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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (551114)2/19/2010 2:50:21 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1575146
 
I like Pelosi, and think she's a very effective Speaker. She hasn't failed to deliver. It's the Senate where the trouble lies.



To: Jim McMannis who wrote (551114)2/19/2010 3:38:27 PM
From: Taro  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575146
 
Obama - with some guts - would drop Pelosi and Reid like the hot potatoes they are, on the spot.

Thus he may have a serious shot at a second term even without having to invade Iran.

/Taro



To: Jim McMannis who wrote (551114)2/19/2010 4:41:41 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575146
 
GW rears its ugly head!

Worst heatwave in 50 years roasts Rio, kills 32 in southern Brazil

Posted by Jim at 12:35 PM

RIO DE JANEIRO — The worst heatwave to hit Rio de Janeiro in 50 years turned the city into a pre-Carnival furnace Wednesday, and killed 32 elderly people further south, officials said.

desdemonadespair.net

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Heatwave Hits Sydney's Big Day Out

January 25, 2010 - Global

By Lars Brandle, Brisbane

Paramedics treated approximately 1,900 festival-goers during the Sydney leg of Big Day Out festival this weekend as a heatwave blasted Australia's biggest city.

Temperatures tipped 40-degrees Celsius on both days of the festival, which took place at Sydney's Showground venue, Jan. 22-23.
billboard.biz