Monthly Archives: December 2015

NH Woman to Hillary: “You Say Rape Accusers Should Be Believed, What About Your Husband’s?

Posted on December 3, 2015 by rikyrah

OMG! THAT CHEEZY AZZ GRIN. During a campaign event in New Hampshire today, Hillary Clinton was asked about the women who accused her husband of rape and sexual assault. The woman pointed out how Clinton recently said all rape victims … Continue reading →

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Freddie Gray Case | State vs Officer William Porter | Day 4

Posted on December 3, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

Baltimore (CNN)—Prosecutors offered a detailed timeline Wednesday of Freddie Gray’s long ride in a police van, telling a racially diverse jury that Officer William G. Porter Jr. was present five of the six times the van stopped en route to … Continue reading →

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Thursday Open Thread | Holiday Music

Posted on December 3, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

Carol of the Bells” is a popular Americanized version of a Ukrainian Christmas carol. It is a choral work by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych as “Shchedryk“ and translated, or rather, adapted to English by Peter J Wilhousky who wrote and … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Open Thread | Holiday Music

Posted on December 2, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

Jingle Bells is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published under the title “One Horse Open Sleigh” in the autumn of 1857. Even though it … Continue reading →

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Freddie Gray Case | State vs Officer William Porter | Day 3

Posted on December 2, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

The trial of William G. Porter, one of six Baltimore police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, is poised to begin Wednesday after a 12-person jury of city residents is seated, according to court officials. The … Continue reading →

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President Obama Press Conference Before Leaving Paris

Posted on December 1, 2015 by rikyrah

President Obama: “I think Mr. Putin understands that … with Afghanistan fresh in the memory, for him to simply get bogged down in an inconclusive and paralyzing civil conflict is not the outcome that he’s looking for.”

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Tuesday Open Thread | Holiday Music

Posted on December 1, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

All I Want for Christmas Is You is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her fourth studio album, Merry Christmas. It was released as the lead single from the album on November 1, 1994 by Columbia Records. The … Continue reading →

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