Tag Archives: Death penalty
The Russians Are Coming, Trump in a Word
Thursday, October 1, 2015
The Russians Are Coming: Russian aircraft have made their first strikes in Syria, attacking rebel forces supported by the United States and further complicating the Middle East’s many-sided conflict. The US is protesting an attack on a CIA-trained rebel group. …
Georgia Executes, Taliban Fight Back
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Death in Georgia: Despite pleas from the Pope and her lawyers, Georgia last night executed 47-year-old Kelly Gissendaner, the first woman executed in the state in 70 years. Gissendaner was convicted of plotting the murder of her husband in 1997. …
Obama v. Putin, Hillary Grows Taller
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Disunited Nations: President Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Putin delivered clashing views on the Syrian crisis yesterday at the United Nations, with Obama taking a smack at Putin’s support of the dictator Bashar al-Assad “The United States is prepared to work …
Republicans Debatable, Student Clocked
Thursday, September 17, 2015
He Said, She Said, They said: Planned Parenthood, birthright citizenship, tax cuts, bankruptcy, national defense, Iran nukes, the $20 bill, making billions, Vladimir Putin …. Eleven Republican candidates duked it out over the issues and personalities last night at the …
Stars & Stripes Over Cuba, El Nino Stirs
Friday, August 14, 2015
Viva Cuba: Secy. of State John Kerry is expected to be on hand today as the American flag is raised over the US embassy in Havana for the first time since 1961. With many Cuban expatriots unhappy about the normalization …
US Kills ISIS Leader, Death for Tsarnaev
Saturday, May 16, 2015
—From Franklin, Tenn. Permawar: US Special Forces last night killed a senior Islamic State leader in eastern Syria, according to the National Security Council. The raid to capture Abu Sayyaf and his wife Umm Sayyaf turned into a firefight …
A Blast from Bibi, Feds on Ferguson
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Netanyahu: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a blistering attack in Congress yesterday on President Obama’s nuclear negotiations with Iran, and the president immediately dismissed it as “nothing new.” Netanyahu described Obama’s proposal as a “bad deal” and said the …
Ukraine Fighting Intense, Oregon Gov. Out
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Ukraine: The US is accusing Russia of taking direct part in an all out assault on the eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve before a ceasefire was supposed to take hold. The fighting is being described as intense. State Department spokeswoman …
Crimea Changes Time, List of Missing Shrinks
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Ukraine: The official time in Crimea jumped two hours ahead last night as Russia’s newest acquisition switched to Moscow time. A crowd of flag-waving Crimeans sang the Russian national anthem as the clock on the main railway station in Simferopol …
No Debris Recovered, Jocks Are Employees
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Debris: Thailand reports that one of its satellites spotted 300 floating objects in the Indian Ocean not far from where other satellites took pictures of what could be debris from Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. Searchers are fighting bad weather and …
