Although President Obama, whose presidential campaigns were largely financed by Wall Street, has refused to prosecute either the crooked bankers who wrecked the economy or the Bush administration’s fiendish tortures, his Justice Department has racked up billions of dollars in fines, mostly fro[...]
Archive for December, 2014
December 22nd, 2014 - 9:17 am § in Politics
NY Times editorial demands prosecution of torturers
In a blistering editorial today, the New York Times editorial board said the U.S. government must come to terms, “legally and morally,” with the torture of terrorism suspects under the Bush administration, and demanded the Obama administration appoint a special prosecutor to conduct a &#[...]
December 21st, 2014 - 10:05 pm § in Misc.
Statistically, police work isn’t becoming more dangerous
And therefore there’s no apparent statistical reason for increased police use of deadly force. U.S. police officers killed in the line of duty: 2001 – 241 (including 60 in the Sept. 11 attacks) 2002 – 157 2003 – 150 2004 – 165 2005 – 163 2006 – 156 2007 [...]
Through snow and hail, Israel delivers to the Mikvah on time.
from Vos iz Neias and Ynetnews.com (http://bit.ly/19ttxYS) During last year’s snow storms in Jerusalem, the Taharat Habait organization drove a special patrol jeep that picked up women upon request and drove them to the nearest mikveh. The Halacha (Jewish Law) strictly forbids postponing the i[...]
December 21st, 2014 - 3:29 pm § in America
A Wise Man Speaks Out
Eric Adams: New Yorker, A Black Man, A Politician, and A Former Cop Stop the protests BED-STUY, Brooklyn (PIX11) – Speaking at a makeshift memorial at the scene where two NYPD officers were assassinated, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams for Eric Garner protesters to hold off on future[...]
December 21st, 2014 - 1:48 pm § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The Good Pope
How the Pope Helped End the Cuba Embargo As more details emerge about the watershed normalizing of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, we’re learning more about the instrumental role that Pope Francis played in helping to bring American and Cuban leaders together. [...]
December 21st, 2014 - 11:46 am § in Misc.
Don’t let Republicans and cop unions politicize police deaths!
Ex-New York governor George Pataki, a Republican, and Patrick Lynch, head of a New York City police union, launched into finger-pointing today by blaming yesterday’s assassination of two NYPD police officers by a deranged ex-felon on President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, Mayor Bill de[...]
December 21st, 2014 - 11:39 am § in Misc.
Shab-e Yalda: The solstice is also associated with the birth of Mithra, a yazata that has become strongly associated with the light of Ahura Mazda. The word yalda is actually Persian for “birth.” Yalda as Cultural Holiday: While the majority of Persians are now Muslims, Yalda is s[...]