Month: September 2018

Geoffrey Owens is a Gentleman, Scholar and a Gifted Thespian

(Jeoffrey) Owens made his television debut on the second season of the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show as Sondra Huxtables boyfriend Elvin Tibideaux. He married Sondra and became a regular character in 1987 and appeared on the series until it ended in 1992.

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The Cosby Show was one of the most top-rated and beloved sit-coms in history, and even though Owens had a minor role he basked in the reflected glory of the wildly popular show for years after the series ended.

Owens graduated cum laude from Yale University, and he`s a serious thespian who desires to remain in show business in spite of the fact that after his Cosby Show heyday roles were few and far between.

To make ends meet he worked regular jobs in between acting gigs, and when he was employed as a cashier at a grocery store, a woman who recognized him as “Elvin” snapped a few photos and submitted them to the British tabloid “The Daily Mail” and the rest is history.

Owens was ridiculed and job-shammed for working a “menial” job, but thank goodness that celebrities and the general public came to his defense.

Owens appeared on GMA and declared that he wasn`t ashamed to work as a cashier, he insisted that there is dignity in any honest occupation.

Owens didn`t deserve to be mocked, it`s not like he sold his soul and appeared in a reality show, or became a spokesperson for a reverse mortgage company that preys on senior citizens.

I admire Owens` work on “The Cosby Show,” and I admire his integrity and humility working as a cashier in supermarket chain.

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Under-attack Pope Francis Calls for ‘Silence and Prayer’! Are You Freaking Kidding Me?

“Pope Francis on Monday said `silence and prayer` were the answer to those seeking `scandal and division`, amid a barrage of attacks from ultra-conservative Catholics.

The pope has so far refused to respond to allegations made last month that he for years covered up sexual abuse allegations against a prominent US cardinal.

His comments came after Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a former Vatican envoy to Washington, claimed in August that Francis ignored sexual abuse allegations against US cardinal Theodore McCarrick for five years.

But so far, Francis has remained silent, refusing to address the allegations and saying only that Vigano`s missive `speaks for itself`.”

Yahoo

I applaud Pope Francis for attempting to steer a centuries old patriarchy towards modernity, but I am aghast at his silence in the face of credible allegations that he covered up sexual abuse claims against US cardinal Theodore McCarrick for five years.

While it`s true that Vigano is a right-wing zealot who has a vendetta against Pope Francis for his compassionate stance on gays and lesbians, it`s an indisputable fact that McCarrick is a serial pedophile who should have been defrocked by the church, and imprisoned by the government, decades ago.

Now amid withering criticism not just from conservative Catholic clergy, but from Catholic laymen/women of all political persuasions, the pontiff is calling for “silence and prayer.”

Silence? Really? Are you freaking kidding me? The church has been silent for centuries as pedophile priests have systematically raped young boys, it`s only relatively recently that the church has even acknowledged that there`s a problem.

Prayers? Really? Are you freaking kidding me? With all due respect to His Holiness, he can stuff his prayers up his ass. What the millions of victims of pedophile priests need are sympathy, financial compensation and the prosecution of the reprobate priests, not thoughts and prayers.

Any Catholic who doesn`t demand that the pope break his silence and address the issue with repentance and humility is complicit in the rape of these young innocents.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/under-attack-pope-calls-silence-prayer-140408631.html

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George Bush Gives Michelle Obama Candy and Harmonic Convergence Breaks Out

“Sen. John McCain`s Washington, D.C. funeral was a bipartisan affair, bringing together politicians on both sides of the aisle – including McCain`s previous presidential opponents, former President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush who both gave a touching eulogies.

But among the emotional words shared and the tears shed was one sweet moment between Bush and former First Lady Michelle Obama.

During former Sen. Joe Lieberman`s eulogy to his longtime friend, cameras caught the 43rd president grabbing a piece of candy (or a mint) from his wife, former First Lady Laura Bush, and passing it to Ms. Obama.”

People Magazine

A hooker can always be counted on to have a condom or two in her hoe bag, and a senior citizen will always have peppermint candy in her purse.

As a child, and even as a young adult, old ladies never failed to discretely give me hard candy when I was in church. The old hags always had a glint in their eye when they handed me the candy. I don`t know if it was because the sadistic fiends knew I hated the menthol sweets, or if they genuinely derived pleasure from giving a small child a candy that they treasured.

An elderly person giving a mint to a younger person happens countless times every day in our houses of worship, and it doesn`t merit any commentary or conversation.

But in our toxic partisanship atmosphere when a former Republican president hands a piece of candy to a former Democratic First Lady, it goes viral.

Laura Bush and Barack Obama both smiled when they witnessed the sweet moment, indeed all of America is smiling.

Let`s spread some love and give a stranger candy, I`d recommend chocolate instead of peppermint.

Read More:

https://people.com/politics/john-mccain-funeral-george-w-bush-slipped-candy-to-michelle-obama/

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Does Mike Pence Resemble a Ken Doll or a Bobblehead Doll?

Vice President Mike Pence doesn`t strike me as a regular guy you could bond with over a couple of beers. In fact, he bears little resemblance to a human being, he has the air of a clone or a robot about him.

If you`re christening your baby, and you want to impress upon your friends that you`re not a total heathen, Mike Pence is the type of guy that you would invite, his sanctimonious look is tailor-made for such religious rituals.

Pence resembles a clone, a robot or a doll. Physically he is a dead ringer for that gay icon, the Ken Doll. The top Urban Dictionary definition for Ken Doll is: A male, overly attractive or primped, superficial, possibly straight, gay, bi or metrosexual.

Mike Pence, with his precision-cut hairstyle, looks like a receptionist at a gay bathhouse. Pence probably prays to Jesus every night that He would make him as penis-less as Ken so he wouldn`t be attracted to men.

Pence also resembles a bobblehead doll, when he stands behind the Stable Genius, rotely nodding at the nonsense emanating from his sphincter-shaped mouth.

It`s one thing to nod in agreement when an eloquent statesman the likes of Barack Obama is speaking, but when you nod in agreement when a buffoon is pontificating you look like a freaking idiot.

If Trump, who resembles a Chucky Doll or a Cabbage Patch Kid is impeached, we will be stuck with the Ken Doll from the pit of hell.

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