Barack Obama makes Falklands gaffe by calling Malvinas the Maldives. The Maldives are halfway around the planet from the Falklands (as the UK calls them) or the Malvinas (as Argentina calls them) so he’s only about 12000 miles off. But the president is just a victim of the the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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