The Washington Post noted that this cease-fire is tenuous at best, where Turkish and Russian officials negotiated a partial cease-fire in the Syrian civil war. One of the more striking lines from the liberal newspaper is admitting the ineptness of U.S. efforts to negotiate peace in Syria: There are hopes that this peace attempt will […]
Of all the stories to hit the news cycle, other than the up-and-down roller coaster ride that was the 2016 presidential cycle between President-Elect Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, isn’t the mostly-untold story of the Kurds and Kurdistan something worth telling? This from NRA News and NRA TV on YouTube from last year, but has anything […]
From ABC News: The European Union on Monday launched a 348 million-euro ($391 million) aid project to help up to a million of the most vulnerable refugees in Turkey — part of a landmark EU deal with Turkey aimed at curbing the flow of migrants to Europe. The refugees, living outside of camps, are to […]
This is a major blow to democracy and the freedom of speech and the press: CNN Turk reported that 130 media organizations had been shuttered in a widening crackdown by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. The list also inlcuded 23 radio stations, three news agencies and 15 magazines. Many of those targeted were regional media outlets as […]
Erdogan’s government seized 2,250 facilities and and institutions that it claimed are essential to national security. The government had already jailed at least 10,000 people and forcibly retired 60,000 workers as a result of the coup attempt. Photo by World Humanitarian Summit 2016
Don and Brian talk about the police shootings in Baton Rouge and the War on Cops, Nice and Germany terrorist attacks, Attempted coup in Turkey, Melania Trump’s RNC speech, Marilyn Mosby’s failure in Freddie Gray case, Chris Matthews attacks Benghazi victim’s mother, Tim Duncan’s retirement, Starbucks and Black Lives Matter. You can find it on Soundcloud […]
Episode 16. Topics include the police shootings in Baton Rouge and the War on Cops, Nice and Germany terrorist attacks, Attempted coup in Turkey, Melania Trump’s RNC speech, Marilyn Mosby’s failure in Freddie Gray case, Chris Matthews attacks Benghazi victim’s mother, Tim Duncan’s retirement, Starbucks and Black Lives Matter. Don’t forget to subscribe to The […]
From The Telegraph: With expectations growing of heavy measures against dissent, European politicians warned Mr Erdogan that the coup attempt did not give him a “blank cheque” to disregard the rule of law. Mr Erdogan has hinted he may reintroduce the death penalty, which the country abolished in 2004 in line with its bid to […]
This week Brian and Don discuss the bombing at the Istanbul airport, Benghazi reports issued by the Democratic and Republican congressional committees, the Brexit reality, U.S. Supreme Court rulings on immigration and abortion and the death of legendary University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt. Also available for download on Soundcloud and on iTunes.
Episode 12. This week Brian and I discuss the bombing at the Istanbul airport, Benghazi reports issued by the Democratic and Republican congressional committees, the Brexit reality, U.S. Supreme Court rulings on immigration and abortion and the death of legendary University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt. Also available for download on Soundcloud.