Author: Marie2

Sorry, Syrian “freedom fighters,” no can do that bomb the shit out of Damascus for you, but we’re still with you.  U.S. weapons reaching Syrian rebels The CIA has begun delivering weapons to rebels in...

The specter and horror of poison gases engulfing the trenches of WWI is one of those history lessons that I learned well.  Not the facts but the brutality and inhumanity of such weapons.  So horrible that much of the...

From the BBC: US Secretary of State John Kerry has accused Syrian government forces of killing 1,429 people in a chemical weapons attack in Damascus last week. A number far higher than any other sources have claimed. In his...

Following up on those slow stories from 7/24/2013 and adding a new one or two. Guardian 8/13/2013 report Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway. Wikipedia has continuing coverage of the Lac-Méganticare derailment.   On...

The CDC reports Progress on Childhood Obesity — Many States Show Declines Good news because as the CDC reports: Children who are overweight or obese as preschoolers are 5 times as likely as normal-weight children to be...