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News Roundup – Yahoo!, Russia and Zimmerman
ecthompsonmd September 9, 2013

Did you know or care that Yahoo! has changed their logo? Yep, that was keeping me up all night. By the way, what is it that Yahoo! does again? Russia has started to wake up and decided that it could play a constructive role in the Syria mess. So, here’s what went down. Kerry said, “Sure, he could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week — turn it over, all of it, without delay and allow the full and total accounting.” He said this in response to a question about what

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Friday Afternoon News Roundup
ecthompsonmd August 24, 2012

Friday Afternoon News Roundup You remember how the gun industry whipped up fears that the Obama administration was going to steal everybody’s guns? That translated into a huge windfall for them. Projected path of hurricane (tropical storm) Isaac seems to be taking a more westerly direction away from central Florida. Take your time and sit down and enjoy this great article in the Atlantic by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Shooting outside of the Empire State building has left at least two dead. Lance Armstrong has thrown in the towel and will not fight doping charges any longer. I believe that Lance Armstrong is a competitor.

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No charges in Trayvon Martin shooting, yet
ecthompsonmd March 12, 2012

I understand that the wheels of justice can sometimes move slowly. I’m happy to wait patiently as long as the wheels of justice are still moving. From Miami Herald: The investigation into the killing of Miami teen Trayvon Martin ended without criminal charges Monday, even as outraged members of the community heckled the Central Florida police chief and demanded justice. The Michael Krop Senior High School junior was killed two weeks ago in Sanford while on a trip to visit relatives. The 17-year old, who was black, went out unarmed to buy snacks at a 7-11 and wound up killed by a

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