November 9, 2015

Girl kicked off cheer-leading team ..won't straighten her hair

HOUSTON - Makayla Fallaw loves tumbling and cheering. She also loves her naturally thick, curly hair. But ... was told to leave her cheerleading team when her mother said she couldn't straighten Makayla's hair to match the rest of the girls for a competition.

Makayla has been practicing at Woodlands Elite Cheer Company's location near her family's home in Tomball five days a week since April, her mother, Jenny Fallaw, said. The family has spent nearly $2,000 on uniforms, makeup, hair bows and fees.

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When you see her pics, you will first be amazed at her AGE..


She's 11....

This girl will not be cheer-leading for long..( I hope she;s got a level head on her shoulders)

November 9, 2015

Deer wanders into baby photo shoot

http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2015/11/03/deer-wanders-into-baby-photo-shoot-creating-perfect-woodland-scene/#photo-705412

several aaaaw-ish pics

November 9, 2015

From the "eew" file..new calendar

A novel way to raise campaign money
I'll post the link.. I refuse to post the pic..not dirty pics..just a bit overly republican

Nevada politician Michele Fiore releases pin-up calendar to show she really (really) likes guns

http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/Nevada-politician-Michele-Fiore-releases-pin-up-6610490.php#photo-7263444

I'll post the link.. I refuse to post the pic..not dirty pics..just a bit overly republican

November 7, 2015

Oooh.. Delicious....Dr Ben is raising his voice

demanding that the press investigate why Obama's records at Columbia are sealed


and claiming that it's HIS job to call them out for not investigating Obama

MSNBC..

now he said a reporter was lying

October 28, 2015

So, Paul Ryan is getting a $49,500.00 a year raise

and he still plans to fly home to Wisconsin every week? That seems to be an issue for me.

He claims that he needs to spend time with his family.. Why not have his family come to DC (or near by). His kids are still young, and could surely enjoy the experience of DC..

The money spent on travel and his increase would surely go a long way towards a nice lifestyle for the family.

Speaker of the house is a job that requires a lot of time..and he seems to not be willing to put in the time..

http://www.fedsmith.com/2014/12/23/you-are-getting-a-1-pay-raise-in-2015-what-about-congress/

October 28, 2015

Would it be legal if a teacher had a basket on his/her desk

and demanded that kids turn off their phones and place them in the basket during class?

It seems to me that this would be a better plan, and might be accepted by kids as well, since the phones would be given back when class was over.

I can understand that a phone might be necessary in case of an emergency, but do students have the right to walk around totally oblivious to the purpose of school??

October 5, 2015

...eight -- possibly nine -- dams have failed so far..

I hope none of our DUers are in danger down there..So incredibly sad


http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/05/us/south-carolina-east-coast-rain-flood/

(CNN)The rains may have stopped in South Carolina, but the danger and the work to rebuild are far from over.

"I believe that things will get worse before they get better," Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin told reporters Monday.

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Nine people are known dead in the state due to weather-related incidents, according to South Carolina Department of Public Safety Director Leroy Smith. Five drowned after trying to drive through floodwaters. Four others died in traffic accidents, he said. One of the deaths was a state transportation employee. Timothy Wayne Gibson, 45, died Sunday in floodwaters while overseeing work in Columbia, the South Carolina Department of Transportation said.

In North Carolina, a passenger in a car died when a tree fell onto Interstate 95, according to authorities.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley warned there could be other deaths.



According to Thom Berry, a spokesman with the South Carolina Emergency Management Division, eight -- possibly nine -- dams have failed so far.

"We have several others that are in the process of being over-topped," he said.

Haley said more evacuations are likely as floodwaters rise in spots, and authorities warned of the danger of roads that look OK on the surface but that may have been undermined by raging waters.

September 30, 2015

Chris Hayes Wins MSNBC's Only News & Documentary Emmy

Chris Hayes Wins MSNBC's Only News & Documentary Emmy
By Lisa de Moraes
September 29, 2015 11:17am


All In With Chris Hayes won MSNBC’s only Emmy last night at the 36th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards in the Outstanding News Discussion and Analysis category for Fifty Year War: The Changing Face Of Poverty In America. It was the first Emmy win for Hayes’ program.

In July, Hayes may have gotten a last minute reprieve when his ratings-challenged primetime program nabbed that cable news network’s only two nominations for a News & Docu Emmy (the second nom went to the show’s All In America: A New Frontier In Women’s Healthcare).
That morning’s noms announcement had come on the eve of what sources were describing as an all-hands-on-deck town hall meeting with staffers called by Andy Lack, Chairman of NBC News and MSNBC. At that gathering Lack was expected to hint at lineup overhaul plans, as he looked to pull that network out of the ratings cellar.
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September 28, 2015

Thank goodness our 2761 mile trip through washington state is OVER

We went to rule out places we would not want to live, and of course I got whooping cough 1 day into the trip..coughed myself silly... (and of course stayed clear of most people) We spent most of the time driving driving driving..

By the end of the two weeks, my breathing was so compromised that I used a wheelchair at the airport (first time ever ..)

We have narrowed the home search to Longview/Kelso/Chehalis/Centralia/Montesano/Elma/Ellensburg/Shelton/Belfair..and if necessary Yakima..

When our house sells, we will go back but the trip will be mercifully short then

Washington is still as beautiful as ever

The day after our son picked us up at the Oakland airport he left on his MEGA business trip..:

SFO-LHR-FRA-TLL-HEL-TLL-FRA-SIN-SAR-ORD-BOS-BNA-MIA-SJO-DFW-PHX-SFO

He will not be sleeping in his own bed until Nov 10th..

and most of our kitties are still snubbing us for having left them ..

September 6, 2015

GoFundMe nixes fundraiser for Kentucky clerk

FAITH UNDER FIRE
GoFundMe nixes fundraiser for Kentucky clerk
Site claims Kim Davis' case violates updated terms and conditions
Published: 12 hours ago

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2015/09/gofundme-nixes-fundraiser-for-kentucky-clerk/#cXCSXdxhTSkH4kql.99

The left-leaning fundraising site GoFundMe has declined to accept a fundraising campaign for jailed Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk Kim Davis.

Davis was jailed on Thursday for defying a federal court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges in June. She was ordered detained for contempt of court and later rejected a proposal to allow her deputies to process same-sex marriage licenses that could have prompted her release. She has become the symbol of religious opposition to the heavy-handed tactics of the “gaystapo” who are ramming same-sex marriage through at the federal level across the nation in opposition of religious conservatives.

Supporters attempted to initiate a GoFundMe campaign for her defense, but were thwarted by the site’s Terms and Conditions, which were updated on April 29 to specify the site can choose not to allow “campaigns in defense of formal charges or claims of heinous crimes, violent, hateful, sexual or discriminatory acts.”


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