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Is There no Limit to the Administration’s Cynicism Regarding Israel?

Posted by David Gerstman on September 03, 2013 10 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 09/03/2013 - Identifyng a Scapegoat for the President's Inaction

Microsoft says it will move forward with lawsuit over NSA surveillance transparency

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 30, 2013 5 Comments

Microsoft announced on its blog today that it will move forward with litigation challenging the government to allow it to publish the number of national security demands for user content in a manner that is distinct from other law enforcement requests. To followers of technology...

Anti-Israel Terror Trifecta falls on hard times

Posted by David Gerstman on August 30, 2013 2 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 08/30/2013: When bad things happen to bad people

Now even WaPo refers to Obama’s terror policy as “wishful thinking”

Posted by David Gerstman on August 11, 2013 13 Comments

The Washington Post endorsed Obama twice while noting a major foreign policy flaw. Why don't they acknowledge that they were wrong?

As San Diego legally insurrects Mayor Bob Filner, media member goes mea maxima culpa

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 31, 2013 10 Comments

San Diego is defining “legal insurrection”, as lawsuits abound that address various aspects of the city’s attempts to remove Mayor Bob Filner. As an eighth woman now accuses the former congressman of sexual harassment, the City Council has voted to sue Filner for the cost...

Freedom From Religion Fanatics Demand Removal of Star of David From Holocaust Memorial

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 21, 2013 48 Comments

Just when I thought the anti-religious, anti-First Amendment left couldn’t get any more base, any more insulting, I read this: The Freedom from Religion Foundation wants the proposed Statehouse Holocaust memorial changed by removing what it sees as the Jewish religious symbolism of the Star of...

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner gives “sequester” a whole new meaning

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 17, 2013 21 Comments

In my last report on San Diego mayor Bob Filner, I noted that he brought Washington, D.C.’s sense of teamwork and fair play with him. At that time, Filner crashed a press conference held by City Attorney Jan Goldsmith responding to the mayor’s call for...

Zimmerman Trial Day 10 — Mid-day — Vietnam Combat Medic Identifies Zimmerman as Screamer

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 08, 2013 165 Comments

The defense team of Mark O’Mara and Don West began their first full day of presenting their case to the jury today, although so far this morning it’s been nothing but O’Mara. Rumors are that the defense plans to call ~25 witnesses, and they moved...

Racialized prosecutorial indiscretion in the Zimmerman case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2013 304 Comments

Considering the wonderful job Andrew Branca has done covering the George Zimmerman trial, I’ve been relegated to something approaching potted plant status here. It ain’t broke, so I ain’t gonna fix that. But I will weigh in with my own thoughts on the case and...

NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Reveals New US Hacking Accusations

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 22, 2013 20 Comments

A Hong Kong news outlet unveiled explosive new hacking accusations against the US on Saturday morning, citing information shared with the outlet by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. From the South China Morning Post: Snowden, who celebrated his 30th birthday on Friday as the US government...

Book Review: James O’Keefe’s Breakthrough (Update – new video)

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 16, 2013 9 Comments

James O’Keefe’s book, Breakthrough: Our Guerrilla War to Expose Fraud and Save Democracy, should really come with the following warning for summer readers: CAUTION: Compelling book causes intense concentration; sunburn is possible. As I recover from being toasted by the California sun, I wanted to...

Five Clarifications We Can’t Ask of Edward Snowden

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 11, 2013 27 Comments

Edward Snowden, the now-former NSA contractor who leaked secret documents to The Washington Post and the Guardian, said he didn’t want to become the story. “I don’t want public attention because I don’t want the story to be about me. I want it to be...

Radical Chicago Hacker Pleads Guilty to Stratfor Leak

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 28, 2013 8 Comments

Long saga of Jeremy Hammond, self-described anarchist, comes to an end. Jeremy Hammond, a notorious hacker and anarchist from the Chicago area, pleaded guilty this morning to hacking charges in a New York courtroom under the terms of a plea agreement. Hammond was initially charged in...

Alleged Hezbollah member who tried to gain security clearance indicted in Texas

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2013 8 Comments

Lied on application to enter U.S. and application for security clearance

Politically correct epistemic closure counterattacks Boston Marathon bombing reality

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2013 46 Comments

In other words, it’s not them, it’s us.

#OpIsrael Hack versus Counter-Hack

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 06, 2013 14 Comments

Last November, a faction claiming association to the hacker collective Anonymous launched #OpIsrael, in retaliation for Israel’s strikes on Gaza. Earlier this week, those operations were resurrected in another wave of #OpIsrael that is scheduled to commence on April 7th, the date of Holocaust Memorial...

Political takeover of language nears completion — AP bans “illegal immigrants”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 02, 2013 33 Comments

There has been a political push to remove words like “illegal alien” or “illegal immigrant” from usage as part of political messaging by amnesty/open borders advocates. The preferred term is “undocumented,” as if it’s just a question of paperwork. Once the language is redefined, it...

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