President Barack Obama greets children of U.S. Embassy staff during a U.S. Embassy meet and greet at the Swissotel Tallinn in Tallinn, Estonia, Sept. 3, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and President Toomas Hendrik Ilves review the troops during an official arrival ceremony at Kadriorg Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, Sept. 3, 2014. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and President Toomas Hendrik Ilves review the troops during an official arrival ceremony at Kadriorg Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, Sept. 3, 2014. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama greets U.S. and Estonian troops following remarks at the Tallinn Airport in Tallinn, Estonia, Sept. 3, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom visit a classroom where students are making collages and watercolor paintings with the theme “My Wales” at Mount Pleasant Primary School in Newport, Wales, Sept. 4, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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Slide show from President Obama's trip to Estonia and Wales: 1.usa.gov/1u93BuY
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Instagrams from the President's trip to Estonia and Wales: bit.ly/1oEeiiI
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People line the street to see President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom ride together in the motorcade from Mount Pleasant Primary School to the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales, Sept. 4, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)
President Barack Obama visits Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, Sept. 5, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)
President Barack Obama waves goodbye as he boards Air Force One for departure from RAF Station Fairford in Gloucestershire, England en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. 5, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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HEllo!
Random gold medal! Wow! ⭐
Good Afternoon TODVille!
Enjoying the great Souza’s pictures for posterity.
furst
First runner up, indeed. Congrats for the achievement.
Congrats, NCLB! /whisper – a very fine job you did nudging unowho2 aside 😉 /
Gorgeous photos Nerdy, thanks a million for putting them in a post, legend!
I know I really, really shouldn’t be surprised by anything this shill comes out with, but this is just stunning to me:
These poor guys, they just want to be considered present day William F. Buckley Jr.’s
Maybe focus on this instead?
You’re welcome, Chips.
Cilliza is a scumbag.
Fourth!
Fourth runner up is Don.
Congrats.
Counting isn’t one of my strengths.
Huh!
Yeap. You are the 3rd runner up, Chips. I know you will do better next time.
🙂 I am determined No Child, I am due a FURST!1!
ok, fifth!
bt, your next pet
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29073754
Any brand new cushion stuffing in that fella’s tummy? 🙄
the other dood will be his soul mate. you should totally get him
You want my actual home eaten, dontcha?
Chips, remembering the state of your kitchen from that time you gave us a tour [BEFORE DannyO], I was about to say thais all looks like *your* handiwork,…..
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but then I saw a bit of evidence at the corner of his mouth – so I alopogize for the thought.
And a bit earlier he had half the cushion stuffing hanging from his mouth, but STILL had that ‘didn’t do it!1!1!’ look on his face 🙄
Well, he has made himself lots of opportunities to practise that look! 😀 😀
Well, at least you alopogized, vc! 🙂 (Sorry, couldn’t control myself.)
🙂 😉 Don’t you just ❤ it? Chips Chica used it on me first a while back; I was trying to find the picture that went with it but couldn't. 😉
Thought it may have been pre-programmed, but in case it wasn’t, I decided to go for it! 🙂 ❤
🙂 🙂
Beautiful photos, NW!! Thank you.
Congrats NCLB 🙂
Ground truth …
And, then there’s these observations …
https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/508282545524731905
https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/508227199531765760
https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/508282847640449024
#TrustBarack
Bob, what is “silovaya struktura”? When I googled it, all the posts were in Russian.
He’s referencing the fact that Putin and his minions have completely undermined whatever remained of Slavic societal structure among Russians and Ukrainians, Jackie. Once that is generally understood by Russian Slavs the folk in the “Kremlin” (i.e., Putin & his minions) will have all hell to pay (as history should have taught them).
Thank you. It’s not a term that I had ever heard before or read about.
Well done young man….this kid will have no problems reeling in the ladies in the future 😎
My weekly Saturday Auburn football update 🙂
Aaaaaaaw, that boy is the sweetest EVER! I hope they end up marrying 🙂
I think their moms were already exchanging info for an “arranged” nuptial in the future!
And they look like a couple too!!
Don’t mind me—–experimenting…..
file:///C:/Users/Vicki/Downloads/10593020_10202295864268012_7351557481100411991_n.jpg
You need to upload your images to a photo hosting site, then use HTML code to post them here.
thanks for the tip —–I keep thinking I’ll stumble onto the photo posting operation, and, alas, another sad failure.
It’s a little crazy. You need a third party host server to create a URL. Like Photobucket, ImageShack, picasia, etc, etc.
So you upload your photos to the image hosting website. They produce a URL and then you just cut and paste here.
May I point out that if you guys had started posting at 5:30ish this morning (when I was waiting at the gate), you/I wouldn’t have to be rushing now? Just saying. /ducks while making a hasty retreat/
Here you go for This Week at Interior! Sec. Jewell made another(?) plea for Congress to work together and address full and permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Two reasons why I’m a hopeless Twitter! 😀 😀 😀
OMG, they are HILARIOUS!!!!! 😆 Morning Dudette!!!
Hiya Queen C! 🙂
Richard Dawkins is as intolerant as the most nattered fundie.
He’s the dregs, loathe him. Morning Mister!
… Hopeless Twitter ADDICT! 🙄
OMG! Just peeking in before/after busy work days.
That Richard Dawkins/God tweet is hilariously fantabulous!!! The best!
Thanks for sharing Dudette!
😀
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/koch-machine-pulls-plug-oregon
Welp. It seems that the Koch machine isn’t feeling too confident about their chances in Oregon, so they’ve pulled the plug on a big ad buy there for the month of October.
The Register-Guard reports:
Freedom Partners’ super PAC, the Virginia-based group affiliated with oil and gas magnates Charles and David Koch, confirmed today that it has canceled all the television ad time it had reserved in October to influence Oregon’s U.S. Senate race.
Great news. Koch money can’t buy everything.
Who’s got two thumbs and is going to see Elvis Costello at the Bowl tonight? –>THIS GUY<–
Morning everyone.
You lucky rockin’ librarian you!
Have fun! 😀
Who’s got two thumbs and declined to take his son to the movies tonight to see the Ninja Turtles so his wife is going to take him instead so I can lay on the couch and watch college football until I fall asleep ->THIS GUY<-
Well played, sir. Although when the man-cub gets older, you’ll be a topic of discussion with his therapist for that decision.
Even when I’m kidding I get kicked in the nads.
😆
Oh Schizznit!
Snappy retort from the Librarian!Nose tagged! Blood on the floor!
Dayum man! He went there! You just gon’ take that?!! Huh? Are ya?
🙂 😎 🙂
You know what the funny thing is? When I was going to a therapist, my mom, even with all the questionable things she pulled, never came up. Don’t know if I blocked it out, or just was no longer important.
Join the club I drove my psychologist crazy because no matter what I faced as a child I never spoke about it in my sessions later on in my life. This place is like therapy, it really is, you can say things that maybe you wouldn’t say to even the closet people in your life. Not that I advise anyone from holding things in, but this place provides a certain level of anonymity.
Well there goes my feeble attempt at starting a round of The Dozens on TOD!
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LOL….your attempt at a game of the dozens ends up with two guys talking about their past therapy sessions, good work Dudette.
Wait! That means ** I ** win! Wooot! Yay Me!
😀
Um…..ok……sure…..you win……I guess.
Dudette, will you be my therapist? LOLz.
If meta needs to cancel at any time to do something creative, may I have her slot, Dudette?
Waiddaaamminut!!
Don’t panic. I just need one visit, to let her know everything was everybody else’s fault and I have no regrets. Don’t panic!
You are clearly a very healthy individual!!
Touche’
And if this shoe were on the Israeli foot, our media would be screaming “WAR CRIME”.
Of course
Those who harm children will get their Visit…..from Karma soon.
LOL! Sometimes I think President Obama does things just to fuck with the Republicans, and I love it.
Hey Knoller, if you can’t stand the heat………..
The more I think about Knoller’s post the angrier I get, listen motherfucker, if it’s too hot for you well then take your ass home. Nobody is forcing you to follow the President, the fucking balls on this guy.
The Mother of All Concern Trolls.
Thank you weather man and sportsman Mark Knoller, hopefully Pres Obama has sense enough to leave the golf course if it start to thunder and lightening…
Honey, If u REALLY loved me, you’d get me one of these… Just sayin’
I would give my left pinky finger just to be a fly on the wall at the end of the day when President Obama and Michelle and Valarie Jarrett are upstairs talking in the residency section of the Whitehouse. I got a feeling that Valarie Jarrett runs that whole Chicago crew.
Why makes you feel that Valarie Jarrett runs that whole Chicago crew?
Valarie introducted Michelle to Barack or Vice Versa I think I read it somewhere.
*introduced
Or was it that Michelle was Barack’s mentor at a law firm I think. And I think Valarie knew Michelle before she knew Barack or vice versa.
And I think Valarie was big in the Chicago business community at the time, I read somewhere that Valarie was a mover and a shaker.
Michelle was Barack’s mentor at the law office Michelle worked at.
Valerie is the Gatekeeper. I have no doubt about that. Which is why so many are gunning for her.
Down to days ….
“This story will develop in the coming days with a Tuesday press conference already scheduled by Russian-installed officials. The ongoing ceasefire may just be the calm needed to begin the process of solidifying Russian hegemony in the region, as occurred in Georgia. It remains to be see what form of annexation will take place: be it the formal annexation of Luhansk and neighboring Donetsk, facilitating their recognition as vassal states the model of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, or unofficial recognition as Russia maintains with Transnistria.”
Side comment as I’m bored at work. For all the media hyperventilating about the GOP being oh so popular and whatever, here in MN we are having none of that. I love Gov. Dayton’s ads, each one starts out with the phrase “My opponent, the Tea party republican”. Hah! let them wear that label, they built that mess! Both him and Sen. Franken are ahead of their pace in their last elections and have wider leads already. Michelle bachman is gone, but i’m not sure how/who will win that district.
I don’t think the GOP has any chance to win a statewide election anytime soon in MN. we will hold the state house, Gov and state senate, putting this state firmly in “D” for drive.
Anyways, fall and football time in MN and we don’t have time for GOP nonsense!
Great update, Kid!!
Hmmmm, I didn’t even know football was played in MN, oh well.
Listen Kid, before you even get started. Do not pay me any attention, I’m just rambling.
😉
Well its not always good football, but we play anyways. 🙂
Thanks for all you guys do here at TOD to keep people up to date on whats really going on!
like bob says #trustbarack !!
Niiiiiice:)
Last two picture posts, past and present have been a joy to read. I’ll never forget the memories this blog has created over the past 6 years. Stupendously specular!
Just dropping in to say hello; hope everyone is having a great weekend. Glad that PBO is playing golf (watch out terrorists) and that Knoller is miserable.
Watch out Chucky Todd. Will POTUS interview be live or tape?
Taped some hours ago now.
Taped.
For sure now, Fedex will win his 18th tournament.
I love this headline better 😉
This is a BFD.
They sure try everything they can think of to defeat their own government – and still it does not happen – I cannot think of another country in the world where this could happen?
Chat on!
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/06/chat-away-433/
I guess the President made the decision Friday night on AF-1.
He’s afraid the republicans will demagogue the details and the whole election will be about immigration reform.
So, he has suspended it until after elections.
Seems logical to me, but not to the EMO Latinos? 😦
Yes, I bought this week’s People because of the Brangelina wedding. And, the pictures were so cute. The kids have grown!!
I don’t dislike either one of them, but not a fan of either one either. Did Angelina’s coo-coo right wing Dad walk her down the isle?
NO. her oldest two sons did.
#CeaseFireFarce