‘It’s just not the time’
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-robert-griffin-iii-redskins-20140620-story.html
Robert Griffin III is the face of the Washington Redskins..
The team is embroiled in a controversy over its name, which many feel is demeaning to Native Americans.
One word from the popular quarterback on either side of the topic might carry a lot of weight for a lot of Redskins fans.
Griffin was given such an opportunity during a recent interview on 106.7 FM The Fan.
He did not seize the moment.
Asked by hosts Chad Dukes and Lavar Arrington whether or not he feels pressure to become “the Muhammad Ali of his generation,” Griffin simply stated that now is not the time for taking a stand on the topic.
āWhen it comes to those conversations, itās just not the time,ā Griffin said. āAnd I understand, trust me, Iām African American, Iāve grown up being African American my entire life and I understand oppression and all the things that come with it. But for us, like I said, as players, we have to focus on what we can control right now, and right now thatās the football season.
It’s not HIS time to take a stand. During the Civil Rights Movement some black people didn’t take a stand either and refused to support Dr King. They didn’t want to stir up “trouble”. For all those folks saying this is about the dude playing football, black people didn’t want to die for their rights but they stood anyway.
Just CHANGE the name. He could say that.
WTF RG III? I’m sure if Jim Brown and Arthur Ashe, Jesse Owens, etc, had said it
WASN’T THERE TIME…
You, RG III might not be playing for the NFL today.
I’ll bet you can’t tell some negroes that. I had an ass clown defending Griffin saying he’s not a civil rights leader, he’s a football player. Asinine ignorance to the 10th power.
What i find interesting, yet NOT surprising is that of all the players on that team, they get the NEGRO RG III to speak on the use of ‘REDSKINS”
ASK THE WHITE PLAYERS.
Jesus paid it all. How to make a debt collector hang up on you.
Too funny!
BWA HA HA HA
Good MOrning, Everyone.
Off to swim and run errands.
Enjoy your swim!
I’m in LOVE with Josh already. LOL
SMACKDOWN those WATER-CARRYING GOP JACKALS.
Good Morning, Everyone.. Finally stopped raining here with plenty of sunshine for the day! .
Good morning, everyone!
It’s the first day of summer!
Hot Fun in the Summertime. I cloud nine when I want to! Loves Sly & Family Stone!
Hey Lady, whatcha got planned for that special day that’s approaching, hmmm?
I’m sure my kids are planning something. :)