President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, pose for photographs alongside children dressed as elves, who are or were patients at Children’s National Medical Center after they presented donated gifts to the Obamas to give to children at the hospital, as they attend a taping of TNT’s Christmas in Washington at the National Building Museum in Washington on December 15
Aren’t they gorgeous in those photos? Aren’t the little elves gorgeous? So enjoyable to see their interaction with the children, including their two daughters!
“On Fox News’ The Kelly File Friday night, host Megyn Kelly tried to explain away her emphatic insistence that Santa Claus is emphatically, undeniable, and unchangeably white by explaining that she was just agreeing with Slate’s Aisha Harris that our culture depicts Santa Claus as white. Kelly also claimed she was the victim of accusations of “racism,” but then proceeded to play several clips of no one accusing her of that. Kelly’s commentary was an outrageous example of white privilege, and so was her defiant response to the controversy.”
TOD family, what is behind the news media new obsession about the lack of access for WH photojournalist? What is their motive? What are they planning? I’m always wary when Fox news starts something, and the rest of the media joins them in parroting the same fake outrage. NBC news spent a segment on this on their evening news with Kristen Welker along with Ron Fournier expressing their outrage and basically accusing the WH of propaganda. These people are beginning to scare me with their constant obsession with President Obama and everything he does. I can’t shake this horrible feeling that they’re planning something very shady. I hope the WH refuse to give them anymore access beyond what is required.
I think they are mad because they haven’t had any real scandal to report on. They just know something is being hidden from them. I hope the White House doesn’t give in to them. The press corp wouldn’t report the thruth if they saw it. I trust Jay Carney to handle them.
And when was the last time media photographers were invited into the private quarters of the White House to, oh I don’t know, take a quick shot of Bush while he was brushing his teeth? Or choking on a pretzel? Or even a quick shot of Laura Bush on her treadmill?
The President has an official photographer to take official photographs. The others get to click whenever they are granted access, no more, no less. I’m with you on calling bull on everything else about this non-issue.
Rikyrah, I am with you 100%! The media are looking for every opportunity can catch the President off-guard and take pics that they can then use to promote their negative depiction of President Obama and his family. The media’s obsession with the so called “selfie” is a prime example of why they are obsessing about the so called “lack of access” to the President.
The politicos will all be going “home for the holidays”!
Speaking of War on Christmas … What’s so absurd is that I recall it became politically correct (and even courteous, God forbid, pun intended on the latter) in this country to use the term “Happy Holidays,” so that non-Christians and non-believers would not feel excluded.
So I guess we don’t need to worry about them anymore, eh, FOX?
I even remember occasions when I worked for the federal government way back in the 1980s when we switched verbiage in the office, in written or oral greetings, to be inclusive. It was supposed to be appropriate in official or public settings – or even in retail establishments – to use “Happy Holidays,” even when Christmas (I don’t remember that Jesus’ mother hung ornaments or put cookies and milk on the table in the stable for white Santa the night He was born, but I digress) aka holiday trees were visible.
Nobody was “forbidden” to say Merry Christmas 30 years ago, white Santa was still Ho-Ho-Ho-ing, nobody BY FREAKIN’ LAW had to change over, but most did in one way or the other, when they felt it was appropriate or expected. As consenting adults, trying to do the right thing in a society.
The sun still rose on Holiday morning, and we all still got to open our Holiday presents.
So, FOX, technically the War on Christmas started at least 30 years ago … when President Obama was not in the White House, I might add. Next scandal about which to hawk books? How about War on A Living Wage?
JOB, I’m with you on the change of language many decades ago when we were all trying to be sensitive to the many cultures we encountered in the work place. It’s considerate to say happy holidays to people whose religion you’re unsure of and I refuse to care what right wingers think about it. They conduct a constant war against everything and everybody we hold dear. So, to hell with them. And Happy Holidays to all.
I saw that same segment and it infuriated me. I tell you, it’s got me quite alarmed. I wish there was an effective way to organize against these hit pieces by the press. They want control of POTUS and family image. I think they feel threatened by internet access and want to be solely in charge of what the country sees and hears.
Those members of the press have not caught up with the reality of social media, the web, youtube….any of that yet. THEY are still trying to control everything, what we see, what we hear…..it can’t be done any more. They are kicking and screaming against progress. If we see it, others do it too.
Well, VP, the good news is that when they’re talking about photographs, they’ve got nothing. No drama on ObamaCare. No Benghazi. No nonexistent IRS scandal. Nothing.
Love our First Family. I often think of all of the little ones they have brought smiles to graceful run across their little faces. The hugs, the funny faces that President Obama loves to give them will always be remembered.
We are surely blessed to have such a loving and gracious First Family. They daily show this nation what a generous, loving, and caring spirit can bring to the lives of millions of people. So honored to be alive during his presidency. Thank you, Mr. President and First Family.HZ
BobFR, saw that you’re having Twitter problems on Firefox. I’m on Windows OS, and Twitter is completely non-functioning for me on Google Chrome – I think it appears as it would if you were a developer — not user friendly, won’t display photos. I reloaded the Windows OS yesterday but that didn’t help — thought I downloaded a virus along with Google Chrome — conduit search — turns out it’s not malicious, just annoying — I got rid of it — but it’s how can Google, with all the resources at their disposal allow crap to download with their browser? There’s no question where it came from — I accessed the Internet only twice after reinstalling the Windows OS – once to download Chrome on IE, the other when Chrome was successfully installed.
Ask one of the birds which door the other bird would tell you was heaven, then choose the opposite door. If you ask the truth bird, he will tell you that the lying bird would show you the hell door. If you ask the lying bird, he will lie to you and will show you the opposite of the door the truth bird would show you (which is the heaven door). So you pick the opposite door and you are in heaven.
No, and I’m still mad about that injustice. And didn’t they say that Joy Reid would be the permanent sub until they hired a replacement? That would have softened the blow somewhat, but they had Ari Melber hosting the show every day last week——-that’s a big drop off in quality and in reason to watch—-gigantic, in fact.
“This interview was different, you know?” Harvey said. “I think I talked to him the way most people don’t talk to the President.” “I told him I wanted a man on man interview,” he continued. “I don’t care about the politics. It’s not important to me. Look, he’s a great guy. There’s a section of people that don’t agree with anything he does. There’s those of us that get it. Let’s talk about family, and the wives, and Christmas. You know, let’s talk about those girls, we got girls the same age, and how we feel about fatherhood.”
Asked about the so-called “funeral selfie” at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, Harvey said “It was perfectly fine. So what? It was a celebration of life. Mandela, you know, it wasn’t like what happened to Martin Luther King, he was taken from us at an early age. Mandela lived. It was a celebration of life. People want to be seen with the President.” He also defended First Lady Michelle Obama’s expression in the now-famous photo. “First of all, it’s like a 30 second soundbyte,” he said, adding “If you take a 30 second soundbyte of anybody at anytime, they can appear crazy. A photo of this woman who could have been thinking about Mandela’s life, anything could have happened. They want to take this and make her out to be — I have met her. I don’t know a sweeter person. My wife has met her, I don’t know a sweeter person.”
I can’t wait to see Steve Harvey Show Friday December 20th. I met her, I don’t know of a sweeter person. My wife have met her. I am tired of the attack on FLOTUS, dam tired of it.
I don’t understand this selfie rubbish. First of all it is the Danish PM who wanted it and took it not PBO.
Secondly, what was PBO to do when she asked- rudely say no and turn his back on her?
The US MSM have completely lost it in trying to smear the President. i’m so sick of it that I now refuse to watch any of the so-called news programs. I don’t think they know how badly they are damaging themselves.
Welcome to beautiful parents, Andrea Elena. May your journey Andrea Elena be guided with grace, love, and all of the most precious opportunities that a loving and fair world that your father, mother, and uncle are trying to make for all of the precious ones who were born alongside of you on this day. Welcome sweet little ones.
And I notice a new round of negative O-care stories—-that peeps with insurance saying they’re unhappy because their premiums and deductibles are going up. I picture some of these newsrooms with guys (probably mostly guys) sitting around a conference table saying—“the obamacare news hasn’t been bad enough lately. C’mon, come up with something bad and get it out there stat!”
Howdy doody all you O’s!!! It was and remains a great getting up day on planet TOD!!!!!
So I thought I’d finish off the shopping when much to my surprise, the auto is sitting on a flat in 4 inches of snow! So now what? I have no clue about flat tires and I sure don’t know how to change them. I guess I’ll be contributing to someone’s happy holiday, when they bill me for the trip charge, change the tire charge, get out in the cold charge, gotta get low to the ground charge, car facing the wrong way charge, etc… oh and the tip…..there’s always the tip.
{{{Cookem}}} I like your spirit – ‘contributing to someone’s happy holiday’. 😀 I wonder though, why you would go out shopping when you don’t really HAVE to? I mean 4 inches of snow should be a deterrent….. shouldn’t it? (So says someone who hates shopping.) Also, have you considered AAA? Not knowing how to change tires (despite my one lesson years and years ago) I regularly pay the automobile association for stuff like that so when I’m stumped I just call them. In fact, I’ve been paying them for so long, and my car’s been so ‘good’ that I initially forgot to call them last year when I needed a tow, or jump start 😀
I know, right? I’m not even shopping for gifts, but rather for the house (coming along nicely). I had AAA, but went soooo many years never needing them, that I decided to let it go. Of course, this is when I need them. Oh well I’ll think of something. I ain’t scurred no tire!
It’s that ‘insurance’ thing, CM. 😉 I went for years and years without using mine (kept it even when my vehicle was new), but was so relieved when I remembered that I had it the day I needed it. I actually added on my offspring (who doesn’t drive) this year, because I got a better rate on travel insurance from them when we were sauntering over to LA in the summer. I’m not as intrepid as you – if I can get someone else to ‘work’, I’ll let them. I’m all for building their character. 😉
While I’m enjoying a beautiful program on HGTV, and looking at lovely pics and posting with my favorite online community at TOD, Glen Greenwald is having a royal fit on Twitter…… Life is good… 🙂 🙂
LOL! OK, Let me try my hand at “Obama photo” interpretation since this seems to be the new “hot” thing to do: Whoever is talking/singing/performing is probably making a reference to PBO, he’s feeling touched by their words and Sasha is smiling at whatever they’re saying. The person in the background is also looking at PBO to see his reaction. 🙂 🙂 🙂
What kind of a sane interpretation is that, Hopef? Obviously, PBO was daydreaming, not really seeing what was going on on stage and Sasha, knowing her father well, is snickering at him. PBO was probably dreaming of the African selfie. The guy behind is actually shaking his head that PBO was off in la-la land. You can see by his blurred image that he was shaking his head. Pay attention!
You’re right vc. PBO was dreaming of the African Selfie…impatient with the show. Wants to go home NOW. And the guy in the background is telling him to calm down.
hopefruit2, let me try it, a young daughter looking at her Dad who she loves, loves, loves loves. Who is thinking “F” the media, I know who my Dad and Mom is, and I don’t have to guess.
You’re right anniebella….my daughter looked at her daddy just like that at that age. She is now 42, happily married, and still looks at her dad that way. I call NORMAL!!!
Knoller is happy because he got to take pics of the First Family (he posted one of them), and I’m sure he must have gotten some desserts at the function.
That was a beautiful presentation of not only the décor for the Holiday Season at the White House…but of the extremely talented volunteers who design and create such beautiful decorations…I hope that I get a chance to see the White House during the Christmas Season before the Obamas leave….
Indeed hopefruit2 and prettyfoot58. Very lovely and a big thank you to the wonderful volunteers who graciously do such a beautiful job. We thank them for all that they do. Beautiful!!!!!HZ
Wait just ONE minute Ms Chips. How come Danny is sleeping cuddling his toy lovingly one second…..please TODable TODs look at the toy Danny is cuddling and the color of that toy.
Hmm?
Then Ms Chips has a “STAGED” One arm/leg missing blueish grey toy to blame sweet, well behaved Danny? Danny, you are being framed. I am protesting that the destroyed toy was a “STAGED” event. Since the name of this Blog Post is TOD. I blame president Obama, who esle?
The Obama Diary 
Sono primo!
Congrats on first, Bill. 🙂
Congrats Bill R. I remember when FLOTUS wore that dress when she visited the Queen during the Olympics. 🙂 Lovely!!
Careful there. Someone is gonna complain about the way she dresses. 😦
🙂 “Dressgate”.
Good one COS. 🙂
Billllllllllllllll!
Indeed! Congrats.
Congrats Bill on #1 🙂
Sì, Bill; complimenti. (O the joys of google! 😀 )
Me.
You. 🙂
^_^
Nice to see *you* more often these days!
Awww. The feeling is mutual.
Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo, folks! Saluti e benedizioni al nostro Presidente Obama e alla sua famiglia meravigliosa.
I see all the Christmas talk and WH festivities have you sharing wishes really early! 😀
They look so beautiful.
Hi #1 Bill and all you Obots! We love our First Family and their generous spirits!
Aren’t they gorgeous in those photos? Aren’t the little elves gorgeous? So enjoyable to see their interaction with the children, including their two daughters!
Hay look at our lovely First Family.
Gorgeous. That’s the outfit FLOTUS wore to the palace while in London for the Olympics.
ut, I remember that outfit too. Sasha has those shoes on she wore the day they welcome the Christmas tree. They all look good.
We are all FLOTUS dress geeks! I remember that dress and occasion too, and I love that dress….they all are so wonderful.
You are so right carolyn.
😯 Left behind! …….. 😀
Congrats on 1st Bill!!
Interesting:
A sample:
“On Fox News’ The Kelly File Friday night, host Megyn Kelly tried to explain away her emphatic insistence that Santa Claus is emphatically, undeniable, and unchangeably white by explaining that she was just agreeing with Slate’s Aisha Harris that our culture depicts Santa Claus as white. Kelly also claimed she was the victim of accusations of “racism,” but then proceeded to play several clips of no one accusing her of that. Kelly’s commentary was an outrageous example of white privilege, and so was her defiant response to the controversy.”
http://tommyxtopher.blogspot.com/2013/12/megyn-kelly-blames-her-white-privilege.html
Affluenza maybe?
Good point!
TOD family, what is behind the news media new obsession about the lack of access for WH photojournalist? What is their motive? What are they planning? I’m always wary when Fox news starts something, and the rest of the media joins them in parroting the same fake outrage. NBC news spent a segment on this on their evening news with Kristen Welker along with Ron Fournier expressing their outrage and basically accusing the WH of propaganda. These people are beginning to scare me with their constant obsession with President Obama and everything he does. I can’t shake this horrible feeling that they’re planning something very shady. I hope the WH refuse to give them anymore access beyond what is required.
I think they are mad because they haven’t had any real scandal to report on. They just know something is being hidden from them. I hope the White House doesn’t give in to them. The press corp wouldn’t report the thruth if they saw it. I trust Jay Carney to handle them.
I’m with mtmarilyn, but they don’t care about anything being ‘ hidden’. They just want to ‘invent’ a scandal.
I totally agree – they just want to manipulate any access they get to President Obama, and create a false narrative. They are pathetic.
And when was the last time media photographers were invited into the private quarters of the White House to, oh I don’t know, take a quick shot of Bush while he was brushing his teeth? Or choking on a pretzel? Or even a quick shot of Laura Bush on her treadmill?
The President has an official photographer to take official photographs. The others get to click whenever they are granted access, no more, no less. I’m with you on calling bull on everything else about this non-issue.
Rikyrah, I am with you 100%! The media are looking for every opportunity can catch the President off-guard and take pics that they can then use to promote their negative depiction of President Obama and his family. The media’s obsession with the so called “selfie” is a prime example of why they are obsessing about the so called “lack of access” to the President.
jacquei and nathkatun7, I agree with you 100%.
Yup, ben ghazi bombed big in their collective faces. thanks lara.
So Christmas comes early to Washington? Because war on christmas?
The politicos will all be going “home for the holidays”!
Speaking of War on Christmas … What’s so absurd is that I recall it became politically correct (and even courteous, God forbid, pun intended on the latter) in this country to use the term “Happy Holidays,” so that non-Christians and non-believers would not feel excluded.
So I guess we don’t need to worry about them anymore, eh, FOX?
I even remember occasions when I worked for the federal government way back in the 1980s when we switched verbiage in the office, in written or oral greetings, to be inclusive. It was supposed to be appropriate in official or public settings – or even in retail establishments – to use “Happy Holidays,” even when Christmas (I don’t remember that Jesus’ mother hung ornaments or put cookies and milk on the table in the stable for white Santa the night He was born, but I digress) aka holiday trees were visible.
Nobody was “forbidden” to say Merry Christmas 30 years ago, white Santa was still Ho-Ho-Ho-ing, nobody BY FREAKIN’ LAW had to change over, but most did in one way or the other, when they felt it was appropriate or expected. As consenting adults, trying to do the right thing in a society.
The sun still rose on Holiday morning, and we all still got to open our Holiday presents.
So, FOX, technically the War on Christmas started at least 30 years ago … when President Obama was not in the White House, I might add. Next scandal about which to hawk books? How about War on A Living Wage?
JOB, I’m with you on the change of language many decades ago when we were all trying to be sensitive to the many cultures we encountered in the work place. It’s considerate to say happy holidays to people whose religion you’re unsure of and I refuse to care what right wingers think about it. They conduct a constant war against everything and everybody we hold dear. So, to hell with them. And Happy Holidays to all.
These pics are putting me in the Christmas spirit! I look forward to seeing the TNT show this Friday 🙂
I love these photos! Love these people!
So do I PFWHI, I love these pictures too. Thanks Chipsticks for getting them to us.
I saw that same segment and it infuriated me. I tell you, it’s got me quite alarmed. I wish there was an effective way to organize against these hit pieces by the press. They want control of POTUS and family image. I think they feel threatened by internet access and want to be solely in charge of what the country sees and hears.
Don’t worry VP. They won’t succeed. America has seen this President and knows who he is, so the media’s crap won’t scratch the surface.
Those members of the press have not caught up with the reality of social media, the web, youtube….any of that yet. THEY are still trying to control everything, what we see, what we hear…..it can’t be done any more. They are kicking and screaming against progress. If we see it, others do it too.
We the People … are the 4th Estate.
#FORWARD Together
Thank you, Bobfr. You know how to put them on notice. HZ
You’re welcome, HZ 🙂
Bob – My brain almost read “#IceAge” in your tweet, which sometimes I think we’re still in!
Thank you, Bobfr.
Well, VP, the good news is that when they’re talking about photographs, they’ve got nothing. No drama on ObamaCare. No Benghazi. No nonexistent IRS scandal. Nothing.
Love our First Family. I often think of all of the little ones they have brought smiles to graceful run across their little faces. The hugs, the funny faces that President Obama loves to give them will always be remembered.
We are surely blessed to have such a loving and gracious First Family. They daily show this nation what a generous, loving, and caring spirit can bring to the lives of millions of people. So honored to be alive during his presidency. Thank you, Mr. President and First Family.HZ
Left-wing candidate Michelle Bachelet has been elected Chilean president for a second time, with her run-off rival conceding based on partial results.
With nearly 90% of the vote counted, Ms Bachelet had 62% to 38% for Evelyn Matthei, a former minister from the ruling centre-right coalition.
Ms Bachelet first served as president in 2006-10, after which she was obliged by electoral laws to stand down.
She narrowly missed out on outright victory in the first round last month.
Ms Bachelet is now set to become the first leader in Chile to serve two terms since the military rule of Gen Augusto Pinochet in 1973 to 1990.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25387340
Al Giordano will be happy.
one of Bachelet’s goals is to craft a new constitution. Chile is still operating under the one from 1988 overseen by Pinochet.
I am hopelessly behind on TOD, and not sure if this was posted yesterday.
But, keeping in the spirit of the season and today’s WH festivities, seems appropriate now.
BobFR, saw that you’re having Twitter problems on Firefox. I’m on Windows OS, and Twitter is completely non-functioning for me on Google Chrome – I think it appears as it would if you were a developer — not user friendly, won’t display photos. I reloaded the Windows OS yesterday but that didn’t help — thought I downloaded a virus along with Google Chrome — conduit search — turns out it’s not malicious, just annoying — I got rid of it — but it’s how can Google, with all the resources at their disposal allow crap to download with their browser? There’s no question where it came from — I accessed the Internet only twice after reinstalling the Windows OS – once to download Chrome on IE, the other when Chrome was successfully installed.
Thanks Hopefruit, sometimes I need to be reminded, they’ve already lost that battle. The internet train has left the station.
I swear, I came to the computer to do something, and I completely forgot what it was.
😆 Oooooh LL, I sure know that feeling!!!
Are you chug-a-lugging the DayQuil? That could be it.
I would say: Please tell me my name while pointing to the “Heaven” door? LOL!
Ask one of the birds which door the other bird would tell you was heaven, then choose the opposite door. If you ask the truth bird, he will tell you that the lying bird would show you the hell door. If you ask the lying bird, he will lie to you and will show you the opposite of the door the truth bird would show you (which is the heaven door). So you pick the opposite door and you are in heaven.
Has anyone heard anything about Martin Bashir? Has he been hired anywhere?
No, and I’m still mad about that injustice. And didn’t they say that Joy Reid would be the permanent sub until they hired a replacement? That would have softened the blow somewhat, but they had Ari Melber hosting the show every day last week——-that’s a big drop off in quality and in reason to watch—-gigantic, in fact.
“This interview was different, you know?” Harvey said. “I think I talked to him the way most people don’t talk to the President.” “I told him I wanted a man on man interview,” he continued. “I don’t care about the politics. It’s not important to me. Look, he’s a great guy. There’s a section of people that don’t agree with anything he does. There’s those of us that get it. Let’s talk about family, and the wives, and Christmas. You know, let’s talk about those girls, we got girls the same age, and how we feel about fatherhood.”
Asked about the so-called “funeral selfie” at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, Harvey said “It was perfectly fine. So what? It was a celebration of life. Mandela, you know, it wasn’t like what happened to Martin Luther King, he was taken from us at an early age. Mandela lived. It was a celebration of life. People want to be seen with the President.” He also defended First Lady Michelle Obama’s expression in the now-famous photo. “First of all, it’s like a 30 second soundbyte,” he said, adding “If you take a 30 second soundbyte of anybody at anytime, they can appear crazy. A photo of this woman who could have been thinking about Mandela’s life, anything could have happened. They want to take this and make her out to be — I have met her. I don’t know a sweeter person. My wife has met her, I don’t know a sweeter person.”
I can’t wait to see Steve Harvey Show Friday December 20th. I met her, I don’t know of a sweeter person. My wife have met her. I am tired of the attack on FLOTUS, dam tired of it.
Thanks to Steve Harvey for standing up for our First Lady. I have to get in touch with him somehow and tell him that too.
I don’t understand this selfie rubbish. First of all it is the Danish PM who wanted it and took it not PBO.
Secondly, what was PBO to do when she asked- rudely say no and turn his back on her?
The US MSM have completely lost it in trying to smear the President. i’m so sick of it that I now refuse to watch any of the so-called news programs. I don’t think they know how badly they are damaging themselves.
The U.S. MSM isn’t worth sh*t. It is clear they have jump on the GOP “we hate Obama” bandwagon. They do not like this President.
So Joaquin and his wife are now new parents. Meet Andrea Elena!
Awesome. Happy Birthday lil’ one and welcome to Planet Earth 🙂
Welcome to beautiful parents, Andrea Elena. May your journey Andrea Elena be guided with grace, love, and all of the most precious opportunities that a loving and fair world that your father, mother, and uncle are trying to make for all of the precious ones who were born alongside of you on this day. Welcome sweet little ones.
Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Joaquin Castro.HZ
HGTV’s White House holiday special is on right now.
Thanks for the gentle ‘minder. My DVR is also recording… 🙂 🙂
Where are you seeing it, Hf? I’ve clicked just about everywhere, including the link given in the last post, with no luck.
Hey there vcprez, I’m getting it on HGTV cable channel. It’s re-airing at 2am. I’ll probably miss that one. Maybe I’ll record it.
So no links from my laptop? Drat! I never watch TV so by the time I turned it on and figured out how to get the channel it’d be over, I’d bet. Grrrr.
Thanks, Cookem!
/grumbling/ I don’t see why they couldn’t have it readily accessible to *me* now. 😉
LOL! Unfortunately they don’t live stream this particular show.
I shall have to make a complaint – as soon as I find out who is responsible. Or is it PBO’s ‘fault’ too?
Hi Megyn, want to come sit on Santa’s lap?
I’m a good Santa Megyn, even though I’m not white.
LOL!!!!!! Good one annieb!!!!!!!
🙂
And I notice a new round of negative O-care stories—-that peeps with insurance saying they’re unhappy because their premiums and deductibles are going up. I picture some of these newsrooms with guys (probably mostly guys) sitting around a conference table saying—“the obamacare news hasn’t been bad enough lately. C’mon, come up with something bad and get it out there stat!”
This!!! I saw that same headline.
Howdy doody all you O’s!!! It was and remains a great getting up day on planet TOD!!!!!
So I thought I’d finish off the shopping when much to my surprise, the auto is sitting on a flat in 4 inches of snow! So now what? I have no clue about flat tires and I sure don’t know how to change them. I guess I’ll be contributing to someone’s happy holiday, when they bill me for the trip charge, change the tire charge, get out in the cold charge, gotta get low to the ground charge, car facing the wrong way charge, etc… oh and the tip…..there’s always the tip.
{{{Cookem}}} I like your spirit – ‘contributing to someone’s happy holiday’. 😀 I wonder though, why you would go out shopping when you don’t really HAVE to? I mean 4 inches of snow should be a deterrent….. shouldn’t it? (So says someone who hates shopping.) Also, have you considered AAA? Not knowing how to change tires (despite my one lesson years and years ago) I regularly pay the automobile association for stuff like that so when I’m stumped I just call them. In fact, I’ve been paying them for so long, and my car’s been so ‘good’ that I initially forgot to call them last year when I needed a tow, or jump start 😀
I know, right? I’m not even shopping for gifts, but rather for the house (coming along nicely). I had AAA, but went soooo many years never needing them, that I decided to let it go. Of course, this is when I need them. Oh well I’ll think of something. I ain’t scurred no tire!
House coming along nicely ➡ 😎
It’s that ‘insurance’ thing, CM. 😉 I went for years and years without using mine (kept it even when my vehicle was new), but was so relieved when I remembered that I had it the day I needed it. I actually added on my offspring (who doesn’t drive) this year, because I got a better rate on travel insurance from them when we were sauntering over to LA in the summer. I’m not as intrepid as you – if I can get someone else to ‘work’, I’ll let them. I’m all for building their character. 😉
GG in meltdown ….
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
I fell over laughing at that. Just got back up off the floor.
#MyExerciseForTheDay
He liked baseball? Probably not a Cubs fan then.
https://twitter.com/GLEN_MICH/status/412393387547824128
While I’m enjoying a beautiful program on HGTV, and looking at lovely pics and posting with my favorite online community at TOD, Glen Greenwald is having a royal fit on Twitter…… Life is good… 🙂 🙂
Sure is, hf 🙂
Ahhhhh ‘the Daddy Protector’
LOL! OK, Let me try my hand at “Obama photo” interpretation since this seems to be the new “hot” thing to do: Whoever is talking/singing/performing is probably making a reference to PBO, he’s feeling touched by their words and Sasha is smiling at whatever they’re saying. The person in the background is also looking at PBO to see his reaction. 🙂 🙂 🙂
What kind of a sane interpretation is that, Hopef? Obviously, PBO was daydreaming, not really seeing what was going on on stage and Sasha, knowing her father well, is snickering at him. PBO was probably dreaming of the African selfie. The guy behind is actually shaking his head that PBO was off in la-la land. You can see by his blurred image that he was shaking his head. Pay attention!
You’re right vc. PBO was dreaming of the African Selfie…impatient with the show. Wants to go home NOW. And the guy in the background is telling him to calm down.
Much better! There might yet be a spot at FOX for you after all. 😛
I’m getting my resume ready…thanks for encouragement! 🙂
Is this the normal family?
hopefruit2, let me try it, a young daughter looking at her Dad who she loves, loves, loves loves. Who is thinking “F” the media, I know who my Dad and Mom is, and I don’t have to guess.
You’re right anniebella….my daughter looked at her daddy just like that at that age. She is now 42, happily married, and still looks at her dad that way. I call NORMAL!!!
Notice they’re all white.
Knoller reports an Obama funny, deviating from his usual reporting of Obama golfy and Obama foodie.
Knoller is happy because he got to take pics of the First Family (he posted one of them), and I’m sure he must have gotten some desserts at the function.
1.7 MILLION Classified documents, folks ….
Hmmmmm……no wonder that little twerp can only hide out in Russia, but at some point the misery and oppression there will become unbearable.
The AG is just waiting to pounce…being very patient, I think.
That has been my hope, Layla. Would not surprise me if a Grand Jury already has Greenwald, Snowden, Poitras, and others under sealed indictment(s).
Layla and Bobfr, our AG Got This. No Doubt. Watch.HZ
WOW…simply amazing
That was a beautiful presentation of not only the décor for the Holiday Season at the White House…but of the extremely talented volunteers who design and create such beautiful decorations…I hope that I get a chance to see the White House during the Christmas Season before the Obamas leave….
The volunteers all displayed such great enthusiasm and they are extremely good at what they do. 🙂 Lovely show. Glad I taped it.
Indeed hopefruit2 and prettyfoot58. Very lovely and a big thank you to the wonderful volunteers who graciously do such a beautiful job. We thank them for all that they do. Beautiful!!!!!HZ
Yes, indeed, a lovely show. I too loved the enthusiasm of the volunteers, and the dedication of the White House workers!
Yes…..I wish I had
Don’t let Jodi Kantor see this:
Jodi Kantor you sorry “B”, there is nothing stage about the way this daughter is looking at her Daddy.
PROPAGANDA strikes again.
Dag, I missed the WH during the Christmas Season. Do anyone know when it might come on again? Let me know, please.
Unfortunately very early tomorrow morning (3AM Eastern time).
Oh my. I see who won the one round. 🙂
Oops, meant “won this round”. 🙂
Yeah, yeah, that’s all fine. When are you gonna fix the fywp twitter thingy here?
Chips what did you do with Danny’s little rubber chicken? Did you get it replaced? Or are you depriving the poor pup of his fav’rite toy?
Dismembered by the ‘tree trunks’!
Is the ‘thing’ in the back a victim in waiting…..
Oh my! I gotta say, Danny is suddenly ENORMOUS.
Oh. Oh. Well Danny’s is a big boy. Perhaps a bigger toy his size ❓
Wait just ONE minute Ms Chips. How come Danny is sleeping cuddling his toy lovingly one second…..please TODable TODs look at the toy Danny is cuddling and the color of that toy.
Hmm?
Then Ms Chips has a “STAGED” One arm/leg missing blueish grey toy to blame sweet, well behaved Danny? Danny, you are being framed. I am protesting that the destroyed toy was a “STAGED” event. Since the name of this Blog Post is TOD. I blame president Obama, who esle?
😆 Danny has already hired Dotster as his lawyer, Nena, but I think he’d be seeeeeeriously interested in hiring you too!!
This picture was taken from 1 of the 4 plexi-glass boxes installed a few years ago on the outside of the Sears (now named Willis Tower). I’m not sure I’m brave enough to step out there.
https://twitter.com/Fascinatingpics/status/412405510647070721
http://www.theskydeck.com/the-tower/facts-about-the-ledge
Terre solide!
Whoa. I always wanted to go hang gliding and didn’t, but that looks like the second best adventure. What a view.
Helllloooooo, TODville!!
Wowie, these photos of the First Family are GORGEOUS and completely heart-warming. The girls look so beautiful. It’s great to see Sasha’s smile.
(Can you imagine having PBO be your FATHER? OMG, whoa.
Everyone wishes PBO were their father – especially the emoprogs!
LOLz!!!!!!
Chat on!
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/12/15/chat-on-eveningnight-owls/