On This Day – Pete Souza: “Two days after the shootings at Newtown, the President traveled to Connecticut to meet with the victims’ families and give remarks at a prayer vigil. The President spent hours greeting family members. Difficult as that was for everyone, the one moment that helped sooth the pain was when he posed for a photo with the siblings and cousins of Emilie Parker, one of the 20 children who died that day in Newtown. I see both sadness and hope in this photograph, and I know after a lot of tears that day, it meant so much to the President that everyone was able to smile for a moment in this family photo. Thanks to the Parker family for allowing us to show this photograph publicly.” Dec. 16, 2012
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Today (all times Eastern):
1:0: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney
2:0: First Lady Michelle Obama visits the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington
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Michael Tomasky: Why Obama’s Haters Are Worse Than Bush’s
The left’s critics of the Bush presidency are no match to today’s paranoid right, as this week’s insane innuendo – from the Hawaii plane crash to The Handshake – perfectly illustrates.
Permit me to share with you my favorite set of headlines from Thursday.
USA Today: Official who OK’d Obama birth papers dies in crash.
NPR: Hawaiian Official Who Released Obama’s Birth Certificate Dies in Plane Crash.
NBC News: Health care director who approved Obama birth certificate dies in plane crash.
And finally, National Review, and note the difference, which rests in just one word, but what a word it is: Official Who Released Obama’s Birth Certificate Dies in Mysterious Plane Crash.
Ah, of course. “Mysterious.” Well, I mean, it had to be, didn’t it?
More here
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Real tweet:
Justice Robert’s pen & Obamacare has done more damage to the USA then the swords of the Nazis,Soviets & terrorists combined.
— Bob Rucho (@SenatorBobRucho) December 15, 2013
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Steve Benen: Why there’s no Republican health care plan
Where’s the Republican alternative to the Affordable Care Act? The question is generally best suited for milk cartons – it’s pretty clear GOP officials would love to “repeal” the federal health care law, but we’ve been waiting for years to know what they’d “replace” it with.
…. As for why Republicans have no rival plan, there’s no great mystery. Every credible, effective solution requires some combination of regulating the private insurance market and investing in broader coverage for consumers. There’s just no way around that, and as a result, GOP officials are left with an ideological hurdle they simply cannot clear.
And so Republicans spin their wheels, condemning a policy that they used to like – remember, the basic ACA blueprint was a conservative approach to health care reform – while pretending to have an alternative they can’t identify in earnest.
Full post here
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Crooks and Liars: When Will CNN Start Being Honest About The ACA?
Another Sunday full of talking heads concerning their empty little selves with how Politifact’s ridiculous Lie of the Year determination might hurt Democrats.
…. If only Politifact had been around when George W. Bush was lying to us about Iraq and WMD. Maybe we could have saved thousands of lives by opposing that war before they sent troops into that godforsaken place for no specific purpose other than settling the score and Dubya’s Daddy issues.
Meanwhile, our panelists completely ignore the true liars in Politifact’s lie of the year: Insurers. Once again, I urge them to read the transcript of an actual telephone call which took place in 2010 luring an insured in a grandfathered plan out of that plan and into one that wasn’t grandfathered.
More here
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Pres. Obama nominated Vice Admiral Michelle Howard for a 4th Star. First woman in Navy history http://t.co/xkOqSjbfx1 pic.twitter.com/do4mjPlDS4
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) December 16, 2013
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Jim Stuart’s New Blog: Deep Currents, Surface Storms – Immigration http://t.co/JKD95iPveS
— Smarty Pants (@Smartypants60) December 16, 2013
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ThinkProgress: Newtown Victim’s Sister: ‘It Only Takes 90 Seconds’ To Do A Background Check
One year ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a 27-year-old teacher, Victoria Leigh Soto, threw herself between her first graders and Adam Lanza, taking the bullets he meant for them. A photograph of her younger sister, Carlee, receiving the news of Vicki’s death on her cell phone quickly became a symbol of national heartbreak over the shooting.
On this week’s Fox News Sunday, Carlee Soto, 21, spoke with host Chris Wallace about that day and her newfound advocacy on gun violence. Soto expressed her frustration with the Senate’s failure to pass bipartisan background check legislation in April…
More here
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A Year Ago Today:
Pete Souza: “The President works on his Newtown speech at an auditorium in suburban Washington. Two days earlier, I had photographed him when John Brennan first briefed him on the shootings. Throughout that day, he reacted as we all did, which people witnessed when he delivered his statement a few hours later. Before we headed to Newtown for the Sunday night vigil, he went to watch his daughter Sasha, 11, at her rehearsal for the Nutcracker; he would be unable to attend her performance because of the trip to Newtown. During breaks in the rehearsal, he worked on his speech. His expression in this photograph may be subtle to the viewer, but not to me. There is emotion and resolve etched on his face, and he knew the importance of this speech for the nation.” Dec. 16, 2012
Eknoor Kaur, 3, stands with her father Guramril Singh during a candlelight vigil outside Newtown High School before an interfaith vigil with President Obama, Dec. 16
Members of the Sikh community hold a candlelight vigil outside Newtown high school
President Obama holding the granddaughter of Dawn Hochstrung, the Sandy Hook Elementary School principal who died in the shootings. Dec 16, 2012
“My mom would be SO proud to see President Obama holding her granddaughter” (@Chass63)
President Obama with Robbie Parker, father of Emilie, one of the 20 children who died in Newtown
President Obama attends a Sandy Hook interfaith vigil at Newtown High School, Dec. 16, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)
People hold hands in a bar near Sandy Hook Elementary School as President Obama speaks in Newtown
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ThinkProgress: How Newtown Transformed Gun Activism
In the year since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, the American gun debate was thrust into the center of the national conversation. The horrific shooting, which left 20 children and 6 adults dead, galvanized both advocates and opponents of stricter gun regulation. 2013 saw a slew of new gun laws in virtually every state; 29 states weakened gun restrictions while 21 others and DC strengthened them. Even after a widely popular bipartisan bill to expand background checks on gun sales failed in the Senate, Newtown continues to shape the way Americans think about guns — and the way activists talk to them.
Below is a rundown of where gun activists stand one year after Newtown…
More here
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On This Day:
First Lady Michelle Obama delivers toys donated by White House staff to the Marine Corps Base Quantico Toys for Tots Campaign warehouse in Stafford, Va., Dec. 16, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
The White House and the National Christmas Tree are illuminated at dusk in Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2009. (Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
Pete Souza: “This is a photograph I’d been trying unsuccessfully to make for some time. This is looking in the back windows of the Oval Office, an unusual vantage point that only I have access to. I wanted to shoot it at dusk, so there was still a little of light remaining in the sky. He was seated at the desk for most of the call, so I waited a long time hoping he would stand up so I could see him more clearly.” Dec. 16, 2009
First Lady Michelle Obama carries a bag of toys donated by Executive Office staffers into a Toys for Tots event at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling on Dec. 16, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama delivers toys and gifts donated by White House staff to the Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots campaign at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2011 (Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
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MoooOOOooorning Everyone!
The Obama Diary 
1st!
I am happy to congratulate your speed 🙂 have a great day df
coffee:) Hello and good morning, 99!!
DeeeeeeeeeeeEffffffffffff!!!!! Morning everyone!
Those pictures of Michelle Obama are such a delight – whoever talks about “staged” is insane – no-one can stage those smiles and that enjoyment.
As for Pete Souza – I hope he tells the SS when he is wondering around in the foliage outside the white house in the evenings.
You are so right 99ts, and GM to you too.
GM America
(I’m late, but) GM Australia!
Of course, time zones matter, but I was going by “TOD time”!
6.22am – so I didn’t read your message late 🙂 – why did I wake so early.
I’d only be up at that time, on the computer, if I had to be at an airport! 🙂
I’ll just take the afternoon nap as the day wears on – the advantages of retirement 🙂
Tell me about it!
From Bloomberg Breaking News… Productivity in U.S. Rose 3% in Third Quarter, Revised From 1.9% Gain
There he goes again! Making us more productive!
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks & TOD family!
Mooooooorning GGail!!
Good morning!
Great morning all! 22,823,459 hits!!!!!!!!!!
Good Morning all. Have been so busy finishing up school. Only 5 days until break!!!
Bringing over from last thread.
Excuse my poor manners; I walked in the door and started posting without first greeting you fine folks. So, Good Morning, TOD family. May you have a Blessed and jazzy day!
GM all.
This is soooo true.
Paul Ryan can go to hell. If he gets squirrelly with the debt ceiling again, he can kiss his presidential ambitions goodbye. Not that he has any chance, anyway.
These sons of bitches act as though 2014 is getting farther and farther away as opposed to getting closer and closer. But hey, if they think they can successfully shutdown the government and open it up just in time for November’s elections, well then god bless their cold uncaring hearts.
G’morning Chips, TOD, lurkers, everyone and congrats df on # 1 🙂 Thanks Chips for another fantastic R & S packed with info and lots of heart-warming images of our FLOTUS and First Family 🙂
Moooooooorning DesertHopeFlowerFruit!!!! 😆
Heh… I’m in a good mood this morning….
Me too, even though it’s Monday – unusual!
🙂 🙂
Awesome, POTUS!
The first AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN 4 STAR GENERAL.
President Obama appointed two women to the supreme court with one being the first hispanic, and now he’s nominated the first african american female four star general of the navy.
We don’t have Generals in the Navy Don. We only have Ensigns, Lieutenants, Commanders, and Admirals with subsets of the last three. 🙂
Congratulation to Vice Admiral Michelle Howard, Thank you Mr. President.
Nary a peep from Ezra Klein and his sidekick Annie Lowery.
It should also be noted that the gold thingy above her service ribbons tell everyone that she is a qualified submariner…..Tough Lady!
Repubs seem to be seeking out and supporting the most extreme, fringiest whackobirds as their congressional candidates. Where do they even find these nuts?
ut, you should also add the fact that Obama, despite the boneless corrupt cong critters, has issued some 20 executive orders on gun control. He has kept his word.
The 23 Executive Orders On Gun Safety Signed By The President in Jan 2013.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/01/16/here-are-the-23-executive-orders-on-gun-safety-signed-today-by-the-president/
GM all! Mama Danny! BTs! I love that topmost pic!
For a giggle & a cackle, even if you’ve never visited or lived there, here are some Dubai Tragedies! 🙂 🙂
http://thatguynoman-blog.com/2013/05/13/dubai-tragedies-based-on-real-life-accounts/
This is pretty funny – some of the comments are a hoot, too!
Chips, I especially love it when you have so many great Souza photos to start the day. Long after every nasty newspaper article has lined its last birdcage and every right wing pundit has retired into obscurity, Pete Souza’s photos of President Barack Obama will live on. Generation after generation will pore over them and treasure each look, each event, each expression of love and hope he shares. He will always be regarded as one of the great presidents of the modern era and we will always be thought of as lucky to have worked for him, loved him and lived in the great time of his presidency. When we are all very old (older in my case) young people will ask, “What was it like? Did you ever meet him or hear him speak?” And it will be a source of pride for us when we tell them that we knew when we saw him that he was special and we worked hard to get him elected and tens of thousands of us got together to share our joy in him on a site called The Obama Diary.
That’s the whole truth! VERY WELL-SAID Jackie 🙂
Perfectly stated, jackie.
I’m wondering, does Pete no longer post his photos on flickr? Or does he only load them as sets periodically? I’m concerned that they won’t be someplace when PBO’s term is up and the whole WH website changes. {{{{{{{{SIGH & SOB}}}}}}}}
Noticed that too Meta, he usually added a new batch of photos to Flickr every month, I just hope he hasn’t held back because of all the attacks on him and photographers’ access.
OK, so it’s not just me worrying.
I’m a little freaked out that Pete is taking all this personally. I noticed he’s responding more on twitter to these creeps. He’s such a consummate professional, among the best in his field. For him to pull back on the public display of his outstanding work is a loss for ALL.
It really did strike me too that he was taking it personally, Meta, you could tell from some of his Twitter responses – I wish he’d just ignored the creeps and carried on as before. I doubt a word was said to him when he was Reagan’s photographer, but we know why. I’d give anything for him to post a new batch of photos to Flickr and give the two fingers to the shills.
A monster HUGE hug for ya Jackie, what a beautiful comment!! Thank you so much.
jackieG – That all just gave me chills. Beautiful!
Wow, Jackieg. You couldn’t have said it better. Thank you and by the way i agree with every word.
http://www.nationalmemo.com/the-republican-civil-war-isnt-about-policy-its-about-cash/
LIVE NOW: Unconfirmed report that explosives may have been placed in 4 campus buildings at Harvard University: http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Goooood mooornnninggg, good peoples of TOD, and Happy Monday. Can’t believe we’re almost upon 2014.
Lots of work to do to deliver a Dem Congress to PBO.
Maybe we should all write Santa and tell him that’s what we want for Christmas! A Dem Congress in 2014!
What the flippin’ heck is going on at Harvard, reports of explosives??
Good Morning Chips and everybody.
Alert: 12/16/2013 – 9:33am EST
The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) this morning received an unconfirmed report that explosives may have been placed in four buildings on campus: the Science Center, Thayer, Sever and Emerson Halls. HUPD and Cambridge Police are on the scene. Out of an abundance of caution, the buildings have been evacuated while the report is investigated. Harvard’s focus is on the safety of our students, faculty and staff. We will update the media when we have more information.
http://www.harvard.edu/emergency
A few folks are speculating that it might be a poorly-thought out prank to get out of having to take final exams. //SMH
Just read that Hopefruit, if that was the case: gooooooood grief! Warning sent by email, which, I assume, will be easily traceable.
Exactly. A mediocre or failing grade in a course is far better than – a definite “F” in the course, negative publicity and embarrassment, and possible arrests for false alarm.
And I’d imagine they’ll have their ass kicked out of Harvard, if this is a hoax. How could someone that stupid have got in to Harvard in the first place? 😕
Yup…exactly!
Didn’t Ted Cruz go to Harvard? Just sayin’. (I shouldn’t take this lightly, if this is real and not a prank.)
Ha, that’s true Jacqueline, Harvard is still blushing, I’d imagine.
An example of how the MSM is determined to take a cute, endearing pic and make it into some kind of “negative” about the First Family…
Oh FFS, these people are pitiful.
IDIOTS!!!!!! We should promote a ‘click/turn off day’ in their honor!
They are also regurgitating the nonsense about what she wore…..something about the jacket costing $6,800.00
I wish I could tell them that FLOTUS looked good last evening in that $6,800.00 jacket, just like she did the first time.
Looked like a million-dollar jacket to me! No matter what the jacket cost, do they not know the Obamas pay for their own clothing? First they earn the money and then they pay for their own clothing. The jealousy and envy and spitefulness are appalling.
The Obamas pay for their own clothing. So is it any of these haters business what the jacket cost?
Let me answer my own question, Hell No it isn’t any of their business.
Well, only if the haters think the Obamas are too “sparkly,” I guess.
It’s times like this when I long for the post-2017 period, when the Obama family will be free of the vampirish idiots that try and suck all the joy out of everything beautiful that they do. This family is a joy to behold, and an example for everyone on how to live every day rising above the muck. The Obama family will continue to thrive after 2016 – what will the haters do with all their hate?
The selfish part of me wants to just “look off, longingly” at the post-2017 period, and savor a full three more years, because there’s no way we’ll get to share as much then in the daily comings and goings of the Obama family. Nor should we. But I totally agree that it will be a blessed relief to see them thriving and continuing to add goodness to their surroundings, at their own discretion and, more often than not, privately.
You asked, ” … what will the haters do with all their hate?”
To turn them into nothingness, I’ll ask, ” … what will we do with all our love?”
Fabulous! 🙂
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Hay Nothing But Crap (NBC), you guys are full of nothing but B.S. That is a nice picture and if ask the Obamas would say the samething. They would not feel they were upstage one bit.
Just when you think they’ve hit rock bottom, they sink another mile.
Yeah, baby, endless supply of paint for them …
Good morning, Chips and TODland! Enjoy your day!
Couldn’t even get through the front page, without stopping to tweet this evil dork, first. And there’s plenty of paint where this came from.
Standing O!!
Moooooorning Jacqueline! I honestly assumed it was a parody account when I saw the tweet, but that’s the thing, it’s impossible to tell these creatures from parodies any more.
I noticed you had called it a “real tweet” in the post – otherwise, we would have all thought it was another parody. Almost tweeted the guy something like “What kind of a name is Rucho? Doesn’t sound American to me!” but I wouldn’t want to offend any other members of his otherworldly interplanetary ethic group, who probably disowned the evil seed at age seven and shoved him off the island.
What he wrote was pure evil. Hope he crawls back under the rock.
” I wouldn’t want to offend any other members of his otherworldly interplanetary ethic group, who probably disowned the evil seed at age seven and shoved him off the island.”
Jacquelineoboomer, why are you holding back? Tell us how you really feel. 🙂
I think I did! 🙂
Hay Mr. Rucho, to make such a comment like that, one have to come right out and tell the truth, Bob Rucho you are a bold face liar.
U.S. regulators proposing rule which would require makers of anti-bacterial soaps to prove the safety of their products. They say “chemicals in anti-bacterial soaps could have hormonal effects and allow bacteria to mutate into harder to control strains”, including those in the popular brands of Softsoap, Cetaphil and Dial products. They also state that there is no evidence that these products are any more effective in protecting people from germs and illness than good ol’ soap and water.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-fda-soaps-20131216,0,5435946.story
A lot of teachers still use those anti-bacterial soaps in their classrooms. I’d heard before these did nothing much to ward off bacteria, but to hear they could have hormonal effects, etc., is awful.
If only nations could do this:
Stunning!
GAH, the guys are USELESS.
Ryan’s trying give to himself cover for the batcrap crazy folks in his party!
I love our President.
Random declaration of love! 🙂
Love is better than hate. 🙂
I love our President too! 🙂
28 yr. sentence for man convicted in a $100 million Navy vet charity scam, a donor to Bush, Romney, McCain and Guiliani
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/16/21923927-28-year-sentence-in-ohio-in-100m-charity-scam?lite
Wow, what a quote!
The Pope’s a man for the ages!
He rocks! 🙂
oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make-a-face-gate…..3..2..1
BREAKING NEWS: “Obama MAKES children distort their faces”!!!
IMPEACH!!! 😆
..and black elves!!!!!! WTF!!!!!
…calling all ‘megynites’!!!!
https://twitter.com/IamSauerkraut/status/412424486990782464
LOL! 🙂
Ted Rall is unhinged on Twitter….this man is SICK.
HF, totally! He doesn’t even makes sense! I think hot toddies are in order for all of us! Happy TOD day! 🙂
When a group of attackers can’t decide whether the target of their attack is a right-wing facist or a far-left socialist/communist/marxist – the only thing that shines through is their basic ignorance.
RICHMOND, Va., Dec 16 (Reuters) – A recount began on Monday in the election for Virginia attorney general, the tightest race in the state’s modern history.
A mere 165 votes out of 2.2 million cast separated Democrat Mark Herring, who has declared victory, from Republican Mark Obenshain, who requested the recount. A three-judge panel is overseeing the recount and will report its findings this week.
Question: who are these judges
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-attorney-general-recount-gets-underway/2013/12/15/7f569da8-6373-11e3-91b3-f2bb96304e34_story.html
They are not named.
More hanging chads?
Yep!!! All fixed!!!!
So far the recount seems to be non-partisan. Given the closeness of the vote – either losing party would have asked for a recount. It is what happens AFTER the recount which will determine if the GOP in Virginia is accepting of the democratic process
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/herring-campaign-more-confident-than-before-that-dem-will-win-recount
Kathleen Sebelius: Darrell Issa Attempting To ‘Stifle, Intimidate’ Obamacare Navigators
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20131215-kathleen-sebelius-the-importance-of-health-care-navigators-to-texas.ece
Should this man not be sanctioned with everything he has pulled in the last few years!!!!
By whom? His party controls the House. That is Never going to happen.
CA who have elected him over and over in his district need to VOTE him out. That is the ONLY way.
Nena, I know his party controls the house; however there are Democrats in Congress who can raise hell!!! If the only thing that happens is to show how corrupt he is, well good!
They have been Layla. Just last week, Issa cut-off the mic of an elected official who was asking questions to an invited guest to a hearing Issa was chairing on yet again ACA. Dems spoke out and nothing was done for The TBGOPers control the House and the media ignored the story. Now, had been a Dem who did that, the Rightwing media echo chamber will be on it 24/7 and the so called MSM would be chasing after every Dem to denounce the action and WHPC would devote the entire presser with Jay Carney accusing Dems of abuse of Power.
Those who control the media control the message and now are controlling the political discourse no matter what most Americans want. Dems with money need to understand that and start developing their Own Media.
Good Afternoon TODable TODville Community.
Jay “Clark Kent” Carney’s WH presser on 12-16-13
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/316811-1
Sorry TODers.
I tried playing the video and found out that it had not been uploaded yet.
So please try a little later.
Would you believe there are some in the media ragging about MO jacket that she wore to the party? -smh
Yes I would believe the idiot media are ragging about FLOTUS jacket. Someone up here spoke about that this morning.
Damn shame I tell ya!
Now that will go well
Who would have thought that one day the President of the United States of America would have the Russians taking chemical weapons that belonged to Syrian out to the middle of the ocean to be destroyed.
Philadelphia PA- Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) called for an extension of unemployment insurance. Senator Casey was joined by Philadelphians who are set to see their benefits expire at the end of this month to push for the extension. The Senate is set to take a vote in early January yet the House of Representatives still hasn’t scheduled a vote. Casey called on both Houses to vote on and pass an extension of unemployment benefits that will boost the economy and aid those looking for work.
“Extending unemployment insurance will help those looking for work and produce growth in the economy,” Senator Casey said. “The pace of job growth has increased in the last few months but there are still far too many Pennsylvanians looking for work. Extending unemployment insurance will help those actively seeking work and provide a jolt to GDP as we move into the new year. I’m pleased the Senate is set to vote on this issue soon and I’m calling on both Houses of Congress to take up and pass this legislation.”
more at link:
The reality based kids at DKos won’t like hearing that.
/sadface
If sanity exists anywhere he should face charges – and not only in the USA. He has caused way more harm to international relationships than any of those “cold war spies” of the 1950s.
Motion to invoke cloture and confirmation vote for Jeh Johnson to become Secretary of Homeland Security comes up today at about 5:30pm.
Has he had another birthday since he was first nominated? Unreal.
Dear Chips (aka Mama Danny), I just wanted to say thank you so much for the “Farewell, Madiba” post. I so appreciated the 2 videos! I’ll go back there until I’ve watched them all in full. Bless!
A pleasure Gazelle, thank you!
An aside from the wonderful words being spoken at the funeral. I’m in awe of the candles! Mine never last that long, except the battery kind! That’s my frivolous thought of the hour! I’m rationing them as a 24/7 defense against dumb & ugly! 🙂
Very interesting, I think.
NSA phone surveillance program likely unconstitutional, federal judge rules
• Dragnet ‘likely’ in breach of fourth amendment
• Judge describes scope of program as ‘Orwellian’
• Ruling relates to collection of Americans’ metadata
Leon granted a preliminary injunction sought by plaintiffs Larry Klayman and Charles Strange, concluding that their constitutional challenge was likely to be successful. In what was the only comfort to the NSA in a stinging judgment, he put the ruling on hold, pending an appeal by the government.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/16/nsa-phone-surveillance-likely-unconstitutional-judge
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I think Larry Klayman is that jerk that stood in front of the WH and told our President to ” put down the Koran…get off his knees and come out with his hands up. “
This Right-Wing ruling will be struck down by the Supreme Court. Let them enjoy their short-lived, pyrrhic victory.
That’s all the Right-Wing has these days are pyrrhic victories.
I’m mostly ambivalent about this decision; I was never overly concerned about how the NSA goes about doing its job. With all the talk about the NSA, one would think that the NSA came into existence 12:01 a.m. on that cold January morning in 2009. I can put my hand on the bible and swear that up until about five years ago I never heard so many people talk this much about the NSA.
If the President was on the other side of this issue, most of the people complaining and outraged would be screeching the opposite of what they’re saying now. Truth is, I am ambivalent about it, too. I’m more concerned about the private companies getting access to my private information for the purpose of squeezing money out of me – rather than the national security people having access to my private information for the purpose of keeping me safe.
Me to theo67… I told a story a couple days ago that I went to a website to place and order and when I started entering my data, our BUSINESS e-mail address dropped in all by itself…….I had never ordered anything on that site before, ever…
Now…I am seeing ads for the company on every site I view…….
Strange how all this is revealed – only under a democratic administration – I know the GOP care not one iota about women’s rights – interesting that they are so very bothered about these things.
Guess it is now guaranteed that Obamacare is a success – the media and the GOP have something else to move along with. They are scum – all of them, any of them
In their never ending quest to destroy President Obama; they’ve once again cut off their noses to spite their faces.
And yet again the President proves his strength of character by not swerving from the issues that he cares about. The GOP are reeling because health care happened. Its success will hopefully put them out to pasture.
The media is reporting this like it is the final decision…………especially the emo’s on MSNBC…..
I think they are in for a shock when this gets to the appeals courts….especially since PBO just ” packed ” it…..teehee
???? – I thought it was Snowden who took the personal information to the communists/past communist countries. What am I missing?
It seems some really will not rest until the revolution is physically fought for the second time. Sometimes I am glad to live in a country of political apathy.
https://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/412692149977636864
Did Santa kidnap Chipsticks?
More likely the other way around.
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/12/16/birds-of-a-feather/
Testing. Testing 1-2-3. Briefly checking out today’s news. Migraine chose today to remind me it’s not history, so have been lying with a pillow over my head, eyes squeezed tightly closed and Novo-naprox to keep it tamed. All while wondering what you guys are up to! This is definitely a test to see how long I can last while trying to hold the numbness around the edges to a minimum.