President Obama waves as he prepares to depart Andrews Air Force Base for Kansas City in Missouri, July 29
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LP?! :shock: Is this your FURST FURST????? :-)
Probably in about ~year…….it has rewarded me by putting my next comment in moderation!!
:-) That spam detector has gone bonkers again today, it even blocked a regular for simply saying “LOL”.
:roll:
I love WordPress……maybe that will curry me favor in the future :cool:
Huh, I notice that didn’t end up in spam :-)
Probably only a temporary ceasefire….parameters yet to be determined!
So that’s what happened to my LOL. I thought I had a senior moment!
It was you?! :lol: My senior moment was not being able to remember whose LOL I freed from spam!!!!
Uh oh, we’re going down fast Chips! :D :D
A YEAR! O you poor slow soul! ;)
I don’t have woman’s intuition……seems to be the predominant factor in capturing gold these days :cool:
Congrats on 1st LP!!!
Thanks Bob….. I’m still in shock by the open & brazen attacks on SOS Kerry……Israel put their fraud of an Ambassador out yesterday “speaking for the PM” to say the smearing was unwarranted, and yet today they leak a fake **transcript** of a PBO/Bibi private conversation. When I saw that James Baker video today it just proved Bibi/AIPAC machine has been on a never ending mission to undermine anybody who doesn’t toe the line.
Yes LP, it’s been that way ever since the 1967 war, but my sense now is that Bibi and his AIPAC enablers have seriously underestimated how very different a world they live in today (thanks to social media connecting billions of people) as opposed to his last murderous romp through Gaza in 2009.
The attacks on Secretary Kerry are most certainly the result of he and the President telling Bibi he’s way over the line and the intensity of the attacks reveal a desperation born from the fact that Bibi’s crimes against humanity are being documented and spread globally, in real time.
The last Sec. of State Israel ran a concerted smear campaign against:
UNRWA Spokesman:
Absolutely disgusting woman. I will not watch the new batman movie coming out. I was actually thinking of giving it a see, but with her approval of mass murder I changed my mind.
This is pure genocide inflicted on Palestinians by Israel! Even as I grieve for the loss of the two innocent Israeli civilians, this utter devastation of Gaza by Israel is beyond the proportional response to the crude Hamas rocket attacks.
And some clueless dude just asked me how what Stephen A. Smith said was stupid. God I love the block button.
Here’s why MSNBC’s ratings are falling…
// Is Chris Cillizza jockeying for a job on Fox News?
You’ve heard it before. Barack Obama - the president who ended two wars, instituted health care reform that encompasses all Americans, realized the most significant financial reform in living history including the country’s first ever federal agency dedicated only to consumer finance, managed to disarm a middle eastern tyrant without firing a single shot, took out America’s most wanted terrorist that eluded two previous administrations (one Republican, one Democratic), and managed the program that pulled America out of a Second Great Depression with the precision of a surgeon - is… “incompetent.”
This has long been the meme of the right wing media. Heck, Mitt Romney ran on this theme in 2012 and lost the White House spectacularly. But as usual, memes that start on the far right and cause conservatives to lose the presidency by 100 electoral votes eventually make their way onto the rest of the media, taken as gospel.
Just as the whole media follows Fox’s lead in seeking out the “expert” advice policymakers who were deadly and disastrously wrong about getting America into the quagmire of Iraq about what to do in Iraq, if Fox starts a meme about President Obama’s “competence problem” (which goes rather nicely with… black! … don’t you think?), you can be sure others in the media will follow - even those that occupy “liberal” corners of news, such as Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza, a frequent guest on MSNBC.//
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2014/7/29/is-chris-cillizza-jockeying-for-a-job-on-fox
Very thoughtful article.
HF, as usual, Spandan’s analysis is brilliantly incisive. The comments are terrific.
Yes indeed jackie :)
IOW, don’t hug him, he’ll hug you.
.WASHINGTON — President Obama announced expanded sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, just hours after the European Union imposed its most sweeping measures yet penalizing Moscow for its role in supporting separatists in neighboring Ukraine. The latest American actions took aim at more Russian banks and a large defense firm, but they also went further than past moves by blocking future technology sales to Russia’s lucrative oil industry in an effort to inhibit its ability to develop future resources. The measures were meant to largely match those unveiled earlier in the day in Europe.
“Today is a reminder that the United States means what it says and we will rally the international community in standing up for the rights and freedom of people around the world,” Mr. Obama said on the South Lawn of the White House.
***I added a great graphic not included in the article***
Mr. Obama said the government of President Vladimir V. Putin had gone beyond past support for pro-Russian separatists fighting the central Ukrainian government in Kiev and was now directly participating in the civil war by firing artillery across the border, transporting more military equipment to the rebels and massing its own troops. “In other words, today Russia is once again isolating itself from the international community setting back decades of genuine progress,” he said. “And it doesn’t have to come to this. It didn’t have to come to this. It doesn’t have to be this way. This is a choice that Russia and President Putin in particular has made……continued
Watch Live: Awaiting President Barack Obama’s arrival in Kansas City: http://www.kmbc.com/news/watch-president-barack-obama-arrive-in-kansas-city/27184570#!bqcU4a
Thank you BFF!!!
JER, are you on Twitter?
No, I am not.
Ah, okay, just wondering - you’re wise!
BTW, the fella resting on the railing is the one with his hands doing the hallelujah in the photo you tweeted :)
Crimes against humanity ….
Bob, I agree with you 100%! Israeli companies must not be allowed to benefit from the despicable destruction of Gaza by the Israeli government.
Air Force One should touch down at 7:10 p.m. (local time).
This won’t pass the house. Maybe a stop gap get you past the election. But a full highway bill funding?
So, every summer for the past 3 years, a gentleman from Spain comes to the US to visit his daughter and grandkids, and he comes into the library. His name is Enrique, and we’ve struck up a seasonal friendship. For the past two years he’s been working on a novel—and it’s been published in Spain! So his success has spurred me on to finish revisions on my novel. And, I think I will go the trad pub route.
Go for it LL, and we’ll all put you top of the best sellers’ list!
And when I find a publisher, my Twitter anonymity will be at an end.
Oooooooh, scary!
Air Force One is approaching.
LIVE NOW: President Obama’s arrival in Kansas City - http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Mannequin in Obama mask found hanging from I-70 overpass | Local News - KMBC Home http://www.kmbc.com/news/Mannequin-in-Obama-mask-found-hanging-from-I-70-overpass/26295262 via @KMBC
***********This from our fellow citizens of MO
That is disgusting.
I can see why you have to do your very best to protect your children, can you just imagine Sasha or Malia seeing something like that.
although I posted this….from the other pics shown…there is HOPE even in MO….I try not to have knee-jerk reactions ….not always successful
I understand what you are saying, but sometimes you can’t help having knee-jerk reactions.
These people are despicable! They are also cowards.
The reporters called greeting at the line…the grip and grin…event….funny….
Ha, heard that Prettyfoot! :-)
I love listening to local reporters report on the President’s visit….not jaded like the “national media”
Exactly, the contrast is always amazing. The KMBC reporter was so breathless at times I thought he was going to punch people getting in his way. And the sun was in his eyes too. He’s going to sleep deeply tonight :-)
lolol…
just completed watching the CSPAN clips of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus challenging rusty the drunk & his fellow members of the gop, about their talk of PBO impeachment and suing;
if you have a few minutes - this is a good start;
we need to send them messages to continue this outspoken approach
First time in a long time I have been able to watch AF1 arrive and PBO step out of the plane. Was kind of exciting even after all these years.
:)
Haahahaaaa! Sweet.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
why was I blocked from retweeting?
I have no idea, Jeff!! What is your twitter handle?
glddraco
Twitter weirdness … have no idea why you were blocked, Jeff ….
I look at stuff like this and it is just horrible.
I am sorry, but the leaders of Israel, and especially Bibi Netanyahu, should be prosecuted for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
I think this is a more than plausible reason, or one of them, for IDF targeting power in Gaza:
Definitely, LL. Israel does not want the truth being tweeted, globally. They’ve also targeted hotels/facilities occupied by journalists.
I’m so angry right now I have to go take a walk.
One of the few still tweeting …
Sadly, @impalestine has not tweeted in 24h. Hope he hasn’t been killed.
GE Todder’s:-)
This is..where Pres. Obama will be having dinner….Yum!
Arthur Bryant’s Legendary Kansas City BBQ started here and continues to serve you today!
http://www.arthurbryantsbbq.com/
What drought? Water schmater .
OMG, I swear, every day I read about some big water main breaking somewhere in California. Insane that we are doing anything to rebuild our infrastructure.
This company “United Shipbuilding Corporation” PBO sanctioned today…Is a BFD….Wow!!!
The state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation, created in 2007, has a charter capital accounting for 117 billion rubles ($3.7 billion). The company exports about 30% of its production.
http://en.ria.ru/business/20100610/159366979.html
You betcha ….
Why I Have Become Less Pro-Israel
By Jonathan Chait
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/07/why-i-have-become-less-pro-israel.html
Roger Cohen’s very powerful statement aligns with Chait’s as Chait noted …
“What I cannot accept, however, is the perversion of Zionism that has seen the inexorable growth of a Messianic Israeli nationalism claiming all the land between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River; that has, for almost a half-century now, produced the systematic oppression of another people in the West Bank; that has led to the steady expansion of Israeli settlements on the very West Bank land of any Palestinian state; that isolates moderate Palestinians like Salam Fayyad in the name of divide-and-rule; that pursues policies that will make it impossible to remain a Jewish and democratic state; that seeks tactical advantage rather than the strategic breakthrough of a two-state peace; that blockades Gaza with 1.8 million people locked in its prison and is then surprised by the periodic eruptions of the inmates; and that responds disproportionately to attack in a way that kills hundreds of children.
This, as a Zionist, I cannot accept. Jews, above all people, know what oppression is. Children over millennia were the transmission belt of Jewish survival, the object of what the Israeli novelist Amos Oz and his daughter Fania Oz-Salzberger have called “the intergenerational quizzing that ensures the passing of the torch.” No argument, no Palestinian outrage or subterfuge, can gloss over what Jewish failure the killing of children in such numbers represents.
The Israeli case for the bombardment of Gaza could be foolproof. If Benjamin Netanyahu had made a good-faith effort to find common cause with Palestinian moderates for peace and been rebuffed, it would be. He has not. Hamas is vile. I would happily see it destroyed. But Hamas is also the product of a situation that Israel has reinforced rather than sought to resolve.
This corrosive Israeli exercise in the control of another people, breeding the contempt of the powerful for the oppressed, is a betrayal of the Zionism in which I still believe.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/opinion/roger-cohen-zionism-and-israels-war-with-hamas-in-gaza.html
Brilliantly written, heartfelt statement from Cohen. I hope more and more thoughtful Zionists come to this conclusion. It’s sad beyond words that Netanyahu has deliberately chosen to isolate Israel and undermine its future. And it’s sadder still that so many Israelis have allowed him to do it.
they learned that from the GOP.
You know, Bob, Netanyahu’s disrespect of President Obama and his administration is aided and abetted by Republicans like Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, other idiot Republicans; It’s also aided and abetted by our so called mainstream media (MSM). I hope all of us here at TOD will do whatever it takes to help elect Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress in November. A democratic win in November will send a strong message to the world that the majority of Americans still have the President’s back. After the President was re-elected, I though Republicans and the MSM would realize that he has the support of the majority of Americans and thus dial down their constant bashing of him. I was sadly mistaken! The vicious attacks on President Obama, ever since he was re-elected, have increased dramatically. Foreign leaders are tuned in on the U.S. media. And If the media are constantly telling the whole world that President Obama is unpopular, and that the majority of Americans question his competency, It is no wonder that leaders like Netanyahu and Putin think that they can get away with disrespecting the President.
I swear for a President….that supposed to be the “worst in history” yet, Media and folks around the country are obsessed at every step he makes…down to the last bone of his BBQ..or wonder..if he had sauce with it…Was it “hot” medium” or “mild”
Lord!!!! Never seen anything like it…….but fascinating to watch…LOL!
Wonder what they gonna do after 2017…SMH!
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WORD
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Good evening Chips, Please consider the Chait and Cohen articles, linked above, in tomorrow’s R&S. Essential reading, for sure. TY.
Thanks Bob, I don’t read Chait any more since that hateful article, but will check out Cohen.
Understood, Chips.
Just read Cohen, Bob, a wonderful, powerful piece - thank you so much for the heads-up, definitely going in R&S. Thanks again.
Aww! ain’t that too sweet…well…Yes He Is….and then some:-) I heard he’s better looking in person…and that should be illegal…LOL!
Michelle always thought he was cute….
“Luck” had nothing to do with it. It was destiny.
It was all about Michelle. She was HIS mentor. And she said on an interview on the Steve Harvey show that she tried to put him off to some of the other girls in the office, as cute as he was. But he would not have it. He made it plains and simple he was interested I her.
So drool and lust as much as you please, just don’t slip any numbers or cards in his pocket.
He will probably tell Michelle all about it when he gets back to the WH.
As handsome as he is, he looks so much better with her.
Reminds me of “The Makings of You” by Curtis Mayfield.
I need that after today’s overload.
Peace everyone…..
“Lord!!!! Never seen anything like it…….but fascinating to watch…LOL!”
Ain’t it the truth, Kasai!!!
It really is Bob:-)
This is making me laugh!!! I swear to God if they could they would follow him into the shower and then tell us what kind of soap he uses…lol
:D :D
BWwahahahaaa!! Inquiring minds!!
I believe that too Layla!
Wow….
So it is really true that Admiral William McRaven, Head of Special Operations and organizer of Bin Laden Termination is retiring to become next Chancellor of UT University System;
I thought he would continue being part of the leadership of the US Millitary
Chat on:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/07/29/welcome-to-kansas-city-mr-president/
The Beautiful BEAST!!
There are not enough adjectives to describe how incredible this woman is.
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2014/08/samantha-power-un-ambassador-profile