Sunday Open Thread

Posted on August 2, 2015 by rikyrah

Good Morning. Hope you’re enjoying this weekend with family and friends.

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27 Responses to Sunday Open Thread

  1. rikyrah says:
    August 2, 2015 at 8:51 pm

    Just finished watching Descendents on Disney…yes, with Peanut..LOL

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  4. Liza says:
    August 2, 2015 at 8:17 pm

    Impressive, well-written article by Martese Johnson.

    How “All Lives Matter” Is Underplaying Violence Against The Black Church
    By Martese Johnson | July 30, 2015 at 9:00 am

    http://genprogress.org/voices/2015/07/30/38314/how-all-lives-matter-is-underplaying-violence-against-the-black-church/

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    • yahtzeebutterfly says:
      August 2, 2015 at 10:28 pm

      Thanks for this, Liza.

      Hope many people read it.

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      • Liza says:
        August 3, 2015 at 10:22 am

        The first time I saw his attorney I suspected that Martese Johnson would be re-arranging his life goals and it does appear that an activist has been born. He already has the writing skills.

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  5. Liza says:
    August 2, 2015 at 7:35 pm

    My Harrowing Brush with Police Brutality: http://t.co/pL30CZnsHq #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/Ot9aOTKu2e— Open Society (@OpenSociety) August 2, 2015

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    • yahtzeebutterfly says:
      August 2, 2015 at 10:33 pm

      So upsetting to read about the injustice based on lies that the author’s brother endured and the rest of the family faced. So upsetting and frightening.

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      • Liza says:
        August 3, 2015 at 10:18 am

        People are telling their stories. It’s like the floodgates have opened, but I still think it’s impossible to judge the depth and breadth of the crisis. We just know that it is really, really bad.

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    • Ametia says:
      August 2, 2015 at 7:42 pm

      This is Criminal. iI’s the systematic school to prison pipeline And this one of the primary reasons the white shooters & killers have been allowed to shoot & kill.

      And we already know and have witnessed these killer-criminals who supposedly got treatment, didn’t get treatment, and yet they always get the alibi of mental illness, while black boys and girls are automatically deemed criminals. thugs, etc.

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  7. rikyrah says:
    August 2, 2015 at 12:26 pm

    Journalists Attend Private Koch Brothers Gathering, But Agree Not To Name Donors

    Aren’t they a big part of the story?

    Michael Calderone
    Senior Media Reporter, The Huffington Post

    NEW YORK — Several news organizations gained rare access Saturday into a private gathering of influential Republican donors hosted by Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a nonprofit organization backed by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch.

    But journalists covering the three-day event, held at a luxurious California resort, had to agree to an unusual restriction. They weren’t allowed to report the names of any of the 450 donors attending without the individual’s permission.

    The Washington Post’s Matea Gold disclosed in a Saturday night piece that her paper was “one of nine news organizations allowed in to cover the traditionally private confab, on the condition that the donors present not be named without their permission.” Politico’s Ken Vogel also noted the ground rules in his story published around the same time…

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/journalists-private-koch-brothers-donors_55bde43ee4b0b23e3ce30e48

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  8. rikyrah says:
    August 2, 2015 at 11:41 am

    Bride and Prejudice is now available on Netflix streaming!!

    I love this movie..one of my guilty pleasures.

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    • Liza says:
      August 2, 2015 at 8:30 pm

      She’s one of Hillary’s cheerleaders. Bernie Sanders has said he has no intention of “attacking” Hillary Clinton. But just wait until all the right wing gas bags start attacking Sanders for being a “sosh-list” and that gets picked up by low-information Democratic voters. Do you think any Democratic leaders will defend Sanders?

      I already hate the political landscape that is forming. And I fear for this nation.

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    • Liza says:
      August 2, 2015 at 8:34 pm

      Well, they can’t govern the country so they figure a war with Iran is the right way to occupy themselves while they feed at the government trough like so many hogs.

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  12. rikyrah says:
    August 2, 2015 at 11:30 am

    Jayme Fraser ✔ @JaymeKFraser
    “Officials exaggerated #SandraBland’s THC amounts & gave the public a false impression of THC’s role in her death” http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Hard-to-draw-conclusions-about-pot-in-Bland-s-6418565.php?t=75d5e2b554&cmpid=twitter-premium …

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  13. rikyrah says:
    August 2, 2015 at 11:29 am

    DALAYYYY @TheToast2015
    White racists are getting real bold these days, pumped up by politicians & the only way to shut this down is to clap back HARD.

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  14. rikyrah says:
    August 2, 2015 at 11:22 am

    ok,who gardens here, and what veggies do you harvest?

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  17. rikyrah says:
    August 2, 2015 at 9:15 am

    Good Morning Everyone

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  18. Ametia says:
    August 2, 2015 at 8:39 am

    Good Morning, Everyone. :-)

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