On This Day: First Lady Michelle Obama and Maya Angelou at the BET Honors at the Warner Theater, January 14, 2025
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Today (all times CT)
1:45: The President arrives in Iowa
2:25: Attends a fiber optic splicing demonstration; Cedar Falls Utilities, Cedar Falls
2:40: Delivers remarks on high-speed broadband access; Cedar Falls Utilities
6:45 EST: Arrives White House
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The President’s Tuesday - by Nerdy
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) in Arlington, Virginia. President Obama discussed efforts to improve the government’s ability to collaborate with industry to combat cyber threats
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With Secretary of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson
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President Obama's #Cybersecurity proposal would help modernize law enforcement's tools to fight cyber crime → go.wh.gov/GpX4mK
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 13, 2025****
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On This Day
President Obama delivers remarks to the House Democratic Caucus retreat at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center January 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C
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First Lady Michelle Obama and Maya Angelou at the BET Honors at the Warner Theater, January 14, 2025
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MoooOOOooorning!
Cheesiest. Grin. EVER!!!
Afternoon, A! Aren’t you old enough now to have already mastered your smile/grin/whatever instead of practising on us at this late stage? smh
life is not full of roses. #toughitout
/puzzled/ But it’s full of your idea of smiling? Go figure! Or go #toughitout?
Implants or dentures ?
au naturelle.
That’s awfully toothy…and huge!
We know you’re cool, AMK, Mr. Furst!
<3
Wow! AMK Good morning TOD folks!
Passing the time until PBO is here in Iowa today by following #ObamaInIA on Twitter! :-)
GM Muscatinegal,
I too am excited about PBO’s appearance in Cedar Falls.
Encourage everyone to take 3+ minutes to view PBO’s intro to his speech today.
My harddrive crashed yesterday, so am using a computer that I can’t capture screen images, but would like to call your attention to 2 in this video:
1) PBO’s hands (sigh, naughty mat needed)
2) Chart that shows Cedar Falls IA (and Kansas City, Chattanooga) apace with International cities like Paris for Internet speed. Alas, San Francisco (!) is at the bottom of the chart.
Morning arapaho. I too liked PBO’s entrance. And yes, the hands… :-) Also, I was sad to see Los Angeles behind in internet speed too.
Loved this. PBO is always thinking about, strategizing and taking action to make America better and more competitive. This is a huge issue and i love my President for addressing the broadband. I just had an issue last night so yeah dealing with this is a critical part of building a competitive infrastructure right here in America. Oh and FLOTUS red dress is magnificient. She is gorgeous - just gorgeous.
Now that is making a splashy entrance, AMK.
you gotta, dood. Have you seen this place? #bindersfullofwimminz
HEY! I heard that!!!
Ha! I’d even forgotten about that Romney nonsense!
Good morning, Chips, Danny, NW, bts and, oh yeah, amk.
Morning TODobots, and friends!
Geesh! Asking that very pertinent, and logical, question above of Amk seemed to have irritated him so much he pushed the button and knocked me right out of the village and offline. Honestly, there was no reason why I was outed from thee village because I was till showing internet connection. Weird. Well, Mr. Amk, I simply signed on again, and here I am - so there!
fywp can tolerate
youanyone for 24 hours only. I sign in every frigging day.GM TODville.
Can’t find the tweet now, but yesterday saw a tweet that said @KamalaHarris’ website was down because of so much traffic after her announcement to run for US Senate…
Good morning, TOD! Just doing a drive-by; Wednesday’s are my normal “office” day — time to get back to work as the last time I was in the office was December 22nd.
Morning, Alycee. Have the best day ever at work so far this year! ;)
Thank you!
Pace yourself, Alycee! Hope you have an easy, productive day without stress.
gunnite folks.
Since I don’t think it was anything I said …..
Night, AMK!
Nite amk
And so it begins.
Germany Approves Plan To Withdraw Islamic Extremists’ ID Cards
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/germany-withdraw-extremists-id-cards
Police Arrest French Comedian For Being ‘Apologist For Terrorism’
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/dieudonne-arrested-paris-attacks-facebook-post
We never learn from history…
Heh.
I like that tweet!
As do I!
lol….
Are these amendments to the DHS funding bill ?
Yes, I believe so. They’re trying to set up another showdown.
Geez. So they don’t get that the President would have to sign such a bill into law.
“Muslim Free” Shooting Range In Arkansas Turns Away Brown-Skinned Non-Muslim Customers
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/14/muslim-free-shooting-range-arkansas-turns-brown-skinned-non-muslim-customers.html
Uhm. Illegal, isn’t it?
Most likely….
https://twitter.com/alaskarebel/status/555399696458727424
Maya Angelou! Woke up this morning and one of the first images I saw was a quote from her I have hanging above my desk:
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
Here’s to a do-better day! Like maybe no more snow, eh, Midwestern sky?
We wish……..Good day jc.
Good day! Am I the only one picturing life on a tropical island? Ha.
No, you’re not. When do we leave?
No ma’am. The beach is crowded! :)
Good Southwest Morning TOD Family!
Loved my homie Tom Hank’s article in the NYT. I’m very familiar with Chabot College. I knew many people that attended, including my nephew. I attended Merritt College in Oakland and can attest to the quality of the classes and the instructors in the California Community College system. I hope more people of note come forward with their community college experiences in strong support of the President’s plan.
Especially the people who traveled to CA and obtained residency to attend college for free and stayed. I met so many people from all over the country. It was a great experience to meet so many wonderful people pursing an education.
Wasn’t the reason GZ followed Trayvon was because “those people always get away”? Seems that GZ is always getting away with crimes and one day he will pay with life in prison or death.
Good morning fellow tyrants.
Good Morning, Yardarm!
Hiya Al. hiya doin’ over there?
Doing well; moving slow…
That’s better than no movement, eh? :)
Love that image!
I wonder why?
i HOPE THAT THE NAACP DEFENSE FUND COMES IN TO TAKE ON THESE CASES
LIVE NOW: The President departs Joint Base Andrews - http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Thank you I got here in time to watch the wholeAlways love to watch PBO departing and arriving. It just makes me happy.
I’m so glad Knoller is concern about POTUS not wearing a overcoat. I didn’t know he cared.
HE NEEDS TO WEAR A COAT…HE’S STUBBORN. SPENDING LOTS OF TIME HERE IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF PAIN…MY BONE ILLNESS HAS SPREAD TO MY THROAT AND NECK…SO I AM PRETTY SICK ACTUALLY. THERE IS NO CURE FOR THIS DISEASE. MY SON IS LEAVING TOMORROW WHICH WILL TAKE SOME FILL IN THE BLANK OFF OF ME. I AM VERY TIRED!..PBO..WEAR A COAT PLEASE!…GEESH!
SDS, I will certainly keep you in my prayers. Your physical condition sounds horrendous.
I know that sometimes a burden is lifted when a child leaves home…..and once they leave, coming back for long visits are not always ideal situations. Hope you soon do feel better and some of your responsibility will be alleviated. I admire you for keeping going and doing so much.
I AM ACTUALLY HEARTBROKEN BECAUSE HE HAS NOT CHANGED AS I THOUGHT HE WOULD…I PRAY FOR HIM AND I AM SORRY TO SAY I AM DISAPPOINTED…IF YOU ARE SELF CONSUMED…YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LOSE YOUR SOUL.
I love the LOVE that PBO gets in the most creative and awesome ways.
thanks JER….
i always miss the live take off and landings.but i do love the pics….smilin
Maya and Michelle - just WOW!
What is it Judith? Phenomenal women. Maya was one and FLOTUS still is one.
Howdy Family! :-D
Just another day in the Mid-west…….(bbl)
Brrrrr! Go back inside. :-)
This MLK Day, I hope you’ll join us and our many allies on the MLK Day of Action, Resistance, and Empowerment March (MLK DARE), as we live that fight in our world today. We’ll march for an end to stop and frisk, a $15 minimum wage, the right to organize, and a fully funded and democratically controlled school system.
MLK DARE March
Monday, January 19
440 N Broad. Street
1:30 pm rally
March begins 2:00 pm
RSVP on Facebook
Woot! Go Philly!
i think i may attend the rally
29 Dems voted to gut Dodd-Frank
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll037.xml
What is up with these Democrats?
No moral compass when one has made self-interest (re-election) more important than the people they were elected to serve.
You need to tweet this…
Of his stint at Chabot College, Mr. Hanks said as he drove his kids by the campus: “That place made me what I am today.”
GM/GD/GA/GE TODable Community.
Excellent R&S, Chips.
Au :star: for Amk.
Congrats to Gold Winners 3 posts back.
Chat on
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/01/14/chat-away-476/
So US Media is still hopping on Paris and the March to attack the Obama Admin……but many of these outfits Didn’t have the Guts to publish the Cover of a Fictitious Cartoon of Muhammad? Hmm? Do these idiots ever listen to themselves? These people made their decisions based on Fear, Backlash and Loss of Money……Yet they want president Obama to attend a Rally in a Foreign Nation…..a task that has Never been done in 328 plus years in American History?
I will add this about the depiction of a Feared Head of Islam. But here is what I don’t understand. Since No picture of Muhammad has ever been published…..why would the Believers of Islam give a care to what or who an “Infidel” would have to say about a Religion they hold so dear?
The Europeans, mostly, the Romans made Christ in their own physical image…..The JC of Nazareth known worldwide is Not the actual JC’s image of 2000 plus years ago…..Would some or many Christians today revolt if Christ’s Image is changed today? Hmm? Perhaps. But will some kill for this change? I am not sure.
Yes, I believe the white radicals who call themselves Christians could be riled up enough by Fox News Sean Calamity and Bill-O-the-Clown O’Really to cause these radicals to kill if there were publications that JC was depicted as described in the Bible with dark skin and woolly hair.
Yes, they could/would kill in a heart beat. Takes not much for them to do this to black folks on general principal already !
These 84% all borne by Women.
Having this backward thoughts are part of the illness of those on the right.
This GOP Power grab for 2016……is going to be :lol: :roll: :lol: than their clownfest in 2008 or 2012. And with Sugar-Daddies with Citizen United Ruling……Holy smokes…Add in the Huge Massive Egos……..I am in Heaven, Politically ;)