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...Václav Klaus doesn't hide his scorn of the European Union. The irascible Czech President refuses to fly the E.U. flag over Prague Castle. He argues that climate change - targeted in one of the E.U.'s signature policies - is a myth. On his only visit to the European Parliament, in February, he bluntly compared the E.U. to the Soviet Union. So it is no surprise that the 68-year-old former economist should try to sink the Lisbon Treaty, which aims to overhaul the E.U.'s decision-making process and has been a decade in the making...
Power Play: Has V wrapped around her pinky...
...Wrote an enthusiastic commenter: "Obama needs to move up, [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad needs to move down, [Uruguayan President] Tabaré Vázquez definitely needs to move way, way down, [Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu is undressing me with his eyes ... Maybe Netanyahu should move...
...MCDONALD V. CITY OF CHICAGO...
...school sitcom would have told this joke as a zinger ("Yeah, well, tell your nesting instinct it left a Ding-Dong wrapper on the kitchen counter!" [Canned laughter]). This screwball-vérité style, by adding a layer of visual irony, allows Modern Family to pack its jokes tighter (the straight line and the contradiction are simultaneous) and connects the audience more intimately. You're not just a fan; you're a voyeur...