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In back-to-back speeches, President Obama and former vice president Dick Cheney faced off yesterday, both forcefully presenting their sharply different views on how to keep America safe from terrorism, the effectiveness of harsh interrogations, and whether the 240 Guantanamo Bay detainees pose an imminent danger if brought to American soil.
Obama said he is trying to clean up the "mess" he inherited from the Bush-Cheney administration and stressed the need to uphold American values, repeatedly noting the setting for his speech - the august National Archives, which houses the original Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. … More at The Boston Globe
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Friday, May 22, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Multicultural Blogs & Twitter Tweets - update
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transatlantic daily NEWS "International Stuff" [introduction]
South Asian Comedy ▪ Comedian-in-Chief ▪ Pope in Middle East ▪ Antitrust Fining
Financial Euphoria ▪ Israel Pilgrimage ▪ Fiat & Chrysler ▪ Frontier Land
No Premature Exaltation (Huffpost) ▪ Paige Hamilton (Twitter) ▪ Auto Fluff ▪ Trinkets
Vatican & Palestinians ▪ Torture Photos ▪ Cheney & Holder ▪ Russian Regime
Pope & Netanyahu ▪ US Drug War ▪ Tribunals & Methods ▪ Pelosi Cheney
Pope’s Israel Trip Success ▪ Drug Issue ▪ Exhortation ▪ Living & Eating
Eurovision Moscow ▪ Obama’s Posture ▪ US Economy Impacts ▪ Philosophy
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transatlantic daily NEWS "International Stuff" [introduction]
South Asian Comedy ▪ Comedian-in-Chief ▪ Pope in Middle East ▪ Antitrust Fining
Financial Euphoria ▪ Israel Pilgrimage ▪ Fiat & Chrysler ▪ Frontier Land
No Premature Exaltation (Huffpost) ▪ Paige Hamilton (Twitter) ▪ Auto Fluff ▪ Trinkets
Vatican & Palestinians ▪ Torture Photos ▪ Cheney & Holder ▪ Russian Regime
Pope & Netanyahu ▪ US Drug War ▪ Tribunals & Methods ▪ Pelosi Cheney
Pope’s Israel Trip Success ▪ Drug Issue ▪ Exhortation ▪ Living & Eating
Eurovision Moscow ▪ Obama’s Posture ▪ US Economy Impacts ▪ Philosophy
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Friday, May 15, 2009
How to end the disastrous US "Drug War"? [Huffington Post]
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When it comes to addressing America's disastrous war on drugs, the Obama administration appears to be moving in the right direction -- albeit very, very cautiously.
On the rhetorical front, all the president's men are saying the right things.
In his first interview since being confirmed, Obama's new drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, said that we need to stop looking at our drug problem as a war. "Regardless of how you try to explain to people it's a 'war on drugs' or a 'war on product'," he told the Wall Street Journal, "people see war as a war on them. We're not at war with people in this country." … More >> Arianna Huffington, Huffpost
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When it comes to addressing America's disastrous war on drugs, the Obama administration appears to be moving in the right direction -- albeit very, very cautiously.
On the rhetorical front, all the president's men are saying the right things.
In his first interview since being confirmed, Obama's new drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, said that we need to stop looking at our drug problem as a war. "Regardless of how you try to explain to people it's a 'war on drugs' or a 'war on product'," he told the Wall Street Journal, "people see war as a war on them. We're not at war with people in this country." … More >> Arianna Huffington, Huffpost
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Multicultural Blogs & Twitter Tweets - update
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transatlantic daily NEWS "International Stuff" [introduction]
Japanese Art ▪ Donation ▪ Monkeys ▪ Juno ▪ South Africa ▪ Smokey Mountains
National Interest ▪ Mary Katharine Ham ▪ C. Matthews ▪ Caricaturing ▪ S. Berlusconi
Eastern Partnership (EU) ▪ Merger Porsche & VW ▪ Circumstances ▪ Freedom
USA & Afghanistan\Pakistan ▪ Prague’s Eastern Plan ▪ Madonna’s Luridness
Prague: Embarrassing EU Absences List ▪ Amman: Pope’s Middle East Pilgrimage
Nation’s Stand-Up-in-Chief ▪ Volunteering ▪ Georgian Protests ▪ Notorious
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transatlantic daily NEWS "International Stuff" [introduction]
Japanese Art ▪ Donation ▪ Monkeys ▪ Juno ▪ South Africa ▪ Smokey Mountains
National Interest ▪ Mary Katharine Ham ▪ C. Matthews ▪ Caricaturing ▪ S. Berlusconi
Eastern Partnership (EU) ▪ Merger Porsche & VW ▪ Circumstances ▪ Freedom
USA & Afghanistan\Pakistan ▪ Prague’s Eastern Plan ▪ Madonna’s Luridness
Prague: Embarrassing EU Absences List ▪ Amman: Pope’s Middle East Pilgrimage
Nation’s Stand-Up-in-Chief ▪ Volunteering ▪ Georgian Protests ▪ Notorious
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Friday, May 8, 2009
EU launched Eastern Partnership plan in Prague
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the only Western European leader, attended the talks
The European Union has just launched a new Eastern Partnership plan with six former Soviet states. However, Russia has already voiced its concern over the plan, which it sees as the EU encroaching on its territory.
The plan was launched in the Czech capital Prague on May 7 after being signed by representatives of the EU, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The main goal of the partnership was to "accelerate political association and further economic integration" between the EU and the former Soviet nations, the participants said in an agreed summit statement... Deutsche Welle
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the only Western European leader, attended the talks
The European Union has just launched a new Eastern Partnership plan with six former Soviet states. However, Russia has already voiced its concern over the plan, which it sees as the EU encroaching on its territory.
The plan was launched in the Czech capital Prague on May 7 after being signed by representatives of the EU, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The main goal of the partnership was to "accelerate political association and further economic integration" between the EU and the former Soviet nations, the participants said in an agreed summit statement... Deutsche Welle
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Sunday, May 3, 2009
Multicultural Blogs & Twitter Tweets - update
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transatlantic daily NEWS "International Stuff" [introduction]
GM Pontiac ▪ Cybercrime ▪ Internet Gangs ▪ Pirate Look ▪ Fiber Floozies
Transparency ▪ Good & Bad ~ HuffPost ▪ Rod Blagojevich ▪ Sanjaya ▪ Ideas
R&D Stem Cells ~ Curing Blindness ▪ Exchange Floor ~ Prison Yard
Ali∙Bell ~ Fashion Design ▪ Car Market ▪ Flu Hysteria ▪ Birds ▪ Hawaii
Bankers ~ Beltway Royalty ▪ Twitter Retention ~ Teri Beau ▪ Explosive Combination
HuffPost’s Beltway Royalty ▪ Cuisine ~ Marie-Claude Lortie ▪ Bhutan & Rajastan
Esteem ▪ Bhutan ▪ Horticulture & Sackler ▪ Japanese Art ▪ Cosimo Cavallaro
Supplementary on the INTERNATIONAL HAPLIFNET [WordPress]
Why Are Bankers Still Being Treated As Beltway Royalty?
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transatlantic daily NEWS "International Stuff" [introduction]
GM Pontiac ▪ Cybercrime ▪ Internet Gangs ▪ Pirate Look ▪ Fiber Floozies
Transparency ▪ Good & Bad ~ HuffPost ▪ Rod Blagojevich ▪ Sanjaya ▪ Ideas
R&D Stem Cells ~ Curing Blindness ▪ Exchange Floor ~ Prison Yard
Ali∙Bell ~ Fashion Design ▪ Car Market ▪ Flu Hysteria ▪ Birds ▪ Hawaii
Bankers ~ Beltway Royalty ▪ Twitter Retention ~ Teri Beau ▪ Explosive Combination
HuffPost’s Beltway Royalty ▪ Cuisine ~ Marie-Claude Lortie ▪ Bhutan & Rajastan
Esteem ▪ Bhutan ▪ Horticulture & Sackler ▪ Japanese Art ▪ Cosimo Cavallaro
Supplementary on the INTERNATIONAL HAPLIFNET [WordPress]
Why Are Bankers Still Being Treated As Beltway Royalty?
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Friday, May 1, 2009
La cuisine de rue (street food) - une anomalie?
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Manger dans la rue, c'est justement regarder ce qui s'y passe dans cette rue, c'est l'habiter avec les autres. Souvent, attendre en file pour un falafel ou des marrons chauds est en soi une expérience.
Et c'est vrai que l'on soit à New York devant un marchand de hot-dogs ou un bar à gruau, à Paris où les marchands de crêpes au Nutella embaument la rue ou à Salvador au Brésil, où des dames tout habillées de blanc apportent carrément leur réchaud et leur marmite sur le trottoir pour faire frire leurs acaraje, ces boulettes de pâte de haricot frites que l'on sert garnies de crevettes séchées, condiments aux noix d'acajou et autres garnitures au choix.
Otak-otak singapourien (poisson cuit dans une feuille de bananier), tamales péruviens, fish and chips britanniques... Jadis, même les pâtes, les maccheroni, étaient mangées dans la rue à Naples.
La cuisine de rue, la «street food», ce n'est pas une anomalie, un danger pour la santé publique, c'est tout un pan de la gastronomie du monde entier... sauf à Montréal. Extrait, Marie-Claude Lortie, À vos casseroles, citoyens
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Manger dans la rue, c'est justement regarder ce qui s'y passe dans cette rue, c'est l'habiter avec les autres. Souvent, attendre en file pour un falafel ou des marrons chauds est en soi une expérience.
Et c'est vrai que l'on soit à New York devant un marchand de hot-dogs ou un bar à gruau, à Paris où les marchands de crêpes au Nutella embaument la rue ou à Salvador au Brésil, où des dames tout habillées de blanc apportent carrément leur réchaud et leur marmite sur le trottoir pour faire frire leurs acaraje, ces boulettes de pâte de haricot frites que l'on sert garnies de crevettes séchées, condiments aux noix d'acajou et autres garnitures au choix.
Otak-otak singapourien (poisson cuit dans une feuille de bananier), tamales péruviens, fish and chips britanniques... Jadis, même les pâtes, les maccheroni, étaient mangées dans la rue à Naples.
La cuisine de rue, la «street food», ce n'est pas une anomalie, un danger pour la santé publique, c'est tout un pan de la gastronomie du monde entier... sauf à Montréal. Extrait, Marie-Claude Lortie, À vos casseroles, citoyens
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