Tag: speech

A busy week behind us again, unfortunately with more bad news than good. Even the weather took a worrying turn in many parts of the world. Starting with the hurricane in Oklahoma to all the extreme weather issues across Western Europe these days. Can we blame it on climate change or not? Of course I’ll leave this discussion to those who are experts of the topic while I’ll remain on more familiar grounds. On world affairs: Will We Witness the End of Peacekeeping in the Golan Heights? Recent exchanges of fire between Syria and Israel question the future of a not properly armed…

UN hails ‘historic’ Obama drone vow [Ben Emmerson, t]he lawyer leading a UN drone inquiry has praised [last night’s national security] speech by US President Barack Obama as a “significant step towards increased transparency”.

“you’re going to fall down but the world doesn’t care how many times you fall down as long as it’s one fewer than the number of times you get back up” Aaaaaw… Aaron Sorkin is a genious!!! I know I keep repeating this, but I really do mean it!!! 🙂 popculturebrain: Aaron Sorkin’s Syracuse University Commencement Address | Syr.edu Here’s video of the speech in its entirety. (Source: http://popculturebrain.com/)