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July 2, 2009

Posted in July 2nd, 2009

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford backed off from a promise that he would release his financial records in order to prove that public funds were not used for his Argentina trip.
Congressman Artur Davies is a candidate for Alabama Governor. He opened his website up as a forum for ideas that he should include in his platform. The most popular idea? Legalization of marijuana. Davies decided to scuttle that one.
Barack Obama spent $44 million on 16 campaign ads stating that John McCain would tax employer-provided health care, while he would not. The White House now suggests that it may have to tax those benefits, after all.
A New Delhi High Court legalized homosexuality in India, overturning a 148-year-old law from British colonial days.
Al Qaeda is threatening to attack France because it is considering banning burqas.
Utah’s bars opened their doors to the public Wednesday. Prior to that a 40-year-old law required filling an application, paying a fee and becoming a member of a private club, then you could order a drink.
According to Sarah Palin, John McCain’s favorite exercise is “wading.” Yes, like into a creek, and then back onto the shore. Palin has a spread in Runner’s World with seven photos and short quips.
India’s most prominent Untouchable politician, representing 160 million Indians of its lowest caste, has been accused of squandering $400 million in public money on statues. Many of those have been of her.
A group of Iraqi hardliners want Hossein Mousavi prosecuted for “inciting his supporters.”
Republicans in the House Census Oversight Committee are calling Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s boycott of the census illogical and illegal.
Recently released FBI documents show that Saddam Hussein was more fearful of Iran than the United States. He pretended to have WMD’s to keep Iran from attacking Iraq, which he feared wanted to annex southern Iraq.
Muammar Gaddafi may have been a bit smitten by Condoleezza Rice. When she visited Libya last year, Gaddafi gave her gifts valued over $200,000, including a diamond ring and a locket with his photo. Gaddafi also called her “Leeza” instead of her nickname Condi.
Greece, Europe’s most cigarette addicted nation, will try to ban cigarette smoking in public places — for the third time in a decade. Health Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos vowed smoke-free establishments would work this time. “What are we, the idiots of Europe?” he said.
Croatia’s Prime Minister suddenly resigned and quit politics to the surprise of most of his fellow citizens.