Daily Archives: May 15, 2011

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Chief of the IMF Arrested for Attempted Rape


The political world of France was hit with an unexpected scandal today as news emerged of Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s arrest by NYPD late last night on charges of attempted rape.

Strauss-Kahn, a former French Finance Minister and member of the Socialist Party of France, has been serving as the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund since 2007. Responsible for the French economic turn-a-round in the the 90s that ensured the country’s entry into the EU, Strauss-Kahn was nonetheless forced to resign as Finance Minister amongst accusations of corruption relating to a fraud investigation into Elf Aquitaine, a French oil company, although he was later acquitted.
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Bush Admits Eating French Food Before Obama’s Call

I’ve already been bored nearly to tears over the news about OBL. I can admit that I’m possibly understating its importance but I make no secret that I’m NotSoDeep. We recently ran a post on favorite Onion articles and I was sure to comment and add mine. So when I ran across this gem, I had to double-check that its source was a valid news outlet. (I’m gonna get crap for that, aren’t I?)
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