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The Obama Diary 
i love the good Lord comment…..
Pretttttttttttttttyfoot!
MsChipssssssssss…..:-D
i do not know what to think re: the vote on TAA due tomorrow…
Hi Prettyfoot! Hi TOD!!
We really hit the awesomeness jackpot with President Obama!
President Obama will find creative ways to help the American people. This is great news. PF, I’m anxious about the TAA re-vote tomorrow, too. If Nancy Pelosi doesn’t deliver enough Democratic votes for TAA and maybe the highway infrastructure bill, I will be livid.
yup
Great news. He is a champion-just keeps working and doing his best for us.
Yes! PBO & Secretary Perez have been a great team.
Another one I really admire – Secretary Perez! Heart’s in the right place.
We did, NW! Just clicked for me that this type of manoeuvring is also clear evidence of the president’s real knowledge of how the system works/can work – something I’m sure most of his political opponents rarely consider.
[Good grief!]
JOHANNESBURG — President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan, who faced arrest on international charges of crimes against humanity and genocide, slipped out of South Africa on Monday morning, dealing a serious blow to the International Criminal Court’s six-year campaign to bring him to justice.
Mr. Bashir’s private jet was seen flying out of a South African military airport near Pretoria, apparently unhindered by the South African authorities who had been ordered by their country’s High Court to prevent him from departing.
A lawyer for the South African government confirmed on Monday afternoon that Mr. Bashir had left, and Sudan’s minister for information told reporters that Mr. Bashir was aboard the plane and was expected back in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, on Monday evening. Sudanese officials had given conflicting information about his whereabouts during his two-day visit here, claiming at one point on Sunday that he had already left South Africa.
A South African High Court on Sunday issued an order calling for the authorities to prevent Mr. Bashir from leaving the country because of the charges against him at the International Criminal Court.
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More here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/world/africa/omar-hassan-al-bashir-sudan-south-africa.html?_r=0
meh, ICC’s success rate is pretty poor in these cases after wasting years, money and manpower.
And African leaders tend to protect their genocidal kin. Off he flew out of RSA, no problem. 😦
Finland’s government wants the country to turn away from fossil fuels and look towards horse manure to heat its homes instead, it’s reported.
The new coalition’s manifesto sets out plans for the large-scale use of horse dung as a renewable source of energy, the national broadcaster Yle reports. One energy company is already trying out a biofuel made by mixing horse manure with a wood-based litter, which is then burned to create power. The Fortum group says the annual waste created by three horses would be enough to heat a family home for a year. And with about 77,000 horses in Finland, there’s the potential for more than 20,000 homes to become completely manure-warmed.
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-33134670
can’t say ‘that’s just horseshit’ any more.
H2
I have a friend who lives in Finland, I’ll have to ask him his opinion of this manifesto to see if it passes the “sniff” test 🙂
You are just an international woman aren’t you. When $hit hits the fan in the USA, you have friends all over the globe to high-tail it out of here….I am gonna stick with you and maybe ride along with you.
Yup, I cover all bases jojo 😎
I’m so sick and tired of wasting my energies on these fucking Democrats and their constant whining about President Obama not inviting them to sit at the cool kids table during lunch.
Debbie “Private Prison Advocate ” Wasserman –Schultz was on CNN this morning….
I had it on mute ..
All I listened to was the part where she was putting down “Jeb!” That’s about all I want to hear from her mouth now.
[Great news for this young lady. You go girl! 5.1 GPA. Hot damn!]
Chicago valedictorian accepted to college _ 26 times
CHICAGO (AP) — For many high school students, deciding on a college comes down to one or two schools.
For Arianna Alexander of Chicago, it came down to 26 — including pretty much the whole Ivy League.
Chicago’s WLS-TV (http://abc7.ws/1C3FWxC ) reports that the Kenwood Academy’s valedictorian has picked the University of Pennsylvania after the kind of collegiate competition that’s typically reserved for students who excel at shooting basketballs or throwing footballs.
But schools offered a total of more than $3 million in scholarships to Alexander because of her academic record. Her grade point average is 5.1 — or 1.1 points higher than she would have achieved had she merely achieved straight A’s.
Alexander says she wants to be an entrepreneur and open four restaurants after graduating from Penn’s Wharton School of Business.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3124859/Chicago-valedictorian-accepted-college-_-26-times.html
I have to tell my brother and sister-in-law to start researching scholarship money now (niece is going to high school in the fall).
At least 23 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in suicide attacks in the Chadian capital N’Djamena, officials say.
Attackers on motorcycles blew themselves up outside two police buildings, say witnesses.
A government minister blamed Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram in an address on state TV, Reuters news agency reports.
The group has not said if it was behind the attack.
But it has often carried out suicide bomb attacks during its six-year insurgency in neighbouring Nigeria.
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More here: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33133511
Chips!! Thank you. Best cartoon, ever. Or at least, best cartoon on this issue.
Good Morning everyone.
The Warriors were sensational last night I am happy to say. My prediction giving the Cavs the win in 6 games—Thankfully—WRONG. I love it when my fears are overthrown by my hopes.
Please don’t fret because SCOTUS may hold the ACA decision for their last day. They almost always hold the most controversial case until last.. No diss on Obamacare is implied.
I have no clue on what may happen with the Trade bill tomorrow. If anyone here does, please share.
The Warriors kicked it hard in the 4th. This series has been close and full of crazy excitement, that’s for sure.
It sure has meta. Last night Klay couldn’t find his stroke, but fortunately, neither could anyone on the Cavs except LeBron. I just lurve that Steph Curry!
Steph has really been struggling, nearly MIA, but he really got his mojo back last night, thank goodness!! Hope he’s pumped up for Tuesday.
While Steph was struggling, Klay was hitting on all cylinders, but last night was not Klay’s night and Steph found his stroke, but the Warriors have a great supporting cast that comes through, like Harrison Barnes, Draymone Green and Andre Iguodala.
Last night, the 4th quarter belonged to Steph – just magnificient.I love love the Warriors! Everyone is excellent including the fab coaching team.
Cool Riley 🙂
Love this baby girl!
Baby girl just makes me smile. She is so so smart and happy and loved. Her parents and grandparents are great role models. I’m in love with the entire family 🙂
Left behind again – wonder if this is my own ‘end times’ warning?
This is what has been driving me crazy: All through progressive punditry and the posturing of Sanders/Warren, it’s all about the idea that past deals sucked and their childish view that ANY American job lost is unacceptable. Of course, tons of jobs will be lost, no new ones made as other manufacturing countries fill the void and we will have nothing on the books to help workers or level the playing field. This is the kind of union posturing that gives unions a bad name, and did nothing in the 60’s-90’s to modernize our jobs as other countries filled the vacuum. I got into it with someon on twitter and asked for FACTS about the current TPP, and the only source they gave me was Amy (“Obama is a war criminal” Goodman!
57F, it’s painful that elected leaders can be so dogmatic as to not see when it’s time to move with the times. OTH, IMO, it’s sadly reflective of their sound byte mentality, AND their mental flatfooted-ness. They latched on to a slogan or ideology that was good for its time, that garnered them votes, and now they won’t let it go ’cause they’re too shallow….and dumb….and so are too many of their constituents…. to realize that it needs retooling. Makes me want to hurl when I see them making a fuss without a grain of consciousness that their views are outdated.
100% agree with you 57 that is why I stopped listening to Thom Hartman. He has Bernie Sanders on every Friday and he keeps living in the past wanting to bring back manufacturing where people put things together by hand. The manufacturing in the USA is done by a few individuals who are highly skilled to using advanced machinery. The manufacturing in China and other low wage jobs will soon be gone too as machines take over. China wants high paying jobs to build their middle class and they are not in manufacturing. We need to be able to have small business get international contracts and import to these countries. It’s funny how all the Clinton backers fail to realize that it was HER husband that screwed us on NAFTA and PBO is trying to fix what he failed to do….as usual.
Excellent insights, jojo.
Wow, this man is tough.
Good morning shipmates…….
(bbl….more therapy)
Good luck with the therapy, Yardarm!
“I’ve never seen a Congress that’s been so obstructive and so contrary and so committed to doing anything that will foul up this administration. I just think it’s an absolute scandal that [Pres. Obama] has had so little cooperation.
I’ll just say it a third time: Every day that Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are in the White House is a day that I am thankful for.”
Love him even more!
On the mark! Thank you, James.
Warming of the ocean but NO CLIMATE CHANGE GOING ON. NOPE.
Clapping!!
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/06/15/3669379/weather-channel-climate-change/
The Weather Channel has gone hawkish on climate change. It has started web- and broad-casting short but blunt messages from “25 influential voices on climate change, security, energy and peace.”
The “Climate 25” features former Bush Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, who warns that failure to take strong action on climate is “radical risk taking” for our economy. Unilever CEO Paul Polman talks about the $300 million in annual climate disruption costs hitting his company. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who explained why the Syrian civil war was “the revolution fueled by climate change.” I am one of the 25, as is climatologist Heidi Cullen, and White House science advisor John Holdren.
But the Weather Channel has focused on one particular target audience — conservatives. The Climate 25 include four retired generals or admirals, a former senior Pentagon official, and former CIA director James Woolsey. It includes former GOP Congressman Bob Inglis, former VP of the Heartland Institute (!) Eli Lehrer, and two GOP EPA chiefs — William K. Reilly and Christine Todd Whitman, who directly tells Republicans, “it’s our issue.
Their issue? No. It needs to be EVERYONE’S ISSUE!!!
if & when the teabagging nuts in the congress realize it is “their problem”, it’s 50% of the solution.
The solution lies in not electing know-nothings because they are “authentic” and start taking governance seriously again.
This Palinizing of American government has to stop.
Amen to this! People need to quit wearing stupid as a badge of honor!
And John McCain led the charge of “no shame” by putting Palin on the ticket and his continual affirmation of her right to be there. Without Palin, there NEVER would have been the tea party flood throughout all levels of American government. If he had an ounce of shame, he would have retired from the Senate. So, not only do we have the Palinistas throughout government, but they are proud of it, with no shame. Great.
Hey, df, how’s Sadie?
Great news. But i never ever forget who made this possible – the greatest President of all time, president Barack Obama.
pictures like this scare me
We are facing a really terrible future, some areas sooner than others. It may be slow, but it is certain.
[This makes me itch! Do they know something we don’t?]
A dense swarm of mayflies caused motorcycle crashes and the overnight closure of a bridge in the US state of Pennsylvania.
The sheer volume of insects reduced visibility, and turned the road surface of the bridge over the Susquehanna River, in Lancaster County, into a treacherous, slippery mess.
Piles of mayflies up to 2ft (0.6m) deep were seen the morning after.
Immature mayflies live in water, before hatching as adults to mate in swarms.
The bridge was closed late on Saturday, reopening early on Sunday, police said.
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More here: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33129833
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2015/06/another-reason-why-i-cant-support.html
Good catch by Nancy….they ARE living in the past with these trade agreements! Shall we all thank Bill for THIS MESS?
I don’t. NAFTA is a convenient scapegoat but the jobs were leaving with or without it. If Dems are using a 22 year old agreement to say no to trade now that’s their problem more than Clinton’s.
http://www.colorlines.com/articles/heres-dolezal%E2%80%99s-full-statement-resigning-spokane-naacp-president?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+racewireblog+%28Colorlines.com%29
She certainly took zero responsibility for her charade…
She’s still in the delusion camp, looks like, and hasn’t even made it over to denial, much less responsibility. She appears to have had skills which could have been put to good use in the future, instead of just covering all bases in her false narrative to date. Such a waste, on all sides.
Just read bits & pieces of it & it left a huge question mark — like, “Huh?!!!” I think she thinks she has absolutely nothing to apologize for since she’s been black since 20007, y’all! All the lies don’t matter … because, you know, white privilege & such.
Receiving the few benefits out there for Black folks, lying and misrepresenting her experience as a “Black” woman, passing judgement on students that SHE didn’t deemed Black or Hispanic enough? Who knows how many students she gave low marks to or failed because they didn’t meet her distorted idea of what being Black is. I have no sympathy for this woman.
On a lighter note: From Awesomely Luvvie’s rant…”My biggest problem with her is that dry Afro wig she wears. If she wants to represent Black women, does she have to be so ashy about it?”
Yeah, Hillary will fight (she does not say best them) and maybe win or lose, while PBO outsmarted them coming and going.
You go, girl.
Hello, Hello, Hello TOD on a Monday Afternoon from MN, waving and with a smile.
Fine posts Chips and NW.
Congrats to all the Gold ⭐ winners…….starting with this post and 4 posts back.
So Rachel D of the Seattle NAACP has resigned? Hmm? What took her so long? She brought this on her for she could have held, kept her job had she Not Made this about Her Deception, Lie and Fraud.
June 15th, 2015
WH presser with Josh “The Voice” Earnest
Things this BUSH wants you to forget about!
http://www.nationalmemo.com/4-things-to-remember-about-jeb-bush/2/
Oh dear….my granddaughter works in a Target Pharmacy as a technician. I hope this does not put her job in danger.
i think I have counted at least four questions on the “PRIVATE PARTY” that POTUS and FLOTUS paid for with their own money this weekend. The jackals want to know why it was not on the schedule and why they were not notified. smdh
I love that they had no clue about the party. I love that the guests kept it private.
Think good thoughts for me, folks. I’m flying (nearly) solo today. Boss is out of the office, and I have just our assistant to spell me on the ref desk. Please, no crazies today.
Good thoughts LL…. 🙂 🙂
No crazies. Just cookies.
you’re Superman! What’s the problem?
Oh, you sweet talker.
Jeb! :??
Hell No!
So far, over 7 questions on the Private Party over the weekend.
Lord Have Mercy.
What part of “private” don’t they understand? LOLz.
…which probably means they realize they can’t make Eddie Snowjob look good over the latest news about US/UK covert ops being exposed to China and Russia.
Of course some doofus whines about them having it at the WH.
I guess it would make more sense to have them hold it somewhere else where the taxpayers WOULD pay for SS protection for POTUS to go elsewhere. Dumb.
Do they realize they are sitting in a taxpayer building asking these stupid questions ?
Well, I don’t want to pay for them using a White House bathroom, or walking the halls, or even drinking out of a water fountain until they f’ing grow the heck up.!
Do they think they need to be informed every time PBO scratches his ass ?
yup. no more fucks to give.
and someone tell that idjit mark knownothing to go back to school for basic english 101.
Okay so now know the real reason House Dems felt “disrespected”. No invite to the Obamas’ private non-government funded party.
Why would it be on the weekend press schedule , Mark ?
WH is a Public House…..owned by 318.9M of Us.
That would be their main reason……..mind Us All, none of the questions asked where base on that fact. It was insinuation, secrecy, and implied deception.
I will never ever get past the fact that this is a 12 yr old little boy they talk/ write about, murdered. A child allowed to spend a mere 2 yrs on this earth. It is so heartbreaking.
Did Prince asked not to be announced, because of Prince’s Jehovah Witness faith……By April Ryan.
She also asked How long has The 1st Family been trying to “get” Prince participate at the WH or during the elections…..then she tied it with some Image Award on BET, etc.
These people are not Deep…….their questions truly amuse me.
She tried to start ” Cigarette-gate ” too.
She is All In with the Price/Stevie-gate
I tweeted to her the other day that she should be embarrassed about the questions she ask about President Obama.
Impressive and significant ….
ISIL’s days are numbered.
http://www.juancole.com/2015/06/erdogan-advance-against.html
Pres. Erdogan sees Syrian Kurds’ advance against ISIL as “danger” to Turkey
The Sunni Gov’t in the Arab world are part of the problem in stopping ISIL/Daesh
Thank you, Bobfr!!
the 9/10 questions on The Party…….
The press is Never this inquisitive about the Voting Rights, Income inequality, Wars, etc.
Good Afternoon Everybody.
Another brilliant interview.
Thank you, JER.
This White House party business is all about a black man having a party with his black friends. Nobody gave two fucks when white Presidents had private parties at the white house for their white friends. Me personally, I could give less than a damn whichever President had private parties, unless it’s Ronald Reagan having Ben Vereen show up in black face at his inauguration.
p.s. do I capitalize White House whenever I write it, I get confused sometimes.
It’s like How dare the 1st family.
Their idiocy, wickedness and flat out bigotry are all on display.
“It’s like How dare with BLACK 1st FAMILY”.
I fixed it for you Nena20409
Yep!
Thanks, Don.
To the last question: Yes, always capitalize White House when you write it.
Thank you, LL, I was unclear.
Yes…proper noun 🙂
That’s exactly my take. OOOooooo, look at all the Black people in the White House dancing and laughing and having a great time with their friends! OOoooooooo! Jerks. We see you.
This furror is about Black, Black, Black!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nothing more or less. Hideous. sickening, repulsive,and insane.
furor….too mad to spell
The fun part is trying to figure out which black people got invited and which didn’t. BOOM!
Josh isn’t confirming on numbers attended nor is he providing any list.
My next guess, they Press will file law suit for freedom of information……..It Never fails.
I am remembering how idiotic and obsessive the WHPC got when POTUS played a golf game with Tiger Woods years ago in FL. They went Ape.
It is Prince…..that is driving them bonkers. The Elusive, incredible Prince Rogers Nelson.
“Y’all Are Too Stupid For Words-gate.”
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaqhahahaha
Man the WHPC are really freaked out about this party. The woman who was insisting on the guest list had her eyes bugging out, pressing hard for the FACTS.
Really, all I can do is, laugh.
I can’t wait to get home to watch this presser.
Pop the popcorn, this briefing has them all really agitated over the party, TAA/TPA, PBO golfing, yada yada yada. Hard to believe until you see it. It’s a hoot.
They are mad because THEY HAD NO CLUE IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
I wonder if Keith Ellison was invited?
BWWAHAHAAAAAAA!!
A Muslim in the White House ? Run……
You just got to know that Barack and Michelle knew this was coming, and they probably laughed.
Those two are so centered, they will laugh through January 2017. I’m glad for any private fun moments they can squeeze out of his two terms!
bbl ….
The Fox WHPC, he asked about Rachel D.
Josh said that he had not spoken to POTUS on this matter.
I suppose, POTUS is suppose to know about every White person trying to Impersonate a Black person at the NAACP?
Wow.
smdh. It hurts. The amount of stupid just hurts.
13 questions, I counted on the Prince?Stevie Party. I am sure that I was not including so called Follow-ups. It was Hilarious. TODville…..you all need to listen to today’s WH presser when your Time permits.
There is zero sophistication among that press corps, for sure! Josh must just roll his eyes.
And I must say, JOSH EARNEST is the most level-headed, even-keel, informed, honest and forthright when handling these jackals. I’m impressed every time I watch. He’s amazing.
Maybe the WHPC wants to count the silverware…..
Reading this Post about the Prince party, some of you are just as much in a frenzy about the frenzy that the WHPC is whipping up. It is a hilarious read from outside looking in.
Chill out people 😀 😀
Can’t chill so easily, GGail. For some of us of a certain age, we think of PBO as a son and cannot be cool when he is insulted. Yes, I realize that this is crazy and that The President is probably amused while I am steaming.
Surely you’ve noticed how nuts a few of us get when PBO runs up and down the stairs without holding on?
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-more-user-friendly-government.html
From this piece:
Park and Dickerson are now part of something called U.S. Digital Services (USDS). Here’s how the President described its purpose.
Better digital tools could upgrade the websites of, say, the Veterans Administration, so users get crucial services that save time, money, and (for veterans in need of medical help) lives. “But what we realized was, this could be a recipe for something larger,” the president explains. “You will have a more user-friendly government, a more responsive government. A government that can work with individuals on individual problems in a more tailored way, because the technology facilitates that the same way it increasingly does for private-sector companies.” In other words, if Obama’s tech team can successfully rebuild the digital infrastructure of Washington—an outcome that is by no means certain yet—you might not only change its functionality. You might transform Americans’ attitudes about government too. And you might even boost their waning feelings of empowerment in an ideologically riven country of 320 million people.
He’s spoiling their plan….he’s making govt. accountable to the people and making it actually WORK. RWNJ’S can’t have that. #whytheyhatehim
Republicans Crushed As 86% Of Enrollees Are Satisfied With Their Obamacare
As Republicans are working the Supreme Court to take Obamacare away from everyone in states that have not set up their own exchange, a new Commonwealth Fund survey has found that Obamacare is actually really liked. That is to say that 86% of people who have purchased private health plans on the Obamacare exchanges or who gained access to Medicaid are very satisfied or somewhat satisfied.
More than 8 out of 10 (86% to be exact) adults with marketplace or Medicaid insurance are satisfied with it.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/06/15/republicans-kill-obamacare-86-adults-satisfied.html
American Academy of Actuaries chimes in: GOP “fixes” for King v. Burwell are utterly worthless
acasignups.net/15/05/28/american-acad…
Money quote: “If the Supreme Court throws out the subsidies … this is going to be a political disaster for Republicans, and they’re unprepared for it,” said Robert Laszewski, an Obamacare opponent who is president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates, a consulting firm. “It’s unbelievable how short-sighted the Republicans have been here.”
cnbc.com/id/102711624
bbl…off to work
No DNA Test Needed here……. 😉
Why do some people feel the need to ALWAYS make a snarky comment ? What do they gain?
New post
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/15/president-obama-a-champion-for-the-people/