President Obama departs the White House for Sweden and then the G20 Summit in Russia, September 3
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Wednesday (all times US Eastern – Sweden is six hours ahead):
4:10 AM: President Obama arrives in Stockholm
7:20 AM: Holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Reinfeldt of Sweden
8:30 AM: Holds a press conference with PM Reinfeldt
9:30 AM: Participates in a celebration of Raoul Wallenberg and delivers a statement
10:40 AM: Tours an Energy Expo event
1:05 PM: Accompanies Nordic leaders for a family photo
1:15 PM: Attends an official dinner with Nordic leaders
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The Obama Diary 
Wish Michelle was going with him
Thanks for keeping us up to day and informed….as usual
Congrats to you Almablanca!
A pleasure Almablanca! Thank you.
Me too – he looks alone in that photo – no doubt folks are waving – wish we could see them
I wish my President to be effective and do well at the G-20.
https://twitter.com/dionysis131/status/375072476193386496
What was that all about? Hehe
I am thrilled that the Swedish officials….prime minister…..or king…..invited ALL the Nordic leaders for dinner with the President, including Iceland. I firmly believe this will be a comfortable, encouraging visit for him. When you think about his ideas, he is very much in sync with the Nordic social ideas, and those countries rate high on longevity and contentment scales.
I’d love to visit those countries, have never been, so I will be following his Swedish trip closely.
I’d love to be a fly as they discuss Putin, which I’ve no doubt this group will. I’m sure they have definite ideas about him!
Yep, by the time PBO gets to G20, Putin will be feeling “surrounded” and alienated in his own home by Global Obama lovers. His paranoia will reach the stratosphere. And PBO will command all attention. Ha!
Oh, you are so right! I despise that punk putin
Putin is Russian not Nordic.
I love Stockholm! I am hoping for a wonderful and safe trip.
NIght TOD.
Almost time for the Luther premiere.
Shoot, After reading this EW article, I might have to save it for a morning this weekend, cause I live alone and thanks to Criminal Minds, I don’t need no more reasons to check EVERY DOOR IN MY HOUSE again…lol
http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/09/03/luther-idris-elba-neil-cross/
Good night guys!
Fudge it, I’m watching it anyway!
Who needs sleep anyway.
Energizer Bunny President.
FYI – time zone changes for PBO’s trip:
Sweden is +6 Eastern; +9 Pacific
St.Petersburg is +8 Eastern; +11 Pacific
Thank you Meta, you know how I struggle with this timezone business 😕
Me, too!
4:10am …..groan!
😆 Go to bed – NOW!!!
You’re not planning to showcase the arrival/landing, are you? /In case you missed the wording, the expected answer is ‘No, VC.’
‘Yes, VC.’ 😎
Grrrrrr! I ‘hate’ you. Grrr!
FLASHBACK: I remember the first time my offspring yelled ‘I hate you’, my mother just about had a heart attack that he wasn’t spanked. ‘You’re not going to let him get away with that?!’ Mom is from the ‘children should be seen and not heard’ school of ‘discipline’.
I’ll reserve a ticket starting with the 8:30am press conference, please.
It will be interesting to see if anyone in the media can stop for 30 seconds and talk about the President’s trip – but I would think it will be Syria, Syria, Syria – how nice it is to have TOD and petesouza – and the WHPC cry because they don’t get photo ops. When they get the chance they never use it.
I can almost hear Chuck Todd asking the PM of Sweden does he want to bomb Syria. The Press NEVER take the opportunity to learn about the world as President Obama sees it, lives it and understands it. They are 1 eyed bigots of the finest order – and sadly impact how other parts of the world view the United States. President Obama does so much to nullify the viewpoint that the media gives.
“They are 1 eyed bigots of the finest order”. Yes.
correctly put! imagine if you or I had the opportunity to visit the many diverse & beautiful places they go to with PBO.
Imagine if you or I had a chance to sit down and talk to PBO for an extended period???
I have had the privilege of meeting PBO (multiple times), FLOTUS and the First Kids (once) but all meetings were brief and in a small group of super-volunteers.
https://twitter.com/dionysis131/status/375076588066717696
Hello there, Jovie. I just realized that I haven’t seen you ALL day! Of course, I signed on really late today. 😀
https://twitter.com/dionysis131/status/375079158474637314
Godspeed, Mr. President.
Has this been a roller-coaster summer or what? Whew! So glad that the best twice-elected president ever is in the White House.
You can say that, again! 🙂
‘Being young is a fault which improves daily.’ ~ Swedish Proverb
Well, I think I’m going to take Chips’ advice and go to bed.
Catch you guys later. Sweet dreams, TODobots!
I don’t believe you.
I miss Michelle, the girls and the puppies.
members of the TOD family understand HOW PBO operates and makes decisions in a manner that seems to confound many beltway types & his eternal detractors on the extremes (both left and right).
I don’t know how many of you agree with me but I believe we can use the words of PBO himself (from a 2007 video that has been featured here) to explain to PBO’s method of operation those who either willingly choose NOT to listen or are so confused by his approach.
If I knew how to do it, I would use the section of the interview (from minute 1.29 to 2.09) to create one of those GIFs. I would call it something like PBO’s Method of Operation (Modus Operandi/ M.O.) or something more creative.
Once we had this GIFs we could send one to all the foreign and domestic Obama-haters reminding each to listen carefully to the POTUS in his own words.
Can the more creative types and/or “blog tyrants” help out here? Thanks in advance.
I cannot even watch people like Lawrence O’Donnell this week … they just are so in love with their own voices, they cannot stop and really listen to President Obama and learn something. What a missed opportunity on all of their parts. Gag.
I’m with you, Jacq!
Misery loves company, although I refuse to allow myself to be miserable over the likes of them! I’m guessing you feel the same way, theo!
I totally agree. If I want fiction, I’ll watch real fiction, rather than fiction passing itself off as the news….
Jacqueline, I have not watched any of the shows today and probably won’t for awhile. I started from the beginning and watched the BBC America show called “Luther”. I have watched all 13 episodes of “Orange is the New Black” and I am on the last episode of “House of Cards”. 🙂 Now is the time for me to catch up on all of the shows which I have missed. 🙂
Excellent – I’ve been watching re-runs from the Castle marathon. So much more rewarding!
You are right theo67. I appreciate and applaud all the TOD warriors who has the stomach to watch the shows and report back here.
I’ve been watching all the seasons of “Call the Midwife” and “Scott and Bailey.” Can’t stand the MSM twerps.
Meta where are u watching these? I am always looking for something interesting to watch.
Call the Midwife is a 2 season Netfllix DVD.
Scott and Bailey is online here:
I love this show – the three women stars are sassy and smart and I love how they banter with each other.
I meant for the link to show up!
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Thanks Meta.
Scott & Bailey I like – we have a series we haven’t seen before starting this week in my world.
Ahem, isn’t there a big tennis tournament going on? 🙂
*cough* I belong to Athletics Anonymous. 🙂
😀
Okay, I’m a slug! All I did was tap-tap-tap on the computer all day making “the man” richer.
Honorable work, I’m sure, darlin’.
Wow! So much going on. The G-20 should be fascinating. President Obama makes use of every minute of his presidency. I just ran across an Onion article that had me laughing out loud. It’s especially funny since I saw your picture of McCain playing a game during the Syria presentation.
Family Concerned After John McCain Wanders Into Syria
http://www.theonion.com/articles/family-concerned-after-john-mccain-wanders-into-sy,32601/
WASHINGTON—Members of Sen. John McCain’s family expressed deep concern Tuesday after receiving word that the aging legislator had wandered off into Syria. “Unfortunately, this has been happening a lot lately; he’ll walk out of the Capitol building, get disoriented, and then we get a call late at night saying that John is in Syria,” McCain’s wife Cindy said upon learning that her 76-year-old husband turned up in the war-torn country after ambling across the Turkey-Syria border and delivering a rambling, incoherent speech to a group of rebels. “Then one of us has to go to Syria, pick him up, and bring him back to Washington. We’re going to have to sit down soon and decide what to do about this before he seriously hurts himself.” McCain’s wife added that her husband’s recent trip to Syria was the most alarming episode for her family since the elderly Arizona senator got into his car, started driving, and ended up lost in the 2008 presidential election.
I was just closing the tab and noticed the date on the article is May 28, 2013! It sure is timely. It just caught my eye because it was about Syria and I thought it was new. Makes it even funnier.
loved it! I missed it the first time round
McCain was playing poker on some device during the Syria briefing. Hastag on twitter now
#JohnMcCainIsMoreUselessThan
twitter is freakin.
’bout what now?
Some avis are reverting to eggs!! It’s weird.
Like this:
It seems kind of random.
Hmmm, perhaps it’s SABOTAGE!!
I. Love. Dramatic. Chipmunk.
🙂
Can’t. Stop. Laughing!!!!
Hmmm … I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but notice @Support’s avatar is not an egg. Hmmm …
Bob_Cesca got upset about having a discussion with “an egg with zero followers” yesterday & today Charles johnston tweeted “We are all eggs now” – Didn’t have a clue what he meant – so now I do 🙂
When I first joined Twitter, before I chose an avatar, I sent out a tweet and the respondent tweeted back, OH NO NOT THE EGG!!!! Gosh, people, who knew?
So many words had different meanings when I was a child – sigh – an egg will never be the same again!
Ha ha ha!
So a lot of Twitterers have egg on their face…
badumpbump…please, don’t forget to tip the wait staff and the veal is fantastic!
tonight was one of those few times when PBO is not waving as he getting into Air Force One – momentous time to be POTUS. Thank God we have PBO in charge of the world!
I meant to say PBO is not smiling he waved while getting into AF1
Unlike some, he knows military action is not amusing – nor about playing games.
GE TOD….. Been busy… did I miss anything? …….Anyways I don’t know what has been posted, but in case Rand Paul or anybody else for that matter….
Senate critics of U.S. military action against Syria might not even get a chance to filibuster. If Senate leaders take all the proper steps, the resolution to authorize the use of force against Syria might not only jump to the front of the schedule, but it could even short-circuit any filibuster attempts.
The War Powers Resolution of 1973 created a special privileged status for resolutions reported from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that are in compliance with other legal provisions. The reward for drafting a compliant resolution? The measure becomes the pending business on the Senate floor without debate or the risk of a long series of debate-limiting cloture votes……
But for the Senate to use an expedited process, the Foreign Relations Committee could act on the use of force resolution following a report from President Barack Obama that the Syria case represents an instance “where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances.”
In short, assuming Reid takes this course and other provisions remain in effect, there would be no way to filibuster the motion to proceed. The CRS notes that even the final passage vote might not be subject to the typical hurdles…..
Hi Lovelyp. I would bet Paul doesn’t know this! A lot of senators/representatives don’t seem to know much about the job they campaigned for AND seem disinclined IMO to educate themselves before ranting and posturing.
This may have been posted here before, but I just found it and it’s pretty interesting. Gives a lot of details on what is going on re strategy.
Actually, The US Has A Strategy In Syria — And It’s Starting To Work
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-strategy-in-syria-2013-9
….Last week Pentagon officials told The Wall Street Journal that the planned attack would “deter and degrade” President Bashar al-Assad’s security forces. The key would be hitting various Damascus headquarters as well as some of the regime’s six operable airports.
These airports are the “regime’s nervous system,” defected Air Force Colonel Hassan Hamada told Der Spiegel.
Last week we detailed here how doing so could curb Assad’s relentless bombing of civilians, the flow of supplies from Iran and Russia, and the resupplying of Syrian troops in various areas.
The less obvious, and more long-term, part of the plan involves providing vetted parts of the opposition with advanced weaponry, training them with Western advisors, and curbing the funding for jihadist groups….
Godspeed, Mr. President.
Thank you for your moral ethics in speaking out for all the children who were gassed to their deaths by their own leaders. You, Mr. President, had the decency to acknowledge the deaths of the little Afro American girls attending Sunday School in their place of worship. You have spoken out for the children of Sandy Hook. You continue to speak out for the children in the U.S. who live in a country where guns are legal without sufficient background checks. What about the children?
As you so eloquently called for “Unity Is The Need Of The Hour” in your 2008 speech at the late Dr.MLK,Jr.’s church while still a young Senator, Your dream of hope is slowing becoming a reality even in the Halls of Congress.
Rest well tonight, Mr. President, you truly deserve sweet sleep.
We pray that ” All Is Well” before you arrive in Sweden.
You leave us proud that we voted for you twice and even prouder that you care as much about our children as you do yours.
Thank you, Mr. President.
God bless the children.
Well, LDS, that is one remarkable letter, and I believe you speak for all of us. Have you sent that directly to the President? I’d highly recommend it, if you wish to do so.
Thank you, JB.
I just may do that…….
I love to write letters(a lost art, I know)…..the stationery, ink, quill pen.
My grandmother made us do it that way.
Yes, including “thank you” notes.
What a “Sophisticated Lady.”
Cursive!!!! Love it!
Calligraphy… definitely a lost art.
AMEN! Thanks, LDS, for this beautiful letter.
The new moon is at 13 degrees 04 minutes in the sign of Virgo, conjunction occurring at 7:36amEDT on Thursday 5th September 2013.
MP, and PBO is the best president in that new moon rising.
How sweet it is!
Think it’s just in the movies? Think again…
Spooky.
Scroll down a tadand look at the one with the Britsh accent …Anthony Hopkins-kinda creeeeepeh! 😎
Will I sleep tonight!? 😯
“”Some day I’ll come and find you…” – mmmmmuwahahahahaha!!
Not sure if true; not sure I even want to read this.
Well now the script-writers have an ending for their movie.
Just got a breaking news re this from USA Today re this Castro story. Wow!
Wonder if this is true?
Must be. All over Twitter, being officially reported by news agencies, including BBC, AP, Reuters. Also saw it on TV on CNN (I’d rather believe Twitter).
Reputable source here:
Too quick.
I initially thought that – but I don’t believe in the death penalty – yet this one made me think long – so I am pleased he is no longer of this world.
I guess I agree. I’m not a proponent of the death penalty either – and now those young women can truly move on. What a heinous individual!
Still more “firsts” in 2013. Still unbelievable to me.
Yay!
Did everyone know that DENTAL INSURANCE will also be included in the healthcare exchanges?? That’s wonderful news that I didn’t know about until I just read my email. As someone who is going through periodontal surgery, I know that gum disease has wide reaching effects on a person’s overall health. Gum issues may also become HEART issues! This is certainly welcome news…please let the country know:)
I love My President!
Hey, have you got a link?
Most stuff on Twitter is about there being no dental coverage in #ACA for adults, coverage for kids though.
Found this:
http://www.dentalinsurance.org/blog/index.php/2013/07/how-will-the-affordable-care-act-impact-dental-care/
Came from this tweet
https://www.healthcare.gov/can-i-get-dental-coverage-in-the-marketplace/
In the Health Insurance Marketplace, you generally can get dental coverage as part of a health plan or by itself through a separate, stand-alone dental plan.
Adult and child dental insurance in the Marketplace
Under the health care law, dental insurance is treated differently for adults and children 18 and under.
Dental coverage for children is an essential health benefit. This means it must be available to you either as part of a health plan or as a free-standing plan. This is not the case for adults. Insurers don’t have to offer adult dental coverage.
You don’t have to provide dental coverage for either adults or children.
Dental coverage is available two ways
Health plans that include dental coverage. In the Marketplace, dental coverage will be included in some health plans. You’ll be able to see which plans include dental coverage when you compare them. You’ll also see what the dental benefits are. If a health plan includes dental coverage, you will pay one premium for everything. The premium shown for the plan includes both health and dental coverage.
Separate, stand-alone dental plans. In some cases separate, stand-alone plans will be offered. You may want to choose this option if the health coverage you plan to enroll in doesn’t include dental coverage, or if you want different dental coverage.
If you choose a separate dental plan, you’ll pay a separate, additional premium for the dental plan.
YAHOO!! This is awesome news!!
Excellent! Here’s some tweetage!
What a team:)! Thanks, Dudette!! Whoever does R/S in the morning…should put this on there. I think if people knew this is offered as well…they would be DELIGHTED!
Definitely worth a highlight! Thank you for sharing this!
Any bets for when we hit 21 Million Hits? We’re rubbing up against that milestone mighty hard. 🙂
This guy must be from New Jersey! (When my family moved south from NJ in ’94, my son called me one day to say, “Mom, somebody actually let me merge my car in front of theirs today, when I was trying to pull onto the street out of a parking lot,” and I said, “The lady at the checkout counter asked me how I was doing today, and when I looked up, I noticed she was actually waiting for an answer.” Talk about culture shock.)
From NJ, but where now. Some of us Southerners still have manners. Although on the freeways in Atlanta, I have to admit the transplants are holy terrors.
I moved from NJ to FL back then (but live in IL, now). It was as different as day and night, because in NJ (with a huge population crowded into one small state), the key is not to look a stranger in the eye, when you’re out and about!
Funny when I was a transplant in FL, very shortly after settling in, I started talking about the out-of-state drivers, too! The people in FL have no idea what traffic problems really are. The only complaint I ever had was around Disney on I-4, when the tourists would practically stop dead in their tracks in their lanes before an exit – and before they got in the exit lane – scratching their heads to see if they should get off there. Yes, I thought to myself more than once, get off here!
I’ve driven on the interstate through Atlanta, and gotta tell you, I not only had both hands tightly gripping the steering wheel, but I would have used my feet if I could. And I was used to NJ driving. I would stay in the far-left lane, eyes on the prize, and the prize was getting through Atlanta.
Worst experience I had with a driver was when I was on a business trip in Boston. A group of us were crossing a small street at the designated crosswalk, and we all saw a car heading our way, speeding up, and he was actually aiming for us! Talk about a bunch of women in heels makin’ it to the other side in a big hurry!
I feel ya on the interstate driving here. It’s like a the crazy switch goes into turbo mode when some of these folks hit the road. And, lord have mercy, don’t let rain drops fall from the sky — it’s like freakin’ Mad Max out there.
In my mind’s eye, I see a six-lane (each way) interstate, where there were car fires and rescue trucks (and I ain’t kidding) in the far right lane, as I kept in the far left. Brutal! But I made it, obviously! Mad Max, as you said!
Just seeing if I can do this right from my phone. This is a testi
It worked! 🙂
Yes….except for the “testi” part…and the fact that my phone is black and I can’t get it to turn back on again:) Still…that was progress!!
That’s my df! Always looking on the bright side of life. {{{{ desertflower }}}} 🙂
🙂 {{{Dudette]}}}}
Such a showoff, you are, Df, with your new phone? Do you think Mr. Df, wants to get another one to round off his iphone purchases at a nice 1/4 dozen? 😉
Thanks for posting Dudette. I knew if I was out there you would find it. 😄👀
🙂
I think the President (and this could be true of any President) may have the need to elevate his leg to prevent possible blood clots that may develop from prolonged sitting in all the meetings he has to attend every day. Going out to play golf, whenever he can, also helps blood circulation in the legs. Richard Nixon suffered from exactly the problem of blood clots on his legs.
Wish this I bid you all a Good Night…
WITH THIS… okay, that’s it, I’m done! 😀
Goodnight, all. And a good, productive trip for our President!
Nite, Jacqueline O!
The stupid just FALLS out of this man’s mouth….
Stupid is………what an idiot!
Ayn Randy needs a spanking from his daddy.
Triple, sustainable ‘bottom line’:
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#TrustBarack
Humanity is to be cherished and its diversity nurtured …. if only folk would chill and enjoy what nurturing that diversity would yield ….
#TrustBarack He’s Nurturer-in-Chief like no Nation or Tribal Leader EVER HAS BEEN
… time for some rest …
For anyone still awake – live blog of President Obama’s arrival. These people in Sweden are extremely excited! 🙂
http://www.thelocal.se/50050/20130904/
President Obama is landing now – live feed.
http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Good timing in my world 🙂 – have you been to bed??
Heading to bed now – resisting a search for live Swedish traffic feed to see if crowds are lining the streets. I figure there will be pics tomorrow, and I have to be up in 4.5 hours! It was fun watching him land though – I wish they could have stayed longer to listen to the band. Looks like it’ll be a fun trip – very positive group greeting the President!
Good night – good day, 99!
I spoke too soon – the CBS feed is showing the motorcade with people lined up along the street. Lovely!
Not showing much of the trip by car – mainly stayed at the airport. He is well cared for there. I’m glad he’s only staying 1 day in Russia
take care & sleep well
They just showed the motorcade on a stretch of highway, but it was moving faster than I’ve ever seen before.
Was fast – I thought so too – quite a few folks watching.
You know, I think I’m going to start praying for the sanity of the TODobots who follow the President around.
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Wonder if it’s too late to save some of them from their O-insanity?
Way too late…
I don’t know. The man (woman?) is known to be all-powerful. Plus there is a Biblical verse that says something like…’Before they call I will answer, and while they are yet speaking I will hear.’ This suggests to me that He (She) might have been working ahead on this. It’s worth a shot.
I think we can only be saved in 2017… For now – we just have to give in. 🙂
A-ha, one of those prayers that get a ‘later’ response. Well if God in His/Her wisdom feel that is the way to go, you’re right, there’s not much I can do. 😀 I’ll still pray though.
They are the sane ones – me included. Just saw the motorcade go by – lots of folks on the street. Blimey – I stood in a queue for 7 hours to say goodbye to the Queen Mother in London – never thought I had it in me – but Kings and Presidents organize some good events.
Now I shall make dinner & return for the next event – are you thinking of sleeping at all this day vc?
O, being one of the saner TODobots, *I* went to sleep already. In fact, I only looked in to make of list of the villagers I would need to pray for. /imagine saintly smilie at this point/
And there’s so many people on that plane – the press like to be there to ask the stupid questions
No idea who anyone is but absolute genuine admiration showing
ok – now I’m really out of here and will be snoozing in about five minutes! Good night!
Ok…I’ve put up a new post. You can comment on it but it looks weird visually, because WP is acting weird.
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/09/04/chat-away-223/