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(175 posts)I feel like a kid seeing the nice Dad leave
homegirl
(1,428 posts)memories of standing on the overlook of the Hudson River watching a convoy leave the river for the New York Bay, the statue of Liberty to the open Atlantic. There were hundreds of thousands watching as the convoy departed for Yalta with FDR on board. Bitter cold but no one left. I was only nine years l but I still get chills.
LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)Yavin4
(35,437 posts)who sits in his chair in the living room and farts.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Anything exciting?
BumRushDaShow
(128,866 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,866 posts)A sight for sore eyes Cha!!
Cha
(297,154 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,416 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,416 posts)and they are going to stay there FOREVER!!!!
Cha
(297,154 posts)bdamomma
(63,837 posts)miss him too.
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)Seems like he'd be interested in something like that!
Founded in 2014, the Simons Society of Fellows is a community of scholars that encourages intellectual interactions across disciplines and across research centers in the New York City area.
Senior Fellows of the Simons Society of Fellows are distinguished scientists based in New York City.
Junior Fellows are outstanding young scientists who receive support from the foundation for three years to conduct independent research at an institution of higher learning in New York City, with no teaching obligations.
The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the Junior Fellows appointed in 2016.
Lucky Luciano
(11,253 posts)Renaissance is at war politically!
Hahaha!
We want Jim Simons on our side. He is smart enough to counter Cambridge Analytica! He and Mercer are the truly brilliant original data scientists - on opposing sides politically, but on the same side at Renaissance. Simons is the only guy that can fire Mercer, but Mercer is exceptionally talented and brilliant - too bad he is an asshole extraordinaire.
Just a couple days ago there was an article about another longtime Renaissance employee stirring the pot from the left against Mercer - said he hopes not to get fired, but couldn't stand what Mercer was doing to the country. Has been at Renaissance for 20 years, so he is super rich and has no need to worry, but good for him! Name was David Magerman - story on Bloomberg.
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)Turns out -- after I posted this, I searched a little (See my post below) that the Simons are helping to raise money for the Obama Presidential Library --
I found this article: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-23/mutiny-breaks-out-inside-worlds-most-successful-hedge-fund-over-donald-trump
Raine1967
(11,589 posts)Former President Barack Obama just made a splash in New York City, drawing big crowds after apparently meeting with a foundation that has a connection to the planned Obama Presidential Library in Chicago.
Obama was at a building where the Simons Foundation is headquartered. James Simons and his wife, Marilyn, are big-time philanthropists who reportedly donated around $700,000 earmarked for the Library.
George II
(67,782 posts)Botany
(70,494 posts)Please let me goto sleep and wake up and find out this
all a bad dream.
woodsprite
(11,911 posts)He was campaigning for Stephanie Hansen (running to fill our new Democratic Lt. Governor's Senate seat). This is a BFD in Delaware since that seat determines the majority in the state Senate.
Gonna vote tomorrow, and I'm taking a carload of other voters with me!
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)okieinpain
(9,397 posts)True Dough
(17,302 posts)Not the manufactured kind that Drumpf gets, when he's not getting jeered and heckled.
putitinD
(1,551 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)Lisa0825
(14,487 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,174 posts)Last edited Fri Feb 24, 2017, 03:24 PM - Edit history (1)
Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)a fix (add-on), but I don't have time to deal with it right now. If I figure it out, I'll come back and let you know.
Mosby
(16,299 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)someone caught it, and posts it to youtube. Thanks for your help.
blogslut
(37,999 posts)Sometimes that works for me. If you click on the timestamp of the embedded Tweet a new window/tab should open, taking you to the page of the Tweet.
I often have browser trouble with the video players of assorted social media platforms.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)to a facebook post that contained the video where I was finally able to view it. I'm just like that cheering crowd, I miss him so much. :crying:
Cha
(297,154 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)tweet one of his jealous rages.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)Poor Sasha, she misses all the good stuff.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Chicago, and a house and office in D.C...
Yeah, won't that be something when Sasha gets out of high school?!
Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)just another rumor.
Cha
(297,154 posts)there's some reports from 2015 that they might move there..
I saw this, too..
Obama Comes To NYC And Gets Greeted Like The Ex We Really, Really Want Back
Remember Obama? Seems like a thousand years ago when he was president, when basic politics and essential freedomsincluding that of the press and transgender populationswere generally respected?
Those sepia-toned memories came rushing back on Friday afternoon in New York City, when President Barack Obama made a brief appearance on Fifth Avenue while exiting an unknown office building. The hoots, hollers, and applause may indicate a sincere longing for the former leader of the free worldin Trumps hometown of course.
More..
https://www.good.is/articles/obama-manhattan-standing-o
Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)moonscape
(4,673 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)"sigh"
Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)the special virtue of an office, function, position, etc., that confers or is thought to confer on the person holding it an unusual ability for leadership, worthiness of veneration, or the like.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)able to view it on Google Chrome.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)okieinpain
(9,397 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)Denzil_DC
(7,233 posts)(It's for XP, but I think it'll work for later Windows versions - it takes a little tinkering, but the "media cannot be played" thing was driving me nuts.)
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Obama is so sorely missed.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Thank you!
Cha
(297,154 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,174 posts)....and be his classy self, and not lose any supporters because of it.
Because that's what Barack Obama does.
Cha
(297,154 posts)to trump's so-called city and gets cheered.. while trump gets rotten tomatoes.
monmouth4
(9,694 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I'm only a few blocks from there.
MANative
(4,112 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I was outside walking around and doing some errands with a short sleeve cotton top on IN THE SHADE. It's spring out there today. I would have loved to be there to show Pres Obama how much I miss him.
MANative
(4,112 posts)It was too warm. If the SS ( and he!) would let me, I'd hug the man for an hour or two.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)and make sure Michelle wasn't around . That is one woman I do not want angry at me. I miss that entire family so much.
MANative
(4,112 posts)I'm quite certain you are not alone in that sentiment. <3
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)is talking about it now Wish we had known earlier - it would have been a field trip. Meanwhile, 20 blocks north, there are still protesters at trump tower (that monstrosity of a building).
MANative
(4,112 posts)As fugly as he is.
The more the merrier! My whole team would be up for it, too. Who's PBO's scheduler? We need inside info!
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I can proudly report my cousins lived in one of the 3 buildings on the West Side (Riverside Blvd) where they petitioned to get his name off the building. That was awesome. I come from a looooooong line of liberals.
MANative
(4,112 posts)Glad your cousins prevailed! My family, too, goes way back in the liberal tradition. Grandpop was the D mayor of our small town in MA, and a contemporary and acquaintance of JFK. Pics, letters, and everything! Family treasures, all.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)of our histories. They fought for unions (BOTH my grandmas went to jail for that), civil rights, women's rights. We stand on their shoulders (and still have to fight those fights) every single day.
MANative
(4,112 posts)The fight never ends!
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)correctly (I was going to say raised right but didn't want to use it that way). I always feel bad when people talk about how some are dreading Thanksgiving (or Christmas or whatever) because of their right wing relatives. I have none. We go from moderate left to far left.
MANative
(4,112 posts)We don't see them often. Cuts down on the conflict!
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)anyway as there's a healthy sprinkling of lawyers who argue just to argue. But bad feelings never follow us home. Pretty blessed considering what I've read.
malaise
(268,943 posts)malaise
(268,943 posts)montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)Is just the sort of thing that drives Cheeto mad...and I hope he sees it!
thinkingagain
(906 posts)To be loved so much
ismnotwasm
(41,976 posts)*sigh*
HipChick
(25,485 posts)That Obama is so loved and appreciated..
logosoco
(3,208 posts)edited to add: I got the video on my phone!
Those folks are happy! And lucky!
Trump wants this soooo bad. I can't see that ever happening. He had to plan and give out tickets to his little self-love/cult fest last weekend.
Vinca
(50,267 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THEIR TORCHES AND PITCHFORKS!"
mnhtnbb
(31,384 posts)This is about a block away from the famous Flatiron Building (between 22nd and 23rd)
Trump Tower is farther uptown at 721 5th Ave. between 56th and 57th.
LostinRed
(840 posts)I love him putting on the shades. Miss him so
world wide wally
(21,740 posts)They REALLY like him!
No Vested Interest
(5,166 posts)Old Vet
(2,001 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)lucca18
(1,241 posts)Now, that was a President!!!!
Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)Save us (and the world) from the idiocy of the Trumpets!
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)bdamomma
(63,837 posts)he is a professional and very humble, miss him so much, my anxiety level went down just seeing him.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Did you know 45 doesn't want to go to NY because there are too many protestors!!!!!!
I bet that is why he hauls his a$$ to Mar A Lago.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)I think it would be funny if he got as close to Trump tower as possible and get cheered right were the dictator thinks he should get cheered. I bet the decibel level when people cheer for Obama would be higher than for the dictator. Hey, there is another thing to do to piss him off...I like it.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)I MISS him.
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)sheshe2
(83,746 posts)Dayum I miss him.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)a link to a facebook post where I was finally able to see it. Strange, but I was overjoyed to hear the cheers, and see my Prez.
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)I would have cheered myself hoarse.
....so much win
Cha
(297,154 posts)sheshe2
(83,746 posts)I was staring at that awesome image of our now and forever President.
Thank you! Ya made my night.
Cha
(297,154 posts)sheshe2
(83,746 posts)Sigh.
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)I have been thinking about the great activity going on with Indivisible and such. We didn't want the party to be over. Eight years wasn't enough and being saddled with a turd like Chump was just an extra slap in the chops.
BeyondGeography
(39,369 posts)I definitely wasn't ready. He would have been good for two old-style French terms; 14 years.
Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Healthy, handsome, happy - compare him to the orange one:
Unhealthy, hideous, miserable...
W Mousie
(22 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)while Cheetolini gets protests.
Cha
(297,154 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)No tie! Looking happy!
Cha
(297,154 posts)when comments were made on how tired/and/or/old he looked I said wait until he leaves Office.
He'll be exercising, sleeping..etc.. voila!
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)CousinIT
(9,239 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)sagetea
(1,368 posts)Such a Statesmen...and a Rock Star!!!
Blue Owl
(50,349 posts)Miss ya buddy...
Cha
(297,154 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,174 posts)kimbutgar
(21,130 posts)We both remarked at the same time how much we miss him! And what a friggin idiot took his place!
Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)to get overly emotional in general, but damn, something got in my eyes just now...
Cha
(297,154 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,124 posts)Wow, he is really looking great!
Aviation Pro
(12,152 posts)I smell triangulation happening between President Obama, President Clinton and Secretary Clinton.
Yavin4
(35,437 posts)What's there now is totally illegitimate.
murielm99
(30,733 posts)if it had been trump out on the street. That monster cannot even walk around in his own town without stirring up anger and disgust.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)So miss him!
cilla4progress
(24,726 posts)Welcome back. Already feeling better!
mobeau69
(11,141 posts)Stellar
(5,644 posts)citizens in France want Obama to to run for president there, and they are trying to get a million signatures.
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