By Jueseppi B. White House Social: Teacher Appreciation Week Kasie Coccaro May 07, 2014 07:08 PM EDT Today, 22 educators from across the country were invited to the White House to take part in a White House Social for National Teacher Appreciation Week. Social […]
By Jueseppi B. U.S. to Help Nigeria in the Search for Kidnapped Girls David Hudson May 07, 2014 03:34 PM EDT More than three weeks ago, on the night of April 14, a group of militants kidnapped more than 200 teenage girls from the […]
By Jueseppi B. President Obama Tours Tornado Damage in Central Arkansas David Hudson May 07, 2014 06:00 PM EDT This afternoon, President Obama traveled to central Arkansas to tour the areas affected by last week’s tornadoes and severe storms. Upon arriving, the President […]
By Jueseppi B. On May 7, 2014, USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education will gather in Los Angeles for its 20th Anniversary Ambassadors for Humanity Gala. To help mark this occasion, the Institute will have the great privilege of welcoming President […]
Originally posted on The Fifth Column:
Demonstrators demand the government rescue the kidnapped school girls during a protest on May 5. (AP Photo/ Sunday Alamba) The Week Sadly, this is just one episode in a global epidemic. Right now, some 30 million people live in slavery. It is…
Originally posted on The Fifth Column:
Melissa Harris-Perry Jim Coughlan I couldn’t believe my eyes when I first read the headline to this story. WTF? News One Jim Coughlan (pictured), the controller of Dutchess County, N.Y., who is running for a state Senate seat, fired off a bigoted tweet…
Originally posted on QBG_Tilted Tiara:
#BringBackOurGirls Have you seen that one floating around? Do you know what it means? If not, you aren’t the only one, but it is pitiful and horrifying you don’t know. For the past two days, I have searched for a source to…
By Jueseppi B. With the effects of the kidnapping of over 200 Nigerian young girls from their boarding school, by extremist Islamist coward men, I am fortified by this feel good story from CBS Interactive Inc. Florida teen graduates from high school and college in […]
By Jueseppi B. Extremist Islam Is Scared Of Little Girls From The National Memo & Leonard Pitts Jr. Leonard Pitts is a columnist for The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, FL, 33132. Readers may contact him via email at lpitts@miamiherald.com. There was a […]
By Jueseppi B. President Barack Obama on Wednesday flies to Arkansas to view tornadoes and severe storms damage and then heads to Los Angeles to headline Democratic fundraisers and deliver remarks at a dinner for the Shoah Foundation. White House Schedule – May 7, 2014 […]
Originally posted on Things My Belly Likes:
salad is optional, but highly advised It’s been a tough, long, hard week. Our elderly dog is failing fast and we are watching him totter around on arthritic hips wondering when (if) we should end his suffering. If you’ve ever made…
Originally posted on The Last Of The Millenniums:
‘Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) joyfully takes credit for supporting legislation that cut funding for embassy security, leading to the death of three Americans from an attack against an under-staffed outpost in Benghazi, Libya’. ‘Paul Ryan, Darrel Issa and other House…
Originally posted on China Daily Mail:
CNOOC 981 Vietnamese naval vessels and Chinese ships collided Wednesday, a Vietnamese government official said, as Hanoi sought to prevent a Chinese oil rig from setting up in a disputed part of the South China Sea. The official said no ammunition had…
Originally posted on The Fifth Column:
Gov. Mary Fallin’s investigators don’t seem all that impartial. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) The Week There is nothing independent about this “independent investigation” Gov. Mary Fallin (R-Okla.) announced last week that she has ordered an “independent” investigation into the cruel and unusual execution of…
Originally posted on Spirit In Action:
I would prefer not to post things like this because it is upsetting but if we remain silent and compliant we condone and allow evil to take over. How many steps is it from this to Kristallnacht? And do we as Americans…