It so far has cost tens of millions of dollars. The man who has put up at least 40 million of the money spent so far on this clock is the man whose signature youll find here at the bottom of www. 10,000yearclock. Net. If you cant read that, it is jeff bezos, the founder of amazon. Com, hes the deep pockets behind this 10,000year 200foot tall project. I learned this in a profile of jeff bezos in the wall street journal. A newspaper that scared everyone in 2007 when it got itself sold to Rupert Murdoch. It was one thing to have a kind of eccentric billionaire own Something Like you see here, Fox News Channel. Its one thing to have an australian billionaire on the Fox News Channel or the frequently insane New York Post tabloid, right . Okay. But the wall street journal . A real newspaper . Yes, Rupert Murdoch got the wall street journal a real newspaper and a real newspaper like the boston globe found itself sold again. The globe sold 20 years ago for 1. 1 billion, billion with a b, but t
Supposed to be his allies. That lone shooter reportedly shot into a group of soldiers with an automatic weapon. Numbers have been fluctuating throughout the day, but we know that at least 15 people were injured, some of them very seriously. We also know that one person was killed. The person wases a Major General in the u. S. Army, Major General Harold Greene who was in afghanistan helping to train afghan soldiers. Specifically Training Afghan soldierses for life after the United States fully withdraws from that country. Major general greene was killed today, he became the highest ranking officer killed in combat since the vietnam war. Last officer of that rank to die in combat was Major General John Albert Dillard jr. He was killed in vietnam in may of 1970 when his helicopter was shot down. The United States still has almost 33,000 troops serving in afghanistan. Current withdrawal plan is for that number to go down to roughly 10,000 by the end of this year, but as of today, we still
School. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Lawrence, good evening. Steve, whats your favorite flavor of ice cream is a much tougher question than you might think. For those not addicted, it can be a very difficult question. If you have a 16yearold who beats the 5yearold, are you really proud of that . Winnings winning, steve. Rand paul is in iowa where he is running and running and sometimes ducking. What caused him to make a quick exit this smack in the dmiddle of rand pauls iowa tour. We have to go after people who havent been considering how smart is it for him to be hanging out with folks like steve king . Steve king of iowa has taken control of the gop clown car. Confronted by two hispanic activists. What does rand paul do . Drop your hamburger and run. The new etchasketch. Paul got the heck out of there. Then trying to run away from them before anyone notices. He didnt want to leave without his drink. He did not drop his hamburger when benghazi happened. He ha
Opened fire on people who were supposed to be his allies. That lone shooter reportedly shot into a group of soldiers with an automatic weapon. Numbers have been fluctuating throughout the day, but we know that at least 15 people were injured, some of them very seriously. We also know that one person was killed. The person was a Major General in the u. S. Army, Major General Harold Greene who was in afghanistan helping to train afghan soldiers. Specifically Training Afghan soldiers for life after the United States fully withdraws from that country. Major general greene was killed today, he became the highest ranking officer killed in combat since the vietnam war. Last officer of that rank to die in combat was Major General John Albert Dillard jr. He was killed in vietnam in may of 1970 when his helicopter was shot down. The United States still has almost 33,000 troops serving in afghanistan. Current withdrawal plan is for that number to go down to roughly 10,000 by the end of this year,
There. Then trying to run away from them before anyone notices. Drop your hamburger and run. The new etchasketch. Paul got the heck out of there. Then trying to run away from them before anyone notices. He didnt want to leave without his drink. He did not drop his hamburger when benghazi happened. He has to start by not running away from teenagers. And eat it, too. Were getting a preview of what senator rand paul will sound like when hes an official 2016 president ial candidate. Rand paul is currently in iowa on a threeday, eightcity tour. Today, he went after the likely 2016 democratic nominee. Theres jihadists in syria and iraq. They now have a place to organize in libya after the bombing. Hillary clinton made a host of errors being there, not protecting our embassy, and i think precludes herself from ever being commander in chief. [ applause ] hillarys war in libya, or hillarys war in syria, none of this was ever approved by congress. The president did it unilaterally. And the unint