22 Cuban Missile Crisis: “When the Right Words Counted”

http://www.navalhistory.org/2012/10/22/cuban-missile-crisis-when-the-right-words-counted

On 22 October 1962, President John F. Kennedy delivered a televised speech, arguably “the most serious speech delivered in his lifetime” and the “most frightening presidential address” in U.S. history.’  Soviet missile-launch sites had been discovered under construction in Cuba.  The response resuIted from deliberations among the President and his ad hoc Executive Committee (ExCom).  

Its final draft was improved significantly by an unlikely person: the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.

H/T to Naval History Blog

TriMet, TSA announcing MAX 'security enhancements' in Moscow bombing aftermath

TriMet recognizes the importance of being vigilant in order to reduce the risk of terrorist activities on mass transit. We will have a news conference tomorrow detailing our latest TSA security grant and the status of cameras on our light rail system.
Yeah Mary Those cameras will document what was perpetrated on the victims.. While they bleed to death waiting on your non existent rent a Cops to come by and watch the Carnage...If You can't dazzle us with Brilliance Why Baffle us with B.S.

Thailand seizes 35 tons of weapons airlifted from N. Korea+

This should be breaking news... the very idea that this is all happening while the US envoy is in N.Korea is a tweak that should not be ignored ….    Thailand seizes 35 tons of weapons airlifted from N. Korea+

Thailand seizes 35 tons of weapons airlifted from N. Korea+