Oh I saw that young woman.. wants to be a nurse & a programmer.. and how amazing that she came up with this idea after babysitting. I just loved these kids, they were all so brilliant.
ok, I saw this thread when it opened, but I felt weird posting a comment, cause I figured it would be cool, if there were no comment for this post. get it a moment of silence…so no comments 😀
but how long does a moment last? is it less than a minute? more than a second? was the first comment made after a moment had passed from the time the thread appeared? does it count that the moment was at 2:50pm, well before the time of this thread? so many questions, so few moments to ponder them.
I am so very glad that this moment of silence for the President was private. And, yet, so very glad that Pete Souza was there to capture it, for history’s sake – and our sake. God bless him and Boston and all the others!
Lord I see Tweety pushing the “enemy combatant” line. I’m no fan of Johnathan Turley, but in this I agree. Turley telling Tweety, there are war time consideration, but this is not the case, Turley rightly asked, “who are we at war with” that the bomber is associated with. Tweety was like “well aren’t we at war”. Turely asked Tweety, “well we do have a war on terror, but who exactly are we at war with” Tweety says “well we are at war with Al Queda”. As Turley pointed out, there is no evidence that the Boston bomber was associate with Al Queda.
Tweety seemed to be thirsty for blood and tried to make Turley seem naive and too pacifist, IMHO.
Matthews has been pushing the “enemy combatant” line since Monday. And he has been sticking to it no matter what the evidence points to otherwise. That’s where the hard-core Republican in him is revealed – ignore the facts, go ahead with your talking points, no matter how off the wall they are.
I turn to HGTV….TOD is where I get my news and what’s happening that’s worth knowing about. I listen to Stephanie Miller than Randi Rhodes. I have not watched UCH, RM, and only occasionally LO it just a bunch of white noise. If I were not working, I’d watch Rev Al only.
Lamh36! People like “Twetty” are despicable! So who do they want to invade now, Chechnya? If so they have to be prepared to fight Russia because Chechnya is a par of the Russian Federation.
Here’s why the Koch brothers’ gluttonous purchase of neutral to liberal media newspapers is dangerous. It will kill off already diminishing News and investigation of local and state level politics and deal making. The Kochs are not interested in federal power now, but state control now.
These Newspaper purchases will immensely help them monopolize control of opinion in blue/purple states. Think about the Wisconsinization/Walkerization of Blue/Purple states.
The biggest battle for the future of America will have to be the one against corporate media. You bring back some decent journalism, and EVERYTHING becomes easier. Because people are told the truth.
Once again, PBO has outfoxed the MSM, who haven’t caught up with his strategies yet.
Maureen (Bash-the-President-When-I’m-Feeling-Lazy) Dowd whines that PBO is not persistent enough (I couldn’t bear to read this crap, didn’t click on the links, which were bountiful in my twitter timeline).
@mikememoli Very clever of Team Obama. Women most likely against guns, and female GOP Sens seem persuadible. Pressure on Heitkamp too.
POTUS is tenacious and determined. And I know I don’t need to remind TODville, is the embodiment of charming. How many of the 20 female Senators will be swooning at the end of the evening tomorrow? 19? Al 20?
He will give each of them a quick but gentle peck, leaving them wanting more as they leave the WH on a high note and vowing to do what ever they can to help get his legislation passed.
Exactly my point! PBO places the peck platonically but the senators and some of us find that innocent placement to pulse-racingly sexy. PBO can’t help how some of us (ahem) react.
of the 5 female Senators elected in the Year of the Woman (1992)…only one is not there now…Senator Carol Mosley Braun…First Blk woman elected to the Senate….I think she may be the only Blk woman ever elected to the Senate…
Eight African Americans have served in the U.S. Senate, two in the Republican Party from Mississippi during the Reconstruction Era and six more recently: four Democrats, three from Illinois (including Barack Obama) and one from Massachusetts; and two Republicans, one each from Massachusetts and South Carolina…
Since the 1940s, when decades of the Great Migration resulted in millions of African Americans having migrated from the South, no state has had a majority of African-American residents. Because of this, an African-American candidate cannot rely on the black vote alone to be elected to the Senate. The candidate must reach out to other races and groups to become elected to the United States Senate and to many congressional seats. Six African Americans have served in the Senate since the 1940s: Edward W. Brooke, a Republican from Massachusetts; Carol Moseley Braun, Barack Obama, and Roland Burris (appointed to fill a vacancy), all Democrats from Illinois; Tim Scott (appointed to fill a vacancy), a Republican from South Carolina; and Mo Cowan (appointed to fill a vacancy), a Democrat from Massachusetts…
Prettyfoot, you are right about 8 Blacks who have served in the U.S. Senate since 1789. And two of those served during Reconstruction. Both of them were appointed by the Mississippi legislature because this was before the passage of the 17th Amendment (which incidentally many tea baggers want to repeal). Three of the Black Senators were appointed to serve the remaining terms of Senators who either resigned (Jim DeMintt) or took on new Jobs (Barack Obama and John Kerry). Sadly, only 3 Blacks have been elected statewide to serve in the United States. These are: Edward Brooke (MA); Carol Mosley-Braun (IL); and Barack Obama (IL). Of the 8 Blacks who have served in the U.S. Senate, 3 were from Illinois; 2 were from Mississippi; 2 were from Massachusetts; and 1 from South Carolina. Clearly, it is still not easy for African Americans to win statewide electoral offices as evidenced by the fact that only two African Americans have served as Governors of States. One was elected (Doug Wilder in Virginia), the other served temporarily for 43 days (P.S.B. Pinchback, in Louisiana during Reconstruction) until the disputed election for governor was resolved.
greetings nath…when you look at the fact that Blk folks have not been able to win statewide elections…it makes the election of PBO even more extraordinary…
ohhh no need to be sorry…it made me look the info…not because I thought you were wrong…but I wanted to know who the Senators were…and as Nath stated…it is hard for Blk folks to be elected to statewide offices…when you look at these things it makes the election of PBO even more extraordinary.
and to handle wit with such grace and courage as they have…I think of the families of Hadiya Pendleton…New Town…how they have kept their head to the sky…
In some small way, keeping involved as they all are, never stopping that – as long as they’re still standing and can do it – numbs them a bit, I would imagine. It’s down the road when it’ll hit them again and again, if they take any kind of a breather, and will be doubly hard when they have to attend trials.
My 16-y/o cousin died unexpectedly of natural causes one Sunday morning, and my aunt and uncle were NEVER EVER the same from 1958 until they passed away in 2000.
Count Knoller sure has a fascination with numbers. I wonder why? There must be a reason for it; the man counts air miles, golf games ; everything. He is scary! When he can’t sleep I bet he counts donuts.
I have heard that within his journalist colleagues, he is touted as the official keeper of number and records – they like his tallies & treat him like “the dean of journalistic numbers”
My question is why are the Republicans Senators coming? Did Mitch McConnell order them to go? I guess they feel when the President of the United States invite you to dinner, you show respect because it is a honor and you go, but push come to shove they will still follow McConnell. I’m proud of Senator Hagan for her vote last week on the back ground check.
It’s become increasingly clear that using “Republican” and “leadership” in the same sentence does not compute… unless there’s a NOT in that sentence!
During the previous “charm” offensive, the invited Senators could barely contain their glee to be part of this “inner circle.” POTUS is the most powerful (and interesting) man in the world, only the craziest (i.e., those most in the grip of the Tea Party) most self-destructive pols would turn down an invitation, which strokes their (huge) egos.
The Senators love being able to meet POTUS without having to suck up to McConnell, who has no influence on these four female Senators.
I dunno…..I would have loved to be a fly on the wall during the transition period. I think PBO probably really wanted Joe for VP but wanted to give him something to think about, knowing full well he would accept the VP position after they hashed out the conversation. There were no other truly viable candidates at that point, even though he was considering others.
Oh Meta, cannot wait for *the* book on that time, it will be fascinating. I can’t remember if I ever even knew that Joe was considered for Sec of State rather than VP – although, you know my rusty brain ….
It wasn’t public knowledge. That’s why Joe was slightly horrified that Jill was spilling the beans. There’s a better YouTube of this out there but I’m not seeing it at the moment.
Wow, Meta, the things you learn at TOD! This is the first time I’ve heard of this! Thank you so much for sharing this. President Obama really wanted Joe Biden to be in his administration. I am glad he accepted the VP position. The two families have been wonderful. By the way, my mind is already made up to support VP Biden if decides to run in 2016. I don’t want hear any excuses about his age. And that’s not because he is in my age group, although he appears to be fitter than me. If Italy can select an 86 years-old leader, what would be so wrong with electing a President who is seventy years or so. We already elected a president who was older (Republican Saint, Ronnie Reagan).
Sick sick Chris Hayes. It gets worse and worse now she brings on Congressman Cohen & Gilligan to charge POTUS with conniving with Putin to expand war on Chechens
I just changed the channel on All In with Chris Hayes when he teased that Scahill would be the next guest. My only regret is that he could not hear the CLICK as I changed the channel. I am finding this show unwatchable and just boring.
I knew it. Yup, it wouldn’t be long before Cris Hayes vomits out Anwar al-Aulaqii. I really cannot stand his regurgitation of right wing and firebagger talking points. He really should be on FOX so he can regurgitate all the hateful words he memorized from the dictionary.
Why oh why would MSNBC give him a prime time slot? There are so many other candidates like Martin Basir or Joy Reid.
He regurgitates because he has no original thoughts. Exactly what MSNBC seemed to be looking for, in him. Who knows why. Maybe Chris Hayes sucked up more than the others or something.
Okay, I’ve had a whole day of silence (yesterday), as for the first time I was unable to peek in at all, at all at TOD village for over 24 hours!! Consequently I haven’t the remotest clue what’s been ongoing 😦 and unfortunately cannot even pretend to catch up. Sticking my head in just for a status report: ALIVE. WELL. TIRED-er than I’ve been in aeons, and MISSING THE VILLAGE idiots 😳 (sorry those two tend to hang together so my fingers progressed on their own) something fierce! Hope all is well with every. body.
Special greetings Ms Chips and uber- respect for all the irons you kept adroitly burning in the fire all this time without behaving like a zombie like moi. XXOO 😆 😆
I am hoping that All in with Chris Hayes, will soon be Goon with Chris Hayes. His show is full of alot of B.S. Seem to me this one guy up there want people to feel sorry for that American born terrorist who was kill by a drone. I never thought I would say this but I rather have Ed back. Ed can be sickening too but Chris Hayes is worse. Alot worse.
I really can’t believe this guy has a show in prime time featuring PL whiners spouting drivel? He can’t have a huge audience unless people are just watching out of curiosity or habit.
I agree. Chris Hayes is sooooooooooooo sickening whether it’s up in the morning or all in the evening. Take him off. I can’t stand his pontificating ass.
I absolutely agree with GOLA’s tweet! Without the very knowledgeable, and extremely helpful, Librarians, I would never have made it through Graduate School. They were always there to help find rare documents. Thanks prettyfoot58, for sharing this
Can one of you august bloggers enlighten me? RADICALIZED: Can this label be applied to Christians or is it only a Muslim identifier? What then would we call the KKK, Aryan Brotherhood, and White Citizens Council?
A highly excellent question, Yardarm. As we’ve been informed by the experts, only Muslims can become ‘radicalized’, Christians who murder people are merely stray sheep.
With all due respect Admiral. That’s heifer dust. Radical is just another one of the rw code words. The Black Panthers were called radicals so why not THEM, hmm?
I was just being sarcastic Yardarm about how Islam is portrayed by ignorant fools in the media, most of them think the word itself is code for ‘radical’, even though the vast majority of Muslims are peace-loving people. For what it’s worth, I reckon the people doing most harm around the globe, not least to the welfare of women and children, are extreme/radical Christians. eg Ask the husband of the woman who died in Ireland when she was denied an abortion, having been informed “this is a Catholic country”.
Prettyfoot, I think as a Christian who knows the tenants of Christianity you are absolutely justified in denying that groups like the KKK are Christians. Unfortunately, Muslims don’t have that luxury. All the evil deeds committed by people who claim to be Muslims are blamed on Islam as religion. Consequently, all Muslims, despite the fact that Islam, like Christianity, is one of the truly universal religion practiced by billions of people of all races and ethnicity, and in practically every country on all the five continents. Moreover, Islam has been around since the 6th century. But now, all of a sudden, being a Muslim is viewed as being the same as a terrorist! This is what Yardarm was trying to get at? How come, we Christians insist on calling any deranged terrorist who uses the “Islamic faith as a cover” as radical muslim while we refuse to label deranged Christians, like the KKK, who use terror and violence, while carrying the CROSS, as radical Christians? Do you see the double-standard here?
yes I do…
I suppose what I was trying to say is that those that who use religion to spread death…terror and destruction have distorted their faith…they do not represent the teachings of Christ or Muhammad….
that is point I was trying to make…because there is no such thing as Radical Christianity just as there is no such thing as Radical Islam…..
Thank-you Yardarm. If the brothers had become “born-again Christians” in 2010, would the MSM be even looking at their religion as a motive for the bombings? The answer is no.
Yardarm, like you I am in need of enlightenment on that subject. Lest we forget, the KKK routinely burned the CROSS, the most revered Christian symbol, whenever they were terrorizing Black people. Yet no one would have dared to indict all Christians because of KKK behavior which were supposedly influenced by their version of Christianity. It’s this hypocrisy, and the blatant double standards, when Islam is blamed for all the evil acts committed by people who happen to be Muslims, or who may even use their Islamic beliefs to justify their actions. Look, slave holders and segregationists/white supremacists routinely quoted passages from the Bible to justify slavery, segregation and the persecution of Black people. Surely, it would be absurd to indict Christianity and all Christians because slave owners, segregationists and white supremacists used Christianity to justify their diabolical acts.
We are definitely on the same page, Yard! No matter how much some people try to raise their Norse, the hypocrisy still stinks to the high heavens! I am expected, actually obligated, to forget that people who called themselves Christians and bombed a Christian Black Church in 1963, killing four little girls were not terrorists. But now I must be fearful of all Muslims, even those that may have been my neighbors for decades and had done no harm to me, just because two deranged young men decided to terrorize a city. I am also expected, and rightly so, not to blame all Christians for the actions of individual Christians who went on rampage to kill people in a movie theater, or kill people in a Sikh temple, or kill those innocent grade school kids in Newtown, CT. You see, Christians cannot be terrorists! Only deranged people who call themselves Christians commit heinous crimes. But, all believers in Islam are terrorists. Any Muslim who commits a heinous crime is motivated by Islam, but any Christian who commits a heinous act, even though he may be a devout Christian, must be suffering from mental illness. Sane Christians don’t commit terrorist acts; it’s only same Muslims who commit terrorist acts.
As I said before, the hypocrisy (and double-standards) stinks to the high heavens!
News Corp has reached a $139m (£91m) settlement with shareholders over complaints filed against the company’s board of directors.
The 2011 suit related to the company’s UK phone-hacking scandal and the purchase of a UK TV production firm.
The money will be covered by the insurance policies of the directors, who are the defendants in the suits.
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Trustees of Amalgamated Bank of New York and the Central Laborers Pension Fund, which are both News Corp shareholders, first filed a lawsuit in March 2011.
It was directed against News Corp’s directors for overpaying when the company bought Shine Group, a UK TV production company, from News Corp’s chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch’s daughter Elisabeth.
They claimed that the takeover deal was “unfairly” priced and that the News Corp board of directors failed to challenge Mr Murdoch about the terms of the transaction.
And PBO will not give up. The MSM doesn’t realize that when POTUS said in the SOTU that “They deserve a vote,” it wasn’t just for political effect. PBO meant what he said.
The poor MSM. They don’t understand how to cover a relentless, determined and SKILLFUL POTUS.
By the end of POTUS’s second term they will have lost count of the number of times they’ve had to wipe the egg of their faces.
That was NUTS!! Do you know the answers? I heard: Flintstones, Maddox, F Troop, Green Acres, Gunsmoke, My 3 Sons, Law/Order, Disney’s Wonderful World of Color,Daniel Boone, Looney Tunes, Courtship of Eddie’s Father, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mr. Rodger’s Neighborhood, Gomer Pyle, USMC, Miami Vice, Hill St. Blues, Wagontrain, Lassie,Lawrence Welk, Dark Shadows, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Green Hornet, Carmen Sandiego, Partridge Family. The rest I either didn’t know, or drew a blank on….that was harder than I thought it should be!
And the lead singer for The Divinyls, Christine Amphlett, passed away yesterday after struggling with MS and breast cancer. I’ll never forget when I heard “I Touch Myself” on the radio. Seems so tame compared to today’s “music”. RIP.
yeah…. I know it from the movie Austin Powers…….I liked this song. So sorry to hear she died so young from her terminal illness….RIP and condolences to her family and friends.
So, we have a new guy at work. He’d been working with my team for about a month when he walked into the restroom, used the urinal right next to the one I was using and said: “Hey! Nice watch man!”
It was hilarious! I don’t even wear a watch. I knew then that we were going to get along pretty well since he’s as rotten as me.
Heya Chips! I see my WP notifications still jamming up, so I could not have missed much right? Thanks…I better go before I lose track of time…catch up in the morning.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
A good & graceful human being is our President.
Congrattttttttts on First,,,,and an AMEN to that…..HA!
thank you thank you verrry much 😉
Congrats sherijr on #1! 🙂
I’m First I’m first !!! thank you hf.. standing on your shoulders 😉
Amen
congrats sherijr. On the fair today.
A young lady from a Chicago Public High School, developed an app and was invited to the White House Science Fair today. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/19590314-418/chicago-teen-hopes-to-show-off-babysitting-app-to-barack-obama.html
The other student in attendance at the science fair from Chicago, a young man, goes to a charter school http://www.perspectivescs.org/PLA/home
Oh I saw that young woman.. wants to be a nurse & a programmer.. and how amazing that she came up with this idea after babysitting. I just loved these kids, they were all so brilliant.
ok, I saw this thread when it opened, but I felt weird posting a comment, cause I figured it would be cool, if there were no comment for this post. get it a moment of silence…so no comments 😀
Now that you mention it lamh – yes. Didn’t think of it that way but it makes perfect sense!
but how long does a moment last? is it less than a minute? more than a second? was the first comment made after a moment had passed from the time the thread appeared? does it count that the moment was at 2:50pm, well before the time of this thread? so many questions, so few moments to ponder them.
me too! left it silence
well I kinda blew that didn’t I. I really should have thought quicker, sorry lamh, your idea is a good one.
I am so very glad that this moment of silence for the President was private. And, yet, so very glad that Pete Souza was there to capture it, for history’s sake – and our sake. God bless him and Boston and all the others!
Agreed.
Totally with you, Levar!
Lord I see Tweety pushing the “enemy combatant” line. I’m no fan of Johnathan Turley, but in this I agree. Turley telling Tweety, there are war time consideration, but this is not the case, Turley rightly asked, “who are we at war with” that the bomber is associated with. Tweety was like “well aren’t we at war”. Turely asked Tweety, “well we do have a war on terror, but who exactly are we at war with” Tweety says “well we are at war with Al Queda”. As Turley pointed out, there is no evidence that the Boston bomber was associate with Al Queda.
Tweety seemed to be thirsty for blood and tried to make Turley seem naive and too pacifist, IMHO.
It was disgusting.
I turned it off quickly.
I love these armchair warriors who thirst for blood but never put their own asses on the line.
Matthews has been pushing the “enemy combatant” line since Monday. And he has been sticking to it no matter what the evidence points to otherwise. That’s where the hard-core Republican in him is revealed – ignore the facts, go ahead with your talking points, no matter how off the wall they are.
Matthews can push what he want, POTUS will not be going for it.
Hope, I would rather say that’s where the scared kid in him is revealed.
True.
I turn to HGTV….TOD is where I get my news and what’s happening that’s worth knowing about. I listen to Stephanie Miller than Randi Rhodes. I have not watched UCH, RM, and only occasionally LO it just a bunch of white noise. If I were not working, I’d watch Rev Al only.
Lamh36! People like “Twetty” are despicable! So who do they want to invade now, Chechnya? If so they have to be prepared to fight Russia because Chechnya is a par of the Russian Federation.
I meant to say “part of the Russian Federation.”
Here’s why the Koch brothers’ gluttonous purchase of neutral to liberal media newspapers is dangerous. It will kill off already diminishing News and investigation of local and state level politics and deal making. The Kochs are not interested in federal power now, but state control now.
These Newspaper purchases will immensely help them monopolize control of opinion in blue/purple states. Think about the Wisconsinization/Walkerization of Blue/Purple states.
I’m terrified
The biggest battle for the future of America will have to be the one against corporate media. You bring back some decent journalism, and EVERYTHING becomes easier. Because people are told the truth.
I would refuse to buy it we need to send a signal to the sellers that if they sell to the Coke heads, I will cancel by subscription.
Once again, PBO has outfoxed the MSM, who haven’t caught up with his strategies yet.
Maureen (Bash-the-President-When-I’m-Feeling-Lazy) Dowd whines that PBO is not persistent enough (I couldn’t bear to read this crap, didn’t click on the links, which were bountiful in my twitter timeline).
POTUS is tenacious and determined. And I know I don’t need to remind TODville, is the embodiment of charming. How many of the 20 female Senators will be swooning at the end of the evening tomorrow? 19? Al 20?
Here’s a list of female U.S. Senators (I think the “class” refers to when they’re up for re-election):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_Senate
All 20 plus us onlookers
He will give each of them a quick but gentle peck, leaving them wanting more as they leave the WH on a high note and vowing to do what ever they can to help get his legislation passed.
Aaaah that “peck” so innocently placed yet so pulse racingly sexy
This is the Obama administration, not the Clinton administration.
I heard Maureen Dowd might try to slip in there, Senator Maureen Dowd. 🙂
Exactly my point! PBO places the peck platonically but the senators and some of us find that innocent placement to pulse-racingly sexy. PBO can’t help how some of us (ahem) react.
Indeed zizi, indeed. 🙂
off to the naughty mat with ye…
of the 5 female Senators elected in the Year of the Woman (1992)…only one is not there now…Senator Carol Mosley Braun…First Blk woman elected to the Senate….I think she may be the only Blk woman ever elected to the Senate…
She is and is one of the only 6 Black US Senators since America’s inception of that body in April of 1789. Shame, Shame, Shame!
Eight African Americans have served in the U.S. Senate, two in the Republican Party from Mississippi during the Reconstruction Era and six more recently: four Democrats, three from Illinois (including Barack Obama) and one from Massachusetts; and two Republicans, one each from Massachusetts and South Carolina…
Since the 1940s, when decades of the Great Migration resulted in millions of African Americans having migrated from the South, no state has had a majority of African-American residents. Because of this, an African-American candidate cannot rely on the black vote alone to be elected to the Senate. The candidate must reach out to other races and groups to become elected to the United States Senate and to many congressional seats. Six African Americans have served in the Senate since the 1940s: Edward W. Brooke, a Republican from Massachusetts; Carol Moseley Braun, Barack Obama, and Roland Burris (appointed to fill a vacancy), all Democrats from Illinois; Tim Scott (appointed to fill a vacancy), a Republican from South Carolina; and Mo Cowan (appointed to fill a vacancy), a Democrat from Massachusetts…
Fascinating…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans_in_the_United_States_Congress
Prettyfoot, you are right about 8 Blacks who have served in the U.S. Senate since 1789. And two of those served during Reconstruction. Both of them were appointed by the Mississippi legislature because this was before the passage of the 17th Amendment (which incidentally many tea baggers want to repeal). Three of the Black Senators were appointed to serve the remaining terms of Senators who either resigned (Jim DeMintt) or took on new Jobs (Barack Obama and John Kerry). Sadly, only 3 Blacks have been elected statewide to serve in the United States. These are: Edward Brooke (MA); Carol Mosley-Braun (IL); and Barack Obama (IL). Of the 8 Blacks who have served in the U.S. Senate, 3 were from Illinois; 2 were from Mississippi; 2 were from Massachusetts; and 1 from South Carolina. Clearly, it is still not easy for African Americans to win statewide electoral offices as evidenced by the fact that only two African Americans have served as Governors of States. One was elected (Doug Wilder in Virginia), the other served temporarily for 43 days (P.S.B. Pinchback, in Louisiana during Reconstruction) until the disputed election for governor was resolved.
greetings nath…when you look at the fact that Blk folks have not been able to win statewide elections…it makes the election of PBO even more extraordinary…
Sorry,, I show have counted Burris and Scott.
ohhh no need to be sorry…it made me look the info…not because I thought you were wrong…but I wanted to know who the Senators were…and as Nath stated…it is hard for Blk folks to be elected to statewide offices…when you look at these things it makes the election of PBO even more extraordinary.
PBO is seeking that common sense caucus…
I love Jeff’s well-earned infomercials for President Obama! This is stuff we don’t see too often via the MSM rituals that play out every day.
Agree 100% with you JO’B!
Jeff and TOD were such a haven/sanctuary during the 2012 campaign.
Just couldn’t believe that Americans could possibly vote for the android known as R-money to represent our beloved country on the world stage.
Love Jeff. Love TOD.
Agree 1000% !!!!
I agree with you JOB! Jeff Gauvin has been fearless, along with you’ll TOD twitter warriors, in spreading truth about President Obama.
🙂
More kids doing big things.
Chicago teen hopes to show off babysitting app to Barack Obama
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/19590314-418/chicago-teen-hopes-to-show-off-babysitting-app-to-barack-obama.html
I saw her being interviewed on the WH Science Fair live stream today – very cool app. 🙂
Such heartbreak. I do not know how Trayvon’s mom and dad will get through this.
I know
I have my ideas as to what you meant, too.
I meant that I understand exactly how you feel…because I do not know if I could handle my child being murdered…
Oh, I’m sorry. I thought you were implying private thoughts and prayers. I totally agree with what you wrote about not being able to handle any of it.
and to handle wit with such grace and courage as they have…I think of the families of Hadiya Pendleton…New Town…how they have kept their head to the sky…
In some small way, keeping involved as they all are, never stopping that – as long as they’re still standing and can do it – numbs them a bit, I would imagine. It’s down the road when it’ll hit them again and again, if they take any kind of a breather, and will be doubly hard when they have to attend trials.
My 16-y/o cousin died unexpectedly of natural causes one Sunday morning, and my aunt and uncle were NEVER EVER the same from 1958 until they passed away in 2000.
The media can’t wait till that trial begins.
The Zimmerman trial i mean.
If Wolf had problems keeping up with the unfolding Boston-bombing-suspect-in-a-boat story, he has no chance of keeping up with PBO’s deft manuever.
Thank you Mark Knoller. You can go get another doughnut!
Count Knoller sure has a fascination with numbers. I wonder why? There must be a reason for it; the man counts air miles, golf games ; everything. He is scary! When he can’t sleep I bet he counts donuts.
Is that a form of OCD, in addition to his ODS?
I have heard that within his journalist colleagues, he is touted as the official keeper of number and records – they like his tallies & treat him like “the dean of journalistic numbers”
My question is why are the Republicans Senators coming? Did Mitch McConnell order them to go? I guess they feel when the President of the United States invite you to dinner, you show respect because it is a honor and you go, but push come to shove they will still follow McConnell. I’m proud of Senator Hagan for her vote last week on the back ground check.
Anniebelle,
It’s become increasingly clear that using “Republican” and “leadership” in the same sentence does not compute… unless there’s a NOT in that sentence!
During the previous “charm” offensive, the invited Senators could barely contain their glee to be part of this “inner circle.” POTUS is the most powerful (and interesting) man in the world, only the craziest (i.e., those most in the grip of the Tea Party) most self-destructive pols would turn down an invitation, which strokes their (huge) egos.
The Senators love being able to meet POTUS without having to suck up to McConnell, who has no influence on these four female Senators.
Been posted yet?
Welcome Dr. Biden.
I love this clip of the two of them from waaaaaay back:
Oh, yes, I remember that SO well!
Meta, I never saw that!! Yikes! 😆
LOLzWOT?
Did, um, Hillary ever see that clip??
I dunno…..I would have loved to be a fly on the wall during the transition period. I think PBO probably really wanted Joe for VP but wanted to give him something to think about, knowing full well he would accept the VP position after they hashed out the conversation. There were no other truly viable candidates at that point, even though he was considering others.
Oh Meta, cannot wait for *the* book on that time, it will be fascinating. I can’t remember if I ever even knew that Joe was considered for Sec of State rather than VP – although, you know my rusty brain ….
It wasn’t public knowledge. That’s why Joe was slightly horrified that Jill was spilling the beans. There’s a better YouTube of this out there but I’m not seeing it at the moment.
Wow, Meta, the things you learn at TOD! This is the first time I’ve heard of this! Thank you so much for sharing this. President Obama really wanted Joe Biden to be in his administration. I am glad he accepted the VP position. The two families have been wonderful. By the way, my mind is already made up to support VP Biden if decides to run in 2016. I don’t want hear any excuses about his age. And that’s not because he is in my age group, although he appears to be fitter than me. If Italy can select an 86 years-old leader, what would be so wrong with electing a President who is seventy years or so. We already elected a president who was older (Republican Saint, Ronnie Reagan).
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH…….speaking of droning on and on…………………
LOL, that’s a good ‘un. Or should I say pathetic? Chris Hayes is a drone; zzzzzzz zzzzzzzz!!!
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Sick sick Chris Hayes. It gets worse and worse now she brings on Congressman Cohen & Gilligan to charge POTUS with conniving with Putin to expand war on Chechens
I just changed the channel on All In with Chris Hayes when he teased that Scahill would be the next guest. My only regret is that he could not hear the CLICK as I changed the channel. I am finding this show unwatchable and just boring.
I did the same thing.
I knew it. Yup, it wouldn’t be long before Cris Hayes vomits out Anwar al-Aulaqii. I really cannot stand his regurgitation of right wing and firebagger talking points. He really should be on FOX so he can regurgitate all the hateful words he memorized from the dictionary.
Why oh why would MSNBC give him a prime time slot? There are so many other candidates like Martin Basir or Joy Reid.
He regurgitates because he has no original thoughts. Exactly what MSNBC seemed to be looking for, in him. Who knows why. Maybe Chris Hayes sucked up more than the others or something.
Oh, I love Richie Havens. May he forever Rest in Peace.
Ah, Richie Havens. HIs performance at Woodstock was out of this world.
Okay, I’ve had a whole day of silence (yesterday), as for the first time I was unable to peek in at all, at all at TOD village for over 24 hours!! Consequently I haven’t the remotest clue what’s been ongoing 😦 and unfortunately cannot even pretend to catch up. Sticking my head in just for a status report: ALIVE. WELL. TIRED-er than I’ve been in aeons, and MISSING THE VILLAGE
idiots😳 (sorry those two tend to hang together so my fingers progressed on their own) something fierce! Hope all is well with every. body.Special greetings Ms Chips and uber- respect for all the irons you kept adroitly burning in the fire all this time without behaving like a zombie like moi. XXOO 😆 😆
miss ya VC get some rest! 🙂
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I am hoping that All in with Chris Hayes, will soon be Goon with Chris Hayes. His show is full of alot of B.S. Seem to me this one guy up there want people to feel sorry for that American born terrorist who was kill by a drone. I never thought I would say this but I rather have Ed back. Ed can be sickening too but Chris Hayes is worse. Alot worse.
I really can’t believe this guy has a show in prime time featuring PL whiners spouting drivel? He can’t have a huge audience unless people are just watching out of curiosity or habit.
This!!!! Never thought I would wish for Ed. Ed had his moments, but at least I could relate to him. Never watched jumpy Chris Hayes; never will. 🙂
I agree. Chris Hayes is sooooooooooooo sickening whether it’s up in the morning or all in the evening. Take him off. I can’t stand his pontificating ass.
I agree with you Annie…5 days of his program is too much…I have tried to watch…but I grow weary of the attacks and distortions…sigh….
Ps…my granddaughter’s name is Anne-Marie…her parents call her Annie…smilin
That’s the whole truth!
Amen. Love librarians (should have been one); love libraries; love books!
smiling…libraries were a retreat for me during my high school days
I absolutely agree with GOLA’s tweet! Without the very knowledgeable, and extremely helpful, Librarians, I would never have made it through Graduate School. They were always there to help find rare documents. Thanks prettyfoot58, for sharing this
it was a pleasure…as I said earlier…during my teen years …libraries were a refuge…:-)…I won’t say how longggggg ago that was….HAHAHA
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Emoprog TV (8PM) —- What a mess
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Can one of you august bloggers enlighten me? RADICALIZED: Can this label be applied to Christians or is it only a Muslim identifier? What then would we call the KKK, Aryan Brotherhood, and White Citizens Council?
A highly excellent question, Yardarm. As we’ve been informed by the experts, only Muslims can become ‘radicalized’, Christians who murder people are merely stray sheep.
With all due respect Admiral. That’s heifer dust. Radical is just another one of the rw code words. The Black Panthers were called radicals so why not THEM, hmm?
I think Chips is mocking the “experts” who use the racist term “radical” to apply to only non-Christian/non-Whites!
Exactly, thanks Hopefruit!
I know hopefruit. It’s just that this whole business pisses me off!
I was just being sarcastic Yardarm about how Islam is portrayed by ignorant fools in the media, most of them think the word itself is code for ‘radical’, even though the vast majority of Muslims are peace-loving people. For what it’s worth, I reckon the people doing most harm around the globe, not least to the welfare of women and children, are extreme/radical Christians. eg Ask the husband of the woman who died in Ireland when she was denied an abortion, having been informed “this is a Catholic country”.
Okay then. We’re reading from the same book. 🙂
As always, shipmate!
I would call them Terrorists…all while carrying the bible in their hand….
terrorism took on a new meaning after 9/11….
but those groups who terrorized long before 9/11 are ever mentioned…they referred to as HATE groups..
Okay, but they claim to be Christians. So are they radical Christians or what?
I would never call them Christians….you can pick a name for them…however they use their faith as a cover…
“I would never call them Christians…”
Prettyfoot, I think as a Christian who knows the tenants of Christianity you are absolutely justified in denying that groups like the KKK are Christians. Unfortunately, Muslims don’t have that luxury. All the evil deeds committed by people who claim to be Muslims are blamed on Islam as religion. Consequently, all Muslims, despite the fact that Islam, like Christianity, is one of the truly universal religion practiced by billions of people of all races and ethnicity, and in practically every country on all the five continents. Moreover, Islam has been around since the 6th century. But now, all of a sudden, being a Muslim is viewed as being the same as a terrorist! This is what Yardarm was trying to get at? How come, we Christians insist on calling any deranged terrorist who uses the “Islamic faith as a cover” as radical muslim while we refuse to label deranged Christians, like the KKK, who use terror and violence, while carrying the CROSS, as radical Christians? Do you see the double-standard here?
yes I do…
I suppose what I was trying to say is that those that who use religion to spread death…terror and destruction have distorted their faith…they do not represent the teachings of Christ or Muhammad….
that is point I was trying to make…because there is no such thing as Radical Christianity just as there is no such thing as Radical Islam…..
BINGO.
Thank-you Yardarm. If the brothers had become “born-again Christians” in 2010, would the MSM be even looking at their religion as a motive for the bombings? The answer is no.
Yardarm, like you I am in need of enlightenment on that subject. Lest we forget, the KKK routinely burned the CROSS, the most revered Christian symbol, whenever they were terrorizing Black people. Yet no one would have dared to indict all Christians because of KKK behavior which were supposedly influenced by their version of Christianity. It’s this hypocrisy, and the blatant double standards, when Islam is blamed for all the evil acts committed by people who happen to be Muslims, or who may even use their Islamic beliefs to justify their actions. Look, slave holders and segregationists/white supremacists routinely quoted passages from the Bible to justify slavery, segregation and the persecution of Black people. Surely, it would be absurd to indict Christianity and all Christians because slave owners, segregationists and white supremacists used Christianity to justify their diabolical acts.
I’m sayin’ nath……..We’re on the same page.
We are definitely on the same page, Yard! No matter how much some people try to raise their Norse, the hypocrisy still stinks to the high heavens! I am expected, actually obligated, to forget that people who called themselves Christians and bombed a Christian Black Church in 1963, killing four little girls were not terrorists. But now I must be fearful of all Muslims, even those that may have been my neighbors for decades and had done no harm to me, just because two deranged young men decided to terrorize a city. I am also expected, and rightly so, not to blame all Christians for the actions of individual Christians who went on rampage to kill people in a movie theater, or kill people in a Sikh temple, or kill those innocent grade school kids in Newtown, CT. You see, Christians cannot be terrorists! Only deranged people who call themselves Christians commit heinous crimes. But, all believers in Islam are terrorists. Any Muslim who commits a heinous crime is motivated by Islam, but any Christian who commits a heinous act, even though he may be a devout Christian, must be suffering from mental illness. Sane Christians don’t commit terrorist acts; it’s only same Muslims who commit terrorist acts.
As I said before, the hypocrisy (and double-standards) stinks to the high heavens!
AMEN, AMEN, & AMEN!
Oooof. Drama Queen Combatant.
LOL.
Some folk on Twitter are pure baaaaad, Meta 😆
Heh.
Chipsticks, you rock! I am so sick of these demagogues who are trying to use this tragedy in Boston to garner more votes in the next election.
Ha!
Congrats Man U on the 20th PL title.
No, not that PL.
Thank you for distinguishing between the PLs, Amk 😆
A very beautiful night!
96 … Unpossible or possible?
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News Corp has reached a $139m (£91m) settlement with shareholders over complaints filed against the company’s board of directors.
The 2011 suit related to the company’s UK phone-hacking scandal and the purchase of a UK TV production firm.
The money will be covered by the insurance policies of the directors, who are the defendants in the suits.
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Trustees of Amalgamated Bank of New York and the Central Laborers Pension Fund, which are both News Corp shareholders, first filed a lawsuit in March 2011.
It was directed against News Corp’s directors for overpaying when the company bought Shine Group, a UK TV production company, from News Corp’s chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch’s daughter Elisabeth.
They claimed that the takeover deal was “unfairly” priced and that the News Corp board of directors failed to challenge Mr Murdoch about the terms of the transaction.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22248633
So the punk gets off once again by throwing money.
Has this been posted?
“What Obama did in the four months between Newtown and Wednesday’s Senate defeat showed some of the greatest presidential guts in U.S. history” says Peter Beinart.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/20/gun-control-fight-finally-lays-to-rest-the-obama-as-timid-meme.html
And PBO will not give up. The MSM doesn’t realize that when POTUS said in the SOTU that “They deserve a vote,” it wasn’t just for political effect. PBO meant what he said.
The poor MSM. They don’t understand how to cover a relentless, determined and SKILLFUL POTUS.
By the end of POTUS’s second term they will have lost count of the number of times they’ve had to wipe the egg of their faces.
Anyone want to bet $10,000.00 or even $10.00 that Mr Peter Beinart will be on Morning Joke to discuss this?
Quiz time: How many of these TV Show Themes songs can you name?
That was NUTS!! Do you know the answers? I heard: Flintstones, Maddox, F Troop, Green Acres, Gunsmoke, My 3 Sons, Law/Order, Disney’s Wonderful World of Color,Daniel Boone, Looney Tunes, Courtship of Eddie’s Father, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Mr. Rodger’s Neighborhood, Gomer Pyle, USMC, Miami Vice, Hill St. Blues, Wagontrain, Lassie,Lawrence Welk, Dark Shadows, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Green Hornet, Carmen Sandiego, Partridge Family. The rest I either didn’t know, or drew a blank on….that was harder than I thought it should be!
Not “Maddox” I meant Mannix…with Mike Connors 🙂
So, for all the various blog tyrants, I will have a Richie Havens tribute blog post in about an hour. This is your one hour warning.
You are the van Persie of late night posts, LL – rather good.
And the lead singer for The Divinyls, Christine Amphlett, passed away yesterday after struggling with MS and breast cancer. I’ll never forget when I heard “I Touch Myself” on the radio. Seems so tame compared to today’s “music”. RIP.
Ah Purpleshoesla, didn’t hear that news, completely horrible. Remember the song so well, brings me back to my youth. May she rest in peace.
yeah…. I know it from the movie Austin Powers…….I liked this song. So sorry to hear she died so young from her terminal illness….RIP and condolences to her family and friends.
And they still don’t care if they pee on the wall or the floor…..
men… dogs… what’s the difference ?
So, we have a new guy at work. He’d been working with my team for about a month when he walked into the restroom, used the urinal right next to the one I was using and said: “Hey! Nice watch man!”
It was hilarious! I don’t even wear a watch. I knew then that we were going to get along pretty well since he’s as rotten as me.
Bravo – well said.
Well this is essentially the same thing that CBS reported. So it’s not really “breaking.”
So are we to throw him in Gitmo as Lindsey and McCain want.
Good Evening Chips, TOD….Just dropping by to say hello, all is well..dad coming home on Thursday. Chips saw this.. had to, well….
So happy your dad’s coming home!
TY JB.
LP, wonderful news about your Dad, absolutely delighted for him – and you.
As for the video ….. purrrrrrrrrrrrrr 🙂
Thank you!
Heya Chips! I see my WP notifications still jamming up, so I could not have missed much right? Thanks…I better go before I lose track of time…catch up in the morning.
Go sleep – right now!!! See you tomorrow LP – again, really thrilled about your Dad.
OUTSTANDING! So glad to hear your Dad is doing well; you continue to be in my prayers.
TY ALYCEE..GTG before you guys get me in trouble!!!
That’s great news lovelyplains!
Excellent dood. Now, get outta here and take care of your dad.
Fantastic news about your father, LP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi LP, so glad to hear that your Dad is doing well enough to go home. Continued thoughts and well wishes to you, your Dad and your family.
((((((((( Great News about your Dad, LP. Get some rest.)))))))))))HZ
Bright kids.
Can you imagine GWB trying to hold an intelligent conversation with any of these young folks? I know I can’t.
Don’t know if these have been posted….
New post: http://theobamadiary.com/2013/04/22/rip-richie-havens-night-owl-chat/
Just for laughs.
Because he can’t defend his self.
WORD!