President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives to deliver a speech at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at the United Nations Compound in Nairobi. President Obama’s visit to Kenya is focused on trade and economic issues, as well as security and counterterrorism cooperation
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President Barack Obama and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta take part in a roundtable with young businesspeople at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit
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President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit. He told African entrepreneurs in Kenya on Saturday they could help counter violent ideologies and drive growth in Africa, and said governments had to help by ensuring the rule of law was upheld and by tackling corruption
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In his first visit as president to Kenya, President Obama struck a relentlessly upbeat tone nyti.ms/1OsJjV7 http://t.co/GJhGTX7wKo
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President Barack Obama looks at a mobile payment platform and solar exhibit during the Power Africa Innovation Fair
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President Barack Obama, left, looks at a solar powered lamp during a tour of the Power Africa Innovation Fair
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President Barack Obama participates in a wreath laying ceremony in Nairobi, at Memorial Park in honor of the victims of the deadly 1998 bombing at the U.S. Embassy
President Barack Obama inspects the honor guard after arriving to meet with Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta at the State House
President Barack Obama shake hands with Kenya’s Chief of Defence Forces Samson Mwathathe
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President Barack Obama is escorted into a bilateral meeting by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at the State House
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President Barack Obama and President Uhuru Kenyatta participate in a joint press conference
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Obama pushes African nations to treat LGBT people equally ti.me/1HQfb4u
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Quite a day.
InDeed! ⭐
Thanks for all of the lovely photos NW.
Congrats COS!! 🙂
Fantastic, sumptuous summary of the day NW!! Thank you!!
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To see Ambassador Rice beside our President in these most significant moments, hours and days, brings with it a tremendous sense of ‘all is well’. Her ability to be present, to stand strong with him, gives a sense of peace and reassurance.
Totally agree, MP! President Obama has chosen well. BTW, Congratulations to COS on the gold medal!
i think about that too…MP….esp after the dreck that was levied against her…
You said it perfectly, MP. She is one of the best and certainly brightest National Security Advisers the US has ever had.
So true, MP!!!
As all of you know she and Loretta Lynch are my two most favored potential VP’s in the Biden Administration 🙂
TOD, as usual, brings us the information that nobody in the MSM provides regarding our President.
THANK YOU 🙂
You’e welcome.
Fantastic thread as usual NW. Thank you!
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this makes me so happy.
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Hmmm. When I first saw they’d chosen “Draft Biden DOA” … which could also stand for Dead on Arrival instead of Day of Action … not a good sign nor hashtag! Hopefully, not too many will notice!
i must say…i did not see that…smh
No idea why it hit me – I thought maybe somebody had put some graffiti on the official sign. Ugh. Got interrupted, but may send a DM to the draft Biden folks on twitter.
Woah, great spot Jacqueline, not much thought went in to that choice
Just mentioned to pf that I DMd the Draft Biden folks – looks like DraftBidenNYC is using. Eek.
that might be a good idea Jackie…
Okay, just DMd the Draft Biden folks. Seems to be DraftBidenNYC using it. Hope nobody else did! (So glad you brought this here.)
ok….so there is more than one Draft group..
Pretty sure they all fall under the umbrella of the original Draft group … but now that some of the big cities have active groups, they use a sub-head to identify and distinguish. Guessing so local people know where it’s at! 🙂
ohhh ok
It’s the first thing I thought of…
Unreal, isn’t it?
This ‘Draft Biden’ movement is great to see, especially in the Clinton stronghold of NYC. I hope our VPOTUS gives us a happy surprise and jumps into the race with all engines roaring.
i will be glad when a decision is made either way
Hello our there, hope everyone is having a good weekend. 🙂
Just a general question out of curiosity. Chips, Nerdy and the others posting here, where do you guys get the materia, images etc, from? Do you jsut surf the net and credit or do you have a set number of websites and blogs that you use for post compilations?
Back from the movies.
Went to see Pixel.
Peanut loved it. And, I liked it. wasn’t a bad way to spend some time in an air-conditioned place. It was funny to me.
Always a bit skeptical about surveys…but it is interesting to see the results
CNN beats PBS…. How funny
this was an interesting article. of course, the right-wing doesn’t think America could learn anything from other countries
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Living in Switzerland ruined me for America and its lousy work culture
by Chantal Panozzo on July 21, 2015
I was halfway through a job interview when I realized I was wrinkling my nose. I couldn’t help myself. A full-time freelance position with a long commute, no benefits, and a quarter of my old pay was the best they could do? I couldn’t hide how I felt about that, and the 25-year-old conducting the interview noticed.
“Are you interested in permanent jobs instead?” she asked.
“I could consider a permanent job if it was part-time,” I said.
She looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language and went right back to her pitch: long commute, full-time, no benefits. No way, I thought. Who would want to do that? And then it hit me: Either I had become a completely privileged jerk or my own country was not as amazing as I had once thought it to be. This wasn’t an unusually bad offer: It was just American Reality.
Now that I’m back, I’m angry that my own country isn’t providing more for its people
Before I moved to Switzerland for almost a decade, American Reality was all I knew. I was living in a two-bedroom apartment making $30,000 a year in a job where I worked almost seven days a week with no overtime pay and received 10 days of paid time off a year.
In other words, for the hours worked, I was making minimum wage, if that. The glamour of this job was supposed to make up for the hours, but in reality, working every weekend is a ticket to burnout — not success.
My husband and I were so accustomed to American Reality that when he was offered an opportunity to work in Switzerland, we both thought about travel and adventure — not about improving our quality of life. It hadn’t occurred to us that we could improve our quality of life simply by moving.
But without realizing it, or even asking for it, a better life quality came to us. And this is why, now that I’m back, I’m angry that my own country isn’t providing more for its people. I will never regret living abroad. It taught me to understand another culture. And it taught me to see my own. But it also taught me something else — to lose touch with the American version of reality.
Here are seven ways living abroad made it hard to return to American life.
http://www.vox.com/2015/7/21/8974435/switzerland-work-life-balance
This is a great article and one every registererd voter should read. Amazing!
The third video clip in this article (only 3:06 mins – about Tom Mboya) contains a short anecdote that tells us something we already know about PBO – he makes it his business to know history and he has a ‘human’ touch. He also has a phenomenal memory, I think.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33629577
NW, thank you so much for this post, and all the others. This goes for Chips too, you super cheesy puffs, Mama Danny! There is no other place I’d go to for such magnificent coverage of PBO! I was so hoping to watch the press conference, and all the other delightful bounty you’ve provided. PBO just makes my day richer, every single time! I loved the young people who are such magnificent innovators. 🙂
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Hello TOD, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, Good Night, Good Morning and Good Day to all Applicable TODville Globe Community.
Congrats COS on your Au ⭐
Congrats to all the Gold ⭐ winners several posts back.
Now finally back from running errands…….now ready to catch up.
Good one POTUS, good one. 🙂
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Thanks a traaaaaaazilion Nerdy!!
Oh no, Chips, I want to see the whole thing, not this shorty clip! Feeling deprived here! LOL! Hugs to you, this made my day! 🙂
I know Gazelle, it’s only 15 seconds (looped on this video), we need an hour!!
Adorableeeeeee
He’s a whole bunch of awesome, Prettyfoot!!
Indeed he is…indeed he is….smilin
Indeed! But I’ll just keep playing it for an hour at least! Drive everyone crazy. I feel like such a nosy person because I want to see what happened before, between, and afterwards! Yep! I don’t think Obamacare has a cure for me! Yet! But TOD fills my need till then! 😉
hahahaha…i wonder which one of his daughters taught him the electric slide…..i love the President
prettyfoot58, Was that the electric slide? I am willing to bet that a 14 year old or 17 year old don’t know what the electric slide is.
ya think….that dance is universal…they dance it at block parties…everywhere…smilin
OMG, I am MESMERIZED. Smooth POTUS!!
Several naughty mats, STAT!!
Thanks Chips! This made me smile 🙂
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Awww! Good to see you’re not between them, keeping your respectful distance from these [ahem!] branch lovers1
Oh, my. That’s about as good as it gets, Danny. I approve.
this is so sweet 🙂
Danny, I’m proud of you for sharing!
He was SO cute GGail, the little boxer’s owner had a doggie tug-of-war rope thingie, so he and Danny had a battle for about 20 minutes, it was epic. Then the owner gave up and the boxer took over, and Danny completely switched off the muscle-man thing and just gently tugged, like he didn’t want to be too rough. He’s a sweetheart! Mind you, when I tug-of-war with him, he sends me in to the middle of next week 🙄
Danny exercised good manners in front of guests 🙂
That is soooo precious! The photo is perfect.
They are SO funny together, 57. The boxer is hilarious, completely looks up to Danny (in role model terms …. I’m not sure about the wisdom of this), copies everything he does: she doesn’t swim, waits at the edge of the river when he’s going after something I chucked in, when he comes out and shakes the water away, she shakes too! When he pees, she pees. When he chews a tree truck, she chews a twig, and on and on. They really need their own TV show!
That is so damned adorable, I can’t stand it! See, Danny can get along just fine with other dogs. What’s her name? A reality show and stardom is in the works……..
Way to go, DannyO!
Inquiring mind wants to know, CC – Has he ever shared his tree branch with you?
Well, he offers one too me sometimes, then tugs and tries to pull me in to the river.
Hmmm! I would say that’s more taunting than sharing, wouldn’t you? /moves quickly out of range of potential flying objects/
danny!!! dood, what are you doing???
😆 😆 😆
things men do for wimmin / smh
Furst thing he said to me, ‘donnt lett akm c dat pik’.
it’s all your fault. making him share his precious stick. pshaw.
This is brilliant!
Allllllllright Now!!
LOLzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!
hahahahah….
Well at less it wasn’t the dance he did on Ellen Show. 🙂
Auma can dance too.
I can just imagine the night Prince gave a concert at the White House. Somebody dance up a storm, I bet.
hahaha…that dance is known as the old man shuffle…hahaha
prettyfoot58, what dance? The dance POTUS was doing in Kenya or Ellen show. I have no idea what the name of any dance is, except the twist.
hahahahahah…..the dance on Ellen….smilin
In the years ahead people in America and throughout the globe will wonder with awe and gladness that such a person as Barack Obama rose up in our midst and lifted humankind to live up to its potential, to heal the divisions, and to realize our oneness and belonging in one another and the Spirit Life that holds us. There is a prophecy made in the 19th century by Black Elk, an Oglala Sioux medicine man, in a vision he had at the age of 9, before the European white people had come to his land: “….. for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the Spirit, and shape of all shapes as they must live together in One Being. And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that made one Circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father. And I saw that it was holy.” I believe that our President is such a prophet of our time, here to remind us of this truth, and point the way forward.
I believe that our President is such a prophet of our time, here to remind us of this truth, and point the way forward.
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Wow
❤ BillR ❤
Love this. If you have a human heart that is beating, President Obama is a most exalted guide. He has a balanced body, mind and spirit and his compassion and humanity are overflowing. He exudes what it is to be fully in this world. I know he is blessed but I see we are blessed, too.
Perfect statement meta, couldn’t agree more.
Someone’s got moves and jokes. 😀
Any day now, PBO will come out with he rap he claims he isn’t! Mark my words!
PBO usually has water in his glass but I think this time he really joined in!
Great moves!
Okay, President Obama. You need to complete this epic coolness by rapping then dropping the mic. 😀
Doesn’t Will Smith and someone else suppose to be doing a movie or tv series about Emmit Till?
I remember, it’s Jay Z and Will Smith suppose to produce a mini-series about Emmit Till.
Yes, looks like an HBO miniseries:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/07/25/emmett-till-miniseries-jayz–smith-hbo/30664817/
I just love him in almost too many ways to count. Blessed is his name and blessed our we to be part of the Age of Obama.
^^^ THIS!
Video of POTUS, reminds me of when my NOLA family gets together for a party/gathering.
We gonna be doing either The Electric Slide or The Wobble before the end of the night.
Actually, we’ll more than likely do both at some time in the night…lol.
This is one excellent post Nerdy. Thank you so very much. Chips, Danny & his female friend looks like they have learned what it is to share. Woot!! Maybe they can teach the RWNJ that lesson. 🙂
Although to be honest Roberta, the next frame was Danny saying: ‘Back off shorty, the sharing is OVER!’
😀 😀 Danny’s sharing was a photo-op 😀 😀
😆 Once camera was put away, “SCRAM, SAUSAGE BREATH!1!1!”
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Interesting ….
Note the comments about Erdogan ….
I’ve expressed my concern as tersely as I can ….
Erdogan is nothing more than a 21st Century Ottoman despot ….
I’ll repost in the next thread if a moderator can’t free it before then …
bbl ….
Freed, Bob!
Thank you Chips!!
BTW, I’ve got a couple of very young grand nieces and a grand nephew on the way, thus I was particularly delighted that Josipa Majic was among the entrepreneurs that joined @POTUS and @UKenyatta today. Just had to ask the obvious question ….
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Just peeking my head in to say hello and thank you for the PBO in Africa:) Love all of it!!
My husband came home today from his work out of state….haven’t seen him in about 5 weeks or so….spending time chatting and catching up with him:) Will still poke my head in here…can’t keep me away:)
Love to Mr DF, thank you for dropping in!! 🙂
Thanks, Chips:) Loved Danny’s stick pic:)
So the media is already going with the story that Sandra Bland’s death with a suicide. I’m not buying it.
You mean the media is talking about something beside Donald Trump.
The Moment: President Obama danced to Kenyan Music
BRAVA JER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fantastic, the full video!! Thank you soooo much BFF!!!
JER! Woot! JER Juu! [expression of the best!]
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/07/25/president-obama-attends-a-state-dinner/