On This Day - Pete Souza: “A young girl captures the President’s attention as he greeted customers at Junior’s Cheesecake with New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio in Brooklyn.” Oct. 25, 2013
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The Week Ahead
Today and Tomorrow
The President has no public events scheduled
Monday
Meets with the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee at the White House
Tuesday
Travels to Wisconsin to attend a DNC roundtable and a campaign event for Mary Burke and other Wisconsin Democrats
Wednesday
Attends meetings at the White House
Thursday
Travels to Portland, Maine to attend a DNC roundtable and a campaign event for Mike Michaud and other Maine Democrats
He will then travel to Providence, Rhode Island where he will remain overnight
Friday
Delivers remarks at Rhode Island College - they will focus on the economy and the importance of pursuing policies that help women succeed
He will then return to Washington, DC.
In the evening, the President and First Lady will welcome local children and children of military families to a trick or treat at the White House
Saturday
Travels to the Detroit area to attend a campaign event for Gary Peters and Mark Schauer
Sunday
Travels to Bridgeport, Connecticut for an event with Dan Malloy and other Connecticut Democrats
Later, he will travel to Philadelphia to attend a campaign event for Tom Wolf and other Pennsylvania Democrats
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Bo and Sunny play with White House staffer Brian Mosteller (Photo by Pete Souza)
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On This Day
Pete Souza: “Even backstage, Jay Leno is a hoot. Here he tells the punch line to a funny story as the President waits to tape the Tonight Show in Burbank, Calif.” Oct. 25, 2011
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Photo by Scout Tufankjian)
President Obama early votes in Chicago, October 25, 2025
Thousands of people gather on the tarmac at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport while waiting for the arrival of President Obama and the start of a campaign rally October 25, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio
Pete Souza: “At a late night rally in Cleveland, supporters react as the President delivered his remarks.” Oct. 25, 2012
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MoooOOOooorning!
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FURST.
I just got delayed by a phone call, otherwise…..
Oh, okay then, congratulations.
Indeed! Congratulations.
What a nice compilation of beautiful photos.
Thank you!
Good Morning TODVille!
Congratulations on FURST!
Thank you.
See bt?
When you say ‘congratulations on your richly deserved furst, petal,’ I’ll be similarly generous. #AnEyeForAnEye
You mean more Don-nesque? Not.Gonna.Happen.
Not getting in the middle of this one. Good time to do the ironing I’ve been avoiding.
You could learn a lot from our Don, Mister.
petal, schmetal. pshaw.
AMK for the gold!
I am so glad to see that PBO will be all around the USA in the final days of this Election Season.
(POTUS better stock up on the throat lozenges and hot/tea/honey supplies.)
Will we hear soon about FLOTUS’ schedule as well as The Bidens, Martin O’Malley and Elizabeth Warren? All hands on deck time and those are our strongest spokepersons.
If you are interested in the shameless New York Times Clintonfest today, we have covered it extensively in Early Bird Chat. grrrrrrrr…….
No, thanks! Grrrrr.
But Happy Saturday, in any event, Vicki!
Unless you had a very sheltered childhood/were home-schooled, etc, who can say that they were never bullied at school? Bullying is a very common phenomenon in childhood and adolescence (and even adulthood), and I don’t think it should be used to explain motives for shooting people, when all other signs point to a culture of gun violence and narcissistic entitlement, and anger/depression over the break-up of a relationship.
I feel for this young boy but again with the entire world whitesplaining these brutal murders with stories about him being a misfit. I’ve had it with violence being a black/brown & white issue.
And it actually perpetuates the problem of gun violence by letting the NRA off the hook.
Bullying occurs in EVERY culture - it is a universal phenomenon, and it’s just as - if not even more virulent among females. It’s not exclusive to privileged white boys in suburban America. Ditto for mental illness, being rejected in relationships, etc.,
If you cannot go through these ups and downs of life without resorting to violence with a gun, then there is a much bigger problem here.
And meta, you are right about this: People who will extend mountains of sympathy to a surburban mass shooter who was “bullied” are the same ones who are quick to label the inner city kid (who has probably witnessed/experienced far more trauma/bullying, and personal harm) a “thug” or “criminal” and deserving of being murdered by cop.
This.
My point is, of course these young people are tortured and disturbed, whatever the cause. Their brutal disregard for human life is shocking and an assault to our senses. But I believe it is our horrific culture of easily available guns and rush to violence as a solution to everything that catalyze these actions.
Exactly meta. The widespread refusal to see the obvious and more immediate problem (the gun and “normalized” gun culture) in search of an alternate and more distal explanation (bullying, tortured soul, mental illness) is what I’m objecting to here.
And as I said, these explanations are not invoked for foreign terrorists, or inner city minorities who commit acts of violence. They are almost exclusively reserved for white male perpetrators who obviously grew up in a gun-loving household. That’s the point I’m making here.
” I don’t think it should be used to explain motives for shooting people”
Actually it can explain the motives. If a person is constantly bullied, ridiculed in front of their peers or harassed daily and no one does anything about it or the person feels powerless to stop it.. they can snap and what happens happens. That is just human nature.
My son was harassed by a kid in when he was in 1st grade and I talked to the school and teachers about it. He would run away or hide from this person and the group that the kid hung out with. The school would not coordinate a meeting with the parents for our family to have the conversation on what was happening. I talked to counselors, teachers and principal and nothing. My son did not retaliate because I raised him to respect himself and others.
2nd grade this kid kept harassing him and when my son told me about it and I asked him how he responded, he let me know he told the teachers and nothing was done so he would run away or hide.
I went to the school that day and told them what was happening. I let them know this problem was occurring with the same kid I spoke to them about constantly the year before but this year I was doing things differently. I told my son in front of the administrative staff that he is not allowed to run away. There would be no more hiding as he did nothing wrong. I told him in front of the staff that if this child or any other kid harassed him, he is to give one warning only and notify an adult. If the child does it again…he is to knock him out. COLD. He had my full permission.
Then I turned to the administrative staff and let them know that if they cannot do their jobs to ensure kids are not harassed in their place of learning, then my child would protect himself. No more running. I was no longer calling the school.. No more conversations. I let them know I was prepared to deal with any repercussions after the fact but my kid would do what he had to do in order to protect himself. The school could do whatever they wanted after the fact and our family would deal with it. But no more running. No more hiding. Just one warning and then it is what it is.
After that conversation the counselors and teachers held assemblies reminding kids about school rules and bullying. Parents received notices about this topic and school rules. That child was transferred to another school and my son and all his siblings went on through the remainder of the Elementary School years with no one bothering any of my children.
My point.. I understand how things like this can happen.
one clarification… I am not saying that a child who is bullied should shoot another child. What I am saying is that if you are able to stop these situations early on… it most likely will not escalate to the level where a student is so stressed out that he thinks shooting another child is the answer.
There are things adults can do to stop harassment and not deal with it as if bullying is a rite of passage for growing up.
Nospin my heart goes out to your son and to you, and Bravo/Brava to you as a parent for handling this situation in the most exemplary manner.
But I think you’re missing my point - which is that what you described and whatever may have been going on with yesterday’s shooter is not exclusive to white males in surburban America - YET, it’s almost always used to explain mass shooting incidents involving that demographic, whereas for Black kids they are afforded no such explanation- in fact, people often go out of their way to criminalize these young men and “thuggify” them - even without knowing much about their background and (usually) disadvantaged circumstances (which also often include bullying and harassment) growing up.
Furthermore, you basically proved my point by saying:
“My son did not retaliate because I raised him to respect himself and others.”
Why didn’t your son get a gun and go shoot up a bunch of students/teachers at his school? Because somewhere along the line, he internalized the message that this was not an appropriate way to deal with the bullying.
That Marysville kid grew up in a gun culture - he was already quite desensitized to death by guns, so it was no big deal to go to school and shoot up a bunch of people. If you notice, he never made threats of killing people on his Twitter page - he was very careful to conceal his plan.
I didn’t miss your point hopefruit2. I totally get it.
If I allowed my child to continue to be harrassed over the years my son could have become bitter, internalized the situation and it could have become more.
There are kids in our local middle school who killed themselves because of situations like this. Some kids are medicated just to be able to cope with being in middle school because of stressors of being bullied daily. My heart breaks for them.
Those are warning signs for me that situations like the one above can be commonplace if they are not able to deal with it or stop it. Am I concerned that one of those same kids can show up at class shooting at other students? Heck yes.
I am not excusing the child for shooting another child. I don’t condone it. Not at all. I am just saying… I can understand it.
My posts basically speak to the horrific gun culture that has been front and center in ALL of these recent incidents of mass school shootings.
Yes, you have talked about the bullying (which is horrific and also needs to be addressed and stopped on it’s own)
BUT
Like I said, the problem of bullying is universal, yet only one segment of US society gets the benefit of this explanation when they resort to mass murder.
Why is that?
“Like I said, the problem of bullying is universal, yet only one segment of US society gets the benefit of this explanation when they resort to mass murder. Why is that”
I tend to look at things through the lens of who is in control or are the decision makers. The fact that US society leans toward one group based on pigmentation especially when a crime is committed isn’t the fault of the kids. Adults created that concept and continue to perpetuate this meme by design. Adults are also the creators and enablers of our irresponsible gun laws. Why is that? Because in America folks have the right to be ignorant.
I get what you are saying hopefruit2. I really do. I am not disagreeing with you at all on any your points. I just see the shades of gray on this particular incident.
I hear what you’re saying nospin and I appreciate your willingness to hear me out on this as well.
No one said this is a fault of the kids. In fact, I’ve been saying just the opposite - that the adults - particularly the pro-gun lobbyists, and corporate media that enable them are largely the ones to blame. They are the ones who immediately try to excuse mass shootings with the “bullying” or “mental illness” explanation because those explanations conveniently shift public attention away from the primary problem - the gun culture and culture of routinely solving interpersonal problems and life challenges through gun-related violence and death.
I also see shades of grey - but my original point -which doesn’t negate the problem of bullying - is that if we are going to use bullying as an excuse for one group of perpetrators, then we had better be just as willing to use it for other groups of perpetrators. Otherwise we are just as guilty of the same double standard and refusal to acknowledge the problem of gun pathology as the pro-gun lobbyists and corporate media.
Some Halloween for ya:
Good morning all! So my little brain always misreads AK for Arkansas. Grrrr, every Alaska poll I first think is about Arkansas. Anyone know if Pryor in Arkansas is going to get some heavy hitter Dems helping him out with a visit?
Wasn’t Bill Clinton just traveling the state with him?
I heard that Bill Clinton and Mark Pryor have been touring the state for the past few weeks.
Oh great- thanks meta and jziglar. Totally forgot that BC is from AR! That should be a huge help.
amazing how the media constantly mainstreams gop felons.
Good West Coast ManU morning Chipsticks & TOD family…
GOOOAAAL😀
So, this lawyer guy dies and goes to heaven, and Peter rocks up and says “Look, it’s a bit touch and go about whether you can get into heaven or not - can you remember anything you’ve done that might sway god one way or the other?”
The guy thinks a bit and says “Well, I once donated 40 bucks to the cancer society”
“Uh-huh - anything else?”
“OH! I also can 50 bucks to the starving kids in ethiopia”
“Mmmm. ?”
“And I gave 10 bucks to some collectors who came to the door one day!”
“I see” says Pete “I’ll just go have a word with the big guy..”
A little while passes and Peter comes back and says “I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that overall you’re still an asshole and are going to hell”
“Shit! Well what’s the good news?”
“Oh, Here’s your 100 bucks back”
Isn’t science wonderful? http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29756238
Scientists from Harvard Medical School have discovered a way of turning stem cells into killing machines to fight brain cancer.
In experiments on mice, the stem cells were genetically engineered to produce and secrete toxins which kill brain tumours, without killing normal cells or themselves.
Researchers said the next stage was to test the procedure in humans.
A stem cell expert said this was “the future” of cancer treatment.
The study, published in the journal Stem Cells, was the work of scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute.
My oldest cousin just died from brain cancer last month…..
THIS
By denying a right to vote where there are only republican governors?
By building a 1000 foot wal to keep out those illegals?
Really?
Please ! They have no chance of getting minority support. Until they moderate and dump the racists things will stay the same.
“Please ! They have no chance of getting minority support.”
say it again jziglar.
you can trust the media to carry the gop’s water. always.
Do Republicans think that black people are that stupid? You have done every darn thing you could do to prevent us from voting., and now you think you can get us to vote for you.
“Do Republicans think that black people are that stupid?”
They’re counting on people forgetting how they ramped up the birth certificate and impeachment talk and how they call him Muslim/Kenyan and not really from here. They’re banking on people forgettting how they paint him as “other”, that he wasn’t really deserving of being president and only got their because of racism by Black peole and White liberal guilt. They are going to have to find a way to not demonize him while they are running against him (he won’t be on the ticket but will still be in office during campaign season) so as not to alienate Black people since nationally they need the votes. It will be tough, but they are good at lying and reinventing themselves. And unfortunately society seems to have short memories.
Hopefully we will have good Democratic candidates that will call them out.
“and only got their because of racism”
Correction —> “and only got THERE because of racism”
The Fight — and the Right — to Vote
By Bill Moyers
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PAUL WEYRICH at the Religious Roundtable, August 1980: I don’t want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people. They never have been from the beginning of our country, and they are not now. As a matter of fact our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.
BILL MOYERS: So, the right has become relentless in trying every trick to keep certain people from voting. And conservative control of the Supreme Court gives them a leg up. Last year’s decision – Shelby County v. Holder – revoked an essential provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and that has only upped the ante, encouraging many state Republican legislators to impose restrictive voter ID laws, as well as gerrymander Congressional districts and limit registration and voting hours.
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http://billmoyers.com/episode/fight-right-vote/
Please explain to me…how are we supposed to vote for them if they’re preventing us from doing so?
When The Des Moines Reguster endorsed Willard Mitterrand Romney in 2012, the DC/NY pundits said: Romney will win IA.
Hmm? How come Ernst ditching 3 IA News Paper Editorial Board isn’t a nail in her political defeat Coffin?
Florida keep chipping away.We have 10 days. Do you all remember when they had PBO down 3 points in FL just before Election Day in 2012? We can do this. We just have to vote!!!
serena beats her bff wozniacki in a 3-set thriller to reach wta finals.
Yay Serena!
Maddow truly thinks this guy walks on water. I think he does great work in dangerous areas but he is the new and dangerous kind of war correspondent; interjecting his own opinions into everything without clarifying that they are JUST that. That hazy line of facts and opinions is all we get now.
What’s up with MSNBC and NBC, another one they think walk on water is Chuck Todd.
No idea. Both Todd and Engel could be good if they just stuck to reporting facts. But tv celebreitus has bit them bad and for the past several years they believe that people think they are geniuses and listen to them for their opinions. In 2014 I’ve watched a total of about 45 minutes of Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell and about 45 minutes of Chris Hayes during the Ferguson protests. I would watch any channel that carried strictly national and international news reporting.
Just missing the guy who actually won an Iowa caucus.
A mass protest is being held in the Italian capital, Rome, against Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s plans for labour market reform.
The turnout for the rally, organised by the largest union, the CGIL, was put at up to one million.
Mr Renzi has backed plans to loosen labour protection and make it easier for firms to fire workers.
The protesters are angry in particular at job prospects for the young - youth unemployment is at a record 44.2%.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-29771540
One million turnout in such a small country? Impressive.
OMG OMG OMG!!! I come in to to work, and what greets me? A shiny new Windows 7 image on my computer!!! We had XP before, which was beyond lame. ::Does the Snoopy dance::
I’m easy to please.
Happy for ya!
Happy Sunny Saturday from my neck of the woods😉
Awesome R&S. Thanks Chips.
FURST, Amk with the pivotal Golden⭐ Congrats.
Congrats to all Au⭐ winners in 3 posts back.😆🙄😆 on the many Tweets posted by NW, Thanks.
What is wrong with Cuomo? He is always playing these annoying, sneaky unnecessary political games. He is up in the poles. But he is making it harder for Dems in NY to have any loyalty to him. A Mario Cuomo, he is Not.
I saw a doctor on CNN who said she was on her way to Africa, this doctor was not in favor of what the Governors of NY and NJ did.
She said they are already having trouble getting medical workers to go to Africa to help, what Cuomo and Christie did would make things worse.
Now Gov Quinn from IL has joined in the same 21 days quarantine directive.
Ugh!
NJ’s motto was (and maybe still is) “New Jersey and You: Perfect Together.” I guess now it’s “Christie and Cuomo: Perfect Together.”
Anybody who “teams” with Christie on anything is a dumbass fool. And I really don’t like Cuomo, either.
This story didn’t make front pages of:
LAT, NYT, WashPo, SF Chron, Chi Trib, etc.
And there would be no “explanations” about bullying.
Suddenly?
Nope…..these so called tightening and or leads by the GOPers started once the Pollsters switched from RV to LV. In 2012….those models failed the Media. In AK…….a state with just 600K, to 700K tops…….Pollsters have been Baaaaad at predicting results.
In KS, in SD, in NS, in GA, in IA and in FL.
Now, I am going to go on all out on this……Come Nov 4th, about 10:00 PM, Dems hold the Senate, gain 5-8 House seats and 4-6 Gov seats……the next batch of DC/NY pollsters’ poll would Magically have POTUS in 47-49% favorable.
Your prediction seems on target to me.
I agree.
I agree. I haven’t seen any evidence to suggest that the republicans are on the verge of winning the senate. I think the republicans are going to lose in Kansas, Georgia, and Kentucky. We might see a surprise in SD, and the dems will pick up Gov. seats. The media is going along with the same narrative from the 2012 campaign.
I agree Nena and I saw where POTUS said recently that if Michelle Nunn wins in Georgia the Dems hold the Senate. He doesn’t ever casually make predictions like that. We’ll soon find out and none too soon.
I’ll be so glad when this election is over so that POTUS is free to do something - with or without the Congress - on immigration. One of my closest friends is going through so much emotional pain as the INS has his parents on a scheduled deportation plan. They came here decades ago from South America fleeing for reasons I cannot detail for privacy reasons and raised their boys, paid US taxes the entire time, and now are senior citizens and grandparents who have lived here twice as long as where they were born. Their kids and grandkids were born here so it’s absolutely frightening for all of them for so many reasons. Of course my friend is voting Dem but also so hoping that POTUS is able to do something regardless of the election outcome as otherwise his parent’s fate will be before the end of the year.
I’m headed out to vote now and going to do some door to door volunteer work for Governor Quinn this afternoon. See you all later!
POTUS also make a radio interview that aired in GA or was it a…..robo-call phone message to help Nunn get the votes out in GA.
Like Don or Bill R said…….I would rather be in Dems shoes 10 days out than GOPer TV/Cable and Pollsters’ driven state of mind……my Verbiage…..to paraphrase.
Have a great day Voting and Thanks for your door to door Volunteer activities.
I will be doing a phone banking volunteering today…..the 4th Saturday straight.
FLOTUS have made a radio ad for Kay Hagan in NC, I have heard it afew times.
Well, logic, reality, necessity and practicality are dictating the rise in Women Soldiers in the region.
Their men are dying. Many wars over the years. And Global connectives…i.e…..Technologies….. show Women in many parts of the world doing different things.
For an example, during WWII in US, men went to war…..were drafted…..and to build the war equipment needed, many women went into the labor force and as years went, today, nearly 50% of the work force today in USA are women.
Will the SLPD be out with riot gear??????
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“Open Carry Enthusiasts Plan On Marching Through St. Louis Carrying Pistols And Rifles ”
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/10/24/open-carry-enthusiasts-plan-marching-st-louis-carrying-pistols-rifles.html
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A gun rights activist from Ohio plans to lead a march through downtown St. Louis on Saturday afternoon. The walk through the heart of the downtown area will start at 1 PM local time and consist of other open carry enthusiasts. Smith has asked those joining him on Saturday to bring long rifles or pistols…Smith is also requesting that those participating not bring ‘Don’t Tread On Me’ flags, other political paraphernalia, camouflage or anything else that will make the group look like a militia.
Per Smith’s Facebook page, he has 159 saying they will attend with 90 maybes. That number will likely fluctuate by the start of the march, so it is hard to say how many will actually show up. The plan is to walk from the Gateway Mall down to the Arch and then back to the mall. It appears this is not an organized event with any permits from the city. Therefore, Smith is urging the participants to follow basic traffic laws and stay on the sidewalks.
Ask yourself this question? If this were an organized march of activists and protesters from Ferguson who planned on walking through the downtown area strapped with AR-15s and Glocks, what kind of reaction do you think they’d get? Heck, less than 100 mostly black protesters chanting ‘Hands up! Don’t shoot’ can’t go anywhere in the St. Louis area without attracting dozens of cops in riot gear and a helicopter overhead.
One also has to wonder if Smith and his cohorts are hoping to have some kind of confrontation with Ferguson protesters. It is obvious he is looking for as much attention as possible as he’s been making the local media rounds in advance of the Saturday march.
Ask yourself this question? If this were an organized march of activists and protesters from Ferguson who planned on walking through the downtown area strapped with AR-15s and Glocks, what kind of reaction do you think they’d get? Heck, less than 100 mostly black protesters chanting ‘Hands up! Don’t shoot’ can’t go anywhere in the St. Louis area without attracting dozens of cops in riot gear and a helicopter overhead.
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I would ask those who challenge the notion of White Privledge to answer that question….
swblue..
this continuous struggle for economic and racial justice takes it toll…but i keep reminding myself…of our ancestors who kept on keeping…Harriet Tubman…Fannie Lou Hammer…my nana
all i can say is to …
ORGANIZE/VoteDEMNovember2014.
What is the point except to incite with hatred against black people? This has nothing at all to do with them. May Karma as so many call it visit these beasts promptly.
Good tweet!!
less officials who can follow up of crooks
http://www.saintpetersblog.com/archives/164108
This is my county, we know what up.😜
Nurse Nina Pham is back in TX with her family.
Wishing the best of Health and deserved Happiness.
Have posted a new series of RTs that you can easily access via the @our4thestate sidebar (TY, again, Chips!)
bbl
Our youngest voters are doing their part!!!!
It’s noon in IL and on this date……
Events
1992 Ross Perot The off-again/on-again U.S. Presidential candidate states that he had dropped out the race because of threats to disrupt his daughter’s wedding.
1983 U.S. invades Grenada It claimed U.S. medical students were in danger.
1972 First female FBI agents graduate from the FBI training course.
1960 First mass produced electronic wristwatch Bulova’s Accutron goes on sale.
1940 First black U.S. army brigadier general Benjamin Oliver Davis is appointed.
1929 First U.S. President’s Cabinet Member Convicted of a Crime Warren Harding’s Secretary of the Interior, Albert Bacon Fall, is convicted of accepting a $100,000 bribe. He was sentenced to one year in prison and fined $100,000.
1926 Presidential Power TheU.S. Supreme Court rules that the President has the authority to remove executive officers from their positions.
1870 First U.S. trademark is awarded, to the Averill Chemical Paint Co. of New York.
1867 First U.S. rabbinical school Maimonides College of Philadelphia is founded.
1854 Charge of the Light Brigade Lord Alfred Tennyson’s poem was inspired by this Crimean War battle.
1850 Southern Rights Association is established. Its purpose was to end slavery.
Births
1963 Tracy Nelson American actress. TV: Father Dowling Mysteries (Sister Steve) and Melrose Place (Meredith).
1957 Nancy Cartwright American actress. TV: The Simpsons (voice of Bart).
1949 Brian Kerwin American actor. TV: Lobo (Deputy Hawkins).
1941 Helen Reddy Australian singer. Music: I Am Woman (1972) and Delta Dawn (1973).
1933 Eugene Lee American actor, The Little Rascals (Porky). He appeared in 42 Our Gang films. “Otay.”
1928 Marion Ross American actress. TV: Happy Days (Mrs. C.).
1928 Anthony Franciosa d. 2006 (Anthony Papaleo), American actor. TV: The Name of the Game (Jeff Dillon) and Matt Helm (title role).
1912 Minnie Pearl d. 1996 (Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon), American comedienne, “Howdeeeeee!” She was the first woman inducted into the National Hall of Fame (1994). Radio: Grand Ole Opry (1940-91). TV: Hee Haw (1969-91).
1910 William Higinbotham d. 1994 American physicist, “Father of the Video Game.” In 1958 he rigged up an oscilloscope for the public to play tennis on at New York’s Brookhaven National Laboratory.
1888 Richard E. Byrd d. 1957 American naval aviator. He and Floyd Bennett became the first to fly over the North Pole (1926), and he was the first to fly over the South Pole (1929).
1881 Pablo Ruiz Picasso d. 1973 Spanish artist, considered the greatest artist of the 20th century. His last words were “Drink to me,” which Paul McCartney used in a song about his death.
1825 Johann Strauss d. 1899 Austrian composer, “The Waltz King.”
Deaths
1994 Mildred Natwick b. 1908 American Emmy-winning actress. TV: The Snoop Sisters (Gwendolyn Snoop).
1993 Vincent Price b. 1911 American horror actor. Film: House of Wax (1953) , The Fly (1958), The Last Man on Earth (1964). TV: Batman (as Egghead) and Mystery (as host).
1992 Roger Miller b. 1936 American Grammy (11 from 1964-65) and Tony-winning composer. He wrote King of the Road (1965, #1), which became the hobo anthem.
1991 Bill Graham b. 1931 (Wolfgang Grajonca), German-born American concert promoter. He helped pioneer the mass rock concert as an American cultural event.
1957 Albert Anastasia b. ???? American gangster and hit-man. He was killed by two gunmen in a New York barber shop.
1922 Oskar Hertwig b. 1849 German embryologist. He discovered that a single spermatozoon (sperm cell) could fertilize and egg (1875).
1920 Alexander I b. 1893 King of Greece (1917-20). Died of blood poisoning after being bitten by a pet monkey.
1826 Philippe Pinel b. 1745 French physician, “father of modern psychiatry.” He pioneered the humane treatment of the mentally ill and opposed the commonly-held belief that mental illness was caused by demonic possession.
1806 Henry Knox b. 1750 American Revolutionary War hero. He established the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (1779) and was the first U.S. Secretary of War (1785-94).
1760 George II b. 1683 King of Great Britain and Ireland (1727-60).
1647 Evangelista Torricelli b. 1608 Italian physicist, inventor of the barometer (1643).
1400 Geoffrey Chaucer b. 1340 English poet, Canterbury Tales (1387).
625 Boniface V b. ???? Italian-born religious leader, 69th Pope (619-625).
304 Saint Marcellinus b. ???? Italian religious leader, 29th Pope (296-304).
Have a great O’Day. I’m off to early vote and get my “fashion accessory”
Good article on how unrepresentative our government is, but especially the GOP. Also emphasizes how important it is for women and POC to get involved at the local level. Democrats have a better job in encouraging diversity but we have a long way to go.
Oh. My. God.
I was just educated by one of my regulars. I had no idea that Eric Clapton was / is a bloody awful racist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton#Controversy_over_remarks_on_immigration
That’s pretty sad. What a jerk!
Wassaup My Babies!
I just did the durn thang!!! 😃😊
You go, Dudette!!!!
That’s what we do to turn Georgia BLUE!
congratulations and great thanks for this!
Spousal unit and I have cast our votes and now can concentrate on getting others to the polls.
Awesome!
Thanks to all of you for your votes!!
thanks a lot and congratulations
“”I don’t know if the Republicans will show up; I don’t know if the Democrats will show up…but the sons and daughters of slaves had better show up..”
New post:
https://theobamadiary.com/2014/10/25/latino-uninsured-rate-plunges-thanks-obamacare/
Dear Chipsticks: Help. Why am I not getting my emails from The Obama Diary anymore? What did I do wrong?