(2) President Obama greets World War II veteran, 107-yr-old retired Army Lt Col Luta Mae Cornelius McGrath at Arlington on Memorial Day (Photo by Pete Souza)
(3) President Obama walks through an honor cordon before the United States Coast Guard Academy commencement in New London, Conn.(Photo by Pete Souza)
(4) President Barack Obama and Ensign Robert H McConnell strike the Charlie’s Angels pose at Commencement Exercises of the US Coast Guard Academy (Photo by Pete Souza)
(5) President Obama visits the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in Miami to pay respects to the Cuban-American diaspora (Photo by Al Diaz/Miami Herald)
(6) President Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base for a trip to Camden, NJ (Photo by Doug Mills)
(7) President Obama at the Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Camden, New Jersey (Photo by Doug Mills)
(8) @FLOTUS: These @TuskegeeUniv alums met Eleanor Roosevelt during her historic visit in 1941 to fly with the #TuskegeeAirmen (before the Tuskegee University Commencement ceremony in Tuskegee, Ala.)
(9) The President colors in South Dakota, his 50th state visited, on a map for the White House advance office backstage in Watertown (Photo by Pete Souza)
(10) First Lady Michelle Obama greets alum and Selma civil rights leader, Dr. Amelia Boynton Robinson, age 103 and Latifya Mohammed before the Tuskegee University Commencement ceremony in Tuskegee, Ala. (Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
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HEY!
You’re on a rolllllllllllllllllllllllll!
It appears you are too. Will you let me bask on this Post - please??!!!@@#!!!!!
I wish Man United had as many wins :-(
Damn, Debbie Downer!
GGail - wow!!
I there Judith :-)
Check out our photo (see below)
Tuskegee alum is my favorite
Girl Power :-)
I like photo#1
#3 for me.
I was torn between #3 and #8!
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FINALLY, I DON’T KNOW WHY IT TAKES SO LONG FOR IT TO WORK!?
This was from last night at our TOD ‘Boxing’ Party: Tally, JC, Betsy, Purpleshoes, GGail, Betsy’s hubby, Sue (MTMarilyn friend and ours) and ME (jojothecat). Missing LL & Mrs. LL. Photo taken by our lovely Tally’s Tommy.
JoJo, clicking on the link brings up the picture and it looks good - thanks!!!
Jojo, it’s a great picture!!! It was so wonderful to talk to everyone on facetime. That was my first time ever of doing facetime. I love it. I am going to have to learn how to use it more. I am going to have to learn names and faces. You all are the best. Can’t wait for our Washington get together this summer!!!!
Marilyn, you can only do Facetime with people who have Apple products and since I connected you last night on Facetime, you can practice with me anytime :-)
I use Skype when I want to communicate with VC, but she doesn’t like the video feature :-)
Thank you GGail. Does that also mean I can only message people who have Apple products too. Since my IPad is the only Apple product I hadn’t used either feature yet. BTW Good morning!!!!
You all look MARRRRRRRRRVELOUS!!!
:D
We had a great time PF and it shows :-)
Great food, drink and people
i love hearing about your get togethers
Hopefully you get to meet most of us in DC next year 😊
yes…that will truly be memorable…
Lovely picture! I envy you the opportunity to meet all these lovely people in real life!
It is truly special group of wonderful people from all walks of life with common decency 💕
Just to add that my hubby’s name is Bill :). We had a blast. Thanks so much to Tally and her Tommy, who hosted us!
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Oh great Pic jojo! Looks like you guys were having fun! :D
We did a4alice :-)
Couldn’t ask for a better way to end 2015 than with good friends, food & fun!
All of you Ladies look awesome and like you had a wonderful time. Wished I lived closer, MN is a few miles away. :-)
This is a wonderful group of people and I feel so fortunate to know them.
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Hey, JER, you fixed us! Thanks sweetie 😘
You are welcome.
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Crap, I give up……Chips can you or someone help me out? My computer and twitter is not cooperating to day. I have two kittens clawing me to death and my garage is blocked by my neighbors moving truck, not a good afternoon. :( :( :(
They are beautiful, jojo:) Was this at a restaurant or someone’s home?
You clicked on the link too DF? The picture is very good and the party was held at Tally’s lovely home
I did:)!! It’s a really great picture of all of the SoCal crew:) So nice of Tally to do that:) Haven’t seen her around here for awhile…glad to know that she’s fine and all is well.
DF, I sent you an email with my phone, I want you to text me a picture of Sassy Sophie. My cats name is Sassy and she is sassy.
I can’t wait for a book with all 8 years of pictures we have picked. I know that Chips is keeping track of them all.
Check your text:)
Haven’t gotten it yet. Gail sent out an email with it attached. She is a beauty!!!
My internet - text and email has been acting very strange today :shock:
Hey girl, I’m alive - just been buried with Open Enrollment. :D
Great photo, jojo! Can you please put names with the people?!
Oh, never mind, I see you’ve already done that! Thx.
You guys, Rock!
Thanks nena, we had a rocking good time last night 😎
JER, you’re Awesome 💕
It’s so weird why it won’t post the picture….I’ve done it a million times. We were at Tally’s home.
I love that FLOTUS still wears what POTUS calls her “Star Trek belt.”
:D
It’s an old story but still cracks me up!
me too meta :D :D :D
Hello TOD on a Sunday Afternoon from MN. Sunny. Finally SNOW, it came and stayed on Dec 26th, 2015. It looks and feels like Winter!
Congrats to all the Gold :star: winners, starting with this post and 2 posts back.
Thank you TOD Family for the Job you do and for the Sane Oasis that is TOD. Thanks, Lady Chips!
isn’t it great? It finally looks like Christmas around here! :D
Ughhhh, I don’t want to go to work tomorrow :-(
I am a having a harder time picking one singular photo.
Love them all. 2, 3 and 10 are unbeatable.
The votes so far are for #1, #8 & #10 respectively.
When everyone is Loud, Obnoxious, Playing footsie with Facts, Obstructionism at an unprecedented level…….Nothing beats a Well Oiled Communication Arm that is as destructive as the 24/7 RWNJ Noise Machine combined with 6 Corporate DC/NY Punditry.
More from the article…
“But more than any of that, as I’ve written before in my columns and in my book about a pivotal moment in 1988, it’s about the transformation of political coverage into sheer entertainment. We treat our candidates like contestants, creating narrative arcs for them that are intended to suck you in for the next episode, even as we set the traps and obstacles that make the journey suspenseful and usually ill fated.”
Thank you, Nena!!!
Here’s Matt’s original tweet ….
And, an important addendum he tweeted, subsequently ….
You’re welcome, Doc.
How the hell can anyone talk this idiot Trump seriously? I bet he even ask himself that question sometimes. Killing journalkists who disagree with him is just fine, it’s showing leadership.
This is truly powerful…
14-1
They lost to the Falcons?
Will the Tex Governor accept help from the Obama Administration or will they shout State’s Rights and go it alone
They will come with both hands out.
Does that mean Texas will want some money from that big bad GOVERNMENT, they hate?
egg. zack.lee
We’l have to keep our eyes open for the news item where Texas Gov asks for FEMA assistance or for this region to be declared a disaster area. They might try to bury the request.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-holiday-idUSKBN0U90DX20151227
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said his office had declared Dallas County and three nearby counties disaster areas. He also warned people to be wary of snow in western parts of the state and rivers spilling their banks in other places.
That paves the way for the “Big Ask”…
Good eye DF. Yup, paving the way for the “Big Ask”
He did the same thing for the floods they had. Hands out and then badmouths the govt. he gladly took money from…
Greg Abbott is no better than Rick Perry /smh
Republican governors are sure slow learners
Seems like ISIL’s having a bad day. Good. They will be extinguished.
Trust PBO and his long game baby :-)
Larry Fitzgerald and the AZ Cardinals are giving Aaron Rodgers & the Packers the blues today :-)
So far:) We have SERIOUS Packer fans here!
I’m a Packer fan too. Have zero connection to them. When I learned (years ago) that the team is owned by the community, I became a fan. Love that they are not owned by some corporate, “money bags”, greedy person.
That is precisely why my husband has been a huge fan his entire life:) The people “own” them…not some billionaire moneybag.
Then don’t tell any Packer fans that the score is 24 - 0. The Cards just scored another running touchdown at the beginning of the 3rd quarter.
The State Farm “double-check” is not helping Aaron Rodgers at all today, now it’s 31 - 0
It’s painful
Sure is
h/t Nena :)
Decided to send them a screen capture of the email I received in June 2011 notifying me that my definition of #NEWSTAINER had been accepted by Urban Dictionary. I had also posted it to TOD :)
bbl ….
Congratulations Bob! Way to Go!!!
Way to go Bob!!
gm from my world - this one was a winner - No 1
GM 99ts. I hope you aren’t in the fire area.
GE GGail - Fires are 1000 miles South of us. We tend to get cyclones and floods - not usually fires. World weather is surely extreme.
So I read were that old non-funny comedian, ex-SNL David Spade were criticizing the President and First Lady for seeking attention by appearing on all those shows. They need to show some dignity. I think he has some dam nerve, he does not even know what dignity mean. Look at his career, or shall I say lack of career, he hasn’t had any success since SNL.
Wasn’t he arrested for indecent exposure or lewd acts?
This is truly deep…Nena….
#TrustBarack
Chat on
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