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POPSTransparency and Openness, finally: THE GOP & OBAMA Q&A SHOW In response to readers: Yes, we got to see how thin-skinned and peevish he is in a sustained engagement/non-engagement with Republicans. That’s a good thing, isn’t it? Best takeaway, lecture-y line from Obama: “We’ve got to be careful about what we say about each other.” Says the man whose operatives have smeared conservatives and Tea Party activists as racists, terrorists, and Neanderthals non-stop over the last year…
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POPSMalaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad Under him UMNO, it was joked, came to stand for “Under Mahathir No Opposition”. He fought all the most important constraints on his power: the traditional monarchs, the sultans; the judiciary; the press, both foreign and domestic; and successive protégés and anointed successors. They included not just Anwar Ibrahim, jailed and beaten up, but his actual successor, Abdullah Badawi, against whom he railed in his blog, having the satisfaction of seeing him unseated last year.
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POPSThe Destabilization of Haiti: February 29, 2004 The self-proclaimed Front pour la Libération et la reconstruction nationale (FLRN) (National Liberation and Reconstruction Front) is led by Guy Philippe, a former member of the Haitian Armed Forces and Police Chief. Philippe had been trained during the 1991 coup years by US Special Forces in Ecuador, together with a dozen other Haitian Army officers. (See Juan Gonzalez, New York Daily News, 24 February 2004).
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POPSHarry Reid's in Hot Water. But What About "Teflon Bill" Clinton Former President Clinton’s comments about Barack Obama were far more harsh than Harry Reid’s, but he’s gotten away with it—so far. Bill's gone to Haiti: once again, if he said it, he will "get away with it." more Blacks went to prison under Clinton and he also signed NAFTA. The loss of jobs affected Blacks disproportionally A few reasons why Clinton did not get my vote in '96.
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POPSVatican accuses Italians of racism after southern riots
Angry immigrants burned cars and shop windows. Locals retaliated by beating them with bars, trying to run them over and setting up barricades. In an editorial entitled "Italians and Racism", L'Osservatore Romano said: "For once, the press is not exaggerating... We have never excelled in our sense of openness, we Italians, from the north to the south. "The American example has been futile: Obama-mania has taken hold from politics to art, from style to language, but has not breached the gap in showing the value of bringing different races together," the paper said. L'Osservatore Romano traced the history of racism in Italy back to the country's colonial past and the Fascist era under Mussolini, and criticised the racist abuse hurled at black football players by Italian fans. On Monday, around 2,000 people staged an anti-racism march in Rosarno, saying that locals and African migrant workers had lived together peaceably for 20 years and blaming the authorities for failing to p
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POPSYuri Gagarin death mystery solved after 40 years But after studying hundreds of documents relating to the incident, Col Kuznetsov has concluded that an air vent in the cockpit was left partially open. He said Gagarin and his co-pilot realised the cockpit was not hermetically sealed as they were approaching 10,000ft and took emergency action to descend to a safer altitude. But according to Col Kuznetsov, the two men dived far too quickly and lost consciousness as a result – the plane then ploughed into a forest killing Gagarin and his trainer, Vladimir Seryogin, instantly. Medical knowledge at the time meant the pilots would not have known it was dangerous to descend at such speed. This part-open vent triggered the entire sequence of events that followed. These new facts need to be checked independently and by a government commission. Or even by foreign specialists.
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POPSChina vs. Disney: The Battle for Mulan China is moving to take back one of its own — even if it is legend. Mulan is the Middle Kingdom's gender-bending heroine, its Joan of Arc. The character from folktale is a daughter who disguises herself as a male soldier to take her father's place in the conscription army. The problem for the Chinese is that, since 1998, the definitive version of the story has been Disney's.
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POPSAttack on Ft. Hood, Nov. 5th Guy Fawkes Day Interesting timing: "Remember, remember the 5th of November" . Psy-op staged? Virginia Tech graduate? What exactly was this conspiracy to kill all about? Growing list of direct news sources with some commentary at CLG, which military and government sites are reading avidly. Surveillance video of suspect before shooting here.
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POPSPop Singer Michael Jackson Returns in "This Is It" - Michael Jackson returned to the stage Thursday after eight years marked by more scandal than music-making and told a crowd of screaming fans that he would play a series of London concerts before retiring from public performance. Wearing his trademark sunglasses and a silver-embroidered black military-style jacket, he said the series of shows in July will be his “final curtain call.” Jackson appeared at the 02 Arena — where the concerts will be staged — to announce the gigs.
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POPS'Balloon boy' incident was hoax, sheriff says I knew it all along. Hope they have to pay back thousands and thousands for what it cost everybody in time and money. Air fuel alone for planes monitoring situation will be over 50 grand. Well they wanted the limelight, now they got it.....in spades...lol I don't feel sorry one bit. Whole nation was worried for that boy. Whats next.....boy accidentally gargles with drano
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