| The Official 2011 Disney Parks Christmas Parade Thread | ABC

1. Hosts Mario Lopez and Maria Menounos at Walt Disney World, with Nick Cannon and Marlee Matlin at Disneyland. Airs on ABC. Entertainment: Justin Bieber, Jennifer Hudson, Scotty McCreery, Cee Lo Green, The Muppets, Christina Aguilera, OneRepublic, Phineas and Ferb, the star of Disney Channel's new teen sitcom A.N.T. Farm, China Anne McClain with her siblings, Katie Leclerc and Sean Berdy from ABC Family?s Switched at Birth, and singer-songwriter Nathan Pacheco with vocalist Katherine Jenkins.

   DISNEY PARKS CHRISTMAS DAY PARADE SCHEDULE

   Check out the schedule below to find out when the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade is airing in your area on December 25th.

   12PM - 2PM Eastern Standard Time
   (10AM-12PM in NY, Philadelphia and Raleigh)
   (11:30AM -1:30PM in Miami)

   11AM - 1PM Central Standard Time
   
   (10AM-12PM in Chicago and Houston)

   10AM - 12PM Mountain Standard Time
   
   9AM - 11AM Pacific Standard Time

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3. Your signature looks a mess

   Femme fatale, always on the run

   Diamonds on my wrist, whiskey on my tongue

   Before I give back, I gotta get drunk

   So get over here, pour me a cold one.

   
   

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4. Your signature looks a mess

   so does yours but i keep my comments to my self...

   

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5. Your signature looks a mess

   

   Life is change.

   Growth is optional.

   Choose wisely.

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6. 
   As of now, I think only a new look and hit song can.

   I mean, you never know...

   Something positive might come out of all this, sort of like what American Idol did for Jennifer Lopez.

   I hope so.

   What do you guys think?

   I don't know, I just really miss the old Christina, the one who used to sell and have hit songs.

   
   

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7. Femme fatale, always on the run

   Diamonds on my wrist, whiskey on my tongue

   Before I give back, I gotta get drunk

   So get over here, pour me a cold one.

   
   

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8. Merry Christmas!

   Damn... Can't even make a christian, spiritual, & innocent thread without DRAMA!

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9. You ain't funny Sean Pressed!

   

   Life is change.

   Growth is optional.

   Choose wisely.

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10. You ain't funny Sean Pressed!

    

    And i ain't bald either... can we just discuss the parade tomorrow or GTFO

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11. "So watch and learn, won't show you twice ."

    
    

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13. Absolutely!!!! Perry the Platypus gives me lyyyyyyyyyyyyyyfe!!!! Love them!!!!

    "So watch and learn, won't show you twice ."

    
    

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14. Absolutely!!!! Perry the Platypus gives me lyyyyyyyyyyyyyyfe!!!! Love them!!!!

    I wonder what they are going to do tomorrow.

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15. HOLY SHlT
    IT'S A FUCKING RAINBOW.
    WELCOME TO
    UNICORN OWL LAND BITCHES.
    NOW TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES!
    YOU'RE TRACKING MAGIC
    INTO THE HOUSE

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Canada Further Expands Sanctions Against Syria

(No. 390 - December 23, 2011 - 10:15 a.m. ET) Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today announced new sanctions on Syria?s Assad regime in response to its ongoing and escalating repression of Syrians:

?Despite increased international condemnation, the senseless violence against the Syrian people continues to claim lives.

?Canada is therefore continuing to step up its pressure on the regime and those who support it by introducing additional targeted sanctions.

?These measures prohibit all imports, with the exception of food, from Syria; all new investment in Syria; and the export to Syria of equipment, including software, for the monitoring of telephone and Internet communications. Canada is also imposing an assets freeze and prohibiting economic dealings with additional individuals and entities associated with the Assad regime.

?Canada stands with the Syrian people in their efforts to secure for themselves a brighter future. We look forward to a new Syria that respects the rights of its people and lives in peace with its neighbours.

?Canada remains committed to working with our international partners to bring pressure to bear on the Assad regime.

?Sanctions imposed by like-minded partners, including the United States and the European Union, and recently by the Arab League are having an impact in isolating the regime.?

On December 15, 2011, Canada announced a voluntary evacuation of its citizens in Syria and expedited efforts to help them leave the country as soon as possible. We continue to urge all Canadians in Syria to leave immediately, while commercial means are still available.

For more information, please visit Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Syria) Regulations.

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A backgrounder follows.

For further information, media representatives may contact:

Foreign Affairs Media Relations Office
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
613-995-1874
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Effective immediately, the amendment to the Special Economic Measures (Syria) Regulations prohibits all imports, with the exception of food, from Syria; prohibits all new investment in Syria; prohibits the export to Syria of equipment, including software, for the monitoring of telephone and Internet communications; and imposes an assets freeze and a prohibition on economic dealings with additional individuals and entities associated with the Assad regime.

The additional individuals and entities announced today, and named below, bring the total of those targeted by Canada?s sanctions to 81 individuals and 31 entities.

Individuals

1. Tarif Akhras
2. Issam Anbouba
3. Emad Ghraiwati
4. Jumah Al-Ahmad (Major-General)
5. Lu?ai Al-Ali (Colonel)
6. Jasim Al-Furayj (Lieutenant-General)
7. Aous Aslan (General), (a.k.a. Aws Aslan)
8. Ali Abdullah Ayyub (Lieutenant-General)
9. Ghassan Belal (General)
10. Abdullah Berri
11. George Chaoui
12. Zuhair Hamad (Major-General)
13. Amar Ismael
14. Mujahed Ismail
15. Saqr Khayr Bek
16. Wajih Mahmud (Major-General)
17. Kifah Moulhem
18. Nazih (Major-General)
19. Bassam Sabbagh
20. Fu?ad Tawil (Major-General)
21. Mustafa Tlass Tala, (Lieutenant-General)
22. Ibrahim Al-Hassan (Major-General)
23. Fahid Al-Jassim (Lieutenant-General)
24. Mohammad Al-Jleilati
25. Mohammad Nidal Al-Shaar (Doctor)
26. Mohammad Al-Shaar
27. Khald Al-Taweel
28. Ali Barakat (Brigadier)
29. Ghiath Fayad
30. Nazih Hassun (Brigadier)
31. Maan Jdiid (Captain)
32. Talal Makhluf (Brigadier)
33. Khalil Zghraybih (Brigadier)

Entities

1. Al Furat Petroleum Company
2. Al Watan
3. Business Lab
4. Centre d??tudes et de Recherches Syrien (CERS)
5. Cham Press TV
6. Handasieh - Organization For Engineering Industries
7. Industrial Solutions
8. Mechanical Construction Factory (MCF)
9. Syria Trading Oil Company
10. Syronics-Syrian Arab Co. for Electronic Industries

For more information on Canada?s sanctions against Syria, please see Syria.

Context

On May 24, 2011, Canada announced targeted sanctions against the Syrian regime and some designated individuals and entities in response to the ongoing violent crackdown by Syrian military and security forces against Syrians peacefully protesting for democracy and human rights. These measures, which remain in place, were a blend of administrative measures and actions taken under the authority of the Special Economic Measures Act and were consistent with initiatives taken by like-minded partners, including the United States and the European Union.

On August 13, 2011, Canada expanded sanctions by seeking to freeze the assets of four additional individuals and two additional entities associated with the Syrian regime and to ensure that those people believed to be inadmissible to Canada would be prevented from travelling to Canada. Measures implemented by Canada included a prohibition on dealing in the property of listed individuals and entities?including the provision of financial services and making property available for their benefit?and travel restrictions.

Canadian Measures

1. Travel restrictions: Canada ensured that persons associated with the Syrian government who are believed to be inadmissible to Canada are prevented from travelling to Canada.
2. An asset freeze: Canada imposed an asset freeze against people associated with the current Syrian regime and entities involved in security and military operations against the Syrian people.
3. A ban on specific exports and imports: Canada placed a ban under the Export and Import Permits Act on the export from Canada to Syria of goods and technology that are subject to export controls. These items include arms, munitions, and military, nuclear and strategic items that are intended for use by the Syrian armed forces, police or other governmental agencies.
4. A suspension of all bilateral cooperation agreements and initiatives with Syria.

The measures announced are consistent with Canada?s foreign policy priority to promote freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law around the world. Canada stands with the Syrian people in their calls for a brighter future for Syria.

A news release announcing the May 24 sanctions can be found at PM announces sanctions on Syria.

For more information on the August 13 announcement, please visit Statement by Minister Baird on Situation in Syria.

On October 4, 2011, Canada imposed the following additional measures:

1. A prohibition on the importation, purchase or transportation of petroleum or petroleum products from Syria.
2. A prohibition on new investment in the Syrian oil sector.
3. A prohibition on the provision or acquisition of financial services for the purpose of facilitating the importation, purchase or transportation of Syrian petroleum or petroleum products.
4. A prohibition on the provision or acquisition of financial services for the purpose of investing in the Syrian oil sector.

For information on the October 4 announcement, please visit Canada Expands Sanctions Against Syria.

Source: http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2011/390.aspx?lang=eng

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Bahrain police attack Shiite opposition offices (AP)

MANAMA, Bahrain ? Security forces firing rubber bullets and tear gas attacked the headquarters of Bahrain's main Shiite opposition party in the capital on Friday after the group challenged a new government ban on its weekly protests. Police also used tear gas to disperse hundreds of opposition supporters attempting to protest elsewhere in the capital.

"I was really shocked to see tear gas and rubber bullets hit our offices," said vice president of the Al Wefaq party, Sheik Hussain Al Daihi. He said he was inside the building with foreign journalists when the security forces attacked and that a 13-year-old girl among those hurt had a serious injury to her thigh.

Friday's clampdown was the latest episode in 10 months of unrest between Bahrain's Sunni monarchy and an opposition movement led by the country's majority Shiites, who have long complained of discrimination.

"We are a people that won't be broken. All this repression and brutality is the source of our strength and determination to continue the struggle and defend our national rights," Al Daihi said later in a statement.

Authorities banned the weekly Friday protests for the first time since emergency laws were lifted in June. The Interior Ministry "gave silly excuses" to ban the event, including that it would block traffic and endanger others in the area, Al Daihi said.

Defying government orders, Shiite clerics on Friday also held prayer services on the rubble of mosques that had been bulldozed by authorities earlier this year. It was the first time that Shiite clerics have actively taken part in the protest movement, openly defying the government.

The Shiite clerics say at least 38 mosques used by their congregations were destroyed since the protests began in February.

"We will start a campaign to defend our religious sites and the first such activity starts with a protest at the end of the prayer at Diraz grand mosque," senior Shiite cleric Sheik Isa Qassim said during his Friday sermon. Diraz is an opposition stronghold northwest of the capital.

"We demand democracy for one people, Sunni and Shiite, and we understand the approach of the government that aims to divide our people. We are the ones who insist on unity, and because of this we are targeted by the government," he said.

Qassim called on international allies of Bahrain to exert pressure on the government because of what he said was it lack of will to reform.

Bahrain is a key U.S. ally in the Gulf and is home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.

Since February, at least 40 people have been killed.

Hundreds of activists have been detained and brought to trial on anti-state charges in a special security court set up after authorities imposed marital law and invited a Saudi-led Gulf military force into the country to help deal with dissent in the tiny island kingdom.

Bahrain lifted emergency rule in June. Since then, government opponents have clashed with police almost every night.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111223/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_bahrain

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Live SmackDown results for Dec. 23, 2011

RICHMOND, Va. ? After emotional wins just days earlier at WWE TLC, new World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan and new United States Champion Zack Ryder both continued to soar on the penultimate SmackDown of 2011.

World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan & Big Show def. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger (WATCH | PHOTOS)
As new World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan battled former United States Champion Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, Vickie Guerrero and Jack Swagger all circled the action at ringside. But as tensions grew outside the ring, Swagger decided to attack Show, leading to the two tussling in the ring. In an effort to avoid total chaos, SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long charged in and announced the bout was now a tag team bout. After Big Show worked over Swagger pretty good, Bryan seized the victory for his team by making The All-American American tap out to his pain-inducing LeBell Lock.

WWE Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston def. Primo (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Following up on Air Boom?s victory over Primo & Epico at WWE TLC, WWE Tag Champion Kofi Kingston defeated Primo in singles action with Trouble in Paradise.

Randy Orton RKO?d Wade Barrett onto the roof of a car (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Wade Barrett took to the ring and offered his view on his encounters with Randy Orton and said Orton ??was one of the greatest in the history of WWE, until he encountered Wade Barrett.? As he finished his address, Barrett declared he should be next to face new World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan. Hearing enough of Barrett?s lip, The Viper decided to let his actions do the talking by storming in and bringing the fight to Barrett. As the two fought tooth-and-nail, they found themselves within the parking garage of the Richmond Coliseum, where WWE?s Apex Predator brutally RKO?d Barrett onto the roof of a parked car!

Sheamus def. The Miz (WATCH | PHOTOS)
After Raw Superstar The Miz sauntered onto SmackDown ? declaring he was going to disrupt Teddy?s show ? he perhaps bit off more than he could chew when Long pit him against Sheamus. Although the former WWE Champion was a formidable foe, he proved no match for The Great White?s brutal Brogue Kick.

The Big Show vs. Mark Henry match was called off (WATCH | PHOTOS)
As the two massive former World Heavyweight Champions prepared to clash for the opportunity to challenge Daniel Bryan, David Otunga called a stop to things. As the legal counsel to Executive Vice Present of Talent Relations and Interim General Manager of Raw John Laurinaitis, Otunga announced that Mark Henry was not medically cleared to compete and the match would not take place. After Otunga wished the WWE Universe happy holidays, Big Show dropped him with a brutal WMD to the jaw.

United States Champion Zack Ryder def. Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes in a Non-Title Match (WATCH | PHOTOS)
Fresh off his big win at WWE TLC, United States Champion Zack Ryder looked sharp against Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes. But Booker T decided to interrupt their match and poke fun at his WWE TLC opponent by singing his own rendition of the holiday classic ?Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.? The distraction opened the door for Ryder to drop Rhodes with a Rough Ryder for the win. Afterward, Booker added insult to injury with some more ?singing.?

World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan evaluated himself (PHOTOS)
The night kicked off with Big Show describing his pride in winning the title he has sought for so long. But Mark Henry emerged to disparage Show and said he should quit WWE. Moments later, World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan came to the ring to compare himself to the rest of the WWE roster. After some self-criticism, Bryan was proud to declare himself World Heavyweight Champion.

Then, when Henry and Show argued about who should get a chance to face Bryan, Teddy declared the two would square off, with the winner being first in line to challenge him for his World Title. Next, Bryan feigned that he would shake hands with Henry, but then dissed The World?s Strongest Man when went to accept.

MATCHES

Source: http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/2011-12-23/live-smackdown-results

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Hawks Pushing for U.S. Troops in Iraq

American hawks are blaming President Obama for a premature withdrawal from Iraq, as if a few thousand American troops could prevent the country's current sectarian convulsion. The peace movement needs to unite against the framing of this blame game in which Obama "is likely to draw new criticism for failing to negotiate an extension of the American troop presence in Iraq."

Kenneth Pollack, longtime supporter of the occupation says the present instability is "a clear and unmistakable challenge" to Obama's policy. The mainstream media has adopted the same narrative. The political theme of "losing" countries to foreign enemies is a powerful current in America's political culture.

The reality is that both Republicans and Democrats supported the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and his inevitable replacement by a Shiite-led majority coalition with close links to Iran and an enduring hostility to Iraq's Sunni minority. The notion of a united, secular and nationalist Iraq was a delusion. The regime in Baghdad is authoritarian, sectarian, and harbors dungeons where thousands of Sunnis have been tortured. Al-Maliki also is a deeply disturbed and paranoid leader who is haunted by fears of conspiracies everywhere.

Al-Maliki recently met with Obama to plead for American support of the faltering Assad dictatorship in Syria, clear evidence that al-Maliki sides with Iran in the region's geo-politics. The besieged Syrian majority is Syrian, and they share a long border with the Sunni-populated provinces of Iraq, such as Anbar province.

Iraq is spiraling towards brutal repression or civil war, unless the Sunni minority there is fortified by the Sunni-based revolution in Syria. That would potentially deter al-Maliki and Iran's ambitions in Iraq, and ironically align the US with some of the very Sunnis who supported the 2003 insurgency against the American invasion then turned around to fight with the Americans against al Qaeda's Iraqi branch.

Concerned Americans can do little if anything about these developments except encouraging the Obama administration to pressure for rapid, decisive and democratic change in Syria.

Some in the blogosphere claim that Obama isn't really withdrawing from Iraq. They couldn't be more wrong, as the storm gathers in Baghdad and mainstream blame mounts in the US. Fortunately for Obama, a vast majority of Americans are tired of Iraq and fully support the pullout - over 80 percent of Democrats and Independents, and 58 percent of Republicans.

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hayden/hawks-pushing-for-us-troo_b_1167911.html

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Rich Chinese couple's octuplets spark anger, inquiry (Reuters)

BEIJING (Reuters) ? A rich Chinese couple who had eight babies with the help of two surrogate mothers has been forced to move out of their villa following a public uproar, and could face a large fine for breaching strict family planning laws mandating only one child.

The couple in the booming southern metropolis of Guangzhou had the children last year, but the story only came to light after media discovered a picture of the babies -- four boys and four girls -- taken by a photography studio.

The couple turned to in vitro fertilization after years of trying to have children and spent nearly one million yuan ($157,800) on the procedure, state television CCTV reported this week.

The mother had three of the children herself, and the other five with two surrogates, though the couple had not intended to have so many.

After the babies were born last September and October, the couple hired eleven people, including eight baby sitters and a teacher, to take care of them, state television cited neighbors as saying.

The provincial government has set up a team to investigate the case, media added, especially as most people in China are only allowed to have one child.

"Why did they have to hire so many people to have babies for them? Did they think they had the right to bear children just because they were rich? This was their first mistake," Liao Xinbo, Guangdong's deputy health chief, told CCTV.

"Secondly, what respect to life did they show? Multiple pregnancies are super risky."

A family-planning official added that the couple may face a big fine for breaching the one-child policy.

However, some Chinese media have suggested that the couple may not have done the procedures in China, and that the children could have been born in Hong Kong, in which case they would escape punishment in the mainland.

The issue has triggered heated debate on China's Twitter-like microblogs.

"I don't understand why such law-breakers can still be left alone. Because they are rich, they can have as many babies as they like? That would create chaos!" wrote "Lingning" on Sina's Weibo.

"The case shows the worsening wealth gap in China. The rich, with their money in hand, are shattering social equality," added "A Late 2011."

However, some expressed a degree of sympathy and even envy.

"When I am rich enough, I will have two or three babies," wrote "Sha Guola."

China introduced its one-child policy in 1979 to limit births in the world's most populous nation. It has relaxed the rules somewhat in the past few years and some couples are now allowed to have a second child.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/parenting/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111223/hl_nm/us_chinese_octuplets

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