A Tweet Or Two

White House Proposes Broad Consumer Data Privacy Bill http://t.co/BIdDF6Sdkz

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 28, 2015

LOVE This!!! => Obama's post-presidential slogan: 'Eight years is only the beginning': http://t.co/fChJ4IMdPH

— Nancy LeTourneau 🇺🇦 (@Smartypants60) February 2, 2015

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https://twitter.com/BlvckNostalgia/status/564206003894231040

Five you should know: AA Freedom Fighters - http://t.co/fYbBXOcods #nmaahcheroes pic.twitter.com/F0UjCM6uuT

— Smithsonian NMAAHC (@NMAAHC) February 28, 2015

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NYT ad is reprehensible & wrong. @SusanRice has tirelessly fought for human rights & for the state of Israel. I thank her for her service.

— Steny Hoyer (@RepStenyHoyer) March 1, 2015

Ad in NYT is vile and contemptible and has no place in legitimate discourse. Susan Rice is owed an apology.

— Archive: Nita Lowey (@NitaLowey) March 1, 2015

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Ad in today's NYT slandering Susan Rice is wrong on the facts -- she's a fierce defender of human rights and Israel's security.

— Keith Ellison (@keithellison) February 28, 2015

Susan Rice has been and remains a great defender of human rights globally. I strongly reject tasteless ad in NYT impugning her service.

— John Conyers, Jr. (@RepJohnConyers) February 28, 2015

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US Jewish groups voiced outrage at NYT ad calling Susan Rice “blind” to genocide,saying statement was revolting...
http://t.co/afaZH4lNdB

— DaniForPeace (@DaniForPeace) March 1, 2015

https://twitter.com/rolandparis/status/571846523077730304

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Susan Rice dared criticize Bibi & got Schmuley Boteach (Dermer affiliated, Adelson funded) to run an ad against her pic.twitter.com/scdZAjaPfv

— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) February 28, 2015

Black woman has to work an additional seven months to match the salary her white male counterpart earns in a work year #BlackWomenLead

— HigherHeights (@HigherHeights) March 1, 2015

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US marine who remembers #IwoJima invasion, 70 years ago http://t.co/VxV1e4nXB6 pic.twitter.com/xQeOFzF8bB

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 1, 2015

Iran authorities say they're ready to let in Google, other Internet firms http://t.co/l8SnQArDlg

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) March 1, 2015

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https://twitter.com/87films/status/571690868324757504

Iran nuclear talks advancing, no deal likely next week: U.S. official http://t.co/RGQ7vyW98q

— Kelsey Davenport (@KelseyDav) February 28, 2015

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Irony Just Guffawed

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TPM: Zuckerberg Calls Obama To Discuss ‘Frustration’ With NSA Surveillance

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday that he phoned President Obama to urge reforms to the government’s surveillance practices. “The US government should be the champion for the internet, not a threat. They need to be much more transparent about what they’re doing, or otherwise people will believe the worst,”Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post. “I’ve called President Obama to express my frustration over the damage the government is creating for all of our future. Unfortunately, it seems like it will take a very long time for true full reform.”

More here

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flashback …. prying eyes

CNN (April, 2010): On the driveway right outside the White House briefing room, a place where President Barack Obama rarely strolls during public hours, CNN caught a rare and personal exchange between the first couple.

Flanked by Secret Service agents and personal aide Reggie Love, Obama spotted his wife near the West Wing entrance and tried to get her attention. “Hey FLOTUS,” he shouted, then added, “I was just looking for you.”

The president joked, “Stop it guys, I haven’t seen my wife in a while.”

The first lady, who seemed poised to deliver an affectionate greeting, was thwarted when the president said, “Let’s not do this in front of the cameras.”

Instead they held hands and walked together into the West Wing like a married couple that had not seen each other since one of them made a quick jaunt to Prague to sign a new nuclear arms treaty.

Thank you Dia 😉

inside the bubble

O’Hare Airport (Photo by Pete Souza)

BBC: President Barack Obama has said he enjoys golf in large part because a game is the only way he can escape outdoors for hours at a time. He said he misses the trappings of ordinary life – weekend lie-ins, trips to the market and walks in the park. “I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by,” he told Hearst newspapers. “I miss that.”

Mr Obama’s security bubble precludes much privacy and spontaneity … “I miss being anonymous. I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks. I can’t take a walk.”

He said he loves his life at the White House but does not enjoy the “kabuki dance” of Washington DC partisan politics.

As to golf, Mr Obama rejected suggestions he is fanatical about the game, saying: “It’s the only excuse I have to get outside for four hours at a stretch.”