US airstrike hits Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

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Friday October 02, 2015 · 10:31 PM PDT

2015/10/02 · 22:31

I saw this story and had to post. Apologies if it's already here.

http://www.theguardian.com/...

A US airstrike appears to have hit a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières in the Afghan city of Kunduz early on Saturday morning.
MSF said its hospital in the war-torn northern city was bombed and badly damaged in an aerial attack that killed at least three staff members.

At the time of the bombing, 105 patients and their caretakers and more than 80 MSF international and national staff were in the hospital, the charity said. Thirty staff were still unaccounted for.

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Thursday October 03, 2013 · 9:55 AM PDT

2013/10/03 · 09:55

Saw a "breaking" alert on Marketwatch that referenced this NY Times story:

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Speaker John A. Boehner has told colleagues that he is determined to prevent a federal default and is willing to pass a measure through a combination of Republican and Democratic votes, according one House Republican.
The lawmaker, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Mr. Boehner had said he would be willing to violate the so-called Hastert Rule if necessary to pass a debt limit increase.

Not much of a diary, I know. Just wanted to get this out there.

POTUS and FLOTUS in Dallas

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Wednesday April 24, 2013 · 6:35 PM PDT

2013/04/24 · 18:35

The President and First Lady have landed at Love Field. Story and some good photos at the link below:

Obamas arrive in Dallas for Bush Center dedication

My small-town roots are showing, I guess, because I'm excited to think that the Obamas are in my city tonight. And despite how I feel about W's library at SMU, tomorrow it will be cool when every living ex-president will be in town, too.

A contrast in optics

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Thursday September 27, 2012 · 7:59 PM PDT

2012/09/27 · 19:59

By now, most of us here have probably seen the latest talk-to-the-camera ads from President Obama and Mitt Romney. Both of these ads have been embedded in stories all over the Internet today, but it wasn't until I was reading this one on the PBS NewsHour site that I saw both embedded YouTube videos on my computer screen at the same time. They're below the squiggle as well.

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Wednesday May 16, 2012 · 9:30 AM PDT

2012/05/16 · 09:30

A deadline is fast approaching for public comments on the proposed Trinity Parkway in Dallas.

This "parkway" that Dallas city government leaders and regional transportation entities want to build would be a $1.8 billion, six-lane, limited-access toll road in between the levees of the Trinity River floodway. Yes, that's right, they want to build a road down the length of a space that is designed to fill with water so other areas won't flood.

They want to put a $1.8 billion road in the middle of this.

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