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Mark Sanford: I was surprised when my mistress-turned-fiancee showed up at my victory speech last night

Allahpundit — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:41:46 +0000

Hmmm.

The boss emeritus was all over this last night. My heart aches for the Sanford boys. Painful pic: twitter.com/DianneG/status… — Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) April 3, 2013 Really, really sad. MT @mattmackowiak Hang a lantern on your problem ==> campl.us/ovsz — Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) April 3, 2013 Ditto. MT @clericalgal A choice between an adulterer & [...]

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Video: Will Pope Francis go left on economics?

Ed Morrissey — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:41:17 +0000

Plus, two views on Curia reform, and how a rumor got propagated in the media.

(VATICAN CITY) Of all the questions I’ve fielded since the election of former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis, the one that has been most difficult to answer clearly is the direction in which the new pontiff will take the Catholic Church on economics. It’s no secret that while Pope Francis clashed with the [...]

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Quotes of the day

Allahpundit — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:01:21 +0000

Pope and change.

Bergoglio, 76, reportedly got the second-most votes after Joseph Ratzinger in the 2005 papal election, and he has long specialized in the kind of pastoral work that some say is an essential skill for the next pope. In a lifetime of teaching and leading priests in Latin America, which has the largest share of the [...]

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Video: Falklands vote about as close as you’d expect

Ed Morrissey — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:41:13 +0000

1514 to ... 3.

The Falkland Islands held a plebescite yesterday to make a statement on self-determination, and a statement they delivered. When asked whether they chose to remain in the United Kingdom as a self-governing territory or opt for any other status, 1,514 people voted to remain British. They barely edged out the alternative, squeaking past by just [...]

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UK rebuffs Argentina on negotiations over Falkland Islands

Ed Morrissey — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:01:53 +0000

Self-determination?

Call it Madison Avenue diplomacy, or at least the London equivalent of Madison Avenue. Argentina’s president bought ad space in left-leaning British newspapers to publish an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, urging him to open negotiations on the transfer of sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. Instead, Cameron sent a stark warning in reply that [...]

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The taxman cometh

Fausta Wertz — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:01:00 +0000

Enemies list

Sicking the taxman on your political opponents is becoming quite the vogue in our hemisphere: The Taxman Cometh If you want to publicly criticize Argentina’s government, make sure all your tax filings are in order. That was the thinly veiled message President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sent Wednesday near the end of a speech broadcast on [...]

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Obama admin caught flat-footed by Argentina nationalization of Spanish oil company

Ed Morrissey — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:11:46 +0000

Smart power.

The big news last week from the Summit of the Americas was the Secret Service sex scandal, which had some in the Obama administration lamenting that no one paid much attention to Barack Obama’s efforts in Cartagena, Colombia to improve relations between the US and its allies. Today, the White House might be hoping for [...]

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Fumbling the Falklands?

Ed Morrissey — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:00:30 +0000

"The Obama administration knife[d] Britain in the back again ..."

Remember when Barack Obama promised to restore our standing with America’s allies and exercise “smart power” in diplomacy? Good times, good times. In the latest dispute over the Falkland Islands, Obama has failed to support our closest ally on the world stage even after their military and diplomatic support for our wars in Iraq and [...]

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