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Obama Tries to Win Back Support of Women Voters on 'The View'
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Anonymous writes "President Obama to Take in a Different 'View' With Talk Show Visit.
By KAREN TRAVERS ABC NEWS
Unlike most guests who come to ABC's "The View," President Obama does not have a new movie, album or reality show to promote.
Instead, he's promoting himself and his agenda, sitting in the hot seat of the daytime talk show in an effort, once again, to go beyond the traditional media filter and speak directly to the American people, especially women.
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Le français est une langue inutile, selon un ancien ministre anglais
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Anonymous writes "Chris Bryant, ancien secrétaire d'Etat aux Affaires européennes, a qualifié la langue française d'"inutile". Il s'est justifié mercredi en expliquant que le chinois et l'arabe étaient selon lui des langues plus importantes aujourd'hui.
"Honni soit qui mal y pense" ! La devise de la monarchie britannique, en français dans le texte, pourrait faire figure de rappel à l'ordre pour un ancien ministre britannique, qui a qualifié la langue française d'"inutile". Damned ! Encore un coup porté à l'entente cordiale entre la France et la perfide Albion !
Chris Bryant, secrétaire d'Etat britannique aux Affaires européennes sous le gouvernement travailliste de Gordon Brown, désormais dans l'opposition, avait minimisé devant le Parlement mardi l'importance du français. "Si trop peu de gens parlent des langues étrangères modernes -et pas seulement des langues étrangères modernes inutiles comme le français-," le Royaume Uni pourrait souffrir sur la scène internationale, avait-il déclaré, cité par le quotidien britannique Daily Telegraph. Ces propos ont déclenché une vive réaction des Conservateurs, qui ont estimé qu'il "insultait" les voisins du Royaume Uni, selon le journal.
Mais Chris Bryant a justifié son observation mercredi : "Ce que je voulais dire, c'était que le français n'est plus la langue de la diplomatie ou des affaires, et que nous, au Royaume Uni, nous sommes mauvais pour apprendre les langues étrangères modernes". "C'est pour cela que je poussais le gouvernement à encourager les gens à apprendre le mandarin, l'espagnol et l'arabe, qui sont parlés dans des pays à forte croissance économique". A noter que le français, qui reste une langue officielle dans plusieurs institutions internationales, est la langue la plus enseignée dans les écoles britanniques, suivi de l'espagnol. L'enseignement du chinois a cependant beaucoup progressé ces dernières années.
Chris Bryant a finalement déclaré qu'il parlait lui-même français et espagnol. Ce qui est tout à son honneur et ce qui est utile lorsque l'on a été secrétaire d'Etat aux Affaires européennes... "
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Posted by Rodney on Wednesday, June 16 @ 23:35:28 CDT (12 reads)
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Raised to Hate: Kids of Westboro Baptist Church
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Anonymous writes "Coached by His Dad, 7-Year-Old Says 'Gays, Fags, Hundreds ... of Jews' Are Bound for Hell
By GLENN RUPPEL, KELSEY MYERS and EAMON MCNIFF
June 4, 2010—
Boaz Drain, a seven-year-old from Topeka, Kan., and his six-year-old sister Faith are the picture of typical American children, chock full of energy, fun and imagination. They watch movies like "Shrek" and enjoy playing with the standards like "Star Wars" light sabers and ray guns.
Yet ABC News' Chris Cuomo was shocked to hear some of the things Bo told him when he visited the Drain family recently.
"I don't think you'll go to heaven, I think you'll go to hell," Bo told Cuomo, adding those who were destined for eternal damnation included "gays, fags, hundreds and hundreds of Jews," among a wide swath of other people that Bo has been taught since birth were hated by God and bound for Hell.
Watch the video"
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Arab Woman Crowned 2010 Miss USA in Las Vegas
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Anonymous writes "
A 24-year-old woman from Michigan recovered after nearly stumbling in her evening gown and beat out 50 other women to take the 2010 Miss USA title on Sunday.
Rima Fakih of Dearborn, Mich., won the pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip after swimsuit, evening gown and interview competitions.
When asked how she felt about winning the crown, she said, "Ask me after I've had a pizza."
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Saving Lives in the Checkout Line
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Anonymous writes "Grocery Store Customer Donates Kidney to Cashier He Barely Knew
Dan Coyne of Evanston, Ill., takes customer loyalty to a new level. A customer at the same grocery store for 18 years, Coyne donated his kidney to a cashier he barely knew.
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Pa. Woman Sues Pressley Ridge CEO for Alleged Sex Assault, Hypnosis on his couch
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Anonymous writes "Former Pressley Ridge Employee Claims She Was Assaulted, Then Fired in Retaliation
By SARAH NETTER ABC NEWS
"I kept thinking this can't be. He's my friend," Patroski said today. "Friends don't molest friends. They just don't."
A Pennsylvania woman has filed suit against the CEO of a non-profit children's therapy services company, alleging that he sexually assaulted her during hypnosis sessions on his "magic couch" and then fired her in retaliation for speaking out.
Susan Patroski is seeking $5 million in damages for what she claimed were repeated sexual assaults between December 2008 and December 2009, during what, she said, Pressley Ridge CEO B. Scott Finnell described as employee-mandated relaxation sessions.
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do ... for Men
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Anonymous writes "Men More Affected than Woman by Ups and Downs of Relationships
Guys Take it Harder, Turn to Drugs and Alcohol
By COURTNEY HUTCHISON
Jun. 11, 2010
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House Votes to Repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' as Vote Nears in Senate
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Anonymous writes "The House of Representatives has voted by a 234-194 margin to repeal the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy toward gays in the military.
"I know that our military draws its strength on the integrity of our unified force, and current law challenges this integrity by creating two realities within the ranks," said Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif., of the 1993 policy that President Obama and other Democrats favor changing.
Many Republicans oppose the change.
"This is devastating to the war fighters and the combat infantrymen," Rep. John Shimkus, R-Illinois, a former Army Ranger, said as the House debated the measure."
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Muslim-American Soldier Claims Harassment in the Army
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Fort Hood Soldier Zachari Klawonn Says Discrimination Got Worse After Nidal Hasan's Attack
By BRADLEY BLACKBURN and MARGARET ARO
Army Spc. Zachari Klawonn is exactly the kind of soldier the military says it needs. He's the son of Kansas-born father and a Moroccan mother, raised as a Muslim and able to speak Arabic. He's been recognized for his exemplary performance in the Army, and his commanders even identified him as a candidate for Special Forces selection, a road to joining the elite Army unit.
"I really do think he's the best soldier in our battalion, hands down," said Spc. Arnold Mendez, a friend of Klawonn's.
"Anytime somebody tells him what he can do, he does it," said another friend, Spc. Daniel Arndt.
Klawonn, 20, has earned the praise of his fellow soldiers and his commanders, but he said there are others in the military who have offered nothing but abuse. Since he enlisted, Klawonn has perceived a pattern of harassment for his religious beliefs -- name calling, threats and worse from both his peers and from officers. The abuse has felt so severe, Klawonn has questioned whether he can endure.
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Russians Give Message to U.S. Generals in Afghanistan: Bribe the Taliban
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Anonymous writes "Minutes of Secret Meeting Between Russian Veterans and Gen. Stanley McChrystal Also Say 'More Troops Won't Make A Difference'
Two Russian veterans of the Soviet Afghan war privately warned Gen. Stanley McChrystal last summer that the key to winning the war would be to pay off the Taliban. The official who wrote up a summary of two meetings between the Russians and U.S. military commanders also wrote that one of the "key take-aways" from the meetings was that extra troops were not the key to victory."
Note:
Key Take-Aways:
1. Taliban is an idea; it can only be fought with another idea
2. More troops won't make a difference. The Russians entered with 3 x divisions and as "things escalated" wound up with 120,000 in country, plus at least equal that number in the neighboring Soviet Republics.
3. They decided to call it quits because the Afghans wouldn't take responsibility for their own country a full five years before the actual withdrawal -and thus bled for five years more than they needed to!
4. They failed for three reasons: (i) Afghanistan's nature/character; (ii) the civilian casualties their "stray bullets" caused (Soviet tire discipline and mitigation efforts have never been known to be particularly robust); their attempt to rebuild Afghanistan in their own image.
5. The Coalition is better postured to win than they were -the Coalition has international support -the Soviets did not. That said, they had a 60+ ycar effort to build thc economy and functioning institutions. "Before the (April 1979) Revolution we were addressed as "Mister"; after that we were called "Ratik" (comrade); five years later we were called "Dushmans" (bandits).
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