It’s one thing to know Cheney’s policy towards Iran failed. It’s something else to see him get caught lying about it on national television.
Cheney’s Iran lie exposed in dramatic fashion
hmmmm
Category: International Affairs,
Islamic State using rape on unprecedented scale
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie warned on Tuesday that Islamic State was using rape as a weapon of war on a scale never seen before and called for greater action against those responsible.
Source: Angelina Jolie warns Islamic State using rape on unprecedented scale | ABS-CBN News
hmmmmm
The World’s Most Humble President Just Opened His House to 100 Syrian Refugee Children
One hundred children orphaned by the Syrian civil war could find a home in Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica’s summer retreat, “a mansion and riverfront estate surrounded by rolling pastures,” according to Yahoo News.
The World’s Most Humble President Just Opened His House to 100 Syrian Refugee Children
Like the sound of this guy
Iran to Confiscate Cars of ‘Poorly’ Veiled Women
Iran announced Wednesday that they will crack down on women who go rogue and do things such as driving without a proper head covering.
Iran to Confiscate Cars of ‘Poorly’ Veiled Women
Sighhh
Germany, Austria welcome migrants with open arms – CBS News
“Now we are free. For five days in Hungary, we were in a very, very bad position. And Allah, thanks God, thanks God,” a migrant told CBS News
Germany, Austria welcome migrants with open arms – CBS News
cool!
Hidden prehistoric monument discovered near Stonehenge
LONDON (AP) — Researchers have discovered evidence of standing stones believed to be the remnants of a major prehistoric stone monument near the Stonehenge ruins.
Hidden prehistoric monument discovered near Stonehenge
cool!
American Yeshiva Students Escape Attack in West Bank Town
Five American Jewish seminary students were rescued [by local Palestinians] from an attack by [other] local Palestinians who hurled stones and a firebomb at their car.
American Yeshiva Students Escape Attack in West Bank Town
Sigh……..
Israel to demolish 17,000 Arab buildings in West Bank
UN finds only 33 of 2,020 Palestinian planning applications approved, with demolitions causing poverty and leaving families in ‘state of chronic uncertainty’
Israel plans to demolish 17,000 Arab buildings in West Bank, UN says | World news | The Guardian
Motherfuckers
West Bank homes face Israeli demolition
Some 13,000 Palestinian structures in the West Bank are currently under Israeli demolition orders, leaving residents and homes “in a state of chronic uncertainty and threat,” the UN said Monday.
Middle East – West Bank homes face Israeli demolition order threat – France 24
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Refugees and migrants on Lesbos desperate to go to Athens
Thousands of refugees are crammed in squalid conditions on Aegean island, waiting for papers from Greek authorities to travel to mainland
WTF?
Pope calls on parishes to take in refugee families
The appeal comes as more arrivals flowed to Germany and Austria, after Hungary relaxed its policies.
Amid unabated refugees crisis, pope calls on parishes to take in families – The Washington Post
Can a Young American Entrepreneur Succeed Where Europe Has Failed?
As wave after wave of African and Middle Eastern refugees launch themselves across the Mediterranean in overcrowded boats, a young Louisiana millionaire and his Italian wife take to the sea to save them.
Can a Young American Entrepreneur Succeed Where Europe Has Failed?
what a cool thing
Russian Moves in Syria Pose Concerns for U.S.
President Vladimir V. Putin has sent a military advance team to Syria and is taking other steps that the United States fears could lead Russia to expand its military support for President Bashar al-Assad, administration officials said.
Russian Moves in Syria Pose Concerns for U.S. – The New York Times
hmmmmmm
Netanyahu says will not allow Israel to be ‘submerged’ by refugees – Yahoo News
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he would not allow Israel to be “submerged” by refugees after calls for the Jewish state to take in those fleeing Syria’s war.
What a fucking douche-bag asshole.
…Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu also announced the start of construction of a fence along Israel’s border with Jordan, according to his office. “We will not allow Israel to be submerged by a wave of illegal migrants and terrorist activists,” Netanyahu said.
Pivots from refugees to fencing people in. Of course he does. Because he a douche.
Netanyahu says will not allow Israel to be ‘submerged’ by refugees – Yahoo News
Busloads of Syrian migrants reach Austria after Hungary finally gives in & provides transport
Busloads of Syrian migrants reach Austria after Hungary provides transport – The Washington Post
Asylum-seekers were being given a choice of going to Vienna or …Germany. German officials have said they expect to take in up to 800,000 asylum-seekers this year, especially Syrian refugees.
“I had doubts because I thought they would take us to a camp in Hungary. I thought it was a trick,” she said.
…“I still don’t feel like I’m safe yet.”
…Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday reiterated her nation’s offer, saying that “the right to political asylum does not have a limit on the number of asylum seekers.”
“As a strong, economically healthy country we have the strength to do what is necessary,” she told the Funke media consortium.
That’s Germany they are heading to. Germany. That’s where they’re going to be safe. Germany stepping up and flinging open the gate doors. Germany. Where my German grandfather went with his fellow Americans in WWII. Germany.
What amazing things can be done over the short span of a few generations. Sure humans have the ability to tear things down and destroy centuries worth of society, accomplishment, work and culture in a generation or two but look what else we can do in the same span of time. Given all of the propensity for tearing things down that exists out there it almost make it even more amazing to see the progress swing around and go forward. Germany. Amazing.
It’s a huge job, the logistics of settling that many people but of all the peoples in the world, Germany is nothing if not effectual. The power of Germany’s efficiency put to a humane cause? Awesome in so many ways.
(Oh, please let this be good. Please don’t fuck it up, Germany. Please don’t fuck it up.)
Migrants refuse to leave train near Hungary camp – BBC News
Scuffles break out west of Budapest as police try to force migrants off a train at a refugee camp, while European leaders wrangle over the growing refugee crisis.
Trying to follow what is going on in Syria and why? This comic will get you there in 5 minutes.
There’s a part of the story you might not have known: climate change.
Trying to follow what is going on in Syria and why? This comic will get you there in 5 minutes.
I don’t know enough about the long-term weather conditions to accept that the drought was caused by climate change. I do accept that climate change is happening. I accept that humans are accelerating the process. It could very well be that human action driven climate change is the cause of the drought in Syria but I have way of judging that statement.
Insufficient response to crisis combined with a scarcity of poorly dispersed resources resulting in immense conflict? That theory I can get behind.
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