How many US Senators are best selling authors that weren't prez? Lots. BO has that, plus being prez. Totally logical he wrote book(s) that sold for big $$. He'd have to be a dolt, which he is not, to not to. Not too difficult for most to grasp that fact.
We're not gonna talk about the dead body found in Barack Obama's pond?
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So all authors should make the same amount of money? Seems communist.
True. But speaking to a large group of people will probably earn you much more money than just speaking all by yourself, in a room, alone.
Can you list "deals" with the Saudis, or Russians? Or other international adversaries?
Provide a list with citations.
Your post.
Remember? You posted about how much money the Obamas made.
Kushner got a $2B loan from the Saudis. Ivanka got "trademark deals" with China.
What "international deals" have the Obamas made, in comparison.
Are you unable to keep up with what you post here?
We are about to get an Ollie's in Moline. Should I be excitied about it or is it all trash?
Yeah, Michelle doesn't have that sterling porno resume that Melania does. Shame on her for getting an education and a "law degree" from Harvard vs that porno experience!! Why the quotes... Harvard law degree not good enough for you, you dolt?
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Apparently this kat who drowned has a book coming out that the Obama's didn't take too kind to.
Sales top 3 million for Barack Obama's "A Promised Land'
NEW YORK (AP) — Just a month after publication, Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land” is well on its way to becoming the best-selling presidential memoir in modern times.
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A feeble and transparent attempt to somehow throw shade on the Obama's for this tragedy. Quite juvenile.
You sound like you want the Obamas to apologize for writing books and selling so many of them based on their unique accomplishments. WTF. Are former presidents and their families supposed to go into exile? You sound kinda butt-hurt for some reason.
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Going in the South Park shopping centre. Where Gordmans was located.
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Yikes.
So basically a moderately nicer Dollar General?
That should surely save the mall.
Yikes.
So basically a moderately nicer Dollar General?
That should surely save the mall.
Be sure to swing into the DKSPORTINGDS when you are at South Park. Killer Hoka sale going on.
He sounds to me like he's simply stating facts. Is he incorrect? They increased their net worth substantially, as would be expected.
Why do the facts he posted trigger you so much? I agree with you on most things, but your attack is wrong here.
He has yet to explain why "selling books" and "speaking engagements" is a BAD way to make money off your time in office.
But "getting trademark deals for your business with adversaries like China" and "getting $2B loans from Saudi Arabia to prop up your failing NY property" are ACCEPTABLE ways.
I suspect he will vanish from this thread like a fart in the wind.
What "facts" triggered me?
I've acknowledged how they made much of their money. And there's not really anything wrong with that.
You jumped down his throat for almost nothing, there are plenty of other targets in this thread. Not sure why I need feel like I need to defend him.
Edit: there's not anything wrong with that, and he never said there was.
I asked him why he is all triggered over $$ made from legitimate sources vs the ones he seems to want to completely ignore.
GW Bush and G HW Bush made money off books and speaking gigs, too. Why is it now "egregious" and something we need to attack Obama for?
He's posting "income" numbers in a thread about someone drowning in a body of water in the vicinity of a former President's property.
Maybe you could ask why that's relevant.
Jaylen brown just signed a 5 year deal that will average 60.8 million a year. I can’t say whether or not he knows the Obama family.
Why would I ask? Seemed pretty obvious to me.
Others were posting about how much his house was, and the discussion of his change in net worth came up prior to him posting that. While those were not relevant to the thread, his addition was relevant to the conversation.
Seemed pretty out of line, to me. Implying the Obama's were (somehow) improperly profiting off their time in office.
I found it the exact opposite, I learned something that I didn't know. I took his words at face value and would rather somebody say their conclusion than for me to do it for them.
As I said, we agree on most things - I just think you came out a little "hot" considering the totality of what he said in this thread, that's all. There's no shortage of idiots to rail on here!
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Barack and Michelle Obama’s personal chef has drowned while paddle boarding off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, police confirmed Monday.
Police recovered the body of Tafari Campbell, 45, roughly 100 feet from shore just before 10 a.m., according to a news release from the Massachusetts State Police. Campbell, of Dumfries, Va., had been a sous chef in the Obama White House and worked for the family after they left.
Campbell drowned in Edgartown Great Pond, near the Obamas’ Martha’s Vineyard home. The former president and first lady were not present at the time of the drowning, according to police, though they frequently spend time on the island during the summer.
“Tafari was a beloved part of our family,” the Obamas said in a statement. “When we first met him, he was a talented sous chef at the White House — creative and passionate about food, and its ability to bring people together. In the years that followed, we got to know him as a warm, fun, extraordinarily kind person who made all of our lives a little brighter.”
Police and fire agencies responded to a call at 7:46 p.m. Sunday evening for a man who had gone into the water while paddle boarding and did not resurface after struggling to stay afloat.
Searchers paused the rescue effort Sunday night, unable to find Campbell. On Monday morning, divers located his body with the help of sonar equipment.
Massachusetts and Edgartown police are investigating the death.
Campbell appeared in a 2012 video with chef Sam Kass, brewing batches of beer with honey from the White House beehive.
Police recovered the body of Tafari Campbell, 45, roughly 100 feet from shore just before 10 a.m., according to a news release from the Massachusetts State Police. Campbell, of Dumfries, Va., had been a sous chef in the Obama White House and worked for the family after they left.
Campbell drowned in Edgartown Great Pond, near the Obamas’ Martha’s Vineyard home. The former president and first lady were not present at the time of the drowning, according to police, though they frequently spend time on the island during the summer.
“Tafari was a beloved part of our family,” the Obamas said in a statement. “When we first met him, he was a talented sous chef at the White House — creative and passionate about food, and its ability to bring people together. In the years that followed, we got to know him as a warm, fun, extraordinarily kind person who made all of our lives a little brighter.”
Police and fire agencies responded to a call at 7:46 p.m. Sunday evening for a man who had gone into the water while paddle boarding and did not resurface after struggling to stay afloat.
Searchers paused the rescue effort Sunday night, unable to find Campbell. On Monday morning, divers located his body with the help of sonar equipment.
Massachusetts and Edgartown police are investigating the death.
Campbell appeared in a 2012 video with chef Sam Kass, brewing batches of beer with honey from the White House beehive.
Where did you get that from anything I posted? You decided to add what you think is my opinion on the Obama’s is. Politicians get rich. It’s a great gig for those that land it. Where is there any butt-hurt in my post?
It certainly does. Sounds like some subpar Tiramsu may have been served with the previous night's meal. 🤔
Someone outed themselves out as a Qanon follower.
It was his chef, even. Paddle boarding. Had to know the conspiracy freaks would take advantage of the tragic death of a man with a wife and young twins.BREAKING: Massive emergency response in Martha's Vineyard after 911 call from Obama mansion
Divers recovered the body of the 43-year-old male just before 10 am from Edgartown Great Pond, on which the Obama family's $12 million mansion lies.
The body of a paddleboarder who went missing on Sunday in the waters of Martha’s Vineyard has been found.
According to Massachusetts State Police, divers recovered the body of the 43-year-old male just before 10 am from Edgartown Great Pond, on which the Obama family's $12 million mansion lies.
"MSP Underwater Recovery Unit divers made the recovery after the victim’s body was located by a Massachusetts Environmental Police Officers deploying side-scan sonar from a boat," police stated.
The recovery was made around 100 feet from shore, where water was around eight feet in depth.
According to the Daily Mail, the 911 call and dispatch address for the incident was the Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard home. It is unclear whether the former president was staying at the estate at the time.
Police responded to the pond in the area of Turkeyland Cove at around 7:46 pm to a report of a male paddleboarder who had gone into the water. The man appeared to briefly struggle to stay on the surface, and then went under and did not resurface, police said.
Another paddleboarder had been with the male at the time and saw him go under the water.
Numerous agencies including Edgartown Fire and all island fire departments, local police, State Police patrols, Air Wing, and detectives, the Dukes County Sheriff’s Department, and the Coast Guard.
Searches continued through the night, but divers were unsuccessful. A pause was issued to allow dive teams, flight crews, and other responders to re-equip and assess next steps. The search was continued on Monday morning.
