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Barack Obama to visit Edinburgh for charity fundraiser
BBC News ^
| April 6, 2017
Posted on 04/06/2017 8:33:14 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Former US president Barack Obama is to make his first visit to Scotland when he addresses business leaders in the capital next month.
He will also answer questions from the audience at the event, which is being held to raise money for charity.
The charity was set up by leading businessman and philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter.
Tickets for a table of 10 at the dinner are expected to go on sale for approximately £5,000.
The Hunter Foundation has previously arranged for US politicians and actors including Bill Clinton, Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney to come to Scotland.
All of the cash raised will be split between children's charities in Scotland and the Obama Foundation, set up by the former president and his wife Michelle.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: barry; failure; punk
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To: crz
The Scots deserve misery?
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
He’s following after the Clinton’s
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posted on
04/06/2017 8:49:27 AM PDT
by
main st.
To: Leep
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posted on
04/06/2017 8:52:07 AM PDT
by
Karoo
To: FlingWingFlyer
“The Scots need to do a William Wallace on the boys ass”.
Aye to that.
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posted on
04/06/2017 8:52:57 AM PDT
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
Absolutely love Scotland. Pretty liberal folks. Don't tawk politics with’em. lol
To: Hyman Roth
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posted on
04/06/2017 8:56:14 AM PDT
by
crz
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Arrest him for crimes against the American people.
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posted on
04/06/2017 8:56:17 AM PDT
by
Lopeover
(The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
To: All
That means one of Barrack’s body doubles will be ready by then.
To: Buckeye McFrog
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The Hunter Foundation has previously arranged for US politicians and actors including Bill Clinton, Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney to come to Scotland.
Noted...all stalwart conservatives.
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posted on
04/06/2017 8:59:33 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(.leave the gun, take the canolis, take it to the mattress.)
All of the cash raised will be split between children's charities in Scotland and the Obama Foundation.. The Clintons showed us these "Foundations" are nothing more than personal tax-free, money-laundering slush funds.
Which means, the sentence SHOULD read:
Obama will skim 50% of the money intended for a children's charity.
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posted on
04/06/2017 9:00:59 AM PDT
by
Henchster
(Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
To: BenLurkin
Service abroad has to be in an embassy or consulate I believe. Hopefully there is an indictment out for him and we have extradition with the Brits.
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posted on
04/06/2017 9:15:49 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(There is a new sheriff in town.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
04/06/2017 9:40:22 AM PDT
by
Garvin
(Moderate Muslims are the tall grass in which Jihadi Terrorists hide undisturbed.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
"All of the cash raised will be split between children's charities in Scotland and the Obama Foundation"
Following in the Clinton's footsteps.
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posted on
04/06/2017 9:41:55 AM PDT
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mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
"A very beautiful city, with lots and lots of stone houses from the 1700s. Edinburgh impressed me, as did most of Scotland."
I liked Scotland too, much better than our visit to Ireland. The Highlands are beautiful, and we got to the Isle of Skye. There are so many small islands in the inner and outer Hebrides, and I wish I could have seen more of them.
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04/06/2017 9:45:27 AM PDT
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mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Feed him haggis or pork bangers
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04/06/2017 9:45:50 AM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: Red Badger
KILTS.........................He gets a better view of the men's legs that way. ;-)
To: ken in texas
And he hopes it’s windy!.................
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posted on
04/06/2017 9:55:10 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
To: mass55th; Attention Surplus Disorder
I enjoyed the Highlands tour that I went on. It was one of those bus tours that loops up from Edinburgh to Inverness, then back. I was seated up front, right next to the tour guide - a burly Scot who would direct the driver (an Italian guy with tinted glasses like Bono) to pull over for various photo opportunities.
At one such stop, the tour guide pointed out a distant castle and asked if anyone recognized it. I said "Aye... it's a perilous place that has a Grail-shaped beacon!"
That ignited a few minutes of "Face the Peril" banter aboard the bus. :-)
I'd love to do one of the rail tours of the Highlands. Edinburgh is a place I'd like to see again, too - much more so than London.
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04/06/2017 10:08:03 AM PDT
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Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Obama Foundation? - Anything like the “Clinton Foundation”?
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posted on
04/06/2017 10:16:14 AM PDT
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Twinkie
( MSM and DEMOCRAT PARTY are DEAD)
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