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Today (all times US Eastern)
4:40 AM: President Obama visits a school with British Prime Minister Cameron, Newport, Wales
6:0 AM: Joins a meeting on Ukraine with Italy, France, Germany, the United Kingdom; Celtic Manor, Newport
8:0 AM: Joins NATO leaders for a meeting on Afghanistan
11:45 AM: Joins NATO leaders for a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission
3:40 PM: Participates in a leaders’ working dinner, Cardiff Castle
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‘Welcome’
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MoooOOOooorning everyone! I have an insanely early start today, have to head out, so I’ll leave the President’s schedule here and catch up when I get back. Happy Thursday!
The Obama Diary 
Have a wonderful day Chips ~ Thank you so much for taking us along on this trip with POTUS 🙂 ((((((TOD))))) Love you all !
Congrats sherijr on First!
thank you GGAIL ~ have a lovely day 🙂
Good morning TODers
Always lurking I am. The only way we will know what is going on in the world is by coming here,viewing, and sharing among this wonderful family. You guys are the greatest newscasters in this world. Thanks for all that you do.
Mae
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By 2012-13, the country had fallen to seventh amid a sluggish economy as well as bitter partisan debates over the debt limit and other fiscal issues.
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Thanks, LH. And thanks to the one who stood the US economy on its feet to stride boldly across the world–President Barack Obama.
gm early birds – congrats on 1st sherijr and thank you Ms Chips for all the updates.
Wales has so many castles – I think many built in the days of Edward I – tradesmen used to travel from England to do the building – most never returned home.
This is a good site talking about them all
http://www.castlewales.com/home.html
GM toddys. The game is called where are my friggin’ socks?
The monster can climb up & down the stairs now.
also. too. my bed.
He is so darn cute.
Wow, Amk, they have such beautiful, blue eyes. You must forgive them anything when they look at you like that.
nah, it’s just the flash.
amk, is there only one at home now? Did I miss something…again?
Yup. Only the runt now. The oldest has been taken away by a family friend this week.
And he has found his ‘forever’ home?
Yes, yes, yes. Keeping him.
His name again?
Pretty soon he’ll start a stash like Kasper’s: it’s always enlightening to see what he has squirreled away under the sofa: socks and shoes, of course. Couldn’t find my phone charger for days – he’d gone into my bag, taken it and squirreled it in his pile. The shredded roll of paper towels was especially “adorable”.
You have much to aspire to, little puppy!
now, don’t spoil joe.
Methinks VC will be delighted! If she doesn’t already know! (as per usual, MP only a couple days behind!) off to TaiChi! Bbl
Are you planning to keep the runt?
yup, he is staying.
Yay! we get to see joe grow up 🙂
Hee!
Good Morning Everybody.
LIVE NOW: NATO Summit Arrivals – Celtic Manor, Wales – http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Good Morning TOD Family!
Thanks JER. I was hoping there would be some pictures.
You are welcome. BTW, President Barack Obama welcomed at Newport school: Video – http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-29058939
GM TODville,
Sorry that Chips isn’t here, but had to post this when I saw it.
Danny O, are you OK? LOL.
:). Yes bt, we need proof of life.
OMG, this is insane. That would have to have been some monster dog or a very impacted intestine.
I just heard on the news that it was a 3 year old Great Dane that ate these socks 😯
And all this time I thought my dryer was eating the socks.
RACHEL MADDOW 09/03/14
Senate game changer! Kansas Dem drops out, boosts Independent
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Rachel Maddow reports breaking news that Kansas Democratic candidate for Senate, Chad Taylor, has terminated his campaign, a move that polls suggest gives advantage to Independent candidate Greg Orman over Republican incumbent Pat Roberts.
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http://on.msnbc.com/1rNvTfW
Loving walesonline.co.uk’s live blog of #NATOSummitWales:
Obama and Cameron visit Newport school ahead of NATO summit
Good morning. This is such a critical day for Ukraine in the Nato meetings. I can’t wait to hear the report. On another note, we had a l..o..n..g, i.e. endless, county Democratic committee meeting last night and I have never seen a group so organized and so committed to winning elections. We have an uphill battle against an R majority, but people are really giving it their best. It did what I could to make clear that if candidates are working for Latino votes, they had better associate themselves with President Obama.
OBAMA AND CAMERON GREETED BY CROWDS DURING SCHOOL VISIT.
G’morning Chips & TOD! Thanks JER for all the links to these wonderful videos, pics, etc of our President at the Newport school 🙂
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JER, thank you so much for bringing us coverage!
Beyond brilliant.
Morning everyone. Have a safe day Chips.
Don’t leave out John McCain, hay I went and sat down and had a talk with ISIS
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks & TOD family.
Vacation over – back to work I go 😦
Seeing PBO interacting is so uplifting!
LIVE NOW: NATO Summit – Celtic Manor, Wales – http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
But, but, but Tan Suit….
Sounds like all good news to me. News rooms are scurrying—–“There’s got to be some bad news in here somewhere! Quick, launch another of our polls, where we can report intentionally misleading negative results re. Obama!”
Hahaha!
All good news but trust the MSM—they will always get it upside down:
NY Times Front page—“Putin lays out proposal.”
Page 9——“Obama in Estonia”
Evil, isn’t it?
Worse than useless
PBO front and center, naturally. I doubt I am the only person here who looks for POTUS before actually seeing the whole photo
No you’re not the only person. I did the same thing. And I’m sure most people do. 🙂
Hi hf! Thanks for posting.this photo. We never have to search for PBO, he’s always positioned front and center.
Good news. I hope a lot of “member states” join in this assistance.
who is the photo bombing dude on the right?
wish he had worn the tan suit.
don’t wanna hear no more bullshyt about Affirmative Action.
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Tim Russert’s son Luke to be a regular face on ‘Meet The Press’
By Emily Smith
NBC is bringing in Luke Russert, son of the late beloved “Meet the Press” host Tim Russert, as a regular panelist on the Sunday morning show in a bid to turn around its catastrophic ratings slide, Page Six has exclusively learned.
Also joining new moderator Chuck Todd’s team will be former Republican congressman and “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough, who sources say “is taking on a larger role within NBC News as a senior political analyst and would be one of the regular Sunday panelists.”
We’re told the move is part of a plan to bring a right-leaning voice to the program to appeal to viewers turned off by the show’s famously left-leaning former hosts including the ousted David Gregory.
http://pagesix.com/2014/09/03/tim-russerts-son-luke-to-be-a-regular-face-on-meet-the-press/?_ga=1.28479804.1095428863.1396443557
So…….NBC wants to totally tank the program! “famously left leaning former hosts….” Is this piece satire?????
What a joke…”left leaning”?…since when? John-Meet-The-Press-McCain the liberal is on that show so often it should be called meet McCain.
We’re told the move is part of a plan to bring a right-leaning voice to the program to appeal to viewers turned off by the show’s famously left-leaning former hosts including the ousted David Gregory.
That is hilarious……NBC is tone deaf …
This has to be a parody or satire, right?
“Dances with Rove” was left-leaning?
Looks to me like NBC is attempting to redefine the model. Kochs will be the Right and Bloomberg will be the Left.
In other words, which flavor of ice cream would you like? We have plain vanilla, vanilla without nuts, and vanilla without sprinkles.
carolyn and Linda—-great minds, etc
More like vanilla with right wing nuts….
Rikyrah, this is surely an onion piece. There is no one on earth who would call Gregory left-leaning. Hope the “new” MTP takes a quick route into the garbage bin of tv history.
They are pulling out alllllllllllll the stops to help the GOP and their allies…..
IT. WON’T. WORK.
#VoteDemNovember2014
Wow—NBC is turning over the bulk of their political news operation to Chuck Todd and Joe Scarborough? Wow. Bad decision-making in the HR dept. there. Clueless. Young Russert doesn’t really bother me as much—-harmless, and I suspect very liberal under the attempt to appear non-objective and professional in the news biz.
Andrea Mitchell waiting in the wings.
correction—-appear to be “objective” (all “growed” up)
God… NBC , which was the only big network with SOME balance ( not a lot but “some”) , will turn totally GOP. The takeover of mainstream networks by GOP “facilitators” has been completed.
Good Heavens……Left Leaning with David Gregory? Funny how these DC Pundits think. Luke Russert is what 29 yrs old with tiny experience. Oh well, Nepotism and who you know sure works. Funny how JoScar was already a frequent guest in the last 6 yrs. Chuck Todd a college rightie drop-out is Definitely going to TANK MTP. I gave it 6 months many days ago. I am now flip flopping. I give it 3 months and NBC will either cry UNCLE or die a slow death pretending that their tanking ratings in the next coming will not spook them. Chris Wallace, the soon to be 67 yrs old from Fox will be the ‘benefacto’……..MTP will be getting 1M viewers and in the 4th place in less than 3 months.
NBC has disrespected their audience way too many times. It is an affront to what their audience. It is the reason since April 2012 when they had Palin in as a guest and host on The Today Show…..when majority of their viewers objected. NBC has Not learned.
Nicole Wallace is now said to be hired by the View….along with Rosie Perez. Once again…..right wingers on every show…..while Real Liberals are harder to find.
What a ham-fisted move to skew the coverage even FURTHER right…just call David Gregory “left-leaning” so you have an excuse to load up on even more GOP mouthpieces.
Hope their ratings go down the toilet.
I thought they were totally against this? Are they lying or what?
LOL. This is the guy who voted for personhood!!!! Now he wants birth control to be OTC. Right!!
Tom Tillis is also using the ” over the counter ” birth control meme……
It is hilarious and will backfire.
OTC birth control isn’t covered by insurance and they know it, unfortunately for them, women know it too!
IF YOU GET PAST OUR VOTER ID OBSTACLES, WE’D REALLY LIKE YOUR VOTE.
Why voter ID laws pose long term danger to GOP
By Paul Waldman
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But for a party that is struggling to appeal to precisely those demographic groups targeted by voter ID laws, such short-term gains risk getting swamped by long-term damage to its image. The voter ID debate reinforces everything the GOP doesn’t want people to think about it: that it’s the party of old white people, that it has contempt for minorities, that it knows nothing about the lifestyles and concerns of young people (who are far less likely than their parents were to get driver’s licenses), and that it will do virtually anything to win. You can’t spend a bunch of energy doing something that will make it harder for, for instance, Latinos to cast ballots, then turn around and say, “By the way, if you manage to make it past all these obstacles we’ve put in your path, we’d really like your vote.” But so far, few in the GOP seem to understand that.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/09/02/why-voter-id-laws-pose-long-term-danger-to-gop/
As an admitted TV Addict, I admit I always love the ritual of Fall TV Season Premieres
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10 new shows to watch this fall
By Frazier Moore
AP
It’s a time-honored rite harking back to an era of black-and-white TVs and the trio of networks whose programs they delivered: the grand unveiling of new fall fare. As part of the ritual, this latest fall crop is an occasion for handicapping the good and the … moremisfires. Granted, it’s a risky business to rate a new series’ prospects on the basis of its pilot episode, which is typically the only thing critics have to go on. But even if it doesn’t guarantee a great series will follow, a pilot must at least trigger interest at a level to get viewers to return the second week. Here are 10 new series that might catch your fancy:
http://tv.msn.com/10-new-shows-to-watch-this-fall/photo-gallery/
OOh, thank you for this!
Thought this was interesting—-audience growing for local Chgo a.m. show—70% in 2 years—–which reports no crime, no bad news. Say it is a better way to start the day, a program families can have on in the morning as they are getting ready, something positive that can be on while kids are eating breakfast. Makes all kind of sense to me.
I know what we should do? Let’s not vote. Boy that’ll teach those democrats and the evil obama. 😦
Who said there was delay? Did PBO announce any date? No he didn’t. The media needs to STFU and let the President do his job. He will take executive action when he deems necessary – November or not.
Well he did say by end of summer, then some senate democrats freaked out.
No Jovie, that’s not what he said. He said he reserved the right to take executive action “any time AFTER the end of the summer,” if the GOP did not submit a proposal by the August recess.
Chuck Schumer then re-iterated the same thing that PBO said on a Senate floor speech.
I should have refreshed – you said it better 🙂
My understanding the President said he would take action if the GOP in congress had done nothing by the end of summer – he did not say WHEN he would take action. The media ALWAYS mis quote what the President says
Thank you 99ts. Glad I’m not the only one who heard our President’s words correctly!! 🙂 And yes, the media sees it as their job to misinform and disinform – that’s how they get people angry at PBO for no damn good reason.
Thankfully, most of us are now fully aware of their shenanigans.
Nicole Wallace is joining The View .
and Tavis Smiley is on Dancing With the Stars.
Whaaaat? Are you serious?
CEB, are you se-ri-ous? Cross Dancing with the Stars off my list. Next you will be saying Cornel West will be on So you think you’ve got talent.
Rosie O will eat that little weasel Wallace to shreds! I bet the new Exec. producer, who used to be ED of Rachel Maddow’s show, picked Wallace. Rachel had her on quite frequently. Yuck! I think I just threw up in my mouth!
Cross the View off my list.
The View hasn’t been on my list in years!!!!!!!!!! Only time(s) I’ve watched The View in years is when PO or FL were on. Oh, and wasn’t VPB and Jill on once? If so, watched then. 🙂
CNN must have put my e-mail to go directly to spam. I don’t even get the automatic response now.
teehee
Glad to see that SOS Kerry has passed on my love note to PBO as I requested 🙂
The note says…..Sir, Louie Gohmert is behind me and wants to know what you did with his asparagus…..
That does look like the Goober, Gohmert in the back!
“Hopefruit loves you. Do you love her?”
The note says, “The TOD family is sending you love and support, and they need you to send the plane to pick them up from Donna’s.”
On a more serious note, I love seeing PBO and SOS Kerry working together. I so admire Kerry’s loyalty and hard work, He is a true public servant in whom I have complete trust. I did not feel that way about Hillary.
NOt only John Kerry is working hard AND hand-in-hand with the president, but he is also a man of profound integrity, and he doesn’t have any political agenda. He would have made a very fine president.
I mean… John Kerry doesn’t have any political agenda anymore because he doesn’t want to be president. But he would have been a very fine one. Measured, honest, serious, and a humanist. He doesn’t have the charisma of a Barack Obama, but there is this aura of dignity around him. Like Barack Obama, John Kerry is a statesman more than a traditional politician.
That would be my love note. It looks like my stationary. 🙂
John Kerry seems VERY serious. It must have been serious matter for John Kerry to pass a note while PM Cameron was speaking.
Yes, I was very adamant & damn serious in my declaration of love!
OKay jokes aside..you’re right LP2008. The NATO summit and anything that goes on there is of prime importance – which is why I was a bit puzzled when I checked on Twitter and only saw people being concerned with who was on ABC’s DWTS, and not what was going on at the Summit.
As far as I’m concerned, this summit should have been carried live by all the 24/7 ncable news stations AND CSPAN. But it wasn’t.
Morning everyone…just reading and eating breakfast and relaxing:) I found this tidbit at Juanita Jean…if anyone out there would like to donate the Dem. running against Blake Farenthold…that would be a wonderful thing!!
Telling it as only she can… http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/09/02/blake-get-back-in-the-jammies/
Here’s the info on the man who’s running against the cartoon character
http://www.wesleyreed.com/about-wesley-reed/
I am so touched by how the people of Wales are welcoming our dear PBO.
beebs – Djokovic had physical edge – Murray
I saw the match. andy is bigger than joker. what a whiny loser.
And lose that stupid baseball hat andy. you’re not an effing stupid american.
Crickets from the MSM – the same MSM that breathlessly reported “HUGE blow to Obamacare!” when the court first ruled against…
Very good read on the legal aspects and how cases get to SCOTUS. This comment says all that needs to be said about the GOP
“Perhaps recognizing that their legal arguments against further DC Circuit review were not likely to carry the day, Obamacare’s opponents turned to the conservative press to litigate their case in the media. ”
An of course – the “conservative press” is very happy to litigate for the GOP viewpoints.
I am waiting breathlessly for the Media to Go 24/7 on this story…….
Nay. Not the worthless US Press.
Chat away!
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/04/chat-away-431/
Oh that obama guy again and…
Morning/Evening, Happy Thursday, Everyone!
Strolling down, my eyes caught the pics of PBO relaxing with kids, as he does so well! Thanks, CC and JER. It’s always uplifting to see Pres O in action abroad and to know without any doubt that he is not likely to embarrass, neither by his comments nor his comportment.
Have you guys wished Alycée a ‘Happy Birthday’ already? I haven’t taken the time to check, so if you have – okay; if you haven’t – go for it when she sticks her head in.