Good morning!

Well, I royally messed up. Yesterday was International Day Of The Girl. I had this write in my drafts and meant to post this about our beloved FLOTUS yesterday but somehow POTUS snuck in there. :P Oh…what can I say, they are both so worthy of blog time. So here’s the write from CNN Pressroom:

CNN Films is producing a new film about girls overcoming incredible challenges to achieve their educations and change their own lives, with contributions from First Lady Michelle Obama, Meryl Streep, Freida Pinto, and CNN journalist Isha Sesay. Singer Andra Day’s motivational anthem, ‘Rise Up’ will serve as the theme for the film. The Documentary Group, which produced CNN Films’ first co-production, ‘Girl Rising,’ also produced this special one-hour film.

We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World featuring Meryl Streep, Freida Pinto, and Isha Sesay will premiere on CNN International on the International Day of the Girl during primetime in Asia, Europe, and Africa on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 6:00am, 12:00pm, and 3:00pm. All times Eastern.

The CNN/U.S. premiere on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 9:00pm will simulcast on CNN International; We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World will encore Thursday, Oct. 13 at 12:00am. The film will premiere on HLN on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 12:00pm. All times Eastern. The film will premiere on CNN en Español on Saturday, Nov. 5, viewers are asked to check local listings for exact airtimes.

Around the world, more than 62 million girls are not in school, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). As girls grow into adolescence, cultural and familial pressures often make it harder for them to stay in school, though educating women correlates to lower rates of infant mortality, increased GDP, and greater economic security for families.

“We are honored to have the contributions of the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, Meryl Streep, Freida Pinto, Andra Day, and our own Isha Sesay, for this inspirational film,” said Amy Entelis, executive vice president of talent and content development for CNN Worldwide. “These dynamic and accomplished women, each long-committed to the transformative nature of girls’ empowerment, amplify incredible stories of success despite challenges. We are delighted to share this hopeful film with our global audience.”

Sesay, a native of Sierra Leone, who has passionately covered Africa and issues related to women and girls on the continent throughout her career, guides viewers of this poignant film through a moving and motivational journey. In Marrakech, Sesay, the First Lady, Meryl Streep, and Freida Pinto met with dozens of adolescent Moroccan girls who shared their stories and their dreams. In Liberia, Sesay, Pinto, and Mrs. Obama met with several girls who told their extraordinary stories, and later, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf surprised a group of impressive young women who are motivating each other to stay in school.

A dynamic interactive section with additional resources about the topics explored in the film, including content about girls’ education around the world written by First Lady Michelle Obama, Freida Pinto, and Isha Sesay will be linked to www.CNN.com/Impact and www.CNN.com/CNNFilms.

In 2013, ‘Girl Rising’ explored girls’ experiences in nine countries. For that film, Meryl Streep and Freida Pinto, among others, voiced the stories of girls pushing themselves past limits to achieve their educations.

In addition to the global broadcasts, We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World featuring Meryl Streep, Freida Pinto, and Isha Sesay will also stream via CNNgo via desktop (www.CNN.com/go), iPad, AppleTV, Amazon Fire, and across CNN’s mobile platforms. The film will be available on demand beginning Thursday, Oct. 13, via cable and satellite systems and CNNgo for subscribers.

We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World featuring Meryl Streep, Freida Pinto, and Isha Sesay is directed by Tony Gerber. The film is produced by Martha Adams, Beth Osisek, and Gerber of The Documentary Group. Courtney Sexton, vice president of content development for CNN Films, is supervising producer. The executive producers for this film are Amy Entelis of CNN Worldwide and Tom Yellin of The Documentary Group and Girl Rising.

What better way to mend my mess up is to post this honoring both our FLOTUS & POTUS – THE Power Couple!

#DadsAndDaughters: Celebrating International Day of the Girl

President Barack Obama views science exhibits during the 2015 White House Science Fair celebrating student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) competitions, in the Red Room, March 23, 2015. The President talks with Emily Bergenroth, Alicia Cutter, Karissa Cheng, Addy O’Neal, and Emery Dodson, all six-year-old Girl Scouts, from Tulsa, Oklahoma. They used Lego pieces and designed a battery-powered page turner to help people who are paralyzed or have arthritis. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

“I didn’t run for President so that the dreams of our daughters could be deferred or denied. I didn’t run for President to see inequality and injustice persist in our time. I ran for President to put the same rights, the same opportunities, and the same dreams within the reach for our daughters and our sons alike. I ran for President to put the American Dream within the reach of all of our people, no matter what their gender, or race, or faith, or station.”

President Obama

Today is International Day of the Girl. That means countries around the world are honoring the importance of empowering girls so they can reach their full potential.

As the father of two young women, President Obama shared his reflections on the progress we’ve made on behalf of girls around the world:

“The progress we’ve made in the past 100 years, 50 years, and, yes, even the past eight years has made life significantly better for my daughters than it was for my grandmothers. And I say that not just as President but also as a feminist.”

Today, we’re joining the global community in celebrating International Day of the Girl. Since the ratification of the 19th amendment 96 years ago, we have made tremendous progress. However, as we reflect upon the strides we have made, we are reminded that the advances we need to make – in promoting gender equality, in opening up educational opportunities, in preventing sexual assault and domestic violence — is not something girls can do alone. It takes all of us, moms and dads, leaders and everyday citizens, to create the change we want to see.

That’s what #DadsAndDaughters is all about — a global conversation about dads, daughters, and their role in supporting and advocating for progress on behalf of girls around the world. Take a look at how the President has worked to improve the lives of women and girls:

Read reflections from dads and daughters about promoting gender equality around the world.

#DADSANDDAUGHTERS

Expanding Educational Opportunities for Girls Around the World

First Lady Michelle Obama and First Lady Bun Rany of Cambodia greet students during a Room to Read event in support of the Let Girls Learn initiative, at Hun Sen Prasat Bakong High School in Siem Reap, Cambodia, March 21, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

Since taking office, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have been committed to improving education for girls everywhere. That’s why they launched the Let Girls Learn initiative last year — a global effort to give millions of girls across the globae an opportunity to get the education they need to fulfill their potential and lift up their families, communities, and countries. Today, the First Lady recounted the progress we’ve made since launching Let Girls Learn:

Now, as First Lady, I have no budget of my own for programs, and I have no authority to make or pass laws. That’s why, when we first launched Let Girls Learn, many folks doubted that we could make a real impact on this global issue.

But over the past year and a half, we’ve established partnerships with some of the world’s largest companies and organizations that are committing money, resources and expertise. We’re collaborating with countries like Canada, Mexico and the Nordic countries on girls’ education efforts. Countries like Japan, South Korea, and the UK have collectively pledged nearly $600 million. The United States is investing over a billion dollars through new and ongoing efforts and running Let Girls Learn programs in more than 50 countries. The World Bank Group will be investing $2.5 billion over the next five years. And through social media campaigns, Let Girls Learn has rallied people across America and across the globe to step up and be champions for girls worldwide.

On the homefront, from expanding access to quality early childhood education, fostering school success, supporting girls who want to enter STEM fields, and expanding secondary and higher education opportunities, the President has worked to ensure all girls have a fair shot at an education.

READ THE FIRST LADY ON LET GIRLS LEARN

Fighting for Equal Pay and Working Families

First Lady Michelle Obama and First Lady Bun Rany of Cambodia greet students during a Room to Read event in support of the Let Girls Learn initiative, at Hun Sen Prasat Bakong High School in Siem Reap, Cambodia, March 21, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

The first bill President Obama ever signed into law was the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, strengthening a woman’s right to equal pay. Since then, the President has lead the way on paid sick and family leave, called on Congress to pass the Healthy Families Act, expanded overtime protections, and worked to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Increasing Access to Affordable Health Care

President Barack Obama greets Linda and Russ Dickson, a Texas couple who wrote a letter to the President about the Affordable Care Act, at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, April 10, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

The President has taken important steps to advance women’s health and make sure women can access health coverage. Through signing the Affordable Care Act, the President has expanded access to quality affordable care for all Americans, including providing necessary care and services for women and girls.

Working to End Violence Against Women and Girls

Vice President Joe Biden, with Michael Schrum and Greg Schultz playing USSS agents, tapes a segment for “Funny or Die” at the Josephine Butler Parks Center in Washington, D.C., May 17, 2016. In attendance are Adam Devine, Actor; Michael Burke, Supervising Producer, Funny or Die; Charles Ingram, Writer & Director, Funny or Die. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)

Alongside Vice President Biden, the President has worked to end violence against women in the United States and abroad. They have actively worked to combat sexual assault on college campuses, establishing the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault and helped launch the It’s On Us pledge. The administration has also worked to address sexual assault in the military and improve the criminal justice system to better respond to domestic and sexual violence.

Working to advance equal rights and equal opportunity affects us all. This International Day of The Girl, read more about the President’s Record on Women and Girls and join the conversation by using #DadsAndDaughter to share your stories about how the dads and daughters in your life have helped to de-bunk stereotypes, change cultural attitudes, and support each other in advancing gender equality.

THE VICE PRESIDENT ON THE IT’S ON US PLEDGE

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Readers: Has any president and our first lady ever done as much for the women and young girls in our lives as our current? I may be wrong but I don’t think so. Love this couple.

Blog me. 

Alycedale, Evie: Yes and yes. You both have been more insightful than I. Kudos to you both.

Zen Lill: That was very funny. I wanted more.

Trevor: Sadly, I feel the same way. What’s your favorite outdoor thing? Do your friends feel the same way? I feel we all must get involved in something that moves us…for the planet…for girls…for what ever inspires us. Yet, it’s not enough to be inspired. We must all do something. Love to hear what you’re doing. I’m sure it is worthy of a tell.

Leroy: Thanks for your comment and the kind kudos. Yes, you did raise smart girls if they led you here. :) Delighted to hear even your “somewhat smart-alecky boys”  are reading. I HOPE they have a change of heart about my blog and realize that I’m just a girl illuminating what is out there, in support of my sisters around the world. I’m happy to hear that you are “enlightened.” This blog has a way of doing that, “Leroy.” :)

Peace out. 

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Good morning!

I’m disgusted, I’m creeped out by Trump’s hovering over Clinton like a sex stalker, threatening Clinton, lying, lying and more lying. False equivalency has shown face again. And…shocking that anyone could think Trump did a better job. As one Huff Po writer has written, “Trump is still being graded on a curve.” Of course, he’s a man, a white man.

But I just have to say that I am outraged by Kellyanne Conway and her support of this predator running for president. It’s sick that she’s taken on this role to begin with but it is even more revolting that a woman can dismiss Trump’s sexual assaults as “locker room banter?” And horrifying that there are other women who feel the same way, and support a man like Trump. Stupid, stupid women are sending such a destructive message to young women and men who are tuned in that this behavior is acceptable. Who knows how much damage this ripple effect this will have on our society. The progress women have made thus far is threatened by the dismissing of a 5 minute tape. I’m so disheartened.

I am disappointed in the media, especially Rachel Maddow whom I’ve applauded so much over the years. I feel she has gotten soft and is lacking her ballsy commentary of calling people out and exposing the underbelly like I know Rachel can. Lawrence O’Donnell and Joy Reid are the ones telling it like it is.

Anyways, I am digressing. There is so much to say about last night. I really just want to hear from all of you.

But first, here’s Olbermann’s opinion in his usual form:

Now it’s your turn. What’s your take on the debate?

Blog me. 

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.

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michelle

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This is priceless. Ana Navarro is just awesome. I couldn’t have said it better.

CNN Panel Devolves Into Shouting Match About ‘P***y’

“Don’t tell me you’re offended when I say ‘pussy,’ but you’re not offended when Donald Trump says it!”

Nobody tells Ana Navarro she can’t talk about vajayjays. Nobody.

WASHINGTON ― Well? What’s left to do in this presidential campaign except shout about women’s hoohas?

Ana Navarro, a Republican CNN contributor, went ahead and took care of that early Saturday. Hours after a bombshell video surfaced of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump making lewd comments about women ― he talked about grabbing women “by the pussy,” among other things ― Navarro tore into Republicans still standing by him.

“I think that every single Republican is going to have to answer the question, ‘What did you do the day you saw the tape of this man boasting about grabbing a woman’s pussy?’” Navarro said angrily. “Period.”

That was too much raunch for fellow panelist Scottie Nell Hughes, a Trump surrogate, who chided Navarro for using the “p” word.

“Will you please stop saying that word?” Hughes said. “My daughter is listening.”

That did NOT go over well with Navarro.

“You know what Scottie? Don’t tell me you’re offended when I say ‘pussy,’ but you’re not offended when Donald Trump says it!” Navarro shouted at Hughes. “I’m not running for president. He is.”

Hughes tried to interject, but Navarro kept going.

“Don’t act outraged and offended when I say the word that you’re not offended by the man who you are supporting for president is saying,” Navarro continued. “That is absurd.”

“I said I was offended by him saying that too,” Hughes said quietly.

Here’s a video of their exchange:

The show had to go to commercial break, but not before Navarro ended the segment with an agitated, “Mmmm.” When the show came back, she was missing from the panel.

She tweeted soon after that she was going to bed.

The best thing that came from the segment may be this Vine video of panelists’ reactions to Navarro’s tirade. It doesn’t get old.

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Readers: Right on Navarro. Can you believe that women are still voting for this man? Pussy Pussy Pussy Pussy Pussy. I just can’t help myself. What are you “just noticing?”

Blog me.

Happy Sunday!

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!

Can you believe what is happening in our politics? This has got to be the most bizarre political time in history.

The Trump video emerges. Shocking. It is one thing to say horrific things about women when the camera is running and you (the person on camera) know it. And evidently a very different thing to say horrific things and a camera is running and you (the person on camera) don’t know it.

Yes, if you know you’re on camera you might say something for shock sake or to get a reaction. And if you’re not aware of the camera then we assume you are just being your “normal” self. But when it comes to Trump, to me, it doesn’t matter – It’s absolutely sickening either way you look at it. Trump is sickening any ole way we get him. But hey, if this was the crux that finally got people to wake up, then all I can say is, “It’s about time.”

In contrary to what Trump says, the video reflects exactly who he is. But then is anyone really surprised?

The Video:

Then comes an apology from Trump, which is not at all an apology. And then at the midnight hour we get a second apology(?) using words that says he’s sorry but then telling the world that “…this is nothing more than a distraction…” (Wha’at?! Did you really just say that?), and ends with an attack on the Clintons.

Trump apologizes for his “words,” but what about his “actions?”  In the video he is promoting how he engages in sexual assaults on women, and acts as if there is nothing wrong with it. Does he apologize for that? Absolutely not. Because he doesn’t think there is anything wrong with his actions. Sickening. 

The Apology:

Donald Trump and Billy Bush.

“You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful [women]. I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait,” Donald Trump can be heard saying to “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush in an explicit and uncensored 2005 video recording obtained by The Washington Post’s David A. Fahrenthold and released Friday.

“And when you’re a star they let you do it,” Trump continues. “You can do anything … Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”

These comments are among the most lewd and repulsive of what the public has heard the Republican presidential candidate say about women. Americans are well aware that Trump has a history of misogyny, ranging from attacking the appearances of women he dislikes, to shaming a woman breastfeeding, to fat-shaming a beauty queen, to sexually harassing women who worked on “The Apprentice,” to rating women on a numerical scale.

In Trump’s world, women are objects ― objects that only hold a value based on how physically attractive he personally finds them to be. And if women are objects, rather than whole human beings, it follows that Trump must deserve them. Women are things. And when he wants them, he wants them.

As he says to Bush: “Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”

This is what rape culture looks like.

In a statement, Planned Parenthood Action Fund Executive Vice President Dawn Laguens explicitly connected Trump’s 2005 commentary to sexual violence.

“What Trump described in these tapes amounts to sexual assault,” she said. “Trump’s behavior is disgusting and unacceptable in any context, and it is disqualifying for a man who is running for president of this country.”

Trump shook off the comments he made, telling The Washington Post:

This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course ― not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended.

But whether or not these sort of comments are the “locker room banter” Trump and his buddies engage in ― many men seem to take issue with the idea that this is normal locker room talk ― his comments are indicative of just how little he values women’s autonomy. They also signal how little he understands women’s lived experiences.

As Nita Chaudhary, co-founder of women’s advocacy organization UltraViolet Action, said in a statement: “Comments like these … are an embodiment of a culture that normalizes sexual harassment and violence against women.”

You’d be hard-pressed to find a woman out there who hasn’t been groped against her will or propositioned in a way that felt threatening or had a man yell lewd comments at her as she walked down the street. These experiences are seared into our memories and built into our muscles. They are why we flinch when we sense someone behind us on the street at night, and why we make sure to have a friend nearby at a bar who will intervene if a stranger gets handsy.

This is rape culture, and a man who might be our next president doesn’t understand it at all.\

Rape culture is why victims of rape and sexual assault feel unsafe reporting their assaults to law enforcement.

Rape culture is why even when these crimes are reported and prosecuted, the perpetrators rarely see the inside of a jail cell.

Rape culture is why the vast majority of women have experienced street harassment.

Rape culture is why many female victims of sexual violence are still asked what they were wearing and drinking when the assaults occurred.

Rape culture is what allows famous men like Bill Cosby to remain untarnished in the public eye until more than 50 women publicly accused him of sexual assault.

Except that the public is not discussing Trump and Bush’s comments in the midst of a referendum on a famous man’s character or past. Americans are weighing whether Donald Trump is a person who should be allowed to hold the futures of more than 318 million Americans ― of whom 162 million are women ― in his hands.

In four weeks we will elect either our first woman president or a man who doesn’t understand the difference between “locker room banter” and sexual assault. The choice is ours.

Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar,rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.

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Readers: The forum is open. There is certainly plenty to talk about.

Blog me. 

PS: Yes,  Billy Bush from the Bush family.

Happy Saturday! Can it get any crazier? Oh, yeah, the next presidential debate is on Sunday. Oh…and please let me stress, and it won’t be the last time I do this…In spite of this news, please don’t even think that this is a shoo-in for Hillary. GO VOTE. #ImWithHer

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 :)

If you love my blog and my writes, please make a donation via PayPal, credit card, or e-check, please click the “Donate” button below. (Please only donations from those readers within the United States. – International readers please see my “Donate” page)

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Good morning. 

The republicans will do anything try to get an edge on the election. At a time when Hurricane Matthew is hitting Florida, Florida Republican Governor, Rick Scott, refuses to extend Florida’s voter registration.

Here’s the write from the Huff Po:

Rick Scott Refuses To Extend Florida’s Voter Registration Due To Hurricane

“Everybody’s had a lot of time to register.”

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) won’t extend the state’s voter registration deadline as an enormous storm is set to bear down on the coast.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) refuses to extend his state’s voter registration deadline because of Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm approaching the U.S. southeast coast.

The storm, predicted to be the strongest to make landfall in the U.S. in more than a decade, prompted Hillary Clinton’s campaign to call for extending voter registration beyond next Tuesday’s deadline.

“We’re hoping and expecting that officials in Florida are adapting deadlines to account for the storm,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told reporters Thursday.

Scott, who has endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump for president, said he wouldn’t honor that request.

“I’m not going to extend it,” Scott said during a press conference Thursday evening. “Everybody’s had a lot of time to register. On top of that, we have lots of opportunities to vote, early voting and absentee voting, so I don’t intend to make any changes.”

Scott quickly faced pushback. Speaking with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) said she and other members of the state’s congressional delegation would send a letter to Scott pressing him to extend the deadline from Tuesday to Friday.

“It’s clearly the responsible and essential thing to do, we have people who have been expecting to have a few extra days before that deadline to register to vote,” Wasserman Schultz said. “That’s the most fundamental right we have is to be able to register and cast our ballot to select our leaders and, you know, I certainly hope Gov. Scott will … reconsider.”

Wasserman Schultz’s office told The Huffington Post that all members of the Florida delegation, including Republicans, are invited to sign the letter.

South Carolina, which the storm also is forecast to hit, has already extended its voter registration deadline.

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Readers: Floridians make your phone calls. Use your voice.

My heart goes out to those that have been killed in Haite due to Hurricane Matthew. I HOPE that all of my readers and their loved ones, who are in the path of Hurricane Matthew, are safe and sound. ❤️

Before I sign off and declare that the forum is open, let me just say this…I know that Hillary is winning according to the polls but let’s not start celebrating just yet. And just as important, let’s not stop giving our support whether you are lending your time by canvasing or making phone calls.

And if you can give a few dollars, they could use that too. The campaign has been lagging in fundraising for 3 months in a row. The Clinton campaign has missed their fundraising goals in August and September. And they are $100,000 off base for October.

Trump, on the other hand, says they are near 3 million individual donors – They could be just a bunch of LSOSs but I’d rather be safe than sorry. Clinton only has 2.6 million. Clinton supporters are falling behind, and Trump supporters are stepping up. This is not good.

From the Clinton Campaign:

We’ve set a must-hit goal of raising $7 million before Hillary’s second debate with Donald Trump on Sunday — that’s the number we absolutely need to reach to get back on track, and we need 16 people from San Francisco to step up today to get there. Can you help right now? When you make your first donation (you haven’t stepped up yet!), we’ll send you a free Team Hillary sticker as a thank you.

I made a donation. Can you donate even $1? If we all donated just $1 we would add a substantial chunk of change to the campaign. If you can, please click here:  https://www.hillaryclinton.com

THANK YOU SO MUCH! 

The forum is open. Flap your lips.

SuzyQ: No worries, it is something to be concerned about. I googled and found this write: What if Hurricane Matthew Hits Florida’s Nuclear Reactors? Nice to see you here a lot lately – you are becoming quite a “regular.” :)  I hope you are well.

Peace & Love & Safety during this storm. 

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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