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Obama threatens Assad but misses the point
Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff
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Posted By:StormCnter, 12/4/2012 6:03:59 AM
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| The faltering regime of Bashar Assad reportedly is preparing to use chemical weapons against insurgents. President Obama responded by saying that such action would be “totally unacceptable” and that Assad would be held accountable for it. Secretary of State Clinton added that any use of chemical weapons by Assad would constitute “a red line for the United States” and that the U.S. would “take action” in response. It’s not clear to me what Obama means when he calls an action contemplated by a foreign government “unacceptable.” He has often used this word
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Spidey, 12/4/2012 6:18:00 AM (No. 9047302)
They´re talking about sending 75,000 troops in there to find the chemical weapons and bring them out. That´s pure craziness.You can´t very well take them out with airstrikes either.
The media keeps saying Bashar wants to use these weapons on his own people but I have a hard time believing that. Nobody knows who these rebels are and he may be justified attacking them.It´s looks more to me like radical Islamists want to take over this whole reigon,not some foolish attempt at democracy.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
chumley, 12/4/2012 6:23:04 AM (No. 9047305)
Tyrants are not impressed with vague threats from little pipsqueaks. Obama might as well have screamed "I´m telling!" We have not followed through and won a war since 1945. All we do is smack them and run away. They know this, and they know they can survive the smack because most do. Our words carry no truth and instill no fear.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 12/4/2012 6:30:17 AM (No. 9047311)
Assad must be shaking in his boots. Not. Assad knows that Obama and Clinton are ineffectual and incompetent.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jdh, 12/4/2012 6:30:18 AM (No. 9047312)
And if Assad does use chemical weapons, Obama will stamp his feet a say he will be really, really mad if he uses them again....
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
provide, 12/4/2012 6:32:27 AM (No. 9047316)
Send our Islamist Quisling zombie mouthpiece, Carter. He´ll make ´em shake.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
jglas, 12/4/2012 7:03:28 AM (No. 9047347)
Obama has to hurry, he only has four more years to complete the Islamification of the Mediterranean. Then they can restore the caliphate and work on the rest of the world.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
mickeymat, 12/4/2012 7:05:03 AM (No. 9047349)
Actually wasn´t it Hillary herself who called Assad a reformer? Is this stock of chemical weapons by chance the same that was carried out of Iraq by truck caravan that we saw in satellite images before the Iraq War? You know the one that all the leftist say never existed?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
LZK, 12/4/2012 7:13:15 AM (No. 9047357)
Sooooooo -- did WE finally find the Weapons of Mass Destruction that traveled to Syria via the truck convoy during the President George W. Bush´s administration....?
Looks like Sadam Hussein´s Weapons have surfaced....hmmmmmmm?
AND the MSM covered Sadam´s posterior -- just to make President Bush look like a liar. BUT -- God forbide the MSM call the REAL liar obama----- a liar........
LZK
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Judith, 12/4/2012 7:19:33 AM (No. 9047365)
Wait, I thought barry didn´t approve of war? Or has he named it something else and, thus, it is just hunkey dorey? Or, instead of having to fire our military ´cause we can´t afford it, he sends it into a chemical attack and gets rid of it? After all, the american voters don´t seem to care if, due to his incompetence of malfeasance, our people are slaughtered.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Attercliffe, 12/4/2012 7:23:01 AM (No. 9047371)
Will Obama do as he did when NATO became involved in Libya? (Lead from behind and let other NATO countries carry the load.)
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
planetgeo, 12/4/2012 7:33:31 AM (No. 9047392)
In diplomatese, the warning that something is "unacceptable" is well known to mean it´s acceptable. It´s the debating society equivalent of the schoolyard taunt, "I dare you." And "totally unacceptable" ramps it up to "I double dare you." All with the same lack of fists flying.
In Obama´s case, the key determinant of whether he´ll follow through on the threat isn´t dependent on whether Assad will use the chemical weapons, but on whether there is a credible Islamist group ready to assume power from Assad. Take a look at almost every instance of action that Obama has taken in that region, such as Libya and Egypt, or not taken, as in Iran, and the common determinant is the presence of an Islamic power group. Conclusion: Obama is facilitating the overthrow of regimes by Islamic groups and protecting those already controlled by Islamic regimes. He´s building the caliphate.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Maybeth, 12/4/2012 7:58:38 AM (No. 9047427)
Why do I think Obama´s threats are just his latest stage performance scripted to convince American citizens that he is againbst terrorism? .... Why do I doubt him? Could it be that almost everything he says is a lie? Absolutely!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
steveW, 12/4/2012 8:00:09 AM (No. 9047429)
Warmonger Reckless cowboy. Obama lied, people died. No blood for oil. A chill wind.
And besides, we learned from the Democrats and the MSM that no Arab dictator who funds terrorism could possibly have WMDs, at least not when there´s a Republican in the White House.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
john c, 12/4/2012 8:05:58 AM (No. 9047442)
Threat one-Syria: we will stop you: threat two-America, January we are going to end the US military´s ability to do war. Meanwhile the _ _ _ _ continues to plan his 3 week vacation.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
OperaBuff, 12/4/2012 8:10:15 AM (No. 9047453)
Oooohh, such manly talk. And B.O. is talking tough, too. For a valley girl.
Rally round, ye electorate, rally round!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
MattMusson, 12/4/2012 8:33:33 AM (No. 9047503)
Prepare for the scolding of your life, Assad!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
udanja99, 12/4/2012 8:35:46 AM (No. 9047511)
#11 just said it all.
But I´ll add... where is Code Pink?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
uno_thatguy, 12/4/2012 8:39:26 AM (No. 9047517)
Quit the criticisms of the squatter in OUR HOURS! Doncha´all know he´s a "piece" maker..., er Nobel Peace Laureate! Everything he touches he leaves in pieces!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Rinktum, 12/4/2012 8:40:08 AM (No. 9047520)
You know, I read the comments here and am convinced that any one of you has more ability to run this country than the joker sitting in the White House. It is evident that his agenda is not in the best interests of this country. He is absolutely aiding the reformation of the caliphate. It is hard to wrap my brain around the fact that the American people voted in this Muslim appeaser so quickly after the tragedy of September 11th. Everything he has done has been to weaken this nation. Is half this country willfully ignorant? Nothing good will come of this. Obama is determined to break the United States of America.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
geoguy, 12/4/2012 8:53:16 AM (No. 9047547)
Poster #8 has asked a good question. Last night on the Kudlow Report guest John Bachelor said the WMD were Sadam´s and transported there just prior to the Iraq war with the direction and assistance of the Russians. It has always been rumored that the weapons are in caves in the Bekaa Valley.
Why "W" never defended himself about the WMD is a mystery to me. The government had all the evidence necessary to make a strong argument that Iraq had move the WMD to Syria. But instead rolled over and said they were wrong because of bad intelligence.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Chuzzles, 12/4/2012 9:01:56 AM (No. 9047574)
To answer one of #19´s points, I believe that to be willfull, you have to know the truth and ignore it anyway. In the case of the Obama base, I believe it is just ignorance brought about by the deliberate intentions of the public school system and the media for the past 50 years. We are seeing the results of all that brainwashing now.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
saurkrut, 12/4/2012 9:12:34 AM (No. 9047597)
So, am I to understand that had the attackers at Benghazi been using chemical weapons, the affirmative action president would have provided assistance? Offering to provide help to rebels but not your own people fighting for their lives? What a sorry state this country has come to!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Stopstoreload, 12/4/2012 9:24:26 AM (No. 9047625)
Who aappointed us policemen of the world? This administration has already supported the overthrow of two governments - Ghadaffi´s and Mubarak´s - which were no threat to us, and we will pay the butcher´s bill for years.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
joeyinempirestate, 12/4/2012 9:40:08 AM (No. 9047665)
We know from the Bible that Damascus will soon be vaporized. I´m betting that Israel will be attacked by Syria and retaliate massively. I can´t see the Pink Prince having the stones to do it.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Clinger, 12/4/2012 9:59:35 AM (No. 9047715)
What, are we going to tell his mom on him?
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Barbarian Heretic, 12/4/2012 10:09:52 AM (No. 9047749)
If Assad is willing to use Chem Weapons on his own people, I´m sure he´d be happy to use them on US troops. Nothing to lose at that point...
I´m still foggy on why Libya deserved US intervention and support of it´s insurgency and regime change, but not Syria and not Iran in 09. It would have been easier, considering GWB had managed to park the World´s Most Powerful Military literally between the two in Iraq. Seems we failed to execute on an obvious strategy.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
sandianne, 12/4/2012 10:14:09 AM (No. 9047758)
Here is my Universal Comment for all stories on Lucianne and every single other site:
So what! Nothing will happen. Nothing will change. Benghazi did not matter. Fast & Furious did not matter. Rice´s lies did not matter. That the country does not like Obamacase does not matter. Barry is back and is finishing his destruction of the country. Bye!
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
ebuilder, 12/4/2012 10:28:16 AM (No. 9047779)
IMO polite republicans and democrat "demogogues" have heard all the rumors connected with Obama, Ezekial 38, Isaiah 17:1, Matt. 24, etc, dismissed them as vague warnings or offensive Jewish calculation, are still OK with a NWO by any means possible, and are merely disappointed that the "amateurish" Obama styled plan is devolving into some feared international rebellion that is not going to end well. As nominal Christians -- meaning nothing like the Founders -- they will never risk calling America´s attention to this adavancing Biblical truth: in some prophetic age of trouble, after the rebirth of Israel, a man will distinguish himself as more than an enemy of what´s left of Christendom, more than a traitor deserving trial and punishment, and probably in a time when internationalist, politically corrected words have no useful meaning. This unstoppable man, or number of a man, or "abomination of desolation" who will make everything desolate, is "unveiled". And it is not explained how exactly such a number of a man can be officially "revealed." Is it by a proclamation, discussed by the Fox News All Stars? Is it with a Russian ukase, confirming all evil is now walking among us? Maybe the revealing is not meant for everyone. The Rapture, if there is one, is spectacularly revealed. We are told that some will not miss it, and it spans from the East to the West. Others, working at the mill, working in the fields will miss it. How exactly do you miss something like a Rapture? Suicide of the Soul. Counterfeit thinking, searing the conscience, empty of truth, chosen through free will, just as the "mark" will be chosen through free will, because some will have ceased to be a protected, separated, soul. Has Benghazi ceased to outrage you?
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
nevernaught, 12/4/2012 11:24:28 AM (No. 9047888)
But who sits behind Assad guarding his rear... the Russians of course. Doesn´t sound like a fair fight to me, because the Russians aren´t afraid of Spanky and our military is wasting away in places like Afghanistan. Terrorists are alive and well and operating all over the world at this moment while Zero is out shanking 9 irons.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
chuck koala, 12/4/2012 11:55:28 AM (No. 9047983)
Don´t y´all be worryin´ about it...Prof. Irwin Corey ( AKA - John Effin Kerry) will take over at state and solve the problems.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
horacer, 12/4/2012 12:02:42 PM (No. 9048007)
It´s not just the Russians who are all in behind Assad. It´s also the Iranians and Khamanei. The Revolutionary Guard are fighting in Syria. Hezbollah is fighting in Syria and very likely guarding the chemical weapons. al qaeda is utilizing suicide bombers in Homs. Turkey is itching to invade and if they do it will mean war with the Kurds. Syria´s the biggest hornet´s nest on the planet. By all means intervene Hillary, you go first.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
OdinsAcolyte, 12/4/2012 12:25:04 PM (No. 9048063)
I have been saying this for years. It is too late to do it right. Our nation is run by idiots.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
gwmcclintok, 12/4/2012 12:50:52 PM (No. 9048109)
I am lucky to have visited Damascus Syria in 1981. Great food and nice folk. But, be careful. Does this moron in chief know that Russia has 100,000 armed forces on the ground in Syria? Does he know that Tartus is a deep water port for the Russian Navy? With the shape of our county now, Russia would kick our ass in a war. Period. This fool in our Out House is trying to start WWIII!
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
larryp, 12/4/2012 12:55:26 PM (No. 9048113)
The chemical weapons will be used on Israel. Baby will say :"oops". Israel will defend by launching against the EU in Brussels. No holocaust II for them... Obama is becoming a menace to the world. He better stop acting goofy and get some better advice. People and their families are endangered. Obama and the USA must be careful not to weakly antagonize and cornerize, if that is a word, these folks.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
TCloud, 12/4/2012 3:05:13 PM (No. 9048342)
For the *Anti-Christ*, FUBAR is total victory!
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
CivilServant, 12/4/2012 4:58:28 PM (No. 9048552)
#20, operational security. A MAN does not put at risk the soldiers under his command for mere recognition. Sadly, most of the Country does not understand that.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
rplat, 12/4/2012 5:39:09 PM (No. 9048616)
As long as he can afford to build his little drones he´ll fight anybody that´s an ocean away and 10,000 feet below.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
leopardtwo, 12/4/2012 5:51:27 PM (No. 9048630)
Zero should know about chemicals. He sucked them in for hours in the Choom Wagon!
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy, 12/4/2012 8:08:27 PM (No. 9048793)
Obie´s Chicago-style politics won´t cut it in the middle east. After Assad calls Obie a joke, now we got something to go with.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
janylou, 12/4/2012 9:26:23 PM (No. 9048887)
Are these WMDs from Iraq?
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Davids918, 12/4/2012 11:25:31 PM (No. 9049073)
So, did the worldwide intelligence community know of this WMD program?
No, did they fail to realize this massive stockpile?
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
billa, 12/5/2012 12:48:53 AM (No. 9049172)
Jimmy Carter must totally be smiling now as he no longer holds the mantle as the worst president in our history.
What absolutely baffles me is how so many people do not see how totally incompetent he is. If his utter cluelessness with Fast and Furious and his massive failure with Benghazi does not convince 50% of the coun try that he is a bumbling fool, nothing can.
Ask any one of the morons who voted for this bafoon name one, just one accomplishment(and Bin Lades does not count because others forced his hand on that). No one can identify one accomplishement. Not one.
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Los Angeles — Some people have had it with TV. They´ve had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don´t like timing their lives around network show schedules. They´re tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don´t even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. (Snip) Last month, the Nielsen Co. started labeling people in this group "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. There are 5 million of these residences in the U.S., up from
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Hillary Clinton Would Not ´Clear the Field´ for 2016
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New Republic, by Tod Lindberg
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/6/2013 5:22:36 AM
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No one is more preoccupied these days with Hillary Clinton´s 2016 plans than the Beltway political class—not even the former presidential candidate herself. To hear some tell it, her decision will be dispositive for all other Democrats thinking of entering the race. And pundits and reporters aren´t the only ones positing the "The Hillary Factor": No less than the House Democratic whip, Steny Hoyer, told BuzzFeed, “I don´t know that anybody would run against Hillary…. If she runs, she clears the field.” It´s an understandable conclusion, given Clinton´s stature in the Democratic Party and her 70 percent
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Obama critic apologizes for his ´poorly chosen words´ on gay marriage
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Alexandra Jaffe
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/6/2013 12:18:19 PM
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Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, considered by some to be a potential Republican contender for president, apologized to Johns Hopkins University for the "poorly chosen words" he used in expressing his opposition to gay marriage last month.“I am sorry for any embarrassment this has caused,” Carson said in the letter, reported in New York Magazine.(Snip) "Although I do believe marriage is between a man and a woman, there are much less offensive ways to make that point. I hope all will look at a lifetime of service over some poorly chosen words.” Carson will remain as commencement speaker at Johns Hopkins,
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Vanishing workforce weighs on growth
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Washington Post, by Jim Tankersley
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 11:28:59 PM
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Put out an all-points bulletin: Millions of Americans have gone missing from the workforce. Every month that those would-be workers are gone raises the odds that they might never come back, dimming the prospects for future economic growth. The vanishing trend is more than a decade old, but it accelerated during the Great Recession. Throughout 2012, economists held out hope that it had stopped. But then came Friday’s jobs report, and hopes were dashed. The Labor Department reported that the U.S. labor force — everyone who has a job or is looking for one — shrank
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Christians, here´s why we´re losing our religion
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Fox News, by Craig Groeschel
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Posted By: STLstudent- 4/7/2013 5:13:55 PM
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Recent research indicates that the number of people who do not consider themselves a part of an organized religion is steadily on the rise. Interestingly enough, though the number of those religiously unaffiliated is increasing, there is little to no trend in the number of those who express atheist or agnostic beliefs. People aren’t saying they don’t believe in God. They’re saying they don’t believe in religion. They are not rejecting Christ. They are rejecting the church. This begs the question, “Why are we losing our religion?”
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The Secrets of Princeton
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New York Times, by Ross Douthat
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Posted By: Oblio- 4/7/2013 8:08:09 AM
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Susan Patton, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter urging Ivy League women to use their college years to find a mate, has been denounced as a traitor to feminism, to coeducation, to the university ideal. But really she’s something much more interesting: a traitor to her class. Her betrayal consists of being gauche enough to acknowledge publicly a truth that everyone who’s come up through Ivy League culture knows intuitively —
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Beyonce, Jay-Z celebrate 5th anniversary in Havana, Cuba
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Los Angeles Times, by Nardine Saad
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Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/6/2013 8:20:04 AM
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Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their island best.(snip).The power couple declined to answer journalists´ questions about their visit to the island nation, but some outlets are reporting that the moguls are there as tourists, though that would be illegal because of the half-century embargo the U.S. has on the Communist country. However, the Miami Herald said Washington has issued special licenses for
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