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FURST. TAKE THAT.
Ha!
Lucky
gimme back my petal.
Congratulations, AMK! You earned it fair and square.
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks & TOD family.
One good family supporting another good family.
Moooooooooooorning GGail!!
Gooooooooooooal morning my lovely Ms Chips ššš
:lol: -> š
Hey, thatās a new one. I wonder if I have it too? Iāll check when I get to work, if I remember š
Danke ….. petal.
I get so choked up hearing Biden talk about this.
I absolutely love that man. I would have so loved to see him sworn in as POTUS January, 2017.
I so agree. This whole year is so bittersweet. I can only get concerned about this whole crop running for president. None of them come close to both these men.
Fine team of female astronauts and I love the fact that not one of them is trying to look like a man.
repeat. calling dibs on pilot duty.
have ruiney & co ever heard of the term Ballon dāOr ? jusā askinā.
They think itās French for:
:D
Smart women are AWESOME!! Love this:)
Good morning, TOD.
I am interested in where and how all of us will be watching tonight.
C-SPAN? Amazon? CNN? MSNBC? Fox?
My first stop will be MSNBC. If they interfere by covering the screen with crawls or headlines or chatter, Iāll got to C-SPAN.
So, TOD, where will you be?
bbc and aj. not touching teann.
now, who gets to have the fun of waking me up?
Iāll do it.
didja give me back my petal yet?
Danny ate it. And felt ill after. Next time make it one that grew in the last six months. :roll:
Stop spoiling the boy. #steelpetal
We always watch the SOTU on C-Span,Vicki, and turn it off the minute they start getting phone calls.
:-)
GM Vicki, JackieG (even amk, ;) ).
C-Span for me. Was disappointed the last few times w/whitehouse.gov because they focus so tightly on PBO (yay!), but viewer canāt see @VPās face :( — donāt want to miss EITHER tonight!
Also the “enhanced” version has charts to the right, which makes PBO and others the camera pans to smaller — if I wanted charts, Iād go to Ezra Klein (yuck) or the Internet — charts are OK, but not during the precious LAST SOTU (IMHO).
Thatās what I do.
Iāll probably watch it online at whitehouse.gov with the TV on and muted in case something happens to the feed.
GM Meta.
Youāll have the best of both worlds then.
Surprisingly, SOTU was @cbsradionewsā lead story this hour — but only so CBS could bash PBO (65% of Americans think US on wrong track — how about asking them “compared to 2008 when the economy was in freefall, stores, businesses, car dealerships were closing and thousands (millions?) of people were at risk of losing their jobs).
On the bright side, they did play a clip of Jon Favreau (who has seen SOTU draft) and he said the speech will focus on future for generations to come).
Valerie Jarrett was interviewed this morning on a praise and worship station I listen to. She also said the focus was on the future. It was a very good interview and a preview of tonight.
C-SPAN or whitehouse.gov
Judith, thank you again for sharing your beautiful letter, so so so appreciated by us all.
Iāll be watching on cspan. I wonāt listen to any pundits. I also will have the White House on. They always have such wonderful graphs to go with the speech.
I watch at whitehouse.gov and the local station KRON4 because thereās no commentary
Thank you to everybody who replied!!!
We are on the same page—-no punditry needed.
Iām going to a SOTU Watch Party given by South Jersey Citizens For Change/OFA.
Good for MāOM….No Labels are frauds. Plain and simple.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/omalley-takes-no-labels-task#break
they are a gop astroturfing ratfuckers. good on MOM to call out these frauds.
Actually, that would be awesome.
Have a great day everyone:) Off to work
The outreach by the digital team to these folks is outstanding…..yessssssssss sireeeeeeeeeeeee…..smilin
Uh huh
this is the truth
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HEREāS PROOF THAT THE PRESS WONāT LET DONALD TRUMP DESTROY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
January 11, 2025
Thereās a widespread belief that Democrats are likely to win this yearās presidential election no matter what, and that the GOP is utterly doomed if Donald Trump is the nominee. I donāt share that belief ā but even if itās accurate, even if a Trump-Clinton or Trump-Sanders race ends in a Democratic landslide, I can guarantee you that the GOP will recover from the Trump campaign almost instantly.
How? The press will do what it always does when Republicans stumble: It will give the GOP a do-over.
Donāt believe me? Go to Politico today and read about Paul Ryan, whoās positioning himself to be the face of that do-over:
COLUMBIA, S.C. ā Paul Ryan talked about the ills of the criminal-justice system. He quizzed GOP presidential hopefuls at a forum here about what theyāve done to help the impoverished and vowed that Republicans, if they put their minds to it, could āmake breakthroughsā in the war on poverty.
This is what Ryan wants his Republican Party to look like. But it bears little resemblance to the one on display in the presidential primary, a battle that some senior Republicans say has gotten so coarse that itās putting their congressional majorities at risk.
So as Ryan tries to reassert the partyās substantive side with a series of policy rollouts in the coming months ā a conservative replacement to Obamacare, tax reform, a criminal justice bill ā heās also looking to give the House GOP its own identity.
Ryan invited the The Little Sisters of the Poor to the SOTU as guests.
He is just a fraud, like all the rest of them.
Paul Ryan why didnāt he invite the little sisters of the rich. The rich are the ones he care about.
GM Linda.
CBS radio news played a clip of Ryan this morning saying what heād like PBO to say “repeal Obamacare” etc. — an entire fantasy list of GOP talking points, unmoored from reality.
Ryan is completely unserious — how many Dems would have said that GWBās last SOTU should include a statement that he would resurrect the Americans who died in that fraud known as the Iraq War — Americans hated GWBās war but didnāt support unhinged statements from its leaders then. Now it has become commonplace and acceptable. SMH.
Paul Ryan…setting the stage to run for President…in 2020
Thatās been my thought too for a long time now. I even believe he secretly engineered Boehnerās ouster & got McCarthy to trip up, only to pretend he didnāt want the speakership. But this is exactly where he wants to be now, to catapult himself into presidency in 2020. And the media will bend over twice to remake him in the image of Reagan, conservative savior.
And heāll put syrupy make-up on their odious Ayn Randian policies plus cynical spewings about tackling poverty. He will be the nightmare that completely dismantles FDRās New Deal and anything progressive weāve had. Heās sly like John Roberts. Dangerous!
i know that folks like Ryan can be dangerous because he will try to come off as a moderate and try to fool us with the help of the press, of course …but i believe that our focus must always be on hope,…strategy…and GOTV…because when DEMS and DEM leaning folks vote… we Win…there has been much progress under the President…i suspect that with the SOTU address…he will not only outline the successes…but will show us how to move forward and protect that progress….
#YesWeCan
Ryan is just washing clean dishes in a soup kitchen. He has had plenty of chances to demonstrate he cares about the poor. He doesnāt!
How come the Little Sister nuns agreed to be his guests? Werenāt the Nuns on the Bus trying to school Ayn Rand Ryan and his buds a year or two ago on food stamps and other? Or is it about their problem with birth control? (Now that teen pregnancy has declined significantly.)
Two Southern states point in two different directions
01/12/16 08:00 AM
By Steve Benen
When the Affordable Care Act was taking shape several years ago, one of its more popular provisions was the creation of state-based exchange marketplaces. By now, most Americans are probably familiar with the concept: states would create marketplaces for insurers to compete for the publicās business, and consumers could choose the best plan for their needs.
Kentucky, previously a national leader in ACA implementation, embraced the idea with great enthusiasm, creating the Kynect system, which proved to be a great success. Newly elected Gov. Matt Bevin (R), however, is dismantling it anyway. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported yesterday (via Charles Gaba):
Following through on a campaign pledge, Gov. Matt Bevin has notified federal authorities he plans to dismantle kynect, Kentuckyās health insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act. [ā¦]
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But thereās also an under-appreciated irony to this: Bevin, the far-right Republican governor, is also abandoning the tenets of his own ideology. By scrapping Kynect, the Tea Party Kentuckian is shifting power from his state to Washington, D.C., on purpose, without explanation.
Didnāt Turtle face say nothing would happen to Kynect? Oh well I hope those whose lives were saved are ok killing others thanks to their votes or non-votes.
GM rickyrah.
Havenāt clicked on the article yet, but assume the other southern state just replaced the pandering, clueless Jindal with a DEM!
GM TODville.
Thanks Chips for posting this moving video.
100% Joe, honest and forthright — love him so much because he has PBOās integrity and heart, with the spontaneity his fans appreciate.
Only the most heartless cynic could possibly not believe that The First Family is part of the Biden clan (and vice versa) if theyāve seen PBOās eulogy to Beau and this clip of @VP.
{{arapaho}}
THE INTERVIEW WITH JOE ISPRICELESS…I HAVE BEEN WATCHING JOE AND I HAVE NOTICED SOMETHING…YOU CAN SEE THE HOLE IN HIS HEART FROM HERE…HE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
SENT THIS TO MY FB……………….TWO BROTHERS…TWO VERY LARGE HEARTS!
I would have thought that Beau Biden would have had life insurance especially after having kids. In his job as AG, he would have a pension and a pension for his time at DOJ. Plus his kids are eligible SS for dependents or did they stop that after Paul Ryan became speaker.
this was before Beau Biden passed…they were talking about a scenario in which Beau Biden had to step down from his job as AG…due to illness
What PF58 said.
@VP was concerned that the initial stroke that Beau suffered might have impaired Beauās cognitive ability, which (because he shares Joe and Jillās integrity) would force him to step down from his job as Delaware AG — leaving the family with no income (for basic needs like housing and food) at which point Joe and Jill would help financially.
Doctors determined that Beau suffered no mental impairment, so Beau was able to serve out his full term (instead of resigning with no pension) with less impact on familyās income.
yes…
We do not know the financial situation of his sonās family. Obviously it was distressing enough for the President offering to step in. Thatās what real friends do.
amk, you are so right, real friends with a caring heart.
When you become disabled due to an illness you can file for disability. My cousinās ex-wife can no longer work due to non-cancerous tumors that were removed in and around her head. She is on morphine and pain killers due to the pain and could no longer work. She is on SS-Disability as well as her daughter who is under 18yrs old. I would assume that if Beau Biden had to leave his job early because the brain tumor affected his mental capacity he would have been eligible for these payments that cover himself, his wife, and his kids.
DA HAIL!?!?!?
As poison gas billows, profits take priority, residents suffer
Congressman Brad Sherman talks with Rachel Maddow about how he and his Porter Ranch, California neighbors are coping with the massive, months-long, toxic gas leak in their town, and how the pace of dealing with the gas is slowed by the insistence that the gas be sold at regular market rate instead of being disposed of as the environmental crisis that it is.
Despite CA being one of the most highly regulated states in the country, the public utilities here thumb their noses at the thought of being law-abiding members of society.
Some of the worst US environmental disasters recently have been in CA and due to utility company negligence.
2010 - San Bruno gas explosion that killed 8, destroyed dozens of homes
Last year - Santa Barbara oil spill
Current (started in October) — the Porter Ranch methane leak, which is spewing tons of methane into the atmosphere here every. single. day. Methane is colorless and odorless — residents are feeling the effect of additives which alert them to the leak — but the impact on carbon released into the atmosphere is equivalent to millions of additional cars here.
MY SONāS ATTORNEY IN THIS IS ROBERT KENNEDY JR…………………………..
This is a criminal enterprise, from top to bottom, and all these mofos need to be in handcuffs
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THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 1/11/16
Meager progress in Flint toxic water crisis by Michiganās Snyder
Rachel Maddow reports on local clean water and filter distribution centers in Flint, Michigan running out of supplies already as Governor Rick Snyder is slow to implement an effective relief plan.
This story in Flint Michigan ought to be a CNN Breaking News. They should be covering that 24/7 like they do plane crashes or mass shootings. Maybe I will email and ask them about that.
HAVING COVERED SEVERAL PCB STORIES MYSELF…I CAN TELL YOU…THE DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE TO THESE CHILDREN………………………………………………..THIS IS A HUGE TRAGEDY!
But those who allow it to happen should pay.
OT - Adele fans, this is funny and cool.
not to be a wet blanket, but while iāve seen a couple of these and thought they were entertaining, iām getting disturbed how commonplace distracted driving is becoming, and these clips encourage it even more and make it seem cool and okay. Some other show was just doing it too (conan oābrien maybe?). feels like over half the cars i see on the roads now are drunk drivers, but when passing them of course just see theyāre looking at a phone or messing with the dash controls.
GM 4more.
The prevalence of distracted driving is indeed alarming — scary how many people donāt pay attention — I am now the very definition of a defensive driver (donāt want to contribute to the stats of those adversely affected by other irresponsible drivers).
If itās any consolation, the cars on film which focus on their occupants are actually on flatbed trucks with cameras, person in driverās seat is not actually driving. At least in SoCal (quite common to see here) — not sure about Seinfeldās Comedians in Cars recent skit with PBO.
The young AA man yesterday on the video expressing how sad he was that this is PBO last year was actually driving in SoCal. He mentioned he was on the 405 fwy in broad daylight and you could see he was passing cars and although he was paying attention to all the drivers around him, still itās a distraction.
I PASSED A GUY USING HIS PIPE LAST WEEK………………..
lesser and lesser states seeing the insanity of pointless opposition to obamacare. how is that for ‘trickle downā.
so roberts can gfh.
I just donāt get the concept of turning down free money.
Defeating the black President is all that matters. It is spite and impotent rage.
CINCINNATI (AP) ā Police in Cincinnati say a man has fatally shot his 14-year-old son in their home, thinking he was an intruder.
Police say the man thought his son had caught the bus for school Tuesday morning, but the teen returned home soon afterward. Police say the man heard a noise in the basement and checked on it with a gun in his hand. Police say the father fired after apparently being startled, hitting the boy in the neck.
Authorities say the father called 911 and the boy was taken to Cincinnati Childrenās Hospital Medical Center, where he died Tuesday morning.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cincinnati-man-kills-son-intruder
OMG. What can you say?
But if the teen had a gun heād have been ok right? I wish the 2nd amendment would just go away and take all these stupid guns with it.
Father had a gun and he could have shot son and son had a gun and shot father. Thatās the NRA answer to gun violence, more gun violence.
i wish it was simply followed as it was written, which is about “militias” and those are defined in the constitution itself as being what we now call the national guard (article 1, section 8). itās been purposely misconstrued over the years to mean everybody and unlimited, and of course we have no actual journalism on the national level anymore that will inform voters of this fact. we donāt need to remove or alter it…just follow the simple english words of the 2nd as they are.
Hurray for truth-telling ! Very few people will actually read it and understand the wording. Too
much illiteracy in America, from all stripes.
Well said, 4morefor44!
Good Morning Chips and TOD.
Good Morning TOD
This is a great article:
“But year after year, White House staffers tell reporters that this yearās State of the Union address will be āmore than a laundry listā of policy proposals; this time, the predictions that President Obamaās speech will be ānon-traditionalā may actually be true.”
“And few presidents have been better prepared to deliver the speech that his aides are promising: a thematic overview of America accomplishments over the past seven years and the challenges and choices confronting the country in the years ahead. Those who listen on Tuesday night may well hear a masterful orator-in-chief at the top of his game.”
Hillary Clinton jumped the gun a bit on this one, given that Sanders hasnāt released his proposal yet. But one has to wonder when he will finally get around to doing that. Until he does, it is difficult to say how much control his plan will cede to Republican governors. Given how theyāve handled Medicaid expansion, there is good reason to be concerned.
UNFORTUNATELY..I AM GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT IN THIS SNOWSTORM TODAY…TISā A WINDY CLUSTERMUCK HERE….BBL………I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THIS STATE OF THE UNION STUFF…IT MAKES ME CRY……………………..SOB ACTUALLY.
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your venerable bbcās fp.
A US-led coalition air strike has destroyed a bank used by the Islamic State group in the Iraqi city of Mosul.
A US official told the BBC two 900kg bombs had hit the building on Monday.
He estimated that millions of dollars earned by IS through oil sales, looting and extortion had been destroyed.
Video posted online by IS showed damage to a building. The coalition has increased strikes against facilities that fund IS activities including oil fields it controls.
The coalition has hit “one or two” buildings that store IS money in the past, the US official told the BBC, but Mondayās strike is likely to be the biggest to date.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35291574
More golfing, Mr President.
“The Brutalism of Ted Cruz” seems to be trending on teh twitter. Good, more sunshine on this roach.
Chat on
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/01/12/chat-on-139/
Chips - is todayās ManU game during the day or evening for me? Is 19:45 GMT, 11:45am PST?
I hate these time zones!!! When I win the Lottery, Iām make one time zone for the whole world!!!!!
Hi Everybody! Iām totally bummed that I a work-related meeting tonight that I canāt skip, so Iāll have to settle for catching the SOTU by DVR late tonight.
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Glad Iām not the only one Dudette! Iāll be watching my DVR tonight after work, and after that, many more times on YouTube!
Wish list for my book shelves in 2017 and beyond ( hardcover and digital copies):
1. The Obama years, professional and personal, in photos by Pete Souza
2. PBOās reflections on the 8 years in office
3. Anything from PBO on whatever is going on in the country and the world at the time
4. A book featuring all things FLOTUS, with a special section on her love and activism in regard to children and one that features photos of her in the various fashions that she has worn over the years
5. A book by Valerie Jarrett, the ultimate insider, about her friends Barack and Michelle
6. A childrenās book starring Bo and Sunny
7. V P Joeās unvarnished retrospective (you know that he will reveal things that PBO will not) of his tenure as VP and the story of the Bromance of Barack and Joe
8. Any personal reflections by MO
9. Various books written by loyal staff members who can describe the behind-the-scenes work of that time
10. Any honest and objective historianās (David Brinkley or Doris Kearns Goodwin ???) analysis of the Obama administration
11. A book of photos and vignettes about many of the everyday people with whom PBO inter-acted over the years.
12. In the far distant future, a book by one or both of the girls about growing up in the White House
13. Every page, photo and comment from TOD (which is an historical record)
14. Foreign leadersā (allies and frenemies) stories of their encounters with PBO
Will be watching the SOTU on C-Span (will skip the call-in and the GOP response) filled with pride, love, and admiration (no tears until 2017), and something sparkly. I will watch alone so that I can savor each moment then come to TOD to share feelings and reflections.
I believe that is a TOD community reading list. Iāll take everyone of those books.