Mainly a smile or two – 50 to 11 in no particular order, but top 10 = top 10!
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50 TODers All Through 2014
Too many Memorable Moments to mention. The Muhammad Ali of bloggy people: The Greatest 🙂
(Although, Amk’s wimmin jokes float like a bee, and sting like a butterfly)
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49 Dead
Doug Mills’ photo prompted a gazillion captions, but some pics just say it all 🙂
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48 Making Special New Friends on Twitter
https://twitter.com/skollbuddy51/status/549194439428546561
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47 The President Making New Friends Around The World
‘Welcome Mr. President – PS In Netherlands, we give three kisses’
😕
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46 Genius Gifs
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45 Babies
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44 Joy
President Obama greets patrons at Canter’s Delicatessen in Los Angeles, Calif., July 24, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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43 Beauty
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42 ‘Gov. Christie Traffic Jam’
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41 OMG! It’s him!1!1!
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40 The New White House Videographer
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39 Danny Hating On His Attention-Rival: TOD
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38 Funniest. Vine. Ever.
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37 Cracking Up The President
Still have no clue what Lily Tomlin said, but it must have been a complete hoot 🙂
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36 Turnip For What?
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35 Rob
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34 Nerdy’s Laughs
The perfect way to end any day 🙂
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33 The First Lady Wanted People To Show Her How They Move….
….So:
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32 More Babies
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31 The Bear Is Loose
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30 Respect
A local resident waves as President Obama travels by motorcade en route to Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi, Md. (Photo by Pete Souza)
Love this so much.
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29 Stonehenge
It was lovely enough seeing the President at Stonehenge, but imagine how James and Janice Raffle and their kids felt when they bumped in to him there?
Janice: “He was really sweet…. he said that I was quite outnumbered because I have three little boys as well as my husband. There was a bit of banter between the boys, saying boys are best and he said ‘Well, I don’t know if I agree with that’. He was really kind, it was a really amazing experience for all of us.”
James: “Incredible!”.
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28 The Kennedy Center Honors Reception
Loved this, the President was in outstanding form!
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27 I Love Lucy
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26 That Face
And since then?
US economy? ↑
Russian economy? ↓
Oh well.
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25 The Tourist
There was something kind of exceptional about seeing PBO tour the Colosseum, knowing how much he would appreciate the experience ….. all the time thinking ‘imagine if that was GWB?’ (“It looks mighty shabby – was it built recently?”)
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24 Trolling The President
The President greets an enthusiastic fan at Coral Reef High School
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23 Toys for Tots
The First Lady doubted the President’s ability to accurately sort ‘Toys for Tots’. He was sad. But he was awesome at it!!!
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22 AG Holder
President Obama after announcing Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation (Photo by Doug Mills)
AG Holder will leave behind a record of civil rights’ achievements like few – if any – others.
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21 The Loneliest Job In The World
President Obama makes comments on Ferguson at a news conference at the White House
Ferguson, we were told, was ‘Obama’s fault’, his ‘Katrina’, because racism and police brutality, as we know, didn’t exist before January 2009 – and even if they did, why didn’t he, um, issue an executive order to remove racists from every police force in America?
But enough about self-promoters like Shaun King, who thinks tweeting = activism.
When his like were still in diapers, some folk were walking the walk – not tweeting the tweet:
As for the Blackademics …. well, @Only4RM sorted one of them:
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20 Selfie Of The Year (Or Is It A Photobomb?)
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19 Crowned
Pete Souza: This is from the annual White House Science Fair. The kids from Girl Scout Troop 2612 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, convinced the President to wear a tiara with them for their group photo.
Magnificent!!
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18 The First Lady in China
Greeting staff and their families at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing
Greatest ambassador ever – fun, warm, interested, smart, lovely, perfect.
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17 Even More Babies
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16 Yes We Tan
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15 Tweet of the Year
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14 Cute! (The Koala Too)
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13 PBO’s Reaction to Rusty Boehner’s Lawsuit Threat
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12 Teamwork
Greatest. VP. Ever.
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11 “What the Heck Are You Talking About!?”
Sides. Split.
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10 “I Love You Obama”
President Obama hugs restaurateur Tim Johnson after the President mentioned him while speaking at an event titled “A Celebration of Special Olympics and A Unified Generation” to mark the anniversary of the Special Olympics in the East Room of the White House
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9 Trolling Chuck Todd
That look.
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8 Uh Oh!
‘Cos “uh oh” is what I said when the priest stood up to speak to the President in Nashville …. and then? Ah, beautiful.
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7 Cuba
Everything about the President’s announcement on Cuba was wonderful, this toon summed it up. 🙂
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6 Obamacare
Two toons, one tweet: Obamacare’s year 😎
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5 The End Of Year Presser
Will. Never. Stop. Laughing. Ever. (Especially at the hissy fit thrown by the likes of Ed Henry).
Oh PBO, you rascal.
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4 PBO and the Pope
Nothing to say. But still smiling 🙂
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3 Lame Duck?
We were all down in the dumps after the mid-terms, then there was that press conference and we had half a notion things would be interesting.
Interesting?
They’ve been splendiferous!
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2 Colbert
Spectacular.
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1 Between Two Ferns
(Click here to see video)
The highlight of 2014.
Actually, the highlight of the whole damn century!
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PS I forgot Mike!
The Obama Diary 
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Hello TODVille!
Huh?
Hey No Child, we’re twins, Congrats 😀
Hello GG!
It arrived!! wtg NCLB and GGail – close
Thanks, 99ts.
Close is a-okay with me, 99ts 🙂
Checking in before I check out – everyone have a lovely, wonderful evening! ❤ 🐻 🙂
Oi – I needed you on the last thread – did you vote for the koala?
I cannot tell a lie, 99ts, I nearly voted for the koala, but no. I did not. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!!
Oh my – I cannot believe that – you should have told a lie – then you could have appeared on all the Sunday shows
But, I, well, you see, I, hell no, ain’t no way this gal goin’ on the telly wif that jackass McCain’t!! LOL!! 🙂
😆
Wow! Wow! WOW!
What a compilation, Chiparooo! It’s fantastic. You’re AMAZING.
Thank you for the mentions. That was so kind. You loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove me! 🙂
BEST.ToP.50.EVAH!
Thanks Chips! 🙂
{{{Hopefruit}}} 🙂
Very nice compilation, Chips! It brings so many excellent clips. Wow!
Continuing on previous topics…
What a collection – I had not seen 24 before (trolling the President) – such a hoot! so wish I had been there!
Thank you for the koala (Oh – and the President)
float like a bee, and sting like a butterfly
It takes some talent & expertise. Thanks for recognizing it, petal.
What’s with the blue font now….
orchids, butterfly, petal and all that.
Ah…yes…
My pleasure, flower 🙂
Fantasssssssssssstic…!!!!!!
My old computer is way overheated by this thread – worth it for the pictures but needs to rest – bbl
For me the meeting between Papa Francesco and President Barack Obama is momentous and important, two world leaders whose prime value and agenda is compassion and healing.
Well stated, Bill, and so true!!
Your comment, Bill, inspired ….
And for me, as well.
Chips – each moment you listed was FABULOUS in its own right! Thanks for all the reminders ~ not to mention all the posts this year that went with your “snippets” here.
Ah, thank yooooooooou Jacqueline, our beloved Bard of TOD!!
WOW, this is visual overload! I could go into a coma!
No worries, GGail, you will not be in a coma all alone!
Thanks MP 🙂
So pleased he did this – this is no democracy when people cannot vote because of past issues. The whole idea SHOULD be rehabilitation – and voting is part of that.
Agree, 99!!
Chipsticks ~ YOU. ARE. THE. BOSS!!! (are you sure you are not President Obama?? Running this amazing place in your ‘spare time’??) (as if…) Thank you with the Light of a Million Suns, for all the Light you bring into our lives!! ❤ ❤ ❤
Oh, Chips! This was worth waiting for!
So many things worth remembering and so many that I missed the first time (never saw that Fallon/Springsteen spoof/burn on Christie! Awesome!)
Love the pic of Danny!
#15 was The Tweet of the Year for sure!
Oh, and PBO’s response to that heckler! “He thought happy hour started earlier” finally, the thought bubble spoken aloud 🙂 You know he thinks that so many times with those crazy hecklers who obviously pay no attention to his actual policies and actions.
O.k., I have to go make some dinner and then come back later to savor these!
thank you for all the memories from 2014
President Barack Obama has said Vladimir Putin made a “strategic mistake” when he annexed Crimea, in a move that was “not so smart”.
Those thinking his Russian counterpart was a “genius” had been proven wrong by Russia’s economic crisis, he said.
International sanctions had made Russia’s economy particularly vulnerable to changes in oil price, Mr Obama said.
He also refused to rule out opening a US embassy in Iran soon.
“I never say never but I think these things have to go in steps” he told NPR’s Steve Inskeep in the Oval Office.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30629200
Opening an embassy in Iran will cause RWMJ heads to explode and will dredge up so many unhappy memories from 1979, a terrible year for the US after a dismal decade that saw the nightly reporting of Vietnam war deaths, the continuation of the draft lottery for boys turning 18, the first OPEC oil crisis (1973), Patty Hearst kidnapping/SLA shootout in LA (1974), Watergate/Nixon resigning (1972-74), the Jonestown mass suicide/homicides (1978) double-digit inflation through the early 1980s. The 1970s concluded with 1979 Iran hostage situation and the second OPEC gas shortage.
Youngun’s have no idea how much media saturation there was on these events, way before 24/7 cable news. Every one of these items were on the nightly news at 6:30 pm. Patty Hearst’s parents were on the news every night with Patty’s then-boyfriend Steven, etc.
P.S. – All dates from memory, so no doubt errors above, but you get the gist on why we don’t want to be reminded of that decade.
Oh Chips, this wonderful selection has me laughing, crying, howling and chuckling and all emotions in between. I could pour over these memories for hours, replaying the tapes and watching our incredible president be the best ever at this job. What a terrific gift for the end of the year. Thank you for pulling it all together.
A pleasure Jackie, thrilled you enjoyed it!! Thank you!
Chips this was clearly worth the wait. 🙂
This thread is full of awesomeness!!!!!!!!!
Thank you TOD for your kind words earlier today regarding my Aunt and grand baby Tamara. Aunt V will be having surgery tomorrow and Tay (as we like to call her) is on the mend..
For your evening enjoyment here are the twins in Kansas on Christmas morning. That butterfly rocker was a hoot!
Oh Donna, I completely missed what happened your Aunt and grand baby, will look it up now.
Like I said on an earlier thread, each one gets better and better. This one is simply awesome Chips.
Oh my! Donna, will keep your Aunt in my thoughts and hope that Tamara will ‘mend’ quickly. Take care friend!
❤ 🙂 ❤ 🙂
Love this happy photo, Donna. You obviously are so proud! Hope both your aunt and your granddaughter are better soon.
I was sharing a short visit with my 3-year-old great grandson today, while Mommy was working. He said to me, using a withering voice, although a few minutes before this he was happy as a lark, “I miss Mommy. She’s been my Mommy for a long time.”
What’s not to love? ❤
Love and light for your Aunt’s surgery tomorrow! Glad Tay is OTM.
Those butterfly rockers! Those precious twins! This made my night 🙂
Dear Chips – will scroll through those memorable events, many times!!! Thank You!!!!!
I don’t usually quote Chris Hayes – but this tweet on BJ linked by Lamh is worth a read if you did not know about the content
Christopher Hayes @chrislhayes · 2h 2 hours ago
In 2004, Louisiana had a vote on the MLK holiday. 90 legislators voted for it. 6 voted against. Scalise was one of the 6.
The man who doesn’t know anything – hopefully most ion congress won’t want to know him. Going to be a fun year with the GOP fighting with the GOP about legislation that will be vetoed.
The GOP will start the new year with a bang, and not in a good way.
It’ll be downhill from there, as all the GOP Prez 2016 candidates start jostling for the inside track, egged on by our worthless media who thinks politics is a horserace sprinkled with gossipy tidbits.
I saw your post below – all ties in together.
NEVER fails to crack me up
Stupendous collection, Chips!
No wonder those 16-ish minutes took a wee bit longer — an amazing compilation.
I’ll bet #39 (Danny Hating On His Attention-Rival: TOD) was taken just before you clicked on the “Post Thread” button (after having wrestled the laptop away from Mr. Big Eyes).
Lots of stuff I forgot happened this year, so much has happened in what the idiotic MSM refer to as a slow year.
Thanks for compiling — love that you gave top spots to our President’s impeccable comedic timing. The lazy MSM are incapable of connecting the fact that PBO appears on top rated network and online comedy shows to reach real Americans about ACA.
One of the other things that amazed me was how few tweets the MSM sent about PBO and FLOTUS lunching with their Lakota friends on the day that PBO announced his executive action on immigration — just the fact that PBO and FLOTUS were dining out midday should have made them take notice. Compare the number of tweets about PBO pwning MSM/GOP/Comcast/Kochs to the number of tweets about #TanSuitGate.
arapaho – Hi, there. You are also one of the many TODers responsible for bringing us so many interesting and informative details of what the President (and others) are involved with, throughout the year, and I wanted to thank you!
Awww, what a sweetie-pie, JO’B.
Always look forward to your poems and (inappropriate, ROFL) comments too!
Plus I know that you and I are on the same page, Ridin’ with Biden. 😉
Ridin’ with Biden all the way! ❤
Oh these are so wonderful, you’ve made my night Chips.. like POTUS making our year 🙂 Man oh man look out 2015 ~
The Scalise KKK story is not going to be swept under the rug. National MSM is pursuing.
It’s worthwhile to read the original post that started this feeding frenzy. The blogmaster is a gifted writer who opens his viral blog post (with only 20 RTs?):
“Twelve years ago last May, the spacious but plainly appointed conference rooms of the Landmark Best Western Hotel in Metairie, Louisiana, a 16-story, drably-colored octagon-shaped tower that juts into an empty skyline and hugs Interstate 10 so tightly that it serves, in a way, as a type of gateway monument into the city of New Orleans, were filled with dozens of people from all over the country…”
I. am. speechless. Ms. Chips 🙂 I sure hope you have all this in the cloud!
{{{{{{Sabreen}}}}}} 🙂
Beautiful! This will be shared by me for use by my F&F to answer their ODS Facebook friends (I’m not on FB myself).
The MSM and elected officials are trying to give him cover
No such thing as ‘cover’ in the Era of Twitter, pf58 🙂
good point…but they will try none the less…Ryan Grim …in his tweet said…that it was hard to look Medusa in the face…
Oh yes, they’ll try …. and we will defeat them!!! 🙂
Yes We Can
Louisiana Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond defended colleague Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) in the midst of reports that Scalise spoke at a white supremacist convention in 2002.
“I don’t think Steve Scalise has a racist bone in his body,” Richmond, who is black, told the New Orleans Times Picayune.
“Steve and I have worked on issues that benefit poor people, black people, white people, Jewish people. I know his character.”
“http://thehill.com/homenews/house/228228-democrat-scalise-doesnt-have-racist-bone-in-his-body#.VKIV_RbqHQA.twitter
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Sometimes there are just no words to say…take that back…there are words…but i won’t say them here…
It’s apparent that the white GOP base in Louisiana is chock-full of KKK, but they’re also crooks.
This was linked to on the previous thread, but what’s amazing to me is why there was a special election to fill a vacant seat in Louisiana in 1999:
“Livingston was poised to succeed former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), but he announced his plans to resign shortly before the House’s Dec. 19, 1998, impeachment vote. Days earlier, Livingston had acknowledged several extramarital affairs during his tenure in the House…”
This is why @RollCall interviewed David Vittner and Steve Scalise were pitted against David Duke back then.
Bob, this is what I think is most essential about the character of PBO (and Pope Francis too, it seems). I think the Gods have nudged these two into positions of influence at a critical time in our history. We (humanity) are lucky to have them.
Yes, In_Deed, Madame Soph!
seems brits are no better in dealing with racist cops.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-30398621
only saving grace, they don’t kill.
Who wants to see the President golfing?
So now there’s even a Twitter account for PBO in Hawaii? LMAO! 🙂
Just waiting for @ObamaInBathroom 😆
Shhh, Chips, don’t give any of your stellar followers an idea for a new Twitter account. Just imagine…
Back in a minute arapaho415, setting up a new Twitter account 😎
HAHAHAhahaha… 🙂 🙂 🙂 ROTLFMAO!
I wouldn’t be surprised if such an account shows up on Twitter!
Glad that wasn’t included in the 50 🙂
Chips, I missed you yesterday because of your desk disaster (glad you survived). Thank you so much for all of the goodies you added to my MM Moments! That PBO playing chess cartoon was soooo absolutely perfect! I had forgotten it!
And these 50 are a treasure. It will take me more than one evening to enjoy them all!
Oh, and the “Good Morning TOD” gif is also a fave!
LOL.
NEWLYWEDS’ REACTION PRICELESS DURING PRESIDENT’S CALL
…At the last minute, they were told to move because President Obama and his friends planned to golf there. As luck would have it, the ceremony was relocated to another part of the course with even better ocean views. … More here: http://khon2.com/2014/12/29/newlyweds-reaction-priceless-during-presidents-call/
Uh-oh.
The Presidential aspirations of that darling of Libertarians fed up with RWNJs has hit a hitch in the getalong from the get-go.
“Jim Webb (D), who launched a 2016 presidential exploratory committee last month, paid nearly $100,000 to his wife and daughter through his ‘Born Fighting PAC’, according to Business Insider.”
New post:
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/12/29/a-laugh-or-two-9/
While we’re on a nostalgia trip (2014 memorable moments), let’s not forget the guy who doesn’t need a costume to attend a Halloween party as one of the long-lost Munster kin:
Fantastic Post Chips……wow.
I am all smiles and the song Happy is now in my head……mind…. 😉
Okay, I gave in and went and pulled it……..
Happy…….Happy……..Happy………….
Thank YOU, Chipsticks…….Oh my best Holiday is The New Year……..with Zero Mistakes 🙂
😳 I forgot to post Happy 🙂
Chips, I know that this post is closed, but just had to say THIS IS MAGNIFICENT. Just when I think that you can’t do anything more, you hit (BAM) with another awesome piece.
Thank you so much for all that you do, along with Nerdy, the other BTs and your regulars.
Love y’all so much!
Ooooooh WilTal, thank you soooOOOOoooOOoooo much, absolutely thrilled you enjoyed it!!! You’re lovely, thank you again!!