😀 😀 I find this twin effect always so funny, CC. While you were busy posting this, I had written *my* version and was looking for a gif to go with it …..for others in the family! 😀
Definitely!1!1!1! 😆 Although, Ireland and Poland are both Catholic countries, and as we know God is a Catholic – so it might have been a tricky one for Her if GGail asked for a favor.
Save your prayers, Gx2….unless it’s for her good health. Praying for anything else (like non-competitiveness, 100% truth, no trouble- stirrer-upness, etc are all lost causes – I’ve already tried praying for those!
Hi everyone – afternoon greetings from the east coast!
IMO, the girl in the blue gown that’s picture with FLOTUS in the previous Post, her dress reminds me of a dress or a combination of two dresses that the First Lady has worn. Am I seeing things that aren’t really true? The dress looks slightly familiar…
I’ve noticed BBC has run a couple of very human special programs about Gaza, and the plight of the people there over the past few months. I think everyone’s tired of the cruelty.
please, if you are so inclined, take time and show your support and/or encouragement to the teams that are working to promote nuclear disarmament WITHOUT WAR as they negotiate the Iran Nuclear Deal;
we have heard a lot of noise and all kinds of bizarre claims from the opponents of the talks. We who support what PBO, and the other members of the P5+1 and Iran are trying to do, need to let out voices be heard.
always remember that your voice can encourage those who are toiling towards the hard-to-achieve goals;
from the news report on NPR, Bibi has not learned a thing about the need to say what he wants about the Iran Nuclear Deal. Bibi is now saying that the framework is “now worse than he had feared”;
someone needs to really talk to Bibi privately about the old adage that alludes to : know when to hold them (your chips) and … know when to play them. at times it feels like he is no more serious that a toddler throwing a tantrum when the whole world is watching closely
‘at times it feels like he [Bibi] is no more serious that a toddler throwing a tantrum when the whole world is watching closely’
I would take out ‘at times’. Bibi is IMO, and by his actions, an immature leader, much in the manner of the US Republicans. He likes the limelight and he seems to have little empathy for others. He clearly has little respect for those he disagrees with, even while he may be strongly beholden to them. Like the Republicans, talking to him privately will be of no help. He’s one of those who needs to feel to believe, and unfortunately other Isrealis may have to ‘feel’ it too before they cast him aside.
at this rate, the people of Israel are destined for a lot of regrets when they finally come to grips with their contribution to this bleak ethically-challenged period in the life of their nation
Some will regret, and some won’t – somewhat like the Republicans who can’t see how their governors are leading them down the garden path, and instead take pleasure in the GOP Pres O obstruction.
The conservative mind views every conflict in terms of who can make the other into submission. Hard conservatives are driven by fear and hate, and they view compromise as a weakness. So they’re allergic to conflict resolution by diplomacy, where there is not 1 winner and 1 loser but two parties that compromise for the better good of everybody.
Hard conservatives always CREATE/EXACERBATE conflicts instead of resolve them.
George W. Bush and the neocons, Bibi are great examples of this…
Hello TOD on a Sunday Cloudy, Rainy and Cool Day.
Congrats to GGail and TrumpDog on your Twin Gold ⭐ wins.
I have not read much. I will try to skim through many newsy posts here.
Thanks for being TOD.
Off I go to try and catch up.
It’s been way too hot for early Spring in SoCal. 😦
Radio tells me that the high pressure system causing our heat wave (which we’ve had every.single.month this Winter/Spring season) is moving to DF’s location.
As a stenographer, I remember when they got a bad rap around here when one of my own freaked out in the Congress back in 2013. But I just wanted to show you guys a positive story regarding stenographers. This one centers around Debra Bollman, who was at the NCAA news conferences taking down the interview transcripts, Wisconsin’s Nigel Hayes noticed her and tried to playfully flirt with her alittle bit, and give her really long words to write, he even called her “beautiful” when he thought he was off mic. lol It was cute here’s the link. http://www.foxsports.com/west/story/stenographer-debra-bollman-march-madness-ncaa-tournament-032715
I just have to commend all sides here. This is tough arduous work. And even if they meet the deadline they still have a ton of work ahead.
This is what real diplomacy looks like and it beats war mongering each and everyday. Exhibit A: Benjamin Netanyahu. He looks like a complete moron trying to throw a monkey wrench into negotiations.
Agreed on all fronts, DerB. IMO it’s a great example to see these different leaders expending *themselves* to try and solve issues (one of the reasons they’re in positions of leadership), rather than defaulting to war where the lives of others are easily thrown into conflict. I am so-so hoping that they arrive at an acceptable consensus for both sides!
MP, Hopef. I am so desperately hoping they will succeed. It would be such a PLUS for diplomacy and world peace – showing the youth of the world there *is* a place for negotiations (they already know war is a default mode for many).
what failures did he speak of…someone speaking on foreign policy has to know all the ins and outs…before they can call anything a success or a failure…..
i am not impressed with Clinton’s or O’Malley’s throwing stones at the President…from the sidelines…
The GOP inspires folks to vote thru the use of hate and bigotry and fear…
how do DEMS inspire folks to vote?…
taking shots at PBO has shown to not be very inspiring and does not turn into votes for the DEMs…the GOP voters have also shown that they will not vote for Republican-like candidates when the real thing is available….
I do not think that the DEMS have learned anything from the mid terms…and that they believe that they do not need the President’s coalition of voters to win…
What is wrong with these people, do they not read polls, do they not know that President Obama got elected twice and by huge margins, and do they not hire campaign managers whose main job is to insure that their candidates don’t say dumb shit? For O’Malley to use the word failure in the same sentence with President Obama is so short-sighted and just plain silly.
“not some crown to be passed between two families”.
Ouch, this is an effective line of attack for Governor O’Malley I think.
>>But he has to be VERY careful in his treatement of President Obama. If he wants to have a chance in the primaries, he better not distance himself too much from the president.
Candidates for the democratic primary have to understand one thing: the majority of the base of the democratic party LOVES and RESPECT President Obama. O’Malley ought to get on the ground a little, instead of listening to the Beltway chatter.
BEEN HOME SICK TODAY…YES PENCE IS OUT THERE TRYING TO GATHER THE EVANGELICALS…THAT PHOTO LOOKED LIKE A BUNCH OF FLYING NUNS INVADING PLYMOUTH ROCK…THIS IS WHERE GOOD CHRISTIANS GET A BAD NAME…FROM PEOPLE LIKE THIS WHO UTILIZE HE NAME OF GOD TO GAIN ATTENTION FOR THEIR POLITICAL AGENDA…AND NO…PENCE AND THE REST OF THE VOTED IN MISTAKES IN HOOSIERLAND WILL NEVER LEARN UNTIL THE STATE LOSES LOTS OF BUSINESS.
Get well soon, Sue, even if Pence wanted to reverse course the evangelicals would pin his ass to a barn door. He has no choice now but to keep going, full speed ahead.
TALLAHASSEE — Without a word of debate Friday, the Florida House approved a controversial proposal that could require school districts to share tens of millions of dollars in construction funds with rival charter schools.
The bill was one of four high-profile education proposals that won the support of the Republican-dominated House to end the week. The others would:
•Ease the penalties for schools that fail to comply with the constitutionally mandated limits on class size.
•Create a pilot program to give principals more control over hiring and budget decisions.
•Encourage school districts to adopt mandatory school uniform policies for children in grades K-8 by offering incentive money.
All of the Democrats in attendance voted against the charter school bill, HB 7037. But none debated the measure on the floor.
Democratic leader Mark Pafford of West Palm Beach said the 75-35 vote spoke for itself.
“I think that sends a pretty clear message that there’s a major problem with the bill,” Pafford said. “It directs dollars away from public schools.”
Good job Florida, my home state, in electing a thief and a con man, a man that once uttered the phrase “I don’t know” seventy-plus times during a deposition in connection with an insurance scam. I hope this guy fucks the living daylights out of Florida.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Yay
GGaaaaaaaaaaaaaail and TrumpDog, our terrific Fursty twins!!
Well, I am honored to be in First with TD – great way to start my morning off 🙂
Congratulations to the winners, GGail and TrumpDog, on this fine Sunday!
Morning!
Chips, what’s up with FLOTUS’ mouth? Did that pic capture her in the midst of saying something???? 🙂
Ha, yes, she was in the middle of speaking!
Looks like she’s about to sneeeeeeze 😀
You know how you wiggle your nose just before that AAAAAh-Choooooooo!
Like this?
I. Have. No. Words.
Chips, I will indeed pray for you this morning 😀 😀 😀
I am always in need of prayers, so thank you kindly! 🙂
I’m Putting you & vc on the top of my prayer list today
But I kinda think not even prayers can fix VC – me, on other hand, am fixable, so devote them all to me, please.
😀 😀 I find this twin effect always so funny, CC. While you were busy posting this, I had written *my* version and was looking for a gif to go with it …..for others in the family! 😀
You weren’t meant to see that VC, GGail provoked it, but it’s not what I meant at all. You’re very fixable. Ish.
‘Sokay, BTF. The ‘ish’ means you have hope for *me*. 😀 I, OTH, have virtually given up hope of you….particularly in the areas I listed!
😯 You calling me an irretrievably lost soul??????
A healthy, *almost* irretrievably lost soul – thus leaving room for a miracle.
Ah, okay, you should have made the almost clear. Phew. Friends again.
^5 Sorry for the confusion Phew! Have to keep a close eye on each other for sure.
Flip, the Ireesh are playing Poland in an hour and a bit, I should have asked GGail to pray for them too.
You think that might be more efficient use of her prayers? 😀
Definitely!1!1!1! 😆 Although, Ireland and Poland are both Catholic countries, and as we know God is a Catholic – so it might have been a tricky one for Her if GGail asked for a favor.
Not sure anymore about the God is a Catholic part – at least not since I read ‘When God was a Woman’ by Merlin Stone.
Well, whatever about the Catholic part, She’s definitely a Manchester United fan – although, she took some time off this season 🙄
You know, I never thought to ask if GxG is a Catholic. Hmmmmmm.
Anyhoo, coward that I am, *I* am not touching the MU ….or the Chelsea … discussion.
/bowing deeply/ Thank you for that stately acknowledgement of my most sensible virtue! 100% better than any I’ve received from unowho2. 😀 😀
Save your prayers, Gx2….unless it’s for her good health. Praying for anything else (like non-competitiveness, 100% truth, no trouble- stirrer-upness, etc are all lost causes – I’ve already tried praying for those!
Hi everyone – afternoon greetings from the east coast!
Oh you two!
Good east/west morning vc – see ya later, gotta go pray (real hard) for a couple of people 🙂
You better be praying for Chips and ticks. See ya later!!!
Well, have a good prayer time! {I won’t try to disillusion you about the success rate of the intensity of prayer.}
Hey, hey, hey!
FLOTUS looks amazing. She kills it, everytime! 🙂 🙂
It’s GeeeeeeEEEEeeeEEeeeEEeeeeEeeeBeeeEEEeeEEeeeEEeeeEEEeeeee!!
Hiya, love! 🙂
Hey GB! good to see you 🙂
Hey, GGail. How you doing?
^5, fren-a-mine! 🙂
mwah. 🙂
IMO, the girl in the blue gown that’s picture with FLOTUS in the previous Post, her dress reminds me of a dress or a combination of two dresses that the First Lady has worn. Am I seeing things that aren’t really true? The dress looks slightly familiar…
Looking forward till watching Black Girls Rock Sunday night April 5th on BET.
It’s Sunday, and my Chicago and Suburban Cook County folks…
YOU CAN VOTE TODAY!!!
For information about Chicago voting:
http://www.chicagoelections.com/en/early-voting.html
For information about Suburban Cook County voting:
http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/elections/earlyvoting/Pages/EarlyVotingLocations.aspx
🙂
Hello TOD!
Congrats Gail!!
All the principals are in various ‘bilats’ ….
We’ll see ….
bbl ….
Ugh … https://twitter.com/FedericaMog/status/582211931223777281
Push through!
Thanks Bob!
I’ll be back later too 🙂
http://www.alternet.org/world/how-israel-covers-its-ugly-racial-holy-war
Interesting article… Not sure if anyone will read it though.
I’ve noticed BBC has run a couple of very human special programs about Gaza, and the plight of the people there over the past few months. I think everyone’s tired of the cruelty.
please, if you are so inclined, take time and show your support and/or encouragement to the teams that are working to promote nuclear disarmament WITHOUT WAR as they negotiate the Iran Nuclear Deal;
we have heard a lot of noise and all kinds of bizarre claims from the opponents of the talks. We who support what PBO, and the other members of the P5+1 and Iran are trying to do, need to let out voices be heard.
always remember that your voice can encourage those who are toiling towards the hard-to-achieve goals;
Happy to RT that positive message, Linda. So hoping this framework is agreed to.
BTW, Chips, why are the 2nd two nuclear tweets I shared in moderation? 🙄 <<WordP!
Found and freed!!!!
Thanks. I guess WordP missed LPlains and Bobfr is on a break, so it chooses someone else to pick on. smh
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/watch-nebraska-farmer-silences-oil-and-gas-committee-with-invitation-to-drink-water-tainted-by-fracking/
Wonder why the oil and gas companies refuse to drink the water that they pollute…
from the news report on NPR, Bibi has not learned a thing about the need to say what he wants about the Iran Nuclear Deal. Bibi is now saying that the framework is “now worse than he had feared”;
someone needs to really talk to Bibi privately about the old adage that alludes to : know when to hold them (your chips) and … know when to play them. at times it feels like he is no more serious that a toddler throwing a tantrum when the whole world is watching closely
Hi, GCLinda; good to see you!
‘at times it feels like he [Bibi] is no more serious that a toddler throwing a tantrum when the whole world is watching closely’
I would take out ‘at times’. Bibi is IMO, and by his actions, an immature leader, much in the manner of the US Republicans. He likes the limelight and he seems to have little empathy for others. He clearly has little respect for those he disagrees with, even while he may be strongly beholden to them. Like the Republicans, talking to him privately will be of no help. He’s one of those who needs to feel to believe, and unfortunately other Isrealis may have to ‘feel’ it too before they cast him aside.
at this rate, the people of Israel are destined for a lot of regrets when they finally come to grips with their contribution to this bleak ethically-challenged period in the life of their nation
Some will regret, and some won’t – somewhat like the Republicans who can’t see how their governors are leading them down the garden path, and instead take pleasure in the GOP Pres O obstruction.
The conservative mind views every conflict in terms of who can make the other into submission. Hard conservatives are driven by fear and hate, and they view compromise as a weakness. So they’re allergic to conflict resolution by diplomacy, where there is not 1 winner and 1 loser but two parties that compromise for the better good of everybody.
Hard conservatives always CREATE/EXACERBATE conflicts instead of resolve them.
George W. Bush and the neocons, Bibi are great examples of this…
True.
George W. Bush, the neocons and Bibi are also great examples of shortsighted haters IMO.
Poor Bibi, President Obama dismissed him a long time ago.
Bibi missed out on a great chance to contributing positively to a more favorable future of the nation he leads
This Week @Interior with Sec Jewell traveling around, as per usual!
Hello TOD on a Sunday Cloudy, Rainy and Cool Day.
Congrats to GGail and TrumpDog on your Twin Gold ⭐ wins.
I have not read much. I will try to skim through many newsy posts here.
Thanks for being TOD.
Off I go to try and catch up.
Sounds divine, Nena.
It’s been way too hot for early Spring in SoCal. 😦
Radio tells me that the high pressure system causing our heat wave (which we’ve had every.single.month this Winter/Spring season) is moving to DF’s location.
As a stenographer, I remember when they got a bad rap around here when one of my own freaked out in the Congress back in 2013. But I just wanted to show you guys a positive story regarding stenographers. This one centers around Debra Bollman, who was at the NCAA news conferences taking down the interview transcripts, Wisconsin’s Nigel Hayes noticed her and tried to playfully flirt with her alittle bit, and give her really long words to write, he even called her “beautiful” when he thought he was off mic. lol It was cute here’s the link. http://www.foxsports.com/west/story/stenographer-debra-bollman-march-madness-ncaa-tournament-032715
I wouldn’t care if he were in cargo shorts and sandals, just get the deal done.
🙂 🙂 x100%
I just have to commend all sides here. This is tough arduous work. And even if they meet the deadline they still have a ton of work ahead.
This is what real diplomacy looks like and it beats war mongering each and everyday. Exhibit A: Benjamin Netanyahu. He looks like a complete moron trying to throw a monkey wrench into negotiations.
Agreed on all fronts, DerB. IMO it’s a great example to see these different leaders expending *themselves* to try and solve issues (one of the reasons they’re in positions of leadership), rather than defaulting to war where the lives of others are easily thrown into conflict. I am so-so hoping that they arrive at an acceptable consensus for both sides!
Thanks VC for posting these Twitter updates!! I’ve been lurking and following all day. 🙂 Thanks also to our meta & Sir Bob!
MP, Hopef. I am so desperately hoping they will succeed. It would be such a PLUS for diplomacy and world peace – showing the youth of the world there *is* a place for negotiations (they already know war is a default mode for many).
Exactly VC – on so many levels – this would be a net positive…
_/l\_
O’Malley also used the word “Failures” to describe some of Pres Obama’s Foreign Policy…..
I am not sure who he is trying to impress……but then again, he is a politician…..with his eyes on 2016.
What does he know about foreign policy?
i did not view the program….
what failures did he speak of…someone speaking on foreign policy has to know all the ins and outs…before they can call anything a success or a failure…..
i am not impressed with Clinton’s or O’Malley’s throwing stones at the President…from the sidelines…
The GOP inspires folks to vote thru the use of hate and bigotry and fear…
how do DEMS inspire folks to vote?…
taking shots at PBO has shown to not be very inspiring and does not turn into votes for the DEMs…the GOP voters have also shown that they will not vote for Republican-like candidates when the real thing is available….
I do not think that the DEMS have learned anything from the mid terms…and that they believe that they do not need the President’s coalition of voters to win…
pity
What is wrong with these people, do they not read polls, do they not know that President Obama got elected twice and by huge margins, and do they not hire campaign managers whose main job is to insure that their candidates don’t say dumb shit? For O’Malley to use the word failure in the same sentence with President Obama is so short-sighted and just plain silly.
It is the 3rd time that he has taken sideline shots at the President….and yes i am counting….pity
I am with you and counting also, prettyfoot. I think he wants to be Lady Walmarts VP.
i do not know what he wants…i am just watching…… trying to find somewhere to fit in…taking Jackie G’s advice…working in my community.
“not some crown to be passed between two families”.
Ouch, this is an effective line of attack for Governor O’Malley I think.
>>But he has to be VERY careful in his treatement of President Obama. If he wants to have a chance in the primaries, he better not distance himself too much from the president.
Candidates for the democratic primary have to understand one thing: the majority of the base of the democratic party LOVES and RESPECT President Obama. O’Malley ought to get on the ground a little, instead of listening to the Beltway chatter.
IN voted for this guy.
Since 2008, IN like some many states now with GOPer Govs and Legislators…….We The People made their ‘electability’ possible.
And Pence isn’t going anywhere. He’ll be reelected easy if he wants it.
HE WANTS DC…PRESIDENT OR VICE!
Yeah I can see him getting the Vice from someone like Jeb.
We The People made their ‘electability’ possible.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Thissssssss is so very THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Startled?
Wow.
She has won Statewide now 2 Times……she has a Record of Huge Accomplishments……
Startled? Wow…..NYT is just wrong.
Then Senator Obama proved that nothing is written in stone.
BEEN HOME SICK TODAY…YES PENCE IS OUT THERE TRYING TO GATHER THE EVANGELICALS…THAT PHOTO LOOKED LIKE A BUNCH OF FLYING NUNS INVADING PLYMOUTH ROCK…THIS IS WHERE GOOD CHRISTIANS GET A BAD NAME…FROM PEOPLE LIKE THIS WHO UTILIZE HE NAME OF GOD TO GAIN ATTENTION FOR THEIR POLITICAL AGENDA…AND NO…PENCE AND THE REST OF THE VOTED IN MISTAKES IN HOOSIERLAND WILL NEVER LEARN UNTIL THE STATE LOSES LOTS OF BUSINESS.
Get well soon, Sue, even if Pence wanted to reverse course the evangelicals would pin his ass to a barn door. He has no choice now but to keep going, full speed ahead.
TALLAHASSEE — Without a word of debate Friday, the Florida House approved a controversial proposal that could require school districts to share tens of millions of dollars in construction funds with rival charter schools.
The bill was one of four high-profile education proposals that won the support of the Republican-dominated House to end the week. The others would:
•Ease the penalties for schools that fail to comply with the constitutionally mandated limits on class size.
•Create a pilot program to give principals more control over hiring and budget decisions.
•Encourage school districts to adopt mandatory school uniform policies for children in grades K-8 by offering incentive money.
All of the Democrats in attendance voted against the charter school bill, HB 7037. But none debated the measure on the floor.
Democratic leader Mark Pafford of West Palm Beach said the 75-35 vote spoke for itself.
“I think that sends a pretty clear message that there’s a major problem with the bill,” Pafford said. “It directs dollars away from public schools.”
Good job Florida, my home state, in electing a thief and a con man, a man that once uttered the phrase “I don’t know” seventy-plus times during a deposition in connection with an insurance scam. I hope this guy fucks the living daylights out of Florida.
Hey, don’t be vindictive – I have relatives and friends in Florida!
Just the bad parts.
Prolly where they are
Deal *can* be reached.
So, WordP doesn’t like the 5 hashtags in the nuclear talks tweet? Okay, I’ll wait until someone releases it. 😀
😎 Hope PBO had a great game!
Could FLOTUS be any lovelier? She is stunning!
Chat away
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/03/29/chat-on-82/