President Obama orders shave ice in Hawaii while the eastern seaboard recovers from a blizzard.
Nice pants.
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Hooray! Dual FAIL!
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as seen at the UN today, where 140 world leaders are attending the Millennium Development Goals summit — 3 days devoted to ending global poverty, hunger and disease within the next five years.
Yeah, they oughta be able to work that out in 3 days with brainpower like Mahmoud!
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Like a lot of people would like to do, Betty Deuce gives some shady side-eye to Pope Benny, who’s trying to fly away like Sister Bertrille.
Thursday’s confab between the monarch and Ben marks the first ever state visit by a Pope… and from Betty’s expression, the last.
Pope talked about how regrettable all that sex abuse was, and how the church needs to help the victims now. Kinda like trusting BP to clean up the oil.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak breaks into an unexpected two-step in the White House East Room, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks past him.
President Obama, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud “Grumpy” Abbas and King Abdullah II of Jordan briefly applauded, and then they all went into another round of peace talks, followed by a round of pinochle and a deli platter.
Oy, that Hosni, such a kibbitzer!
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Making good on his campaign promise to get the hell out of Iraq, President Obama ordered troops to begin the pullout this week. The day after the above photo was taken (showing Saddam Hussein being yanked out of his spider hole) was the day they should have left. The Iraq war has now cost (those are billions, folks): ###
Iraq War Cost
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face,
tho’ they come from the ends of the earth!
–Rudyard Kipling
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Here’s an interesting video on the subject of time… and how our beliefs about time affect us. From Professor Philip Zimbardo via the Renaissance Society of America. Animation by CognitiveMedia of the UK.
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Pope Benny doesn’t like the raids on priests and high-ranking clergy conducted by Belgian authorities investigating child sex abuse. In a statement, B said he wanted to write to the Bishops there, “at this sad moment,” to express his solidarity “for the surprising and deplorable way in which the searches were conducted.”
Chexy Checked: According to a U.S. Conference of Bishops report, 10,667 people in the US made allegations of child sexual abuse between 1950 and 2002 against 4,392 priests.
Perhaps further investigation should include invitations for tea and scones.
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First Lady of France, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy manages to find the camera as she and her Napoleon-sized husband Nicolas and Prince Chuck find their way to a statue of Charles de Gaulle in London, where they laid a wreath to commemorate de Gaulle’s broadcast to Nazi occupied France on June 17, 1940, in which he declared himself the leader of the “Free French,” which went on play a key role in defeating the Germans.
The full text of de Gaulle’s speech is inscribed in a plaque on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris:
- “The leaders who, for many years, have been at the head of the French armies have formed a government. This government, alleging the defeat of our armies, has made contact with the enemy in order to stop the fighting. It is true, we were, we are, overwhelmed by the mechanical, ground and air forces of the enemy. Infinitely more than their number, it is the tanks, the airplanes, the tactics of the Germans which are causing us to retreat. It was the tanks, the airplanes, the tactics of the Germans that surprised our leaders to the point of bringing them to where they are today.
- But has the last word been said? Must hope disappear? Is defeat final? No!
- Believe me, I who am speaking to you with full knowledge of the facts, and who tell you that nothing is lost for France. The same means that overcame us can bring us victory one day. For France is not alone! She is not alone! She is not alone! She has a vast Empire behind her. She can align with the British Empire that holds the sea and continues the fight. She can, like England, use without limit the immense industry of the United States.
- This war is not limited to the unfortunate territory of our country. This war is not over as a result of the Battle of France. This war is a worldwide war. All the mistakes, all the delays, all the suffering, do not alter the fact that there are, in the world, all the means necessary to crush our enemies one day. Vanquished today by mechanical force, in the future we will be able to overcome by a superior mechanical force. The fate of the world depends on it.
- I, General de Gaulle, currently in London, invite the officers and the French soldiers who are located in British territory or who might end up here, with their weapons or without their weapons, I invite the engineers and the specialized workers of the armament industries who are located in British territory or who might end up here, to put themselves in contact with me.
- Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on the radio from London.”
France was occupied by the Germans for over four years. Paris was liberated August 25, 1944.
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