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• Obama’s swelling ego

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  Obama’s swelling ego By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist | November 14, 2009 PRESIDENT OBAMA was too busy to attend the celebrations in Germany this week marking the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago. But he did appear by video, delivering a few brief and bloodless remarks about how the wall was “a painful barrier ...
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• john hoeffel, latimes: AMA jumps into medical cannabis fray (2058)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 129
  Medical marijuana gets a boost from major doctors group The American Medical Assn. changes its policy to promote clinical research and development of cannabis-based medicines and alternative delivery methods. By John Hoeffel November 11, 2009 The American Medical Assn. on Tuesday urged the federal ...
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• Obama Stumbles Again (video of Barry speaking sans teleprompter alert)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  Barack Obama: you can dress him up, but you cant take him out. Every time he goes abroad, he embarrasses himself and sells out his country. In Japan today, Obama gave a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama. He was asked this question, for which he was unaccountably unprepared: "And to President ...
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• Barack Obama risks Suez-like disaster in Afghanistan, says key military adviser

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 605
  A key adviser to Nato forces warned today that Barack Obama risks a Suez-style debacle in Afghanistan if he fails to deploy enough extra troops and opts instead for a messy compromise. David Kilcullen , one of the worlds leading authorities on counter-insurgency and an adviser to the British ...
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• Barack Obama: First Pacific President? Not exactly.

  
  Swampland — Authority: 739
  SingaporeThis phrase, "first Pacific president," is everywhere here among President Obamas senior staff. In Tokyo yesterday, Obama used it himself:As Americas first Pacific President, I promise you that this Pacific nation will strengthen and sustain our leadership in this vitally important part of the world.It is ...
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• Meet the New Boss

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 583
  From Nick P. at Black Sun Gazette We’re almost a full year into the Obama regime, and over a year past his election. There is significant disconnect between the rhetoric and the reality. I was widely pilloried for not joining in the choruses of “hope and change.” While I acknowledge that most Americans voting ...
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• China’s Role as U.S. Lender Alters Dynamics for Obama

  
  Joejolly's Weblog — Authority: 131
  The New York Times Asia Pacific By HELENE COOPER, MICHAEL WINES and DAVID E. SANGER Published: November 14, 2009 This article is by Helene Cooper, Michael Wines and David E. Sanger. When President Obama visits China for the first time on Sunday, he will, in many ways, be assuming the role of profligate ...
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• On Pacific Trip Obama "Commits" to Asia. Really!

  
  Doug Ross @ Journal — Authority: 718
  Not ready to lead? Dan from New York provides the color commentary:Singapore Prime Minister Lee greets his new Chinese assistant.The White House denies this photo shows President Obama bowing to Japanese Emperor.
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• Czechs mark 20 anniversary of Velvet Revolution

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Prague, Nov 15 (DPA) Former Czech president Vaclav Havel opened festivities in Prague celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, which toppled the communist regime in 1989.Lou Reed, Suzanne Vega and Joan Baez performed at the concert, on Havel’s request Saturday. Revellers also watched video messages ...
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• Illinois jail lined up to hold Guantánamo detainees

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Super-maximum facility backed by state governor but would need approval of Congress A significant number of the remaining 215 inmates of Guantánamo Bay could be transferred to a maximum-security prison in rural Illinois, according to a source in President Barack Obamas administration. The source described the ...
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• Chinas role on world stage is no cause for alarm, says Obama

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Barack Obama introduced himself as Americas "first Pacific president" as he launched his four-nation tour of the region, vowing to deepen ties with Asia and arguing that Chinas rise should be welcomed rather than feared. Kicking off his visit in Tokyo, he also sought to thaw the chill in relations with his hosts, ...
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• A trial that should restore faith in US justice

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 157
  President Obamas decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civilian court is a brave move and the correct one SO MUCH changed after 11 September 2001. The terrorist attacks on the US had such profound global consequences that they have lodged in the worlds collective imagination as a pivotal moment in history. That ...
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• The 1989 generation has the power – but can it handle it? | Matthew Ryder

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 157
  The Niners, led by Barack Obama, have been shaped by a world changed without guns. Never has such idealism been so challenged As a student in 1989, I remember turning on the television each morning to check on the protests as they unfolded in Tiananmen Square. Later that year, I was again on the sofa, staring ...
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• When Barack met Michelle

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 983
  Whats it like being married to the President? And can you ever be a private couple in public? Jodi Kantor on the Obamas marriage Another Washington dusk, another motorcade, another intimate evening played out in public. On 3 October, just a day after their failed Olympics bid was announced in Copenhagen, Barack and ...
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• Obama to Congress: Put Off Hood Probe

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  WASHINGTON (Nov. 14) -- President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their probes into the shootings at the Texas Army post, which left 13 people dead. On an eight-day Asia trip, Obama ...
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• Inferior justice system- military commissions- for non-citizens only?

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 681
  By GottaLaff Military commissions are inferior to our system of criminal justice. Jonathan Turley said as much in this video , and Ive said so in numerous posts. They are secretive, and they allow heresay evidence as well as testimony resulting from torture sessions. I know this to be true from ...
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• Kirk Dillard misrepresents John Kass support

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 560
  Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass is treating each of the nine candidates for Illinois governor for a meal at a Chicago restaurant. Yesterday he wrote about his lunch at Ditkas with state Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington). But Kass managed to get in a chomp at Kirk Dillard, who appeared in a Barack Obama campaign ...
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• President Obama’s Latest Bow Controversy with Emperor of Japan

  
  ROK Drop — Authority: 568
  There is a lot of buzz on the Internet right now about President Obama’s latest bow to royalty: How low will the new American president go for the world’s royalty? This photo will get Democrat President Obama a lot of approving nods in Japan this weekend, especially among the older generation of Japanese ...
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• Trade protection is on the agenda

  
  All World News - PakMahfil.com — Authority: 459
  Asian leaders lash out at US backslide on free trade while calling for SWFs to invest globally and not just at home Protectionism in trade and finance was the top concern at the Asia-Pacific Econ-omic Cooperation summit yesterday. Protectionist barriers aimed at capital-rich sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) could ...
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• In China, Obama will glimpse worlds new center of gravity

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  SHANGHAI, China -- When President Barack Obama lands Sunday night in Chinas largest city, Shanghai, hell find many of its 20 million people intrigued by him and welcoming, but hardly deferential, and some openly skeptical of his promises of change. Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
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