President Barack Obama holds the baby daughter of former staff members Darienne Page Rakestraw and London Rakestraw in the Ground Floor Corridor of the White House, July 1, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
First Lady Michelle Obama hugs Braeden Mannering, the 2013 Kids’ State Dinner winner from Delaware, after he introduced her at the Kids’ State Dinner in the East Room of the White House, July 18, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)
President Barack Obama greets audience members after he delivered remarks on the economy at the Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington, D.C., July 1, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama talk with Ken Burns as part of an interview for a PBS documentary about Jackie Robinson, in the White House Library, July 3, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
President Barack Obama greets Airman First Class Karen Mae Manalo with other citizenship candidates in the Blue Room prior to a naturalization ceremony for active duty military, military dependents, reservists and veterans at the White House, July 4, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Barack Obama greets a young girl after he delivered remarks on the economy at Cheesman Park in Denver, Colo., July 9, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
First Lady Michelle Obama discusses Millennium Development Goals with students during a visit to Global Kids, Inc. in New York, N.Y., July 10, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)
President Barack Obama jokes with Mattina Falco, 19-year-old Make-A-Wish recipient from Worchester, Mass., as she sits at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, July 17, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
First Lady Michelle Obama and Jennifer Lopez pose for a selfie before the 85th Annual League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) National Convention and Exposition in New York, N.Y., July 10, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)
Vice President Joe Biden talks with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough in the Oval Office, July 2, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama greets audience members after he delivers remarks on the economy at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas, July 10, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama greets patrons at the Charcoal Pit restaurant in Wilmington, Del., July 17, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
First Lady Michelle Obama joins the cast of Disney’s “The Lion King” onstage after their performance at the Kids’ State Dinner in the East Room of the White House, July 18, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
President Barack Obama greets patrons at Canter’s Delicatessen in Los Angeles, Calif., July 24, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama greets HUD staff following remarks at the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C., July 31, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden share a laugh in the Oval Office July 21, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
The Obama Diary 
Hello!
Good Afternoon TODVille!
congrats on your Au! How are you feeling?
Where is everybody?
Still on the last thread!
Silver?
A three-way tie for the silver!
Congrats NCLB on #1 🙂
Another Gem of a Thread NW. Fantastic.
NCLB is the Au ⭐ winner 😉
LOL – this is too funny.
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL…TRUE INDEED…!!!!!!
I laugh every time I see the SS pealing that lady`s arm from around PBO` neck.
Thanks NW for posting these 🙂
That’s Austin for you.
We looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove President Obama. 🙂
😀 😀 😀
POOR PBO..BENT,FOLDED AND MUTILATED BY WOMEN…THE PRICE PAID BY A RATHER HANDSOME PRESIDENT!!!!!
When will the President give us a statement/speech/address on this matter?
Wow…..a Molotov was thrown? In MO? In Congressman’s Office? Holy smokes.
Terrible thing to happen. I’m curious though. Did the CBC make an official statement about Mike Brown and #Ferguson?
If they did I haven’t seen it.
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/510109341181939712
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/510112155337646080
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/510113907239710721
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/510115102914138114
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/510122917716176896
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/510124920815095809
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/510128376019820544
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/510131164535726080
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/510132697595801600
NW, I was just about to comment on that photo after looking at Pete’s flicker pages. That little boy is grabbing on for dear life. Not.Letting.You.Go! Kids, the elderly, heck, all of us would just love to hold on to him too! 🙂 One thing I noticed, the elderly either touch his cheek as one would with someone close to your heart. Or they shake his hand with both of theirs. Or just plain kiss his hand! Little kids just hug both POTUS & FLOTUS, real tight! And are just plain comfortable with them.
I notice that he is respectful of the elderly even though he is President. His grandparents and his mother must have instilled this in him very early. His inmate humanity draws people to him. That is not something you can manufacture.
Indeed!
This is my favorite one in the group.
PRECIOUS INDEED!
I’m waiting for Mark Kirk (IL-liar) to say he ‘voted yes’ to end CU, when he only voted to allow debate and filibustered the actual vote.
Love this set, NW! Good vibes all around him.
People just adore him.
Pete Souza is a genius at illuminating the humanity of the Obama Presidency! So many treasured pictures, but that top one is my current fave!
Jovie this is where Rover is now!
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/510139767653023744
So it was really not a joke?
Stay classy, Palin.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/11/anchorage-police-confirm-palin-family-involved-in-heated-saturday-night-brawl/
No wonder McCain has been so unhinged lately – with the MSM trying to rehabilitate his image. His legacy of Sarah Palin has become the world’s biggest joke….
Can’t wait until TMZ gets the video….who ever has video is gonna get some big bucks.
[LOL! LOL! This just cracked me up 🙂 ]:
It’s something to hear when Sarah screams, “Don’t you know who I am!” And it was particularly wonderful when someone in the crowd screamed back, “This isn’t some damned Hillbilly reality show!”
WHY DOES THIS NOT SURPRISE ME?
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/apnewsbreak-us-sharply-cutting-deportations-25434627
President Barack Obama, who has postponed until after Election Day his plans that could shield millions of immigrants from deportation, is already on pace this year to deport the fewest number of immigrants since at least 2007.
According to an analysis of Homeland Security Department figures by The Associated Press, the federal agency responsible for deportations sent home 258,608 immigrants between the start of the budget year last October and July 28 this summer. During the same period a year earlier, it removed 320,167 people — a decrease of nearly 20 percent.
Over the same period ending in July 2012, Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 344,624 people, some 25 percent more than this year, according to the federal figures obtained by the AP.
The figures, contained in weekly internal reports marked “Official Use Only,” reflect the marked decline in deportations even as Obama has delayed announcing what changes he will make to U.S. immigration policies. Immigration advocates widely expect Obama to reduce the number of immigrants who are deported, a particularly sensitive issue in many states. Since Obama took office, his administration has removed more than 2.1 million immigrants.
THANK YOU, Nena! Let’s help spread the word. I’ve gotten a number of Latinos following me in the last couple of weeks and they’re great at RTing this kind of thing.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140910162324.htm
Earth’s ozone layer on track to recovery, scientists report
Every time I see the way people react to the President, I wonder, what planet are the msm and pollsters on?? Seriously, regular people like POTUS. Who can even believe the low poll numbers, or the talking heads trying to convince themselves that every hates PBO.
Sort of like in ’08 when we saw huge crowds for Obama and empty chairs and smaller crowds for McCain yet the polls told us McCain was more popular.
Lovely pics and stories from yesterday and today. Nice to balance the horrific memories with heartwarming photos from Pete Souza. Nerdy, you really know how to make a mini story out of a picture.
Thanks, Vetivera24,
Ha. Here’s a guy who takes credit in advance. Hey, at least he’s “goes along.”
It was phrased very inartfully, but the article is excellent.
Glad it was excellent. I hadn’t checked it out, but I will! I follow that guy, and I’m pretty sure his head’s in the right place.
Excellent article and it mirrors pretty much what I have been saying. I always knew Eichenwald was a brilliant man.
I loved the way he wrote it.
Sometimes you accidentally look at the comments section on some link … and just want to pull the blanket up over your head. So many people are heartless and cruel. I try not to wish bad things on people, but am a tiny bit comforted that Karma’s a bitch.
I need to keep repeating to myself: “There’s an endless supply of paint.” As we all do!
They really need to turn these comment sections off or sanitze them better. No one learns anything from these idiots who only spew filth.
^^^ THIS!
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Would a remnant force of U.S. soldiers have stopped the rise of a new Sunni insurgency, led by jihadists, under the divisive Maliki regime? That seems a doubtful assertion, no matter how often or how angrily McCain says so. What seems considerably less arguable, however, is a simpler thesis: Without the invasion of Iraq, ISIS would never have been spawned.
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Problem is, people will ignore the year and that this happened under Bush and just use it to criticize PBO’s administration.
Jackie has tweeted her awesome idea for GOTV.
Thx, Meta. I couldn’t even find it after I posted it. You’re amazing!
No, you are! Thanks for posting. I’m going to keep bringing up this idea over the next few weeks.
Stay on this! We are doing Salsa events for voter registration here. It is bringing people out & getting them registered.
And so it begins.
WTF was she doing with a GUN at a SCHOOL?
I believe that Utah is one of those states that stupidly thinks that a teacher having a gun in the classroom is a good thing. W.T.F.
Thank God she shot herself. and didn’t kill or hurt anyone else.
see…
So Cruz also walked out?
Hmm? Cruz just can’t handle Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooos by righties?
Well……it took over 72 hours of endless loops?
Wow…..Now finally, some common sense?
http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_26514158/networks-say-theyre-no-longer-showing-ray-rice
NEW YORK — At least four television networks say they plan to stop or minimize airings of video showing Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice striking his then-fiancee and knocking her unconscious, footage that has called into question how the NFL disciplines players involved in domestic violence.
ESPN…..CNN….ABC…..Fox…..thus far.
I still haven’t seen the tape.
It’s beyond disgusting.
Which is why I’ve refused to watch it.
I haven’t either.
I have not watched it either…at this point I see it all as exploitive….
this is the shiny new toy…
Oh dear. They’ll be announced TOMORROW. The West is going to allow Putin to stew on what may be coming down the pike.
https://twitter.com/Our4thEstate/status/510173515471785984
THank you, Bob!
Oh, Nerdy, these are wonderful photos. If I met Pres Obama I would be like the white-haired woman at the Charcoal Cafe. I would just love to pat his cheek and tell him how wonderful I think he is. So uplifting to see POTUS and FLOTUS with people. There is so much love there going both ways.
On this date…….
Events
2001 9-11 Hijackers crash two planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Shortly after, both towers collapsed. A third aircraft was crashed into the Pentagon. A fourth plane crashed into a rural field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The official count was 2,986 deaths in the attacks including the hijackers.
1998 Clinton-Lewinsky Affair The Ken Starr report is released by Congress, detailing the President’s relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Clinton had previously denied having sexual relations with her.
1979 National Hunting and Fishing Day is declared by Presidential proclamation. To be celebrated yearly on the 4th Saturday in September.
1974 Longest major-league baseball game The San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets (8-6) after a 23-inning game lasting 7 hours and 23 minutes.
1962 The Beatles The group begins recording their first album, Please Please Me.
1959 Food stamps are authorized by Congress.
1950 Dick Tracy debuts on ABC.
1928 First televised play The Queen’s Messenger is broadcast by WGY of Schenectady, New York.
1928 First U.S. transcontinental bus service The Yellow Bus Line between New York and Los Angeles begins service.
1912 First airplane pilot captured during warfare An Italian pilot is captured when his plane was forced down.
1903 Milwaukee Mile The Wisconsin track holds its first race. William Jones of Chicago wins a five lap speed contest. This is the oldest operating motor speedway in the world.
1847 Oh! Susanna First professional performance of Stephen Foster’s song.
1841 Tyler’s Cabinet Resigns The U.S. President’s entire cabinet, except the Secretary of State, resigns in protest of his vetoing the Banking Bill.
1811 First steamboat on the Ohio River The New Orleans leaves Pittsburgh headed for New Orleans. It also became the first on the Mississippi.
Births
1962 Kristy McNichol American Emmy-winning actress. TV: Family (Buddy) and Empty Nest (Barbara).
1953 Tommy Shaw American guitarist, with Styx. Music: Grand Illusion (1977), and Babe (1979, #1).
1943 Lola Falana American actress, singer.
1940 Brian De Palma American film director, Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Carrie (1976) and The Fury 1978.
1928 Earl Holliman American actor. TV: Police Woman (Lt. Crowley).
1924 Tom Landry d. 2000 American football player, coach for the Dallas Cowboys. He invented the “4-3 Defense.”
1917 Ferdinand Edralin Marcos d. 1989 ousted leader of the Philippines.
1913 Bear Bryant d. 1983 (Paul William Bryant), American football coach, the Crimson Tide (1958-82), the winningest coach in college football history (325 wins).
1899 Jimmie Davis d. 2000 American politician, two-time governor of Louisiana (1944-48, 1960-64), and Country Music Hall of Famer. Music: You Are My Sunshine and Where the Old Red River Flows.
1892 Vance DeBar “Pinto” Colvig d. 1967 voice of Sleepy and Grumpy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney’s Goofey, and voice of the original Bozo the Clown.
1885 D.H. Lawrence d. 1930 (David Herbert Lawrence), English novelist. Writings: The Rainbow (1915) and Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928).
1862 O. Henry d. 1910 (William Sydney Porter), American short story author. He served three years in prison for embezzling bank funds.
Deaths
2009 Crystal Lee Sutton b. 1940 American union organizer. Due to poor working conditions, she helped unionize the workers at the J.P. Stevens textile plant in North Carolina. The film Norma Rae (1979, starring Sally Field) was based on her efforts.
2003 John Ritter b. 1948 (Jonathan Southworth Ritter), American Emmy-winning actor. TV: Three’s Company (Jack Tripper), The Waltons (Rev. Fordwick), and 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (the Father).
2002 Johnny Unitas b. 1933 American football Hall of Famer, 3-time Player of the Year (1959, 64, 67), and was named greatest player of all time.
1994 Jessica Tandy b. 1909 English Oscar-Tony-Emmy winning actress. At age 80, she became the oldest person to receive an Oscar (Driving Miss Daisy). Stage: Streetcar Named Desire (1948, Blanche Dubois). Film: The Birds (1965) and Cocoon (1985).
1987 Lorne Greene b. 1915 Canadian-born actor. TV: Bonanza (Ben Cartwright).
1983 Harry Williams b. 1906 American inventor, “The Father of Pinball”. He created the first electric action pinball feature (1933): it would kick out a ball when a particular hole was hit. The first tilt device for pinball machines: it consisted of a ball which would fall off a pedestal onto a metal ring beneath, thus stopping play. He later invented the electric pendulum tilt as used in modern machines.
1978 Georgi Markov b. 1929 Bulgarian dissident. While waiting at a bus stop, he was stabbed with an umbrella that inserted a ricin-filled pellet. He died several days later. It is believed that the KGB was behind the assassination.
1972 Max Fleischer b. 1883 Austrian-born American animator. He and his brother Dave created Betty Boop and animated Popeye the Sailor. He also created Out of the Inkwell, which was the first popular animated cartoon series.
1948 Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah b. 1876 Indian statesman, founder and first governor (1947-48) of Pakistan.
1851 Sylvester W. Graham b. 1794 American reformer, invented the Graham cracker.
McCain further shreds what is left of his credibility:
Still a tad sketchy, but we’re getting closer to a confirmation:
Anchorage Police Department provides an update and case number for the throw down at the hoedown.
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2014/09/anchorage-police-department-provides.html
“throw down at the hoedown”
hahahahahahahahahaha
Now just what would the right wing haters be saying if this was the Obama clan?
John McCain you are the one to thank for the Palin clan, well I don’t know if thanks is the right word, I’m sure it isn’t.
But that obama guy he’s…
One thing I’m finding exciting is the people who really do understand the Iraq/Syria/Saudi/ISIL situation and that they also understand Pres Obama and what he is doing. Once again I am so impressed with POTUS’ ability to understand and craft amazing strategies that deal with complexities there and also what he has to deal with here with the GOP and American people who want a simple solution. I couldn’t summarize this excellent article, but it’s well worth a read. This is my take: the region has been in turmoil of one type or another for hundreds of years. It’s been destabilized and is coming to a new balance. It’s up to them to create the type of government they truly want. Neocons in the US can’t handle their own feelings so when they panic they want to control and there is no frigging way we can control what is happening. But we can be a stabilizing force for as humane a balance as possible and give them a chance to work it out. I am so excited about our President! I feel like he understands the forces at work there and sees ways to apply pressure to the change that is happening, while still giving them the space to determine their own future. He is telling them it is up to them. As always I am so impressed with Pres Obama and thrilled to be a voter in his time in office.
…Analysts will focus on his four-step program of fighting ISIL, but it is in the president’s analogies to his present battle that we find clues to what he really expects to happen. He says that this is not a war as Iraq and Afghanistan were wars, i.e. with the commitment of several divisions of conventional US ground troops…
…Invoking Yemen and Somalia is a signal of minimalism in every way…..
….Look at his metaphors. He is telling those who have ears to hear that he is pulling a Yemen in Iraq and Syria. He knows very well what that implies. It is a sort of desultory, staccato containment from the air with a variety of grassroots and governmental forces joining in. Yemen is widely regarded as a failure, but perhaps it is only not a success. And perhaps that is all Obama can realistically hope for….
Same article, but another tweet. I decided I didn’t explain it very well before!
🙂
how succinct.
Everyone has a skill. 8)
Ha!
I meant to add: Embrace it! 🙂
NFL shoots themselves in the foot again
Uhhhhhh…if it was Chris Brown(perpetrator), yes you should drop. Rhianna (victim) NO! I haven’t read it yet, but was this CBS or NFL being this frickin stupid? Duh?????????
You bet.
Talk about a STUPID decision.
Anybody know what this is about?
Updated September 2014.
A Better Updated Version of events.
Jan 2009 US lost 818K. Jan UE rate out 1st week in Feb 2009…..was 8.2%
19 GOPers plus Frank Luntz……those 19 included Paul Ryan, Newt Gingrich, McCarthy, Jim DeMint, Tom Colburn, Eric Cantor, etc.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/11/kids-♥-the-obamas/
someone trying to test fate
Hmm….
He might not go to prison. Money talks. I wonder if this young lady had reported him the other young lady would be alive? Maybe not. He will forever be known as a someone that killed an innocent person.