Wednesday’s front-page report by New York Times reporter Monica Davey, “Strict Chicago Gun Laws Can’t Stem Fatal Shots,” at first seemed to demonstrate the uselessness of the strict gun control measures in place in high-crime cities like Chicago. Yet Davey missed that obvious conclusion, instead quoting anti-gun activists who claim that gun control will only […]
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NYTimes’ Monica Davey Stumbles Onto the Case Against Gun Control, But Recovers
Did an Offensive Cartoon Expose Our Own Failings?
The infamous Sunday Times cartoon. With a tweeted apology from Rupert Murdoch himself and the eventual penance of The Sunday Times, what more could we ask for in the wake of Gerald Scarfe’s shocking and offensive cartoon? Unlike certain other cartoons that have resulted in street riots, fatwas and death threats, the wholly more moderate […]
Report: Venezuela Spied on Members of Jewish Community
Hugo Chavez (in healthier days) with Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. Photo:Unknown According to documents leaked on the Argentinean website Analisis 24 , Sebin, the Venezuelan Intelligence Service, was instructed by the government of Venezuela to spy on members of the Jewish community in the country. In the past the Anti Defamation League has reported extensively on Venezuelan […]
Report: Regional Arab Armies on High Alert After Report of Israeli Strike in Syria
The Israel Lebanon border. A day after Syrian officials admitted a strike had been carried out on a military facility, pointing the finger at Israel as the perpetrators, Lebanese newspaper Addiyar Daily is reporting that the militaries in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan have gone on high alert. According to the paper, thought to be a […]
Western Officials Confirm Israeli Strike as Syrian Allies Condemn Israel
Israeli Air Force fighter jets. Photo: Wikipedia Israeli warplanes carried out a strike on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria American officials told the New York Times, saying that they believed the target was a convoy carrying sophisticated antiaircraft weaponry that was intended for the Hezbollah Shiite terror militia in Lebanon. The American officials, who spoke […]
Iran Tells IAEA It Plans to Upgrade Main Enrichment Plant
Israelis are concerned with the Iranian threat. Photo: Algemeiner NY Times – Iran has told the United Nations nuclear supervisory body that it plans to install more sophisticated equipment at its principal nuclear enrichment plant, a diplomat said on Thursday, enabling it to greatly accelerate its processing of uranium in a move likely to alarm […]
Canada’s Indian Problem
January 30, 2013 Comments for “Canada’s Indian Problem” Marcos said (January 31, 2013): The situation of the Indians in Brazil is similar. They are being used in order to undermine the sovereignty of the country One tribe of 12,000 people was given a territory the size of Portugal, while land owners with farms in […]
Bring Back Shushing Librarians
salon.com: Librarians hate to be depicted as bun- and glasses-wearing shushers, hellbent on silencing any and all noisy activities within their sacred domain. Fair enough: Librarians are highly skilled, well-educated and socially aware as a rule, and should not be reduced to a cultural stereotype ranking only a notch or two above a church lady […]
For Sale: A Hemingway Story, Never Written » MobyLives
mhpbooks.com: It’s the iconic example of flash fiction, a story in six words, widely attributed to Ernest Hemingway: For sale, baby shoes, never worn. Read the whole story: mhpbooks.com “; var coords = [-5, -72]; // display fb-bubble FloatingPrompt.embed(this, html, undefined, ‘top’, {fp_intersects:1, timeout_remove:2000,ignore_arrow: true, width:236, add_xy:coords, class_name: ‘clear-overlay’}); }); Source Article from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/31/for-sale-a-hemingway-stor_n_2589406.html Views: […]
Procrastination And Productivity: What Helps And What Hurts
There’s a difference between killing time and Me Time. About 26 percent of Americans call themselves procrastinators, but regular breaks throughout the day can actually make you more productive. That’s right: Forcing yourself to power through that project doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll get done any faster. Regular breaks throughout the day, even just in increments […]
Super Bowl Trailer Preview For ‘Iron Man 3’
Try a little “Iron Man 3” sampler! Read the whole story at insidemovies.ew.com Source Article from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/31/super-bowl-trailer-preview_n_2589410.html Views: 0
UN Panel: Israeli Settlements Are Illegal
GENEVA — The United Nations’ first report on the broad policy of Israeli settlements concluded Thursday that the government’s practice of “creeping annexation” clearly violates the human rights of Palestinians, and called for an immediate halt. In its report to the 47-nation Human Rights Council, a panel of investigators said Israel is violating international humanitarian […]
Iran threatens Israel, warns of ‘Grave Consequences’ over strike on Syria
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Arrested? do not submit to their verbal contract!
Australian Victorian Police Corporate Officers having a hard time Impersonating a commonwealth officer is a crime punishable of up to 2 years in jail.. yet every public servant does it. Views: 0
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Harry Lysons A man will face a fine of $2,000 for each cigar he will smoke inside an apartment, according to court proceedings in New York. The New York man settled a lawsuit by agreeing to pay $2,000 to his neighbors if he is caught smoking a cigar inside his apartment in the […]
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Israeli settlers The U.N. has ordered that Israel should immediately remove all settlers from the West Bank, the U.N. said in a statement this week. Investigators from the U.N. human rights council on Thursday called on Israel to stop settlement expansion and remove all half a million Jewish settlers in the West Bank, […]
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Hebron, Israel Israeli police busted a terror cell in Hebron, according to press reports in Israel. By Aryeh Savir Tazpit News Agency For YourJewishNews.com Hamas terror assets in Hebron were recently exposed in a joint IDF-GSS operation that was conducted over the past few months. The assets that were discovered represent a […]
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Yoel Malik An ultra-Orthodox Jewish school principal was arrested and charged with sexual abuse after abusing several of his own students, according to police reports in Brooklyn, New York. The Brooklyn yeshiva leader was arrested Wednesday night on a dozen counts of sexual abuse involving three teenage boys, police said. Yoel Malik, 33, […]
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Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon with Muslim (Scroll down for video) Israel is a tiny state compared to the big players it is competing with. Israel has become known as the center of innovation of technology. This tiny state, has gone from being almost empty to a vibrant and self-sufficient country in […]
BACKFIRE: Seattle Gun Buyback Turns Into Gun Show
BACKFIRE: Seattle Gun Buyback Turns Into Gun Show; Collectors Waved “Wads of Cash” At Those In Line Leave it to enterprising Americans to always find a loophole in the midst of ever-expanding government regulation. While thousands of Seattle residents lined up for hours to trade their handguns, rifles and family heirlooms away in exchange for […]