Saturday Open Thread

5 Jul 2008 Author: rikyrah

It’s an All Williams Final at Wimbledon this morning. As I write this, the score is Venus over Serena (7-5, 1-1). Don’t care who wins..all the money’s going to the same house..LOL

Good morning.

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. Also, I hope that you enjoy the rest of the weekend.

But, in between having fun, drop by here at JJP.

Drop those links, have those debates, and give us some trivia.

And always, have a peaceful day.

And Happy Belated 10th Birthday to Malia Ann Obama.

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GreenLadyHere
This is a GREAT post and a GREAT HONOR to the 2 GREAT, OUTSTANDING athletes!
God Bless them and their families.
GreenLadyHere
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, again, to Miss Malia! God Bless her and her family!
There are many excellent pictures on the barackobama.com web site!
http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com B-Serious
@ Venus and Serena. . .
You Go Gurrrrl!
djchefron
Surviving a Weekend with America's Premiere Pro-White Activist Group
http://www.alternet.org/story/89745/?page=entir…
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womanistmusings
This morning I finally calmed down enough to blog about Joe Horn, the man that the grand jury refused to indite after he willfully gunned down to black men. At what point are our bodies going to matter in this society? Then you have idiots how burn crosses on peoples lawn and claim that they are not racist because they have black friends. Enough already!
http://ourvoices.wordpress.com Tish
I'm happy that both Venus and Serena made it thus far. You're right the money all going to one house… :0)
heartsandflowers
Venus defeated Serena to retain her Wimbledon title, but they are BOTH winners!!!
bigsmitty72
It's scary. If they actually took tennis seriously instead of all extra-curricular stuff, they would be ranked 1 and 1a for the foreseeable future. Particularly since Henin has retired. She was the only one that consistently gave them trouble. Particularly on clay. But neither play enough tournaments or keep themselves in the sort of game shape needed to do that.
That being said, they are amazing. Two of the best since Graf, Martina and Evert. They both would be in my top 10 all time.
Happy Holidays to all of you
http://craighickman.blogspot.com CraigHickman
I saw both finals and loved them, even if my favorite sister lost in singles.
House of Williams
Despite what the punditocracy wants you to believe, Justine Henin didn't “retire.” She'll be back in at least 6 months.
Lizza
To the Williams sisters, ” a great game! Congrats, Venus…Serena it will be your turn the next time around.
http://manchestersquare.blogspot.com
rikyrah
The Black Snob has two great diaries up:
1. The Obamas Celebrating the 4th of July in Montana
http://blacksnob.blogspot.com/2008/07/obamas-ce…
2. For Michelle Obama Fans
http://blacksnob.blogspot.com/2008/07/michelle-…
http://craighickman.blogspot.com CraigHickman
The first entry in particular was fabulous.
Barack's sister, brother-in-law and niece are also a beautiful family.
GreenLadyHere
Rikyrah: Saw them!! They were GREAT!! Thanks for the referral! :>)
rikyrah
From The Field: Capture the Flag
rikyrah
Obama Sets Off a Debate on Ties Between Religion and Government
rikyrah
just a note…notice the Obama girls were dressed in red,white, and blue…
bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha
rikyrah
Obama's chances in Montana
rikyrah
Obama leads by 100 (electoral votes)
Admiral_Komack
Happy Belated Birthday, Malia Ann Obama.
rikyrah
I'm only going to say again to the idea of Obama accepting the nomination at Mile High Stadium..
WOW
WOW
WOW
rikyrah
African Immigrants Supporting Obama
rikyrah
two links – found this through P6:
Crossing Lines
http://www.cjr.org/feature/crossing_lines.php?p…
Detroit Blog
http://community.detnews.com/blogs/index.php/ne…
Angela1
Love the pics at the blacksnob.blogspot.com!
thanks
evita
Random as all get out:
Will someone help me with the tech support: Uploading an image so u see my face in the lil box. Hyperlinking, etc.
I am such a novice….
rikyrah
Two Speeches, Two Truths About America
rikyrah
I wish I could help, but I don't have a clue. I'm sure someone here can help you. It's a slow weekend, so I'd suggest posting this in Sunday's Open Thread and even Monday's Open Thread.
rikyrah
Watching a tivo'd episode of Down Home With the Neeleys.
FRIED DEVILED EGGS?
Am I the only person in America who had never heard of these?
msmartin
I've never heard of them either rikyrah.
emoseley
RE: Michelle Obama – what a pretty and very impressive lady! We're so lucky and blessed.
msmartin
You need to go to your profile on the diskus(sp) homepage and upload your photo. Browse for a picture and then click upload.
http://www.natturnersrevenge.blogspot.com christopher Chambers
Trivia:
An AP reporter told me she has proof that crazy-ass “first supermodel” Janice Dickinson and Andy McDowell are sistahs and have been passing. I know it's dumb, but don't we all need a vacation from politics and humidity?
rikyrah
Well, the lips don't lie. After all, we're willing to believe Bob Barr is ' family' due to his nose and lips, aren't we?
LOL
rikyrah
Black women rally to Michelle
http://craighickman.blogspot.com CraigHickman
Every single word parsed to the nth degree.
Yawn.
http://www.ourvoices.wordpress.com Tish
Congrats to Venus!
bigsmitty72
Forgive me that I believe it when someone says that they're retiring that I take them at their word. And if she didn't retire what exactly did she do? Open my eyes to the truth, Craig…Please.
Regardless of what we're calling it…the bottom line is that one player who gave the Williams sisters fits isn't playing at the present time. So there's no reason why we can't see a repeat of this matchup at the US Open. Something I think we'd all love to see. Especially since American tennis sucks bigtime right now.
GreenLadyHere
Mr. Bigsmittt72: Thank you “falettin'mejump” [taken from an "old school song :>)] in here a minute. Several atheletes & I'm sure other professionals have declared their retirment, had the party and toasted a good career! Next thing you see – “they're back”. I can cite 3 examples: Martina Hengis RETIRED from tennis. She was a dominant foe–ranked 1st for a while. Severa years later she RETURNED. Michael Jordan[i think] did the same. Lyle Alzado – football RETIRED and RETURNED at age 40. Unfortunately he was on a 'roid regime and died from complications, as a result. There can be a number of reasons for their actions: “cash flow” issues – as in “I'm near broke”; maybe when they retired, they had an injury which they didn't want to make public at the time. Maybe they just felt that they we “young enoug” to give it another “go”. Not that anything is predictable, it's just a wait and see matter.
Thank you for letting me “intrude”. “>)
GreenLadyHere
OOPS! I noticed some “typos”. SORRY! :>) [retirEment, severaL, weRE, enougH]
I really placed 2nd in my County Spelling Bee-waaaaaay back in the day! :>)
evita
I did what you said… and voila! There I am (sort of. ) ANy insight on how to link?
bigsmitty72
I'm not doubting that there's a chance for Henin to come back. She's only 25 and once she gets her personal life straight (her marriage broke up recently), I'm sure she could come back. What I took issue with was the Craig's implication that I'm somehow being duped by pundits…when the PLAYER IN QUESTION HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE HER RETIREMENT!!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/sports/tennis…
Now she could come back. But until she does, I'm going to assume that she's done. Call me duped by the MSM or the other evil media types you guys love to demonize.
GreenLadyHere
Guess I misunderstood! Thanks for clarifying. Guess my “recency” to this “blogging thing” is showing! :>)
Teacher
I hate to think about this story. I had to totally tune it out because it set me off in such a negative way. I live in Houston where it happened and am LIVID & OUTRAGED. I feel so powerless. I hope the punk bastard fries in hell.
All but one of my Columbian students has been of African descent (the 2 men murdered by Joe Horn were Columbian). That so called special on CNN this evening about Ingrid Betencourt, the female Columbian hostage/presidential candidate was boring. And it didn't really show any Black Columbians. I wonder how they find crowds without Black people? Well, guess it depends on the event. I saw footage of 4th of July concerts where the crowd was a sea of white people.
http://truth-about-mccain.blogspot.com Francislholland
I don't yell and clap and jump up and down over sports, except when Venus or Serena Williams is playing. Now, that they're both models, I don't think it's inappropriate to say that they are very sexy Black women, but what first attracted me to them was their African Braids and multi-colored beads, that said to America, “We're African American, we´re unapologetic, we're proud and we're here to win on our terms, so move over!”
Although they have straightened their hair, I still admire them quite a bit.
http://truth-about-mccain.blogspot.com Francislholland
I don't yell and clap and jump up and down over sports, except when Venus or Serena Williams is playing. Now, that they're both models, I don't think it's inappropriate to say that they are very sexy Black women, but what first attracted me to them was their African Braids and multi-colored beads, that said to America, “We're African American, we´re unapologetic, we're proud and we're here to win on our terms, so move over!”
Although they have straightened their hair, I still admire them quite a bit.
http://truth-about-mccain.blogspot.com Francislholland
I don't yell and clap and jump up and down over sports, except when Venus or Serena Williams is playing. Now, that they're both models, I don't think it's inappropriate to say that they are very sexy Black women, but what first attracted me to them was their African Braids and multi-colored beads, that said to America, “We're African American, we´re unapologetic, we're proud and we're here to win on our terms, so move over!”
Although they have straightened their hair, I still admire them quite a bit.
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