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Olle Johansson, Sweden

The biggest sponsor of rightwing Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich is billionaire casino king Sheldon Adelson. He already gave $21 million till now to the campaign of Gingrich and is considering donating another cool $100 million. That's how obsceen politics in the U.S. has become. Adelson can afford it, he's good for at least $25 billion. 
When the casino mogul was asked if it was fair to influence an election like this, he said:

“I’m against very wealthy ­people attempting to or influencing elections,” he shrugs. “But as long as it’s doable I’m going to do it.”

But why would he spent so much money on Gingrich? Very likely a loser. Well, Adelson is buying public policy. In this case, the Middle East policies of Republican Newt Gingrich. 
Adelson, who hopes that his son will become a sniper in the Israeli Defense Force, wants for example to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Gingrich said he will do so on his very first day as U.S. president. Adelson also was pleased with Gingrich’s description of Palestinians as “an invented people.”
Indeed, that kind of policies.

Jimmy Margulies, The Record of Hackensack, NJ

Yes we can show Romney he sucks for another cool 57 million dollars.
By the way a lot of it is not his but his friends money.

Foto: Flickr Commons

Christo Komarnitski, Bulgaria

RJ Matson, Roll Call

Students in the U.S. begin their life after study with a debt of now totalling 1000.0000.000.000 dollars... one trillion dollars, the reality of life in America. Last year Americans for the first time had more education debt than debt on their creditcards. Young people graduating have an average debt of more than $25,000. 

Whoever counted the words in the Harry Potter books should get the Nobelprize for Mathematics.

De rayonhoofden hebben de staat van de economie opgemeten. Goed nieuws. IT GIET OAN! De recessie gaat door.

Je moet parfum spuiten op de plaats waar je wilt worden gekust, zegt Coco Chanel... brandt nu behoorlijk.

Foto: Nationaal Archief

Rob 'op de paal' Rensenbrink heeft het toch gedaan, Nederland wereldkampioen voetballen gemaakt.

Wie kent ze niet de helden van 1978: Ruud Krol, Arie Haan, Dick Nanninga, Johan Neeskens, Johnnie Rep.

In 1978 verloor Nederland de finale van Argentinië. De FIFA maakte vandaag bekend een onderzoek in te stellen naar groeiende stroom van verklaringen uit Peru dat de wedstrijd Argentinië - Peru verkocht zou zijn. Er is onder meer betaald met graan.
Deze week gaf keeper Quiroga toe dat hij en de andere verdedigers niet goed hun best hebben gedaan.

Als de winst van Argentinië op Peru wordt geschrapt, is Nederland reglementair wereldkampioen voetbal 1978.

De Fifa zou nog studeren de finale over te laten spelen door de elftallen Brazilië '78 en Nederland '78.

Rick McKee, The Augusta Chronicle

Kap, Spain

That was very classy of Sony. Within hours of the death of Whitney Houston her label almost doubled the price of albums like The Ultimate Collection to take advantage of the expected rise in sales:

The music giant is understood to have lifted the wholesale price of Houston’s greatest hits album, The Ultimate Collection, at about 4am California time on Sunday.
This meant that the iTunes retail price of the album automatically increased from £4.99 to £7.99. Houston’s The Ultimate Collection, originally released in 1997, was the second top-selling album on iTunes on Monday morning. Apple returned the album to its original price late on Sunday.

President Obama came up with the name: the Buffett Rule. A bill that is supported by conservative billionaire investor Warren Buffett. The bill requires millionaires to pay at least the same tax rate as their maids, 30 percent. Republicans call it class warfare. 
More rich Americans like Bill Gates and George Soros approve of the bill, though not the big sponsors of rightwing causes, the Koch Brothers. Investor Soros had this to say about it on CNN. This is a very good time to start debating the bill for the Democrats, because of the coming presidential elections in november this year:

ZAKARIA: What about taxes? Do you support President Obama’s proposal to increase taxes on the wealthy?

SOROS: Yes, I very much do so, because it’s the big boom, the super-bubble that resulted in a great increase in inequality. Not only do we have the after effect where we have slow growth one way or the other, but if you have better distribution of income, the average American will be better off.

There is less chance for a poor American citizen to become wealthey than in most other western countries. So let's stop the bulshit about the American dream please.

Researchers have found that while the achievement gap between white and black students in the United States has narrowed significantly over the past few decades, the achievement gap between rich and poor students has grown substantially during the same period.

a) Ja.
b) Nee.
c) Alleen als u de korte weg over het ijs neemt.

Frederick Deligne, Nice-Matin, France

Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE  

Foto: Groninganus

Tom Janssen, The Netherlands

Arend Van Dam, politicalcartoons.com

Osama Hajjaj, Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions

Deze advertentie is van Peter Hoekstra. De politicus die in 1953 in Groningen werd geboren en op driejarige leeftijd emigreerde naar Amerika waar hij onder de schuilnaam Pete opgroeide in het plaatsje Holland. In 1992 werd hij voor de Republikeinse partij van Michigan lid van het Amerikaanse Congres.

In 1992 deed hij zijn verkiezingstoer op de fiets. Dit jaar adverteerde de oerconservatieve Hoekstra bij de Superbowl. Hij wil in de verkiezingen van november de senaatszetel van de Democraat Debbie Stabenow overnemen.
Zie hier zijn advertentie, die 150.000 dollars heeft gekocht. De advertentie gaat over het uitgeven van geld.

Hoe reageerde Amerika op de advertentie van deze immigrant uit Europa? Zie deze tweet van een Republikeinse analist:

"Pete Hoekstra Superbowl TV ad in MI Senate race really, really dumb. I mean really," tweeted top GOP strategist Mike Murphy.

“Stabenow has got to go," wrote Michigan GOP consultant Nick De Leeuw on Facebook. "But shame on Pete Hoekstra for that appalling new advertisement. ... Racism and xenophobia aren’t any way to get things done."