“Yallah Yallah Dance & Joy!” #Iran social media is exploding with joyful comments over Obama-#Rouhani ohone call.
— Negar Mortazavi (@NegarMortazavi) September 27, 2025
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Rapprochement: establishment or resumption of harmonious relations. reconciliation, increased understanding, détente, cooperation, softening
— Negar Mortazavi (@NegarMortazavi) September 27, 2025
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In Iran, Phone Call News Greeted With ‘Wow’ http://t.co/ieHXezTeeD
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 27, 2025
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@AmbassadorRice: “@HassanRouhani asked @BarackObama to call http://t.co/yuigt1ut7h after indicating direct meeting @UN wouldn’t possible…”
— The Lovely Plains (@DaRiverZkind) September 27, 2025
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Pres #Obama did more with an iPhone than @SenJohnMcCain and @GrahamBlog could do with bombs.
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) September 27, 2025
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“We will extend our hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.” Barack Obama Jan. 2009 http://t.co/PBLE2fCx0H Follows thru on promises.
— ForUS50 (@FORUS50) September 27, 2025
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White House and @HassanRouhani definitely watching each other on Twitter. Fascinating. http://t.co/Ec7EmZfl83
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) September 27, 2025
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I feel like i’m witnessing a tectonic shift in the geo-political landscape reading @HassanRouhani tweets. Fascinating.
— dick costolo (@dickc) September 27, 2025
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Chills. Wow. @Max_Fisher Rouhani ended the call with “Have a nice day.” Obama responded with the colloquial Farsi “khoda hafez,” for goodbye
— BWD (@theonlyadult) September 27, 2025
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The @WhiteHouse re-tweeted @HassanRouhani tweet abt his conversation w @BarackObama Astounding (twitter) diplomatic history.
— Kim Ghattas (@BBCKimGhattas) September 27, 2025
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It is a sign of strength to talk with people. Both US & #Iran leaders have agendas work through but direct talks are huge steps #forward.
— sfpelosi (@sfpelosi) September 27, 2025
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@Lawrence Anyone who Listened to this speech is not surprised by what #PBO has done re: Iraq, Syria, Iran & much more http://t.co/lDHU5AQ7RO
— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) September 27, 2025
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If I were Head of State of country that is geo-politically isolated, I would reach out NOW to .@BarackObama => demonstrated #HonestBroker
— Linda Kyambadde (@globalcitizenln) September 27, 2025
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The President should prank-call McCain. Just say “Phoned phoned phoned, phoned phoned Iran” and hang up.
— phive (@phive0phor) September 27, 2025
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@BarackObama talked to the Iranian president and got a deal on Syria chem. Hope&Change motherf****rs.
— BWD (@theonlyadult) September 27, 2025
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America doesn’t negotiate w/ hostage takers MT @newtgingrich Why is Obama more interested in talking with Iran than with House Republicans? — Dan Amira (@DanAmira) September 27, 2025
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What a sad state of affairs when Iran, Russia, & China are easier to work with than the @GOP #TeaParty @SpeakerBoehner @GOPLeader @UniteBlue — David Stearns (@760david) September 27, 2025
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The difference between @SpeakerBoehner and @HassanRouhani is the Iranian president isnt threatening to destroy the US if demands arn’t met. — Stephen W. Hudson (@StephenWHudson1) September 27, 2025
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Pres. Obama to GOP: I just prevented war with a nuclear Iran and achieved a deal to rid Syria of chemical weapons. DO YOUR FREAKING JOBS.
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) September 27, 2025
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Today’s phone call between Rouhani and Obama is what everything Obama has been doing in foreign policy since 2009 has been working towards.
— john miller (@deaconmill) September 27, 2025
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PBO & H.Rouhani held historic phone call “Highest Level of Diplomacy” in more than 30yrs. Yes indeed He earned it! pic.twitter.com/geVObJcVQ9
— Kasai™ (@Kahsai) September 27, 2025
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Obama, 2008: “strong countries and strong presidents talk to their adversaries.” http://t.co/sfzHzhxzIw
— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) September 27, 2025
@TheObamaDiary Ha ha! I told y’all PBO was busy gourmet cooking in his FP kitchen. Now cakes are ready for eating. MSM is clueless
— zizi2 (@zizii2) September 28, 2025
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A week ago @zizii2 posted this about Pres. Obama’s foreign policy strategy, her crystal ball is freakily excellent http://t.co/A1z29yUgvh
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 28, 2025
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MORE: The vote on Syria marks a major breakthrough in paralysis that has gripped the council: http://t.co/UGk1QP0Clf -RAS
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 28, 2025
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@AmbassadorPower is only few months on the job. By the 2016 she’ll be the greatest UN ambassador in history.
— BWD (@theonlyadult) September 28, 2025
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Obama talks peace w/ Iran while UN passes resolution for Syrian chemical weapons. Condelezza Rice who? @cspanwj @FoxNews @MaddowApp @cnnbrk
— Physguy (@physguy2) September 28, 2025
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Iraq - war ended ✓ Afghanistan - troop withdrawal complete in 2014 ✓ Syria - giving up its CWs ✓ Iran - new dawn ✓ Thank you Pres Obama
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) September 27, 2025
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President Barack Obama. Just love saying it.
— LiberalPhenom (@LiberalPhenom) September 27, 2025
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.@BarackObama is the best president in my lifetime. I am 54
— Peter Flom (@peterflom) September 27, 2025
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Barack Obama is leading us to a more generous, tolerant and compassionate America. The beautiful nation we dreamed of…
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) September 27, 2025
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What a beautiful day.
Am I? Squeeeeee! (If I am.) :grin:
:lol: I can barely see this, but it looks like I squeezed through.
Chips honey, if you keep the font at this size, you’ll soon have to be supplying magnifying glasses, even to those of us already wearing glasses!
I don’t think it’s the font. If you talking about how the page looks on phones, it’s been that way for me for quite a while. Might have something with the way the page is rendered. Don’t know what setting would need to change, but it’s whatever will cause the page to adjust according to the size of the screen on whatever device it’s on. Resolution? Zoom level? Something.
This font is excellent on ipad2.
Oh crikey, is it MightyP? Help? What do I do? It’s fab for some, a nightmare for others!!!
Update Chipsticks: Sprint says it not the fault of the phone.
My problems have not improved. Thread opens grey, and when I click on Comments, I lose the pics & words and the Leave a Comment section is a mixture of pink and white and I have to scroll right to see the whole comment or tweet. :-(
Ditto to GGail, but that is only on iPhone. does not happen on iPad. Sent you some screen caps, and a {{{{{Chipsticks}}}}}
Oh, I have no phones, iphone, ipads, or any of those thingies. On my laptop it is clearly the font. Everything else works well, but tonight the actual letters are much smaller, like the size 8 on Times New Roman. In fact, even my WH Flickr pics to the right are miniscule, in comparison to the way they were before.
it is the font. have trouble with my laptop but Chips is working on it.
Congrats VC! I missed your last victory :-)
‘Sokay! I won’t hold it against you. ;) ;)
Were you able to make contact with your CA neighbour today?
We connected yesterday - it was swell ! Thank you again for your assistance ((((hugs))))
Any old time. Back at you >>> {{{GGail}}}
Looks to me like it’s VC!
Hello, my deah! How art thou this fine Friday afternoon? {{MP}}
You ARE! You first thing You!
:oops: Why, thank you, Dudette! /whisper/ If you see J anywhere around?, tell him VC says ‘hi’, will you.
Most certainly!
VC again? :shock: Well, I could eat a hand!
/bowing deeply/ Why, thank you Ms Chips! [Eat a hand? /Sigh of resignation/ If I have to choose I guess you can eat your cheesies, after all! I’ll try not to gripe in future.]
*cough* I mean try not to gripe about your eating cheesy puffs for tea, lunch, dinner, and dessert - not try not to gripe at all, at all.
Finally!
A truly historic day.
Spectacular tweeting from you today UT!
Thank you, my friend!
Khodahafez! Yes, indeed! http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=PBO
Thank you so much for keeping this link available. You have given me so many calming moments.
Khodahafez indeed!
You are very welcome, Lena, I am happy to know it is a helpful action. I enjoy the candles as well! Namaste!
**{{{Lana}}} I apologize for my misspelling of your pretty name! :oops:
Have you gotten it yet, right-wingers and emos? President Obama says what he means and means what he says!
It’s so hard to keep up but thank goodness for the positive news to balance the GOP crap.
Tweeter-champs on TOD.
Thanks Dudette - I love Dave Brubeck and especially this cut! “That’s a JAM”
This day will be one I will remember the rest of my life. I remember well the taking of the hostages in Tehran in 1979. One of the hostages was the son of a dear friend. We followed every event religiously. Do any of the rest of you remember that this is why and how Nightline started? I was sorry to see it leave.
When I worked in the Senate,(1962) the administrative ass’t came back to the pool where I was and asked if anyone wanted to attend a joint session to hear the Shah of Iran speak. I was lowest person in seniority. I watched….no one raised her hand. I couldn’t believe it….finally, when no one answered, and the offer was about to be withdrawn, I said timorously, “I would.” And, so , little lowly newly hired me got to see and hear the Shah. But more impressive than the Shah (he was very short, but had a magnificent uniform) was his absolutely gorgeous wife, sitting next to Mrs. Dean Rusk, across from me in the gallery. She was tall elegant, and was wearing the most beautiful light blue silk coat…..
Throughout this Iran negotiation, I have been thinking of the Book of Esther, in the O.T. There is a verse when Esther does not want to do what her Uncle Mordecai wants her to do…..it is a fearful task. Mordecai says to her: ” Who knows whether it is not for such a time as this you have come to the kingom.” This is how I feel about PBO. It is for such a time as this, including many more, that he has “come to the kingdom.” These negotiations could not have come about with anyone else in the White House, and as several have commented, this today, and resultant negotiations, has been in his mind since at least 2009, probably 2007.
Wonderful post, carolyn.
That’s an amazing personal story carolyn and thanks for sharing it. The world is truly blessed to have Barack Hussein Obama leading it. There will have to be a new peace prize for those who come after him named the “Obama Peace Prize”.
Beautiful memories, carolyn. I remember this time as well…and as so many of us here have said and felt for so many years…this man is THE man to guide us, not just our country, but our world at this time. He “has come to the kingdom” to be sure. We are witness to history and have been, for all these many years. Heaven forbid that I should die this day, I will have be so honored to live in the years of Obama. A smile on my face and pride in my heart. I’m not religious…but we are blessed and I am more than grateful.
With that, I must check in with all of you later…my friends flew in from IN and I’m off to drink my dinner! ( Oral surgery, remember? :)….Doctor didn’t say I couldn’t have my G&T!! Cheers to two Presidents!)
Beautifully, beautifully stated, Carolyn. Only, only with President Obama could this day happen. This was his vision and he has worked for it from day 1.
Wonderful carolyn - thank you.
After President Obama made the announcement of the phone call, these words came into my mind and heart “if God/Allah is for us, who can be against us”?
Beautiful, carolyn. Thank you.
President Barack Obama! His name elicits trust, joy, peace, quiet warrior, an honest broker…. are there enough words to describe PBO? I can’t keep up with his awesomeness. I have been skipping around all day… I am quite speechless. What a man!
Sure lives up to his name, doesn’t he?
Barack - One who is blessed (and as President, is a blessing to us all)
Absolutely! What a blessing TOD is! One day I will catch up with all the posts :).
So glad someone else knows the English equivalent of his name. In the Hebrew O.T., Barak (same name, different spelling) was a judge, an honest leader of his people. Hmmmmm…….his mom knew what she was doing when she named him. It is indeed a name with a LONG and honorable history.
Just one more personal tidbit…..names are important as we all know. My husband’s first name is Darwin…..I love it. I think it is elegant. Growing up he hated it. People called him Dagwood, Durwood, etc. However, we know the provenance of that name, and it is great. Now, fortunately, where we go to church everyone thinks it is a magnificent name. One of the dear ladies said to me last week: “I would just love to be able to tell people my professor’s name is Darwin……..” (He was a professor.)
I would say PBO has lived up to his name.
Remember this?
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Traveling though Montana … Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., made his first stop as a presidential candidate to an Indian reservation – and got a little more than expected.
Obama was adopted as an honorary member into the family within the Crow tribe that inhabited the reservation – who gave the presidential candidate a new name and new parents.
“Awe Kooda bilaxpak Kuuxshish” was the honorary name given to Obama meaning, “one who helps people throughout the land.”
Obama was escorted out to the stage in Crow Agency, Montana, arm-in-arm between his adopted parents: Sunny and Mary Black Eagle.
Obama thanked his honorary new parents – for giving him another name to tack on to the list, “I like my new name Barack Black Eagle. I mean that’s a good name.”
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/05/obamas-new-name/
Did I wait long enough so VC could be first? I knew she would want to duplicate my feat of back to backers.
Quite the chilvalrous gentleman. ;-)
Hey, I tried to be nice. You don’t have to insult me. I have never chivaled anybody.
Yea right :wink:
/whisper/ Dudette, did you forget to give him my message? Did you, eh, did you?
Huh, whatcha talkin’ ’bout? I thought you meant Jovie! :-D
Ooooo. Sorry I wasn’t clear. I wasn’t aware you were unaware of the first sword thrust. :grin:
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I sent Jovie a different note earlier.
America, we, the people from the rest of the world, sincerely love and profoundly respect your president and his family. May God bless, prosper, guide and protect them always.
Thank you! We love him, too.
Connelly, a 22-year-old student at Rutgers University, heard about it only the next day when a friend messaged him on Facebook to tell him the news — and he was not exactly thrilled. In fact, he is supportive of the law and has already reaped some of the benefits of the ACA, often referred to by its detractors as “Obamacare.”
“Maybe he should’ve spent less time reading Dr. Seuss and more time looking into the policies that he’s talking about,” Connelly said, referring to Cruz reading from Dr. Seuss’ children’s book “Green Eggs and Ham” during his speech.
This is the most cogent and articulate formulation I’ve heard from any Gov. about the benefits of the ACA. Even better, it is after he trashed Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, to their face a few weeks ago.
And that’s my Governor. Smart man!
More tweets.
From Twitter CEO yesterday, which pretty much confirms that @HassamRouhani is a verified account, although for geo-political reasons Twitter is unable to do so.
Should be @hassanrouhani, not with an “m” in typo above.
Of great concern to our President is the fate of detained/missing Americans in Iran. Always “country first” with our President.
Here’s a long article about Amir Hekmati:
THE GROUND HAS SHIFTED BENEATH THEM
President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address (January 20, 2025)
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What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply.
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/inaugural-address
(I am thinking of zizi while posting this comment.)
Just perfect, Ladyhawke.
Okay, you guys who like to be silly have to go on the google homepage to see the emblem (??) for today! I was looking for my zoom to see if it had anything to do with the really small font in the village, and stumbled into google instead. When I finally realized what I was doing I got 23. :grin: Go try, and if you get more than I you have to share.
86 first try!
You made that up!! 86!!!!
Don’t hate the player, hate the game :cool:
No hate here. It was good to have a partner, especially one who sets the bar high. :grin:
I tried again and got 21. :mad:
60 this time. :razz: I guess I needed some practice.
(I wrote that, then thought - You really are losing it, VC. Sitting at the computer gleefully trying to increase your score in this silly game so you can get equal with, or beat, that-other-losing-it-adult down in Georgia!’ Teehee hee hee!
Insidious evil plot to make you lose focus. I bet now that’s it’s in your head, you probably won’t get first on the next thread. Now that I think about it, japa said something about “letting you win” didn’t he? Hmm, maybe he’s got some inside juice over at Google and had one of his henchman create that game. Just to draw you into it’s web of deceit and decadence…
Just a thought.
If it makes you feel any better, I just tried it again and got 53. Don’t perform well when I’m hungry. :-)
:lol: :lol: :lol: So true.
70 1st try. I think I will leave it at that.
:-)
Thanks for the excellent compilation of tweets, Chips.
#TrustBarack or get out of Dodge
Some items that got lost during the culmination of today’s historic day…….
Good stuff LP!!!
Only possible while you’re around operating the “wheels of steel” :)
You’re sweet, but nah, that’s all you! :-D
More tweets:
https://twitter.com/FultonWill/status/383732815331749891
I’m pretty giddy myself. Not the least of which is because of the increasing irrelevance of MSM.
Joe Cirincione @Cirincione 5h
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Strong leaders talk to their adversaries as well as their friends. Huge step forward for restraining Iran nuclear program & preventing war.
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President Obama in 2008 said he saw himself as a transitional President. Doesn’t seem glamorous but in a way he is spring-cleaning 20th century gunk that makes no sense on both Foreign Policy and Domestic fronts.
He’s doing the hard work necessary for the 21st century generations to build up our future on a clean slate, not bogged down in stupid conflicts from the 20th century.
Remarkable, really
Yes, zizi, and he had a “fierce urgency” about what needed to be done if the US was not going to sink into a morass in the 21rst century from which it might never recover.
Quoting Abraham Lincoln:
Fact ….
#TrustBarack or you’re a bigoted fool.
Coming up on Sunday:
Republicans are pouting because this historic day took all the oxygen out of the air for their little whine fest. They thought they could undermine the historic call with the Iranian president with little snipes about PBO not calling Boehner. But nobody cares what they think and the White House is flicking their little complaints right off the table. The president told Republicans what needs to be done. They need to do their jobs and there’s is no negotiating. End of story. The saboteurs in the House are like so many termites trying mightily to eat away at the ship of state. But the world honors the captain of the ship, the once-in-a-lifetime leader who knows exactly the course he’s set and is steadily guiding us in the right direction. In the immortal words of the great Joe Biden, today was a BFD.
Unlike the GOP troupe that focuses on one thing at a time, the arms of the Obama Admin all seem to be working efficiently and effectively in the areas where they are assigned., moving forward step by step by step. (This is from the Dept. of Justice.)
The Third Annual Summit on Preventing Youth Violence
September 27th, 2013 Posted by whornbuckle
Courtesy of Assistant Attorney General Karol Mason
For the past two days an extraordinary group of people gathered to understand and to develop strategies to address a serious and complicated problem: the surge in violence committed by and – perhaps more troubling – against our young people.
The impact of this violence is greater than it appears on the surface. We can see the immediate physical damage it does, and we know it causes emotional trauma in the kids it touches. But we don’t always appreciate the full toll it takes on a child’s body and mind and on the families and communities he or she belongs to. A growing body of research in developmental psychology and neuroscience is showing us that trauma does great harm to the brain and can have life-long consequences. But there is good news, too. Just as research is showing us the extent of the negative effects of violence, it is also shedding new light on what we can do to counter those effects.
Attorney General Eric Holder and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Munoz stressed the Administration’s commitment to this crucial issue as they opened the third annual Summit on Preventing Youth Violence, where mayors, police chiefs and youth from 10 cities shared their strategies to reduce violence and gang activity and mitigate its impact on our children.
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http://blogs.justice.gov/main/archives/3331
Did I miss this earlier?
(Reuters) - Iran resumed payments on old loans to the World Bank, the bank said on Friday, just as the country held the highest level conversation with the United States in more than three decades.
The poverty-fighting World Bank, which did not provide a reason for the resumption of payments, announced in July that Iran had not made any payments for more than half a year, a possible sign of the strain on the sanctions-hit Iranian economy.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/27/iran-worldbank-idUSL2N0HN29H20130927?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
I’m so glad to think of POTUS walking upstairs to the home and spending time with FLOTUS, Malia and Sasha. Forgetting about the B.S. of the Republicans and just relaxing ,laughing , talking, just being with his loved ones.
New post!
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/09/27/i-am-so-sorry-about-amks-jokes-barack/
Good Evening TODers!!!!
I’ve been playing catch up today and am jubilant about all the news from today. While the GOP and MSM have been stuck on stupid, President Obama and his administration have been moving forward and working to bring about positive change.
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life….and I’m feeling good!!!! :-D
This has been such a great day. This president will be remembered for so many great things. We have been given such a beautiful gift in President Barack H. Obama. I am so grateful to be one of the millions who made it possible.
Thank you Chips for making this place so beautiful to share some great history with our 44th President, Barack H. Obama. HZ
I will take two pieces of chocolate candy for your feeling good…….three for me.
Thank you very much!