can't imagine Barack translates very well.

It does actually - spelt Baruch. It's the name of a Jewish prophet, and there's a Book of Baruch in the Bible (part of the apocrypha, doesn't get in all versions). Different spelling, same name. Means Blessed, just like Benedict.

Rather fittingly/ironically, in the Eastern Church the Book of Baruch "is considered an extension of the Book of Jeremiah, and is announced in the services as "Jeremiah"...
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Yes, Azizi, what you said is what I meant by this being a minefield, with lots of boobytraps set for Obama especially