President Barack Obama speaks at Union Depot in St. Paul, Minn., about a $300 billion transportation infrastructure plan. Obama spoke at Union Depot rail and bus station with a proposal asking Congress for $300 billion to update the nation’s roads and railways, and about a competition to encourage investments to create jobs and restore infrastructure as part of the President’s Year of Action.
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President Barack Obama and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, listen as Mark Fuhrmann, New Start Program Director of Metro Transit, shows them a ticket vending machine during a tour of the Metro Transit Light Rail Operations and Maintenance Facility
White House.gov
HF! That was fun! An iPad waltz! ♥
Ha! Saw “Leave a comment” and my computer started to freeze up. I hate that! Congrats on 1st, y’all!
Sorry, JO’B, your computer was dealing with my iPad and whatever HF uses to connect, then sabreen was making her presence known, and it was all very jiggy for a bit! ;)
Yes, I noticed that! Too funny - I could “take on” a lot of things and keep my wits, but see “Leave a comment” and my hands practically start shaking! That inner competitive streak in all of us political animals - when we see the chance to grab some raw meat first - seems to take over, eh?
:) I seem to get to a new thread most days when it says “35 responses” - leave a comment always looks so mystical.
Ha! And it is!
Congrats on #1, hopefruit2! I read some where that Chuck Todd told Americans that President Obama is so unpopular that no one wants to be seen with him. Might be a good idea to share this tweet with Chuckie!
The hopes of the RW media dashed again.
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3-way, sabreen, but HF in a clean first!!
I happily share with you and Mighty P the three-way tie Gold Medal. :)
Thanks folks. Always love good company.
Thanks NW for all the pictures that capture the energy and enthusiasm at that event with our President!
You’re welcome, HF.
It’s always fun seeing how people react to President Obama. When he goes out into the country, he is well and truly loved.
Great set of photos, NW!! Thank you!!!
Thank you very much, Bob and thanks for all the information on Ukraine. It’s been enlightening.
Happy to contribute some info on an exceptionally important situation ….
Ukraine interim leaders warn of ‘unpopular steps’ ahead
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26362789
Indeed ut. You just can’t fake/stage these reactions.
And when we see your posts with all the images of his going out into the country, we are reminded how we well and truly love him - and you, NW! And doesn’t President Obama’s smile - and inner goodness - light up a country!!!
It does indeed. :D
Forgot that Yardarm had passed this on earlier for posting on TOD, during the last few days of Black History Month, as another of his contributions (while he’s in and out of super lurk mode this week - hope he didn’t come back in to post this himself, by the time I got it in)!
It’s a link to “Vintage Black Beauty & History” photographs on Pinterest, and they run the gamut from raw morbidity to tragic racism to stunningly beautiful images of days gone by and people who should not be forgotten …
This is so moving and beautiful.
Truly.
Wow, this is a feast for the eyes and brain!
Did I ever tell y’all how as I kid I used to stand in the mirror and practice Tamara Dobson’s smile and pray that I’d grow to be 6ft tall like her? :-)
Did your prayers work? :)
A public service announcement.
Beware the flood - our 10 year drought broke with a flood - and another flood
And with that, I’m off to watch opera. Because pointy-headed elitist. See everyone on the flip.
Delurking to say: Pileup on aisle 1….sabreen, mp and hf crashed through the door together. Congrats to the three of you!!
Thank you lurker! :)
KaBoom! Three of Hearts!
I like that … ‘Pileup on aisle 1’ :D :D
Way to go hf, mp & sabreen :) Hope none of you were bruised from the ‘pile up’ :)
Thanks Bob. No bruises! :)
It does kinda tickle, tho! :lol:
before departing to prepare dinner ….
#FORWARD Together
Transitioned to OS X Mavericks and damn….damn….wow…wow…..WOW!
I’ve been in amazement all day.
This is why Apple is dominating the computer and laptop game. They make the user experience and interface so freaking sweeeeeet!
They make you want to make love to your computer or laptop. That’s how awesome it is.
When you pony up the money to purchase an expensive piece of machinery, you expect it to deliver and I have to say, for all the outside chatter that comes with Apple, they deliver when it comes to computer products.
I agree. I luv my Mac Air.
Missed that hashtag - but these are HILARIOUS!!!!
Especially the “not jumping the line at the DMV,” having grown up in New Jersey, which has the worst examples!
The science team sifting data from the US space agency’s (Nasa) Kepler telescope says it has identified 715 new planets beyond our Solar System.
This is a huge new haul.
In the nearly two decades since the first so-called exoplanet was discovered, researchers had claimed the detection of just over 1,000 new worlds.
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Before Wednesday, the Kepler spacecraft had confirmed the existence of 246 exoplanets. It has now pushed this number up to 961. That is more than half of all the discoveries made in the field over the past 20 years.
“This is the largest windfall of planets that’s ever been announced at one time,” said Douglas Hudgins from Nasa’s astrophysics division.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26362433
bt said y’day that I am from a different planet. Point Proved.
I still love to see PBO slap the podium at the end of a speech. It always makes me smile.
stuck in spam.
You’re freed.
danke.
Is that wise?
LOL! :-D
I’d better say goodnight, busy day up ahead. Big hugs all around, it’s a honor you be joined in heart and mind with fine folks like PBO, VPB, and TOD! Sweet dreams! (no biting)
G’nite mp sleep well
I am not done yet (and I have to go to actual work tomorrow), but God, do I ever miss you guys! SO much, that I had to stick my head in in the middle of evaluating an excessively boring application. If I let myself linger, I won’t get the last 4 done before going to bed, but I couldn’t hold out another minute without a fix. Toodle-di-doo until after work tomorrow! [This will definitely be a major catch-up to TOD weekend for me! ]
I feel better just from this quick peek in - :grin: Now off I go again!
The best part of that image is that no one in it will ever forget the experience, including President Obama. And the others will go on to tell their kids and grandkids all about him. Love it!
Love it, love it, love it!
The t-shirts are cool too - BAM (Becoming A Man)!
Poor Alison Lundergan Grimes
Just to grab mainstream media lines
Had to sidle up to the long-toothed Clinton poser
Woulda been better to grab a lucky 4-leaf clover
Poor Alison Lundergan Grimes
By Labor Day she will be President & First Lady Obama’s BFF …. just watch …
I’m sure you are right, and I can’t wait for that! (Gags me to see Clinton out there anywhere, self-aggrandizing, but, hey, if it works, it works. Anything to get the Dems in.)
Jacqueline, as you know, I’m doing what little I can to bring the spotlight to both President Clinton and Secretary Clinton in terms of what they are doing (or not) to get DEMS elected on 4 Nov 2014. They can nurture their respective narcissistic disabilities all they want - as long as they are busting their butts to get more Federal, State, County and City DEMS elected :)
#FORWARD Together!
With ya all the way, Bob, even if I am just riding your coattails! :)
:)
Found this little gem. Thought it would work well here. :-D
Sweet Dreams!
Yay! The rain is really coming down now here in LA tonite. Finally! Purrfect sleeping weather. Fais de beaux reves my TOD peeps!
In a letter explaining her veto, Brewer calls out Obama: “The concerns raised by the proponents of this bill are not unfounded. As a result of actions taken by the Obama Administration, as well as some federal and out-of-state courts, I am increasingly concerned about government’s encroachment upon our religious freedoms.�?
Total BS. She’s pandering to the extremist base. This is about her approval numbers.
Most here would agree with Jim Wright at Stonekettle on Brewer and the RW legislature in Arizona
http://www.stonekettle.com/2014/02/30-pieces-of-silver.html
” … nothing, and I mean nothing, demonstrates the bottomless hypocrisy and the absolute moral cowardice of the religious fanatics who’ve taken over the Arizona legislature than this veto.
Nothing.
Arizona Republican Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake urged Governor Brewer to veto SB 1062, because, according to McCain, implementation of the law would be “devastating.�?
Devastating to the state. Economically.
Devastating to business. Financially.
Devastating to Republicans. Politically.
But not devastating to actual people – especially the gay ones who are apparently not John McCain’s concern. “
spot on - as usual
morning everyone!
good day to those who are already way ahead in their day!
if any more trouble (aka political destabilization of Ukraine by putin) is going to continue occurring in Ukraine, we need to closely watch the Crimea (eastern region dominated by Russian-favoring population);
thanks Google for this deforestation-monitoring tool - love the fact that is encouraging participation of many people;
Morning Early Birds!
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/02/27/early-bird-chat-169/
Morning everyone:) From Jim Wright’s latest at Stonekettle Station ( A MUST READ….he hit the nail on the head perfectly)
Make no mistake whatsoever, Folks, if Arizona republicans could have gotten away with it, if they could have signed this bill into law and only gay people and non-Christians would have been negatively affected, they damned well would have – that was the entire point of SB 1062 in the first place.
Instead, Brewer’s veto lays bare the hypocrisy of this blighted ideology and shows it for what it really is: hate for hate’s sake and nothing more.
Common sense, human dignity, and liberty did not prevail today in Arizona.
Right won out only because these people worship power and money far more than they love their small and hateful God.
They won’t do what’s right, but they can usually be counted on to do what is profitable.
And let that be a lesson for future battles.
This is the exact point that I made yesterday…..make NO MISTAKE, this is the truth of the matter. Arizona…..It’s A Dry Hate.