Oh for the love of peet, aw, stop it already- no need to be such an antagonist. The dad apparently talked to an Italian newspaper, according to USA Today. Nice to know that a more legit (reputable/credible) paper has carried the story, which is the confirmation I was asking for in post # 866. The Daily Mail is a rag sheet, and unless a legit newspaper substantiated it, as seems to be the case here with the USA Today (and La Stampa seems to be a well established, credible Italian paper), it would be suspect. Maybe you prefer to get your news from the National Enquirer. It’s of course known for its excellent investigative journalistic stories, just like the Daily Mail =))
^^^ actually, I think most newspapers are " rag sheets " now. Print media is dying a slow death and do what they can to sell newspapers and magazines.
DH and I are a dying breed-- we still like to hold newsprint in the morning. But it will be the local metropolitan paper, not the Enquirer, the Star, the Daily Mail or some other tabloid.
jym, I still read my hometown newspaper , our regional paper as well as smaller town newspaper online, but when it comes to national news, none of them report without a strong bias…much like television networks . I try to look through independent sources and sort it out …even major , once respected publications resort to tactics to get their product sold…it isn’t as easy to navigate and trust as it was 20 years ago , IMO
Yes, it can be hard to see what goes in the more “trust worthy” pile, but it’s pretty easy to figure out what should go in the “entertainment (for lack of a better word) only” pile… Daily Mail goes in that one.
The president’s address to the nation support the refusal of selling weapons to anyone on the no-fly list. And tightening up of regulations about the sale of assault weapons, etc. Will the powerful lobbyists shoot this down (pun intended)?
@lje62, my son is a working journalist at a daily newspaper, and I can assure you that they adhere to high journalistic standards. Not every paper is a tabloid rag. Not every “journalist” works for some clickbait online piece of garbage.
“Let’s make sure that we do not forget what makes us exceptional . . . that freedom is stronger than fear.” The President in his speech this evening.
I sat next to a young journalist on a cross country flight several years ago. He worked for Newsweek, and was lamenting the impending end of the print edition of the magazine. It was truly sad.
I thought his speech was spot on. My husband thought it was excellent.
However, I’d like to see actions, not words. Apparently the only weapons we are providing the Kurdish groups in Syria are bullets. That’s pathetic (if it’s true) and we need to do better. I am afraid these are just pretty words to placate us.
The Kurdish groups in Syria don’t want to fight Daesh. All they want to do is hold on to their own little Iraq/Syria Kurdistan. That might in some cases involve fighting Daesh, but their goals are not our goals.
^ So busdriver, why won’t Comgress vote on military action for crying out loud. We blame the president for pretty words, but Congress doesn’t want to actually take responsibility for anything. Obama has been asking for a vote on military action against ISIS for months now. All congress wants to do is take meaningless votes to repeal Obamacare.
Sorry - I’m in a really lousy mood this weekend. I had cancer surgery on Monday and my last ounce of patience got soaked up in a gauze bandage. I was grouchy to the football folks last night too.
Edited to add: sorry jym, I knew you were thinking about me but was too tired to do the right thing and drop you a note.
(((hugs))) Hayden.
Hope all will be well, Hayden. Take care.
hayden, I’m so sorry you had to go through that. I hope you heal quickly and everything goes well. You are entitled to be as grouchy as you want, but why bother even thinking about anything unpleasant right now? Just rest, recover, think happy thoughts, and hopefully you can indulge in a glass of wine. Or two.
“So busdriver, why won’t Comgress vote on military action for crying out loud. We blame the president for pretty words, but Congress doesn’t want to actually take responsibility for anything. Obama has been asking for a vote on military action against ISIS for months now. All congress wants to do is take meaningless votes to repeal Obamacare”
As far as this, what I have read is that this is basically irrelevant. Gives authorization to fight the war we are already fighting (but prohibits ground troops). One side argues that it doesn’t give the president enough power, and the other side argues that it gives him too much. From the little I know about it, it seems completely symbolic, which means nothing to the people on the ground who are fighting for their lives.
Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can chime in. But I gotta go to work.
“The Kurdish groups in Syria don’t want to fight Daesh. All they want to do is hold on to their own little Iraq/Syria Kurdistan. That might in some cases involve fighting Daesh, but their goals are not our goals.”
The Kurds are our allies, and they are fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria. If they can hold onto their property, that is surely better than the terrorists getting ahold of it.
Sent you a PM, hayden. Rest easy.
I’m just having a pity party. Don’t let me detail the thread no matter hard I seemed to be trying.
Why think unpleasant thoughts? Because those of us lucky enough to be alive owe it to our fellow Americans to put politics aside once in a while and do the right thing so more people have the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We owe it to our country to stop with the pettiness, for God’s sake.
As for the wine, I think they frown on taking morphine with red wine. Although “morphine and Merlot” sounds pretty catchy.
morphine goes better with Malbec 
Pity parties are allowed at the CC Cafe. It’s one of the reason why it exists.
And how lovely, humane and generous of you to be thinking about others during this time of your own difficulties.
“Do the right thing so more people have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” is as good a mission statement as I’ve ever heard.
Hugs.