Butch Femme Planet  

Go Back   Butch Femme Planet > POLITICS, CULTURE, NEWS, MEDIA > In The News

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-02-2018, 06:16 PM   #3661
*Anya*
Infamous Member

How Do You Identify?:
Lesbian non-stone femme
Preferred Pronoun?:
She, her
Relationship Status:
Committed to being good to myself
 

Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: West Coast
Posts: 8,258
Thanks: 39,306
Thanked 40,816 Times in 7,290 Posts
Rep Power: 21474856
*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation
Default

House Republicans nominate Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize

Eighteen lawmakers write to Nobel committee to say president should receive 2019 prize ‘in recognition of his work to end the Korean war’

Ben Jacobs in Washington @Bencjacobs

Wed 2 May 2018 16.23 EDT Last modified on Wed 2 May 2018 19.03 EDT

In a letter spearheaded by the Indiana Republican Luke Messer and sent to the Norwegian Nobel committee, the lawmakers claim that Trump should “receive the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his work to end the Korean War, denuclearize the Korean peninsula and bring peace to the region”.

The rules for a Nobel prize nomination are relatively loose. Nominations can only be made by people who belong to a handful of categories, including members of a national legislation body, university professors and former winners of the prize – but there are no other restrictions. In 2018, there were 330 nominees to win the award, which will be announced in December. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons was the 2017 winner.

The Nobel committee operates under aegis of the government of Norway, but a 2009 justice department memo says the prize and accompanying $1.4m award does not qualify as a “emolument” from a foreign power, as the committee is independent from the government. Trump has previously faced criticism over foreign government spending at his hotels, which scholars have argued is an emolument. The Trump Organization has said that it has given all profits from foreign governments to the US treasury.

Although the letter copiously praises Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign and says there is “no one more deserving of the Committee’s recognition in 2019 than President Trump for his tireless work to bring peace to our world”, there may be political motivations at play as well.

Messer, a three-term incumbent from south-eastern Indiana, is in a ferocious three-way primary next week for the Republican nomination for the US Senate. One of the main bones of contention between him and his two main opponents, the congressman Todd Rokita and the businessman Mike Braun, is over which candidate is most dedicated to supporting Trump. The winner faces the Democratic incumbent, Joe Donnelly, in a state that Trump won by 19 points in 2016.

Four other Republican Senate hopefuls have signed the letter. Neither Kevin Cramer of North Dakota nor Marsha Blackburn faces competitive primaries in their fight to win competitive Senate seats in red states, but two others do.

Evan Jenkins of West Virginia signed the letter, as did Jim Renacci of Ohio. Both face competitive primaries next week in state won by Trump with incumbent Democrats. Other signatories include Mark Meadows of North Carolina, who leads the hard-right Freedom Caucus, and Steve King of Iowa, who has long praised far-right anti-immigration figures in European politics, such as Geert Wilders.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...el-peace-prize
__________________
~Anya~




Democracy Dies in Darkness

~Washington Post


"...I'm deeply concerned by recently adopted policies which punish children for their parents’ actions ... The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable."

UN Human Rights commissioner
*Anya* is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to *Anya* For This Useful Post:
Old 05-02-2018, 08:24 PM   #3662
Kätzchen
Senior Member

How Do You Identify?:
Femme
Preferred Pronoun?:
She
Relationship Status:
Attached & Monogamous
 

Join Date: May 2010
Location: Near my honey, right here at home.
Posts: 15,051
Thanks: 36,161
Thanked 31,926 Times in 9,907 Posts
Rep Power: 21474865
Kätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST Reputation
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by *Anya* View Post
House Republicans nominate Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize

Eighteen lawmakers write to Nobel committee to say president should receive 2019 prize ‘in recognition of his work to end the Korean war’

Ben Jacobs in Washington @Bencjacobs

Wed 2 May 2018 16.23 EDT Last modified on Wed 2 May 2018 19.03 EDT

In a letter spearheaded by the Indiana Republican Luke Messer and sent to the Norwegian Nobel committee, the lawmakers claim that Trump should “receive the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his work to end the Korean War, denuclearize the Korean peninsula and bring peace to the region”.

The rules for a Nobel prize nomination are relatively loose. Nominations can only be made by people who belong to a handful of categories, including members of a national legislation body, university professors and former winners of the prize – but there are no other restrictions. In 2018, there were 330 nominees to win the award, which will be announced in December. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons was the 2017 winner.

The Nobel committee operates under aegis of the government of Norway, but a 2009 justice department memo says the prize and accompanying $1.4m award does not qualify as a “emolument” from a foreign power, as the committee is independent from the government. Trump has previously faced criticism over foreign government spending at his hotels, which scholars have argued is an emolument. The Trump Organization has said that it has given all profits from foreign governments to the US treasury.

Although the letter copiously praises Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign and says there is “no one more deserving of the Committee’s recognition in 2019 than President Trump for his tireless work to bring peace to our world”, there may be political motivations at play as well.

Messer, a three-term incumbent from south-eastern Indiana, is in a ferocious three-way primary next week for the Republican nomination for the US Senate. One of the main bones of contention between him and his two main opponents, the congressman Todd Rokita and the businessman Mike Braun, is over which candidate is most dedicated to supporting Trump. The winner faces the Democratic incumbent, Joe Donnelly, in a state that Trump won by 19 points in 2016.

Four other Republican Senate hopefuls have signed the letter. Neither Kevin Cramer of North Dakota nor Marsha Blackburn faces competitive primaries in their fight to win competitive Senate seats in red states, but two others do.

Evan Jenkins of West Virginia signed the letter, as did Jim Renacci of Ohio. Both face competitive primaries next week in state won by Trump with incumbent Democrats. Other signatories include Mark Meadows of North Carolina, who leads the hard-right Freedom Caucus, and Steve King of Iowa, who has long praised far-right anti-immigration figures in European politics, such as Geert Wilders.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...el-peace-prize
Wow, that's just c r a z y!

How strange does it feel to be witness to this type of thing? I mean, other fascist dictators (Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and Rudolf Hess ) were nominated for The Nobel Peace Prize, but none of them ever received that prize, thank goodness.

Your news article Anya reminds me of back in 2007, the rise of neo-nazi activities in Germany. In fact I found an article online by German news media giant, Spiegel OnLine, which talked about the leader of the far-right National Democratic Party (NDP) being charged with inciting race hate because he nominated Rudolph Hess. Very scary times, for people in Germany.

Here's what happened back then (thankfully Hess was never given the Nobel Peace Prize):

LINK: http://m.spiegel.de/international/ge...-a-501910.html


Thanks for posting that article Anya!
Kätzchen is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Kätzchen For This Useful Post:
Old 05-18-2018, 01:15 PM   #3663
*Anya*
Infamous Member

How Do You Identify?:
Lesbian non-stone femme
Preferred Pronoun?:
She, her
Relationship Status:
Committed to being good to myself
 

Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: West Coast
Posts: 8,258
Thanks: 39,306
Thanked 40,816 Times in 7,290 Posts
Rep Power: 21474856
*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation
Default Another one

Texas high school shooting

By Brian Ries, Veronica Rocha and Meg Wagner, CNN

Updated less than 1 min ago 3:12 p.m. ET, May 18, 2018

>> What happened: Ten people were killed and 10 others wounded in a shooting Friday morning at a high school in the southeastern Texas city of Santa Fe.

>> The aftermath: Authorities later found explosive devices -- including pipe bombs and pressure cookers -- in and near the school, law enforcement officials said.

>> The suspect: Dimitrios Pagourtzis is suspected of conducting the shooting today at a Texas high school. He is in custody.

Texas mayor slams Congress: "Spare us your thoughts and prayers and do your job"

The Democratic mayor of Dallas has strong words in the wake of the shooting at a high school outside Houston.

In it, Mayor Mike Rawlings called on members of Congress to take “substantive action” to stop mass shootings and said “history will not look kindly upon those elected officials who failed to act in the face of repeated mass murders of our children.”

He added: “Spare us your thoughts and prayers and do your job.”

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/san...ing/index.html
__________________
~Anya~




Democracy Dies in Darkness

~Washington Post


"...I'm deeply concerned by recently adopted policies which punish children for their parents’ actions ... The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable."

UN Human Rights commissioner
*Anya* is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 6 Users Say Thank You to *Anya* For This Useful Post:
Old 05-18-2018, 01:22 PM   #3664
VintageFemme
Senior Member

How Do You Identify?:
Femme
Relationship Status:
Single
 
VintageFemme's Avatar
 

Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Outside
Posts: 2,299
Thanks: 3,828
Thanked 7,641 Times in 1,657 Posts
Rep Power: 21474851
VintageFemme Has the BEST ReputationVintageFemme Has the BEST ReputationVintageFemme Has the BEST ReputationVintageFemme Has the BEST ReputationVintageFemme Has the BEST ReputationVintageFemme Has the BEST ReputationVintageFemme Has the BEST ReputationVintageFemme Has the BEST ReputationVintageFemme Has the BEST ReputationVintageFemme Has the BEST ReputationVintageFemme Has the BEST Reputation
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by *Anya* View Post
Texas high school shooting

By Brian Ries, Veronica Rocha and Meg Wagner, CNN

Updated less than 1 min ago 3:12 p.m. ET, May 18, 2018

>> What happened: Ten people were killed and 10 others wounded in a shooting Friday morning at a high school in the southeastern Texas city of Santa Fe.

>> The aftermath: Authorities later found explosive devices -- including pipe bombs and pressure cookers -- in and near the school, law enforcement officials said.

>> The suspect: Dimitrios Pagourtzis is suspected of conducting the shooting today at a Texas high school. He is in custody.

Texas mayor slams Congress: "Spare us your thoughts and prayers and do your job"

The Democratic mayor of Dallas has strong words in the wake of the shooting at a high school outside Houston.

In it, Mayor Mike Rawlings called on members of Congress to take “substantive action” to stop mass shootings and said “history will not look kindly upon those elected officials who failed to act in the face of repeated mass murders of our children.”

He added: “Spare us your thoughts and prayers and do your job.”

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/san...ing/index.html
Bravo Mayor Rawlings!
__________________
Unfinished Business & Open to Serendipity
VintageFemme is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to VintageFemme For This Useful Post:
Old 05-18-2018, 01:24 PM   #3665
knight
Member

How Do You Identify?:
Butch
 
knight's Avatar
 

Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Canada
Posts: 281
Thanks: 618
Thanked 669 Times in 212 Posts
Rep Power: 18593205
knight Has the BEST Reputationknight Has the BEST Reputationknight Has the BEST Reputationknight Has the BEST Reputationknight Has the BEST Reputationknight Has the BEST Reputationknight Has the BEST Reputationknight Has the BEST Reputationknight Has the BEST Reputationknight Has the BEST Reputationknight Has the BEST Reputation
Default Feedback

Thank you Anya for posting this. If anyone is interested in writing the Nobel peace prize committee regarding the nomination of Trump...
postmaster@nobel.no




Quote:
Originally Posted by *Anya* View Post
House Republicans nominate Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize

Eighteen lawmakers write to Nobel committee to say president should receive 2019 prize ‘in recognition of his work to end the Korean war’

Ben Jacobs in Washington @Bencjacobs

Wed 2 May 2018 16.23 EDT Last modified on Wed 2 May 2018 19.03 EDT

In a letter spearheaded by the Indiana Republican Luke Messer and sent to the Norwegian Nobel committee, the lawmakers claim that Trump should “receive the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his work to end the Korean War, denuclearize the Korean peninsula and bring peace to the region”.

The rules for a Nobel prize nomination are relatively loose. Nominations can only be made by people who belong to a handful of categories, including members of a national legislation body, university professors and former winners of the prize – but there are no other restrictions. In 2018, there were 330 nominees to win the award, which will be announced in December. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons was the 2017 winner.

The Nobel committee operates under aegis of the government of Norway, but a 2009 justice department memo says the prize and accompanying $1.4m award does not qualify as a “emolument” from a foreign power, as the committee is independent from the government. Trump has previously faced criticism over foreign government spending at his hotels, which scholars have argued is an emolument. The Trump Organization has said that it has given all profits from foreign governments to the US treasury.

Although the letter copiously praises Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign and says there is “no one more deserving of the Committee’s recognition in 2019 than President Trump for his tireless work to bring peace to our world”, there may be political motivations at play as well.

Messer, a three-term incumbent from south-eastern Indiana, is in a ferocious three-way primary next week for the Republican nomination for the US Senate. One of the main bones of contention between him and his two main opponents, the congressman Todd Rokita and the businessman Mike Braun, is over which candidate is most dedicated to supporting Trump. The winner faces the Democratic incumbent, Joe Donnelly, in a state that Trump won by 19 points in 2016.

Four other Republican Senate hopefuls have signed the letter. Neither Kevin Cramer of North Dakota nor Marsha Blackburn faces competitive primaries in their fight to win competitive Senate seats in red states, but two others do.

Evan Jenkins of West Virginia signed the letter, as did Jim Renacci of Ohio. Both face competitive primaries next week in state won by Trump with incumbent Democrats. Other signatories include Mark Meadows of North Carolina, who leads the hard-right Freedom Caucus, and Steve King of Iowa, who has long praised far-right anti-immigration figures in European politics, such as Geert Wilders.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...el-peace-prize
knight is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to knight For This Useful Post:
Old 05-18-2018, 01:45 PM   #3666
*Anya*
Infamous Member

How Do You Identify?:
Lesbian non-stone femme
Preferred Pronoun?:
She, her
Relationship Status:
Committed to being good to myself
 

Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: West Coast
Posts: 8,258
Thanks: 39,306
Thanked 40,816 Times in 7,290 Posts
Rep Power: 21474856
*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by knight View Post
Thank you Anya for posting this. If anyone is interested in writing the Nobel peace prize committee regarding the nomination of Trump...
postmaster@nobel.no
That will be a big fuck no from me.
__________________
~Anya~




Democracy Dies in Darkness

~Washington Post


"...I'm deeply concerned by recently adopted policies which punish children for their parents’ actions ... The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable."

UN Human Rights commissioner
*Anya* is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to *Anya* For This Useful Post:
Old 05-18-2018, 01:47 PM   #3667
dark_crystal
Infamous Member

How Do You Identify?:
jenny
Preferred Pronoun?:
babygirl
Relationship Status:
First Lady of the United SMH
 
dark_crystal's Avatar
 

Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 5,445
Thanks: 1,532
Thanked 26,588 Times in 4,690 Posts
Rep Power: 21474856
dark_crystal Has the BEST Reputationdark_crystal Has the BEST Reputationdark_crystal Has the BEST Reputationdark_crystal Has the BEST Reputationdark_crystal Has the BEST Reputationdark_crystal Has the BEST Reputationdark_crystal Has the BEST Reputationdark_crystal Has the BEST Reputationdark_crystal Has the BEST Reputationdark_crystal Has the BEST Reputationdark_crystal Has the BEST Reputation
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by *Anya* View Post
Texas high school shooting

By Brian Ries, Veronica Rocha and Meg Wagner, CNN

Updated less than 1 min ago 3:12 p.m. ET, May 18, 2018

>> What happened: Ten people were killed and 10 others wounded in a shooting Friday morning at a high school in the southeastern Texas city of Santa Fe.

>> The aftermath: Authorities later found explosive devices -- including pipe bombs and pressure cookers -- in and near the school, law enforcement officials said.

>> The suspect: Dimitrios Pagourtzis is suspected of conducting the shooting today at a Texas high school. He is in custody.

Texas mayor slams Congress: "Spare us your thoughts and prayers and do your job"

The Democratic mayor of Dallas has strong words in the wake of the shooting at a high school outside Houston.

In it, Mayor Mike Rawlings called on members of Congress to take “substantive action” to stop mass shootings and said “history will not look kindly upon those elected officials who failed to act in the face of repeated mass murders of our children.”

He added: “Spare us your thoughts and prayers and do your job.”

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/san...ing/index.html
I am sitting in my office eleven miles away from the school.

It has been interesting because i listen to the local top 40 station in my office and the morning show jocks sounded like they were getting radicalized live and on the air as events unfolded. "Something has to be done! This cannot go on!"

I was sitting here thinking "i wonder how Texas will react now that it is happening to US" and then i realized the Sutherland Springs Church shooting killed 26 people and only happened six months ago and i hadn't thought about it at all since that week.

There was a student they were interviewing on TV and her attitude was just like "well, it can happen anywhere" and she was grieving but she was not outraged or furious or indignant. That was hard to watch.

I was crying in the bathroom bc the staff member who brings me my mail every morning has kids at that school.

You always feel for the parents who have to wait in agony to hear if their kids are alive, but when it's someone you see every day going through it...
__________________
dark_crystal is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 11 Users Say Thank You to dark_crystal For This Useful Post:
Old 05-18-2018, 09:17 PM   #3668
Gemme
Practically Lives Here

How Do You Identify?:
Queer Stone Femme Girl of the Unicorn Variety
Preferred Pronoun?:
She, as in 'She's a GEM'
 
Gemme's Avatar
 

Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: The roads are narrow here
Posts: 36,583
Thanks: 182,144
Thanked 108,784 Times in 25,656 Posts
Rep Power: 21474887
Gemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST Reputation
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by *Anya* View Post
That will be a big fuck no from me.
I don't think knight was suggesting you support the nomination.

Why fuss and fume if no one is going to put it out there that it's ridiculous and shouldn't happen?
__________________


I'm misunderestimated.
Gemme is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Gemme For This Useful Post:
Old 05-18-2018, 11:40 PM   #3669
*Anya*
Infamous Member

How Do You Identify?:
Lesbian non-stone femme
Preferred Pronoun?:
She, her
Relationship Status:
Committed to being good to myself
 

Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: West Coast
Posts: 8,258
Thanks: 39,306
Thanked 40,816 Times in 7,290 Posts
Rep Power: 21474856
*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gemme View Post
I don't think knight was suggesting you support the nomination.

Why fuss and fume if no one is going to put it out there that it's ridiculous and shouldn't happen?
Actually Gemme, I thought he was kidding and I responded in kind.

I didn't think I would have to say that I was kidding, too.

I don't generally "fuss or fume" at anyone's post.

Yours bothered me here.
__________________
~Anya~




Democracy Dies in Darkness

~Washington Post


"...I'm deeply concerned by recently adopted policies which punish children for their parents’ actions ... The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable."

UN Human Rights commissioner
*Anya* is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to *Anya* For This Useful Post:
Old 05-19-2018, 12:01 AM   #3670
Esme nha Maire
Member

How Do You Identify?:
Tomboyish eccentric antique femme
Preferred Pronoun?:
She/her
Relationship Status:
single
 
Esme nha Maire's Avatar
 

Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: UK
Posts: 642
Thanks: 2,196
Thanked 2,092 Times in 541 Posts
Rep Power: 19310768
Esme nha Maire Has the BEST ReputationEsme nha Maire Has the BEST ReputationEsme nha Maire Has the BEST ReputationEsme nha Maire Has the BEST ReputationEsme nha Maire Has the BEST ReputationEsme nha Maire Has the BEST ReputationEsme nha Maire Has the BEST ReputationEsme nha Maire Has the BEST ReputationEsme nha Maire Has the BEST ReputationEsme nha Maire Has the BEST ReputationEsme nha Maire Has the BEST Reputation
Default

I honestly thought I'd come across an April Fool's posting when I saw that about Trump and Nobel Peace Prize, just now (I'd been blissfully unaware of it previously). I very much doubt the Nobel committee would be stupid enough to consider such a nomination for a moment. Trump, like Putin, is so clearly a force for making the world a more dangerous and violent place, rather than a more peaceful one.
Esme nha Maire is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Esme nha Maire For This Useful Post:
Old 05-19-2018, 06:02 AM   #3671
Gemme
Practically Lives Here

How Do You Identify?:
Queer Stone Femme Girl of the Unicorn Variety
Preferred Pronoun?:
She, as in 'She's a GEM'
 
Gemme's Avatar
 

Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: The roads are narrow here
Posts: 36,583
Thanks: 182,144
Thanked 108,784 Times in 25,656 Posts
Rep Power: 21474887
Gemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST ReputationGemme Has the BEST Reputation
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by *Anya* View Post
Actually Gemme, I thought he was kidding and I responded in kind.

I didn't think I would have to say that I was kidding, too.

I don't generally "fuss or fume" at anyone's post.

Yours bothered me here.
Okay, then. I didn't read your post as joking and I didn't say 'you' were fussing and fuming. It was a general remark punctuated by an invisible shrug. It wasn't personalized towards you.

Trump is a difficult topic and this is a difficult medium to communicate with, so it's no wonder that we all have strong feelings swirling about when he's brought up or that we misconstrue one another from time to time.
__________________


I'm misunderestimated.
Gemme is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Gemme For This Useful Post:
Old 05-19-2018, 08:23 AM   #3672
Bèsame*
Practically Lives Here

How Do You Identify?:
Femm
Preferred Pronoun?:
She
Relationship Status:
☀️☀️☀️
 
Bèsame*'s Avatar
 

Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Closer to the waves
Posts: 14,749
Thanks: 28,393
Thanked 39,473 Times in 10,186 Posts
Rep Power: 21474862
Bèsame* Has the BEST ReputationBèsame* Has the BEST ReputationBèsame* Has the BEST ReputationBèsame* Has the BEST ReputationBèsame* Has the BEST ReputationBèsame* Has the BEST ReputationBèsame* Has the BEST ReputationBèsame* Has the BEST ReputationBèsame* Has the BEST ReputationBèsame* Has the BEST ReputationBèsame* Has the BEST Reputation
Default

Texan football player, our beloved J.J. Watt, will be paying for all the victims of yesterday's shooting. He continues to be the best person one can be.

I'm in awe of his concern of his community.
__________________
kisses

A kiss is a whisper in your mouth.
Can I borrow a kiss? I promise to give it back.
Bèsame* is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Bèsame* For This Useful Post:
Old 05-19-2018, 08:28 AM   #3673
Kätzchen
Senior Member

How Do You Identify?:
Femme
Preferred Pronoun?:
She
Relationship Status:
Attached & Monogamous
 

Join Date: May 2010
Location: Near my honey, right here at home.
Posts: 15,051
Thanks: 36,161
Thanked 31,926 Times in 9,907 Posts
Rep Power: 21474865
Kätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST Reputation
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bèsame* View Post
Texan football player, our beloved J.J. Watt, will be paying for all the victims of yesterday's shooting. He continues to be the best person one can be.

I'm in awe of his concern of his community.
This reminds me of last year's hurricane in Texas and another football player giving his first full year's salary (I think) to help those who lost everything.

There's some mighty nice young men in Texas, with hearts of concern for other's facing tragedy, in their local communities.
Kätzchen is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Kätzchen For This Useful Post:
Old 05-21-2018, 01:50 PM   #3674
Kätzchen
Senior Member

How Do You Identify?:
Femme
Preferred Pronoun?:
She
Relationship Status:
Attached & Monogamous
 

Join Date: May 2010
Location: Near my honey, right here at home.
Posts: 15,051
Thanks: 36,161
Thanked 31,926 Times in 9,907 Posts
Rep Power: 21474865
Kätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST ReputationKätzchen Has the BEST Reputation
Default NYT Senior Editor & Journalist Dana Canedy is Pulitzer Prize Admin.

Quote:
Originally Posted by *Anya* View Post
House Republicans nominate Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize

Eighteen lawmakers write to Nobel committee to say president should receive 2019 prize ‘in recognition of his work to end the Korean war’

Ben Jacobs in Washington @Bencjacobs

Wed 2 May 2018 16.23 EDT Last modified on Wed 2 May 2018 19.03 EDT

In a letter spearheaded by the Indiana Republican Luke Messer and sent to the Norwegian Nobel committee, the lawmakers claim that Trump should “receive the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his work to end the Korean War, denuclearize the Korean peninsula and bring peace to the region”.

The rules for a Nobel prize nomination are relatively loose. Nominations can only be made by people who belong to a handful of categories, including members of a national legislation body, university professors and former winners of the prize – but there are no other restrictions. In 2018, there were 330 nominees to win the award, which will be announced in December. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons was the 2017 winner.

The Nobel committee operates under aegis of the government of Norway, but a 2009 justice department memo says the prize and accompanying $1.4m award does not qualify as a “emolument” from a foreign power, as the committee is independent from the government. Trump has previously faced criticism over foreign government spending at his hotels, which scholars have argued is an emolument. The Trump Organization has said that it has given all profits from foreign governments to the US treasury.

Although the letter copiously praises Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign and says there is “no one more deserving of the Committee’s recognition in 2019 than President Trump for his tireless work to bring peace to our world”, there may be political motivations at play as well.

Messer, a three-term incumbent from south-eastern Indiana, is in a ferocious three-way primary next week for the Republican nomination for the US Senate. One of the main bones of contention between him and his two main opponents, the congressman Todd Rokita and the businessman Mike Braun, is over which candidate is most dedicated to supporting Trump. The winner faces the Democratic incumbent, Joe Donnelly, in a state that Trump won by 19 points in 2016.

Four other Republican Senate hopefuls have signed the letter. Neither Kevin Cramer of North Dakota nor Marsha Blackburn faces competitive primaries in their fight to win competitive Senate seats in red states, but two others do.

Evan Jenkins of West Virginia signed the letter, as did Jim Renacci of Ohio. Both face competitive primaries next week in state won by Trump with incumbent Democrats. Other signatories include Mark Meadows of North Carolina, who leads the hard-right Freedom Caucus, and Steve King of Iowa, who has long praised far-right anti-immigration figures in European politics, such as Geert Wilders.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...el-peace-prize
Anya? I was reading Wikipedia by randomizer of topics, and came across very interesting news about Pulitzer Prize news.

Last summer, in August, Dana Canedy was the first woman, the youngest too, and the first person of color, to be chosen as Administrator of Pulitzer Prizes.

Canedy's husband was killed in the Iraq war. Her husband's war time journal for their only son is being turned into an true story film by Sony. Sony hired Virgil Williams (author/writer of Mudbound fame) to write an adaptation of the journal and Denzel Washington is directing and producing this film.

Wikipedia gives bare essential details of Dana Canedy, but I'd say that she's an Marcel Proust scholar based on her statement that "out of her grief over losing her husband Charles, she needed to do something productive" (source: Wikipedia; see link below).

LINK to facts about Dana Canedy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Canedy?wprov=sfla1

ETA: Canedy has stated that the next PP awarded will hopefully go to an nominee based on excellence of Journalism.
Kätzchen is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-25-2018, 11:10 AM   #3675
charley
Timed Out - Permanent

How Do You Identify?:
gentle stonebutch [vanilla]
Relationship Status:
single
 
charley's Avatar
 

Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: canada
Posts: 497
Thanks: 906
Thanked 1,204 Times in 422 Posts
Rep Power: 0
charley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputation
Cool Weinstein has been charged with rape

Harvey Weinstein turned himself in to New York City detectives and appeared in court today on charges that he raped one woman and forced another to perform oral sex, a watershed in a month's long sex crimes investigation and in the #MeToo movement.

He has posted $1 million bail, and will be wearing one of those monitoring devices.

He is still under investigation for other crimes, elsewhere!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
charley is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to charley For This Useful Post:
Old 05-25-2018, 01:31 PM   #3676
Martina
Senior Member

How Do You Identify?:
***
 
Martina's Avatar
 

Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ***
Posts: 4,999
Thanks: 13,409
Thanked 18,367 Times in 4,170 Posts
Rep Power: 21474854
Martina Has the BEST ReputationMartina Has the BEST ReputationMartina Has the BEST ReputationMartina Has the BEST ReputationMartina Has the BEST ReputationMartina Has the BEST ReputationMartina Has the BEST ReputationMartina Has the BEST ReputationMartina Has the BEST ReputationMartina Has the BEST ReputationMartina Has the BEST Reputation
Default

Wasn't it good to see Weinstein in handcuffs? And the books he took with him into the police station didn't go with him when the police transported him to court. It's not a doctor's office visit, Harvey!

In general, I hate seeing people in cuffs even when they deserve it. It's just so sad. But I didn't feel that way this time. I started humming, "Oh Happy Day." Perhaps a little blasphemous, but it suited my mood.

Now, the day I watch Trump in handcuffs, I will proclaim my joy from the rooftops. Mr. Mueller, please, PLEASE . . . .
__________________
"No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up" - Lily Tomlin
Martina is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Martina For This Useful Post:
Old 05-25-2018, 01:49 PM   #3677
charley
Timed Out - Permanent

How Do You Identify?:
gentle stonebutch [vanilla]
Relationship Status:
single
 
charley's Avatar
 

Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: canada
Posts: 497
Thanks: 906
Thanked 1,204 Times in 422 Posts
Rep Power: 0
charley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputationcharley Has the BEST Reputation
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Martina View Post
Wasn't it good to see Weinstein in handcuffs? And the books he took with him into the police station didn't go with him when the police transported him to court. It's not a doctor's office visit, Harvey!

In general, I hate seeing people in cuffs even when they deserve it. It's just so sad. But I didn't feel that way this time. I started humming, "Oh Happy Day." Perhaps a little blasphemous, but it suited my mood.

Now, the day I watch Trump in handcuffs, I will proclaim my joy from the rooftops. Mr. Mueller, please, PLEASE . . . .
He walked in smiling, and left frowning (hahaha). I spoke with a friend here about Weinstein and we both laughed about it, still can't wipe the smile off my face.
charley is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to charley For This Useful Post:
Old 06-04-2018, 11:24 AM   #3678
*Anya*
Infamous Member

How Do You Identify?:
Lesbian non-stone femme
Preferred Pronoun?:
She, her
Relationship Status:
Committed to being good to myself
 

Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: West Coast
Posts: 8,258
Thanks: 39,306
Thanked 40,816 Times in 7,290 Posts
Rep Power: 21474856
*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation*Anya* Has the BEST Reputation
Default Religious bias? Say goodbye to separation of church and state. This is only the beginning.

Supreme Court rules narrowly for baker who refused to make cake for same-sex couple

By DAVID G. SAVAGE
JUN 04, 2018 | WASHINGTON

The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Monday for a Christian baker who refused to make a same-sex wedding cake, deciding that he was a victim of religious bias on the part of the state’s civil rights commission.

But the 7-2 ruling, written by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, made no judgment over whether the baker had a religious-freedom right to refuse service to the same-sex couple, and it stressed the importance of maintaining equal rights for gays and lesbians.

“The exercise of their freedoms on terms equal to others must be given great weight and respect by the courts,” wrote Kennedy, who has penned several decisions upholding the rights of gays and lesbians.

He cautioned that law does “not allow business owners and other actors in the economy and in society to deny protected persons equal access to goods and services under a neutral and generally applicable public accommodations law.”

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-n...604-story.html
__________________
~Anya~




Democracy Dies in Darkness

~Washington Post


"...I'm deeply concerned by recently adopted policies which punish children for their parents’ actions ... The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable."

UN Human Rights commissioner
*Anya* is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to *Anya* For This Useful Post:
Old 06-05-2018, 09:58 AM   #3679
girl_dee
Practically Lives Here

How Do You Identify?:
Femme
Preferred Pronoun?:
dee
Relationship Status:
Hitched up
 
girl_dee's Avatar
 

Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Livin’ the Dream
Posts: 24,079
Thanks: 30,560
Thanked 54,972 Times in 13,922 Posts
Rep Power: 21474873
girl_dee Has the BEST Reputationgirl_dee Has the BEST Reputationgirl_dee Has the BEST Reputationgirl_dee Has the BEST Reputationgirl_dee Has the BEST Reputationgirl_dee Has the BEST Reputationgirl_dee Has the BEST Reputationgirl_dee Has the BEST Reputationgirl_dee Has the BEST Reputationgirl_dee Has the BEST Reputationgirl_dee Has the BEST Reputation
Default Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition, will no longer judge based on physical appearance

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/m...ry?id=55638426

Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition and will no longer judge contestants based on physical appearance, the organization announced Tuesday.

"We are no longer a pageant," Gretchen Carlson, the first former Miss America to be named chair of the Board of Trustees of the Miss America Organization, said on "GMA." "We are a competition.”


In place of the swimsuit portion of the competition, Miss America contestants will now take part in a live interactive session with the judges, according to the organization.

The 2018 Miss America Competition at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall, Sept. 10, 2017, in New Jersey.
The contestants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will be asked to demonstrate their passion, intelligence and overall understanding of the job of Miss America.

The organization is also getting rid of the evening gown portion of the competition and instead asking contestants to wear attire that makes them feel confident, expresses their personal style and shows how they hope to advance the role of Miss America.

"We’ve heard from a lot of young women who say, ‘We’d love to be a part of your program but we don’t want to be out there in high heels and a swimsuit,’ so guess what, you don’t have to do that anymore," Carlson said. "Who doesn’t want to be empowered, learn leadership skills and pay for college and be able to show the world who you are as a person from the inside of your soul."

She continued, "That’s what we’re judging them on now."

In addition to being crowned Miss America in 1989, Carlson has more recently been an outspoken advocate for victims of sexual harassment and a champion of the #MeToo movement. In 2016, she settled a lawsuit against former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, who stepped down from his role after mounting pressure from additional employees with similar accusations.

"I could have never expected what would happen when I sued my former employer at Fox News for sexual harassment 22 months ago, but look what has happened," she said. "Thousands of women have been inspired to know that they can stand up and speak up and their voices will be heard."

Carlson added, "If I’ve been a beacon of hope to any woman in that process, it has been worth it."

The sweeping changes to Miss America aim to help the organization be more inclusive and empowering for all women. Carlson also said that she hopes the revamped competition will resonate more with young people.

"We are now open, inclusive and transparent and I want to inspire thousands of young people across this country to come and be a part of our program," she said. "We want you and we want to celebrate your accomplishments and your talents and then we want to hand you scholarships."

The Miss America organization courted controversy earlier this year when internal emails were released from the group's former CEO Sam Haskell. In the leaked emails, Haskell, who later resigned, and others were insulting the appearance, intellect and personal lives of former pageant winners, including Carlson.

Carlson is now part of an all-female leadership team at Miss America.

"This is a new beginning and change can sometimes be difficult but I know a lot about change," she said. "My life has worked in mysterious ways. I never thought I’d be the chairwoman of the Miss America Organization, but here I am and we’re moving it forward and we’re evolving in this cultural revolution."

The 2019 Miss America Competition airs live on ABC on Sunday, Sept. 9, at 9 p.m. EST.
girl_dee is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to girl_dee For This Useful Post:
Old 06-05-2018, 10:24 AM   #3680
JDeere
Practically Lives Here

How Do You Identify?:
Transgender
Preferred Pronoun?:
He/him/his
Relationship Status:
Single
 
JDeere's Avatar
 

Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 17,752
Thanks: 31,018
Thanked 28,873 Times in 9,718 Posts
Rep Power: 21474863
JDeere Has the BEST ReputationJDeere Has the BEST ReputationJDeere Has the BEST ReputationJDeere Has the BEST ReputationJDeere Has the BEST ReputationJDeere Has the BEST ReputationJDeere Has the BEST ReputationJDeere Has the BEST ReputationJDeere Has the BEST ReputationJDeere Has the BEST ReputationJDeere Has the BEST Reputation
Default Kate Spade passed away.

http://m.tmz.com/?viewer_country=US#...ade-dead-dies/


Reports say she committed suicide.
JDeere is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to JDeere For This Useful Post:
Reply

Tags
breaking news, news

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:54 AM.


ButchFemmePlanet.com
All information copyright of BFP 2018