Crawl back under your rock, Kurt

Lookie, lookie, Kurt Eichenwald took a little time off from i.m.-ing underage boy porn actors to Tweet.

Kurt Eichenwald‏Verified account @kurteichenwald 11h11 hours ago

What protest voting brought us: 1. Iraq war. 2. 2001 tax cuts that crippled finances 3. 2008 economic collapse 4. Millions lose health insurance 5. Rise of white supremacists 6. Children taken from parents Protest voting is narcissistic evil. No one cares what "message" you send

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Protest voting did not bring anyone the Iraq War.

Kurt, you've been staring at that young teen too long, picturing him without pubes.

In 2000, some people voted.  Those who did?  Some voted for Gore (he won the popular vote), some for Bully Boy Bush and some for Ralph Nader (among other candidates).  Everyone voting for Ralph was not protest voting.

If you'd step away from NIFTY.ORG and then incest porn that you like there, you might grasp that each person owns their vote and can use however they want (including not voting).

If you're candidate of choice can't speak to a voter in a way to win their vote, that's on the candidate.

Again, we realize that you spend most of your time online looking for porn but that doesn't mean you can lie the rest of the time.

And you are lying about number six, aren't you?  Because Barack Obama did exactly what Donald Trump's doing now with immigrants only you didn't care to highlight that, did you?

Crawl back under your rock, Kurt, crawl back under your rock.

10 To Read (Stan)

Stan: My top ten?  I could probably do a whole top ten on Alice Walker alone.  Here are four Alice Walker books plus six more books I love.


1) Alice Walker's THE CHICKEN CHRONICLES.

2) Patrick McGilligan's OSCAR MICHEAUX, THE GREAT AND ONLY: THE LIFE OF AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK FILMMAKER.


3) Ralph Ellison's INVISIBLE MAN.

4) Richard Wright's NAIVE SON.

5) Alice Walker's THE COLOR PURPLE.

6) Alice Walker's THE SAME RIVER TWICE.

7) Pauline Kael's HOOKED.

8) Anthony Lane's NOBODY'S PERFECT.

9) Alice Walker's POSSESSING THE SECRET OF JOY.

10) Lillian Hellman's THE COLLECTED PLAYS OF LILLIAN HELLMAN.



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Others in this series?  "10 To Read (C.I.),"  "10 To Read (Jim)," "10 to Read (Dona)" and "10 to Read (Rebecca)."

Read a book?

Readers have e-mailed us asking for more book coverage at community sites.  We've passed this request on.

So far, the book coverage includes:

"UNCOMMON TYPES: Let's kill whomever taught Tom Hanks to type" -- Elaine.

"THE YELLOW WALLPAPER" -- Marcia,

"Anne Sexton: THE COMPLETE POEMS" -- C.I.

"Charlotte Chandler's MARLENE" -- Elaine.

"A sexist woman writes She's a Rebel and distorts music history" -- Ann.

"barbara ehrenreich's 'natural causes'" -- Rebecca. 

"Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook" -- Trina.

"IN SEARCH OF OUR MOTHERS' GARDENS" -- Elaine.

"Blackfish City" -- Marcia.

"THE CHICKEN CHRONICLES by Alice Walker" -- Ruth.

"Harry Belafonte" -- Mike.

"THE SAME RIVER TWICE (Alice Walker)" -- Isaiah.

"Elaine Weiss' THE WOMAN'S HOUR: THE GREATEST FIGHT TO WIN THE VOTE" -- Ruth.

"Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II" -- Ann.

"Dancing with Demons: The Authorized Biography of Dusty Springfield" -- Marcia.


"Good for Jimmy Stewart, bad for readers" -- Stan.

"Conversations with Toni Morrison" -- Marcia.

"Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream" -- Ann.

"He Ran All The Way" -- Trina.



And we'll also note Ann's "How a book store could stay alive in today's economy" about the book business.

Aunt Crabby loses it

Hmmm.

 🖕🏻Aunt Crabby calls Bull  🖕🏻‏ @DearAuntCrabby

During the Iraq Afghanistan wars, George W Bush and his tribe turned millions of Muslim hearts and minds against the United States. And, we continue to suffer those reactions. @realDonaldTrump is doing the same with Latin Americans. He is turning an entire generation against us.

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How would Trump be turning Latin America against the US?

Is Aunt Crabby referring to what's happening to those trying to come into the US without documents?

If so, Aunt Crabby's lost it.

If you're from country X and 10 people decide to split for the US and suffer in doing so, you and others in country X aren't going to fret a lot about people who chose to leave your country.

That doesn't make Trump's actions right.  It does, however, mean logic is not some people's strong point.

This edition's playlist

1) Alicia Keys' HERE.


2) Janet Jackson's UNBREAKABLE.


3) Tori Amos' UNREPENTANT GERALDINES.


4) Sting and Shaggy's 44/876.




5) Dashboard Confessional's CROOKED SHADOWS.


6)  Janet Jackson's VELVET ROPE.


7)  Sam Smith's IN THE LONELY HOUR DROWNING SHADOW EDITION.


8) Sam Smith's THE THRILL OF IT ALL.



9)  Aretha Franklin's ARETHA SINGS THE GREAT DIVA CLASSICS.


10)  Janet Jackson's CONTROL.

Senator Murray: Sessions’ Rollback of Asylum for Domestic Violence Survivors Shows Blatant, Frightening Disregard for Women’s Lives

Jun 11 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ effort to roll back asylum for survivors of domestic violence seeking protection in the United States.

“Each year, tens of thousands of women look to the United States for safety from unimaginable, often life-threatening abuse, and for the opportunity to rebuild their lives. Attorney General Sessions’ decision is cruel, deeply wrong, and yet another example of the Trump Administration’s blatant and frightening disregard for women’s lives. Despite what President Trump and Attorney General Sessions may want to claim, domestic violence is not just a ‘private’ concern—and the United States should be a leader among nations in rooting it out here at home and protecting those who flee their homes to escape this scourge abroad.”

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Paralyzed Veterans of America Commends President Trump for Signing VA MISSION Act

From PVA:



MEDIA CONTACT: Dana Kauffman 202-416-7608, danak@pva.org

WASHINGTON, DC — Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) issued the following statement from its President, David Zurfluh, in response to President Trump signing the VA MISSION Act into law:

“On behalf of Paralyzed Veterans of America members—veterans with spinal cord injury or disease—their families, and caregivers, we wish to express our gratitude to President Trump for signing this bipartisan legislation into law. The VA MISSION Act will strengthen the ability of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to deliver health care in both the community and in VA facilities around the country, as well as assess and realign VA infrastructure. Of critical importance to PVA, the MISSION Act will finally expand the VA Comprehensive Family Caregiver Program to those veterans injured prior to September 11, 2001.

This legislation wouldn’t have made it across the finish line without the enormous efforts of Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Ranking Member Jon Tester (D-MT), as well as House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN). We would also like to thank Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) for her persistent advocacy for the caregivers of our nation’s veterans.

Now that the VA MISSION Act has been signed into law, we will work tirelessly to ensure that this legislation is implemented properly, and that the VA Comprehensive Family Caregiver Program is made available to veterans who served prior to 9/11 as swiftly as possible.” 

Highlights

This piece is written by Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude, Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix, Kat of Kat's Korner, Betty of Thomas Friedman is a Great Man, Mike of Mikey Likes It!, Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz, Ruth of Ruth's Report, Marcia of SICKOFITRADLZ, Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends, Ann of Ann's Mega Dub, Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts and Wally of The Daily Jot. Unless otherwise noted, we picked all highlights.


"Ballots go up in flames and, look, CIA rats crawl ..." -- most requested highlight by readers of this site.

 "Uncle Joe's Looking Better and Better" -- Isaiah digs into the archives.

"FRINGE," "THE CROSSING," "The Tonys" and ''Einstein Tweets racism!" and "THIS JUST IN! ABC CANCELS ALBERT EINSTEIN'S SITCOM!" -- Mike, Stan, Cedric and Wally cover TV.

"Salads in the Kitchen" and  ''Cheeseburger Salad in the Kitchen" -- Trina serves up some recipes.

"Mindy Kaling is the problem and needs to stop whining"

"Claims aren't convictions" -- some strong truths from Ann.

"Who lives longer?," "Spiders" and "Just reading about it made me depressed" and "THIS JUST IN! NO SURPRISE THAT THEY ARE SAD!" -- health and science from Kat, Betty, Wally and Cedric.

  

'"Tracy Chapman" -- Kat covers music.

"Australia's government is scared of the US government" and "Is Julian about to be kicked out of the embassy?" -- some Julian Assange coverage.

  

"UNCOMMON TYPES: Let's kill whomever taught Tom Hanks to type" -- Elaine reviews a book.

"the f.b.i. lied to congress," "Peter Strzok should have been fired long ago," "how they set us up over and over," "He should have been arrested on the spot," "Comey the idiot," "Corn Nuts," "The obvious can't be seen by all," ''Tammy Duckworth, the manliest in the Senate," "Crazy Maddow,"  "Yes, but . . ." and ''Laurie Crosswell struggles with reality" -- news coverage in the community.