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ABC News
Former President Barack Obama surprised Broadway theater-goers Friday when he and daughter Malia attended the evening performance of "The Price." The daddy-daughter duo headed backstage after the play -- a new revival of the Arthur Miller classic ...
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Link to tweet
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)What a weight has been lifted. I'm happy he can be happy.
coco22
(1,258 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Thanks, and PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MALIA!
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)adigal
(7,581 posts)He despises those people, his fan base. He LOVES to hobnob with the rich and famous, the bigshots, and he never will again. The poorly educated Deplorables for him.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)He won't be able to go anywhere without large protests.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)I wish we had him back. Michelle 2020, seriously...
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)malaise
(268,933 posts)That's what it means to love and be loved by fellow humans.
Groper will never experience this - he's in love with his despicable self
Botany
(70,491 posts)Damn I miss that man.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He looks so happy and rested! I am so happy for him, even though I wish he was still our president. That job really took its toll on him and I am glad he is able to finally enjoy life at last. He has such a charismatic presence about him.
coco22
(1,258 posts)I am happy for them.
SaveOurDemocracy
(4,400 posts)bigtree
(85,987 posts)During Fridays performance of The Price, a line from Mr. DeVitos character, a furniture dealer, about the federal government being unreliable drew the biggest laugh of the night. Mr. Obama sat stone-faced.
He said that he was happy that it was while he was not in office, Mr. Ruffalo said during an interview after the show
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/arts/obama-broadway-the-price.html
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)Botany
(70,491 posts)thanks
LAS14
(13,783 posts)google and 10 seconds
CAST & CREATIVE
Cast
Victor Franz Mark Ruffalo
Walter Franz Tony Shalhoub
Esther Franz Jessica Hecht
Gregory Solomon Danny DeVito
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Malia Obama, President Obama, Danny DeVito, Mark Ruffalo, Jessica Hecht and Tony Shalhoub (Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic)
Mark Ruffalo as
Victor Franz
Tony Shalhoub as
Walter Franz
Jessica Hecht as
Esther Franz
Danny DeVito as
Gregory Solomon
http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Arthur-Millers-The-Price.aspx
n/t
BumRushDaShow
(128,860 posts)meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)First I thought it was someone sitting in a chair, and older person, maybe the writer. Then scrolling there were names under the picture and I was like, wha??
highplainsdem
(48,968 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)He looks so relaxed. A well earned vacation. Will we ever find another like him? The gop never will, but we democratic voters can always hope. This man took his job seriously. Did it to the very best of his ability, with the most educated, knowledgeable people surrounding him. Unlike the lump of orange goo in our WH now, or maybe I should say IN FLORIDA.
Botany
(70,491 posts).... Sec. of Energy to this: (we are really screwed)
longship
(40,416 posts)Of course, both were Obama's choices, who understood that the Energy Secretary has control of the USA's nuclear weapons. Perry is very sadly ignorant of that fact.
Why? Oh why would a newly elected president nominate such a person to that position??
Answer is easy. One that is equally ignorant.
We are in rather deep poo poo on this.
Botany
(70,491 posts)Steven Chu is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular & Cellular Physiology in the Medical School at Stanford University. His has published over 275 papers in atomic and polymer physics, biophysics, biology, batteries, and holds 11 patents. Currently, he is developing new optical nanoparticle probes for applications in biology and biomedicine, exploring new approaches to lithium ion batteries, PM2.5 air filtration and other applications of nanotechnology.
Dr. Chu was the 12th U.S. Secretary of Energy from January 2009 until the end of April 2013. As the first scientist to hold a Cabinet position and the longest serving Energy Secretary, he recruited outstanding scientists and engineers into the Department of Energy. He began several initiatives including ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy), the Energy Innovation Hubs, the U.S. China Clean Energy Research Centers (CERC), and was personally tasked by President Obama to assist BP in stopping the Deepwater Horizon oil leak.
Prior to his cabinet post, he was director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Professor of Physics and Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley. Previously he was the Theodore and Francis Geballe Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University. He helped launch Bio-X at Stanford University, a multi-disciplinary institute combining the physical and biological sciences with medicine and engineering, and the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology. Previously he was head of the Quantum Electronics Research Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories.
Dr. Chu has dozens of awards including the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for contributions to laser cooling and atom trapping. He has 29 honorary degrees and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Academia Sinica, and is a foreign member of the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Korean Academy of Sciences and Technology.
https://physics.stanford.edu/people/faculty/steven-chu
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Dr. Ernest Moniz served as United States Secretary of Energy from May 21, 2013 to January 19, 2017. As Secretary of Energy, he was tasked with implementing critical Department of Energy missions in support of President Obamas goals of growing the economy, enhancing security and protecting the environment. This encompassed advancing the Presidents all-of-the-above energy strategy, maintaining the nuclear deterrent and reducing the nuclear danger, promoting American leadership in science and clean energy technology innovation, cleaning up the legacy of the cold war, and strengthening management and performance.
Prior to his appointment, Dr. Moniz was the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he was a faculty member since 1973. At MIT, he headed the Department of Physics and the Bates Linear Accelerator Center. Most recently, Dr. Moniz served as the founding Director of the MIT Energy Initiative and as Director of the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment where he was a leader of multidisciplinary technology and policy studies on the future of nuclear power, coal, nuclear fuel cycles, natural gas and solar energy in a low-carbon world.
From 1997 until January 2001, Dr. Moniz served as Under Secretary of the Department of Energy. He was responsible for overseeing the Departments science and energy programs, leading a comprehensive review of nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship, and serving as the Secretarys special negotiator for the disposition of Russian nuclear materials. From 1995 to 1997, he served as Associate Director for Science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President.
In addition to his work at MIT, the White House and the Department of Energy, Dr. Moniz has served on a number of boards of directors and commissions involving science, energy and security. These include President Obamas Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the Department of Defense Threat Reduction Advisory Committee, and the Blue Ribbon Commission on Americas Nuclear Future.
A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Moniz is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Humboldt Foundation, and the American Physical Society.
Dr. Moniz received a Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude in Physics from Boston College, a Doctorate in Theoretical Physics from Stanford University, and honorary degrees from the University of Athens, Boston College, Boston University, the University of Erlangen-Nurenberg, Iowa State University, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Michigan State University and Universidad Pontificia de Comillas. He has been awarded the Distinguished Public Service Medal of the Department of Defense, and the Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator.
https://energy.gov/contributors/dr-ernest-moniz
When Ernie was helping to write the 6 nation nuclear weapons deal w/Iran if he wasn't
the very very best in the world in understanding nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons
control then the list of people who were as good or better is pretty damn short.
Botany =
longship
(40,416 posts)Fortunately, we now have Rick Perry with no quafilications whatsoever.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,174 posts)Be still my heart!
sarge43
(28,941 posts)CousinIT
(9,239 posts)Well-deserved rest I might add. He's already up to good stuff though...still working for us! https://unitedtoprotectdemocracy.org/ https://www.obama.org/
AC_Mem
(1,979 posts)I miss my forever President so very much.
Aviation Pro
(12,151 posts)...on the other hand the FakePresident always looks like he's taking a shit.
Or himself.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)the spoiled child in the WH.
charlyvi
(6,537 posts)And who would blame him.
irisblue
(32,968 posts)charlyvi
(6,537 posts)But he looks so relaxed and unstressed now.
MFM008
(19,805 posts)Him on vacation in swim trunks only.
irisblue
(32,968 posts)He was still wearing a tie, and what looked like a freshly pressed white shirt. I would vote for him again. sigh
DippyDem
(659 posts)No one from Hamilton met with Pence. Pence ran out.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)He is capable of actual JOY
The current one cannot manage anything other than a cheshire self absorbed grin
Vinca
(50,267 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,860 posts)Bayard
(22,061 posts)And genuine. So happy for him, but miss him desperately.
MFM008
(19,805 posts)Difference between POTUS (him) and BLOTUS( maggot).
bigtree
(85,987 posts)IcyPeas
(21,859 posts)meadowlander
(4,394 posts)How can one photo contain so much awesomeness?
Cha
(297,154 posts)Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)liberalla
(9,238 posts)lord knows he deserves it after those 8 years in the wh...
bigtree
(85,987 posts)Quayblue
(1,045 posts)He looks really happy. He deserves it.
qanda
(10,422 posts)Good for him. Sad for us. 😢