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Bill O'Reilly blames hip-hop for the decline of religion
Posted: 14 May 2015 03:23 PM PDT
45 Years Ago, A Nun Promised To Protect These Women. Now They're Searching For Her Killer.
Sister Cathy Cesnik, a popular young nun who taught English and drama at Keough, had vanished while on a Friday-night shopping trip. Students, parents and the local media buzzed about the 26-year-old's disappearance. People from all over Baltimore County helped the police comb local parks and wooded areas for any sign of her. Jean Hargadon Wehner immediately recognized the lifeless body as her teacher. "I knew it was her," she recalled recently. "She wasn't that far gone that you couldn't tell it was her." Read more.
Bill O'Reilly Blames The Decline Of American Religion On Rap
"The rap industry, for example, often glorifies depraved behavior, and that sinks into the minds of some young people -- the group that is most likely to reject religion," O'Reilly said on a Fox News segment. Read more.
Christianity's Supernova: Why the Church's Loss Isn't Necessarily the Progressives' Gain
"The intrusion of Christianity into politics and public life is at its highest levels since the 1950s," argues Clay Farris Naff of the Humanist Magazine. Read more.
Why The Vatican's Recognition Of A Palestinian State Comes As No Great Surprise
Even before U.N. recognition, the Vatican supported the creation of a Palestinian nation. Saint John Paul II met with then-Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat 12 times. Read more.
'72 Virgins' Group Brings Jews And Muslims Together Over Delicious Mocktails
"As a Muslim who doesn't drink, it's always been really frustrating for me to go to different places and look at all these cool drink menus with all these crazy funky names, and the only thing I can order is a virgin mojito or a Shirley Temple," Saba Mirza said. Read more.
Rush Limbaugh Tells Businesses To Blame Anti-Gay Bigotry On ... Muslims
Good ol' Rush Limbaugh is at it again, and this time he is dishing up advice for businesses who want to deny services to same-sex couples: blame Muslims. Read more.
Evangelicals' Claims of Conservative Supremacy Are Overstated
"The biggest threat to evangelicals is not some form of liberal faith, but rather faithlessness itself. Most people aren't leaving evangelicalism for more liberal expressions, but rather for nothing at all." Read more.
Posted: 14 May 2015 03:20 PM PDT
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What was George Stephanopoulos thinking? On Thursday, Politico's Dylan Byers revealed that the ABC News chief anchor donated $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation, all the while reporting on the organization. While the donations were publicly available information, Stephanopoulos failed to disclose them to the network, fueling questions about the newsman's ability to report objectively on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. As our own Michael Calderone pointed out, Stephanopoulos had been the most likely candidate to moderate the presidential debates for the network, but said he "won't moderate that debate" in light of the news. "I think I've shown that I can moderate debates fairly," Stephanopoulos said. "That said, I know there have been questions made about moderating debates this year. I want to be sure I don't deprive moderators or viewers of a good debate." While the intentions behind the donation aren't necessarily nefarious, the appearance of a conflict of interest is obvious. Stephanopoulos should have known it was a gas leak waiting for a match.
— Gabriel Arana (@gabrielarana)
“Let's face it ladies: The media loves congratulating men for looking like sweaty, sloppy monsters who don't try hard at anything.”
— Fusion's Akilah Hughes, opining on the "dad bod" phenomenon
George Stephanopoulos' 2016 Role Shifts Amid Criticism Over Clinton Foundation Donations
ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos will not moderate a Republican debate during the 2016 elections after it was revealed on Thursday that he gave $75,000 in donations to the Clinton Foundation. The donations, which were sitting in plain view on the Clinton Foundation website, had gone unnoticed until the conservative Washington Free Beacon began asking questions Wednesday night. ABC News confirmed the donations to Politico Thursday morning. Read more.
The New York Times Validates Seymour Hersh's Bin Laden Claim, Though Not In Its News Pages
Hersh reported that a Pakistani intelligence officer provided the CIA with Osama bin Laden's location a year before the U.S. raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. However the Obama administration has long maintained that U.S. intelligence tracked down bin Laden through his couriers and pushed back aggressively this week against Hersh's piece. Read more.
Rachel Maddow Blames Congress For Amtrak Derailment
"We are a great nation that has allowed the world-class national infrastructure, that our grandparents built and our parents handed down to us, to erode and suffer and starve to the point that it is decrepit and deadly," Maddow said on her show. "And this is a failure of governance. This is on Congress' head." Read more.
Megyn Kelly Tears Into Critics Who Say Amtrak Crash Was An Infrastructure Failure
"There has been a predictable but no less despicable rush to turn this crash into a political talking point," Kelly said at the start of "The Kelly File" Wednesday night. Read more.
Washington Post's Mobile Site Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army
The mobile site for The Washington Post was hacked briefly on Thursday, and the Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility. Read more.
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The New York Times: Technology That Could Have Prevented Amtrak Derailment Was Absent
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Hollywood has a huge diversity problem
Posted: 14 May 2015 03:00 PM PDT
Hollywood is so overpowered by straight white men that it feels like a Tea Party convention at a country club in Connecticut. There are more straight, white male superheroes named Chris than women or minorities with powers combined, but the evidence isn't purely anecdotal. As delightfully delusional as it may be to subscribe to the idea that straight, white men just happened to consistently be the most talented actors, writers, directors and producers available, the fact is that the current state of the industry is the result of a systemic problem built on enduring practices of gendered and racial discrimination. This week provided some hard evidence to corroborate that.
A condemnatory University of Southern California study, cited by the American Civil Liberties Union, found that less than 2 percent of the 100 highest-grossing films from 2013 and 2014 were directed by women. Of the 3,500 episodes of TV released in that time, just 14 percent were directed by women. But perhaps the most telling information comes from the ACLU's own investigation, which cites a female director who was informed by a potential employer that they had "already hired a woman this season."
That statement is so blatant, so ignorant and entitled, it may as well be printed on a uniform for the Men's Rights softball team. And the terrifying part is that it's not just one awful dude-bro, who thinks he needs to check the box next to Hire One Woman and call it a day. This is the thinking that pervades the structures of power in Hollywood. Jill Soloway said it best in an interview with The New York Times: “At least you should be aware that you should be ashamed of yourself if your show is 90 percent written by male writers," she said. "Watching something written and directed by women, to me that’s the future. It’s not just, ‘Hey, give women more jobs.’”
Furthermore, consider The Hollywood Reporter's roundtable discussion, published Monday, in which Lee Daniels ("Empire") pushed several other showrunners to reflect on the diversity in their writers' rooms. He asked his peers if they had hired African-American, Asian or female writers, and was met with shrugs and a very telling response response from "House of Cards" creator Beau Willimon. "Just, it's a weird question," he said. "But we have zero African Americans in our writers' room of six."
No, it's not a weird question. And the fact that Willimon thinks it's a weird question, compounded by the fact that his show does not have a black writer on staff, speaks to a total lack of awareness still acceptable in Hollywood. The core of this problem is not just giving a person of color a woman a job, it's the way their work behind the scenes is reflected on screen.
There were no specific statements of homophobia from the industry this week, but consider that of the 102 movies released by the six major studios in 2013, just 17 included a LGBT character and, as the GLAAD report put it, many were “outright defamatory representations.” Things have improved in the past year -- the 2014 Netflix Responsibility Index reflected the most progressive programming to date -- but these few positive examples are not enough to truly make change. As per usual, Laverne Cox summed things up beautifully in an interview with Variety earlier this month: “There needs to be a systemic shift," she said. "I don’t think we’re there yet, but there’s a lot of potential.”
Representation matters and, as Viola Davis put it at the SAG Awards in January, change "starts from the top up." The worst part of the lack of diversity in Hollywood is that it is so shockingly rare for marginalized individuals to be included that the few times they're allowed a foot in the door the inclusion is seen as praiseworthy. Tokenism is the bedrock of this mantle of bullshit. Seeing this kind of thinking outlined with statistics and comments like Willimon's makes the enduring discrimination impossible to ignore (or write off as liberal whining). We need to abolish the idea that somehow it is okay to respond to a lack of diversity in Hollywood with "It's okay, we have one of those already!" Want to know something really weird? One is not enough.
Everything Else You Should Know:
- Fox announced that the next season of "American Idol" will be its last. Please listen to Clay Aiken's "Invisible" while you read Kevin Fallon's piece for The Daily Beast on how it changed the face of pop culture.
- Amy Schumer nailed it again this week with a sketch skewering the celebrity interview as Amy Lake Blivey promoting Baz Luhrmann's musical remake of "Blade Runner" (which is, unfortunately not a real thing).
- "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" churned out an insecurities-themed episode, so they could address Kyle's lip injections and have Kim pose nude. So brave!
- Iggy Azalea and Britney Spears' "Pretty Girls" music video is here. It mays homage to "Earth Girls Are Easy" (and Iggy's alien voice just might be more genuine than her Australian-Ebonics accent).
- Also, Men's Rights activists don't want you to see "Mad Max." Please do your best to be mindful of suppressed men by respecting them and attending their softball games.
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Your birth order shapes your personality, and here's how
Posted: 14 May 2015 03:00 PM PDT
How Birth Order Shapes Your Personality
Only children have a reputation for being perfectionists and high-achievers, constantly seeking attention and approval from their parents and from others. But children with siblings, too, express unique personality types... Read more.
Meet Velociraptor's Even Deadlier Cousin
The trailers for the upcoming film "Jurassic World" show the franchise's feared velociraptors taking a front-and-center role. But as it turns out, they may not even be the baddest members of their own family... Read more.
What Smokers' Brains Reveal About The Ability To Kick The Habit
Why are some smokers able to quit, while others struggle for years to kick the habit? Provocative new research suggests that it may come down to brain connectivity -- a finding that could pave the way for... Read more.
Are Living, Breathing Pets Doomed To Obsolescence?
For better or worse, robots seem poised to take over all sorts of human jobs in the not-too-distant future -- replacing us in factories and offices and maybe even in the bedroom. And people may not be the only ones facing stiff... Read more.
Science, in its effort to unravel the rules governing the workings of nature, is all about asking the right questions. These questions, whose answers may be forever elusive, nevertheless frame the direction of scientific research... Read more.
HUFFPOST HILL - Stephanopoulos Ties To Clinton Family EXPOSED
Posted: 14 May 2015 02:49 PM PDT
SENATE PASSES FAST TRACK AUTHORITY - Senators then retreated to the cloakroom to celebrate and clink glasses topped-off with finely-aged tears of assembly line workers. Mike McAuliff: "The Senate passed a pair of trade protection measures Thursday before voting to start debate on a fast-track bill that President Barack Obama needs to secure his massive and controversial free-trade initiatives with Asia and Europe. One measure, which reauthorizes trade preferences for some African countries, faced little opposition, and passed by a vote of 96 to 1. But the second, a customs and trade enforcement package, was approved more narrowly, with 78 voting in favor and 20 opposed. The package was opposed by the Obama administration and many Republicans because it contains a measure that would crack down on currency manipulation -- particularly by China, the prime offender, but also by several other members of Obama's proposed sweeping Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement with 11 Pacific Rim nations. With the currency crackdown passed, lawmakers were willing to let debate start on granting Obama what is known as trade promotion authority. TPA would allow the president to 'fast-track' passage of the TPP deal and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a similarly massive agreement with Europe." [HuffPost]
Check out this amazing story by Laura Bassett about the mysterious murder of a Baltimore nun who knew too much.
Fat lady sung, promptly outsourced declarative crooning to East Asia: "[The House bill] passed easily in the House on Thursday, by a vote of 400 to 25. The legislation passed in a form identical to the version approved by the Senate last week, which President Barack Obama has said he would sign... Assuming Obama signs the Iran bill, he will be required to provide Congress with all documents pertinent to the agreement. In addition, his ability to suspend congressionally enacted sanctions after reaching a deal will be frozen during a congressional review period of 30 to 52 days. At the end of that period, Congress can decide to vote on a resolution of approval or disapproval on the nuclear deal. Alternately, it can elect to do nothing and allow the agreement to be implemented without weighing in." [HuffPost's Jessica Schulberg]
" Wow, Jeb Bush is awful." Dang, Gail!
HOW BOEHNER MET STEEL - From a source close to Steel: "It was a cool night in late 2007, just days before Christmas, and the communications director for the Ways and Means Committee stepped out for a smoke. Michael Steel was at Bobby Van’s Grill that evening at the urging of a senior aide to House Minority Leader John Boehner. Dave Schnittger was eager to hire the genteel North Carolinian as Boehner’s new press secretary. He just needed the Leader’s okay, and a party for a departing Boehner aide seemed like as good a setting as any for an 'interview.' A free moment with the Leader was proving elusive, however, and Steel decided to grab a Camel Light on the sidewalk. Sure enough, Boehner was one step ahead of him, already outside with one of his own. Without Schnitt there to make the connection, the ever-polite Steel kept the conversation light – golf, fishing, the weather – and the Leader stepped back inside. When Schnitt heard that the two had spoken, he rushed the Leader to tell him that the guy outside was the one he’d been hoping to hire as his new spokesman. 'Oh, him?' Boehner grunted with a shrug. 'He’s fine.'" Thank you, cigarettes!
Haircuts: Igor Bobic.
DAILY DELANEY DOWNER - Wisconsin Republicans wanted to restrict food stamp purchases to healthy foods, but the regional food industry got mad. So they amended their legislation to allow "all types of dairy products," for which the state is renown. State Rep. Andy Jorgensen told HuffPost the amendment essentially defeats the healthy eating purpose of the bill, since it would let a food stamp recipient spend his or her monthly benefit entirely on Dippin' Dots, for instance. "The 'ice cream of the future' is now on the list of what’s acceptable to pay for, but a bottle of ketchup is not," Jorgensen said. A spokesman for the Midwest Food Processors Association, which has led industry opposition to the bill, said the groups remain totally opposed to the legislation. [HuffPost]
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FEINGOLD RUNNING - "I will fight for you with all the vigor with which my former Senate colleagues dislike me. I. Will. Not. Quit." Amanda Terkel: "Progressive Democrat Russ Feingold announced Thursday that he will run for Senate in 2016, hoping to win back the seat he lost six years ago.Feingold made his announcement in a video that was provided in advance to The Huffington Post. In it, he cites issues near and dear to his heart, like taking on corporations and big money in politics, as his justification for running. 'People tell me all the time that our politics and Washington are broken. And that multi-millionaires, billionaires and big corporations are calling the shots,' Feingold says in the video. 'They especially say this about the U.S. Senate, and it’s hard not to agree. But what are we going to do? Get rid of the Senate?' … The race will be a rematch between Feingold and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who defeated him during the tea party wave of 2010. Feingold ran what was widely considered to be a lackluster race that year, and many Democrats have stressed that 2016 needs to be different." [HuffPost]
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY, TRY, TRY AGAIN - Rarely is the question asked: is our Bushes learning? Igor Bobic: "The fifth time appears to be the charm for Jeb Bush.The former Florida governor said Thursday that, if he were president, he would not have invaded Iraq had he known that Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction. 'Knowing what we know now, I would have not engaged. I would have not gone into Iraq,' Bush said Thursday at an event in Arizona. The comments cap off a rocky week for the likely 2016 presidential contender, which began when some conservatives sharply criticized Bush for saying that he would have authorized the Iraq invasion even if he knew then what is now known about the situation. The governor claimed that he misheard the question, posed by Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly last weekend, and that he simply didn't know because it was a "hypothetical." Bush used that same reason to decline several questions about his position on Iraq on the campaign trail. Asked once more, he then said that addressing the issue would prove to be 'a disservice' to fallen troops." [HuffPost]
LEADING POLITICAL OPERATOR JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE - All will be forgiven after his 2017 sitdown with both presidents Clinton. Sam Stein and Michael Calderone: "ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos will not moderate a Republican debate during the 2016 elections after it was revealed on Thursday that he gave $75,000 in donations to the Clinton Foundation. The donations, which were sitting in plain view on the Clinton Foundation website, had gone unnoticed until the conservative Washington Free Beacon began asking questions Wednesday night. ABC News confirmed the donations to Politico Thursday morning...Stephanopoulos' ties to the Clintons weren't exactly state secrets. He served as a top aide to former President Bill Clinton during Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign and his first term in the White House. But Stephanopoulos carefully crafted a post-White House career as an objective newsman, joining ABC News in 1997 as a political analyst and rising to the top of the industry... Up until Thursday, he was the network’s most likely choice to moderate presidential primary debates." [HuffPost]
JERBS - Susanne Craig and Jesse McKinley: "In May 2013, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a program he promised would 'supercharge' the state’s economy and take job creation efforts to a level never seen before. He poured tens of millions of dollars into advertising to push the program, Start-Up New York. In its first full year of operation, the effort created fewer than 100 jobs...One administration official, when asked about the program’s promise, furnished a children’s poem about a blossoming garden: 'Dig In,' by George Shannon. 'Plant a little. Plant a lot,' the poem reads. 'Plant the seeds and bulbs you bought.' There is little question that the state expects a bountiful return, in companies native to New York and imported. Of the businesses currently running, however, just four came from out of state. In some cases, the companies have not even crossed county lines." [NYT]
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES LOVE COUNTRY TOO MUCH TO ACTUALLY FIX IT - Who wants to staff the Department of Justice when you can be taking in the sights and sounds of Harvey, Iowa? CQ: "Through April, Republican Ted Cruz of Texas had missed the most votes of White House hopefuls, according to a CQ Weekly analysis of senators’ attendance. He’s been present for only 74 percent of Senate votes — missing 44 roll call tallies, including on the fiscal 2016 budget resolution and the confirmation of Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Florida Republican Marco Rubio is next in line: he’s missed 32 votes for an attendance of 82 percent. Then comes South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham, who has been there for 87 percent of Senate votes this year. The presidential contenders who have stayed most faithful to their day jobs are Vermont independent Bernard Sanders, who has a 98 percent attendance rate, and Kentucky Republican Rand Paul, who boasts an attendance of 99 percent." [Roll Call]
BECAUSE YOU'VE READ THIS FAR - Here is a cat trying to stare down a bird.
COMFORT FOOD
- Send your enemies, rivals and archnemeses farts in a jar.
- Thom Yorke and John Updike are apparently symbols of sexual potency in Iran.
- With Harry Shearer leaving "The Simpsons," this clip from the show is oddly prescient.
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@DaveWeigel: Now just imagine the interesting unscreened questions Hillary Clinton would be answering if she, you know, took them.
@pourmecoffee: Jeb Bush: Knowing what we know now, I would not have made Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.
@dceiver: Q: Do you maybe need...medical attention?
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ISIS Claims Baghdadi Speaks in New Audio
Posted: 14 May 2015 02:15 PM PDT
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ISIS has claimed that a new speech circulating online is delivered by group leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, in an apparent effort to thwart reports that he was gravely injured by a U.S. airstrike. The speaker in the new recording, which is nearly 35 minutes long, is introduced as Ibrahim, the Caliph of the Muslims—the name Baghdadi adopted when declaring the caliphate. "Speech will not benefit you without action, for there is no faith without action," the man identified as Baghdadi says. He repeats his previous claim that hijrah, or immigration to the caliphate, is obligatory on all Muslims in an introduction that includes many Quranic references. "Islam was never a religion of peace," he says. The audio, intended to serve as proof of life, contains some references to recent limitations placed on Muslims in China and to the conflict in Yemen. However, the references are vague, referring simply to fighting against those who reject Allah. Baghadi also appears to reference Operation Decisive Storm in Yemen, which began on March 25 and was declared over at the end of April. He goes on to mention the bayat, or pledges of allegiance, made by supporters in West Africa and Khorasan. The newer pledge, from Boko Haram, was made in early March. The statement doesn't include references to the most recent developments in the region, making many experts question when it was recorded. Rumors of a forthcoming statement from Baghdadi have been online for at least two weeks. 
Harry Shearer, the voice of Simpsons' characters Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, and Principal Skinner, is leaving the show after 26 seasons. Shearer tweeted the news Wednesday night, indicating a contract dispute was the cause of his departure. "This because I wanted what we've always had: the freedom to do other work," he tweeted. Shearer initially tweeted producer James L. Brooks' lawyer revealing the news. "Harry will not be part of it, wish him the best." Fox renewed the longstanding series for two more seasons through 2017, and the rest of the voice cast had signed two-year extensions. Fox could not immediately be reached for comment. 
The Georgia school principal who attracted national attention for a racist remark during a graduation ceremony has been fired, according to the school's board of directors. "You people are being so rude to not listen to this speech," Nancy Gordeuk told the gathered audience while trying to get them to pay attention to the valedictorian, who she had forgotten to call during the ceremony. "It was my fault that we missed it in the program. Look who's leaving—all the black people." A new video shows she apologized while still at the podium. "Anybody who knows me knows I did not mean that in a racial manner," she said. "I was frustrated at that man because I wanted Hank to have the respect he needed to give his speech."
George Stephanopoulos has revealed that he gave the Clinton Foundation $25,000 in 2012, 2013 and 2014—while continuing to report on the Clintons, their foundation, and related fields. The ABC News chief anchor also did not disclose those donations last month while interviewing the author of Clinton Cash, a book critical of the foundation's disclosure issues. "I made charitable donations to the foundation in support of the work they're doing on global AIDS prevention and deforestation, causes I care about deeply," he said in a statement. "I thought that my contributions were a matter of public record. However, in hindsight, I should have taken the extra step of personally disclosing my donations to my employer and to the viewers on air during the recent news stories about the foundation. I apologize." ABC News is standing behind the anchor, who, they say, made an "honest mistake." 
During a town-hall event in Arizona on Thursday, Jeb Bush finally gave a straight answer about whether, as president, he would have authorized the Iraq War. "Here's the deal: If we're all supposed to answer hypothetical questions, knowing what we know now, what would you have done, I would have not engaged. I would not have gone into Iraq," he said. He was sure to add that the world is still a safer place because of the ouster of Saddam Hussein and that he does not want to take away from troops' sacrifices. "It's very hard for me to say that their lives were lost in vain. In fact, they weren't," he said. "Their sacrifice is worth honoring, not depreciating."
A grainy security-camera video has been released of the fatal Amtrak derailment Tuesday. The tape shows the train in the distance, followed by what appears to be an extraordinary explosion. At least eight people have died in the crash, and a dozen more are missing. Investigators now say the train was speeding at more than 100 miles an hour, and are focusing their investigation on 32-year-old train engineer Brandon Bostian. Bostian says he doesn't remember the moment of the incident. 
Two Secret Service agents who drove through a secure area of the White House grounds and crashed into a barrier in March were "more likely than not" drunk, according to a report issued Wednesday. The biggest clue in the investigation was the "significant" bar tab the two ran up at a retirement party just before the incident, though the men claim they didn't drink all the beverages they paid for. One of the agents retired ahead of the report's release, while the younger one is on administrative leave. Homeland Security Inspector General John Roth found they both "displayed poor judgment and a lack of institutional awareness."
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have asked NATO to permanently allocate troops within their borders, out of fears of an increasingly threatening Russia. "It is necessary because of the security situation," said Latvian defense spokesman Capt. Mindaugas Neimontas. "It's not getting better in our region, so it will be a deterrent." The nations are requesting 700 to 800 troops be placed in each country. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the requests will be "assessed carefully." 
Rihanna égérie Dior: la première campagne dévoilée
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Stephanopoulos Caught in Clinton Cash Trap
Posted: 14 May 2015 01:14 PM PDT
Gorgeous George's Ethical Misstep 
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INFO LE FIGARO - Auchan-Système U : les dessous d'un mariage historique
L'autorité de la concurrence va se pencher sur le projet de mariage plus poussé entre Auchan et Système U, numéros cinq et six de la grande distribution française.
Selon nos informations, le dossier, annoncé en février dernier et déposé le 10 mars à Bruxelles, serait en cours de renvoi devant l'autorité dirigée par Bruno Lasserre. Ce projet ferait de l'alliance Auchan-Système U le deuxième acteur du secteur de la grande distribution, devant Leclerc mais derrière Carrefour.
Sans être une fusion en bonne et due forme, cette alliance d'un nouveau genre va créer un big bang dans le secteur.
Pour plus d'informations, vous pouvez lire l'article du Figaro en cliquant ici.
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