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Zimmerman Closing Analysis – O’Mara: No Evidence of Guilt; Guy: Martin Deserves the Truth

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 12, 2013 277 Comments

(Note: the first couple of paragraphs reflect today’s earlier, short post.  To start at the newest updates, skip to the first heading, “Mark O’Mara Delivers Compelling Narrative of Innocence Based on Evidence &  Law.”  The remainder of the post also contains embedded and linked video...

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Zimmerman Trial Review– How We Got Here, And Where We’re Going

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 04, 2013 270 Comments

As the State prepares to rest its case against George Zimmerman as early as tomorrow, I can’t help but juxtapose where we ought to be in terms of the weight of evidence of Zimmerman’s guilt of second degree murder, and contrast it with where we...

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“Fight and win the battle for truth” about Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2013 8 Comments

Via Times of Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke out Tuesday against what he described as a rising trend of anti-Semitism around the world, calling for an international effort to combat the phenomenon. Addressing delegates in Jerusalem for the Foreign Ministry’s fourth annual anti-Semitism conference,...

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Mideast Media Sampler – 05/07/2013 – The “Syria is not Iraq” Conundrum

Posted by David Gerstman on May 07, 2013 7 Comments

1) Bill Keller’s truism Former executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller states the obvious, “Syria is not Iraq.” In short, Keller argues that he trusts President Obama’s instincts. However since he offered a mea culpa for having once supported the Iraq war,...

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Far left organizes to save fired Soledad O’Brien’s job at CNN

Posted by Anne Segal on February 26, 2013 15 Comments

It’s clear who made up Soledad O’Brien’s niche audience base at her former employer CNN now that “Left Action” has issued an alert and created a petition to save their number one heroine in the media. Left Action, a “network of 1,000,000 progressive,” must not...

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Not The Saturday Night Card Game

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 10, 2012 35 Comments

Greetings from the Lone Star State, where it’s cold and rainy (in Dallas). Because of pre-travel, travel, meetings, etc., I am unable to provide you with the usual searing insight into the human condition, just links: If chanting USA! USA! USA! is racist, what is...

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Stop making excuses for Santorum’s endorsement of Arlen Specter

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2012 74 Comments

I previously posted about Rick Santorum’s endorsement in 2004 of Arlen Specter against a challenge from Pat Toomey, in what was a precursor to the Tea Party v. Establishment fights to come. One of the unintended consequences of Specter’s reelection was that in 2009 Specter switched...

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Eric Massa Wasn’t Crazy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 24, 2010 6 Comments

Of course, that depends upon what the meaning of “crazy” is. News has leaked out through an article in Esquire Magazine that Eric Massa, the disgraced Democratic rock star (was he the tickler, or the tickle-ee?), claims that Dick Cheney conspired with Gen. David Petraeus...

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Holiday Rush Towards Single Payer

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2009 2 Comments

In recent days Democrats started floating the idea of a “Medicare Buy-In” proposal, and as of last night, there appears to be a deal, although the details are not fully known. I addressed the lack of merits in a prior post. What is critical is...

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