8:01 EDT: President Obama Delivers an Address to the Nation
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Yay
GGaaaaaaAAAAaaaAAAaaaaAAAaaaaaAAAaaail! đ
HellllllOOOOOOOOOOOOO Chips đ
Congrats, GG. I, too, am ready to listen to my POTUS.
Good Evening TODVille!
Thanks NCLB, yes we are!
Evening everyone:)
Evening Hopefruit!!
what????
Well, Good Evening DesertFlower!
Evening, NoChild:)
Um. Evening Deeeeeeeeesertflower! đł
Poor sweet bunny:) All sick and yucky….sorry. I have been mistaken for hopefruit before by you…surely not a BAD thing:) Feel better soon. You might need a nose mitten and some lemon and honey….
Hahahaha! Chips is on medication DF đ đ
And I see unicorns fluttering above my head đ
I would like some of that….
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/673630372450603008
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Thank you Chips for always being here for and with us. I hope your cold leaves you as quickly as it arrived.
Ahhhhh Choooooo â¤
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh Choooooo!
Congrats on 1st. GGail.
Hi Roberta, thanks đ
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I tried listening to CNN and MSNBC pundits talking about POTUS speech, but I could not take it. It was as usual their know it all B.S. and attacking POTUS. I had to turn it. I also email CNN because of their new poll which says Americans want American troops sent to Syria and Iraq to fight ISIS. Like I have said before, if Americans in your poll want troops sent over there then why don’t those Americans put on the uniform and boots and they go fight ISIS. I am not in favor of sending American troops over there. No way!!!!!!!! That is what I told CNN.
Annieb, don’t let them get to you. I spent the time leading up to now watching the game between the Panthers and the Saints and it was a good, no GREAT game! Cam & the Panthers are now 12 & O. They beat the Saints, 41 v 38
https://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/673667707133403137
Thanks Chips! There’s the dress – pretty, very pretty đ
Thank you Chipsticks. đ đ
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They look radiant!!
They do, Desertfruit đ
Chips, you are incorrigible đ
Dessertfruit. Get it right.
Okay, now I’m confused…WHAT is your NAME?????
D.E.S.E.R.T.F.L.O.W.E.R. đ đ
Haaaaahahahahahahaha ROFL! Got it đ
The dress. The DRESS!
GE idon.
Roberta in MN agrees: đ
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YES! That dress is gorgeous!
here and accounted for;
keeping my good wishes vibes directed at PBO in the Oval Office;
Good Luck PBO, millions stand with you and have your back
Yes We do!!!….forever and ever
Beautifullllllllllll
Here he is
Oh, geeze…the pundits and talkers will hate it. He’s making too much sense.
Ha! my thoughts exactly DF
And they’re shitting bricks and trying to analyze the shape of the turd!
I refuse to listen to them. I heard my President with my own ears. I understand English and don’t need those idiots with verbal diarrhea go on and on…My son is cooking dinner tonight and I MAY just have a glass of wine and chat with all of my TOD family….except for poor Chips…she has no idea who she’s talking to right now:)
I hear ya…..Time for the rwnj focus groups, eh?
đ They can focus??
Naw…….my error.
God Bless this President.
I will not listen to those piece of crap cable pundits. I think some of them wanted POTUS to say that he was sending troops over there to Syria. Another war would please them.
I have a 20 year old nephew in the Army, and I will try to convince him to leave the Army if American troops are sent to Syria.
Can’t watch the pundits and their spin on what the President said. So turned it off and will be on my computer for a while. LOL. OK Nerdy you are up.
AWESomeeeeeeeeeee…i love our President….he is so excellent…
My President is everything.
You are so right.
I am so grateful for this great President. HZ
As everyone here knows, we are very fortunate.
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Yes We Can
This, Bobfr.
Great speech! It is such a blessing to have a mature,wise person for our national leader.
It is, Bill. So reassuring.
We are blessed beyond measure, Bill.
So proud of MY president.
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Thank you for the Tweets….i am so glad that Barack Obama is the President
Perfect summary, Nerdy. Our President spoke truth and sense. Those who have ears to hear will understand what he said. Those who are filled with hate will not.
Thank you Nerdy. I watched the speech, but it is nice to have your tweets on it. You are awesome.
GE TODville.
https://twitter.com/justinsink/status/673673357829627904
This fact sheet is great, Arapaho. We should all carry it with us to counter the idiots who say the President is doing “nothing.”
POTUS perfect.
If you wanted reassurance it was provided.
If you wanted Resolve and strength, it is here.
If you want to be miserable and critical then you will be those things. And i feel sorry for you.
FLOTUS’ dress is another Winner! Our First Lady looks Gorgeous.
Vicki, I am borrowing part of this and post as my status on FB. Thanks in advance. đ
Well said, Vicki.
And these…
https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/673672857499664384
Can’t we watch Kennedy live
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Way more dangerous than ‘garbage’ ….
https://twitter.com/Our4thEstate/status/673677312357851136
They are central, totally essential to perpetuating the strategy.
Yes, sir.
Thank you Jacqueline.
BTW, how is your son? I’ve missed so many threads here, but just know he is daily in my thoughts (as are several of our fellow TODers).
We miss you here, Bob! My son’s doing well, thanks. Waiting to hear if he’ll be referred to a surgical team in Chicago for his next surgery; should be after the holidays, thank goodness (although he wishes it were yesterday!). Thanks for keeping him and several of our fellow TODers in your thoughts – means so much.
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true!
LAWD! I love my President.
stop being such wimps and wusses, america.
has the kenyan told that yet
Not in so many words ……. đ
#miser
Gotta keep asking ….
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Yes We Can
more to the point.
What an idiot Goddard is. What does the President’s approval rating have to do with his strategy for deal with ISIL? These people live in a warped world of their own making.
Exactly. This is the irrelevant and superficial crap they resort to when they have nothing substantive to say.
Gave the @GOP no wiggle room, for sure!
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2015_12/defending_secular_liberalism_f058880.php
looks like the french have gone teabaggers.
putain de bonne chance avec ça, France
As usual, our POTUS was the voice of reason. I love him so much.
A Man for the ages.
A president that America does not deserve.
You make me proud every single day President Obama.
We will truly never forget ….
ah aznar. wonder what happened to that mofo.
every drop of this
Thank you President Obama for what you are and what you do and what you say. No ground war to eat up our young people.
I have complete trust in this man. The only other two men I had complete trust in were my father and my husband. That’s enough for one life time, I think, and we’re so fortunate to have PBO right now. One of the things my husband said during his last week in life was: “President Obama is still president?” I answered “Yes, he is honey.” And he smiled.
Carolyn, your husband was a wise and wonderful man and your love for him has made most of us love him, too. I agree with you about having complete trust in our President. He embodies the best that is America and makes me proud of this country, despite the truly dark and ugly underside that’s been so evident in recent years.
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/673675114911809536
A spacecraft carrying much-needed US supplies blasted off toward the International Space Station for the first time in months on Sunday.
The Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after three days of delays due to poor weather.
The Cygnus capsule, expected to arrive on Wednesday, will be the first US shipment to the station since April.
Supplies at the station are running low due to several failed delivery runs and botched rocket launches.
The capsule carries more than 3,500kg (7,700lb) of food, clothing, computer gear, spacewalk equipment, science experiments and other supplies.
The station currently only has four months’ food supply aboard. Nasa aims to keep the supply cushion at six months.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35023614
how do you get into ISS? via some crazy stunts.
http://www.businessinsider.in/Docking-with-the-International-Space-Station-is-so-insanely-complicated-its-a-wonder-we-ever-get-it-right/articleshow/46751102.cms
I love my President!
Just got home and listened to the speech. We are so lucky this man is in charge at this time in history.
And that dress on FLOTUS! I think she’s outdone herself. That needs to be front-paged for sure!
Looking forward to the KCH. I think Stephen Colbert is the host again this year.
Looking in vain for bigger pic of FLOTUS’ dress.
Oh well, in the meantime, Mrs. Lucas looks mighty stylish with that dress and bag! Had no idea his wife was so cute!
Damn, that’s a big pic! Sorry guys! đ
Gorgeous!
Melody is her 1st name.
They have a Child together, through surrogacy. She is a Financial Executive and she is a current Contributor to CBS. Her clothes asre always very colorful.
Thanks Nena! I looked for some more pics of her on Google. I love her style (she sure likes here push up bras though đ )
the President tens of millions voted for is what we got tonight
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Chips thank you for this post while you are not feeling the best. I would bring you some chicken soup if you were closer. I am absolutely convinced there is no one who could do what President Obama has done and continues to do for this country post bush stupid. I really don’t need bobbleheaded blather tell me what the president was trying to tell me. I am not stupid, I heard and understood with my own ears. Thank you President Obama for being my president.
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Get Well Soon Chips!
Here is that Dark Chocolate with Ghost Pepper Chocolate Ganache cake that you wanted đ Hope it heals you! Take Care and bundle up better when you take Danny out for a stroll!
Ah, you lovely, lovely person, MadameSoph!!! Confession: I think this blasted cold was picked up when I didn’t change out of soaking clothes soon enough after walking the Danster the other day. I always thought that was silliness, that wet clothes could give you a cold ….. I will NEVER dispute the theory again!!! đ
OMG, my nose looks just like his đĽ
I know that it can be argued that a virus causes the cold and the rest is wives tales, but the stress of staying in cold, wet clothing can lower your resistance to an infection you might have been able to fight off otherwise. Here is the scientific abstract:
(Translation: What I said above đ )
“Neurotransmitters and neuroendocrine hormones can modify the functioning of immune cells and conversely cytokines produced by immune cells can alter brain homeostasis. This connection is further manifested by experimental studies showing a relationship between stress and resistance to infection. Human subjects with a high stress index were shown to be more susceptible to infection with common cold viruses. Furthermore, a diversity of experimental animal paradigms show that laboratory stressors such as forced exercise, avoidance learning, restraint, isolation, and cold exposure make animals more susceptible to primary infection with a variety of viruses and bacteria. The cellular and molecular basis for the observed modulation of host resistance is not fully understood but involves altered functioning of both T lymphocytes and cells of the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis. Also involved is the altered production of cytokines and hormones produced by the immune system and brain.”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8340778
Madame Soph, I am totally going to pretend I could understand all that! But it’s true, I completely thought the wet clothes thing was an old wives’ tale, and always smiled when my Ma said ‘YOU’LL GET YOUR DEATH OF COLD’ when I didn’t change quickly enough.
The moral of the story: I will NEVER mock an old wives’ tale again!!
The other side of the ‘old wives’ tale is to get plenty of rest and pamper yourself with honeyed hot tea and nourishing soup. Hope you’re taking good care of yourself, Chips.
Wow, MadameSoph, I’m impressed you know what this article says. I guess if you let yourself get over stressed, run down, or exposed to too much inclement weather, you’re susceptible to infection. Explains why I’ve always come down with something in December when my stress level goes into high alert.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/12/06/the-presidents-day-78/
Thanks Chips for TOD.
The US Media and their GOPer Supporters are and will Never be Satisfied, no matter what this President does or says.
Those complaining about the Podium, Go directly to Blazes.
Those complaining about delivery, hey, drop off.
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