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"lame duck" Accomplishments for the President of our little group here.

Laura Rozen @lrozen
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President Obama spoke with #Cuba's Raul Castro yesterday by phone, highest level US Cuba presidential engagement since Cuba revolution
6:08 AM - 17 Dec 2014 109 Retweets 29 favorites


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"We will begin to normalize relations between our two countries." —President Obama #CubaPolicy
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Given where I live, that's just a hop, skip & a jump to visit.

It was sponsored by the university I graduated from. Unfortunately, it was way beyond what I could afford, though I would like to have gone. It came out to something in the neighborhood of $800 per day.

things if I only had had the dinero. I can relate!

Ole to Cuba! Salud

though they usually look like wonderful experiences.

My other thoughts I'll keep to myself and I have been doing more of that here. A number of people here have real life issues that don't need the abuse we get here as paying members.

I'm glad to see your return to post good - and bad - stories about the LGBT struggles for Equality. Your site is beautiful but my computer is outdated. I'm glad that you took the time to come here and say hi.

You are always for Equality for all and doing the right thing. What little I know of you I respect. Take good care.

P.S.

Did you see the Bristol Bay threads and video?

That was good news, but not many views.

In my defense, that thread turned into a monster of posts and I may have missed some

Glad you like my site. I have been absent from it this week taking care of a dear friend bust Sheshe stepped in to help and she has been invaluable!

I did hear about Bristol Bay but did not see the thread of the video's (if you have a link handy, would be greatly appreciated).

You roared like a lion on that thread! Good work with those who keep epeating what media tells them, with closed minds.

Stop by more often when you need to get out of the trenches. You need a break now and then, and we always keep the porch light on.

This too is good news I posted last night, it can help us one and all~

The Senate Just Cemented Obama's Judicial Legacy



WASHINGTON -- If there's one thing from 2014 that will define President Barack Obama's legacy after he's left the White House, it's the number of lifetime judges he put on the federal bench.

In its final act of the year, the Senate blew through a dozen U.S. district court nominees on Tuesday night. That puts Obama at a whopping 89 district court and circuit court confirmations for the year, and means he'll wrap up his sixth year in office with a grand total of 305 district court and circuit court confirmations -- a tally that puts him well beyond where his predecessors were by this point in their presidencies.

President George W. Bush confirmed just 32 district court and circuit court judges during his sixth year in office, according to data provided by Alliance for Justice, a progressive advocacy group focused on the federal judiciary. President Bill Clinton confirmed 65 judges in his sixth year. In total, Bush confirmed 256 district and circuit court nominees after six years in office, Clinton confirmed 302, and President Ronald Reagan confirmed 295. Those numbers include a handful of Court of International Trade confirmations.

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Democrats spent the final days of the lame duck thanking Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for inadvertently helping to expedite votes on Obama's nominees. On Friday, Cruz derailed a plan by party leaders to leave for the weekend and come back Monday in an effort to force a show vote on Obama's immigration executive action. The stunt kept senators in session all day Saturday, with hours to kill. So, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) used the time to tee up votes for the 12 district court nominees still on the calendar.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025970615

Good to see you in the BOG~

As for your comment above, of course I stepped in to help on your site, that's what friends are for.

Please read my pm.