Mideast Media Sampler 08/01/2013...
NSA leaker Edward Snowden has left Sheremetyevo Airport after receiving his paperwork today approving temporary asylum in Russia. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/362904185357860864 From the NY Times: After a month holed up in the transit zone of Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Edward J. Snowden, the former intelligence contractor wanted by the United...
Once I thought Professor Jacobson was America's boldest lawyer, being a noted conservative pundit in a sea of blue academia. He now has stiff competition from a San Diego employment attorney hired by Mayor Bob Filner to defend against claims of sexual harassment. His lawyer argues...
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(Mas'ade Druze Village Israel, looking towards Mount Hermon)[/caption]
You can see on this map how far north Metula is:
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(Metula, Israel - Map View)[/caption]
These map view give a good perspective on how Metula is surrounded on three sides by Lebanon:
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(Metula, Israel - Street Map View)[/caption]
National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander was met with both heckling and applause at the Black Hat information security conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday. Ever since the leaks from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden thrust the agency's domestic surveillance policies into the limelight...
Of the 50 states in the US, 49 of them require the State to disprove a defendant’s claim of self-defense, beyond a reasonable doubt. Ohio, on the other hand, requires that the defendant prove self-defense by a preponderance of the evidence. Why is Ohio Such...
... in the U.S.A. as of 5:04 a.m. Eastern, after an 11 hour flight from Israel to JFK. Then the 4.5 hour drive to Ithaca. So suffice it to say I'm tired. My final Israel travel post, which was mostly prepared yesterday while I was in...
Anne Frank's diary is widely read---or at least parts of it, in some form or other. And even those who have never read it are probably familiar with a few quotes from it, the most highly publicized of which may be Anne's observation: "in spite...
There are so many things wrong with ObamaCare that it's hard to know where to start. One of the latest is something CNBC is calling a "quirk" that . . . could ultimately mean thousands of dollars less for you under a quirk in the new...
Just ahead of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today to discuss the FISA surveillance program with key officials from the NSA, FBI, DNI & DoJ, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper declassified and released several telephone metadata collection documents. The bulk telephone data collection process and transparency...
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 of...
This story invoked for me one of Reagan's famous quips: 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.' From CNN: A University of California San Diego student left unmonitored in a holding cell for five days by the Drug Enforcement Administration has settled a lawsuit for...
(Quneitra Crossing, Golan Heights, view from Avital Volcanic Park)[/caption]
We then headed to the nearby Golan Heights Wind Farm, which had a better view of the smoke rising from the area:
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(Golan Heights Wind Farm - map view)[/caption]
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(Golan Heights Wind Farm - View of Syria)[/caption]
Mideast Media Sampler 07/30/2013...
Detroit is poised to become the largest American city to go bankrupt. So what are politicians to do with city workers whose votes were guaranteed with the promise of lavish pension perks like free healthcare? Obamacare exchanges, of course! The retirees that cities like Detroit are trying to...
...the way much of it has now turned on Weiner? That's the question asked by a commenter at this post about The New Yorker's new cover mocking Weiner. My answer, in a nutshell, is no. After all, there is no real cost to turning on Weiner. The...
