Tag Archives: Italy
Migrant Crisis in the Med, Healthy Mac
Monday, April 20, 2015
Human Tide: The Italian Coast Guard today was responding to distress calls from two boats loaded with as many as 450 people in the Mediterranean. After the drowning of as many as 1,100 African migrants in just the past week, …
Putin Calls on the Phone, LA Shakes Again
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Ukraine: Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Obama on the phone yesterday to talk about a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis. It’s too soon to know whether Putin has blinked in the international standoff. Diplomats will meet to talk …
Terror in a Tube, Goodnight Jay
Thursday, February 6, 2014
World: The US has warned airlines flying to Sochi for the Olympics that explosives could be smuggled on board inside tubes of toothpaste and other toiletries. The reason for the warning was not given and no specific threat was identified. …
Unconstitutional Snooping, Vitamin D-Minus
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Unconstitutional: The NSA’s indiscriminate collection of domestic telephone data violates the Constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, according to a ruling by a federal judge. DC District Judge Richard Leon also noted that the NSA was unable to cite …
Migrant Boat Disaster, Obama “Exasperated”
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Italy Disaster: A 66-foot boat loaded with African migrants caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean east of Tunisia yesterday. At least 94 people are dead and 250 missing. The boat was loaded with 500 Eritreans when it left Libya …
Knox to be Retried, Cyprus Banks Closed
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
World: Italy’s highest court today overturned the 2011 murder acquittal of American student Amanda Knox and ordered her to be retried. It was a salacious case involving sex and drugs. Knox and her former boyfriend at first were convicted of …
