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marmar

(77,090 posts)
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 07:00 AM Apr 2012

In honor of David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy, a little Henry Rollins...............




Cause I'm a liar Yeah I'm a liar I'll tear your mind out I'll burn your soul I'll turn you into me I'll turn you into me Cause I'm a liar, a liar A liar, a liar



David Cameron has insisted there was "no grand deal" with Rupert Murdoch over the BSkyB bid in exchange for support for his party.

"The idea there was some grand bargain between me and Rupert Murdoch – that is just not true," he said on the BBC1 Andrew Marr programme.

The prime minister indicated he regretted attending a Christmas party at the Oxfordshire home of the then News International chief executive, Rebekah Brooks, in December 2010, and admitted discussing matters with James Murdoch, but insisted he did not have "inappropriate conversations with anyone about this". ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/29/david-cameron-no-deal-murdoch


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Nicolas Sarkozy is facing a renewed claim that Muammar Gaddafi agreed to donate up to €50m to his last presidential campaign.

The investigative website Mediapart published what it called "compelling new evidence" that the Libyan regime decided to help finance Sarkozy's successful election campaign in 2007. A document that it said was signed by Gaddafi's foreign intelligence chief, Moussa Koussa, stated that the regime had approved a payment of €50m (£40m).

Sarkozy said the document was a fabrication and a disgrace, and accused the French left of using the reports "to create a distraction". ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/29/nicolas-sarkozy-rejects-gaddafi-claim



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In honor of David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy, a little Henry Rollins............... (Original Post) marmar Apr 2012 OP
Nice malaise Apr 2012 #1
Of course there was no grand deal muriel_volestrangler Apr 2012 #2
considering rmoney's latest trick SemperEadem Apr 2012 #3

SemperEadem

(8,053 posts)
3. considering rmoney's latest trick
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 07:36 AM
Apr 2012

(spokesman saying the it was rmoney's idea to bail out Detroit) that R on his chest totally identifies rmoney with liar.

Well played, if not prescient.

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