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Title: Meet Belgium’s new Minister of Health!
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DC Clothesline
URL Source: http://www.dcclothesline.com/2014/1 ... -belgiums-new-minister-health/
Published: Oct 14, 2014
Author: Dr. Eowyn
Post Date: 2014-10-14 11:52:52 by IbJensen
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Among several dictionary definitions of the word “irony” are these: 5. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected. 6. the incongruity of this. (Maggie de Block, Health Minister) Oh, the irony. The irony. Belgium’s new center-right government took office on Saturday, promising to raise the retirement age and slash costs by about 8 billion euros ($10 billion) to balance the national budget by 2018 and cut the country’s debt. (Source:Reuters) 52-year-old De Block entered politics in 1999 when she was elected a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the electoral district Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde. Before that, she was a general practitioner for many years after having studied medicine at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Double the irony! 
Michelle would be proud of her…make that a super-size on those fries.
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#1. To: IbJensen (#0)
I'm sure Maggie's on a strict diet and munching on a carrot as we speak.
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