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The Obama Diary 
1st!
Morning Nerdy and Don. Hope Chips and her mom are okay. Thanks for taking the morning wake up, NW.
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Congrats on first Don. And good morning everyone. I guess everyone is sleeping in this morning. I’m up early thanks to my kitties wanting an early breakfast. Hope everyone has a great day. š
AWESOME..I’M FINALLY ON TIME FOR SOMETHING!
I’M NOT SURE WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT IN THIS CASE IN OKINAWA..I DO KNOW THE PEOPLE THERE HAVE WANTED OUR BASE OUT DUE TO MILITARY BEHAVIOR! UNFORTUNATELY OUR MALE SOLDIERS HAVE NOT BEEN LEADING EXAMPLES FOR JAPANESE FEMALES…I’VE SEEN THIS..HAVING LIVED IN BASE HOUSING.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR MARINES THROUGH THE YEARS HAVE DONE A GREAT DISS—-ERVICE TO JAPANESE WOMEN THAT THEY BRING HOME…DON’T GET ME STARTED!
THE BEHAVIOR OF OUR SOLDIERS IN OKINAWA HAS NOT BEEN GOOD UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!..THE GRACE OF THE JAPANESE FEMALE HAS BEEN CHALLENGED BY THOSE WHO THINK THEY ARE IO BE USED AS SERVANTS!
AKA…SEX SLAVES AS WELL…………………THE PEOPLE OF OKINAWA HAVE LONG WANTED THE US SOLDIERS GONE AND RIGHTFULLY SO…THEY HAVE ABUSED THEIR STATION.
THEY HAVE ALSO TAKEN JAPANESE WIVES TO THE STATES..USED THEM..HAD CHILDREN…THEN DUMPED THEM..I HAVE NOTHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT THE STATUS OF RELATIONSHIPS IN OKINAWA!..THIS HAS GONE ON FOR DECADES. THE WORST OF IT IS..THE SOLDIERS MAKE FUN OF IT!,,OKINAWA IS A JOKE TO THEM!
THANKING PBO FOR HIS VISIT TO HIROSHIMA…INDEED!..I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS!
Gooooooooood Morning…TOD….
Thanks for the coverage of the FLOTUS and the WH Talent show…..going to miss FLOTUS when she leaves the WH….
I hope MsChipsss and Mom are doing well….keeping them both in my prayers
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THE TRUTH HURTS SOMETIMES!
G’morning Nerdy & TOD! Congrats Sir Don on #1! š
Hope all is going okay with Chips and her mom – sending them positive vibes. Thanks Nerdy for so kindly holding down the fort while our Chips is away.
You’re welcome, HF. Thank you.
FRANKLY…WE ARE BLESSED THAT THE JAPANESE EVEN TALK TO US..I ASSUME PBO IS UNAWARE OF THIS HISTORY..I LIVED IN IT AT THE MILITARY BASES…VERY SAD!
WE SCREW THEM AND BOMB THEM…BBL……………:(
Good Morning Nerdy and TOD.
Morning JER, I hope I will be able to watch her commencement speech.
Good Morning Bella. There will be a livestream at http://www.koat.com/ Time: 1:00 PM local time (3:00 PM EDT).
Thank you so much JER.
GM jer and annieb.
Resurrected my deleted tweet (addled last week š³ ).
Don’t see FLOTUS’ speech on whitehouse.gov/live — does anyone know if there will be local streaming video coverage?
Good Morning, Arapaho. There will be a livestream at http://www.koat.com/ Time: 1:00 PM local time (3:00 PM EDT).
Thank you, JER.
Wonderful news, will definitely watch at noon west coast time.
Really wish MSM would cover real news about real people such as this — a forgotten and neglected community, yet zero coverage by MSM. Shameful.
I would be the most surprised person on the planet if FLOTUS doesn’t continue this outreach beyond Jan 2017 — I think the bond between our country’s First People and the son of an immigrant and his wife are deep, genuine and lifelong.
Hello Arapaho415
How wonderful is that! So glad she chose that high school.
Good West Coast morning NW & TOD family.
Hello, GGail!
Hey girl ā¤
President Obama (in Japan) on Trump today……an ignorance of world affairs or a cavalier attitude or an interest in getting tweets and headlines instead of actually thinking through what it is required to keep America safe and secure and prosperous.
Now the big orange racists bully Trump is upset with the Governor of New Mexico a female Republican.
LOL……………………..I HOPE TRUMP SWEATS UNTIL HIS DIRTY UNDERWEAR SHRIVELS TO THE SIZE OF HIS HANDS!
I’D RATHER STARE AT A DIRTY LATRINE!
While they are at it, why not have a charity inauguration and a charity swearing in and a charity state of the union address that they can both give in tandem?
hahaha
Why would Bernie do this? Seem to me Bernie is just concern about Bernie Sanders.
yup
Pf, Bernie Sanders has now crossed every line of decency. Hillary wouldn’t debate him in CA, so he went to the Republicans so he could get ‘exposure’ before the California vote. He’s now exposed himself as a disgusting opportunist with no moral or ethical limits. I hope Dick Schumer makes his life miserable when he goes back to the Senate.
it seems that the debate is off….smh
It is unfathomable that I have to deal with a prick that takes a week just to reply to my email. Do people not understand deadlines or that time sensitive material is marked time sensitive for a goddamn reason? Four more fucking years and I can retire. And to make matters worse, last night I purchased two tickets to see the X-Men this weekend and Iām hearing that itās not a good movie. Why have the forces of good aligned against me, have I not genuflected enough before the gods not to be protected from these indignities?
Morning, Don…let me just say, sometimes life just happens. When these annoying and ridiculous things happen to me I just know for a fact that karma will take care of that mess. Breathe. It will all work out the way it should. Don’t give the pricks all the power:) Promise your day will get better! The last day of school for us…(not for teachers, but the kids) Yesterday we had our class party and included the other 2 fifth grade classes….by the time it was over I wanted to go sit in my car, rock back and forth, and suck my thumb. I was having a moment. I’m here to laugh about it and tell you today….see? All good! š
My son is in the fifth grade and school lets out next week here in Austin Texas. On behalf of all the parents that have fifth graders, I’m sorry for all the drama they’ve caused you this year. I know well about rocking back and forth, with his constant falling on the floor and pointing to my shoes and asking me “what are those!” I hope you have a great summer, df.
You, too sweetness:) We just gotta laugh at the idiocy of life sometimes:) Have a great summer yourself:)
PLEASE DO NOT USE GOD’S NAME IN THAT WAY AND THERE IS BUT ONE AND ALWAYS WILL BE JUST ONE. GOD IS ANGRY WITH AMERICA AND HAS LIFTED HIS HEDGE OF PROTECTION OVER THIS COUNTRY AND OTHERS..WE REAP WHAT WE HAVE SOWN..UNFORTUNATELY THESE DAYS OUR SICK SOCIETY HAS SOWN………….DONALD TRUMP!…THE FIGHT IS ON!
I’m sorry about that SUE.
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Good Morning, Everyone š
Good morning all. We are traveling to our daughter’s (granddaughter’s preschool graduation). šš. Read an AP story yesterday that said PO’s trip to Japan/Hiroshima is a lose/lose. Of course, the writer “backed up” all the reasons. Whatever! Some will never give him his deserved appreciation.
I thought, POTUS was in a tough situation in the press conference, especially about the shit going on in Okinawa. I hadn’t even heard about it, not mentioned in our news has it? What that man has to deal with is just amazing. Our Press Corp are shills of the worst kind.
I just heard about it too Roberta, they say people are upset and some of them want the American troops to go home. I was thinking, maybe it’s time for them to come home.
son unit completed his engineering UG today with 7.5 gpa. #notgoodenough
Hey amk, what is good enough for you? is that considered a C+ in our grading system?
the boy scored 95% in two school public exams. now only 75%? bummer.
Congratssss to Son Unit……
Thanks, pf.
yw…
Congrats on 1st Don, and bless you for living TX. Austin is nice, have to agree. Lived in Killeen for 5 years and came back home to sanity. We have our Kooks here too, just not back in the 19th century. LOL. Love you all. Time to work the food bank. BBL.
Because I know you guys like pictures (even if we are hours behind the ‘meet & greets’):
TO BE SURE…THOSE PRESENT AT THE G7 HOLD MUCH BETTER VALUES THAN THE OCCUPANT AT THE TRUMP PODIUM!
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Good morning, good people.
Does sophie grĆ©goire-trudeau’s dress remind you of anything?
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It reminded me of this from the 2011 APEC Conference in Hawaii
Wonder why FLOTUS did not go
Too many commitments on this end to leave and be ‘wifey’ on that end? [just guessing)
So why are there 9 people in all the pictures of the G7 leaders group? I’m having issues with the maths.
Two other people are European Union officials. They had a very nice Japanese dinner together & lasted till late at night.
PBO is going to Hiroshima tomorrow afternoon (very early morning in US – Japan is 13 hours ahead).
The Japanese are very happy about this visit (85% approval according to the Asahi Newspaper).
The Okinawa incident was very unfortunate.
I felt very sorry for PBO to have to deal with it .The American base in Okinawa is another piece of history coming from WWII.
Anyway, I’m looking forward to tomorrow although I won’t be able to be there in the Peace Park ( I live in England).
Good afternoon to everyone!
Thanks cherish – I live in Australia – we follow PBO around the world š
I FELT FOR PBO HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT TOO..HOWEVER…THE ABUSES THERE OF JAPANESE WOMEN ETC., ARE ALSO CURRENT..NOT A THING OF THE PAST..OKINAWA IS NOT CRAZY ABOUT OUR MILITARY BEHAVOR THERE…FOR GOOD REASON!
THE GOP IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO JEALOUS OF THIS PRESIDENT AND I AM SO PROUD OF HIM..NOONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME!
Political Animal Blog
May 26, 2016 8:30 AM
Hereās How Clinton Will Take On Trump
By Nancy LeTourneau
There is a lot of chatter going on right now about how Hillary Clinton will take on Donald Trump. Of course, everyone has an opinion on that. Phillip Rucker identifies the challenge.
Rucker goes on to describe the campaignās overall message:
PBS announced Wed. that News Hour co-anchor and managing editor Gwen Ifill will interview President Obama , follow by a town hall in Elkhart, Indiana. The President will take questions from voters and it will air on PBS June 1, 2016 at 8pm.
Good morning, TOD! Moving slow; must leave to see the witch doctors in a few.
Interesting encounter with a Bernbot friend last evening. Cliff notes version:
1. Around April 10, friend posts long screed on FB regarding ACA, IRS, she’s getting screwed and PBO doesn’t care… Bottom line, she didn’t receive her 1095A from the exchange and they couldn’t find her in the system.
2. As she’s paid her premiums AND the insurance company HAS received the subsidy from ACA, I recommended that she contact our congresscritter for assistance with getting the 1095A.
3. On April 15, she posts another long screed, adding her displeasure with lack of response from congresscritter. I called congresscritter’s office, said she was a mutual constituent, outlined her problem, provided her contact info. Turns out, she had twice called the critter’s office, left msg ranting about he situation, HOWEVER, failed to leave contact info.
4. After intervention, she received form in about 10 days.
5. Last week, she posted another screed. 2015 vs 2014 income the same; 2015 premium double 2014 (she changed plans); 2014 received refund; 2015, owes IRS $49. I offered to review her return.
6. Return as prepared was correct, however, incomplete. She’s a part-time student and her preparer HAD NOT applied any education credits. She didn’t recall receiving 1098T from her college. We guesstimated the amount she’s paid for education, pending receipt of the 1098T. Looks like she’s due a refund in the $700 range…
7. Best I can tell on the ACA, her new exchange plan (which she selected) costs more, and based on income, the exchange overpaid on the subsidy and they are recouping the overpayment. In 2014, they overpaid/recouped $16; 2015 they overpaid/recouped $725. During open season, she’ll need to really review plans and financial implications BEFORE making a selection.
8. She “loves” Bernie and is so disappointed that I don’t. She felt if “I took the time to get to know him…” My response was “he’s been in DC 30 years, not and outsider, not my first rodeo, been engaged in civics for more than 50 years.” Said we’ll talk about processes AFTER the race is over.
9. She says she received email asking if she’d like to be a delegate at DNCPhilly. We both found that strange as PA delegates are elected by voters durning primary.
10. She will vote for Hillary IF BERNIE doesn’t win, however, she’s holding out hope…
Off to witch doctor. Read you later…
i would say that your friend is lucky to have you….
hope things turn out well at the witch docs
Alycee, you are a saint to try to cleanup your friend’s messes for her. Good luck at the doctor’s office.
No, not a saint; just helping where I can.
Prime Minister Trudeau and President Obama – CanadianPM
the kanook is taller the kenyan?
Which one is the Kenyan?
THE KANOOK IS EXTREMELY HANDSOME….HE REMINDS ME OF JOHN F, KENNEDY JR…………………HAUNTING!
Expect Trump response tweet anytime.
More likely they’re “rattled” by the Americans who would select/vote for Trump.
RATTLED INDEED..THEY ARE ALL SITTING IN PLUGGED IN CHAIRS WAITING FOR CURRENT EVENTS TO FIZZEL…………..KNEES ARE KNOCKING..AND THE CLOCK IS TICK TOCKING….MY IT CERTAINLY DOES HURT TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR..THE IGNORANCE OF THE GOP IS AMAZING!
Maybe Trump will pick a Muslim or Hispanics.
GM JER.
Can’t be any clearer than this…
And on that note, here’s our #horserace-obsessed MSM for you:
THE WORD ‘MINORITY’ MAKES ME VOMIT..WE ARE NOT MINORITIES…WE ARE = = = = = =..WHOEVER INVENTED THAT STUPID WORD ATE THEIR WHEATIES WITH A SLAVE WHIP! IT’S HORRIBLE..MY ROOMATE AND I FOUGHT OVER THAT WORD THE OTHER DAY!
Trudeau’s sticking close to his mentor, I see.
Isn’t that PM Trudeau walking with PM Merkle?
š³ Yep, keen eyes! Some people clearly need to be more attentive.
I have said repeatedly that nobody in the GOP Clown Car actually wanted to do THE WORK of the President.
They just wanted TO BE President.
Butā¦..
What the everloving PHUCK?!?!?
Chairman of the Board?
Da phuq?
Da hail?
I just canāt.
And, I say, without equivocation,
that, if this had come from then Senator Obamaās āteamāā¦..
Or if anyone from Hillaryās team had said this about herā¦
itād be front and center on every newscast.
……………………………………..
There are presidential duties Trump ādoesnāt want to doā
05/26/16 10:45 AM
By Steve Benen
Paul Manafort, a controversial Republican lobbyist, joined Donald Trumpās team in late March, and at least initially, his task was to help oversee delegate recruiting. It wasnāt long, however, before Manafort worked his way up to effectively running the entire operation: less than two months after joining the campaign, heās now Trumpās campaign chairman and chief strategist.
Yesterday, Manafort sat down with the Huffington Postās Howard Fineman for a fairly long interview, and while the two covered quite a bit of ground, there was one exchange in particular that stood out for me.
š Such focus – they look like they’re all taking a test!
Team Trumpās āseething mosh pitā forces key staffer out
05/26/16 12:30 PM
By Steve Benen
Just six weeks ago, Donald Trumpās campaign announced an important new hire: it was bringing on Rick Wiley, Scott Walkerās former campaign manager, to serve as Trumpās national political director. That was April; this is May.
By all accounts, Team Trump is divided into two warring factions: a contingent that sides with Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski and another backing Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort.
A source close to the campaign told NBC News that the Riley announcement is āa win for Corey.ā
As a rule, itās tough to care about which faction is up or down on any given day, but there is something important about the larger dynamic. The Huffington Postās Howard Fineman, a veteran political reporter whoās seen a lot of campaigns come and go, yesterday described āTrumpWorldā as āa seething mosh pit of ambitious egos.ā
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Apparently, El Trumpo has “clinched” the GOP nomination, and will yell things from a podium soon. Goodbye, Republican party. You bought that.
Have it muted, so I can occasionally look-see. Everyone on stage behind him – all nondescript people, not a good-looking one in sight – are looking at the back of his hair like he’s the second coming. Or like they’re the children of the corn.
Gag.
Off to sit outside and ponder the flora and fauna, the more intelligent lifeforms.
Many difficult aspects in this part of the trip to Japan. Seems to be a situation only PBO could handle with the diplomacy required as part of the job of president *note to Trump.
GA vetivera24.
The unfortunate rape/murder of a young Okinawan woman allegedly by US ex-Marine has apparently inflamed Japan — a place with very low crime rates (but when crime/murders do occur, they tend to be spectacularly gruesome).
Absolutely hate how MSM report as if PBO could have done something to prevent this tragedy.
Posted this over the weekend, but this is from a survivor of the 1945 atomic blasts:
more…
Hope I’m awake for PBO’s trip to Hiroshima site, but have a feeling I won’t be š¦
Very moving that survivors of that horrific event will be in attendance. From the article:
“At least three atomic bomb survivors will attend an event in Hiroshima on Friday when President Barack Obama becomes the first incumbent U.S. leader to visit the site of the world’s first atomic bombing, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported.”
Thank you for posting this!
First and only
I saw the report and heard about it on the news. The G7 is not something PBO could avoid nor could he avoid having to deal with this tragedy. I do appreciate how he handled the situation with the string reassurance that the perpetrator would be held accountable. I can’t imagine Trump having one ounce of the same diplomatic demeanour. Both stories were painful reminders of the things the world needs to abolish. Nuclear weapons and violence against women. Thanks for your reporting on this too.
I totally agree with what you said. One thing I want to report is that PBO is very well liked and respected in Japan.
So many moving and thoughtful articles were already written about tomorrow’s Hiroshima visit.
Everyone is longing to hear PBO’s words at the Peace Memorial Park.
Indeed another history making moment.
I always remind myself that PBO stands at this unique cross road of past, present and future in history.
Livestreaming here:
http://livestream.com/sfis/graduation
Also live here: First Lady Michelle Obama Delivers Keynote Speech at Santa Fe Indian School in New Mexico – http://abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=4
GA JER, thank you.
I’ve tuned into the link sent by dutiful NM junior Senator (hasn’t started yet, but feel like I’m right there, with the audience š ):
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/05/26/the-presidents-g7-day-one-summit/