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Archives for April 2015

The $31 million week: big for Ted Cruz, but also for his super PAC donors [not satire!]

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By Mark Trumbull, Staff writer, April 11, 2015, The Chrisitian Science Monitor Mega-donors aren’t just cutting big checks. Some of them want to take an active role in how their political investments are spent. What's not clear is how much the public will ever know about it.  WASHINGTON — That's a lot of money in a hurry. In a surprise surge, groups aligned with Republican … [Read more...] about The $31 million week: big for Ted Cruz, but also for his super PAC donors [not satire!]

Heinous Waste of Money Officially Begins [satire!]

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By Andy Borowitz, APRIL 11, 2015, The New Yorker WASHINGTON—The two major political parties’ unconscionable waste of money officially commences this weekend, as Democrats and Republicans will soon begin spending an estimated five billion dollars of their corporate puppet masters’ assets in an unquenchable pursuit of power. The billions, which could be spent rebuilding the … [Read more...] about Heinous Waste of Money Officially Begins [satire!]

Obama, Castro Sit For Historic Meeting At Americas Summit

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SCOTT NEUMAN, APRIL 11, 2015, NPR   President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro today moved an important step closer to normalizing relations between their nations after decades of Cold War rival animosity, sitting down for the first substantive meeting in more than 50 years between leaders of the two countries. Obama and Castro shook hands and exchanged … [Read more...] about Obama, Castro Sit For Historic Meeting At Americas Summit

In the Middle East, our enemy’s enemy must be our friend

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Patrick Cockburn. Sunday 12 April 2015, The Independent (UK) World View: Al-Qaeda-type movements are gaining land and power, and there is only one way to stop them. The ghost of Osama bin Laden will have been chuckling this month as he watches the movements he inspired conquer swathes of the Middle East. He will be particularly gratified to see fighters from … [Read more...] about In the Middle East, our enemy’s enemy must be our friend

Obama to Netanyahu on Iran nuclear deal: What is your alternative?

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By REUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF , 04/12/2015 Obama warned Republican lawmakers not to "prejudge" the agreement or "try to use a procedural argument essentially to screw up the possibility of a deal." President Barack Obama responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's skepticism regarding the recent nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, suggesting that the … [Read more...] about Obama to Netanyahu on Iran nuclear deal: What is your alternative?

Chauvinism, partisan politics and a king’s wishes

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By Sheriff Folarin on Apr 12, 2015  (Posted under Opinion), National Mirror (Nigeria)  In a land prone to schism and where diverse peoples exhibit fissiparous tendencies and propensity for going after each other’s jugular, words are capable of fanning conflagration. It can particularly be more volatile when there are high political stakes polarized along primordial … [Read more...] about Chauvinism, partisan politics and a king’s wishes

Lessons From Lee Kuan Yew

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By the Editor on April 12, 2015, The Guardian (Nigeria) WITH elections over and new leaders about to take office in Nigeria, the exemplary leadership of Lee Kuan Yew is a good template for the in-coming class. That Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew who passed on the other day was an architect and builder rolled into one is an incontrovertible fact. The story of a … [Read more...] about Lessons From Lee Kuan Yew