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Quick Take: Reuters' initial reaction to the UK airliner bomb plot arrests was to tie it to Tony Blair and Israel's actions in Lebanon. A later story, perhaps in response to blog criticism of the original, added the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as "reasons." Nowhere is the idea that Islamic Jihadism, independent of day-to-day events in the Middle East, is involved. More important, and worse -- Articles containing speculation gone wild are allowed to go out disguised as "objective" news pieces. ________________________________________ Here, from The Washington Post...

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Hollande calls for new push on Syria political settlement after Palmyra – Reutersby wpjljron Friday, May 22nd, 2015.Hollande calls for new push on Syria political settlement after Palmyra – ReutersRIGA French President Francois Hollande called for a new international push for a peace deal in Syria on Friday, saying the fall of Palmyra to Islamic State showed President Bashar al-Assad was gravely weakened. “Once again we call for the preparation of a new Geneva,” he said after an EU summit in Riga, referring to […] RIGA French President Francois Hollande called for a new internationa...

>> an area still dealing with flooding from two weeks ago. >> water got all the way of the year, and there is still damage. >> they are concerned about the wall coming down more than it already has. >> life is anything but a priest at the breezeway connors. inspectors are checking to see if the partly collapsed retaining wall is holding. >> that seems to be eroding at the bottom of the wall for some reason. >> across town at the holly acres trailer park, the rain and flooding has brought only misery. manuel castro is among those forced to move to higher ground. trailers and possessio...