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Post by nashville11 on May 12, 2017 13:18:51 GMT
We are a group of like-minded people that gather to discuss a host of topics from weight loss, to current events. Our thread celebrates liberal diversity, welcomes new friends, and respects all opinions. We count everything from calories to points but, we never count our chickens before they've hatched! * * * Putin asked me to do it, so what was I going to say? * * *
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Post by nashville11 on May 12, 2017 13:28:58 GMT
Good morning everyone! Hope you are all looking forward to a good weekend! The JA in Chief just keeps blundering on, totally oblivious to the fact that his unbridled temper and impetuous no filter mouth is his worst enemy. It must be so hard working in his administration. Here's a tip for his spokespeople. Whatever talking point you are told to go out and promote as the absolute truth, go out and say the exact opposite. That way, you won't end up looking like a total out of the loop fool a couple of hours later when he tweets out or says in an interview the exact opposite of what you were originally told to say. Problem solved! Just reminded on FB that I graduated from high school 50 years ago today. How the heck did 50 years go by?!! Taking my dad to get stitches removed this morning. Have arranged for an old friend of my mom to call her while we are gone. They can talk about things they did back in the day, and hopefully that will keep my mom calm while we are gone. Yesterday afternoon she was in a pretty good mood, and I don't think remembered any of the anger from the day before. She did seem a little more confused than she is sometimes, but she was talkative and seemed pretty content at least for the moment. Will check back later . . .
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Post by hnybny91 on May 12, 2017 13:40:28 GMT
Hope all goes well with your mom while you are away nashville11. So now Trump is threatening Comey saying he had better hope there aren't any "tapes" of their conversations before he (Comey) starts leaking. Oh, I hope there ARE conversations because I'm sure they implicate you and not Comey. He is also threatening via twitter to cancel future press briefings. Good grief! This circus needs to end soon. I don't know how much longer I can take it.
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Post by nashville11 on May 12, 2017 13:42:10 GMT
âAs a very active President with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy!â -- Tweety
LOL! He is truly his own worst enemy, and his ego won't let him recognize it. And trying to threaten Comey! You just can't make this stuff up, and in a movie I'd think it was totally unbelievable. Now he's talking about possibly taped conversations. He just keeps pulling the avalanche down on his own head.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2017 14:00:20 GMT
LOL...The JA in Chief's tiny little mind, told his tiny little fingers on his tiny little hands to tweet out a threat about an FBI Director. OH, MY!... How can anyone say this is not a threat?!?...I wonder when Pence is going to realize that JA will be throwing him under the bus next & he (Pence) willgather in a dark room with McConnel & Ryan to plan a coup...probably already have. đ...
Joyce....So, true, that as soon as you walk out of the room, your Mom has probably already forgotten she was angry with you or whoever. It's really important for you to learn to just remove yourself from these situations when they upset you. So, not an easy thing to do by any means, & it takes awhile to not feel guilty for doing it, but I did that many times as did my sister. It helps a lot! It gets easier & honestly, your Mom has no memory of any of those incidents. It's nice that your Mom has a friend to talk of things past. It seems that is one area that they hang on to the longest & seems to calm them..
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Post by nashville11 on May 12, 2017 14:34:39 GMT
In all seriousness, the primary difference between Nixon and Tweety is that Nixon was a lot smarter. Yet his arrogance, paranoia, and self-infatuation all mixed together to bring him down. Tweety isn't nearly as smart as Nixon, so I really believe he will go down. All those sycophants sucking up to him now would be well advised to start jumping ship.
Where are those wonderful senior advisers Jared and Ivanka? They need to be trying to muzzle him. Instead other than peddling visas and paths to citizenship for the Chinese they seem to be eerily quiet.
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Post by nashville11 on May 12, 2017 14:43:52 GMT
"One requirement of the presidency is to believe that your job is about something greater than yourself -- your country. But first you have to believe there is something greater than yourself." -- Gloria Borger
Clearly Tweety fails this test big time.
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Post by doordie50 on May 12, 2017 15:17:54 GMT
A thread has been pulled and things are seriously beginning to unravel
Joyce hope all goes well today
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Post by nashville11 on May 12, 2017 19:34:17 GMT
Pam, doordie50, sometimes I am a little slow on the uptake! LOL! I was trying to figure out what post had gotten pulled and why, then I got the analogy! Duh! Sometimes you just have to slap me upside the head! You're right that it is all unraveling.
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Post by hnybny91 on May 12, 2017 20:26:13 GMT
I am seriously disgusted with almost every Republican in congress right now. It's like crickets from them right now. How long can they continue to play party loyalty and bury their heads in the sand? It's ridiculous! I hope EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM gets voted out for allowing this to continue for so long.
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Post by hnybny91 on May 12, 2017 21:18:29 GMT
Comey turned down the invitation to the Senate Intelligence Committee. WTF? You would think that he would be eager to clear his name since it is being questioned. I really thought he would be our hero but I guess I was wrong I have lost all faith in the Democratic process right now.
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Post by yogamama007 on May 12, 2017 21:29:43 GMT
Warning- this is a c/p from Guardian. If anyone objects, well duh, don't read! lol
YOU GO MICHELLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
What the Dumpfy and the Dump crowd is doing about Nutrition and Education just riles me to the core. When were in the city my friends and I would drive miles out to the country to get the best meat and produce for our family.
Michelle did what she could for the kids of our country, now the JA in chief wants us to feed carp to the kids of AMERICA? Is he planning on starting his own WW type franchise to make sheckles on the damage this would perpetuate?
Why we can go back to Victorian Slum times and add water and chalk to milk, sand and wood shavings to cereal. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr (yes I'm watching Slum House on PBS)
From the Guardian:
"What is wrong with you?"
"Michelle Obama has made her strongest political intervention since leaving the White House, stating bluntly at a health conference: âThink about why someone is OK with your kids eating crap.â
One of the former first ladyâs signature legacies was an effort to reduce childhood obesity. Earlier this month, Donald Trumpâs administration froze regulations that would cut sodium and increase whole grains served in school meals. âWe have a lot more work to do, for sure, but weâve got to make sure we donât let anybody take us back because the question is, where are we going back to?â Obama told a Partnership for a Healthier America summit in Washington.
âThis is where you really have to look at motives, you know. You have to stop and think: why donât you want our kids to have good food at school? What is wrong with you?â
The remarks prompted cheers and applause from a packed hotel ballroom. Seemingly liberated from her official role, Obama was by turns combative, exasperated, feisty, incredulous, passionate, peeved and sardonic.
The 53-year-old demanded: âAnd why is that a partisan issue? Why would that be political? What is going on? You know, now thatâs up to moms. Moms, think about this. I donât care what state you live in. Take me out of the equation. Like me, donât like me, but think about why someone is OK with your kids eating crap. Why would you celebrate that? Why would you sit idly and be OK with that?
âBecause hereâs the secret: if somebody is doing that, they donât care about your kid, and we need to demand everyone to care deeply about kids. Thatâs all we have. So we should be driving this and every elected official on this planet should understand: donât play with our children. Donât do it.â
Along with the delay in nutrition standards for school lunches announced by the US agriculture secretary, Sonny Perdue, the Trump administration has also postponed rules instructing restaurants, grocery stores and other outlets to put calories counts on their menus.
Evidently riled, Obama continued: ââYou shouldnât know what youâre eating.â Think about that. Stop there, think about that. âYou shouldnât know what youâre eating.â Youâre OK with that? Do you know people who are OK with that? I mean, I just find myself thinking, this isnât my fight, you know, this is where youâve got to look yourself in the eye.
âWe need to look our neighbors in the eye and kind of go: âWhat is going on?â Because this just isnât that complicated, you know. Just tell me whatâs in my food. Why is that a problem? So you have to ask yourself, whatâs going on, because I donât get it. I donât understand it.â
Sam Kass, a former White House chef and senior policy adviser for nutrition who was interviewing Obama, noted suggestions that an update on nutrition facts labels on food packages could also be slowed.
Obama interjected, with sarcasm: ââKeep families ignorant.â Thatâs all Iâm hearing. âYou donât need to know whatâs in your food. You canât handle that, Mom. Just buy this, be quiet, spend your money, you buy this, donât ask us about whatâs in your food, you know.â How does that feel? How does that feel? âThis isnât information that you should know. We shouldnât change a label to make it clearer and easier for you to just break down what youâre buying.â âSo consumers out there â again, I donât care where youâre from, what your party is â I would be highly insulted by that thought. âYou want to talk about nanny state and government intervention? Well, you just buy the food and be quiet. You donât need to know whatâs in it.â Thatâs essentially what a move like this is saying to you, mom. They think you donât care because what they hear from are the people who want their kids to eat whatever they want to eat.â
With Trump seemingly eager to reverse Obamaâs work, advocates are increasingly pinning hopes on the private sector. This week, companies including Mars and Cumberland Farms announced initiatives with Partnership for a Healthier America, the foundation Obama helped create alongside her âLetâs Move!â initiative to combat childhood obesity.
She did not mention Trump or other administration officials by name on Friday but, in warning how bad diets can lead to children being affected by diabetes, she remarked pointedly: âAnd I hope you have healthcare.â
Obama began the session on a lighter note, reflecting on her life since leaving the White House."
âEverything is really great,â she said. âBeing âformerâ is all right ⌠The presidentâs good. Heâs running around out there in the world with his shirt unbuttoned.â
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Post by yogamama007 on May 12, 2017 21:43:32 GMT
Comey turned down the invitation to the Senate Intelligence Committee. WTF? You would think that he would be eager to clear his name since it is being questioned. I really thought he would be our hero but I guess I was wrong I have lost all faith in the Democratic process right now. Trump has gone up against someone (Comey) who will not bend to his Bullying and intimidation. He just may be gathering his thoughts and plans to clear his name in his good time. Comey is not going to jump at the first whip crack.... the guy is FBI. He has dealt with bigger fools and con-men then Dunpfy and the singing Dump Crowd. My cousin Phillip (RIP) was with the F.B.I., them is quiet and tough but relentless. Keep our fingers crossed.
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Post by yogamama007 on May 12, 2017 21:45:59 GMT
Pam, doordie50 , sometimes I am a little slow on the uptake! LOL! I was trying to figure out what post had gotten pulled and why, then I got the analogy! Duh! Sometimes you just have to slap me upside the head! You're right that it is all unraveling. Joyce-Our Pam got me too........
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Post by hnybny91 on May 12, 2017 22:04:55 GMT
Comey turned down the invitation to the Senate Intelligence Committee. WTF? You would think that he would be eager to clear his name since it is being questioned. I really thought he would be our hero but I guess I was wrong I have lost all faith in the Democratic process right now. Trump has gone up against someone (Comey) who will not bend to his Bullying and intimidation. He just may be gathering his thoughts and plans to clear his name in his good time. Comey is not going to jump at the first whip crack.... the guy is FBI. He has dealt with bigger fools and con-men then Dunpfy and the singing Dump Crowd. My cousin Phillip (RIP) was with the F.B.I., them is quiet and tough but relentless. Keep our fingers crossed. I am beginning to wonder if Comey does have something to hide and that is why he is not coming forward right now on his own. I have no doubt that Trump is guilty as hell but now I am wondering about Comey too. I also think the threat of the recording was also a threat to all the Republicans in Congress....Like, "Hey guys that may be thinking about impeaching me, I record conversations and have you and all your crap on recording too!"
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