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1:30: President Obama delivers remarks at Asbury Park Convention Hall, New Jersey
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1st !!!
Congrats Amk!
Second! 🙂
wooot!! Nice job, amk:)
Amk!!!! And on this happy day for your family, I can’t bring myself to be rude.
Gosh Michelle is STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok. gunnite folks. My day has been made.
Nite Sir, congrats again!
And with all this wunnerful news, amk, even though you are sleeping now, found myself thinking how you almost (tried) left us after the election, and the tsunami of denial which swept you back to your senses!!! See now, if we had let you go, we would not all have been able to share this triumph of intelligence (your daughter) today!? Amirite? UhHuh, UhHuh! 😆 As well as you being first!!!
Yea. Congrats all round amk. Thumpin’ yer chest a bit are ya! 🙂
whoop, whoop, whoop.
Indeed, mister. 🙂
You are having one hell of a great day.
You betcher. wink,wink.
You’re 1st, amk, and your daughter’s first! Congrats on the family news!
Mornin’, TODville.
:D. Danke san, job.
🙂
Way to go, amk!!
And, congratulations to your daughter!!!!
Thank you, Bob. I am in cloud tens today. 🙂
You certainly deserve to be very happy, amk!!!!
Well done amk… Congrats
Some good news here. Thank goodness. Zuckerberg really is turning out to be the douchebag portrayed in the movie ‘The Social Network’
Here is the beeb’s coverage on this.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22689522
Asbury Park THE BOSS We Take Care of Our Own…perfect!
YES!
Good Afternoon TODers!
Congrats on first Amk. And congrats again on your daughter’s achievement.
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I’m still smiling 😀 ! Hope everyone is finding something to smile about too!!!
Thanks again swbg.
Good Afternoon TODters.
Great R&S.
Congrats Amk. Twofold. Homefront and TODville Village.
1:15 PM EDT
First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks at the White House Kitchen Garden Summer Harvest
Prayers and positive thoughts for Gobrooklyn that her surgery goes well today and that her health continues to improve.
Sending healing energy her way.
Joining in that. Morning, swbluega! All the best to Gobrooklyn.
Same here for gb.
Didn’t gb have a surgery recently and was getting on well ?
Amk, she had to have another surgery today to put a steel plate in her leg. By the way, your daughter’s success is fantastic news. It takes a tremendous dedication, hard work and a first rate mind to achieve what she did. You and your wife have certainly done a fine job.
Didn’t know that. Thanks.
Best wishes, gb. We can now call you a steely woman and mean it. 🙂
Thanks again,jackie. Yes, she has put in an incredible hard work and reaped the rewards for it. Hard work and me are complete strangers 😉
She was having a rod inserted in her leg today.
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/05/27/arlington-2/#comment-733468
Thanks swb. Missed it totally.
Again, get well soon, steel girl.
Woman of Steel, like the new superman movie coming soon….
Tho for surgery I believe we are speaking of Titanium, not steel…. Right bobfr?
I just wish they remember this come election day
I think Christie needs a better tailor…..
Do the Governor look like he has lost any weight?
I would guess he is down 20-30 lbs.
I am off a bit – he is down apprx. 40 lbs.
Yes; he is looking better. I wish him luck with this.
Well, if you are not really a devoted Republican anymore (HE SHOOK OBAMA’S HAND !!1!!), you don’t have to look like an elephant either …
[ dodges ]
This is by far the most fatuously idiotic story that I have ever came across. How I wish that I could copy over the picture and show you all the absurdity. A JC Penney Billboard displaying a Boiling Kettle and some seeing Adolph Hitler saluting? Seriously? Someone please just Stop already.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/does-this-jcpenney-tea-kettle-look-like-hitler-many-seem-to-think-so/
Nena, this is just sick! What’s wrong with people?
Too much Time on their hands?
EXCELLENT! http://thedailybanter.com/2013/05/rand-paul-flip-flopped-on-drones-again/
Congratulations to your daughter, amk. When our children succeed, our lives are good!
Haven’t watched a presidential arrival for a while, and just watched the video of the President’s arrival in NJ. Noticed some new (to me) SS men…especially the tall one with glasses and the red striped tie on the president’s left. I still miss our Silver Fox!
Thank you, carolyn.
Congrats amk!
Thanks donna. From now on, I won’t bore people. 🙂
We love hearing these good stories. We’re like family here. 😉
I’ve notice some new SS men also.
Sigh. I saw the back of his lovely head in a photo here over the weekend….
The Silver Fox’s head? Where?????
Will try to find it for you on the post…. Cannot identify the thread, but in the photo, PBO is holding up an absolutely adorable little cherub in a pink tye-dyed onesie, making kissy with her, and she is glowing with joy at him… SilverFox is standing just at PBO’s left shoulder (where he belongs, IMHO), just being there… It is an older pic, maybe from one of the 2012 campaign threads. Sorry, Carolyn, that is the best I can do. I can send it to Chips for you, if she doesn’t mind…..
That’s fine, thanks. I just miss Silver Fox! I think I know which picture you mean…..
Isn’t this the dean chambers nut of ‘skewrrrred polls’ fame? Is examiner a rw rag ?
yes and yes.
Someone’s been BUSY!! 🙂
JD @nyliberal44 1h
@JeffersonObama @TheObamaDiary You’re on a roll this morning. ROFLMAO!!
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Congratulations on your news, amk! Your daughter unit has done you, your missus, and herself very proud. A little dance for you.
:D. Thank you, O’ Learned One.
snoopy is my ‘first dog’. since my school days.
Love it! 😉
HAHAHA! As only Andy can 🙂
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/05/syrian-rebels-urge-mccain-to-get-over-losing-to-obama.html?mbid=social_retweet
Now…..this tickled me Pink.
Now if Only the Media would stop wiping McAngry’s wet nose?
😀 😀 😀 the part about his vein popping out whenever he mentioned Obama had me in howling.
Only because we know it’s true!
Hilarious.
Is this as they say…on the level?
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/27/journalist-explains-how-utter-lack-of-expertise-in-congress-is-ruining-america/
The lack of expertise among so many journalists isn’t helping either.
May 28, 2013
Syrian Rebels Urge McCain to Get Over Losing to Obama
Posted by Andy Borowitz
SYRIA (The Borowitz Report)—During a meeting yesterday with Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), Syrian rebels told the senator that he still seemed “really bitter” about losing the 2008 election to President Obama and advised him to “get over it.”
After meeting with the Arizona senator in the border region near Turkey, a spokesman for the Syrian rebels told reporters that while they appreciated Sen. McCain’s support, “We were kind of uncomfortable with the place it was coming from.”
“It was pretty obvious to me and the other rebels that everything McCain was doing was just to get back at Obama,” the rebel spokesman said. “And we were like, look, that election was five years ago. It’s time to move on.”
Sen. McCain denied that his support of the Syrian rebels had anything to do with a personal vendetta against President Obama, but according to the rebel, “Every time he said ‘Obama,’ a vein in his head kind of bulged out.”
“The man is a simmering cauldron of rage,” the Syrian rebel said. “He needs to turn his anger toward Obama into something more positive. You can’t carry all of that hate around with you forever—it’s not healthy.”
For his part, Sen. McCain said that he was “finished” with the Syrian rebels and would now focus on starting a war with North Korea.
Good ol’ Andy!
This is a hoot! I loved it!
Greetings Fay ..is this a true story
Oh NO the -ish fever is growing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chipsticks is on a viral ROLL!!!! VaHoo! 😆
Ha! Chips is trending!
HP is going all Bold on this one…… 😆
MITCH GLITCH: TIED IN NEW POLL
I would have Gone with:
Ditch Mitch, Change is Great.
Pitch Mitch – in the olden days he would have been tarred and feathered…..
Poor President Obama. His troubles shooting hoops last Easter have gotten to his head. Time for a real vacation week-end Mr. Pres. !!
They love him too!!
So cool.
Hahahahahaha.
I know it’s idiotic, but that makes me cringe. Repubs will have a field day.
Don’t even worry about, the crazy ass racists Republicans will be the crazy ass racists Republicans.
Coming to think of it…..Fluffy Christie looks more like a stuffed….well, pardon me, a well overstuffed, mean bear.
Gunnite folks. I literally have to fly. In another 6 hours.
It’s not going to be a sleepy night. No way. No how.
And if anyone sees vc (aka sleepyhead) pass on the good news of today.
You got it! Get some sleep. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
/waving / No need for the troops. 😆 😆
Thank you very much vc.Missed you during the “Live” broadcast. Now I am off to the aeroporto to meet with the gals.
Travel safely, and give ‘little miss’ an extra hug for me (who is awed by such focus, dedication and brains, but who totally understands the pride).
I will tell the lil missy. Thanks again.
oh no…
Football-gate ?
Well we don’t want POTUS throwing the football thru the tire with one try, if that happen the Republicans and media might call it a scandal.
Oh no Linda, we were thinking the same think.
Jesus, journalists have their meme for the day. Pundits, Maher, Stewart. They NEVER miss an opportunity to put him down.
Lovepolitics let them talk or come up with their stupid quips its just a damn game or whatever it was. I am sure the President have much more serious issues to think about
Oh, dear god, I don’t remember our President ever claiming to be an athlete, especially never claiming to be any good at throwing footballs in carnival games. Sadly the press will focus on a stupid game and ignore the whole point of PBO’s visit the NJ.
Love seeing Mr Baldy there
thanks for this Chips 🙂 Congratulations AMK on your brilliant daughter’s brilliance- so happy for you & your family 🙂 Best wishes to GoBrooklyn today- sending lots of healing thoughts to you. Looking forward to hearing our POTUS today. Oh and guess what, I saved a pigeon – I know folks aren’t crazy about pigeons- but this little guy is a true survivor.. will be on his way to a wildlife rehab later today.
Wishing all of TOD a lovely day~
Good on you for saving the pigeon! I rescue all the little birds, too! Wildlife rehab right down the street from me….they take them all!!
Hey df- me too.. but this is my first pigeon, I thought he was a goner yesterday- but he survived the night and is actually thriving today.. really happy 🙂 Unfortunately I couldn’t find a rehab in Baltimore city – but there are several in other towns.. and luckily they will take him. They apparently have a formula to feed him- thankfully.
Great news! Thanks, sherijr!! You deserve a giant hug {{{{{{sherijr}}}}}}
oh thank you (((((((((((df))))))))))) many hugs back to you 🙂
Oh yeah, that pigeon knows who adea difference today! Yay! I used to so live Asbury Park when my Uncle took us there! Loooong time ago…
Hey there MP, hope you’re recuperating well 🙂
Please retweet to this fool.
I think Alter is a manic depressive…..he is chronically negative and whiny.
Alter, like Fineman, suffer from “Beltway-itis”: the longer you do the cocktail wienie circuit, the more likely you succumb to Broderism. Truly debilitating and in need of retirement.
Msnbc is just becoming annoying to watch. Just enraged at Alex Wagner and her panel on the so called AP/fox press issue This was just disgusting piece of TV trash IT is Blames the President all the time how about national security and the leaks that endanger the troups which we just celebrated yesterday
From what I have read in past threads……pretty much a ginned up story and hyped by Mourning Joke daily M-F and the rest of the fools at MSNBC dutifully repeat.
And they wonder why their ratings are falling??????? The people who faithfully watched them are upset and won’t boost their ratings….they’re playing to the wrong audience. FOX has that audience wrapped up. I’m wondering how long it will take the suits to figure this out….if they ever will.
I refuse to watch panel shows…..
They are like watching soap operas .
Linda please do not insult soap operas
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/28/net-us-cybercrime-libertyreserve-charges-idUSBRE94R0KQ20130528
U.S. authorities revealed on Tuesday they have shut down a Costa Rica-based money transfer company that they said provided a digital currency system widely used around the world by cyber-criminals.
In a statement, officials said authorities in Spain, Costa Rica and New York arrested five people on Friday and seized bank accounts and Internet domains associated with the company, Liberty Reserve.
Digital currency is made up of transferable units that can be exchanged for cash. Over the past decade, its use has expanded, attracting attention from the media and Wall Street. The most widely known digital currency is called Bitcoin. Liberty Reserve’s currency was not connected to Bitcoin.
Along with the five arrests, prosecutors filed charges against two more company employees, who were still at large in Costa Rica.
According to an indictment filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, “Liberty Reserve has emerged as one of the principal means by which cyber-criminals around the world distribute, store and launder the proceeds of their illegal activity.”
The indictment said the company had more than a million users worldwide, including at least 200,000 in the United States, and virtually all of its business was related to suspected criminal activity.
Check out PBO’s face 🙂 😆 🙂
So cute. The way that little adorable boy is looking at the stuffed bear, I am surprised that he didn’t ask POTUS for it. 😎
He is just so thrilled!! I hope he turned around and gave the bear to the little fella… That would be perfect!
Hahahahahaha.
BWAH!!! Makes perfect sense!
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/28/us-obama-economist-idUSBRE94R0QL20130528
President Barack Obama’s chief economist, Alan Krueger, is leaving the White House and will be replaced by another top aide, Jason Furman, as chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
Anybody besides me notice how quickly they got the Boardwalk up and running?
Tourist dollars, baby! Yes…I noticed, too:)
And you know this! 🙂 Just goes to show, they can move when they want to. Ordinarily, it would take them a year to install a curb. 🙂
Amazing what states can do with federal money!
Happening now.
I’m watching FLOTUS and the kids, till POTUS speak. Look at that WH garden.
President Obama is once again showing that he can work with any Republican that wants to work with him. Chris Christie obviously loves being in President Obama’s company, which must drive the Republicans bat-shit crazy. Barack is going about his business of Presidentin’ while Washington plays its silly games.
I wonder if Republican’s wives ever ask them why they are so silly. It is obvious to anyone that the President is a good man. I wonder what they really think of their little spineless creatures.
When it comes to Barack their wives aren’t thinking about them, they’re thinking about Barack.
Hah! Bets are the Republican wives suffer from “MoDo” disease. Symptoms include “since I can’t have him, he must be destroyed”. Reminds me of the movie “Fatal Attraction”!
‘I wonder if Republican’s wives ever ask them why they are so silly’ – I doubt that, FayP because their husbands are the ‘head of the house’ (remember Michele Bachmann) and are naturally smarter than they are. {I said that with a straight face too.}
Me, I wonder how the political Repub wives can stand proudly beside their spouses on the occasions they very obviously don’t know what they are talking about. Personally I would be embarrassed that the whole world was being reminded that *I* was dumb enough to choose this shmuck who doesn’t even know enough to know when to shut up.
Christie and the President show how politicians are supposed to interact. Too bad the media portrays Christie as someone who doesn’t know how to act.
They must have the goods on Menendez because he is sounding just like McCain on Syria.
Just doesn’t make any sense, unless he saw that envelope the GOP has on him? :). 🙂
I remember when Christie went after Menendez. Republicans were accusing him of fraud or something, during one of his runs for Senator. He won the race and the whole thing just disappeared. They have been after him for some time.
Though he is a Democrat with a very powerful position there is something disconcerting about him.
Regardless what Menendez say, President Obama will make the decision. So Forget that cowardly Dem Menendez.
CBS link has the President
Asbury Park is Bruce Springsteen territory! Move over, Boss, the President just bought out your rights!
And PBO is one man the Boss would gladly share “rights” with!
Yes, love how he totally supports our President! Well, make that ~ I loved Bruce before, and love him even more now …
Is this BEFORE or after he spoke?? Did I miss it??
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/watch-live-obama-speaks-in-new-jersey
It seems to have started earlier than listed. I just saw him walk off the stage.
😦 Chips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you can grab this for a later post? Please:)
There is no one and there never will be anyone like President Barack Obama.
What a damn idiot this man is. What’s it gonna take to get this through his pea sized, denial brain?? HIS house flying up in the sky??
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ok-sen-denies-climate-change-factored-in-deadly
I’m soooooo jealous of FLOTUS’ gorgeous harvest with these cool kids! Oh yeah, and Sam.
me too meta… I cannot believe what an awesome EARLY garden she has.. it is amazing.
And now the children have made pizza with veggies and cheese! This is such a sweet event.
🙂
I see Mr Baldy….with his characteristic scowl…
Rick Klein @rickklein
President Obama sounds more like a candidate today in NJ than he has since, oh, maybe November. In cadence, if not content.
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Is every reporter at ABC an Ass ?
Stock market 15400 and climbing, housing market up, , bin laden & Gaddify still dead, Detroit still alive, Obamacare kicking ass, DOMA headed for the grave. Let ABC have their joy.
They keep trying to bring him down but he silently keeps punching them in the eye!
All that proves, @RickKlein, is that what you see is what you get. President Obama is the same man whether he’s running for office or not. That’s why we all freakin’ voted for him! That’s MY President in MY home state today!
That reporter at Msnbc said the same thing oh well I am having more fun watching Michelle and those kids making pizza
So am I Mellesia. I wish I was there eating the pizza.
I’m sorry I missed POTUS speaking.
Looks like FLOTUS and the kids are having a good time and now they are sitting down eating and the food looks yummy.
Whomever does the marketing for Jersey should put what President Obama said on a vacation brochure and watch the dollars come pouring in.
Okay, I’ll see you all a little later. Gotta go pull out my Shinolater and do a little grooming while I have the house to myself. 🙂
wth is a Shinolater??????????????
Lock the door, don’t want anyone coming in while you’re grooming your “Shinolater.” Happened to me once, and the wife was not happy.
So neither Don nor Desertflower have ever seen “The Help”. 🙂
whoa whoa whow, I’m not judging you, I’m just saying to be mindful of what is or isn’t locked.
Chips, UT, LL anyone planning to start a new thread? This one is kinda busy…..
Chips has something in the works.
OK thanks UT…hate when we inadvertently overlap each other….
Sorry. Chips is still working. I’ll just post a filler thread until she completes what she has for Pres. Obama’s NJ visit.
OK NP…….I have NJ thread somewhat done….will just hold it as well.
Look at all the budding editors we have here.
Awwww Flotus is signing the kids napkins and shirts… so sweet
Time for the shirts to be sign by FLOTUS. Looks like the kids enjoy themselves.
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/05/28/tweets-the-funny-and-the-truthful/
Those kids reaction when told they would get to meet the President “Oh my gosh” priceless
Now the kids will get the chance to see POTUS helicopter land, they were excited. What a day for those kids.