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28 Jun 2009 11:30

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World: Just this morning, Jose Manuel Zelaya didn’t see a coup coming

  • Everything was in place for the coup and if the U.S. embassy had approved it, it would have happened. But they did not … I’m only still here in office thanks to the United States.
  • (Uh, former) Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya • Quoted this morning in Spain’s El Pais as saying he would not in fact, be couped. Way to speak too soon. Zelaya tried to put in a referendum which the country’s Supreme Court decided was unconstitutional. He said he was going to do it anyway. He had completely noble reasons for the non-binding referendum, he said, which would have encouraged a constitutional referendum at the same time as the 2010 elections to allow for future presidents to be re-elected. Instead, he’s been put into exile. • source
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28 Jun 2009 11:20

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World: Honduras’ president, Jose Manuel Zelaya, just got couped today

He tried to put a referendum on a second referendum to allow for re-election of presidents. Instead, he got arrested by the military. source
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27 Jun 2009 12:39

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Politics, U.S.: A handy guide to GOP presidential wannabes-turned-also-rans

  • Now, their latest hope, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, is bummin’ thanks to an Argentinean ladyfriend. Ouch. source
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25 Jun 2009 11:07

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World: Why Italian president Silvio Berlusconi shouldn’t own TV stations

  • Berlusconi has been under increased scrutiny lately due to puported ties to prostitution and wild romps with call girls young enough to be his grandkids. source
  • Berlusconi also owns the country’s three largest commercial television networks. And, strangely enough, they’ve all given him a pass during the scandal. Hmm. source
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23 Jun 2009 21:42

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U.S.: You mean our president can’t smoke his way through a stressful job?

  • 95% of Obama doesn’t smoke; the other 5% doesn’t inhale source
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23 Jun 2009 21:29

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U.S., World: Looking for Obama to be more forceful? Get ready to be pushed

  • I strongly condemn these unjust actions, and I join with the American people in mourning each and every innocent life that is lost.
  • President Barack Obama • In a speech about the Iran conflict where he specifically took the response to the protests to task. Dude has been feeling the pressure about not getting too involved in Iran’s political struggle, despite Iran complaining saying he is. Obama has noted that he’s trying not to give the country an excuse that the U.S. was somehow at fault. Feeling forced yet? • source
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20 Jun 2009 22:23

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U.S., World: Obama’s quoting MLK in support of Iran protests

  • Martin Luther King once said, ‘The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.’ I believe that. The international community believes that. And right now, we are bearing witness to the Iranian people’s belief in that truth, and we will continue to bear witness.
  • President Barack Obama • Speaking on the Iranian protests. Taking a different turn from the guarded language he had previously been using to describe the conflict, he’s now actively encouraging the protests by Iranians. Which, of course, should make Iranian leadership happy. • source
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20 Jun 2009 18:00

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Culture, U.S.: Barack Obama gets mad props from supernerd John Hodgman

  • John Hodgman is our hero. Between “The Areas of My Expertise,” “The Daily Show” and the “I’m A Mac” commercials, Hodgman has lots of nerd cred. So the fact that he calls Barack Obama the “nerd president” in this Radio & TV Correspondents’ Dinner speech is awesome and significant.source
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20 Jun 2009 15:15

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U.S.: Obama dares us to be better dads. But what if we don’t have kids?

  • We need to step out of our own heads and tune in. We need to turn off the television and start talking with our kids, and listening to them, and understanding what’s going on in their lives.
  • Barack Obama • On the occasion of Father’s Day, discussing what fathers should do to be better parents. Obama, of course, famously didn’t know his father very well, and says he wants to be a better father than that. “It was only later in life that I found out that he actually led a very tragic life,” he noted. “And in that sense, it was the myth that I was chasing as opposed to knowing who he really was.” • source
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18 Jun 2009 19:55

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U.S., World: Jews in Israel think Obama hates them for some reason

  • 6% think that Obama is pro-them, that he wouldn’t have them on his kickball team source
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