The President after spotting Chuck Todd’s comic (Photo by Pete Souza)
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The Bought Books
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End - Atul Gawande
Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business (Junie B. Jones Series #2) - Barbara Park
A Barnyard Collection: Click, Clack, Moo and More - Doreen Cronin
I Spy Sticker Book and Picture Riddles by Jean Marzollo
Nuts to You - Lynn Rae Perkins
Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus (Junie B. Jones Series #1) - Barbara Park
Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson
Redwall (Redwall Series #1) - Brian Jacques
Mossflower (Redwall Series #2) - Brian Jacques
Mattimeo - Brian Jacques (Redwall Series #3)
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms - Katherine Rundell
The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Richard Flanagan
The Laughing Monsters - Denis Johnson
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
Nora Webster - Colm Toibin
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China - Evan Osnos
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The President & Malia spot Chuck Todd's comic
"Looking looooonely" :-)
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Love this!!!!
It’s Delectable Delicious Duuuuuuuuudette!!!!
Thank you My Dazzingly, Distinguished, Doyenne of Dauntless! :-D
:lol: Dyyyyyyyyying!!! I need to be fed grapes in a milky bath now!!!
Guarded by your pet lions, no doubt! :-D
Oh my, dudette, you outdid yourself with this image. I doubt Danny would appreciate the lion entourage.
Excellent point, jg! I see Our Queen has deftly remedied the situation below! All Hail The Queen! :-D
:lol: Fixed! ->
Perfect! :-D
Okay, now it’s just right and very believable, although I think it’s a bit overdone on the gold bling.
:D :D :D :D
Agree, Dudette!!!
Congrats :)
Very special, Chips, and very, very funny!!!!! Ol’ Chuckles should have spared a few trees and himself …
Posted WH 2014 Christmas Ornament (from WH Historical Association) on previous thread. :-)
Reminded me of there’s also a contest for the first 3-D Printed White House ornament announced in October.
Calling All Makers: Announcing the First-Ever White House 3D-Printed Ornament Challenge
Posted by Stephanie Santoso on October 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM EST
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/10/30/calling-all-makers-announcing-first-ever-white-house-3d-printed-ornament-challenge
Here at the White House, planning for the 2014 holiday season is already in full swing! The house is buzzing with activity as preparations for the most festive time of the year are underway.
Once again, President Obama and the First Lady will welcome tens of thousands of visitors from around the country to tour the holiday decorations – and those that can’t make it in person will have the chance to explore the décor online. From Christmas trees and garlands to lights and ornaments, the holidays will be filled with wonder, delight, and excitement.
And this year, for the first time ever, we’re inviting makers and innovators around the country to participate in the White House 3D-Printed Ornament Challenge!
The Challenge, in partnership with the Smithsonian, invites makers, artists, designers, engineers, and anyone interested in 3D modeling and 3D printing to design a winter holiday-inspired ornament. Starting today and running until November 10, 2014, people can head over to Instructables to submit their design and for more details about the Challenge.
A selection of the winning ornament designs will be 3D printed and displayed in the White House during the holiday season; featured on the Smithsonian’s state-of-the-art 3D data platform, 3d.si.edu; and will join a small collection of White House ornaments in the political history division of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
Here’s another article about the contest:
http://www.livescience.com/48700-white-house-3d-printing-contest.html
Winner(s) not yet announced, but you can see the finalists here:
http://www.instructables.com/contest/ornamentdesignchallenge/finalists/
They all look like winners to me!
… although that Library of Congress ornament tugs at my heart the most!
How cool is this?
Loooooove this! Look! Dudette is furst!
Tee-hee! :-)
Hiya df!
tee hee - love the chuckie todd piece.
me too. Laughing at whpc and pundidiots is the best way to handle it
or ignore them totally
ME TOO…CHUCKIE WANTS OUR PRESIDENT TO LOOK LIKE HE IS WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY OF SHAME….LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL…LOTS A’ LUCK WITH THAT ONE!!!!
Exquisite.
Brava Chips!
Au :star: for TOD’s DJ, Dudette ;) Congratulations!
Merci ma petite chute de la gomme!
Hey Chips, saw that tweet from Peaches. They love raising the goal posts, huh? And looking like an idiot while doing it.
GeeeeeBeeeeee! Still chuckling at the criticism of PBO shopping on #BlackFriday when it’s Saturday.
She’s a strange fish, blocked her ages ago, nasty stuff.
Hope you’re doing good GB?
Rough start but better at the moment. Thanks!
And now for some delectable delights at a local eatery (before I start biting off my own fingers).
#SmallBusinessSaturday saves lives! :-)
Good afternoon, good small business Saturday to everyone.
Congrats, Dudette, on #1.
PBO’s reaction to upChuck’s book was priceless — I know he was thinking, “Chuck Todd can write?”
LL’s not here to enjoy it, but look at the forecast for Tuesday in SoCal — 100% chance of rain! Haven’t seen that for a long, long time. It’s been unseasonably warm and dry, feels like Arizona or New Mexico recently (but thankfully with no wind).
“Chuck Todd can write?”
:lol: Good afternoon arapaho415!
Seems like a slow day at TOD, so for those of you who are sheltering against inclement weather, here’s something to chuckle over.
Tommy Lee Jones’ deadpan is hysterical in Japanese… (7 minute video):
#SomethingDeepPersists
Hopefully, this ‘nation state’ law will fail, if not, all Israelis will suffer.
Interesting insights …
“Jewishness is my primary identity, though I have others. Judaism is my tradition and heritage and when I choose to be religious, my faith. The Jewish people are my history and whether I like them or not, my extended family and future. Jewish is my cuisine, music and literature. But while I am quite happy for legislators and judges,in Israel and abroad, to find inspiration in the more reasonable legal principles of the Talmud or the writings of Maimonides and other rabbis, Jewish values, even if we could hypothetically agree on what they are, will never replace liberal democracy as my preferred form of government. And the unstated but unmistakable intention of the nation-state law is that Israel will become less of a democracy, certainly not a liberal one.
The sponsors of the bill, and Netanyahu as well, argue that it is needed since many today, more than even, are questioning the right of the Jews to their homeland. That is at best a paranoia-induced illusion and at worst a bare-faced lie. The Jewish state has never been so widely accepted and nearly universally recognized as it is today. Over 80 percent of the world’s nations have formal diplomatic relations with Israel and a significant proportion of those which don’t have quiet strategic and economic ties with the Jewish state. This week, one of those relationships on display was the silent coordination between Israel and Saudi Arabia on the sidelines of the Vienna P5+1 talks with Iran.”
http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/jerusalem-babylon/.premium-1.628919
I am sure that the Pension deal was worked out. ABCnews payload and all the Large sums of $$$ collected for him…..the $500K, $250K and the $400K plus by the Police affiliated groups. IMHO……BLOOD Thirty Craven Money.
That @DCGOPGirl is a nasty chunk of racism …..
She really is a piece of work Bob, but I was so thrilled to see the push back she got over her comments about Sasha and Malia - that she issued a (comical) apology shows how much heat she’s feeling. Loathsome woman.
“Loathsome woman” - to say the least, Chips. But, who knows, maybe she’ll emerged enlightened. She’d be a happier, healthier person if she did. All that hate and anger really are burdensome.
I doubt she’s learned anything Bob, this kind of hate burns so deep. If anything, it will help her GOP career, she’ll be a hero now for those people.
Sadly, likely … true.
The ODS Burns White HOT with that one, Chipsticks. :( Best comment I read on this, imho.. and I got it from a link on TOD(Mahalo!) <3
“People need to learn to take a moment and think before speaking/typing,” wrote Instagram commenter “pattijolie.” “Once your words and thoughts have been put out there, the damage is done. She should know better being in her position. Her post was callus and hateful… Apology NOT accepted.”
"Picking on the Obama Girls Isn’t Smart, Especially if You Work for a GOP Congressman"
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/11/elizabeth_lauten_faces_backlash_after_scolding_sasha_and_malia_on_facebook.html?wpisrc=topstories
How old is this racist idiot?
If she has to ask her mama and ‘pray’ later after she had already tweeted racist tweets…….Our Tax Dollars should NOT be paying for her racism.
Exactly Nena…She’s a communications director - yet she needs to “talk to her parents” and “pray” after communicating something inappropriate on a social media forum….
Think about that….
#JusticeDoIt
Interesting Toon.
Now they have a story attached.
Wow…..1904, the same year My all time Favorite Actor, Archibald Leach, aka, Gary Grant was born.
She looks Great!
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/11/29/a-tweet-or-two-178/
RIP MB
The cop that took your life……will get his soon……Karma Never forgets to deliver Justice!