President Obama peers out from Section B, prison cell No. 5, on Robben Island, South Africa, June 30, 2013
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Okay, clearly no one is reading the site today… š
Afternoon Ralph!
We are reading, well done Ralph! some of us just read slowly.. The photos and stories from Ukraine are riveting.
I couldn’t form my own ‘Boo’ – sorry, Ralph, it’s a bit unused. š
Good afternoon and Congrats!
Wow, Alycee, that is a whole lot of organization and a lot of pieces needing coordination! I sure hope each piece works well and that there will be no incidents to mar any aspect of this tribute and burial.
Yay Ralph!
Gold for Ralph, š Congrats for your Gold and Silver medals.
4AM Wednesday Morning is when the Memorial Tribute to Mandela starts?
It will be heard. I will try to watch…….but if I fail to do just that, TODable Night Owls would have my Back š
In my neck of the woods. At 1:47 PM CDT, it is -2 and the windshield is -18 below.
4a EST, TUESDAY, Nena š
Thanks Doc. TUESDAY it is. Hopefully, now that I have screamed it out…..my brain took in the message š
The pictures from Robben Island and The House of Slaves were so painfully heartbreaking and reminded me to give thanks everyday for what so many suffered so that people with a darker skin tone could walk free.
Humanity can be so cruel sometimes and then there’s that glimmer of hope that makes you think, okay, we’ll stumble, we’ll fail, but ultimately, we’ll be alright.
A very poignant comment, UT. Thank you for expressing it.
Every time I see these images of President Obama as he stares out of a window (and this one is particularly moving because it’s the actual prison cell which “tried” to hold Nelson Mandela’s spirit), including those where he peers out of an Oval Office window at the White House, I think how he must yearn for the days when he could go outside without 50 pairs of eyes’ needing to have his back! Two distinct images, of course – but, nevertheless, it’s a loss of movement and freedom of a sort. I’m selfishly glad anyway that he’s “stuck” in the Oval Office for another three years. He can roam free after that! Says me!
Mark Jacobs, the TBGOPers’ senatorial candidate said that the way to talk to women is on an Emotional Level.
Okay, the education of a GOPer on best way to TALK to Women is going Mighty Real……the late singer Sylvester would sing?
OMG. I’d like to give that guy a little “emotion.” I’ll leave it at that.
Where can we watch Madiba’s homegoing on television tomorrow?
Please leave the channels that will be carrying it.
CSPAN for sure.
Congrats on 1st Ralph.
Chips, hope you saw the Clooney video in the previous thread!
VP Biden on it …
A nice gesture ….
Congrats Bob!! This is wonderful to see, and thanks for sharing and updating us š
Nice recognition Bob!
Wonderful, Bob!
Heads-up – Millet nomination vote at 530p EST, today.
Dec 9, ā13
Categories Daily Summary
The Senate will convene at 2:00pm on Monday, December 9, 2013. Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 4:00pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.
Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of S.1197, the National Defense Authorization to allow the Chairman and Ranking Member to provide a status update on the bill.
At 5:00pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider Executive Calendar #327, the nomination of Patricia Ann Millett, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, post-cloture. There will be up to 30 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled in the usual form.
At 5:30pm, all post-cloture time will be expired and there will be a roll call vote on confirmation of the Millett nomination.
I don’t trust the networks to broadcast this service. Here are a couple of links to agencies who say they’ll livestream it:
http://www.ustream.tv/cbsnews
Great find Meta
Thank you meta!
You’re so welcome, guys!
Yes We Can
Did Mark get his autograph ?
90 minutes of MK brown nosing with GWB…..
Hello to you, jojo. Thanks for understanding. Hope we see more of each other in the future.
Maybe he autographed his CBS website page where Knoller still has Bush as president.
Did W show them his etchings?
So I just finished reading the five part series in the NYT titled “Invisible Child” written by Andrea Elliott and all I can say is “Bravo!!!”. THIS is what writing is all about. THIS is how you get people to take notice of a problem. Oh my gosh, it is so well written but more than that, the girl that is profiled is absolutely charismatic, smart, intuitive, a bundle of energy and si well aware of her lot in life. You won’t be able to stop thinking about her and wishing you could help.
When I first read it I thought it ended very unsatisfying in that it had no “ending”. Then I realized I had just read Part I. There are also short outtake videos included in most of the Parts which I watched after I had finished reading it. It is a VERY long read – I think it took me several hours — but if you have the time, you won’t be disappointed.
One last thing for those of you who were on Twitter last night when someone was promoting its release. It isn’t anything like it was being promoted imho. Instead just read it as a well researched, well written human interest story that maybe will cause the city of New York and other cities to reexamine how they handle kids who are caught up in the crossfire of their parents mistakes. There are no easy fixes of course but I do see that there are clearly some changes necessary just on the basic food and shelter they receive.
http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/#/?chapt=1
Here are some more details about US media coverage of the Mandela memorial tomorrow. It appears that most of the networks will have some version of coverage from 4AM tomorrow, and there will be continuous livestreams on CBSnews.com and MSNBC.com. Someone had mentioned CSPAN but I’m not sure yet – will have to check and see.
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/coverage-plans-for-mandela-memorial-service_b206442
Oops, I have just posted that on the next thread. So sorry for the repeat.
Repeats are fine! This is useful info and not everyone is present on every thread š
Hey TOD Fam!
The memorial service starts at 2am in my neck of the woods. I’ll start my caffeine injections around midnight! I am so tickled! I dug up an old Mandela T-shirt I got at a rally for him in Brooklyn in 1990. It still fits! I’l be wearing it while watching the memorial!
Slightly OT. Ok, COMPLETELY off topic.
I’m only human – human female at that.
It’s cold and this visual is warming me up.
You can use either or both of those to excuse what I’m about to say…
When I look at the above picture of the President with his back turned to us….my eyes keep getting drawn to “those buns” š³
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/12/09/live-streaming-south-african-tv/
CNN has just announced a new show at 11:30 PM with Brooke Baldwin called ” ICYMI ” . It will recap their highlights of the day.
(30 minutes of Wolf Blitzer saying ” Happening Now ” ?)
It has been going on since Last week. It started on Monday Dec 2nd.
O/T – SoCal TOD’ers \
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