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Wars? Health Care Reform? Massive unemployment? Ask Tiger Woods, says Harry Reid
by William K. Wolfrum 12/4/2009 - 6:54 am
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In the latest bit of proof that today`s politicians are running the show only because the best and brightest wouldn`t get within 20 miles of politics, Sen. Harry Reid showed his compassion and transparency, all the while loading up on Tiger Woods Keywords.
A group of reporters approached Sen. Harry Reid on Thursday afternoon and attempted to question him about Afghanistan and health care reform. Instead of answering, Reid inexplicably quipped "Get the answers from Tiger Woods."
CNN Political Ticker reports:
When an aide warned Reid that his quip would "end up on the CNN Web site," the smiling majority leader repeated his previous directive.
"Ask Tiger, not me," Reid said as he walked away from the closed-door briefing he had just received on Afghanistan.
Stay classy, Harry. You know, it`s almost like Congressional leaders are thrilled when non-news events hit the networks. And if a penis is somehow involved, well, then they get to work (or not work) in complete and total secrecy while all penis-related issues are worked out.
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Pulitzer-winning reporter Anthony Shadid dies at work in...
By Rick Gladstone, New York Times, Feb 16/17, 2012
Anthony Shadid, a prize-winning newspaper correspondent whose graceful dispatches for both The New York Times and The Washington Post covered nearly two decades of Middle East conflict and turmoil, died, apparently of an asthma attack, on Thursday while on a reporting assignment in eastern Syria. Tyler Hicks, a Times photographer who was with Mr. Shadid, carried his body across the border to Turkey.
Mr. Shadid, 43, had been reporting inside Syria for a week, gathering information on the Free Syrian Army and other armed elements of the resistance [....]
The Syrian government, which tightly controls foreign journalists’ activities in the country, had not been informed of his assignment by The Times. The exact circumstances of Mr. Shadid’s death and his precise location inside Syria when it happened were not immediately clear.
But Mr. Hicks said that Mr. Shadid, who had asthma and had carried medication with him, began to show symptoms early Thursday, and the symptoms escalated into what became a fatal attack. Mr. Hicks telephoned his editors at The Times, and a few hours later he was able to take Mr. Shadid’s body into Turkey [....]
Also see:
- Related Obituary: Anthony Shadid, 1968-2012
- Times Topics: Anthony Shadid (link to his work for the NYT)
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U.N.: How countries voted on human rights in Syria
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 16, 2012
Trying to find out how different countries voted Thursday on the United Nations resolution condemning human rights violations in Syria? You can see the complete list of countries and how they voted here.
The resolution passed overwhelmingly, 137 to 12, with 17 abstentions.
The countries that voted against the resolution are Belarus, Bolivia, China, Cuba, North Korea, Ecuador, Iran, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
The resolution decries human rights abuses in Syria and throws support behind an Arab League plan that calls for President Bashar Assad to step down. You can read the full resolution here. [....]
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U.N. Assembly Votes Overwhelmingly to Condemn Syria
by Rick Gladstone, New York Times, Feb. 16, 2012[....] Earlier Thursday, hours before the General Assembly vote, Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary General, sharply criticized Syria while on a visit to Vienna.
“On Syria, I continue to be gravely concerned at the level of violence and mounting loss of life,” he said. Referring to a bleak appraisal of the Syrian conflict made at the General Assembly earlier in the week by his top human rights official, Navi Pillay, Mr. Ban recited the statistics she had compiled: more than 5,400 Syrians killed, thousands missing, 25,000 refugees in other countries and more than 70,000 internally displaced.
“Every day those numbers rise,” Mr. Ban said. “We see neighborhoods shelled indiscriminately. Hospitals used as torture centers. Children as young as 10 years old jailed and abused. We see almost certain crimes against humanity.”[....]
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CNN Cancels Debate: Mitt Romney, Rick And Paul Pull Out
CNN announced Thursday that it has canceled an upcoming debate after Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum all said they would either not attend or were not planning to attend.
Full story thru link. I think it's a real mistake for Santorum to miss this opportunity to 'shine' in his current limelight. It would make Myth even weaker.
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What Panetta says about Iran
How can the Washington Post run a headline that begins: "Panetta says Iran enriching uranium ..."? How about one stating, "Obama claims sky is blue"? Are Post readers bleeping 3-year-olds? I shake my head in dismay. This is the level of foreign-policy discourse in the United States.
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NH repub claims 'The Pill' harms prostate!
As a man, would it interest you to know that Dr. Bernstein just published an article that links the pill to prostate cancer?” Notter asked Rep. Andrew Manuse, R-Derry, who was testifying at the hearing.
I really do not know what in the hell to add to this. hahahah
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This is the downside to so much satire: I had to actually follow your link (the horror!) to find out that Reid did, in fact, say to ask Tiger Woods.