11/14/2017

difficult people gets the axe

hulu has cancelled 'difficult people.'

there will be no 4th season.

:(

that was 1 of the few actually funny shows.

i loved the show.

even the supporting characters were amazing.

every 1.

the show was worth watching.

sorry, but 'handmaid's tale' did nothing for me.

the only show hulu produced that i liked was 'difficult people.'

they didn't come up with 'the mindy project' (fox did) but that was also a good show and we've already got the last season of that.

does hulu even know what comedy is?


let's close with c.i.'s 'Iraq snapshot:'



Tuesday, November 14, 2017.




"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is one of the 19 number one pop songs (BILLBOARD US singles chart) that Diana Ross has sang on.  November 19th, she'll be on the live broadcast (ABC) of The American Music Awards to perform and to receive the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement.  Motown Classic is issuing DIAMOND DIANA: THE LEGACY COLLECTION November 17th to note this monumental achievement.



Iraq, meanwhile, is still dealing with the aftermath of a natural disaster.


RUDAW notes  Sunday's earthquake on the Iraq - Iran border was the deadliest earthquake of 2017 thus far. Nasser Karimi and  Mohammed Nasiri (AP) report:

 Rescuers on Tuesday used backhoes and heavy equipment to dig through the debris of buildings toppled by a powerful earthquake on the border between Iran and Iraq that killed over 530 people, with weeping women crying out to God as aid workers found new bodies.
The grim work began in earnest again at dawn in the Kurdish town of Sarpol-e-Zahab in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah, which appears to be the hardest hit in the magnitude 7.3 earthquake.





  2.  12h12 hours ago
More than 400 people were killed and almost 6,500 others injured after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Iran's border with Iraq. See more:

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 7h7 hours ago
One of the deadliest earthquakes struck the border and has killed more than 450 people, my prayers and my thoughts are with the victims and their families. The world needs to come together in tough times like this to support these nations! ❤️
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 11h11 hours ago
7.3 Earthquake: Iran-Iraq Border Earthquake is Deadliest of 2017. A Huge Rescue Effort is Under Way After A Powerful Earthquake Struck Iran's Mountainous Border With Iraq, Killing Now More Than 500 People & Injuring Over 7,000. 🙏
The media could not be played.
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Sympathy has been noted around the world.  We'll note some of that.


  2.  Nov 12
Tragic news from Iran and Iraq today. Canadians offer their deepest sympathies to the families affected by the earthquake in the region.
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  2.  15h15 hours ago
United States expresses sincere condolences to all of those affected by the earthquake in Iran and Iraq. We keep the families of those who were killed, and injured, in our thoughts as well as the communities that have suffered damage.
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 1h1 hour ago
China is willing to offer necessary assistance to Iran, Iraq over the earthquake in light of their needs, said Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday
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  1.  Nov 12
Turkey stands ready to provide search and rescue teams & send humanitarian aid for earthquake victims in . Our thoughts and prayers are with our Iraqi brothers and sisters.
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 19h19 hours ago
My thoughts are with Iranian and Iraqi Canadians today who have lost loved ones or are waiting for word about their loved ones after Sunday's earthquake.
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But not everyone has expressed sympathy or acknowledged what has taken place.


 4h4 hours ago
Iraqi "National" Team played in Karbala last night, failed to spare few seconds to pay respect to the victims of the earthquake that hit the Kurdish region of their country. -- Are the Kurds really considered Iraqi citizens or we just have an imposed Iraqi "national" ID?

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That was rude.

And considering the current realities in Iraq today include the persecution of the Kurds, it was also very unhelpful.


Hayder al-Abadi doesn't have a brain -- he's a member of Dawa and State of Law after all.


 A smart leader would foster a national identity.

Hayder's not smart.

And he sees that persecuting a journalist who reported what he didn't like or preventing medicine from getting into the Kurdistan region doesn't result in the world condemning him.

He sees it and, like thug Nouri al-Maliki before him, he thinks he can get away with even more.


For those who have forgotten, the coddling of Nouri, the looking away from his crimes as prime minister, his persecution of various groups in Iraq, all of that came together to set the stage for the rise of ISIS in Iraq.

What's coming next?

ISIS was far worse than al Qaeda in Iraq.

Chances are what comes next will be worse than ISIS.

The only way to fix this mess -- mess fostered by the US government?

Then-President Barack Obama rightly noted on June 19, 2014 that the only answer was a political solution.

At what point do efforts take place to achieve that?

Apparently the answer is: NEVER.

And we watch as a new horror is created as Hayder grasps there are no checks on him and no condemnation coming, he can do whatever he wants.


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11/13/2017

the corruption

it's dirty, it's corrupt.

 10 hours ago
"Cuomo has raised more than 99 percent of his campaign money from donations larger than $1,000" - he "has virtually no small donors."
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we need public financing.

we have less of a shot at that now thanks to barack obama.

he refused to do public funding for the general election, remember?

it's more corrupt than ever.


let's close with c.i.'s 'Iraq snapshot:'


Monday, November 13, 2017.  An earthquake hits Iraq, another US service member dies int he Iraq War . . .





"Someday We'll Be Together" by Diana Ross & the Supremes is one of the 19 number one pop songs (BILLBOARD US singles chart) that Diana Ross has sang on.  November 19th, she'll be on the live broadcast (ABC) of The American Music Awards to perform and to receive the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement.  Motown Classic is issuing DIAMOND DIANA: THE LEGACY COLLECTION November 17th to note this monumental achievement.

Yesterday, an earthquake hit the Middle East.

 17h17 hours ago
A very strong earthquake has shaken parts of Middle East. In this video, the guest is speaking from Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimani when the studio started to shake
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 17h17 hours ago
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has hit near the Iraqi city of Halabja close to the Iraq-Iran border, US Geological Survey says.
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Australia's ABC NEWS explains, "The quake's epicentre was in Penjwin in the north-western Sulaimaniyah province, within the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region very close to the Iranian border, according to an Iraqi meteorology official. The electricity was cut off in several Iranian and Iraqi cities, and fears of aftershocks sent thousands of people in both countries out onto the streets and parks in cold weather."


Since the earthquake hit, some have noticed who is -- and is not -- providing aid.



 11h11 hours ago
So Turkey has sent aids and rescue teams to Iraqi Kurdistan (which most of the damage is in Sulimania and Halabja provinces) but Iraq's PM al-Abadi has neither offered help nor sent teams. This is not how you build a country, .
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 14h14 hours ago
Iraq wants Kurds be part of it! But... Hours after the deadly earthquake hit Kurdish areas of so-called , NOT A SINGLE IRAQI OFFICIAL talked about it. - is not Iraq!
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 9h9 hours ago
Abdulla Hawez Retweeted Abdulla Hawez
If I was , I would have visited the affected areas (by earthquake) near the Iraqi-Iranian border, just the way he has been visiting liberated Sunni areas and visited Karbala on Arbaeen.
Abdulla Hawez added,
So Turkey has sent aids and rescue teams to Iraqi Kurdistan (which most of the damage is in Sulimania and Halabja provinces) but Iraq's PM al-Abadi has neither offered help nor sent teams. This is not how you build a country, .
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And this lack of effort on the part of the Baghdad-based government means other issues are raised as well.


 14h14 hours ago
Government prevents medicine of Cancer patient to enter Region, and asks all the private medical companies to avoid entering any medicine into , otherwise they will face punishment of law. continue to punish the Kurdish people of .
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Is that not an issue to the global community?

Hayder al-Abadi is preventing medicine from entering the KRG.  How is this acceptable?


How is it acceptable that the Iraq War continues?

Or that people continue to die in the Iraq War.




 12h12 hours ago
Pentagon: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Lee Smith died Saturday at Camp Taji, Iraq, due to injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident.
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The US Defense Dept announced Sunday:


The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Lee M. Smith, 35, of Arlington, Texas, died Nov. ‎11 at Camp Taji, Iraq, due to injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, KY. The incident is under investigation.

For more information regarding CW2 Smith, media may contact the 101st Airborne Division Public Affairs Office at (931) 217-5074 and martin.l.odonnell.mil@mail.mil.


The Iraq War drags on.

Many Americans don't realize that.

Some Americans don't know what the hell they're talking about.  Case in point:


 17h17 hours ago
Replying to 
The tradition of black women leading is a strong one, dating back to Harriet Tubman. Shirley Chisholm was 1st black woman elected to congress. Barbara Lee was the ONLY house vote against the disastrous Iraq war and Maxine waters leads opposition to trump
 
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 "Barbara Lee was the ONLY house vote against the disastrous Iraq War."

Uh, no, she wasn't.

133 members of the House voted against.


How stupid do you have to be to claim that "Barbara Lee was the ONLY house vote against the disastrous Iraq War"?


Pretty damn stupid.


Here are the ones voting against:

---- NAYS    133 ---

Abercrombie
Allen
Baca
Baird
Baldacci
Baldwin
Barrett
Becerra
Blumenauer
Bonior
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Carson (IN)
Clay
Clayton
Clyburn
Condit
Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Duncan
Eshoo
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank
Gonzalez
Gutierrez
Hastings (FL)
Hilliard		Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hostettler
Houghton
Inslee
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kaptur
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kleczka
Kucinich
LaFalce
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Leach
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Lofgren
Maloney (CT)
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McKinney
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moran (VA)
Morella
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal		Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Pastor
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sawyer
Schakowsky
Scott
Serrano
Slaughter
Snyder
Solis
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Velazquez
Visclosky
Waters
Watson (CA)
Watt (NC)
Woolsey
Wu



Again, how stupid do you have to be to claim Barbara Lee was the only member of the House to vote against the Iraq War?

Grasp that the mistake says many things including that you talk about the Iraq War despite not knowing the first thing about it.

It also says that you're a White person so desperate to prove you're 'down' with Women of Color that you'll toss out anything -- but won't do the actual work required to be 'down' with the facts.

And by the way, Jon and Joel, how about breaking the stereotype of middle-aged, middle-class gay men being hostile to lesbians?

If you're looking for an "only'' on the 2002 Iraq War vote you might note Tammy Baldwin -- the fist openly gay woman to be elected to the House (and, later, the first openly gay woman to be elected to the Senate).  Tammy Baldwin -- in 2002, the only openly gay woman in the House -- voted against the Iraq War.

For a pair that self-describes as:

 Male Couple together 18 years, living in Indianapolis, IN. Fiercely protect & advance LGBT rights via progressive action. Resist the trump fascist regime !


you might need to take a moment to note Tammy Baldwin.

 Kat's "Kat's Korner: Taylor Swift's REPUTATION is b-a-a-a-d in the best way" went up last night.  If you're wondering about THIRD -- I believe all pieces were completed last night.  (Ava and I completed ours.) I think the issue is the typing of what felt like a forever roundtable.



 
 
 
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