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July 2013

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 25, 2013 13 Comments

Another in my ongoing posts from Israel: Today I toured areas of the Western Wall in Jerusalem I had not previously seen. First, the part of the wall to the right of the Kotel (live webcam here) beyond the Mugrabi Bridge, where there are fallen stones from...

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 25, 2013 94 Comments

During the Zimmerman trial there was considerable consternation among much of the public that the trial judge, Debra Nelson, had excluded certain evidence about Trayvon Martin's past, including his apparent drug use, illegal firearms dealing, passion for "street fighting", among other pleasant character traits. Now that...

Posted by A.F. Branco on July 25, 2013 12 Comments

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Posted by New Neo on July 25, 2013 25 Comments

The Southern states, that is. Or any other state that has the temerity to tighten up its own voting regulations in ways that would appear to make perfect sense. A mere month ago, in Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that Obama...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 25, 2013 17 Comments

At Legal Insurrection, it sometimes is worthwhile taking a look at the fruits of American justice. I have some intriguing updates to share on two of our country's most notorious idiotic criminals. Readers may recall that the son of Mike Kernell,a Democratic congressman from Tennessee, hacked Sarah...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 25, 2013 27 Comments

California television station KTVU has reportedly fired several employees over its cringeworthy mistake nearly two weeks ago, when it was duped into airing the obviously fake names of Asiana flight 214 pilots. From The San Francisco Chronicle: KTVU-TV has dismissed at least three veteran producers over the...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 25, 2013 8 Comments

As two new victims come forward, it looks like San Diego Mayor Bob Filner (Democrat) was engaged in a one-man "War on Women". Earlier this week, I reported on a press conference in which Victim #1 offered details on the "Filner Headlock" and other examples of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 24, 2013 86 Comments
Jet lag finally caught up with us. Three days of running on adrenaline stopped cold. But the day was not lost. I had a chance to spend some time with reader Israel Pickholtz, better known as Jerusalem Genealogist. I didn't recognize him without his beard. [caption id="attachment_60032" align="alignnone" width="476"](me and Israel Pickholtz aka Jerusalem Genealogist) (me and Israel Pickholtz aka Jerusalem Genealogist)[/caption] Later, we visited the cemetery on Mount Herzl, where many of Israel's founders and political leaders are buried, including Golda Meir: Golda Meir Grave Mount Herzl

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 24, 2013 36 Comments

While news of a myriad of sex scandals in major American cities offers summer distractions, a few other items caught my eye: With the US Postal service bleeding money after the explosion of social media, the agency is looking to end at-your-door mail delivery: The U.S. Postal...

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 24, 2013 4 Comments

Yesterday, McClatchy reported on Pelosi's newest divisive endeavor: an economic agenda for women.  After all, we all know that women are not part of the economic fabric of this nation, that we all secretly aspire to be government-dependent Julias whose "health care" needs are those...

Posted by New Neo on July 24, 2013 23 Comments

America has been so generally fortunate that we have forgotten what we should have known, and neglected to teach it to our children. It's like a population that's not been exposed to certain illnesses and is therefore less able to defend against them. Too many of...

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 24, 2013 209 Comments

Hungry for another claimed example of a deadly Stand-Your-Ground defensive encounter, the mainstream media has seized upon the gas-station shooting death of a black man by a rifle-armed woman, also black, this past Sunday in Houston. Video of the encounter was captured by the gas station's...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 24, 2013 8 Comments

Edward Snowden will remain in the transit zone of a Russian airport for now, despite earlier news reports today that he'd received clearance to leave. A lawyer for Snowden arrived at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow Wednesday, carrying a large paper bag as he walked past a...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 24, 2013 4 Comments

The pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army hit two more targets Tuesday, after claiming it had hacked the website and database of Viber, an Israeli-based VOIP phone service/messaging application, and the popular internet news site The Daily Dot. SEA tweeted a warning for Viber users to delete the...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 24, 2013 53 Comments

It's very rare that I stand in 100% agreement (or any percent agreement) with something written by the NY Times editorial board.  But after yesterday's newly introduced sexting chronicles of Anthony Weiner - aka (allegedly) "Carlos Danger" - the board took to publishing a scathing...

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