Huff and Puff used that photo of the stare down (it is so delicious that Putin had to look up at PBO) between the two from earlier this year at the top of their politics page.
For all of those who were yelling for an immediate response, they need to review what he said to that CNN reporter Ed Henry: “I like to know what I am talking about before I say (or do) anything.” Folks should know by now what PBO’s mo is: he tells you that there will be an investigation and an appropriate response, then he goes on presidenting and living his life, then “Bam!” One day when he is out playing golf or snorkeling (like today) the bomb drops and folks are all “Whaaaat!!” Really, they should know better by now. He is not the one to mess with. Retribution, like revenge, is a dish best served cold. It is the quiet, contained ones who are the most dangerous.
Thank you President Obama and the whole Obama family for putting up with so many ungrateful americans for the numerous grateful ones like me, TOD’ers, and so many across the globe who love and respect you.
P.S. Like your turn table and Al Green/EWF LPs rockin’ the WH at night.
You know what I want some REAL journalist to do in the next couple weeks? I want them to find out the connections to Russia and Putin that stupid ass (DT) has…and then I want the MSM to do its job and pick that scab until it bleeds! DT is putting our country in danger. Flat out. I want to know what he got in return for Russian help/favors to put him in the WH. You find that out, you hit the motherload and that’s EXACTLY what we need to know NOW! He should not be inaugurated. I remember that Carolyn thought that he would not get that far. I pray that she’s right….there is a problem when the PEOTUS defends a foreign adversary over the US. He is unfit and dangerous!!
I have that same AL Green album! I also have the copy of Architecture Digest that shows the Family residence, but this video is even better. Thanks so much for sharing such a great find.
Music sounds better on the LP’s; less tinny and it is possible to hear the instruments better. LP’s started a comeback about 5 years ago and artists are putting their work on all platforms.
They also have the book that Lin-Manuel Miranda produced that tells the story of the creation of Hamilton, complete with the lyrics to all of the songs in a beautiful binding (I have this as well).
Meta, this brought a glorious smile to my face. I love hearing PBO’s voice. I’m going to have to watch it again so I will focus on the rooms. But, I did notice the turn table and soul albums. Squeeeee!
Thanks meta 😘
So happy you shared this meta! Saving till tomorrow to see on my laptop not on my tiny i phone screen. Also hubby is asleep and I want it full volume. Up
Late after picking up daughter from airport. She came in from CA and is on west coast time. I am so energized and uplifted by POTUS ‘s brilliant moves against Russia and the genius shining of the light under the rock where that disgusting line lowlife and his cronies do their sleazy deeds. Nerdy Wonka’s tweets on this are as always sharp shiny and on point. I love this place and all y’all so much. Night all. Tomorrow Pete Souza’s pix and a poem from CEB, on day in which we have the greatest President ever still in office, taking care of business with beautiful powerful badass strength and honor. God bless him and his family and team.
Nasty words is all that they have; they have been caught, their names and misdeeds published, and it is going all over the world despite what they and their puppet wanted. Our guy knows how to keep it moving no matter what anyone says. Ms, Thang needs to give it up and go home.
The first post-presidency award/honor that PBO should receive is the Profiles in Courage Award. The things that he has endured and overcome for our sake, never his own, would have broken most. His ability to set goals and to push them forward to completion, with little or no support is amazing. He did not lash out in anger, his words were always measured, but he always spoke truth directly, whether it was calling out Justice Roberts on Citizen United, eviscerating Ryan and McConnell at American University when he did his masterly comparison/contrast of the Ryan budget and his, or his one man take-down of the repubs. at their own retreat (they will never forgive or forget this). For most of his time in office, no one outside of his team had his back, but he did not whine, nor hold a pity-party. He even resisted demonizing his haters even though they did so to him every chance they got. The republicans and they corporate heads who own them have in their obstruction, made PBO even greater. He persevered and won most of the battles and he lived fully. He leaves the office just as trim, healthy and handsome as he was when he entered, with a loving marriage grown even stronger, and happy, kind, daughters that amaze him everyday. He leaves with his values intact, his head held high, and a soul at rest because he fought the good fight everyday.
Thanks, CEB. I love your repeated summations of the Obama creed /legacy, Pres O himself (his actions and character0, and the Obama family. You always do such a great job hitting the nails on the head! ❤ ❤
Citizen Obama, coming to a country near you on the afternoon of January 20, will be an even bigger problem for Trump than President Obama. https://t.co/dh92FTJBnC
This is so beautiful CEB, so true that it brings me to tears. I will miss the Obamas so much and I feel so safe when he’s in control despite my depression at Trump’s “election” #notmypresident I am worried about how I’m going to feel Jan 20-??? How I wish Hillary had won. 😦 😦
Wow! Adore this, rikyrah. And thankful for the tweet from Chicago Review of Books to those horrid soulless hatemongers at Simon&Schuster. Hoping to see much more of that.
Another AMEN to CEB’s masterful analysis. One would think that after eight years, people (press, etc) would have figured out that just because he and his team are quiet, it does not mean nothing is happening. We’ve learned that is when to WATCH OUT, because something big is going to happen.
Bless him…..what a gift he has been to us and the world!
although i understand why they have taken this position..what we really need is an unvarnished critique of the racist books…I am trying to remember an article that i read over the last few days that talked not so much about Trump but the 63 million folks who voted for him…they knew that he could be a nazi…that he was a hate monger….that he was a molester of women…etc…but they voted for him anyway…this culture that allows such a thing to happen …is what must be challenged,,,
Good evening Nerdy & TOD! Hope everyone continues to have a safe and peaceful holiday season.
Since the sanctions have been announced, nary a peep about Russian interference from Brother Bernie, or Sister Jill Stein… Bernie’s TL is all about Wall Street, single payer, etc…the same nonsense that he always talks about while doing absolutely nothing to actually create those situations.
I do not know how people feel about this : the suggestion I have heard from some that McCain and Graham take a lead role in investigating the Russian hacks.
I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that even Sen. Schumer was alluding to this.
I am sorry, but in spite of their current loud anger about this issue, I do not trust those two gop people to do the right thing when the critical time comes to do something that would endanger the republican party.
I have seen them repeatedly initial thump their chests about controversial issues and then they go silent or partisan when it comes to the heavy lifting.
the same goes to other republicans currently in office.
may be some of have forgotten but do people remember how republicans have obstructed the findings of the CIA torture report that explains what bush and his team did.
it has been many, many years but the obstruction of that torture-report still continues.
in fact, I recall recently reading somewhere that there is some entity that is trying to secure and store this report because there is fear that it will be destroyed come January;
so, forgive me if I am not celebrating gop-involvement – would rather have an independent investigator.
any1 trusting gop to lead investigation of Russia intervention in election & #russianhacking should recall obstruction of the #TortureReport
I agree with you Linda. I don’t trust those two either. However, I feel that it’s better that the investigation be fronted by GOP members so that it doesn’t get dismissed as being a partisan witch hunt – which will surely happen if two Dems are seen “leading.” This may not mean that Dems aren’t front and center – they’re just not obviously so. Also, PBO will be out of office, so he will probably have more insight than the average Joe – as to whether the investigation is being conducted honestly and properly. I remain optimistic.
I feel a poem coming on inspired by this photo; will share tomorrow if I am able to follow through. The use of the light and shadows, the chiaroscuro, is masterful and meaningful. Pete is a genius. This photo also makes me want to give PBO a big, body-swaying hug of love and support.
An ill-bred grifter with delusions of grandeur who has failed at almost everything. Why would any media outlet be interested in what this ignorant child has to say?
CEB! Your words are always a bright light and high note for me, especially tonight. Grateful for them and you. And a poem…..? Well that will be icing on the most delicious cake from which nothing was even lacking!
And here’s a clip from one of the comments (in response to someone who commented that these are unattractive creatures and no great compliment to the president):
‘How many scientists do you actually know? Biologists spend endless hours seeking out, discovering, studying these creatures; and they come to really love them. The opportunity to actually name a life form doesn’t come along very often so it’s doubtful they would waste that chance to make fun of the POTUS who played a role in providing the funding and policy that supports their field of study. I knew a marine biology professor who studied the same intertidal helminth for his entire career; seriously, he was completely in love with a parasitic threadworm because of the information he could glean from its lifecycle. So, naming a new species after an esteemed POTUS is not at all inappropriate; it’s a great honor. ‘
CNN – Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow will not expel American diplomats in response to US sanctions against Russia, according to Russian state media.
The Russian Foreign Ministry had earlier recommended the Kremlin send home 35 US diplomats in response to a similar move by Washington on Thursday.
But Putin said he would wait until the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, according to state-run news agency Sputnik.
as Pete Sousa says….I hope you enjoy this final Year in Photographs of the Obama administration. It’s been the honor of a lifetime to be a witness to history these past eight years.
*************
Brings Joy to my heart…and tears to my eyes….i am so grateful for these photos…so very grateful…
“Why did I have to think about this in 2016? Have we not gone through enough, opened so many doors, impacted billions of lives? But I realized we must stride on — for it’s not how far we have come but how much further still we have to go.”
Serena Williams: ‘If I were a man,’ I would have been considered the greatest a long time ago https://t.co/jUZGaCAqTT
Anita Foeman’s students had just gotten the results from their genetic tests, and they couldn’t wait to talk…
“Some people have never had a happy conversation about race,” Foeman said. But in her class at West Chester University, there’s laughter. Eagerness. And easy connections where there might have been chasms. “Our differences are fascinating,” she said.
At a time when tensions over race and politics are so raw, the stakes, Foeman said, seem particularly high. Her students have been talking all fall about riots, building walls, terrorist attacks, immigration, the election. “You can feel it buzzing around the halls like electricity,” Foeman said.
Asking people to take DNA tests — an idea that has spread to a campuswide effort at this public university — grew out of consulting work Foeman does in race mediation. Instead of a confrontational approach, trying to provoke people into recognizing their own biases, she wanted something that would pull people together, or at least give them a neutral place from which to start to talk. And with racial divides so stark, she wanted to add some nuance and depth.
She wondered: What if people started finding out things they didn’t know about themselves?
So she begins with a short survey asking people their race and what they know about their ancestry. They spit into a vial. Several weeks later, they get an email with an estimate of their ethnic makeup, a color-coded map of their past.
That leads to questions, stories and curiosity. It is a welcome reset from awkwardness, defensiveness, suspicion. Now that the DNA tests are cheaper, Foeman is able to ask all the students in her honors class — almost all of them freshmen just getting to know or redefine themselves — to take the test…
Foeman, who is African American — and genetically more than one-quarter European, as she now knows — would like to test as many people as she can. It’s a way to study everything from medicine to history. Most of all, she’d like to get everyone talking.
She has found people willing, even eager, to take part, with more than 1,500 on campus volunteering.
“I think people want this,” she said. “That surprises me — in a good way.”…
I hope Pete and none of the Obama’s use Simon & Schuster to publish their books…..I just loved ALL of Pete’s pictures. He will retire happy as being the last Official Presidential photographer of an American President. The clown coming into office is not an American as far as I am concerned. Anyone who embraces Putin and Communist Russia are treasonous traitors in my book.
Good morning, TOD! Doing a quick wave to say hello and to let you know I’m alive and going absolutely CRA-CRA! They are still emptying the contents of my home. All of the big stuff, art, books, dining room china etc is inventoried and out for cleaning. Kitchen has been inventoried as salvageable. Now we are at the part where I have to be there as the inventory my clothing and soft goods…
Took a break yesterday as TOD did NYC. Wanda, Terri and I met up for lunch at Carnegie’s Deli — they are closing today, so I had to have one last pastrami sandwich and a slice of their strawberry cheesecake!
BTW, on Sunday, I’m hosting my annual fam/friends Christmas Party. Wand & Terri are attending, if there are any TOD’rs in the area that would like to join in the festivities, respond below or DM or email me….
Must run! A Happy and Blessed New Year to you all!
“It’s all just an attempt to delegitimize Donald Trump.” That’s the argument you hear from Trump supporters each time new information comes to light about how hard Russian spy services worked to damage Hillary Clinton. You heard it again on Thursday.
The Trump supporters are 100 percent right: The information is delegitimizing. The president-elect of the United States reportedly owes his office in considerable part to illegal clandestine activities in his favor conducted by a hostile, foreign spy service. It’s hard to imagine a crisis of presidential legitimacy more extreme than that. But that’s no argument against airing this information. It’s precisely why the information must be aired.
Vladimir Putin took a fearful risk. If the Electoral College had taken a slightly different bounce on November 8, Putin would now be facing an enraged President-elect Hillary Clinton. Putin had every reason to expect that he probably would end up facing a President Clinton. Yet he took the gamble anyway, apparently doing something none of his Soviet predecessors had ever dared to do: mount a clandestine espionage and disinformation campaign on behalf of one candidate for U.S. president, and against another.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Evening TOD folks! Been waiting for this.
Huff and Puff used that photo of the stare down (it is so delicious that Putin had to look up at PBO) between the two from earlier this year at the top of their politics page.
Thanks for the post, Nerdy, and these tweets! #ThanksObama
Thank you NW 🙂
These #IAmUnstoppable images kill me, Bob. Just great!!!!
They are very special, Jacqueline!!
For all of those who were yelling for an immediate response, they need to review what he said to that CNN reporter Ed Henry: “I like to know what I am talking about before I say (or do) anything.” Folks should know by now what PBO’s mo is: he tells you that there will be an investigation and an appropriate response, then he goes on presidenting and living his life, then “Bam!” One day when he is out playing golf or snorkeling (like today) the bomb drops and folks are all “Whaaaat!!” Really, they should know better by now. He is not the one to mess with. Retribution, like revenge, is a dish best served cold. It is the quiet, contained ones who are the most dangerous.
Barack is such a badass, I can see him still setting up things to keep us safe and to box the carnival barker in just hours before the swearing in.
I can see that, as well, CEB. Can’t wait!
Good for them. I wish them a happy marriage.
Thank you President Obama and the whole Obama family for putting up with so many ungrateful americans for the numerous grateful ones like me, TOD’ers, and so many across the globe who love and respect you.
P.S. Like your turn table and Al Green/EWF LPs rockin’ the WH at night.
Thank you President Obama. You are a true and faithful protector of the United States.
THIS
Beautifully said, GGail! Yes indeed.
You know what I want some REAL journalist to do in the next couple weeks? I want them to find out the connections to Russia and Putin that stupid ass (DT) has…and then I want the MSM to do its job and pick that scab until it bleeds! DT is putting our country in danger. Flat out. I want to know what he got in return for Russian help/favors to put him in the WH. You find that out, you hit the motherload and that’s EXACTLY what we need to know NOW! He should not be inaugurated. I remember that Carolyn thought that he would not get that far. I pray that she’s right….there is a problem when the PEOTUS defends a foreign adversary over the US. He is unfit and dangerous!!
And WTF is this shit??
http://shareblue.com/former-trump-advisor-reportedly-sends-letter-to-mccain-threatening-the-u-s-and-our-military/#.WGUx0hiUQaQ.twitter
NOT OK!
Ladies and gentlemen…the fraud that wants to be the next POTUS
OH MAH GAWD, this is AWESOME
I have that same AL Green album! I also have the copy of Architecture Digest that shows the Family residence, but this video is even better. Thanks so much for sharing such a great find.
I noticed that Al Green album, too! Interesting that they have a turntable!
Music sounds better on the LP’s; less tinny and it is possible to hear the instruments better. LP’s started a comeback about 5 years ago and artists are putting their work on all platforms.
BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS! and Al Green. That is all
They also have the book that Lin-Manuel Miranda produced that tells the story of the creation of Hamilton, complete with the lyrics to all of the songs in a beautiful binding (I have this as well).
Meta, this brought a glorious smile to my face. I love hearing PBO’s voice. I’m going to have to watch it again so I will focus on the rooms. But, I did notice the turn table and soul albums. Squeeeee!
Thanks meta 😘
I’ve watched it a bunch of times already. Each room is a treasure trove. The art work is gorgeous, furnishings elegant, everything mesmerizing!
So happy you shared this meta! Saving till tomorrow to see on my laptop not on my tiny i phone screen. Also hubby is asleep and I want it full volume. Up
Late after picking up daughter from airport. She came in from CA and is on west coast time. I am so energized and uplifted by POTUS ‘s brilliant moves against Russia and the genius shining of the light under the rock where that disgusting line lowlife and his cronies do their sleazy deeds. Nerdy Wonka’s tweets on this are as always sharp shiny and on point. I love this place and all y’all so much. Night all. Tomorrow Pete Souza’s pix and a poem from CEB, on day in which we have the greatest President ever still in office, taking care of business with beautiful powerful badass strength and honor. God bless him and his family and team.
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It’s a keeper, meta:) Thank you:)
Alright, now!!
It’s all just as real as we knew, long ago, is the case ….
WeThePeople…need them to review every racist word in these books….that is what i tweeted to them
So tired of these smug mofos and the media owners who promote them.
2 pigs in a blanket. I suspect many a “journalist” career to not last through these next 4 yrs. They don’t know how easy they’ve had it. Fools.
Would love the people to chant LOCK HIM UP during his swearing in….
Kurt Eichenwald @kurteichenwald 13m13 minutes ago
Career intel officer told me Trump et.al. dismissing hack findings on basis of nothing is causing greatest demoralization at CIA in years.
Nasty words is all that they have; they have been caught, their names and misdeeds published, and it is going all over the world despite what they and their puppet wanted. Our guy knows how to keep it moving no matter what anyone says. Ms, Thang needs to give it up and go home.
the key is that the President is sharing the info to countries all over the world…so that they can protect themselves…
Hmmmmm……..
Hmmmm, indeed!
waiting for the explanation
PHUCK.OUTTA.HERE!!!
Very appropriate use of “#VichyQuislings” – and I love that pic of PBO.
BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS! and Al Green. That is all
The first post-presidency award/honor that PBO should receive is the Profiles in Courage Award. The things that he has endured and overcome for our sake, never his own, would have broken most. His ability to set goals and to push them forward to completion, with little or no support is amazing. He did not lash out in anger, his words were always measured, but he always spoke truth directly, whether it was calling out Justice Roberts on Citizen United, eviscerating Ryan and McConnell at American University when he did his masterly comparison/contrast of the Ryan budget and his, or his one man take-down of the repubs. at their own retreat (they will never forgive or forget this). For most of his time in office, no one outside of his team had his back, but he did not whine, nor hold a pity-party. He even resisted demonizing his haters even though they did so to him every chance they got. The republicans and they corporate heads who own them have in their obstruction, made PBO even greater. He persevered and won most of the battles and he lived fully. He leaves the office just as trim, healthy and handsome as he was when he entered, with a loving marriage grown even stronger, and happy, kind, daughters that amaze him everyday. He leaves with his values intact, his head held high, and a soul at rest because he fought the good fight everyday.
And all those who agree say ‘A-men!’
Thanks, CEB. I love your repeated summations of the Obama creed /legacy, Pres O himself (his actions and character0, and the Obama family. You always do such a great job hitting the nails on the head! ❤ ❤
So kind; thank you.
Amen!
Amen !!!
love this tweet by Al Giordano..
does anyone subscribe to his newsletter….i have been thinking about doing so
Well worth the $70 and to a good cause, School for Authentic Journalism. Trains journalists from all over the world, documenting the resistance.
thanks for the tip…
This is so beautiful CEB, so true that it brings me to tears. I will miss the Obamas so much and I feel so safe when he’s in control despite my depression at Trump’s “election” #notmypresident I am worried about how I’m going to feel Jan 20-??? How I wish Hillary had won. 😦 😦
❤❤ #trustbarack ❤❤
Wow! Adore this, rikyrah. And thankful for the tweet from Chicago Review of Books to those horrid soulless hatemongers at Simon&Schuster. Hoping to see much more of that.
Another AMEN to CEB’s masterful analysis. One would think that after eight years, people (press, etc) would have figured out that just because he and his team are quiet, it does not mean nothing is happening. We’ve learned that is when to WATCH OUT, because something big is going to happen.
Bless him…..what a gift he has been to us and the world!
although i understand why they have taken this position..what we really need is an unvarnished critique of the racist books…I am trying to remember an article that i read over the last few days that talked not so much about Trump but the 63 million folks who voted for him…they knew that he could be a nazi…that he was a hate monger….that he was a molester of women…etc…but they voted for him anyway…this culture that allows such a thing to happen …is what must be challenged,,,
Good evening Nerdy & TOD! Hope everyone continues to have a safe and peaceful holiday season.
Since the sanctions have been announced, nary a peep about Russian interference from Brother Bernie, or Sister Jill Stein… Bernie’s TL is all about Wall Street, single payer, etc…the same nonsense that he always talks about while doing absolutely nothing to actually create those situations.
I do not know how people feel about this : the suggestion I have heard from some that McCain and Graham take a lead role in investigating the Russian hacks.
I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that even Sen. Schumer was alluding to this.
I am sorry, but in spite of their current loud anger about this issue, I do not trust those two gop people to do the right thing when the critical time comes to do something that would endanger the republican party.
I have seen them repeatedly initial thump their chests about controversial issues and then they go silent or partisan when it comes to the heavy lifting.
the same goes to other republicans currently in office.
may be some of have forgotten but do people remember how republicans have obstructed the findings of the CIA torture report that explains what bush and his team did.
it has been many, many years but the obstruction of that torture-report still continues.
in fact, I recall recently reading somewhere that there is some entity that is trying to secure and store this report because there is fear that it will be destroyed come January;
so, forgive me if I am not celebrating gop-involvement – would rather have an independent investigator.
I agree with you Linda. I don’t trust those two either. However, I feel that it’s better that the investigation be fronted by GOP members so that it doesn’t get dismissed as being a partisan witch hunt – which will surely happen if two Dems are seen “leading.” This may not mean that Dems aren’t front and center – they’re just not obviously so. Also, PBO will be out of office, so he will probably have more insight than the average Joe – as to whether the investigation is being conducted honestly and properly. I remain optimistic.
Off-the-cuff remarks from Bozo Trump, quoted accurately:
I think I need to be beamed too.
Where are we?
No clue. It’s surreal.
also: now let’s just get on with our lives
seriously.
Eek.
I am not holding my breadth.
Thanks JER. Was about to post this powerful photo, but you’ve done the honors! 🙂 I can’t wait for Pete’s 2016 in photos….
I feel a poem coming on inspired by this photo; will share tomorrow if I am able to follow through. The use of the light and shadows, the chiaroscuro, is masterful and meaningful. Pete is a genius. This photo also makes me want to give PBO a big, body-swaying hug of love and support.
these photos from souza are always welcome and much enjoyed, but never more than this year 😦
Oh I can’t wait to get to work! Thanks JER 😘
Wow…what a photo….the Genius of Pete Sousa…
And what is she?
An ill-bred grifter with delusions of grandeur who has failed at almost everything. Why would any media outlet be interested in what this ignorant child has to say?
My thoughts exactly, CEB.
CEB! Your words are always a bright light and high note for me, especially tonight. Grateful for them and you. And a poem…..? Well that will be icing on the most delicious cake from which nothing was even lacking!
She is a master grifter – in the manner of her mother. Any opportunity to get a little attention is profitable for her.
Goodnight TOD ….
Goodnight, Bob, TODville, and all the ships at sea!
Lovely little piece about the tribute paid to PBO by scientists who have named new species after him. Remember the Obamadon! 🙂
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/12/these-nine-different-creatures-have-been-named-after-barack-obama
And here’s a clip from one of the comments (in response to someone who commented that these are unattractive creatures and no great compliment to the president):
‘How many scientists do you actually know? Biologists spend endless hours seeking out, discovering, studying these creatures; and they come to really love them. The opportunity to actually name a life form doesn’t come along very often so it’s doubtful they would waste that chance to make fun of the POTUS who played a role in providing the funding and policy that supports their field of study. I knew a marine biology professor who studied the same intertidal helminth for his entire career; seriously, he was completely in love with a parasitic threadworm because of the information he could glean from its lifecycle. So, naming a new species after an esteemed POTUS is not at all inappropriate; it’s a great honor. ‘
thank you for this….
I am sure that the President is so honored….
Good Morning TODVille.
A piece of not-so-surprised news for your coffee.
CNN – Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow will not expel American diplomats in response to US sanctions against Russia, according to Russian state media.
The Russian Foreign Ministry had earlier recommended the Kremlin send home 35 US diplomats in response to a similar move by Washington on Thursday.
But Putin said he would wait until the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, according to state-run news agency Sputnik.
I figured that was his reason. I would suspect he and Trump have already began plotting together.. no doubt there’ve been a flurry of phone calls.
Good morning/afternoon/evening, TODers! Here is something certain to lift all your spirits. Pete Souza has posted his 2016 Year in Photographs. 🙂
Good morning, all. Another masterful set from Pete. Make sure you read his reflections of each photo – he has so much to say.
as Pete Sousa says….I hope you enjoy this final Year in Photographs of the Obama administration. It’s been the honor of a lifetime to be a witness to history these past eight years.
*************
Brings Joy to my heart…and tears to my eyes….i am so grateful for these photos…so very grateful…
“Why did I have to think about this in 2016? Have we not gone through enough, opened so many doors, impacted billions of lives? But I realized we must stride on — for it’s not how far we have come but how much further still we have to go.”
Hay Serena you won’t say this but I will, if you were white you would be consider the GREATEST along time ago.
PBO has the great ability to be still and in strength.
Meta, you & Pete are gonna make me go to work early so I can see the pics on a large monitor 😂
They are really gorgeous, GGail. Grab a cup of good coffee and enjoy!
Beauty Break
Morning everyone! Those amazing Pete Souza photos were WONDERFUL to wake up with:)
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democrats-seek-to-reset-republican-gerrymandering-844350019750
This is a good start 🙂 h/t BJ
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/12/24/to-bring-a-divided-country-together-start-with-a-little-spit/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_dnatesting-830pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.5389d556ab91
Anita Foeman’s students had just gotten the results from their genetic tests, and they couldn’t wait to talk…
“Some people have never had a happy conversation about race,” Foeman said. But in her class at West Chester University, there’s laughter. Eagerness. And easy connections where there might have been chasms. “Our differences are fascinating,” she said.
At a time when tensions over race and politics are so raw, the stakes, Foeman said, seem particularly high. Her students have been talking all fall about riots, building walls, terrorist attacks, immigration, the election. “You can feel it buzzing around the halls like electricity,” Foeman said.
Asking people to take DNA tests — an idea that has spread to a campuswide effort at this public university — grew out of consulting work Foeman does in race mediation. Instead of a confrontational approach, trying to provoke people into recognizing their own biases, she wanted something that would pull people together, or at least give them a neutral place from which to start to talk. And with racial divides so stark, she wanted to add some nuance and depth.
She wondered: What if people started finding out things they didn’t know about themselves?
So she begins with a short survey asking people their race and what they know about their ancestry. They spit into a vial. Several weeks later, they get an email with an estimate of their ethnic makeup, a color-coded map of their past.
That leads to questions, stories and curiosity. It is a welcome reset from awkwardness, defensiveness, suspicion. Now that the DNA tests are cheaper, Foeman is able to ask all the students in her honors class — almost all of them freshmen just getting to know or redefine themselves — to take the test…
Foeman, who is African American — and genetically more than one-quarter European, as she now knows — would like to test as many people as she can. It’s a way to study everything from medicine to history. Most of all, she’d like to get everyone talking.
She has found people willing, even eager, to take part, with more than 1,500 on campus volunteering.
“I think people want this,” she said. “That surprises me — in a good way.”…
The rest of America is watching.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/is-that-your-job-cnn-host-confronts-gop-rep-refusing-to-hold-russia-accountable-for-hacks/
We could have an entire “coffee table book” of just Obamaandkids:) I’d buy it.
I hope Pete and none of the Obama’s use Simon & Schuster to publish their books…..I just loved ALL of Pete’s pictures. He will retire happy as being the last Official Presidential photographer of an American President. The clown coming into office is not an American as far as I am concerned. Anyone who embraces Putin and Communist Russia are treasonous traitors in my book.
Thanks to Pete Souza for those pictures. He will be miss too.
Good morning, TOD! Doing a quick wave to say hello and to let you know I’m alive and going absolutely CRA-CRA! They are still emptying the contents of my home. All of the big stuff, art, books, dining room china etc is inventoried and out for cleaning. Kitchen has been inventoried as salvageable. Now we are at the part where I have to be there as the inventory my clothing and soft goods…
Took a break yesterday as TOD did NYC. Wanda, Terri and I met up for lunch at Carnegie’s Deli — they are closing today, so I had to have one last pastrami sandwich and a slice of their strawberry cheesecake!
BTW, on Sunday, I’m hosting my annual fam/friends Christmas Party. Wand & Terri are attending, if there are any TOD’rs in the area that would like to join in the festivities, respond below or DM or email me….
Must run! A Happy and Blessed New Year to you all!
In the midst of all the chaos you are hosting a Christmas party:) AMAZING!! Wishing you fun and memories:) True fight on spirit!
http://juanitajean.com/friday-toons-210/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/12/how-trump-made-russias-hacking-more-effective/511880/
“It’s all just an attempt to delegitimize Donald Trump.” That’s the argument you hear from Trump supporters each time new information comes to light about how hard Russian spy services worked to damage Hillary Clinton. You heard it again on Thursday.
The Trump supporters are 100 percent right: The information is delegitimizing. The president-elect of the United States reportedly owes his office in considerable part to illegal clandestine activities in his favor conducted by a hostile, foreign spy service. It’s hard to imagine a crisis of presidential legitimacy more extreme than that. But that’s no argument against airing this information. It’s precisely why the information must be aired.
Vladimir Putin took a fearful risk. If the Electoral College had taken a slightly different bounce on November 8, Putin would now be facing an enraged President-elect Hillary Clinton. Putin had every reason to expect that he probably would end up facing a President Clinton. Yet he took the gamble anyway, apparently doing something none of his Soviet predecessors had ever dared to do: mount a clandestine espionage and disinformation campaign on behalf of one candidate for U.S. president, and against another.
This from CONSERVATIVE David Frum. Spot on
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/12/30/the-vivacious-obamas/
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