What's "amazing" is that Maddow won't fess up to what everyone knows....
Ukraine's president and his opponents accused one another of sabotaging efforts to end the political crisis Thursday, as an unexpected presidential sick leave further damped hopes for compromise. President Viktor Yanukovych's absence was quickly denounced by his opponents as a case of executive malingering in a country where politicians have in the past delayed one another in parliament by throwing eggs, padlocking the doors and body-blocking the rostrum. The Ukrainian president's office issued a statement saying Mr. Yanukovych, 63, is taking time off from work because of a fever and respiratory illness. The statement did not indicate when he would return to work.Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his government resigned on Tuesday, in an attempt to appease protesters. Parliament also voted to repeal or modify many of the anti-protest laws that had been passed in mid-January and sparked escalating violence. But Yanukovych must sign the repeal from Parliament and it is not known whether or not that would occur while he is on sick leave, according to the Associated Press. Just after the announcement of his sick leave, the president of Ukraine defended his handling of the ongoing crisis there. From CNN:
We've completely surrendered to the language of open borders. The rest is just details....
Premiums are just half the story, the deductibles are the killer....
Emails Show Qatar Coordinated Messaging About October 7th Attacks With American Universities in Doha
Judge Russell Healey, presiding over the murder trial of Michael Dunn in the shooting death of Jordan Davis, promised the parties a decision Wednesday on releasing to the media the jail house telephone recordings of Dunn. Oddly, this was a decision all sides had thought he'd...
Syria has destroyed its declared chemical-weapons production facilities, international inspectors said Thursday, marking a major step in the complex task of ridding the country of the weapons of mass destruction. The declaration came a day before a Nov. 1 deadline as the team overseen by the inspectors hewed to an ambitious schedule for destroying Syria’s entire chemical arsenal by the middle of next year — a far more rapid process than comparable efforts in other countries and one that must be implemented in the middle of a civil war.A week later, Kerry publicly praised Assad.
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“Their fundraising numbers went very well, but they seemed to be unprepared by what they should have expected, an assault by the Greg Abbott campaign on the story that Wendy Davis wanted to tell about herself and her rise from difficult circumstances to be a candidate for governor,” Jillson said. “She should have been prepared for this assault and had better answers and responses ready to go.” ... “This is really a new candidate to statewide office being rocked by charges that should have been anticipated,” Jillson said. “It remains to be seen whether she will be taken down by these charges.”One of the comments to the article caught my eye, because it made a point similar to what I made in Wendy Davis is the Deja Victim candidate, that the public may react negatively to a candidate who has her children fight her battles for her. Here's part of the comment, with the full comment embedded below:
Letting her children fight media political battles for her by sending in "don't be mean to my mommy" letters is just weak. She needs to put on her big girl panties, accept the reality of what she has chosen to do, and stop whining about it or she has given up before she even gets started.
As readers know, BDS is not about supporting Palestinians, it's about hating Israel's existence.
Johansson also has been a global ambassador for Oxfam International. Oxfam has an image of a neutral, non-political humanitarian organization that only cares about feeding the poor and improving living conditions.
That's a false image. Oxfam is a BDS supporter as to the disputed West Bank, you just didn't know it. BDS started harassing Oxfam demanding it cut its ties to Johansson. When Oxfam announced that it was reviewing her role, Johansson beat them to the punch and resigned last night.
Johansson didn't just resign, though, she unmasked Oxfam's support for BDS as incompatible with growing peaceful relations between Israelis and Palestinians, as AP reported:
They know Obama...
For those of you who actively research news stories and other information online, you’ll find Twitter’s latest search enhancements to be a useful development. The social media platform tweeted this afternoon that it is adding filters to its search functionality that provide the ability to sort...
Circuit Judge Russell Healey, presiding over Florida "loud music" murder trial[/caption]
The media intervenors, represented by Attorney Jennifer Mansfield, argued that the various orders of the 1st District Court of Appeals, which oversees Healey's court, compelled him to order the release of the recordings. Healey disagreed, arguing that a careful reading of the DCA's orders required merely that he vacate his own previous orders suppressing the recordings, not that he himself order their release.
The precise language of the DCA order is worth considering:
A field trip away from the asylum....
“She did the right thing,” he said. “She said, ‘I think you’re right; you’ll make a good, nurturing father. While I’ve been a good mother, it’s not a good time for me right now.’”Wendy moved out the day after Jeff paid her last student loan bill. The firestorm of controversy has set Davis back on her heels.
