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‘It’s NOT safe in Germany anymore’ German family flee to Russia to claim asylum

Two members of the Turkish parliament gave a press conference this week saying that they have wiretapped recordings and other evidence showing that Turkey supplied the sarin used in Syria. As reported by Turkey’s largest newspapers, Today’s Zaman:

America's Enemies Now Using Carrier Pigeons and Invisible Ink Letters: the Absurdist, Tragicomic Narratives of Domestic Surveillance If you know your electronic communication is being monitored, you start using couriers, carrier pigeons and invisible ink snail-mail--anything other than electronic communication. The recent confirmation of programmatic domestic surveillance is rich with absurdist, tragi-comic narratives. Just to take the most obvious: 1. Is anyone dumb enough and/or credulous enough to believe "the bad guys" aren't aware of U.S. surveillance and electronic monitoring capabilities? Garsh, why did Osama bin Laden use couriers rather than his mobile phone? Is anyone dumb enough and/or credulous...

Once upon a time , there was a presidiential election in the United States. A few months after the election, the uninspiring man from New England left the White House. The press wasn’t sorry to see him go.The departing President disliked the hustling newcomer and called him the “Wonder Boy.” But most of the nation hailed the dynamic, youthful new president from the nations heartland. Some called him the most brilliant man who had ever become president. His achievements were even more amazing because he came from a poor background and never knew his real father. The new president was...

ELECTION 2000 No Court Can Save Us Society has to end the win-at-all costs mentality. BY ROBERT H. BORK Tuesday, December 5, 2000 12:01 a.m. EST Yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board seems of less legal significance than it is being accorded by commentators. Certainly, it would appear to have been overshadowed by the decision, later in the day, of Judge N. Sanders Sauls, who ruled against Al Gore's bid to recount votes in Florida. But the attention paid to the Supreme Court's decision, as well as its unprecedented nature, requires an estimation of ...

----- Original Message ----- Subject: Fw: The Humor Express Subject: classic comeback This has got to be the all-time classic comeback. This is an exact recount of US National Public Radio (NPR) interview between a female broadcaster, and US Army General Reinwald who was about to sponsor a Boy Scout Troop visiting his military installation. FEMALE INTERVIEWER: " So, General Reinwald, what things are you going to teach these young boys when they visit your base?" GENERAL REINWALD: 'We're going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery, and shooting." FEMALE INTERVIEWER: "Shooting! That's a bit irresponsible, isn't it?" GENERAL REINWALD: ...