President Barack Obama speaks at the screening of the film ‘Cesar Chavez’, in the Old Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The movie biopic is directed by Diego Luna about the Mexican-American labor leader Cesar Chavez
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President Barack Obama hugs Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Deputy Director of Public Engagement (Cesar Chavez’s granddaughter), as he arrives at a screening of the film “Cesar Chavez”
Actors Diego Luna and Rosario Dawson speak after President Barack Obama made remarks at a screening of the film “Cesar Chavez” at the White House
Actress America Ferrera attends a screening of the film “Cesar Chavez” in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C.
The Obama Diary 
Evening all
Evening Maestro!!!
Thanks sooooo much Nerdy, I’m on my 18th bottle of champagne after watching United 🙂
See my comment below.
Howdy Japa! Looooooved your essay!
Thank you and also thanks to everybody else who commented on it. To me PBO represents what truly being a man (or adult if you prefer) is all about. As well as a leader.
I couldn’t agree more!
Hey 9t9. Hiya doin’? U okay?
I LOVE PBO’S ‘CHAVEZ’ ADDRESS…..HEARTWARMING INDEED!
‘YOU CAN’T OPPRESS SOMEONE WHO IS NOT AFRAID ANYMORE!’…..A-M-E-N!
OK folks, time to send out the bloodhounds for Chips. Man Utd came from 2-0 down to progress to the next round in the Champions League. Methinks she may have overdone it on the celebration tip.
I am slurry slurry haplee LL, t’was like the old days!!
I will say, David De Gea made two amazing saves. Otherwise, Man U would’ve been screwed.
Oh, he made more than that, one wacky double save and a couple more after that. Olympiakos will have nightmares. Giggs? Flippin’ amazing – and he played 90 minutes. Ageless!
Well, not sure about “ageless”. There was one shot of him where I seriously thought “Isn’t he about to be on pension?”
Ha, he does look rather elderly these days, but even if he was 93 I’d still play him ahead of Tom Flippin’ Cleverly.
Ooooh, I like these new smilies:
http://jannekevandorpe.com/2014/03/19/secret-new-wordpress-smileys/
I sent you a DM Chips…..
http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/new-emoticons/
Ah, will check now LP, thank you!
Aaaw, I checked but didn’t find an ‘angel’ or ‘innocence’ smilie. Rats! That’s the one I need the most . 😉
Thanks for sharing these though, Ms Chips. 😉
“……Early in his career, a scientist named Mario J. Molina was pulled into seemingly obscure research about strange chemicals being spewed into the atmosphere. Within a year, he had helped discover a global environmental emergency, work that would ultimately win a Nobel Prize. Now, at 70, Dr. Molina is trying to awaken the public to an even bigger risk. He spearheaded a committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society, which released a stark report Tuesday on global warming. The report warns that the effects of human emissions of heat-trapping gases are already being felt, that the ultimate consequences could be dire, and that the window to do something about it is closing.
“The evidence is overwhelming: Levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are rising,” says the report. “Temperatures are going up. Springs are arriving earlier. Ice sheets are melting. Sea level is rising. The patterns of rainfall and drought are changing. Heat waves are getting worse, as is extreme precipitation. The oceans are acidifying.” In a sense, this is just one more report about global warming in a string going back decades. For anybody who was already paying attention, the report contains no new science. But the language in the 18-page report, called “What We Know,” is sharper, clearer and more accessible than perhaps anything the scientific community has put out to date…………”
Thank you for bringing this here today, LP, I have downloaded and am reading it now, after driving through warm sunshine, into a driving hailstorm, and now rain, rain, rain, pelting on the window frames… Yes, I know it is spring, and the weather changes fast in spring, but this info presents a lot of points we all must be aware of. Fast.
My pleasure, MP. Couldn’t agree with you more……. would be nice if networks like CNN spent as much or more time on issues like this rather than missing airline conspiracies!
“Bully Summit”
I’m so grateful knowing I can always come to TOD to get the real news!
Thank you so much Chips, Nerdy Wonka and the rest of Blog Tyrants Extraordinaire! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Mmmmwah!
A VERY large Mmmmwah back at ya Dudette!!
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What big teeth you have….
I had work done! 😉
The better to eat you, her dear….
🙂 🙂 🙂
We are SUCH children!! 🐻
I LOVE children!
I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way!
Show them all the beauty they possess inside!
Give them a sense of pride…… I love you all so much. What a beautiful family we have here. Thanks to our beautiful and brilliant Chips.HZ
You’re welcome.
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:heart: the New Funny Faces ♥
So happy about this! What a treat!
I love my POTUS!
I love Ellen!
First time POTUS going on Ellen show since his famous out of this world dancing moves.
Yep! 🙂
https://twitter.com/htonetastic/status/446353646356148225
What’s The Herd? I’m outta the loop.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Herd_with_Colin_Cowherd
A little story about Colin the Cowherd.
He used to be host of Sports Nation on ESPN. (He left it to focus on his radio show, also on ESPN.) A few days after the first debate, he and his cohost were talking about some sporting news, and Colin makes a comparison to PBO’s debate performance. The gist of his comment was that the brouhaha over the sporting item was as stupid as everyone writing off PBO over one debate. It just didn’t matter.
After that, I’ve paid attention to Mr. Cowherd.
Thanks for the responses Layla and LL——interesting tidbit, LL. I always notice PBO awards good behavior——if they treat him fairly, he is more likely to give access. Anyhoo—-sounds like a good place to do some outreach, provoke some interest in Ocare.
Cowherd is awesome……. he is progressive and lets his audience know it. He started getting attention while hosting a radio show in Seattle then moved to the Mothership. He took over Tony Kornheiser’s slot and his radio show that airs 10:00a.m. – 1:00p.m. on ESPN radio, and is simulcast on ESPNU television. The topics he discusses are typically 75% sports 25% current events. They usually post his podcast very quickly for anybody who cant access ESPNU or radio http://espn.go.com/espnradio/show?showId=theherd
He prepared for his ESPN hiring interview by reading the New Yorker and such……
Fantastic! I love stories like this!
And now from the Gunshine State: Gun free zone.
This must stop.
Wooooot!
https://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c1b836/507a1f3d/3834fc2f1/181cd69f/1892904726/VEsE/
Yikes!
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Miam miam!
Or:
What’s with the one big eye and one small one….creepy!
Your guess is as good as mine, Layla, I’m just testing them a bit, to see what they look like. For these they don’t give a ‘word’ description, just the correct keys to create the icon. Some of them are, well, weird! 🍸
Hey, I was thinking of using one of those to depict ‘innocence’ – like when I’m accused her in the village and I’m actually far away when the crime is discovered. 😉 (The truth is I can’t really see the expressions properly on quite a few of the new smilies that use white.)
:heart:
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Testing
It looks like :heart: the new :wordpress: version is not working for Me ❗ ❓
Those 2 look veeeery sneaky!
⭐ 😯 🙄
❤ If this works, it's < 3 with no space
>3
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😳
Ugly Betty is not ugly any more.
And all’s right with the world.
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Well Done Mayor 😳 POTUS ❤
It looks to me like Ram Emanual’s hair has grayed as much as PBO’s has in the same time period.
Let it remain that way.
Who the 😳 is Mark Knoller ❓
My President knows how to use his time wisely. Thank goodness!
Why would President Obama do a interview with Mark Knoller? Tell Knoller to go do a interview with Putin.
Good one annieb!
He’s pathetic. What grown man tweets something like that?
Mark Knoller’s tweet is proof of why PBO should not waste his time with someone of this caliber.
EXCELLENT TWEET – on a par with God’s (couldn’t say better than, if ya get my drift).
Thank you! 🙂
Dudette, you and God are on fire! I think Vlad will soon find out that he miscalculated by invading Ukraine and annexing Crimea! He thought the whole world shared in the adulation he received from American, media pundits, tea baggers and fire baggers on Syria.
Hey nath! 🙂
Mad Vlad’s vision is bad. 😀
Nice to see Sec of Agriculture Vilsack in the audience for this film preview. PBO was magnificent. What an honor for Cesar Chavez.
From October 2012:
I hope that PBO can have a trick up his sleeve for these poor people
Sadly in this situation, there is really not much President Obama can do on his own. What needs to happen is for us the American people to put pressure on the Republicans in the House of Representatives.
Our Joe is home:
Praise the Lord! Good job, Joe!
He really did have a tough job on this one!
I’m sorry about the world events that take him places, but I’m glad he’s getting more “press” on the world stage, if ya get my drift.
Um hmmm.
Amen, JOB! I love and respect Joe Biden! I am so glad President Obama chose him as his partner.
We all are, I’m pretty sure! Happy Spring, nath!
John Boehner voted against minimum wage raise when it was $5.15. How disgusting are these Republicans.
Vomitingly(new word) disgusting!
They should have to try living in it, minimum one month, no expense accounts, no medical, no nothing. And no cheating by cashing in stocks… Or taking black money…
I know for sure Boehner couldn’t make it, his liquor would cost too darn much.
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AB, there just aren’t words in the English language low enough to describe this despicable man. He has disgraced the position of Speaker of the House and is a blight on our country. That we went from Nancy Pelosi to this creature is an American tragedy.
Can’t even begin to tell you how much I miss Nancy Smash, but I think you know the feeling.
Me too, JOB! This country made so much progress in the first two years of the Obama Presidency, thanks to Nancy Smash as Speaker of the House of Representatives!
I just want to hear “Madam Speaker” again and look up to see Nancy!
And this idiot is billed as a sane Republican compared to the tea baggers.
I reiterate from above : Thank God our beloved Vice-President is home! Love him with all my heart.
We really are so lucky.
Yes we are!
Indeed daisydem. Thank goodness he’s safely back with us after doing a good job overseas!
I am with you all the way Daisy! Our VP is the Real Deal! Just as our President who had the wisdom to pick him as his partner.
I ❤ you. You ❤ me. We're a happy family. With a great….. [IOW testing the love sign]
O dear, it shows red!
I’m here, now. Fair warning: Do not repeat the Barney song. TYVM.
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Really weird, JO’B. I answered you about 5 mins ago and it disappeared. Ah me.
Indeed, strange goings here on TOD tonight, we’ve all gone to somewhere else.. So it seems.
My village experience this afternoon has been strange all around, MP. How are you, today? I noted on an earlier post that it’s an anniversary of sorts for you. Have you seen any strong gains in the preceding three months/?
Oh VC, it usually 2 steps forward, then two or three steps back. I’m still processing the visit to pain relief clinic earlier, but I feel as if I wasn’t heard, and was given a pat on the back, and a ‘there, there, just keep on keeping on, eventually you will feel better’. Well, tonight I feel terrible, and am in searing pain, so. Sorry to say, no strong gains. I keep on hoping tho…..
I’ll keep on hoping with you.
Thx, going off the air now.
Whoa. Full moon, maybe! 🙂
Nope, sorry JO’B, full moon was last Sunday afternoon. But tomorrow is the equinox, and that is a big balancing act!
I knew if you were around, you would know! Thanks!
So, then, what’s that thing I’ve been outside howling at all night? Neighbors are starting to complain. 🙂
Waning moon in Libra, conjunct Mars!! That will make you howl for sure!! Or maybe a streetlight! /runs
Best laugh I’ve had in the last half hour. Thanks, MP!
REPEAT oF MISPLACED ANSWER. ➡ 😉 I’ve been warned! The words just popped into my head, JO’B. Don’t worry, I’ll push them out again. 😛 I gather g-grand-s is a fan?
➡ I did an arrow in response above and lost that too, Something tells me I should go to bed while hoping for better laptop behaviour tomorrow,
No, but his mommy was. Only thing she ever sang. (Parents at that time used to walk around singing “I hate you, you hate me, etc.”)
This little guy is a SpongeBob Squarepants fan. And a fan of Woody and Buzz from Toy Story. It could be worse, but don’t sing their songs for us, either, PLEASE. Ha!
NP. So his mommy is in the age range of my offspring. Did I ever get enough of the purple guy in his heyday!! 🙄 Actually 😳 still have (all?) his videos on a shelf somewhere around. Have never watched the current kiddie stars,
In just a little over a week, PBO’s Between two Ferns has 19M views – the same as Justin Beiber – whose video was posted since September 2013.
PBO ~ Rocks My World!! 😉
No wonder the media has been having a royal fit this past week….PBO totally blindsided them with this interview and it took America by storm!
He sure isn’t very popular, is he? Poor guy! ❤
MP, it’s too bad PBO can’t run for a third term, because all these media pundits would forced to eat crow after he trounced yet another right wing Candidate.
Cesar Chavez was one of the heroes of my youth. I remember a period of time when no one in my circle was buying grapes. That was easy. What he did was hard. Very hard. Most of all he gave dignity to Latino people. I remember him not only as an activist for social justice, but also as a devout and holy man who sacrificed himself for the poor.
We share the same memories, Bill!
We must be in the same age group though I am sure I am slightly older. Along with MLK and Bobby Kennedy, Cesar Chavez was one of my heroes.
Cesar was one of my heroes as well. I also boycotted grapes. Activism was a lot different in those days, wasn’t it guys?
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/03/19/the-obamas-ellen-a-fantastic-time/