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Posted by David Gerstman on April 24, 2013 2 Comments
1) Friedman resurrects “Fayyadism” Some time ago, Thomas Friedman coined the term “Fayyadism,” a concept that, according to Nathan Brown, never had a chance. Why Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad never had a chance to meet the high expectations placed on him http://t.co/veLJpvVyU0 — Foreign...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2013 13 Comments
The prosecution needs to prove its case against Kermit Gosnell beyond a reasonable doubt on each and every count.  Apparently it did not do that on some counts, particularly 1st Degree Murder as to three of the babies, so the Judge tossed the charges at...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 23, 2013 0 Comments
1) Middle East arms deal The United States is concluding an arms deal with the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel. Hoagland: arms deal “weaken the only containment strategy Obama consistently practiced – the containment of Israel” wapo.st/12D0xtp — Shmuel Rosner (@rosnersdomain) April 23,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2013 50 Comments
Can I call ’em or what? On Sunday, I wrote about how the media and left-blogosphere were trying to move the Boston Bombing narrative to focus on what is wrong with how we treated the bombers as immigrants and away from the problem of Jihadism, Politically...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2013 24 Comments
And the reason we need “immigration reform” urgently is? I’m getting very uncomfortable with the rush to vote on an 844-page bill. Let it hang out in the air for a while. If it doesn’t stink, the fresh air and sunshine won’t hurt it. If...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2013 31 Comments
Amanda Palmer, who grew up in Lexington, MA, is a graduate of Wesleyan University. Two days before the Boston Marathon Bombing, Palmer “performed live at Wesleyan’s Humanity Festival, a one-day musical celebration in solidarity against bigotry, racism and social divisions within a community”: In keeping...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 22, 2013 8 Comments
I previously have written how I saw Richie Havens live at My Father’s Place when I was in high school, at the time we ran several of his songs as Videos of the Day in late January 2012: I saw Richie Havens at My Father’s...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2013 24 Comments
Maybe the David Sirota Award? “xaxnar” diarist at Daily Kos, April 16, 2013, The Right Wing Media Is Nervous: Charles P. Pierce noted today that the conservative media wing nuts are freaking out over anything or anyone that suggests what happened in Boston at the...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 20, 2013 15 Comments
A few hours before he would be shot and killed by law enforcement, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev called an uncle with whom he had not spoken in about two years.  During that call, he asked his uncle for forgiveness. From USA Today (via...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2013 20 Comments
UPDATE — Suspect in custody. Ace has the photo of the take down. Suspect in custody. Officers sweeping the area. Stand by for further info. — Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 20, 2013 “We got him” #oneboston twitter.com/mayortommenino… — Mayor Tom Menino (@mayortommenino) April 20,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2013 6 Comments
The family of Lu Lingzi, the Chinese graduate student killed in the Boston Marathon bombing, issued a statement Thursday, via BU Today: We are grieving and at a loss for words to describe the pain and sadness we are experiencing following the sudden passing of...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 19, 2013 14 Comments
UPDATE 1:30 pm EST: The Associated Press is reporting that the FBI is at the New Jersey home of the alleged Boston Marathon bomber’s sister.  Authorities say that she has been cooperative and that there are no reports that she was involved in any of...
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