President Barack Obama meets with New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington
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David Jackson: Obama: I’d Like To Visit New Zealand
President Obama welcomed New Zealand Prime Minister John Key to the White House on Friday, and said he would like to return the favor soon by visiting New Zealand. “I hear it’s really nice,” Obama said. “We’re going to be working with my scheduler.” One opportunity for a New Zealand visit comes in November, after Obama attends a Group of 20 nations summit in Brisbane, Australia. By that time, Obama is looking for major progress on a 12-nation Asia-Pacific trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Obama and Key appear to have a good relationship. They even played a round of golf together in January while both were vacationing in Hawaii.
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National Security Adviser Susan Rice works in the Oval Office of the White House
The Obama Diary 
/whew
Thanks NW for the new post. I had to escape quickly from Chips 🙂
Forget Costa Rica, you are the France of TOD, Nerdy – je t’aime! Merci soooooooo much!
Ooh la la! 🙂
Haw he haw!
http://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/480105409517453312
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha…..WHAT?!
The crazy is real.
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Nice–maybe it will be the 8th deadly sin and have its own special circle in hell. Oh, but that would require imagination and a tiny bit of brain, so scratch that.
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Once again, coming from that side, a spelling error. Instead of “negative affect” should be “negative effect” ALWAYS there are spelling and grammar errors
Out of whose hat is this guy pulling these assertions???
Honestly Carolyn, I thought it was parody, but then remembered it’s the Free Republic fruit loops. Good gawd almighty.
Carolyn, first they would have to know that affect and effect have two different meetings. You are asking too much of them.
Such impressive intellects!!!! How looney, misinformed and hate-filled do you have to be to put this crap in a tweet?
https://twitter.com/Lib_Librarian/status/480107581944233984
what?!!!!
😆 I’m beginning to love these crazies GGail, they make me smile every single friggin’ day.
They do elicit an emotion – that’s for sure 😯
Are those “FreeRepublic” tweets for real? That’s beyond crazy.
Yep, Donna, I hope he gets to have some good family time tonight and a chance to hit the links tomorrow. Nobody works harder. Hope you have a great weekend as well. What are you sensing from your phone banking? Do you think people will turn out?
Golfing!!! uh oh!!!
Hi JG. It’s going to be a low voter turnout for this primary. The early voting was low as well. It’s summer and people are not focused on the election. Far too many didn’t even realize we had a primary going on. That’s hard to believe considering the tv ads but people are just not paying attention. My candidate for Governor looks to be in good shape to win his primary but we Dems have a lot of work to do between now and November to get our coalition out in strong numbers this year.
A friend of mine is running for state senate; she lives in Cecil County.
Mark Knoller better “clear his calendar” if the President’s going golfing! Ha ha ha. (Mark once attended a WHPCA dinner with his date, an umbrella.) (Am I going to hell for that last parenthetical?)
Too cool!
Good Evening TOD Villa/Palace/Hamlet/Village/Town/City/State/Country/Globe/Universe/Etc, Etc, Etc…. 😉
I am a step behind today. Another fine thread with Newsy Information NW.
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Thanks.
Au ⭐ and Ag for GGail…… 😉 Yes!
Gov Kasich of Ohio did the same thing….
AMEN!!!!!! So glad to hear this. So Puckett’s treason was all for nothing then. Go McAuliffe!
It’s POTUS all right……the jaw lines needs to be firmer, longer and Leaner 😉
Jaw lines NEED
I like it….
Lincoln had to be wrapped in plaster and they stuck straws up his nose for his bust.
A George Will column about sexual assault, which received lots of criticism and caused one newspaper to drop the longtime syndicated conservative columnist, had all male editors, the Washington Post’s Erik Wemple reported on Friday.
“On that day, there were three males, if that is important to you,” Alan Shearer, CEO and editorial director of Washington Post News Media Services, which is the company that syndicates Will’s columns, told Wemple in response to a question about whether any women had reviewed the column.
Shearer said Thursday that the editorial team had discussed the piece’s content at length with Will before it was published, Wemple reported.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/george-will-column-male-editors
Sad that only one newspaper dropped him. WP should drop his behind.
#TrustBarack
LOVE LOVE this one!
Great WWW!
Loved the highlights from VP Biden’s week (JO’B are you here now?) and the ending with Jay Carney’s wrap up.
Did the President not already explain that to all who would listen. Why is this Breaking News….
‘Why is this Breaking News?’
CNN just understood it.
I hope he reminded her that SHE was the first person to run in front of the CNN cameras to declare the Affordable Care Act struck down by the Supreme Court.
❤ your take on CNN, VC 😉
TY, Nena, only explanation I could think of for them to be ‘breaking’ this news when it was already previously broken. 😀
YAY, my 3-day weekend is about to begin!!!
Grr, first you put that tune in my head, then you announce you have a three-day weekend. Double grrrrrrrrrr.
Chips, I ❤ U!!!
I'll be around to pester you
Admiral. Time to find a temporary custodian for the naughty mats. My ship gets underway for the North woods at first light tomorrow. I’ll be watching! ❤
Whaaaaat? You’re going AWOL again? Can we come with you, Shipmate? If not, okay then, but have a blissful break and come back to us as soon as you can. Love ya, fella.
Not going AWOL. I got me a Liberty Pass and I will be lurking as best I can with me smartphone….Feelings are mutual. 😉
🙂 Enjoy your liberty, Shipmate, and do your very best not to behave.
Aye and I’ll make it so…….:lol:
Curious, how far north to you go, approximately. Have family in the way north woods, Hayward area.
Not that far 21. I have a Time share in the Dells. Christmas Mountain to be exact. Been doing the Dells since ’53.
Great area. I know I stayed at Christmas Mountain once, many, many years ago.
Why We Can’t Back Down;
Reverend Al just finished his segment on James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. Tomorrow will mark the 50th Anniversary of “Freedom Summer.” These 3 young men went out and gave their lives for everyone to have the right to vote. Schwerner’s widow, Rita Bender is still involved and committed to making sure that we don’t lose our voting rights. She conveyed to Reverend Al how black children were killed in Mississippi “just because they were black.”
Bender stayed and continued the work of the Freedom workers and she is still active today. July 21st 1964 was an ugly period in history but the young people, of all races were willing to be jailed, beaten, and killed for our rights to vote. We must not quit, we must not stop, and we can not back down.
To see the young bodies once again, of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner; charred and thrown out and buried like trash after they were murdered by the KKK, ignited something deep within me. I will do all that I can to make sure that people are voting in the midterms in 2014 and again in 2016. We must never forget history, and we must remember; young people gave their lives, non blacks and those of different faith, died so that we can vote.
Polls are supposedly saying that President Obama ratings have tanked, and it looks like the Democrats will not hold the Senate. I say, the hell with polls; your vote and my vote, and Democrats going to the polls to vote ,is the only thing that counts. Polls don’t vote.
WE MUST NOT QUIT AND WE CAN’T BACK DOWN IN 2014!
Thank you for that inspiring word.It’s something everyone needs to hear.
Ooooo, I wonder what the gift is. POTUS is known for giving very classy, rare gifts.
I can imagine PBO being an awesome President/CEO that I would love to work for! The one that I currently work for is pretty awesome, but…!!!
Hon, you would have to fight too many TODobots to get that job!
You are lucky to work for someone that you like and admire. I’ve two men I worked for whom I admired. The people I work for now are pricks.
Sweet. Lovely.
Later Jay 😉 Be well.
Thank YOU, sir.
I am earlier than usual with this week’s Interior entry – thanks, Meta. You WWW entry reminded me. 🙂
To me – this is everything about PBO in one small sentence ” Iraq must find political solution to crisis.”
A political leader wants a political decision – not a military enforcement – since forever, no invasion has resulted in a good result – for the original invader – this one sentence from PBO is the reason he earned and received the Nobel Peace prize. His reaction to those who warmonger around him over the past 12 months show why he has earned a second one.
Hmmmm. I wonder if they are implying that a goat or two in *my* yard would take care of my very healthy weeds? Anyone here in the village want to lend me a goat so I can test the theory? Plus, will the goats also destroy the grass and other purchased plants or will they know enough to stick to the weeds?
Je n’ai pas de chevre! Dommage!
Zut alors! Toi, tu es peut-être la plus proche à moi. 😦
How are things going today, Layla?
meh… but I am here so it’s good! How are you my friend…
I’m here; it is good to be here! {{Layla}}
Goats! They’re hilarious! I love them they just want to know if you have something to eat for them. Cute little guys. 🙂
Hel-l-l-l-oooo, a4A! You have been busy! Do you have any goats (alongside your chicks)?
No, But when the Minnesota State Fair comes, I make a beeline for the goat barn and go visit them. They always make me laugh! 🙂
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Goats will eat anything that doesn’t run away from them.
I guess they have that in common with Danny. 😉
The travel writer Paul Theroux said that you can tell Muslim versus Christian areas when flying over the Balkans by how the landscape is grazed.
Can’t remember now which animal he compared pig grazing to, but it might have been goats. I think this was in Pillars of Hercules.
IOW, goats don’t have a stopping point. Okay, Arap, I’ll keep my weeds along with my grass.
For Reasons They Will Never Admit Republicans Are Responsible For The Attack on Benghazi
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/06/20/reasons-admit-republicans-responsible-attack-benghazi.html
That is a fabulous article and it should go viral!
And for those of you can’t get enough of Boehner, here’s another:
Gee Mark, you don’t look happy
6-20-14
Josh “The Voice” Earnest schooling the unruly vagabonds, the WHPC, at the WH
I thought he was stellar today! I think he’s establishing some great boundaries. Loved it when he read back an Issa quote to the front row dimwits. BRAVO, Josh!
This!!!!
I have a question. Is it possible to find out when a picture was taken ? One of my friends on facebook has a reference to Allen West that shows a picture of people lying face down and going to be shot. I am suspicious that is it is a recent picture. Of course he is blasting the President. I told them Allen West is a jackass
Eric Boehlert @EricBoehlert · 5h
interesting senate polling week: Dems up in MN, MI, NC, IA, NH…..but, but, but Obama’s unpopular!
Eric Boehlert @EricBoehlert · 9h
funny how this is ALWAYS left out of midterm punditry: 6% [!!!] of voters feel “very positive” abt the GOP; http://on-msn.com/1kV7sTZ
Chaaaaaaaaaat away!
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/06/20/chat-away-396/
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/obama-no-amount-of-american-firepower-can-hold-iraq-together/
:We gave Iraq the chance to have an inclusive democracy,” Obama said, “to work across sectarian lines to provide a better future for their children. And unfortunately what we’ve seen is a breakdown of trust.”
“Part of the task now is to see whether Iraqi leaders are prepared to rise above sectarian motivations, come together, compromise,” he continued. “If they can’t, there’s not going to be a military solution to this problem. There’s no amount of American firepower that’s going to be able to hold the country together.”
“Ultimately what I think the vast majority of Americans understand is that we can’t do it for them,” he concluded, “and we certainly can’t redeploy tens of thousands of U.S. troops to try to keep a lid on the problem if the people themselves don’t want to solve it.”
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/obama-fantasy-to-think-syrian-rebels-could-have-beaten-assad-with-u-s-arms/
He said there was no “ready-made moderate Syrian force that was able to defeat Assad,” and so pitting “farmers and dentists and folks who’ve never fought before” against a dictator and the “highly-trained jihadists” would have only one outcome.
Therefore, Obama continued, it’s a “fantasy” that the U.S. just sending a few arms to the moderate rebels would have helped, and he got in a little dig at the end by saying this is something that Washington and the press corps should understand better.