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American kidnapped in West African nation of Benin

A view of the "door of no return" in Ouidah in 2011 (AFP)

An American citizen has been kidnapped in the West African nation of Benin, a US embassy spokeswoman said Saturday, but details of the incident were unclear. “I can confirm an American got kidnapped in Benin last week,”Melissa Ford, a spokeswoman for the US embassy in neighbouring Nigeria, told AFP, indicating she had no other…

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Newest wrinkle in having it both ways

Of the many things the crabby white people that make up the teabagger movement feel entitled to, having it both ways is perhaps the most maddening. Everyone’s favorite version of this is, “Get government hands off my Medicare!”, i.e. believing both that social spending is wrong and supporting it if…

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