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Obama labels as ‘criminals’ and anti-American those who donate to Romney

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:16:09 +0000

WSJ: “This past week, one of [Obama's] campaign websites posted an item entitled “Behind the curtain: A brief history of Romney’s donors.” In the post, the Obama campaign named and shamed eight private citizens who had donated to his opponent. Describing the givers as all having “less-than-reputable records,” the post went on to make . . . → Read More:

Jon Huntsman: ‘We’ve Forgotten to Put Country First’

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:07:26 +0000

According to Jon Huntsman, Jr., former Utah governor and Republican presidential candidate, “partisanship has seeped into campaigning [so much] that breaking through with a message that is beyond party politics … is a very challenging thing to do.” Yet in an interview with Knowledge@Wharton, he spoke about the importance of public service, as well . . . → Read More:

Amidst the carnage, Syria finds a loyal ally in Hugo Chávez

admin — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:17:00 +0000

At a time when most nations are trying to figure out how to stop Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad from killing his own people in a year-long struggle to stay in power, the Venezuelan government is helping to prop him up. The facts and figures coming out of Syria are grisly, with more than 9,000 . . . → Read More:

Cory “The Superhero” Booker saves another human being

admin — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:37:30 +0000

Batman and the Superman have left Newark once Cory Booker became its mayor. No one can stand up to Cory. He took Batman’s job of saving people’s lives and gave it to a local guy… that is to himself. Cory is a one man Mayor, one man Army, one man Fire Department and one . . . → Read More:

Obama launches war against stay-at-home moms, Twitter reacts

admin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:59:58 +0000

The Obama Campaign has launched the war on stay-at-home moms… and then they realized it’s probably a bad idea and started apologizing after a huge outcry on Twitter erupted.

Shaun McDonnell ‏ @McShauno

Ann Romney has raised more kids than Obama has created jobs.

Retweeted 1303 times

RagingTeabagger ‏ @ragingteabaggerAnn Romney having 5 children & $280 million is WAY harder than . . . → Read More:

Porn industry advocates to vote for @BarackObama

admin — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:31:28 +0000

The porn industry released a video advocating to vote for Rick Santorum because only Santorum ensures that Obama will win in November. The win of any of the Republican candidates would mean that masturbating would be outlawed in America.

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[VIDEO] Rick Santorum calls Obama “a government nigger”

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:58:07 +0000

Woops. It looks like Rick Santorum had a bad tongue slip. He probably wanted to call Barack Obama a government “niggard,” which means stingy or ungenerous, but he ended up calling him a “nigger”. Will Barack Obama say that Rick Santorum could be his own son? No, ain’t going to happen. Rick, we think . . . → Read More:

[VIDEO] Watch Barack Obama singing ‘I’m sexy and I know it’

admin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:07:48 +0000

He can pass an unconstitutional health care law. He can stimulate the economy with trillions of dollars. He can run up the public debt to the Greece’s limits. He can call a beer summit. He can speak out loudly when a black professor is being arrested by a white cop and a black kid . . . → Read More:

Diego Arria in the Foreign Policy magazine on war crimes in Bosnia

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:56:57 +0000

Our editor, Ambassador Diego Arria – the former presidential candidate in Venezuela – was quoted by the Foreign Policy magazine, alongside former U.S. President Bill Clinton in an op-ed about war crimes in Bosnia & Herzegovina during the war in Yugoslavia in the 90′s. The Foreign Policy quoted Mr. Clinton and Mr. Arria as saying:

I . . . → Read More:

Cory Booker sets his eyes on 2016 presidential race, boosts his foreign policy credentials

admin — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:07:52 +0000

The charismatic Mayor of Newark, Cory Booker, met with Great Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron to discuss economic issues but also U.S. foreign policy and NATO’s intervention in Afghanistan. Apparently, Booker already is boosting his foreign policy credentials before the upcoming 2016 race for Democratic presidential nomination. It’s pretty unusual for a prime minister . . . → Read More:

Video of Obama in 2008: “I promise you to lower gas prices if you vote for me”

admin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:07:48 +0000

Credibility is what makes people follow a leader. Leader who says one thing but does the other cannot be taken seriously. Here are Mr. Obama’s promises from 2008 to lower gas prices and then his words in 2012 that lowering gas prices is a cheap political slogan. Yeah right, Mr. President.

Diego Arria formula to be used to mediate in the Syrian conflict

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:54:58 +0000

Someways similar to Syria today, war crimes were being committed against the citizens ofBosnia & Herzegovina in 1992 as newly independent country was under horrific assault bySlobodan Milosevic’s and Ratko Mladic’s Serbian forces. Similar to today, the Security Council was divided. Russia and China were effectively supporting Belgrade but the Big Powers particularly the United Kingdom and France were inclined . . . → Read More:

Our BabyBluu.com gets its first star on eBay for superb customer service

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:18:31 +0000

Our daily deals division – BabyBluu.com recently got its first (yellow) star for the superb customer service. While other daily deals companies are closing down their doors, BabyBluu.com has finished 2011 on a very positive note. The revenue growth is currently over 300% a month. The company trades in luxury fine jewelry and it’s new . . . → Read More:

Steve Bridges impersonator of George W. Bush dies at 48, watch his greatest moments

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:54:54 +0000

Steve Bridges, 48, a comic actor and impersonator who was best known for his mimicry of President George W. Bush and appeared alongside the chief executive at the 2006 White House Correspondents’ Assn. dinner, was found dead Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. Link

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Review: NO ENEMIES, NO HATRED: Selected Essays and Poems by Liu Xiaobo

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:15:40 +0000

Liu Xiaobo is in the Jinzhou Prison in the Liaoning Province of China serving an 11-year prison term. His “crime:” drafting and promoting Charter ‘08, a manifesto that demands human rights and democratic reforms in China. Although known in human rights circles, Liu came to widespread international attention when he was named the 2010 Nobel Peace . . . → Read More:

Magazines to redesign their print editions to look like iPad apps

admin — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:31:05 +0000

Fox Business published a story that some of the printed magazines intend to redesign their print titles to fit the tablet format. The main reason for the change would be that creating and running separate apps for every title and every device is getting expensive. Apparently the easier and more cost effective way to . . . → Read More:

Groupon becoming the new Amazon: Offering Deals With No Time Limits

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:21:27 +0000

According to Fox Business, Groupon is currently testing an idea of offering discount deals without time limits. Well, we already tested it at BabyBluu.com and it works better for us than the time limited approach. As far as Groupon is concerned, the new strategy may be needed to lower the company’s costs associated with its large . . . → Read More:

Samuel L. Jackson: I voted for Obama because he is black.. oh, well, what a surprise

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:14:58 +0000

Acclaimed actor, Samuel L. Jackson, publicly admitted that he voted for Barack Obama in 2008 because Obama is black. Seriously? What a surprise. Nobody would expect. Over 80% of African Americans voted for Obama in 2008. The definition of democracy is such that people should not vote for the candidates because they have viable agenda and . . . → Read More:

Stopping Genocide: the Responsibility to Protect

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:52:43 +0000

Should democratic governments step into the sovereign affairs of other states in order to prevent genocide or mass killings?

During World War II, German cleric Dietrich Bonhoeffer actively conspired against Hitler to resist the persecution of Europe’s Jews. Bonhoeffer spent years subverting Nazi policy at the highest level and was even involved in the . . . → Read More:

Mitt Romney Opposition’s File

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:27:55 +0000

Who is real Mitt Romney? Is he trully a conservative or a leftist liberal? What does his birth certificate say? How many companies did he destroy if any? How many people did he fire in his business career? Is his wife suffering from multiple sclerosis? This is what a purported opposition file investigates in . . . → Read More:

Mitt Romney has a secret: Mitt the Ripper

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:12:02 +0000

Mitt Romney: “Corporations are people, my friends!” That’s what Mitt said about his experience at Bain Capital before he tore some companies apart. Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow Super PAC just released a new ad summarizing Mitt’s performance at Bain. Well, Mr. Romney, what do you have to say for yourself?

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Diego Arria in The New York Times

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:20:31 +0000

The New York Times wrote a story about Hugo Chavez’s decision to nominate as his new defense minister “Gen. Henry Rangel Silva, a longtime military ally who has been accused by the United States of links to drug traffickers and by opposition politicians in Venezuela of being hostile to the democratic process.” The New . . . → Read More:

Rick Santorum: Will This Man be America’s Next President?

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:04:40 +0000

Evangelical Christian right is coalescing around Rick Santorum presumably due to his solid-right “social values” but also let’s kick some ass foreign policy positions. He is anti-gay and anti-choice. He stated he is in favor of profiling Muslims at the airline ticket counter. He is prepared to bomb Iran nuclear facilities, does not endorse . . . → Read More:

Funniest tweets about Kim Jong Il death

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:05:52 +0000

Here are some of the funniest tweets about Kim Jong Il’s death. Poor bastard died last weekend and left his plumpy son, Kim Jong Un, to take over the country in which tens of thousands of people are starving to death every year. Some actors and actresses dressed in clothes from Armani were lamenting . . . → Read More:

Meaningful Peace

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:58:52 +0000

A legacy of Swedish businessman and inventor Alfred Nobel, the nobility of its aim, to reward those who strive for peace, is seldom questioned, given that the answer seems evident. Of course we should choose peace over war, life over death. But let’s take the inquiry further: What kind of peace is desirable, and . . . → Read More:

Uganda: A Brutal Reality Obscured

admin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:57:01 +0000

General Yoweri Museveni has ruled Uganda for more than 25 years. Since taking power in a 1986 military coup, he has stacked this Central African country’s voting commission with his henchmen and stolen its elections. Having abolished presidential term limits in 2005 in a sham referendum, he plans to rule for life, and is . . . → Read More:

Cory Booker to run against Chris Christie for Governorship of New Jersey

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:47:18 +0000

The Boston Globe speculates that Newark’s Mayor, Cory Booker, may run against Gov. Chris Christie for the governorship of the state of New Jersey in the upcoming elections. Both gentlemen are rising starts of their respective parties. Cory Booker is a charismatic Democrat with absolutely fabulous qualifications and experience in urban development. On the other hand, . . . → Read More:

Gov. Chris Christie to Obama: What the Hell Are We Paying You For?

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:50:33 +0000

Barack Obama is complaining about the failure of the Super Committee, but why didn’t he get involved if he really wanted it to succeed? Here is what a leading conservative, Gov. Chris Christie, has to say about it.

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Photos: @Diego_Arria 2012 Presidential Campaign unfolding in Venezuela

admin — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:38:13 +0000

Our editor @Diego_Arria is currently running for the President of Venezuela. His media presence has increased since Mr. Arria won the first presidential debate two weeks ago. Below are the photos showing how his 2012 Presidential Campaign is unfolding in Venezuela. Please share this post with your friends on Facebook and Twitter to help fight . . . → Read More:

@Diego_Arria to Hugo Chavez: You Are Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:48:25 +0000

Diego Arria filed today a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing Hugo Chavez of crimes against humanity, “It is a complaint to defend the rights of thousands and thousands of victims of Hugo Chávez. This complaint is neither against the Venezuelan president’s office as an institution nor against Chávez as Head of . . . → Read More:

Our @Diego_Arria took part in the first televised presidential debate in Venezuela

admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:07:50 +0000

Diego Arria, an independent candidate for the President of Venezuela and one of the editors of our website, took part in the first televised presidential debate held at the Andrés Bello Catholic University this past Monday.

“I would like to be president because I know the consequences of a country living . . . → Read More:

@Diego_Arria registered as a candidate in presidential primaries in Venezuela

admin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:56:19 +0000

El Universal reported that our editor’s, Diego Arria, campaign for the President of Venezuela was officially registered an approved by the Primary Elections Commission. El Universal writes that “The Primary Election Commission (CEP), dissenting cluster Unified Democratic Panel (MUD), accepted the nomination of presidential pre-candidates Leopoldo López (People’s Will), María Corina Machado (independent deputy), Henrique . . . → Read More:

New York Times: @JonHuntsman is the only Republican who can easily beat Obama in general elections

admin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:31:59 +0000

Oh, ho ho!!! That’s probably the first time that we here at the EuropeanCourier.org actually agree on something with the leftist New York Times. Can you believe it? This time the NYT got it perfectly right. According to their study and infographic, Jon Huntsman is the only Republican candidate who can easily beat Obama . . . → Read More:

Jon Corzine: The Dark Side of Leadership

admin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:28:39 +0000

This is a bad week for the already wrecked financial markets. Not only Greece’s Prime Minister shocked the world by announcing that his country will conduct a referendum whether to accept a bail out package from the European Union, but now MF Global Holdings Ltd. filed for bankruptcy, being the largest one since the fall of . . . → Read More:

World Bank: It’s easier to do business in Rwanda than in United States

admin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:10:32 +0000

World Bank, a Washington D.C.-based international body, just released its new Economy Rankings (Ease of Doing Business Index), which measure business regulations around the globe. The best place to do business is Singapore, followed by Hong Kong, New Zealand, U.S., Denmark, Norway, UK, South Korea, Iceland and Ireland. Most interestingly, countries like the United . . . → Read More:

Why is inexperienced Herman ‘Pizza’ Cain winning with Jon Huntsman?

admin — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:58:55 +0000

Here is an interesting article from otherwise uninteresting Washington Post about GOP presidential candidate, Jon Huntsman. Post’s opinion writer Dana Milbank hit it right on the nail. What’s wrong with the Republican voters that they poll higher candidates with no experience when they were given a guy with almost a perfect resume?

Milbank . . . → Read More:

In Gaddafi’s Death No Virtue

admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:26:20 +0000

Gaddafi died a personality cult rather than death of a real leader. His vow that he would die rather than surrender was only true to that moment he found himself facing the muzzle of a gun. Those that did fight to the end and not surrender were so many of his soldiers. With them, . . . → Read More:

Twitter reacts to bloody GOP #CNNDebate

admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:39:28 +0000

Here are some of the most interesting tweets after tonight’s bloody CNN debate in which GOP hopefuls jumped to their throats with knives in hands, attacking each other on every possible issue. In our opinion, the big winner was Rick Perry, who finally had a good debate and made Mitt “Wishy Washy” Romney blush . . . → Read More:

@JonHuntsman: #Obama is a nice guy but he has failed his country

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:13:45 +0000

GOP hopeful, Jon Huntsman Jr., tried to explain in his interview with Piers Morgan why he is not Obama’s puppy. Even though he served as Obama’s Ambassador to China, there is no personal relationship between the two. Huntsman said that he served America and not a personal friend Obama. Moreover, Huntsman threw at Obama . . . → Read More:

Watch @JonHuntsman foreign policy address. A better vision for America?

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:46:09 +0000

GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman delivered his first major foreign policy address on Monday, Oct. 10 from Southern New Hampshire University’s Walker Auditorium. The event was hosted by the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire. Speaking to a packed house, Huntsman called for a scaling back of U.S. involvement in international conflicts, such as Afghanistan, . . . → Read More:

Hulk Hogan dissatisfied with Barack Obama

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:57:35 +0000

A big Obama’s supporter from 2008, Hulk Hogan, publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with the President saying that he “believed everything [Obama] said he was gonna do, but now that nothing’s happened,” Hogan has had second thoughts about America’s leader. Hulk, dude, 14 millions of unemployed Americans have the second thoughts about the President as . . . → Read More:

Revolution Eats its Children: Ukraine’s Yulia Tymoshenko convicted for 7 years in prison

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:56:08 +0000

Former Prime Minister & Orange Revolution leader, Yulia Tymoshenko, jailed 7 years for “abuse of power.” Is it just about Tymoshenko or does it also mean now a definitive end of Orange Revolution and Ukraine’s realignment again with Moscow. The EU and most western democracies came to view the charges and trial as being politically . . . → Read More:

@Diego_Arria in the Latin America Advisor

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:03:40 +0000

Our editor Ambassador @Diego_Arria spoke to the Latin America Advisor about a possible presidential candidacy of Leopoldo Lopez in Venezuela.

Question: The Costa Rica-based Inter- American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) last month cleared oppo- sition leader Leopoldo López to run for Venezuela’s presidency next year. López, along with hundreds of other oppo- sition figures, . . . → Read More:

Herman Cain: MSNBC is brain-washed

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:49:29 +0000

Ha, ha, ha. Watch this MSNBC interview with GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain. The Cain Citizen did well in it although almost all the questions he received were extremely arrogant and didn’t have that many substance in it. The main MSNBC’s accusation against Cain is that as a teenager and a high school student he listened . . . → Read More:

@MittRomney announces his Foreign Policy Team. Guess who’s in it?

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:07:16 +0000

Governor @MittRomney known more precisely as “Good Hair” Romney announced his Foreign Policy and National Security team today. Not that many surprises in it, though, one could say. For example, Romney will be advised by Pierre Prosper, whom we interviewed for our magazine in 2008 regarding human rights issues (he was Romney’s adviser in 2008 as well). . . . → Read More:

Jon Huntsman and Donald Trump start Twitter war

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:54:53 +0000

Apparently @realDonaldTrump and Governor @JonHuntsman started a Twitter war after Huntsman surprisingly showed no interest in applying for Donald Trump’s endorsement of his candidacy for the President and therefore hurt the latter’s ego. All GOP’s top tier runners have been knocking to Trump’s door begging for his support, including Mitt “Good Hair” Romney, Rick . . . → Read More:

Hugo Chávez Defends Syria Assad Regime

Iris Feliciano — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:14:17 +0000

President Hugo Chávez Frías said that the real reason for military intervention in Libya this year was to take over its wealth, and that the same imperialist tactics are being exercised in Syria. Although not able to personally attend and speak, President Chavez employed Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro Moros to deliver his message . . . → Read More:

Barack #Obama blames Arab revolutions and Greek debt crisis for lack of #jobs and economic growth in America

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:31:13 +0000

The Telegraph reported that President Barack Obama “speaking at a town hall meeting in Mountain View, California [...] said that the recovery of the US economy was being hampered by setbacks this year due to problems around the world, including rising energy prices driven by the Arab Spring uprisings and worries about the financial . . . → Read More:

Only one GOP candidate has foreign policy experience

admin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:11:21 +0000

Compare the two responses in the video below, and then ask yourself: who would you want as Commander-in-Chief? Is Rick Perry’s star starting to fade? The majority of the experts agree that Perry’s last debate performance was extremely poor and he might have damaged his candidacy a big time. Brit Hume from the Fox . . . → Read More:

Venezuela News & Views calls our editor Ambassador @Diego_Arria a perfect President for Venezuela to replace Hugo Chavez

admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:14:38 +0000

Venezuela News & Views: “I regard Lopez, Machado and Arria as my favorites right now because each one of them is doing what is right, what needs to be done if we want to do more than just beat Chavez in 2012.

Diego Arria has probably no chance and he has . . . → Read More: