President Obama hugs Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell after viewing his statue in Boston earlier this week pic.twitter.com/wju3Gy8t2M
— petesouza (@petesouza) November 1, 2013
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Republicans literally taking food away from hungry people and media acts like what’s broken in America is a damn website?
— Greg Pinelo (@gregpinelo) November 1, 2013
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first we find out 60 Mins’ star #Benghazi witness asked Fox News for $$, now we learn he wasn’t really ‘eyewitness’ http://t.co/RFsbufyhXM
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) November 1, 2013
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the guy who was the centerpiece of 60 minutes big benghazi story may have fabricated everything http://t.co/eQgPLmImDX
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 1, 2013
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We’ve gone over the “hunger cliff”, as 47 million food stamp recipients are hit with massive cuts. Get the word out: http://t.co/TxqkPeHeZz
— NowWithAlex (@NowWithAlex) November 1, 2013
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Everyone covering the debate over people “losing coverage” due to Ocare must look at this chart: http://t.co/1RB06MYucR
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 1, 2013
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VP swap never in play. Biden’s taken on many tough assignments. He’s been loyal friend and wise counselor. POTUS lucky to have him.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 1, 2013
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Don’t read anything into the fact that while O did not replace Biden, he did replace Daley. That would make too much sense.
— Jed Lewison (@jedlewison) November 1, 2013
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@ezraklein is couple of tweets away from joining team BENGHAZI!!!
— BWD (@theonlyadult) November 1, 2013
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So @SenDeanHeller opposed a perfectly qualified nominee, first Latina ever for OPM, because of Obamacare? My goodness. That’s embarrassing.
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) October 30, 2013
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Wondering who the guys are who think America is a Christian nation?
They're the ones who don't think we're cutting food stamps enough.
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(@LOLGOP) November 01, 2013****
House GOP to work less than half the year in 2014 & will make almost $175,000. Boehner thinks people on food stamps don't work hard enough..
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Republican Problems. (@RepublicanProbl) October 31, 2013****
I'm done with apologies for glitches. #Noapology for bringing health coverage to millions, ending insurance company abuses #Obamacare
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Greg Pinelo (@gregpinelo) October 31, 2013****
#ThatAwkwardMoment when the Republicans who warned you Obama would take away your guns start taking away your reproductive rights #freedom
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The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) November 01, 2013****
The Obama Diary 
Hi!
Tick! Tock! Tick! Tock!
I’m either too early, or too late. I’ll go read the tweets while I wait patiently.
How about too fast!
😀 Not per Chips records – she has a couple of turtles with my name on them. Remember?
Yeah but they might be on a mud slide tonight, eh? 🙂
😀
ha VC! you crack me up! 😀
Hi a4A. It’s nice to have a role. 😉 😛
Congrats on 1st VC 🙂
TY, I feel almost guilty. Were you guys hiding from me?
Nope 😀 😀 😀
the grim truth is that the republicans in congress consider this a grand achievement.
They may do so, but I’m banking on the voting public, realizing this is no way to govern, choosing candidates in 2014 who WANT to govern.
Totally consistent with the now fully revealed #Kochville (aka #GOP) agenda – Norquist wasn’t joking. We are at war with a group of people who have every intention of destroying our democracy. What we DO between now and 4 Nov 2014 and then again on 6 Nov 2016 determines if they succeed.
I wonder if I found my way into the back room where the posts are kept? Maybe I’m not supposed to be IN here, and that’s why no one else is commenting. Hmmmmm.
spooky! 🙂
Quite spooky to be the only one twirling around in this corner of the village for over FIVE minutes! 😆 😆
Thank yooooooou UT, evening everyone!
aloha chips!
Alohaaaaaaaaaaaaa Susanne!
Chips! You forgot to call ‘First!’ – and it would have been (almost) justified too.
First!!!!!!! Evening VC!!
A very ‘Good Friday Evening’ to you, my dear!
THANK YOU, Mrs. Rooney.
😆 Hello Mrs Torres!
*Ahem* I would like for you to call me, Mrs. Lampard one day, then Mrs. Torres another, then Mrs. Mata, then Mrs. Hazard. You know, just work your way down the WINNING and AWESOME team that is Chelsea.
Goooooooooo BLUES! 😆
You polygamist you!!!!!
Oh, the irony! The GREAT irony! 😛 I’m cracking up.
Who me? I’m just a lover of hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot and veeeeeeeeeery talented men. 😉
Don’t worry, Chiparoo. You’re still my number one. 😀
😆 Good evening Mrs Chipsticks!!
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
FIVE minutes later? I think I’ll just tiptoe back out until the door is opened oficially. Sorry, Utal – didn’t mean to sneak in.
The religious right is rolling out talking points in opposition to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), hoping to prevent the Senate from passing the bill in the coming weeks. In addition to outlandish statements that conservatives have made over the past few years, groups like the Liberty Counsel, Traditional Values Coalition, Heritage Foundation, and Family Research Council have distinct talking points they are feeding to Republican lawmakers to try to stall ENDA. Here’s a look at 10 of the myths they’re spreading about the proposed employment protections for LGBT people:
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday sharply criticized U.S. states that are defying the Pentagon by refusing to allow National Guard facilities to issue ID cards that enable same-sex spouses of military members to claim benefits.
“This is wrong,” Hagel said in a speech in New York.
“Not only does this violate the states’ obligation under federal law, their actions have created hardship and inequality by forcing couples to travel long distances to federal military bases to obtain the ID cards they’re entitled to,” he said. Hagel said this is causing division among the military ranks.
In his remarks to an Anti-Defamation League centennial dinner speech, Hagel did not name the states that are defying Pentagon policy on this issue. But the Pentagon has cited nine: Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia. The Pentagon says there are 114 Army and Air National Guard sites in those nine states that are not providing ID cards to eligible same-sex spouses
VC……. the calvary has arrived! ……..if not temporarily. Because of a storm yesterday, Trick-or-Treaters are assaulting my home right now 🙂
If a new patent is any indication, Apple customers could soon be able to plug their iPhones directly into a solar panel for power. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published the patent by Apple today. And while the company has seven previous solar-related patents to its name, this is the first one that would allow Apple users to plug their MacBooks, iPhones, iPads, and other devices directly into a solar panel without a bulky converter.
The patent describes a system that can accept “both power adapter and solar power direct from gathering devices” or traditional chargers, according to TechCrunch. Converting the solar panel’s power into a voltage, current, and so forth that’s compatible with the electronics would all happen within the device. “So in other words, you could plug in your MagSafe or iPad/iPod adapter, or alternatively hook a MacBook or other piece of hardware directly to a solar panel with a simple cord.
Pete Souza’s talent? Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn! The man is a bloody genius with a camera. To capture the legend that is Bill Russell, President Obama, and Bill Russell’s statue with so much emotion just leaping out at the viewer.
Wow! Wow! Wow!
I’m sure Pete is thrilled to have a photographic subject like President Obama, 24/7, because Pres. Obama’s authenticity gives every angle that special oomph.
Bravo, Pete Souza. Bravo!
It is a stunning photo, UT. So many of Mr Souza’s are, but that one will likely remain in the top few that will become iconic of not only his talent but the Presidency of Barack Obama.
Totally agree. It’s one of the best Pete has done, and that’s saying something!
I totally agree that Pete must feel exuberant about a subject like PBO. And I love how he knows exactly when to use B & W to great effect. He’s really in a class all by himself.
Hi Meta, just got home and logged on to see your ??? about Kirsten Gillibrand. Kirsten is the real deal and was tireless in getting the Congress to approve medical care for the 9-11 first responders. She also led the fight for marriage equality in NY. Friends of mine literally slept in sleeping bags in her Senate office when some of the fights were happening.
However, in the last few years we have seen and heard almost nothing from Sen Gillibrand. I wonder if the Ruling Powers have decided to force her out of the spotlight. Chuck and Hillary are not big on sharing.
Oh, thanks so much for this info, VIcki. I appreciate hearing about this. I was wondering why she suddenly seemed consigned to the way back of the line corner spot. I’ll continue to keep my eye on her. I think she’s terrific so far and I’m glad to hear she has higher ambitions.
October 25, 2013
Bonus Quote of the Day
“My own view is that I think Gillibrand is one of the people in the United States of America that I think can be president of the United States.”
— Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), quoted National Journal, in a profile of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
Yeah – let’s hope Rep. Steny Hoyer supports Gillibrand more than he supports the current POTUS. That said – I do like Gillibrand as a future presidential candidate. I’m definitely watching her career.
This is our media today….. From Government employee….
To Anti-Government zealot….. in one hour.
Anybody expecting on-air corrections from CBS? Yeah, that’s what I thought as well……..
Good one, LP.
Thanks, Bobfr…… the sad & scary thing is this is no longer siloed to cable news channels. These are the network’s doing this without retribution. Just like the made up stories of ACA policies and so many other examples of late.
Yep. And, how about that 60 Minutes fiasco … #BENGHAZI!!!!!!
And there are still ill-informed, yet earnest, souls out there who believe they can trust the news they hear!
For Susanne, if she’s still here:
Attention UT, Donna, and all other TOD Scandal fanatics…….
This is so cool!! Thanks, LP!
Yup. The only reason I’m tuning in to SNL this weekend. Looking forward to Kerry Washington killing it. Hope they write some funny stuff for her.
They have so many problems; lack of diversity in the cast being the biggest.
Their 2012 season was a suck-fest. 2008 called and smacked the crap out of the 2012 season. The guy playing Pres. Obama is sooooooo unfunny. All their skits about Pres. Obama and the white house aren’t funny because they aren’t approaching it in a nuanced and funny manner.
I can’t stand the show and haven’t for the last several years. They haven’t been any good for decades. Just not funny. But I’ll watch Kerry and see what happens.
I wince at the mess they make of their POTUS impressions. Meta, look upthread for an answer to your ??? about Kirsten Gillibrand.
Got it! Thanks so much for the info, Vicki.
You’re welcome, Meta. I am happy when we at TOD can share info.
Kirsten’s disappearance has been of concern to me and I wonder what has happened.
I thought that was Aaron Paul “Jesse” from breaking bad”
I’d say we’re already there:
Yep, meta. We passed ‘there’ on 20 Jan 2009. We’re well on our way to Gettysburg …
This is an interesting take; the GOP want to piss off everybody to suppress voter turnout (they know they can’t win without suppressing the vote; Milt Shook says he’s been aware of this since 1970):
The thing is that they’r doing it in such a way as all the blowback will be on THEM, and people will be more incentivized to come out and vote them out.
Agree
Once again Republicans have shown themselves to be the enemies of the Constitution. For people who routinely invoke their passionate love for the Constitution, It’s quite obvious that many of them are totally ignorant of the Constitution. One of the goals of the framers (the founding fathers) of the U.S. Constitution, which is plainly and prominently stated in the preamble of the Constitution, was the promotion of the GENERAL WELFARE of the people of the United States. How in the world does any one claim to to revere the Constitution, but then turn around and enact policies that hurt real poor people? Which section of the Constitution compels Republicans to promote selfishness, and indifference to poor Americans, and especially children, who are likely to go hungry as a result of the drastic and cruel cuts of food stamps? If we had an honest media, they would be aggressively asking Republicans to explain how drastically cutting the food stamp program promotes the General Welfare of poor people. Instead, all the media people are interested in is attacking President Obama over a website that, while frustrating to some people, has caused no real harm to any one.
Ok everyone, making coffee with Irish cream. Who wants some? (Decaf, of course.)
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!
I’m hitting my evening “Oh shit, I feel like crap” time, but nowhere near what I felt last night. I left work at 4, got home and 4.15, and crawled into bed for the night at 4.30. Today is tolerable. And decaf from Tesco subsidiary Fresh & Easy with a shot of Irish cream will be the ticket to a night of relaxation.
Hope you’re on the mend. Enjoy!
Great to hear you’re feeling a little better LL, hopefully you’ll speed your way to a full recovery asap.
If you don’t mind, I’d like a proper Irish coffee, none of that decaf muck. Thanks. And hurry up.
I’ve discovered that however sweet Irish cream might taste as a shot, it’s never sweet enough for coffee, so I have to add Splenda.
Mmmmmm… now THIS is a hot toddy. And New Mexico pinon coffee for you, dear.
Listen and learn, Mister:
Whip your cream (no low-fat criminality, the full monty)
Pour whiskey in to mug with instant coffee and a small teaspoon of sugar
Add hot water
Stir violently
Drop your cream on top, stirring and sugar (I think) stop it sinking
Open bag of cheesy puffs
Sit down
Sip, crunch
—-> Life is beautiful
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Irish coffee and cheesy poofs. I think I now have a stomach flu.
😆 Dunno whatcha mean, that’s heaven and even more heaven combined!
I’m with you on that one, Chips
Excuse me for being crass, but IMHO drinking decaf is like having sex without getting your jollies! What’s the point?
Well, normally I would agree with you. But the missus can’t have caffeine, and I wasn’t going to make a cup for her and a cup for me. I think I need to get a french press for times like these.
This!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😆
make mine leaded, please.
God, you and Chips. FINE. New Mexico pinon for you too.
😆 You’re my kinda gal, 57!
I’ll have some LL. had to drive from Phoenix to Kingman and back today for my daughter-in-law’s dad’s funeral. Coffee and Irish creme is just what I need. Keep getting better!
Anything, anything, ANYTHING!!!! with Sweet Honey in the Rock is wonderful.
Beautiful, Beautiful, VC! Give me Sweet Honey In The Rock any time! Thanks for sharing this VC!
This from the best sourced reporting in the Af/Pak region……. Another notch on PBO’s belt….quietly decimating anyone who dares to mess w/ the US
After years of effort, the US has finally succeeded in killing Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the al Qaeda-linked Movement of the Taliban Pakistan, in the latest drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal agency of North Waziristan. Hakeemullah, who was responsible for numerous attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as the failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in Times Square in May 2011, was killed just as the Pakistani government was formally opening negotiations with the terrorist group.
While the Taliban have not released an official martyrdom statement for Hakeemullah, an official spokesman known as Shahidullah Shahid told Pakistani reporters that the emir is indeed dead, according to the SITE Intelligence Group. The Muhajideen Shura in North Waziristan also threatened to attack the Pakistani state and military to avenge his death.
Hakeemullah was killed today by the remotely piloted drones as he left a mosque in the town of Darpa Danday Khel, a hotbed of al Qaeda, Taliban, and Haqqani Network activity in the jihadist-controlled tribal agency. Hakeemullah was not the first jihadist killed in the village; on July 2, US drones killed an al Qaeda military trainer and a Haqqani Network leader there.
I saw that earlier. A couple of months ago he was threatening the Pak gov’t. Now he’s worm-food. Sucks, don’t it?
And as Pakistan typically does….. they denounce the drone strike publicly, while celebrating the extraction of this internal tumor.
Here is the NYT reporting on his death…..
http://nyti.ms/16svL8X
Really. Denouncing the eradication of a man who wanted to line up the government against the wall and shoot it all. Fucking amazing. There are days when I wish PBO would say “Fine, YOU fucking deal with it.” To pretty much everyone in the world.
LP, obviously hypocrisy, during the presidency of Barack Obama, is not limited to Americans.
The window of time to write your all-purpose anti-Obama diatribe and publish your craptastic book is closing. With only 3 years left in his Presidency, I think we’re going to see the motherlode of all hate-filled paranoid screeds against PBO appear in the next year. Hang on, it will test our nerves.
Meta, you speak the absolute TRUTH! The Obama haters are determined to defecate all over President Obama’s legacy.
If you haven’t checked out PoliticusUSA today, do so. I’m pretty much going to use all their pieces today and craft an essay.
Agree. I particularly found the one quoted in this tweet very useful and will leverage it again to remind folk that what the #KOCHpuppets are doing is not in any way random or accidental. They are on a mission and what we have to do is be sure they’re the ones who drown in the tub.
None of the sorry ass media want to speak to people like Rhonda. They are only looking for the ones with the lies and half truths about Obamacare. That’s our media.
Good for Rhonda. Haven’t heard the expression “SHOVE IT” in a while, forgot it existed, but that felt good that she directed it at the awful #GOP.
All right friends, I think I’ve done all the damage I can do today. Got a bit of Twitter done, which I’ve missed dearly. My body is telling me to go crash, so that is what I shall do. See everyone tomorrow.
Night LL, get yourself better, see you tomorrow.
So glad you are taking care of yourself, LL.
So glad to know you are feeling better! I hope you get plenty of rest this weekend. We need your clear, informed and fearless voice!
” Romney Donors Are Flipping
by BooMan
Fri Nov 1st, 2013 at 09:27:05 PM EST
Some of Mitt Romney’s and the Republican Party’s most generous donors are lining up to give Michelle Nunn money for her campaign for Saxby Chambliss’s Senate seat. It appears that at least part of corporate America has been convinced by the government shutdown that they don’t need more Republicans in Congress right now, and that is going to create a world of hurt for the party of Big Business.
more here – http://www.boomantribune.com/
Expect to witness much more of this.
A bunch of ‘corporate America’ do not have the John Birch, Theocratic Dominionist, Libertarian pedigree of the Kochs, Scaifes etc and realize that plutocracy would be very, very bad for their businesses. A thriving middle class means CUSTOMERS to these folk. Folk working for Walmart are not thriving, thus they are not CUSTOMERS.
What we must do is expose the Kochs for the EVIL that they are and root that EVIL out of every corner of America. The 3rd Reconstruction must prevail and with it the end of any attempt to enslave, in any way, humans.
Yes We Can
Well, that was one fine article you just shared, Bob. Thank you!
Have mentioned before the truly invaluable insights you can find at http://20committee.com/
Here’s an excerpt from a letter to the NSA I urge all of you to read:
“Sure, more resources are needed for CI – who ever turns more money and billets down? – but above all there needs to be a culture shift at the Agency. Nobody actually likes counterintelligence, the hardass people who bring bad news and possibly want to investigate your office, but they have to be allowed to do what they do in a spirit of cooperation. After the Snowden disaster it shouldn’t take much effort to convince Agency personnel that the threat from defectors and traitors is all too real. Sometimes the odd, Aspergery IT guy in the next cubicle with bad social skills plus anger at the government actually is out to destroy you.
And I would caution the CI folks not to go overboard now. Don’t repeat the let’s-polygraph-everybody-silly errors that came after the Martin and Mitchell defections to Moscow, or what happened at CIA when Rick Ames was unmasked as a traitor and Russian spy. The vast majority of Agency personnel are good people – gain their trust and they will practically do your job for you.
How’s that for a start? I think that’s enough taskers for today. But do get on them. A lot is riding on fixing these problems. NSA really is the best and brightest of America’s secret government. Earn the trust of the American people and never let an Ed Snowden in any Agency building again. That would be a great start and, in the end, everybody wins. The American people deserve no less, so give it to them.
SIncerely,
John “Dash” Schindler”
http://20committee.com/2013/10/30/whats-wrong-with-nsa/
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/11/01/what-do-we-want-laughter-2/