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Good Morning Chips!
Ahoy, Chipsticks, have a marvo time with the hairdresser!! 🖖🏻
Who said you were excused? Get back here!
<3
My guy. Always telling it like it is, without the vulgarity of Il Douche.
:D :D :D
This may be the only singular reason we might say Go, the Donald - how eff’ed up are they all, to think anything this low in the nature of human beings is acceptable? May they die a rapid and agonizing death.
If Donald Trump carries their “banner” maybe they need to reconsider what their so-called conservative cause is. To most of us it looks like racism, misogyny and hatred toward anyone who isn’t white, male and rich.
Good morning TOD folks!
Let’s keep this going!
Good Morning TOD!
One of my all time favs of PBO :)
That’s my Boo, firing on all cylinders. Love it!
Hilarious. Humor is a powerful method of taking down deception and obstruction. Our President is so good at it!
PBO is soooooooo funny!
Thanks Donna for my lunchtime laughter :D :D
A good one!
Is this gorgeous our what!
I wish I could visit this park. Where is it?
GM/GA NCLB.
Looks like it’s on the west coast (of Canada), perhaps in honor of #CanadaStateDinner this Thursday?
Butchart Gardens. Victoria British Columbia. we went there on our Honeymoon weekend. Happy Times and still going strong at 29 years maybe some of the magic of the garden touched our souls.
What a lovely memory, otter.
It looks almost too good to be real. Bravo to the gardeners.
Looks like Butchart Gardens, near Victoria, BC Canada; I live about 13 miles from there, across the Georgia Strait. It is truly gorgeous and this is just one scene!
Dr. Biden would have been a great First Lady.
GM/GA annieb.
So agree, she has the grace and empathy that makes all Americans proud.
But I’m convinced that she and @MichelleObama will be active in supporting families of service members and promoting the education of girls and women around the world this time next year and beyond.
So glad that that entire family is in jail where they belong. Of course he’s a moocher. That’s how he came into the public eye in the first place — allowing his cattle to mooch on public land and refusing to pay any $$$ for it.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has compared the rhetoric of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to that of German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
In an interview with Mexican daily Excelsior, he called Mr Trump’s rhetoric “strident”.
He added that “that’s how [Italian fascist leader] Mussolini got in, that’s how Hitler got in”.
The Mexican leader also said that Mr Trump had hurt US-Mexico relations.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35753318
You gotta say one thing about Trump-he hasn’t even been nominated yet and he’s angering our international allies and causing disruption. Imagine what he would do as president.
This is cool:
Three generations of kick ass women and women-to-be; great photo.
^5
Lovely photo of Nancy Smash! and her girls.
Serena always takes the high road. I couldn’t do it. I would just go off in this situation. I guess she is just going to let her record speak for itself!
Now, just think of all of the national and international 24/7 shit that Serena would have bee subjected to if she was the one drugging. I will hold back on the other comments that I considered making to honor Serena’s grace, but it just burns me that the ones who are treated poorly have to be the ones to take the high road. That is messed up!
Couldn’t have said it better, CEB!
Nike (suspending) Porsche (suspending) Tag Huer (not re-signing after contract expired in Dec.)
But here is the truth:
Serena is not a hater. She’s a classy woman.
If you got a few minutes take a gander at this segment Lawrence did last night:
LOL!!
Bibi & Dermer caught lying again:
Still hoping VP has a “sudden emergency” and cancels his meeting with Bibi today :???:
Doesn’t prevent MSM from taking the bait.
First six or so questions in this morning’s WHPB was about Israel dissing US (basically celebrating a foreign leader putting the Obama Adm in an awkward position — aka “uppity” administration).
How I loathe the MSM — despite one questioner being Black (@RonAllenNBC), they all ascribe to the WSSQ (my term — white supremacy status quo, presenting “news” with assumption that white is the default, any other POV must be prefaced with a disclaimer).
Just catching up on the PressSec briefing, Arapaho. I knew this was coming yesterday afternoon, hence the tweets I posted on the subject & the subsequent walk back on the Israeli side….but I knew the WSSQ (I like this acronym :) ) wouldn’t be objective. Quite frankly, I can’t wait for Thursday’s Canadian State Dinner & two leaders that I admire. (I’m in gossip mode thinking of what Canadian actors/athletes will be invited) I would have bet on Buchard/Raonic, but I think the Indian Well Tennis event will prevent that….there are several incredible actors I expect….I just want PBO to break the internet and have Justin Bieber & Drake on the list for shits & giggles :D :D :D
Hmmm?
Hi All
OFA held a call for volunteers last night and the main subject was the SCOTUS Strategy.
Here are the key points
EACH OF YOU CAN HELP WITH THESE ACTIONS
1. Very successful March 3rd Day of Action (DOA) over 40 events, lots of press coverage, great turnout.
2. The President is expected to announces his nominee this week or next, once that happens there will be a Rapid Response call from OFA to discuss the nominee and discuss our plan going forward.
IF YOU DO ARE NOT PART OF AN OFA CHAPTER & WANT TO BE ON THAT CALL - send an email to [email protected]
3. We need to continue to call into the 15 Senators who have been identified as obstructionist but who are vulnerable to public pressure and may change their mind. This is especially important because although OFA was the first to hold demonstrations, the opposition is organizers and we need to counter them.
4. March 21st - end of March Senators will be home - OFA will schedule Senate office visits and attend all public meetings held by the Senators.
5. Areas without an Obstructionist Senator or folks who cannot attend events can help by making recruitment calls week of March 14th. We will be calling into the red states and asking folks to call their Senators and to attend events the following week.
6. There will be a webinar training March 16th which will provide training on how to have an effective office visit with an obstructionist Senator and how to talk to “an average Joe” about this issue.
7. Talking points we use with the general public-
*Senators need to do their job - we are expected to do our job. The constitution spells out that the Senators need to hold hearing and hold an up ro down vote
*It seems UNFAIR that a GOP Senators refused to hold hearing or support the President’s nominee before knowing who the nominee. This seems like politics at its worst.
8. Week of March 21st - March 31st attend Senate office visits and public events in states with obstructionist Senators who are more likely to change their mind.
PLEASE DO NOT GIVE UP OR THINK IT IS HOPELESS. WE MUST CONTINUE TO TRY.
Great road map for addressing the Republican obstructionism we are facing.
Hello, TOD.
Congrats to all the Gold :star: winners since last night.
It’s still Nice in MN. ;)
3-8-16
WH Presser with Josh “The Voice” Earnest scheduled for 12:45PM EDT. LIVE!
Pray tell, Who didn’t see this coming?
Add Sen. Mike Lee to this asshole:
Wickedly Despicable
SCOTUS CALL TO ACTION
PLEASE CALL INTO THESE STATES TODAY
Key talking points when you make the call
* The Senate needs to do their job, hold hearings and take an up or down vote
* Rejecting the nominee before even learning who they are is politics at its worst. Put country over party
Kentucky, Mitch McConnell
DC office: (202) 224-2541
Local Offices:Louisville: (502) 582-6304 // Lexington: (859) 224-8286 // Fort Wright: (859) 578-0188
London: (606) 864-2026 // Bowling Green: (270) 781-1673 // Paducah Office: (270) 442-4554
Iowa, Chuck Grassley
DC office: 202-224-3744
Local Offices: Des Moines: 515-288-1145 // Sioux City: 712-233-1860 // Waterloo: 319-232-6657
Council Bluffs: 712-322-7103 // Cedar Rapids: 319-363-6832 // Davenport: 563-322-4331
Arizona, Jeff Flake
DC office: 202 -224-4521
Local Offices: Phoenix Office – 602-840-1891 // Tucson Office – 520-575-8633
Arizona, John Mccain
DC office: 202 224-2235
Local Offices: Phoenix, (602) 952-2410 // Prescott Office (928) 445-0833 // Tucson Office(520) 670-6334
Wisconsin, Ron Johnson
DC office: 202 224-5323
Local Offices: Milwaukee Office (414) 276-7282 // Oshkosh Office (920) 230-7250
Indiana, Dan Coats
DC office: 202 224-5623
Local Offices: Crown Point Office (219) 663-2595 // Evansville Office (812) 465-6500 // Fort Wayne Office (260) 426-3151
Indianapolis Office (317) 554-0750 // Scottsburg Office (812) 754-0520
Tennessee, Bob Corker
DC office: (202 ) 224-3344
Local Offices: Memphis: 901-683-1910 | Nashville: 615-279-8125 | Knoxville: 865-637-4180
Jackson: 731-664-2294 // Tri-Cities: 423-753-2263 // Chattanooga: 423-756-2757
Tennessee, Lamar Alexander
DC office: (202) 224-4944
Local Offices: Chattanooga Office: (423) 752-5337 | Jackson Office: (731) 664-0289 | Knoxville Office: (865) 545-4253
Memphis Office: (901) 544-4224 | Nashville Office: (615) 736-5129 | Tri-Cities Office: (423) 325-6240
Illinois, Mark Kirk
DC office: 202-228-4611
Local Offices: Chicago: 312-886-3506 // Springfield: 217-492-5089
Pennsylvania, Pat Toomey
DC office: (202) 224-4254
Local Offices: Allentown/Lehigh Valley: (610) 434-1444 Toll-free phone (for callers in PA): 1-855-552-1831
Erie: (814) 453-3010 // Harrisburg: (717) 782-3951 // Philadelphia: (215) 241-1090 // Pittsburgh: (412) 803-3501
Scranton: (570) 941-3540 // Johnstown: (814) 266-5970
Ohio, Rob Portman
DC office: 202-224-3353
Local Offices: Columbus Office: 614-469-6774 Toll-Free: 1-800-205-6446 (OHIO)
Cincinnati Office: 513-684-3265 // Cleveland Office: 216-522-7095 // Toledo Office: 419-259-3895
North Carolina, Richard Burr
DC office: (202) 224-3154
Local Offices: Asheville (828) 350-2437 // Gastonia: (704) 833-0854 // Winston-Salem: (800) 685-8916 or (336) 631-5125
Wilmington: (888) 848-1833 // Rocky Mount: (252) 977-9522
Colorado, Cory Gardner
DC office: (202) 224-5941
Local Offices: Pueblo: (719) 543-1324 // Colorado Springs: (719) 632-6706 // Denver: (303) 391-5777
Grand Junction: (970) 245-9553 // Greeley: (970) 352-5546 // Fort Collins: (970) 484-3502 // Yuma: (970) 848-3095
New Hampshire, Kelly Ayotte
DC office: 202-224-3324
Local Offices: Manchester Office: 603-622-7979 // Nashua Office: 603-880-3335 //
North Country Office: 603-752-7702 // Portsmouth Office: 603-436-7161
South Carolina, Lindsay Graham
DC office: (202) 224-5972
Local Offices: Upstate: (864) 250-1417 // Midlands: (803) 933-0112 // Pee Dee: (843) 669-1505
Low country: (843) 849-3887 // Piedmont: (803) 366-2828 // Golden Corner Office: (864) 646-4090
Utah, Orin Hatch
DC office: (202) 224-5251
Local Offices: Cedar City: (435) 586-8435 // Ogden Office: (801) 625-5672 // Provo: (801) 375-7881
Salt Lake City: (801) 524-4380 // St. George: (435) 634-1795
Maine, Susan Collins (thank her for statement she made calling for holding hearings)
DC office: (202)224-2523
Local Offices: Augusta: (207) 622-8414 // Bangor: (207) 945-0417 // Biddeford: (207) 283-1101
Caribou: (207) 493-7873 // Lewiston: (207) 784-6969 // Portland: (207) 780-3575
Just called my two TN senators. Appreciate all you are doing, WiW.
Right back at you - {{ }}
Not soon enough.
“We want to build on what President Obama has achieved. We are not ready to throw it all away and start over. We want to know how to improve the existing system to give a hand up to those who need it, not why everything sucks. We want our candidates for president to devise practical, achievable plans for progress, not delve into politically unfeasible, mathematically challenged promises of utopia”
This is so rich in irony :D :D :D
I would add more than just Trump, including Dems, who have no clue what they are talking about when it comes to TPP
Looks like the WP SPAM filter is reared its ugly head again….It was only time :(
Some more background…and a good profile of another problem for Grassley if nominated for SCOTUS
BTW, Meta….have you got a chance to see the new season of ‘House of Cards’ yet? I didn’t realize until the 11th episode that the main foe/new character this is season is Joel Kinnaman, from the ‘The Killing’ The season turned out to be prescient in context to this year’s Presidential campaign…and overall was much better than I was expecting!
I just started watching it! I’m on E3. But I’d heard that Joel Kinnaman had joined the cast. LOVED him in The Killing.
Thanks for the SCOTUS info.
I felt so dumb no realizing it until the end of the season (I just picture him as ‘no f**ks to give’ character from ‘The Killing’ :D )….The only other time I had seen him recently was in the movie “Run all night” he plays the same kind of character. Mireille Enos is about to star in the new Shonda Rhimes series set to premiere:
I just noticed the new Mireille Enos show. CANNOT WAIT. Loved her in The Killing - so low key and understated yet super strong and super smart - and the fact that she’s in a Shonda Rhimes show is stellar. And Peter Krause, too?? WOOT!
BTW, amazing how interesting TV has become. I think mostly due to very innovative and diverse writers and producers.
There are so many more platforms and with the creative license that FX, AMC, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, etc. allows the writers/producers they are pushing network TV to step their game up.
A show you may be interested in that premiered last week on Sundance channel:
Also I’ve been watching a new series on WGN called the ‘Outsiders’ and to your point on diverse writers/producers John Legend’s show ‘Underground’ premieres on WGN next week:
Wow, I’m intrigued, especially if it includes a role for Omar! Thanks, I’ll look out for those others, too.
Just finished The Missing on DVD. Really good in the same genre as Broadchurch.
I saw ‘the missing’ when it aired on Starz a year or two ago…was good too. I’ll tell you two awesome series to put in you queue in Netflix (Australian Broadcasting Company’s ‘The Code’ 6-episodes & really witty show show 4 seasons ‘Rake’) Fox tried to spin it off in the U.S. w/ Greg Kinnear, but it didn’t work….oh, and one more (especially if you don’t mind subtitles) ‘Witnesses’ ….it is more in the genre of ‘True Detective’ that may the best of the 3!
Awesome! I will def check them out. Appreciate the recs!
Pf, the Pennsylvania House and Senate will do nothing to help Wolf or Pennsylvanians because they’ve fully embraced the obstructionist tactics of the US House and Senate. Voters continue to elect good leaders and then hobble them with legislators who undermine them. Gerrymandered districts are killing us.
yes they are…i watched over the weekend …the State Dem Meeting on a local channel.it was interesting…i thought about how what you and your husband are involved with… it should be reported at such meetings,,,have you ever attended
This is mildly hilarious:
What could possibly go wrong?
No words
Unfuckingbelievable….from official GOP Senate campaign account
Disgusting, just when you thought they couldn’t find a lower gutter to crawl thru…
PUKETIN ventured to say that women “juggle a myriad of tasks, and yet remain tender”.
He forgot to add what seasoning and who was the MC for that show.
It’s been inevitable since the putrid rise of Richard Milhous Nixon to GOP prominence ….
… and, Lindsay has only been a lame enabler his entire career …..
back to work ….
Yebbut as mentioned what ’cause’ was that (as regards growing it)?
I have heard absolutely nothing about the Fox News Democratic town hall last night. Does anyone know anything?
(I wasn’t feeling well and went straight to bed when I got home last night).
57, I heard via ‘The People’s View’ that Hillary did very well. They tried to nail her on her e-mails and on abortion. She did well and got applause on the abortion issue. So, all told, it was a positive for her.
That’s great. Not a word on Bernie? Nothing from his supporters on my TL. Nothing.
Sharing ‘International Women’s Day’ greetings - I’m the one with the moves! :)
Perfectly luffly!! And go wimminz go!!
:)
Go Girl! :-D
Cholesterol 188 after all those burgers!!
meta that cholesterol number is good isn’t it.
It’s very good!
:)
Well that is good news to hear about POTUS health. The Obamas are a healthy family.
Do we know whether he has small or large hands? I am just asking.
LULWOT??!!
No Child, we are not going there. We will continue to show class and not sink to the level of that disgusting KKK Trump.
That bp is only in my dreams
Temperature of 97.8 degrees! My President is HHH-HOT! :-D :-D :-D
Daily Mail: President Obama SNUBS Nancy Reagen’s funeral. I guess they weren’t satisfied that the First Lady Michelle Obama is attending, Hillary Clinton is attending too.
And following precedent.
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This link takes us to February 28!!! What is going on?
Chat away
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/03/08/chat-on-166/