President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt speaks in New York.
The UN General Assembly is a talking shop, where calling for action takes the place of actual action, but sometimes the talk becomes so opaque that even sorting out what the words mean becomes a challenge.
Such is the case this week in New York, where the world’s leaders met for their annual opportunity to lecture one another. Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad wasn’t there, because he’s still at home directing the slaughter of his countrymen. But his spirit was on hand, as a British organization announced that 305 people has been killed in a single day if fighting, the bloodiest day so far, and the UN’s own High Commissioner for Refugees warned that 700,000 refugees may have fled the country by year-end.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the daily death count included only victims whose names had been documented. “If we count the unidentified bodies, the figure will be much higher,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, according to Reuters. The group said 199 of the dead were civilians.
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Off topic for a minute. I just added a couple of new tweets in my sidebar on learning of the passing of Raylene Rankin. Second from the top is the story. The top one is a video of one of their biggest hits featuring Raylene and all should listen to see who Canada lost today. My thoughts are with her family and the millions of fans (I’m one) who will be deeply saddened by this news.
“God speed” Raylene.
Aye to that Jack.
A beautiful voice coming from a beautiful woman. Both shall be missed. Condolences to the Rankin family.
This truly bothers me, Joe because I’ve lost a child to this filthy disease. It brings it all back. I’ve listened to the song at least a dozen times today and it haunts me. Tina was only 12 when she passed in 1992 and she lives on with me everyday. I can’t let go.
One can only hope that a cure is coming soon.
Goodnight all.
I know what you mean Jack. My dear wife of 35 years is battling cancer right now.