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John Martin here on the news you need to know this
diplomacy works on Monday Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said
we are calling on Syrian leadership to not only agree I'm placing chemical
weapons storage sites under international control
but also its subsequent destruction and fully joining the tree and prohibition
of chemical weapons shortly afterward
a Syrian official told reporters that his nation welcomes
the proposal in a series of television interviews that same evening
President Obama called the Russian proposal a possible breakthrough
and a positive development the plan for a Syrian surrender of chemical weapons
as a response to an off-the-cuff comment made by Secretary of State John Kerry
who was asked what syria could do to avoid a military strike by the united
states
secretary carry responded saying aside could turn over every single bit of his
chemical weapons to the international community in the next week
but that he is about to do it and it can't be done obviously
almost immediately Russian officials urged Syria to accept the proposal
and Syria accepted within 24 hours China and Iran
backed the plan as well and pulled us back from the brink
a potential World War this is what happens when our leaders use diplomatic
efforts rather than military strikes
to resolve a conflict in a single day we went from facing a World War
Russian officials working on an effective concrete plan for Syria to
hand over chemical weapons
and once those weapons are surrendered there's little risk that the chemicals
will wind up in the hands of terrorists
some media reports claim the President Obama work out this proposal was laden
air pollutant during the g20 summit
in Russia other reports said the secretary carries
of and comment initiated the proposal girls who gets credit lesson is clear
dropping bombs is not the only way to resolve a conflict
in screwed news the Kansas State Legislatures says they're orchestrating
a campaign
against child poverty however a plan is more about imposing their so-called
moral values on: kansas residents than about lifting families
out of poverty republican governor Sam Brownback put together the task force
gun reducing childhood poverty
which was supposed to study the issue and recommend ideas to help struggling
families
but they came up with were nine recommendations like
understanding the importance of marriage families
and reducing the availability of food assistance throughout the state
rather than proposing job sir education they could help people are more money
state task force proposed free marriage licenses
and suggested in something called healthy relationship
education in middle and high school the task force
simply perpetuated the themer mean that
if you're living in poverty he could only be the result of your own bad
choices
republicans love to talk about limited government stain other people's lives
better
looks like that doesn't apply to low-income people living in Kansas
and the best to the rest the news the possibility of another war isn't the
only thing that can create
unlikely political bedfellows in wisconsin that states Libertarian Party
is joining forces with the green party to support
a solar energy proposal both parties have endorsed a plan that would allow
customers to
lease solar panels and other renewable energy products that they can't afford
to buy outright
all Ehlers the Wisconsin libertarian party chairs said there are all kinds a
philosophical disagreements at the Green Party
but the other day this is pretty much a no brainer the measure is known as the
clean energy choice initiative
as far more likely to gain traction in the state legislature which is
controlled by Republicans now that the libertarians and tea party
in the state supported Michael Vickerman renew
Wisconsin our organization said the thanks to the coalition with
libertarians green
and energy advocates quotecontact talks Republican legislators away we couldn't
in the past interesting as the heated debate
about raising the minimum wage continues one fast food restaurant in michigan is
proving that it's possible to pay a living wage
mo clock move currently starts workers a twelve dollars an hour
and will increase that to fifteen dollars an hour on October 1st to this
year
owner Brian Parker said we always wanted to be a fifteen dollars Nargis feels
human to do it
and they say higher wages are actually a great investment
company has seen better customer service lower employee turnover in less time and
money spent
hiring and training new workers according to the Think Progress blog
increasing employee pay can also help increase productivity
and provide a boost to the local economy when workers have more money to spend
overall better pay is a win-win for the business the employees
and the local shops and restaurants and as the fast-food strikes continued
several cities run our nation
workers are point to good pain successful businesses like milk like mu
providing a heckuva lot good free publicity
and finally most young girls are focused on France cooler hobbies but not brand
Larson
and her friends trio are more X interested in
X sources 'em that's right britain's father Reverend Bob Larson supposedly
train the girls in the practice of expelling
demons headed off to England to fight the satanic
element I've Harry Potter the girls say that the popularity of JK Rowling's
series shows
a rise in a cold activity across the pond
in a video posted by the Daily Mail 18-year-old britain said
areas using this magic for good so here we have the dangerous idea that you can
use this magic for good or bad
when in reality all magic is bad because you're getting your power from Satan
word yet on whether aqua Buddha will be involved
and that's the way it is today Tuesday September 10th
2013 I'm Thom Hartmann on the news
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