Family Friday: 23 Months Old
It's been over a month since my last post. I involuntarily took a break because is was honestly a really rough month physically and mentally and I didn't get much of anything accomplished. This post is about her, not me, so I'll leave the details for another day. I did at least get these photos done ...
Whole 30
Today I started my Whole30, or should I say my NoSugar30? I'm the last one to start out of my older sisters. Betsy's by far the farthest along. I'm not too far behind Jeannette and Julia. I would've started earlier, but I had too many travel plans to have any kind of possibility of making it through ...
Foreign jihadists: countries of origin and why they join
Click chart to enlarge Excerpts from The Economist, Aug. 30, 2014: The Soufan Group, a New York-based intelligence outfit, reckons that by the end of May as many as 12,000 fighters from 81 nations had joined the fray [Islamic State], among them some 3,000 from the West (see chart above). The number ...
Omer Asik can’t save Turkey from surprising Ukraine
New Orleans Pelican Omer Asik had his best game, by far, but he couldn’t prevent upstart Ukraine from continuing its surprising run in the 2014 FIBA World Cup. Turkey (1-2), coming off a solid performance against the USA, fell to Ukraine (2-1) 64-58 on Sept.
NATO and Turkey: Is Fighting Terrorism Really a Priority?
With Recep Tayyip Erdogan now sworn in as Turkey's new President, his successful efforts to prolong his rule after two terms as Prime Minister have observers comparing his popularity to that of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.
