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June 23, 2019

Agreed.

And they seem to have taken a fair amount of pride in it, too.

June 23, 2019

Absolutely Awwwwwww!

June 23, 2019

John Lennon wrote a song about it.

It’s called “Woman Is the Nigger of the World.”

That’s the title.

Here are the lyrics:

https://www.google.com/search?q=woman+is+the+nigger+of+the+world&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#wptab=s:H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLRT9c3LDTNMi8uMMp4xOjJLfDyxz1hKYdJa05eY7Ti4grOyC93zSvJLKkU0uFig7KUuASkUDRqMEjxcaGI8Oxi0ktJTUsszSmJL0lMsspOttLPLS3OTNYvSk3OL0rJzEuPT84pLS5JLbLKqSzKTC5exGqclZ-Rp5CTmpeXn6dQnp-bmKeQWaxQkpGqkJeZnp5apJCfBuaV5xflpChAdAEABvltTsMAAAA

The song never got much airplay, probably because of the shock value of its title. But the message was brutally clear.

Being female is the most powerful portal that allows me to “get” or even begin to understand the black experience, even while white.

June 21, 2019

BOOM!!!!!!!!

Time IS running out.

I saw a protester with a “WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?” poster at the recent impeachment rally. I may make one of those signs for myself, for the next one. On the back would be a version of one I saw in the UK protest, which was WICKED cool:
“KIDS IN CAGES HAVE HEARTBEATS TOO.”

June 21, 2019

YES!!!!!!

June 21, 2019

Ahh yes, the subservient and fawning Chuck Todd.

The “I just put Person A on and they make their point, and then I put Person B on, and they make their opposing point, and that’s that! I’ve done my job! It’s not my job to ask any probing questions or try to fact-check anything” guy.

Even at this late date, even after he occasionally does ask a sensible question now and then, if I were head of MSNBC, he’d be the first person whose job I’d give to somebody else.

June 21, 2019

I know how you feel, my friend.


Wonder who’d be first? Jim Acosta? The Asset does nurse his grievances, after all, and Acosta has already had his credentials yanked, briefly. This would be the next logical step, ‘eh?
June 21, 2019

No. It doesn't. Not too far-fetched at all.

Especially when it IS happening HERE.

Right NOW.

June 21, 2019

Color me surprised.

Doesn’t rehabilitate Kavanaugh but maybe it’s a start.

I’ve interviewed many an actor who’s said that when they got into costume for some role, it really changed them. And it transported them into that reality.

Do you suppose maybe when that unapologetic creep donned those robes, and stepped into those chambers, that it modified his thinking a little, too?

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About calimary

Female. Retired. Wife-Mom-Grandma. Approx. 30 years in broadcasting, at least 20 of those in news biz. Taurus. Loves chocolate - preferably without nuts or cocoanut. Animal lover. Rock-hound from pre-school age. Proud Democrat for life. Ardent environmentalist and pro-choicer. Hoping to use my skills set for the greater good. Still married to the same guy for 40+ years. Probably because he's a proud Democrat, too. Penmanship absolutely stinks, so I'm glad I'm a fast typist! I will always love Hillary and she will always be my President.
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