President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He is the first U.S. president to address the 54-nation body
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President Barack Obama shakes hands during a bilateral meeting with African Union Commission chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, at the African Union
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President Barack Obama shows off a ear of corn grown by a farmer participating in the Feed the Future program as he tours the Faffa Food factory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
President Barack Obama laughs after commenting on the press corps, who were wearing hair nets on a tour of the Faffa Food factory. “You didn’t get the memo about the baseball caps?” President Obama joked
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President Barack Obama walks to Air Force One with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, as he departs Bole International Airport on the final day of his visit in Ethiopia. Closing a historic visit to Africa, President Barack Obama urged the continent’s leaders to prioritize creating jobs and opportunity for the next generation of young people or risk sacrificing future economic potential to further instability and disorder
Yeah, me.
Congrats LL :)
Simply MAGNIFICENT dear NW!!!! Thank you (and Chips) for yet another episode of “TOD covers PBO’s travels BETTER THAN ANYONE”!!!
I emailed some TOD links about the President’s trip to a friend, and said, “Here’s something you won’t see on cable news!” She loved all the glorious photos and beyond. Thanks, Chips and NW!
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Thank you soooOOOooOoooOoooOOooOOoooo much Nerdy, your coverage of the trip was beyond splendiferous!!
Thanks so much, Chips!
Thank you, Nerdy. These photos are gorgeous.
PBO looks so happy. Warms my heart.
Thanks.
Great wrap-up, Nerdy.
And, man, I’ve been in a mood for a few days.
Think of three things you are grateful for. Works for me when life gets me down.
Thanks.
Hoyer says he’s undecided. This guy is the whip!
Drip, drip.
Thanks NW.
Everyone should take the time to listen to the section of PBO’s speech where he’s talking about term limits and hear the teasing in his voice to know that he’s tweaking our msm media when he says that if he ran again, he would win :D :D :D
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Kudos, Ms NerdyW! Oodles of kudos for this showcase - you done great! :D :D
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That is a wonderful speech! Thank you Chips so much for posting it for us <3
Good morning!!! I guess I shoulda stayed up at 3:00am when hubby woke to leave to catch a plane this morning:) Would have been able to see PBO live…but alas, that was not to be. Thank you, Nerdy…you hooked us up again:) Let me go watch him troll the clueless…..
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Some one should start a #ThirdObamaTerm meme with Uncle Joe’s picture on it.
Go for it, you!
Hadn’t heard of the book being advertised before. Stumbled upon it on twitter. http://www.ninaansary.com/book/
Thought the video was …… (you decide). [I’m sharing it, aren’t I?]
Thanks to all the BTs who were our tour guides on the President’s African trip. Loved every minute. President Obama is so impressive on the world stage.actually on any stage. Cant bear to think post-Obama.
GB hope your tests were clean. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
nice juxtaposition of huckster creep.
Isn’t it your bedtime?
yeah, about to zzzz.
LMAO! Go ‘head doggie with your bad self…
Oh my God! This is so hillarious :-D
Oh my God! That’s my Kasper!
This is awesome…read it this morning in my local paper:) Good for them! She seems to have great support from the players, too…they were very welcoming
Bennett never disappoints me (of his ‘toons that I have seen, of course)! Does he know you are a faithful ‘acolyte’?
Hello TOD.
1st time on the Web Today.
Congrats to LL for his Gold :star: and to all the Gold :star: winners many posts back.
Now……back to catching up.
Indeed.
Thanks Nerdy!
Congrats LL!
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PBO stating that he would win reelection if he could run again is yet another case of PBO daring to speak an unspoken truth. A truth that needs to be heeded by both the political right and left. A truth that endures despite all the hate, spin and propaganda used to deny it.
So true, but the mere fact that all the MSM got out of this speech about dignity and empowerment was that….is more than pathetic.
This is a Wonderful Post, NW.
Fantastic.
Thank you.
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TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran’s foreign minister moved to dismiss concerns Tuesday that his country’s nuclear deal with major powers could hit difficulties, saying he had “no concern or worry” about its implementation.
Mohammad Javad Zarif’s remarks came during a joint news conference with visiting EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini aimed at ensuring that the historic agreement swiftly takes effect.
As the European Union’s high representative, Mogherini was intricately involved in the long-running diplomacy that culminated in a July 14 accord between Iran and six world powers.
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Manning: Sarah Lee Circle Bear Died While in Police Custody; Family Seeks Justice
Sarah Sunshine Manning
7/28/15
The death of Sandra Bland, an African American woman who died in a jail cell on July 13 , has the nation abuzz about the ongoing saga of police brutality against people of color, and this time, it is becoming even more apparent just how poorly women of color are treated.
But a lesser known story regarding a beautiful young Lakota woman is just as worthy of our attention. On July 6, 24-year-old Sarah Lee Circle Bear of Clairmont, South Dakota, was found unconscious in a holding cell in Brown County Jail in Aberdeen. Circle Bear was jailed on a bond violation.
Witnesses stated that before being transferred to a holding cell, Circle Bear pleaded to jailers that she was in excruciating pain. Jail staff responded by dismissing her cries for help, telling her to “knock it off,” and “quit faking.” Inmates cried out for the jail staff to help Circle Bear, to which they eventually responded by picking her up off of the floor, dragging her out of the cell, and transferring her to a holding cell. Circle Bear was later found unresponsive in the holding cell.
I recently learned about Sarah Lee Circle Bear while attending a family ceremonial gathering. A relative set out a memorial chair for Sarah, a tradition of the Dakota and Lakota people. Sarah’s story was shared, and the circle prayed for her and her family for four days. In that time, we all connected with Sarah as a relative. She is one of us. She had life. She was young, beautiful, and she had a future. Sarah was also a mother. Two precious sons, age one and two, are now without their mom.
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Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/07/28/manning-sarah-lee-circle-bear-died-while-police-custody-family-seeks-justice-161204
Thank you for posting this story. Shared on FB.
#WeSpeakHerName #SarahLeeCircleBear
Hi Alycee.
It’s sad to hear of each of these cases. Sadder still to realize that this all has been going on below the radar and if it wasn’t for a growing social media we’d be clueless as to its magnitude.
As it should be! FU, Ed!
He is a traitor. End of story.
His ugly face bugs me to no end. He is a traitor and a tool. The fact so many young (probably white) emotarians revere him makes me ill.
Further making science deniers sputter…after all, they think the Earth is 6,000 years old and people rode dinosaurs. This will not compute.
I PUT THIS ON MY FB…I’M SURE THE RIGHT WING LIARS WILL LOVE THIS ONE!
h/t meta for alerting me to Goldman’s tweet …
Just asking …. and I’ll continue to ask until we get a proper response ….
Here it is
View profile at Medium.com
Wait a second…I put a link here! Let me find it…
View profile at Medium.com
Honestly…the Medium link actually disappeared from here…what in the world??!!
I love your tenacity.
Thank you, Doc Bobfr
Hope everyone at TOD thanks Rep Levin ….
I thought a few carefully chosen cc’s were more than in order ….
It’s passive-aggressive comments like these that make me continue to question HRC’s agenda…
She’s openly courting PBO coalition but she cannot resist a lilttle sniping here and there.
Sister on the other coast. Simultaneous reaction not for the first time.
Great minds and all that! LOLz.
FFS.
Unlike the current President????
Who sets and actually reaches ambitious goals???
HRC is hearing the Obama/Biden footsteps coming closer and closer.
FRANKLY…ALOT OF PEOPLE DON’T EVEN KNOW THE HILL IS STILL RUNNING…SHAMEFUL!
I think HRC is reacting to the news PBO is considered the greatest among the last 6 or 7 Dem presidents, which includes her husband Bill Clinton. Just as an aside HRC was raised in a conservative REpublican household and while at Wellesley was President of the Young Republicans. While a young Republican, HRC campainged for the 1st AA US Senator, a liberal Republican Edward Brookes.
If I weren’t already done with HRC, it’s a comment like that, which would be a deal breaker. She’s another one who can’t handle the truth, and is trying to make our President the “Invisible President.” Just like the rest of the green-eyed fools.
Nobody has had more far-reaching, ambitious goals than President Obama. Nobody’s been as successful at it as he has, either.
Arggghhhh.
Of course, I agree with you jacqueline, idon and SUE. But the needling has been answered by PBO. For example:
In Africa during a Presser, PBO was asked if he would continue previous President’s works in Africa.
PBO then lavished detailed praise on President Bush and did not mention Bill Clinton initially. Then a bit later. He said that GB and BC had done good things in Africa. It was obvious to me what he was trying to do.
It is a pattern of lauding both Bush Presidents and kind of ignoring BC.
Not to mention during PBO’s Charleston eulogy when he said that we needed no more “talks” about race. This was a few days after what HRC’s campaign billed as her Big Speech on Race. If ever there was a back of the hand slap, that was it. Please don’t tell me PBO doesn’t know exactly what he is saying.
RidenwithBiden 2016
#LetsRollJoe2016 <3
This is the desired result of a politically-owned media keeping the population ignorant and scared. We have the Congress in place to do the bidding of the ultra-rich, courtesy of a voting public too ignorant to understand what they’ve done.
BREAKING!
I just finished my last Summer Reading Program event. I’ll now stop losing hair.
DON’T LOSE HAIR OVER IT LL….TAKE BIOTINE HAIR VITAMINS…YOU’LL HAVE SURPLUS!…BY MIDNIGHT THE FULL MOON WILL LOVE YOU!
Morning, Bobfr…check your email because if you signed that #47 traitors petition…you have an email response on how they remedied this….from VP Biden
I’ve been getting in yet another major tiff with politifact who said PBO’s claim about the economy improving since he got sworn in is mostly false. Man that pisses me off when it’s politifact is fudging their data.
The GOP isn’t interested in governing. They have proven that, over and over. And, neither are their voters. Trump is feeding them filet mignon. They don’t want the Frank Luntz-approved language. They want the Trump ‘ straight talk’. And, he’s giving it to them.
Jeb went on a Spanish Network and gave an entire interview in Spanish.
Me…I don’t like him or his policies, but I give him credit for being bi-lingual, which I wish I was.
The GOP Primary voter?
Will look at Jeb SUSPECT for being able to conduct an interview in Spanish.
Holy fucksticks, Batman…that’s all you need to know right there!
http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-would-love-sarah-palin-in-his-cabinet-shes-a-special-person/
THIS IS SICKENING…………………..GOODBYE AMERICA!…EARLIER SHE WAS SUPPORTING THE CONFEDERATE FLAG!
Considering this will never actually happen…for either of them…I wouldn’t lose any sleep…Just the fact that he thinks she’s smart and special…tells you all you need to know about his judgement.
DF….IT’S A REPUGNANT DISEASE THIS PALIN EUPHORIA…IT REALLY IS DISGUSTING…THE CLOWNS ARE DRINKING ALOT OF KOOL-AID FROM A SWAMP SOMEWHERE! TRUMP ALSO KNOWS HE WILL GET ALOT OF VOTES WITH THAT MOVE!…AND HE WILL…CLOWNS THINK SHE IS AWESOME!
Sorry to say..but the men are “thinking” with the wrong head…Truth.
WTF!
Once again, Hillary never wants to commit to something that isn’t a sure thing.
She is the antithesis of PBO, who straight-up told people he’d be making decisions that some wouldn’t like. He didn’t kowtow to whiners and crybabies to curry their favor and lose the long game.
HILLARY ‘IS NOT’ PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL……………..PERIOD!
So.Very.True.
Which ever way the wind blows, thar she bloweth. #sotiredofh
WAS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS SITE EARLIER?…IT SEEMS TO BE OK NOW………………ALTHOUGH I MISSED THE SPEECH…….CRAZINESS TODAY! I DID MAKE IT TO THE DENTAL OFFICE TODAY..AUG.10TH..WORK DONE…YAAAAAAY! I HAVE TO TWIST MY ARM TO GO THERE!…I INFECT EASILY…:(..MY PUTER SEEMS TO BE ALRIGHT…
How these secretaries manage to keep their composure with these idiots in the House is beyond me. They don’t want answers, they simply want to bluster.
I love the pics of AFO
It seems Jonathan Pollard has been granted parole. In accordance with serving his entire 30 year sentence.
(Not confirmed.)
Another GOP false meme in shreads.
Additional info: Mr. Pollard will be released on parole and has to spend the next 5 years on parole in the US.
Israel has petitioned for his immediate release to a hero’s welcome in Israel.
Too bad, Bibi.
Barack Obama speaks for me and 70-80% of the Jews in America.
PBO has the power to release Jonathan Pollard from his parole obligation, if The President so chooses.
And, last detail, Mr. Pollard will be serving out his parole in NYC.
Neat-o :-)
Great video! However, Jack Black…you sir, are no Sting.
Smart move by the Admin.
With the Koch Bros. running their anti-Iran deal ads and the MSM helping them out, use social media and high-profile names to counter the attacks.
lol….
NFL says Tom Brady destroyed his cell phone, thus destroying evidence……over 10,000 text messages were not retrievable .
NFL upholds the 4 game suspension.
shoulda been 16 games. He’s a liar and a jerk
The Cheater destroyed The Phone. Hence, the 4 game suspension Stays.
Chat away
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/07/28/chat-away-635/