Topic: White House

These Two Winners Are Not Impressed

If even the President is taking part in this, does that make it our National Meme? More »

President Obama Attempts To One-Up Romney By Releasing Top-Secret Beer Recipe

President Obama wants to be that guy with whom you can kick back, relax and enjoy a beer. At least that’s the hope as his campaign revealed the previously top-secret recipes for their honey ale and honey porter home-brewed beers. It’s also the hope that this will help him appeal to voters in a way that Romney can’t. More »

Michelle Obama Attempts To Break Guinness World Record

It would be an understatement to say that I love Michelle Obama. Regardless of how you feel about her husband and his performance in the Oval Office, you have to admit that the First Lady has done more for the health of our nation’s youth than any of her predecessors. And today that trend continues as she heads to the South Lawn of the White House in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record. More »

Dannon Fined $21M for False Health Claims: Morning Links

Elmo at the White House – The well-loved monster is promoting Michelle Obama’s school lunch bill, alongside White House Chef Sam Kass. (TIME)

FTC Fines Dannon for Health Claims – The makers of Activia and DanActive owe $21M in fines, after the Federal Trade Commission ruled that their health claims are unsubstantiated. (USA Today)

Maya Angelou Cooks – The poet can do more than just write. She just published a cookbook, and her top cooking advice is to ignore the rules and stop rushing around. (NPR) More »

Michelle Obama to Bulldoze USDA Regulations with Thousands of Salad Bars

Jamie Oliver has had all kinds of problems getting schools to change their lunch menus, but then, he’s no Michelle Obama. The first lady is on a mission to put salad bars in schools, and she’s not going to let USDA regulations stop her. Obama has teamed with White House Chef and Food Initiative Coordinator Sam Kass, school lunch advocate Ann Cooper, and officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention to to put salad bars into 5,000 schools. The initiative will be announced on Monday, according to Grist.org, despite worries over USDA nutrition-tracking rules and health inspector concerns over the disease-spreading potential of open salad bars. More »

The Recession Hit Women the Hardest — But We’re Still Going Green

The Recession Hit Women the Hardest â�� But We're Still Going Green

Yesterday, the White House released the report “Jobs and Economic Security for America’s Women,” which explained how women have felt the most dramatic effects of the recession. Since December 2007, women have lost 2.6 million jobs, yet have also become more responsible for bringing home the bacon — four out of ten women are the primary earners for their households. And for women whose salary is the only source of income in the household? The unemployment rate is 13.6%, the highest in 25 years. More »

Green House: Solar panels will be installed on the roof of the White House by spring of 2011. (via Huffington Post)

Say It Ain’t So: The White House is being accused of withholding important information regarding the BP oil spill. (via Treehugger)

Obama Energy Bar Recipe: Fruit, Nuts, and 143 Calories Per Serving

Bill Yosses, the White House pastry chef, whips up a pan of fruit and oat bars for the Obama family, and the New York Times shared a recipe for the healthy, energy-packed snack. They also did a nutritional analysis of … More »

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President Obama on The View: Damage Control Central

President Obama will appear on The View this Thursday — he’s the first U.S. president to appear on the show while in office. And there’s some controversy over the reason for and timing of his visit. Most people are assuming that … More »

You Know You’re Unwell If…You Spend $2 Million on Your Wedding

Like the Clintons just might do on Saturday, July 31, 2010. A cool $2 mil is the purported figure that Bill and Hillary are rumored to be spending on Chelsea’s upcoming wedding when the former first daughter and Marc Mezvinsky … More »

You Know You’re Unwell If…You Sacked Shirley Sherrod

Like Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack did this week, because of a cleverly edited video in which Sherrod’s remarks during an NAACP speech earlier this year were deliberately taken out of context. Predictably, the media heard the sound bytes and branded … More »

Should Obama Bypass Senate to Appoint Health Care Official?

President Obama announced yesterday that he will bypass congress to appoint Dr. Donald M. Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The decision, called a “recess appointment”, is going through while senate is in recess, which … More »

Today’s To-Do List: Apologize to BP

Last week, after Rep. Joe Barton apologized to BP for what he called the White House’s “shakedown” of the company, Republicans and Democrats alike couldn’t believe it. But you know what? Maybe there are some things for which we need … More »

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