A.M. Links: Syria Downs Turkish Jet, Greece Calling In Sick, Healthcare Ruling Imminent

A.M. Links: Syria Downs Turkish Jet, Greece Calling In Sick, Healthcare Ruling Imminent

| June 25, 2012

  • sick men of europeSyria
    shot down     a Turkish military jet after it violated the
    country’s airspace. Turkey says the jet entered Syrian airspace
    accidentally but was not over Syria anymore when it was shot down.
    Syria says it downed the jet less than a mile off the coast. Turkey
    says it will present its findings on the incident to NATO this
    week.
  • Both Greece’s prime minister and finance minister are calling
    in
    sick     for the Euro summit later this week. The finance minister
    has been hospitalized and the prime minister is having
    surgery.
  • Mohammed Morsi is
    beginning     the process of assuming  power as the Muslim
    Brotherhood continues to negotiate with Egypt’s generals.  “I
    am today a president for all Egyptians,” Morsi said in a national
    address.
  • A TSA screener didn’t realize his metal detector wasn’t plugged
    in, causing hours of delays at New York City’s JFK International
    Airport, the New York Post
    uncovered    .
  • Jerry Sandusky was found guilty, and he may appeal based on the

    speediness     of the trial.
  • An anonymous casino owner
    gave     $1 million worth of $500 bank cards for the United Way in
    Las Vegas to distribute to the neediest. This has not yet been used
    in an Obama campaign mailer to explain the insidious use of
    big money and why you have to donate to them right now!
  • An off-duty cop on his way home in the Bronx got
    caught     in the middle of a drive-by after having bottles thrown
    at him, but was still able to make an arrest.
  • The wait for the Supreme Court’s decision on
    Obamacare begins
    again today.

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