Here's A Photo Of Obama Meeting Pope Francis For The First Time

 
President Barack Obama held a historic first meeting Thursday morning with Pope Francis at the Vatican, on the fourth day of his week-long trip through Europe.
The two world leaders smiled and greeted each other with a handshake, according to a White House pool report of the meeting.
Wonderful meeting you," Obama said, according to the pool report. "Thank you sir, thank you."
"It is a great honor. I'm a great admirer," he added. "Thank you so much for receiving me."
In many ways, Pope Francis' still-rising popularity on the world stage mirrors the standing of Obama in 2008, when he was first campaigning for president. In its preview of Obama's trip, the White House said Obama looked forward to discussing their "shared commitment to fighting poverty and growing inequality," issues that have been embraced by the Pope in his first year.
The admiration for Pope Francis runs wide in Washington. Earlier this month, House Speaker John Boehner invited the pope to address a joint session of Congress sometime in the near future. The pope has a 76 percent approval rating with Americans, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.
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Our Presidential System Of Government Breeds Corrupt Leaders — Soyinka

Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday took a swipe at the presidential system of government being practiced in Nigeria, describing it as a model that breeds corrupt leaders.

He also regretted that those who were not elected bulldoze their ways into public offices under the present structure of governance.
Soyinka, who was among the panelists at the inaugural Public Service Debate convened by the Saint John’s Forum, titled: Will Nigeria Be Better Served By A Parliamentary System of Government?,  spoke in Lagos.
The event, which also had former Minister of External Affairs, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia, Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who was represented by Prof Okechukwu Okoh, Dr. Abduraufu Mustapha as panelists, was moderated by former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku.
Soyinka further stressed the need for a public discourse on the structure of government that can guarantee fair representation of Nigerians, adding that the public became critiques of the  presidential system of government because it is close to kleptomania.
In addition, he argued that  unlike parliamentary democracy,  the current system of government in Nigeria, is prone to manipulation.
According to Soyinka: ‘’Parliament reminds me of the organization that I belong to, the international parliament of writers. The organization does not make law and does not belong to any constituency. Whatever system of government you operate, is determined by so many factors. There is a straight line between dishonourable members and what Nigeria is going through.  Yerima is one of those that make laws but he defiles the law. We need a public discourse on a structure that guarantees representation of the people. Those who were never elected bulldoze their ways to the hallowed House.
‘’You can’t say that after the civil war, people can’t examine the protocol that bind them. The cost of democracy in the two systems, which is cheaper and less open to manipulation? Which one encourages corruption? The public became critiques of the presidential system because it is close to kleptomania. Presidential system breeds corrupt leaders.’’
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Ex-Ukraine Leader Tymoshenko Faces Heat For Comments About Nuking Russians

Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was plunged into fresh controversy on Tuesday after Russian television broadcast a tape where she is heard urging the "wiping out" of Russians over Moscow's seizure of Crimea.
Tymoshenko, a hugely controversial figure both in Ukraine and Russia who was released from jail last month, confirmed the voice was hers but said some of the comments had been manipulated.
"This really crosses all the boundaries," Tymoshenko is heard to say in the leaked phone call posted on YouTube and broadcast extensively on Russian television Monday.
"One has to take up arms and go wipe out these damn 'katsaps' together with their leader," the voice said in Russian, without mentioning Putin by name.
The word "katsap" is a derogatory Ukrainian term for Russians.
During the conversation, Tymoshenko is said to discuss Russia's seizure of Ukraine's Russian-speaking peninsula of Crimea with Ukrainian MP and former government official Nestor Shufrych.
Tymoshenko, who spent three years in jail on what her supporters say were politically motivated charges of abuse of power before being freed last month, said if she were in power Moscow would not be able to take the peninsula.
"I am sorry that I am not able to be there and am not in charge of these processes, they wouldn't have had a fucking chance of getting Crimea off me."
"I would have found a way to finish off these bastards," the 53-year-old leader of the 2004 pro-democracy Orange revolution was heard as saying.
"I am hoping that I will use all my connections and will get the whole world to rise up so that not even scorched earth would be left of Russia."
Discussing the fate of Ukraine's eight million ethnic Russians with Shufrych, Tymoshenko was also heard as saying that they should be "nuked".

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Obama Just Gave His Most Direct Public Rebuke Of Vladimir Putin

President Barack Obama delivered his most direct, public rebuke of Russia and President Vladimir Putin in Belgium on Wednesday, during the most high-profile address of his weeklong European trip.
Obama's speech in Brussels served as a direct plea to Europe for a unified response to Russian aggression in Ukraine, in addition to the sanctions that have already been laid out. He said the West was not entering into another Cold War with Russia, but he described some of Putin's recent actions as having stirred up the "darker forces of the past."
"Make no mistake, neither the United States nor Europe has any interest in controlling Ukraine," Obama said during the speech. "Understand as well, this is not another Cold War that we're entering into. After all, unlike the Soviet Union, Russia leads no bloc of nations, no global ideology. The United States and NATO do not seek any conflict with Russia."
During the nearly 40-minute long speech, Obama made the case to Europe that tough sanctions — perhaps even some inflicting potential harm on their own economies — are the best way to respond to Russian aggression.
Obama's speech looked at the implications of the Ukrainian crisis in a broader context. He said Ukrainians had been determined to get their country back from what was a "corrupt" government, and he made a veiled comparison of Russia's actions to the events that sparked previous World Wars.
"To be honest, if we defined our interests narrowly, with a cold-hearted calculus, we might decide to look the other way," he said. "Our economy is not deeply integrated with Ukraine’s. Our people and our homeland face no direct threat from the invasion of Crimea. Our own borders are not threatened by Russia’s annexation. But that kind of casual indifference would ignore the lessons that are written in the cemeteries of this continent."
Obama concluded by providing a defense of U.S. intervention in Iraq a decade ago. Obama opposed the war as a U.S. senator, loudly campaigned against it in 2008, and immediately developed plans to draw down troop presence from Iraq as president. However, he said it was foolish to compare U.S. actions in Iraq to Russia's actions in Ukraine.
"Russia has pointed to America’s decision to go into Iraq as an example of Western hypocrisy. It is true that the Iraq War was a subject of vigorous debate — not just around the world, but in the United States as well. I happened to oppose our military intervention there," Obama said. "But even in Iraq, America sought to work within the international system. We did not claim or annex Iraq’s territory, nor did we grab its resources for our own gain. Instead, we ended our war and left Iraq to its people and a fully sovereign Iraqi state could make decisions about its own future.
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3 Watches You Should Wear If You Want To Impress People

When a man flashes his cuff and his watch is revealed, what does it say about him? Classic men's jewelry that is sophisticated without going over the top falls into two categories: a wedding ring and a great watch.
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NTSB: CTA operator admitted falling asleep before O’Hare crash

The National Transportation Safety Board says the operator of the CTA Blue Line train that crashed at O’Hare Airport has admitted falling asleep at the controls. And Monday was not the first time it happened. NTSB investigators are in Chicago to determine what caused the crash that injured 32 people. The NTSB says the train operator was cooperative and forthcoming in her interview. She was hired in April of 2013 but had only been running trains for the past 60 days. In Feburary she dozed off and overshot a station so that it was unsafe to open car doors. The CTA admonished her but she was allowed to continue working. On Monday she was coming to the end of her shift which would take her back and forth on the Blue Line between Logan Square and O’Hare. She told investigators that she overslept before her shift started and that she was running late to work. She was not taking any medication at the time of the crash, and she says she woke up upon impact. That impact has caused $6 million of equipment damage that investigators know of so far. The NTSB has more work to do to determine how she spent her time outside of work and her level of responsibility. Investigators say her erratic schedule could have been the problem behind falling asleep twice. No comment from the CTA, but a spokesperson indicated that the agency may provide an update to the media a little later. There are a lot of unanswered questions on the CTA’s end so far.
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Rihanna to be Honored with CFDA Fashion Icon Award

Rihanna earned an icon award at the American Music Awards last year. Now she’s receiving a similar honor from the fashion world.

The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc., announced Monday that the 26-year-old pop star will receive the CFDA Fashion Icon Award on June 2 in New York City.

The award is given to one whose style has made a tremendous impact on pop culture around the world. Past recipients include Lady Gaga, Iman, Kate Moss and Nicole Kidman.

The 2014 CFDA Fashion Awards will be held at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.

Rihanna will launch a three-date co-headlining tour with Eminem on Aug. 8 in Los Angeles. The artists have collaborated on the No. 1 hits "The Monster" and "Love the Way You Lie."

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