Wrapping up your week:
- Israel apologises to Turkey over Gaza flotilla deaths (The Guardian) — As a result, diplomatic relations are restored.
- Supremes rule for county on ‘penny’ vote (thestate.com) — Bus service improvements set for June.
- Cyprus pressed for bank breakthrough (BBC) — EU voices say Cyprus needs to come up with the money somehow.
- FAA to close 149 airport towers amid budget cuts (WashPost) — The bite starts from sequestration.
- Lebanese Leader Resigns Amid Sectarian Tensions (WSJ) — Further destabilizing the neighborhood.
- Some Toddler Foods Come With A Megadose Of Salt (NPR) — I had no idea…
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Processed foods generally come with a megadose of salt. Acts as a preservative and disguises the poor flavor…..
North Korea tells its people how Americans live today
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3a8_1362925707
I’m going to go sit back in my tent and relax with a warm cup of snow while my pigeon soup simmers.
Teens kill baby in a stroller.
Crap like this reinforced the need for public executions… I’d have no problem pulling the lever to drop both of these punks. I don’t care if they both have their whole lives in front of them. Both need to be charged as adults on first-degree murder.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/22/georgia-infant-stroller-killed/2008681/
Waiting for Kathryn’s and bud’s response as to how these two urban yutes are just victims of society and victims of irresponsible gun owners.
Wow. I hadn’t seen that story. Shooting an infant in the face during a robbery should earn you an express ticket to the gallows.
I am a bit suspicious of this story. How many other horrifying murders by menacing black strangers turned out to be done by, say, the husband? The kids she IDed have an alibi, for one thing.
How many turn out to be done by the person accused?
Who’s his alibi, his mom? “My baby din’t do ’nuffin”.
Just because Kathryn responded, I have to ask… if this had been a white suspect shooting a black baby would Al and Jesse have marched this past weekend? Because the races are reversed, they’re sittin’ back watching the NCAA tournament.
Oops, his alibi turns out not to be his mama, but his aunt. “My sista’s baby din’t do nuffin”.
Now both the mother and aunt are arrested for lying to police. Kathryn, you still defending them?
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2013-03-26/story/mother-aunt-accused-baby-killer-demarquise-elkins-arrested#ixzz2OfjIdHnL
As the Federal Aviation Administration is set to announce Friday the temporary closure of 238 air traffic control towers because of the sequester, the agency is planning to hire “community planners” paid in excess of $100,000 – one at an airport slated to for a possible tower closure.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/air-traffic-control-towers-close-faa-hiring-community-planners
If it was someone else’s country, it would be really funny.
I found this story interesting. The reality show The Amazing Race filmed a segment in Hanoi Vietnam at the site of what was referred to as the B-52 memorial. What it is is a park commemorating the shooting down of a B-52 during the Vietnam war. I contained debris from the event that was shown during the program. CBS has appologized to, among others, Senator John McCain. Two questions – 1. Was it appropriate to film the show at this site? and 2. Should CBS have appologized for doing so? I say Yes and No. I’d be interested to see what others think.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/03/25/amazing-race-apology-vietnam-mccain/2017861/
Bud do you know what I think? No and Yes. Now go Tweet this to Hanoi Jane.