5:45 EST: President Obama Speaks at the Righteous Among the Nations Award Ceremony
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Good Evening TODers!!!
swbluegaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Congrats, swbluega. Just catching up on TOD news this evening.
Thanks, Judith…and thanks for all that you do.
Am I alone in really liking Mark Ruffalo but thinking he ‘s a really, really terrible actor?
I am?
Okay /runs
No, you are not alone Chips. I feel ya.
Phew! It might just be me and you though, COS. :-)
Come on now! Whatchootalkin’ bout Willis!
This is some great acting! 😆
:lol: Okay, okay, I’m backing away!!!!
Mark Ruffalo is an extraordinarily skilled thespian. 🤓
That’s ok. :)
You didn’t like him in Spotlight?
I really didn’t Meta, that’s what prompted my entirely off-topic comment :???: I feel bad because I do like him, I just think he tries waaaaaaay too hard when he’s acting, like me when I was six in the school play.
Not only master of TOD but also star of stage, too? Take a bow!
:lol: “Star” would be pushing it!!!
“I is for Innkeeper busy all day,
who had to turn Mary and Joseph away.”
And there ended my career!
i agree, terrible actor
Ha, now I’m feeling bad Betsy!!!
Why? We are entitled to our own opinions, right? He seems like a nice guy but he can’t act out of a paper bag. Sorry.
:lol: We are one!
A Hulk Smash to both you puny people! 😆
Shame on you, a HULK smash??? Mark Ruffalo is NOT worth it, silly you :D :D
Team Ruffalo! Team Ruffalo! TEAM RUFFALOOOOOO! Grrrrrrrrrr!
:-D
LOL…
Oh Meta, Darling! It’s #NationalChocolateCakeDay! Time for you to BRING IT, Girlfriend! You aren’t gonna just let this go by, are you? :-D
Ya gotta at least bust out with a LIL’ somethin’ on your Pastry Studio TL! :-D
Yum Yum!!! :-D
Dearest Dudette, you’re always in the right place at the right time!!
Girl, the things I could do if only that was true. 😊
:D
Damn, the Bernie Band seriously is just running the whole GOP playbook of smears and dirty tricks.
…just throw out anything and see what you can get away with; dance around or retract [maybe with some token apology] when there is push back; double down when playing to supporters.
Thank you, Chips, for posting this link on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. I’m so glad the President is at the Israeli Embassy, to help commemorate both the occasion and the awards.
“We vowed to remember it all … to remember and never to forget.”
I guess this “anti-debate” event gives the networks another excuse/opportunity to bask in all that is Trump.
Great. Another venue where I can completely ignore him and that possum on his head.
Is this the ambassador who was doing all that talking when Israel PM was trying to prevent the Nuclear deal?.
My favorite MJ album is Off he Wall,
Jacqueline, if DT isn’t involved, the media has no interest in showing. It is all Trump all of the time on all stations and progressive shows.
Yes - ugh!
Nutnyahoo saying thanks to the President now? Please.
Along with Ron Dermer, no less. PBO has the gifts of a saint.
I know I couldn’t put up w/ a fraction of the mess PBO has to deal with and maintain the consummate level of statesmanship he exhibits daily.
I don’t have on my rotten-apples-protection-suit but I really would like to know why this particular programme was put on the WH.GOV live channel nin its entirety? What am I missing? smh
You want to know what an F’d up joke Trump is right now???
http://abcnews.com.co/donald-trump-announces-joe-arpaio-as-his-vice-president/
I could fill VOLUMES! Arpaio should be in jail right now…. Did I mention that this hate fill SOB is nearly 80 years old??
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/dead-salt-river-horse-dotty-joe-arpaios-deputies-left-her-headless-corpse-to-rot-8004434
Breath DF, breath :-)
I don’t know whether to laugh, be mortified, or furious. This is a travesty and a sham. He degrades the position of the POTUS with this shit. I despise this dog and pony show…the MSM is compliant in this mess.
It this is true, IL Douche and Pope Arapaho are going down in flames comes November.
You really think this would lose him votes he would’ve had locked up until folks saw this? Come now. Really?
I went looking for the Onion label - if this is true - Trump seriously wants to lose. Everything he has done in the past week seems to be done to prove that there is a % of the US that is RW racist lunatic. It seems he is desperately trying to lose - and the dimwits scream with joy.
Df, it’s as if Trump is on some kind of drunken binge, turning over furniture, breaking glass, destroying everything in sight.. He just doesn’t care anymore and has decided to make a colossal joke of himself. Plus he’s blowing bigger and bigger raspberries at the Republican Party, telling them he’s already their nominee and can name his VP, even if that person is a psychotic criminal. The man is out of control and I hope his implosion comes very, very soon.
GE TODville.
These stories of bravery and endurance are simply amazing.
I’m sure PBO is getting so much from these personal experiences.
Hope TNmtngirl is watching (or will watch replay), basking in the bravery of the serviceman from Knoxville TN (his son is accepting award now).
P.S. Agree with the moderator — the survivors in their 90s look 30 years younger. Amazing.
To honor
They speak of being my brother’s keeper
Among men of ancient days, passed down in the great book
They speak of the spiritual dignity and grace
Of the righteous among the nations, honored by descendants
They speak of rescuing the living children
Of finding them homes, to be raised up from the sureness of death
They speak of the courageous among the war prisoners
Of those who made it to our American shores
Before we were born, many of us
Before we ever knew any of it had occurred
Although we cannot join them tonight
We sent our best, to speak with them
Our President who is bathed in dignity and grace
Who honors the courage of the forefathers and mothers
Who is a righteous man among men and nations, himself.
Beautiful, JO’B. Thank you very much.
…Simply AWEsomeeee…
the President is so good at connecting the dots…to make us see ourselves in each other…
JO’B, I surely hope you are compiling your “Obama presidency” poems in a booklet, printed and bound, with the occasion* of each one’s creation clearly noted, so that you can donate the finished product to the Obama Foundation. Off the top of my head I’d guess you’ve easily done more than/close to a dozen over the course of PBO’s presidency. I bet you could self-publish, with our support if needed. Even though we do not do fundraising in our TOD village, I suspect that there is a core of die-hards here who would willingly help to get something like this that honours PBO off the ground. What say you? I seem to remember you worked for the military in an area that had something to do with manuals????
* example = “To Honour” - written Jan 27, 2025
(on the occasion of Pres Obama speaking at the Righteous Among the Nations Award Ceremony)
Okay VC said it better. 😄
*chuckle-chuckle* Yea, southern sis, I’m forever the ‘wordy’ one. We’ll team up, you and I - I ramble on (can’t seem to help myself) and you be my ‘closer’ by hitting the highlights! :D :D
{{D-ette}}
Right! You give ’em roses while I sneak up and bop ’em on the head! What a team! 😆
But you bop so gently; the very spur to action that’s needed. :D :D :D
If you say so! :-)
:D :D
JO’B, is probably, even now, gathering her individual poems together!
Nighty-night, D-ette! My eyes are actually nodding off. Catch you latter
Night Pahhhdna! :-)
^5 :)
Beautiful!
Dagnabit I wanna see this published in a book of your poems. Get on it, woman!
JO’B, you’ve once again risen to the occasion with your great talent. You put into words what people feel in their hearts. It’s a great, great gift.
Thank you so much, jackieG and others who commented. It comes from my heart and goes back to my heart! I’ll never forget the age of Obama, will you?
No, JOB, I’ll never forget the age of Obama, because he’s not only transformed our country for the better, he’s changed our lives and our hearts, giving us courage and instilling us with hope. He is one of the truly great leaders of this or any age and there will never be anyone like him.
So very true, and beautifully said, as usual.
One day I hope to purchase a book of your Obama poems, Jacqueline!
Thanks, Judith, but just sharing them here. As I told jackieG, they come from my heart and they go back to my heart! Loved the pic of you and your daughter, earlier, by the way!
Michael Sainato, that is the bastard who wrote that HP article about America deserve a First Lady who represent America. Praising Jane Sanders, Bernie’s wife.
If he think Sanders would make a wonderful First Lady, his right to believe that. But no need of attacking our First Lady Michelle Obama. Attacking this First Lady is why Sanders will struggle to get black Americans votes.
Probably alot of Sainato types supporting Sanders. Just made my vote for Hillary even stronger.
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Two beauties!!
YAY to Judith and her daughter - truly a toast to them both!
YAY!!!
:)
:)
Got to be the worst congress ever
Makes no sense.
Yep
Good evening Chips & TOD!!!! :) Just catching up on all the great stuff…
Goooooood evening to ya, Hopefruit!
Good for Pelosi. That’s one gigantic pile she wants to step as far away from as possible.
Pelosi says….Not on my watch…sheeshh….she remembers how hare it was to get Obamacare passed….what she had to go thru to get it passed…she is looking to keep moving forward not back……esp when she has to contend with the GOPHouse voting 61+ times to repeal the ACA…just think for a moment…how the DEMS in Congress…have work consciously to prevent the GOP from destroying Health Care…and now you have a so-called DEM Candidate who wants to dismantle it all…the arrogance of Sanders is just too much
When all Americans hear about are the weeks of fear mongering and agonizing about how “the world is on fire” after a successful attack, but nothing about those that failed due to law enforcement intervention, the whole issue is ripe for politicians to demagogue. We saw the entire field of Republican presidential candidates do just that last December. That’s why I thought it was important to write about this story today. Let’s spread the word to balance the scales just a bit, shall we?
Thanks, Pf. It is important to underscore the things that are done right. We are the only ones who will acknowledge all the good that’s done and care enough to spread the word.
as PBO has said…We are the ones we have been waiting for
saint sanders prezinent yet?
caution: when this election is over, Dems may need BS to caucus with them in the senator.
he can either caucus with dems or with rwnj’s, his choice. If he wants to take his ball and go home, it’s his problem. Dem party has been pretty darned generous with him so far by accommodating him in the primaries.
senate
#thisisnotgingtoendwell
I don’t want to hear ANY whining from the fanboys and fangirls who freak out over the idea of black James Bond and black Harry Potter / Hunger Games characters.
lolol…the struggle continues..
there were folks who tried to belittle the actors for making a protest using #OscarsSoWhite…but as you see the protest is about more than award..
Right on Sandy1110
Hope they were herded in like the cattle that they love so much.
YES!!
Black women must all vote and save us from ourselves. I would like to give thanks for their power before hand:)
Earlier today, Donna dem4Obama asked how we in Iowa compared the campaign intensity this year to 2008. Just my observations, but I’d have to say it’s much worse. I don’t remember the campaigns contacting us at all back then – this time, it’s the pollsters, the Hillary folks and the DNC that contact us almost daily. I’ve definitely heard others say they get a ton of calls. BTW - the Iowa Caucus is not a “winner-take-all�? contest – the delegates are assigned proportionately, so I can’t see that it really matters who “wins�?. In 2008 when BO won – he got 16 delegates, John Edwards got 15 delegates and HRC got 14 delegates. All that effort for such little reward! :roll: Only 119 hours until…
Up to 50,000 homes in Philadelphia are connected to city water mains by lead pipes, according to city officials.
Though lead service lines were banned in 1986, they remain in older homes whose owners can’t afford to pay for improvements. Water flowing through lead pipes can pick up measurable amounts of the toxic metal.
Just now got caught up on this thread. So sorry I missed PO’s event today and especially after seeing arapaho’s comment to me. If I hit play on the above link, will I be able to see entire thing?
And the President treats them so very well & all they do is criticize. Right wing idiots
LOL.
This is amazing - LIVE right now town hall from Flint:
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc2/watch/live-the-crisis-in-flint-an-msnbc-town-hall-610164291674
Watching it too Meta. The whole nation should be tuned in.
Astonishing how resilient these people are given what they’ve been going through.
I am so proud of their courage.
Anger in Michigan Over Appointing Emergency Managers
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/23/us/anger-in-michigan-over-appointing-emergency-managers.html?_r=0
This is an example of what we think of as happening in a third world country. If I were not seeing /hearing it , I would simply not believe the magnitude of this crisis and realize that the governor seemingly doesn’t care all that much. Trying to put blame on others and do everything he can to NOT fix this.
The Flint disaster is Rick Snyder’s fault
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-flint-disaster-is-rick-snyders-fault/2016/01/25/9c77e036-c3b1-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html
“You cannot separate what happened in Flint from the state’s extreme emergency-management law,�? said Curt Guyette, who, working for the ACLU of Michigan, uncovered much of the scandal in Flint. “The bottom line is making sure the banks and bond holders get paid at all costs, even if the kids are poisoned with foul river water.�?
The emergency-manager law, Guyette argued, “is about the taking away of democracy and the imposition of austerity-fueled autocracy on cities that are poor and majority African American.�?
Snyder’s blaming of local authorities is disingenuous: Because of the emergency-management law, municipal officials can’t do anything without the blessing of Snyder’s viceroys.
Didn’t the state of Michigan have a chance to unseat Snyder in 2012? How did he get re-elected?
As much as many have been angry with Rachel from time to time I am so proud of her for spearheading shining a light on the Governor of Michigan’s anti American ways and the poisoning of Flint’s water. She has doggedly reported on this problem when no one else would touch it.
They educated themselves on these technical issues and advocated tirelessly. Citizen scientists.
Senate GOP grieves over Trump, Cruz as nominee
Anger, denial and resignation are all on display in the chamber as Republicans watch their presidential primary unfold.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/senate-republicans-cruz-trump-218300#ixzz3yVC38rQY
gee guyz, if only you had plotted from day one to take down the kenyan …
This liberty or death terrorist wants to go home just like that. Facing charges is for other people.
Boo hoo, ya bastard! (not you amk, Rambo Davey over there).
freedumbing is soooo hard.
Dis is da twoof!
I loved this woman!
Me too! Me too! She was unbossed and unbought, cuz she was DA BOSS!
Exactly! I was 18 when she ran for Congress and when I think back to the people I looked up to as models, she was one of them. She was one of the boldest, bravest women I knew. A strong, beautiful woman. She made a big impression on my teenage self. ““Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.�? I wonder what she would have thought about some of the ways the Congressional Black Caucus behaved toward President Obama.
Exactly! I was 18 when she ran for Congress and when I think back to the people I looked up to as models, she was one of them. She was one of the boldest, bravest women I knew. A strong, beautiful woman. She made a big impression on my teenage self.
President Obama addresses Oscar controversy
President Obama on Wednesday said movies will be better if they represent everyone’s stories, for the first time weighing in on the lack of black nominees at the Oscars.
“I think that California is an example of the incredible diversity of this country,” Obama said during a series of interviews with local news stations. “That’s a strength. I think that when everyone’s story is told then that makes for better art.
“It makes for better entertainment it makes everybody feel part of one American family, so I think as a whole the industry should do what every other industry should do which is to look for talent, provide opportunity to everybody. And I think the Oscar debate is really just an expression of this broader issue. Are we making sure that everybody is getting a fair shot?”
More here:
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/267267-obama-addresses-oscar-controversy-super-bowl
is there anyplace we can see those interviews
I’m hoping they’ll start popping up tomorrow.
ok…i saw a Denver news report….but that is all
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/01/27/the-presidents-day-83/
Tonight at Drake University the students did a mock caucus in preparation for next Monday night and look at the results.
The media will have a field day if this is how the results end up on Monday….
It’s just one school with tons of youth but we could be in for a big surprise on Monday. I told y’all this stuff might just get really interesting come Monday night. :cool:
OMG
My gut has been with O’Malley from the beginning because of his superior support of PBO during his time in office also because he has actually put many progressive ideals into practice while serving. Another words like when I researched Senator Obama in reaching my conclusion to support him I saw the numerous bills he authored and coauthored that were aligned with progressive ideals. He walked his talk. I see that O’Malley also walked his talk. I feel O’Malley would best preserve Obama’s accomplishments. So maybe I should not give up on him yet.
I sure wouldn’t mind him being on the ticket or someone in the cabinet.