Flowers in remembrance of former First Lady Nancy Reagan in front of her official portrait by Aaron Shikler (Photo by Pete Souza)
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good evening!
Congrats, Dee.
We are fixinâ to be inundated with 4-8 inches of rain over the next 2-3 days here in Louisiana, hope all are safe in California!
Beautiful!
Thank you Chipsticks.
I followed a link posted by LovelyPlains but there was no one there. In fact, the date was that of 2/28/16.
Glad that I landed here.
Just a WP glitch, thatâs the date LP created the post, so stupid WP posted it at that date instead of todayâs - which it regularly does. Grr.
Thanks a million LP, I created a new draft for that post so weâll use it again.
I completely forgot about that dadgum glitch….have to go and manually change the publish date for drafts that have been sitting for a minute. All good!
Itâs a complete pain in the ass LP because it only happens some times, so itâs easy to get caught out! And if I have to fix the date on one of my posts, the automated link on Twitter then doesnât work! Grrrrrrrrrr! Thanks a million again, I put it in that new draft so it will he HUUUUGELY useful again!
I know from past experiences if you update the publish date/time of a post after you have already published then the original link stops working and you have to post the new URL for the same thread. Maybe thatâs what happens with the automated link on Twitter…who knows?
Thatâs it LP, the original url appears on Twitter, then you change it and …… grr.
Whoops…..didnât realize you were around, Chips! Congrats on 1rst, Dee :)
Is that President Obama on his knees…in a reflection, or what? Not sure thatâs the photo I would have published.
Does anyone else see a man inside of that cabinet? :shock:
:lol: The commenters at Instagram were a bit freaked!!!
Peteâs reply:
Sloppiness on my part trying to do a quick iPhone picture from a low angle and not realizing I was capturing my own reflection.
Oh, WHEW. I thought it might be a reflection but the proportions didnât seems right. Thank goodness itâs not a GHOST.
I was like, WHAT THE HELL????????? :lol:
NICE to know thereâs obviously a full-time cabinet polisher in the White House. LOLz.
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL đđđđđđ»đđ» Pete Souza absolutely ROCKS my world!!!
:-D
Just getting online today, and saw the reflection before I noticed your comment … and stared at it for a couple minutes, also freaked! Ha. You and Pete are trying to keep us alert, eh?
Ohhhhh, man that WAS freaky! :-D
Explanation from petesouza … Yeah. Sloppiness on my part trying to do a quick iPhone picture from a low angle and not realizing I was capturing my own reflection.
ON MY FB…SHAMEFUL……………………I LOVE HER AND SHE CERTAINLY MUST BE HONORED FOR HER COURAGE AND SACRIFICE!
Jim went on a facebook rant - and here is his tweet
You should see his FB page rant. It was a work of art.
I read it Roberta - and he was kind enough to explain that if you read the lot, the language would not be as mother would approve :)
Run against PBO at your own peril….
From end of last thread:
Thanks, LP!!
following your lead…
TY, pf! We all have to keep hammering on these derelicts, especially when SCOTUS nom is announced. Soon!
Bringing this over from Nancy Smarty-Pantsâ column at Washington Monthly today. HRCâs reported coziness with the banking industry, and lack of transcripts, shout from headlines- here she is actually speaking at GoldmanSachs, and itâs a perfect post for Womenâs Day! Long intro-she begins speaking at about 3:47.
Iâm looking at the photo of Nancy Reagen, I do notice something odd. What is it?
I thought maybe Bo or Sunny had got in there.
Pete Souza reflected in the cabinet. Highly polished!
BOOM…
Twenty-first century! :)
NO SURPRISE..SHE HAS SERVED WTH THIS PRESIDENT……………….ONCE HEâS GONE…I WOULD BE THE SAME WAY!
Yep, I was thinking the same thing. Serving in the Obama Administration is one thing, serving in a possible Clinton Administration would be quite another. Who knows whatâs going to happen once the Clintons get their engine up and running, a goddamn hornetsâ nest in the making.
Was she in consideration.??? i donât get why all this is public…is this part of the strategy…or just gossip from the press
Mostly gossip. I donât think the WH is leaking at this juncture.
Maybe Robert Reichâs mole can tell us whoâs the next choice.
LOLzzz
Yes, do tell us, oh great mole! :-D
:D
I thought she might. Iâd rather see her finish out her term as AG too.
Plus even if she did want to go through the Senate confirmation gauntlet again and somehow got confirm, sheâd have to recuse herself from any cases that came through her office. That might be a lot of sitting around twiddling her thumbs early on.
CHECKING PRIOR THREADS..CATCH UP TIME…………………
WENT ON AN O DIARY TREK..DINNER TIME….BLESSINGS EVERYONE…SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY…LOTS OF WRK DONE….<3..DID SPEND SOME TIME IN A SILLY CONVERSATION WITH A GOOSE!..DON'T ASK!
Last week I had to travel to Denver for some work related training, while in Denver I had a chance to visit my brother. My brother has been a vegan for about six months now, he challenged me to try it for 21 days. Iâm presently on day three of my meatless adventure, Iâll see how things go once I get past my first week.
Ah, thatâll be interesting Don. A pal of mine is about a week in to his vegan experiment and he says he feels great, but heâs wondering if heâll start craving meat soon. Looking forward to hearing how it goes for you.
My son was vegan for a few years. I could do without meat, probably, but taking out eggs, dairy, honey, butter, and CHEESE plus all the stuff that has butter and milk in it, and that is a problem for me.
Good luck Don. My husband had to go on a vegan diet for health reasons for 2 months. We did fine. I really enjoyed the challenge. We have several restaurants with vegan ends. I found Indian food is wonderful. I would do it again, but I have no desire to eat that way all the time. I love my diary products and my meat. It is a good challenge and good for you.
OMG, sheâs adorable.
She is a wonderful woman. :)
For a minute I thought it was Malia.
Coulda been!!
Yes yes yes. Our FLOTUS is beautiful and adorable and precious. I love this pic.
I just realized. duh…. Malia Obama will get to cast her first vote this year. I wish you would have been able to vote for her dad but I am sure she will make a wise decision this year. :lol:
Yes, this was a surprise to me, today. Josh said the WH wouldnât comment on where she will vote (Chicago or DC).
If you watch HTGAWM, you probably know that Karla Souza (Laurel Castillo) is a Mexican actress. And I think she makes a good Frieda Kahlo!
watching a Bernie Sanders rally. on MSNBC…have the sound down.. he has people of color in the background….too late…he can not “Keep Up Appearances”…folks Know what is up with Bernie…
In the Sanders and Trump ads in Michigan featured people of all colors and ethnic backgrounds. Very deceptive.
NO, you really canât make this mess up. Trumpâs idea of “presidential.” Iâm GROSSED OUT.
HRC projected to win Mississippi, per ABC.
LOLz
Did yâall see this, earlier?
I heard that they ran out of ballots and sent people home in Flint!
Hopefully, they could fill out some interim provisional ballot!
we used to have that kinda situations …. 20 years back. jeez.
Is that cuz they waited till the last minute? Like if you buy an airline ticket last minute you pay more too.
Some of the polls in Michigan didnât close until 9 an hour later than the results that have come in from different parts of MI….thatâs not to say this is a lot closer than most expected. In the end, I think Hillary will barely win by ~2-3pts.
I figured she wanted to do the best job possible for the rest of PBOâs term.
Iâm so glad she decided this! Not that I wouldnât want her to be on the Supreme Court, but I cannot stand the thought of lesser-being RWNJs grilling her during a hearing. Ugh. Luckily, she has more courage than I do.
so, bt. I see that you have been passing on your shooting skill-set to pete. congrats,
Excellent!
This jerk!!
Nothing the GOP does makes sense meta - Ryan sure promised the RWNJs that he would continue the party of no if they gave him the job.
does this lying pos think that his house of racists have a say on this matter?
They do not!
NOTHING the GOP does makes sense because when PBO was elected in 2008 & re-elected in 2012 they have completely lost their minds and have been in total disarray. That is why the majority of your constituents prefers a outright racist bigoted loud mouth than a another one of your mainstream politicians.
The GOP has no concept of a losing election? They really do believe their own b.s.
Classiest woman on the planet:
Love this First Lady.. I just finish listening to her speech she gave today.
She is showing such class, something her and her husbands haters knows nothing about.
Trump is projected to win Mississippiâs Republican primary
Billionaire Donald Trump is projected to win the Republican presidential primary in Mississippi, the first of four GOP contests Tuesday, the Associated Press reports.
as a resident of OH, the Buckeye State, I am happy about the report the TV Advert Sales people are making more money from the pompous & bigoted “deal maker”
If you havenât seen it - read his facebook rant Bob
COMING UP: Hillary Clinton on Mississippi Win - http://www.msnbc.com/shift/watch/we-ll-be-right-back-639800899553 AND
http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=2
Crap! Bernie is ahead in MI.
Flint, Detroit, and rural MI still not in for Hillary, Obama Grandmama.
Polls just closed in part of the state. Iâm nervous, too but an early total depends on which districts.
I really hope Sanders does not win Michigan.
See that kid suitcase on the belt? Just bought one that is a small duffle bag with the car, plane and train print on it for my to be four year old grandson.
When Rubio decided to get further in the gutter with Trump, it appears to have played against him.
From Nina Totenberg:
President Obama Meets With Supreme Court Candidates
Sources close to the process say that among those being interviewed are Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; Judge Sri Srinivasan, of the same court; Judge Paul Watford, of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco; Judge Jane Kelly, of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals based in St. Louis; and U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who serves in Washington, D.C.
The first three are considered leading contenders.
http://www.npr.org/2016/03/08/469722360/president-obama-meets-with-supreme-court-candidates
Booyah!
Thank God and modern technology for the Mute button.
CNN projects Donald Trump will win the Michigan GOP primary. He also won todayâs Mississippi primary.
At this point, only a Democrat can stop Trump.
Is hillz about to lose MI?
Clueless and tone deaf is an understatement. W.T.F.
Bernie Sanders …each day reveals more and more who he is
This. Is. Pathetic. Whether itâs him, or the people heâs paying to run his campaign, this is beyond tone deaf. The best you can say is they just donât care. The worst is theyâre being scornful of black people because they arenât voting for him. Either way: disgraceful.
Horrible.
canât wait for the idiot racists vs fundie racists cage fight at the convention.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/03/08/happy-international-womens-day/
Cannot believe Hillary losing MI!! Unbelievable.
Hillary gave a very good speech in Ohio….i like it…
Iâm Baaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Glad Pete clarified that pic; as I had a poltergeist in my house this past Sunday, the pic sort of freaked me out.
When I returned from vacation, I received word that a friend in Newport RI had died; I dumped the contents of my suitcase in the middle of the living room floor; packed a few winter things and took the train to Newport. Didnât have a chance to notify my neighbor.
On Sunday, my neighbor received a call from my land line; when she answer, there was no one there however, she says she heard what sounded like “labored breathing.” As I have respiratory problems, she immediately grab the keys flew to my home. Called out to me — I didnât answer. Conducted a room by room search (in my red cross disaster area) to no avail. Called the hospital to see if I had been admitted — NO. Meanwhile, Iâd left the computer AND oxygen condenser on, and the oxygen condenser was overheated and beeping… She shut everything down, but was really upset because she had no idea what had happened to me. As she headed home, she saw my Momâs car at the church and my Mom was able to reassure her that I was ok…
However, doesnât explain how my landline called her home… After she told me about my O2 overheating and alarming, I attribute it to “Only GOD…” Had she not gone to my home, it is possible Iâd have returned to a house in ruins… Only GOD!
Phones are run by software. My landline calls itself once or twice a year. Freaked me out the first time I was home when it happened. Typically this happens when some testing is going on by the phone company. That might be a reasonable explanation for what happened with your phone. Or maybe you DO have a poltergeist. iIf so, I suggest you donât make it angry! :-D
Really? Your explanation sounds plausible… Whatever the reason, Iâm grateful as the overheated O2 could have started a fire…
Can you explain the pic to me? Iâve been staring and staring.
Look at the base of the table, youâll see Peteâs reflection…
Aha! I knew there was a human form there and couldnât figure out why! A reflection never occurred to me. Duh!