{"id":8314,"date":"2017-02-09T22:28:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T06:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8314"},"modified":"2017-02-09T22:28:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T06:28:25","slug":"7-quick-takes-thursday-is-the-new-friday-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8314","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes: Thursday Is The New Friday Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/7qt.jpg\" alt=\"7 Quick Takes\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt1\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt1\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 1 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TGIT.<\/strong> I don&#8217;t have classes on Friday (there aren&#8217;t many at <a href=\"http:\/\/skagit.edu\">the college<\/a>) so today is the end of my school week. Given my workload (2 online tests\/midterms, a massive homework list for my Records Management class, and a problem set for Accounting), I&#8217;m happy to be DONE.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt2\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt2\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 2 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s March huddle.<\/strong> Action #2 for the Women&#8217;s March was to host or attend a huddle.  There wasn&#8217;t one in Mount Vernon so I signed up to host one.  They&#8217;re supposed to be for 10-15 people&#8230; and we had <strong><u>THIRTY-FIVE<\/u><\/strong> tonight from all over the county and even further south. I was facilitating and thankfully didn&#8217;t have to do much because people were connecting and discussing on their own.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously jazzed, y&#8217;all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt3\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 3 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#NeverthelessShePersisted<\/strong> I want <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lookhuman.com\/design\/338364-nevertheless-she-persisted?gclid=CIvZ2LLthNICFUSSfgodexACPA\">this shirt<\/a>, y&#8217;all!  It would go so well with <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.wewillnotbesilent.net\/collections\/in-demand\/products\/we-will-not-be-silent-arabic\">this shirt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt4\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 4 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The actual letter.<\/strong> Senator Elizabeth Warren might not be able to read it at the confirmation hearing for Senator Jeff Sessions (Senator Jeff Merkley was later able to read it) but I can *TOTALLY* share it as a US citizen. \ud83d\ude42 Read it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/02\/08\/514085145\/read-coretta-scott-kings-letter-that-got-sen-elizabeth-warren-silenced\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt5\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 5 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Melissa McCarthy on SNL.<\/strong> It wouldn&#8217;t be so freaking funny if it wasn&#8217;t <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/02\/sean-spicer-fights-with-media-during-press-briefing-234858\" target=\"_blank\">so accurate<\/a>. It honestly blows my mind that Trump&#8217;s press secretary can&#8217;t handle the press. (You&#8217;d think it would be part of the job description!)<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sean Spicer Press Conference (Melissa McCarthy) - SNL\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UWuc18xISwI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt6\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 6 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For Kelly.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/thisaintthelyceum.org\">Kelly<\/a> needs this picture.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/forkelly.jpg\" alt=\"Kelly needs this picture.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(HT: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnvirtuousAbbey\" target=\"_blank\">Unvirtuous Abbey<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt7\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 7 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>See you in court.<\/strong> Trump&#8217;s immigration ban lost AGAIN. I cannot understand why he is so surprised&#8230; unless he seriously didn&#8217;t think that the judicial branch keeps the executive branch in check, just as the legislative branch checks and is kept in check by the other two branches. Sucks to be him, I guess.<\/p>\n<p>For more Quick Takes, visit Kelly at <a href=\"http:\/\/thisaintthelyceum.org\">This Ain&#8217;t The Lyceum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; 1 &#8212; TGIT. I don&#8217;t have classes on Friday (there aren&#8217;t many at the college) so today is the end of my school week. 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