James Foley’s parents say the
Obama administration threatened to
charge them with supporting terrorism if they paid the ransom
to the ISIS terrorists who ultimately killed the man. (Hat tip to
Francisco d’Anconia)
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, for whom the word “embattled” is
clearly insufficient, is withdrawing from re-election efforts and
has been hospitalized with a tumor in his abdomen.- In other updates of news that was hot months ago,
George Zimmerman, for whom perhaps the word “embattled” is also
insufficient, has been accused of threatening to kill another
driver in a road incident in Florida. - A woman legally growing medical marijuana in northern
California had a pack of armed men in fatigues descend from an
unmarked helicopter in her backyard, refuse to identify themselves,
and
destroy her crops. She thinks it’s a private security company
working with local law enforcement, but they insist it’s not
them. - Germany won’t join airstrikes against ISIS, but it did
ban all flags and symbols that represent them. - Powerful and controversial Northern Irish Unionist leader
Ian Paisley has died at age 88.
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