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George Zimmerman Bail Hearing – LIVE (Update – $9,000 bond)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2013 108 Comments

UPDATES: Judge finds probable cause (no surprise). Prosecutor discloses unreported prior choking incident about a week ago. State asked for $50,000 bond, and certain exclusion zones, no contact, no weapons possession, etc. Defense asked for $4,900 based on state bond schedule. Judge sets $9,000 bond....

Anatomy of how a racism lie spread half way around the world

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 19, 2013 48 Comments

Saturday Night Card Game

Police: Suspect arrested over Los Angeles airport dry ice devices was ‘prankster’

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 16, 2013 13 Comments

Police say a Los Angeles airport ground service employee who was arrested after several dry ice bombs were found at the airport Sunday and Monday left the devices as a prank. From the LA Times: The ground service employee arrested in connection with a string...

Dem NY-23 candidate – no proof of fundraising claim GOP tried to hack her website

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 12, 2013 6 Comments

Campaign's latest explanation raises even more doubts about veracity of fundraising accusation

Tour Guide accuses Yellowstone Park Rangers of “Gestapo tactics”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 91 Comments

Foreign tourists locked in hotel under armed guard thought they were under arrest.

WWII Vets storm Barry-cades

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 01, 2013 19 Comments

Update - The barricade was all a set up for photo op -- Obama admin knew Vets were coming

The Matthew Shepard anti-gay hate crime narrative in pop culture

Posted by Laurel Conrad on September 22, 2013 6 Comments

As Professor Jacobson details in his companion post, the Matthew Shepard narrative of anti-gay hatred culminating in murder may not be what it seems. Research detailed in The Book of Matt by Stephen Jimenez casts doubt on the anti-gay part of the narrative. But by...

Legal Insurrection Awards for Best #OccupyWallStreet Moments (plus Special Google Search Award)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 17, 2013 10 Comments

Today is the 2nd Anniversary of the start of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Our first post was a couple of weeks later, Declaration of the Occupation of Perpetual Grievance. Remember, the next, ahem, leading Democratic contender for President of the United States was the...

Forgotten History: Assad has the blood of American soldiers on his hands

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 09, 2013 19 Comments

The notion that Assad is only Syria's problem ignores the history of the Iraq insurgency, Lebanese assassinations, and the global Iranian-Hezbollah war against Israel and the United States.

Snowden reportedly assumed digital identities of other NSA employees to access files

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 29, 2013 35 Comments

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was able to access some of the 20,000 documents he reportedly downloaded from the agency’s systems by assuming the digital identities of NSA officials with higher levels of clearance, according to intelligence sources with knowledge of the case. From NBC...

NJ Cop Faces 1st Degree Murder — should have followed Law of Self Defense

Posted by Andrew Branca on August 15, 2013 121 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...

Hillary will run for President, but only if the People demand it!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2013 44 Comments

That seems to be how this thing is going to develop. Private citizen Hillary is just going about her private business, helping establish the pantsuit as cultural icon and just chilling. The rebranding thing is really hard work. All the while, hapless fall-guy John Kerry...

The Cold War is now calling to ask for the 2012 election back

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 07, 2013 9 Comments

"the Cold War's been over for 20 years"

“Decimated” al-Qaeda causes U.S. to shut embassies and go on high alert

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 04, 2013 28 Comments

The Department of State issued a travel alert Friday, warning of al Qaeda and affiliated organizations planning potential terrorist attacks “particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, and possibly occurring in or emanating from the Arabian Peninsula” between now and the end of August. ...

That Odd Duck, Ohio: Self-Defense as an Affirmative Defense (Kind Of)

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 31, 2013 37 Comments

Of the 50 states in the US, 49 of them require the State to disprove a defendant’s claim of self-defense, beyond a reasonable doubt. Ohio, on the other hand, requires that the defendant prove self-defense by a preponderance of the evidence. Why is Ohio Such...

I’m baaaack

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 31, 2013 11 Comments

… in the U.S.A. as of 5:04 a.m. Eastern, after an 11 hour flight from Israel to JFK. Then the 4.5 hour drive to Ithaca. So suffice it to say I’m tired. My final Israel travel post, which was mostly prepared yesterday while I was...

On the road to Golan

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

We traveled north from Tel Aviv today to several Kibbutzim on our way to exploring the Golan Heights on Monday. First we stopped at Kibbutz Ein Shemer about mid-way between Tel Aviv and Haifa, not far form the large Israeli Arab town of Umm Al-Fahm. Founded...

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