My Thoughts on Serena Williams …. “🇺🇸🎾 Nothing Will Make Her Any Less of the Giant that She Is 🎾🇺🇸 …. “


Featured Image -- 215644

~~September 11, 2018~~ 

CAN NEVER TAKE AWAY HER SUPERPOWERS

You all know what happened

She is coming back after her pregnancy, post a life-threatening complication after developing a pulmonary embolism, a controversy about her compression ‘catsuit’ (custom-made by Nike), her decision to wear a tutu and the high stakes of the event.

To add insult to injury, she was fined $17,000.

And then, Mark Knight, Australian cartoonist, decided to rub salt in the wound!

I know what I think about her!

HortyRex©

GoldSwirl

The 2018 US Open final between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka will be remembered for all the wrong reasons

The match was guaranteed to make history no matter what.

Williams was gunning for her 24th Grand Slam tournament win, a number that would have tied the all-time record for the most Grand Slam singles tournament wins in history.

And Osaka was hoping to be the first Haitian-Japanese player in history to win a Grand Slam.

In the end, Osaka defeated Williams 6-2, 6-4, ensuring the latter – but her achievement was overshadowed by what happened in the match.

~~FULL ARTICLE HERE~~

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

https://www.vox.com/2018/9/10/17837598/serena-williams-us-open-umpire-carlos-ramos

SerSerBill

Yes She Can – 2018

https://www.facebook.com/YESSHECAN2018/?__tn__=k*F&tn-str=k*F

img_2268GoldSwirlSCartJK2

#MyThoughts #SerenaWilliams  #USOpenFinals #2018 #NothingWillMakeHerAnyLess #ShesAGiant #Controversy #Quotes #BillilJeanKing #JKRowling #OffensiveCartoon #AustralianCartoonist #MarkKnight #Hero #Superpowers #Nike #DoubleStandards

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

ImagesMeItIsYell

 

Trevor Noah …. “⚖️ Profiles in Tremendousness: Pardon Edition …. Sheriff Joe Arpaio … ⚖️ “!!


TN2

~~August 29, 2017~~ 

THROUGH TREVOR NOAH’S EYES

Trevor Noah Explains Real Reason Drumf’s Arpaio Pardon 

Why is this important?

Drumpf has proven time and time again that there’s no bottom to his rhetoric, demagoguery and simple evil. Using the his ‘presidential’ power to pardon one of his ardent pre-campaign, birtherism buddy and totally white supremacist and racist top cop, law enforcer in Maricopa County.

Trevor explains it better with a slight hint of humor. 

I’ve found this is the only way one can make it through the day in spite of the seriousness of it all.

HortyRex©

BLine

Hint: it has to do with the Russia investigation

by LAURA BRADLEY
AUGUST 29, 2017 8:55 AM

Drumpf’s decision to pardon Joe Arpaio has already ignited plenty of controversy – not least because many have taken it as the president encouraging law enforcement to break the law.

As Trevor Noah put it on The Daily Show Monday night, August 28, “Drumpf has been president for seven months – and like a teenage boy with a locked bedroom door, he’s been exploring his new powers.

And this weekend, Drumpf confirmed that he can get someone off all by himself.”

That could have very bad implications for Mueller’s investigation, Noah said:

what if Drumpf simply decides to pardon officials within his Cabinet who are convicted? In Arpaio’s case, Drumpf didn’t even wait for him to be sentenced before issuing a pardon. As Vanity Fair’s Emma Stefansky noted this weekend, that means that Drumpf’s colleagues could simply decide not to cooperate or testify in Mueller’s investigation – under the assurance that Drumpf will pardon them anyway.

And even Noah may find that outcome difficult to joke about.

“As it appears in … full read/full creadit”

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/08/donald-trump-joe-arpaio-pardon-russia-daily-show-trevor-noah

BLine

~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~ 

Google Images

DISCLAIMER
I do not own these images.
No intention of taking credit.
If anyone knows the owner of any, please advise and it will be corrected immediately.
HortyRex©

BLineDonald Trump, Joe ArpaioBLine

#Trevor Noah #ProfilesInTremendousness #PardonEdition #SheriffJoeArpaio #MaricopaCountry #Arizona #Evil #PresidentialPower #ArdentPreCampaign #BirtherismBuddy #WhiteSupremacist #RacistTopCop #LawEnforcer #ContemptOfCourt #Convicted #TheDailySho3 #ComedyCentral

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

BLine

~~Profiles in Tremendousness: Pardon Edition – Sheriff Joe Arpaio~~

The Daily Show

~~Published on Aug 28, 2017~~

President Trump pardons Joe Arpaio, a controversial former sheriff who advocated the use of excessive force and cracked down on immigration through racial profiling.
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

BLineTN3BLine

We ALL are ONE!!

img_0391-12

Drumpf: “I have the best words”, he says …. Remember? …. #Covfefe …. Explained by the man himself …. “!!


 

img_7072-1

~~May 31, 2017~~ 

BIZARRE LATE NIGHT TWEET

An attempt at self-deprecating humor?

He’s not able to poke fun at himself.

Then … just another inscrutable statement?

HortyRex©

BLine

~Trump’s Bizarre Late-Night Tweet Might Have Just Broken The Internet~

‘So-called” President Drumpf finally addressed the ongoing “covfefe” controversy in an early Wednesday morning tweet, May 31.

What is covfefe, you may ask?

Covfefe is a word that ended a nonsense half-tweet that Trump sent late at night on Tuesday, May 30.

That tweet – which has since been deleted – read, in full:

“Despite all the negative press covfefe … ”

Of course, although it’s not clear what exactly Trump intended to gripe about, it is pretty clear that he meant to say “coverage” instead of covfefe.

~~SOURCE~~

http://bipartisanreport.com

BLineimg_7063-1img_7073BLine

~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~ 

From different article on the net

Screen shots

DISCLAIMER

I do not own these images.

No intention of taking credit.

If anyone knows the owner of any, please advise and it will be corrected immediately.

HortyRex©

BLineimg_7074BLine

#Drumpf #IHaveTheBestWords #Remember #Covfefe  #GoFigure #BizarreLateNightTweet #MightHaveBrokenInternet #ExtremelyActive #SoCalledPresident #UnitedStates #AbsoluteBrainFartTweet #UrbanDictionary #Disdain #Scorn #Mockery

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

BLineimg_7077BLineRespectBLine

We ALL are ONE!! 

ItIsTru2

Thoughts for today, #485 …. “Premature Celebration? …. Ya think? …. “!!


MissionHealth

~~May 5, 2017~~ 

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

~Spiking the ball after the first quarter~

House Republicans marched to the White House on Thursday afternoon, May 4, to celebrate their victory:

Passage of the American Health Care Act.
Drumpf welcomed them with a Rose Garden celebration.

~SOURCE~

http://www.cnn.com

BLine

The 2003 Mission Accomplished speech gets its name from a banner that read “Mission Accomplished” displayed on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a televised address by United States President George W. Bush on May 1, 2003 and the controversy that followed.

~Wikipedia~

BLine

On May 4, 2017, the US House of Representatives rammed a bill which passed with a very narrow margin.

This is the famous ‘repeal/replace’ Obamacare.

After the fact, these people partied in the Rose Garden.

This act and the photos will come back and haunt anyone who was there.

The only thing that happened really was the ramming of this bill.

There’s still a lot to be done before it becomes the ‘law of the land’.

Seems to me this celebration was a bit premature.

We’ll see!

HortyRex©

BLine

~~GRAPHIC SOURCE~~ 

The Ale Party

https://www.facebook.com/TheAleParty/

BLine

#ThoughtsForToday #485 #AwesomeGraphics #AwesomeGraphic #AwesomeMeme #MissionAccomplished #TrumpCare #HouseOfRepresentatives #TheAleParty #MissionAccomplishedSpeech #AircraftCarrier #USSAbrahamLincoln #TelevisedAddress #PresidentGeorgeWBush #TrumpCare #Celebration #RoseGarden #TheResistance

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

BLine

We ALL are ONE!! 

ItIsTru2

‘The Entire Journey’ …. “Life condensed in 6 minutes …. REALITY …. “!!


lumber

~~February 6, 2017~~ 

THIS LAND WAS MADE

How can any one with a heart not understand the desire and need that some people have to come to America?

How can anyone keep people in need away?

Watch this ad and for 6 minutes put yourself in the shoes of that mother.

Feel her hope, feel her fear, feel her apprehension!

THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME!

No words are needed.

Please, watch the ad.

HortyRex©

goldswirl

This Land Is Your Land” is one of the United States’ most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940 based on an existing melody, a Carter Family tune called “When the World’s on Fire“, in critical response to Irving Berlin‘s “God Bless America.” When Guthrie was tired of hearing Kate Smith sing it on the radio in the late 1930’s he sarcastically wrote “God Blessed America for Me” before renaming it “This Land Is Your Land.”

The original lyrics to the song included this verse

“There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me.

The sign was painted, said ‘Private Property.’

But on the backside, it didn’t say nothing.

This land was made for you and me.”

~Wikipedia~

goldswirl

Here’s The ‘Controversial’ Super Bowl Ad That Crashed 84 Lumber’s Website
Watch the full commercial here

The ad featured a Spanish-speaking mother and daughter apparently traveling from Mexico to the United States.

The end, which shows the pair discovering a door in a giant wall, was reportedly banned from TV since it commented on Drumpf’s, the #SoCalledPresident, promised border wall.

After showing part of the ad, 84 Lumber directed people to check out Journey84.com to see the rest. That obviously didn’t work.

Thankfully, that’s why there’s YouTube. 

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/controversial-super-bowl-ad-84-lumber_us_5897d1c6e4b0406131378003?u9jlbb3exqi0vbo6r=&%3Futm_hp_ref=latino-voices&ir=Latino%2BVoices&section=latino-voices&

goldswirllum2goldswirl

~~GRAPHIC SOURCE~~ 

Google Images

I do not own these images.

No intention of taking credit.

If anyone knows the owner of any, please advise and it will be corrected immediately.

HortyRex©

goldswirl

#TheEntireJourney #LifeCondensed #SixMinutes #Reality #ThisLandIsYourLand #WoodyGuthrie #ExistingMelody #CarterFamilyTune #WhenTheWorldsOnFire #CriticalResponse #Irving Berlin #GodBlessAmerica #KateSmith #SarcasticallyWrote #GodBlessedAmericaForMe #*4LumberAd #SuperBowl51 #Drumpf #SoCalledPresident #PromisedBorderWall

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

goldswirl

~~The Entire Journey~~

84 Lumber Super Bowl Commercial 

~~Published on Feb 5, 2017~~

The full, uncut 84 Lumber Super Bowl promotional film.

See a mother and daughter’s symbolic migrant journey towards becoming legal American citizens. Contains content deemed too controversial for the original ad and banned from broadcast.

goldswirl

We  ALL are ONE!! 

itistru2

Something to think about …. “Disrespect for the military? …. Really? …. “!!


kapdon

~~September 14, 2016~~ 

LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT 

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has willingly immersed himself into controversy by refusing to stand for the playing of the national anthem in protest of what he deems are wrongdoings against African Americans and minorities in the United States.

He has continued his refusal to stand for the anthem and has explained his reasons why.

“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick told NFL Media in an exclusive interview after the game.

“To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way.

There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.”

He said that he has discussed his feelings with his family and, after months of witnessing some of the civil unrest in the U.S., decided to be more active and involved in rights for black people.

Kaepernick, who is biracial, was adopted and raised by white parents and siblings.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://www.nfl.com/

goldswirl

The matter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump‘s military service (or lack thereof) has surfaced twice so far in this election cycle, first in July 2015 when Trump maligned Sen. John McCain, a POW during the Vietnam War, for being captured, and a second time in July 2016 when he openly feuded with the family of slain U.S. soldier Humayun Khan after Khan’s father, Khizr, criticized Trump during an appearance at the Democratic National Convention.

Trump himself has never served in the military.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://www.snopes.com/

goldswirl

~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~

Liberal Identity

goldswirl#SomethingToThinkAbout #FacebookPage #Graphic #AwesomeGraphic #AwesomeMeme #GetThisStraight #ColinKaepernick #NationalAnthem #Biracial #AdoptedRaised #WhiteParents #WhiteSiblings #SenJohnMcCain #POW #VietnamWar #SlainUSSoldier #HumayunKhan #KhizrKhan #DemocraticNationalConvention #TrumpNeverServed #LiberalIdentity

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

goldswirl

We ALL are ONE!! 

itistru2

IOTD …. Special Edition …. “The Deplorables …. as tweeted by Donald Trump, Jr. …. “!!


dep

~~September 12, 2016~~ 

PEPE THE DEPLORABLE

GIDEON RESNICK

Pepe the Frog has emerged as an unofficial mascot of the alt-right, a loosely defined group of white nationalists who congregate online to debate IQ differences between the races and joke about burning Jewish journalists in ovens.

Trump Camp’s Pepe Meme First Appeared on White Supremacist Sites

An image circulated by Donald Trump Jr. and informal adviser Roger Stone was first hosted on a white nationalist website.

Donald Trump’s sandy-haired head is superimposed onto Sylvester Stallone’s muscular neck. On his right is the Pepe the Frog version of the real estate mogul, an iteration of a popular Alt-Right meme that has become a persistent visual aid to the fever swamps of the 2016 internet.

It’s a play on the poster for the 2014 film “The Expendables 3” and an intentional ribbing of Hillary Clinton’s remarks at a Friday fundraiser, September 9, where she characterized some of Trump’s supporters as “deplorables.”

Rounding out the rest of the row of “The Deplorables” is a crazed-looking Ben Carson, InfoWars radio host and Trump acolyte Alex Jones screaming his head off and a pumpkin-colored Donald Trump Jr. smiling mischievously.

Also included are Chris Christie, Eric Trump, Rudolph GiulianiMilo Yiannopoulos and Mike Pence.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/12/trump-camp-s-pepe-meme-first-appeared-on-white-supremacist-sites.html?via=desktop&source=facebook

redlineb

~~GRAPHIC SOURCE~~ 

The Daily Beast

http://www.thedailybeast.com/

redlineb#IOTD #ImageOfTheDay #SpecialEdition #DearBloggerFriend #HerOwnWords #Concept #Serious #Political #PresidentialCampaign #TheDeplorables  #AsTweeted #DonaldTrumpJr #BenCarson #InfoWarsRadioHost #TrumpAcolyte #AlexJones #ChrisChristie #EricTrump #RudolphGiuliani #MiloYiannopoulos #MikePence #TheDailyBeast #WhiteSpremacistSite

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

redlineb

We ALL are ONE!! 

ItIsTru2

At the end of the day …. “The ugly history of the Star-Spangled Banner …. did you know?”!!


Kap8

~~September 4, 2016~~ 

HISTORY BEHIND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

I find it very interesting how, when any event takes place, I like to go back and look for the history behind it.

Why did the event take place?

Colin Kaepernick’s statement is such a situation for me.

I’m not a football fan. I’d never heard of Kaepernick.

I sure know about him now!

I have been following the stories about excessive force in law enforcement events since Trayvon Martin’s death. It really came to my full attention with Michael Brown’s death.

Since then, I’ve been up on follow up events, situations and details.

I followed Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile … many  more in between and many after.

I consider myself to be a fair, balanced individual.

There’s no doubt in my mind that these are instances of excessive police force.

Rather than de-escalation, it’s escalation.

It’s more prevalent within the African-American population.

This is the message that Keapernick is trying to bring to the forefront.

Seems to me he’s done a good job at calling attention to this matter.

Here’s some history behind that national anthem.

Did you know?

I didn’t.

HortyRex©

GoldSwirl

The Forgotten Verses of “The Star-Spangled Banner”

Do you know all the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner”?

Many people have difficulty memorizing the lyrics of the first verse of this song, which is commonly performed at sports events and other public gatherings. But did you know that there are three additional verses that we almost never hear?

In 1814, the poet and lyricist Francis Scott Key penned the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner,” originally known as “Defense of Fort M’Henry.” During the War of 1812, Key witnessed the attacks on Baltimore and wrote the words based on his experiences this night. These lyrics were printed in local newspapers and set to the tune of an existing song called “Anacreon in Heaven,” and then officially arranged by John Philip Sousa. Key’s famous lyrics entered the world as a broadside ballad, or a song written on a topical subject, and printed for wide distribution.

More than a century later, in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an executive order designating “The Star-Spangled Banner” as the national anthem, and in 1931, the US Congress confirmed the decision. The tune has kicked off ceremonies of national importance and athletic events ever since.

While the first verse of “The Star-Spangled Banner” is widely known by the American public, the last three verses are generally omitted in performances.

“As it appears in … full credit”

For full read and lyrics

http://blog.dictionary.com/star-spangled-banner/

GoldSwirl

~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~

Google Images

I do not own these images.

No intention of taking credit.

If anyone knows the owner of any, please advise and it will be corrected immediately.

HortyRex©

GoldSwirl

~~GALLERY~~ 

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

GoldSwirl

~Nine Things You May Not Know About “The Star-Spangled Banner”~

Francis Scott Key intended his verses to be song lyrics, not poetry

Key was not imprisoned on a British warship when he penned his verses

The flag Key “hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming” did not fly “through the perilous fight”

The song was not originally entitled “The Star-Spangled Banner”

(“Defense of Fort M’Henry”)

It did not become the national anthem until more than a century after it was written

The national anthem has four verses

Key opposed American entry into the War of 1812

Key was a consummate Washington insider

Key was a one-hit wonder who might have been tone deaf

GoldSwirl

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-star-spangled-banner

Kap10

#AtTheEndOfTheDay #ColinKaepernick #StraSpangledBanner #NationalAnthem #AwesomeGraphics #SitAgain #NationalAnthem #StandUp #Patriotism #HomeOfTheFree #JoiningInSpirit #ProtestInjustice #InThisNation #Statement #Message #FreedomOfSpeech #FirstAmendment #UglyHistory #PoetLyricist #FrancisScottKey #DefenseOfFortMHenry #PresidentWoodrowWilson #AnacreonInHeaven #BlackPeople #PeopleOfColor #BeTheirVoice

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

GoldSwirl

~Colin Kaepernick and the ugly history of the Star-Spangled Banner~

~Published on Aug 30, 2016~

A new National Anthem is really needed

acttv

GoldSwirl

We ALL are ONE!! 

ItIsTru2

IOTD …. Special Edition …. “Stand up, I said …. I’m thinking …. “!!


StandUp

~~September 3, 2016~~ 

STANDING UP FOR SOMETHING

San Francisco 49er’s quarterback Colin Kaepernick is refusing to stand for the national anthem before games.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

RedLineB

The Thinker (French: Le Penseur) is a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin, usually placed on a stone pedestal. The work shows a nude male figure of over life-size sitting on a rock with his chin resting on one hand as though deep in thought and is often used as an image to represent philosophy.

~~Wikipedia~~ 

RedLineB

~~GRAPHIC SOURCE~~

Ann Telnaes

https://www.facebook.com/anntelnaes

Ann Telnaes is an editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post.

She won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 2001.

Follow @AnnTelnaes

RedLineB

~~RELATED~~ 

IOTD …. Image of the day, #559 …. “Kap …. Exercising his 1st Amendment …. his beliefs!!

https://hrexach.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/iotd-image-of-the-day-559-kap-exercising-his-1st-amendment-his-beliefs/

RedLineB#IOTD #ImageOfTheDay #SpecialEdition #DearBloggerFriend #HerOwnWords #Concept #Serious #Silly #JustBeautiful #MiniMentalVacay #FacebookTimeline #ColinKaepernick #AwakenedSeriousIssues #WeThePeopleOfColor #AwareOfRacism #StandUp #BeProud #TheThinker #BronzeSculpture #AugusteRodin #ChinRestingOnHand #DeepInThought #RepresentPhilosophy #AnnTelnaes #WashingtonPost

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

RedLineB

We ALL are ONE!! 

screenshot-215311RedLineBItIsTru2

Something to think about …. “As “ALIENS” see it … “!!


Alines

~~March 10, 2016~~ 

THE FREEDOM AGENDA

Why America Must Spread Democracy (Just Not the Way George Bush Did)

by James Traub
Reviewed by G. John Ikenberry

The Bush administration’s “freedom agenda” linked U.S. national security to the spread of democracy worldwide. After years of controversy and policy failure, democracy promotion is now greeted with sober skepticism. Realists are again cautioning against ideological crusades.

This spirited book argues that the United States should not abandon the democracy agenda, even as it needs to radically rethink its strategy and tactics.

As Traub sees it, the post-September 11 embrace of democracy promotion is now seen in the Middle East and elsewhere as a tool of hegemony and domination, pursued by a fearful superpower that has relaxed its own standards of openness and the rule of law at home.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2009-01-01/freedom-agenda-why-america-must-spread-democracy-just-not-way

BLine

~~GRAPHIC SOURCE~~

The Free Thought Project

https://www.facebook.com/thefreethoughtprojectcom/?fref=ts

BLine

#SomethingToThinkAbout #FacebookTimeline #Graphic #AliensBeLike #TheFreedomAgenda #James Traub #ReviewedByGJohnIkenberry #SpiritedBook #UnitedStates #DemocracyAgenda #RethinkStrategyTactic #ToolHegemonyDomination #FearfulSuperpower #RelaxedStandards #Openness #RuleOfLlaw #Home #PlanetEarth #America

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

BLine

We ALL are ONE!! 

ItIsTru2