This past Saturday was the opening of the new National Museum of African-American History. Whenever I get back to Washington, DC, I am going to spend at least 2 days at this museum. It looks magnificent.
It was a glorious opening ceremony.
hat tip-The Obama Diary
Lonnie Bunch, the head of this project, who strapped it onto his back, and made it happen.
Pete Souza: Vice President Joe Biden greets 99-year-old Ruth Bonner, a daughter of a young slave who escaped to freedom, as Dr. Jill Biden greets another generation of the Bonner family who rang the Freedom Bell with the President and First Lady to mark the official opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Program
Samuel L. Jackson and Jesse Jackson
Stevie Wonder
Dionne Warwick
Baseball Legend Henry ‘ Hank’ Aaron
President Obama hugs Congressman John Lewis.
Pete Souza: President Obama greets the Tennessee State University Marching Band at the White House following a reception for the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. The band entertained arriving guests on the South Lawn.
The bell from one of the oldest black churches in America rings in the official opening of @NMAAHC! #APeoplesJourney https://t.co/0je8MHEH7G
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) September 24, 2016
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Nina Turner can’t take anymore of Trump / Hillary either.
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I was just thinking, they were expecting 100 million viewers. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were 90 million dropouts before halftime.
Bet you’re right.
Donald is getting skewered on Twitter as one might expect. I really hope this “debate” hurts him badly in the polls, as it should.
Lester Holt moderating=fail
Hullster/Trump=MAJOR FAIL
Yes.
It’s horrible. I didn’t know what to expect never having watched the GOP debates.
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This is a great post about the new museum, Rikyrah. Mr. Lonnie Bunch must be the happiest guy in the USA right now. This is an incredible achievement for all of those involved and I absolutely have to see this museum someday.
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That is adorable🙌
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So, the debate is tonight at 9:00pm
Any thoughts?
I will follow it on Twitter
I’ve been watching it for the last 45 minutes and I can’t take anymore. They aren’t debating, they’re arguing and I really haven’t learned a thing from either of them that I haven’t heard before. Lester Holt needs to do a better job of interrupting them, but I can also see where that is difficult with these two, especially Trump.
I just left the TV and came here for the same reason, Liza. I can’t take it anymore, either.
It’s downright painful.
It was, I agree. Upsetting.
https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/780480631608315904
Scary.
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Helllo Everyone! I’m having a great time on vacation. Love the post, Rikyrah. Thanks
Glad you’re having a super time!
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Enjoy your vacation
Hey, Ametia. Glad you’re enjoying your time off. Early fall is the best time to take a vacation, IMO.
Yahtzee
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/780383676148350976
Well, that needs to stop. It shows that they want the audio but not the visual.
Snopes says it is a false story:
http://www.snopes.com/police-pop-hoods/
Excerpt:
I don’t believe anything they say.
Why?
Okay, here is a link to an ABC13 article that gives background to the fact that citizens there ARE questioning the practice of raising hoods:
http://wset.com/news/local/thats-ludicrous-to-do-during-a-normal-traffic-stop-danville-police-address-viral-post
Uh huh
Uh huh 😔😒😣
https://twitter.com/Interior/status/780429906505334784
Trump Is So Awful Even the Rich are Voting Against Their Own Interests
by David Atkins
September 25, 2016 7:00 AM
Hillary Clinton has had a pretty good week, all things considered. Clinton’s appearance on Between Two Ferns was widely watched and well received, humanizing her in a millennial-friendly setting. She has refocused her campaign to be less about Trump’s weaknesses than on her agenda to improve Americans’ lives. Both of these should help shore up her weakness with millennial voters.
Another big help, if she can stay focused on it and get the press to cover it in more depth, is her proposal to increase the estate tax to 65%. It’s the sort of economic populist approach that the country needs, and that the voters Clinton needs to turn out will appreciate.
It could, in theory, come at the expense of the very wealthy and their adherents. But so far, Clinton is doing just fine on those fronts–in fact, for the first time in decades high-income voters are favoring the Democrat to enter the Oval Office:
Look at these thugs, y’all
https://twitter.com/Earlyrizah/status/780437868426633217
Well, someone should contact the manufacturers of those police cruiser models and say that they are scared of ever buying one of those models because the Danville police say they overheat if left running. :)
(Many everyone should call.)
There you go.
Good one.
tee hee
Nifty shirt they have for sale at the African Museum bookstore:
https://www.smithsonianstore.com/assets/product_images/600×600/25803.jpg
https://www.smithsonianstore.com/museum-stores/african-american-history-and-culture/the-national-museum-of-african-american-history-culture-a-souvenir-book-10730.html
Angelique Kidjo singing Redemption Song at dedication ceremony of the National African American Museum:
https://youtu.be/WE5placTtLw&rel=0
If Facts Don’t Matter, Presidential Debates Are Just a Reality Show
by David Atkins
September 25, 2016 3:09 PM
Janet Brown, the executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates has declared that the debates should be a fact-check-free zone:
This is terrible on many levels. Debates are supposed to illustrate how the candidates would respond to a variety of policy challenges. Those challenges depend on having a shared set of facts: a 10% unemployment rate would create a very different policy environment from a 5% unemployment. If each candidate is claiming different unemployment statistics, you don’t have a debate. You have a noisy argument that sheds a lot of heat and no light. It’s a useless exercise.
Moreover, the example she gave is frankly bizarre. It’s one thing to dispute, say, models of economic growth or the efficacy of various foreign policy approaches. But the unemployment rate? That has a single reliable source: the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is literally the only legitimate source for unemployment numbers. There is a small debate within economic circles as to whether the BLS unemployment statistics appropriately reflect the reality of economic pain within the country, in terms of not counting people who stopped looking for work or potentially ignoring too many of the underemployed. Some people use a U6 model for unemployment rather than a U3 model. But the starting point for any reasonable discussion of the unemployment rate is the official BLS number.
If one candidate says that unemployment is at 5% and the other candidate says it’s much higher, it’s absolutely the job of a moderator to inform the public that the official BLS statistics support one candidate’s assertion. The candidate trying to claim an alternate reality should then be pressed to say why they disbelieve the BLS, proving either that they’re a conspiracy monger, or potentially that they have a sophisticated critique of the government’s economic model–which would certainly be an interesting and informative conversation, but one that can only happen in the context of a single, authoritative factual source acknowledged by both candidates.
Here is Patty LaBella moving performance of A Change Is Gonna Come at the National African American Museum dedication:
https://youtu.be/V2s6DFxR-Cw&rel=0
Excerpt from Rep. John Lewis’ speech at the ceremony dedicating the National Museum of African American History and Culture:
https://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_960w/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_GG51Q.jpg
Excerpt from President Obama’s speech at the ceremony dedicating the National Museum of African American History and Culture:
https://fortunedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/barack-obama-museum-opening.jpg?w=1024
Thanks for your fabulous post on the African American museum dedication, Rikyrah!
A highlight from Obama’s speech at the ceremony dedicating the National Museum of African American History and Culture:
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Rikyrah made it, Yahtc. She did an outstanding job.
Thanks for letting me know. Perhaps you can change my thank you to “Rikyrah”? I’d certainly appreciate that if you can please. :)
I see you made the correction for me, SG2. Thank you so much!
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Good Morning 😀, Everyone 😊
Good morning, everyone