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All Times Eastern
10:20AM: President Obama departs the White House
3:30PM: President Obama arrives in Lake Tahoe, Nevada
5PM: President Obama delivers remarks at the 20th Annual Lake Tahoe Summit
6:30PM: President Obama departs Lake Tahoe en route to Honolulu, Hawaii
11:50PM: President Obama arrives in Honolulu, Hawaii
12:30AM: President Obama delivers remarks at the 2016 Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
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The Obama Diary 
Thank you NW and Good morning!!
Of course, Erdogan doesn’t accept it …. #DAESH is his excuse to exterminate the #Kurds / #Peshmerga who are a grave threat to his vision of a “caliphate” ….
Thanks, Bobfr, and congratulations. From local Seattle reporting, were the protestors anywhere equal to the number of attendees to hear T-Rump in Everett? Now he’s off to make a fool of himself in Mexico. I wonder why Pena Nieto even agreed to see him.
Thank you Judith! I have no idea about Trump’s reception, here. I avoid contaminating my mind, as much as possible, with the thought that anyone in the Pacific NW would support that hateful creature.
We were spared down here since he cancelled Portland.
I’m proud of Portland for being totally unwelcoming …
The President departs Joint Base Andrews en route Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Click here ► ► http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
Good morning Ms. Chips, Danny and TOD family, I hope all is well with everyone this lovely Wednesday morning. Congrats Bob, on being first this morning.
Nerdy, thanks so much for helping Ms. Chips and the sacrifices you are making for us TOD”ders. 💫🙏👌👊❤
To all, I hope you have an awesome, majestic, and smashing day today. ❤ ❤ ❤
Thank God that President Obama is still the President of The United States of America. ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆 ⭐🏆
Damn straight ….
Yup, Senator Kaine ….
…. Nothing …
back to work … take care everyone ….
#ALL50
#YESWEMUST
Vicente Fox: ‘I really apologize’ for Trump’s Mexico visit
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto “is taking an enormous political risk” by hosting Donald Trump in Mexico City on Wednesday, former President Vicente Fox said, decrying the Republican nominee’s visit as “opportunistic” and a “political stunt” while apologizing on behalf of the country for the president’s invitation.
“Trump is using Mexico, is using President Peña to push his sinking poll numbers,” Fox said in an interview with CNN’s “New Day” hours ahead of the scheduled meeting in the Mexican capital.
If Peña Nieto is seen as “going soft” on the businessman, Fox warned, “it will hurt him greatly.”
“He will even be considered like a traitor because we don’t accept to be offended,” he added, remarking, “I think this is a big mistake on the part of President Peña.”
Fox rejected the notion that the trip could improve the standing of either Trump or the sitting Mexican president among Mexicans.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-mexico-visit-vicente-fox-227582
It was stupid of him to invite this clown. If the dick is ill-treated, it riles up his racist base. It the dick is treated well, it riles up his racist base. Either way, pena is helping the clown and he has nothing to show for it himself.
Pro-trade Democrats call Labor’s bluff.
Organized labor made a lot of political threats on trade. So far, they’ve flaked on them all.
Just ask Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who Tuesday clocked an easy win in Florida over the most Bernie Sanders-identified primary challenger in the country — even after her booting as Democratic National Committee chair. She voted to give the president fast-track authority to negotiate trade deals as a precursor to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and despite all the noise in Washington, every union in her district still endorsed her.
Cutting against what has quickly become the political conventional wisdom that Sanders and Donald Trump were propelled by widespread opposition to new trade deals, of the 28 House Democrats who were targeted by organized labor and the progressive base for supporting fast-track, Wasserman Schultz is now the 28th who either skated through a primary challenge or didn’t get one at all.
Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.), the man the AFL-CIO promised to make an example of for supporting fast-track last spring? He did better in this year’s primary than he’s ever done before, in a race happening as his father pleaded guilty to illegally funneling money to his campaigns.
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That’s been true on the other side of the aisle too. For all the headlines that went to Paul Ryan’s anti-trade-focused, Trump-connected primary challenger on the other side of Wisconsin, the House speaker got 84 percent of the vote.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/pro-trade-democrats-call-labors-bluff-227566
Worth a read on how the labour is shooting itself in the foot.
Furst on board
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/08/31/mexican-president-tells-donald-trump-stop-lying-start-showing-respect.html
LOL.
Damn it! I really wish I kept up in Spanish class.
https://twitter.com/VicenteFoxQue?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
“Thank” a Republican. Useless.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/zika-fight-cdc-nearly-out-money
Hi Amk, are you still here or have you gone to bed?
Yes, I am :still: here. No, I am not abed.
Aha, you’ve resurfaced! 😀 [ I was looking for you to ask about a new drink I was testing /very incensed – you are never around when I need you!/ Anyhoo, in your absence I remembered that you didn’t know anything about tamarind when I asked in the spring, so figured you’d probably not know about this either. It tasted okay once I had it made, so I’ll likely try it again. 🙂
oh noez, you made tamarind tea, dintja? canoooks, smh.
No-no, I just eat the tamarinds, and they do bring back childhood memories. 🙂 OTH I did make golden milk today for the first time, following a recipe I found online. Since you weren’t around for a consult I went ahead and had a ‘mug’ful. It wasn’t bad at all. I felt/feel quite adventurous. 😀
don’t ya mean hoocherous?
(to quote Meta) Wut?
to quote dictionary: hooch: moonshine
‘Moonshine’ brings alcohol to my mind; there was zero ‘alcool’ in this beverage!
sez you. golden milk, pshaw.
Have you *ever* had it? And is it really as healthy as I’ve read?
fyi, I have had plenty of golden hued liquids. My staple food, actually.
smh
#cantimaginewhythisresponsedoesntsurpriseme
thou shall ask, thou shall be given. peter? paul? anyhoo, one of those dozen guyz.
@jesus?
the head honcho hisself? daymn.
😀
Good morning all of TODville. It is a cool smokey morning in Montana. Many fires in Idaho and Montana that we are getting the smoke. It is suppose to cool down so hope that will help the fires.
We just returned from a wonderful 5 day camping trip in the back country. No cell service. Read 4 books, did some hiking and slept alot. Perfect vacation. One day we drove to the top of a mountain. We were able to get cell service there so I downloaded some of the TOD pages to read later. So glad it was pretty quiet. Except for the Colin Kapernick(?) thing. I love the Stonekettle blog on his support of Colin. I also learned more about The Star Spangled Banner. I didn’t know the history and that Key was such a racist. I am having to rethink my support of the song. We really should change it.
Nerdy Wonka, thank you for your wonderful leadership of this blog. We really miss Chips (sending you lots of love) but we are thankful you are here.
Now I have to go back and read the last 3 days.
Welcome home Marilyn. So glad you had such a restful time on your vacation. Great way to head into the election season come Tuesday.
Good day cd4biden! It is going to be an interesting season. I will miss campaigning for Obama. I am all in for Hillary but don’t have the full passion that I did for PBO.
GA, to you Marilyn. Very nice to see your face today. 🙂 Only two days or so ago I was wondering *where* you (and Maryl) were. Nice to hear you had a handful of restful days, even if you had to go search ’em out in the
boondocksback country.GA vc. It wasn’t the longest I have been in the back country for awhile. I do love the silence of the mountains, with the ripple of the river and the cry of the birds. .We didn’t see any deer but we get home and have an injured deer in our yard. We believe it was hit by a car and is healing in the shade of our trees. Just wonder how long she will be there. I am one of those people that wants to feed her and give her water, but I know better. She ate the leaves and flowers of some of my flowers. Of well.
How is your off spring. Has he started to school?
Hope your convalescing deer isn’t too badly hurt and can heal on her own. I suspect your flowers will bounce back too, especially if they are perennials. 🙂
Offspring is away again, though classes won’t start until next week. He’s okay. He missed the early performance he had planned to participate in, but, I’m sure there’ll be other opportunities to play. He is apparently working on the composition of the final 1½ pieces he has to complete before focusing on this thesis.
I think the deer will heal. Our renter had called the Fish and Wildlife officer to come and check her out. He thinks she will heal on her own. At least enough to get her back to the woods. My flowers will come back, I just have to do something about the tall green sticks in my gardens.
I hope we have the opportunity to hear his completed piece. Tell him good luck.
Hope you have a good day!
Thank you. Will pass on your message next time we talk. 🙂
Great presser on significance and goals of the trip:
Oooops, sorry for the dupe. Meant to post this:
Meta, want to thank you for all you tweets and great info you share. Your knowledge and fun personality is such a joy. Hope you have a great day.
Thank you, mtmarilyn and right back at you!
Smartypants highlighting Republican ‘language’; yes, they talk like that, louder and clearer in the current Age.
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But beyond the facts of this ongoing battle in the Republican ranks, what struck me was that at the end of the article, [Matt] Fuller wrote about how these folks are seeing this as a way to pay back Ryan because one of their leaders, Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas), recently lost his primary to a more “moderate” Republican. Take a look at how one member described their approach.
“How can you have a gang, and have one in your gang get stabbed, and do nothing?” another member asked. “You got to stab somebody, or else what’s the point of having a gang?”
First of all, can you imagine what would happen if a member of the Congressional Black or Hispanic Caucus talked like that – even anonymously? I guess that analogies about being in a gang aren’t problematic if you are a white conservative.
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The real question becomes whether or not that is what we want from our leaders.
http://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/08/31/do-they-really-talk-like-that/
LIVE NOW: Clinton Speaks At American Legion, Cincinnati, OH – http://www.cbsnews.com/liveFeed/widget.shtml
YUP
Such a wealth of amazing memories!
time.com/4474037/nick-offerman-michelle-obama-history-of-exercise/?xid=time_socialflow=twitter
https://time.com/4474037/nick-offerman-michelle-obama-history-of-exercise/?xid=time_socialflow=twitter
Thank you vc.
NP, Annieb. MP
Seriously ….
back to work ….
#ALL50
Couldn’t resist ….
#ALL50
bbl … hopefully ….
Hello TODable TODbots!
Congrats, Doc Bobfr on your Furst Au ⭐
Thanks, NW. You are one Awesome Lady.
{{{{ ❤ Chips ❤ }}}}
There it is.
Mexico Trip with wall to wall coverage. Again, #MSM is easily manipulated by Trump.
Ha… He just called the AP right wing……
I agree.
IS THERE SUCH A THING AS MEXICAN PLAY-DOH HE CAN PASS OUT DURING HIS VISIT?
Ha.
President Barack Obama departs the White House August 31, 2016.
PRAYERS FOR YOUR PROTECTION…STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE ENERGZER BUNNY PRESIDENT!..THE BEAR IS ON THE LOOSE!
I actually stopped at that place decades ago on a road trip with my son – glad I didn’t run into Trump, eating a taco bowl. Eek.
We all Need a Good Hard Laughter.
So Trump ditched his press corps for the trip to Mexico, no one around to record any errors he makes. Can you imagine if Hillary pulled something like this? Yet she is the one the media continues to bash non-stop. Amazing.
BURN
Thank you, Judge Scalia, for exiting the scene. This is big!
Fantastic news everyone! Thanks to nena and Bill for posting these.
What a difference without Scalia!
Hi Jackie.
God knew what he was doing 😯
gop doing ALL they can to suppress the vote
COMING SOON: Donald Trump, Mexican Pres. Nieto Hold Joint News Conference – http://abcnews.go.com/live?stream=1
#AmnestyDon, by JoeScar, mimicking Late Actor,Singer,Songwriter, Robert Mitchem(sp)
Before discussing El Caudillo del Mar-A-Lago’s impromptu Tour of the Americas ’16, I thought I’d just leave this right here, in case we need it.
“Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.”
Legacy. Thank you, Mr. President.
Aloha and good morning Chips, Nerdy, and all of TODville!
Your chirpy weather reporter here, still with electricity, internet, and phone service. In fact, we’ve had no interruptions so far, and Madeline seems to be breaking up as she approaches our island (Hawaii Island, aka The Big Island). Unlikely she’ll cause any trouble on Oahu, where PBO is heading. Following Madeline is Lester, which looks to be veering to the north. Lester isn’t due until the weekend, and may well be a piddly little tropical storm at that point.
Signing off, from Kohala, Hawaii 🙂
Thank you, Susanne; this is good weather news. TOD is always so fortunate to have our own boots-on-the-ground reporters to update us on real and relevant news.. 🙂
Totally agree with Jon. I just saw brief comments on MSNBC and suddenly Trump is a changed man.
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/08/31/president-obama-delivers-remarks-at-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-lake-tahoe-summit/