From JoAnne: Thought you might get a kick out of the probably unintentional hypocrisy of these two stickers! Taken in Coeur d'Alene, ID and, for the record, I was the passenger! ...
The Obama administration has delayed the employer mandate under Obamacare until 2015, citing complaints from businesses about the complexity of some of the law's requirements. Funny what happens when you read the bill to find out what’s in it. From Politico: The Obama administration is postponing the...
We covered the morning's events with our mid-day update, available here at the link below. If you've already viewed it, be aware that I have just now added to that post the video recordings of the morning testimony, so if you are interested in seeing...
Says in speech:Egypt's president has rejected an army ultimatum that the country's crisis be resolved by Wednesday, amid deadly protests across the capital.
Mohammed Morsi insisted on his constitutional legitimacy as president and said he would not be dictated to. It is clear he expects the military to depose him in the coming hours, says the BBC's Aleem Maqbool in Cairo
"I am prepared to sacrifice my blood."https://twitter.com/AJELive/statuses/352179761214271488 https://twitter.com/AJELive/statuses/352182086142140416 https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Eng/status/352186952835014657 https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Eng/status/352186290290180096
This week, The Frontier Lab published the results of months of research into why some Republicans are refusing to go by the label "Republican," choosing to identify as anything but. I was the Research Director for this study, which applied a research approach called "Behavioral...
A judge ruled Monday that a Wikileaks “Most Wanted Leaks” list can be used as evidence in the military trial against Bradley Manning. Prosecutors have contended that the list, as well as several tweets from Wikileaks, would serve in part as proof that Manning’s actions...
Motion to Strike Key Serino Testimony Most Damaging to State The Court opened today with a request from Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda, before the jury was present, to ask Judge Nelson to strike perhaps the most telling blow from yesterday's testimony from former Investigator Chris...
Via NY Times:Opponents and supporters of Egypt's president have gathered in the capital, Cairo, as the deadline set by a protest group for him to leave power passed.
Tamarod (Rebel) had given Mohammed Morsi until 17:00 (15:00 GMT) to resign or face a civil disobedience campaign. The ultimatum was issued on Monday, hours before the military itself warned it would intervene unless he reached an agreement with the opposition. Mr Morsi criticised the statement, saying it "might cause confusion". The president met the head of the armed forces, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, for the second day in a row on Tuesday. They did not give any details of the talks, which also included Prime Minister Hisham Kandil.
Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr resigned on Tuesday, bringing to six the number of ministers to leave the cabinet since the outbreak of mass anti-Morsi protests on Sunday. The cabinet spokesman, Alaa al-Hadidi, also quit, state media reported. Other state institutions also undermined Mr. Morsi’s grip on the state, with a court ruling ordering the removal of the Morsi-appointed prosecutor general, Talaat Abdallah, and moving to reinstate a prosecutor first appointed by President Hosni Mubarak before his ouster. Also on Tuesday, Egypt’s largest ultraconservative Islamist group and its political arm, the Nour party, joined the call for early presidential elections and the formation of a caretaker cabinet.UPDATES: https://twitter.com/RT_com/statuses/352091470825668609 https://twitter.com/AhmedMorsy_/statuses/352096805015662593
Defense Attorney Mark O'Mara cross-examines Sanford PD Investigator Chris Serino, 7/1/13[/caption]
This morning Court is expected to start at 9:00AM, with the continuing cross-examination of State witness Investigator Chris Serino, who at the time of events was the lead investigator into the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Our two live video feeds and scrolling Twitter feed of selected commenters can be found just below these introductory comments.
To see yesterday's end-of-day analysis and video, which describes how Mark O'Mara's cross-examination of Investigator Serino so severely damaged the State's theory of the case, click here:
(NOTE: If you do wander over to the LOSD blog, be sure to come back to Legal Insurrection to comment, as nearly all my time is spent here for the duration of the trial.)
We have noted time and again that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's hostility towards Israel seemed pathological, not political. It's not just Erdogan. The Turkish Foreign Minister has praised the martyrs against Israel. Now the Deputy Prime Minister has has suggested a Jewish conspiracy behind the protests centered...
A follow up to the Supreme Court's decision in Fisher v. U. Texas. John Yoo writes at National Review (emphasis mine): Some conservatives are probably taking heart that the Court, by seven to one, reversed the lower court, which had upheld UT’s explicit use of racial preferences in...
If you didn't listen to the live streaming of the Zimmerman case, you missed the most astonishing cross-examination of a trial that has been hip-deep in astonishing cross-examinations. (Fortunately for you, we provide the video, below, if you need to catch up--it's worth it.) Chris Serino,...
Edward Snowden has issued a statement tonight through Wikileaks. He's not very happy with President Obama. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/351823566435655681 It is posted in its entirety below, from its page at the Wikileaks website. One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety were...
Because the last thing Putin would want is Snowden to leak more U.S. national security secrets....
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So far today the State has called two rather interesting witnesses. Dr. Hirotaka Nakasone, FBI Expert, Speech Identification and Speaker Identification The first you will recall from the pre-trial Frye hearings--Dr. Hirotaka Nakasone. You may refresh your recollection of the details of Dr. Nakasone's world-class qualifications and...
Mideast Media Sampler 07/01/2013 - ...
