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“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.” ― Confucius
Eeek! The Cubs are down three games in the NLCS series against the NY Mets, today’s game is literally make or break…No, the Pope does not have a brain tumor, reports the Vatican…Could “The Donald” be right? He stated recently to Good Morning America that fellow Republican candidate Jeb Bush keeps attacking him because he’s “embarrassed” that he has failed to gain traction on the campaign trail…The impeachment of Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff is looming as a “group of high-profile lawyers plans to file a request Wednesday to begin the proceedings.”
ASSAD
We hope by now you are aware & up to date re: the conflict going on in Syria and how Russia and Syrian President Assad have been getting real cozy? Well Assad, not one to send an an elaborate floral arrangement or an OMEGA Globemaster, instead payed Putin an unannounced visit to Moscow, surprise! Actually Putin, scheduled it but still; the meeting, which occurred late Tuesday was about their joint military campaign and a future political transition in Syria. Russia is ready to contribute to the fight against terrorism and to a political settlement of the conflict since 2011. Here’s the deal, Putin’s forces have been attacking the opposition units that most directly threaten Mr. Assad, while the US and Turkey, fighting ISIS and are saying Assad’s gotta go but at the end of the day they all want to rid Syria of the unrest that began in March 2011. Since Assad made his first foreign trip in four years to Moscow first and not Tehran, Iran, another Assad ally might feel some type of way. [NY TIMES]
PAUL RYAN
The heat is on and the Wisconsin rep who is currently chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, has announced that he would run for House speaker, only if his Republican colleagues meet several conditions including the caucus unifying around a positive message of big ideas. “If my colleagues entrust me with being the speaker, then I want us to be the solution,” someone’s been watching House of Cards it seems. [NBC NEWS]
RUSH CARD
Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans, using the prepaid debit cards have had no access to their money, some for more than a week, due to a technical problem had blocked account access for holders. A quarter of these cardholders earn less than $15,000 a year “The breakdown illustrates the potential perils for those without access to the banking system. In 2012, the most recent year available, prepaid cards held $65 billion, more than double the amount from just three years earlier.” [NY TIMES]
ENTERTAINMENT
Beyonce, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, T.I., Usher and Jay Z all performed at the Tidal X: 10/20 concert last night at the Barclays Center with 100% proceeds going to the New World Foundation. Not far away H&M & Balmain’s Olivi Rousteng staged the runway show for their Balmain x H&M collection with models Jourdan Dunn, Joan Smalls, and Karlie Kloss, Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid with the Backstreet Boys closing out the show.
MAISON MARGIELA
After his anti Semitic remarks while he was at Dior and subsequent firing, John Galliano became undesirable #1 in fashion but after a few guest stints and public mea culpas, fashion executive Renzo Rosso hired him and its paying off as the fashion house reported revenues are now growing by more than 30% compared to 10 to 15% before. [VOGUE UK]
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