About the "royal wedding", put me down for "Don't give a damn and resent the 100%
saturation coverage". I guess the shootings and treason and bribery have all been resolved, right?
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You and those who feel as you do are calling a wedding trash and worse.
It was actually quite a nice wedding and a huge positive historical marker. And some are all hot and bothered about it?
Deep breath and introspection time? Figure out why? Or maybe just, "Dang, where'd I leave my balance?"
I'd suggest you leave it to the songwriters, big. 
...to presume to deny me or anyone else an expression of love.
How utterly pathetic of you to mock me. You must need a hug.
here, while I'm thinking about it... 
but if you hadn't noticed, this is a political site, not The Love Boat, and no one is "presuming" to deny you a thing.
Given that I have actual things to do today, I'm going to bid you "adiu" now, m'kay? Buh bye.
...find someone to talk to.
Unless you can explain why my interest in a British monarch
would mirror my interest in an American president. 
Me? I'm out of this silly, pointless conversation..Bye. 
Shocking I know.
I just got through reading this..
A Definitive History of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal Relationship
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a9664508/prince-harry-meghan-markle-relationship/
I'm mush pie for romance
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex
...for your affirmation of love. 
What the world needs more of
The people lining the streets to wave at the newlyweds made Trump's inauguration crowd size look minuscule and the people in Britain were joyous.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were beaming as they rode by in their carriage. It was so incredible to see them out in the open like that with everyone cheering. People have remained and are filling the shops and restaurants celebrating--many came from all over the commonwealth for this fairytale-like event that connects the best of traditions and the People.
Britain is shining today. I hope the tRump family is miserable.
Aloha, Cha. Just so you know we are fine in our area. The eruptions of ash and gas are downwind.
The description of the wedding and how you are!
When I saw your name I was going to ask. You read my mind. Down wind that's even better. It must be so scary for all the people in Leilani Estates whose homes were destroyed. 
And, just wondering what's going to happen next?
How are you all faring besides the volcano constantly erupting?
As J K Rowling tweets..
In reality, the crowds at Windsor continued around a corner and down another street.
We are doing fine with our Hawaiian life. A young feral rooster adopted us last November so we called him "Jones" as in Doug Jones. He has grown since (we are giving him high-quality chicken scratch) and acts like he owns the property.
The earthquakes a couple of weeks ago were definitely felt and we had some breakage as things fell to the floor. I took all our breakable valuables and sat them on the floor so they won't fall off high spots if another big one hits. I don't trust it is over yet.
Our air quality is good--unlike south and west of us. Kona stung my eyes during a stop there a few days ago so we were happy to get back to the Hilo area. The swimming pool is clean, too--no ash or contamination
I hope you are doing well.
Aloha, Cha
they're taking over the Island!
I forgot about the earthquakes, too. Now that would have been scary! I remember back during Hurricane Iniki in 1992.. I was going around putting things on the floor so they wouldn't go flying about if it got to that.
You're so lucky your air quality is good and your pool(good for you!) is clean..wow!
Doing pretty good.. Mahalo and Aloha, pandr!
Because they’re obviously watching too.
Turn off your tv. No one is making you watch.
But hey! Small "r" for republican, please!
and the Church of England is our (we Episcopalians) "mother church".
The Most Rev. Curry evoked the spirit of Rev. Absolom Jones -
who founded Episcopal/Anglican worship for African Americans here in Philadelphia -
with Rev. Richard Allen (who founded the African-Methodist-Episcopal church) -
(especially because many here on DU think he is some random "black gospel minister" or some such term)
the Windsors had to bolster the genes in that family so they wouldn't die out (one of the reasons for Diana, who added height).
And at least Elizabeth made the first move to dismantle most of the rest of their empire. Sadly it left those countries a basket case but.... baby steps.
would have been at the back of the bus and god forbid her mom!
Just ask Mr. Homer Plessy!!!
His case was settled 122 years ago yesterday where his octoroon self was not enough to sit in a white train car.
that once a light-skinned black is "outed", then that is the end of any "privilege".
I and others have had relatives who "passed for white" and "disappeared". But for those who did so, there was always that fear of being "discovered". Of course with DNA testing being a "thing", many are finding out what the heck apparently happened when you had that much "passing".
I think the issue of biracial children in general is whether they chose to identify with neither side and just "be biracial" or embrace one or the other culture. But the fact is in America, the white supremacist power structure will not allow someone like her to be "white" despite the fact that she might look close to being "white".
I remember years and years ago watching a movie about that (there were several done over the years) on one of the old independent stations that used to show '50s & '60s tv show reruns and old movies. I wish I could remember the name but it may have been this one - "Imitation of Life"
...although my mother was born with skin that was indistinguishable from most white Americans (and with beautiful blond hair and hazel eyes as a compliment), she was still considered and designated on her birth record as 'Negro' and was not allowed to advantage herself of any of the non-black medical facilities. She was a graduate from the the all-black Garnet High School, which closed in 1955 due to integration.
After graduating Garnet High School, she became a supervisor at the West Virginia Industrial Home for Colored Girls in Huntington, W.Va..
Out of your depth here.
I didn't sense that at all (as a black woman myself). We are used to being "alone" (she was divorced 30 years ago). I think she was probably a bit in shock regarding how she got there (metaphorically) and was trying to be staid. I would say it would be a bit overwhelming for most but her focus would be on "her baby".
when my parents took us to England in 1970. We didn't get chance to venture out into the countryside to places like this chapel but I know my mother was insistent that we see Westminster Abbey. I am Episcopal and it just so happens that the seating the couple's family and VIPs were in is on the High Altar and is usually designated for the choir (I used to sing on my own church's choir and sat in seating identical to that and about as ornate, complete with the little lamps - my church building was built in the early 1800s).
So at least in that spot, you can put your stuff down on a little table in front of you and I expect that knowing the cameras would be rolling, she just folded her hands and opted to -
We always talk about Drumpf and "dog whistles" and code. Well this was a huge megaphone blast from across the pond.
You got me singing! 
Watching cable news and complaining online!
And maybe some tweeting if we understand how to use that thing.
But it was very irresponsible of them to pre-empt "LockUp" and "Dateline" reruns in the wee hours of the morning. Think of all of the important stuff we may have missed!
that gets a lot of TV coverage - the Superbowl, the Olympics, the Oscars, a celebrity wedding/birth/funeral, even the release of a new Apple product, there will be folks who harrumph and grumble about how trivial and meaningless the event is and how superficial and gullible are its watchers, and what the hell is wrong with you people for being such silly sheep for watching this garbage when there are bad things going on all over the world and yet you are watching this crap when you could be righteously complaining on the Internet about all the bad things that you forgot all about???
I don't have a tv but am happy reading those who are enjoying it.
I adore good love stories
Good Morning!
It is hardly worth all that attention. 
Sid
Thomas Jefferson did, though.
Britain abolished slavery in 1833; the United States didn't do it until 1863 and it took a civil war to settle the matter. So that's not a thing we in the U.S. should be up on our high horses about.
Never heard that before. Cutting edge and fresh. 
For those who wanted to watch the Royal Wedding, and who wanted to get away, get a respite from "bad" news events--fantastic. I'm happy that they enjoyed the Royal Wedding. That for a while, they tuned out the outside world long enough to enjoy all of the pomp and circumstance, the sights and sounds, the family, the guests and what they saw as expressions of love, hope, togetherness etc.
And for those who didn't watch the Royal Wedding, because they weren't really feeling it, or who just plain aren't into the Royal Family, their goings on, the pomp and circumstance of a Royal Wedding/get together (And no, not everyone's a Royal watcher :yowser 
, good on them too
We have to accept that not everyone feels the same way about the Royals, and not everybody shares the same expressions of love, romance etc. as they or the next person, and those people shouldn't be told that they're wrong for feeling the way they do. Only one friend that I've spoken to as of now watched any Royal Wedding coverage, and she said she was bought to tears over it. Cried during a sermon she said a Bishop gave about love. She said she felt pride over seeing the diversity contained within the ceremony and cried seeing a young Royal groom & his bride seemingly so much in love (She's a very emotional person ). I'm happy that my buddy & her grands spent their Royal Wedding weekend watching together, as she/grands are going through a lot right now, because her 36 year old daughter/their Mom has been battling breast cancer for a year plus, and lately it's been difficult due to the pain she's experiencing and the fact that her daughters a week ago got that YOUR insurance premiums are going up, and her husband had to take a 2nd job). Her daughter wasn't really into the wedding or anything associated with it my friend said (And it's understandable), and chose to sleep through it upstairs while she and grands watched downstairs.
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