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And here I was rushing to put together a FLOTUS post! Danny, get her!
;)
I’m bringing over JER’s link - PBO is getting ready to depart for Europe - AF1 waiting for Marine One to arrive. :)
http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Damn…that AF1 is huge…
Now here comes PBO from Marine 1!
And he has boarded AF1!
Happy trails, Mr. President! Keep in touch!
Romney must be watching this right now on the same link - sulking miserably, with Ms. Ann scowling from the corner of his eye.
Anybody that empty inside - like Romney - must not be able to get over the fact it truly wasn’t (and will never be) “their turn.”
And I laugh.
:( it wouldn’t play for me, I haz a sad..
So sorry the link didn’t work for you Mighty P! AF1 has just lifted off..our PBO now is air bound. May he be safe on this trip and return home safely.
Indeed. There’s a lot going on in this world right now, and on this trip! May he stay safe and energized, and find time to take in the view.
Love it, Chips!!!!
This also seems particularly important given the full court press on #OBAMACARE ….
YES WE MUST
Thanks, Bobfr! One of my favorites from The Boss.
Tiny-ISH request, dear Chips …. can we lose these emoticons and get some a bit more ‘expressive’? :D
Sadly, I think this is WP’s doing. No way to get rid of them.
dang …
Yes, I preferred the original ones. Not sure what WP was thinking. These things are UGLEH…
Uber-UGLEH …..
Bob, I second that emotion - ugh!
Sugly and suglier… They are just not fun!
Safe trip POTUS.
Just DM’d you, missus.
do you know what time he will arrive in Amsterdam….I want to set my clock…
Depending on tail wind probably a 6h flight time, so ~ 830a Amsterdam (0030 EDT) ….
is that 12:30AM…EDT
I thunk it’s a 5 hour difference, so 3:30amEDT.
thanks
*think
Go with God’s love and grace surrounding you, dear Mr. President.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=PBO
Can ya help a sister outta moderation? Purrty pleez?
Glad the President is safely on his way before the storm reaches the east coast. He and his girls are going to be on opposite sides of the globe!
I watched the CBS news feed of his landing on Marine One, then boarding Air Force One, and thought, “There goes the hope for the world.” And I believe it, he is the hope for the world.
“And I believe it, he is the hope for the world.”
With all of us firmly behind him, Carolyn.
#FORWARD Together
Well-said carolyn!
Carolyn, bobfr, hf2, we are all on the same wavelength. So many of us have been moved on a Heart level by President Obama - by his love for his wife and family, by his honesty, by his ability to hold onto and project Hope. It feels as if it’s more than a belief by now, it feels as if we KNOW that somehow each of us has opened up (there are many here who were already open), responding to PBO, to FLOTUS and to each other in new ways, although we don’t know each other personally, we feel connected, we support and encourage each other, we stand fast for what is right all around the world. This is powerful stuff, this is like a love wave, and no one in their right mind would refuse to get on board! As soon as he said, “I Love You Back” to that member of the audience, he raised himself above the ordinary level of ‘politics’, and earned the trust of millions. When Piglet asked “how do you spell Love?”, Pooh replied, “you don’t spell Love, you feel it!”. I think that is what is happening now, in our lives because we are blessed, so many of us are Feeling Love, and Living each day in that vibration, the effects are being felt around the world. Language barriers fail, because Love supersedes all language. The human race is evolving, the pace quickens. Let us hope and pray we are in time to save what is left of this fragile planet, so we might live on to see a Golden Age of Peace envelope all.
^^^^^^^^^
THIS!!
Wow, MP - thanks for your uplifting thoughts.
This is absolutely beautiful and spot on Mighty Pamela. You read and interpreted my soul re our PBO. Thank you.
HOPE44, I’m beginning to realize there is only One Soul, and We Are It!
Yup! :)
Beautiful! Thanks for this succinct and lovely expression of why we share this connection at this point in time, and feelings of hope and change, all brought about because of one singular man called Barack Obama. Plus his sidekick Joe Biden - I can’t forget about him!
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr, is a true constant in all ways, a vital energy field for success. As are you, JO’B! Nite nite, dear girl. Sweet dreams. (I truly hope Joe went out and got that Corvette he was enamored with, he has SO earned it!) ;)
You are too sweet, MightyPamela!
I see Joe - some day - hitching up his new Corvette via Amtrak and they’ll both take the train!
Goodnight to you. Sweet dreams, too!
Wonderful comment, MightyP! You expressed so well everything I feel and think about President Obama.
Perfect, MP!!!!!
Let’s pray for him; it’s insane the pressure he’s been put under…
{{{{{{{{{{ Love you so much, MightyPamela}}}}}}}}}}} You comment will carry us through out this journey with our great POTUS. Thank you for the reminder of the Candle Page.
I have mine lit through out the house as well: praying and thinking on good thoughts for our president during this trip and also for our First Lady and First Daughters and Grandmother Robinson.
May the grace of God give PBO the physical strength that he needs on this trip; the calmness to communicate with other world leaders; the firmness to carry out his duties with respect and firmness that he is capable of doing. May wisdom be granted to his brilliant mind, and compassion hold him up to face the serious challenges that are facing our world. Let him spread his joyful heart of grace, intellect, and caring with his staff and advisors on this trip and may they surround him with encouragement and a full support throughout his journey. Bless our pilots of Marine One and AF1 along with the entire crew during this trip with our President.. Give them wisdom, alertness, rest, and a full measure of grace in protection as they deliver our precious president from location to location. Be with the entire detail team for our President and comfort, and support them Almighty with wisdom, and alertness as they carry out their duties. We thank you for each one of them and their sacrifices to our nation. Be gracious to us, Almighty.
May the peace of a gracious spirit be with him daily as he represent his nation and know that there is a group of dedicated citizens who believe in him, trust him, and has his back.
We give thanks for his brilliant mind Almighty God, and are thankful for all graciousness to guide him, and protect him in all things. Our spaces are surrounding him with meditative prayers for all things good to come out of this trip for him and for our First Lady.
We loving pray with gratefulness for our president this evening.
Good night my TOD family. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ Thank you, our beautiful Chips and all of the beautiful contributors on TOD.}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Be gracious with your spirits and precious and loving in your space. I love you all so very much. As MightyPamela stated above in her beautiful way: I concur, we are One here at TOD, and our President gave us this beautiful opportunity to come together and become One with loving knowledge and loving respect. Thank you MightyPamela for reminding. Chips reminds us daily of how blessed we are to be a part of this great journey with such a wonderful and decent man, our 44th President of the United States. HZ
{{{{{HZ}}}}} I love you, HZ. Wake rested and be at peace, you are a tremendous force of Love and Light, for us here on TOD, and your Light glows all around the world. Goodnight, dear HZ.
You always share beautiful and uplifting messages! Goodnight and stay blessed!
Yes, he is.
Response to delusional ‘Daily Beast’ breathless propaganda ….
#TrustBarack
The US media thinks this is a joke. Well the US media is a joke. They are so limited in their understanding of things, that they interpret and report everything in the same way they do for GOP in congress vs. PBO situations. //SMH
Very true, hf, sadly.
Indeed, Hopefruit2!
Hey!
One of my favorite dance tunes and video - the music and the subjects go together perfectly
Hope this is on his playlist ….
h/t to our wonderful Dudette for Iyeoka ….
And, I hope this is also on PBO’s playlist ….
Two more ….
#FORWARD Together and music, as all TODers know, makes the journey just a bit more tractable ….
Great collection here Bob! Bravo!
Just trying to emulate you, Dudette :)
LOL! You’ve done well, Grasshopper! :-)
TY, Bobfr for the music. Yes, you are so correct, music is a very comforting soulmate. Thanks for reminding us as well, Bobfr and our wonderful Dudette. Hope all is well with both of you. Love you so much. You both contribute so much goodness in this space here at TOD. Thank you. HZ
Thank you, dear HZ!! You infuse TOD with boundless good!!
Some stuff on the President’s trip from the U.S Embassy to The Netherlands at The Hague
This is great - thanks Lady D!
He is, indeed, the president of the world. RWNJs and our MSM are just too blind to recognize and accept it. (Sorry Tweety, it’s not Clinton)
Ok, I’m just having goosebumps looking at this.
So glad you shared that video, Dudette!
WOW…how great is this
This was absolutely wonderful! Thanks Dudette of sharing it. People who don’t visit TOD are missing out on the all wonderful stuff!
Good list of Twitter accounts from which to get info on the trip:
Thank you!!!
Background on the NSS
Direct link to the infographic:
https://www.nss2014.com/sites/default/files/downloads/infographic_nss_4_english.pdf
This video shows the motorcade of President Obama (but one day before he arrives in the Netherlands himself).
Hmm, I guess WP doesn’t like PDF links? My last comment is in moderations.
A little help please sir, please m’am Blog Tyrant? Anyone… anyone? Bueller?
“moderation” :roll:
better appeal to danny.
Woof! Woof, woof! Woooooof! Wuf! [wimper, wimper]
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20140323,0,1622096.column#axzz2wq6BXt7R
Where are the positive stories about Obamacare?
The millions of beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act seem to be absent from the news media or political ad campaigns.
If there were fairness in this world, Rita Rizzo would be a media star.
Rizzo, 60, owns a management consulting firm for nonprofit groups and government offices in Akron, Ohio, with her husband, Lou Vincent, 64. Vincent, who suffers from Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, has gone without health insurance for 10 years. “We got 30 denial letters,” Rizzo told me last week.
Three years ago, Rizzo got a hip replacement. Her own insurance premiums were going to rise by $500 a month, to about $800, so she chose instead to triple her deductible to $6,000 to keep the increase to a mere $150 a month.
The couple used a $5,000 tax-deductible health savings account to cover her out-of-pocket expenses; Vincent’s medication, which ran to $178 a month; and his blood work-ups, at $2,400 a year.
In December, Rizzo signed up for Obamacare. She now has a policy that covers her and Vincent together, including all his meds and lab work, for $379 a month, with a $2,000 family deductible.
“I feel like I died and went to insurance heaven,” she says.
AMK - have you ever visited one of those cafes in Japan? Your tweets are hilarious.
Howdy, just saw this. . .
https://twitter.com/CarolMaeWY
Retweeted by LOLGOP
Ayelet Waldman @ayeletw 4m
Just watched HBO doc Paycheck to Paycheck. 1 major lesson? Healthcare coverage is life-altering for woman in poverty.
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Some tweets from our new Ambassador. What a treat (and nerve-wracking pressure-cooker) to host the President almost immediately upon taking up a new post.
From Wikipedia: “On July 18, 2013, President Obama nominated Timothy M. Broas to become the next ambassador of the Netherlands, succeeding Fay Hartog-Levin, who had resigned in September 2011.[10] Broas, an attorney and philanthropist, was a major donor to President Obama’s campaigns. He was first nominated in April 2012, but withdrew his name in June after being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. He subsequently plead guilty to the reduced charge of driving while impaired and was placed on probation.[11][12][13] Broas was finally appointed as the ambassador of the Netherlands in March 2014.[14]”
Try again. . .
This is a wonderful video - thanks Carol for sharing. :)
Thanks, glad I saw it.
From Wikipedia on the focus of this year’s Nuclear Security Summit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Security_Summit
“The 2014 summit will chart the accomplishments of the past two years, identifying which of the objectives set out in the Washington Work Plan and the Seoul Communiqué have not been met and proposing ways to achieve them.
The Netherlands, the organising country, will focus on the following achievable and visible goals:
1. Optimal security for and, if at all possible, a reduction in the use of highly enriched uranium and plutonium.
2. Ratification of the amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material by more countries to ensure that the amendment enters into force as soon as possible.
3. More frequent reviews of state security structures by IAEA advisory missions.
4. National registration and protection of highly radioactive sources (e.g. medical equipment).
5. Greater role for industry in nuclear security, to enhance the security culture and existing regulations.
6. States should provide information to their own people and the international community to demonstrate that they are taking appropriate measures to maintain the security of their nuclear material and facilities. These confidence-building measures will increase trust in the international protection system.”
Hello twin sister! Good to see you! :-)
Science geeks delight! http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/glimpse360 A tour of our galaxy…thank you NASA:)
Thanks, Hopefruit2, for sharing this! We need to start a petition to urge VP Joe Biden to run in 2016! Besides his knowledge and experience, he has been unwavering in supporting President Obama. He is also one of the most humane and down to earth politicians I’ve ever known.
https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/447908274222804992
Opened the door, saw the front screen of the video, and first thought was “No way could it be Friday! I’m positive yesterday was Saturday and I haven’t been drinking!”
/smh - Chips, always trying to mess with my mind./
Mitt Romney is full of alot of B.S. Do anyone think he might try running again for President. Him and Ann were so crush that they didn’t make it to the White House, he might be stupid enough to try it again.
Hay Mitt and Ann in case the thought is on your mind, we 47% have not forgotten a word you said about us.
http://bobcesca.thedailybanter.com/blog-archives/2014/03/republican-party-americas-worst-idea.html
Must Read…in fact, there is a whole lot of Must Read over at Bob Cesca’s right now. Check it all out.
http://bobcesca.thedailybanter.com/
Chat on, Night Owls. http://theobamadiary.com/2014/03/23/travels-with-the-first-lady-and-first-daughters/
That idiot Palin were talking about POTUS mom jeans, those jeans Mitt has on doesn’t look too good either.
Ironic that the authoritarian loving rightwingers turn-up at voting booths regular as a clock while the democracy touting lazy left stays home.
From yesterday
tonight my hubby was watching the wretched Faux News and I almost fell off the bed as I heard Fos actually discussing the Russian invasion of Crimea and the Ukraine. They showed interviews with folks who said that they were against the Russian invasion and the interviewer was clear that this invasion was unprovoked.
I could not believe my ears and had to double check my eyesight. Was hesitant to look outside to see if pigs were in fact flying.