On This Day: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House en route New York City for a ‘date night’, May 30, 2009
Good Morning Chips! It’s my last weekend of grading before my kidlets graduate from 8th grade!!! So how do I send you an email? I need you to send my email address to GGail, so she can contact me about getting together with the SoCal group. Thanks, and have a WONDERFUL, STUPENDOUS DAY!!
Each Day brings more challenges for the #WeThePeople…We can never rest on our laurels …every victory has to be defended….be it the challenge of climate deniers in Texas,,,the racists descending upon a Mosque…or the Baltimore police challenging the notion of accountability..
despite the challenges….#WeThePeople continue to fight back…to not give into cynicism….to hold onto HOPE…and the promise of freedom and Justice…..are we foolish to do so…i do not know….but to not move forward is to die…does that sound extreme…maybe so…but it is true…
Hi Pf. Great message to start the day. The challenges sometimes seem overwhelming, but the only thing to do is keep on fighting. You said it perfectly.
GM Jackie…i have to keep saying this to myself…esp after the Justice Dept said that there was not enough evidence to prosecute in the death of Otis James Byrd …at least they did not call it a suicide https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/604346748438339584/photo/1
I do too. There was so much fodder about it, they probably desided it wasn’t worth it. FLOTUS is sensitive to the hatred spewed at them for just living their lives. It’s a sad commentary on where we have come. She does look beautiful in those pictures.
😯 😯 Meta, did you actually have a birthday this month…..and I wasn’t invited to the party? Er…ah…. I couldn’t have been there and forgotten, could I?? My memory is not always on point these days. Hmmm, gotta think about that.
Morning all. We’ve got very hot, very humid weather for the next week–not good for someone struggling to recuperate. I’m going to have to find an idea climate where the temperature is always 70, fair and coolish at night. Camelot?
Have only logged onto TOD once in the past couple of weeks, so have missed a lot here. 😦
Recall that you’ve got a son in CA — except for August/September, you’re pretty much describing California’s weather before climate change (the past two years, Winter skipped January [August-like heat waves in January]).
After April’s heat waves, it’s been blessedly cool in May, early morning temps in the 50sF range.
But make no mistake, climate change is here now, just ignored by MSM.
Tweet refers to May 23:
The Coop station in Eagle, Alaska, reached 91°F yesterday. That is hotter than any day in #Houston or #Dallas, TX, this year. #akwx#txwx
— Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) May 24, 2015
I surely do! 😀 I already had a cup of mint tea, scrambled eggs and spinach, washed the kitchen, hallway, and bathroom floors, put away a load of laundry and started a second load….and am now into the relaxing portion of the day. Life’s good! You, I suspect, have already done your baking for the day…..or only for the morning?
😀 😀 If I don’t do the chores *before* signing on they often don’t get done… until maybe the next day…. or the next. Speaking of fruits has reminded me that I bought myself a dehydrator a couple of days ago, as an incentive to experiment with preparing my own resistant starch snacks. *If* I actually get around to using it I’ll tell you about my experience. 😀 😀
Morning, MP! I recognize the name ‘muesli’, but can’t say I’ve ever had it. Today I substituted tea sweetened with stevia for my ‘water first’, and for some reason green tea and I don’t like each other. Maybe I’ll be ready to try the muesli in another two hours.
Don’t know if you have access to Yogi brand teas but they make a Super Anti-oxident Green Tea that is blended with chamomile so some of that strong tannin taste is tamed.
I actually don’t care for the ‘grass clippings’ taste of green tea on its own, but find if there is a jasmine flower blended in, not the jasmine OIL, it is quite palatable, and as it boosts the immune system so effectively, a better choice for me. Stash has a good one, and I don’t mind the Trader Joe’s brand, tho it does get bitter. There is another one, superior to both, but I can’t quite remember the name of it!
Sometimes a simple line in poetry just gets to me: “The grass is green where the sidewalk cracks …” Dayum! I really am liking this artist. And this is just one line out of so many in her music.
The WordPress moderator reared its ugly head on me 😦 ….time to eat breakfast 😀
“WASHINGTON — Thabiso Sithole, a sports reporter with the South African Broadcasting Corporation, had just finished his Wednesday evening segment on the American indictments that had rocked international soccer when his cousin called. “Who is this Loretta Lynch person?” she said.
Ms. Lynch, only one month into her job as attorney general, captured the world’s attention this week when she vowed to rid FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, of corruption. Her news conference on Wednesday was watched around the world and made her the face of the United States government’s crackdown on some of the world’s most influential soccer officials. “She’s been Googled more than a couple times here,” Mr. Sithole said by telephone from South Africa….
"The woman who is rocking FIFA" http://t.co/65XcIAZ6VB FIFA Charges Instantly Earn A.G. Loretta Lynch Global Recognition
…“It was interesting, from this side, that there’s a woman calling the shots for the U.S., and a black woman at that. In particular, going up against football, which is such a boys’ club.” The Argentine newspaper La Nación introduced Ms. Lynch as “the relentless attorney.” In Paris, Le Figaro called her “the woman who is rocking FIFA.” In Germany, she was simply called FIFA-Jägerin — the FIFA hunter. The FIFA indictment capped a month in which Ms. Lynch set in motion a civil rights investigation into the Baltimore Police Department and slapped Wall Street banks with billions of dollars in fines for manipulating currency markets. It was the most high-profile debut for an attorney general since at least 2001, when John Ashcroft accused Robert P. Hanssen, a veteran F.B.I. agent, of being a spy for Moscow in one of the most serious espionage cases in a generation…continued”
I know that Attorney Generals usually serve at the pleasure of the President, but it is going to be very interesting to see if AG Lynch stays beyond President Obama’s last term should a Democrat win the White House.
Beautiful! Just got my order of Maya postage stamps, too. She’s been one of my favorites since the late 1980s, when a friend introduced me to her. What a woman!
In my previous life as an investigative reporter, one of the earliest lessons I had to learn was that just because a politician was lying to me didn’t mean he was lying to the federal investigators looking into the same matter.
But what a lot of politicians do forget is that there is a law against lying to a federal agent. They agree to be interviewed, assuming they can talk their way out of anything.
Actually, it’s not just the politicians who get tripped up by that. I’ve seen a lot of criminals who are used to lying to the police who learn the hard way that the FBI can put you away for that.
There’s no small irony in the fact that Hastert survived a career in Illinois and Washington politics with his reputation relatively unscathed only to have it crash down upon him in retirement for something that may predate his first run for the Illinois Legislature.
An individual of modest means when he first became speaker, Hastert is now wealthy enough as a lobbyist paid to influence the government of which he was a part that he could allegedly pay out $1.7 million over a four-year period to help clear his conscience.
I watched much of Martin O’Malleys speech and her are some quick impressions:
His speaking voice and style have improved a bit.
What he had to say was nothing that either Bernie or Hillary aren’t saying already. Mostly Democratic boilerplate.
The crowd was very small and bored looking. Looked like many folks who had to be there. Baltimore itself has 600,00+ residents.
This is in a gigantic contrast to Bernie’s 5,000 screaming sign waving sea of supporters in the tiny state of Vermont.
Before I leave for the day, I want to point out that Fox, MSNBC, CNN, C-SPAN. ALL of them carried Martin O’Malley’s entire event.
He is so obviously not a threat that he will be given good coverage.
On the Oratorical Skills-O-Meter PBO is a 10+++.
VPBiden, Rick Santorum and Marco Rubio rate an 8 or so.
Jeb, Hillary, Scott Walker, MartinOM, maybe a 6, to be polite.
Will anybody else rate these people as far as their speaking skills?
BBL
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Gooooooood Morning MsssChipssssss…NW….TOD Village
Goooooooood Mooooooooorning Pretty Foot!!
Good Morning Chips! It’s my last weekend of grading before my kidlets graduate from 8th grade!!! So how do I send you an email? I need you to send my email address to GGail, so she can contact me about getting together with the SoCal group. Thanks, and have a WONDERFUL, STUPENDOUS DAY!!
Moooooooooorning Betsy!!! You can email me at theobamadiary@gmail.com
Prettyfoot stepping lively into first place. Happy Saturday morning to you all!
Each Day brings more challenges for the #WeThePeople…We can never rest on our laurels …every victory has to be defended….be it the challenge of climate deniers in Texas,,,the racists descending upon a Mosque…or the Baltimore police challenging the notion of accountability..
despite the challenges….#WeThePeople continue to fight back…to not give into cynicism….to hold onto HOPE…and the promise of freedom and Justice…..are we foolish to do so…i do not know….but to not move forward is to die…does that sound extreme…maybe so…but it is true…
Hi Pf. Great message to start the day. The challenges sometimes seem overwhelming, but the only thing to do is keep on fighting. You said it perfectly.
GM Jackie…i have to keep saying this to myself…esp after the Justice Dept said that there was not enough evidence to prosecute in the death of Otis James Byrd …at least they did not call it a suicide https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/604346748438339584/photo/1
PF, that is an anthem to live by. Thanks so much for saying it!
^5 Prettyfoot and Congrats on your Solid Au ⭐
i love the pics of the President and FLOTUS going out on date night….have not seen much of that in the 2nd term…i miss that
I do too. There was so much fodder about it, they probably desided it wasn’t worth it. FLOTUS is sensitive to the hatred spewed at them for just living their lives. It’s a sad commentary on where we have come. She does look beautiful in those pictures.
Oh my….I plead the fifth on this one…
come on, out with it.
I hugged PBO because he asked me for it. 🙂
😀
I wanted, a lunatic, because the voices in my head said so.
“I wrestled a cookie monster”…..and I think I’ll stop there…..
Out with it!
Heh.
😯 😯 Meta, did you actually have a birthday this month…..and I wasn’t invited to the party? Er…ah…. I couldn’t have been there and forgotten, could I?? My memory is not always on point these days. Hmmm, gotta think about that.
I played it quiet this year. Don’t know why. I guess I’m entering my “still” phase. LOLz.
We–hell! Cheated out of a party that would have been sure to have lots of baked goodies! 😦 ….. 😀 Hope you had a lovely, and quietly beautiful day!
I did, thank you!!
Happy belated Birthday, Meta!
TYVM, Judith!!
Okay, I licked a cocktail because I licked a toad? I was okay until the toad business.
G’morning Chips, TOD, even amk, lurkers, and congrats PF58 on #1 🙂 🙂 Happy Saturday everyone!
Mooooooooooorning Hopefruit!!!
My friend’s daughter with the psycho. She so wants to take him home with her. childruns/smh
His face is magnificent, it kinda reads: “See turd-face? I am adored 😎 “
effing poseur.
AWWWWWWwwwww!!
Ditto! 🙂
Aww, they’re perfect together. They both looked so content. Make it happen, AMK.
wimminz/smh
and the worse part? she has a twin brother. who too wants the psycho.
Both the kids are so cute and inquisitive. Is he boy or a girl ? When does he pee? Why is not peeing right now?
Did you take that adorable photo, AMK?
Yup. They are still harassing the psycho. The blighter has to sit there and just take it. Karma, psycho.
😆 😆 😆
Paris is to remove padlocks symbolically fastened to one of the French capital’s main bridges by couples.
Tying a ‘love lock’ on to the Pont des Arts before throwing the key into the River Seine beneath has become a tourist tradition in recent years.
But part of the bridge collapsed under the weight last year.
City officials say all locks will all be removed from Monday as they pose a safety risk.
Close to a million padlocks – weighing 45 tonnes (what the frack???) – are expected to be cut off.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32939684
peeps are nuts.
Too bad for romance in Paris. Someone will need to start another tradition.
Hopefully one which doesn’t destroy infrastructure.
Morning all. We’ve got very hot, very humid weather for the next week–not good for someone struggling to recuperate. I’m going to have to find an idea climate where the temperature is always 70, fair and coolish at night. Camelot?
GM Jackie,
Have only logged onto TOD once in the past couple of weeks, so have missed a lot here. 😦
Recall that you’ve got a son in CA — except for August/September, you’re pretty much describing California’s weather before climate change (the past two years, Winter skipped January [August-like heat waves in January]).
After April’s heat waves, it’s been blessedly cool in May, early morning temps in the 50sF range.
But make no mistake, climate change is here now, just ignored by MSM.
Tweet refers to May 23:
Just checked Accuweather’s report for my neck of the woods. Upper 60s for the coming 5 days. Yummy.
GM TOD! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend 🙂
Scathing take-down of Jebbie. Worth reading and sharing!
Some interesting developments in the most unexplored part of the world:
Sending ‘Happy Saturday Greetings’ to everyone, no matter where you are!
Happy Saturday morning, vc!
Thanks, Meta! 🙂 What’s for brekkie this morning, or am I way too late?
Just sipping some hot tea for the moment! How about you? Hope you have a relaxing day planned.
I surely do! 😀 I already had a cup of mint tea, scrambled eggs and spinach, washed the kitchen, hallway, and bathroom floors, put away a load of laundry and started a second load….and am now into the relaxing portion of the day. Life’s good! You, I suspect, have already done your baking for the day…..or only for the morning?
I’m planning the next few weeks’ blog posts. Lots of gorgeous fresh stone fruit here.
Thanks for reminding me about my chores…….
😀 😀 If I don’t do the chores *before* signing on they often don’t get done… until maybe the next day…. or the next. Speaking of fruits has reminded me that I bought myself a dehydrator a couple of days ago, as an incentive to experiment with preparing my own resistant starch snacks. *If* I actually get around to using it I’ll tell you about my experience. 😀 😀
Very cool! I once worked for a pastry chef in fine dining who did some amazing stuff with a dehydrator. DO let me know what you think!
I’m still reading the instruction booklet. Am hoping to start with green plantains, and am only thinking ‘edible’. We shall see. 😀 😀
Fresh, homemade muesli. But not for at least another 2 hours. Water first, now green tea.. Cuppa?
Good morning, MP! Sounds delicious.
Morning, MP! I recognize the name ‘muesli’, but can’t say I’ve ever had it. Today I substituted tea sweetened with stevia for my ‘water first’, and for some reason green tea and I don’t like each other. Maybe I’ll be ready to try the muesli in another two hours.
Don’t know if you have access to Yogi brand teas but they make a Super Anti-oxident Green Tea that is blended with chamomile so some of that strong tannin taste is tamed.
https://www.yogiproducts.com/teas/green-tea-super-antioxidant/
Will check this out next time I visit the health food supermarket.
I add a little Stevia as well. It’s delicious!
I’ve become a stevia addict over the past years – that’s actually when I go to the health food supermarket; when I need a new bottle of stevia. 😀
Trader Joe’s sells packets at a lower cost.
Sadly, we do not have Trader’s Joe; at least not to my knowledge, and our regular grocery stores don’t carry it….yet.
Thanks for the suggestion, Meta. I was pleasantly surprised to discover the link is en français. 🙂 🙂
I actually don’t care for the ‘grass clippings’ taste of green tea on its own, but find if there is a jasmine flower blended in, not the jasmine OIL, it is quite palatable, and as it boosts the immune system so effectively, a better choice for me. Stash has a good one, and I don’t mind the Trader Joe’s brand, tho it does get bitter. There is another one, superior to both, but I can’t quite remember the name of it!
It might just be the Yogi brand that Meta is recommending. I’ll keep an eye out for it on my next ‘health’ visit.
MP – Steven Smith green teas?
Smith Teamakers are very high quality, delicious teas! My favorite is their Earl Grey.
Wittosky Timeless Green Jasmine
Just sayin’…….
❤
Good morning All! 🙂
Sometimes a simple line in poetry just gets to me: “The grass is green where the sidewalk cracks …” Dayum! I really am liking this artist. And this is just one line out of so many in her music.
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The WordPress moderator reared its ugly head on me 😦 ….time to eat breakfast 😀
“WASHINGTON — Thabiso Sithole, a sports reporter with the South African Broadcasting Corporation, had just finished his Wednesday evening segment on the American indictments that had rocked international soccer when his cousin called. “Who is this Loretta Lynch person?” she said.
Ms. Lynch, only one month into her job as attorney general, captured the world’s attention this week when she vowed to rid FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, of corruption. Her news conference on Wednesday was watched around the world and made her the face of the United States government’s crackdown on some of the world’s most influential soccer officials. “She’s been Googled more than a couple times here,” Mr. Sithole said by telephone from South Africa….
…“It was interesting, from this side, that there’s a woman calling the shots for the U.S., and a black woman at that. In particular, going up against football, which is such a boys’ club.” The Argentine newspaper La Nación introduced Ms. Lynch as “the relentless attorney.” In Paris, Le Figaro called her “the woman who is rocking FIFA.” In Germany, she was simply called FIFA-Jägerin — the FIFA hunter. The FIFA indictment capped a month in which Ms. Lynch set in motion a civil rights investigation into the Baltimore Police Department and slapped Wall Street banks with billions of dollars in fines for manipulating currency markets. It was the most high-profile debut for an attorney general since at least 2001, when John Ashcroft accused Robert P. Hanssen, a veteran F.B.I. agent, of being a spy for Moscow in one of the most serious espionage cases in a generation…continued”
Loretta Lynch is not going to waste any of her precious time as Attorney General to get important justice done.
If anyone is interested in MO’M’s announcement:
http://www.c-span.org/video/?326212-1/former-governor-martin-omalley-presidential-campaign-announcement
Anybody know if our DonnaDem is there?
So far I’m liking his music list:
Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On
Tom Petty, I Won’t Back Down
Good Morning, Everyone 🙂
Off to swim and run errands.
I know that Attorney Generals usually serve at the pleasure of the President, but it is going to be very interesting to see if AG Lynch stays beyond President Obama’s last term should a Democrat win the White House.
Beautiful! Just got my order of Maya postage stamps, too. She’s been one of my favorites since the late 1980s, when a friend introduced me to her. What a woman!
From a columnist at the Chicago Suntimes:
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/7/71/644567/brown-column-18
GOOD MORNING TOD FAMILY….HOPE THE ENERGIZER AND ‘O’ FAMILIES ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!!!!…THE GRASS IS GREEN WHERE THE SIDEWALK CRACKS…:)
Hmmm….Martin….hmmm….you can run on your own strength without making up nonsense.
This one was hilarious though.
So let VP Biden run 2016.
I watched much of Martin O’Malleys speech and her are some quick impressions:
His speaking voice and style have improved a bit.
What he had to say was nothing that either Bernie or Hillary aren’t saying already. Mostly Democratic boilerplate.
The crowd was very small and bored looking. Looked like many folks who had to be there. Baltimore itself has 600,00+ residents.
This is in a gigantic contrast to Bernie’s 5,000 screaming sign waving sea of supporters in the tiny state of Vermont.
This is kinda funny!!
good morning!
Before I leave for the day, I want to point out that Fox, MSNBC, CNN, C-SPAN. ALL of them carried Martin O’Malley’s entire event.
He is so obviously not a threat that he will be given good coverage.
On the Oratorical Skills-O-Meter PBO is a 10+++.
VPBiden, Rick Santorum and Marco Rubio rate an 8 or so.
Jeb, Hillary, Scott Walker, MartinOM, maybe a 6, to be polite.
Will anybody else rate these people as far as their speaking skills?
BBL
Oooooops, I forgot Bernie.
Let’s say 7.
and my job here is done. see ya later, … alli…..
groaner!
OK, as you [ahem] clean house or become an [ahem] LL mixologist:
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I Iike this better.
Thanks, Yardarm! I’ll keep this for further [ahem] chores! 🙂
Chat on
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/05/30/chat-away-596/