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11:30: President Obama meets with King Salman of Saudi Arabia
12:15: Holds a working lunch with King Salman
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Hello again! GM, Chips! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend :)
GM, lp and everyone else. GO VOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :)
Had to do that, lp. :) Hey, Go War Eagle, too!
I’m worried about both of our teams this weekend Oklahoma for you & Louisville for us….but I digress. GM, tnmtngirl :)
Bowling Green for us this weekend. In Nashville………. Butch-and all of us-disappointed stadium hasn’t sold out. If my hubby were able to walk a long distance, we would have gone. Alas, we will gather at our church for a big tailgate and watch on big screen there.
Whoops……Oklahoma next weekend. I saw Preston Williams got cleared academically from HS by the NCAA clearing house last week. (Auburn almost flipped him on National signing day last Feb) http://tennessee.247sports.com/Article/Freakish-Preston-Williams-giving-Tennessee-Vols-a-boost-39090260 I think Tennessee has the best WR core in the SEC (maybe the country) with Texas A&M in 2nd, LSU 3rd…I think Auburn & the Vols are going to have the most potent offenses in the league….it is going to be a matter of seeing what new DC Will Muschamp can bring that will determine if Auburn plays gets into the CFB playoff.
Congrats LovelyPlains!
Good Morning TODVille!
A belated gooooooooooood morning LP! Those scheduled posts always seem so rude because I’m not around to say helllloooo! :-)
It is all good…GM, Chips!
This is how excited I am to be awake so early :cool:
That still makes me weep!!!! :lol:
I hope I’m not weeping after this weekend…after Serena wins today she has to play Madison Keys and then most likely Venus before the semis….that goes without saying my Auburn Tigers begin their National Championship march on Saturday!
🏉
GM, Carol :)
GM Ms Chipsss…..
So many thanks go to you and NW….for the spectacular coverage of the President’s trip to Alaska….
the pics were breathtaking…made me want to visit….and of course …our President shined so brightly…
Good Morning Everyone:)
Good morning all. That first photo of PBO and the girls was taken on the wonderful night that FLOTUS (looking gorgeous and luminous) delivered her fantastic speech at the 2012 convention. That was the night my beautiful granddaughter was born and now she’s coming here tomorrow to celebrate her third birthday! What a night that was-it will always be seared in my memory!!!
GM JG,
What a wonderful memory. Happy Birthday to your granddaughter!!!
jackiegrumbacher, you have more reason to remember that wonderful night, your granddaughter. I will never forget our FLOTUS and her great speech, and how beautiful she look when she walk onto that stage. I can just imagine what POTUS, Malia,Sasha and Mrs. Robinson felt like watching her.
Wonderful memories jackie - my one and only gbabe born just a few days later - cannot believe that 3 years have passed!
Good Morning Jackie! How are you? Hope you make many more memories with your granddaughter this weekend!
Were you in the hospital when she was born?
Thank you for posting the videos showing VPOTUS’s debate with Paul Ryan. What a riot!
But where is Paul Ryan??? Has he left the country? Is he the President of some other country now? Not a peep from that loser. At least he knows how to retreat.
‘The Star Wars hype leading up to the new films is in full swing, and now that wave of space opera excitement extends to the PlayStation 4 gaming console. Sony rolled out the Star Wars Limited Edition PlayStation 4 on Sunday with a Darth Vader-style reveal of the console on YouTube. Playing the classic film dialogue “Lord Vader… rise…” on the video presentation, the console was officially unveiled at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California.
As for the design of the console, it’s emblazoned with a large image of Darth Vader on its side, along with a string of Star Wars logos lining the rest of the case. Sony’s custom 500GB console also comes with a DualShock 4 wireless controller that sports a design element mimicking Vader’s chest plate. The special edition bundle is being offered along with a few gaming goodies, including Star Wars Battlefront Deluxe Edition and a digital voucher for four other Star Wars gaming titles: Super Star Wars, Racer Revenge, Jedi Starfighter and Bounty Hunter. You’ll be able to get your hands on this piece of geek history starting November 17.’
Congratulations on First this morning.
Good Morning Ms. Chips and TOD
TGIF
Have a wonderful O’Day Everyone!
SWEEET! Look at that teeny tiny baby.
What a gorgeous group…mom & Riley rocking it with their look-a-like outfits and that guy in the middle next to dad is rocking it too. :) :)
GM, Donna! ….did you see Riley at the GOP debate :???:
Kentucky county finally issues marriage licenses to gay couples
MOREHEAD, Ky. — The order from U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning was clear: Five of the six deputy clerks in Rowan County must begin issuing marriage licences to all couples on Friday.
The deputies agreed to Bunning’s order under oath in federal court.
When the Rowan County Courthouse opened for business Friday, a clerk was seated at the counter, behind a sign that read: “Marriage License Deputy.”
Of course something like this would happen in Morehead, Ky.
Sad part is these licenses might night be valid because that evil woman in jail.
Happy Friday TODers
Heeeeeeya Chips!!!!
Heyaaaaaaaaaaa Africaaaaaaaaa!!
G’morning Chips & TOD! Happy Friday everyone. :) :)
Thank you HopeFruit.
The jobs numbers that will be released Friday morning by the Department of Labor are only preliminary and will be revised over the following months.
These numbers are very good. Unemployment rate is down. Last two months revised upwards…most likely these will be as well. :) :)
Great news! The Republicans will have zilch when it comes to running on the economy.
Thank you, President Obama!
This is GREAT news. Would love to have my youngest daughter included. She’s currently looking for a job but no luck so far. :(
WOOOOOOOT!!!!
Good Friday morning, Chips and TODers!!
Ahhhhhhh! The smell of fresh cut grass, white lines painted on a field one hundred yards long. Baseball is what we aspire to be, but Football is what we are. Balls are like gold, with every player trying to get his hands on them. A good play will win your coach’s approval and a good hard pat on the backside. The true sport of kings is upon us.
:) Morning, Don…morning everyone:) ALL the guys in my family countdown to this time of year. They’ve been ready since the end of LAST SEASON!
It is a beautiful day!
Enjoy!
Enjoy the smell of grass Don! 🏉 🏉 ⚽️ Oops! My finger slipped.
Unemployment rate is at 5.1%
it should have been
Obamacare was signed into law in March 2010. The private sector has created only more & more jobs since then.
Yep.
PBO is a badazz
https://twitter.com/POTUS
Even in SoCal gas prices are below $3.50….
Wondering what is considered “full employment” ?? 5,1% has to be pretty close
I think its around 4%
Thanks…at this rate, I think that’s possible:)
Anything is possible if you put your mind to it.
I love how President Obama’s smile is so warm and genuine. Makes you smile just looking at him.
BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF HIM TOO…HOLDING HIS GIRLS…I LOVE IT…PERSONALLY..I’M STILL IN ALASKA!
Tell ’em, Justin.
Shockingly, Morning Joke had good things to say about PBO on this today.
Gee, imagine if the DNC chair used words like that to sell the Democratic brand. fat chance.
She wouldn’t because her “heart” wouldn’t let her.
My “Jewish heart” LOVES PBO. If my Jewish parents and brother were alive, they would LOVE PBO. Because they were true Democrats.
DWS doesn’t have a Jewish heart. She has Bibi’s heart. I have been saying for 25 years, the current Israel is no way for Jews to behave. And I was raised by Depression era/WW II parents and a synagogue where the Holocaust was alive in our hearts.
So, b.s. to DWS, Schumer & the others who think a RWNJ is okay to set foreign policy for them, just because he says he speaks for the Jewish people.
B.S.!!!!!!!
What DWS said yesterday is no different than the Republicans that are running for the Presidency and their loyalty oaths that they pledged.
It was outrageous. She can believe what she wants, she can even vote against the deal if she wants. What we have to demand is that she no longer be the face of the DNC and no longer be in charge of how we run campaigns. I tried to start this meme when she held hands with Bibi in Congress. But now it’s long past time to demand her ouster. She can threaten to call us all anti-Semites, which is a cheap trick. American Jews support this POTUS, support this deal and she does NOT get to speak for us or any American.
Yep! She was going to pull that anit-semite crap on President Obama if he asked her to step down. She has to go, along with Schumer, they can’t hold these positions of leadership if they can’t back the President’s play.
I wish PBO had stood up to her. This bothered me when I first heard it. She was a disaster in 2014, and think of where we’d be if she’d done her job properly in 2012.
Maybe it’s not true, maybe he had other fish to fry. Maybe he didn’t want it to blow up his negotiations at the time. But I would have loved to see her just TRY and call PBO anti-Semitic. OMG, there would be such a backlash!
Any questions?
Wow - and we’ve been losing jobs ever since the RW took over - not to mention our $ has crashed with out share market. But RW keeps saying they are the ones who can manage the economy
This is why Jebbie Bush shouldn’t get near the White House (or any other Republican).
Obooming Economy…has a nice ring to it!
Can you imagine how strong this economy would be if President Obama had a Congress who was putting the welfare of this country first, before their party and their hatred of him. While President Obama was trying to clean up the mess G.W. Bush left behind, the Republicans saw no need to work with this President, as Rev. Al said for six and a half years they have been trying to sink the ship just to get the captain. And I’m glad they have fail.
Private sector jobs, G.W. Bush 463,000. President Obama 8,895,000. :)
I mean really, how do you create only 463,000 jobs in eight years in office? Hell, you could crater the economy and create jobs.
Bella, if the Republicans in congress had put their country before their partisan hatred, we would have had a bigger stimulus, a renewed infrastructure- creating tens of thousands of jobs- higher minimum wage and probably full employment at this time. They did everything they could to put an anchor on the economy so that it would weight against PBO and he (and the country) triumphed despite them.
forget the rethugs cong critters, what about the stupid voters/nonvoters who put more & more of those traitorous thugs into positions of power in every election cycle since 2008?
amk for obama, you are 100% . Forget the right wing haters voters, what about the Democrats, Independents, who sat on their butts 2010 and 2014 and didn’t come out to vote. Imagine if we still had Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
100% right.!!
Not to mention all the republican governors that cut jobs in the public sector.
AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED..PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY CAN BLAME THEIR HIDEOUS MISTREATMENT OF OUR PRESIDENT………………..YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW!
Boom. #obamanomics
Every time Norte Dame Losses a football game it is a great day in America.
President Obama inspires me beyond belief. Have a blessed day TODers!!
Great. I wish Black leaders would give him more credit for what he has done for Black Americans. Looking at you Professor West.
THIS is what I want to hear Hillary and Bernie say, if one of them is the candidate. This is how to take control of the narrative.
Good luck with Hillary repeating that statement, and Bernie is too busy scouting free land to build communes.
Nope. They’re part of the league of low-balling his achievements. HRC has gotten better at this over time but let’s not forget her earlier strategies and trial balloons to distance herself. Still, she insists on signaling to Netanyahu and Iran that she’ll be tougher than PBO in foreign affairs. Whatever!
They’re all like that. A nod to Israel no matter which side of the aisle they’re on.
Hillary’s better at it, only because it gets her something. Part of the “ick” factor with Hillary is that she still thinks she should have been POTUS in 2008, and she is not good at hiding her pettiness. Yes, she will give PBO some credit, but it never sounds convincing. Biden does it better than anyone, and O’Malley makes it a priority. The message is simple: we will continue the progressive success instituted by PBO, and the country will prosper and return to its moral compass and its roots. However, that would require the “Democrats” as a brand was better defined and universally supported. Which brings me back to my disgust with DWS……..
“Yes, she will give PBO some credit, but it never sounds convincing.”
It depends on what it is.
Exactly right!
What pissed me off the most about lil Kim was that she was out there giving up that ass of hers to all comers, but then she’s going to break balls when it came to marriage equality?
She heard “God” and all is forgiven. How convenient. Like the mafiosos going to church on Sunday or buying a playground for the church excuses all of their actions. B.S.!!!
At least with the mafiosos, they know that they’re crooks. But with Davis she act as though her crap don’t stink.
Did Jesus say anything about gay marriage? Kim Davis says so. Does she read Aramaic and have the original Bible? No one else does. I’m sick of these sanctimonious whackos who want a theocracy. I’m hearing it from some of my relatives now. It’s outrageous.
Great way to put it. She’s a bigot and deserves no sympathy.
<3
Morning, girl friend!
Hilarious.
Brilliant!
THE 307,000 VETS WHO HAVE DIED WAITING TO GET INTO THE VA REPORT WILL CAUSE A HUMONGOUS STIR TODAY…TO HELL WITH THE BUSH/CHENEY DYNASTY AND A CONGRESS THAT FOLLOWS SATAN’S LUST FOR POWER. 90,000 JOBS LOST IN OIL AND GAS JOBS TOO. THEY WILL TRY TO BLAME ALL THIS TRASH ON PBO..THEY NEED TO BLAME THEMSELVES. BBL………….:)
These vets did not have to die when earlier this year PBO & Congress agreed they could have gone to ANY doctor and VA would reimburse them. We need to look into WHY this happened instead of blaming PBO. The GOP & DEMS like Shumer/DWS need to stop trying to make more veterans who need VA services due to PTSD and vote for peaceful solutions.
Good Morning everyone. What an awesome roundup and coverage of the Alaska trip with our POTUS. Been catching up and will do again later today. Off to do some work :-).BBL
Good morning everyone!
Thanks for starting our morning off right Chips!
Saturday greetings, EVERYone! Have an enjoyable and healthy day!
CARTOON FLASHBACK - May 2013 [Congress didn’t inhibit his progress then, and they won’t on #IranDeal.]
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