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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a Passover Seder Dinner for family, staff and friends, in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House, March 25 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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Congrats carol on #1 🙂
Thank you.
Howdy back!
Merci.
You seem to have an endless source for ‘nice’ visuals, CarolMae. Do you have a private, personal research secretary on hand?
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It always takes me forever to locate info or pics. I’ll have to hire you for the same payment I make to Amk. 😛
It takes me forever. But I gladly share what I think others will like. I’m trying to learn to have my WP blog to just post photos art, the freebies out there.
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If he’s not happy with money and food and blood, he might want a Jaguar.
Thank you for the offer, CMWY, but IMHO it’s never good to start on a path with mins/mens/muns/? that you don’t intend to follow.
He took as for payment from me. 😉
My daughter will be at the march in Washington D.C. tomorrow. I am so proud of her. She is just going by herself because she believes in marriage equality.
Good for her, Cindy. I love to see people standing up for what they believe in. We have all been too passive for too long.
Good for her. I’m proud of her too!
First! (Mini blog tyrant, that is.)
How’s everyone in your house, LL??
Animals are sleeping, missus is chatting on a gastric sleeve support board. And I’m about to have my final manhattan of the evening!
I notice you’ve cut back on the gimlets. 🙂
Gimlets Saturday. Margaritas last night. Manhattans tonight. Variety is the spice of life. 😉
Ah..makes sense. 🙂 Enjoy! Glad that wife is getting better.
What a lovely tradition the Obamas have taken from the campaign trail to the White House. They respect everyone’s religion.
I know that the United Church of Christ has been their home church in Chicago. My United Church of Christ in Colorado has always had a seder dinner. It just makes sense at our Easter time to experience why Jesus went to celebrate. Sometimes we have our own service after the dinner, including the washing of the feet. It is one of the evenings I enjoy most. It reminds me that we all have so much in common and such small differences.
Yup. It’s wonderful to watch.
Hf, has the US right ever been “right” about anything?
This we always knew about him. I cannot wait to meet him
Does yellow have a special significance in Seder?
Don’t know, Carol, but those roses (& I think at least one yellow ranunculus) certainly are consistent with the decor of the room!
Yes, I realize that, but mixing color seems like FLOTUS thing.
One plate should be different than others as the special Seder plate, traditionally blue, but now any color will do.
They might be drinking Manisschewitz. 😀
Where ‘s the Presidents yameka(sp)?
It’s visible in the candle lighting pic.
Oh yeah. I can barely make it out.
Usually it is the significance of the food. Different foods mean different things. It is all pretty cool.
Thank you.
Yellow has no special significance as far as Passover goes, Carol; it’s just a spring thing in this case. 🙂
Thanks AJ. The more I read, the more I got that feeling. Yellow and blue are my two favorite colors.
Only just noticed that those two seem to be looking at each other instead of the candle one is supposed to be lighting! Focus, young lady, young man.
Yes, I also noticed that… 🙂
Next time we’ll seat them where they can’t see each other.
Allow me a geek moment.
I’m watching Coldplay at Glastonbury, 2009 on Palladia. I’m rocking out, and the camera starts to pan across the audience. And who’s in the audience likewise rocking out? Beyonce and Jay-Z!!
I don’t care what anyone says, I like those Coldplay boys.
One of my all time favorite groups, LL!!!
Here’s the full Glastonbury, 2011, performance 🙂
Bless you, sir!
The least I could do for you, LL, after that inspiring essay on Hope.
#FORWARD … Together!
And now they showed Gwyneth and Simon Pegg rocking out. Stellar.
What is they have in front of them ? Menu cards ?
Probably the Haggadah. The dinner has a script which all the participants speak.
Yes, I was Jewish in a past life. And Irish. So hush, Chips.
A ha. Thx.
Should have said “liturgy”, since the Seder is a religious ceremony.
Great toon.
Thanks. High praise from the master.
Seder customs include drinking four cups of wine, eating matza, partaking of symbolic foods placed on the Passover Seder Plate, and reclining in celebration of freedom.[3] The Seder is performed in much the same way by Jews all over the world.
I’d never get past one glass.
Since the retelling of the Exodus to one’s child is the object of the Seder experience, much effort is made to arouse the interest and curiosity of the children and keep them awake during the meal. To that end, questions and answers are a central device in the Seder ritual. By encouraging children to ask questions, they will be more open to hearing the answers.
It is really a ritual. I’d never be good at getting everything just right. Doc wouldn’t like me to drink the four required cups of wine, if I could. I’d be an outcast.
during PBO’s tenure, I have learned a lot about other cultures
Me too. I have lots to learn.
Two atoms were walking down the street, one of them stops and say, ” I think I lost an electron”. The other atom looks at him and says, are you sure?” The other atom looks over and says, “I’m positive”.
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We need to teach him how to play cricket
Did anyone see that big headed brother of G.W.Bush talking about how POTUS doesn’t show his brother any respect? I think Jeb Bush is losing it. First of all his brother doesn’t deserve any respect. Second I haven’t heard POTUS disrespecting G.W., all I’ve heard was POTUS telling the truth about G.W. Jeb think by attacking POTUS those right wing racists nuts will support him. But Jeb don’t know or refuse to accept that people have had enough of the Bushes, and we don’t want or need anymore.
Yep.
Phase I of Jeb’s campaign for the Presidency: trying to mitigate the disadvantage of his last name. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a lot of chatting in the MSM about how, “maybe”, George W. Bush wasn’t as bad as people say he was. MSM wants Christie or Bush. It will be interesting to watch what narrative the Beltway crowd will choose to push.
Didn’t PBO have Jeb and George Senior at the white house? Do any of the Bush family remember what they did yesterday? – and what they have done to their states and country!
Jeb is trying to get ready to run in 2016, he want to try to soften his brother image, he knows he gets that Republican base behind him if he attack POTUS. What he seem to be ignoring is that Americans are sick and tired of the Bushes and we don’t want or need another one in that White House. It’s like someone said, Clinton and Carter has been raising money to help people all over the world. What has G.W. been doing, painting pictures of himself in the mirror and bathtub.
Anniebella, he’s also ignoring the fact that PBO was elected twice because tens of millions of people love him and they won’t be very receptive to someone who starts out trashing him. This go right for primaries, shift center for the general no longer works in the age of the internet. Everyone knows what is said and they don’t forget.
The presence of President Obama is so overwhelming, that these people have forgotten that they won’t be running against him in 2016! Fighting him is an exercise in futility. They seem to think he is going to run again in 2016….of course we wish he could. But he will not be their opponent, so they are just tilting at windmills now.
I believe that the shame of GWB’s administration is going to be brought more and more into the light. That is why he is not commenting. My husband thinks his lawyers have told him not to say a word, because anything he does say may in the future be used against him. He is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, so his best tactic is to remain silent and hopefully people will forget how bad and incompetent he was.
Yes there seems to be a widespread and unfounded fear in some Right-wing circles that PBO will opt to run for a 3rd term and the American people will be willing (for obvious reasons).
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Zion, and a good night
https://twitter.com/earth_pics/status/316384058240270336
One last question, who is this guy?
https://twitter.com/earth_pics/status/316283723379249152
Michael Schumacher is a German Formula One driver who has won Formula One world driver’s championship several times, he has a net worth estimated at $400 million and annual salary of $50 million. His career spanned from 1991 to 2006 with Jordan Benetton, and Ferrari. In 2010 he announced a comeback with Mercedes GP.
Governor Patrick gets it/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/us/massachusetts-plan-starts-small-for-big-upgrade-to-rail-system.html?hp&_r=0
When will Malia and Sasha be back home.? Maybe by the Easter Egg Roll April 1st. I wonder if Grandma is with them.
Ms Chips – if you are around – I have just logged on to your amazing posts of the today – a million thank yous – what a treasure trove of memories.
all these retiring Dem Senators are adding to the amount of work that we have to do in order to keep Senate and regain the house.
Can Dems go all out and target those gop senators who represent blue states and always vote with republicans on big issues.
I hope Dem candidates do not run away from ObamaCare because by the time the Nov 2014 election comes around, all the new enrollees in ACA will probably realize that a vote for gop means a vote against their new health care.
I also wish Dem candidates focus a lot on economic inequality and the influence of money in votes taken by legislature.
Another vacation for Congress. Now who is in D.C. working? Right wing haters who is in D.C. working? Where is Boehner? Two week vacation again.
Trio of GOP senators threaten filibuster of gun-control legislation
Justin Sink
03/26/13 07:30 AM ET
Sens. Paul, Lee and Cruz say they will oppose any legislation that would “infringe” on Second Amendement rights.…
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2 weeks ago, the left wing loved these 3 guys. LOL!
Let’s see what the left have to say now. Do everyone know where their Congress person and Senator stands on the issue of gun control legislation?
Just got choked up. What a powerful image.
Thanks for posting ut. This is history in the making.