Wednesday, September 21, 2011
News Newsdome: Obama says there is "no shortcut" to Israeli-Palestinian peace. Decades of conflict prove him right.
Posted by Bobby Feingold @senorbobby on Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:30 AM
>> Iran finally freed American Hikers Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer today on $500,000 bail each after previously being sentenced to eight years in prison for espionage. Apparently, Iranian President Ahmadinejad is trying to improve his international standing before the U.N. General Assembly meeting. For the love of God, Josh and Shane: hike in the Appalachians next time. (Reuters)
>> Syrian government forces have raided schools around the country and detained students who protested against President Bashar Assad. That's a crime against humanity: It's a college student's right to act self-righteous and ideological. (CBS News)
>> Tucson-based humanitarian group No More Deaths released a report today claiming Border Patrol agents in Arizona mistreated thousands of illegal immigrants by forcing them to eat food thrown on the floor, taking away medicine, calling them racial slurs, subjecting them to sleep deprivation and making them walk in the desert without shoes. Shocking, I say, shocking! (USA Today)
>> And finally: Google Chairman Eric Schmidt will testify before the Senate today as part of an antitrust probe into whether Google's search results unfairly favor its own businesses. Google, who used to exclusively invest in Democrats, is now lobbying Republicans and even co-hosting one of the FOX GOP debates. Thankfully, Google still will not change presidential hopeful Rick Santorum's hilarious search results. (the Wall Street Journal, Politico)
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