President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive on stage for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Phoenix Awards dinner tonight
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Archive for September 27th, 2014
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Sep
14
Night owl chat – Culture Club
If you’re a person of a certain age, Culture Club was a big part of your upbringing. So, a bit of Culture Club for a Saturday evening.
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Karma Chameleon
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Time
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9:0 EDT: The President delivers remarks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 44th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The First Lady also attends.
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14
Chuckle The Day Away
My dog called me and asked me to wire him $800 dollars in Oklahoma. Only after I did it did I think: I just saw him. No way he's in Oklahoma
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(@Ristolable) February 23, 2014[cops knock on my door]
"Sir?"
"Nobody's home."
"Who said that then?"
"My dog."
"Jesus Christ, well do u know when Mr Hughes will be back?"
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David Hughes (@david8hughes) June 14, 2014****
dude I think that snake ate your dog
"WHAT"
*runs over*
"how do we even check"
I know
*leans down*
who's a good boy
*snake goes fuckin nuts*
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k e e t (@KeetPotato) September 18, 2014"Honey, why is there pollen on your bra?"
[A 6ft bumble bee in a muscle vest bursts out of the bathroom]
"CUZ U CANT SATISFY HER BRUH"
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Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) September 16, 2014****
Can you imagine if a bird got on a plane and sat in one of the seats? I'd absolutely lose it. "You don't need to be here" I'd say
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(@Ristolable) April 16, 2014Remember that weird kid who ate the batteries in middle school? Well he’s a millionaire now! Just kidding, he died. He ate batteries.
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(@Ristolable) March 28, 2013****
Gurl are you Quantum Mechanics 'cause you got 10 different interpretations of everything, none of which fully corresponds with reality.
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Mike Bianchi (@Mike_Bianchi) May 28, 2013Scientists have found that the reason wolves howl at the moon is because they're sick of its bullshit. "Fuck the moon" said one researcher.
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Kyle Lippert (@Kyle_Lippert) September 11, 2014****
"Kids, don't look directly at the sun"
[Sun pulls out a knife]
"what the FUCK are you lookin' at punk"
"Nothing man, we cool, we cool"
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Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) September 07, 2014"hang on babe just need to clear my throat"
[Stands on table]
"I find my throat... not guilty! hahahahaha wait Sharon come back"
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Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) August 30, 2014****
For a carpenter, Jesus sure had a hard time carrying two pieces of wood up a hill
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Sage Boggs (@sageboggs) September 16, 2014"I'll see you in hell" should be followed with "and I won't even stop to say hi". Otherwise you're just making plans with someone you hate
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ballin' ass furlin (@thefurlinator) January 10, 2014****
*buys a bunch of stuff at Costco*
Sir, you wanna box for those?
"Nah, I hate violence. Can I just pay cash?"
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Terry F (@daemonic3) August 28, 2014Lawyer: We plead insanity. As you can see your honor, the loss has made my client lose his mind.
(Judge, whispering) up in here, up in here.
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(@Thynebear) September 03, 2014****
I'm on chapter two of the dictionary and this thing is just so disconnected. Like, what happened to the aardvark from the beginning?
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Dan Polish Last Name (@danjan13) April 28, 2014*stood on Eiffel tower watching a beautiful sunset*
Sara?
*Gets down on one knee*
*audible gasp*
"Yes?"
Help my knee is made of magnets
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GoaT FacE ThrillA (@EndhooS) January 10, 2014****
"Dad, what's mom mean by her time of the month?"
Well son
*touches his shoulder*
It means
*pushes son down and runs*
ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE
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Reverend Scott (@Reverend_Scott) September 11, 2014"You stand accused of 3 counts of first degree murder."
"Look, I'm a lot of things--"
"Are you a murderer?"
[bites lower lip]
"Little bit."
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David Hughes (@david8hughes) September 10, 2014
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Donna
Good Morning TOD
Chips/NW in honor of Mr. Clooney’s wedding today (sigh) I think a thread honoring this beautiful, handsome, charming, intelligent, big time President Obama supporter would be appropriate….
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As you wish, Donna. 🙂
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NY Mag
George Clooney has never been shy about sharing his thoughts on politics and current events. So yesterday, when we ran into him at a Peggy Siegal lunch for his new space flick Gravity, we asked the liberal-leaning actor for his thoughts about the ongoing government shutdown. He had many — on John Boehner’s grand strategy, on the “idiots” who think we don’t need government, and on Ted Cruz’s reading of Green Eggs and Ham. “People keep talking about how this has to be a great negotiation, but there isn’t any negotiating a law.
We negotiate on all these other topics, but this was put into law, and [Obama] was reelected on it. It was reaffirmed, it was passed through the Supreme Court — it’s a law. You don’t like it? Win an election. That’s how it works. That’s how the country works. But you don’t get to shut down the government because of it. That’s not how it works.” “Shutting down the government is not how you make government work. And anybody who thinks we don’t need it is an idiot.”
More here
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May 11, 2012 – Pete Souza: “After some early morning basketball in Los Angeles, the President talks with the players who included actors Don Cheadle, Tobey Maguire, and George Clooney, along with two of Clooney’s long-time friends. Stacy Keibler is also at right.”
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Vanity Fair
What happens in Vegas . . . doesn’t stay in Vegas when you are George Clooney and get in an argument with a hotel tycoon over President Obama. “There were 9 people at that table. . .So you can ask them. . .Steve likes to go on rants. . .HE called the president an asshole. . . that is a fact. . .I said the President was my longtime friend and then he said ‘your friend is an asshole.’ . . .At that point I told Steve that HE was an asshole and I wasn’t going to sit at his table while he was being such a jackass. And I walked out. There were obviously quite a few more adjectives and adverbs used by both of us. Those are all the facts. It had nothing to do with politics and everything to do with character.”
More here
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Vanity Fair
Steve Wynn and I have met three times, two times for dinner. That is the extent of our knowledge of one another, so I will refrain from trying to categorize him based on the little time we’ve spent together, but I will not let his version of the truth go unchallenged. He now says he didn’t call the president an ‘a——.’ That is false. He bellowed ‘I voted for the a——,’ and then called him the same thing several more times as the dinner came to an abrupt end. Again there were eight people at the table, eight witnesses. I did in turn, call him the same body part, and walked out. Again he can make up whatever story he wants, but these are the facts. He said I drank 16 shots of tequila. I didn’t drink one shot of tequila, not one. We were drinking but it was early and we still had two events to attend.
He said I live in a bubble. More of a bubble than Las Vegas? Honestly? He says I’m ‘molly coddled,’ that I’m surrounded by people who coddle me. I would suggest that Mr. Wynn look to his left and right and find anyone in his sphere that says anything but ‘yes’ to him. Emphatically. I did not attend a private boys’ school, I worked in tobacco fields and in stock rooms, and construction sites. I’ve been broke more of my life than I have been successful, and I understand the meaning of being an employee and how difficult it is to make ends meet. Steve is one of the richest men in the world and he should be congratulated for it, but he needs to take off his red sparkly dinner jacket and roll up his sleeves every once in a while and understand what most of the country is actually dealing with … or at least start with the fact that you can’t make up stories when eight people who are not on your payroll are sitting around you as witnesses.
More here
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Washington Post
Walking through Clooney’s house, Obama glimpsed at the “HOPE” poster from the 2008 campaign by Shepard Fairey and told donors: “People don’t realize that the photograph of me is actually me sitting next to George” at an event when Clooney was advocating on behalf of Darfur. “We struck up a friendship,” Obama said, and then joked, to much laughter: “This is the first time that George Clooney has actually been photo-shopped out of a picture. Never happened before, will never happen again.” Obama said Fairey did a poster for Clooney with both men on the same picture. “Why he said at the bottom ‘Dope and Hope,’ I don’t know.” More laughter. “We raised a lot of money because everybody loves George.
They like me, they love him. And rightfully so. Not only is he an unbelievable actor, but he is one of those rare individuals who is at ease with everybody. He seems to occupy a constant state of grace, and uses his extraordinary talents on behalf of something truly important.” Clooney listened intently to the president throughout, his hands folded as if in prayer and his chin resting on them. And I want to thank Clooney for letting us use his basketball court. This man has been talking smack about his basketball game ever since I’ve known him.”
More here
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At the National Press Club for ‘SAVE DARFUR: Rally to Stop Genocide’, 2006
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Interesting interview. He talks about President Obama at 35:42.
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27
Sep
14
Rise and Shine: The Week Ahead
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Today
9:0 EDT: The President delivers remarks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 44th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The First Lady also attends.
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The Week Ahead
Sunday
No public events scheduled.
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Monday
The President will attend a DNC event in Washington DC.
In the evening, he will host Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India – spare a thought for him, he has to rule Amk – for a private dinner at the White House. The Vice President will also attend.
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Tuesday
The President will host Prime Minister Modi at the White House.
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Wednesday
The President will try really hard to smile as he hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
In the afternoon, the President will welcome – sorry Tally – Sporting Kansas City to the White House to honor their 2013 MLS Championship.
In the evening, the President will travel to Chicago where he will spend the night. Further details to come.
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Thursday
After a couple of events in Chicago, the President will return to the White House.
That evening, the President will deliver remarks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual awards gala in Washington.
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Friday
The President will attend meetings at the White House.
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On This Day
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Virginia Beach, September 27, 2012 – Photo by Scout Tufankjian
Virginia Beach, September 27, 2012 – Photo by Scout Tufankjian
Virginia Beach, September 27, 2012 – Photo by Scout Tufankjian
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MoooOOOooorning!
27
Sep
14
Early Bird Chat
On This Day: President Barack Obama stops to talk with two young supporters at a campaign event at Farm Bureau Live, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, September 27, 2012
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MoooOOOooorning – Happy Saturday!
