I tried to watch the babies hatch yesterday…it was like watching paint dry…had things to do:) So glad that they are really, finally on their way into the world! Congratulations to the Eagle parents:)
Morning DF. I wrote you a comment response, but, the eaglet ate it. 🙂
Yes, it has rained a whole lot this morning, but, is beginning to clear up. We’re expecting more around 5pm through the night. We’re expected to have a wet New Year’s celebration.
Hungry baby! We had lots of rain, too. Will be staying in today…maybe go get a haircut but other than that…have to watch my Buckeyes this afternoon beat Clemson:) Here’s hoping!
I have a lake in my front yard. I’m done with the rain now…
I have mixed feelings about the rain too.
I went out to exercise this morning and turned onto one of the major streets here in my new city, and it was part of the San Gabriel River! OMG!
OH NO! 🙂 Well, if it rains hard enough in a short time, the street I live on turns into a raging river…complete with white caps…No kidding! I had video….it’s crazy. I wish it could rain at night and then have nice days…rain during school hours/ not good:)
I know that it will rival George Washington’s farewell speech. Unfortunately, I doubt that the networks will cover it other than anything that they can cherry-pick to cause some shit. Hopefully, C-span and WhiteHouse.gov will carry the speech.
I am bringing this over in hopes that more people will see it. As you see, it was shared in response to the link df shared about possibility of Russia having a Trump sex tape and using it to blackmail him. As I said in first post, reading this book now was chilling. NO, it felt prophetic. Describing it as chilling doesn’t really fit. Only word I can come up with though.
Putting this here instead with df’s and job’s comments up thread. The link about a sex tape: I just finished a James Patterson book. Set in Washington. About the president, First Lady, the CIA, etc., etc. Turns out Russia had a video of the First Lady and her lesbian lover. That lover supposedly turned up dead, but it wasn’t her. They found someone who looked like her, dressed in the lover’s clothes, etc. and pulled off a “suicide” (jumping off her balcony). I’m leaving out a LOT, but Russia was blackmailing our government because they wanted free reign to move into Georgia, then continue taking back ALL the Soviet block countries. The character telling the story was a journalist–an HONEST one–and both the Russians and our CIA tried many times to kill him as he was searching for the truth. He kept getting closer and closer. All along, he knew Russia was blackmailing but thought it was the President being blackmailed. Turned out the Pres. knew nothing. It was the head of the CIA. Of course, it all ended ‘well’. The President did a press conference……….CIA head forced to resign………our our democracy was ‘saved.’ Oh, China was also involved on the edges. I am telling you, it was chilling to read that book at this point in time. Waaaaay to close to reality right now.
Goodbye 2016. Too many devastating losses. Must hang on to hope for 2017, bleak though it looks. Adding my thanks to Nerdy Wonka, Chips, and all the other regulars who make TOD such a supportive community. XOXO
If Trump moves to do just that, no greater evidence will be required to prove that Trump is, in fact, a Russian puppet who owes his years in office fully and completely to Putin, eradicating American sovereignty. It is not a conclusion that even the best obfuscation masters in the news media and political Right will be able to avoid. Trump’s capitulation to Russia as president will provide a groundswell for a popular upheaval, and provided Democrats take advantage of that every single day, Congressional GOP just may be out of moves to protect their Frankenstein.
Obama's response to Russia sets up battle between Trump and Congressional GOP https://t.co/pSKSZUhMrn
People truly don't seem to grasp this. There are no checks and balances unless enforced. The Constitution is a piece of paper unless upheld. https://t.co/CyVFNk6bTm
I am not sure what happened to the rest of my post.
Oh well. Last time, I was having issues posting here 2 weeks ago. I was hoping that whatever it was, it was resolved.
Hmm?
Sprinkling here, on and off, so like GGail am enjoying a rainy afternoon in SoCal — we’ve gotten lots more, and consistent, rain this season than last year’s (supposed?) El Nino — we’ve had rainy weekends for the past month or so — so grateful for our landscape, which has been truly parched for more than 5 years now. 🙂
I’m sure this was done by Tom Perez, a liberal who #GetsThingsDone:
@metaquest Federal contractors failed to pay back wages of $1,008,302 to 674 workers (less than wages req'd and for all hours worked). https://t.co/Vy8ljRjPmV
From the news release:
“In July 2016, federal contractors Restaurant Associates, LLC., Restaurant Associates, Inc., and their subcontractor, Personnel Plus, agreed to pay back wages in the amount of $1,008,302 to 674 workers after the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the contractors violated the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act by paying workers less than the wages required under the Act and failing to pay for all hours worked. The workers prepared and served meals for Capitol Hill lawmakers and their staffs in the U.S. Senate cafeteria. In September 2016, the contractors agreed to pay an additional $12,443 in back wages the division found due to four employees.”
YES, Sec Perez has gone after wage theft, paid leave, minimum wage and bargaining rights. He’s always there for working Americans. In some ways he reminds me of the male version of Kamala Harris – a strong workhorse with solid principles who gets things done for ordinary Americans.
Most Americans probably don’t know that New Year’s Eve, 1933, was the day after Hitler was anointed Chancellor though he didn’t actually win the Election …
Just crazy!! Those that don’t know history are doomed to repeat it… I’ll be chatting with my senators next week. I suggest others reading here do the same.
Amen to your tweet, Bobfr. We are living in scary times. I don’t know what to expect in 2017 but with Trump, it doesn’t look like a great year. We must resist and stand together to fight back.
Someone may already have posted this here. I love this woman. Again, simple strong honor and integrity, conscience, truth. This should not be remarkable, but it is and I cherish every example.
petesouza — President and Mrs. Obama toasting the staff a couple of months ago. Seems like an appropriate picture to post today to wish a Happy New Year to all!
IDA Awards. Wonderful night w/ wall to wall bad-ass documentarians. We need these voices. Now more than ever. Highlight? Norman Lear! #Ava16pic.twitter.com/Ut6LmPasDk
And I feel exactly the same about you, Meta! Wish we could all have a late-morning New Year’s Day champagne brunch together (Ha!), in SF – I might add, to toast our wonderful President and VP in 2017!
Oh, what a wonderful idea!! I am ALWAYS available to toast our PBO and VPB. They have shown me the way in these times when I didn’t think I’d ever know.
As I have been floating in and out of the TOD village (as well as in my email box) for almost two months now, I’m not sure if our TOD family has been asked to hold Dudette in our serious thoughts and prayers. (Yes, I did see it mentioned she’s been away.) In case you haven’t, I’m asking you now to help lift her up. Her Christmas eve note to me says she ‘will be on an intense (medical) regime for the next 6 months’, and she sends her love to the TOD family. We ❤ you, D-ette, and you can count on us reaching out to you in thoughts and in spirit. Hang tough!
Nostradamus in a quatrain
Couldn’t have made it sound more insane
That the brightest star in the universe
Could be replaced by something this perverse
The omens and predictions and such
Have really all been a bit too much
We shall take back our land in 2017
Stand up taller than the haters have seen
Pledge allegiance with E pluribus unum criteria
As Trump ends his days in a madman’s Siberia
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Thank you, Nerdy.
Good West Coast New Year’s Eve morning NW & TOD family.
NW, thank you so much for being here. We depend so much on you and want you to know that your consistency is HUGELY appreciated. ❤
There is a new Eagle family: http://www.dickpritchettrealestate.com/eagle-feed.html
One eaglet hatched this morning. We're waiting for the other one.
New life, new hope.
I tried to watch the babies hatch yesterday…it was like watching paint dry…had things to do:) So glad that they are really, finally on their way into the world! Congratulations to the Eagle parents:)
DF, I wrote a response to your comment, but, it got ate up. (did my butcher of English, just make you cringe and laugh?) LOL!!!!
Good Morning and thank you Nerdy and df.
PBO will work on behalf of America until the very last minute of his presidency.
Thanks Obama!
Absolutely! Morning, GGAIL:) Did you get rain?
Morning DF. I wrote you a comment response, but, the eaglet ate it. 🙂
Yes, it has rained a whole lot this morning, but, is beginning to clear up. We’re expecting more around 5pm through the night. We’re expected to have a wet New Year’s celebration.
Hungry baby! We had lots of rain, too. Will be staying in today…maybe go get a haircut but other than that…have to watch my Buckeyes this afternoon beat Clemson:) Here’s hoping!
I have a lake in my front yard. I’m done with the rain now…
I have mixed feelings about the rain too.
I went out to exercise this morning and turned onto one of the major streets here in my new city, and it was part of the San Gabriel River! OMG!
OH NO! 🙂 Well, if it rains hard enough in a short time, the street I live on turns into a raging river…complete with white caps…No kidding! I had video….it’s crazy. I wish it could rain at night and then have nice days…rain during school hours/ not good:)
Your comment made me think of our dearest Chips. She is famous for saying “when I rule the world”…
Love to our Ms Chips:)
Indeed. With every fiber in my being. I miss her so, so, very much, but, will always remember her friendship with fondness ❤
I know that it will rival George Washington’s farewell speech. Unfortunately, I doubt that the networks will cover it other than anything that they can cherry-pick to cause some shit. Hopefully, C-span and WhiteHouse.gov will carry the speech.
I am bringing this over in hopes that more people will see it. As you see, it was shared in response to the link df shared about possibility of Russia having a Trump sex tape and using it to blackmail him. As I said in first post, reading this book now was chilling. NO, it felt prophetic. Describing it as chilling doesn’t really fit. Only word I can come up with though.
Putting this here instead with df’s and job’s comments up thread. The link about a sex tape: I just finished a James Patterson book. Set in Washington. About the president, First Lady, the CIA, etc., etc. Turns out Russia had a video of the First Lady and her lesbian lover. That lover supposedly turned up dead, but it wasn’t her. They found someone who looked like her, dressed in the lover’s clothes, etc. and pulled off a “suicide” (jumping off her balcony). I’m leaving out a LOT, but Russia was blackmailing our government because they wanted free reign to move into Georgia, then continue taking back ALL the Soviet block countries. The character telling the story was a journalist–an HONEST one–and both the Russians and our CIA tried many times to kill him as he was searching for the truth. He kept getting closer and closer. All along, he knew Russia was blackmailing but thought it was the President being blackmailed. Turned out the Pres. knew nothing. It was the head of the CIA. Of course, it all ended ‘well’. The President did a press conference……….CIA head forced to resign………our our democracy was ‘saved.’ Oh, China was also involved on the edges. I am telling you, it was chilling to read that book at this point in time. Waaaaay to close to reality right now.
Reading other places on what it could be that Russia has on the tiny handed asshole…just YUUUUGE DEBT!! So, what was the name of that book?
A very wet good morning DF. The name of that book is “Mistress.”
Morning, Jackie! Thanks!
Thanks, jackie. 🙂 I even have pages turned down. The parts that are SO current. Eek!!!!
sounds like one to read right now 🙂 thanks!
It was published in 2013!!
That’s a great story. What’s the title of the book?
Mistress by James Patterson, published 2013
I’m fired up and looking forward to attending our first local OFA meeting next week. I need to put my energy to good use!
Goodbye 2016. Too many devastating losses. Must hang on to hope for 2017, bleak though it looks. Adding my thanks to Nerdy Wonka, Chips, and all the other regulars who make TOD such a supportive community. XOXO
Thread.
https://twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik
Begins here.
Morning Must Read.
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2016/12/31/excellent-read-david-fahrenthold-tells-the-behind-the-scenes-story-of-his-year-covering-trump/
JER, you are so good at finding the best stuff to post! Thank youuuuuuuu ❤
You are so welcome, GGail.
THIS! 🙂 Thanks, JER
If you don’t smile while watching those two, then, you need to go underground and never come out
Adorable! Thanks, JER!
Long game
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2016/12/31/obamas-response-to-russia-sets-up-battle-between-trump-and-congressional-gop
From the essay…
If Trump moves to do just that, no greater evidence will be required to prove that Trump is, in fact, a Russian puppet who owes his years in office fully and completely to Putin, eradicating American sovereignty. It is not a conclusion that even the best obfuscation masters in the news media and political Right will be able to avoid. Trump’s capitulation to Russia as president will provide a groundswell for a popular upheaval, and provided Democrats take advantage of that every single day, Congressional GOP just may be out of moves to protect their Frankenstein.
Count on it ….
Count on it ….
Trump and his buddy Putin ARE NOT PLAYING …. You now living in a different world than you have ever lived if you were born after 2 Sept 1945.
They can’t impeach President Obama after he leaves office.
Hello TODable TODvillage.
I hope all is well and getting bloody ready to Bury 2016.
Love you all.
Thx for TOD.
{{{ ❤ Chips -I
I am not sure what happened to the rest of my post.
Oh well. Last time, I was having issues posting here 2 weeks ago. I was hoping that whatever it was, it was resolved.
Hmm?
THIS
also, who is smart, honest, and loyal to the work PBO has begun. Perez is the future of the Dem party!
I sure hope so, I really do.
So do I Meta.
GA Meta, TODville.
Sprinkling here, on and off, so like GGail am enjoying a rainy afternoon in SoCal — we’ve gotten lots more, and consistent, rain this season than last year’s (supposed?) El Nino — we’ve had rainy weekends for the past month or so — so grateful for our landscape, which has been truly parched for more than 5 years now. 🙂
I’m sure this was done by Tom Perez, a liberal who #GetsThingsDone:
From the news release:
“In July 2016, federal contractors Restaurant Associates, LLC., Restaurant Associates, Inc., and their subcontractor, Personnel Plus, agreed to pay back wages in the amount of $1,008,302 to 674 workers after the department’s Wage and Hour Division found the contractors violated the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act by paying workers less than the wages required under the Act and failing to pay for all hours worked. The workers prepared and served meals for Capitol Hill lawmakers and their staffs in the U.S. Senate cafeteria. In September 2016, the contractors agreed to pay an additional $12,443 in back wages the division found due to four employees.”
YES, Sec Perez has gone after wage theft, paid leave, minimum wage and bargaining rights. He’s always there for working Americans. In some ways he reminds me of the male version of Kamala Harris – a strong workhorse with solid principles who gets things done for ordinary Americans.
🙂 Thanks JER. I like the way they look so comfortable with each other.
🙂 Thanks JER. I like they way they look.
fixed it for ya 🙂
😀 😀 😀 Susanne 😉 (Didn’t want to get into a ‘fight’ so decided to be ‘politically’ circumspect.)
okay, sorry, you meant what you said and you said what you meant– our vc is honest 100% 🙂
me, however, I just reeeeally like how they look 🙂
😀 😀 😀
Damn, They are representing 50 yr old men better than anyone. ever. 🙂 🙂
Day made.
I want this poster in my office.
Me too:)
Can’t breathe……
My, my, my!
Thanks to this day of rain, I have watched all the videos that have been posted recently in TOD and now I’m enjoying the BET concert 😊
Most Americans probably don’t know that New Year’s Eve, 1933, was the day after Hitler was anointed Chancellor though he didn’t actually win the Election …
Just crazy!! Those that don’t know history are doomed to repeat it… I’ll be chatting with my senators next week. I suggest others reading here do the same.
YUP!
Trump is a sicko.
Amen to your tweet, Bobfr. We are living in scary times. I don’t know what to expect in 2017 but with Trump, it doesn’t look like a great year. We must resist and stand together to fight back.
ha, one word stands out in both tweets …
This will never end unless WE demand it be ended.
January: Putin sings this at DT’s inauguration https://youtu.be/p-6P0SzPUvc
Actually, he’ll be singing ….
Hello dear TOD family !!!! Thank you NerdyWonka, everything everyday. Congrats on first DesertFlower! I love this so much. Chair of Buffalo School Board is a superhero, simply standing up and saying the truth and speaking up for children and honor and honesty and dignity and calling trash trash.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/youre-fired-ny-school-board-chair-opens-a-massive-can-of-whoopass-on-trump-racist-carl-paladino/
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/singer-quits-mormon-tabernacle-choir-rather-than-sing-for-trump-i-could-never-throw-roses-to-hitler/
Someone may already have posted this here. I love this woman. Again, simple strong honor and integrity, conscience, truth. This should not be remarkable, but it is and I cherish every example.
petesouza — President and Mrs. Obama toasting the staff a couple of months ago. Seems like an appropriate picture to post today to wish a Happy New Year to all!
A *perfect* (and creative) choice, JER! I ❤ ❤ ❤ the way you've used this. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Am borrowing your idea to join in the toast ….
"Happy, Happy 2017, everyone!"
PERFECT JER! Thanks 🙂
Happy New Year’s Eve, dear O’friends!
Happy New Year Jacqueline and please extend my greetings to Steve!
back to work ….
That tweet you shared was another gift – love them! And thanks, Bob, and HNY to you and yours! Don’t forget to breathe in 2017. #Unstoppable
Right back you at, Booms! Thank you for being here for all of us each day. I always truly appreciate your comments.
And I feel exactly the same about you, Meta! Wish we could all have a late-morning New Year’s Day champagne brunch together (Ha!), in SF – I might add, to toast our wonderful President and VP in 2017!
Oh, what a wonderful idea!! I am ALWAYS available to toast our PBO and VPB. They have shown me the way in these times when I didn’t think I’d ever know.
CHEERS, from a rooftop in San Francisco!!
*a rooftop in San Francisco!
I’ll dream about that one!
For some reason the first time I saw this my mind read ‘HNYE, dear old friends!’ 😀 😀
Happy, New Year’s Eve, dear (J) O’B! 🙂
Ha. We are “old” Obama friends, even if we are not old. Eh? Truthfully, I feel as though I’ve known some of you guys forevah. ❤
You have! 😉 Some of us (political) lives actually started with BHO.
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As I have been floating in and out of the TOD village (as well as in my email box) for almost two months now, I’m not sure if our TOD family has been asked to hold Dudette in our serious thoughts and prayers. (Yes, I did see it mentioned she’s been away.) In case you haven’t, I’m asking you now to help lift her up. Her Christmas eve note to me says she ‘will be on an intense (medical) regime for the next 6 months’, and she sends her love to the TOD family. We ❤ you, D-ette, and you can count on us reaching out to you in thoughts and in spirit. Hang tough!
Thank you VC for this important information. Please let Dudette know she’s in my prayers!
Hi Betsy, thanks for joining in. I doubt D-ette will be often online, but I will pass on your message when next we are in touch.
Thank you VC, I was going to ask if any one had heard from her. I will keep her in my prayers.
whoa, just saw this– thank you for putting us in the prayer circle of dear dudette. sending loving strengthening energy to you dudette darling!!! ❤
Sending hopes and prayers for Dudette’s recovery. An early Happy New Year to the TOD ohana.
Love you, Dudette:) You are in my thoughts everyday. Be well. Get strong. Miss you.
Thanks for the update on Dudette. She will be in my thought she and prayers. Please let her know how much she is missed and loved.💕🙏
Happy New Year🎉🎊🍷to each and everyone of you! 😍🎊🎉🍷
Happy New Year TODVille!
Stay strong in health, good humor, friendship, and support to others.
Out with 2016
Nostradamus in a quatrain
Couldn’t have made it sound more insane
That the brightest star in the universe
Could be replaced by something this perverse
The omens and predictions and such
Have really all been a bit too much
We shall take back our land in 2017
Stand up taller than the haters have seen
Pledge allegiance with E pluribus unum criteria
As Trump ends his days in a madman’s Siberia
#WeAreUnstoppable #LoveTrumpsHate #Resist
Thank you Jacque for that great poem!
Dear NW – This deserves its own thread!!! Please post it on New Year’s Day, 2017.
Thank you Jacqueline for your brilliance and your unassailable conviction to do good!
Bob – Just seeing this – Wow! Thx so much!
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/12/31/dance-into-the-new-year/