Posts Tagged ‘England
07
Jun
11
ouch
The Guardian: Sarah Palin wants to show to the Republican right that she is the true keeper of the Ronald Reagan flame by meeting the late president’s closest ally on the world stage. A meeting with Margaret Thatcher in the centenary year of Reagan’s birth would be the perfect way of launching her bid for the Republican nomination for the 2012 US presidential election.
This is what Palin told Christina Lamb in the Sunday Times: “I am going to Sudan in July and hope to stop in England on the way. I am just hoping Mrs Thatcher is well enough to see me as I so admire her.”
It appears that the former prime minister has no intention of meeting the darling of the Tea Party movement … This is what one ally tells me:
“Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts.”
More here
Thank you Meta!
It should be said, Thatcher was/is nuts too, so there might have been a meeting of minds :???:
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I did it again, I visited Teabagger-land to see their reaction to this, seeing as they adore Thatcher almost as much as the half-termer. I loved this response from someone who reckoned it was all explained by Britain’s moral ‘decline’:
Yes, the British have chosen to live under “shiria” law and “whorship” gay people.
:lol:
04
Jun
11
a good sport
NASCAR:
Gymnastics:
Cycling:
Quarterbacking:
Prize Fighting:
Pretend-golf:
Mind-reading:
Cow-taming:
Fencing:
Juggling:
Dancercise:
Aerobics:
International Ping Pong:
Trans-Atlantic paddling:
Sailing:
Orienteering:
Rodeo:
Stone-flinging:
Karate Chopping:
Long Distance Running:
Chess:
Ice-skating:
Hurdling:
Wave-riding:
High-Jumping:
Backwards Tennis:
Cricket:
Really Big Fish Catching:
Saber-swinging:
Soccer ball juggling:
Tiny ball-whacking:
Pocket Battleships:
Batting:
Ball-potting:
Weight-lifting:
Left-leaning (a popular sport in Communist Europe):
Snow-ploughing:
Hurling:
That ‘don’t-blink’ game:
Thumb-Wrestling (thank you gobrooklyn for the reminder about this great sport):
General Wrestling:
Fly-swatting:
28
May
11
the first lady in oxford
Thank you vinicius ;-)
26
May
11
leaving london
President Obama walks with first lady Michelle Obama before he boards Air Force One at London’s Stansted Airport
With Louis Susman, U.S. Ambassador to Britain
First lady Michelle Obama is driven from Stansted Airport after saying goodbye to her husband President Obama
*** But the AFP article said Michelle was going to France??!! ***
25
May
11
thursday
Update: The AFP article below would appear to be wrong, it looks like Michelle Obama isn’t going to France after all!
April 2009
Thursday: The President will travel from London to Deauville, France for the G-8 meetings … will hold a bilateral meeting with President Medvedev of Russia …. participates in the G-8 working lunch and working sessions … will also hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Kan of Japan.
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AFP: France’s First Lady Carla Bruni will host a packed agenda for the wives of the developed world’s most powerful leaders Thursday, in her first G8 summit since her pregnancy was revealed.
…She will appear along with other first ladies, including the US president’s wife Michelle Obama and Britain’s Samantha Cameron, using the summit to promote her latest cause: the battle against adult illiteracy.
After lunch on the first day of the summit on Thursday, 43-year-old Bruni will take her guests to visit food producers from the Normandy region before hosting a working session dubbed “together against illiteracy.”
In the evening, Bruni and her husband President Nicolas Sarkozy will play host to the other leaders and their spouses for a dinner on the seafront terrace of Le Ciro’s restaurant in the elegant Channel seaside resort.
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The First Lady will return to Washington after the French leg of the Obamas’ visit to Europe
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Friday: The President will hold a bilateral meeting with President Sarkozy of France …. will then participate in the G-8 working sessions …. Later, the President will travel from France to Warsaw, Poland. In the evening, the President and President Komorowski of Poland will host a dinner for the heads of state of Central and Eastern Europe.
Saturday: The President will hold a bilateral meeting with President Komorowski of Poland … the President and Prime Minister Tusk of Poland will hold a working lunch …. the President and Prime Minister Tusk will hold a joint press conference …. the President will depart for Washington, DC.
25
May
11
dinner hosts (video added)
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip for a reciprocal dinner at Winfield House
Guest List: The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, Rt. Honorable David Cameron, Mrs. Samantha Cameron, Viscountess Astor, Admiral James Stavridis, Lady Ashton of Upholland, Mr. Tom Hanks, Mr. Tim Collins, Mr. David Beckham, Mrs. Doris Kearns Goodwin, Mr. Colin Firth, Mrs. Marjorie Susman, Mr. Chris Dercon, Mrs. Ffion Hague, Mr. Joshua Berger, Ms. J.K. Rowling
. President Obama watches as Queen Elizabeth signs a guest book after a reciprocal dinner at Winfield House
25
May
11
change …… :-)
Channel Four (UK): You get a flavour of why David Cameron might be so keen to bask in Barack Obama‘s glory on this trip in various photo ops. We asked YouGov to repeat a poll they did in November 2003 when President George W Bush was in town and see how the numbers changed. It suggests that Brits love Obama as much as they hated Bush.
The 2003 poll suggested that 75 per cent polled had little or no confidence in President Bush. Today 72 per cent have a great deal or fair mount of confidence in President Obama. In today’s poll, 81 per cent think President Obama is highly intelligent, back in 2003 17 per cent thought the US had got itself an highly intelligent president. You get the picture.
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pete souza, genius (say hello in the comments to the father of the lovely irish girl)
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** See comment #6 **
President Obama greets a little girl following his remarks during the Irish celebration at College Green in Dublin, Ireland, May 23
President Obama greets Hugh Hills, 85, in front of his home in Joplin, Mo., May 29. Hills hid in a closet during the tornado, which destroyed the second floor and half the first floor of his house
President Obama consoles a woman at the Joplin Community Memorial Service at Missouri Southern University, May 29.
President Obama and British PM David Cameron play table tennis with students at Globe Academy in London, May 24
President Barack Obama walks around the grounds of Buckingham Palace in London, England, May 24
President Barack Obama talks with pub-goers as First Lady Michelle Obama draws a pint at Ollie Hayes pub in Moneygall, Ireland, May 23
Please don’t let Bo ever see this photo: David Cameron introduces President Obama to Larry the cat at 10 Downing Street in London, May 25
First Lady Michelle Obama greets soccer star David Beckham at a dinner in honor of Queen Elizabeth II at Winfield House in London, May 25
Lots of new White House photos released today - see here