President Obama sings Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, and Al Green
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President Obama jams with legends, “Sweet Home Chicago”
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President Obama jams with Sir Paul McCartney, “Hey Jude”
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Slow jamming the news with Jimmy Fallon
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Happy birthday, Mr. President!
Chat on, night owl Obama sycophants!
The Obama Diary 
FURST!!!!
Yes!!!!! And morally too!! Thank yooooooooou LL!!
Morally, even!
😆 Our morally moral comments came in at the same time.
Reward please?
Oh fine then:
That’s lovely, thank you LL – but WHERE IS THE HAIR?1!1?1!
Hair shmair, bald is beautiful, baby.
Congrats Duchess of TOD herself! 🙂
I’d curtsy Hopefruit, only I’d be afraid I’d do damage to my knees. But thank you 🙂
Chips, you did it! FURST, FIRST, Numero Uno…
SING SING SING
Great stuff today. Feels like my birthday
furster
Everyone in the world wished PBO a Happy birthday with….except Danny/runs
cuz if ronmee wun id av got moar woks
Well there you are Danny 🙂
PBO’s celebration is now complete…
Danny, I’m shocked! You weren’t a volunteer for Dogs Against Romney? No, heaven forbid, if Mitt had won your mom would have been too depressed to leave the house, simply rocking back and forth, hugging herself, lamenting, “Why, why, why?” (at least that’s what I would be doing) >^..^<
Er, Madame Soph – our Danny O’ isn’t quite one years old, so he’s innocent of being a political player! I believe he’s just stating a fact – if ronmee had won, there surely would be more woks – even if he doesn’t like wok cooking! l
I hope the Jon Karls, Chuck Todds and Chris Cillizza’s of the media witnessed firsthand the outpouring of love and good-will towards our President on his birthday – not only in the US, but from just about every corner of the world — despite the constant 24/7 negative venom spewed by them and their colleagues in the GOP, Libertarian Left, and corporate factions.
Don’t hold your breath.
They’re in their own echo-chamber, self-referential DC beltway, nothing matters but what they think.
This is why they are unable to see their own bigotry.
I checked out this from the last thread. Hadn’t seen the first pitch at All Star game video before — at the end they showed PBO’s reaction that he pretty much threw a strike.
http://elitedaily.com/news/politics/happy-birthday-mr-president-53-times-obama-killing-game/694951/
I don’t know how it’s possible to not be charmed by PBO as a person when you see him call Kanye West a jackass or deliver a zinger to Zach Galifinakis.
MSM is in denial when it comes to PBO’s charm, but future generations won’t be — if they do historical research their jaws will drop when they see how this President was treated by the smug MSM (a unanimous voice predicting how troubled this Administration was over scandalabra — all of which were manufactured and ginned up by the media, not even close to being scandalous.
So, update on the missus’ new job:
She went to the agency today and filled out all the paperwork. She had a copy of her TB test, so that’s taken care of. Just needs to have her doctor do a physical, and pass the background check, and she’s official. Her little girl is undergoing chemo in the hospital, so as soon as she gets out Missus LL starts caring for her.
Wonderful news LL, Missus LL sounds like a very exceptional woman.
She really is. Of course, she chose me, which proves her good character. 😆
Was it your modesty that attracted her? 😆
Congrats to the Mrs. LL on her new job, we are all so excited and happy that he has a new client That is one lucky little girl to get someone as passionate and has so much compassion as your wife. I wish her and the little girl much love and good luck.
Glad to hear of the positive news with the Missus 🙂 Wishing her continued success and a good experience with her new patient.
Whoa. Great news. All the best to her and her little girl!
Well Done to mrs LL! I have our over the years, the steady regular hours with a client are so very rewarding; we learn a lot from consistently observing the process and changes, and the closeness with client and family can be immensely supportive for all.
Can’t believe I forgot him jamming to “Sweet Home Chicago”. Added it to the post.
Can’t forget this! 🙂
Does the President get any credit for double funding the NIH in the stimulus?
Or this…
Adding to post now!
3-1!!!!!!!!! The baby Lingard!!! I sniff world domination in the air!! #DutchRevolution
Liverpool is missing out on its “biting” attack without Suarez. YES, I did go there.
Happy Birthday President Obama. You are my rock and my flame. It’s not possible to love you any more than I do. Thank you for making our lives better.
Happy Birthday to the BESTEST president EVAH!! My president!!! President Barack Obama!!!!
Live long and prosper…
Peace and prosperity…
Intergalactic Squeeeeeeeeee for one of my most favorite photos EVAH!
❤ 😎 ❤
😆 Trekkie Nerdy Geeky person!!
Thankyew, thankyew verry muuuuuch! 😎
Thanks to all of the BTs for the wonderful tributes to our President today. He is the best president of my lifetime. The pictures are superb!
Did you see on the previous thread that #Mesa AZ beat out Oklahoma City as the most conservative US city?
I just saw that. Desertflower and I can be so proud…….NOT. That doesn’t surprise me. Tulsa, also in the state, is also in the top list of conservative cities.
Not surprising…its a Mormon town.
Ok miscreants, time for me to cook.
For Chips, who may have missed my menu:
Thin chicken breast, seasoned with Magic Stuff from Hitching Post, sauteed in evoo, then topped with habanero jelly
Succotash of corn, zucchini, and red pepper
No starch
Carry on until my return.
Near the end…
We really are blessed with this man as our President.
Now let’s see? Who is in charge of the world bank ? Oh ya… An Obama appointee. 🙂
Not singing — Dancing!
Before I go bye, bye…..Josh “The Voice” at WH on 8-4-14
G’Nite TOD.
Good, but I still miss Jay. ;(
I can’t even bring myself to watch Josh (no offense to him), because Jay was so great. When I hang on, I hang on. Ha!
Oh, this pisses me off. The House border bill is DOA. It doesn’t have the votes in the Senate, and doesn’t have the votes to override a presidential veto. This is just gratuitous “Look at me, I’m standing up to Obama and holding his feet to the fire”
I had to do some similar things with some other people on twitter. It’s unbelievable how people work against themselves.
What’s with the “Will Obama stand up” part?
“Look at me, I’m holding Obama accountable.”
Sorry – I actually hadn’t read your comment when I wrote mine. She’s not helping her just cause by putting down President Obama, in my book.
“Look at me, I’m trusting President Obama.”
Here’s my response…Please….She can stand all she wants
Retweeted!
Thank you LL:-)
Sick of these people..not going after No Good Congress…yuck!
Didn’t have enough space. 3. Did you hear he’s been sued…b/cause he’s been standing on his own..
What an idiot! Does she know who is on her side?
The interview with The Economist that was frontpaged here yesterday, courtesy of #TheMagicalEarth, is really worth your time. It’s a daunting 40-some minutes, which is a long time to devote to an audio interview, and starts with Africa, but continues on subjects ranging from NATO’s security role in Africa to Congressional obstruction to putting business leaders in their place when they whine about “uncertainty” and “regulation.”
All the while PBO is steadfastly consistent, not saying anything that is new because he speaks of his core beliefs, which is that we live in a multi-national globally connected world. He admitted that US corporations took advantage of Europe after the Marshall Plan. He spoke of the north/south divide (i.e., US and Europe attitudes toward Africa, India and Latin America.
To my ear, it sounded like interviewers (The Economist’s Editor-In-Chief and their Foreign Editor) were pretty much in awe of PBO, but were able to joke and laugh heartily with him.
Here’s a sampling (sorry, ran out of room to credit TME).
The interview “ended with a lengthy riposte to those, including The Economist, who have criticised the White House for its treatment of business. Mr Obama was unusually relaxed and contemplative, buoyed by the recent economic numbers and looking towards his legacy as well as the mid-term elections and his wrangles with Congress.”
Jeez,
Just looking at @Latimes home page and one of the lead stories is that a Colorado man was arrested because a 5-year-old shot a 3-year-old. I didn’t click on the article.
Also upsetting is the murder-suicide of 5 family members in Culpeper VA — my cousin and his family lives there.
Oh, the next article is that someone was shot on the Riverside Fwy in a road rage incident.
I wish Americans could focus long enough on one thing to be worried about, and that one thing should be all the senseless deaths from guns, not ebola in America, which is such a longshot, but gunshot deaths are not (sorry, Jovie).
My stepmother was from Culpeper, VA. She will be glad she’s in heaven with this ‘news’. Watching national and local news the past week with my client, what is it with the scare and tear? 3 decent stories, 25 shitty, abomonable hate-filled stories, celebrated as if the darkness is all that matters. I mean, seriously, if this is what people are willingly fed, day after day, night after night, and they are not smart enough to TURN OFF their television, well, Hope means nothing anymore. I pray for them all, my heart aches for all forms of life on this exquisitely beautiful planet.
Ok gentles all, heading to wind down for a bit. Talk among yourselves.
If Bobfr is here: it looks like Russia is getting ready to launch an offensive into eastern Ukraine.
Have global opinion and Western sanctions not deterred Putin from continue to reclaim territory that was part of the Russian Empire a century ago?
Does Putin consider the slaughter of innocents onboard MH17 just an inconvenience that won’t do anything to stop him from this goal?
It makes no sense to me.
Putin is a sick man… Not sure what goes through that man’s head or what his end objectives are.
How sweet:-)
Amen to that….
🙂
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.ca/2014/08/spirit-of-great-heart.html
Great song!
Yes. I’ve always loved the story at the beginning too.
“I’ve made a difference to *that* one.”
Love that!
Can you imagine if we all tried to make a positive difference in one life…..then another …… then…..
but focusing on one at a time?
So Dudette what do you think of the orchestra version of the PBO birthday song and the words that go with it?
[If I could sing I would have sung them for the tape, but it didn’t seem like a good idea. 😉 ]
Thanks LL. I love watching the President
Sing
Yeah! 🙂
Oh Dudette, you know how to bring back the memories. Thank you.
😀 Thanks mtmarilyn
I just saw NW’s “53 years: The Journey In Images”. My oh my. It’s awesome! Thank you so much. I sure hope all the years of TOD are in the cloud somewhere.
Wasn’t it great! She’s just knocks it out of the park time and time again!
Thank you Chipsticks, Dannysticks, NerdyWonk, all the those that gave a wonderful tribute to the most loved, admired, smartest, kind, compassionate, and handsomest President this century. Thank you President Obama for all your sacrifice for the past five years. We have your back this Nov to give you the Congress and Senate you deserve. Hope you had a wonderful Birthday surrounded by all the people who love you and know that the 53% of Americans who voted for you, believe in you, and pray for you also loves you too. Good Nite All
Well said jojo. Good Night!
Since this is a music thread, I’ll do my own wrap-up for the ‘birthday boy’ by sharing the orchestra version of the birthday tribute arranged by someone I know. 😉
Beautiful VC:-)
Re-tweeted…
Thanks a lot, Kasai! Tomorrow I’ll tell him a couple of you you liked it. 🙂 🙂
🙂 Loved it!
😀 😀 Okay, I got it.
Oh THIS is the one you were talking about up above. I was hunting for something on earlier threads! 😀
It’s lovely!
😳 I thought I had made the comment right below it; realized later I hadn’t but didn’t want to bother you again. Glad you like it too.
LOL! Thought I’d missed something somewhere after being so proud that I was caught up with today’s posts. 😀
🙂 Apologies for messing with your mind. 😉
No apology needed, friend. Blame it on WordPress goofiness! 🙂
If 99ts is here, is all this true?
Postage costs $100?
Candy costs $80?
What’s up with the tomato sauce? Why is $.50 a ripoff?
Although the Sudafed labeled “Why pay $16.99” that is priced at $17.99 is a hoot.
What a wonderful nightcap on PBO Birthday Celebration Day. Thank you for these delightful musical mementoes, Liberal Librarian. Another day, made sweet and deep and fun. I love TOD and all who make it rock and roll, who make it shine, who keep us connected, informed, and delighted. Gratitude flowing always like a river.
I ❤ this! 😀
… and this!
Thank you Dudette..Glad you like it:-)
Your tweets are a feast of wonderful! 🙂
Idea for late night tomorrow, LL — How about music from African artists in honor of the Africa Summit?
Like maybe this guy! 😀
I’ll keep that in mind. But right now I’m reliving my youth with 1980s NYC electro. I must share.
No complaints here! 😀
Yes, I know it’s not funny but I laughed when I spotted them (on the side of the road) – laugh of incredulity maybe.
😯 OMG!
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/04/az-gov-candidate-i-practice-shooting-with-my-eyes-closed-in-case-im-attacked-in-the-night/
I’m going to bed. She’s a nitwit that thinks she’s running against “Obama”. Please save us from the stupid.
“Please save us from the stupid” <<< THIS!
Excerpt from the larger video of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit with VP Joe Biden’s speech.
When I heard him reference this African proverb in his speech today, I wondered if someone from his speech-writing team might have been on Twitter the other day when this tweet was floating around. 🙂
The good news just keeps on coming with ObamaCare! This is a big one and will effect those lives for decades. This is a BFD. Thanks, Obama!
I’m tired, this actually said millions more not just 2 million+. I guess the message gets out tho! I’m going to get some sleep. Night everyone!
‘Night TME!
There you go again somebody questioning PBO’s courage!
[Sigh!] Guess you don’t get enough cred in the advocacy world these unless you just publically slam everybody – even the President who’s on your side.
Unbelievable! SMDH…
They are frustrated. Not just those two, but so many people don’t understand how politics works. What they want the President to do would be a disaster in so many ways, but it would especially fire up the GOP base like nothing else and get more GOP in office blocking immigration reform.
Thank you..that was a wonderful reply.
Excellent tweet TME! Why are these people trying to antagonize the President?
What the…?
I guess I took it a different way … really only concentrated on the “your ignorance” part, with which I agreed. Truthfully, not sure how this got in my TL, ’cause I re-looked and most of the names represent accounts of conservative pukes. Methinks I’m too tired to be posting stuff – Ha! Goodnight, Dudette. Sweet dreams when you get there.
Go check this dude’s profile. Ick! Doubt he’s someone you’d want to quote or follow. Wishing you restful sleep, job! 🙂
Yes, after I posted the tweet I checked ’em out. Ick! That’ll teach me!
How very, very tragic. We will never forget her.
Dmitry Tymchuk’s Military Blog: Summary – August 4, 2014
http://maidantranslations.com/2014/08/05/dmitry-tymchuks-military-blog-summary-august-4-2014/
Alright-y then you party animals, this turtle is sliding quietly out the side door in search of some shut eye!
For everyone who contributed to make this TOD birthday celebration a success – thank you.
Pleasant dreams, everyone!
This has been a delicious day for our celebration of the Best President Ever , President Barack H. Obama!!!!.
Happy Birthday, Mr. President.HZ
Strolling out of the party tonight with a bit more late 70’s/early 80’s dance music. Enjoy!
Love ya!
Worth the time to read every word of this diary.
“The hum of drones has returned, I can hear them hovering over our heads, choosing their next prey. It’s very hot. Jaffa is crying. My mother-in-law warns the kids not to touch her blessed plants. I write an essay that starts with the words “We are O.K. in Gaza.” But it’s a lie, we are never O.K. Nonetheless, hope is what you have even at the worst of times. It is the only thing that can’t be stripped from you. The moment you give it up you lose the most precious thing that nature and your humanity have endowed you with. Hope is your only weapon.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/opinion/atef-abu-saif-life-and-death-in-gaza-strip-jabaliya-refugee-camp.html
The photo of President Obama as he rises from signing the ‘iron dome’ legislation speaks volumes. That he refused to have any video or #NEWSTAINERS present, and only allowed photographic ‘journalists’ to record the event is a very loud statement that only a dunce would fail to grok the significance.
For peace in the Middle East to have any hope of emerging, one thing is for certain, we absolutely MUST take control of the House and expand control of the Senate on 4 Nov 14.
#OWNthe114th …. your life and humanity is in the balance.
#TrustBarack
good night TOD
‘are’ not ‘is’ …. in the balance …
Moooooooorning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/08/05/early-bird-chat-287/