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Obama Ties Economics 2 Mandela’s Legacy http://t.co/3Ts1Z12czI “humbled by Obamas’ comfort…inspiration.. & have already conveyed 2 Madiba”
— The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) June 29, 2025
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Unable to Visit w/ Mandela, Obama Honors His Legacy http://t.co/4Tun15oKZ3 J. Zuma “they are bound by history as the first black presidents”
— The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) June 30, 2025
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Mandela’s Letters From Prison Built a New South Africa http://t.co/hCdG9eTFla Madiba & U.S. presidents, in 10 images. http://t.co/F3Vhz3S07X
— The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) June 30, 2025
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Photographer’s Lens: Obama in Africa via @dougmillsnyt A few key moments that occurred while following @BarackObama http://t.co/0OW1XPoG1e
— The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) July 4, 2025
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Where Mandela Kept Hope, Guide Tells Their Shared Saga http://t.co/mm4V737ZxX “A.Kathrada led @BarackObama & family through Robben Island..”
— The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) July 6, 2025
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Thankfully seems everyone is ok from the S.F. plane crash…
Via UT Hopefruit and JER w/ Livestream
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290 passengers + 1 infant + 12 crew members have all been accounted for (according to fire scanner). #SFOCrash
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) July 6, 2025
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Emergency crews report zero lives lost in the SFO crash. A tribute to the heroic firefighters involved as well as airplane safety engineers.
— Sebastiaan de With (@sdw) July 6, 2025
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See all previous Africa posts HERE
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Good stuff LP! Can’t get enough! Thank you!
TY Dudette, Congrats on first….. I tried to add some new videos that may have been missed…..Regardless was such a memorable trip the long weekend can give everyone a chance to catch up or reminisce.
I appreciate it very much! Great job!
w00t Dudette’s #1! Great job as usual LP! :D
Hey a4! TY…..hope you enjoyed your 4th!
:D
A person on the plane.
Just saw this on the news.
Oh No!
Congratulations on first, Dudette.
Thanks VL!
Great recap of the trip to Africa, LP. Wild story of the plane crash. So lucky there were no casualties, but the event must have been terrifying to all aboard. Frankly, I’ve never heard of Asiana Airlines.
Didn’t realize there were casualties. Hope there are no fatalities and everyone recovers.
http://www.staralliance.com/en/about/airlines/asiana_airlines/
So thankful that I’m hearing that people are deplaning. Hope the rest are okay because oh my god!
Thank goodness!
Whew! Hope all are well or at least will be soon. Thanks, HF.
Thank goodness indeed!
Congrats on 1st Dudette!
At 30,000 ft headed east …. sure hope everyone is ok from that crash in SF.
Will check in much later today.
#TrustBarack
Safe flight, Bob, and looking forward to hearing from you later today.
Safe flight to you, Bob. My husband is flying home today, too:)
Thanks Bob! Get there safely! :-)
Thank you hf, df, Dudette!!! Nice and smooth flight so far :)
#FORWARD
If so, thank goodness.
Phew.
Phuck CNN.
Excellent young man, this David Eun. So composed, even while still shaken up by the crash. I think he realizes that the media, especially CNN, won’t help disseminate accurate information, but will focus on supposition and multiple scenarios - probably hinting at nefarious causes. I’m glad everyone is ok. I just drove back from San Francisco and arrived home 10 minutes ago!
I saw a tweet to the effect that the landing was a classic “crash landing” evident that the pilot knew before hand.
When you look at it, it’s a wonder anyone got out alive. That was a blessing.
Wow! It’s rare to have a color photo from that era. Does anyone else remember that Margaret was a singer? She appeared on tv (B&W) at one point-I think it was the Ed Sullivan show. Her father was fiercely protective of her and lashed out at those who criticized her singing ability. I remember my older sisters were very eager to see her on television, even though we all had to troop to a friend’s house to watch.
Remember this young man?
I’m now seeing reports on Twitter that there are 2 fatalities. :(
Ironically, dudette, Eisenhower era Republicans believed this too and many moderate Rs that were once in the US Congress, the Senate and in our state houses. These old time Republicans would be appalled at the party that carries that name today.
True jg
It looks like the Asiana plane’s tail section hit something just off the bay while landing.
The tweeter that news media is relying on is a Samsung exec.
JackieGrumbacher mentioned that she hasn’t heard of Asiana airlines. The people I know who travel to Asia from the west coast prefer non-US flights to Asia. The service and food are much better; you know how the airlines here skimp on everything, including space for passengers, so most people non-US flights for longhaul overseas flights.
Here’s a couple of tweets from @MarcAmbinder, who is a national security-engineering journo-geek:
Never flown into SFO, but I think flying into Oakland is scary because it feels like you’re in the bay as the plane approaches the landing strip. Really don’t like it, and imagine that SFO is much the same.
Thanks, arapaho, for the information about Asiana Airlines. I understand it’s a Korean airline.
Nice capsule of why the anti-women crusade in our state legislatures is a disgrace. Thanks, dudette. Have retweeted.
TBGOPers are becoming an abusive party. The Male dominated party is bent on controlling, dictating and legislating to the 51% of the population……53% plus of the electorate on what to do with their bodies. The Constitution is individually based. Nothing about regulating our individual bodies. Life Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness alone is the beginning and the end of that story. It is Up to Us to say: Enough.
Tweeting from 30,000 ft is so much fun :)
Just had to acknowledge Ed for getting it right … at least some of the time ;)
#TrustBarack
bbl …. gotta save the battery ….
7.2M Ed Schultz was off by 200K ;)
Wow!
wowee :-)
I just came in from working outside most of the day and saw the SF Air Crash headline.. and totally freaked for a minute. My Nephew’s wife and baby just went to Seoul to visit her family a few weeks ago and I had to call my sister to make sure they weren’t on that plane. Luckily they are already back home in DC safe and sound. I hope everyone on that flight makes it.. the fact that so many walked away thus far is truly miraculous.
That is Unbeatable. I love it.
Wonderful,will share it with friends in Denmark.
I guess this was what cable news was waiting to hear?
Best week for a long time.
Okay now THIS is all kinds of funny
Greenwald is just lashing out at people, insulting them, calling them all kinds of names just because they ask him questions that he doesn’t want to answer.
Ironic that it’s Zach Green too.
But HF2, GG loves openness? Right? Transparency is his righteous virtue? He alone would deliver the US and the world from the wrong Only GG can determine?
I wonder what GG’s reaction would be if questioned on his “porn past activities” today?
Greenwald is as nasty and infantile as Limbaugh. Wish they’d both leave the public arena as they have nothing valid to offer.
His emoprog followers emulate him very well!
… and THIS
https://twitter.com/lawscribe/status/353605665069076481
While the SFO crash story is being reported, and people are getting help, Glen Greenwald is on Twitter, insulting everyone, being thin-skinned, quarreling, arguing.
Adam Serwer isn’t he the far leftie that many Left leaning Hosts be them on TV/Cable or Radio love to book? So he obviously doesn’t like GG. By the time all is done…..GG would implode…….would be by a fast car…..accident? Overdose? Hmm? The man is an unhappy man. That is why he tries way too hard.
This is reason # 890,887 that I HATE greenwald with a passion and am so hoping that he becomes unemployable as a journalist.
His cult must be as mean-spirited as he is.
He lacks empathy and routinely savages his so-called “friends” on twitter when they disagree with him.
I know that many here don’t like Andrew Sullivan, but he is who he is. He’s human, he’s gotten things wrong, and continues to cling to wrong beliefs (i.e., The Bell Curve), but he’s passionate and honest about his beliefs. Whether you agree with him or not, he’s true to himself.
But man, if Sully disagrees with GG, GG is unrelenting in his inhuman venom (just as he is with every PBO tweet).
This Daniel Serwer tweet is completely uncalled for, the most unprofessional tweet by a “journalist” in awhile.
Vile, odious GG.
CNN reporting!!!!!! BOOM! ….fainted…I’m alright!
Sorry to hear that some people didn’t survive the Asiana plane crash. Condolences to their families and friends.
But, whoa, it looks like the survivors are lucky to be alive:
“Plane landed 1,300 feet short of the touchdown zone…”
I have been paying attention and No one was reported killed.
2 people have been confirmed dead by multiple news sources, including the Air Transportation Safety Board.
Wow….I had not heard that. Thanks. So sorry for them and their families. I heard about those in critical conditions.
There was a Cartoon Tweet with Netanyahu and many of his colleagues……a thread back. Had I seen that Tweet alone without any explanation, I would thought that guy was John McCain.
LP thanks for the post. If you posted this earlier, I wouldn’t have done so poorly on VC’s quiz.
My thoughts and prayers for the people abroad the plane that crashed in San Francisco. The pilots, crew, and firefighters did a miraculous job.
YW stjerrid! I missed VC’s quiz, but she has been schooling me literally, in ways I would be embarrassed if my pea-brain were on public display….
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/07/06/chat-away-190/