“Cynicism is a choice. Hope is a better choice.” —Obama on why it's time to #ActOnClimate: go.wh.gov/yGT5L6 http://t.co/3NbeOnDdDB
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 16, 2025Every American worker should be treated with dignity regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity → ti.me/1jue1NL
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 16, 2025****
Wouldn't it be great if they brought back Pop-Up Video for cable pundits? "Said Iraqis Would Greet U.S. as Liberators"/"4,000th Sunday show"
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Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) June 16, 2025Asymmetric: 82% of consistent liberals say they believe in compromise; only 32% of consistent conservatives do. people-press.org/2014/06/12/sec…
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EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) June 14, 2025****
So, can we expect another @glaad award for Bill?
-> http://t.co/tbnKqFSB4K
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 16, 2025A third national poll says EPA CO2 rule is winning with the public. snl.com/InteractiveX/A…
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Eric Wolff (@ericwolff) June 16, 2025****
I'M NOT A SCIENTIST BUT BEING A REPUBLICAN DOES MAKE ME QUALIFIED TO MAKE YOUR GYNECOLOGICAL DECISIONS #tcot
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(@LOLGOP) June 16, 2025Finally Eric Cantor is going to be replaced by a conservative
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Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) June 10, 2025****
Middle East extremists could pose threat to American lives, say US extremists currently killing 27,000 Americans/year http://t.co/FhRpv0LsJI
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The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 16, 2025"We can't trust #Iran. We can't trust Iran. We can't trust Iran. Let's make Iran our ally in Iraq" @GrahamBlog gets me so confused sometimes
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The Nogotiator (@TheNOgotiator) June 16, 2025****
SCOTUS rules you can't lie about why you're buying a gun. Cheer up gunners... you can still to lie to yourselves. thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/0…
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Steve Marmel (@Marmel) June 16, 2025"Obama may need to work with Iran in Iraq," say people who urged Obama to bring #Bergdahl home then turned on him bigstory.ap.org/article/work-i…
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The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 15, 2025****
Here's the late actress/activist Ruby Dee on racism ("disease of democracy") in America: mojo.ly/1qChDlu http://t.co/N3xjvoZqJD
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Mother Jones (@MotherJones) June 13, 2025I hope @SenJohnMcCain is on TV right now revising history and being bitter he lost to a black guy. Oh, he is? It must be Sunday.
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Steve Marmel (@Marmel) June 15, 2025****
Eric Cantor loses in primaries; people are dancing in the streets! Makes me wanna write a book: "Why Do Bad Things Happen to Bad People?"
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Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) June 12, 2025Psychiatric care for years, stated clearly what he was going to do, and legally owned three guns. Thanks NRA.
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Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) May 25, 2025****
Moms are now allowed to post breastfeeding photos on Facebook. Can't think of a better way to ensure that your kids stay off social media.
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Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) June 16, 2025The San Antonio Spurs are the best team of 12 since the apostles.
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God (@TheTweetOfGod) June 16, 2025
White House.gov
Hi everyone
Helloooooooo Betsy!!
I cant believe I’m first. It’s been over a year since I was first, lol! Happy the USA won today :)
You were clearly inspired by the USA at the World Cup!
YES! :D :D :D
A special Happy First to you!
Thank you :D
Hey Betsy, so nice to see you on First!
It’s been a year, but fun that it happened today. :D
Well I’m happy you got an opportunity!
Thanks!
Outstanding selection, NW!!!
Congrats on 1st Betsy!!!
Hey Bob, I asked you a question about Syria in the previous post can you check it out?
Tomasky reveals an extraordinary lack of knowledge of ISIS, for starters. ISIS didn’t ‘arise’ in Syria. It’s origins are in Iraq and is a direct consequence of GWB’s illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq which enabled in late 2003 and 2004 the rapid expansion of Sunni-radicals (aka al Qaeda) backed by fanatical, wealthy Saudis effectively to control most of Western and North Western Iraq for several years.
PBO made a correct decision. He refused to spill US blood in the ME, in Syria or anywhere else, merely to further enrich the #MIC by placing our troops on the ground in sectarian civil wars.
Never forget — Russia and China have enabled Assad to slaughter his people by blocking all the mechanisms by which the UN could have intervened.
What ISIS is doing in Iraq may well, finally, catalyze a partnership among Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran to which the US can lend moral, logistical and tactical (drones, especially) support. It is for those Nations and others in the region to decide if they want to continue slaughtering each other, or not. But, Europe and the US need to abstain from any further actions that in any way resemble the imperialistic, colonial interventions that have characterized more than a Century of their involvement (with the exception of the liberation of Kuwait) in the ME.
#TrustBarack
Thanks SO much. I really appreciate your excellent and clear response. Thank you.
Happy to help, Betsy.
Seriously, bobfr, you are an absolute treasure. I tried to post an answer (whst the eff is up with wordpress?!) But you nailed it on facts and tone and Tomaskey’s inexcusable ignorance.
Thank you soooooo much.
Thank you, 57. Very kind of you.
Thanks for this clear explanation Bob…..an answer to a question I didn’t know I had, but did.
I’ve mentioned this before, but I will repeat: Most of these writers need to study history, and the era between 1918 & 1939 and learn what the European powers did in the ME…..how they partitioned the area without any regard to ethnicity, religion or traditional boundaries. Iraq and Iran are artificial constructs devised by European nations. They were always going to be unstable, and we have helped by ousting leaders and putting in our own favorites. I’m thinking Mossadegh and the Shah for instance…….of course this shows my age!
RM mentioned this very thing on her show today.
“Most of these writers need to study history, and the era between 1918 & 1939 and learn what the European powers did in the ME…..how they partitioned the area without any regard to ethnicity, religion or traditional boundaries. Iraq and Iran are artificial constructs devised by European nations.”
Precisely, Carolyn!!
I read a great book this winter called “Lawrence in Arabia”. It was fascinating and eye-opening concerning the way the Western Powers have played with the Middle East and certainly one could draw a direct line between events around WWI and the present day.
“…. and certainly one could draw a direct line between events around WWI and the present day.”
In_Deed, Mary!! Thank you for your comment!!
Thank you, Bobfr, I enjoy and appreciate your information and insight very much.
Evening all!
Funny. Thanks NW
I couldn’t believe that a new post actually appeared!
So, I’m bringing mu comment over…
Congratulations to team Ghana & its fans!
But.but…but…. I was on the brink of basking in my glorious top of the pile entry in the last post! /wailing/ You CAN’T do this to me, Nerdy W!
:-) All my fault VC, I posted Nerdy’s post!
/shaking my fist at you!/ The things you do when *you* are not morally first! I suppose you think owning up now to the fact you are at fault will lessen your punishment on the day of judgement?
Honest to the core, me.
Indeed CC, you *are* everything to the core! /
including stirrer-upperVC, you was robbed!
Definitely and definitively.
http://obamafoodrama.blogspot.com/2014/06/report-house-lawmakers-school,html#more
Republicans House lawmakers in school nutrition battle getting donation from food companies that make school foo.$111,000 just in 2014, and SNA operating budget $10 million comes from food industry members.
Great tweets, Nerdy, and I love that you start with the president’s statement that “cynicism is a choice.” The most depressing words you can hear these days are “It doesn’t matter what any of us do, things will always be…(fill in blanks) or, “doesn’t matter whether I vote or not. THEY will (or won’t) win anyway.” The president has changed the landscape on health care, the economy, the way we regard war, climate change and GLBT rights and I still hear people shrug and say, “nothing every changes.” President Obama is telling all of us, especially young people, that cynicism isn’t the natural order of things, it’s our personal decision to choose it or reject it. We could accomplish miracles together as a country if we chose hope, instead. I sure hope his audience was listening.
“President Obama is telling all of us, especially young people, that cynicism isn’t the natural order of things, it’s our personal decision to choose it or reject it. We could accomplish miracles together as a country if we chose hope, instead. I sure hope his audience was listening.”
So very true, Jackie!!!
#TrustBarack … AND VOTE!!!
Here’s a simple Message…
Most Excellent, kasai!!!!
:-) Thank you Bob
Kasai, great message, but the messenger is quite distracting :-)
LOL! I knew it….I forgot to bring y’all mats..what was I thinking Gail:-)
Gurl !
LOL! Breath….you be alright:-)
I gotta go lay down now
Thanks, Jackie and I concur on your fantastic commentary.
I’m #ReadyFor ….
…. #LandslideDEMS2014
Yes WE MUST
Paging a moderator :)
Paging again …. :)
I’d help you out, Bob, but my juice doesn’t extend to posts which aren’t mine.
Not to worry, LL. Thank you.
Found ya and freed ya, Bob!
Thank you, NW :)
I try not to wish ill on anyone, but HRC is a detriment to Nov. right now.
And of couse, a “ready for Hillary” person who follows me says she will campaign for Dems after the book tour. The book tour with a “Ready for Hillary” emblazoned on the side.
My #ReadyFor @HillaryClinton message is going to become ever more insistent, LL …. She has ZERO chance of winning in 2016 if she isn’t a primary force for delivering a Blue 114th Congress and as many Blue Governorships and State Houses on 4 Nov 2014.
Bob, please be fierce and relentless!!
Not to worry, Gail. ‘fierce and relentless’ are in my genes :)
This about sums it up for me:
“I doubt that anyone has ever honestly used the word “authentic” to describe Hillary Clinton. And so as far as I’m concerned, if she decides to run in 2016 and gets the Democratic nomination, it will be back to politics as usual.”
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/
Agree!
Show me where Dems and Democratic ideals are as important as her personal ambition. She had a chance at greatness in 2008, and chose the gutter instead.
She can win me over big time if she pays appropriate attention to 2014.
THIS
Me too 57. She’s gonna have to step up & soon!
Me three. I’m not convinced she won’t take us back instead of forward.
What is really sad is that if she is our only choice in 2016′ I will be forced to vote for her because the Republican nominee (Romney) would be much worse. Only in 2008 and 2012 was I totally committed and pleased with my vote.
We have to be willing to commit to long term institutional, incremental change and vote the way Republicans vote: all the time for our candidate, no matter what. Sigh.
See I wasn’t the only one taken aback by this blatant shilling…
Thanks for the warning, LL.. I do not plan to watch it. Now I see why that piece of crap CNN poll came out today.
She became a disappointment in 2008 and apparently thinks it is still1999. If she can keep the WH in Dem hands, she has my wholehearted vote. But as to her greatness as a POTUS? hardly.
The Bill and Hillary show all over again doesn’t do a darn thing for me.
Hi folks, I’m sure you all don’t remember me…it’s been a while since I’ve been able to get on TOD. I don’t have easy access to internet, and I like to get very in depth with my TODers.
I too am NOT impressed with Hillary. I would absolutely vote for PBO a third and fourth term if possible. I do not trust that she will continue HIS legacy and instead will be more concerned with her’s and Bill’s. As has been mentioned, she had her chance in 2008 and again, I was not impressed with her behavior and desperation.
I will vote for her if she is the nominee, because I will not vote for the repub, but I think we can do SO much better. It’s so obvious that she is getting ready to run, and I can’t stand the “will she/won’t she?” It’s rude and annoying.
She says her favorite book is the Bible — pander much?
Thank you for the Joe Biden image … oh, and, the other stuff. :)
I only post V.P. Biden photos/links to indulge your appetite….the rest is a tertiary benefit for the other TODers! “JB spotted in the crowd”
You are sweetness, personified, LP.
And don’t kid yourself: if Joe knew I existed, I’d be with him at that game!
#Self-Confidence-Is-A-Virtue #EvenKerry’sClappin’ #I’llBeDreamin’Tonight
One last trinket before I go to bed….. buttering me up always helps :)
One person’s “trinket” is another person’s “Oh look it’s a video of Joe Biden and ‘some other people'” !!!! Thank you, darlin’.
Attention Tally, LL :cool:
Landon Donovan shows some humor about being left home in World Cup video game ad & L.A. Galaxy….. https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/landon-donovan-shows-some-humor-about-being-left-home-in-world-cup-video-game-ad-191743053.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory
If someone who is good at doing a tweet please go to the Facebook page of Everytown For Gun Safety. There is a powerful picture of Richard Martinez, whose son was killed in the California shooting and Peter Rodgers, the father of the killer, together. They are going to work together so this doesn’t happen again. I don’t know how to turn the picture into a tweet.
Thank you Bobfr. I believe this will be a very powerful alliance.
Agree, Marilyn!
Wow - the forces of good for gun violence reduction just got exponentially stronger. We all have to let Congress know the NRA emperor has no clothes.
Mtmarilyn, Bob…..an extension of that Facebook post from GMA:
Now, THAT IS POWERFUL!!!!! Thank you, LP!!!
Thank you LP, for finding this.
The more I look at that photo, the more haunting it becomes. Mostly because of the haunted look in the eyes of both fathers.
That’s amazing. Just amazing.
Really dig these types of data representations, LP!! TY
No sweat, Bob! I’m just happy I’m not the only one who geeks out on these as well :mrgreen:
BTW I’m in the same boat as LL, couldn’t free you, but I see NW has unleashed the Kracken :cool:
Thank you, LP. And, graphical representations of complex systems is nothing but mind candy for me :)
Ask….and you shall receive!
There is something profound about this.
Now, see, this is the profound meaning of ‘interpretation’ that I was taught as a ‘conservative jew’ in the 1950’s and 60’s.
Sounds good to me!
Ho. Ly. Fuck.
#ClimaticChaos …. is what I’ve been calling it for more than a decade, btw.
WHAT IN THE WORLD!!! WTF IS THIS??? Are people in NE believers in global climate change NOW????
It’s quite frightening.
Yay! What a week! First Italy, now USA! Here’s to my current home and my January 2017 home! Go Italy! Forza USA! :-)
Jon Stewart just did a real number on all the Bush War Boys——and on the American news media who flocked to get their always wrong assessments on the air——one more time——with an extra special brutal serving to ol’ Johnny McCain, war lover extraordinaire.
good to know, dotster - now I’ll watch the repeat. I’d given up on Stewart..
The Bush War Boys……what a great title for the abominable group!
The article referenced in Eichenwald’s article underscores my contention of the necessity for understanding history. I rest rather easy knowing that POTUS, and Susan Rice, and John Kerry and others on his team know this history. Therefore, those who are ignorant will never understand what is happening or why. They will ALWAYS be on the wrong side and not understand why.
Way OT, but I am PISSED! My 2001, Panasonic Microwave has died. Mind you, it is NOT from over use because I only use it once or twice a MONTH! I swear, I really believe that they put a date encoded kill switch in these appliances to force you to buy NEW…
Thanks for letting me vent.
:) It’s 13 years old, Alycee:) We bought a flat screen that lasted less than 2 years…THAT hurt!
Excuse me, sucker has only been used max of 312 times for a total max of 624 minutes. Seems like I should have gotten a little more for my $250 bucks!
:) Well, I’m with you on that “kill switch” idea…I know for a fact they program these appliances to crap out way before their time. Sorry for your loss… look at it this way, a new one will be energy star efficient….cost you less than the old one, even if you use it every single day :) Hugs and happy shopping!
I’ll eventually get around to buying a new one. As I don’t use it often, I’m in no rush.
I need to buy a new microwave….don’t hate me but I bought my off brand microwave in 1986 and still works but probably leeks radioactive waves. The light stopped working over twenty years ago. They don’t make these things to last more than five year.
No, I’d never hate on you. I expected to get at least 25 years out of my microwave; glad to hear that you you got 28. Figure they install the kill switches just for me, as I am the type that won’t replace a working item.
Well, you might hate on me, because while desertflower is talking “energy star efficient” and you, Alycee, are going for keeping your microwave for 25 years, I’m the type who - when I move (and I move relatively often, compared to others) - always buys a new vacuum cleaner because of the old Amish saying:
“Never bring an old broom to a new house.”
Now, I’m pretty sure the saying refers to not bringing old problems to a new house, and a vacuum cleaner isn’t exactly a new broom, but I hear what I hear. At least I’m not throwing out perfectly good microwaves, and I always give my “old” vacuum cleaners to other people for continued use! :)
Thank you God
Horrible, but not at all surprising. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/surprising-turn-of-events
A Heritage Foundation panel event on Benghazi (seemingly about as big a clown show as you could imagine) broke down into taunts and name-calling at Muslim woman in attendance. We join Dana Milbank’s report in progress …
Then Saba Ahmed, an American University law student, stood in the back of the room and asked a question in a soft voice. “We portray Islam and all Muslims as bad, but there’s 1.8 billion followers of Islam,” she told them. “We have 8 million-plus Muslim Americans in this country and I don’t see them represented here.”
Panelist Brigitte Gabriel of a group called ACT! for America pounced. She said “180 million to 300 million” Muslims are “dedicated to the destruction of Western civilization.” She told Ahmed that the “peaceful majority were irrelevant” in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and she drew a Hitler comparison: “Most Germans were peaceful, yet the Nazis drove the agenda and as a result, 60 million died.”
“Are you an American?” Gabriel demanded of Ahmed, after accusing her of taking “the limelight” and before informing her that her “political correctness” belongs “in the garbage.”
Hateful. ignorant people.
“Hateful. ignorant people”. True.
Freaking BJ! Stupid me watched the whole thing…and laughed. Sometimes your brain just needs mindless hilarity ..
“It ain’t just license plates anymore. Inmates are making a surprising array of products for small businesses. You can even find some in your local Whole Foods.
Some years back, a small Colorado goat-cheese maker called Haystack Mountain faced its version of a classic growth challenge: National demand was growing for its chèvres and other cheeses, and the company was struggling to find enough local goat farmers to produce milk. The solution came from a surprising source: Colorado Corrections Industries (CCI). Today six inmates milk 1,000 goats twice a day on a prison-run farm. After non-inmate employees cultivate the cheese at a company facility, it’s sold in Whole Foods WFM -0.55% outlets, among other stores.”
more @ tweet link
My five-minute peek at CNN crawler:
REPORTS: ISIS Heading for Baghdad
So where is ambulance chaser Anderson Cooper? Well, Baghdad, of course. He’s CNN’s latest faux war correspondent. Reminds me of when they sent Jake Tapper to Boston, after the Boston Marathon tragedy, to stand on a street corner … in the overnight hours, he couldn’t form a full sentence without a teleprompter in front of him.
ISIS is heading straight into a meat grinder, Jacqueline ….
Wishing you a restful night.
#TrustBarack
You, too, Bob. Sleep well when you get there, job well done.
Good night TOD …
#TrustBarack …. and work like your life depended on it to turn the 114th Congress ‘Blue’ … BECAUSE IT DOES!!
Couldn’t sleep so I decided to go online. I can’t remember if I saw this tweet here or not!
Did you know about this NW? This was fun to find!
Beautiful! Congrats, NW!
There are TWO tweets from NW in the list! wtg
Thanks, @MagicalEarth.
No time that we would have gotten out of the disaster of Iraq would have been too soon. Nothing that happened there was worth the blood, treasure and the good reputation of our country. Sectarian violence was unleashed, Al Qaeda was emboldened, thousands of Iraqi citizens are dead, neighboring countries left to deal with refugees, and so many other ills were left in our wake. Our military moves at the behest of our leaders and unfortunately many here voted for a cabal that used and betrayed them. “The people suffer because of their leaders” is a truism that we have seen all over the world too many times in the modern era. PBO was left with an untenable situation in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and so many other hot spots in the world. While he is doing a masterful job cleaning up the mess, he is one man with a limited amount of time. We and the rest of the world will be paying for the awful Bush legacy of “dumb wars” for decades to come.
All very sad and very true.
waving from bertcertland.
Cheers!
Safe and successful journeys. Have a good day; finally off to bed.
I would confess I try to “live” this tweet, but TMI. Goodnight, all.
dratz. I thought ghana is gonna win.
I blame you bt.
morning !
Mooooooorning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/06/17/early-bird-chat-271/