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• More Straight Talk Express: Just because his speechwriter puts it in a speech, and McCain gives the speech, doesn't mean McCain actually "said" it.

  Mon Jun 9, 2008
  • This exercise in sophomoric logic-chopping reminds of the gag in the film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, whose blowhard blow-dried talking head has a reputation for reading anything displayed on the teleprompter, no matter how absurd.

• Tribalism Fuels Kenyan Election Violence

  Mon Dec 31, 2007
  • The FIDH has consistently told another story entirely: That violence is used to manipulate tribal divisions as a "wedge."

• Brazil shocked by jail girl rape

  Fri Nov 23, 2007
  • The case is grotesque, but not unprecedented by any means. So the notion that everyone here is "shocked," as in "surprised," may be a bit of an exaggeration: Jail conditions and police corruption in that part of Brazil have been the subject of scrutiny for a very long time.

• Female Journalists to Be Awarded

  Tue Oct 23, 2007
  • “Award” is a transitive verb. 1. to give by judicial decree or after careful consideration 2. to confer or bestow as being deserved or merited or needed

• Activist, Guard Killed on Brazil Biofarm

  Mon Oct 22, 2007
  • Thanks for that balanced and accurate reporting on the general outlines of the dispute.

• Friend of Brazil President Charged

  Tue Aug 28, 2007
  • Does the AP political desk spend all of its time covering business?

• Thousands Blame Brazil Gov't for Crash

  Sun Jul 29, 2007
  • Here is how Globo's G1 news portal covered the event (my quick translation):

• Brazilian Judge Releases Dutch Scientist

  Tue Aug 7, 2007
  • I believe, from what I am reading in the Brazilian press on this, that the most substantial charges against the gentleman had nothing to do with monkeys, orchids, or the names of monkeys. From the Agência Folha, reprinted in O Pantaneiro (my quick translation):

• The Girl From Sao Paulo Is CeU

  Mon Jul 2, 2007
  • First of all, people from São Paulo tend to like their coffee as strong as industrial strength paint thinner. Possibly only the Turks are accustomed to more bitter, hyperactivity-inducing sludge than your standard bimbo de mama.

• On radio show, Beck read ad for refinery that turns Mexicans into fuel; posted it on website

  Sun Jul 1, 2007
  • Jonathan Swift wrote a famous satire in which he suggested ending the Irish potato famine by barbecuing babies. "A Modest Proposal."