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To: longnshort who wrote (59477)	11/2/2011 11:58:01 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

American supermodel defends Gadhafi family, loses job .................................................................................................................. November 2, 2011 world.myjoyonline.com Vanessa Hessler An American model who has appeared in ads for Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani and L'Oreal lost her biggest client Monday after she defended boyfriend Mutassim Gadhafi and the Gadhafi family in an interview with Italian media. Vanessa Hessler, a blonde, long-legged 23-year-old Italian-American model, said that she had shared a "very beautiful love story" of four years with Mutassim Gadhafi, the 36-year-old son and heir of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi who died with his father in a last stand outside the Libyan city of Sirte on Oct. 21. Hessler also said that the West had made a mistake in backing the rebels who ended Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year reign. "We, France and the United Kingdom, financed the rebels but people don't know what they are doing," Hessler told Italian magazine Diva e Donna, adding that she is disgusted by what is happening in Libya and that "the Gaddafi family is not how they are being depicted, they are normal people." On Monday, Telefonica Germany fired Hessler from a job that had made her instantly recognizable to television viewers across Germany, France and Italy. For several years, Hessler had been known to the public as "Alice," the onscreen spokeswoman for the company's "Alice" internet service, but Telefonica declared an immediate end to the relationship with a Tweet. Telefonica said the model's romantic relationships were "private business," but the company "cannot accept her comments on the Libya conflict." Hessler's Facebook page, however, has been flowing with messages of support from her fans congratulating her on her "courage and honesty". One fan consoled her on her firing with a picture that reads: "Stand for what is right even if you stand alone." The model was born to an American father and an Italian mother and spent much of her formative years in Washington, D.C.

To: longnshort who wrote (59477)	11/2/2011 12:28:04 PM
From: John	1 Recommendation Respond to of 103300

I fully agree, Long. That book, as well as much additional peer-reviewed, published research by Murray, Rushton, Jensen, Levin, Gottfredson, et al., expands on the correct ideas of Charles Darwin. It explains what we witness in the world around us each day in terms of patterns of behavior and outcomes. Responsible people fare much better than irresponsible people. A person's responsibility is a direct reflection of his/her intelligence, which impact's one's decisions, behavior, and the outcomes in his life. Leftists believe that if we only throw more money at the differences and have a little more love and compassion in our hearts, the field will become level. Of course, such nonsense has been repeatedly debunked. All races and ethnicities do not have the same abilities or intelligence. Evolution has naturally seen to that. Bottom line: Intelligence cannot be taught. It can be temporarily masked a little by one's environment, but the underlying genome and propensity for reversion are still the same.