Current Events-Barack O'mahdi

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-netanyahu-bad-blood-between-key-allies-082153717.html

"It's troubled. It's the greatest dysfunction between leaders that I've seen in my 40 years in watching and participating," said Aaron David Miller, a scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center who served under six secretaries of state in both Republican and Democratic administrations. He was deeply involved in negotiations involving Israel, Jordan, Syria and the Palestinians. 

"I don't think we are headed for a showdown," he said, "but the relationship will continue to be dysfunctional."

Dysfunctional? Sarai and Haggar? Ishmael and Isaac?

Current Events-mortal wound

http://news.yahoo.com/presidential-inaugurations-very-very-wrong-110210705--politics.html

But like any large public event, there’s always a potential for problems, and back in the 19th century, there were times when chaos and calamity had a place on Inauguration Day, too. For example, there were constant rumors that Abraham Lincoln would be killed at his 1861 inauguration. The rumors were taken seriously: Lincoln took a special overnight train from Baltimore as a matter of security. In the aftermath, the media questioned Lincoln’s courage.

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Current Events-Mortal wound

http://www.mail.com/news/us/1819820-dallas-tears-ex-home-jfk-assassin-oswald.html#.23140-stage-hero1-6

"People sell this crap for money," Sclar said. "I'm doing it out of a weird, kitschy interest." Jose Sorola said he was fascinated by the history of two presidential assassins — Oswald and John Wilkes Booth, who killed Abraham Lincoln.

"Lincoln" is currently in theaters doing very well. Not sure why JFK is being mentioned except that he is one of two presidents ever assassinated. Next Monday is Martin Luther King Jr day, who was also assassinated. And on that same day, Barack O'Mahdi gets inaugurated for his second term.