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January 8, 2015

Satire is not always supposed to be funny ...hahahaha

sat·ire
ˈsaˌtī ə r/
noun
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
synonyms: mockery, ridicule, derision, scorn, caricature; More
a play, novel, film, or other work that uses satire.
plural noun: satires
"a stinging satire on American politics"
synonyms: parody, burlesque, caricature, lampoon, skit; More
a genre of literature characterized by the use of satire.


FURTHERMORE as journalists we are not supposed to be sensitive to others sensibilities when this BIZZARRO WORLD is burning in its stupid idiosyncrasies ... We are supposed to be screaming the idiotic nature of humankind until it finally echoes in the chambers of the consciousness of man ...

YOU are totally wrong, Nicholas "Bill" Kristof for stating otherwise today ...

January 8, 2015

Attack Charlie Hebdo: what do we know of two suspects?

Two of the three suspects in the massacre that decimated the writing of Charlie Hebdo , Wednesday, January 7, were still at large in the Wednesday and Thursday night. The Police launched a national search warrant against Sharif and Said Kouachi two brothers aged 32 and 34 years. They are "considered dangerous and heavily armed ed " by investigators.

Shortly before the unveiling of their portraits in a call to witnesses issued by the police headquarters in Paris , a third suspect, aged 18, presented himself voluntarily to the police station of Charleville-Mezieres in the Ardennes. A police source, contacted by Le Monde said that "no charge" had been made ​​against him and that "in his case, it's just simple checks. »

En savoir plus sur http://www.lemonde.fr/attaque-contre-charlie-hebdo/article/2015/01/08/attaque-a-charlie-hebdo-que-sait-on-des-deux-suspects-recherches_4551181_4550668.html#iXC7sOpxiJfqKeIk.99

January 8, 2015

NBC Walks Back Report of Dead Suspect, ABC Reports One Suspect in Custody

Source: Slate

an. 7, 2015, 8:45 p.m.: ABC News, France 24, and the AFP are reporting that the youngest of the three suspects in Wednesday’s attack has surrendered to police.


NBC’s Pete Williams, meanwhile, appeared to walk back an earlier report that one suspect had been killed and the other two had been detained. “To be fair here we just don’t know exactly what the situation is in France,” he said on MSNBC.

Earlier, Williams had reported that two senior U.S. counterterrorism had told NBC that the three men were no longer at large.

Read more: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/01/07/paris_terror_attack_terrorists_attack_charlie_hebdo_killing_at_least_12.html



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