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USA, Wisconsin: Just imagine you were in the Golden Globe jury and you should judge an actor during a writers strike. Not talking about a movie produced in a time of one. What´s the core of politics? What´s the sense of it? Entertainment? Something that makes you feel better? At least for a moment, a speech? 4 more minutes? If Barack Obama speechwriters now fire back about charges of plagiarism prompted by the Hillary Clinton campaign, saying that the words Obama used in a weekend speech which resembled remarks made by Deval Patrick during his successful Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign in…

Strait of Hormuz: Five Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats „harassed and provoked“ three U.S. Navy ships early Sunday in international waters, the U.S. military said Monday, calling the encounter a „significant“ confrontation. Well – actually that´s what CNN reported (1). But there were other reports at the beginning: „Citing unnamed military officials in Washington, CNN, NBC and other news outlets reported today that one of five Iranian ships came within 200 yards of a group of three U.S. naval vessels Saturday night in international waters within the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passage through which much of the gulf’s oil reaches…