I would add that Oregon now has 428K enrollments thanks to Obamacare. 300K enrolled through Cover Oregon, 128K enrolled through fast track enrollment into the Oregon Health Plan. http://resources.coveroregon.com/Enrollment-update.html Every Mon. afternoon I enroll a few more into the expanded Medicaid-Oregon Health Plan.
“The State Department is expected to tie Qumu�s group to the Benghazi
attack when it designates three branches of Ansar al-Sharia, in Darnah,
Benghazi and Tunisia, as foreign terrorist organizations in the coming
days.
In 2007, Qumu was released from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
and sent to Libya, where he was detained. The Libyan government released
him in 2008.
He and two other men, militia leaders Ahmed Abu Khattala and Seif Allah
bin Hassine, will be identified as �specially designated global
terrorists,� a determination that allows U.S. officials to freeze their
financial assets and bar American citizens and companies from doing
business with them.”
Qumu was released by GWB. AAK was a Libyan militia leader (until he was captured by the US! :) )
Mighty P says ‘Hi’ and to let you know her building’s wi-fi is down again so she’ll look in when things get sorted out.
I have to say that my system has been dancing in and out too, which is extremely irritating. In fact, the telephone technician/installers are supposed to show up this afternoon (between 12 and 5pm :roll: ) to bring me an updated and faster modem. I’m not optimistic that this will solve the problem, but since I’ll end up paying a couple of $$ cheaper per month for improved services (it’s a special, don’t you know), I’m going along for the ride.
It is astounding to me that the alleged ‘free market’ is supposed to benefit the consumer: I live in Chicago and for broadband I have the choice of creaky AT&T, who must be ‘fair’ to its shareholders and use phone lines that were strung 60 years ago; or Comcast who has screwed up the order each and every time I’ve tried to pay for their monopolistic service.
The capture of Ahmed Abu Khatailah demonstrates the administrations competence. Appropriate and effective police work, and use of military force. No casualties, no drama, no fuss. This would really help the GOP Benghazi hearings!!!! NOT.!!!!!
PBO is having a great Q & A session with the tech entrepreneurs! Excellent, relevant, diverse questions and with thoughtful, informative responses from PBO. :)
Is it one of the two that appeared at one of Issa’s hearings? I don’t recall their names but the death of their children was PBO and Sec Clinton’s fault.
Yep true to form she was just on saying calling Colin Powell, Hillary Clinton and of course PBO liars. She said something about PBO being in Las Vegas placing bets or something. This woman is clearly unhinged and was probably that way before her son was killed.
It is irresponsible for CNN to be exploiting a woman who has lost her son and who no doubt has bent up issues ideologically. When Grief meets Ideology, the combo is indeed toxic and can be explosive.
There was Cindy Sheehan(sp) who lost her only son in 2003 in Iraq…..if memory serves me right. She became active and later a political activist, a grieving mother…..and she ended up losing her husband and alienating one of her daughters and later, lost it when she went on going against Leader Pelosi. Unchecked grief is not always a good thing. This woman. I feel for her, but I see her using her anger and ideology in a misguided fashion. It will not end well.
There ya go. They’ll say there are all these terrorists out there and he’s talking entrepreneurship in Pittsburgh. On the golf course. At 3:00 a.m. I don’t trust any of ’em, either.
Don’t laugh, but my new ‘faster’ service modem was just installed, and it’s so fast the WH feed keeps rushing ahead. :roll: If you ask me, it’s not very impressive so far. Am I the only one seeming to have this problem, or is the problem common to all WH.GOV users right now?
If I ask my adult son to pick up a box for me, he’ll ask why not one for him, too? He pours milk and eats the whole box. At my house, so he doesn’t have to “share” (only child syndrome). They are bloody addictive, but I try to stretch mine out over a week.
I could never make them last a week. the only cure is to not have them in the house at all. Also, I’m finding that sugar really screws me up. Giving it up entirely, however - not gonna happen.
Wow Meta, this is wonderful news! I am an ethical omnivore and always look for sustainable seafood, for environmental reasons but also because, after you do some research on how a lot of our seafood is raised and prepared, you literally wouldn’t want to eat some of it for health and cleanliness reasons alone.
This President and First Lady have done so much good in these areas that no other US President has done or probably would do. These are the things most Americans aren’t even aware of that will protect/improve the planet and our health.
And we find this out on the same day we find out he has brought the Benghazi guy to justice!
Something tells me that PBO (or someone in the WH) is a fan of LL’s Night Owl Chat musical & literary series, as well as his excellent political commentaries. :):)
Malia did write FLOTUS a letter for Mother’s Day also. That letter is so precious, it’s something you can hold onto for years after they have move out and started their own family. I love the idea of doing something like that.
Was it something he considered a “throwaway” vote? Like the guy was going to win the judgeship confirmation, anyway, so Manchin could look like the bad guy for his voters but really not mess anything up for the Dems? Hate it when they don’t stand up, but that’ll take a long time to change.
I once called his office and asked them if he knows there are cameras in the Senate……because every time I tune in, he is yukking it up with the Republicans…….
What he said about books……is exactly what I feel…..lets me know his library will actually have real BOOKS in it! Praise be! Not poorly drawn pictures of world leaders. It will not be an inside amusement park…like the one in Dallas.
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Please those who Tweet, please ask these News Media outlets how was it that Peter Berman(sp) a CNN security analyst for years was able to interview OBL in 1998 or so when US was looking for him. And over the years, many Journos have been able to interview those US and/or law enforcement were searching for many months or years before they were ever captured or apprehended.
For any respectable Journo to be asking why was this Benghazi ringleader was not apprehended FIRST or why was a CNNer was able to interview him is beyond buffoonery.
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First !!!!
CONGRATS ON 1ST @pierretteY!
Wishing you a BEAUTIFUL TUESDAY-ENJOY!!!
Thanks Cindy… it’s easy to be first when this is the only place you get your news from :)
Congrats on 1st pierretteY!!
Ciao, amici!
Bill and pierretteY!!
Nice to see a pair of fresh faces atop the leader board. Can’t wait to see our President geek out at the Maker Faire.
Hi Judith, I have said the very same thing about how nice it is to see new people and different people landing on First!
Actually, I’m amongst the “ORIGINAL” TODAS hahaha just didn’t comments :)
YAY!!!
Congrats to PierretteY and Bill R for the tie for First!
Gold :star: for PierretteY and another Au :star: Bill R ;)
Yikes!
thank you, a gazillion times, for being so retweetable!
THIS.
Silly me, thought I actually might be 1st
You’re morally first, Judy! :-)
Thank you for this permanent grin on my face, and as always, for being you.
Yay JudyG, you were ALMOST……..First! Congratulations, please try again :-)
I would add that Oregon now has 428K enrollments thanks to Obamacare. 300K enrolled through Cover Oregon, 128K enrolled through fast track enrollment into the Oregon Health Plan. http://resources.coveroregon.com/Enrollment-update.html Every Mon. afternoon I enroll a few more into the expanded Medicaid-Oregon Health Plan.
As a fellow Oregonian, I am thrilled to hear that news! Thanks, Bill. Monica Wehby will be very sad about this.
Seriously. The GOP appointees to this SCOTUS will go down as the dumbest in the history of this great nation:
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Antonin_Scalia_Plays_The_Stupid_Cafe
do you know which elected officials met PBO when he arrived?
Wonder how the Republicans will spin the capture of Ahmed Abu Khatallah. For sane people this is good news.
Chips, Ok, please stop with the pictures.
I’m having “good-looking man” overload here. :shock:
:lol: Okay GGail, no more, promise.
You…..you…..!!!!!!
Have I tole you lately that I love you???
Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! :-D :-D :-D
Hiya Dudette, come sit on the mat with yo sista girl :-)
Happily! :-D
I just LOVE this picture!!
Proceed, #tcot.
https://twitter.com/FlowerInFaith/status/478956746614919169
I can find nothing about this man being in Gitmo ever……
I wondered since Bob Cesca didn’t give any links. I’ll delete the tweet. Cesca is usually reliable.
I think Bob mis-read the following:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.politics/-L8KTov16Fw
“The State Department is expected to tie Qumu�s group to the Benghazi
attack when it designates three branches of Ansar al-Sharia, in Darnah,
Benghazi and Tunisia, as foreign terrorist organizations in the coming
days.
In 2007, Qumu was released from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
and sent to Libya, where he was detained. The Libyan government released
him in 2008.
He and two other men, militia leaders Ahmed Abu Khattala and Seif Allah
bin Hassine, will be identified as �specially designated global
terrorists,� a determination that allows U.S. officials to freeze their
financial assets and bar American citizens and companies from doing
business with them.”
Qumu was released by GWB. AAK was a Libyan militia leader (until he was captured by the US! :) )
Okay, I’m totally confused.
No he wasn’t. That was someone else.
I deleted the tweet and alerted Bob Cesca.
Mighty P says ‘Hi’ and to let you know her building’s wi-fi is down again so she’ll look in when things get sorted out.
I have to say that my system has been dancing in and out too, which is extremely irritating. In fact, the telephone technician/installers are supposed to show up this afternoon (between 12 and 5pm :roll: ) to bring me an updated and faster modem. I’m not optimistic that this will solve the problem, but since I’ll end up paying a couple of $$ cheaper per month for improved services (it’s a special, don’t you know), I’m going along for the ride.
It is astounding to me that the alleged ‘free market’ is supposed to benefit the consumer: I live in Chicago and for broadband I have the choice of creaky AT&T, who must be ‘fair’ to its shareholders and use phone lines that were strung 60 years ago; or Comcast who has screwed up the order each and every time I’ve tried to pay for their monopolistic service.
‘Choice’ my ass.
My President is talking at the tech shop now. :)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-delivers-remarks-and-answers-questions-techshop-pittsburgh
Oh there seems to be a problem with the WH feed…not sure what’s the matter. :(
Try this one Hopefruit:
http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Fantastic. Merci Chips!! :)
A pleasure, my beloved!
I see that the WH feed is back up now and working…but I now have the CBS option in case the WH feed starts acting up again! :)
The capture of Ahmed Abu Khatailah demonstrates the administrations competence. Appropriate and effective police work, and use of military force. No casualties, no drama, no fuss. This would really help the GOP Benghazi hearings!!!! NOT.!!!!!
And this is what they are upset about! The “Benghazoo” hearings talking points are being destroyed!
japa, Priceless!
Paging Mrs. Ezra Klein!!
But it will never be enough in US will it ? “you don’t know what you have till you loose it”
Other countries sees what he does for everyone and they wish he was theirs :)
So true. It really is wonderful to see how well received he is when he goes abroad.
A LOCAL LIVESTREAM: http://livewire.wtae.com/Event/President_Obamas_Pittsburgh_Visit_to_Bakery_Square
PBO is having a great Q & A session with the tech entrepreneurs! Excellent, relevant, diverse questions and with thoughtful, informative responses from PBO. :)
Looking forward to the video :-)
oh boy….
CNN is about to bring on the ONE parent of one of the victims of the Benghazi attack that has blamed the President for his death.
Linda My dear didn’t you see that coming from Canada ?
Sean Smith’s mother is a raving teabagger……yikes !
Gosh they’re so blatant one can only hope that viewers are seeing the bias against the president.
Is it one of the two that appeared at one of Issa’s hearings? I don’t recall their names but the death of their children was PBO and Sec Clinton’s fault.
Yep true to form she was just on saying calling Colin Powell, Hillary Clinton and of course PBO liars. She said something about PBO being in Las Vegas placing bets or something. This woman is clearly unhinged and was probably that way before her son was killed.
It is irresponsible for CNN to be exploiting a woman who has lost her son and who no doubt has bent up issues ideologically. When Grief meets Ideology, the combo is indeed toxic and can be explosive.
There was Cindy Sheehan(sp) who lost her only son in 2003 in Iraq…..if memory serves me right. She became active and later a political activist, a grieving mother…..and she ended up losing her husband and alienating one of her daughters and later, lost it when she went on going against Leader Pelosi. Unchecked grief is not always a good thing. This woman. I feel for her, but I see her using her anger and ideology in a misguided fashion. It will not end well.
Ambassador Stevens mother wants the investigations ended……that is why they don’t get her on…..
She is disgusted with Issa and now with Gawdy.
Colin Powell ? Why is she upset with him ?
He’s blah….
LOL!
Hmm…so the news stations are suddenly carrying PBO’s live tech Q & A - I wonder why…they don’t normally carry his events like this.
Are they LIVE streaming this event? C-SPAN.org is also Live Streaming it.
Since regular folks are asking questions….perhaps they are looking for nefarious elements staged by the GOPers to Go Rogue?
They’re looking for something - that much we know.
Most likely something that would allow them to distract from his effective capture of the militant in Benghazi.
There ya go. They’ll say there are all these terrorists out there and he’s talking entrepreneurship in Pittsburgh. On the golf course. At 3:00 a.m. I don’t trust any of ’em, either.
Don’t laugh, but my new ‘faster’ service modem was just installed, and it’s so fast the WH feed keeps rushing ahead. :roll: If you ask me, it’s not very impressive so far. Am I the only one seeming to have this problem, or is the problem common to all WH.GOV users right now?
Might just be indicative of how this White House is trying to rush us ahead into the 21st Century! Hold on!
Question: Entenmann’s Chocolate Classic Rich Frosted Donuts. That’s a food group, yes?
God, Mr. 57 used to down a whole box of those at one time. I would eat them, say I didn’t like them, and continue to eat them.
If I ask my adult son to pick up a box for me, he’ll ask why not one for him, too? He pours milk and eats the whole box. At my house, so he doesn’t have to “share” (only child syndrome). They are bloody addictive, but I try to stretch mine out over a week.
I could never make them last a week. the only cure is to not have them in the house at all. Also, I’m finding that sugar really screws me up. Giving it up entirely, however - not gonna happen.
Sometimes I’m successful in not eating the sugary stuff … and, you are right, the only road to success is not having them anywhere around you!
Here’s to willpower! *Clink*
“Clink” back at ya.
:)
Shhh. Don’t tell me or Mark Knoller.
:grin:
Romeo Delivers….Hmmm…
They were probably thinking of me and Mark?
//Just kidding….
And the GOP says Whut!!!!
but….but…..freedumbs and stuff!!!!!!!
This is just fantastic news. Really this is a huge victory for consumers and our marine fisheries.
I’ll drink to that!
Wow Meta, this is wonderful news! I am an ethical omnivore and always look for sustainable seafood, for environmental reasons but also because, after you do some research on how a lot of our seafood is raised and prepared, you literally wouldn’t want to eat some of it for health and cleanliness reasons alone.
This President and First Lady have done so much good in these areas that no other US President has done or probably would do. These are the things most Americans aren’t even aware of that will protect/improve the planet and our health.
And we find this out on the same day we find out he has brought the Benghazi guy to justice!
PBO is a miracle!
AGREED!
O gawd, PBO gave a shout out to librarians - we’ll never be able to control Lib_L’s head when he signs on later! :grin:
Something tells me that PBO (or someone in the WH) is a fan of LL’s Night Owl Chat musical & literary series, as well as his excellent political commentaries.
:) :)
Wouldn’t surprise me one bit, Hopef, but do we have to tell Lib_L our suspicions?
I heard that; it was great!
Personally JER, I think he was just trying to get Lib_L’s vote.
Oh boy! LOL!
:grin: :grin:
Malia’s so sweet. I believe she wrote her mom a letter for mother’s day too.
Yes, I heard that too. :)
Malia did write FLOTUS a letter for Mother’s Day also. That letter is so precious, it’s something you can hold onto for years after they have move out and started their own family. I love the idea of doing something like that.
June 17, 2025
State Department Daily Briefing
Jen Psaki held her daily briefing with reporters at the State Department.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?320013-1/state-department-briefing
Loved PBO’s answer to the Romeo Delivers business woman.
What did she ask?
And get some child labor laws in place, decades ago!
Love how all the locals cover a Presidential trip!
Ugh…
Joe Manchin voted NO on the Judge for Illinois.
Was it something he considered a “throwaway” vote? Like the guy was going to win the judgeship confirmation, anyway, so Manchin could look like the bad guy for his voters but really not mess anything up for the Dems? Hate it when they don’t stand up, but that’ll take a long time to change.
I don’t think so…..she just squeaked by 52-44 with 4 not voting.
Yuck. How very annoying!!!!!!
“F” Joe Manchin. I can not stand him at all.
I once called his office and asked them if he knows there are cameras in the Senate……because every time I tune in, he is yukking it up with the Republicans…….
So, I read that PBO gave a shout out to libraries. Good. Our work is almost complete.
Knew you will be VERY Pleased LL :)
Woooooot! Yay for Book People!
What he said about books……is exactly what I feel…..lets me know his library will actually have real BOOKS in it! Praise be! Not poorly drawn pictures of world leaders. It will not be an inside amusement park…like the one in Dallas.
I agree 100%!
Hilarious!
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Bad way to copy a twee. Sorry.
New post: http://theobamadiary.com/2014/06/17/chat-away-president-obama-joins-the-library-conspiracy/
Please those who Tweet, please ask these News Media outlets how was it that Peter Berman(sp) a CNN security analyst for years was able to interview OBL in 1998 or so when US was looking for him. And over the years, many Journos have been able to interview those US and/or law enforcement were searching for many months or years before they were ever captured or apprehended.
For any respectable Journo to be asking why was this Benghazi ringleader was not apprehended FIRST or why was a CNNer was able to interview him is beyond buffoonery.
My brother, a former librarian, will also be geeked to know that the Prez gave libraries a shout-out!
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