2014: 50 Most Memorable Moments

Mainly a smile or two – 50 to 11 in no particular order, but top 10 = top 10!

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50 TODers All Through 2014

Too many Memorable Moments to mention. The Muhammad Ali of bloggy people: The Greatest 🙂

(Although, Amk’s wimmin jokes float like a bee, and sting like a butterfly)

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49 Dead

Doug Mills’ photo prompted a gazillion captions, but some pics just say it all 🙂

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48 Making Special New Friends on Twitter

@ericwolfson @Maggyw519 @TheObamaDiary BARACK NO NUKES FH2012 LOOSER666 WHO HUMAN SHIELD MY 18.990 EUROS EMPEACH OFFER MY DIME MY CHURCH

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DIARRA (@Nimrod38) February 10, 2014

@TheObamaDiary @MykaDean DUMP ALL CURES FOR THIS AND CURES FIR THAT!!!

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KEITH AUGUSTO (@koontz205) October 27, 2014

@theobamadiary @theyellowdogdem poud us world ctz take care are we are us marines completly creazy wfemal nakersxox

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MADANI TALL (@cdtdantall_usmc) November 23, 2014

@TheObamaDiary My Country has Sovereignty Secrets in N.Korea Kaesong industrial area. Seems to be accepted as a Communist Unity Attack!!

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Bell Chime (@skollbuddy51) December 28, 2014

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47 The President Making New Friends Around The World

‘Welcome Mr. President – PS In Netherlands, we give three kisses’

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46 Genius Gifs

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45 Babies

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44 Joy

President Obama greets patrons at Canter’s Delicatessen in Los Angeles, Calif., July 24, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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43 Beauty

Carolina Garcia Delfin, 94, a Filipina nurse who fought in the resistance against Japanese forces during World War II, kisses President Obama after he mentioned her in his remarks to American and Philippine troops at Fort Bonifacio in Manila, Philippines (Photo by Pete Souza)

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42 ‘Gov. Christie Traffic Jam’

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41 OMG! It’s him!1!1!

First Lady Michelle Obama and student performers react to seeing President Obama as he drops by the White House Talent Show (Photo by Pete Souza)

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40 The New White House Videographer

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39 Danny Hating On His Attention-Rival: TOD

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38 Funniest. Vine. Ever.

I was so excited about the President's visit, I took this crowd video sideways. But it's still cool. vine.co/v/OOwzzzdZvLY

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Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) November 02, 2014

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37 Cracking Up The President

Still have no clue what Lily Tomlin said, but it must have been a complete hoot 🙂

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36 Turnip For What?

Hey, @Alphacat. The First Lady wants to know… #TurnipForWhat? vine.co/v/OqJKZVQami9 #AskTheFirstLady #TD4W

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The First Lady (@FLOTUS) October 15, 2014

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2013: Eric Wolfson’s Most Memorable Moments

by Eric Wolfson

(Chips: Eric is one of my very, very, very, very favorite people on the Twitter machine, so I DM’ed him and said ‘Oi, you! Would you like to put together a post for TOD on your most memorable moments from 2013?’

If he’d any sense he’d have replied: ‘Go away, it’s holiday time, I’m chillin’, shoo’, but he didn’t, he said he’d love to. See? That’s why he’s Exceptional Excellent Eric.

Also posted on Eric’s Tumblr page

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1. Obama unknowingly poses for his greatest portrait while giving his speech for the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s March On Washington.

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2. Obama visits the cell where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years, just months before his hero’s passing.

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3. Obama’s quote of the year, even if nobody realized it at the time.

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4. Obama becomes the first president in American History to not hold his own umbrella…

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5. …and put his feet up on the desk.

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6. Obama shuts down the GOP shutdowners.

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7. Obama’s Second Inaugural Address in three words or less: Selma, Seneca, Stonewall.

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8. Obama awards the Congressional Gold Medal to the victims of the 1963 Birmingham Church bombing.

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9. Obama explains what constitutes a jobs plan.

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10. Obama becomes the worst socialist EVER.

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I’m famous! Tomorrow I quit my job. RT @TheObamaDiary: 2013: @ericwolfson‘s Most Memorable Moments http://t.co/nAhuWrCJqR

— Eric Wolfson (@ericwolfson) December 30, 2013

2013: SmartyPants’ Most Memorable Moments

by a very special guest: SmartyPants

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10 Big Sis

As someone who has a big sister and knows how trying that relationship can be at this age, I LOVED this one.

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9 A Wise and Empathetic Latina on the Supreme Court

This year Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor published her book “My Beloved World.” I read it immediately. It moved me beyond words to think that we have someone on the Supreme Court who has lived her life. During her book promotion tour, this happened (see here):

“At her Wednesday night book talk here, Justice Sonia Sotomayor glided through her audience of 700, dispensing homespun wisdom through a cordless microphone, interrupted by impromptu applause.

When the moderator read a question from Tabbie Major, age 7, about which books Justice Sotomayor loved as a child, she found the girl, locked her in an embrace, held on while reminiscing about Nancy Drew mysteries and then called out for a photographer to capture the moment. “

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8 The Evolution of Mom-Dancing

Nuff said. FLOTUS pulls off the comedy gold of the year!

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7 Marriage equality spreads like wildfire

This is how we celebrated in Minnesota.

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6. Those red shoes!

We all know what happened that day. Wendy Davis showed us how its done. We’ll all love her forever for that!

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5 The day Antoinette Tuff “stood up, spoke out, and got in the way.”

2013: Amk’s Most Memorable Moments

by @Amk

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10. Auto industry rebounding (hate to see any engineering industry shut down)

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9. Wingnutz losing their collective shit over two-term Obama

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8. Making Syria cry uncle without firing a gun

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7. Iran Deal amidst all the neocon hand wringing and nut n yahoo’s sweet tears

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6. His addressing the Newtown victims’ families and passionate advocating for gun control

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5. Repeal of filibuster (too late imo)

2013: CollegeKay’s Most Memorable Moments

by CollegeKay

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10. President Obama explains the lipstick on his collar at a White House reception for Asian American Heritage Month. Don’t worry Mrs O, the culprit was auntie of Jessica Sanchez.

“Look at this!”

“Look at this!”

“I do not want to be in trouble with Michelle. That’s why I’m calling you out right in front of everybody.”

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9. The adorable Kid President receives a personal tour of the Oval office from President Obama.

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8. Malia photobombs Sasha trying to get a picture of their mom and dad kissing because she’s awesome.

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7. Sunny Obama, the diva puppy, is welcomed into the Obama family! I’m sure she is the source of much of President Obama’s new gray hairs.

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6. President Obama speaks directly with Iranian President Rouhani. It was the first direct contact between U.S. and Iranian presidents since 1979. Yeah, I’d say that was a BFD.

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5. During his commencement speech at Morehouse College, President Obama went off-script to acknowledge gay Morehouse men. As a recent graduate of a prominent HBCU, I found this moment to be of great significance.

Full speech:

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4. After George Zimmerman was found “not guilty” for murdering Trayvon Martin, many of us in the African-American community expressed pain, doubt, and an overall sense of hopelessness.

Night Owls: Memorable Movie Scenes

We’re doing something a little bit different tonight. I’ll tell you some of the movie scenes I found pretty awesome in their overtness or subtlety; you tell me yours. Capisce? 😀

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