Two conclusions may be drawn from this: that Jim's life was likely to have been saved if the money was paid, and that the declaration by the Islamist terrorists that they executed him purely in righteous retaliation for US air strikes against them is a sham; the ransom demands had continued after military action had begun in Iraq.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that fireworks are awesome, that a four-day weekend is long overdue, that a hot dog or two once a year probably won't kill you, and that the Declaration of Independence is a superb foundational document, even if many of us haven't read it since grade school and couldn't quote exactly what's in there.
The armistice states that any change must be agreed to by all the signers and that unilateral declarations are unacceptable — a point reiterated Thursday by Gen. James D. Thurman, the American commander in charge of enforcing the armistice conditions.
Bachmann, defending the need for her clearly unnecessary legislation, actually cited a story spread by Fox News and religious right organizations and websites that the Declaration of Independence had been banned in a California school because it contained references to a creator, a story that, of course, was not true.
In the 17th and 18th centuries emerging international law abandoned this search and accepted that the declaration of war is a sovereign prerogative and developed rules of proportionality and necessity regulating its conduct (the jus in bello).
Amnesty, Human Rights Watch and refugee charities are among those accusing both summits of being "toothless" and saying that the declaration expected to be ratified by the UN on Monday imposes no obligations on the 193 general assembly nations to resettle refugees.
He called the commandments a foundation of Texas law, and noted that the Declaration of Independence invoked God.
He added that Trump is "waiting for his staff to come up with the appropriate way to do this," and noted that the declaration was "an unprecedented move".
This view was notably promoted by Abraham Lincoln, who considered the Declaration to be the foundation of his political philosophy, and argued that the Declaration is a statement of principles through which the United States Constitution should be interpreted.
It seems to be no more than a declaration of the speaker's stand on the issue, and that declaration may be accurate even if there are no black swans.
