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the_red_shoes linked to this article on the New York Times: Obama Orders Secret Prisons and Detention Camps Closed.

The bit she referred to, and really, really makes sense, was:

John D. Hutson, a retired admiral and law school dean, was at the signing ceremony “He really gets it,” Mr. Hutson said of Mr. Obama in an interview a few minutes after the ceremony. “He acknowledged that this isn’t easy. But he is absolutely dedicated to getting us back on track as a nation. This is the right thing to do morally, diplomatically, militarily and Constitutionally. But it also makes us safer.”

The right thing to do. And safer.

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the_red_shoes linked to this article on the New York Times: Obama Orders Secret Prisons and Detention Camps Closed.

The bit she referred to, and really, really makes sense, was:

John D. Hutson, a retired admiral and law school dean, was at the signing ceremony “He really gets it,” Mr. Hutson said of Mr. Obama in an interview a few minutes after the ceremony. “He acknowledged that this isn’t easy. But he is absolutely dedicated to getting us back on track as a nation. This is the right thing to do morally, diplomatically, militarily and Constitutionally. But it also makes us safer.”

The right thing to do. And safer.

It official!

We're in a recession.

I'd never have noticed if they hadn't told me.

It official!

We're in a recession.

I'd never have noticed if they hadn't told me.

Smile

I have noticed something quite strange over the past couple of days.

Every time I see a photograph of Barack Obama, my face erupts into a strong, broad grin.

There are of course many pictures of Obama in the newspaper. One very like this made me realise I had a happy, manic grin on my face.

Picture: from International Herald Tribune. Getty Images.

Then I turned the page and saw another photo, accompanying this article about Twitter.

I can see my face is going to be twisted into a smile for at least the next four years. (And probably longer.)

I hope I don’t get bored of smiling.

Smile

I have noticed something quite strange over the past couple of days.

Every time I see a photograph of Barack Obama, my face erupts into a strong, broad grin.

There are of course many pictures of Obama in the newspaper. One very like this made me realise I had a happy, manic grin on my face.

Picture: from International Herald Tribune. Getty Images.

Then I turned the page and saw another photo, accompanying this article about Twitter.

I can see my face is going to be twisted into a smile for at least the next four years. (And probably longer.)

I hope I don’t get bored of smiling.

Miming

I have just heard that the string quartet that played at Obama’s inauguration were miming!

Well, I am not shocked in the slightest. I was amazed they were playing outside at all – as the presenters kept telling us, it was very cold. Yo-yo Ma said “It was wicked cold!”

I was surprised they weren’t wearing hats and gloves – it must have been hard to play in that temperature at all.

Miming

I have just heard that the string quartet that played at Obama’s inauguration were miming!

Well, I am not shocked in the slightest. I was amazed they were playing outside at all – as the presenters kept telling us, it was very cold. Yo-yo Ma said “It was wicked cold!”

I was surprised they weren’t wearing hats and gloves – it must have been hard to play in that temperature at all.

Cat. Vase. Obvious really.

(via Arbroath.)

Cat. Vase. Obvious really.

(via Arbroath.)