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02 Sep 2010 10:42

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World: Benny Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas chillin’, hanging out

Awww, they look soooooo cute together! These guys look like they’ve been buddies all their lives. Too bad that’s not actually true. source
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01 Sep 2010 12:06

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World: Barack Obama: Kicker of asses and taker of names

  • There is no Plan B. Obama is Plan B.
  • Amjad Atallah, co-director of the New America’s Middle Eastern Task Force • Regarding the precarious nature of the upcoming peace talks, initiated by Obama, between Israeli and Palestinian leaders. We really hope, by the way, that this quote resurfaces ten years from now in an action movie about the Obama presidency. source
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25 Aug 2010 10:32

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World: Jimmy Carter’s in North Korea, following in Bill Clinton’s footsteps

Something tells us that Jimmy Carter is not the master negotiator that Bill Clinton was when he went to North Korea last year. source
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22 Jul 2010 19:39

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World: Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina play a part in Hugo Chavez story

  • cause Colombia claimed that Venezuela had turned into a haven for rebels and guerrillas under Hugo Chavez, a charge that Chavez denies.
  • reaction Chavez severed diplomatic ties with Colombia –  while hanging out with Argentinian soccer legend Maradona. WTF? source
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18 Jul 2010 09:38

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World: Hillary Clinton’s in Pakistan, and she has money for them

  • $7.5
    billion     set aside for Pakistan in a development deal approved by Congress last fall
  • $500
    million     amount that Clinton is ready to offer the Afghan War outliers – the first product of the five-year plan source
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01 Jul 2010 10:23

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World: Cuban cause celebré Elian Gonzalez: Thanks for the help, America!

  • Thanks to the help of a big part of the American people and of our people, today I’m with my father, and that is everything.
  • Elian Gonzalez • Looking back on that crazy raid that defined U.S./Cuba diplomatic relations about a decade ago. Seriously, it holds a place next to the Terri Schiavo case in terms of complete worse-than-it-needed-to-be theatrics. Gonzalez, now 16, is studying to become a Cuban military officer. Julius was considering a similar career path, except he doesn’t live in a communist regime. source
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12 Jun 2010 16:46

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World: World Cup game yet another bone for South Korea to pick

  • yes North Korea aired last night’s World Cup opening game on a local broadcaster … It wasn’t live.
  • no They legally did not have the right to air the game; a South Korean broadcaster had the rights. source
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31 May 2010 21:30

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Politics: For some reason, Obama not ready to throw Israel under the bus

  • The President expressed deep regret at the loss of life in today’s incident, and concern for the wounded, many of whom are being treated in Israeli hospitals. The President also expressed the importance of learning all the facts and circumstances around this morning’s tragic events as soon as possible.
  • A statement from the White House • Regarding today’s insane flotilla situation in Israel. Obama has to respect the diplomatically-important relationship with Israel, but it’s kinda tough because they keep doing stupid crap like killing humanitarians. There are a lot of sides to this story, so it’s good to take them all in, but it’s clear that Israel had to get on that boat somehow. They weren’t there for tea and strumpets. They weren’t there to show off their new iPads. They weren’t there to give high-fives to the hundreds of people on board that boat. Even if the ship had weapons and the humanitarians were ready for a fight, it wasn’t like they were about to invade Gaza, either. Why not scold Israel, Obama, and tell them they screwed up? Because they clearly screwed up. source
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25 May 2010 11:16

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World: Twitter worries about North Korea’s latest cage-rattling move



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23 May 2010 20:53

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World: Also not “Lost”: Using captured hikers, Iran wants to barter with U.S.

  • Iran wants their diplomats back! The fate of hikers Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal has been under question for months, after they were detained last summer for crossing into the country. While they got to meet with their collective mothers last week, they’re still in custody and have been denied access to their lawyer repeatedly. Hillary Clinton has been calling for their release, too, and Iran may be willing to do a prisoner swap to get back some Iranian diplomats held in Iraq. We’ll believe it when we see it. source
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