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An ultra-Orthodox boy looks at a poster showing President Obama receiving a medal from an Arab leader. The Hebrew on the poster reads: ‘Warning! PLO agent in the White House!’

Silence that speaks volumes: blackout as Israel’s leader leaves White House – Times Online.

U.S. Softens Sanction Plan Against Iran.

The U.S. has backed away from pursuing a number of tough measures against Iran in order to win support from Russia and China for a new United Nations Security Council resolution on sanctions, according to people familiar with the matter.

Among provisions removed from the original draft resolution the U.S. sent to key allies last month were sanctions aimed at choking off Tehran’s access to international banking services and capital markets, and closing international airspace and waters to Iran’s national air cargo and shipping lines, according to the people.

Will a “REAL” leader please step forward?

Jacqueline Getty who married Gordon Peter Getty (an heir to the Getty fortune) is divorcing Gordo.  She says she has a lifestyle to maintain.

– $300,000 to $500,000 per year on clothing

– $50,000 Halloween parties

– wildly expensive jewelry including 5 carat diamond earrings

– $40,000 birthday parties

– trips to the private Getty compound in Hawaii 3-4 times a year

– trips on the Getty private jet (Boeing 737)

– a bed worth $1,000,000

Two more fun facts: First, Jacqueline claims they kept paintings by Jackson Pollock in STORAGE!!!

And our personal favorite … Jacqueline claims Gordo would often go on trips without suitcases … and buy a completely new wardrobe whenever he got to his destination … several times a year!

And that is when you know you’re rich.

via TMZ.com.

Those privacy notices you sign in doctors’ offices do not actually give you any control over your personal data; they merely describe how the data will be used and disclosed.

via Deborah Peel: Your Medical Records Aren’t Secure – WSJ.com.

Ennis, TX.

Another Anti-Obama Jimmy Carter Billboard. Carter: Miss Me Yet?

Yes, it is real.

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