@petesouza: Pres Obama greets a young girl while volunteering at the Capital Area Food Bank in DC today
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WTVQ: Obama Hands Out Thanksgiving Goodies To Needy In DC
President Barack Obama is continuing an annual family tradition this year, by helping to pack bags of food and distribute them to the needy on Thanksgiving eve. Obama, his wife, Michelle, daughters Malia and Sasha and his mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, dropped in Wednesday on the Capital Area Food Bank, one of the largest serving the Washington area.
They dropped bundles of sweet potatoes, onions, carrots and apples into reusable bags people held open as they walked by. They also handed out small white boxes stamped with the presidential seal that contain M&M’s candy. Obama wished people a “Happy Thanksgiving,” and Malia shook their hands. It’s the third straight Thanksgiving that Obama and his family have helped out at this particular food bank.
More here
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Howdy!
Congrats Carol on being FIRST to see the FIRST Family give back!! :)
TY I’m very thankful to be here. Love our First Family, TOD, Chips, UT, and all the other bt’s. :grin:
Great to be alive in the time of President Obama!
Congrats on 1st CarolMae!!!
UT, just adore these pictures and am so grateful to you for posting them. Hope you and your family have a warm, joyous Thanksgiving together and please know how much we all appreciate your efforts to make TOD the special place it is!
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, it seems reasonable to speculate that the majority of folk on the planet today would be grateful if these four individuals spent a lot of time together in the days, weeks, months, years ahead ….
#FORWARD Together
Thank you Bobfr!
Wouldn’t it be absolutely amazing for humanity if these three could come together on the world stage? Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! :)
To have Presidents Obama, Rouhani, Peres & the Pope interacting with each other, publicly, would be one of the most potent events in human history. Each of them are strongly motivated by their empathy for others, especially others who are suffering and they share an abhorrence of avarice.
Yes We Can
What an awesome idea Bobfr. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family :)
And, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones, hf!!!!
Thanks, Bob!
:)
Though it would be rather magical if they met in Constantinople (aka Istanbul) … the place that for centuries every known language was spoken and translated :)
CarolMae,
Good to see you, Happy Thanksgving.
Congrats on Numero Uno.
Check out the previous thread for a gorgeous photo of the Grand Cyn (also posted one of White Sands NM which you’ve probably already seen.
Thank you. Will do.
Way to go, CarolMae!
Thanks!
A great tradition from the first family.
Great pics. Contrast this with liar paul ryan’s faux washing the already washed dishes for a photo-op.
No way, Jose! Don’t want to ring that liar in word AND deed close to the O’s in my mind.
thanks for these photos and video (had just left a comment on previous thread wondering if there is a video of the volunteering; note to self: always remember to refresh before posting comment)
I love that they’re giving vegetables and fruit. SO proud of our First Family!!
For BobFR,
Not the House, but the Senate:
Thank you Arapaho … saw it earlier today … the #GOP is going to eat itself like a pack of piranhas …. all for the better of the vast majority of Americans.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones!!
Thank you, much appreciated.
Same to you and all of TODwille, mini-BTs, UTA, Chips and Danny O’Cheesy-Puffs!
Doubt if LL will see this, but it’s right up his alley:
Betcha LL was the buyer, Arapaho415!
I thought my ears were burning! Man, 14mil!
Own up LL, you emptied your bank account for that, right?
Oh lord, if I had 14 mil in my account I’d be spending the next few months in Provence!
Or buying a half decent player for Chelski? /runs
/returns
—-> http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25108342
Be afraid. :cool:
You know, I’ve really got nothing in response. Yesterday’s performance was shambolic. I hope Jose cancels Christmas for the lot of them.
;)
Huh? I’ve been MTed by Roger Simon :???:
Go bt. TOD going places.
:lol: Not sure about that Amk, I have severely mixed feelings about the Roger man, he’s been wondrous of late, but a complete tool before that. Sheesh, maybe he’s seen the light?
Actually I have been seeing nothing but PBO supportive tweets from him. I am sure he has seen the light.
Yeah, he’s been great of late, but my beloved Charles Pierce let rip on him recently, dredged up stuff he’d written before, so that made me scratch my head once or several times. But, yep, he’s written powerful truthy stuff in the last few months.
Look at the way chuck todd turned out. When compared to that, roger turned out ok.
And, I just RT’d it …. lots of much deserved exposure for our wonderful Chips!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving to you, Danny and your other loved ones, Chips. We are all thankful to you for nurturing TOD - a haven for those who care for one another and commit, daily, to improving the quality of life for EVERY person.
#FORWARD Together
Aweeeeeeeeeesome! Helloooooo, celebrity!
I just giggled UT, I know he’s been pretty darn excellent of late, but still, he works for friggin’ GOPolitico!!! He’ll probably be fired for MTing that :lol:
:D
By the way, thank yooooooooooooou legend!
STAR!!
Chips’ agent: Chips is in make-up right now, if you want to contact her, please do so through me. Only $100 for each reply.
Line forms to the Left.
:D :D :D
Here is 100 bucks Tell me a quick joke.
Ok.
An Irish priest is driving down to New York and gets stopped for speeding in Connecticut. The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest’s breath and then sees an empty wine bottle on the floor of the car.
He says, “Sir, have you been drinking?”
“Just water,” says the priest.
The trooper says, “Then why do I smell wine?”
The priest looks at the bottle and says, “Good Lord! He’s done it again!”
$100 please.
Can’t repeat my own jokes to me. Gimme back my 100 bucks.
Jeez. Go on then. Ish.
Wonderful news!
I know how despised Politico is, but Roger Simon is the one non-GOP RWNJ on staff (that I know of).
He and Roger Ebert were old, dear friends and Ebert grieved for Simon when he had both of his legs amputated due to an injury or disease (can’t remember which).
So GLAD he’s following you. Rock on, Chips and Danny and cheesy puffs.
GOOD NEWS IS NO NEWS
BY NANCEGREGGS
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The Obamacare website will be improved over the coming months, its glitches eliminated, its technical foibles dealt with, its capabilities expanded. But when that inevitably happens, you won’t hear about it from the MSM. That’s because Good News is No News, as far as the mindless chatterboxes who dominate the airwaves are concerned, while any bad news attributable to the current administration is the straw that gets spun, Rumplestiltskin-like, into fool’s gold.
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It used to be that when TV news broadcasts focused on stories about trivialities, their audience assumed that it must be a slow news day. Well, we have now come to that place where it is all mindless trivia, all the time. And you can’t tell the average “newscaster” that there are actually important things happening in the nation, and the world at large, because it’s a concept they obviously don’t have the intellect to grasp – and sadly, neither do their remaining viewers.
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http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2013/11/17/good-news-is-no-news/
Barack Obama FB
Yesterday on FB
“During National Family Week, we celebrate the spirit that moves family members to care for one another, to grow and dream together, and to instill in their children the character that keeps our nation strong.” ~ President Obama
Rhetorical question for FolkenflikL
So, a little recommendation from your local neighborhood librarian. And it’s not about a book
Missus and I went to the movies today and watched the most wonderful film. Entitled “Philomena”, it’s about a former Magdalen who worked with journalist Martin Sixsmith to find the child which she had out of wedlock and sold for $1,000 to an American couple. It is a wonderful, understated film, staring Steve Coogan and Dame Judi Dench. Highly recommend that folks go see it before it vanishes from the theaters. I adore Pope Francis, but his Church has much for which to atone. This is one of those things.
I should make clear, Philomena didn’t sell the child, the nuns at the convent to which she was committed by her shamed father did.
Second recommendation I’ve seen today.
It truly is a wonderful film.
It’s already on my list! The previews look very good.
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Some of the ICG’s [A new International Crisis Group] most innovative and controversial proposals concern the actual peace negotiations. The report argues that a peace deal should provide for “worship arrangements for Jews at holy sites not under Israeli sovereignty” and “the possibility of some settlements remaining, by agreement, under a sovereign State of Palestine.” This last suggestion, which would avoid the need to evacuate some settlers and enable Jews to remain on land they consider their historical birthright, is deeply divisive within the Palestinian camp, some of whom insist that all settlers be removed from a future Palestine. It would also solve many thorny issues–from drawing contiguous Palestinian borders to obviating the need to relocate thousands of resistant settlers.
……………………………// http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/153608/to-save-the-peace-process-get-religion
Little ol’ lady funny:
Ponder that ….
God, there’s a reason we all dislike Staten Island.
I know, right?
Profoundly evil ….
Yes WE MUST
bbl … time to prepare some dinner …
Wanted to wish everybody here a Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Chanukah to those that observe the holiday.
Bears repeating, in case Jovie is lurking (posted this morning):
#BAM!!!
Ok, we need some music to send us off to the night. Give me a few and I’ll put something together.
Unless it’s Billy Joel.
One of the greatest and most unique vocal duets ever (in my opinion :) ) : Freddy Mercury and David Bowie: “Under Pressure”
Ok. I am out. Happy thanksgiving all.
New post!
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/11/27/some-cool-jazz-to-start-a-warm-thanksgiving/
This is the tweet from Harry that the RWNJ dog replied to …
His hopeful mom named him Senator?