Posted by Mandy Nagy
on August 16, 201315 Comments
The Washington Post released a detailed report last night, stating that the NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year. The report is based on documents shared earlier with the outlet by NSA leaker Edward Snowden, and it presents a clearer picture of precisely...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 16, 201321 Comments
Reince Preibus declares "self-deportation" racist, but that policy was in the Republican Party platform just last year and the term used by Mitt Romney...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 16, 201314 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:
After several hundred people were killed yesterday, the Muslim Brotherhood has called for "Friday of Anger" protests across the country.
https://twitter.com/PGrandperrin/status/368498324271165441
https://twitter.com/ladams828/status/368430215657033729
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/368408526969794561
https://twitter.com/assem21/status/368429998287630336
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/368429296165322753
https://twitter.com/RichardEngel/status/368404153199915008
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 16, 20139 Comments
Dick Durbin earned the nickname Turban Durbin when he compared U.S. soldiers to Nazis in 2005, a verbal example of Godwin's law:
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one
Norbie remembered it:
Snapped this pic at a red light on...
Posted by A.F. Branco
on August 15, 201317 Comments
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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...
Posted by Andrew Branca
on August 15, 2013121 Comments
You'd think a police officer would know better, but I've come across a MD incident in which a New Jersey detective (working for a State prosecutor's office) managed to violate multiple principles of the law of self defense and get himself charged with 1st degree...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 15, 20136 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.
https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/368047408308944896
https://twitter.com/yesimcf/status/368049589481263104
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 15, 201352 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...
Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 15, 20139 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, 20135 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!!!
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Posted by William A. Jacobson
on August 14, 201311 Comments
I was interviewed this morning by Lee Rayburn of WHCU 870 AM in Ithaca.
The topic was the release of prisoners by Israel and the Middle East Peace Process.
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