Doug Mills: President Obama raises his glass during a toast at the State Dinner in Kenya. #ObamaInKenya @POTUS
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President Barack Obama offers a toast to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta during a state dinner at State House
President Barack Obama’s sister Auma Obama watches as he proposes a toast to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta
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President Barack Obama’s step-grandmother Mama Sarah Obama listens to his toast
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First Lady Margaret Gakuo Kenyatta looks on as President Barack Obama and President Uhuru Kenyatta share a toast
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Barack Obama so turnt in Kenya 😭. What a way to sign out. http://t.co/TnmFf5zAoi
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Prince C. (@Prince_II) July 25, 2015@Prince_II I just showed my daughter a video of our Black President dancing in Kenya...this is some 21st century ish right here!!!! 😆💃😎😍
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Call Me Davida (@I_Luv_Thinkers) July 25, 2015****
Senator Ed Markey and Representative Charlie Rangel
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@Prince_II when I think I couldn't love him more....I see this. Gone and have a good time with your peeps Mr. President @POTUS ! 💜
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Angie G (@angieflyte99) July 25, 2015@Prince_II Loving this! He is having an awesome time!!
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Gwendolyn (@Gigi66GD) July 25, 2015****
Musician Akon attends a state dinner in President Barack Obama’s honor at the State House
The Obama Diary 
Cheers!
gm from my world df – and entirely off topic – I have a dishwasher that has lasted 1 cycle so far – only took a month to fix.
Now I shall read backwards and check out what has been happening in Kenya
Gm, 99ts:) Yea, dishwasher!!! 🙂 You absolutely should go back and catch up on PBO in Kenya!! By all means, do:)
Good evening fellow mindless Obots!
Well, it’s been a busy day at Casa de LL.
As of Friday, we shall have a new AC unit! Consultant was out, gave us options, and we went with a good service. Cost is $7100 to do all the work, which includes installation, hauling away all debris, and arranging for state and city inspections. Plus, 10 year parts and labor warranty. The home project loan comes out to $117/mo, which isn’t bad.
Meanwhile, Mrs. LL was scouring the shelves in the fridge. Unfortunately, it turns out that she kept the fridge door open, Later she sez: “The fridge isn’t cold”. I sez: “Did you have the door open?” She sez “Yes”. I sez “How long”. She sez “Oh, 15 minutues?” At which point I go:
Thus is long-term partner life.
Also took Nephew of LL to a local brewery, Three Weavers. So, SoCal TOD peeps, we must go there. They have no food, but there’s are awesome restaurants across the street and we can have food delivered. Thai, Pakistani, and Jamaican.
The coolest, the most intelligent, the true “family man”, the man of peace – and the US media promotes 15 (or 16) clowns as being capable of being President of the US – while ignoring or attacking the one person who has brought the US back into favor with the rest of the world. Somethings the matter with the US and it all relates to the 4th estate. May it sooner, rather than later implode in its world of stupid.
Just awesome posts today from Chips and NW – don’t know why I read the lying tripe from other places. I have never heard so many lies reiterated as truth in the past month by those “bastions of democracy” that claim to keep politicians honest.
An utterly awesome post Nerdy, I friggin’ LOOOOOOOOOVE this man!!
Thanks, Chips.
I fee ya. I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE him too.
I’m going to be simultaneously drunk and weeping buckets come January 21, 2017 and he’s no longer officially POTUS.
But, frankly, he’ll always be President Barack Obama, President of the United States to me. I don’t recognize anybody else.
Ha, I’m with ya girl! But depressing as the thought is, I have a feeling he will do spectacular things post-Presidency, on so many fronts – domestic and international. Eg I have this notion President Biden – 🙂 – will appoint him to fix Israel/Palestine (hopefully Bibi is in prison by then).
I think an unfettered PBO will light up the world scene regardless of who is next President. He will be the level by which all and any future world leaders will be measured.
Love the way you so cavalierly wrote out that “President Biden,” too! I love that man, as well. 🙂
But, we’ll have a socialist paradise with President Bernie!
Nerdy, I’m with you about January 21, 2017, except that I won’t be drunk.
On or before inauguration day I plan to be on a plane to Italy as my post-PBO home. I don’t think we will have a president of this caliber again in my lifetime (and my father’s mother lived to be 111, so I plan on being around awhile).
On January 20, 2009 I watched the inauguration and then went to the airport, where I watched the parade and festivities while waiting for my plane to Rome. What a joy it was to travel to Europe under President Barack Obama. Under President Bush, I felt like I had to be low-key, with an ever-present, unspoken, “sorry” behind my eyes. Under PBO I wanted to exclaim to everyone I met “I’m an American! My President is Barack Obama!”
I still have a copy of an Italian newspaper with an article about the inauguration.
Lovely!
😎 Thank you, NerdyW; just what the doctor ordered for a Saturday night at home! You do do some good research and delivery. 😉
Early HEADS UP for Sunday.
Thanks, Chips.
Thanks Chips & NW. I’ll see you all when he arrives in Ethiopia 🙂
I’ll be up! Thanks Nerdy for super duper coverage.
This is another fabulous trip. Thank God we can watch it all here at TOD.
BTW, Chips, Nerdy: who else is watching the very important pre-season friendly between PSG and Chelsea?
Who?
Watched United annihilate Barca 3-1 ….. I feel a title in my bones 😎
yeah yeah yeah, you have no back 4.
Don’t need one with an attack like that 😎
You *do* realize that MUFC plays in a league of defenders who tackle like Paul Scholes, no?
childruns, the season hasn’t started yet. enough with the trashtalkin.
After the game against the New York Red Bulls, I decided to reserve my excitement, energy, rage, passion, etc. for the real season.
Well, we just beat PSG on penalties. So, yay?
Be back later have to go watch the Special Olympics. FLOTUS is to be there. See you later. Stevie Wonder is to perform too.
The open ceremony. I think it is 9pm. I will fine out.
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Thanks NW!
I’m happy seeing PBO cutting a rug and making his foreign and domestic family so proud of him 💙❤️
Information gleamed from the article in this tweet…
First lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to attend the opening ceremonies of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games on Saturday, beginning at 5 p.m., at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
When President Obama attended events in Los Angeles and Orange County in the past, he’s used interior designer Michael S. Smith’s residence at Thunderbird Heights in Rancho Mirage as his home base.
Smith, a close friend of Michelle Obama, is known for his work at the White House and locally for his designs at the Sunnylands visitor center.
Michelle worked with Smith and White House curator William Allman to design the new Obama State China Service, which was unveiled in April.
http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2015/07/24/michelle-obama-first-lady-special-olympics/30643295/
Once again, TOD delivers for us. Is the MSM covering POTUS’ trip to Africa?
Of course not.
but, TOD never lets us down.
You are an invaluable resource.
{{{rikyrah}}}
Thank you Nerdy. Thank you Ms. Chips. There is no where else we can go to read, hear and see all the information you provide.
President Obama is awesome and I, too, love him dearly!
vc, you have been warned.
p.s: payne is a rwnj. so, …
Is it me, or is Bernie Ralph Nader 2.0?
like Trump is Nader for the republicans.
Good thing I never pay attention to shouters, be they RWNJs or LWNJs or their representatives.
TODobots, here’s a Spec Olympics letter/story. They won’t let me watch the opening ceremonies because I’m a far-in-er, but that’s okay with me. I’ll go read my book, thus giving my eyes a break of a sort. 😀 😀
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13312803
Wait, off already??? I have a hilarious snake joke … with the pic to go with it. Wanna
hearsee it?🙄 🙄 Take it to bed with you later!
#coward
#smartandselfaware
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Here’s a weekend hug or two, HZ. It’s good to see you!
{{{HZ}}}
Thank you my vc. Same to you. Hoping not to be awaken by another earthquake. HZ
I hope you’re able to have a good night’s sleep for the rest of the night.
I hope so, vc. I am going to put some music on and think of the goodness that has been in my space this week, thanks to my brother and great niece. He sent her out to visit me for five days, and she was such a joy. Great and loving brothers are a special gift. HZ
Dancing! Singing! International diplomacy, domestic triumphs, all while maintaining a state of grace few mortals can match – our President Barack Obama. Wish everyone could appreciate this Presidency like we do here.
Judith!!!! THIS!!!!! Nothing left to say.
I wish they did, too, Judith. Many who don’t appreciate him don’t bother to take the time to learn about or understand how much he’s accomplished. They get on hobbyhorses about things they like or don’t like and blame our President when things don’t go according to their own preconceived ideas. Others simply absorb media poison, take it at face value and regurgitate anti-Obama talking points. Still others cannot bring themselves to accept an African American President, especially one as superior as PBO. In the last six years, I’ve lost a lot of respect for those I once thought were decent Democrats. It’s been an eye opening experience.
Many many more do appreciate the Presidency than the media would ever tell you about Judith. He is much loved – everywhere.
Jackie and 99ts,
I feel both of you. A dear friend of mine voted for PBO twice and gives the side-eye to critics, but she has paid no attention whatsoever to his presidency or politics in general. She has no idea what a great president he truly is. I think, if PBO wasn’t a black man, she might not have voted for him, ’cause she’s all anti-taxes and stuff and believes old, worn-out Repub talking points about fiscal matters.
And I have met those Dems who have shown their true selves after the election of a black president.
But I have been surprised and humbled at other times. I was having a casual conversation with a thirty, possibly forty-something super-short-haired white guy (he looked like a stereotypical FBI or cop-type guy). He tentatively brought up the President and I thought to myself, “here we go…” Come to find out, the reason he was being tentative is because he wasn’t sure of my politics (which was kind of a surprise to me, as I think I have a “OBOT” sign on my forehead, but, whatever 🙂 Anyway, turns out he was an OBOT himself! He went on and on about how PBO is the greatest man and greatest president and how if he was a different skin tone he’d be on Mt. Rushmore, etc, etc.
You are correct, 99ts! PBO IS much loved everywhere! The haters are just so loud and disappointing that we are on constant guard for the hate and sometimes forget to notice the love.
Amen JF!
Congrats df 🙂
Thank you, NW, for continuing your excellent coverage of President Obama’s Kenya visit!!
Lots of updates in the sidebar including Erdogan’s ongoing treachery against the Kurds ….
good night TOD
Nerdy! Thank you so much for this! I am soooo happy right now…
Just got home after a long day of work after a long night with a funky/creepy dream and interrupted sleep.
Pop onto TOD and see President Barack Obama dancing in Kenya! I have the biggest grin on my face right now and my heart is bursting with joy! I thought of how Flotus affectionately calls out PBO for his (lack of) dancing skills; then I thought of President GW Bush “dancing” on his African trip and how I was just cringing with embarrassment as an American.
Tonight, I am both proud to be an American and full of joy for PBO coming to his father’s homeland as President of the United States of America. The awesomeness of the occasion feels immeasurable (and I am using awesome in its classic sense: breathtaking, awe-inspiring, magnificent, stirring, etc.)
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Wow…..this post is The BEST!
Brilliant, NW.
So POTUS was Dancing with his Kin Folks………Haters Heads are exploding and imploding right about now. I -I for DF on your Au ⭐
Danny is such a Gentleman…….sharing sticks and walking with a Lady……WTG, Danny.
/whispering/ As you retire tonight, remember GoBrooklyn with thoughts and prayers for strength and hope. She has scans and stuff tomorrow, Monday, and it would be nice if she could ‘feel’ our support.
Thanks, VC, for letting us know about GoBrooklyn having scans done tomorrow.
{{GoBrooklyn}}, I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
thanks for the whispered reminder, vc. candles will be lit.
http://www.gratefulness.org/light-a-candle/step-1
{{{{GoBrooklyn}}}}} lots of love and light from my heart and house!
Thanks for telling us vc. Good thoughts are coming her way.
Wait a minute today is Saturday, isn’t it? smh – That’s just dawned on me as I reread my comment. I suppose I should be grateful I had the inspiration to add ‘Monday’ to my request/reminder. Her tests really are on Monday, folks. Oh (another idea), this means we can focus our positive thoughts over two nights and a day! Thanks for your help, TODobots.
God bless GoBrooklyn! All the best to her, with a whole lotta hugs, too.
Thanks for the reminder, VC.
Always thinking of you {{{{gobrooklyn}}}}
{{{{{GoBrooklyn}}}}}}
Where is everybody? Is WordP taking a break AGAIN? It hasn’t updated in ages!
Healing thoughts to GoBrooklyn and any others who need them. Night, all.
Night and sweet dreams, Judith.
Just watch all the 2015 Special Olympics opening ceremony and I enjoy watching it. And to top it off seeing FLOTUS say afew words, and open the Special Olympics. Love her.
Those athletes are truly an inspiration, truly are.
When I tried earlier C-Span wouldn’t let me watch, Annieb. 😦
{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ Loving thoughts and special prayers going out for GoBroolyn.}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
FLOTUS was wonderful at the 2015 Special Olympics Opening Ceremony. What a POTUS and FLOTUS we have making us so proud and enjoying themselves as they take care of business. POTUS looks so happy dancing. His father loved to dance and was a great dancer; I was told. Love our POTUS!HZ
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vc I am so sorry. I watched it on ESPN.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/07/26/sunday-in-kenya-and-ethiopia/
Sincere thanks to each of you that have shared your positive, respectful love and pride for our President. At 79 yrs. of age I know that I will never see another Person of this caliber in our White House but it is truly gratifying that so many of you had the heart and intelligence to vote him in twice and not apologize. You are to be congratulated and I’m. sure that you will reap even more fruits of your labours. Senior Democrat looking back over all the administrations since Franklin Delano Roosevelt and evaluating these congressional idiots who would invite a president from another country to speak in our Capitol about/against our own Leader. You must never permit such an insult to be perpetrated against any leader that you have elected; it made the 435+ look so foolish and the remaining ones of us that sat on our hands – – look W E A K !! thanks for allowing me to express my dual sentiments. I have no sound on my poor old Laptop but these PICTURES keep me mighty happy !! Ms.”B”