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Retorts the emcee, I dont think that you could put an umbrella on the whole community from these incidents that you just named. You cant use these particular stories to define everybody that has recreational use. While he points out that alcohol.
Israeli Ambassador Throws John Boehner Under The Bus.
In an attempt to justify and mitigate Prime Minister Netanyahus acceptance of an invitation to speak to Congress, Ron Dermer, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus ambassador to the U.S., basically threw Speaker Boehner (R-OH) under the bus.. Responding via email to questions posed by The Atlantics Jeffrey Goldberg, Dermer tried to backpedal for their egregious end-run around the U.S. President by blaming John Boehner for failing protocol. In an article��.
Why Netanyahu Is Right to Go Around Obama To Congress.
After learning that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted an invitation to address a joint session of Congress about the need for new sanctions to stop Irans nuclear program, the Obama administration went. well, nuclear. One ���senior American official��� threatened Netanyahu, telling. But is it wrong for a politician to use the foreign stage of an ally to buttress his electoral case back home? If it is, then Barack Obama ��� who gave a campaign speech��.
The Crisis in US-Israel Relations Is Officially Here
In 2010, and again in 2012, administration officials were convinced that Netanyahu and his then-defense minister, the cowboyish ex-commando Ehud Barak, were readying a strike on Iran. To be sure, the Obama administration used the threat of an Israeli .
Cleveland mayor apologizes after city blames Tamir Rice for his own death
Probably the most direct conflict with U.S. interests comes from Netanyahu in effect telling the United States that it cannot do business with certain other countries, and that it cannot fully use its diplomatic tools to pursue U.S. interests as it.
On the Use and Abuse of Munich - The New Republic
Needless to say, Benjamin Netanyahu���who keeps a portrait of Sir Winston Churchill in his office, and for whom every month is September 1938���has cried betrayal: Barack Obama is the new Neville Chamberlain, and the Iran agreement is a new Munich. The refrain quickly sounded. is it not a Munich moment? ���I think that no episode, perhaps, in modern history has been more misleading than that of the Munich conference,��� George Kennan told the Senate in 1965.
A New Harassment Policy for Twitter
This is where many users have been frustrated in the past, feeling as though the options they were given to report tweets was confusing, and the interface difficult to use. (This was. Shes the executive director of Women, Action, and the Media (WAM.
7,500 Words by the Chinese State on U.S. Human Rights.
Its a fascinating document, one touching on cases both famous and obscure. Those tuned in to American public. The report also uses rape and domestic abuse statistics (no comparisons--just ones from the United States) to argue that the situation regarding the rights of women and children in the United States is bothering. The report concludes with this. Most Popular on The Atlantic. Netanyahus Real Targets: President Obama, and the Israeli Swing Voter��.
Netanyahus speech and the end of the Israel lobby
In Haaretz he recently itemized our editorial control of publications: ���Jews edit The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, The Weekly Standard, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Vox, Buzzfeed, Politico, and the opinion pages... BEN-GURION AIRPORT, Israel (AP) ��� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to Washington on Sunday to press his case against an emerging deal on Irans nuclear program in a contentious address to the U.S.��.
The State Secrets Senator Mark Udall Should Reveal
When Mark Udall lost his Senate seat in the midterm elections, civil libertarians familiar with his efforts to inform Americans about the CIA and NSA had the same thought: Before leaving office, the Colorado Democrat should tell the public about the.
Phylicia Rashad and the Awful Power of Forget These Women
When people accuse a public figure of private monstrousness, some friends naturally come to that figures defense. So its unremarkable to see Phylicia Rashad dismiss the rape allegations against her former sitcom husband Bill Cosby. But what is .
What Is Steubenville Still Hiding? - The Wire
But as the grand jury kicks off next week looking for charges in the aftermath of the Steubenville rape case looked upon by a nation, all signs point to something big. Or at least big enough to bring another social media uproar��.
Should the US Bring Back Psychiatric Asylums?
With the widespread use of tactics such as solitary confinement, they often exacerbate the problem. While the researchers praise well-designed outpatient community treatment, they say that this kind of care is not the right solution for some severely.
The Things That May Shrink Your Brain - The Wire
In June, Scientific American reported on a recently published Chinese study that brain-scanned 18 college-aged internet addicts and found, in part, that several small regions in online addicts brains shrunk, in some cases as much as a 10 to 20 percent. Sleeplessness may cause brain. Marijuana usage may cause brain shrinkage. It may be a delicate,. Most Popular on The Atlantic. Netanyahus Real Targets: President Obama, and the Israeli Swing Voter��.
Rethinking One of Psychologys Most Infamous Experiments
Its a phenomenon thats been used to explain atrocities from the Holocaust to the Vietnam Wars My Lai massacre to the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. ���To a remarkable degree,��� Peter Baker wrote in Pacific Standard in 2013, ���Milgrams early research.
The Great Marijuana Hoax
A marvelous project for a sociologist, and one which I am sure will be in preparation before my generation grows old, will be a close examination of the actual history and tactics of the Narcotics Bureau and its former chief Power, Harry J. Anslinger.
A Handy Glossary for the Hacker Family Tree - The Wire
Anonymous uses the Guy Fawkes mask from V Is for Vendetta as one logo and a headless businessman for others. Beyond iconography, however, the history of Anonymous is best told through a timeline of its projects.
NFL suspends running back Ray Rice over domestic violence
The star running back Ray Rice has been released by the Baltimore Ravens and indefinitely suspended by the National Football League, over a video that appears to show him assaulting his then-fiancee in an Atlantic City casino.. Rice was sentenced to a pretrial diversionary program, approved by a New Jersey prosecutor and superior court judge, and his case did not come to court.. The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden black site��.
Why People Are Saying Lawrence Wrights Scientology.
Per Kirchick, Wrights use of a scalpel instead of a hammer to dissect Scientology and its manifold abuses, which renders his conclusions all the more damning. That said, Janet Maslin in the New York Times makes the case��.
Richard Dawkins Gets into a Comments War with Feminists.
Dawkins got himself into hot water by commenting in the form of a sarcastic letter to a Muslim woman, pointing out how trivial Watsons experience in the elevator was compared to the abuses Muslim women deal with on a. The man in the elevator didnt physically touch her, didnt attempt to bar her way out of the elevator, didnt even use foul language at her... Most Popular on The Atlantic. Netanyahus Real Targets: President Obama, and the Israeli Swing Voter��.
Inside the Lawfare Project: Netanyahus attack on human.
If so, the Israeli government has deployed its American Jewish allies to take the fight across the Atlantic to groups like Human Rights Watch and the Center for Constitutional Rights. Both groups were attacked at the event... March 13, 2010, 1:46 pm. For those who dont know, the Childrens Rights Institute is a nice-sounding name for an organization dedicated to sweeping attacks on the entire Arab world based on cases of abuses of childrens rights in Arab countries.
Important article in The Atlantic: What ISIS Really Wants
Muslims can say that slavery is not legitimate now, and that crucifixion is wrong at this historical juncture. Many say precisely this. But they cannot condemn slavery or crucifixion outright without contradicting the Koran and the��.
The Holiday Spike in Domestic Abuse
The national hotline, on the other hand, is often used as a resource for victims who want to understand all their options in order to leave an abusive situation permanently, Hacskaylo said.. In any case, advocates will have their hands full this New.
How Can Doctors Be Sure a Babys Been Shaken?
According to a New York Times article, law enforcement officials estimate that in 50 to 75 percent of these cases, there is no other evidence of child abuse: no bruises, broken bones, or burns. These cases are usually portrayed. This May, Jennifer.
Is Egypt on the Verge of Another Uprising?
An activist from the secular April 6 Youth Movement recently had three years tacked on to his sentence because he dared ask about a Facebook page where the judge in his case had openly identified with Sisis regime and denigrated the revolutionaries, .
How the Fed Flubbed It
The way Eichengreen sees things in his latest book, Hall of Mirrors, the standard story is inadequate: Bernanke failed to act on historys lessons almost as often as he succeeded.. When a major Chicago bank, Central Republic, threatened to collapse.
The Cases For and Against Google+s Real-Name Policy.
And yes, people abuse this veil to take advantage of others, explains ZDNets Steven J Vaughan-Nichols. While anonymity can be vital for some individuals all too often its used to simply hide mean-spirited trolls that make so��.
Israels new Asian allies - Mondoweiss
Netanyahu announced last month that he was courting trade with China, India and Japan and last year Israel did more trade with these Asian countries than with the US -- much of it focused on the burgeoning arms market.. Many Americans were just recently reminded of what a great strategic asset Iran is in the federal case that did not allow the families of the marine barrack bombing to use off-shore Iranian money to pay for the damage the Iranian/Amal/Hezbollah��.
Chart: The Rise of Food Stamps - The Wire
The chart above, courtesy of the blog Zero Hedge and based off these numbers from the USDA, details the steep rise of food stamp use beginning in 2007, before the start of the recession. Throughout the period of economic��.
Body Weight, Clash of Ideologies
When the speaker was midway through talking about the role of adverse childhood experiences like abuse, poverty, and family dysfunction, in determining body weight later in life���a concept well described by Vincent Felitti in 1998 but only now gaining.
On the Use and Misuse of History: The Netanyahu Case
You dont want to include anything that will detract from your central purpose [of campaigning in Israel, where the speech came on at 6pm local time]. So, what did Netanyahu leave out of his speech? 1. Iran has dramatically reduced its stockpile of.
The Shameful Triumph of Football
One illustration of the NFLs dominance over its primetime counterparts is this graph from September, which used Nielsen data to compare the NFLs top primetime broadcasts to the most popular non-sports shows over the last decade (NFL ratings have not.