President Barack Obama walks with Giants CEO Laurence M. Baer (L) and manager Bruce Bochy (R) while welcoming the 2012 World Series champion San Francisco Giants
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White House: The World Series Champion San Francisco Giants Visit The White House
The San Francisco Giants visited the White House today to celebrate winning the 2012 World Series championship, their second in three years.
President Obama welcomed the team back to Washington and congratulated them – celebrating their resilience throughout the season. “This team faced elimination a total of six times in the playoffs,” the President said. “It’s no wonder that your own fans still refer to Giants baseball as torture.”
The President also highlighted a Giants’ initiative close to First Lady Michelle Obama’s heart – encouraging healthy eating. “I’m proud to announce that next season they’re planning to turn the centerfield bleachers at AT&T Park into what’s believed to be the first ever edible garden in a major American sports facility. With rows of kale and strawberries and eggplant, the Giants are going to help encourage local youth to eat healthy — even at the ballpark.”
More here
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President Barack Obama acknowledges baseball hall of famer Willie Mays
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The World Series Champion @SFGiants visited the @WhiteHouse today—and they shared their go-to healthy pre-game meals: vine.co/v/hAY9PVVUd6L
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Let's Move! (@letsmove) July 29, 2013***
President Barack Obama is presented with a bat and ball from manager Bruce Bochy while flanked by hall of famer Willie Mays
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Bleacher Report: San Francisco Giants Visit President Barack Obama At The White House
After winning their second World Series title in three years last fall, the San Francisco Giants visited President Barack Obama at the White House to celebrate the achievement on Monday afternoon.
The team’s official Twitter account snapped a photo of the team during its dress rehearsal for the ceremony
It was not lost on the team at the ceremony that President Obama won something for the second time last year too, just over a week after the Giants wrapped up the title, as he was reelected President of the United States.
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KFP48: Having a great time at the White House – Waiting to meet the President
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President Barack Obama holds a bat and ball given to him as he honors the San Francisco Giants, the 2012 World Series champions baseball team
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President Barack Obama poses for a picture with members of the World Series champion San Francisco Giants and hall of famer Willie Mays during an event to honor the 2012 World Series champion San Francisco Giants
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The Obama Diary 
Howdy!
What become of the gifts POTUS is given? Will they be put in his library or what? I missed most of the event, but I’m glad to see Willie Mays. Mr. Giant.
Anniebelle, I’m not sure, but if it’s under a certain amount of $ they can keep it without reporting. Somewhere around 50-100 $. If it’s over that, they can keep it if they pay taxes. There’s more to it, but generally I think it does go to Library.
Rev. Al said he ran into Hillary at the airport as she was coming to town for the lunch with POTUS and Rev. Al were also coming to the WH for his meeting with POTUS. Eat your rotten heart out Tavis Smiley.
Now that made me laugh! Ha!
Go ahead and tell it, Anniebella!
Wooohoooo!
Whoa Nelly! http://thinkprogress.org/home/2013/07/29/2373831/pennsylvania-governor-gifts-corbett/
Gov. Tom Corbett (R-PA) campaigned for his office pledging to prohibit gifts to government officials from those seeking state contracts. But his own financial disclosures show he accepted thousands of dollars worth of gifts from friends who could benefit from his position.
Another crook and liar! VA AND PA….get rid of them. AND the losers that support them!
Df, we’re doing everything in our power to make Corbett a one term governor–something that rarely happens in PA. We’ve got to endure him for another year, but a lot of good candidates are stepping forward. At our local fair our “One-Term Tom” buttons are going like hotcakes.
VA gets their chance at a new governor this November, since the state only allows one term and the election is in an off-year. There’s a lot at stake in VA this Nov.
Blago is in prison——for talking about quid pro quo
Wow….this is absolutely Wonderful….
You HAVE to see this:) Gohmert is nuts. And also may be scamming some folks, from the looks of this:)
http://juanitajean.com/2013/07/29/your-daily-louie-3/
This is a Big F****king Deal!!!! (Thank you VP Biden for that phrase)
I loooooooooooooooooove this law.
This is so wonderful and so forward thinking…not to mention giving pride and esteem back to them. BFD is right.
Nice UT! RT’d 🙂
When my state and my governor does things like this, I’m proud.
“This is a Big F****king Deal!!!!”
I totally agree with you, UT! Shame on people who peddle nonsense that PBO has done nothing for the poor.
oh I missed this today, thank you for posting it ut… I grew up on the Giants (and the A’s and the Dodgers…:) and omg Willie Mays… a hero when I was a youngin.. POTUS being of my era- I know he too must have a serious soft spot for Mr. Mays.
Thank you for the appreciation. Glad you’re enjoying the post. 😀
I yam.. watching it right now 🙂
As usual, all your posts today were wonderful!
Watchdog demand costs for “luxury vacations” taken by the Obamas and Bidens. And Oscar de la Renta dreams of dressing Michelle Obama. Well keep dreaming Renta.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/senate-approves-comey-to-head-fbi
They finally got a freaking clue!
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/us/louisiana-agency-to-sue-energy-companies-for-wetland-damage.html
Isn’t this about time DF? I heard about this on the radio driving home from work I think if I remember right I heard them say that they are missing a land mass at the end of the Mississippi the size of the state of Delaware (is that right? I think so) It was just enormous.
For Chips, PBO and Joe Biden (and all other Ireland-lovers):
Always been my dream to live in a lighthouse….
This is the part of Ireland my kin are from. Most beautiful part of Ireland for sure!
And you, one of its beautiful Irish daughters!
Shawn Hannity freak out 3,2,1…
Thanks, Jovie for posting this.
I posted a tweet with info about the meeting too, since Anniebella was asking on the previous thread.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Today_in_Responsible_Gun_Ownership
So, Reuters has an article up saying that GDP will fall sharply in second quarter, bc of higher taxes on the rich???
Wtf?
Still busy being the lying fuck knuckle that he is
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/07/mitt-romney-47-percent-denial
First, Romney blamed his initial botched response to the video—his bungled, impromptu press conference the night Mother Jones released the video—on a misperception of what was on the video:
[Romney] was in California and said at first he couldn’t get a look at the video. His advisers were pushing him to respond as quickly as he could. “As I understood it, and as they described it to me, not having heard it, it was saying, ‘Look, the Democrats have 47 percent, we’ve got 45 percent, my job is to get the people in the middle, and I’ve got to get the people in the middle,'” he said. “And I thought, ‘Well, that’s a reasonable thing.’… It’s not a topic I talk about in public, but there’s nothing wrong with it. They’ve got a bloc of voters, we’ve got a bloc of voters, I’ve got to get the ones in the middle. And I thought that that would be how it would be perceived—as a candidate talking about the process of focusing on the people in the middle who can either vote Republican or Democrat. As it turned out, down the road, it became perceived as being something very different.”
Whoa. He first thought the video only showed him stating the obvious? That Obama had his voters, Romney had his supporters, and the small percentage in between was up for grabs? Well, that would have hardly caused a fuss. But here’s what doesn’t track: When the video was posted, an article accompanied the video with a transcript of what Romney had said. Anyone with a smart phone could access the video and the transcript of his remarks, in which he stated:
Then the thinking, listening people of America know what he said! Still trying to rewrite history….
He was simply denigrating those who are poor – because that’s what the right wanted him to do. Lay down with dogs – get up with fleas – Romney went far right to win the primary – no morals at all – none – what a great Church leader he turned out to be.
Okay, I’m inviting this little girl to be my personal ‘geographer’ ’cause i don’t even know the states, much less their capitals.
I sure hope her dad isn’t serious when he says he’d like to see her get her own reality show. 🙄
Easy way to make money, maybe he wants to pay for private school tuition or something like that.
GM, Jessica. Easy isn’t always best. I can’t think of anything that would balance that kind of exposure! With her brains I feel sure he could find a better, more ‘child friendly’ way to pay for private school,, etc. In fact, I’d be surprised if he couldn’t find some kind of scholarship somewhere. IMHO a reality show would be exploitation, or even ‘abuse’.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-29/jpmorgan-accused-of-energy-market-manipulation-by-u-s-agency.html
JP MorganChase manipulated power markets in California and the Midwest from September 2010 to June 2011, obtaining tens of millions of dollars in overpayments from grid operators, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission alleged today.
The agency said in a Notice of Alleged Violations that it had preliminarily determined a JPMorgan trading unit had engaged in eight manipulative bidding strategies.
The New York-based bank has agreed to sanctions including a fine of about $400 million in a settlement that may be announced as early as tomorrow, according to a person familiar with the case who asked not to be identified because the terms aren’t yet public. Other sanctions may include forfeiting profits, this person said.
I’m almost 65 and as a little leaguer Willie Mays was my baseball hero.
Bill R., I have you by a few years, so Mr. Willie Mays has to be about eighty plus, I think. I remember my father being so excited about Willie Mays. Willie Mays looks great. HZ
FREEDUMB!
NewsBreaker @NewsBreaker 36m
BREAKING: North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has signed a bill restricting abortion services – @ABC11_WTVD
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I really do hate them all. I can’t help it.
You aren’t the only one who hate the bastards.
I don’t like to feel like this…goes against my nature….but I really do. There is nothing TO like about them!
I try not to hate them, too. Sometimes I fail miserably – but we should only waste our energy on that feeling for a moment or two and then move forward. Otherwise, they win and we become like them! (I know you know this already, of course.)
Heard on Chgo news about another tragic shooting—-3 yr. old girl shot in the abdomen about an hour ago. 33 yr. old man also shot in same incident. So enraging. As has been noted, if anything other than guns was mutilating and killing our kids at this same rate, there would be an emergency summit with heaven and earth moved to stop this horrific insanity.
I’m so very sorry to hear that. Do you know if the little girl – and the man – survived?
“Enraged” is the perfect word for it.
Little girl was taken to hospital in serious condition.
Will pray for her and all the other little girls and boys who are victims of our society! Horrible news.
I wonder if this is related to the defacing that took place at the Lincoln Memorial?
and the Smithsonian? And the National Church? I don’t know…I DO know, it’s sick
wow….I did not know about the other 2….
A giant hosting the Giants. What a man!
LOL
Steve Weinstein @steveweinstein 39m
Peace must have broken out in Egypt, Syria & Afghanistan…since Matthews is talking about Weiner for the 10th straight day #pointlessboob
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Beautiful!! Happy Birthday, NASA!!
Great First Meeting…Forward>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Anniebella, hope you’re still here.
MSM tries to keep this kind of information a deep, dark secret. But of course they have the time to tell us about Hillary’s lunch and breakfast plans.
Encouraging news:
awesome! 😀
The only meeting that received any attention was the lunch with Hillary. But it is clear we have to fight these evil right wing Republicans anyway we can. Now I know why they fought so hard to get rid of AG Holder.
The Senate voted today 93 – 1 to confirm James Comey to succeed Robert Mueller as FBI director.
Rand Paul was the dissenting vote. Just because.
Rand can KMA
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/07/29/rand-pauls-screw-you-mine-mentality-rears-ugly-head.html
good read!
Great news that he was confirmed. Rand is irrelevant, as we all know. Sure hope Samantha Power gets a full Senate vote either tonight or tomorrow. Would be great if she could preside for at least 1 day as the US holds the rotating Presidency of the SC.
hello Bob..
when it is all said and done…do you think that so-called PL would vote for Rand Paul for PBO
I think the Greenwald cult and the Hamsher cult will probably vote for Rand Paul if he choses to run as a Libertarian candidate. The good news is that there is absolutely no way Rand Paul will be a Republican nominee for President in 2016.
Why are you so sure
I meant for President….:-))
prettyfoot! Finally listened to the other “haunting” Yanni video you had posted, and loved it! Good choice!
thumbs up!
Good evening, UT, Chips, TOD, lurkers, everyone and congrats carol on #1! Woosh! Back from a long weekend away, and happy to see that UT is holding down the fort very nicely!! 🙂 Lots of goodies on TOD for me to browse/read through. Will take me a couple days to catch up but by the end of this week things should be back to normal.
Hey HF2……How are you doing?
Nice to see you….. 😉
Have a Good Evening…..HF2 and all the TODers.
Hey Nena- I’m well, thanks 🙂 Great seeing you and all the TOD brigade!
Hello there, Hf! I was beginning to wonder if some of the regulars had gone away with the BTs on a retreat or something. Isn’t it ‘funny’ how you all slow down at the same time, so we go from overlapping postings to virtual desertion? Good thing Utal looks in from time to time to check the temperature of the village and turn up the thermostat.
LOL – Hiya and indeed vc! 🙂 🙂 It seems we’re all on the same TOD wavelength. I didn’t even realize chief BT had disappeared for a while until I scrolled through the previous posts and saw that UT had been doing BT-ing at TOD for the last 36-48 hrs or so!! 🙂
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I guess this means you weren’t actually at Camp BTs? 😉 😉 Well, okay then, I don’t feel quite as excluded as before.
🙂 🙂 🙂
Have no clue about Camp BT! LOL
The BTs probably have no clue either. 😉 I made it up a la Camp David since all the BTs (save Utal) are missing in action at the same time.
🙂 🙂 🙂
And, it is for all of us to ensure that every person we know gets that message, repeatedly, until only the rabid racists/misogynists don’t ‘get it.’
Yes We Can
congrats to the san francisco giants for those great world series wins! and also for holding up pretty well during a not-so-stellar season this year. and thanks for these great photos and video, todville! our hurricane turned into a tropical storm, so we’re drippy wet but intact here on hawaii island. aloha oe~
Good news that Flossie was all bark and no bite. Which reminds me of tweet sent out today by a Colorado Springs news station:
Hi Susanne! I haven’t see you to say ‘hi’ in a while. Glad to hear that you are intact though wet. 😀
See upthread, Meta, for info on the meeting (currently comment #49).
Thx, Arapaho. Just wanted to post the photo.
Great photo. Love it.
I’m looking for Tavis ‘the hater” Smiley. I see Rev. Al.
DF,
Thank you so much for posting the Tom Cole video on R&S. It wouldn’t play for me embedded in this site, but did play when I opened it in a separate window.
Ever Dem in Congress needs to spread this Republican’s word. And, this is for Jovie, re: GOP bluster about shutting down the govt:
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/07/29/news-of-the-day-10/