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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2013 11 Comments

I guess there's a new Pope. Not being Catholic, I'll leave it to readers to assess after the identity is known. twitter.com/seanhannity/st…— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) March 13, 2013 PHOTO: White smoke billows out of the Sistine Chapel chimney huff.to/10NK07c twitter.com/HuffingtonPost…— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) March 13, 2013 #HabemusPapam I love...

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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2013 12 Comments

The bad news? Saudi Arabia beheads 7 men after appeals rejected: Seven Saudi men convicted of theft, looting and armed robbery were beheaded on Wednesday, according to the country’s official news agency, more than a week after their families and rights group appealed to the king for...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 13, 2013 3 Comments

1) Being a reporter means never having to say you're sorry The New York Times has reported on the UN report that raised doubts about the death of Omar Masharawi. Isabel Kershner wrote U.N. Ties Gaza Baby’s Death to Palestinians: Paul Danahar, the BBC Middle East bureau chief,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 13, 2013 14 Comments

Team Breitbart: We’re going to smack Politico across the face and expose Buzzfeed: Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro took a more bellicose tone, declaring that Breitbart News writers would challenge not only the existing mainstream media for their biased coverage, but also the newer online outlets. “You’ll notice that...

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Posted by Anne Segal on March 12, 2013 30 Comments

The RNC has announced plans to focus on digital strategy and hire a chief technology officer by May 1, preferably one that "is maybe able to come in and change the way that we think," according to RNC spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski. If Kukowski hadn't added that...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 12, 2013 23 Comments

Yesterday afternoon an error was made in server maintenance leading to the server going offline, but it was restored as of 8 a.m. this morning with very little loss of data. Unfortunately, the hosting company did a second restore which should not have taken place which...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 12, 2013 4 Comments

“Buy when everyone else is selling.” From Warren Buffett on down, it’s a time tested approach to investing. It doesn’t mean purchase anything that comes along, or overpay, but it’s a contrarian approach to the madness of markets which tend to drive valuations to extremes for...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 12, 2013 3 Comments

Mendacious Max Beyond Iron Dome Max Fisher, the blogger for the Washington Post who publicized the picture of Jihad Mishrawi has now responded to a new United Nations report that concluded that the rocket that killed Mishrawi's son was likely fired by Hamas. Originally he was...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 12, 2013 5 Comments

 A recent comment from an old post, Why America Should Care: Tom Joad March 11, 2013 at 6:53 PM I used to support native American causes. I never will again. The one really bright hope we have in the US congress you are attacking over something TOTALLY frivolous....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 11, 2013 14 Comments

Maybe. As much as I would like to brag that we are so important we were targeted by top-tier hackers, which would prove that we matter to someone, no such luck. This was a self-inflicted wound. In the process of starting the process of making it...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 11, 2013 10 Comments

Via Times of Israel: A Saudi newspaper says a ministerial committee is looking into formally dropping public beheading as a method of execution in the oil-rich kingdom. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world where a death sentence results in beheading in a public square. The...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 11, 2013 2 Comments

Hispolitica has been launched by Javier Manjarres, who runs the great Shark Tank blog in Florida, as announced today: I’m proud to announce the re-launch of Hispolitica.  Hispolitica brings a balanced journalistic approach to the issues and concerns of Hispanics in light of their increasing influence in the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 11, 2013 27 Comments

She will be the progressive cause of 2014.  She will raise tens of millions of dollars from Hollywood and the netroots.  The media will adore her. Snarky ads like this one run the risk of backfiring because they will allow her to play victim while trivializing...

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