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Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 15, 2013 3 Comments

The Syrian Electronic Army is claiming credit today for hacking content recommendation service Outbrain, which appears to have affected several media outlets that include TIME, CNN and the Washington Post. https://twitter.com/Official_SEA16/status/368038668709019648 Outbrain has confirmed the attack (without mention of SEA). https://twitter.com/Outbrain/status/368044125536272386 The Washington Post also confirmed its disruption this...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2013 6 Comments
We predicted this would happen when Hezbollah intervened on behalf of Assad in Syria, including the conquest of Qusayr, and the ongoing battles in Homs and Aleppo. Hezbollah's chief, Hassan Nasrallah, openly bragged that Hezbollah was in Syria to the bitter end. The death toll is rising at this writing, so keep track at the Twitter feed at the bottom of the post. From The Daily Star of Lebanon, Car bomb kills 10 in Beirut southern suburb:
A car bomb killed at least 10 people in the southern suburb of Beirut Thursday, a stronghold of Hezbollah, security sources told The Daily Star. The sources said at least 30 people were also wounded in the blast on the main road between Rwais and Bir al-Abed, a neighborhood of the southern suburb that in July was the target of a similar car explosion. Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel confirmed that the blast was the result of car explosion. TV footage showed scores of residents screaming while trying to flee the carnage with dozens of cars in flames and other extensive damage in the area. Emergency response teams rushed to the scene of the blast that caused thick plumes of smoke to fill the sky over the Lebanese capital. Over 50 people were wounded on July 9 after a car bomb ripped through the Bir al-Abed neighborhood of the southern suburb of Beirut, in an incident widely linked to the crisis in neighboring Syria.
NOW Lebanon has live coverage. Car Bomb Beirut NOW Lebanon screen shot https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/368047408308944896 https://twitter.com/yesimcf/status/368049589481263104

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2013 52 Comments

Larry Sabato came out with his rankings of presidential contenders today. I was going to write about the downgrade of Marco Rubio, but that's old news. More interesting is the rankings of Democrats. There is no "First Tier" other than Hillary. The drop from Hillary to Joe...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2013 9 Comments
NOTE - This post will be updated throughout the day, with "breaking" news at the top, other updates below, and the live streams at the bottom: BREAKING - OBAMA STATEMENT - Condemns violence, cancels joint military exercise, but no aid cutoff:

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--------------- The death toll from yesterday's violence has risen to over 500, including numerous policemen. https://twitter.com/haaretzcom/status/367962951564525568 It's also becoming clear that the Muslim Brotherhood fired weapons on police who sought to evict the protester's encampment, which likely contributed to the high death toll as police responded with live fire (video via WaPo): Attacks on Christian churches by Islamists also have spread (list here).

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2013 5 Comments

Saw a lot of these in 2012. But now that he's reelected, displaying one of these may be deemed a capital offense. So ride 'em cowboy, while you still can. From Nanette: I LOVE Texas!! My favorite so far this year!!! ...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 14, 2013 14 Comments

As the defense neared the end of its side in the sentencing phase of Bradley Manning's trial, the convicted Wikileaker spoke to the court himself today.  In an unsworn statement, he began with an apology, saying, "I am sorry that my actions hurt people; I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2013 56 Comments

We don't actually know that Megyn Kelly is replacing Sean Hannity, even if the Drudge scoop is true that Kelly is taking the 9 p.m. slot at Fox News.  Hannity may be moving to another prime time slot, or there may be some out-of-the-box schedule...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2013 28 Comments

What with the damn rodeo clown getting fired, banned, and the whole association subject to sensitivity training for the offense of clowning around at the expense of the President. What with the long history of rodeo and other clowns mocking presidents at public events (even down to the...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 14, 2013 4 Comments

It appears Israel is gearing up for its own citizen army to defend itself - on social media. From the Jerusalem Post's article, Government to use citizens as army in social media war: The Prime Minister’s Office has a far-reaching plan to utilize students and other supporters...

Posted by New Neo on August 14, 2013 51 Comments

Has politics become so divisive that a new intolerance keeps left and right from connecting emotionally? Research purports to show that left and right are that different, according to this post at NPR titled For Democrats And Republicans, It's Happily (N)ever After: Political preferences seem to come...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2013 12 Comments
NOTE - This post will be updated throughout the day, with "breaking" news at the top, other updates below, and the live streams at the bottom: UPDATE 8/14/2013 at 10:10am ET: A month-long state of emergency has been declared. https://twitter.com/AP/status/367644219391102978 https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/367675743289245696 https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/367683057022562306 Overnight the Egyptian military attacked Muslim Brotherhood protesters encamped in Cairo. There are reports of dozens, maybe hundreds dead. (Live video and Twitter feeds at bottom of post.) https://twitter.com/ABC/status/367754493636521984 In turn, Muslim Brotherhood supporters around the country have turned on the Christian population, including burning churches. https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/367586159116816384 https://twitter.com/EIPR/status/367592909517770753 https://twitter.com/RanyaKhalifa/status/367573102609195010 https://twitter.com/DaliaEzzat_/statuses/367838401317195776

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2013 9 Comments

From Pete, spotted outside Tacoma, WA: Prof. Jacobson, Thought you would enjoy the photo and I read you on a daily basis. Thanks for all your work. I can't tell what the sticker next to the "Steady Hand" says: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 13, 2013 15 Comments
Mahmoud Abbas joined others in welcoming home heroic axe murderers of elderly people sitting on benches, knife and pruning shear murderers of hikers and bus passengers, and other assorted miscreants. It's not easy to watch these celebrations, but it is necessary to do so in order to understand the culture of incitement that pervades Palestinian society and is the main obstacle to peace: MORE VIDEOS HERE https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/367422567767748608 https://twitter.com/Rushdibbc/status/367399847965376512 Part of the celebration was for Palestinians to throw rocks:
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