Wednesday, January 27, 2010

stuff in the news

The Hillbuzz blog is being "outed" and harassed by "PUMA hunting"?
the Rhetorican says it's a pre emptive strike against the Hillary 2012 movement.


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Filipino Nuncio in Haiti has sharp words for those criticizing aids groups:
"Conducting relief efforts on a grand scale in a country without the basic infrastructures and with significant security and social problems is hugely problematic."

Translation: destroyed port, damaged airport, few roads, and lots of blocked streets slow down getting the stuff there...and everything has to be imported.
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Chip in for more Arroyo legacy ads, other gov’t agencies urged :
Yes, unlike the US, here the press here isn't a lapdog for the president.


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But there are some good headlines:
Move aside, Miss Congeniality:
Don't mess with the new Miss England...aka "Combat Barbie", given the name for her heroism in Basra.


ironically, she was only first runner up, but the winner lost her crown after a barroom brawl.

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