who wants Silvio forever?

Sta per uscire nelle sale un film che si intitola " Silvio forever " e mi domando se il titolo sia una promessa o una minaccia.
Il suddetto lungometraggio, che sembra essere un vero e proprio documentario sul nostro " leader minimo ", è stato preceduto dal clamore della censura operata ai danni del trailer di presentazione, da parte della nostra inquietante televisione di stato.
Sembra che la Rai si sia avvinghiata al fatto che in alcune immagini apparisse la buonanima della mamma del Sor Silvio e che ciò, in qualche modo, ne offendesse il ricordo.
Vabbè, facciamo che la prendo per buona solo perché altrimenti offendo il ricordo dell'ultimo canone RAI che ho pagato per sbaglio nel 1974.
Comunque il punto è che hanno censurato il filmato sbagliato.
Il vero trailer ce l'ha la Cesira che finalmente, dopo aver convinto il presidente a duettare con lei, pubblica integralmente la testimonianza integrale di questi indimenticabili attimi di gloria.

The Last Hurrah

MWOP the Original here, posting because I started this blog and it is ultimately my responsibility. This blog received a cease and desist today...not from MckMama. Because this site has generated such volatile hatred from some who choose to threaten the lives of employees and their families of organizations associated with MckMama, the entire community and its moderators are now hinging on a lawsuit.

We never, ever intended for such hatred to breed on this site. It was started honestly: "MckMama Without Pity (MWOP) came about as a place to discuss the inconsistencies and bad business/life practices preached in Jennifer McKinney's popular blog, "mckmama.com". Since there is heavy moderation on her site, and on her Blog Frog Community, there was no place to discuss the red flags that her readers have seen. Now there is."

We still believe whole-heartedly in why this site originated.

The blogger in question has lied, directly and through omission, and we believe deceitfully used readers of her site emotionally to gain financially and personally through several incidents over the years. She has, since 2008, blocked and banned those who questioned even politely the differences between what she says and what she does, and left thousands of once admiring and prayerful "members of her community" confused and looking for answers. That's why we're here - to piece together what's real and what she wants people to believe.

However, to allow this site to grow into a place associated with threats, especially death threats, is unacceptable, and in the case of death threats, illegal. Since these people congregate here, we're being told this site is liable.

So we're all being forced to wash our hands. I know this does not release me from any lawsuit that may be presented, but I want to state again that we and many, if not all, participants here never condoned any behavior outside the MWOP walls, and that has been known and repeated since day one.

In the end it comes back to the fact that she will never change. Many came here with questions and doubts and went back, hoping she would, but it didn't happen. Sadly, this site won't be around for new readers who are just figuring out that things don't add up, or that their favorite/model blogger is only a shell of what she pretends to be.

It was so nice getting to meet you. Thank you for the laughs, the information, the fellowship. MWOP was mixed with some bad apples, but mostly we know there's good ladies at the heart of MWOP. After all, we all come from the same roots - women who prayed for the same sick baby boy way back when.

See you around on the Internets; please be sure to renew your Jesus card before leaving this site to cancel out any and all wrongdoings while participating here. And who knows - if a Minnesota blogger can be sued and found guilty for telling the truth about a person, maybe a class action suit can be filed against a Minnesota blogger for misrepresenting herself and her situation(s), and gaining financially from it.

La Sora Cesira e il bandierone tricolor

Come sapete da qualche tempo collaboro con la trasmissione di SKY Uno " Gli Sgommati ".
Qualche giorno fa', pensando alla puntata del 17 Marzo, mi è stato proposto di realizzare una parodia del nostro inno nazionale.
Facendo mumble mumble con il mio cervello, che sempre più spesso mi restituisce echi di vuoti preoccupanti, ho deciso che no, il nostro inno non si può parodiare.
Anche gli autori e i produttori del programma, invece di darmi un calcio nel culo, hanno dimostrato l'intelligenza che già sospettavo e la sensibilità di cui oggi sono certa ( Is this kiapp lekking?…mah...).
Ci sono poche cose in questi tempi cialtroni alle quali bisogna in qualche modo restare ancorati. Il primo di tutti è il senso d'appartenenza.
Io oltre ad essere italiana, ahimè, sono anche della Lazio, quindi se da un lato quando vado all'estero mi sento le solite strofette su pasta, pizza e Berlusconi, dall'altra sono discretamente avvezza a delusioni e sconfitte.
C'è un fatto però; Io sul mio paese posso fare tutta l'ironia che voglio perché è il mio paese.
Sulla mia squadra posso smoccolare ogni santa domenica perché è la mia squadra.
Io ho il sacrosanto diritto di dar giudizi, lodare, imprecare, incazzarmi, sperare e disperare.
Noi tutti conosciamo i limiti, spesso francamente insuperabili, del nostro paese. Lo amiamo e lo detestiamo.
Lo decantiamo, poco, e lo sbeffeggiamo, parecchio.
Però quando suona l'Inno ci alziamo in piedi. Quando sventola il tricolore ci emozioniamo.
Il nostro senso d'appartenenza va al di la' della destra e della sinistra, al di là delle debolezze, al di là dell'immagine di un paese deturpato dalla maleducazione civica e dalla degenerazione politica.
Noi siamo nati qui e, a meno di velleità esterofile, magari ci moriremo pure.
Anche perché sembra che le pratiche per il rimpatrio della salma siano una rottura di bomboni.
Domani festeggiamo 150 anni dell'unità di questa nazione. Festeggiamo una parte della storia del nostro paese.
La storia di un paese bello, pittoresco, imbroglione, arruffone, paraculo, incerto, oscillante, accomodante, becero,qualunquista, opportunista, simpatico e oggi, ahinoi, un po' retrogrado.
La patria di bellezze e monnezze. Di bianchi, neri e grigi topo.
Il paese di Michelangelo e di " Centovetrine ", di Dante e delle scarpe Geox.
Io lo dico sempre che se avessi più coraggio vivrei altrove.
Continuerò a sostenere che in Italia staremo sempre un passo indietro se non alziamo il culone e ci diamo una mossa.
Avrò sempre il timore che le cose non cambieranno mai.
Però lo sapete che c'è?
C'è che nel cielo o nel pozzo, nell'oro ( laccato ) o nella melma, questo è il mio paese.
Quindi non so voi, ma io l'inno di Mameli non lo tocco e il 17, sul balcone, ci schiaffo il bandierone.

Update.

A lot has happened over the past couple days. There has been a lot of disrespectful interaction amongst the readers here. There have been a number of off-topic conversations, too, that have resulted in upset. This site was established to discuss the "inconsistencies and bad business/life practices" found on MckMama's blog. I just wanted to clarify that the off-topic conversations will happen from time to time, but please keep in mind the focus of this site.*

I have implemented comment moderation and hidden the comments from the last post for now. Many lines have been crossed and I just want to say that I am disappointed. I will not condone threats of any kind, veiled or direct. Just because you can hide behind anonymity, does not give anyone license to act with no regard for others. I have requested that people be allowed to share their thoughts and perspectives in a respectful manner without judgment and that has not happened.

If you would like to comment on this, please know that no comments will be approved immediately at this time but I will be able to read what you have to say. I will be periodically reading and posting comments as I can, but will not publish your comment if you ask me not to do so.*

I will leave you with the following list of blog rules and guidelines that were implemented on Day 1 of this site in Feb. 2010:

• We're going to allow Anonymous posters. If it gets to be too much, we'll turn that option off.


• Do not be rude to other posters or call them names.


• Do not be rude about the children or call them names. Commenting on behavior is acceptable, but no name calling.


• Don't tell the moderators how to run the blog.
  No posting addresses.


• The administrators are not able to verify the identity of people who comment here. Believe what you choose to believe.


• We are not a blog about religion, please do not comment or assume that we are all Christians.
  

* Post Edited: I edited this post to clarify why I mentioned the off-topic comments. Recent discussion of another blogger escalated here very recently and upset a number of readers. I also wanted to clarify my plans for comment moderation at this time.

New Post

We need a new post, so I'm just going to list a couple of things that have happened with MckMama over the past couple days.

• MckMama lost her wallet, but it was returned to her completely intact by a total stranger
• She announced the winner of the Kindle and the winner will be donating it to her own church
• She tweeted last night with her feelings about Gerber "Yogurt for Babies"
• She posted a video to her blog that featured her youngest child taking a bath while her other children could be heard in the background

* You will also find a post below for recipe sharing after requests from several readers. It has been added to the sidebar (at the bottom), so that you can continually read and add to it.

For those of you who are new to this blog, I want you to know that this site does not have a Twitter account or a Facebook account. I am aware that there are individuals out there who repeatedly post negative comments that are directed at MckMama and her readers on Twitter or take direct quotes from here and put them on Twitter, Facebook, and MckMama's blog. I am not behind that activity nor do I endorse it. I know that the original MWOP had posted something similar in the past, but I would prefer that we keep our comments and discussion on this site. I just don't believe those comments are going to have the desired impact on MckMama or her readers. It seems that those comments typically end up turning off MckMama's readers who are starting to question her and make it more difficult for them to keep an open mind about the information that is shared here.

This site is comprised of former loyal MckMama supporters, occasional readers, those who still support MckMama, those who are on the fence, and those who do not support MckMama. There are people who comment frequently, people who rarely comment, and people who lurk, but never comment. I would like to ask everyone to treat one another with respect when interacting here.

Recipe Post

There have been some recent requests for a post where people can exclusively list recipes and no other comments. You can leave those great recipes here and you will be able to find this post at the bottom of the right sidebar. You will be able to continually go back there to read and add more recipes that you would like to share with other readers. If the recipe is not your own, I simply ask that you mention the source.

Happy Cooking!

* I'm not much of a cook, but I'm thinking it might help keep things organized if we post by putting a category first and then responding to it with the recipes that fall under that category. I'm going to start with some basic ones now, but please feel free to add!

A Couple Reminders

We need a new post, so I am just posting this filler post for now.

For those of you who are new to this blog, I want you to know that this site does not have a Twitter account or a Facebook account. I am aware that there are individuals out there who repeatedly post negative comments that are directed at MckMama and her readers on Twitter or take direct quotes from here and put them on Twitter, Facebook, and MckMama's blog. I am not behind that activity nor do I endorse it. I know that the original MWOP had posted something similar in the past, but I would prefer that we keep our comments and discussion on this site. I just don't believe those comments are going to have the desired impact on MckMama or her readers. It seems that those comments typically end up turning off MckMama's readers who are starting to question her and make it more difficult for them to keep an open mind about the information that is shared here.

This site is comprised of former loyal MckMama supporters, occasional readers, those who still support MckMama, those who are on the fence, and those who do not support MckMama. There are people who comment frequently, people who rarely comment, and people who lurk, but never comment. I would like to ask everyone to treat one another with respect when interacting here. We don't always have to agree with each other. In fact, I don't think it's possible for so many people to agree all the time. I encourage everyone to share their perspectives here since censorship on MckMama's blog is one of the reasons why this site came to exist.

By The Numbers

There are a lot of inaccurate perceptions about this site and its intended purpose.

When the original MWOP started this blog, this was the description that she used when describing the reason for the existence of this site and it is still accurate today (more than 1 year later):

MckMama Without Pity (MWOP) came about as a place to discuss the inconsistencies and bad business/life practices preached in Jennifer McKinney's popular blog, "mckmama.com". Since there is heavy moderation on her site, and on her Blog Frog Community, there was no place to discuss the red flags that her readers have seen.

Now there is.

This site is comprised of former loyal MckMama supporters, occasional readers, those who still support MckMama, those who are on the fence, and those who do not support MckMama. There are people who comment frequently, people who rarely comment, and people who lurk, but never comment.

It would be impossible to control everything that is said here and it would be counterproductive. This site exists because people have not been allowed to express their feelings in the past without censorship (deleted comments, edited comments, etc.). I simply ask that we treat one another with respect. We will not always agree with one another and that's to be expected with the volume of voices here.

While I know that many people like to dismiss what is said on this site because it's just a small, token number of individuals, I just want to clarify that it's simply not true.

There are currently 428 Google Followers (those who appear in the box at the top-right of this site), but there are 929 subscribers to this site. In addition to that, there are many others who read this site by clicking directly.

On March 2, we were receiving an average of 8,400+ visits per day and 17,000+ page views. Today (March 8), we now receive an average of 12,000+ visits per day and 23,000+ page views.

This is just a reminder that this site does not have a Twitter account or a Facebook account. I am aware that there are individuals out there who repeatedly post negative comments that are directed at MckMama and her readers on Twitter, Facebook, or MckMama's blog or take direct quotes from here and post them on Twitter for MckMama and her readers to see. I am not behind that activity, nor do I endorse it. I know that MWOP had posted something similar in the past, but I would prefer that we keep our comments and discussions on this site.

Mannaggiammè

Donna Olgettina: un’analisi sociologica.

Siamo ormai consci di attraversare un periodo assai grave per la nostra italica penisola e, prendendone la giusta considerazione, non possiamo fare a meno di stigmatizzare questo fragente socialmente contrastato e storicamente disilluso.
La disoccupazione in Italia è giunta a livelli così paradossali che si sente la necessità di creare nuovi posti di lavoro oltre al milione già creati dal premier Berlusconi.
Persino l’Olgettina, oggi inquilina di moderni vocabolari oltre che di moderni residence in uso gratuito, che già nell’antica Grecia veniva considerata una figura mitologica ( metà bancomat e metà topa ), rappresenta l’ennesimo sogno infranto di noi tutti, ovvero la caduta dei valori di ricchezza, bellezza e spensieratezza .
Oggi, noi donne, che da tempo aspiravamo ad una condizione agiata e privilegiata, siamo costrette, attraverso questo dramma, a rivedere i nostri obiettivi e a rivalutare completamente i nostri dogmi.
Il declino dell’Olgettina e la conseguente caduta dei privilegi ottenuti con il sacrificio, ci mette di fronte ad una realtà amara ed inevitabile.
Questa modestissima opera visiva chiede solo di poter celebrare il tramonto delle nostre aspirazioni e di musicare con grazia il necrologio delle nostre speranze.

Peeling Off The Layers

There have been a number of "red flags" that have surfaced over the years since we have come to know MckMama.

I think it's interesting to look at the progression and evolution of MckMama to see how much she's changed (or how much she hasn't).

Here are the first tweets where I realized that many of her readers were sending items to MckMama:



MckMama complained that her phone was not working:



And 1 day later:



And then her readers started gifting hotel rooms to her when Stellan was in the hospital @ 40 minutes from MckMama's house:





One of my very first red flags was this tweet while Stellan was in the hospital in Boston in April 2009:



Just because I am curious, what kind of phone can you use to watch TV?



In May 2009 (after Stellan was discharged from the hospital and MckMama was back home), she posted some pictures from the newly decorated room of her two oldest boys (names have been blurred out by me in the pictures that show their wall letters). This blog post was posted on May 23, 2009:





And just because I know MWOP readers will get a kick out of her closing here, I wanted to share this last image from that post:



4 days after the above post, MckMama tweeted the following series of tweets on May 27, 2009:









In February/March 2010, MckMama and her husband had the opportunity to travel to Africa for the first time with Compassion International.

Ironically, here are her tweets from exactly one year ago today (March 5, 2010):







1 year later after her 2nd trip to Africa with GHNI just ended less than 1 week ago, she posted the following just yesterday (March 4, 2011):

I will leave you with this quote about onions (and, no, it's not from the movie "Shrek")...

Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
- Carl Sandburg

Words vs Actions

Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, "What you do speaks so loud, that I cannot hear what you say."

Here is a Twitter conversation between MckMama and a reader back in June 2010 after MckMama had already written a blog post in March 2010 indicating that her husband gave up his iPhone, so that they could sponsor another Compassion child. This was after MckMama's first trip to Africa with Compassion:









Here is a twitpic that MckMama posted earlier this week (Wed. March 2). Clearly, her husband gave up his iPhone in March 2010:



If you're having trouble reading the text that goes along with the above twitpic, here it is slightly bigger:



Despite so many posts about how she and her husband have started anew and are making concerted efforts to be financially responsible, a substantial judgment of $27,000+ was filed against her this week:



You can click on the above image to enlarge it.

Skype Hype - Part # 2

This a follow-up to the previous post, "Skype Hype" here on MWOP.

On the morning of Mon. February 21, MckMama posted the following blog post:



She told her readers about the "Skype contest" for the very first time in that post:



One of MckMama's readers, "Cathy", left the following comment on that post that morning:



MckMama replied to "Cathy":



Then, MckMama sent the following e-mail to Cathy on the night of Mon. February 21:



You can click on the above e-mail to enlarge it.

Cathy definitely interpreted that she was already a "winner" based on the verbiage used in the above e-mail.

On the night of Mon. February 21, the village of Garmaam was officially opened up for adoption and MckMama wrote another blog post with another description of the "Skype contest" in that post:



Once the call was changed from Thursday night to Friday night, Cathy was no longer able to include her co-workers in the Skype call. She also heard some information about MckMama that caused her to question MckMama's integrity.

Then, MckMama sent the following e-mail out to the 4 Skype "winners" very early in the morning on Thurs. February 24:



On the afternoon of Thurs. February 24, Cathy received the following e-mail from MckMama:



In the meantime, Cathy started doing her own research on MckMama and GHNI by reading MWOP and doing her own internet research. She chose to cancel her adoption of the village on Fri. February 25, but still participated in the Skype call on Fri. night. Cathy did record the Skype calls and posted the videos on YouTube here.

A discussion took place on Facebook on the night of Thurs. March 3. In this discussion, Cathy explained her experience with the Skype contest and described all of the above information in a post on Facebook.








MckMama replied to that post by writing the following:



Here was Cathy's response:



She wrote this response to another individual on that same Facebook post on the night of Thurs. March 3:




MckMama deleted this Facebook post and the responses shortly after the above comments were posted.

Business As Usual

MckMama has been back home for approximately 2 days now and things are already back to normal.

Things have been very busy on her end. She posted a blog post that generated lots of drama and criticism and has already started a giveaway for this week.

In addition to all of the breast milk that she transported (along with clothing, a camera, her cell phone, a laptop, an electric breast pump, a cooler, etc.), MckMama was also able to bring back coffee beans from her trip to Harar, Ethiopia. In her current giveaway, MckMama is giving away ten one-pound bags of coffee beans to one lucky winner. Readers can enter this giveaway by leaving a comment on MckMama's blog post and they can also enter a second time if they sign up to receive a copy of the Global Hope Network International (GHNI) newsletter.

Speaking of GHNI, I'm not sure what is going on with their website, but it has been down for the majority of the past two days. The site will appear for brief periods of time, but you may get an error message or a blank screen the next time you try to access it.

Thing have been busy over here, too. The previous post became bogged down with comments in less than 24 hours. There is a lot of new information floating around in the comment section on the last post, but I am going to hold off on addressing those issues unless/until we can find more information to support these comments.

For those of you who are new to this blog, I want you to know that this site does not have a Twitter account or a Facebook account. I am aware that there are individuals out there who repeatedly post negative comments that are directed at MckMama and her readers on Twitter or take direct quotes from here and put them on Twitter, but I am not behind that activity nor do I endorse it. I know that MWOP had posted something similar in the past, but I would prefer that we keep our comments and discussion on this site. I just don't believe those comments are going to have the desired impact on MckMama or her readers. It seems that those comments typically end up turning off MckMama's readers who are starting to question her and make it more difficult for them to keep an open mind about the information that is shared here.

Stay tuned for more information on the big giveaway for a Nook or Kindle to two MckMama readers that make a donation for a "great cause".