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Open Thread: A Little Bright Spot

by TaMara|  December 17, 20188:49 pm| 73 Comments

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I’ve had a crappy day and then I stumbled on this:

Here's a little #MondayMotivation from my new friends Rowan and Celiste. Thanks to everyone who came out to @TatteredCover last week in Denver! #IAmBecoming pic.twitter.com/aLsfJ21hxP

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) December 17, 2018

Feeling a bit better now.

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  1. 1.

    TomatoQueen

    December 17, 2018 at 8:52 pm

    a thousand hearts

  2. 2.

    Mary G

    December 17, 2018 at 8:53 pm

    Wow, I didn’t know how much I needed that. Those girls are who I’m fighting for, and it just got me all fired up again.

  3. 3.

    Yarrow

    December 17, 2018 at 8:53 pm

    Awww….they’re so cute.

  4. 4.

    stinger

    December 17, 2018 at 8:54 pm

    Amazing!

  5. 5.

    TaMara (HFG)

    December 17, 2018 at 8:57 pm

    @Mary G: Right?! Isn’t that what it’s about…❤

  6. 6.

    Ohio Mom

    December 17, 2018 at 8:58 pm

    Leaving the White House has been great for Michelle Obama. She is so much lighter and freer. She just glows these days.

  7. 7.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 17, 2018 at 9:05 pm

    Anne’s thread about the Turks got blasted into oblivion.

  8. 8.

    rikyrah

    December 17, 2018 at 9:05 pm

    Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) Tweeted:
    The Queens-born builder is driven by a noxious mix of ambition, aggrievement, egomania and a strong sense of mafia ethics.

    https://t.co/686dvzfJ1B https://twitter.com/CapehartJ/status/1074636375255904257?s=17

  9. 9.

    lamh36

    December 17, 2018 at 9:07 pm

    Aww..I saw a GIF of the hug, but not this full video

    you can bet…ain’t nobody trying to hug Melanoma…

    Was that too petty?

  10. 10.

    cain

    December 17, 2018 at 9:08 pm

    Is it the tatttered cover near Union Station?

  11. 11.

    Another Scott

    December 17, 2018 at 9:10 pm

    Very nice. Thanks!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  12. 12.

    NotMax

    December 17, 2018 at 9:11 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est

    The habits and ways of FYWP are Byzantine.

  13. 13.

    TS (the original)

    December 17, 2018 at 9:13 pm

    Rachel is worth a listen. Turkish President – also has a son in law who meets up with folks. Sometimes she is long winded – but she explains things in a way even trump would have to understand. He is probably listening as I type.

  14. 14.

    rikyrah

    December 17, 2018 at 9:17 pm

    Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) Tweeted:
    Mueller is, by a wide margin, the most productive and efficient special counsel in history.

    The scope of criminal activity he has already exposed is breathtaking

    https://t.co/NfjB7PxISB https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1074699335806398464?s=17

  15. 15.

    rikyrah

    December 17, 2018 at 9:18 pm

    Was it amazing???????

  16. 16.

    Jackie

    December 17, 2018 at 9:20 pm

    Awwww❤️❤️❤️ That was AMAZING! Thank you for this!!!

  17. 17.

    seaboogie

    December 17, 2018 at 9:22 pm

    Sorry about your crappy day. I’m actually having a good one, for a change. Got the ups on my usual procrastination situation, and set up pretty well for the next seven solid days of work in the sweetest retail shop in Sonoma. It’s usually very busy and my favorite time of year in the shop. And starting an awesome dogsit on Sunday that also includes 5 chickens (named after C&W singer gals) who have the most deluxe coop situation imaginable. Awesome espresso machine in the house. My next day off (Christmas) will be all lattes and omelets! Yay!

  18. 18.

    Mike in NC

    December 17, 2018 at 9:22 pm

    Michelle Obama is a national treasure and she needs to remain in the public eye.

  19. 19.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 17, 2018 at 9:22 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Anne’s thread about the Turks got blasted into oblivion.

    It knows what it did.

  20. 20.

    Hildebrand

    December 17, 2018 at 9:24 pm

    Saw Michelle in Detroit last week. She is amazing, thoughtful, forthright, and generous. Just an amazing human being.

  21. 21.

    Gravenstone

    December 17, 2018 at 9:27 pm

    @rikyrah: As Adam would likely point out, Mueller inherited an ongoing investigation. Yes his team has been very productive but they weren’t starting from zero.

  22. 22.

    ??? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)  ??

    December 17, 2018 at 9:28 pm

    @rikyrah:
    Mueller knows his duty and the score. He’s going to dismantle Trump with the help of voters

  23. 23.

    seaboogie

    December 17, 2018 at 9:28 pm

    @Hildebrand: So glad that you were able to see her – we need to hold on to what’s good.

  24. 24.

    Ken

    December 17, 2018 at 9:31 pm

    @rikyrah:

    Mueller is, by a wide margin, the most productive and efficient special counsel in history.

    It helped that there was so much criminality scope for the investigation.

  25. 25.

    Amir Khalid

    December 17, 2018 at 9:32 pm

    I just took delivery of my new amp. Damn, he’s a big mofo.

  26. 26.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 17, 2018 at 9:35 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Are there meetings in KL for your GAS? If so, you need to get to one post haste.

  27. 27.

    Amir Khalid

    December 17, 2018 at 9:36 pm

    @Gravenstone:
    It also helps that the miscreants that der Müller Gottes is going after have been so stupid about covering their tracks.

  28. 28.

    Steeplejack

    December 17, 2018 at 9:37 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    Congratulations! What did you get?

  29. 29.

    WaterGirl

    December 17, 2018 at 9:40 pm

    @lamh36: I was so excited the other night when “lawn chair guy” was on one of the late night shows. I swore to myself that I would remember his name, but all I’ve got is Jason Somebody. Still, it was fun.

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    December 17, 2018 at 9:40 pm

    @cain: I have been to both, on the same night, and i am pretty sure the answer is yes.

  31. 31.

    Anya

    December 17, 2018 at 9:40 pm

    @TS (the original): isn’t it interesting how Trump never said anything bad about Rachel Maddow. He used to attack Lawrence but he doesn’t do it these days. I think he’s more obsessed with CNN than MSNBC.

  32. 32.

    TS (the original)

    December 17, 2018 at 9:43 pm

    @Anya: I’ve no idea why – perhaps because there is too much truth in what she says. I do think he listens to work out what to tweet next

  33. 33.

    Mnemosyne

    December 17, 2018 at 9:44 pm

    I’ve been tired and grumpy all day and now one of my teeth has suddenly decided to start hurting for no apparent reason, so I gave up and have already put my pajamas on at 6:45 pm.

    But that video did help a bit. ?

    (The tooth thing may be an incipient weather migraine. Ugh)

  34. 34.

    Brachiator

    December 17, 2018 at 9:44 pm

    Here is Michelle Obama surprising some school girls in Dallas. Sorry for the bad link, don’t know how to clean it up on a mobile browser.

    https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas/2018/12/17/watch-michelle-obama-surprises-dozens-dallas-area-students-visit-before-book-tour-stop

    What an inspirational FLOTUS.

  35. 35.

    Mnemosyne

    December 17, 2018 at 9:47 pm

    @lamh36:

    Petty is pointing out that Melania’s new blonde dye job is hideous and unflattering. But it’s petty AND true. ?

  36. 36.

    BruceFromOhio

    December 17, 2018 at 9:49 pm

    They are _all_ amazing!!

  37. 37.

    BruceFromOhio

    December 17, 2018 at 9:52 pm

    @Mary G: this x 16 jillion

  38. 38.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 17, 2018 at 9:52 pm

    Version 2 of my pic of the Orion Nebula that I took yesterday morning.

  39. 39.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 17, 2018 at 9:53 pm

    @Gravenstone: True, but what he’s done, across multiple lanes of investigation (counterintelligence, foreign involvement in the 2016 election to sway the election and since the election to continue to influence American politics from at least a 1/2 dozen foreign state actors – some allies, some hostile, financial criminal enterprise, obstruction of justice) in a comparatively short time is amazing.

  40. 40.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 17, 2018 at 9:55 pm

    @Steeplejack: Apparently he got an Adam sized amp!

  41. 41.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 17, 2018 at 10:00 pm

    @Anya: @TS (the original): The only people at MSNBC he pays attention to our Scarborough and Brezinksi.

  42. 42.

    A Ghost To Most

    December 17, 2018 at 10:00 pm

    @Gravenstone: Not to mention an extremely rich environment of arrogant and incompetent targets.

  43. 43.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 17, 2018 at 10:01 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Beautiful!

  44. 44.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 17, 2018 at 10:01 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Should never have tried to cross the Danube…

  45. 45.

    Villago Delenda Est

    December 17, 2018 at 10:04 pm

    @WaterGirl: I thought the “Lawn Chair Guy” was Chris Christie.

  46. 46.

    Wag

    December 17, 2018 at 10:05 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:
    I’m really jealous of your photography chops. Excellent work!

  47. 47.

    lamh36

    December 17, 2018 at 10:10 pm

    @WaterGirl: lol…Jason Mamoa. The new Aquaman!

    Jason Momoa Performs Haka at the ‘Aquaman’ Premiere

  48. 48.

    TaMara (HFG)

    December 17, 2018 at 10:11 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: That’s amazing!

  49. 49.

    Ohio Mom

    December 17, 2018 at 10:14 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Now you’re listing other countries as part of the investigation? We’re going to need a bigger chart.

    Nah. Just wake me when it’s finally over.

  50. 50.

    Mnemosyne

    December 17, 2018 at 10:22 pm

    @lamh36:

    Apparently one of the stories from the set of Aquaman was that he got annoyed that Amber Heard would read during breaks rather than pay attention to him, so he started ripping the last few pages out of her books so she wouldn’t know how they ended. ?

    Romance Author Twitter has started referring to him as “Gaston,” and it’s not a compliment.

  51. 51.

    J R in WV

    December 17, 2018 at 10:24 pm

    No surprise the Mid East is starting to be mentioned in court documents. We knew that was, for Trump, a target rich locale, there’s an ocean of dirty money there. So I expect to see many indictments regarding MiddleEastern dirty money.

    I like much about the eastern Med cultures. I just made a baked Kibbeh with garlic yogurt and rice for din, Ummm. good. But the politics are still from the Ottoman era, and the economics from long before that.

  52. 52.

    Ben Cisco

    December 17, 2018 at 10:32 pm

    A little over a month after moving, I found a new job. Pretty decent too. I find myself relieved and grateful for it. So the work bit is working.

  53. 53.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 17, 2018 at 10:40 pm

    @Ohio Mom: How sleepy are you?

  54. 54.

    Amir Khalid

    December 17, 2018 at 10:40 pm

    @Steeplejack:
    A Fender Champion 100. Probably loud enough to kill me if I really crank it; but I got it for the extra features, I swear. At 18kg it’s actually on the light side: Marshall’s 100W digital combo weighs 5kg more. (I was just on marshall.com; per the spec sheets, a full valve stack weighs some 90kg — 200lb!)

  55. 55.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 17, 2018 at 10:41 pm

    @lamh36: I did not know that he knew Samoan.

  56. 56.

    Amir Khalid

    December 17, 2018 at 10:42 pm

    @Ben Cisco:
    Congratulations.

  57. 57.

    NotMax

    December 17, 2018 at 10:43 pm

    @Amir Khalid

    “Mysterious brownouts in Kuala Lumpur neighbourhood under investigation.”

    :)

  58. 58.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 17, 2018 at 10:45 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I think it was more that he appears to be an 8 year old in a 6’4 inch, heavily muscled adult body. If he’d have had an inkwell, he’d have just dipped her pig tails in it.

    That said, I’m looking forward to seeing the movie next week.

  59. 59.

    debbie

    December 17, 2018 at 10:52 pm

    Lovely video. Now, if Twitter would only unsuspend Paul Bronks…

  60. 60.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 17, 2018 at 10:53 pm

    @Ben Cisco: Congratulations!

  61. 61.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    December 17, 2018 at 10:54 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:
    @Wag:
    @TaMara (HFG): What’s particularly amazing about this shot, is that it wasn’t shot in a dark place but in front of my apartment in light polluted Glendale.

    (Pictures from BillinGlendaleCA.com make wonderful gifts anytime of the year.)

  62. 62.

    zhena gogolia

    December 17, 2018 at 11:00 pm

    @debbie:

    I know, it’s killing me.

  63. 63.

    Platonailedt

    December 17, 2018 at 11:22 pm

    @debbie:

    Alternative fix without the gratuitous fuck bombs.

  64. 64.

    Mnemosyne

    December 17, 2018 at 11:30 pm

    @Adam L Silverman:

    This is one of those situations where your limited knowledge of non-superhero animation has betrayed you.

    Voilà:
    https://youtu.be/z23tQiua2S0

  65. 65.

    Steeplejack

    December 17, 2018 at 11:30 pm

    @Ben Cisco:

    Good to hear it. Continued success in ’19!

  66. 66.

    Steeplejack

    December 17, 2018 at 11:34 pm

    @debbie, @zhena gogolia:

    Does anyone know what the cause was? It’s unbelievable that he got nuked when all sorts of evil miscreants get temporary suspensions or warnings.

  67. 67.

    Adam L Silverman

    December 17, 2018 at 11:35 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I knew exactly who they were referring to by calling him Gaston.

  68. 68.

    debbie

    December 18, 2018 at 6:56 am

    @Steeplejack:

    I know PETA is outraged by the exploitation of animals. //

    I can think of two suspensions forced by animal rights activists.

  69. 69.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2018 at 8:45 am

    @Steeplejack: @debbie:

    My guess is that it’s because he got into a heated exchange with a woman who was upset by the obscenities because she thought children shouldn’t see them. If I had to speculate, I’d suspect she reported him or something.

  70. 70.

    zhena gogolia

    December 18, 2018 at 9:09 am

    @Platonailedt:

    Thank you!

  71. 71.

    Betty

    December 18, 2018 at 10:18 am

    Thank you so much!

  72. 72.

    Ben Cisco

    December 18, 2018 at 11:21 am

    @Amir Khalid: @Adam L Silverman: Thanks!

  73. 73.

    Ben Cisco

    December 18, 2018 at 11:22 am

    @Steeplejack: Thanks!

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