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Here you can find a link to watch the Obama speech live in English - its supposed to be at 18:45 CET(or 19:00 - I am not sure as the German and the English transmission have different start times). You can change the player on the lower left hand site. I had to set it to Windows medial player, because Quicktime didn't work.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 24th, 2008 at 09:18:30 AM EST
Will you bother? I don't think I can handle more than written summaries with quotes afterwards...

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
by DoDo on Thu Jul 24th, 2008 at 10:21:44 AM EST
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No! I don't think so. I skimmed over the news for the Salon tonight and all that Obama hyph makes me feel like after overeating on to much sweets. :-) Short I am fead up with it.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 24th, 2008 at 10:25:59 AM EST
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SPIEGEL has a series of 22 photos of the event. Recommended: the first one (you can pick out some really fanatic fans), big crowd photo with some heavy Prussian background, another big crown photo with Fanmeile feel, Brandenburg Gate, Merkel annoying the Repubs and pro-Repubs in her party, Wowi [won't that hurd Obama's conservative vote?...] and Steinmeier getting their photo-ops. But I embed the best (size reduced):



*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Thu Jul 24th, 2008 at 02:17:31 PM EST
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Photo 17:  A graphoanalyst would have a field day with that handwriting.  Very definitive, very interesting and a big, ´look at me´ signature.

After the scenes in Israel, though, I wish they wouldn´t let him out everyday...  He has said too much already, even if it´s THE game.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Thu Jul 24th, 2008 at 03:29:51 PM EST
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Damn SPIEGEL is taking photos in and out of the series as we are watching. Just when I made the photo selection, they reduced it from 26 to 22. One of the 'censored' photos would have been the second most interesting: a pro-McCain counter-protester, with an old crap umbrella with A4 paper sheets hanging on all sides with "McCain" printed on them. Could be used as symbolic.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.
by DoDo on Thu Jul 24th, 2008 at 04:21:33 PM EST
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Saw the new Stern cover at the newsstall:

asking: "Barack Obama Redeemer or Seducer?"

Didn't have much time to skim through the magazines but it looks like, gratefully, the press isn't fully in on the hyph. They are not negative, but basically say he is question mark and it is difficult to know what he stands for.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 24th, 2008 at 11:40:13 AM EST
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I posted a Special Focus section for the Obama visit in Berlin, so that we can keep the topic together in one place. :-)
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 24th, 2008 at 03:27:20 PM EST
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