Good morning!

Hi, Howie: Hey there – How are you? I am always into the stories that you post. Your last one was certainly fascinating. However, my questions and curiosity has to do with Carr. I am just wondering how often you talk or see each other. And is there ever or has there ever been a time where you were not in communication? I mean if a God lives forever, even if you didn’t speak to him for years at a time, which would be significant for any human, would it only feel like seconds to him?  And since the Gods do not want to know everything all of the time, has Carr ever forgotten you because he has removed you from his mind temporarily for any particular reason? And what about his two brothers…are you in communication with either one of them as well, or have you ever been with Carr and one of his brothers together? Since if I recall, one is always missing, and the two are forever looking for the third.

I am fascinated by your stories but it has been awhile since you shared your personal stories. Do you mind?

Victoria: Don’t be surprised, it’s probably in the works.

Hey, Mike, TM: Yeah, me too. Obama is still getting stuff done. Some of that includes taking executive actions. I’m liking it. The repubs will be busy in the new year trying to undo everything. :)

Speaking of taking executive action…

From Think Progress:

No More Waiting

President Obama Is Moving Forward On Executive Action That Could Halt 5 Million Deportations

President Obama will disregard Republican complaints and sign an executive action that could shield up to five million immigrants from deportation, the New York Times reports. The official announcement would “significantly refocus the activities of the government’s 12,000 immigration agents,” and could be made as early as next week.

The first piece of the order, according to White House officials, will be to protect the parents of children who are American citizens or legal residents from deportation by allowing them to obtain legal work permits. Depending on whether the order is limited to parents who have been undocumented and living in the United States for five years or for ten years, it could affect between 2.5 million and 3.3 million people. The President is reported to be considering a second piece to extend protections to immigrants who came here as children, and to their parents. This could affect up to one million or more additional undocumented immigrants.

The action will also clarify who should be high priority and low priority for deportation, in order to focus enforcement on violent criminals instead of breaking up families. Finally, it will also enhance border security and expand opportunities for immigrants with high-tech skills.

It’s not the comprehensive immigration reform that the Senate passed and the American people support, but it’s a very important step. And it upholds President Obama’s promise last week after the midterms that he won’t “just wait” for Republicans to stop stalling on the issue.

BOTTOM LINE: President Obama’s commitment to move forward with an executive action to halt deportations is an important step toward helping to fix our broken immigration system. But it does not remove the pressure from Congressional Republicans to do what the American people want and pass comprehensive immigration reform.

*G*O*B*A*M*A*

Readers: Lots going on. What’s on your mind? Blog me.

Irene, Brenda: Exactly. Well…we’ll see how they like it when the repubs try and take it away, and we’ll certainly hear them bitch if they get away with it. Me…I’m looking forward to it.

Hey again, Carla: That’s a hoot. It seems my legs are spreading too. :) Thanks again for the kudos and for the heads up. I really never know if readers click over, but yes, it appears they do. It’s fixed now.

Before I sign off…Another American, Peter Kasig, was executed by ISIS:

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Islamic State militants released a chilling videotape on Sunday showing they had beheaded a fifth Western hostage, an American aid worker the group had threatened to kill in retaliation for airstrikes carried out by the United States in Iraq and Syria.

President Obama on Sunday confirmed the death of the aid worker, Peter Kassig, a former Army Ranger who disappeared more than a year ago at a checkpoint in northeastern Syria while delivering medical supplies.

May he rest in peace.

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

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Good afternoon!

Yes, what can I say…I am running late today. If you haven’t already signed up for Obamacare, now is the time. The repubs of course want to repeal it, even though so many Americans want it and are on it. I’m looking forward to this 51st time…or is it 52? I’ve lost count. However, now that the repubs are in control, politics are getting even more interesting.

Nancy Pelosi: Thanks for the reminder.

The write from Think Progress:

Open Enrollment Starts Tomorrow!

It’s that time of the year again! Open enrollment starts tomorrow and consumers can once again shop for health care coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Using the call center, in-person assistance, or the improved HealthCare.gov site, consumers are also able to renew or make changes to existing plans. As open enrollment begins, here are a few key facts on how the Affordable Care Act is doing:

• 7.1 million people enrolled in the marketplace: During open enrollment last year, more than 7 million people purchased insurance through the exchange.
• The number of uninsured Americans fell by 25 percent this year: An estimated 10.3 million fewer people are uninsured this year, reducing the amount of Americans without health coverage by 25 percent.
• On average, tax credits reduced the cost of premiums by 76 percent: Last year, the average person who received financial assistance for coverage paid a monthly premium of $82, which is 76 percent less than the average price before credits.
• More insurers are offering plans for 2015: 25 percent more health insurers are expected to offer plans this year, creating competition that drives down prices for consumers.

With an increasing amount of data to prove the Affordable Care Act is working,a few million more people are expected to enroll in the exchange this year. Here are a few important things to know going into open enrollment:

• Open enrollment dates: Open enrollment starts on November 15th and lasts until February 15th. For coverage that starts January 1st, the deadline to enroll is December 15th.
• People with existing plans should shop around: People who already have insurance will need to renew their plans during open enrollment by December 15. But with the addition of more insurers in the marketplace, those with current plans should shop around on HealthCare.gov to make sure their current plan is still the best fit for them. Customers who don’t renew their coverage will likely be automatically enrolled again, but they could miss out on savings.
• Financial assistance is available: An estimated 8.7 million people could qualify for tax credits to help pay for their insurance. Last year, 85 percentof people who enrolled in insurance on the marketplace qualified for federal subsidies.

BOTTOM LINE: The Affordable Care Act is working — it has largely succeeded in bringing affordable, quality healthcare to millions while significantly shrinking the number of uninsured Americans. During open enrollment, consumers can shop for a health coverage plan that works for them, and financial assistance is available. The millions more expected to enroll this year, as well as the millions who have already taken advantage of the law, stand to benefit greatly from this open enrollment period. But it only lasts for three months, and if you want coverage that starts January 1, the deadline is December 15th. So get shopping!

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Readers: Don’t be lazy…get on it.

Ron: Simply ridiculous. This is a knock not only against black people (again!) but women (again!). If Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges (D) was a man, or the man she was posing with was a white man, people would say that it was a sign of solidarity “with  the community” not “…with the gangs.” And really, I doubt it would even be brought up at all.

This is what happens when you’re “living black,” and if you’re a woman standing up in support of those “living black.” The racists are not going to like it and will do whatever they please to put you down and make you look bad. Really?

Really. And worth a re-post:

From the Huff Po.

Jon Stewart Adds ‘Pointing’ To List Of ‘Innocent Things Black People Do That Look Suspicious‘

Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges was recently accused of making “gang signs” when she posed for a photo with a get-out-the-vote volunteer, who was African-American.

The sign? The two simply pointed at each other.

“That’s a gang sign?” Jon Stewart asked on “The Daily Show” on Wednesday night. “All this time, I’ve been the lead-in to a notorious gang member.”

He then showed a photo of Stephen Colbert of “The Colbert Report” pointing at Cardinal Timothy Dolan.

But in Hodges’ case, the simple act of pointing led to a report on local news claiming she was flashing the “gang sign” and, according to one law enforcement official, “showing solidarity with the gangs.”

The station had been tipped off about the photo by local police shortly after Hodges publicly called on the department to root out bad officers.

That led Stewart to conclude that the issue wasn’t about the mayor using her index finger to point, which has since been dubbed #pointergate. It was about the police pointing a different finger at the mayor.

Yes… the middle one.

Stewart concluded that pointing has to be added to the already long list of “innocent things black people do that look suspicious.”

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Comments? Thoughts? Rants? Anything…blog me. 

Carla: Words I would expect to hear from a hot mama like you. :) Those two things will most definitely keep you busy. Hugs to your mother for embracing change. Awesome.

Jorge: No doubt! Happy for all of you that life is good.

Hmm…not sure how I feel about your comment. Delighted that you like my blog, of course! Not so great that it reminds you daily of the hatred that some harbor just because I have a different skin tone. I would like for that to change, and yes as everyone says, it will, when the demographics change, it still doesn’t feel good that racism is so blatant that I have no problem finding writes to support it. Today is no exception.

On a upwardly note, I like your attitude. And thanks for the sweet compliments.

Liu: The bigots can’t see past their racism to truly appreciate what the rest of the world sees.

Jay, Helen: You’ve got my backing.

And now it is time for me to sigh off..I mean sign off, and your turn. You know what to do.

Peace out. 

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Good morning!

Ito: It is thoroughly disgusting. And even more sickening that he has sold out seminars all over the country and overseas teaching men to abuse women, by telling them to disregard a woman’s consent and take it – basically telling men that it is OK to rape. Can it get any worse for women? Unfortunately…the answer is yes.

This came across my plate the other day. This is in addition to what you posted.

From Think Progress:

‘Choking Girls All Around The World’ Seminar Ends In Australia Amid Protests

CREDIT: TWITTER

Self-proclaimed “date coach” Julien Blanc has cancelled his seminar tour in Australia and left the country after officials revoked his visa in light of online protests that highlighted his longtime promotion of abusive behavior against women.

In recent months, Blanc, a representative of global dating help company Real Social Dynamics, attained a following of men desperate for companionship through his “Ph.D. in female attraction” program. The dating strategy Blanc touts in online videos and in-person sessions centered on the use of force and disregard of consent as a means of gaining a woman’s attention.

The Australia leg of Blanc’s world tour — which would have lasted until December — included a seminar on a boat in Melbourne. On Friday, Australian officials confirmed Blanc and his assistant’s overnight departure during a news conference.

“The matter was raised with us and we had it investigated and this fellow looked at,” Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said, according to The Guardian. “This guy wasn’t putting forward political ideas, he was putting forward abuse that was derogatory to women and that’s just something, those are values abhorred in this country.”

Blanc took things further when he put his words into action through his social media campaign, #ChokingGirlsAllAroundTheWorld, a compilation of graphic photos that show him choking women. A viral YouTube video also follows Blanc as he wrings a Japanese woman’s neck and pushes it toward his pelvic area during a walk through the streets of Tokyo.

Experts say that the danger of what some may consider seemingly innocent act lies in a belief among some men that they are entitled to women’s bodies, as seen earlier this year when Elliot Rodger complained about women rejecting him in a video before killing six people, injuring 13, and taking his own life near the University of California, Santa Barbara campus.

In recent weeks, conversations about street harassment have increased, especially after the release of a YouTube video that captured a woman being harassed within a 10-hour span as she walked through the streets of New York City. Producers of the video said their project highlighted how catcalling threatens a woman’s safety and peace of mind. That’s not hard to believe. Attempts by women to avoid or confront their cat callers have ended violently, as seen in Detroit and New York earlier this year.

The nightmare for many women around the world goes beyond the streets and into the home. In its 2013 report, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated violence against women as a global health epidemic. It found that one in three women worldwide has experienced intimate partner or sexual violence and nearly 40 percent of murders of women were committed by intimate partners.

The same holds true domestically. In the United States, women represent 85 percent of domestic abuse victims. While nearly 7.8 million women have been raped at some point in their lives, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence says that cases usually go unreported, due in part to the proximity of the assailant. The epidemic has touched women from all walks of life. Today, a college with 10,000 students could experience as many as 350 sexual assaultsannually, according to the National Institute of Justice, an umbrella organization of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Domestic violence also takes an emotional and financial toll on victims. WHO found that victims stood twice as likely to face depression and three times as likely to develop alcohol use disorders. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showed that victims of intimate violence missed a total of 8 million work days annually. The U.S. health care system also doles $5.8 billion per year toward helping victims, nearly half of which goes to direct medical and mental health services.

It should be no surprise as to why members of anti-domestic violence groups have likened Blanc’s video — which has had more than 50,000 hits — to lessons on how to rape. D.C.-based columnist Jennifer Li has launched a Change.orgpetition telling hotels across the world to not let Blanc and Real Social Dynamics hosts seminars in their venues. In addition to Melbourne, venues in Brisbane, Austin, and Seattle, and online ticketing service Eventbrite have answered the call.

In a recent Independent article, Li issued a similar charge to venues in Japan ahead of Blanc’s tour in the country, scheduled to kick off in a matter of weeks.

“I really hope we can stop him before he starts assaulting the women there again,” Li said. “The only way to take someone like him down is by publicly shaming them. I know this is giving him more publicity, but I’m hoping it’s the type of publicity that will mean that shitbags like him aren’t able to find work.”

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Readers: Do click over the the Youtube video if you want to see this sicko in action, and the men that paid to learn from him.

Howie: No need to apologize. I was HOPEing the regulars would address it. I have enough on my plate already with this blog, I don’t need to answer what can be done by others. And I can see they already have. :) It really is quite laughable isn’t it? I think so! So go at it if you please! Thank you.

Happy Veteran’s Day. Thanks to all of you who have served in the armed forces!

Peace & Love…

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

Gratefully your blog host,

michelle

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Good morning!

Jennie: It looks like you and a few of the other readers have lived this life.

Barbara: :) My pleasure.

Debra: Many of your people are still waiting to get their compensation from being victims of Eugenics. And many won’t qualify. This write is for you. It recently came across my plate. I guess it is no coincidence that you share the same name as the victim in this article.

From NPR:

Payments Start For N.C. Eugenics Victims, But Many Won’t Qualify

Debra Blackmon (left) was sterilized by court order in 1972, at age 14. With help from her niece, Latoya Adams (right), she’s fighting to be included in the state’s compensation program.

Debra Blackmon was about to turn 14 in January 1972, when two social workers came to her home.

Court and medical documents offer some details about what happened that day. Blackmon was “severely retarded,” they note, and had “psychic problems” that made her difficult to manage during menstruation.

Her parents were counseled during the visit, and it was deemed in Blackmon’s best interest that she be sterilized.

Blackmon is among the more than 7,000 people in North Carolina — many poor, many African-American, many disabled — who were sterilized between 1929 and 1976 in one of the country’s most aggressive eugenics programs.

North Carolina passed a law to compensate victims of the state-run program last year. This week, the state sent out the first checks to qualified applicants. But Blackmon, like many others who are fighting for restitution, is not among them.

Blackmon, now 56, has a hard time with the details of that day in 1972 — but she does remember a few things from her trip to Charlotte Memorial Hospital. “My daddy said, ‘Don’t hurt this baby.’ And he was crying,” she recalls.

Latoya Adams, Blackmon’s niece, grew up knowing her aunt had been sterilized. But, she says, “we didn’t find out until recently the extent — exactly what all they did to her.” After the compensation law passed, she went looking for documentation — and came back with a mother lode: a court order, names of social workers and the entire procedure, outlined from pre-op to discharge.

The doctor had labeled it a “eugenics sterilization.” And while it was it relief to have the information, she says, it was also remarkably sad.

“They were telling my grandparents that the surgery was going to be minimally invasive. They told them it would be a tubal ligation. And they [wound] up doing a full abdominal hysterectomy — on a 14-year-old,” Adams says.

With all this evidence, Adams and her family thought they had a case. They filed the paperwork, and waited to hear back. The news wasn’t good.

“The denial letter, the only thing it really stated was that there were no records found and that her case was not approved by the North Carolina Eugenics Board,” Adams says.

The problem lies in a technicality.

The new compensation law says, to be eligible, operations have to have occurred under the state’s Eugenics Board. As it turns out, the board very likely wasn’taware of all the sterilizations taking place. Judges and social service workers were greenlighting sterilizations, as well.

“That’s kind of become the fundamental problem here,” says Bob Bollinger, an attorney representing Blackmon and a few other people who say they are victims.

“You have some old dusty filing cabinet in Raleigh that’s full of Eugenics Board paperwork from decades ago, but yet you’ve got all these people who got sterilized involuntarily, where it was instigated at the local level and their paperwork didn’t wind up being preserved in the eugenics files in Raleigh — if it was ever there to begin with,” he says.

Graham Wilson, a spokesman for the North Carolina Industrial Commission, which decides who qualifies for compensation from the $10 million fund, says, “A lot of people may have had this done under the auspices of local county groups. They’re not qualified,” he says.

“They may think they’re qualified, and obviously they had this procedure done to them,” he says. “But if it was not done under the Eugenics Board of North Carolina, then they’re not qualified.”

Lawyers working with victims estimate hundreds of people — people like Blackmon — could fall into this category.

Blackmon’s operation was ordered by a judge who was part of the state court system. That judge cited a state law.

When asked if that, then, makes the state responsible, Wilson says, “That’s kind of hard to say. Again, it’s just an unfortunate part of our history. It’s just something that was done. So it’s kind of hard to say that the state would be responsible when it was just kind of an accepted practice.”

“It’s frustrating sometimes. It really is,” Blackmon says.

She’s not the only one frustrated. Her niece, Adams, says the denial feels like a double blow.

“Everything is there, but because you can’t find a piece of paper saying it got approved by the North Carolina board, you’re not gonna be compensated. I think it’s sad. I really think it’s sad. It’s like, you’ve hurt her once before, but then now I feel like you’re turning around and hurting her once again.”

There is an appeals process, and Adams and Blackmon are working through that right now. As for people who will be compensated, the first half of the money went out this week —220 checks for $20,000 each. The rest will be disbursed next summer, after the approval process is complete.

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Thoughts? Rants? Ideas? 

Helen: I hear ya sister. I am taking a back seat too. Unfortunately I can’t stop the blog, nor do I want to, but a bit of respite in the form of laying low on the rant side, is about all I can back off from presently.

Norma: I usually don’t say anything and let the regulars handle it. The only reason why I said something was because PrP and I posted the exact same thing.  I found the coincidence interesting and funny. (And not in a “haha” way. :)

Readers: I can see that some of you are ranting. Good for you – you have good reason. Get it out. Feels good huh?

Rant me!..er…I mean Blog me. The forum is open.

Peace out. 

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

Gratefully your blog host,

michelle

Aka BABE: We all know what this means by now :)

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Good morning!

!!!

Janet: Better grab your helmut and protective gear, girlfriend, because you’re probably spot on. :)

Owen, Lorri: Yep, I had the same problem. I was on the phone working on getting it resolved. This was a new one to me. It was temporary and shouldn’t happen again (fingers crossed)

Donna: Ouch. You might want to grab your helmut too. The next two years should be very interesting and “exciting” (That’s a nod to you Rachel Maddow)

Readers: Who knows…sometimes things have to get really bad before they can get really good. So…what might seem like a bad thing could end up being a good thing. That’s it for me. Enough said.  It’s a new day – What’s on your mind? Surprise me with something. :)

Blog me. 

Peace, baby. 

Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.

Gratefully your blog host,

michelle

Aka BABE: We all know what this means by now :)

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