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more about #corruption more comments → Highsmith: Haha! Burn, baby, burn! You orange-faced baboon! more » galtor: 72% that's a pretty exact figure Silvio. Did your Mafia accountant do the Math? more » lilliputzian: i take it the 72% of the press is the media which Berlusconi doesn't own, or isn't for sale at the moment. the 28% he owns is essentially one big soli... more » lauraholtsteele: Brian Wiliams just talked about this on the news. It was a mistake on the part of the translator. The question was actually about Obama. Clinton and t... more » Jezfan: Clinton is right that the society needs to speak up, but did she mean the Congolese society or society at large? I hope she meant the latter, because ... more » Pennyfeather: Whoever asked the question should have had the decency to rephrase it neutrally -- ie, "Do you know what Former President Clinton thinks of this policy?" more » Blueberry26: Why is one of the most powerful people in one of the most powerful countries in the world reduced to just her husband's wife? For the same reason tha... more » heatherdazy: I can see why the question was justified, but if I had been in her shoes, I probably would have been pretty upset it. more » Jzb2: I don't really think this is the same as someone undercutting a powerful woman's agency by asking what her husband thinks. This is the case of someone... more » Penny: To be fair, and I am not denying that she was marginalized by the comment, but her husband was a much-loved president and continues to be very involve... more » HillGirl: I wonder what Hillary is looking up at. more » dreamweave: um, Spitzer is for certain a sleazeball, but I think his comment was meant in a funny, self-deprecating kind of way, not in a "please feel sorry for m... more » MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治: Isn't there supposed to be a law against Bushes running for office anymore? Jeez. more » Crabby Cakes: Eliot Spitzer complaining that something sucks. God, the irony is killing. more » Crabby Cakes: RE: Jesse "I want my name back!" Jackson, Jr. Admitting you're a rat may not be the way to "get" your name back. Yay on you for whistle-blowing the ... more » -
#immunesystem
Italian Court Overturns Berlusconi's Immunity
Yesterday Italy's Constitutional Court overturned a law making Silvio Berlusconi immune from prosecution — he may now face corruption charges. Berlusconi subsequently said comedians, the court, the Italian President, and "72% of the press" were "out to get him." [Time] -
#foreignaffairs
"My Husband Is Not Secretary Of State, I Am"
The fact that an audience member reportedly asked Hillary Clinton "what her husband thought" about a matter of policy in a Congolese town hall meeting today hints at some of the underlying issues Clinton was there to address:
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#newsroundup
Hillary Clinton Is Not Getting Involved In Her Seat, But She's The Only One Who Isn't
- Clinton told her supporters to stop talking smack about Caroline Kennedy unless they're going to endorse someone else. She doesn't want people to believe it's coming from her. [Politico]
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