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Friday, February 21, 2014

Cheat Sheet - My Life Behind Kiev's Barricades

Cheat Sheet: Morning

February 21, 2014
THE FRONT LINE

Once a shabby-chic neighborhood with neo-classical buildings and elegant cafes, Vijai Maheshwari's street in downtown Kiev has turned into an apocalyptic scene of Molotov cocktails, grenades, and injured protesters. As Ukrainian leadership announces a deal has been struck with the opposition, here is a dispatch from behind the capital city's front lines.

SORRY, CHINA

To the Chinese government's chagrin, President Obama and the Dalai Lama are set to meet again this morning at the White House. But before the exiled leader set foot in the president's digs, he spoke to a right-leaning think tank. Eleanor Clift reports from the right-wing temple, where high priests of capitalism debated morality with the Dalai Lama, who acknowledged he could see more than "exploitation" in free enterprise.  

THAT MAKES ONE

The governor re-emerged at a town hall meeting with anti-FEMA, anti-Washington talk in the heart of Hurricane Sandy's path. It was his first public forum since the George Washington Bridge scandal hit, but no one seemed to care. Has New Jersey really moved on? By Olivia Nuzzi.

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY?

A controversial piece of legislation dubbed the "right to discriminate" bill passed the Arizona legislature late Thursday evening and is on its way to Gov. Jan Brewer for signing. The bill would allow individuals, corporations, and religious bodies to use religious beliefs to defend themselves in a discrimination lawsuit. Opponents say this would protect the right of employers to not hire anyone who isn't Christian, and prevent LGBT community members from accessing virtually any services. Meanwhile, advocates defend the bill as a protection of religious liberties. In Kansas, a similar-style bill is on the table that would allow individuals to decline providing a service that's contrary to religious beliefs.

HOW'S THAT?

File this under things gay marriage probably won't lead to. Matt Bevin, a Republican businessman hoping to challenge Mitch McConnell in a Kentucky primary, says the problem with gay marriage is that it lends itself to fluctuating definitions, so a person may want to define themselves as being married to one of their children so that they can then in fact pass on certain things to that child financially and otherwise." He told a conservative talk-radio show: "Where do you draw the line?" A Kentucky judge ruled last week that the state must recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.


ANARCHY
Somalia's Palace Compound Attacked
Peacekeepers and al Qaeda-linked militants battle.
FULL IMMERSION
CO Corrections Head: End Solitary
After spending 20 hours locked up.
NOT WITH US
Rand Paul: Nugent Should Apologize
Says he has no place in politics.
SPACE ODDITY
UAE Issues Fatwa on Mars
Bans Muslims from interplanetary voyages.
DISTURBING
Man Assaults 'Modern Family' Star
While taking a photo with her.
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