in the wind | tweets from the space ending 09.24.16

No Joke | First Official Trailer @jimhancock.blogspot.com

Headlines from the Future | "Not so fast," say Republicans | there are rules

blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called children of God | After Newt Gingrich steps in it, a man I know and + trust responds to a campaign of ignorance, bigotry + hate from a man I don't know + don't trust

voting is one crap I do not care to give | umm....

thanks for asking | a black woman answers a question about a black woman answers a question about #privilege

Pain is Personal | A new selection from the forthcoming Helping Teenagers Help Friends in Crisis

"For some of us, this raises the hardest moral and emotional issue of the current campaign" - George W. Bush senior policy advisor + speech writer Michael Gerson

My teen boys are blind to rape culture | "In their discomfort with action, they remain passive, [+ that] perpetuates the same broken system"

Gus Biggio is from Wooster, Ohio. If you want to thank Gus for his military service, here's what he wants you to do

Archie Bunker for President | minus the good parts

Congressional Republicans' Christmas Tiff

The Obamas

Obama Message: "We Celebrate the Birth of Jesus this Christmas"

Republicans vow to celebrate Kwanzaa

(Washington, DC)

In a sharp rebuke to President Barack Obama, Republicans from both Houses of Congress pledged in a statement to: "uphold the quiet dignity and communal values of Kwanzaa.

"We will redouble our efforts to avoid the implicit endorsement of religion for which this administration has become famous in eight long years of war against the Constitution," the statement read.

Asked for his reaction, Vice President Joe Biden, a self-described Catholic who may have become radicalized during his Scranton, Pennsylvania childhood, said, "Republicans in Congress couldn't tell you how many A's there are in Kwanzaa — go ahead, ask Paul Ryan to spell it for you — buncha knuckleheads...."

"Not so fast," say Republicans | there are rules

McConnell

OBAMA MOVES TO WITHDRAW MERRICK GARLAND SUPREME COURT NOMINATION

"NOT SO FAST" SAY REPUBLICAN SENATE LEADERS

(Washington, D.C)

In an unexpected move, President Barack Obama moved to withdraw his nomination to the Supreme Court of Judge Merrick Garland. The move apparently took Republican Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, by surprise. McConnell issued a tersely worded statement, promising to get to the bottom of whether a president in the last year of his term has the authority to withdraw the nomination of a, "highly qualified jurist who is universally applauded for the evenness of his rulings and the steadiness of his judicial temperament." Reached for comment, a White House spokesman said, "While Senator McConnell is entitled to his opinion, the President does not believe he is entitled interrupt the orderly proceedings of two of our three branches of government." Vice President Joe Biden, who serves as President of the Senate by virtue of his office, said, "I think Mitch should push, or pull, or go back to his day job in Kentucky."