{"id":32532,"date":"2018-05-25T04:58:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T11:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32532"},"modified":"2018-05-25T04:58:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T11:58:26","slug":"friday-fun-few-things-to-make-you-smile-warm-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/25\/friday-fun-few-things-to-make-you-smile-warm-your-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Few Things to Make You Smile &#038; Warm Your Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since every week with <strong><em>Twitler<\/em><\/strong> in the Oval Office is, by definition, a dismal week, I thought I\u2019d focus on a few things that will make you smile and warm your heart.<\/p>\n<p>While not exactly proud of it, the fact that we learned this week that <strong><em>George Zimmerman<\/em><\/strong>, forced to file court financial disclosure papers related to <em>ANOTHER<\/em> run-in with the law, is <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/news\/george-zimmerman-tells-court-hes-2-5-million-in-debt\"><strong>$2.5 MILLION dollars in debt and has NO source of income<\/strong><\/a> did, in fact, make me smile and warmed my heart.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>NOTE<\/u> to George Zimmerman: Karma is, indeed, a \u201cfemale cur\u201d!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moving on to more magnanimous <em>Smile-Inducers-and-Heart-Warmers<\/em>, <strong>CEO Martha Fuerstenau<\/strong> of <strong><em>American 1 Credit Union<\/em><\/strong> based in Jackson, MI has directed that 186 of the firm\u2019s 187 employees be given raises that total almost $1 MILLION ($950,000)!<\/p>\n<p>The one employee that CEO Martha Fuerstenau elected to <em><u>NOT<\/u><\/em> include in the generous raises was the herself!<\/p>\n<p>And these were not nickel and dime raises \u2013 but ones that averaged more than $5,000 per employee. \u00a0Additionally, 76 percent of the increase went to hourly employees, with only 24 percent going to management.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>NOTE<\/u> to Fortune 500 CEOs: <u>THIS<\/u> is how you should do \u201cTrickle Down\u201d!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/jackson\/index.ssf\/2018\/05\/combined_1_million_worth_of_ra.html\">http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/jackson\/index.ssf\/2018\/05\/combined_1_million_worth_of_ra.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2018\/5\/24\/1766856\/-Michigan-credit-union-gives-generous-raises-to-every-employee-except-one\">https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2018\/5\/24\/1766856\/-Michigan-credit-union-gives-generous-raises-to-every-employee-except-one<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one is made extra poignant by the fact that it happens down in Clinton, MS.<\/p>\n<p>Few things are as heart-warming as a three-year little boy\u2019s unbridled joy induced by a weekly visit from his best buddies \u2026 the garbage men!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vvqZ4pKyRn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It all began when <strong>Grandma Reynolds<\/strong> had her grandson <strong>Kyler<\/strong> help her take the trash out and was greeted with friendly waves from the crew.\u00a0 It has now become a weekly routine with a definite Win-Win for everyone!<\/p>\n<p><em>(For a real treat, I\u2019d encourage you to read the full story about their bonds at the <strong>YouTube<\/strong> site itself.\u00a0 Just click on the YouTube logo in the lower right corner when it plays.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>NOTE<\/u> to racist republicans (or is that redundant?): This is how we can all get along \u2013 by treating others with kindness and respect.\u00a0 So take your hate-mongering bigotry and <\/em>Go Cheney Yourselves<em>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow will mark the one-week anniversary of a wedding that was not only pitch perfect but had lessons that began before it even happened, and they continued in its afterglow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prince Harry<\/strong> and <strong>Meghan Markle<\/strong> asked guests and well-wishers to forgo wedding gifts and instead make a donation to one of seven charities that reflect their passions for helping others.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prince Harry &amp; Ms. Meghan Markle are incredibly grateful for the goodwill they have received since their engagement, &amp; have asked that anyone who might wish to mark the occasion of their wedding considers giving to charity, instead of sending a gift. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lzfrRmoeUv\">https:\/\/t.co\/lzfrRmoeUv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nxrTZtIKBY\">pic.twitter.com\/nxrTZtIKBY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KensingtonRoyal\/status\/983308877486837760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>(You can read about the seven they selected either from the Tweet\u2019s link or here:)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.royal.uk\/wedding-charity-donations\">https:\/\/www.royal.uk\/wedding-charity-donations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, we knew it was going to be beautiful \u2013 and no doubt all you Anglophiles were <em>chuffed<\/em> at how <em>blinding<\/em> beautiful it was.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wedding_Slideshow_Church.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wedding_Slideshow_Church.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And afterwards <strong>Prince Harry<\/strong> and the now <strong>Duchess of Sussex<\/strong> continued showing world leaders their true compassion by donating all those gorgeous flowers, now made into stunning bouquets, to charities \u2013 including the <em><strong>St. Joseph Hospice<\/strong><\/em> in London, which has a long history involving the Royals.<\/p>\n<p>Meet one of the lucky recipients, <strong>Pauline Clayton<\/strong>, who \u201cis no stranger to royal family weddings. As a 19-year-old, Clayton, now 89, worked for royal dressmaker Norman Hartnell and helped embroider the wedding dress of Queen Elizabeth II,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-london-44194868\">according to the BBC<\/a>. Clayton worked with three other girls, earning nearly 50 hours overtime on the dress&#8217; train alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wivb.com\/news\/world\/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-donate-royal-wedding-flowers-to-hospice-patients\/1191568614\">http:\/\/www.wivb.com\/news\/world\/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-donate-royal-wedding-flowers-to-hospice-patients\/1191568614<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wedding_Slideshow_Hospice.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wedding_Slideshow_Hospice.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All except for the Bride\u2019s Bouquet, which by tradition that began when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster-abbey.org\/abbey-commemorations\/royals\/queen-elizabeth-the-queen-mother\/\">Queen Elizabeth,\u00a0<\/a>who married King George VI in 1923, placed her bouquet on the Grave of the Unknown Soldier in Westminster Abbey\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster-abbey.org\/abbey-news\/royal-wedding-bouquet-to-rest-on-warrior-s-grave\/\">\u201cin memory of her brother Fergus who was killed in 1915 at the Battle of Loos during the First World War.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wedding_Slideshow_Westminster.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Wedding_Slideshow_Westminster.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>NOTE<\/u> to Trump: <u>THIS<\/u> is how true leadership looks.\u00a0 <\/em>GROW UP!\u00a0 Better yet \u2013 RESIGN!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since every week with Twitler in the Oval Office is, by definition, a dismal week, I thought I\u2019d focus on a few things that will make you smile and warm your heart. 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