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Then again, even Barack Obama does a lousy impression of himself. When he called Congresswoman Illeana Ros-Lehtinen on Dec. 3, the Florida Republican hung up on the President-elect not once, but twice, apparently believing herself to be the victim of a prank call. (See the top 10 awkward moments...
...course, when it comes to race - especially mixed heritage - the line between funny and offensive can be difficult to maneuver. Following Armisen's Obama debut in February, Chicago Tribune writer Maureen Ryan wrote, "Call me crazy, but shouldn't Saturday Night Live's fictional Senator Barack Obama be played by an African American...
...mercenary is a mercenary, whether or not we call him a contractor. And the trade of the firm once called Blackwater USA—today re-branded as Blackwater Worldwide—is to provide soldiers of fortune (or security specialists) to whoever may need them. As Americans and Iraqis both try to process one of the most horrific happenings of the war thus far, they might be thankful for the clarity a little candor can bring...
...while collecting their short stories and songs.“They’re a very interesting population,” said Strava, who first encountered the Tuareg tribe during travels in west Africa. Strava, who said she had no idea what she was going to do after graduation, called the news of her win “overwhelming.”“It was a very tough process especially if you put your soul on paper, which it requires you to,” Strava said. DAY OF THE DEADBrants, a history and literature concentrator, will spend...
...Rights Watch and Afghan human rights organizations such as Samimi's have documented extortion rackets run by former warlords and militia-run prisons where captives are held for ransom. Afghan journalists covering their crimes have been harassed by police or thrown in jail. Last year Samimi received a phone call from General Abdul Rashid Dostum, a U.S. ally who was appointed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai as Army Chief of Staff, threatening to have her raped "by 100 men" if she continued investigating a rape case in which he was implicated. Dostum denies ever making such a threat and calls...