On This Day: President Obama consoles a crying boy who lost during his easter egg roll event during in the 135th annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, April 1, 2025
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:cool: Made it in…I think.
May I get my hug now, Pres O?
Gold medal for VC!
Honey, get in line.. ;)
smh - jealousy, jealousy smh
rats.. :star: Yay, for you, on your first day of sabbatical, may many fursts land in your favor. Bye
Afternoooooooooon VC, afternoooooooon everyone!
Afternoon, Chips Chica! Hope you didn’t fool anyone or get ‘fooled’ earlier. :) :)
I don’t think so, VC - but I went out at seven this morning for an hour and got back 96-ish hours later :???: Only in the door now, and if looks could kill, Danny would be up for murder.
O dear! Hopefully he’s eating even as you talk WHILE putting on your walking shoes. I’ll let you go - don’t want DannyO shifting his mad to me.
He can flippin’ wait, I haven’t eaten since 1823.
:D
Is this a wise decision? Are you wearing socks? Don’t push your luck - an extra day without food might be less harmful to your health.
Goooooooal West Coast morning Chips :-)
Can you believe that we are going to have VC around all day/every day for the next FIVE months :shocks: There will be no place to hide from her! :D :D
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat???
IKR???!!!!!
What the heck happened that this nightmare …. sorry …… delight has befallen us?
Poor/good planning on my part
Better watch what you - & GxG -say (about me) for the next 5 months, because even when I don’t respond I’ll be making note.
Guuuuurrrrl, I am well aware that I must step cautiously or else! You can reach out and touch me via email, text, phone, I have NO where to hide :shock: :D :D
And don’t forget the spying feature (that I haven’t figured out how to use yet).
I’m gonna make sure you and my son NEVER have that conversation!!!! :D :D
That’s fine; I will have time to do research after my initial rest period.
Why are you free to terrorize us for the next five months? Were you let out of prison?
*chuckle* *chuckle* ssshhh! Yes
I do have to return in September though, but I’ve decided not to start ‘worrying’ about that until August.
Arkansas Governor Asks Lawmakers to Recall Contentious Religious Freedom Bill
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/us/arkansas-indiana-religious-freedom-hutchinson-pence.html?_r=0
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas on Wednesday called on the state lawmakers to recall or amend legislation billed as a religious freedom measure to make it mirror a federal version passed in 1993.
Mr. Hutchinson, a Republican, said he understood how divided the state and the country was over same-sex marriage and religious freedom — his own son, Seth, had asked him to veto the bill, which critics say could allow individuals and businesses to discriminate against gay men and lesbians.
He said he was also considering using an executive order that would make “Arkansas a place of tolerance.”
“This is a bill that in ordinary times would not be controversial,” Mr. Hutchinson said. “But these are not ordinary times.”
The legislation, which easily cleared the state House by lopsided margins, has created a political rift in the state, with Mark Stodola, the mayor of Little Rock, sending a letter to Governor Hutchinson this week urging him to veto the bill, saying it would have “a negative impact on our state’s image.”
Now according to the republicans of that state this governor is a socialist liberal. FREEDUMB!
Gov Hutchinson is between a financial rock and a republican hard place…
Several businesses, including the state’s largest employer, Walmart, as well as the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, the Arkansas Municipal League and other civic groups have come out against the legislation.
Mr. Hutchinson’s announcement comes a day after his counterpart in Indiana, Mike Pence, found him in a tenuous political predicament as he sought to satisfy both the business interests that have threatened to punish the state for its new religious freedom law and local conservatives who fought for the measure and do not want to see it diluted.
Some I’m sure don’t feel it goes nearly far enough and urged for camps to put gays and other ‘deviants’ according to whatever religion they are.
Even though I was very disappointed in the low voter turnout all over the US in November, I’m encouraged by this awesome push back on this legislation - and - this puts the States that have this bill ratified on notice that they too will be observed.
I would like all the countries and I think especially African countries these racist republicans went to that encouraged these countries to make being gay or lesbian a crime, can come to America as political refugees…..that will teach them to spread their hate to other countries when their own country won’t tolerate it.
Wal-Mart $$$$ is an agreeable Currency still in AR ;)
Not the Citizens’ cry. But the 6 Wal-Mart Billions that keep AR afloat.
But Wal-Mart did it because of the people who spend money at their locations.
If only each & every individual realized how much power they possess, singularly and collectively. Which is what PBO tries to instill in each of us - you DO have power and control over your elected officials.
Heard a segment on NPR this morning that seemed to be helping Walmart revise their company’s image. I know they are promising to raise their workers’ minimum wages, and construct downtown Walmarts more attractively in city centers. The sound bites presented people saying they were bringing more customers to the smaller businesses by being in the area. I am not so naive to think that last argument is true. I wonder if they are still augmenting their employees’ wages by signing them up for food stamps? I believe their avoidance of paying corporate taxes or requiring states to lessen them to do business in that state and not paying livable wages to their employees as well as undercutting prices inorder to put others out of business results in corporate welfare or the likes of the GOP’s dreaded Government entitlement talking point.
Nena, how did/does Wal-Mart get the billions? The Citizens, that’s how.
Hi GGail. Exactly. That’s why I hate to hear progressives say boycotts don’t work. They do work when it comes to people divesting their money from companies, countries, and US states/cities that prop up hatred.
Hi jojo. Me too! It gets me to no end when people don’t think “we the people” have any power to make change. The dollars of the lower and middle class citizens are what keep each city/state moving along. The rich 1% are too busy stashing their dollars overseas and living off of the dividends while we spend what we got.
AR has 6 Heirs from The Wal-Mart Company in AR contributing…..thought Highly Subsidized……but they have Homes, Charity, etc.
Wal-Mart Headquarters, Philanthropic Works, etc
They Employ Folks. Those folks pay taxes and spend money in AR.
bingo. the morons wilfully walked into that particular buzzsaw. these klowns are the ones the emmessem kissing up to.
yup!
I think they also got involved a few years ago when they were patrolling the immigrant worker hand sending them out of state. The crops started dying and they lost millions. Lessons learned, not enough apparently.
Sorry, I have not been commenting just trying to get caught up. Went to ER yesterday n& they admitted me, so far I am doing good, vitals are all coming back to normal. May be I can go home today. I read about GB she has been in my prayers for a long time.
Thank you Nerdy Chips and all who keeps us so well informed. Lunch time.
Roberta, I’m sorry I read the other day that you have pneumonia, and it has now landed you in the hospital. I hope you are able to go home soon. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. I understand it takes some time to completely recover from pneumonia. Please take it easy and take care of yourself.
His son?
Is he outing his son? The only time GOPers care about LGBTQ community is when a Son is Gay?
His son is Walmart. Corporations are people after all.
:) so true Jeff
Why on earth is this time “not ordinary times”? Black President?
TAIN’T THAT THE TRUTH……………..LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL…CATS LOVE TO STEP ON YOUR HEAD!
Hello TOD. Partly Cloudy, Nice and with very little breeze in MN.
April 1, 2025 ;) Happy April Fool’s Day to All :)
Congrats VC on your Au, Ag :star: :star:
Fantastic posts Bts. Thank you.
TY, N.
:lol: That’s kinda how I parked cars before I decided driving wasn’t for me.
so all your “I’m taking danny for a walk” is just a ruse to use him as a transport to your work?
Moo-orning Mister! What? Do you think I ride him to work?
either him or a cow.
Me on the way to work this morning:
still don’t know the diff between a cow and a steer, do ya?
Well, no. They all moo, that’s the main thing.
you can’t ride everything that mooves.
Now I have got a headache. Thanks Obama.
He gets blamed so often it’s deja moo.
I am going to bed.
Well, when you wake up we’ll meat again.
gbcw.
Okay, okay, I’ll stop. (Great old moovie on tonight, Raging Bull).
I’m back. Good night!
HA!, amk, I kept looking at the creature in the picture and reading Chips inference and thought exactly what you said out loud - HA!
That’s the new “drive-through” to smell the flowers :D
4-1-15
WH Presser with Josh “The Voice” Earnest
https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/press-briefing-press-secretary-josh-earnest-80
A tweet on the previous thread says “Obama authorizes sanctions against US and other hackers.” Or something to that effect.
Does anyone know what that means? It is baffling to me.
it’s authorizing going after foreign hackers that work for governments such as Russia and North Korea but also goes towards ones that are ‘friendly’ to the US such as Israel and Egypt.
China too….
Thanks jeff, nena, jojo.
Interesting Thing….is that they shut out the rest of us…it is clear what this is about…so they will gin up the racist vote….
They don’t need to gin up the racist vote because they will vote. It’s the ‘sane’ ones who don’t show up that gets them their wins.
They want to increase non-white vote when they have insulted, demonized, and worked hard to make it harder for minorities to vote.
Damn it, remember this fella?
A Georgia teenager who had received a heart transplant after a national debate about whether he deserved the operation died during a high-speed chase with police in a stolen car, authorities said on Wednesday.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/georgia-teen-who-received-controversial-heart-transplant-dies-after-high-speed-police-chase/
Wasn’t our Dudette instrumental in helping him get national attention…..is my memory serves me right?
That is so sad……So very sad.
Dick Cheney is still out and about spewing his cruelty on Humanity.
Ah, I think you’re right Nena, I’m pretty sure Dudette picked up on this alright.
It is very sad that his family and organizations had to fight for his right to be put on the heart transplant list only to die allegedly in the course of committing a crime. Saying he had past criminal trouble, poor, black and would not take his treatment seriously was no excuse to leave him off the list. They are required to put people who are already in jail on this list and are entitled to get a heart transplant and the state pays for it. I feel sorry for his mother and family that he died so prematurely.
i remember these photos! to me, that little boy is symbolic for America, and president barack obama has been consoling and making this country feel better since the moment he was first elected president.
Hello TOD, wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday… it finally feels like spring here today in Baltimore!
Once again…..this is why Michele Bachmann is Not Fit as a Legislator in MN let alone as a House of Rep member for 6 yrs.
This fool supported Carter in 1976 over Reagan. Reagan was seen then as a Divorced man…..Carter was a born again.
This is why Goldwater and his fear of the Fundamentalists were 1001% accurate.
Religious Governance mixed in Politics in a Diverse Nation is Not smart.
Nena,
Fools like Michele Bachmann always assume that other people, sane people, are deranged. It’s time for that escapee to return wherever she was before her time in Congress.
Good One Neena, I was so embarrassed she was representing us, but I blame Pawlenty for putting these A-holes in congress. We finally have some good and sane ones or at least they a running under the radar.
I guess telling her that 5 other nations are also at the table trying to work out a deal would let the air out of her tires.
Remember, the bat poop was assigned to the Intel Committee by the DC Town Crier, Boehner, in Jan 2011 for her Yes Vote to make Boehner Speaker of the House.
She was still in this Committee up until her House Term ended this Year.
Except the air is all in her head..
I SEE RUSTY IS BUSY GIVING BIBI PARANOID CRAMPS OVER THE IRAN SITUATION!!!! I’D LIKE TO BE A MOUSE IN THAT CORNER!
Even on April Foul’s day, the toddlers at the WH Daycare Center cannot help but make fools of themselves by asking the same gotcha questions over and over.
Lausanne Has Kerry-Mania [Yes, it’s from BuzzFeed]
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Secretary of State John Kerry has never really set people’s hearts aflame at home. But here in Switzerland, where he is attempting to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran, Kerry seems to have found his target audience.
Swiss French-language daily 24 heures dubbed Kerry a “weapon of mass seduction” on the front page of their Tuesday edition:
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Marine, a waitress at the Boccalino pizzeria about a block away from the Beau Rivage, told 24 heures about her experience taking a selfie with Kerry.
“I think this man needs and wants to mingle with people,” Marine, the waitress, told 24 heures.
While taking a walk outside on Wednesday, one day after the initial deadline for a political framework agreement in the talks, Kerry was greeted by a crowd of fans across the street yelling “We love you John!”
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/lausanne-has-kerry-mania#.fj24NjrXw
:-D
;) Hi NoS. Isn’t there some biblical saying about a ‘prophet’ not being appreciated in his own country?
I have thought if Kerry can get a deal he would be a wonderful repeat candidate for POTUS. I am aware he lost the run once before and was swift boated. Also that Democratic candidates do not seem to run more than once if they were the Dem Candidate that lost before. The previous loss could be the reason to eliminate him.
But in recent elections, the Koch Brothers have thrown their financial weight behind candidates who have a record of putting more people in prison, keeping them there for longer and spending more money on mass incarceration. By giving large direct donations and by funneling money through their complex web of proxy groups, they’ve backed so-called ‘tough on crime’ candidates even as they call publicly for a move away from that philosophy. This contradiction raises questions about the Koch brothers’ place in the bipartisan criminal justice reform coalition and who they will support in 2016 and beyond.
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a Leopard never changes its spots!
OH MY GOSH…SHE LOOKS LIKE CHELSEA CLINTON!
Contrary to what Republicans might think, diplomacy is not easy.
I think John Kerry and Barack Obama are far, far too eager for a deal with Iran, and could actually get a better deal if they walked away from the table and possibly came back later,” Scarborough said. “Why am I wrong, Howard?”“I actually think you’re right about this,” Dean replied, prompting an outburst of surprise from Scarborough.
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Who needs enemies when you have allies like this…but then is anyone surprised at his comments..
Dean is always making pronouncements before Firm answers are required…..hence, a failed presidential bid in 2004.
riigght because when Howard Dean was president….wait…wut?
Howard “Dumb-ass” Dean also wanted PBO to start over with health care reform…..He has the same track records Bill Kristol.
Chat on, back later
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/04/01/chat-on-93/
No way a Republican governor was going to do that to another Republican governor. Easy call by Hogan.
Indeed..the issue is that this is what DEMs get when they stay home and don’t vote
// …………………………….. African Americans have become highly attuned to racist “dog whistles” in politics. ……………………………
As we fast forward to 2008 and the election of this country’s first African American president, those dog whistles from conservatives weren’t so hidden when a group of tea partiers rose up to challenge his place of birth. But in addition to the more blatant racism, there were plenty of dog whistles too. Here’s a reader at TPM explaining what s/he saw in 2011 when Speaker Boehner had some issues with scheduling a joint address to Congress by President Obama over the jobs crisis.
“When Boehner does something like this (that no previous Speaker has done to any previous President), when he refuses to return the President’s phone call during the debt ceiling crisis, when he skips state dinners, when he refuses to definitely say that he believes the President was born in the US or is a Christian, or when Boehner coddles a member of his caucus who shout “you lie” during a Presidential address, etc one certain thing happens - black Americans notice it.
African-Americans are especially sensitive to the unprecedented disrespect that white Republicans have afforded to the first black President. Every time it happens, it ripples across black radio, black newspapers, black websites, and in conversations in black communities. It helps cement the ties that Obama has with the black community, and helps overcome whatever doubts and disappoints some may have. It reminds people who have experienced covert racism in their own lives that the President is experiencing the same kind of dehumanizing disrespect.”
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http://immasmartypants.blogspot.ca/2015/04/democrats-and-dog-whistles.html
Chips ,did you get my email on the pictures for Danny’s lessons in behavior? I couldn’t post them here. Muddled brain for a few days. Going home from the hospital today. will catch up later.
:-)