“Like this.”
In an interview with NBC’s David Gregory on Sunday’s Meet The Press, VP Joe Biden told Gregory that he’s comfortable with gay marriage. His exact statement: “I am vice president of the United States of America, the president sets the policy. I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties. And quite frankly, I don’t see much of a distinction— beyond that.” In a move that disappointed gay rights supporters and activists, the White House seemingly immediately backed off the VP’s statement, with a tweet from the president’s top political adviser David Axelrod that reads: “What VP said-that all married couples should have exactly the same legal rights-is precisely POTUS’s position.” President Obama himself is yet to speak out in full support of same-sex marriage.
(Via MSNBC)
Biden speaking his mind, in GIF form.
Source: gifhound
Depressed Bin Laden thought about ‘al-Qaida’ name change, White House says
Ever wish you could escape your troubles by changing your name and moving away? Well, according to President Barack Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser at the White House, Osama bin Laden knew the feeling.
“Hunkered down in his Abbottabad compound, bin Laden anguished as al-Qaida suffered ‘disaster after disaster,’ encouraged its operatives to flee to areas ‘away from aircraft photography and bombardment’ and even thought about changing the name of his notorious international terrorist network, John Brennan said in a speech on Monday.”
”’So damaged is al-Qaida’s image that bin Laden even considered changing its name. And one of the reasons? As bin Laden said himself, U.S. officials ‘have largely stopped using the phrase ‘the war on terror’ in the context of not wanting to provoke Muslims,’ said the U.S. official.”
What’s your suggested name for a rebranded Al-Qaeda?
This is one of the most adorable politically-related photos I’ve ever seen.
Recent photo of a little boy visiting the White House. He wanted to feel Obama’s hair because he wanted to know if the President’s hair felt just like his. Obama obliged. Priceless.
Source: wildcrazyshe
If you win the NCAA championship, you come to the White House. Well, if you’re a young person and you produce the best experiment or design, the best hardware or software, you ought to be recognized for that achievement, too.” - President Barack Obama
President Obama will host the second annual White House Science Fair in Washington tomorrow.
“Fourteen year old Joey Hudy from Phoenix, Arizona is already a Maker Faire veteran,” reads the White House press release.
“He invented an Extreme Marshmallow Cannon and an LED Cube Microcontroller Shield, which he has exhibited at Maker Faires in New York, San Francisco, and Detroit. He received 2 Editors Choice Awards from Maker Faire, and has started a small business selling the microcontroller (Arduino) shield kits on several websites. As the World’s Largest Do-It-Yourself Festival, Maker Faire is the premier event for grassroots American innovation.”
There are many more examples of science fair projects listed at WhiteHouse.gov. We’ll be covering it tomorrow for Radar. Here’s a picture that Hudy (or perhaps his mom) shared on his Twitter account:
(via oreillyradar)
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After passing a bill that allows for indefinite detention of US citizens, and remaining silent while congress works torwards censoring the Internet, the whitehouse posts this…
Source: epic4chan
RIP my cousin, Johnny Cash.
Johnny Cash passed away on September 12, 2003. Here he is with June Carter Cash and family, visiting President Carter in the White House in June 1977.
From the Carter Library White House photographs. Via the National Archives on Facebook.
What’s your favorite Johnny Cash song?
(via todaysdocument)
Source: research.archives.gov
Because you probably don’t know what a “teletype” machine looks like…
The White House to Kremlin “Hotline”
On August 30, 1963, The Kennedy White House announced the creation of a teletype “Hotline” between the Kremlin and the White House. The Hotline was established in the aftermath to the Cuban Missile Crisis - to be used only in an emergency to ensure clear communication between the President and the Soviet Premier.
The White House Hotline teletype machine was used for the first time for communication between President Lyndon Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexsei Kosygin during the Six Day War in the Middle East.
These days, the Hotline machine is on exhibit at the LBJ Library & Museum.
Source: presidentialtimeline.org
Richard M. Nixon’s Resignation Letter, 08/09/1974
Following the revelations stemming from the investigation of the Watergate break-in, President Richard M. Nixon resigned the Presidency in this letter dated August 9, 1974. The President’s resignation letter is addressed to the Secretary of State, in keeping with a law passed by Congress in 1792. The letter became effective when Secretary of State Henry Kissinger initialed it at 11:35 a.m.
The bust of JFK in the corner makes this scene downright eerie.
“President Lyndon B. Johnson listens to tape sent by Captain Charles Robb from Vietnam, 07/31/1968”, Jack E. Kightlinger, Photographer
In this White House photo taken by Jack Kightlinger on July 31, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson listens to a tape recording from his son-in-law Capt. Charles Robb, who was a Marine Corps company commander in Vietnam.
Accumulating random crap since 1976! Mostly strange humor, fountain pens, history, politics, LGBT issues, art, odd pictures from my iPhoto library, and irrelevant status updates. I'm an ESTJ. In my day job I'm a scientist or something. And I like boys.
