President Obama boards Air Force One before his departure from Andrews Air Force Base to Chicago to host the two-day NATO summit
Michelle boarded the flight earlier:
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9:40 ET: The President and First Lady arrive in Chicago
CBS might have coverage on their live streaming
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Information on the G8 summit here
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Prime Minister David Cameron , President Barack Obama, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and others watch the penalty shootout in the Chelsea v Bayern Munich Champions League final
The Obama Diary 
Not again?
Very cool, GGail!!
Ok Chipsticks, you’ve flummoxed me now and my fingers won’t work so fast next time. I’ve got the vapors (fanning myself)
He doesn’t wear hats often, but when he does….. LAWD HAVE MERCY!!!! WWHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeewwww!!!
We had campaign buttons made from this photo op. And as y’all can see by my avatar, l love, love, LURVE me some PBO in that black cowboy hat!!!
I stole your pic (almost), Isonprize!!!
That’s alright with me, Chica. ALRIGHT WITH ME!!! No problema.
Isonprize, you’re very generous for letting me steal your hat, thank you!
Whoa! Rolling in it, GGail!
OH hahahahahaha!!!!! I don’t believe it!!!!!!! ROFL
Better buy. Lotto ticket…. What with a very powerful solar eclipse tomorrow!
Okay, now that is just cold!
You are something else, woman. LOL!!! 🙂
Yes, Mr. President & First Lady – I’m ASTOUNDED too!
😆
POTUS wanted me to be first to see him safely board AF1.
Yup..he sent a text saying that he wanted GGail to be first.
So funny. I got a different text. Ahem.
🙂 🙂 🙂 Hmm…wonder what that text was about. Ahem…
😀 thanks hopefruit2 for having my back
Nice, but he wanted the rest of us, too. He texted me. Just sayin’. 🙂
GG, you just havin’ TOO MUCH FUN!! 😆 😆
It’s the solar eclipse effect 😆
I won’t complain this time. Great pics, Chips! But I have to tell you — my laptop screen does not react well to saliva, so how about some charts or something next time okay? Too much pretty can be a bad thing, ya know?
I understand Dudette, from now on:
Bwahhahahahahahahaaha!!! 😀 😀 😀
…and thank you for NOT asking how I know about the saliva thing. Tee-hee-hee!
That looks like a picture of Myth R-money’s truth related to reality.
Why yes, of course…. it’s the Truthiness Chart. I almost didn’t recognize it.
The truthiness chart. EGGGGGSSS ZACTLY! 😆 😆 Don’t you just love Stephen Colbert? I especially love that there are some people that really don’t know that he is pulling their chain!
Yes, and the ones who don’t know are all of the “R” variety, which is so very amusing. 🙂
A comic strip perhaps?
Wait a minute! Waaa-i-t a minute! Wait just a minute! What’s going on here? That’s the second time teacher’s pet ‘D’ has gotten a reward for coming in behind the first person; this time without even using the ‘pretty please’ routine. [I shall have to consider the wider implications here.]
Let it go vc, let it go. 🙂
I’m weepin’ ….. as soon as I awarded a second place prize I thought “Jeez, I hope VC doesn’t turn up and see it”. 😆 😆 😆
You do know your family so well. 🙂
See what you’ve done Chipsticks! Instead of giving “naughty mats” you gonna haf to give “time outs”. LOL!!!
Hey VC. You’ll give yourself high blood pressure trying to figure it out.
How did you know? And considering the doc just upped my medication two days ago for this very reason, I better chill.. Thanks for the reminder, friend!
Don’t worry about a thing ’cause every little thing is going to be alright.
😉
You have NO IDEA how much I love me some Robert Nesta Marley!!!!
WoooaaAAAAAaaaaah!!!!! Spooky: I didn’t see your video, and just posted the same!!!!
A definite ‘divine’ message to me! Sent through dual sources to make sure I get it! Okay, message received. 😉 😉
Well vc, I can see why you might be bothered, but er, um… which one of us kept the lights on all night to welcome the 10 millionth hit? Hmmmmm?
😳 Point taken. ‘Twasn’t me.
There, there dear. It’s okay. We’re family. You’ll be first (or maybe second) someday real soon. It’s all good.
Here’s a hug for you now. {{{vc}}}
This is sweet, sweet revenge on your part, Dudette! Did you know me before TOD? 😛 😆 This song used to drive me CRAAA-ZY when it was in its heyday! I found it so stupid, and once heard it wouldn’t stay out of my head! A friend or two would hum it from time to time just to annoy. The hug to accompany the annoyance was an inspired touch! Hats off to you! 😆 😆 I LURVE TODville!
LOL!
It sure weren’t me, either…. I was on The Other Side! ( not The Far Side)
You sure, Pamela? I thought I spotted you in the midst of a rowdy crowd.
You have worked extremely hard today Chips. I am totally amazed by you and this blog. Good going. You must be related to the energizer bunny. How do you do it? Great job though. Keep it comin’ on. (Singing to a well known tune which name escapes me at this time) Don’t stop it now. Don’t stop it now (Still singing)
The truth, Trinisamba, is that I am chronically lazy and prefer nothing in life more than doing nothing. Ask my boss 😳
Well if you are lazy, I want to be like you when I grow up. Your boss must be very happy with your performance because if your work is anything like your blog……………….LAWD HELP EVERYONE ELSE IN THE OFFICE.
Dare I say it? … Batteries and cocoa butter. 😉
Doh! Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. I know, I know… heading for the naughty mat now. Dang!
[kicking the leftover koolaid cup out of the way as I saunter over to the corner]
Sorry, Dudette. As a member of the clean-up crew we shouldn’t have missed that. Here, let me move it out of the way – penance for my earlier whining. :l
:I testing
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No worries mate. I think that one rolled out from under the couch when I bumped into it.
this one?
YEP!!! Thanks desertflower. You guys are good. I am in awe.
Not a good idea to fall asleep before bedtime. Stupid coffee ice cream! Was supposed to keep me awake! 😡 ! FLOTUS looked so fab when she was departing! I also loved the purple, floaty number she was wearing earlier too. Muy caliente! Congrats, Chips! Your team may not have won but you’ve hit well above the 10 million mark! If blog hits were money, Willard would still be 25 times richer than you but at least you could take him up on his $10,000 bet if you so chose, maybe with a better bet too, like $10,000 that he won’t be president of these united states……… Okay, now I’m running on and on. I wonder if wine will also have an opposite effect? Instead of making me sleepy, will it keep me awake like the ice cream was supposed to? Well, nothing wrong with a little experimentin’. 😉
😆 Pour a glass of wine RIGHT NOW Lisa!!!! And thank you 😉
Chip and Lisa, I will open one of my wines that my adopted son purchased for me today at a beautiful Wine Shop on the West Coast. Oh, it is delicious. I will raise the glass for our wonderful Chips. I miss you all so much. Trying to get caught up here. Chips here comes some (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( Love you, and appreciate my home here so much))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) HZ
LLO, oooh, yeah. That purple dress was amazing on FLOTUS. It was a ‘throwback’ to the 1950s, yet modern the way she wears it. There is a pretty picture of her in it at http://mrs-o.com/newdata/2012/5/19/a-most-lovely-hostess.html
I used to check over there often for Michelle’s fashions. It’s up to date today, but it hasn’t been as timely as it used to be. But then Chica has me RIDICULOUSLY spoiled when it comes to pics of FLOTUS and POTUS. I think every blog just be as addicted as we are!! LOLOLOL
I know ison. I used to go to Mrs. O to find out who the designers of FLOTUS’ outfits are. But she’s been so far behind Chips, by the time she covers an outfit, its days later long after TOD has moved onto many next events. I was surprised to see today’s dress highlighted there today too.
In fact, I think I first came to TOD having heard about it from someone on Mrs. O.
I used to follow it too isonprize, but quickly became spoiled by Chipsticks quickly having great pics and I forgot about mrs.o.com. LOL!!!
hey Isonnnnnnnnnn…how are you doing…how is your son….
i went there often as well…and then someone linked to this blog…and i have been here ever since..:-D
Hi Trinisamba,
Have been looking for you on the blog for a long time now. Last time we were on the blog together, you asked me where in Trinidad I lived, but I had come off the blog and did not see the question till long after. I did answer that I lived in Santa Cruz but I do not know whether you saw it. I do hope that it was you who asked the question and that I am not confusing you with another Trinidadian.
Where in Trinidad are you from? Will check back later.
I am in Mt Lambert. I had answered before but alas you missed it.
We have Trinis on the board tonight. I’m from Trinidad. I have family that still lives in Arima.
I live in Trinidad but spend significant time in New Jersey because that is where my husband resides. He is retiring by early 2013 and will be returning to sweet T&T …………..FOR GOOD!!!!!
Some COOL photos from the G8:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/sets/72157629803869054/
Including them watching the game!
Prime Minister David Cameron , President Barack Obama, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and others watch the penalty shootout in the Chelsea v Bayern Munich Champions League final
That’s GREAT!!! Look at dude with his hands on his head. I guess we know who he was cheering for! 🙂
Merkel looks like she carries tension in her shoulders and eyes. The only person in this photo who doesn’t look emotionally invested in some way is the new guy. Even the guy beside him shows tension in how he places his hands. Hollande looks completely relaxed, as though there are other places he could be.
No French team on the field. Plus maybe he’s not a soccer fan.
AF1 has landed!
http://www.ustream.tv/cbsnews
Thank you Chips!!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE You! Mmmmmwah!!!
GREAT!
Helloooooooo Chi-Town
Does the President follow soccer? I don’t recall him ever speaking about it.
He follows everything and he had spoken about it during the last World Cup.
I don’t follow soccer that much myself, but I can appreciate a good game when I see it.
I don’t think he’s a big follower of it, Tien Le, but his daughters play and he goes to their games, so maybe he’s catching the bug! It is, after all, the greatest sport in the history of the world 😎
I think he mentioned the other day (maybe on The View?) when asked about his guilty pleasure that he loves watching any sporting event on TV he can, even the Luge.
On the View POTUS said that FLOTUS said he would watch any kind of sports.
France One (?) landing too.
What a beautiful First Couple we have!!
Funny… just as I started thinking “I wish I could tell what he and Rahm and Mrs. Emmanuel are saying”… the camera started to zoom in on their conversation. Then I felt like an intruder.
What is the point of protesting at Rahm’s family home? That is just trash.
Yeh I don’t get that either. He’s got nothing to do with the G8 or NATO — he’s just Mayor now.
Hey did anyone else catch the shot of a room with a bunch of tables and chairs that came on screen right after the feed of the helicopter ended? Anyone know where that was?
It looked like some meeting hall set up for NATO?
Ah, yes that makes sense.
CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) – World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone on Saturday and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil while revitalizing a global economy increasingly threatened by Europe’s debt crisis.
A summit of the G8 leading industrialized nations came down solidly in favor of a push to balance European austerity – an approach long driven by German Chancellor Angela Merkel – with a new dose of U.S.-style stimulus seen as vital to healing ailing euro-zone economies. But it was clear that divisions remained.
“We commit to take all necessary steps to strengthen and reinvigorate our economies and combat financial stresses, recognizing that the right measures are not the same for each of us,” the leaders said in a joint statement issued at their meeting at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSBRE84H06F20120520?irpc=932
Congrats ut & LL. drogba is a cool customer.
Hi Trinisamba,
Not far from each other. I tend to come on the blog and read the new comments, then leave and do some thing or other and return, but i always try to read everything. Seems like i missed your reply. I guess we can try to connect some time. Right now I am trying to read a book for my book club meeting on Tuesday but this book is so difficult to read. It is like a chore. Anyhow I have to press on. Will check back later
Best thing I saw today: Came out of work and there were people standing on the sidewalk in front of a store…REGISTERING VOTERS. This time it was not me. Wow! It was great being asked, “are you registered to vote or do you need your registration updated?”
Outstanding! Beats any of Rachel’s “Best Thing In The World Today” segments — Hands Down!!
New post everyone (adding pics soon):
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/05/19/my-kind-of-town-2/