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President Barack Obama embraces his sister Auma Obama and is greeted by Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta as he arrives aboard Air Force One at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
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Today, they rode in The Beast. What a life!
President Obama is met by his sister Auma.She once picked him up in her battered light blue VW Beetle when he came alone at the same airport
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President Barack Obama hugs Joan Wamaitha, 8, who presented him with flowers
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President Barack Obama signs a guest book as President Uhuru Kenyatta looks on
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#ObamaHomecoming My brothers coming home and we are over the moon. Welcome little brother!
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Auma Obama (@AumaObama) July 24, 2015President Obama gets a hug from his half-sister Auma Obama as he arrives in Kenya. #ObamaHomecoming @POTUS http://t.co/fLEL3jkBCJ
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Obama with his family in Kenya. http://t.co/5WnGNLxiCh
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Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) July 24, 2015Rare picture: Obama meets with his extended family including his step grandmother in Kenya http://t.co/EZeNNyvDaw
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President Barack Obama dines with his step-grandmother Mama Sarah and sister Auma Obama at his hotel in Nairobi
The Obama Diary 
Hello All, Thanks for the post NW!
Congrat Allison on furst!
Thx Jackie!
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Karibu, President Obama! Thanks Nerdy!
Congratulations to Allison and Jackie who have the same time stamp! Our President looks very happy in Kenya!
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Thanks a trazillion Nerdy!!
You’re weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelcome, Chiparooo!
What a wonderful, warm welcome President Obama received.
Love that pic where he’s shaking hands, but he sees his sister:) Big rascally smile:)
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SUCH AMAZING PIX…AM HOME NOW TILL THE PEOPLE COME FOR THE FURNITURE PICK UP….MY CATS WILL BE FREAKING OUT…CATS THAT WERE ONCE HOMELESS DON’T LIKE THINGS TO CHANGE.
SUCH WONDERFUL FAMILY MOMENTS FOR PBO…HE DOESN’T GET THAT IN DC…THEY LIVE SO FAR AWAY…:)…IT’S HARD WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH DISTANCE IN BETWEEN…EVEN WITH TECHNOLOGY…………..
New interview with Auma Obama:
SHE IS VERY GRACEFUL…LIKE SOMEONE ELSE I KNOW…………………..:)
Great interview. I like how at one point, the interviewer kept going on and on about Hillary, when Auma tried to refocus the convo about Kenya and Kenyan girls’ views of women in Kenyan politics.
Oh Lovely Plains! This is so cool! I usually avoid CNN like the plague, but I really enjoyed this (although, that Hilary line of questioning was truly idiotic). It was cool to see PBO’s smile break out across Auma’s face. I see so much of his mother’s features in the President’s face and have had a difficult time seeing much of his father’s features. Maybe this is because all the images of his father that I have seen have been still ones and by seeing his sister in live action, the resemblance to that side is more apparent. What a lovely woman!
Auma Obama published her own story, And Then Life Happens. I bought it a few years ago, enjoyed reading it greatly, she is a very accomplished woman in many ways.
Thanks MP! I’m going to check it out.
A few more throwbacks:
A super beautiful WWW:
WHAT A WEEK…I THINK I WORE A HOLE IN MY SNEAKERS JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP………………….CAN’T WAIT TO SEE ALL OF AFRICA!…:)
GA Meta.
Love all WWW, but this one was especially rewarding. Loved the segment on @DrBiden in Asia and @VP standing next to PBO at the ADA anniversary event.
Couldn’t help but think when @DrBiden and @VP were on that she is so deserving of being @FLOTUS. Also couldn’t help thinking how great it would be if during the Biden Adm. if Michelle Obama joined her on an overseas trip to help promote whatever public service Michelle is doing at that time.
Think you’ve got ties to Santa Cruz, and @RepSamFarr hits the nail on the head:
Yes, I’d seen that tweet earlier.
I love the featuring of Dr. Biden’s trip in WWW. It’s really beautiful and she clearly connected with the people so well.
Meta, I particularly the fact that Dr. Biden’s inclusion in WWW had some substance to it. I do believe the Bidens’ campaign started a while back – it’s bold, while at the same time it’s low-key. 😀
Her graciousness leaps out from the screen. I just love her.
I suspect, like others, that if she becomes the next FLOTUS, FLOTUS Michelle would surely maintain some of their Joining Forces forays going forward.
Another great benefit and reason for us to hang on to HOPE.
😀 😀 I bet you could make a list in ‘two shakes of a pig’s tail’.
“I couldn´t type a hug” Awwww…it´s seriously just the hormone thing that has me all squishy about this.
He was so warm with her. She is blind and deaf so tactile connection was important.
This may seem like an ignorant question but since her speech sounds very normal she probably became deaf later in life? I find her spirit astonishing. Being blind AND deaf for me would be one of the most terrible things to imagine getting along with.
I loved her answer too –
‘I prefer real hugs tos typed hug’.
I must confess that the Swahili (I suppose) flew just over my head 🙂
But the encounter with the girl who gave him flowers was awesome. He even directed the selfie that wasn’t a selfie (I hope Pete Souza got this all right there).
SOUZA DOESN’T MISS A MOMENT…WE’RE IN FOR SOME MIGHTY FINE PIC. PROFILES….BBL………..:)
UNFREAKINBELIEVABLE
embedded tweet:
STONE HEARTS…HIS LACK OF COMPASSION SHALL BE RETURNED…3-FOLD!
Dick is a rat bastard…..
I looked through these earlier…they all look so far removed and without thought or horror or urgency….none of them look all that concerned as far as I can see…..
The Moment he knew that his Iraq War was a WHEN, no longer a wish……….
Meanwhile, GW Bush was in a FL Kindergarten’s room, scared out of his mind, confused and almost wetting his pants…….
But the Dick Cheney was relax, salivating and with is feet on the desk…….Cold Blood Sucking Criminal. May he go directly to a fiery Blaze!
No idiots.
“Here is how the gop does not want you to have a minimum decent living wage for hard working americans”
Oh, Nerdy, I just got back from an exhausting afternoon putting together the Democratic booth at our county fair and these glorious photos wiped all the fatigue away. What a joy to come home to!
That’s wonderful.
Thank you so much for all you do, Jackie. You’re sowing the seed for a new generation of Democrats and we thank you.
The Incredible Nerdy Wonka 😉
Brava! Thunderously Magnificent!
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Congrats Allison and J4O on your Twin Gold ⭐ Medals.
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Thanks Nerdy for these excellent pics, video and poignant family moments with our President in Kenya! 🙂
Thanks, HF.
Thank you for such a beautiful post. NW. I love watching people from other countries shine their love and admiration on our president. It warms me! Smiling! Thank you
Thanks, PF.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/07/24/3683935/citing-religious-freedom-native-americans-fight-take-back-sacred-land-mining-companies/
A proposed site for a massive copper mining project spearheaded by Resolution Copper, an organization run by two multinational corporations based in the United Kingdom and Australia.
The aggressive mining operation resulted from a last-minute addition to the National Defense Authorization Act, a “must-pass” military spending bill pushed through in December 2014. The language, which was inserted at the 11th hour by Arizona Senators John McCain (R) and Jeff Flake (R), essentially traded Resolution 2,400 acres of Arizona (including Oak Flat) in exchange for 5,300 acres of private land they already own. The swap is believed to be one of the first instances of federal land being given to a foreign corporation.
Arizona’s Native American population was outraged by the deal, having fought against several efforts by Republicans in Congress to broker similar agreements over the years. Some locals have argued that the land grab shortchanges American taxpayers, since profits will go primarily to companies rooted outside the United States. In addition, environmentalists and the Apache people have repeatedly expressed fears that, since the mining industry is often exempt from portions of environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act, the invasive copper mining project could damage the area’s water — a resource many Native Americans claim a spiritual obligation to protect.
Our state senators working really hard for those foreign corporations….
Another Hmm Factoid.
Down to this, too ❓
And…. so what?
The so what was for the caption about the two couples’ ethnicity.
I don’t think that it was from a critical point of view.
It is more like a joyous, fun…..coincidences.
Born in 1961…..both Presidents. Their wives born in 1964……..etc
It hardly matters Nena, but do you know what races are ‘mixed’ for Mrs. Kenyatta? Are they referring to different races in Africa? I did google her name but found nothing other than Kenyan.
VC, it’s an aSSumption on my part…….I am guessing wildly, possibly the same as POTUS, perhaps, a British Ma or Pop for the Kenyan 1st Lady.
Well, as I said, it doesn’t matter to me.
When was this picture of the Presidents and First Ladies taken? I don’t remember.
At a UN opening function or at one of those Economic Gatherings in US.
There is only a US Flag and the other Flag seems to look like a US Gov’t/Agency Flag.
The Black flag on right in photo is the seal of the president of United States of America.
Lovely photo. Great smiles all around.
Buck It 😎
Happy to See Family………..Birthers are already 6 feet under 😆
When I saw the banner saying Welcome Home I figured the Birthers would rejoice using it as further proof.
Instead of rejoicing, they should feel impotent. All their hateful plans have failed. He’s still President. Still thriving. Still happy and successful. Still winning. Hee, hee.
Another day, another thunderstorm with pelting rain.
Uhh….Jonathan Pollard was sentenced to 30 years and in November he will have served every day of it and will be eligible for parole and release.
This story about PBO somehow giving Israel something is entirely bogus as far as I can tell.
GOP/AIPAC desperate for something to talk about. I hear they are planning to spend 40 million on their absurd campaign to defeat Iran Deal or somehow, someway revive Bibi’s bravado. Naturally, attempting to smear POTUS is their #1 horrible, terrible, very bad, no good idea.
Congrats Allison 🙂
Stunning post, NW!!! Thank you!!
Then there’s this ….
#VoteForPeace
#TrustBarack
rough day …. will try to be back later ……….
The GOP are blood thirsty..they are ok with perpetual war.
You’re welcome, Bob.
Thank you Nerdy for this lovely post! Also thank you for honoring me by using my words in your post a few days ago.
I was watching a Nightly show piece on the “All Lives Matter” thing last night and it occurred to me that responding to “Black Lives Matter” with “All Lives Matter” gets it so backwards. Reminding people that “black lives matter” is actually a needed response to the supposed axiom that “all lives matter” because, unfortunately, too often those with black skin do not get included in the idea of “all lives”; that’s the point.
Thanks, MadameSoph.
I’m returning and returning to this newsreel of His Majesty President (RAIS) Barack Obama arriving in Kenya. The enthousiasm, the girl-with-the-flowers, absolutely fabulous (we saw Pete Souza did his important work to register this for eternity) !
The Swahili goes right over my head, but who cares ….
The Swahili goes over my head too. It’s times like these I wish I was one of those multilingual people. 😀
I just looked up the Swahili for ‘Canadian Goose’ and got ….. ‘Goose Canada’. Seriously. 😕
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*Tee-hee-hee* Just occurred to me – Did you check the Swahili pronunciation? 😀
Another late night, I see……..!!
And just as we’re recovering….. Sunday:
4:40 AM: The President delivers remarks, Safaricom Indoor Arena, Nairobi, Kenya (11:40 AM local time)
6:45 AM: Holds a conversation with civil society leaders, YALI Regional Leadership Center, Nairobi (1:45 PM local time)
8:05 AM: Holds an interview with Capital FM, a local radio station, YALI Regional Leadership Center (3:05 PM local time)
9:10 AM: Departs Kenya en route Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (4:10 PM local time)
11:0 AM: Arrives Addis Ababa (6:0 PM local time)
11:35 AM: Meets with Embassy personnel and families, US Embassy, Addis Ababa (6:35 PM local time)
He’s killing us Meta, KILLING US!1!1!1! 🙂
Groooaaan! CC, don’t tell me *you* are planning to be up for these? Groooaaan!!!!
Remember how you and I always miss early-early morning or late-late night extravaganzas? It’s our own bit of exceptionalism, right? You wouldn’t want to spoil that, I’m sure!
sotto voice / I can’t let her outdo me! I just can’t./
Your lack of commitment is, frankly shocking, VC. If you were a true Obot you would vow not to sleep until Wednesday. #Disappointing 🙄
You know, usually it´s ME having to go through the pain of this fellow doing interesting things at terrible times a.k.a in the mddle of the night. Such as giving comedic speeches, States of the Union and gettign reelected…
😆 I know the feeling niliathiel, I am ALWAYS in the wrong timezone when PBO is doing big things, so I either sleep through them (hello Osama) or sit there with matchsticks under my eyes. He’s hugely inconsiderate.
I know, right? Good thing I have this place. And a very dear friend of mine who has long ago accepted my “obsession” and despite being somewhere on the range between a moderate republican and a libertarian provides me with videoclips of PBO doing interesting things such as singing sometimes. 😀
Do these ‘new’ times line up better with your times, Niliathiel?
Kenya is only one hour later than German time so, yes.
So you get a break this time around – enjoy! You are on holidays from college, right?
I´m on holidays, yes, but not from college. I´m a teacher at what would be the German equivalent of a highschool. 🙂
🙂 Morning, Niliathiel! High school, eh? I was thinking of your ‘civic’ assignment sometime back. Do your long school holidays correspond to ours?
Civic assignment?
Not quite, now, they´re spread across the year some more. Six and a half weeks in summer (but the beginning can vary from year to hear, earlierst is late June, latest late July, this time we were early), then two weeks in autum, two weeks around Christmas / New Year´s and the week before and after Easter.
Looks like there’s some similarity.
I don´t quite know what civic means here. 🙂
It relates to governing, etc on a ‘local’ level, I guess. However, I was stretching it a bit as I remembered some discussion we had about an assignment on US that you had given the students – one in which they had a debate about the US election? I can’t remember the exact details; I just have a vague memory we had an ongoing discussion, you and I. 😀
Yeah, yea, I’ll vow, if you will vow too. pinky swear (don’t ask me where that popped up from) 😀 😀
YIKES. I guess it means a late afternoon coffee…….
I got up at 4:30 am NYC time for PBO’s eulogy for Nelson Mandela. It was worth it to hear The President unfiltered by media.
Looks like the press conference will be at a reasonable time. 9:30 Eastern so that will be the one I see.
3 am for States of the Union / WHCD speeches and 2 am for election night.
you have my sympathy.
OH MY…HIS SHOE LEATHER IS GOING TO BE SMOKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Ms Chips
My pleasure, Prettyliciousfoot!
smilin….haha
#BlackLivesMatter
He’s such a boy
He-lll-lo there, DannyO!
Chips, I can*not* wait for the selfie of you in the water with him!!!! The very thought of it wakes me right up!
OMG, vc! Like THAT would happen!
😀 😀 I have this mental pic of CC in the water, DannyO standing with a grin beside her, and she with one hand out of the water holding the camera.
One can dream, Df. 😀
You mean you want an accidental selfie of me sliding down the bank in to the river? You’re evul, you.
No-no-no! You slide down in a controlled manner (remember sledding?) in your swimsuit or shorts, settle beside DannyO with a huge grin of accomplishment on your face(that water looks quite cool …. and peaceful), *then* you take the pic! I can see it clearly in my mind’s eye.
He is,at that:) What a handsome, happy boy you have:) SUCH a Lab!
DF, I’m kinda giddy with excitement, I’m off work for three weeks from Monday and, all going well, will be heading for a little spot by the sea – which will be Danny’s furst proper experience of seaside life (he had a brief day trip as a puppy, but had no clue what all that water was). Once he gets over the shock of the water tasting salty, it should be good. He’ll adore it, can’t wait!
Can I come???? By the sea??? Oh, how fun is that!! Have fun and be safe…tell Danny not to go out too far and don’t let him swim for 30 minutes after he eats:)
How wonderful for you both! A well deserved rest for you and a new hunting ground for Danny. WOOT!
It’s the ‘hunting’ part that worries me, Ms Majestic!! There are badgers, foxes, rabbits, seagulls, seals, etc, etc where he’s going, if he hunts any of them down I’m putting him on eBay.
Ohhhhhh, dear……….He may wind up on the Discovery Planet Earth Endangered Species Channel.
what’s with his obsession with sticks?
Danny is a retriever—fetcher??
He’s a boy.
and he needs a gurl. #tyrant
Well, he tried yesterday …. but Nena the Alsatian was having none of it. 😕 I just looked away.
then get him his own.
That’s what I love about you Amk, you’re overflowing with romance 😆
what, you telling me you can’t buy love?
Never said that. A million bucks and my heart is yours 😎
hear that toddys? time to pay the piper.
Now, I know why I ❤ Danny 😉
He loves H2O and Sticks.
Hello Danny.
😆 Danny says a big wuff back, Nena.
What a handsome boy!
Clearly he’s not over his stick fetish!!! Minz/Boys! Reminds me of Boehner and his over-sized Speaker’s gavel.
🙄 That’s not a stick. 🙄
you are right.
It’s a blingy stick.
wimmiz/smh
smh. It’s a s-c-e-p-t-r-e; don’t you know anything?
Speaking of your
lack ofknowledge, here’s the link for that rather long spelling bee quiz. You’ll probably have time for it today in between the Kenyan activities.http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0531/Think-you-can-spell-Take-our-Spelling-Bee-quiz/1925
It’s a stick and I am sticking with it.
*chuckle-chuckle*
u knocked my smarty response right out the window
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Thanks Nerdy for all that you do.
Chips, you are so wonderful to all of us. I love my TOD family. Will keep up with our POTUS as much as possible on this visit. Thank you again, Chips. Love you, my dear one,HZ
{{{{{{{{HZ}}}}}}} Always so so so so lovely to hear from you, how are you doing HZ?
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Thanks so much, HZ.
You are very kind indeed.
Ahem
Yum. Both of them:)
Ahem!
the kid must be a repub.
SUCH A HAPPY LOOK ON HIS FACE…………………..MAKES MY DAY………………….:)……WELL…THE SOFAS HAVE BEEN MOVED AND THE NEW FAMILY GETTING THEM WAS SO HAPPY….THAT MAKES ME HAPPY TO KNOW YOU ARE LEAVNG BEHIND SOMETHING SOMEONE CAN REALLY USE. I LOVE MY PRESIDENT…PLEASE KEEP HIM SAFE..AM TIRED NOW….OFF TO A BOWL OF CEREAL…JAMAS AND SOME TV…….BLESSINGS EVERYONE!
Motorcade video!
Earlier, VC you had a question about 800-002……..does this help…..since there are 12 of them….The Beast…..?
All We are Saying……….Give PEACE a Chance.
Meanwhile, in the parallel RWNJ universe of Fox News, I saw that Gov. Kasich was on today offering the wingnuts hope that Congress ‘might’ be able to veto.
They never operate in reality – just the hope that they can derail PBO.
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New post
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/07/24/saturday-in-kenya/
He’s got a point ….