@petesouza: President Obama greets an enthusiastic customer at Canter’s delicatessen in LA today
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All the week’s White House videos here
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Sunday
Early Bird Chat • • • Rise and Shine: The Week Ahead • • • A Few Thoughts on Empathy
A Tweet or Two • • • Sunday, Bloody Sunday
The Weight of the World • • • Night Owl Chat: Music Soothes the Soul
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Monday
Early Bird Chat • • • Rise and Shine
The President Participates In A My Brother’s Keeper Town Hall • • • Chat Away
The President Awards Ryan M Pitts the Medal of Honor • • • A Tweet Or Two
The President’s Day • • • Night Owl Chat: A Little Poetry
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Tuesday
Early Bird Chat • • • Rise and Shine
President and Vice President Sign the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
A Few Thoughts on Putin’s “Strategic Genius” • • • Welcome To Democracy
The President and First Lady’s Day • • • A Tweet Or Two • • • Night Owl Chat: Archaeology Heals Wounded Warriors
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Wednesday
Early Bird Chat • • • Rise and Shine
A Word from our beautiful Desertflower • • • A Tweet or Two
Thanks To ObamaCare, Seeing A Doctor Is No Longer A Luxury
Wednesday Needs Laughs • • • Being Biden Volume 12-16
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Thursday
Early Bird Chat • • • Rise and Shine • • • Chat Away
Income Inequality Is A Problem And President Obama Is Tackling It
President Obama Speaks on the Economy, Los Angeles • • • A Tweet Or Two
The President’s Day • • • A Laugh Or Two
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Friday
Early Bird Chat • • • Rise and Shine • • • TOD Toon Time
Portrait • • • A Tweet Or Two • • • West Wing Week: Chat On!
Humor Is 140 Characters • • • Friday Needs Laughs
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Saturday
Early Bird Chat • • • Rise and Shine: The Week Ahead
Gaza • • • He Is ‘My Brother’s Keeper’
The Serious And The Not So Serious
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GM!
Moooooooorning Layla, mooooooorning everyone!!
GM Chips, fabulous Rise and shine, as always!!! Hey vc, wake up….
:roll: I’d bet I’m up and running before EITHER of you on a Sunday morning! Purely because I haven’t a choice. O_o
Oooooops, there she is - moooooorning VC!!!
Morning, lovey! You want to accept my exercise challenge? You don’t have to go to the gym for this one, though I warn you I’m already warmed up. [Check below the #FORWARD video]
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/07/27/rise-and-shine-the-week-at-tod-21/#comment-1092079
Let me know when you are ready to start and let’s see how many times we can bump our way through before *you* give up!
VC, I would literally pay anything - ANYTHING - to see a video of you exercising to ‘Forward’, ANYTHING!!!! :lol:
Danny’s first born son?
Incidentally, the challenge was for *YOU* to participate - you can’t buy your way out of every situation, you know!
VC….greetings
I do not know which Province you reside in in Canada…but I wanted to tell you that my daughter and granddaughter are in Vernon, British Columbia.. training at the ORGC Elite Summer Intensive 2014…a training facility in Rhythmic Gymnastics.
she is working hard….and I am so very proud of her…
here is the FB page of the training facility..
https://www.facebook.com/rg.stars/photos_all
Great news of your granddaughter, PF58! I have seen her in action here (that time you shared a short video of her routine). British Columbia is in ‘west coast’ Canada and I am central so we are a ways away from each other. She’s ‘closer’ to CanadaBarb whom I believe is in BC too. Hope she has a good training session and mom has some time to do some sightseeing.
Yes….thank you
:-) She’s a lazy bones Layla!!
I love these compilations of TOD’s Week….it gives anyone who may not have heard of TOD (if there is such a person)…a great way to review the news of week…like getting the Sunday Paper…..
great rise and shine.
Sad to hear that. There you have someone working to help people.
Great compilation. Thanks, Chips.
Thank *you* Legend, yet another wonderful week of posts by you, the amount of work involved brings tears to my eyes.
You’re the best.
Defend yourself but let’s not do bush policy of all out war. And for crying out loud, don’t drop a nuke on them, as you said whatever is necessary .
He’s scary.
So he doesn’t care how many Palestine people are kill, how many kids are kill, not as long as Netanyahu gets his way. He wanted it to be Iran, but he will take this.
He wanted it to be Iran, but he will take this….
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THISSSSSSS!!!!!!
How many times were Netanyahu all set to bomb Iran concerning them building a nuclear bomb? I’m sure POTUS had to do whatever he could to get him to hold off.
this man is a piece of shit.
The US Taxpayer should not fund Bib’s wars.
Not in Our Name: Jewish Activists Arrested in Sit-In at Friends of Israel Defense Forces New York City Office
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25147-not-in-our-name-jewish-activists-arrested-in-sit-in-at-friends-of-israel-defense-forces-new-york-city-office
Jovie - are you saying that you truly believe this has anything to do with about defending himself?
I do not believe this is about defending Israel….Netanyahu want to destroy the Palestinian People..as it stands now…the Palestinian people live in an Apartheid/Jim Crow type situation……..the only way to bring about security, Peace…and Prosperity is a 2 state solution…a return of lands taken…and no more settlements….
Netanyahu has been consistently against that….and he has recently stated that he does not believe in a 2 state solution….
where do we go from here…..
GM, TOD ohana; coming to you from a beautiful Sunday morning in NE Fla.
Thanks to all who have kept us informed during this trying, often tragic and sometimes silly season that is this Summer. I lurk much more than I comment, but I am always here celebrating the triumphs and sending love and support during the difficult times.
Have a great day.
PS. Chips, did you finish your house cleaning project? My interior remodeling was completed yesterday, now I have to put my home back together and I am tired just thinking about it.
Wow CEB! The last interior remodel I did was put laminate floors on first level & bathrooms upstairs, new carpet and painted all room except kitchen. For some reason doing all that was easier than the kitchen remodel.
I put off the kitchen remodel for a later date when I am prepared for an even bigger hassle and cost.
That is I did the easier fixes in the kitchen:flooring, painting and lighting. I will get new cabinets and appliances later.
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks & TOD family.
Wonderful thank you to the bt`s :-)
Good morning TOD family and good morning Chips. I too did and continue to do massive cleaning this weekend. I washed walls, vaccumed a ton of cat hair, scrubed floors, and still not done.
Have a blessed Sunday everyone and pray for our President and for the Palistenian people.
Yet another reason for Chips to NOT LIKE Billy Joel…AND John Boehner!!
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/john-boehner-uses-billy-joel-puns-to-blast-obamas-jobs-plan-20140726
After the news came out earlier this week that Billy Joel will receive the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, John Boehner celebrated the Piano Man in his own fashion. The House Speaker’s office closed out the week with a press release regarding the nation’s jobs situation wrought entirely of puns on Joel’s song titles.
How sophomoric.
Morning df. We’ve got rain coming from.Arizona. Did any reach where you live in AZ?
Really GGail? It’s grey and cloudy in Pasadena. I better get busy. I was gonna wash my car today… figure it would rain.
jojo, I’m not sure if the rain will reach you or I. It’s moving towards the Riverside area. We will probably just stay humid & cloudy.
OMG! I slept through the entire event:) My umbrellas were all over the place…I have the yardguys here now doing some work and they told me that a huge swath of a neighborhood they passed on the way here is a disaster! Trees down everywhere, power out..trees in road and crashed on homes. Must’ve had a microburst. Still cloudy out now, which is wonderful! I pray for cloudy days but will still be about 106 today….I’ll take it! Better than the 118 we had last week:) Enjoy the much needed rain!! Hope it comes to CA and fills the rain gauges and rivers:) HA! About the ONLY good thing AZ ever did for CA…:) Hope it rains a lot w/o the damage.
DF,
No rain where I am (just south of Reagan Library), 0% probability per weather.com. However, this morning is spectacularly cool and overcast — which happens once in a blue moon in summer.
Will have Monarch caterpillar update later.
Posted this previously, just for you! (photo taken Friday evening, just after I discovered I’m foster mother to Monarch babies)
SMH!
Our resident AZ weather reporter slept through the storm :-)
I sleep like my daddy! Anywhere, anytime…”just resting my eyes” he always says as he snores and falls asleep literally anywhere:) When I’m snuggled in my bed and it’s dark outside, and raining….BEST SLEEP!
Yes it is the best sleep!
:lol: Billy and Rusty …. what a combination /runs
Bet Billy can make up quite a few songs about Rusty! Better not throw those stones, Boner:)
Alcohol has to be in the title. He could do a cover of Whiskey in the Jar, and adapt the lyrics.
..or dementia
GM all.
Just putting all the silly CNN polling into context:
Sample Size: 516
May 1–4, 2008 Hillary Clinton 51%, Barack Obama 44%, Other/No Opinion 5%
Ipsos Public Affairs
Sample Size: 514
Margin of Error: ± 4.3%
April 30 – May 4, 2025 Hillary Clinton 47%, Barack Obama 40%, Other 1%, No Opinion 12%
USA Today/Gallup
Sample Size: 516
May 1–4, 2008 Hillary Clinton 51%, Barack Obama 44%, Other/No Opinion 5%
Ipsos Public Affairs
Sample Size: 514
Margin of Error: ± 4.3%
April 30 – May 4, 2025 Hillary Clinton 47%, Barack Obama 40%, Other 1%, No Opinion 12%
Report from reality, in Iowa (link posted Friday on TODville):
GooOoooddd MooOoorrrnNnning, TODobots on this side of the world!
GooOoooddd Nnniiigghttt, TODobots in ‘night-y’ areas!
Beginning or ending, it’s Sunday everyone, and that means another week, a much better week, please God, is on its way!
Morning vc. Happy for you that your laptop is back in tweeting condition :-)
Morning, GGail, and thanks! It has made a lot of difference to my mental outlook. ;) You really should try twitter too - sure there are many irritations, but there’s also lots of informative, supportive and uplifting ‘stuff’. What I think I love most though is the ‘power’ of being able to add my 1c (sometimes even 3c) contribution to the larger dialogue. ;)
Enjoy your Sunday, girl!
Twitter? I give it serious thought.
You have a great Sunday too vc :-)
Bless the BTs - all of you! I would be ignorant of the real import of the news and much more depressed by it if not for you!
THISSSSSS!
{{{{{Judith}}}}}!!
Welcome home from Wisconsin, Judith!
There’s a lot of Scandinavian influence along the CA coast (LL: think Solvang CA).
Many streets here have Scandinavian names (though vastly outnumbered by the Spanish names) and there’s a Scandinavian festival every April at Cal Lutheran, complete with Aebelskivers. :)
This is a small, mom & pop nursery who apparently aren’t on Twitter.
Thanks to all the bts - legendary, esteemed, distinguished, balanced (my synonym for ‘even’) and (Diva) delicious - for your hard work this past week. Together we made it through, as did our President and his Admin! #FORWARD
(random old anthem) >>>> ••►
EUREKA! I have just discovered that this random old song ;) makes a terrific exercise video. :) :) I’m proud to report that I’ve done 8mins and 44 secs of exercise this morning! I feel fitter already… AND it worked both physically and mentally - wow! You should try it. Honestly. In fact, if you let me know when you are starting I’ll run through it again WITH you. :grin: :grin:
You are so right. It’s a great 5 minute, sitting at the computer workout! It never gets old.
Isn’t it great, Alma-b? I actually did my ‘exercise’ standing though, because it did actually get me moving. Today’s effort really did affect both mind and body, so I think I’ll use it for shaking my booty more often!
Yeah me too. I always loved it and move but a little while it plays but a little more effort makes it a real exercise. Thanks for the tip.
THIS!
jojo, I’m not sure if the rain will reach you or I. It’s moving towards the Riverside area. We will probably just stay humid & cloudy.
Chips, don’t know how my comment is posted twice :shock:
Please delete if possible. Thx!
Did you have rum in your morning coffee GGail? Come on, own up.
What’s in Irish coofffeee? hic
As I suspected, you scoundrel! :-) Top ‘o the mooooooorning to ya GGail
:D and to you also dear Chips
Wow. What a journey it’s been.
I am forever thankful that I watched his spell-binding speech live on that fateful night. After the speech, I searched for everything that I could find on this unusual young man who was running for the Senate and perked up to listen every time he was mentioned. I was one of those who in the earlier days of his candidacy for president thought that it was a bit too soon. After Iowa, I began to think that maybe this was possible; after SC, I was pissed off and totally through with all things Clinton and was able to persuade all of my siblings to vote with me for Barack during the Florida primary. It has been and continues to be an exciting, historical run that we have all been blessed to witness and to be a part of (“we are the ones that we have been waiting for”).
SO so so many incredible memories, CEB. When I was sorting through things to send to Cousin Henry in Moneygall, I was really flooded with our dreams and aspiration of all those early days. I’ve learned so much about my country and myself in this process. I do my best to focus on all the good.
I remember saying to myself then “This man is going to be president.”
Agree with @pfeiffer44 “can’t believe 10 years ago” (!).
Agree with Bill R. that I soooo hoped that this Senator would become President one day — everyone who is not a neo-con was thoroughly disgusted with the Iraq War, Abu Ghraib, etc.
I had actually heard of Barack Obama before the speech, in an article in The Economist magazine (which I read faithfully — at least the “Americas” section every week). They mentioned him a couple of years before in an article that described the POVs of Black leaders, comparing those who had participated in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s versus the younger politicians (of course, Barack Obama was one of the younger Black voices).
There were never shifting goals, there was only one goal.
Agree!
As Bobfr says, we have to CRUSH the GOP and restore integrity to our democracy.
the three stooges.
:-) Look at how they’re stretched out, hilarious!! And their chubby tummies! LOVE them!
eat. sleep. eat. sleep. eat. sleep.
lucky fu…ers.
Awwww!! Little guy at the bottom: ‘I’m not with them’!
Look! the leader of the pack is ready to move on! LOL
They look like they’re trying to dance!
Love dispensing cuddle monsters in the early stages of development.
After Netanyahu has destroyed Gaza and all of its people, does he think Israel can now live in peace? Does he think that the children of Gaza that lived through this destruction will understand what was done to them? I guess Netanyahu was looking for a final solution.
LOL. Beyoncé is good for the soul.
https://twitter.com/cassandralately/status/444496947819212800
Very sobering:
This water-filled photo should be replaced by ones from the US West.
What to do with 40 million people?
Here’s the lake that LL drove by on his way to the Hitching Post last weekend if he took the “shortcut” through San Marcos pass:
Imagine this….
where will they go…and would they be welcomed….and if we (the world) do not do something …there will be no place left for any of us to seek refuge!
This might be a cool hangout for us.
meta, this looks like a great place for a.TOD gathering :-)
That’s what I was thinking. I SEE MYSELF CURLING UP ON THAT COUCH.
The NYT new Senate model:
In their dreams, maybe, right along with President Romney and Speaker Canter
oh, and McDaniel,too also
“RISE” to 60 percent? They’ve been saying it was at least 60+% since the beginning of this year. What kind of B.S. mindfuckery is this? Do they think people are THAT stupid…
It’s their new Upshot crew run by David Leonhardt! More media drama.
I can’t wait to see egg on the faces of all these people when DEM retain the senate and regain the House.
If you think that Netanyahoo with his dead eyes and blatant lying reminds you of the GOP/MSM, read article BWD’s twitter line references tying Frank Luntz the GOP Propaganda wordtwisting evil monster to the lying and wordspinning that Netanyahoo, Marc Regev and the rest of the israeli Liars Club engage in.
Blameshifting— just as here with the Blame POTUS for everything. Now they are blaming SOS Kerry, a great man if there ever was one.
Sanctimonious high-minded tone to mask atrocities—- turning a population and its land to rubble—in the name of peace and security.
Luntz and GOP are losing BIG in America and their followers will do the same in Israel. Eventually.
G’day everyone……PEACE! <3
At birth we boarded the train and met our parents, and we believe they will always travel on our side. However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone. As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant i.e. our siblings, friends, children, and even the love of your life. Many will step down and leave a permanent vacuum. Others will go so unnoticed that we don't realize they vacated their seats. This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells. Success consists of having a good relationship with all passengers requiring that we give the best of ourselves.
The mystery to everyone is: We do not know at which station we ourselves will step down. So, we must live in the best way, love, forgive, and offer the best of who we are. It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to step down and leave our seat empty we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life.
I wish you a joyful journey on the train of life. Reap success and give lots of love. More importantly, thank God for the journey. Lastly, I thank you for being one of the passengers on my train.
G’morning Sailor. What a wonderful meditative commentary - thank YOU Mr. Yardarm! :)
DMI…:)
That’s so lovely Yardarm. I will think of it when I play People Get Ready.
A GOP method to supress voting I’ve noticed lately is an effort to spread the word that many people don’t vote. Not to say, “You should vote.” Or “Everybody must vote.”
More to say, why bother? Nobody else votes either.
POISON.
THANK YOUUUUU.
I just love the way he sings with his hands.
Look something else is going on and I guess I can see where both sides are at fault.
And it’s been happening for hundreds of years.
It is what it is and nothing you can do about it.
Muslims hate Jews, Jews hate Muslims.
Muslims Hate Christians , evangelicals hate Muslims.
Sadly.
Oops that was meant up thread sorry nerdy.
Or down thread?
Anyways sorry.
What does it mean to be muted on twitter…is that the same as being unfollowed?..someone muted me….or something like that…
I’m not sure but I think it just stops your tweets from showing in their TL. Different from actually unfollowing.
NW probably knows for sure.
ohhhhh…ok…thanks meta…..
Well I have been muted….I think my ex-husband would have liked to have had such a button…… :-D
My children’s birthdays are 11 months and 3 weeks apart exactly. (Hey, I was just trying to get some sleep. Take it up with my wife!) For all intents and purposes, this is the same as 1 week apart and results in an annual shared birthday celebration. Yesterday was the day. We had the celebration at Chuck E. Cheese since it’s really easy and the kids enjoy the place. As usual, my wife made a fancy schmancy cake for my daughter and another for my son and took them to the party. We were up all night finishing the decorations and I have to say I was pretty impressed. My wife’s cake decorating skills just keep growing. A little later I may see about uploading the pics to show off. She got a cheap package of plastic Disney Princess figurines, made silicon molds from them, and then used them to make a half dozen fondant busts of princesses that she colored with edible paint/markers. The cake was a castle with towers that had those princesses at the windows.
Pictures, please. Pretty please.
Morning lock…..we would love to see pics of the cakes your wife baked. Happy Birthday to the munchkins and enjoy the joyful noises at CeC. I must say I’ve only been there once when my cousins daughter turned 5. It smelt like burnt pizza and every five minutes the mouse sang HBD.
I uploaded a few to my photo bucket account. Let’s see if the link works:
“US Releases Satellite Evidence of Shelling From Russia
16:10 (GMT)
The US State Department has released satellite photo evidence of the shelling of Ukrainian positions from inside Russian territory.
We have previously verified the location of videos showing Russian BM-21 Grad rocket launchers firing into Ukrainian territory from a location near the Russian town of Gukovo.
On July 16 Ukrainian forces reported being shelled from across the border, a location that matched the trajectory we plotted for the Gukovo launches.
Since then, there have been numerous reports from the Ukrainian military of cross-border shelling.”
http://pressimus.com/Interpreter_Mag/press/3561
Several tweets from our US Ambassador to Ukraine, such as …
Hope all of you notice that our very special Ambassador Albright’s outfit honors Ukrainian National Colors :)
New post in 17 minutes, 24.2 seconds. Ish.
Some people ask if I think Israel is defending themselves?
Yes… Iron Dome is basically US technology. It’s Patriot 3 a Missiles with a few upgrades.
Yes it has stopped over 2k rockets from landing on Israeli towns and it is saving lives .
Yes, this system is funded by US taxpayers. No offensive weapons from this President has been delivered to Israel , only defensive weapons.
Yes Netenyahu is a prick and wants to see Hamas eliminated doesn’t care who gets in the way,
And but…, The hard line Muslim/Arab people really would like nothing better to eliminate Israel.
This has been going on before the Egyptian Sphynx was built .
Both sides hate each other. Also, the past 1k years add hard line Christian pro Jewish/Hebrew values and you currently have lopsided battles.
History has proven, with the exodus in late 1930s etc that Jewish civilization has been shattered.
Maybe they got some hard feelings about what has happened to them?
I am not picking any sides, I think they’re both ridiculous.
Everything I said is non biased and true.
The one question you DIDN’T ask…can we consider that Gaza is protecting THEMSELVES from rocket fire?….Being defensive rather than offensive? Just sayin’,
I did answer I said netenyahu doesn’t care.
Also Palestine doesn’t have conventional army. They have Hamas which is funded by the Awful hard liners in Iran.
Yes. Maybe the REAL way to defuse this is through Iran…
We don’t have any diplomatic relations with Iran after 79 revolution.
Did you watch that movie Argo?
No, I didn’t see that movie…I understand that…however, we are at least TALKING to each other about ways to resolve difficult nuclear issues…I figured maybe, just maybe they would want a way to stop the killing of Palestinians.
Just because it is history(you say) does not mean it needs to be repeated ad vitam aeternam..just saying!
This map clearly tell the story of who is disappearing
“The quiet violence of colonialism.”
Movie reccomendation about this topic is “Cache.” it’s about modern day France and the bitter harvest their colonial exploits in N. Africa are reaping for the confused french people who practice their class prejudices and racism today without self-awareness.
The movie-maker marketed “Cache” as a middleclass muder mystery but that is not at all what it is.
YESSSSSSS
When I clicked on link, it said site I was trying to access was unsafe. ??????
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/07/27/10-years-ago-tonight/