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March 16, 2019
Too early. There's a long way to go.
My first thread in GD:P! Here's what I think of all those running so far
Too early. There's a long way to go.
March 16, 2019
Ides like to apologize, this first one is a day late
😁 Lots of Hoopla! this weekend about .....MEME Madness 🤔
Ides like to apologize, this first one is a day late
March 15, 2019
Birdie (eagle?) helps with long hole-in-one (in terms of time)
1:18 video at link
http://digg.com/video/eagle-hole-one
March 15, 2019
The civil rights organization Southern Poverty Law Center announced Thursday it had fired co-founder Morris Dees. The Montgomery, Alabama–based organization, known for tracking hate groups, did not give a specific reason for the 82-year-old’s dismissal after nearly 50 years with the nonprofit group, but a SPLC statement issued in conjunction with Dees’ sacking indicates it was workplace misconduct. Dees also told the Associated Press “a personnel issue” was the point of contention.
“As a civil rights organization, the SPLC is committed to ensuring that the conduct of our staff reflects the mission of the organization and the values we hope to instill in the world,” SPLC president Richard Cohen said in an emailed statement. “When one of our own fails to meet those standards, no matter his or her role in the organization, we take it seriously and must take appropriate action.” For his part, Dees indicated he did not know the root cause of his dismissal from the organization he helped found in 1971 and that, he says, he had been less and less involved with day-to-day operations. “It was not my decision, what they did,” Dees told the Montgomery Advertiser. “I wish the center the absolute best. Whatever reasons they had of theirs, I don’t know.”
“Today we announced a number of immediate, concrete next steps we’re taking, including bringing in an outside organization to conduct a comprehensive assessment of our internal climate and workplace practices
Southern Poverty Law Center Fires Co-Founder Morris Dees for Alleged Misconduct
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/03/southern-poverty-law-center-fires-its-co-founder-morris-dees-for-misconduct.htmlThe civil rights organization Southern Poverty Law Center announced Thursday it had fired co-founder Morris Dees. The Montgomery, Alabama–based organization, known for tracking hate groups, did not give a specific reason for the 82-year-old’s dismissal after nearly 50 years with the nonprofit group, but a SPLC statement issued in conjunction with Dees’ sacking indicates it was workplace misconduct. Dees also told the Associated Press “a personnel issue” was the point of contention.
“As a civil rights organization, the SPLC is committed to ensuring that the conduct of our staff reflects the mission of the organization and the values we hope to instill in the world,” SPLC president Richard Cohen said in an emailed statement. “When one of our own fails to meet those standards, no matter his or her role in the organization, we take it seriously and must take appropriate action.” For his part, Dees indicated he did not know the root cause of his dismissal from the organization he helped found in 1971 and that, he says, he had been less and less involved with day-to-day operations. “It was not my decision, what they did,” Dees told the Montgomery Advertiser. “I wish the center the absolute best. Whatever reasons they had of theirs, I don’t know.”
“Today we announced a number of immediate, concrete next steps we’re taking, including bringing in an outside organization to conduct a comprehensive assessment of our internal climate and workplace practices
March 15, 2019
😆 GLEN WINS VIEWER COMMENT OF THE DAY (College Admissions)
Curt Aurtry NBC12 is a local TV anchor with a big Facebook following.
Very funny.
https://www.facebook.com/142180135872024/posts/2102841469805871?sfns=mo
GLEN WINS THE VIEWER COMMENT OF THE DAY... he wrote to me with a confession. Read his email below:
Curt, I have a story you might want to look into. I'm embarrassed to admit it, but in the wake of the college admissions scandal, I feel the need to get this off my chest. My family also paid bribes to get me into college. The admissions officer at Richard Bland Junior College wanted a carton of Marlboros and a three-piece, extra crispy, from KFC.
Glen
#IwasntReady
March 15, 2019
The Band Everyone Thought Was The Beatles: Revisit the Klaatu Conspiracy of 1976
http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/the-band-everyone-thought-was-the-beatles-revisit-the-klaatu-conspiracy-of-1976.html
In 1976, hundreds of diehard Beatles fans became convinced that the mysterious album 3:47 EST by the band Klaatu was actually a new release from The Beatles in disguise, after a DJ in Providence, Rhode Island played one of its songs on the radio. Shortly afterward, Steve Smith discovered the album at the newspaper he worked for, Rhode Island’s The Providence Journal, listened to it, and became immediately intrigued.
The album contained no photographs, no identifying information at all, and the band’s The Day the Earth Stood Still reference echoed the cover of Ringo Starr’s album Goodnight Vienna. Smith heard Starr’s drumming, Harrison’s guitars, Lennon and McCartney’s voices in the psychedelic songs. Though he wasn’t a music critic or reporter himself, he persuaded the paper to publish a feature in which he suggested Klaatu could be The Beatles.
Klaatu "California Jam". NOT The Beatles covering The Beach Boys under a fake name 1972
The Band Everyone Thought Was The Beatles: Revisit the Klaatu Conspiracy of 1976
http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/the-band-everyone-thought-was-the-beatles-revisit-the-klaatu-conspiracy-of-1976.html
In 1976, hundreds of diehard Beatles fans became convinced that the mysterious album 3:47 EST by the band Klaatu was actually a new release from The Beatles in disguise, after a DJ in Providence, Rhode Island played one of its songs on the radio. Shortly afterward, Steve Smith discovered the album at the newspaper he worked for, Rhode Island’s The Providence Journal, listened to it, and became immediately intrigued.
The album contained no photographs, no identifying information at all, and the band’s The Day the Earth Stood Still reference echoed the cover of Ringo Starr’s album Goodnight Vienna. Smith heard Starr’s drumming, Harrison’s guitars, Lennon and McCartney’s voices in the psychedelic songs. Though he wasn’t a music critic or reporter himself, he persuaded the paper to publish a feature in which he suggested Klaatu could be The Beatles.
March 13, 2019
Kellyanne Conway
✔
@KellyannePolls
.@LoriLoughlin & @FelicityHuffman indicted for lying and buying spots in college.
They worried their daughters are as stupid as their mothers.
Tony Posnanski
✔
@tonyposnanski
Replying to @KellyannePolls @FelicityHuffman
Between alternative facts, selling Ivanka’s shit, the Bowling Green massacre, and microwaves recording people...I would pump the brakes on insulting anyone’s intelligence.
Danny Deraney
✔
@DannyDeraney
Replying to @KellyannePolls @FelicityHuffman
These two are despicable.
Meanwhile, your boss is selling access to the White House. Ran a fake university and neither he or his children earned their way through any institution, more importantly, life.
Hi.
Kristen Thornburg 🌪⛈
@KrisThornburg
Replying to @KellyannePolls @FelicityHuffman
Yes, it’s terrible when kids of wealthy parents get things they don’t earn, like college placements and security clearances.
Julie Laumann
@Otpor17
Replying to @KellyannePolls @FelicityHuffman
"The superintendent confirmed that wealthy NYMA trustees wanted him to hand Trump’s records over to them, but he refused...
Trump ordered Cohen to threaten his high school, colleges & College Board to never release his grades or SAT scores." #SummaCumLiar
Mitchell Robinson
@mrobmsu
Replying to @KellyannePolls @FelicityHuffman
Wait till you hear how your boss and his son in law got into college.
Michelle Stewart
@minerva411
Are you fucking kidding me with this pearl clutching character assassination after your “alternative facts” bullshit? Sit down Bowling Green, sit the fuck down.
Koko ✊✊🏽✊🏾💙
@Kokomothegreat
Replying to @KellyannePolls @FelicityHuffman
Did you not get the memo that your boss literally used a fake university for the sole purpose of scamming the gullible.
25,000,000 settlement?
Kathy WD.
@beachkatw
Replying to @KellyannePolls @FelicityHuffman
What's next?? Rich kids getting out of military service due to "bone spurs"?!
😆 Kellyanne Conway's Hot Take On College Admission Scandal Backfires Spectacularly
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kellyanne-conway-college-admissions_n_5c88aa61e4b0fbd7661f025cKellyanne Conway
✔
@KellyannePolls
.@LoriLoughlin & @FelicityHuffman indicted for lying and buying spots in college.
They worried their daughters are as stupid as their mothers.
Tony Posnanski
✔
@tonyposnanski
Replying to @KellyannePolls @FelicityHuffman
Between alternative facts, selling Ivanka’s shit, the Bowling Green massacre, and microwaves recording people...I would pump the brakes on insulting anyone’s intelligence.
Danny Deraney
✔
@DannyDeraney
Replying to @KellyannePolls @FelicityHuffman
These two are despicable.
Meanwhile, your boss is selling access to the White House. Ran a fake university and neither he or his children earned their way through any institution, more importantly, life.
Hi.
Kristen Thornburg 🌪⛈
@KrisThornburg
Replying to @KellyannePolls @FelicityHuffman
Yes, it’s terrible when kids of wealthy parents get things they don’t earn, like college placements and security clearances.
Julie Laumann
@Otpor17
Replying to @KellyannePolls @FelicityHuffman
"The superintendent confirmed that wealthy NYMA trustees wanted him to hand Trump’s records over to them, but he refused...
Trump ordered Cohen to threaten his high school, colleges & College Board to never release his grades or SAT scores." #SummaCumLiar
Mitchell Robinson
@mrobmsu
Replying to @KellyannePolls @FelicityHuffman
Wait till you hear how your boss and his son in law got into college.
Michelle Stewart
@minerva411
Are you fucking kidding me with this pearl clutching character assassination after your “alternative facts” bullshit? Sit down Bowling Green, sit the fuck down.
Koko ✊✊🏽✊🏾💙
@Kokomothegreat
Replying to @KellyannePolls @FelicityHuffman
Did you not get the memo that your boss literally used a fake university for the sole purpose of scamming the gullible.
25,000,000 settlement?
Kathy WD.
@beachkatw
Replying to @KellyannePolls @FelicityHuffman
What's next?? Rich kids getting out of military service due to "bone spurs"?!
March 10, 2019
Well sometimes those internet tips pay off - Jeans
I have a pair of jeans that are great except that the never "broke in" at the bottom of the legs.
They didn't fold around my shoes.
So I looked up "How to break in jeans".
One how to I saw had this whole process of soaking them in a vinegar/water mixture, let them dry, turning them inside out and using sandpaper, washing them alone, drying them with tennis balls.
I cut it down to just sandpapering the bottom 8-10 inches of each leg.
Worked like a charm.
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