@petesouza: President Obama greets an enthusiastic customer at Canter’s delicatessen in LA today
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President Obama is introduced by Katrice Mubiru at Los Angeles Trade Technical College
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You know how LA locals never get starstruck? Couldn’t pull it off today. “@LANow: @BarackObama at @cantersdeli pic.twitter.com/oL6po7r5Ad”
— canter’s deli (@cantersdeli) July 24, 2025
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POTUS gave @Cantersdeli cashier an extra $20 to pay for the meal of a homeless woman who comes in daily, co-owner Jacqueline Canter told me
— Eddie Gehman Kohan (@ObamaFoodorama) July 24, 2025
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People cheer and wave as President Obama leaves Canter’s Deli after a surprise appearance to meet with people who wrote him letters
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@petesouza: President Obama acknowledges the crowd after speaking at LA Trade-Technical College
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President Obama leaves Los Angeles en route to Washington
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See the full interview here
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Nerdy’s post from earlier today:
Income Inequality Is A Problem And President Obama Is Tackling It
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Zachary A. Goldfarb: Don’t Think Obama Has Reduced Inequality? These Numbers Prove That He Has.
Today, the average after-tax income of a member of the top 1 percent of earners is $1.12 million. The average after-tax income of someone in the bottom 20 percent is $13,300. That means the average person at the top takes home 84 times the income that the average person in the bottom takes home. Now, consider what it would be like if none of President Obama’s tax policy changes had happened: not the upper-income tax hikes negotiated at the beginning of last year, not the upper-income tax increases imposed by the Affordable Care Act, not the low-income tax credits enacted in the 2009 stimulus and later renewed.
In this alternative universe, the average member of the top 1 percent would take home $1.2 million, or 6.5 percent more in income, according to a new analysis. The average member of the bottom 20 percent would bring home $13,100, or 1.2 percent less in income. As a result, the average member of the 1 percent would take home 91 times what the average person in the bottom would bring home. If you’ve wondered whether Obama has made any headway at reducing income inequality, here’s evidence that he has. Based on tax policy alone, he has slightly increased the income of the poor and more significantly reduced the income of the rich.
More here
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If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on”;
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And — which is more — you’ll be FURST!!!!!
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Well, why not?! :)
One of my favorites, and you, too, Miss Furst!
Thanks Jacqueline, I wrote that this afternoon :cool:
You were busy, RK. :)
O_o :roll: o_O
A tour de force, Chips. I’m clapping. That is a very well earned first.
Thank you Jackie, please address me as Rudyard Chipling from hereforth.
Cheat. COpy and paste for first comment is verboten, specially when its plagiarized.
OMG, plagiarism?!1!?!1
Are you calling me the Coldplay of the poetry world?!?!
Checking in to get the latest news.
Which I did—plus something from rudyard Kipling more or less.
:-) Evening Vicki!!
Good evening, Chips.
Another astonishing day. Is it me or is history unfolding at a breathtaking pace? Here, in US because of the President and the ACA and despite the total obstruction of the GOP/MSM.
And around the troubled universe.
“Another astonishing day. Is it me or is history unfolding at a breathtaking pace?”
The pace is breathtaking, Vicki, and we are all very much participants, real-time.
Evolution or extinction - the choice is yours, humanity, and one of the most important factors in the outcome happens on 4 Nov 2014.
#OWNthe114th
Yes WE MUST
Congrats Chips, beautiful poem……nice way to keep the minions from accusing you of cheating :mrgreen:
Here is the full video from Canter’s Deli……it is in list form from youtube….so I don’t know how long it will stay….couldn’t find the &….to cut off.
Uhhhhh……I have no idea where those videos came from!!!!
Thank yooooooou LP, added it to the post!!
I may be hallucinating……..two seconds ago WordPress had Michelle Obama Mom dancing, and PBO singing Al Green…..as what I posted. Please delete BT Queen!!!
Ha, no worries LP, it’s that crazy playlist YouTube thingie!!
I tried looking for the “&….” to cut out of the link like you suggested yesterday, but didn’t find it…….Instead two random videos popped up! ……need those instructions again when you have the time.
The & can get lost in the middle of those endless urls, LP, but it’s always there in the middle of the mush!
TY Chips….I see the difference now….it is the ‘?’list=UUkH1uDkyuO9sVjSqdqBygOg that needed to be cut off…..sneaky buggers had me all over the place!
:-) Not a problem LP, YouTube algorithm!
Congrats Chips Chica!
Indeed…this is LA..the people are used to seeing high profile celebrities here, there and everywhere…yet look at the reaction to our President. LOL! But Schmuck Todd tells us that he’s unpopular… yeah…
There is not now and has not been as high a high profile as our President. Won’t be another any time soon, either.
Just for fun,
Try to imagine any of the current hopefuls from either party singing a few lines of an Al Green song.
ROTFLMAO…Vicki you just gave me my laugh-of-the-Month…
No no no no…I simply can’t imagine what you’re asking me to imagine… LOL :) :)
I’m glad you’re laughing HF. Laughing is highly recommended, as Nerdy and Chips remind us nightly.
Well, ol’ C Todd/Fraud would know a thing or two about being unpopular, wouldn’t he now??? Lol! I cannot choose, just too much goodness, but I have a feeling, on first run through, that the photo with the elderly gentleman will be a forever winner in MP’s camera roll!! How delighted is he, and he ain’t faking it!! Love it! Love PBO!!
Remember this photo the next time the media tries to tell you that jews don’t like PBO.
I know this is only a kernel of good news in a sea of tragedy but hope this brightens the spirit a little. The Puyallup Tribal Council has cancelled Ted Nugents’ 2 night engagement at the Emerald Queen Casino.(Tacoma, Washington). They have received complaints about his racist comments and hateful behavior.
Bravo!!!!
TODville posted yesterday that the local Native Americans did the same in Coeur d’Alene Idaho.
Heh. Small revenge against a deserving bigot.
wonderful news, TY otter
This!! Washington State, things and people are pretty real out here! Since PBO left on Tuesday, we have had gorgeous, lovely, cool, clean rain. The kind we love. Right bobfr?
Excellent!! Thanks for passing that along.
Excellent!
LOL! AP politics (with over 20K followers) tweeted this one hr ago and only 1 retweet and 1 fave so far….and I KNOW that one of the two does NOT support the GOP….
A suit about nothing going nowhere. Waste of taxpayer money.
Welll, it’s 10PM…the old white men are sleeping and the tbaggers are out there shooting at something..that’s their audience
You nailed it, Layla!
Roger that, Layla!!! Still only 1 RT after almost 8 hours!!!!
My old bugbear, Bob:
Great tweet, Chips! These biased media people need to be exposed!
Awesome Chipsticks.
Apologies in advance for shallow comments but I Love everything about this photo-especially FLOTUS’ manicure, bracelets and rings. The First Lady looking great.
I was thinking exactly the same thing, Vicki! FLOTUS looks relaxed and gorgeous. Her jewelry is fantastic. I loved the photo.
She is stunning. Really stunning.
Vicki, I don’t think it’s shallow at all,to express loving admiration for a generous and kind-hearted woman, who happens to be First Lady, and thank God she is!! She brings a whole new meaning to ‘style’! There are none like her, for sure! ;)
Hi MightyPamela. You are so right. “She brings a whole new meaning to ‘style’! There are none like her, for sure!”
I am so elated that the young people will have a great memory to carry with them for ages about this intelligent, elegant, active, and great First Lady. It is a joy to have been a part of making this a fact by all of our participation during both elections. A joy, indeed.HZ
This photo is a perfect illustration of how our FLOTUS is one of us, truly of the people and for the people, like her husband, PBO. I can’t think of another President and First Lady that have been so real, and kept it so real as even as they both do extraordinary things.
JER, how do find all these gems, you’re a treasure!!!
Sniff them out like Danny.
:lol:
I flippin’ wish Danny would sniff out something useful like you, rather than snails in the garden - which, needless to say, he feels the need to deliver to me and place on my lap.
:lol:
I saw this survey I thought you should ask Dannystix take: Inside Man’s Best Friend, Study Says, May Lurk a Green-Eyed Monster
:-) I think he might be a green-eyed monster alright LP, he’s even taken to getting pissed off when I answer my phone, he has no clue why I’d rather talk to a lump of plastic instead of him. And when a neighbor dropped in to today - a man who is terrified of dogs - Danny barked at him for five minutes, before I put him in the garden (Danny - not the neighbor), because the man had the nerve to sit in Danny’s chair.
You can see the training is going very well :???:
LOL!!!! Did you end up indulging him w/ that rope toy?…..or you more worried about your efforts *installing* it….I recall pictures of cement :)
I’ll confess LP, after my initial enthusiasm the concretey part made me scared, so I think I’ll just get him another farting cushion to replace the one he shredded. It kept him entertained for a whole 20 minutes, a record.
neybur woz in mi seet lik he ownd it woz luky i didunt chu hiz asss
Get him, doggy!
Snails are the worst.
We are plagued with them in SoCal, despite the drought.
Escargot! Chipsticks! Hey, maybe DannyO is a truffle sniffer too, if so, you are in for some mighty good eats!
Oh, truffles would be excellent MightyP, I could sell them to pay for Danny’s toys, but no, it’s slimy hideous snails. He’s freaked by them too, but still insists on bringing them to me, and then wears a ‘DO SOMETHING!’ face.
The slime from the snails makes his lips and tongue numb. Maybe he wants you to explain it, or to try it for yourself?? What say, DannyBoy??
LOL.
From 20 years ago (which means the hipsters this article talks about are now middle-aged).
Oh annieb, are you around…..
No Layla, I’m on my way to Soldier Field. I wish. :)
I thought FLOTUS was at a fundraiser…guess she’s done and on her way to the concert. :)
The fundraiser was held earlier in the day.
I read the fundraiser was at 16:00, then to dinner and on to the concert
Multi-tasker extraordinaire.
I hope Sasha & Malia are giggling about the lights and sirens to get to the concert!!
OK ladies……I am in the same boat as this dude…….somebody will have to explain the craze to me one day, but his breakdown is hilarious!
Here’s my sense of humor for you.
For some reason, the caption to the video in the twitter link cracked me up:
This video from the University of Alaska Fairbanks includes footage of wood frogs thawing after a long cold winter. (Thawing footage starts at 3:10).
*wood frogs freeze for 7 months, thaw and hop away*
Well, don’t we all?
LIVE NOW: President Obama arrives Joint Base Andrews, Maryland - http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
The protests are getting out of control it looks like and I shudder at the carnage being taking place. I’m just beyond horrified.
I may need one these…….reliving my youth as ‘Splinter’ on Nintendo………I’m sure Dudette will appreciate?
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=41596
LP - Why aren’t you in San Diego? LOL! You, Dudette and Jovie should go next year. I heard that tickets sell out 2 hrs after they’re released so you have to be VERY aggressive. :) :)
I’m exhausted….can’t form/type/spell coherent sentences (this one took 5 minutes) GN TOD…..exit stage left:
:-) Goodnight LP, sleep well!!
I love that! The President is keeping his promises.
He’s baaaaaaaaaack!! We thought your sister had vacuumed you up!!
Wait. If they’re your puppies, may I ask one question: what are you feeding them?
Exactly my question from a very quick look! :)
embiggen the pic.
Not until you tell us the names of the puppies.
tom. dick. harry.
Andy. Mikey. Kenny.
Your pick
Sheesh. You’re rubbish.
what else is new?
:)
As soon as I saw those dog pics flash in front of me as I scrolled down I knew who was back! smh
I suppose I should say ‘welcome back’, but this probably means I’m going to be running into ‘furst’ all afternoon tomorrow!
too late.
silent or not, still FURST.
FTR, how is your sibling enjoying her holiday?
Also, are you aware that I have been having a quiet week in the villaga?
We are having a good time. Had a big b’day bash for her coupla days back.
I will be going silent again in another hour. So, enjoy.
Enjoy your together time too! See you back when your entertainment stint draws to a close.
:lol:
DOOD!!
Troublemaker is amk is back, and making trouble! :)
DEMOCRATS EMBARRASS GOP WITH LAWSUIT AMENDMENTS
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Rachel Maddow reports on Democrats forcing Republicans on the record in an embarrassing way through a series of proposed amendments to the Republican lawsuit against President Obama.
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Democrats embarrass GOP with lawsuit amendments: http://on.msnbc.com/1pfSdKM
bbl …
Nerdy’s new post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/07/24/a-laugh-or-two-4/
Probably will never meet PBO but I have been to Canter’s Deli numerous time. One of my favs in LA!