The Syria Nerve Gas Attack: a Reprise of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

A grand deception about the nerve gas attack in Syria? Seymour Hersh plainly enjoys going against the grain, but he cannot be written off as a nothing more than a crank. See Seymour M. Hersh, Whose sarin? LRB (December 8, 2013).

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The Uncle in the Presidential Closet

I guess almost all U.S. Presidents have relatives they would rather not acknowledge. Pres. Obama had an uncle who was long in the closet:

Aaron Blake & Juliet Eilperin White House corrects record, says Obama did live with uncle briefly in 1980s (AP) Washington Post (December 5, 2013).

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Where Is Latvia? In the Balkans?

"Where is Latvia? ... 

"Let me handle those questions in their proper order. 

"1. Latvia is one of the 'Baltic countries' located on the northern rim of Europe, across the Baltic Sea from Stockholm and sandwiched in between its Baltic partners Estonia to the north and Lithuania to its south. With a population of about two million, it's [sic] capital is Riga, a beautiful old city with superb architecture reminiscent of Paris or Prague in places. Latvia was a country besieged in the 20th century first by Stalin and his Bolshevik murderers, then by Hitler and his Nazi degenerates and finally -- as if that wasn't enough -- Stalin again. Though their official language is Latvian, most Latvians speak Russian and many refer to themselves as 'Russian.' Latvians, in my experience, are fun-loving, uber-intelligent people who enjoy technology to its fullest. Given their awful dictatorial experiences, they are about as resilient a people as one could find on this planet and are delighted by meeting new people and talking about technology." 

Bill Robinson, Scandiweb: Latvia's Magento Magicians Huff Post Tech (Dec. 4, 2013) 

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