The United States gave the go-ahead Friday to deploy Patriot anti-ballistic missiles to Turkey along with enough troops to operate them as the heavily embattled government in neighboring Syria again vehemently denied firing ballistic missiles at rebels.
The United States has accused Damascus of launching Scud-type artillery from the capital at rebels in the country’s north. One Washington official said missiles came close to the border of Turkey, a NATO member and staunch U.S. ally.
Syria’s government called the accusations “untrue rumors” Friday, according to state news agency SANA. Damascus accused Turkey and its partners of instigating rumors to make the government look bad internationally.
It was 1985 when I first covered Tulsa City government and while the form of that government has changed, the circus is much the same. There is humor, drama, competing agendas, pontificating politicians, disingenuous staff, gossip everywhere and I didn’t even make ALL the meetings Thursday December 13.
The Associated Press is reporting that while the “fiscal cliff” of looming tax increases and spending cuts dominates political conversation in Washington, some Republicans and business groups see signs of a “regulatory cliff” that they say could be just as damaging to the economy.
The world famous artist Van Gogh signed all of his known paintings using only his first name, Vincent. Poor Mr. Van Gogh sold only one painting (for about 400 francs) during his lifetime: “Red Vineyard at Arles (1888).” That work is currently housed at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
Michelle Malkin writing for