President Barack Obama talks with 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed during the second Astronomy Night on the South Lawn of the White House. Invited to the White House for the science event, Mohamed was handcuffed and questioned by police last month when he brought a homemade electronic clock to class at MacArthur High School in Irving, TX, and officials ‘mistook’ it for a bomb.
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"We need to inspire more young people to ask about the stars." —@POTUS #AstronomyNight snpy.tv/1M1UHEJ
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 20, 2015****
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I got a chance to catch up with the @Space_Station crew today. Nothing like a call to space on #AstronomyNight! snpy.tv/1LkWhV5
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President Obama (@POTUS) October 20, 2015****
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This #AstronomyNight, @POTUS called the @Space_Station! See our Tumblr blog for a breakdown: nasa.tumblr.com/post/131523791… https://t.co/GSWGOvzqHK
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Former astronaut and NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate John Grunsfeld poses for a selfie with Ahmed Mohamed
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President Obama with Brooklyn student Agatha Sofia Alvarez-Bareiro
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The Obama Diary 
CBC live coverage of #CanadaVotes
Here is our ⭐ This is how PBO continues and continues to shape the future. ❤ 🐻 ❤
Very much enjoying watching this, feeling quite emotional as Pierre Trudeau was PM when I moved to Canada in 1969. I remember one day a couple of us (had the nerve) walked over to his brother’s place in The Laurentians to see if it would be possible to say Hello and have a chat. Well, they were not overjoyed to see us, neither were they rude or hostile. They suggested that we might write him a letter, that as he and his family were having some down time, it would be best if we walked back home. So, we did. 😉
Ha! My memories are coming in clear: Years later, when I was living up in Banff, working at the ski area loading chairs, PM Trudeau and Mrs Trudeau skied through my lift, and I got to load them, close the bar. That felt cool, but what was really really cool, during my break, I just happened to be in the women’s room, and Margaret Trudeau and I washed our hands at the sinks, we greeted each other and went on our separate way. I remember feeling like it was all just okay!
I grew up under Trudeau’s “reign”. My family loved him and most of them voted for his son today. They are so glad Harper is out, and that Justin Trudeau is now to be the new Prime Minister.
O/T for the thread, but save this for later:)
Don’t Outsource Your Thinking
One of the most useful lessons I learned from working at Facebook had nothing to do with technology: Doubt the media. Always doubt the media. Many journalists are superb, but certain reporters would publish plainly inaccurate information about our products on a regular basis. And if they got our tech wrong, what were they getting wrong in that science story? That war piece?
Today this healthy skepticism led me to start pulling on a thread…
Evening everyone…so much to catch up on, though I do love that my President loves science:)
Awesome thread!!!!
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! 😀 😀 😀
🙂 Thank yooooooou Dame Delicious!!!
Thank YOU, Geeky-Nerdy Queen Chipsalena! 😀
😆
dudette, is the music from “the astronaut farmer?” your clue made me think of that movie which i saw years ago, but don’t really remember the music.
Good guess, but nope! That’s not it! 😀
the right stuff?
gawd, i feel so not-nerdy…and ashamed. 😉
Nope! Ready for the reveal? 😀
maybe others want to try, but i’m definitely done guessing!
Me too. I am just blank. Dudette, I am always in awe of your awesome nerdyness!
I am humbled and speechless. 🙂
CBC is calling the election for Liberals.
Wonderful post. Chips. Thanks.
I AM SO HAPPY FOR AHMED………………..OUR JUDGMENT OF OTHERS IN THIS WORLD WILL MEET WITH SOME OVERTIME SESSIONS WITH GOD!
I’ve heard the liberal candidate in Canada is against TPP. I hope this isn’t true.
Is he against the Keystone Pipeline?
I don’t know about that.
🙂
Seems pretty fabulous:) Nice work, Canada!
https://www.liberal.ca/meet-justin/
GREAT NEWS! Hope their prediction is correct!
Evening all! Won’t be around for a few hours after tomorrow’s Early Bird Chat, so if any BTs could post that would be excellent – thank you!
Okay, here’s the answer to the musical nerd quiz from the previous thread…
[Feeling my NERD power surge to platinum level!] 😀
i bow to your sci-fi superiority.
No way…
I can’t help myself. The Nerd is Strong in Me! 😀
Fantastic Posts…..TOD.
GE TODville Community.
Science!
Wow!
Thank you all.
Oh Canada!
Congrats!
Congrats!
Looks very young with 3 small children.
Wishing Canadians the Best.
OMG!!!! OMG!!!! OMG!!!!! The Star Wars trailer was LIT!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t wait, may be one of those who buys a ticket this week.
OMG OMG OMG I SO WANT TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
so who’s going to pay my way to see this movie?
I’m sure it depends whether you’re going for 2-D, 3-D, IMAX or IMAX 3-D? 😀
yes it was….ohhh myyy goodness….it seems like it will be Epic!
A meeting? Seriously?
100 plus participants, they all had a Greet and Meet with Pres Obama……
This tweet is just foolish.
From USA Today?
Thank goodness for Truth Twitter Participants!
LOL! What an idiot!
And he is a Paid Journalist?
No wonder the Profession is held lower in the eyes, minds and thoughts of Many Americans.
Indeed.
UK
France
Australia 2X
Canada
Italy
Japan
I counted 6 Nations 😉
Germany and US round out the G7. Australia is not part of the G7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_of_Seven_(G7)
http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/groups.htm#G7
Thanks Dudette. I ❤ TOD. We keep each other well informed, accurately and Honest 😉 Thank you so much for the correction.
can you include Russia in that
Prettyfoot 😉 Russia was sort of kicked ‘Out’ from The G8……hence, back to the current G7 since their invasion and their take-over of Crimea.
ok…thanks
Great night for Canada! Wonderful night for Astronomers. PBO can inspire just by being present.
^5
So Harper is re-elected in Calgary, Heritage?
Hmm?
It would have been sweeter had he lost too.
More fun with FLOTUS
Love our FLOTUS. She is one cool First Lady, one I would love to hang out with.
Her husband isn’t to bad either.
This fella just got a greenlight as the lead for a sitcom produced by Key & Peele premiering on FOX next year 🙂
Especially when they drop some Stars Wars on us during #MNF
LOL! 😀
I don’t think one can overstate what happened in the Frozen North. The Liberals went from 37 seats to 180+. That’s not a wave; that’s a tsunami.
Now, if only we are smart enough to follow their lead!
From your lips to God’s ears, please may it be so. My family is elated (all but one sister & brother-in-law from BC, super conservative).
One might even call it a “shellacking” of the conservatives. 😉
Wow! Go Canada!
In Waterloo, Ontario, in my sisters’ riding, they elected a young Indo-Canadian. She’s very excited. She also told me that they had a 67% turnout in the vote. WOW.
Well, there’s that! 😀
Congratulations to Canada and to my sister and her family who live on Vancouver Island! Trudeau and Liberals win a majority government.
LOL!
A wonderful day for Canada and sanity. I am so happy about this resounding vote against Conservatism, Austerity, Racism and all the associated anti-human madness. Go, Canada—glorious and free!!!!!
Similar thoughts – the hate on the refugees is exactly what we have in Oz – I’m just hoping there is disagreement here as well – all you read are the RWNJs saying it is wonderful to treat other people in this fashion. Praying for a silent majority.
LMAO! 😀
I’m fucking plotzing.
😀 😀 😀
ROFL! 🙂
Who better to lead that particular discussion than one Joseph R. Biden Jr?
Truth!
Mr Trudeau would like to increase taxes on Canadian citizens making more than $200,000 a year, and lower those for the middle class. He has vowed that, if elected, he will work “right away” to see that marijuana is legalised. He also wants to double national spending on infrastructure, which would create a “modest short-term deficit” for the country in the interest of boosting the economy.
https://ca.screen.yahoo.com/canada-federal-election-2015/federal-election-2015-liberal-leader-020235712.html
Any man who can rock an Indian Kurta is all good in my book 😎
The best part of the CBC broadcast was the the Liberal spokesman saying one of Mr. Trudeau reasons for winning was his “stamina”…”showing he was in great shape by campaigning for 70+ days” 😀 😀 😀
Cool! Hi, LP!
Hello, JB….been a minute! How is your son recovery going?
Thanks for asking – other than developing an infection about 3 weeks ago, requiring a 4-day hospital stay and now long-term, at-home antibiotic IV therapy, my son’s doing much, much better. Still cracking the jokes about all of it, and that is the main part of his recovery through all of this! There are still about 5 months left in his healing process, before the final surgery, but he’ll make it – and I thank God and our lucky stars every day!
That is great to here, JB. I’m so happy to hear he seems to be on the proper trajectory to fully heal. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family and to your son’s speed recovery.
Thank you so very much.
Awesome news! Wonderful to hear he’s making good progress!
Thanks, sweet one!
Wonderful News…..huggs
Thanks so much. {{pf}}
JO’B, your son sounds like a wonderful person with a great sense of humor–a real chip off the not-so-old block. I’m sure his long term recovery is also due to the love and support of his family and the unfailing optimism of his mom.
Aww, thank you, jackieG.
🙂
That is so cool! He carries it off very well.
Funny thing: Just yesterday while I was riding in my car, I listened to an NPR program where some pundit claimed Trudeau’s being so “incredibly handsome” would likely play against him in the election, because people would see him as a lightweight [Really? Too sexy to have any gravitas, eh? Jealous much? <- my thoughts as I listened to this drivel.] So much for that theory!
I'll have to go find out who that idiot was. Unfortunately, I only caught the tail end of the program.
There is a huge Indian population in Canada.
I wish our elections only lasted ~70 days (which is actually very long for our friends up North) The Liberal party spokesman complained about 25 million in attacks ads as well….that is what a primary candidate raises in hard $$$ per quarter here..not including PAC dough!
Yep, I knew about large Indian population in Canada.
As to the complaints about time and money for the campaign: Tell them to sit down and come back to complain when their candidates need 2 years and 1 billion dollars (US) to win.
Block Alert: @AmericanLandsCn
Why the heck would these let’s-sell-off-public-lands-to-private-“stewards” creeps wanna follow me? I smell Koch stench! Ew!
Done!
Honey, I keep having Twitter recommend I follow Trump sockpuppets.
Must be some sick joke
So cute! 😀
So it seems Canada got tired of everybody swooning over our brilliant, hot PBO, so here’s their answer.
Well, touche’ Canada. Nice try, but we gotcha (as the good reverend says). 🙂
Gooo canooooks. Great voting. FU harper.
^10 and good morning amk 🙂
Well done, Canadians; very well done!!!
#LetsRollJoe
good night TOD …………
He IS kinda hot. [just sayin’]
Hope and Change: Canadian Style
Dare I say “Obama’s Fault?” 🙂
Night, everyone.
LOL.
LOL
LMAO.
😀
Snips from the article:
“Justin Trudeau took the stage in Montreal and declared that “Canadians chose change. Real change.””
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“… Trudeau continued his campaign themes of hope and positivity in his speech.
“A positive optimistic, hopeful vision of public life isn’t a naive dream — it can be a powerful force for change, ” he said.
Trudeau spoke of growing the economy, creating jobs, strengthening the middle class, and helping “less fortunate Canadian families work their way into the middle class.”
He also spoke of the importance of having a “nation to nation” relationship with indigenous peoples, and working with the provinces.
“Have faith in yourselves and in your country,” he said. “Know that we can make anything happen if we set our minds to it and work hard. I am not the one who made history tonight — you are.”
Trudeau ended his speech by emphasizing the importance of Canada’s diversity, and of building an inclusive society.
“Have faith in your fellow citizens my friends,” he said. ” … they know in their heart of hearts that a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian.””
I see the Obama playbook all over this.
So proud of my fellow Canadians voting for a Liberal Government and electing a fine young man!!!
🙂
Congrats cb4o!
Congrats, Barb!
As a longtime Canadian lurker, I would certainly agree that Justin Trudeau was inspired by and borrowed a bunch from President Obama’s campaign and program. Trudeau then combined it with his instincts of the needs and desires of Canadians and his own qualities to make this historic victory happen.
There is little doubt in my mind that Obama is happy to have Trudeau as a fellow leader in North America heading into the Paris Climate Conference. Harper has just been abysmal in terms of climate change leadership and would have been a laggard in the negotiations for a deal. I am now even more hopeful that Obama and other world leaders would now be able to strike a comprehensive agreement.
On the TPP front, Trudeau has stated in the campaign that he would evaluate the deal and share it with the public before making a final decision of support. I believe he would support this deal based on the generally pro-trade philosophy of the current Liberal party and the economics of the deal.
All in all, a good day for Canada and a good day for North American cross-border relations and cooperation.
yuppp…as you always say…squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 😀
LOL! This is hilarious!
Where’s VC! Thought she’d be popping in to celebrate! 🙂
when did lol get spambot’s goat?
Don’tcha just wanna know what on earth led to this?
THIS!!!!!!!
From Game 2 of the ALCS
Well, alrighty then! 🙂
Meant from Game 5 of the ALDS….better video 😀 😀 😀
Yep, we see it. The Hopey-Changey Thing works.
And he’s been attacked for all the same reasons.
I’m finding it interesting wandering around the web – all the right wingers taking over comment sections to preach doom & gloom – makes me realise it’s just a small minority that yell alot. I so hope we can do similar next year.
I hope the whole world can do similar next year 😉
Good Night and Good Morning, Dear Family!
Tanks to my 2 bros and 2 sisters who helped kick Harper to the curb I am still dancing
where is vc?
Collecting votes, counting votes & then sleeping after very long day at the polls
spambot active today.
Morning
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/10/20/early-bird-rise-and-shine-120/